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Reading Royals (37-19-2) at Wheeling Nailers (29-24-6) 7 p.m. ET
· Ryan Cruthers leads Reading against the Nailers with 15 points (5g-10a).
· Wheeling's Sahir Gill is third among rookies with 31 assists.
· Royals are 20-5-1 against Atlantic Division opponents.
· Nailers are tied for fifth with 10 shorthanded goals.
Cincinnati Cyclones (32-20-6) at Elmira Jackals (22-28-8) 7:05 p.m. ET
· Anthony Luciani leads Cincinnati against the Jackals with three goals and seven points.
· Elmira's Ludwig Karlsson is tied for second among rookies with four game-winning goals.
· Cyclones are league's least-penalized team with 11.12 penalty minutes per game.
· Jackals are 14-4-3 against North Division opponents.
South Carolina Stingrays (35-18-5) at Gwinnett Gladiators (23-32-4) 7:05 p.m. ET
· South Carolina's Peter Boyd is tied for the league lead with six game-winning goals.
· Maxime Legault leads Gwinnett against the Stingrays with five goals.
· Stingrays lead the league with 2.26 goals-against per game.
· Gladiators are fourth on the penalty kill at 86.1 percent (192-for-223).
Kalamazoo Wings (35-18-5) at Toledo Walleye (18-34-4) 7:15 p.m. ET
· Kalamazoo's Matt Caria is second among rookies with 20 goals.
· David Gilbert leads Toledo against the K-Wings with six points (4g-2a).
· K-Wings are 20-8-5 in one-goal games.
· Walleye are third on the power play at 18.4 percent (39-for-212).
Florida Everblades (28-22-7) at Fort Wayne Komets (26-20-11) 8:05 p.m. ET
· Florida's Brandon MacLean is second in the league with four shorthanded goals.
· Fort Wayne's Jace Coyle is second among defensemen with 156 shots on goal.
· Everblades are fourth with 3.23 goals per game.
· Komets are third with 32.98 shots per game.
Orlando Solar Bears (35-18-4) at Evansville IceMen (26-22-10) 7:15 p.m. CT
· Orlando's Mickey Lang leads the league with 37 goals.
· Evansville's Matt Schepke is second in the league with 205 shots on goal.
· Solar Bears have outscored their opponents 71-47 in the first period.
· IceMen are fourth on the power play at home at 20.0 percent (23-for-115).
Idaho Steelheads (30-23-7) at Bakersfield Condors (28-24-5) 7 p.m. PT
· Idaho's Taylor Vause is second in the league with a 27.0 percent shooting percentage (10-for-37).
· Bakersfield's Laurent Brossoit leads the league with seven shutouts.
· Steelheads have scored a league high 72 goals in the third period.
· Condors are fourth with 26.79 shots-against per game.
Las Vegas Wranglers (15-35-6) at Ontario Reign (37-17-5) 7 p.m. PT
· Chad Nehring leads Las Vegas against the Reign with four goals and eight points.
· Ontario's Matt White is third among rookies with 46 points (17g-29a).
· Wranglers are 7-1-4 when leading after two periods.
· Reign lead the league with nine wins when trailing after one period (9-7-3).
Utah Grizzlies (29-20-8) at Stockton Thunder (27-22-6) 7:30 p.m. PT
· Utah's Igor Bobkov is sixth with a 2.18 goals-against average.
· Ryan Hayes leads Stockton against the Grizzlies with three goals.
· Grizzlies are an ECHL best 22-6-5 since Dec. 27.
· Thunder lead the league on the power play at 20.0 percent (45-for-225).
Colorado Eagles (29-18-10) at Alaska Aces (37-17-5) 7:15 p.m. AKT
· Colorado's Dustin Butler made 40 saves on Thursday to record first pro shutout in 2-0 win over Aces.
· Alaska's Peter Sivak is second in the league with 69 points (24g-45a).
· Eagles are fifth on the power play on the road at 18.1 percent (17-for-94).
· Aces lead the league in shots per game (33.66) and shots-against per game (25.63).
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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
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• The ECHL celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2012-13 and is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
• ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 21 teams in 15 states in 2013-14.
• The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
• 529 players have played in the NHL after playing in the ECHL including 22 in 2012-13.
• 17 ECHL players have made their NHL debuts in 2013-14: former Reading Royals Will Acton (Edmonton on Oct. 1), former Kalamazoo Wings left wing Darren Archibald (Vancouver on Oct. 25), former Columbia Inferno, Charlotte Checkers, Greenville Road Warriors and Reading Royals defenseman Julien Brouillette (Washington on Feb. 6), former Colorado Eagles defensemen Ben Chiarot (Winnipeg on Nov. 2) former San Francisco Bulls left wing Jamie Devane (Toronto on Oct. 5), former Idaho Steelheads left wing Luke Gazdic (Edmonton on Oct. 1), former Toledo Walleye center Luke Glendening (Detroit on Oct. 12), former Wheeling Nailers defenseman Alex Grant (Anaheim on Nov. 30), former Cincinnati Cyclones goaltender Magnus Hellberg (Nashville on Oct. 26), former Ontario Reign goaltender Martin Jones (Los Angeles on Dec. 3), former Alaska Aces goaltender Joni Ortio (Calgary on Feb. 27), former Wheeling Nailers defenseman Philip Samuelsson (Pittsburgh on Dec. 16), former Wheeling Nailers center Zach Sill (Pittsburgh on Nov. 16), former Toledo Walleye goaltender Kent Simpson (Chicago on Dec. 14), former Greenville Road Warriors goaltender Cam Talbot (New York Rangers on Oct. 24), former Reading Royals defenseman Patrick Wey (Washington on Dec. 7) and former Ontario Reign goaltender Jeff Zatkoff (Pittsburgh on Oct. 11).
• Two players have played in the ECHL and NHL in 2013-14: Joni Ortio with Alaska and Calgary and Patrick Wey with Reading and Washington.
• The ECHL has had 337 players reach the NHL since 2002-03 when it changed its focus to become the primary developmental league for the NHL and the AHL. The ECHL had 97 players reach the NHL in its first 10 seasons and 215 in the first 15 years.
• 273 ECHL players have played their first game in the last nine seasons for an average of more than 30 per year.
• ECHL had a record 93 players on NHL opening-day rosters in 2013-14, surpassing the 87 from 2012-13 and marking the 11th year in a row that there have been over 50 former ECHL players on opening-day rosters.
• ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 NHL teams in 2013-14, marking the 17th consecutive season that the league has affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
• 29 coaches with an ECHL background are working behind the benches of teams in the NHL including Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma, New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano and Florida Panthers interim head coach Peter Horachek. It is the ninth consecutive season that there have been 11 or more coaches with an ECHL background working in the NHL.
• 27 former ECHL officials are scheduled to work as part of the NHL officiating team in 2013-14 with referees Darcy Burchell, Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Trent Knorr, Mike Leggo, Dave Lewis, T.J. Luxmore, Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Graham Skilliter, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson, Brian Mach, Tim Nowak, Bryan Pancich and Jay Sharrers.
• ECHL was represented for the 13th year in a row on the Stanley Cup champion in 2013 with Chicago Blackhaws assistant coach Jamie Kompon, players Sheldon Brookbank and Daniel Carcillo, vice president/assistant to the president Al MacIsaac, director of pro scouting Ryan Stewart and general manager of minor league affiliations Mark Bernard. The ECHL was represented by 53 former players and 18 coaches on the 16 teams competing in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the eighth year in a row that there have been at least 30 former ECHL players and the 10th consecutive season that over 25 players with ECHL experience have competed in the NHL postseason.
• Former ECHL broadcasters working in the NHL include John Ahlers and Steve Carroll of the Anaheim Ducks, Dave Goucher of the Boston Bruins, Chris Kerber of the St. Louis Blues, Jack Michaels of the Edmonton Oilers, Dave Mishkin of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Bob McElligott of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• Ryan Stanzel and Jeremy Zager, who were both recipients of the ECHL Media Relations Director of the Year award, are working in the communications department for the Minnesota Wild and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. Former ECHL assistant director of communications Joe Siville works in the communications department for the Philadelphia Flyers.
• ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the American Hockey League in 2013-14 and for the past 24 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion.
• In the last nine seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined 4,000 with over call-ups involving more than 2,100 players and in 2012-13 there were 10 times as many call-ups from the ECHL to the AHL than all other professional leagues.
• The ECHL averaged 4,695 fans per game in 2012-13, the highest single-season average since 1999-2000, and marking the ninth consecutive season and the 21st time in the last 23 years that the ECHL has averaged over 4,000 fans.
• Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.


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As is typical, HD voice on the iPhone app is supported via Wi-Fi connection. Other HD voice features include free voice recording. The app also provides live conference controls, meeting sync details with push notificaitons, and "easy" group texting from the iPhone's native Messages app.
Callvine also provides SIP support for conference calls through Turbobridge. The Callvine app and service is free for up to 10 participants on a conference call and up to four hours of usage each month. Group texting and group management is always free. In-app upgrades will be offered later in the month for increased numbers of participants and additional usage.

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House In Tomelilla
Bollerups Säteri, Tomelilla, Sweden
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Description of House In TomelillaThe holiday home stands on a huge farm in a hamlet at the centre of beautiful Österlen. The home is in a rolling landscape and right in the midst of a farm where you can spot horses, hens, sheep and pigs. Take wonderful trips to Kaaseberga, Hammars Backer, the Castle of Glimmingehus (knight games take place here in summer), Tomelilla, Ystad Zoo and Simrishamn. You can also take trips through nature on one of the several hiking trails. There is a medieval castle worth visiting. There are also fine sandy beaches in the neighbourhood. For instance, you can visit the beaches in Sandhammaren or Borrby. You can also take a trip to Köpingsberg to enjoy champagne. The holiday home is located near S01251-S01267 and all these houses are on this farm. There is a music store as well as a gym and tennis court here. Lunch is served on week days in the restaurant of Bollerup. Bollerup is simply wonderful.
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Our pastures include run-in sheds and automatic well waterers with four board fencing...NO WIRE!! Boarders have access to over 100 miles of trails, an Olympic size dressage ring, a large designated show-jumping area, round-pen, a lower level eventing coarse and a large general lighted riding ring.


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GRESHAM, Ore. – Authorities are searching in Oregon for a 30-year-old St. Louis native who has not been seen since April 4.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office located Susan Behrens' vehicle late Tuesday morning near the Eagle Creek Recreation area. The sheriff's office is working with Gresham police to find Behrens, who was described as about 5-foot-4 and 110 pounds.
Her family says they haven't heard from her since April 4. Search crews pinged her phone and found her car in the Eagle Creek Recreation area near Mount Hood.
Her family said it's unusual that Behrens wouldn't contact them.
Crews planned to search Wednesday evening, but not overnight. They planned to head back out Thursday morning.
"We don't know her intended route or how long she planned to be out here," said Lt. James Eriksen with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.
Anyone who knows where Behrens is should call Gresham police at 503-823-3333.


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Dawn and the Dead
Chapter 1: Drawing Comfort with Angel
She's never gonna forgive me for this, thought Buffy Summers. Her eyes tracked to the back seat of Xander's car where Dawn sat, moping as only a 14-year-old can. A scowl was planted firmly between the girl's eyes and a hint of a pout was in her mouth as she stared sullenly out the window. Dawn hadn't said a word since they'd left Sunnydale, nearly two hours ago. She hadn't needed to. Her silence screamed her discontent.
Buffy sighed and traded a look with Xander. He'd given up a work-free afternoon with Anya to drive them to L.A., and for his trouble, he was sharing the number one position on Dawn's blacklist with Buffy. He shrugged lightly and gave Buffy a hint of a sympathetic smile as he returned his attention fully to the road.
Yeah, she'll hate me, thought Buffy. But if this keeps her alive, it's worth it. I can't bear to lose anyone else, especially not her . . .
Cordelia's eyes took a moment to adjust as she, Wesley, and Gunn entered the Hyperion. They normally would not have been here at this time of day. Their sudden appearance seemed to worry Angel, who was descending a ladder, plaster dust frosting his short-cropped hair.
"Did I do something?" he asked nervously.
Wesley looked startled at the inquiry. "No, actually, Cordelia had a vision and called us."
"Someone's coming," Cordelia said. "It was one of the vague ones. All I got was that someone's coming here with a request, and we need to say yes to it. Well, that and it's a girl, and she's sad." The three descended further into the hotel lobby, and Cordelia shucked her coat on the couch.
"Coming here?" Angel asked.
"Well, duh." The words came out perhaps sharper than Cordelia had meant them, and she once again was wishing that everything could go back to the way it had been last summer, before Darla, before his Crazy, before everything went down the toilet. Before she had to worry about her tone of voice with him. Before she and Angel had to walk on eggshells around each other.
She also wanted a private jet, while she was dreaming.
A moment later, the doors to the Hyperion opened and admitted three more figures. Cordelia immediately forgot about everything else.
"Hi, Angel," said Buffy quietly.
"Hey," greeted Xander, giving a general wave.
The girl between them, Buffy's little sister, Dawn, said nothing. She was sulking almost audibly. Great waves of sulk were rolling off her. A sulk demon would surely manifest soon.
"The answer's yes," was how Angel greeted them.
Buffy looked puzzled. "But you don't even know what I was going to ask you."
Angel inclined his head toward Cordelia. "We just got a message from the Powers That Be that someone was headed here with a request, and we're supposed to say yes to it."
"Want to know what the request is?" asked Buffy, nonplused.
"That would also be a yes," answered Cordelia.
Buffy breathed in. "Okay. Angel, I need a huge favor. There are portents of Big Bad Things in Sunnydale, it looks like I'm going to be fighting all weekend, and I need someone to look after Dawn, because of . . . you know, and I was wondering if, just for the weekend, she could stay with you, because I've really got no one else to turn to, not that you're a last resort or anything . . ." She trailed off.
Angel took this in. "The answer's yes."
"Great. Could we talk a moment?"
"The answer's yes."
Buffy and Angel withdrew to his office. Xander looked around and cleared his throat. Dawn ascended to yet another level of sulk.
"Cordy. So, how are those visions?" asked Xander finally.
Inside Angel's office, he and Buffy talked quietly. "So, Giles thinks that all these Vorik demons and the conjunction mean the Hellmouth has a chance to re-open this weekend?"
Buffy nodded. "That and some other portents. It rained Indian corn on Mrs. Billingslea's house for an hour last night, and you don't even want to know about some of the bugs that have come to town. We don't know if it's just your run-of-the-mill Hellmouth crisis or if Glory's going to get into it, but there are a lot of mystical forces converging." The Slayer gave a humorless laugh. "What was that Riley used to say about needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse'?"
"And you want Dawn out of the way of whatever it is."
"Yeah." Buffy's eyes lowered. "While . . . while Mom was alive, I didn't worry about Dawn so much, but now, especially with Glory in town—Angel, I just can't take the chance. She's too precious to risk."
During their talk after the funeral, Buffy had confided Dawn's nature to Angel. He'd taken it well, in spite of his own recollections about the seemingly normal child. Buffy had also told him that should anything happen to her, she wanted Angel to take Dawn. He had agreed to that without qualification.
Angel nodded. "It's not a problem. I'll protect her."
"I know. But Angel, she's also really fragile right now. She's accepted Mom's death, but she's hurting. Bad. And on top of everything else that's happened, I'm sending her away to be babysat by my vampire ex-boyfriend, and she's hating me about now."
"I get it." Angel smiled gently, brushing a few strands of hair away from Buffy's face. "I'll do my best. Promise."
Buffy nodded. "I know." She looked into his face for another few moments, feeling their connection and drawing comfort from it. "I'm really sorry about this. I tried to call, but I didn't get anyone, and . . . I just couldn't think of anything else to do. I guess I panicked. You're the only one I can trust with her."
"I'm glad," Angel said softly. And he was. Being there for Buffy, being someone she could turn to and trust, made him feel like he was coming back to himself after so long. "Don't worry about a thing. It's no imposition."
"Thank you." There were tears in Buffy's eyes for just a moment, but she blinked them away. "Listen, Xander and I should be going. We've got to get back before sunset, and . . ."
"Rush hour. I know. Are you doing okay?"
There was a long silence. "Sometimes. And then there are the other times." She swallowed. "I need to get back."
They walked back out into the lobby. Xander was doing small talk with Cordelia and Gunn while Wesley consulted a book. Dawn hadn't moved, still radiating sulk.
"Dawn?" Buffy sighed inwardly as her sister refused to even acknowledge her presence. "Dawn, Xander and I will be back Sunday evening, and you can call anytime. I'll be calling tomorrow, too." Dawn continued to pretend Buffy wasn't there. A black cloud seemed to be spreading outward from her small figure. Buffy braved it to kiss her sister's forehead. " 'Bye, sweetie. Everything'll be okay. Promise."
Xander said his goodbyes and he, too, kissed Dawn's forehead. "See ya soon, Dawnie." He tossed a "She gets hurt, you get staked" look at Angel, who received it with his usual equanimity, and then both he and Buffy were gone. Dawn remained, having taken her sulk to truly epic proportions.
Angel broke the resultant silence. "Dawn. Welcome to the Hyperion."
No response.
The vampire cleared his throat. "You've met Cordelia and Wesley, of course. This is Gunn. Gunn, this is Dawn, Buffy's little sister."
Gunn gave Dawn a friendly wave, which she acknowledged in no way, shape, or form. More awkward silence followed.
Cordelia considered, really considered, leaving Angel to deal with this on his own. After all, he did deserve it. In the end, though, the sadness she'd felt through her vision decided her. "Well," she said, getting up, "I should head back to my apartment and get some stuff if I'm going to be staying here all weekend."
Dawn actually gave some indication she'd heard that. Angel did a double-take.
"Cordy, you don't have to . . ."
"Oh, yes, I do." The Seer gave the vampire a baleful look. "Come on, Angel. What do you know about 14-year-old girls? Besides, if I get another vision, someone has to stay here with Dawn while you go fight the baddies. I think I'm elected. 'Kay?"
The look of relief that flooded Angel's face was almost pathetic. He got it under control quickly. "You're right. Thanks, Cordy." I owe you, he mouthed.
She gave him a look that said he most certainly did. "I'll just be borrowing your car."
As she left, Angel approached Dawn. "Look, Dawn, we seem to be stuck with each other for a few days," he said softly. "If you don't want to talk, it's okay. I won't make you. I've been known to go whole weeks without saying a word, myself." Dawn's eyes flickered briefly to his face, then down again. "C'mon. Let's find you a room with a shower that works. Then you can look through the bookshelves if you want something to read. I'm afraid I don't have a television here, but I'm sure we can find you something to keep you from being bored out of your mind."
"Homework." The single word represented a one hundred percent improvement in Dawn's apparent verbal skills. Angel hid his satisfaction, instead forcing himself to look puzzled. Dawn caught the look and made an impatient noise. "I've got my homework. And a book." She lapsed back into silence.
A small triumph, but better than none. "Okay. Let's find that room."
Angel had explored the Hyperion extensively and knew that on his floor, only two rooms other than his own still had functional (and not-scary) plumbing. Of those two, one also had electrical outlets that worked. It was, fortuitously enough, just adjacent to his room. He led Dawn in, showing her the room's amenities and turning on lights, then left her in order to find bedding. He'd been able to salvage quite a bit in the way of blankets and sheets. After a few minutes, he returned to Dawn's room with a set of sheets, a blanket, a down comforter of his own, and a lamp that actually worked. The bedding he set down on the bed, where Dawn had placed her duffel. The lamp went on the nightstand.
"You hungry?" Dawn shook her head. "Cordy will probably bring back pizza or something, so whenever you are hungry, there'll be food." The girl still wasn't talking. Angel felt compassion welling up for her. "If you need me, I'll be downstairs. Otherwise, my room's right next to yours. Just call. There'll always be someone here if you need anything. Okay?"
The gentle note in his voice had some effect on Dawn. She swallowed hard, flicked Angel a glance with watery eyes, and murmured, "Okay."
Angel left her room, breathed a long sigh, and headed back downstairs. Gunn took one look at him, verified he was alone, and busted a gut laughing.
"Man, you must've made the Powers That Be mad! That kid's got one serious 'tude going there."
Angel smiled ruefully. "Yeah, I doubt this is her idea of a good time." He sobered. "Actually, she hasn't had any good times lately. In the space of a few months, she learned she's not really human, found out a demon god is after her, and then, to top it all off, her mother died."
Wesley looked up, puzzled. "Dawn? Not really human? What is she?"
"No one knows. Or at least, no one who's talking." Angel went over to look at the book Wesley was currently perusing. It was mostly prophecy. "Whatever she started out as, she's currently a grieving 14-year-old girl with a grieving Slayer as her only family. This weekend should be interesting."
"That's one way to put it." Gunn slipped back into his coat. "I've got some things to do. If the Fair Cordelia gets a vision, I've got my cell." With that, Gunn was gone.
Wesley pointed to something in the book. "Does the current crisis in Sunnydale have anything to do with Vorik demons?"
"And a conjunction."
"It's a millennial apocalypse," Wesley deduced. "A minor one, however. The Slayer ought to be able to deal with it. Now, what's this about Dawn not being human?"
Angel was about to answer when Cordelia entered, bearing pizza. "How's Dawn doing?" asked Cordelia.
"I got a few words out of her." Angel shook his head. "She's dealing. I don't know how well, but she's dealing. Thanks for staying, Cordelia."
"Yeah, well, you owe me in a major way." Cordelia popped open the pizza box and took a slice. Angel winced at the garlic smell. "What I can't figure is why Buffy felt the need to send her sister all the way here. I mean, I know she sent her mom and Dawn away at graduation, but this is just, like, portents, and doesn't Sunnydale always have those?"
"Actually, Buffy never sent Dawn away before. There's something you two need to know . . ."
Some time later, mind still reeling from Angel's revelation about Dawn, Cordelia climbed the stairs, pizza in hand. The door to Dawn's room was shut. Angel had given Cordelia the extra key, but it turned out to be unnecessary. Dawn hadn't locked it.
Cordelia's recollections of Dawn were chiefly of the indirect sort—references made by Buffy, Xander, and Willow. She'd only "met" Dawn a few times, and they'd had almost no interaction.
Correction. They'd never interacted before at all. The thought twisted Cordelia's brain into a pretty knot. She couldn't imagine what Dawn must feel about it all.
"Hey, Dawn," said Cordelia as she saw the girl sitting, doing homework on her neatly-made bed. "Pizza. Half veggie, half Hawaiian." Dawn said nothing. Cordelia smiled inwardly. If Angel could get this nut to crack, there was no way she'd stand up to the might of Queen C. "Listen, Angel said that this was the only non-scary room on this floor besides his—although, considering Angel's idea of scary and non-scary, that might or might not be a good thing—so I'm gonna sack out on the couch. Pizza's here if you're hungry, and since I do not trust the water in this place, heck, in L.A., I brought a couple bottled waters with me. Feel free to help yourself."
And that wasn't the end. Cordelia kept up a running commentary as she unpacked her bag, ranging all the way from her high school days to her ghostly roommate, until finally, Dawn set down her pencil.
"If I hold a conversation for five minutes, will you please let me finish my homework?" The teen's tone was aggrieved.
Cordelia hid a smile of triumph. "Deal. If you'll eat something, I'll even throw in dibs on the first shower in the morning."
The ensuing conversation took considerably longer than five minutes and thoroughly covered how irked Dawn currently was at her sister. During the course of Dawn's vent, the teen consumed no fewer than four slices of pizza and half a quart bottle of Evian. Cordelia capped off her successful evening with a few Xander stories. Just as Dawn caught herself laughing, though, she suddenly seemed to remember her homework and clammed up again. Cordelia sensed she'd pressed things as far as they'd go and withdrew.
As Dawn turned off her lamp, Cordelia watched her from the couch, where she'd made herself a bed. The Seer considered that thread of deep, deep sadness she'd felt through her vision. She didn't know if it was Dawn's or Buffy's or both, but it didn't matter. This girl needed help beyond just a place to stay for the weekend.
With that thought in mind, Cordelia fell asleep.
Dawn couldn't sleep. Too much was going on in her mind. Anger warred with worry when she thought about Buffy. Whatever happened this weekend was going to be bad, and if Glory showed up, it would only get worse. The thought of losing Buffy made Dawn's chest feel heavy. If something happened to her, what would become of Dawn? Would she just have to stay here, guarded by Angel—who'd always scared her a little, even before she'd known he could go bad?
And how could Buffy do this, anyway? How could she just pass her own sister off on a vampire? Especially with Mom being . . . dead. Maybe Buffy didn't really care. Maybe it was just the spell the monks cast that made her think she cared, and now it was wearing off.
Dawn turned over again, trying to get away from her thoughts. From the other room, she heard Cordelia's breathing, slow and steady with sleep.
The teen threw off her blankets and slipped from the bed. She put on her slippers, walked to the door, dimly illuminated by the ambient light from the city outside, and left the room as quietly as she could.
The Hyperion seemed cavernous and frightening to her in the darkness. There was light coming from the direction of the stairwell, though, and Dawn followed it. She descended into the lobby and found the light was coming from the office. Inside, she saw Angel sitting, wearing dark pants and a white tank top, and it looked for all the world like he was drawing something. As she crept closer, Dawn realized that's exactly what he was doing.
His eyes flicked up to her figure, then went back to his drawing. He didn't seem surprised to see her or in any way concerned that she was awake and out of bed. Curious, Dawn plucked up her courage and walked into the office itself.
"Hi, Dawn," Angel said quietly. "Couldn't sleep?"
Dawn shook her head. "What are you doing?"
"Sketching." Angel turned his tablet toward her. There was a series of skillful pencil sketches on it, ranging from Cordelia's face to a small bird to a fanciful sword.
"I like art," Dawn told him, hoping to keep him from sending her back to bed. "It's my favorite class at school. The teacher says I'm pretty good, too."
"Drawing? Painting? Sculpting?"
"Drawing, mostly. I'm not all that good with painting. My friend Lisa's better at that. We haven't really gotten into sculpting yet, but Mrs. Jennings says we will soon. I like using charcoal."
Angel seemed to take this in, still sketching. "I like pencil drawing best. Sometimes it clears the cobwebs out of my head." He gave a short, rueful laugh. "Then again, sometimes it doesn't."
"Do you think you could draw me?" Dawn blurted suddenly. She sat down on the desk, a few feet away from him, and drew her knees up to her chest.
Angel stopped his sketching and looked at her. "I could, I suppose. Do you want me to?"
Dawn nodded. The heaviness in her chest was trying to choke her. "Would you? Now?"
"Dawn, it's the middle of the night."
"I know." She felt herself starting to shake and forced it away. "But you see, the way Buffy figured out I wasn't her sister, wasn't really, was that she went into this trance, and when she was in it, all the photographs of me kept fading in and out. So I thought, you know, that whenever the monks take me back or whatever, I might just fade out of all the photographs, and Buffy would have nothing to—to make her remember me, and she might just forget, and I thought that maybe if there was a drawing or a painting of me or something, that would stay, and even if she didn't really remember, she would still have that. She says she'll never forget me, but maybe—maybe she won't have a choice, you know? Like the monks made her remember me, and they might make her forget me, too, so I was just thinking . . ." Dawn couldn't stop the shaking. She could hear it in her voice.
And Angel was there. Standing right by her, even though she hadn't heard him move at all. Standing there with such pain in his eyes, as if he was feeling everything she was. Somehow, seeing that empathy in his dark eyes crumbled every last one of Dawn's defenses. The heaviness in her chest burst, pushing out a deep sob.
A moment later, Angel was seated beside her on the desk, gathering her into his arms. Leaning into him, surrounded by that cool strength, she let all her misery flow out. For a time, she just wept uncontrollably. Angel held her close, stroking her hair and making soft shushing noises.
She never would know just how long she cried in his arms. When the tears finally slowed, though, his skin had warmed next to hers.
"I don't know what I am, Angel," she choked. "I don't know what's going to happen to me. What if Buffy beats Glory and the monks just take me away again? What'll I be then? Or what if Glory gets me?"
"Nothing bad will happen to you, Dawn," Angel soothed her. "Buffy won't let it. She won't let the monks take you away, either, if you don't want to go."
"But what if—what if I'm something evil?"
Angel stiffened. "Dawn, you are not evil."
"But Glory said . . ."
"I don't care what some demon god said." Angel pulled back, then took Dawn's face firmly in his hands and forced her to look at him. "You are not evil. You've got a lot of power locked up inside you somewhere, but power isn't about good or evil—it's all in how you use it. Glory wants to use it for something evil. But that doesn't make you evil. Do you understand that?"
"I-I guess." Having Angel's legendary intensity focused on her was by no means comfortable, but it wasn't as scary as she'd have thought.
In another moment, his face had gentled with humor, and he began to gently wipe the tears from her face with his fingers. "Besides, take it from someone who's been there—you're just not it. Evil's kind of like crazy, in a way. If you can ask whether or not you are, you probably aren't."
Dawn managed a watery little laugh at that. Angel's face grew sober again. "Dawn, just before you came, Cordelia had a vision that said we were to help you. The Powers That Be want me to protect you, and they're the powers for good in the universe. Would they want me to protect something evil?"
She hadn't thought of that. It made her feel better. "I guess not."
Angel reached back and found a box of tissues. "Here. Clean your face up, and we'll see about that drawing, okay?"
"You mean you'll do it?" Dawn wiped her face dry and blew her nose, then got another tissue.
"Of course." Angel brushed her hair back from her face with one hand, tucking some loose strands behind her ear. "It won't take long. I'll fill in the background after I get your figure sketched."
"How do I look?" asked Dawn, giving her eyes one last wipe. She was fairly certain she looked like a wet rat.
"You're very pretty." Angel went back to his chair and picked up his drawing pad, flipping to a clean sheet. "No, don't look directly at me. Find something on the bookshelves to look at."
Dawn obeyed, commenting as she did so, "You're being really nice. Maybe I was wrong about you."
A soft chuckle answered her. "No. I'm sure you weren't. Tell me about school."
The teen did so, describing her classes, teachers, friends, and Kirstie's little clan. Angel, in response, reminded her about Cordelia's clique from when she'd been in high school. Dawn resolved to wrangle some teen queen combat tips out of Cordelia sometime this weekend.
The late night and emotional upset, though, were catching up with her. Dawn found herself yawning and nearly nodding off before long. The soft scratching of Angel's pencil didn't help matters any. If she listened, she would get lost in the sound . . .
And then he was there again, setting down his pad on the desk. One arm reached around Dawn's back, the other under her knees, and she leaned contentedly into him as he lifted her smoothly from the desk. Just before she closed her eyes, Dawn caught sight of the drawing Angel had done: her small figure, suspended alone in the middle of a white page.
Angel set Dawn down gently in her bed. The girl was deeply asleep and didn't even stir as he pulled the covers over her and smoothed them.
As he looked down at her face, a sudden pang shot through his heart as he realized just who she reminded him of. On impulse, Angel leaned down and kissed her forehead, whispering, "Sweet dreams, Dawn."
"Angel." The whisper came from the sitting room. Angel walked over and hunched down by Cordelia's couch.
"What is it?"
He could see Cordelia's eyes, wide and concerned, in the night. "Is she okay? I woke up and she was gone, and when I went downstairs to find her, I saw her crying with you."
"She's okay. I think." Angel furrowed his brow, realizing what a thoroughly unsatisfactory answer that was. "There's a lot she's dealing with right now. She doesn't know what she is. She's worried she might be evil, and hey—who's the expert on that?" He grimaced. "I think I managed to talk her out of that thought."
"What a mind job for a 14-year-old. Those monks couldn't have made her just a little older?" Cordelia shook her head. "I think she needs some good, old-fashioned distraction."
"As long as it doesn't involve taking her out of my general vicinity. Buffy was pretty specific: I leave her alone, I die."
Cordelia appeared to consider it. "Tempting as that sounds, what I'm thinking won't involve going anywhere. Trust me."
"I do." Angel stood. " 'Night, Cordelia."


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From May 21st through 27th, 30 Wounded Warrior alumni, Marines and Corpsmen formerly assigned to Wounded Warrior Battalion - West in Hawai'i, will be hosted in Park City, Utah, for a week of activities, meals and group sessions. Having transitioned from military life to the civilian world, many continue to face challenges in college, employment, relationships and physical/mental health. This retreat is designed to reconnect Warriors who have become isolated with those who have found ways to overcome difficulties, create new memories, and develop lasting networks and resources.
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The U.S. Government Releases Emergency Education Funding
School districts, get ready to reform -- and innovate: The federal government has released its first round of money under the economic-stimulus package, an estimated $44 billion intended to relieve severe budget shortfalls, stem teacher cuts, and improve education.
But although states and school districts are expected to use the money to support basic education services, the feds have made it clear they also want to see reform. And the government, in disbursing the bulk of the money in this first of two rounds of major funding, requires assurances it will be spent wisely -- or else: Uncle Sam won't write additional checks without promises of reform now and proof of it later.
For the first batch of state stabilization money -- $32.5 billion out of a $53.6 billion total -- governors have to complete a fairly uncomplicated 13-page application that explains how they'll spend it and maintain their efforts. They also have to promise to do four things:
- Raise academic standards.
- Create more transparent data-collection and data-reporting systems.
- Distribute good teachers to low-performing schools.
- Invest in transforming the worst-performing schools.
The monies should go out to the states two weeks after applications are received and OKed by the federal government.
School districts then apply to their states, and those that receive funds will be encouraged to spend them in ways that meet those four core criteria. These are some of the U.S. Department of Education's suggestions:
- Extend before-school and after-school programs and even extend the school year to help poor-performing students.
- Use online courses to supplement high school students' curriculum.
- Establish evaluation systems for teachers that reward good teachers and fire bad ones.
- Set up data systems to assess student progress and train teachers on how they can use that data.
- Offer training for teachers in reading that "aggressively" works on improving students' vocabulary skills or helps teachers work on academic problems in their classrooms.
There's been a lot of skepticism from educators, parents, lawmakers, and concerned citizens about the stimulus money. Some worry it's a short-term fix, and that teacher jobs will be saved today, only to be lost later when the money runs out. Others think it will fund pet projects and never really make it into the classroom in meaningful ways.
U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan seems to get those concerns, and he has pledged to track every single dollar. If states and districts act in bad faith and fail to spend money with an eye toward reform and restoration of essential programs and staff, they'll forfeit the second round of funds, expected mid-summer. "We're going to come down like a ton of bricks," Duncan says.
To get the second round of money, states have to offer proof that they've made strides in those four core areas, and the Department of Education wants public input. It plans to post its proposed application and guidelines for the second round of funding in the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of the federal government -- and then field the public's response.
Alexandra R. Moses is a freelance writer in the Washington, DC, area who specializes in education.
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I do not believe that moving good teachers to failing schools is the answer. These schools already have good teachers in Simi Valley USD. If you move a teacher to a school in which English is the first language, that teacher's scores will go up. If you teach in a failing school, you will be MANDATED to use curriculum and practices that are not effective. In fact, while Edutopia is looking at What Works in Public Education I think it would be interesting to look at What Doesn't Work as well.
Teachers in Simi Valley have been subjected to training in the Santillana program for direct English Instruction for English Language Learners. I cannot find a school that has implemented this program that has even passable test scores. I am being asked to take 1/2 hour out of the instructional day to implement this program. In addition, we cannot let those students who attend Santillana training miss anything "valuable". So basically we are being mandated to spend 1/2 hour a day doing nothing important with the rest of the students in that ELL student's class.
I don't have 1/2 hour to waste. If you move me from my high scoring school and change everything about how and what I teach, you will not get the same results from me that you do now.
Segregating these students for 1/2 hour a day is foolish. Did we learn nothing from the "separate but equal" practices of the past?
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The stuff of crises, arrogance, greed, unacknowledged conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, lack of transparency, failed leadership, and insufficient accountability, fueled "an industry out of control" according to Charles Ferguson's documentary Inside Job which chronicles the 2008 economic meltdown.
Unethical behavior is one of the factors that caused the economic meltdown. Unethical behavior is influenced by several things: his or her stage of moral development and other moderating variables including individual characteristics, the organization's structural design, the organization's culture, and the intensity of the ethical issue. People who lack a strong moral sense are much less likely to do the wrong things if they're constrained by rules, policies, job descriptions, or strong cultural norms that disapprove of such behaviors. Conversely, intensely moral individuals can be corrupted by an organizational structure and culture that permits or encourages unethical practices. There are many factors to determine ethical and unethical behavior:
Preconvention level, a person's choice between right or wrong is based on personal consequences from outside sources, such as physical punishment, re- ward, or exchange of favors.
Conventional level, ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others.
Principled level, individuals define moral values apart from the authority of the groups to which they belong or society in general.
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Are you ready for a big, big sales tax hike in King County?
Taken from Tuesday's edition of The Dori Monson Show.
King County officials say that they want to send a sales tax increase to the voters or else they're going to have to cut Metro transit bus routes.
They say that the low-ridership routes may be cut if they don't raise the sales tax. And my response to that is if they're low ridership, then cut them.
But they say that the way to avoid that is with a massive sales tax increase here in King County. It would be 1/10th of a percent. They want to raise the car tabs, too. It would be $60 more on your car tabs. All this to save bus routes.
I have an idea, bus riders, why don't you pay more for your bus ride? Or, here's my other idea for King County: King County, why don't you raise everybody else's sales tax to help pay for my gas in my car. Why don't you raise everybody else's taxes for that? Why do they have to raise the sales tax for bus riders?
Bus riders have a higher average income than the average for King County as a whole. So we have to raise the taxes on everybody, the poor, the middle class included, to pay for people that have an above average income?
No. Let the bus riders pay more at the fare box. Problem solved.
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Brexit holiday chaos: Popular budget travel firm goes bump
THOUSANDS of British holidaymakers are at risk of losing a fortune after a budget travel firm was forced to call in the administrators.
The Lowcostholidays group – with 27,000 passengers currently in resorts around the world and more than 100,000 customers with booked holidays – went into administration last night.
And a host might not be able to get their money back.
That's because the company does not have an ATOL licence – a scheme that refunds Brits when travel companies collapse.
"We deeply regret to announce that the lowcosttravelgroup ceased to trade on 15 July"Lowcostholidays group
The company that turned over more than £500million last year moved its headquarters to Majorca in 2013.
So anyone caught up in the collapse will be stuck with trying to get their money back through the Spanish travel authorities.
A statement on the company website reads: "We deeply regret to announce that the lowcosttravelgroup ceased to trade on 15 July 2016.
"It follows the exhaustive attempts by the group's directors to rescue the group, which has been hampered by the recent and ongoing turbulent financial environment."
The group was founded in 2004 by CEO Paul Evans and soon grew into a €700million business with more than 500 staff across the world.
It comes in the wake of a host of travel issues for Brits after the UK's historic decision to leave the European Union.
Yesterday, Daily Star Online exclusively revealed how Brit ex-pats could be forced to wave goodbye to their cushy life in Spain.


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FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Stars left winger Brenden Morrow was activated from injured reserve on Friday, nearly four months after he severed tendons in his right wrist during a game against Chicago.
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In the Last Three Years
The US Government Has Ordered
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Social Security Administration Purchases
Large Quantity of Hollow Point Ammunition
Back in March, the Department of Homeland Security ordered 450 million hollow point bullets. That's right, 450 million rounds! This information really got people wondering: "What the hell is going on?" One writer asked, "According to the U.S. Census, there are only about 311 million people living in the entire country. So why does the Department of Homeland Security need 450 million rounds of ammunition?"
Numerous domestic US government agencies have ordered a total of over 750 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition.
That's right, multiple government agencies that specifically operate primary inside the United States have gone on a literal ammunition spending spree in preparation for what they must believe will be some sort of violent event.
In 2009, Winchester Ammunition was awarded a contract to supply the Department of Homeland Security with 200 million rounds of .40 caliber hollow point ammunition.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Winchester Ammunition was recently awarded a contract by the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security to supply a maximum of 200 million, 40 cal. rounds over the next five years. Source
This huge ammunition order was apparently only the beginning.
In early March 2012 ATK won an indefinite delivery contract to supply DHS with a whooping 450 million more .40 caliber hollow point rounds.
ATK has secured a major Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity deal to supply up to 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to the Department of Homeland Security.The 1 year contract with four option years comes at a time when many Americans believe that DHS, along with certain aspects of the military, will soon turn their sights on the American people during some sort of martial law scenario."We are proud to extend our track record as the prime supplier of .40 caliber duty ammunition for DHS, ICE," said Ron Johnson, the president of ATK's Security and Sporting group," reported a PR Newswire release.
The Department of Homeland Security is not the only US agency openly stocking up on .40 caliber ammo.
In November 2011 the FBI posted a request to the FBO.gov website for up to 100,000,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reserves the right to make multiple award under RFP-OSCU-TD2WP7101 for a fixed price indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity type contract.The anticipated period of performance will be for one (1) base year and four (4) possible one-year options. The contractor will provide commercial, "off-the-shelf" .40 caliber ammunition compatible with pistols currently used by the FBI.
What would be the target of these 174, 000 rounds of hollow point bullets? It can't simply be to control demonstrators or rioters. Hollow point bullets are so lethal that the Geneva Convention does not allow their use on the battle field in time of war. Hollow point bullets don't just stop or hurt people, they penetrate the body, spread out, fragment and cause maximum damage to the body's organs. Death often follows.
Potentially each hollow nose bullet represents a dead American. If so, why would the U.S. government want the SSA to kill 174,000 of our citizens, even during a time of civil unrest? Or is the purpose to kill 174,000 of the nation's military and replace them with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) special security forces, forces loyal to the Administration, not to the Constitution?
By Major General Jerry Curry, USA (Ret.)
Reprinted from "The Daily Caller".
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Those of you who attended GAMMA.CON might have remembered meeting one Gus 'Goose' Ronald and the Good Game team running around and participating in events.
They got plenty of great footage of the event and the GG team has released this segment on GAMMA.CON 2015, check it out to relive the memories and see if you can spot any familiar faces!
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It's The Borrowers meets The Wind in the Willows. Enter the world of Tumtum and Nutmeg for a wonderfully enchanting story full of warmth and humour.
GOLD! Rare, priceless, beautiful gold! And it's hidden right here under the floorboards of Rose Cottage!
Some unwanted guests have made their home under the sink at Rose Cottage and they are up to no good - but why?
Tumtum and Nutmeg must get to the bottom of this mystery quickly, and, with any luck, they might be able to solve Arthur and Lucy's big problem too.
Tumtum and Nutmeg: Trouble at Rose is a miniature masterpiece that will be loved by generations to come.
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Diamondback moths... is there a pattern? by Alec Nicol
GroundCover™ Issue: 45
THE QUESTION everyone in the southern wheatbelt wants answered after last season's devastating diamondback moth attack is: will they be back?
The answer would be simpler if we were sure where they came from. A project recently supported by growers and the Federal Government through the GRDC aims to find out, and eventually to set up an early warning system.
Furthermore, the expectation is that scientists will be able to advise on whether or not the attackers are resistant to particular insecticides and provide alternate management strategies.
Steve McKechnie of Monash University is leading a team to isolate genetic markers that identify particular populations of the moth and provide a rapid analysis of the populations' resistance status. Working with him is entomologist Nancy Endersby, who says that there is a strong association between dry, hot conditions and population increases in the moth, but availability of alternative host plants and movement of moths may also influence whether an outbreak will occur.
"The moths are a pest of brassica crops around the world. They've been known to migrate a thousand kilometres or more from continental Europe to attack crops in the UK. We need much more information on the ecology and movement of the species in Australia and that's part of our work," said Ms Endersby.
Professor McKechnie says that previous work has seen establishment of a high throughput laboratory capable of conducting genotype analysis of moths. "We've already established two or three genetic markers that are robust, and have another eight or nine that we're working with. That will give us the background to identify particular populations of moths.
"The GRDC backing will enable us to collect moths from 10 to 15 areas across WA. We'll use our molecular markers to assess genetic differentiation among populations and then marry that information with ecological work to see if there's any pattern in the development of infestations.
"We'll continue to refine this over the next three years when population structure and movement patterns should become apparent. This gives us the prospect of developing an early warning system for infestations."
Ms Endersby doubts that chemicals alone will ever provide a solution to the problem of diamondback moth. "We'll need to develop an integrated management approach using insecticides, biopesticides, biocontrol agents and perhaps, with crops such as forage brassicas, some sort of trap crop system.
"Different populations of the pest carry different levels of resistance to particular insecticides and another aim of the project will be to identify genetic markers for that resistance."
"There's some commonality of the genes responsible for resistance between insect species," says Professor McKechnie, "and these are the genes we will examine in the diamondback moth. The resistance fluctuates from year to year. Our aim is a system where a rapid analysis of caterpillars will identify the type and level of resistance in a population and provide the farmer with information about control strategies that will slow or stop the spread of resistance.
"There are a number of teams working worldwide at present to identify markers associated with resistant genes and for Australian populations we have already identified a good candidate for pyrethroid resistance and are working on others."
Part of Professor McKechnie's project will be the development of a DNA library for this pest. It should identify the presence of new resistance genes, an essential step in predicting and controlling the spread of resistance before it develops. "We need to keep ahead of the insect instead of trying to deal with problems after they've occurred," he says.
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This follows after the patient was showing potential symptoms of the disease after working in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The South African woman, whose identity was not revealed, flew in to Lagos airport from Morocco. She was being treated as a suspected case and was being taken to Lagos' Ebola treatment center for tests to see whether she actually had the virus.
The traveller, who lives in Cape Town, filled out a health questionnaire on her arrival at Lagos in which she acknowledged suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting, both possible symptoms of the Ebola haemorrhagic virus.
(READ MORE: UPDATE: S.Africa tests possible Ebola victim )
Around 2,300 people have died so far this year in the worst Ebola outbreak on record which has mostly affected Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. It has also reached Nigeria and Senegal because of sick travellers "importing" the disease. Democratic Republic of Congo has a separate outbreak.
"This person has been in Guinea and Sierra Leone since April … she has symptoms," Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh, director of Port Health Services at Lagos airport, told Reuters. The testing process was likely to last a few days.
(READ MORE: S.Africa imposes ban on Ebola-affected countries)
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has instituted Ebola screening, including infra-red temperature scans and symptoms checks, at its airports and ports after a Liberian-American infected with the disease brought it to Lagos in July after flying from Liberia. His is one of seven deaths recorded so far out of 19 confirmed cases in Nigeria.
"Nigeria cannot afford another 'importation' (of Ebola)," said Dr. Aileen Marty, a professor of infectious diseases at Florida International University College of Medicine.
(WATCH VIDEO: Update on Nigeria's Ebola status)
Marty is working with Nigerian health authorities, under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), to maintain port of entry Ebola checks across the African oil producer.
She told Reuters the fact that the South African traveler displayed several Ebola-like symptoms and had been in the high-risk zone justified her being treated as a suspected case. But such symptoms are also present in other diseases, such as malaria and cholera, hence the need for a specific Ebola test.


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Moody's assigns Aaa, negative outlook to $13.4M bonds
Moody's Investors Service has upheld an Aaa rating with a negative outlook for $13.4 million in capital improvement bonds the Town of Huntington is putting up for sale Thursday.
The ratings agency said that outlook reflects the town's amortization of about 33 percent of the required pension contribution in 2012.
"The practice of deferring current operating expenses to future period is inconsistent with our view of strong financial management," a Moody's report said. "Continued amortization of annual pension payments could result in a downgrade to Aa1."
Town Supervisor Frank Petrone, a Democrat, said Thursday the town had a cash-flow problem as it awaited reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after superstorm Sandy. To free up cash, he elected to use the amortization as a one-time option instead of short-term bonds, which would've been costlier.
"Our first priority was public health and safety," Petrone said.
Moody's said the Aaa rating reflects the town's solid financial position with healthy reserves, a wealthy tax base and low debt burden.
Town board member Gene Cook, an Independence Party member who is running for town supervisor this fall, said the report raises concern about Petrone's budgeting.
"When we start getting potential downgrades in the future if we don't do things right, you need someone ready to rock and roll, step up to the plate and get it done," Cook said.
Competing ratings agency Fitch this week gave the town an AAA rating for the same bonds, and for its $83.9 million in outstanding debt.


text: Signet Maritime Corp. and Garrett Marine, Inc. executed agreements August 29, 2003, for charter and purchase of Garrett's Aransas tug business, finalizing plans that originated in 2002 to expand Signet's presence in the Aransas Pass/Ingleside region. The Garrett family, which has been serving marine tug needs in Texas for almost 50 years, agreed to terms for handing over responsibility for tug operations to Signet for marine and construction firms in the Aransas Pass/Ingleside region. Andy Garrett, Vice President of Garrett Marine, noted the consolidation of Garrett's tugs into Signet's fleet as "the most important task we have undertaken to enhance tug support to the Aransas Region and for our valued customers. The legacy of our 24/7 work ethic combined with Signet's demanding requirements for SAFETY, QUALITY and ECONOMY will improve service for the entire area." Signet's Aransas Plan includes expansion of its shore and seagoing personnel workforce, support staff and maintenance facilities. Every Signet seagoing person will undergo firefighting training at Texas A&M University as well as ISM and ISO Code testing and certification to further cement Signet's position of strength. Bill Thwing, Signet Aransas Regional Manager, said, "Our commitment to customer service and SAFETY is the highest in history and is a hallmark in the 27 year dedication of quality Signet operations." In addition to the Garrett deal, Thwing notes, "We are purchasing an additional two tugs to ensure uninterrupted service to our customers." Signet is a privately held global marine transportation and vessel management company providing worldwide transport of bulk, energy and heavy-lift project cargo shipments and marine towing. For a quarter century, Signet has specialized in marine transportation, ship management and vessel design. Contracts with GATX, Texaco, Gulf Oil, Chevron, Mobil and Military Sealift Command included the design and operation of integrated tug-barge vessels with parabolic bows and deep-notched sterns propelled by heavy fuel ocean-going tugs. These vessels moved refined petroleum products on ocean routes in the Gulf of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Atlantic Coast of the United States from Portland, Maine to Florida.


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