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By Karen Brainard
Customers of the Ramona Municipal Water District will have a chance to voice their opinions regarding proposed water and sewer rate increases at the agency's public hearing at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25.
In May, ratepayers received the district's Proposition 218 notice with not-to-exceed rates of 7 percent for water and 4.5 percent for sewer.
The hearing, held in conjunction with the board of directors meeting, will be at the Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. The board plans on adopting the rates, as well as its budget for the next fiscal year that begins July 1.
At a 7 percent water rate hike, along with a 5 percent increase in the monthly water service fee that is based on meter size, RMWD said an average household using 14 units of water every two months would see an increase of $7.74 on its bimonthly bill. A unit is about 748 gallons of water.
With RMWD sewer rates proposed to rise 4.5 percent, customers of San Vicente wastewater plant would see a yearly increase of $26.28 and those served by the Santa Maria plant would pay an additional $31.67.
RMWD General Manager David Barnum said on June 12 that staff was still working on the final aspects of the budget but hopes to come in "pretty substantially less than not-to-exceed 7 percent" for water.
The 7 percent maximum increase was derived from information received by the San Diego County Water Authority (CWA), RMWD's sole water supplier. However, after the Prop 218 notice was mailed, CWA, which was working on its budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, proposed a 3.5 percent "all-in" rate increase for treated water, and 2.6 percent "all-in" increase for untreated water. The "all-in" rate includes water supply, treatment and transportation, along with storage and customer service, and can vary among CWA's 24 member agencies. Although CWA reported that its proposed budget is up 5.2 percent over the current two-year budget due to higher costs for the purchase and treatment of imported water, the wholesaler said it is able to keep down other expenses through restructuring efforts and as it completes major projects.
RMWD passes through water rate increases from CWA to its customers. The district also adds into its water rate an electrical charge to cover pumping the water up the hill from Poway and factors in proposed rate increases from San Diego Gas & Electric. SDG&E is expected to raise its rates about 12 percent after Sept. 1.


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Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
My friend and her boyfriend were looking for a dog to rescue or purchase. They found an add for a boxer puppy on Craigslist and began conversing with the owner who was a women. They made an agreement over the phone and through text messages that stated they would meet and purchase the dog on Tuesday, May 29th. She also asked if they would like a crate for the dog for 30 more dollars. She sent my friends pictures of the puppy for some days in a row and they grew eager. The couple began preparation, which included a years worth of heart-worm medicine, toys, food, flea medicine, ect. and several hundreds of dollars were spent. It was sure that this women could not find a home for the boxer and she was not interested in keeping it. There were nothing in the women's initial responses that would show any doubts that my friends would receive the dog while she was very certain. On May 24th the women sent a text message to my friend saying that she no longer would sell them the dog because she was giving it to a family member and "wanted to see him grow up". I would assume she primarily asked all of her family members if they wanted the dog before putting the add on Craigslist and she was definitely certain that she didn't have another home for him when making several verbal agreements. They tried to explain to her how much money and time they had already put into the dog and she had no sympathy. She and her husband both called my friend names and refused to apologize. Do my friends have a case against her in which they should be guaranteed the dog?
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It doesn't appear from your posting anything was in writing. There is nothing they can do and even if there were, would it be worth the cost to litigate? Your friends should go to a reputable rescue group to get a dog. Dogs the size of Boxers are always in need of a home.


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We have been nominated in the Best Medium Sized Tour Operator and Best Middle Eastern Tour Operator categories, to go along with our nominations for Best Itinerary and Best Green Initiative. Yahoos and whoop-whoops! Luckily this isn't the Oscar's, or we'd need to put on a speech impediment to be in with a chance of winning.
The winners of the Best Medium Sized Tour Operator and Best Middle Eastern Tour Operator categories are chosen by a panel of travel gurus and TNT editorial staff so all we can suggest here is mass thumb-crossing. But the two categories mentioned yesterday are open to public voting which means it's all up to you! So please go along to the TNT Travel Awards website and cast your vote for us in the Best Itinerary and Best Green Initiative categories.
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Before Adam Levine proved he was hilarious when he hosted Saturday Night Live, he kept his friends in stitches in New York on Monday.
Levine was spotted at The Mercer Kitchen around 2 p.m., an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
"He looked really laid back and seemed to be in a great mood," the source adds. "He was laughing a lot and was really enthralled in the conversation the whole table was having."
Joined by a group of guys and one girl – who was wearing a very big hat – Levine, 33, kept things casual in a gray hoodie and jeans.
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Night of 1920s Gatsby glamour in store at Haydock Park
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1:00pm Friday 30th May 2014
IT will be an evening of 1920s glamour at Haydock tonight.
The racecourse hosts top class meetings again this weekend with The Halliwell Jones BMW Ladies Evening and The Sandy Lane Stakes/Timeform Jury Raceday.
Friday's race meeting we go back to the 1920s with our Great Gatsby themed Halliwell Jones BMW Ladies Day that guarantees high class fashion and glamour combined with an enthralling racecard.
'The Gatsby' event will feature cocktails, canapés and a swing band. The day's 'Best Dressed' racegoer will be selected and there will be chance to win a BMW of choice for a weekend.
Saturday's Sandy Lane Stakes/Timeform Jury Raceday will include some of the country's leading horses with a number of exciting entries including last year's winner of The Timeform Jury Stakes, German trained Amarillo, who returns to defend his title.
Other strong entries include Breton Rock, winner of The Pertemps Network Spring Trophy at Haydock Park earlier this month, and local runner, Garswood, owned by David and Emma Armstrong, who won with Bretherton at Haydock Park last weekend.
Garry Fortune, Haydock Park Racecourse General Manager, said: "Friday's Ladies Evening always proves to be a great night and this year it will be even better with our 1920's Great Gatsby themed Halliwell Jones BMW Ladies Day, and the chance for racegoers to win a BMW of their choice for a weekend.
"The fun and top-class racing doesn't stop there with The Sandy Lane Stakes/Timeform Jury raceday on Saturday, which is one of our highest quality fixtures of the year, and always proves to be a fantastic day out for racegoers."
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Been doing the June Bend thing for 13 years now and as fun as it all is, well, I get bored easily and like to find new places to me. So, this year after putting off for way too long, I'm going to the NE corner and getting my LaGrande on. I have the old first edition Riding LaGrande book and have visited the BMSC site as well as the Ride LaGrande site and have some good ideas on where I can get a solid week in. But, web info is still decidedly weak. I do have an old e-mail with info from Brian at Ride LaGrande with some info. What I am looking for is good base camp locations so we don't have to move around too much. (Could camp out off Phil's for several days and not ride too much of the same thing twice.) Side trips to other local spots is fine, we'd drive to Gray Butte or Round/Lookout for the day when in Bend. Probably stopping at Walla Walla for a couple days on the way down or on the way back. So, need good intel on solid day rides of 20-30 I suppose. (30-40 in "Bend" miles...) Planning for the 3rd or 4th week in June. Umatilla Rim looks awesome. Heard there's an out and back above the Snake River Canyon that is stunning as well. Frazier or Umapine CG have a few rides going right from it? Don't mind "wasting" a day or so getting it all figured out and warned the usuals it would be a "recon trip".
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Former Wave columnist climbs naval ranks
Former Wave columnist Jordan Fouquette is going through the ranks of the U.S. Naval Academy.
In June, Fouquette's parents, David and Heidi, went to Annapolis, Md., to see their son during the Academy's induction and swearing in. They are planning another trip east for Aug. 10-13 for parents' weekend, after Fouquette finishes his six-seven weeks of Plebe Summer.
Plebe Summer could be compared to basic training, filled with rigorous exercise, self-discipline and other training.
Although Heidi said she's not positive why her son chose the Naval Academy route, it may have to do with the fact that his father is a retired Navy man, and Jordan had grown up Navy.
She added that Fouquette also had to have a letter of recommendation from Rep. Collin Peterson to be admitted into the Naval Academy.
Unfortunately, Fouquette cannot have contact with the public for his six weeks of training. Heidi said she has gotten two short letters from him and a three-minute phone call.
After experiencing the Naval Academy Summer Seminar between his sophomore and junior year of high school, Heidi said her son was set on joining the Academy. After his 2005 Detroit Lakes High School graduation, Fouquette spent a year at the Naval Academy preparatory school in Cleveland, Ohio.
Heidi said it's an extra year for incoming students like Fouquette who are only 17 and may need another year of maturing.
According to the Academy's Web site, Naval Academy graduates serve at least five years as Navy or Marine Corps officers.
The school began n 1845, and was changed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850. In 1933, the school began with the came curriculum for each student, awarding bachelor of science degrees.
A few years later, the Academy decided to offer several different fields of study instead of the set courses.
After his graduation, Fouquette will spend four years in the naval academy's college. While training to become a military officer, Fouquette will also choose a major to study.
Heidi said she's not sure that he has made a decision as to his major, but this first year, he will complete generals first anyway.
After his four years of courses, Fouquette will then have the option of deciding to serve on a submarine, ship or other naval vessel, she said.
Once in college, Fouquette will get breaks similar to other universities, with time off over Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. During the summer, it's a bit different though.
While he will have three weeks of time off to come home, he will spend the remaining time aboard the various vessels so when it comes time for graduation, he and other graduates will have a better idea of what vessel they would like to serve on.


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Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, today expressed his strong concerns about efforts to coordinate care for beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing entitled "Improving Care for Dually-Eligible Beneficiaries: A Progress Update."
"I have long been concerned about the health care needs of the 9.4 million Americans -- and more than 80,000 West Virginians -- who are simultaneously eligible for Medicare, because of age or disability, and Medicaid, because of income," said Rockefeller. "The Federal Coordinated Health Care Office was created to test new and innovative models of care coordination for dual eligibles. It was not created to recycle old ideas already proven to be ineffective for this population, thereby risking the health of millions of Medicare-eligible seniors by forcing them to comply.
"Medicaid managed care is a model that has not been shown to work for even small numbers of dual eligibles because of the varying range and intensity of services required to meet their special health care needs. And it is clear that with the number of people involved in the demonstration plans that they aren't really demonstrations, but rather policy, which isn't the intent of the programs nor is it best for those enrolled. This is a losing situation for dually eligible beneficiaries as well as federal and state programs trying to deliver the effective, high-quality care they need and deserve."
On July 10, Rockefeller sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, calling on HHS to revisit the way it is implementing the Financial Alignment Demonstrations for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid under the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office. Click here to view the letter.
Rockefeller and five other members requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the consumer protections for individuals enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. Click here to view the GAO report released on December 6.
Below is Senator Rockefeller's statement as prepared for delivery:
Statement of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV
Senate Committee on Finance
Improving Care for Dually-Eligible Beneficiaries: A Progress Update
December 13, 2012
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this very important hearing today. And, let me extend a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. I look forward to hearing your testimony.
As I reflect on the title of this hearing -- "Improving Care for Dually-Eligible Beneficiaries: A Progress Update" -- the first question that comes to mind is progress for whom?
My serious concerns about the direction of the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office generally and the Financial Alignment Initiative specifically are well-documented in a July letter that I sent to Secretary Sebelius. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to ask that a copy of that letter be submitted for the record.
Unfortunately, despite CMS's guidance and public comments to the contrary, most of the concerns described in my letter have not been addressed. As MedPAC so eloquently stated in its July letter to CMS, "Even if the Commission agrees with CMS's stated guidelines, there is no assurance that the final structure of a demonstration within any given state will be fully consistent with CMS's guidelines." It is clear both from ongoing press reports and from the very agreements that CMS has reached with some of the states present here today that the rights and choices of Medicare beneficiaries -- rights and protections I have vigorously defended for years -- are being diluted.
So, again, I ask the question progress for whom? Surely, we cannot mean progress for dual eligibles.
The Financial Alignment Initiative, as currently structured, runs counter to both the letter and the spirit of the statute regarding the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office. And, today, I again call on HHS and CMS to take immediate steps to halt this initiative as currently structured and to take the time necessary to develop a well-designed and thoroughly evaluated care coordination model for dual eligibles that meets the standards outlined in the law.
As the saying goes, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." That seems to be an appropriate way to describe the Financial Alignment Initiative.
I have long been concerned about the health care needs of the 9.4 million Americans -- and more than 80,000 West Virginians -- who are simultaneously eligible for Medicare, because of age or disability, and Medicaid, because of income. One of the most troubling aspects of the care provided to dual eligibles is the income inequality that is perpetuated by the two programs.
As I have said many times before, we should not continue to treat low-income individuals eligible for Medicare as if they are less deserving of the benefits and protections of Medicare coverage simply because they are poor.
The complex health care needs of dual eligibles are often poorly managed, as they are forced to navigate a complex health care system with different eligibility rules, coverage standards, and benefits between the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This lack of coordination results in fragmented care and coverage gaps, increasing the need for costly treatment that might have been avoided. This is a losing situation for dually eligible beneficiaries as well as federal and state programs trying to deliver the effective, high-quality care they need and deserve.
In 1965, when we created Medicare, it was created as a universal benefit to all who qualify. It was the promise that society made to our seniors, regardless of where they live or their income. [Click here to view a floor statement from June 23, 2003.]
Perpetuating an arbitrary distinction among Medicare-eligible populations, and denying the universality of Medicare, has historically undermined efforts to improve benefits and coordinate care for seniors and individuals with disabilities who happen to be low-income.
The absurdity of such a division between populations eligible for Medicare becomes even more evident when we take a look at the facts. Whether low-income or not, Medicare-eligible populations with multiple chronic conditions and functional impairments have similar health care needs, including access to a wide array of benefits and services. There is no single health problem that is completely unique to the dually-eligible population in comparison to the Medicare-only population.
In fact, a significant portion of Medicare-only enrollees have medical needs that mirror the dually eligible population. For example, 55 percent of dual eligibles have three or more chronic conditions compared to nearly half (44 percent) of Medicare-only beneficiaries. Whether low-income or not, Medicare-eligible populations need high-quality, better coordinated care.
A major reason that states currently have a long-run problem in their fiscal outlook is that they have absorbed responsibility for Medicare-eligible populations who happen to be low-income. So, the question remains -- why are we continuing to advance policies that treat low-income individuals eligible for Medicare differently than we treat everyone else eligible for Medicare?
Fortunately, we took a crucial step toward righting this wrong with passage of the 2003 Medicare prescription drug law, which included my amendment to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage to dual eligibles -- a statutory benefit that is also in jeopardy under this misguided initiative.
Building on this provision for duals in the Medicare prescription drug law, the National Governors Association published a 2005 paper entitled, "Dual Eligibles: Making the Case for Federalization." In this paper, the NGA outlined five key reasons for ending the income-based distinction between Medicare-eligible populations:
Improved care coordination.
States cannot sustain the fiscal burden related to dual eligibles.
The federal government is responsible for retirement programs.
Medicare beneficiaries are not equally distributed among the states. On this point, it is important to note that many of the states represented on this Committee -- including my home state of West Virginia, Florida, and Maine -- have a higher than average number of Medicare beneficiaries and, therefore, bear a disproportionate cost burden for low-income Medicare-eligible populations.
Medicare's historic role is to serve as a comprehensive health insurance benefit attendant to retiree income.
Mr. Chairman, I ask that a copy of this paper be submitted for the record.
The Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, as initially envisioned in the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act of 2009 and as enacted in the final health reform law, was created to test new and innovative models of care coordination for dual eligibles. It was not created to recycle old ideas already proven to be ineffective for this population, thereby risking the health of millions of Medicare-eligible seniors by forcing them to comply.
Managed care plans have not demonstrated success with even small numbers of dually eligible beneficiaries. Dual eligibles require a varying range and intensity of services--including an often vital need for services such as home health or personal care aides--that most Medicaid managed care plans are simply not structured to administer. If more Medicaid managed care had been the goal, Congress would have passed legislation saying that.
We had an opportunity through the Coordinated Care Office to test alternative models of care for duals in the Medicare program. For reasons unknown to me and many of my colleagues, the Coordinated Care Office is relying solely on unproven state-based models of care instead of testing comprehensive and uniform models of care through the Medicare program. Ironically, duals in this so-called "demonstration" are losing their access to Medicare benefits and coverage and the freedom of choice that has long been a hallmark of the Medicare program. I think this is a huge mistake and a fundamental flaw with the design of this initiative.
In creating the Coordinated Care Office, Congress sought better evidence about the effectiveness of new care coordination models for dually eligible beneficiaries. The process Congress envisioned was one that invested in testing well-designed, thoroughly evaluated demonstrations before expanding successful demonstrations more broadly.
Regrettably, we do not have to wait for implementation of the Financial Alignment demonstrations to see the negative effects that under-evaluated Medicaid managed care models can have on dually eligible beneficiaries. California is already two years along in an experiment to enroll dual eligibles into managed care models that are very similar to the proposed demonstrations under the Initiative. A report by the California Health Care Foundation determined the movement of duals into Medicaid managed care in California was too rushed, creating numerous problems and challenges.
Dually eligible beneficiaries in California have been deprived of sufficient specialist networks, forced to sever bonds with trusted doctors, suddenly switched onto new medications and struggled with onerous processes to opt-out or become exempt from Medicaid managed care enrollment. We need look no further than California's experience to justify the need for more extensive evaluation and assessment of the Financial Alignment Initiative's proposed models of care.
Exponentially greater harm will come to dual eligibles if CMS continues to rush and get this wrong instead of taking the necessary time to think this through and develop a proven model to get this right. True progress for dual eligibles requires an immediate reversal of the Financial Alignment Initiative.
I thank the Chair.
Source: http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=61976081-782d-4bfa-82a3-35d7b8cb1326


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Wednesday, 8 May, 2002, 15:16 GMT 16:16 UK
Gurkhas launch pension battle
A group of former Gurkhas have begun an action at the High Court on Wednesday to sue the government for alleged racial discrimination.
The elite troops claim their pensions are below those of all other British troops in an action that could cost the Ministry of Defence �2m.
Their legal team, which is led by Cherie Booth QC, the prime minister's wife, lodged documents on Wednesday which will be go before a judge in the next few weeks to decide if they have a case.
The ministry says pensions and conditions of service have improved in recent years.
But the Gurkhas' lawyers are planning to present 20 test cases, claiming 30,000 Nepalese retired from the service with inadequate or no pension and widows have not been properly compensated for their loss.
They will argue that since the 1947 Tripartite Agreement between India, Nepal and the UK, the Gurkhas have been linked to the Indian Army's pay scale instead of the British army's.
They say this has resulted in a disparity between British pensions and those paid to the Gurkhas, who have fought loyally for the British for almost 200 years.
'Demanding equality'
Padam Gurung, president of the Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen Association, said through an interpreter on the Law Courts steps: "We have been struggling for six years making peaceful demands for equal treatment, but we have not been listened to by the British Government.
"Our demands are basically for equality of treatment with other British soldiers in terms of pay and pensions and treatment of our families."
Speaking at a press conference later on Wednesday he added: "It's not only about money but status. Gurkhas have fought around the world for the British.
The press conference was organised by Phil Shiner, a solicitor with Public Interest Lawyers.
He said: "The Gurkhas have been discriminated against by the British for years and treated disgracefully.
'Colonial racism'
"They are paid less, have much smaller pensions, less prospects of promotion and worse redundancy terms."
He said another example was that while a British soldier could have his wife and family with him when he is posted abroad, a Gurkha is allowed only three years' family leave out of 15 years of service. "Imagine the effect this has on young married couples," said Mr
This was a clear example of "colonial racism" he said, which left many Gurkhas and their families living in dire poverty."
The men's current pension is �62.70 per month, but it is argued they need between �200 and �300 per month to live in Kathmandu.
The group gave an example of an 83-year-old World War II veteran who lost a leg and walks on a wooden stump, and is now living on just �25 a month.
Mr Shiner said Gurkha pensions were currently worth between a sixth and an eighth of British ones.
Gurkhas began serving the British Crown in 1815 in India, and with Indian independence in 1947 became part of the British Army.
Nearly 3,600 are serving currently, and in recent years they have taken part in British operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone.
Human rights
The MoD said Gurkha pensions have increased and are now roughly equivalent to a third of the pensions for British soldiers.
A spokeswoman said a pension equal to the British one would provide "phenomenal standard of living in Nepal", where it is much cheaper to live.
If the case goes to a full judicial review, the government will be up against the prime minister's wife.
Ms Booth, who specialises in human rights abuses, tackled the government over the issue of job leave for parents of young children, in May 2000.
That case is before the European Court.
See also:
29 Apr 02 | England
Gurkhas sue over race 'bias'
19 Apr 02 | England
Gurkha loses racism case
22 Mar 02 | South Asia
Nepal court rejects Gurkha claim
04 Feb 02 | Wales
Gurkha pensions under 'race' scrutiny
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Classy European mare Profound Beauty has been retired from racing, a well beaten finish in this year's Melbourne Cup disappointingly her final career performance.
The now seven-year-old daughter of Danehill enjoyed an impressive career that included nine wins, four seconds and three thirds from her 21 starts earning in excess of $930,849 in prize money.
Career highlights included three Group status wins and a gallant fifth to Viewed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup.
After returning to Australia for the 150th edition of the Melbourne Cup back in November this year, Profound Beauty could only manage to finish a distant 17th, which unfortunately was her swansong race.
Profound Beauty will now serve as a broodmare.


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President: Whitewater Aquatic Center costs have dramatically decreased
Coburn could not provide specific figures but said he�s confident that 2011 will yield better results than 2010, when the center operated on a $10,000 deficit. That�s a far cry from the community pool�s position just a few years ago when it was losing about $250,000 annually.
An energy study last fall by Madison-based Vesta Technologies detailed how the facility could revamp utilities to save tens of thousands of dollars each year. The board adopted the plan and devised a three-phase project to install state-of-the-art utilities, significantly lowering water and heating bills.
�We�re definitely enjoying savings so far, but not as much as we want,� Coburn said. �We don�t have enough experience under our belt to put a number on it, (but) if everything is measuring properly, there has been a dramatic improvement in our utility costs.�
The aquatic center opened in 2001 and was operated by Mercy Health System for more than five years. The board of directors assumed control in 2009 and has since steadily restructured spending to chip away at the deficit.
In 2008, the center was losing about $250,000 annually. Shortly after management changed hands, that decreased to $100,000.
Coburn said that last year the center installed variable frequency drives on motors that run the pool pumps to increase their efficiency. The center also uses ultraviolet water treatment on two of its three pools.
Coburn said the center is still about $40,000 short of completing phase one of the changes, which includes UV treatment on the lap pool and other modifications. The cost was $160,000.
During phase two, contractors will install high efficiency water heaters and weather stripping for pools and doors, according to the study. Those projects will not begin until phase one renovations are finished, Coburn said.
�I would say that I think we�re poised for great things,� he said. �There are a few little hurdles we need to get over, but our future is very bright.�
Summer attendance likely will be down from the last six months because swimmers tend to use outdoor pools during warmer months, Coburn said.
The pool receives most of its funding through the city and school district, which each contribute $75,000 annually. Each committed an additional $50,000 for phase one modifications.
Vesta�s study found energy and water costs at the center are nearly three times higher than other pools of comparable size. The three-phase project is expected to save the facility about $80,000 annually, returning the cost in two years and potentially leading to a surplus shortly after.
This year is the aquatic center�s 10th anniversary. Coburn said the board hopes to dedicate a month to celebrate.
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Jun 5, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – In the future, some patients scheduled to be hospitalized may be vaccinated or receive monoclonal antibodies before admission to prevent Clostridium difficile infections, a leading expert on C difficile said today.
At a teleconference hosted by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), Dale N. Gerding, MD, of Loyola University in Chicago, said a wide range of prevention tools and treatments for C difficile is in various stages of development and testing.
C difficile is a bacterium that often causes intestinal disease in hospital patients after antibiotic treatment for other conditions disrupts their intestinal bacteria. The infection kills about 14,000 patients per year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The infections are usually treated with antibiotics, but they recur in about 25% of patients, sometimes many times, Gerding said.
He said four new antibiotics for C difficile are currently in clinical trials, along with a new formulation of metronidazole, an existing antibiotic. Also in trials are two vaccines, one monoclonal antibody, and several probiotics (bacterial preparations designed to restore normal bacterial populations in the colon), he reported.
"The use of probiotics is very common, but the evidence of efficacy is not so common," he said. A British study suggested that a probiotic drink was helpful in preventing C difficile, but the patients in the trial were "highly selected," he said. Similarly, a Chinese study showed a preventive benefit, but there are questions about its methodology.
"We know that there's something in the normal microbiota that will prevent this disease; we just need to find out what it is," he said.
In other news at the NFID event, Eliot Godofsky, MD, MS, said new recommendations on testing for hepatitis C virus infections are expected this summer from the CDC, which could lead to the identification of many people with unrecognized infections.
Godofsky, director of the University Hepatitis Center in Bradenton, Fla., said it's estimated that 4 million to 5 million Americans have hepatitis C infections and that 50% to 75% of them don't know it. The estimated overall prevalence in the general population is about 2%, but it's believed to be about 4% in baby boomers—those born between 1945 and 1965.
Testing everyone in this birth cohort would be expected to identify about 1 million people with the infection, he said. The CDC has drafted new recommendations on testing for hepatitis C, and they could be formally approved by the end of the summer, he added.
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Church Versus State
About two decades ago, Lyle Schaller predicted that one of the great challenges for local congregations would be restrictions placed on the churches by governmental authorities, particularly local municipalities. My reaction at the time was that Schaller was overreacting to a few isolated examples, and that such a development was unlikely.
I was wrong. I see the reality of church versus state taking place on a regular basis.
My Awakening to Reality
I began serving as a consultant to local congregations in 1988. My assignments for the first few years were not out of the ordinary. Should we build a new facility? Is it time for our congregation to relocate? How do we have a better assimilation ministry? What type of staff should we add? How do we break out of the 200-attendance plateau?
But in the late 1990s, I began receiving calls of a different nature. Local congregations were being challenged or prohibited from moving forward by governmental authorities on a number of fronts. With increasing frequency, I was called to be an expert witness, to sit for a deposition, and to testify in court when churches and municipalities were challenging each other.
The Issues
Many of the cases in which I was involved dealt with the issue of a local congregation being denied permission to add or remodel physical facilities. One church in the Chicago area was prohibited from expanding its worship center. Another church in the South was denied permission to expand its parking on its own land. In a recent case in which I was not involved, a congregation was not given permission to replace its aging and breaking stain glass windows. Fortunately, that church did finally get the needed permission on appeal.
We must be fair about many of the decisions. Some local governments are reticent to grant such approval because they are concerned about traffic and safety issues. Others rightly listen to local residents who express concern about the changing shape of their neighborhood when churches expand. The governmental agency is not always the evil empire.
But on too many occasions, I have seen governmental agencies and zoning commissions deny churches needed permission to expand for no apparent reason. I wonder if they are fearful of their tax-paying base being eroded by a non-taxable entity acquiring additional property. I sometimes wonder if some of the leaders simply have an anti-Christian bias that manifests itself in these unfortunate situations.
There are other issues beyond those related to physical facilities. And too many times, I am left figuratively speechless with the adversarial attitudes I see against Christians and local congregations.
Moving Forward
I do not see any sign that the church versus state challenge in America will get better in the near future. I do, however, have some suggestions for leaders in churches to deal with this reality.
First, lead the church to love the community. Find ways to be a positive presence in the area. Do good deeds for the local schools and merchants. Find ways to partner with the city to help children, the elderly, and the mentally challenged. Become a volunteer force to keep an area of the town clean. Provide free medical and dental services on occasion. Help needy children to buy school supplies. In an adaptation of President Kennedy's famous words: Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what you can do for your community.
Second, pray for your community and its leaders. Leadership is never easy; leading a governmental body is a special challenge.
Third, be involved in local community and governmental functions. Show that you care about your town with your presence, voice, and action.
Church versus state is a sad reality in many places today. But it is possible that you can lead your church to change that reality. Your church can be Christ's presence in ministry to the state.
What church versus state realities has your church encountered? How is your church moving forward to be a positive presence in your community?
I look forward to hearing from you.


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Kuromoji user dictionary takes Reader and allows for comments and other lines to be ignored. But if its "empty" in the sense of no actual entries, the returned FST will be null, and it will throw a confusing NPE.
JapaneseTokenizer and JapaneseAnalyzer apis already treat null UserDictionary as having none at all, so I think the best fix is to fix the UserDictionary api from UserDictionary(Reader) to UserDictionary.open(Reader) or similar, and return null if the FST is empty.
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Thanks, Ohtani-san!
I added a final being required for branch_5x for JDK 1.7 and also changed the empty user dictionary test to contain a user dictionary with a comment and some newlines (it's still empty, though).
I've committed your patch to trunk and branch_5x.
Commit 1678702 from Christian Moen in branch 'dev/branches/branch_5x'
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Commit 1678685 from Christian Moen in branch 'dev/trunk'
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Fix for empty Kuromoji user dictionary NPE (
I created the patch for this issue.
Add open(Reader reader) static method to UserDictionary.
And add test empty user dict.
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D.C. Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a damaged Mercedes after a man was struck and killed in southwest Washington early Monday morning.
A D.C. Police spokesman said a driver reported a man lying in the 2900 block of South Capitol Street at about 12:45 a.m. Police said the man was the victim of a hit and run; he has not been identified and is considered a "John Doe."
The victim is an African-American man, most likely 59 or 60 years old. A police spokesman said he appeared to be either homeless or possibly staying in a nearby shelter.
Investigators said evidence left at the scene points to the striking vehicle most likely being a Mercedes. They are now working to determine a year and model. Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a Mercedes with front end and possible windshield damage, as well.


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Putnam County, Missouri(Partner: National Association of County and City Health Officials)
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Putnam County Partners in Prevention will promote healthy lifestyles and strong families in our community through education, awareness, alternative activities, and advocacy.
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OUR SUCCESSES Daddy Daughter Dance We host an annual Daddy Daughter Dance where we've had over 100 fathers and daughters in attendance. We sponsor this event to promote protective factors and reduce risk factors by providing an event where fathers and daughters interact in a safe environment to bond, open lines of communication, and foster relationship building. Mother Son Hike Another annual event that started in the fall of 2008 is our Mother Son Hike. A counterpart to the Daddy Daughter Dance this event was well received by the community. Battle of the Belts Putnam County SADD kids and coalition members began participating in the Battle of the Belts in 2006, and in that same year won the event for our region in 2006. The Battle of the Belt is an educational program where local high school students compete against each other to increase safety belt use and potentially save lives. The challenge involves an initital surprise safety belt check of high school students, followed by a peer-designed educational blitz and a final surprise safety belt check to determine if a change of behavior occurs. MYAA Toolkit Training On June 13, 2008, PCPP hosted a Missouri Youth Adult Alliance Training that is designed as a "how-to" guide for communities or groups who want to address the issue of underage drinking. PCPP is a member affiliate of MYAA, which is a statewide coalition that assists local community efforts in addressing underage drinking. The training covered forming a coalition and identified ways to get our message out to targeted audiences. Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking On May 1, 2008, PCPP hosted a town hall meeting on underage drinking where Representative Rebecca McClanahan was our moderator. There was an overview of the coalition, a video entitled This Place was played, and a panel was in place to ask field questions from the audience. A very open dialogue ensued where those in attendance gained perspective on the issues surrounding underage drinking in our county.


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CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble on Monday announced its Vicks-brand NyQuil and DayQuil will pick up on its "Most Dedicated Fan" Contest with Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. The Facebook contest will reward the NFL's most dedicated fan who never misses a moment of the season with two tickets to Super Bowl XLVI.
"Vicks continues to work with the NFL to recognize fans whose dedication to the football season matches our dedication to providing fans and players with the cold and flu symptom relief products they've come to rely on," stated Andy Cipra, brand manager of Vicks North America.
"In the NFL there are no sick days, and that remains true for both the players and fans," Brees said. "I'm excited to partner with Vicks NyQuil and DayQuil for a second year on the 'Most Dedicated Fan' contest. ... Fans are such an integral part of the game, and we're looking to reward the most dedicated and enthusiastic fans in the NFL."
This year, Vicks wants to hear how NFL fans out-cheer the opposing team in the stands by submitting a personalized fan rally cry. One fan from each of the 32 NFL teams will be chosen as a semi-finalist to face off for a trip to Super Bowl XLVI. Each entrant also will receive a promo code to NFLshop.com.
The search begins Sept. 26 and a winner will be chosen Jan. 10. For more information, visit Facebook.com/NyQuil.
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Who are the Nackards of Flagstaff Arizona?
Much like the Babbitt family, the Nackard family had an important place in Flagstaff's early history, and continues to be an important player in Flagstaff today. At least 10 Nackard family members contributed a combined total of more than $23,500 in an effort to influence the May, 2004 election. See campaign finance info. Though the Nackard name has lately been mired in scandal and controversy, it was not always so. Over the years, the Nackards have made important contributions to the community. Undoubtedly, an interesting book could be written about the eventful history of the Nackard family. Here are just a few of the highlights, gleaned mostly from "Mountain Town," Platt Cline's definitive history of Flagstaff.
Khatter Joseph Nackard (K.J.) was born in 1875 in a tiny village in the mountains near Beirut, Lebanon. At age 13, he quit school to learn the shoemaker's trade. At 25, after struggling and saving while working in various places in the Middle East and Europe, he crossed the ocean in search of better opportunities. He became a pushcart peddler in New York. Gradually, he moved west in search of greener pastures. He ended up in Salt Lake City in 1905, where he became a citizen. Soon afterward, he returned to his tiny village in Lebanon, where he married Marie Michael. The couple set out on a 10,000-mile journey, settling briefly in various places. Finally, in 1912, they settled down in Flagstaff. They were members of Nativity Church. Khatter was active in the Chamber of Commerce, the Elks, Knights of Pythias and Moose.
In his 1994 book, "Mountain Town," Platt Cline wrote of the early Nackard family: "At home the parents spoke a mixture of English and Arabic but did not teach the latter to the children. Fred, the elder son, born in 1907, recalled that his parents never complained, met the world with smiles, had sharp eyes for opportunity, made the best of every experience, and accumulated considerable wealth. In later years they lived in Phoenix, where Joseph farmed and sold real estate. Marie died at age 62 in 1941, and K.J. in 1954 at 73."
One of the first businesses established by Khatter Nackard was The New York Store. The store sold mainly clothing. It was located on the north-east corner of Route 66 and San Francisco Street. See photo. The business later moved to 13-15 N. San Francisco Street. This property later became Flagstaff's fourth post office. Today the property is the site of a sporting goods store. The building is owned today by George Nackard's Consolidated Investment Company. (Nackard has no direct ties to the sporting goods store.)
In the 30s, when slot machines had been outlawed by Arizona voters, Khatter and a partner operated one of the two largest slot machine operations in Flagstaff. At its peak, the venture involved about 125 machines, including several in the bar of the Monte Vista Hotel and other public places. Times were tough, and local officials decided not to crack down on the slot machine operators because of the revenue generated for local businesses. A cut of the proceeds routinely went to the Chamber of Commerce, the Pow-Wow, and other causes valued by the community.
From the beginning, the Nackard family has been involved in local politics. Interestingly, one of the earliest Nackard political skirmishes had some parallels to the recent election. In 1922, the city council voted to put a bond issue on the ballot. If approved by voters, the bond would raise $60,000 for the purchase of the Clark Ranch. The Clark Ranch was a 137-acre property near Thorpe Park. The city proposed to sell a portion of the ranch to the school board to build a new school. The rest of the property was to become a park. Also, some of the money raised through the bond, along with some of the money raised by the sale of property to the school board, was earmarked for park improvements.
Khatter Nackard was one of the most vocal opponents of the proposed purchase of Clark Ranch. Like many other residents, he felt that the town had enough parks. If the school board needed land for a school, bond opponents argued it could buy the land directly from Elizabeth Clark, who owned the ranch. Nackard ran advertisements opposing the bond measure. The ads also promoted the new merchandise at Nackard's store.
Despite Nackard's efforts, the bond passed by a vote of 173 to 153. The bond allowed the city to purchase property that would eventually become ball fields near Thorpe Park. In addition, some of this land became Clark Homes, a housing complex for low-income residents. The city sold 23-acres of the ranch to the school board. Today, Marshall Elementary School, Flagstaff Middle School and Flagstaff High School are located on this property. With the money raised from the bond and the sale to the school board, the city also built a small dam, creating a pond between the ball fields and the middle school.
Cline writes, "While Nackard opposed purchase of the Clark Ranch, a view shared by nearly half of his fellow citizens, he supported most community endeavors, and his acumen and frankness won him election to the council for two terms beginning in 1926.
One of K.J. Nackard's sons, Fred, also served on the city council, beginning in 1948. However, he resigned the next year, possibly frustrated by his inability to convince downtown merchants to support a shopping mall he had envisioned for East Aspen Avenue. Historian Platt Cline recalled, "Fred was just some years ahead of the merchants." Fred's 1984 obituary said, "He was an early advocate of steps to preserve the historic downtown area as a viable, working business center." See a photo of Fred.
In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, Fred applied for a wholesale spirituous liquor license. Thus was born the Fred Nackard Wholesale Liquor Company. According to a story published in Mountain Living magazine in October of 1994, the company's liquor license is one of the two oldest continuously held family liquor licenses in Arizona. The company got off to a rough start. Fred's wife, Monica, sold her car so that the couple could buy a delivery truck. They had hoped to use the money to make a down-payment on a house. Instead, they slept in their beverage warehouse while their business struggled to get off the ground. The warehouse was located on South San Francisco Street.
According to his obituary, Fred "was widely known for a volatile, generous nature. …Although Mr. Nackard devoted most of his life to business pursuits, he also was an avid reader, particularly interested in historical matters. As a result of extensive reading, he was self-taught and fluent in a wide variety of subjects ranging from current events to esoteric philosophy. He remained active in business until near the end of his life. He died in Tucson on Dec. 30, 1984, following an illness. He was 77.
Today, the liquor company Fred founded is headquartered on Railhead Avenue and headed by Patrick M. Nackard, Fred and Monica's only son. In 1994, the company operated in 12 of Arizona's 15 counties. It had six branches located in Flagstaff, Globe, Kingman, Prescott, Safford and Show Low, with about 200 employees. Patrick also heads Hi-Line Snack & Vending, the Nackard Land Company, as well as the Pepsi bottling franchise in Flagstaff. In recent years Pepsi has been the corporate sponsor of Flagstaff's popular Fourth of July parade.
George Nackard, Patrick's uncle, does not appear to be involved in Patrick's businesses. George of course is the Nackard who has been the focus of so much controversy lately. George has his own business, Consolidated Investment Company, Inc. Though the company has an office in Flagstaff, George apparently lives in Paradise Valley, or at least has a home there. George's company has been charged with cutting trees in violation of the land development code. (See Arizona Daily Sun, June 3, 2004.) George is also the owner of the Varsity Gasser, a gas station on Milton Road that made national news in September of 2003 when a scantily clad female model stood in front of the station holding a sign advertising low gas prices. The city considered charging Nackard for the stunt but the case was later dropped.
Platt Cline wrote about the four brothers, Fred, Philip, Victor and George. They "participated in many Flagstaff ventures, individually and in partnership, including wholesale liquor, soft drinks, restaurants and bars, real estate, motels, transportation and communications. Fred, Phillip and Victor served in World War II."
At one time, Phillip was president of the Flagstaff Community Hospital. He was also active in the Chamber of Commerce. In the 30s he operated the Nackard's Lady Store on North San Francisco Street with his wife. He later managed the soft-drink bottling plant for a time. In the 50's he started working with his brother Fred at his wholesale liquor company. Phillip remained with the liquor company until he died of a heart attack on Dec. 23, 1977. He was 64.
Victor N. Nackard died just recently, on June 19, 2004. He was born Nov. 21, 1919. He is credited with starting the local Pepsi-Cola bottling plant, as well as a trucking company called Victor Transit, and the local NAPA auto parts business.
In addition to the four brothers, the Nackard family had three sisters, Najla, Selma and Adma. Only Adma (Colson) is alive today. In the early 90s, Adma was living in Sun City.
Selma M. Nackard passed away Dec. 21, 2003, at age 81. She spent much of her life in Phoenix, where she worked for a bank and later managed Top of Central, a popular restaurant. She also was the family caretaker, caring for her parents in their later years.
Najla and her husband T.J. Engstrom managed the Nackard Inn in downtown Flagstaff. Later it became the Downtowner Motel, easily spotted thanks to the large radio-type tower and sign on the property. Today the Inn has been converted into apartments with no connection to the Nackards. Najla (Tore) Engstrom died in 1987.
It appears possible that at least one of George Nackard's
children may have also been involved in the hotel business. One of George
Nackard's children is said to have been named Nyla Womack. A historic Flagstaff
hotel was called Andy Womack's Flamingo Motor Hotel. Like the Downtowner Motel,
it had a radio tower on or very near the property. The hotel fell into disrepair
and was eventually torn down. A Barnes and Noble store now stands on the
According to Platt Cline, "In 1991 there were 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren."
See also the Nackard family tree created by Dan R. Frazier.
Visit an interesting site showing postcards of old hotels in Flagstaff, including a few with connections to the Nackards, such as the Nackard Inn, and hotels with connections to Andy Womack.
Read Bill Buell's recollections about Flagstaff's motel situation in the 1970s, including a few comments about the Nackards.
Excerpts from "Mountain Town, Flagstaff's First Century" by the late Platt Cline used with permission of Northland Publishing. This book is currently out of print.


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If Sunday is best described as a reprieve for three Valley prep basketball teams, then those programs will be happy to take it.
Elsinore's boys, Cal Lutheran's boys, and Murrieta Valley's girls all earned state-tournament berths Sunday night when the CIF State office released the tourney pairings. Also earning a boys soccer regional-tournament berth was Lakeside, which won the Division V championship Saturday with a 3-1 victory over San Bernardino Cajon.
All three basketball teams ended the playoffs with a loss, and two — Elsinore and Murrieta Valley — were ousted in the Southern Section semifinals.
Still, the selection committee treated both programs well, as the Tigers (27-4) earned the No. 4 seed (out of 16) in Division II. They will host to Thousand Oaks (21-9), which also lost in the Southern Section semifinals, at 7 p.m Wednesday.
Elsinore will be playing its first-ever state-tournament game.
"I think our kids have a sense of new life and are ready to just have an opportunity to go play," Tigers coach Pete Rettinger said.
The Tigers fell to top-seeded and eventual Division II-A champion Lakewood Mayfair 59-50 on the road in the semifinals last Tuesday. They had a fourth-quarter lead and were within striking distance in the final two minutes despite having to limit Valley scoring leader E.J. Twyman after he went to the floor hard midway through the final frame.
Twyman, who scored 30 points in the game, injured his wrist and saw limited shot selection in the final minutes. But Rettinger said he looked "back to normal" by Friday's practice.
"He's pretty good," he said.
Murrieta Valley (23-6), which fell in the Southern Section semifinals to Santa Ana Foothill, earned a No. 9 seed in Division II and will travel to eighth-seeded San Diego Serra (25-7).
"It's nice," Nighthawks coach Scott Richards said. "In the section playoffs, it usually winds up being an abrupt ending, a brutal ending. You don't always feel like you have a lot of closure."
Richards said his team practiced after losing to Foothill on Tuesday night, having a shootaround Thursday and a full practice Friday. It is Murrieta Valley's first state-tourney trip for the girls; the boys went two rounds deep into the tournament two years ago, when they won the section championship.
"We thought that if we could beat Righetti in the (section) quarterfinals, that would help get us in," Richards said. "And it did."
Cal Lutheran's boys (20-4), who qualified for their first Southern Section final in school history before losing to La Canada Renaissance Academy on Saturday morning, earned a trip to El Cajon Foothill Christian in a first-round, Division V state-tournament game Wednesday.
In boys soccer, an improbable postseason run will continue for Lakeside's boys (19-7-3), who play a first-round, Southern California Regional match at Santa Ana Valley (17-8-2) at 4 p.m. Tuesday.


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Nine weeks ago, if you would have told any casual CFL fan that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers would be leading the East Division with a four-point cushion over the Alouettes, you would have heard laughs from St. John's to Victoria.
What was once a laughable prediction is now an inspiring reality.
Winnipeg's resurgence is one of many unexpected storylines that have taken centre stage throughout the first half of the 2011 season. With Saskatchewan's hardships, Montreal's apparent return to earth and Edmonton's bad luck, fans have been provided with nothing short of a thrilling first half of Canadian football.
Here now, are a few things to keep your eye on for the second half of the season.
Can Winnipeg keep up their pace?
Winnipeg's situation has been played out countless times throughout the history of sports. It seems as though there is always one team in every league that enters the season with low expectations, but then proceeds to blow their opposition – and expectations – out of the water. Those teams end up in either one of two places.
The first scenario sees the team simply run out of steam and fall back down to earth with the rest of the pack, while the second scenario has the team engage in a playoff run that is seemingly as inspiring and unforeseen as their season.
However, the 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers have an aura surrounding them that doesn't necessarily follow either of these two situations.
The team is playing as if they were absolutely expected to be 7-1 and they look spectacular while doing it.
Swaggerville is letting teams know that they are for real – and have no intention of being pushed to the wayside.
So will the Blue and Gold be able to continue at their torrent pace? You will have to stay tuned to find out.
Which Eskimos team will show up?
Blame it on bad luck, blame it on the offensive line, or blame it on injuries; fact is, with the way things are going for the Edmonton Eskimos, you could have a valid argument for all three.
Having stormed out of the gate with a 5-0 record to start the season, Edmonton had everything going its way.
The highly maligned offensive line was protecting Ricky Ray, who, in-turn, was able to heave passes downfield to Fred Stamps.
Four games ago, the above sentence seemed highly plausible. Today, it seems flat-out fictional.
Injuries to Edmonton's top-four receivers in addition to its offensive line have brought upon three-straight convincing losses in which they were outscored 91-21.
Fortunately for the Eskimos, injuries are a temporary matter and the return of their players is imminent.
The question is will it be too late for the Eskimos by then? Or will the club peak once again, this time as the playoffs appear on the horizon?
Montreal's return to earth
Quarterback Anthony Calvillo has been enjoying another MOP-calibre season. His 104.0 efficiency rating is tops among all starting pivots, as are his 17 touchdown passes and 2,464 yards,
Despite his strong play, the Alouettes have already suffered three losses. Has the rest of the league finally figured out how to stop the mighty Als? For years, Montreal epitomized consistency. The team featured a high-octane offence, which was supported by a sturdy and reliable defence.
While it seems that Montreal still features the very characteristics that led them to success in years past, the rest of the league is finally figuring out how to limit them on the field.
Parity is one of the many themes that have dominated CFL airwaves this season, perhaps, it is finally rearing its head on the Alouettes.
Trouble in Riderville
As if losing two consecutive Grey Cups wasn't enough of a heartbreaker for fans of the Roughriders, their disastrous 1-7 record certainly doesn't take the sting away.
The Greg Marshall experiment was short-lived, paving the way for Ken Miller to reassume his role on the sidelines.
Can he single-handedly reverse Saskatchewan's fortunes? Almost certainly not. Miller will need immense support from his players, especially quarterback Darian Durant if the club is to salvage a shot at a third-straight Grey Cup appearance.
Saskatchewan's back-to-back matchups with rival Winnipeg on Labour Day weekend and the Banjo Bowl seem like the perfect opportunity for them to get their season back on track.
However, two-straight losses against the confident Bombers may also prove to be their official demise.


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LONDON, July 2 (IFR) - Portugal has set final terms on its USD4bn 10-year US dollar benchmark after books reached more than USD10bn, according to a lead.
The RegS/144a note will price later today at 260bp over Treasuries via lead banks Barclays, Danske, HSBC and Societe Generale.
Marketing began on Tuesday at 270bp area over Treasuries, before official guidance Wednesday morning at 265bp area and a later revision to 260bp area, plus or minus 5bp.
Portugal is rated Ba2/BB/BB+ (positive/stable/positive).
Reporting by Julian Baker; editing by Sudip Roy


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59. Can God do anything?
God can do anything.
When Sarah laughed at God for saying he'd make Sarah pregnant, God responded by saying "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"Is any thing too hard for the LORD? Genesis 18:14When Moses doubts that God can feed his 600,000 soldiers and their families, God says to him, "Has my hand gotten shorter lately?"And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? Numbers 11:23After God spent four chapters talking about all the great things he can do (like feed lions, restrain unicorns, and catch leviathans), Job says, "Yeah, you can do everything."Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing. Job 42:1-2When God tells Jeremiah that he will soon destroy Jerusalem by the sword, famine, and pestilence, Jeremiah and God say it will be easy for him, since nothing's too hard for the Lord.Ah Lord God! ... there is nothing too hard for thee. Jeremiah 32:17When the angel Gabriel told Mary that the Holy Ghost would soon empregnate her, she said, "How will that work, since I am a virgin?" But the angel told her, "Nothing's impossible with God."
There are some things that God cannot do.
God is powerless against iron chariots.And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. Judges 1:19Jesus, whom many Christians believe is God, was unable to do any mighty works in his hometown.Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, , save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. Mark 6:4-6And just like George Washington, God cannot tell a lie.God ... cannot lie. Titus 1:2


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Thief - Febuary Release & New Trailer
by Couchpotato, 2013-08-18 00:24:13
Eidos Montreal has released a new GamesCom trailer for Thief, and announced the release date of the game for February 25, 2014.
Official THIEF - "Uprising" Gamescom 2013 Trailer by Eidos-Montreal.
Garrett the Master Thief is entangled in the growing layers of conflict between Baron Northcrest and the oppressed masses led by Orion, the voice of the people. In a City on the brink of revolution, his skills are all he can trust as he walks the fine line between politics and the people.
THIEF is currently in development for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Xbox One and Xbox 360, scheduled for release February 25, 2014.
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In Turkey, protests continue
Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Turkey's prime minister addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters a short distance away.
The contrasting scenes pointed to an increasing polarization in Turkish society, one which critics say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fueled with the fiery rhetoric he has maintained since they began more than two weeks ago.
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A police crackdown Saturday evening that ended an 18-day peaceful sit-in at Taksim Square's Gezi Park sparked daylong unrest on the streets of Istanbul, while police also broke up demonstrations in the capital, Ankara, and the southern city of Adana.
The protests began in Gezi Park more than two weeks ago and spread to dozens of cities across the country. Erdogan has blamed them on a nebulous plot to destabilize his government. Five people, including a policeman, have died and more than 5,000 have been injured, according to a Turkish rights group.
Elected to his third term just two years ago with 50 percent of the vote and having steered his country to healthy economic growth, the protests are unlikely to prove an immediate threat to Erdogan's government. But they have dented his international image and exposed growing divisions within Turkish society. Never before in his 10-year tenure has Erdogan faced such an open or broad expression of discontent.
Critics have accused him of an increasingly autocratic way of governing and of trying to impose his conservative Muslim views on the lifestyles of the entire population in a country governed by secular laws - charges he vehemently denies.
"They say, `Mr. prime minister, you are too harsh,' and some [call me] `dictator'," he said during his speech in his second political rally in as many days. "What kind of a dictator meets with people who occupy Gezi Park as well as the sincere environmentalists?" he questioned, referring to a meeting Thursday night with protest representatives.
Erdogan defended his decision to send police in to end the occupation of the park, where protesters had set up a tent city complete with a library, food distribution center, infirmary, children's activity area and plant nursery. Water cannon and tear gas forced thousands to flee, and cleanup crews ripped down the tents and food overnight.
"I did my duty as prime minister," he told his supporters. "Otherwise, there would be no point in my being in office."
About six miles away in the center of the city, police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters trying to converge on Taksim Square. In some neighborhoods, protesters set up barricades across streets while youths threw stones at police.
In others, police broke up demonstrations with dense clouds of stinging tear gas that sent protesters fleeing into side streets. Some took refuge in nearby cafes and restaurants, where waiters clutched napkins to their faces to ward off the gas.


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Looks like Marvel Studios has gone all out to take fans deeper into the psychedelic and mystical outer reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the upcoming film, "Doctor Strange." Of course, it adds to the fun when you have a brilliant lead like Benedict Cumberbatch introducing this bizarre new world.
What was teased briefly in previous Marvel films like "Thor" and "Ant-Man" will be explored more closely in "Doctor Strange." Different realms, realities, dimensions and possibilities, that's what "Strange" is all about and we can get a glimpse of this visual spectacle in the film's first trailer.
In an earlier interview, Cumberbatch who plays Doctor Stephen Strange, admitted to having difficulty understanding and adapting to the shooting style and setup of a superhero film, especially one as VFX-heavy as "Doctor Strange."
"It was like, okay, I've got to keep throwing these poses, these spells, these rune-casting things, everything he does physically I'm thinking, there's going to be a huge amount of speculation and intrigue over the positioning of that finger as opposed to it being there, or there," the actor said, according to the Independent.
"Doctor Strange" is slated to release Nov. 4, 2016. The film also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams, among others.
"Doctor Strange" follows the story of neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a horrific car accident, discovers the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions. The character is also expected to show up in "The Avengers: Infinity War," but there has been no official confirmation on that, as yet.
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PHOENIX — A man who crashed a truck into several police vehicles in Gilbert was finally taken into custody Monday morning.
The chase ended near Recker and Williams Field roads around 9:30 a.m.
Police said Preston Oberly, 25, had created enough of a disturbance in a bank parking lot at Guadalupe and Gilbert roads that they were called around 9 a.m.
"The subject was banging on car doors and windows with his hands, and yelling, screaming in the parking lot," Gilbert Police Sgt. Jesse Sanger said.
Sanger also said that when officers arrived, Oberly got into a black pickup truck and sped out of the lot, "driving straight towards one of the officers that was on foot."
The officer was unharmed.
The car was eventually disabled and Oberly was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, felony flight and driving with a suspended license.


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- Use some of our delicious Bacon and Green Onion Cheese Spread as a base for a savory cheese ball. These fun-size snacks are perfect for any summer gathering and are super simple to make. Served with some Olive Oil & Rosemary Crackers, it's sure to be an instant hit.
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I have a large table in MSSQL 2005, that is something like
The System ID is a unique GUID, the name is the plain text description of the location and the ParentID is the Location under which the Location falls. So one location can be Parent to many children. What I'm wondering, is if it there is an easy way to find out all the children of a parent, baring in mind, that a child can also be the parent of another. A simple example would be
- North America
- - Canada
- - - Ontario
- - - - Nepean
- - - - - Barrhaven
For this I've been doing multiple queries, but this doesn't work so well when you have
- North America
- - Canada
- - - Ontario - - - Alberta - - - British Columbia
- - - - Nepean - - - - Calgary - - - - Vancouver
- - - - - Barrhaven
So if I want all the children of Canada, I would get all of the Ontario, Alberta and BC branches, and all their children. I'm probably asking too much of SQL, but is there something to help, or am I better off doing this programatically.
If you know the maximum number of levels you want to retrieve, this is simple enough to do in one query.. the only thing you'll have to figure out is how you want your results, and how you'll handle them.
I think since you're looking for genealogy, you won't want to group your data. Here's a 5-level genealogy query example. I added a "Level" record in the results to let you know what level of item is currently being returned. You can use this to determine how you place the new item in your genealogy structure in the app you build.
l1.SystemID, l1.Name,
l2.SystemID AS SystemID2, l2.Name AS Name2,
l3.SystemID AS SystemID3, l3.Name AS Name3,
l4.SystemID AS SystemID4, l4.Name AS Name4,
l5.SystemID AS SystemID5, l5.Name AS Name5,
WHEN l5.SystemID IS NOT NULL THEN 5
WHEN l4.SystemID IS NOT NULL THEN 4
WHEN l3.SystemID IS NOT NULL THEN 3
WHEN l2.SystemIID IS NOT NULL THEN 2
END AS Level
Locations AS l1
LEFT JOIN Locations AS l2 ON l1.SystemID = l2.ParentID
LEFT JOIN Locations AS l3 ON l1.SystemID = l3.ParentID
LEFT JOIN Locations AS l4 ON l1.SystemID = l4.ParentID
LEFT JOIN Locations AS l5 ON l1.SystemID = l5.ParentID
WHERE l1.ParentID = 6; // (e.g. where 6 = Canada)
If you want the full tree, you can just specify WHERE l1.ParentID IS NULL
Thanks for that, but rather than the hierarchy, I need to return all the SystemID's that match. I basically have many assets
SysAssetIdNameSysLocationId (or as in the previous example SysId)
stored in many locations. I want to be able to say give me all the assets that are in Canada, or Ontario, etc. I'm hoping to end up with one query (the one giving me all the children) I can link to another (the one giving me all the assets)
Thanks, Colin
so you're looking for all possible leaves of the tree such that they belong (at some unspecified and potentially varied depths) to a target node.
That... is very difficult in my head to do in an Adjacency system. I'm not sure if MSSQL can handle the NSM system efficiently or not, but that would seem to me to be the way to move.
I had a feeling it was not going to be something simple. Just wanted to see if anyone had done this, before writing my own code to do the same thing.
I'm constantly surprised by the power of SQL and find my self always trying to push things. It's the only way you learn I suppose.
colboy, how many (maximum) levels are there?
Ideally 2 or 3, but as this is for a generic system, could be many more, although I can set an artificial limit and expand it as required.
a fixed maximum allows you to retrieve what you want from the structure you currently have (adjacency list model, i.e. "parentid") with a single query, although it will have multiple joins, as shown by transio's query
"could be many more" suggests that you might want to switch to the nested set model, which is a lot easier to query (but pretty tricky to manage for inserts, updates, and deletes)
(I swear i'm not trying to hijack the thread)
(but pretty tricky to manage for inserts, updates, and deletes)
In what way?
The former would probably work, at least to solve me initial problem. Can look at the other method in detail later. Do you have an example I can look at and any pointers for good explanations of Nested Set Models.
Storing Hierarchical Data in a Database Article » SitePoint
Sitepoint Blog - Storing Hierarchical Data in a Database. What the blog calls the "Modified Preorder Tree" on page 2 is a Nested Set Model.MySQL - Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQLWhile the queries might not be specifically relevant, the article does lay out differences between Adjacency and Nested Set models.
Thanks guys. So I'm left with
SELECT Location.sys_whr_id AS Level1, Location_1.sys_whr_id AS Level2, Location_2.sys_whr_id AS Level3, Location_3.sys_whr_id AS Level4,
Location_4.sys_whr_id AS Level5, Location_5.sys_whr_id AS Level6, Location_6.sys_whr_id AS Level7, Location_7.sys_whr_id AS Level8,
Location_8.sys_whr_id AS Level9, Location_9.sys_whr_id AS Level10
FROM Location LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_1 ON Location.sys_whr_id = Location_1.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_2 ON Location_1.sys_whr_id = Location_2.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_3 ON Location_2.sys_whr_id = Location_3.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_4 ON Location_3.sys_whr_id = Location_4.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_5 ON Location_4.sys_whr_id = Location_5.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_6 ON Location_5.sys_whr_id = Location_6.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_7 ON Location_6.sys_whr_id = Location_7.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_8 ON Location_7.sys_whr_id = Location_8.sys_parent_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
Location AS Location_9 ON Location_8.sys_whr_id = Location_9.sys_parent_id
WHERE (Location.sys_whr_id = 'ONTARIO') // But this would really be a GUID
Which means I have to traverse all the records and fields returned to give me a list of unique ID's and use this as the basis of my next query. Any comments before I put this to bed?
well, they're all going to be unique, aren't they -- otherwise it wouldn't be a hierarchy
but yeah, you'd have to go across the rows returned and pull off the ids from the various columns
there is another way to do it, that gives you a much more usable result set, although it's somewhat even more cumbersome...
SELECT Location_1.sys_whr_id
FROM Location
JOIN Location AS Location_1
ON Location_1.sys_parent_id = Location.sys_whr_id
WHERE Location.sys_whr_id = 'ONTARIO')
SELECT Location_2.sys_whr_id
FROM Location
JOIN Location AS Location_1
ON Location_1.sys_parent_id = Location.sys_whr_id
JOIN Location AS Location_2
ON Location_2.sys_parent_id = Location_2.sys_whr_id
WHERE Location.sys_whr_id = 'ONTARIO'
. -- and so on for all levels, using INNER joins
this returns all nodes in a single column
you could then push the entire union query into a subquery, and thus "use this as the basis of my next query"
By unique I meant unique within the list I am building. Thanks for the last post, that allows me to skip my list building function. Will look at Nested Set Models as a separate exercise.
Thanks everyone for all your help.
One other option: for_xml_auto. Instamagically makes heirarchical lists based on relationships.


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MANILA, Philippines, March 26 (UPI) -- Imelda Marcos, widow of longtime Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has announced another run for elective office at the age of 80.
Marcos plans to run for a seat in the lower house of Parliament, joining a field of 18,000 candidates for 287 seats, The Daily Telegraph reported. She said one of her goals for re-entering politics is to restore her late husband to the honor he deserves.
She made her announcement at her husband's mausoleum, where she kissed the coffin holding his body. She is running for a seat now held by her son.
"This is one of our major injustices," she said. "He was one of our best ever presidents. During his time we had territorial integrity, freedom, justice and human rights."
Marcos lived in exile for several years after her husband was ousted in 1986. She returned to the Philippines in 1991, ran unsuccessfully for the presidency and served in Parliament for three years in the late 1990s.


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You already know I love me some San Francisco. The reasons are many, but a few include:
- The weather
- The Golden Gate Bridge
- The eclectic whacky residents
- Tillamook Yogurt
What's that, you don't understand why Tillamook Yogurt made the list? Let me explain. Surely you have heard of Tillamook cheeses. I absolutely love their Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese; it is a flavorful delight. Recently, I found out that Tillamook makes yogurts too. What?! Call me biased (in this case I am), but pretty much anything Tillamook makes is bound to be good. The thing is Tillamook Yogurts are mostly available in the Pacific Northwest – Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Northern California, and Alaska. Guess what? San Francisco is in Northern California!
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that when I was offered the chance to try Tillamook Yogurt for FREE, I jumped at the chance.
I waited for coupons to arrive. You didn't really think they were going to send me yogurt in the mail, did you? Now that I have the coupons, it's time to find a place near me that sells Tillamook Yogurt. Guess what? There's a Tillamook Yogurt finding tool. I typed in my zip code and found that the Safeway closest to me sells it.
Oh man, I wonder which of their 21 flavors I'll choose.
- Baked Apple Pie
- Banana Vanilla
- Blueberry Acai
- Cherry Vanilla
- Country Orange Cream
- Dark Cherry
- French Vanilla Bean
- Key Lime
- Lemon Squeeze
- Marionberry
- Mountain Huckleberry
- Naturally Plain
- Northwest Berry Patch
- Oregon Strawberry
- Passion Fruit Orange Guava
- Peach
- Pomegranate Blackberry
- Raspberry
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Vanilla Bean
- Watermelon
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- No artificial sweeteners
- No artificial flavors or colors
- No high fructose corn syrup
- No artificial growth hormones
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I'll let you know what I think of the yogurt soon. If you try it out or have already tried it, let me know what you think. Especially if you try the watermelon flavor. I have never heard of watermelon yogurt; I'm intrigued.
Disclosure: I received complimentary coupons to sample the product and I have been compensated for my time. As always, all statements and opinions are my own.


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Moving into a new phase of its development, the YouView subscription-free catch-up and on-demand TV service has launched an app for Android devices.
The YouView App, available free from Google Play Store, will allow users to deploy their Android devices to watch programmes listed by 'now and next', as well as day by day listings per channel, and also record programmes and series onto their YouView set-top box while on the move.
Complementing the existing product for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, the app is compatible with all YouView set-top boxes. It was developed at YouView and securely connects up to five mobile devices.