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Another edition of Product Review Friday is coming your way. Today, besides having a bunch of great products to tell you about, we welcome a new manufacturer to our review family. I'm delighted to introduce you to System JO, the company behind the products we review for you today.
Dr Dick Review Crew members, Joy & Dixie and yours truly, me, Dr Dick, will do the honors
System JO Men Adrenaline Shaving Cream —— $11.42
Dr Dick
I have the pleasure of introducing you to a fantastic new shaving product from the good people at System JO. It's their Adrenaline Shaving Cream for men. This stuff is so cool. It comes out of the handsomely designed plastic squeeze bottle with the pop-up dispenser in the lid, as a gel. At first I thought there was some mistake. The package says "cream", but look, it's actually a gel. I began to rub the droplet I dispensed in my left palm with the tip of my fingers in my right hand. Miraculously, the gel turns into this very fine slick cream. It is so slick and fine that I didn't need to more than a few drops to make enough cream to cover my entire beard. Damn, this stuff is phenomenal, I thought to myself. But the proof of a good shave cream, at least to my mind, is in the shave itself, not merely in the consistency of the product.
As I discovered with my very first use that Adrenaline Shaving Cream excels in delivering a close comfortable shave. I have pretty sensitive skin, but I didn't experience any irritation when using Adrenaline Shaving Cream and my skin felt fantastic after each use. Like I said, a small amount covers a large area and it coats my skin nicely. Unlike all those dense shaving foams out there , this product allows your razor will glide along effortlessly. It won't clog your razor and it rinses off your razor easily.
If you're prone to razor burn, ingrown hairs and/or shaving bumps Adrenaline Shaving Cream is the ideal product for you. It's enhanced with aloe vera, but it also contains parabens and glycerin. If you have concerns about these ingredients, you may need to look elsewhere.
I'm happy I got the unscented formula for review, because that would have been my preference. However it also comes in cucumber and musk scents. There is also a companion line of shave cream for women.
Full Review HERE
System JO Men Deodorant With Pheromone —— $13.80
Dr Dick
Next up is the Men Deodorant With Pheromone. This product comes in a distinctive roll-on container. Do you remember when most all deodorants came in roll-on form? I do and I really miss having them around. Nowadays, it's mostly messy gels and chalky sticks that don't appeal to me all that much. I also don't like that almost all deodorants these days have an intense scent to them. If I want to wear a scent I'll chose my own, thank you very much.
So right off the bat Men Deodorant With Pheromone has a lot of the competition beat. It is a very effective deodorant, by the way. And that's what I judge a deodorant by; it's effectiveness at preventing body odor.
Now, Men Deodorant With Pheromone is different from the other deodorants you'll likely find on your local store's shelves in as much as it contains Androstenl. The System JO website says this is a potent natural attractant that provokes a strong sexual response. OK, but how does one go about testing such a thing, I asked myself.
I first used Men Deodorant With Pheromone after I had taken a shower one day. It applies very easily, there is no staining, no running, no dripping, no chalky mess and there's no discernible scent. I left the bathroom to dress myself. I sat on the bed to put on my socks and suddenly my dog, Ginger, jumps up on the bed and makes a beeline for my armpits. She seemed to be unable to get enough of the thing she was trying to smell. I started to laugh and just as suddenly as she was on the bed, she was off. Once on the floor she vigorously shook her head, flapping here ears and then sneezed. This is very unusual behavior for her. But then again, she's a hunting dog, so she's all nose.
Clearly there was something in the Men Deodorant With Pheromone that I was unable to detect, but that Ginger was wild for. It had to be the Men Deodorant With Pheromone, because she's never exhibited that kind of behavior with any other deodorant I've ever used.
Full Review HERE
System JO Mild Clitoral Gel —— $18.25
System JO Wild Clitoral Gel —— $19.12
Joy & Dixie
Joy: "We're going to review two products at once. The reason for this is that both products are basically the same thing with one important difference."
Dixie: "The two products are: System JO Mild Clitoral Gel and Wild Clitoral Gel. You can probably guess that the important difference that Joy mentioned is intensity of the stimulation. By the way they also have 'Light' and an 'Atomic' version of the same product."
Joy: "Both of the products boost sensation when applied to your clit. The active ingredient appears to be peppermint; so at least it a natural product. I'm very reluctant to apply something full of chemicals to my joy-spot. The peppermint also gives the products a mild minty fragrance."
Dixie: "Joy's joy-spot! Isn't she clever? I guess I'd have to call mine; Dixie's delicious-spot. Whatever you call your clit this Clitoral Gel will get your motor purrin' real nice. The object, of course is to get the one that works best for you. We both tried each product. We both began by rubbing a couple of drops of the Mild Clitoral Gel directly to our clits. Then we waited for it to produce the promised warming and cooling sensation that tingles. Nothing much happened that either Joy or I could notice. We both looked at each other and kind of sighed. Are our clits that desensitized, we wondered? Could be, we guessed."
Joy: "So we tried the Wild Clitoral Gel next. We applied the same amount in the same way as the first test. This time, BINGO! We both could feel the sensations within a minute, both warming and cooling. The peppermint was doing its thing. None of this is overwhelming in any sense of the word. Nor is it a particularly long lasting effect, which is a good thing. I wouldn't want to be feeing this kind of sensation for too long."
Dixie: "Both the Mild Clitoral Gel and Wild Clitoral Gel are silicone-based, which makes for a very nice silky texture, much like a silicone-based lube. This, however, brings one word of warning to mind. If you are using either of these products with a silicone toy, like a vibrator, be sure to sheath your toy in a condom first. There's minimal packaging, which I really appreciate. The small tube containing the gel is inside a simple paper package that is recyclable."
Full Review HERE


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KRAKOW, Poland — Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi and defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Ignazio Abate are undergoing treatment for injuries and are hoping to return for tomorrow's European Championship semifinal with Germany.
"All three are making progress and we will do everything possible, right down to the last minute, to make them available," team doctor Enrico Castellacci said yesterday.
De Rossi has a problem with his sciatic nerve that is affecting his left foot, and left Sunday's penalty shootout win over England in the 80th minute.
Italy's football federation said later in the day that De Rossi would appear at a news conference today, a move that usually indicates a player will be used in the next game.
Abate has a muscle problem in his left leg and Chiellini has a left hamstring problem.

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July 19, 2011
Chanar Dalna (Matar Paneer)
Chanar Dalna is probably a staple in most Bengali households. It was also the most common niramish (vegetarian) food served if we had guests coming over who were vegetarian. If there was no murgir jhol or macher kalia, the next thing my dad would say, "chanar dalna banai?"
Trying to replicate my mom's recipe without talking to her is never easy. I always feel that I didn't get it right and when I do end up talking I find our that there was indeed an ingredient missing. So this was a big surprise because I felt that this was quite close to her recipe.
1 1/2 lbs paneer, cut into cubes
2 -3 potatoes cut in cubes
2/3 cup green peas
2 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 tspoon grated fresh ginger
2 green chillies
1 tbspoon cumin and coriander powder
2-3 green cardamoms
1 stick cinnamon
2 bay leaves
1 tspoon cumin seeds
1/2 tspoon turmeric powder
4-5 tbspoon oil
1/4 tspoon sugar
Salt to taste
bunch of cilantro for garnishing
Heat all but 1 tbspoon oil and put in the paneer pieces and saute them till they start to turn brown. Then put them in salted warm water. In the same oil, add the potatoes next and saute them lightly. Keep them aside.
Add the rest of the oil and temper it with cumin seeds, bay leaves, green chillies. Then add the cardamom and cinnamon. After a minute add the ginger and the tomatoes. Once the tomatoes start to turn squishy, add the turmeric powder, cumin and coriander powder and the peas. Let it cook together for a couple of minutes.
Add in the potatoes, and salt and 3/4 cup of water. Let it cook together for 4-5 minutes. Then add in the paneer cubes and cook it for another 3-4 minutes till the potatoes and peas are cooked.
Garnish with cilantro and serve warm with rice.
Labels: Bengali, Dairy, Peas, Potato, Vegetables
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WHEN: Electronic Business 30th Anniversary Edition, 1st November
WHERE: http://www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/article/CA6279564?pubdate=11/1/2005
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Kimberly Mounts, named a hedge fund "rising star" by Institutional Investor magazine in 2012 for her stewardship of MAP Alternative Asset Management Co. in Newport Beach, California, has died. She was 48.
She died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 25 at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, according to her brother, Scott Mounts.
She had been in a drug-induced coma since Oct. 20, when she first went into cardiac arrest following a workout at her gym, her brother said. "She was a vegetarian, didn't drink, didn't smoke and worked out religiously," he said yesterday in a telephone interview.
A chartered alternative investment analyst, Mounts founded MAP Alternative Asset Management in 2006 following jobs in New York at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, where she specialized in fixed-income derivatives.
MAP, with fewer than 10 employees, is an investment adviser with input on more than $35 billion in client assets, specializing in managing risk in fixed-income portfolios, according to Marco Ricciardulli, a senior consultant. Clients include large public and corporate pensions. A planned fixed- income fund of hedge funds, with a focus on emerging managers, has yet to open, Ricciardulli said.
The firm's work is an example of "affirmative investing" by pension funds and other institutional investors who seek, by practice or law, to give part of their business to women-owned and minority-owned investment companies.
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In a notice it placed on the website of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, for instance, Mounts' firm said it was "seeking minority and women-owned hedge funds for their database and consideration by one of their Fortune 100 corporate pension clients."
The notice continued, "There are no minimum requirements in relation to assets under management, track record or history. All strategies and domiciles will be considered."
In naming Mounts one of its 2012 "hedge fund rising stars," Institutional Investor cited her expertise in credit derivatives as well as her "interest in cultural diversity," noting that her firm "identifies hedge-fund firms owned by high-profile women or minority members."
Mounts was a founding member of the Southern California chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and was active in 85 Broads and Broads Circle.
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"By being involved in these networks for professional women, I hope to open doors for other women and help them recognize the opportunities that are out there," she said, according to an article on theglasshammer.com, a website for female business executives.
Mounts was among 150 business leaders invited to Washington in November 2011 for a forum on jobs and the economy hosted by the White House Business Council.
Judith Kimberly Mounts was born on Sept. 18, 1965, in Duarte, California, one of seven children of Robert Francis Mounts and the former Joan Francis Steiger.
She graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. She went to work as a systems engineer on a secret satellite program, working with the U.S. Army and large defense contractors, according to the profile on theglasshammer.com.
She moved to New York and joined Morgan Stanley as an information-technology analyst on the mortgage-backed securities desk.
Derivatives Background
In 1998 she received a master's in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, then returned to Morgan Stanley to work on fixed-income derivatives -- "creating, analyzing and solving complex financial transactions," she said, according to the profile.
At Goldman Sachs from 1996 to 2000, Mounts helped structure and price derivatives for hedge funds and institutional investors.
On LinkedIn.com, she listed her title at Goldman Sachs as vice president, and at Morgan Stanley as associate.
She was married and divorced, her brother said.
In addition to her brother, survivors include her mother and four sisters, Mary Williams, Katherine Mounts, Susan Simmons, and Linda Rasic. A second brother, Robert Francis Mounts, died in March.
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Sculptures marking evacuation points arrive in New Orleans
Sculptures marking evacuation points arrive in New Orleans
More than a dozen sculptures that will be used to call attention to evacuation points around New Orleans are arriving in the city.
The statues are simple larger-than-life stick figures that appear as though they are poised to hail a bus. They are to be unloaded Monday and later installed at 17 pickup points for New Orleans residents who need transportation out of town when a hurricane evacuation is ordered.
They were designed by Boston artist Douglas Kornfeld, who was selected for the work by the Arts Council of New Orleans. That group is working with Evacuteer.org, an organization that coordinates volunteers who help with the massive evacuation effort that accompanies a hurricane threat.


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Title: Leo Zeff papers, 1985-1988
Predominant Dates:1985-1988
Primary Creator: Zeff, Leo
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Date Acquired: 10/21/2010. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Huichol Indians, Ibogaine, Psychoactive Substances Research Collection at Purdue University., Psychology, Psychotropic drugs
Forms of Material: Color photographs, Correspondence, Reports
Languages: English
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Accruals: The manuscript "Reflections Shared at the Sequoia Fall Retreat, November 1977," by Leo J. Zeff was donated on September 22, 2014 by Arthur Friedman, of Berkeley, California. The manuscript was originally given to Friedman by Leo Zeff, who had asked him to read it.
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Homemade Vietnamese Recipes
Vietnamese Vegetarian Pate Recipe
This is a recipe that didn't make it into the Bánh Mì cookbook, my second publication that is already available for pre-order. I prepared a vegetable and tofu pâté that's often used in vegetarian bánh mì sandwiches. This dish is called tàu hũ chưng in Vietnamese. I mixed tofu and a mirepoix of vegetables, which is a combination of coarsely chopped carrots, onions, leek, celery and mushrooms. The preparation is steamed then baked until firm.
Over the past few weeks I've been posting a vegetarian recipe each Monday. It's part of an effort on my part to eat a little bit healthier by reducing my meat consumption. So from now on, you'll find a vegetarian recipe every "Meatless Monday".
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Tau Hu Chung: Vietnamese Vegetarian Pate Recipe
Tàu hũ chưng is one of the many vegetarian equivalents you can find to Vietnamese meat dishes. As I mentioned last week, Tết is coming soon (January 23rd), and you're supposed to eat vegetarian for the days just before and after the Asian New Year. Usually, I would make mắm chưng thịt (Vietnamese-style meatloaf). This dish is similar, using ingredients such as mushrooms, bean thread noodles and cilantro, but paired with mashed tofu.
The mixture is first steamed, then baked for a few minutes in the oven so the top is slightly golden and dried out. It's almost like a tofu pâté that can be enjoyed with rice and a bowl of canh (soup) on the side.
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Vietnamese Meatloaf (Mam Chung Thit)
Mắm chưng thịt is a staple of Vietnamese cuisine. It's a blend of pork or chicken, crab meat, salted fish fillet in brine, bean thread noodles, mushrooms and eggs.
For this recipe, I used a mix of chicken breast and thighs. The flavor is reminiscent of the filling of a meat egg roll combined with the strong flavor of salted fish fillet in nước mắm (brine). The most common fish used for making steam fish cakes is snakehead fish, though mackerel or catfish can be used as well.
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College Year Reports for 2005-2006
1. This report is based on the Student Enrollment File (ERSS) of the Enrollment Reporting System.
2. The census date for this report is the close of the third week of instruction for campuses on a quarter system and the fourth week of instruction for campuses on a semester system across all terms that comprise the college year. Enrollments are in terms of the net number of students actively enrolled on the census date.
3. The college year includes fall and spring semesters (and summer term, if applicable) for campuses operating on the semester calendar, or summer, fall, winter, and spring quarters with a quarter calendar. The college year begins with the summer term which is followed by the fall, winter, and spring terms.
4. Six of the campuses are on a quarter system (four as year-round), while the remaining campuses are on a semester system. CSU Stanislaus has adopted the "4-1-4" academic calendar consisting of two 13-week semesters and a month-long winter term. College year enrollments are calculated as follows:
5. Undergraduate and graduate full-time equivalent students (FTES) by term are derived by dividing total semester (quarter) student credit hours by 15. Annual full-time equivalent students are derived by either dividing total semester student credit hours for the academic year by 30 or total quarter student credit hours by 45. Summer Arts FTES are calculated by dividing total student credit units by 30.
6. Definitions of term FTES in the 4-1-4 system at Stanislaus does not conform to systemwide definitions. The inclusion of the special winter term, however, adjusts FTES for systemwide comparability and uniformity of annual FTES.
7. Regular students are those individuals who attempt 6.1 student credit units or more during a term. Limited students are those individuals who attempt six or fewer student credit units. As a consequence of the relatively small workload being attempted, limited students are charged reduced student fees.
8. College Year headcount enrollment and full-time equivalent student (FTES) totals are often displayed to one decimal place in this report even though they are calculated to six decimal points in the software. Systemwide headcount enrollment and FTES results may therefore differ if campus totals are summed employing different rounding rules.
9. For purposes of this report, class level for undergraduates is determined by the value found in the Enrollment Reporting System data element Student Level Code.
Campuses typically determine class level for undergraduates by the number of accumulated semester or quarter credit hours as follows:
10. A postbaccalaureate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate or its equivalent and has not been admitted to a graduate program. Postbaccalaureate students in this report are split into those seeking a basic teaching credential (single subject, multiple subject, or special education) and all other postbaccalaureate students.
11. A graduate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate or its equivalent and has been admitted to a graduate program. The distinction between graduate and postbaccalaureate students is based on the information reported in the Enrollment Reporting System data element Student Standing Code.
12. The College Year Report differentiates student credit units by the level of the course (lower division, upper division, or graduate) being attempted. Annual FTES by course level is calculated for semester campuses by determining the student credit units being attempted at each level of course and dividing the result by 30 (representing the total number of student credit units in a full-time equivalent student). Quarter campus annual FTES by course level is derived by dividing the units being attempted at each course level by 45.
13. "Campus Totals" refer to enrollments for campuses, excluding supplemental programs operated by the CSU. "System Totals" include enrollments for Summer Arts, International Programs and CalStateTEACH. Beginning in college year 1998-99, Statewide Nursing is included in Dominguez Hills enrollment.
14. Tables 1 through 4 describe both term and college year data. Additional college year summary information is shown on tables 5 through 8. College-year new student information is presented in tables 9 to 21. The remaining tables comprising the College Year Report (22 to 36) depict headcount and academic year data that are useful in the enrollment planning process.
15. Annualized summer quarter FTES are calculated for quarter campuses by dividing the sum of total units attempted by 45. The annualized summer term FTES for Summer Arts or semester campuses are calculated by dividing the sum of total units attempted by 30.


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Paul Rudd on His Golden Globes Teleprompter Fail
"I honestly thought they went to commercial!"
One of the Golden Globes' most awkward moments came at the expense of Paul Rudd and Salma Hayek, who were presenting the award for Best TV Drama when their teleprompter failed. The two of them literally had no clue what to say. (Prior to that, they'd presented the award for Best Actor in a TV Drama.) So when we saw Rudd last night at the LAByrinth Theater Company's 10th Annual Celebrity Charades Benefit, we broached the subject as delicately as possible. What was going through his head in that moment? "We didn't know, I didn't know they were doing two [categories] — we never had rehearsal," he explained. "And they didn't tell us, so we were just standing there, and I honestly thought they went to commercial! [Laughs.] I mean, there was nothing on [the teleprompter]! And then I realized in the middle of that, Oh! We're on TV! And then I just started laughing. It was funny. Thankfully, thankfully, only 20 million people were watching." Also, he told us, this isn't his first awards-show mishap. "I did the Tonys once, and my contact lens fell out as I was going onstage, and I couldn't read anything. I've done these kinds of things before, and they always go wrong for me, so I'm used to that." Then, returning to the GGs story, he said, "It just went off, and I didn't know what we were supposed to do. And all of a sudden, they're just going through the thing. Oh, okay."


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Clemson legend's presence felt as coach of Upstate.
TRAVELERS REST — The main purpose of Saturday's first South Carolina College All Star Bowl was to provide some players who were under the radar of NFL scouts an opportunity to shine at least one last time.
But the real star wattage came from the coaching staff with Clemson legend Danny Ford heading the Upstate squad against College Football Hall of Fame counterpart Willie Jeffries leading the Low Country.
Assistants included the likes of longtime NFL Pro-Bowler Brian Dawkins, current NFL lineman Nick Eason and former NFL player Patrick Sapp.
Ford retired from coaching in 1997 after four seasons at Arkansas and it was not only a treat for older fans to see him prowling the sideline in a ball cap and oversized jacket, but also memorable for the players to get a chance to play for such a well-known name.
"It was so great to have coach Ford out there and just have the chance to be around him in a football setting and get to experience kind of how he would treat his team," former Byrnes and Gardner-Webb offensive lineman Jamie Dunaway said. "It was one of those things that was very surreal to have him out there coaching."
Former Newberry quarterback Brian Ehrlich, who threw two touchdowns in the game, was thrilled to have had a chance to soak in some knowledge for a national championship-winning coach.
"This was great and actually kind of funny when I got asked to play and after saying I would then I found who was coaching," Ehrlich said. "It's been great to be able to play under Danny Ford and have the time to stand off to the side in practice and have conversations with him. It's great to really learn some things from him because he really knows what he's talking about."
Ford and Jeffries had been promoting the game previously with a little trash talk and Ford said the competitive juices always flow when he's around football or most anything else for that matter.
"Me and coach Jeffries had been butting heads and kidding and talking," Ford said. "I used to play checkers in high school and college and liked to win doing that so if you're a competitive person you're going to want to win no matter what the game is. I'm competitive watching teams play football from my living room, pulling for one team or the other.
"The players all took it seriously and it was a pretty good football game."


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Heart project provides healing in Nicaragua
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 27, 2013) — For 15 years, a team led by Dr. John D. "Jack" Rose, a cardiologist and professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been healing hearts and more in Nicaragua.
Rose, Dr. Harry Adams, an infectious disease specialist; Dr. Theodore C. Koutlas, a heart surgeon; Dr. David Hannon, a pediatric cardiologist; and others have worked to establish a partnership with the medical school in the bustling city of León. This relationship enables them to offer specialized medical care in Nicaragua that would be unavailable otherwise, as well as frequent mission opportunities for medical students and residents.
The team usually makes two trips a year, each about two weeks long. The first is in September and involves evaluating patients with valve and congenital heart disease and bringing down a surgical team to perform open-heart surgery. The second trip is in February. It involves general clinics as well as cardiology.
In addition, students round in the local hospital. The teams attend a weekly HIV clinic operated by the infectious diseases specialist there. They also spend time in community clinics in León or neighboring towns.
Koutlas is typically accompanied by Dr. Curtis Anderson, a cardiothoracic surgeon and ECU associate professor; perfusionist Bill Hodges, and other surgical team members from ECU and Vidant Medical Center. All who go on the trips do so at their own expense.
Koutlas is leaving ECU at the end of the year but plans to continue this project along with Anderson and the Vidant surgical team.
Brody faculty members who work out of León are members of Project Health for León, an effort organized by Dr. John Paar, a Raleigh cardiologist who established the cardiology program in León years ago. The organization aims to train Nicaraguan medical professionals, provide specialized medical care to Nicaragua and offer educational experiences in Nicaragua to American medical students and other medical professionals. The project also organizes several cardiac surgeries donated by Vidant Medical Center and local physicians for Nicaraguans who require the more extensive resources available here.
This past Sept. 14-18, the team saw 350 adults and children, most with serious valvular and congenital heart disease. The surgical team performed 11 operations in five days, mostly valve replacements. Over the years, they have completed 105 open-heart procedures with a success rate of more than 98 percent.
Nicaragua is the second-poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. With a population of 6 million, 48 percent live below the poverty line, and 80 percent subsist on less than $2 dollars a day, Rose said. The government provides universal medical care, but funds and resources are meager.
For example, the university hospital in Leon has no CT scanner and provides only basic laboratory services, Rose said. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, now rare in the United States, are common afflictions there, and rheumatic heart disease is the most common heart-related cause of death in young people in developing nations.
Nicaraguan physicians are intelligent and capable, but lack facilities for advanced training, Rose said. No cardiology or pediatric cardiology training programs exist in the country, and physicians who seek this education must travel abroad.
"Each journey reinforces just how fortunate we are," Rose said. "Sometimes, friends and colleagues ask, 'Why do you travel all the way to Nicaragua when the medical needs in eastern North Carolina are so great?' We hope that we help to satisfy these needs in our daily work and in our volunteer activities here. But Nicaragua is a special case. There, the medical problems are so great and the resources so limited that it is difficult for Americans to comprehend."
In addition to providing a service, the trips are educational. ECU medical students receive elective course credit for participating. ECU nursing students also travel to Leon, and Dr. Donna Lake and Debra Kosko of the College of Nursing have started a teaching and research program with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-Leon School of Nursing. Next year the ECU School of Dental Medicine might participate on the project.
In addition, two Nicaraguan medical students come to ECU each year for a six-week rotation in medicine or surgery; a total of seven have done so to date.
For 10 years, ECU nurse Donna Lou Edwards has worked on Project Health for Leon. She travels to the country for two weeks each year, paying her own way, organizing a surgical clinic that helps people with heart valve disease who otherwise would most likely not receive medical care.
"My first experiences there changed my life and have made me a better person and nurse," she said recently.
More information about Project Health for Leon, including a link for donations, is online at
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I have to admit I'm a bit of a tourist these days. My latest assignment has my boat trading between New Orleans and Florida. As I write this we're waiting to get a loading berth in the NORCO terminal just above the Crescent City.
While I've been around tugs and tows my entire career I've never had the experience of seeing a Mississippi river tow built and then sailed by the massive towboats that navigate the lifeline of the mid-west. It's busy work and takes a lot of blood and sweat to put together. It can take a day or two to build a "line tow" by small workhorse towboats that are in constant motion picking up, shifting and rafting up a fleet of 28 or more barges carrying anything from coal to grain to whatever. The towboats that move the finished tow are huge and wide with a good amount of horsepower in the engine room and the pilothouse.
Listening to these boats receiving their marching orders is interesting, the numbers and types of barges vary from boxes to rakes and keeping track of where they are placed and how they are delivered is complex but well understood. It reminds me of how my Dad used to get his orders moving railroad floats for the New York Central when I was a boy just riding along. The numbers of each unit are conveyed in a boatman's shorthand, concise and exact.
The volume of traffic here is amazing. Ships, sea-going and river tows are everywhere. Huge cranes off-loading dry cargo, flotillas of barges are almost everywhere along the riverbank. The anchorages are along the river and tightly packed. Our anchorage here in Ama one of many. We set our anchor within a few dozen yards of the unit ahead of us and settle back. The river current is constant so we lay parallel with the bank. It's a bit unsettling to be this close to the guy ahead of us and the one behind us, but the anchor holds and it's kinda cozy.
The radio chatter is flavored with a bit of a patois and it's amusing to hear some of the exchanges between the pilots and operators of the boats working here. Courteous and occasionally colorful these fellows use phrases that catch your attention. In a conversation between a couple of units this morning the dialog went something like this;"I'm up-bound approaching the turn, what would you like?" If you could hold up there I'll be around here shortly", "No problem cap, I can do anything but disappear." You can be sure I'll be using that one someday.
It's not news to anyone that's the least bit familiar with the western rivers that the "line tows" are massive floating collections of cargo larger and longer than any ship afloat. To listen to these units making their way is a study in "cool and calm". When I encountered my first big guy, I was impressed with the way he seemed to manage his charges so effortlessly. I quickly recognized that these men were supremely gifted boat handlers and to underestimate them would be foolish.
For the time being, I'm going to enjoy the experience and absorb as much as I can from the mariners that work in this corner of the country. These people have a skill set that rivals any you might find in the Northeast.
During my first voyage here one of our river pilots came aboard to relieve his colleague who had met us at the entrance to the river eight hours earlier. As we shook hands and in a big voice he said "Cap, your day just got better", better indeed.
More to come.


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Roy Halladay has been called an animal, a machine, a mercenary, and any of a number of other cliches that refer to a pitcher's ability to chew up hitters and spit them out with ridiculous consistency. But as consistently dominant and durable as he has been over the past decade, he has never started more than three games in a season on short rest.
What does that mean? It means the Phillies are going to need a fifth starter for the 2010 regular season. If you have spent most of the previous month with a pulse, you realize that the two candidates to fill this job are Kyle Kendrick and Jamie Moyer. If you happened to be out of town for the last month, perhaps visiting your therapist in Arizona, pick up a random Daily News and chances are you will find the nuts and bolts of the competition detailed within.
Really, not much has changed since the start of spring training. Over the past couple of days, manager Charlie Manuel has said repeatedly that he knows what kind of pitcher Kyle Kendrick is, and he knows what kind of pitcher Jamie Moyer is, and that their on-the-field results during their respective Grapefruit League starts wouldn't necessarily have much of a bearing on the pitcher who ultimately starts the season in the rotation. On one hand, that makes sense. Has Jamie Moyer really become a different pitcher after 22-plus years in the big leagues, the last three of which have come in Philadelphia? Is Kyle Kendrick's line after four meaningless exhibition games going to supercede the month he spent with the Phillies last season, or the year of development he enjoyed in the team's minor league system?
On the other hand. . .it's hard to believe that the Phillies are staging these spring games simply to provide us writers with material. Don't get me wrong - it would be a lovely gesture. But the older scribes tell me they just don't care that much about us. So the performances by Moyer and Kendrick in the Grapefruit League have to mean something, right?
Probably. But I think Rich Dubee was being honest when he said at the beginning of spring training that Kendrick would have to significantly out-pitch Moyer to win the job. You might look at Kendrick's line -- two runs allowed in 14 innings -- and argue that he has significantly out-pitched Moyer. But the way Dubee talked at the beginning of his spring, Kendrick would have had to show up seven-feet tall shooting balls of fire from his eyes and lightning from his arse to have a chance at making the Phillies rotation. And while he has been very good, I have yet to see any balls of fire at Bright House Field.
Kendrick looks very much like a pitcher who has established himself as a component of the Phillies' future. But Moyer has looked like Moyer -- in other words, he has looked like the same pitcher who received a two-year contract just last offseason. That contract will pay him $8 million this year. Hence, the fire/lightning requisite.
You might not like that. You might think that Kyle Kendrick has earned the spot in the rotation. And maybe he has. But starting 2010 with Moyer as a starter makes a heck of a lot of sense for a number of reasons:
1) If the Phillies decide to put Kendrick in the rotation, their next decision will involve Moyer's fate. Do they release him and eat the $8 million they owe him (or trade him and eat most of that money anyway?)? Or do they move him to the bullpen? With J.C. Romero and Brad Lidge likely to start the season on the disabled list, the Phillies would almost certainly choose to keep Moyer around. Because Romero and Lidge would not be taking up a roster spot, they would have room for him, as well as Ryan Madson, Chad Durbin, Danys Baez, Jose Contreras, David Herndon and Antonio Bastardo.
But Moyer is not built to be a regular reliever. Sure, he pitched well out of the bullpen last season, but that was a special situation, where his appearances were carefully planned out to coincide with those of Pedro Martinez (and Martinez's just happened to coincide with storm systems that forced him from two outings). Just yesterday, Dubee and Manuel both said they did not envision Moyer as a guy who could pitch on back-to-back days, or in a situational role against left-handed hitters. So he wouldn't really have a role. With Lidge and Romero sidelined, there would be room for him. But once Lidge returns in early-to-mid-April, the Phillies would have to decide between keeping Moyer or keeping Rule 5 pick David Herndon, who has had an impressive spring. And even if they kept Moyer over Herndon, once Romero returns in mid-to-late-April, the Phillies would have to decide between keeping Moyer or Bastardo, their only true lefty reliever.
On the other hand, starting Kendrick in the bullpen would give the team more flexibility. Because he has two minor league options, the Phillies would have the option of sending him back to Triple-A Lehigh Valley to clear up a roster spot for Lidge or Romero. With Moyer, they would not have that option.
2) So if the Phillies decide that Kendrick gives them a better rotation than Moyer, why not just release Moyer right away? Because the Phillies have very little starting pitching depth. That might not matter if Kendrick thrives in the rotation. But what if he struggles? After all, his last season as a full-time starter, he lost his job. Sure, he looks like a much different pitcher now. But remember how good Chan Ho Park looked last spring training?
If Kendrick struggles, and you've already released Moyer, you've eliminated the option of hoping that Moyer can re-discover the magic he had in 2008.
The more logical move would be to get a verdict on Moyer as early as possible. Best case scenario, he pitches like he did in '08, and Kendrick moves to the bullpen as a long reliever. Keep in mind this could also help the bullpen, which could always use another reliable arm.
Worst-case scenario, Moyer struggles in April, and the Phillies replace him with Kendrick. It would be much more difficult to do the other way around, especially because you don't want Kendrick looking over his shoulder as he pitches.
Just my two cents.
As you read earlier, Carlos Ruiz has been scratched from the line-up due to an illness. Nothing to be concerned about. Non-roster invitee Dane Sardinha will catch Cole Hamels.
. . .Brad Lidge is throwing in his second minor league game at 1 p.m. Ryan Madson is also scheduled to throw in that game.
. . .Roy Halladay will pitch in a minor league game on Thursday, thanks to the rotation jumbling requried by the rain-out of yesterday's minor league game.


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MIAMI — Authorities say a second person has died after a bus crashed into an overpass at Miami International Airport.
Miami-Dade police Lt. Rosanna Cordero-Stutz says the second person died at a hospital on Saturday morning. Three others were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Officials say the bus was carrying 32 people when it crashed into the overpass. Airport spokesman Greg Chin says the bus was too high to pass beneath the 8-foot-6-inch overhang at the arrivals area.
He says buses and other large vehicles are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher clearance.
Cordero-Stutz says the driver, who is being interviewed by investigators, was not familiar with the area and did not intend to wind up at the airport.


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Detectives arrest suspect in two armed robberies
Beaumont Police have arrested a man they say was responsible for a pair of purse snatchings just before the holidays.
On at least two occasions, Robert Lee Young Sr., a 47-year-old Beaumont man, used a gun to coax cash from two separate female victims who were later able to point Young out in a line up, according to BPD Detective Crystal Holmes.
"The suspect today was identified by two different victims as the man who robbed them in two separate aggravated robberies that occurred here in Beaumont over the last few weeks," she said.
Holmes said the first victim, robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of Target on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2012, was able to give "an excellent description" of Young's vehicle and what he was wearing that day. With the exact same description from the second victim, robbed at gunpoint in the parking garage of St. Elizabeth Hospital, it was only a matter of time before BPD detectives were able to apprehend Young, Holmes said.
"He was identified by both victims, as well as a witness in a third incident," she said, adding while Young does have a few traffic offenses, he has no history of aggravated robbery and made away with less than $30 from each victim.
Holmes said female shoppers should be wary of thieves looking for quick cash during the holidays.
"There is not a thing in your purse that is worth your life or your health," she said. "If you know you're going shopping, you need a means of purchasing your items and you need an ID. Put those things in your pocket. Carrying a purse – that in and of itself makes you a target."
Young was arrested on two counts of aggravated robbery with bonds set at $60,000 and $75,000 and will be arraigned this weekend, Holmes said.
Young was arrested in the 3000 block of French Road.


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Bench play brings boost
Swede girls get past Sailors 47-37.
Four Gothenburg players came off the bench and combined for 12 points to help power the Swedes past the Sutherland Sailors 47-37 Saturday night.
"We've got young girls taking on some new roles," said Swede coach Tim Peterson. "Those kids coming off the bench did a good job."
It was senior Emily Max, though, who started strong and remained strong throughout the game.
Max opened the scoring with a pair of short jumpers inside the lane. Twenty of her game-high 22 points came from under the basket.Propelled by Max, the Swedes got out to a 12-8 lead after the first quarter and pushed ahead 23-16 at halftime.
"The girls knew there was never any doubt we were going to win the game," Peterson said. "I would have liked to have seen a little more killer instinct early in the game to put them away."
Gothenburg extended the lead as many as 12 in the third period but the Sailors kept chipping away, getting within six points heading into the final stanza.
Max hit four consecutive field goals to open the fourth quarter and give the Swedes another boost.
Five of nine free throws in the final three minutes gave Gothenburg all that was necessary to win.
"I hoped we would play better," Peterson said. "We played good enough to win but it still wasn't a great game."
The coach said he believes the girls continue to lack confidence, even against a winless team such as Sutherland.
"I'm convinced we are a better team than the girls think we are," he said. "They're the ones who have to believe it."
Peterson said he was pleased with the contributions coming from younger players, especially freshmen Brittyn Munster and Taylor Wolf.
"They just add a spark to the floor," he said, "and the way they play forces the other girls to step up."
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Some nursing programs (PN/RN) require that a student be a CNA before they are accepted into nursing programs. Some medical schools recommend that pre-medicine students also work as CNAs prior to entering medical school. If you enjoy working with people, feel that you have a positive attitude, are dependable, kind, patient and could make a difference in the lives of others who have physical illness/disabilities, this may be the profession for you.
There are multiple job opportunities in the health care field for CNAs. Currently CNAs may start anywhere from $9 to $10 per hour, and starting pay may be as high as $11 per hour in some agencies. Shift differentials are available for those who work evening and overnight shifts.
Students interested in a CNA course must submit the following to be placed into a class or onto a waitlist.
Please note: Continuance in the CNA course will be dependent upon the background check outcome. Students with a felony will not be allowed to complete a CNA course.
CNA classes fill quickly. Students should be prepared to send in their application as soon as classes are posted online for the quarter they want to attend. Upon receipt of your application, we can place you on the list to be registered; however, we cannot put you into a class or on a waitlist until we have received your paperwork, including the background check.
Registration for a CNA class is only through the Health Careers office. Fremont classes will also be registered by Melinda Pitt at the Fremont Center. For questions, contact the Health Careers office at 531-MCC-4631.
There are no late registrations for CNA and students must be registered to attend a class. If you are not on an instructor's roster, you will not be allowed to stay in that class. Students may not drop into a class and hope they can stay.
Do not wait until the actual registration date to turn in your application. The class you want to enroll in may already be filled. You will not be registered if something is missing from your application packet (including the section number of the class you wish to take) or if you have a Business office hold when we attempt to register you.
Please note: If you are enrolled in a CNA class that has not yet started and you receive notice that you have been disenrolled for non-payment, we do not automatically re-enroll you. You may be placed on a waitlist. It is the student's responsibility to see that they do not have an outstanding balance on their previous quarter classes.
Students cannot miss the first day of class, or they will be asked to drop their class.
Students cannot miss more than five hours total in the classroom, and only in two hours or less increments.
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Regarding the letter by the executive committee of the Butler County Republican Committee and its chairman, Edward Natali.
How much the writer knows about the construction industry, I don't know, but having spent some 40 years working in construction gives me some firsthand knowledge about it and even a little about project labor agreements.
A project labor agreement (PLA) is simply a tool that can be used on a construction project to help in its orderly completion. There are more than a dozen different crafts involved in a PLA, each of them negotiating separate contracts with their respective employers. A PLA moves to standardize work hours, holidays, scheduling and other variable issues and gives the owners and their representatives — the construction manager and general
contractor — the means to modify the scheduling during the course of the project for any unforeseen issue that may arise.
The writer's assertion that somehow a PLA will raise the cost of construction by 20 percent is unfounded and absurd. Numerous studies have shown actual labor costs on a given construction project constitute between 20 percent and 30 percent of the total construction costs. To save that 20 percent, one only must have to have the necessary construction supplies delivered to the site and then watch them magically construct themselves.
In this case, construction bids came in $2 million below budget on the courthouse annex —with the PLA — and the last project completed in Butler County prior to my retirement and using a PLA was the new Butler Health System Tower. That project, as noted in The Butler Eagle, was completed ahead of schedule and under budget.
My only guess is that the writer is opposed to Butler County residents and taxpayers working on a Butler County project. Maybe he's opposed to the mandatory drug testing provision and is unaware some studies have shown that drug use is more prevalent in the construction industry. Or is he opposed to the "Helmets to Hardhats" provision which seeks to open positions for our returning military veterans? Or opposed to opportunities for apprenticeships for some of this county's residents, training that teaches a skilled trade, some which include a college degree, all at no cost.
Many construction workers like me — independents, Democrats and Republicans alike — are confused why the leadership of the Butler County Republican Party would turn a blind eye to us and instead choose to act as a de facto puppet for powers outside our county.


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McPherson will host an educational tournament this spring.
McPherson will host an educational tournament this spring.
Destination ImagiNation Inc. is an international non-profit organization that provides educational programs for students to learn and experience creativity, teamwork and problem solving. Participants are challenged to use their imagination to think quickly, work together and create original solutions that meet category requirements.
Six teams from Eisenhower Elementary School participated last year in Tonganoxie, and received top awards. Because community interest and attendance was so high for McPherson, and because local teacher Carmen Zeisler is now on the state Destination ImagiNation board, the event will take place in McPherson April 13.
"I'm very excited we'll be able to do this," McPherson Director of Instruction Angie McDonald said. "It fits so well with C3 (Citizenship, College and Career Readiness). You always hear what we're doing (in) middle school and high school in the C3 front. This is great for the elementary kids."
Since last year, McPherson's involvement has spiked. While 35 students from Eisenhower participated last year, 40 to 45 from all four elementary school and McPherson Middle School will take part this year. Local students will make up about 20 of the 30 teams across Kansas participating.
"It kind of just exploded in a great way," Zeisler said.
Washington Elementary School Principal Jill Beam and mother of two Destination ImagiNation participants last year, said it offers enrichment activities to kids.
"I've been able to witness it first hand," she said. "It was a really neat experience for both of my girls and I'm excited to see it go into all of the elementary schools."
Students in Destination ImagiNation this year will be given six new challenges, in categories of community service, technology, science, fine arts, structure and improvisation. This variety, Ziesler said, is what makes the program so unique.
"It's not just about education, it's about engineering, and community service," she said. "There's so many different aspects of this that people can jump on board."
This can help prepare them for their future.
"The goal of (Destination ImagiNation) is to help kids to become good problem solvers and be able to look and different perspectives and different ideas," Zeisler said. "We want to give them those tools. Kids have to be able to make decisions. I just think of them in their careers and how different it's going to be. We're able to challenge kids to do things they didn't think they could do."
Community support
In order to host an event like this, Zeisler is looking for McPherson adults willing to be appraisers, or judges, of the final presentations. Appraisers will work in teams with other adults across the state to determine winners. Scales will evaluate storytelling ability and creativity, for example.
Although it is not required, Zeisler is seeking appraisers that are experts in their fields, who will judge corresponding categories.
About 45 adults from McPherson are needed. These adults would need to participate in training on Feb. 28 and be available for judging April 13.
"It's a really neat opportunity to see problem solving in action," Zeisler said. "To be part of that (Destination ImagiNation) excitement is something that you can touch when you walk in. I think people would be amazed at what the kids can do."
Zeisler is also looking into using local high school and college students to assist with hosting.
To volunteer, contact Zeisler at email@example.com by Feb. 15.
Zeisler said she is excited to get the community involved and host the event.
"It's a really neat experience to be able to show off McPherson and what we love about McPherson," she said. "I want schools from around the state to feel welcomed and see what a great city it is and that we're here to support our kids."
Contact Jenae Pauls at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow her on Twitter @PaulsSentinel.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- For the second year in a row, Westchester ranked first for healthy behaviors, out of 62 counties statewide, according to the County Health Rankings.
"I'm thrilled that Westchester has received this important ranking for the second year in a row," County Executive Rob Astorino said in a statement. "Not only is it a testament to the ample opportunities available to residents for exercise and recreation but also a great way to acknowledge that our residents are choosing to be active, avoid smoking, and eat healthier."
The county ranked third in terms of length of life due to its low premature death rate versus the state average.
In addition, Westchester ranked seventh for health outcomes, which is based on length of life and quality of life, and fifth for health factors, which measure the ways our behavior and environment affect our future health.
The county was ranked 26th in quality of life which included measurements of poor physical health days, poor mental health days and low birth weight.
The survey was developed by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It shows how counties compare within the state in terms of how healthy people feel, how long they live and how their health is affected by factors such as tobacco use, obesity and access to healthcare.
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A proposal to offer producers federal crop insurance to cover from 70 percent to 90 percent of a their costs of production is languishing at the USDA's Risk Management Agency in Kansas City with chances dwindling each day that it will be offered for the 2002 crop season.
Earl Williams, president of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association in Fresno, Calif., is frustrated at the delay.
"Never has there been a time more important than today to get a workable cost of production insurance program on the market," said Williams. "The type of package that has been developed by AgriLogic would be a tremendous risk management tool for producers and lenders to hang their hats on in these tough times."
The Coalition of American Agricultural Producers (CAAP) is a non-profit organization that has been the catalyst to get this program off the ground. Its members are directors of AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Western Farm Credit Bank and commissioners of state departments of agriculture.
AgriLogic is a Texas-based consulting firm made up of executives with more than 50 years of combined experience in risk management agriculture, which has developed the package after meeting with producers throughout the country.
AgriLogic developed its plan under contract with RMA.
The plan, according to Williams and AgriLogic would enhance producer's ability to survive not just weather disasters, but economic crisis not caused by disasters.
However, this plan does not allow producers to "lock in profits," through revenue enhancing insurance programs such as Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), according to Joe Davis, CEP of AgriLogic.
"The originators of this concept wanted to remove the financial incentives of 'farming the insurance program,'" said Davis. "While the majority of crop producers do not abuse the current program, there are a sufficient number who do, causing the program to received repeated calls for reform."
Harder to abuse
Davis said no program can be abuse-proof, but "it will be harder to abuse this concept."
Williams said the cost of production insurance program has considerable support from across the U.S.
"Ag credit banks funded the development of this concept because they recognized the need to develop something that fits the needs of most farmers," said Williams.
"It is terribly disappointing that after two years of work, we still do not have a package. The federal government has thrown $8.8 billion at crop insurance reform and California producers and many others are still left out in the cold without a good, workable crop insurance program.
"What is so appalling to me is that RMA has approved all the programs that have been abused but when it gets a program that seems to avoid these problems, they seem to turn their back on it," said Williams.
RMA can take as few as 15 days to review different phases of the proposal, but Williams says the agency took a full 30 days to review the first phase of the program. "And, there is a second phase under review, plus the office of general counsel has to review the final product.
"The proposal could be expedited, but at this point the bureaucracy has chosen not to," said a frustrated Williams. "Hopefully, we can get a better indication of where we stand for 2002 in the next 30 days."
"We are applying considerable pressure to get the job done."
Initial phase of program
The initial phase of the pilot program would cover not only the major commodities like upland cotton in many counties across the Cotton Belt, but would also almonds, soybeans, corn, nectarines, onions, peaches, rice, sugarcane, wheat, cranberries and apricots.
The program would cost producers from 4 to 8 percent of their verified production costs. Davis expects the federal government to pick up 50 percent of the premium costs. Producers can elect the coverage he wants in each of three categories, variable costs, fixed costs and land costs.
"The idea of this program is to keep a producer in business…not guarantee a profit," said Davis, who added that if a producer elects to take maximum coverage, the most he could lose would be 10 percent of his productions costs. Losses would be documented through a producer's records.
Current crop insurance programs have never been widely utilized in California, according to Williams, because current catastrophic insurance programs are not applicable.
"We do not lose entire crops to disasters and deductibles and the cost of buying up to levels that make sense for California is not affordable to producers," said Williams. "Insurance programs now do not pay for the type of losses we incur."
Insurance reform is not a California-only issue.
Abernathy, Texas cotton producers Jerry Oswalt, a farmer on the Texas High Plains was one of the early advocates of the program and lobbied to win support for reform from the Texas Farm Credit Bank and others.
"You buy insurance to protect your investments in cars and homes. We need the same thing in farming," said Oswalt.
"This program is for the true producer…not the farmer who is trying to farm a government insurance program," Oswalt said. "It is for a producer who is trying to stay in business and produce a crop."
AgriLogic campaigned the idea across the U.S. this year and now are awaiting RMA's approval to roll it out.
"It will be terribly disappointing if we do not get something for this coming crop year," said Williams.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A portion of the Indiana high school where James Dean was first exposed to acting collapsed early Wednesday, dimming hopes of saving the long-shuttered brick schoolhouse in the actor's hometown.
Dean grew up on his aunt and uncle's farm near Fairmount, about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, and performed in high school plays that fueled his interest in acting. Dean fans and local officials had tried over the years to shore up the weathered, three-story red brick and limestone schoolhouse, which closed in 1986, and installed a rubber covering on its roof to keep out the elements.
But a southeast corner of Fairmount High School gave way about 3 a.m. Wednesday, said Fairmount clerk-treasurer Jo Ann Treon, and officials are now concerned one of the 115-year-old school's exterior walls could collapse next.
"It's just too far gone from the elements," Treon said.
After graduating from Fairmount High in 1949, Dean headed to California and then New York, before landing iconic roles in the movies "Rebel Without a Cause," ''Giant" and "East of Eden." He died in 1955 at age 24 in a California car crash.
David Loehr, curator of the James Dean Gallery that's a few blocks from the school, said various proposals to restore the building and turn it into a library, museum, community center — or some combination of those and other ideas — never came together.
"There was a lot of interest, but the money didn't come with it," he said.
Loehr said the third-story section of the school that collapsed was above the portion of the building that once housed the wooden stage where Dean performed in school plays. That stage was removed years ago from the deteriorating school by the Fairmount Lions Club, and Loehr said that group is working to raise money to restore it and someday give it a new life for performances in another building.
The school was listed on Indiana Landmarks' list of the state's 10 most endangered landmarks in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Tina Connor, the preservation group's executive vice president, said the group found a California developer who pledged to restore the 1898 Romanesque revival and neoclassical school, but he was unable to line up hoped-for funding from Hollywood celebrities.
"The building is in such terrible shape. It's probably not salvageable," she said. "It's a shame because old schools were well built. They had style that we can't generally afford today, and if they're maintained they're really super steady buildings."
Dean wasn't the only notable to graduate from the school. Garfield creator Jim Davis and retired CBS correspondent Phil Jones are also alumni.
Treon, the clerk-treasurer, said the school is owned by the Madison Grant Youth Basketball League. She said the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District has provided a $500,000 grant for demolition of the building, but so far efforts to raise an additional $100,000 for that task haven't panned out.


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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York won the dismissal of former American International Group Inc Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's $25 billion lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully bailing out the insurer during the 2008 financial crisis.
Monday's decision by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan is a sweeping defeat for Greenberg and his Starr International Co, which once held a 12 percent stake in AIG.
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It also provided a ringing endorsement of broad central bank power to preserve the health of the economy and global financial system from threats posed by a large, systemically important company such as AIG, which was bailed out for $182.3 billion.
A spokeswoman for Greenberg's lawyer, David Boies, had no immediate comment. Greenberg's office had no immediate comment. A spokesman for the New York Fed did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Greenberg, 87, has been pursuing a related case against the Federal Reserve in a Washington, D.C. court, raising different legal theories.
Once the world's largest insurer by market value, AIG was bailed out on September 16, 2008, one day after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc went bankrupt, as losses skyrocketed from risky bets on mortgage debt through credit default swaps.
Greenberg, who led AIG for nearly four decades before he was ousted in 2005, accused the New York Fed of wasting more than $60 billion of AIG and taxpayer funds in a "backdoor bailout." The lawsuit said the bailout let favored trading partners such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc be repaid in full and freed from legal liability.
He also said the bank circumvented the law by letting the U.S. Treasury take a nearly 80 percent stake in the New York-based insurer without giving existing shareholders a vote.
But Engelmayer said AIG acted out of "corporate desperation" in accepting a bailout, and rejected what he called Greenberg's likening of the New York Fed to a "loan shark" in providing an initial $85 billion credit line at a 14.5 percent interest rate.
"Merely because the AIG Board felt it had 'no choice' but to accept bitter terms from its sole available rescuer does not mean that that rescuer actually controlled the company," Engelmayer wrote.
At the time of the bailout, Henry Paulson headed the U.S. Treasury Department, while his successor, Timothy Geithner, had been president of the New York Fed.
Engelmayer found that the central bank appropriately exercised its authority to try to preserve the banking system, reduce the threat of "grave national and international financial repercussions," and minimize losses to the public.
"While driving a hard bargain with the counterparties might have saved AIG and its shareholders money, FRBNY could reasonably conclude that its statutory mission of stabilizing the economy made speed and closure a top priority," he wrote.
"It could reasonably conclude that it was time for the cycle of collateral calls and mammoth rescue loans to end; that the stability of the U.S. economy required decisively terminating AIG's exposure to counterparties; and that paying par value -- as opposed to opening up a bazaar of uncertain and maybe protracted negotiations with counterparties -- was the best means to attain such closure."
Engelmayer dismissed Starr's claims "with prejudice," meaning they cannot be brought again.
In Greenberg's separate case in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., which handles lawsuits seeking money from the government, he also accused regulators of engineering an unconstitutional bailout. The presiding judge has said the case can go forward.
Starr contended that the AIG bailout deprived shareholders of their due process and equal protection rights through an illegal "taking" of property, a claim it waived in the New York lawsuit.
Since the bailout, the government has been reducing its stake in AIG, which has fallen to about 15.9 percent.
Shares of AIG were up 59 cents, or 1.9 percent, at $32.39 in morning trading New York Stock Exchange. They have lost more than 97 percent of their value since credit conditions began to tighten in mid-2007.
The cases are Starr International Co v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-08422; and Starr International Co v. U.S., U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 11-00779.
(Additional reporting by Lauren Tara LaCapra; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Maureen Bavdek and Grant McCool)


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What does the future hold for Software as a Service (SaaS) and what impact will it have on the SQL Server community? Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer shared the following sentiment during his keynote at the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Never been to a Partner Conference? Think of it as a TechEd-like event for business people in the Microsoft Solution Provider program.
"Everyone in our industry is rethinking the relationship between software and services. We believe the future is in software plus services--combinations that give customers more options and create great new opportunities for partners. Microsoft, with our partners, is positioned to lead the way."
Microsoft, like many other software vendors, has been talking about SaaS for quite some time. My recollection is that Microsoft's early forays into using language like "software as a service" revolved around the idea of selling software subscriptions (e.g., the Microsoft Software Assurance program) and was arguably just a change in licensing models designed to produce higher and more predictable licensing revenue for Microsoft. Today, Microsoft is venturing more boldly into true SaaS models, with its plans for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live being a great example. I encourage you to read the following press releases regarding Microsoft's SaaS ideas and the company's plans for Dynamics CRM Live:
· To see some interesting tidbits from Ballmer's keynote about Microsoft's SaaS plans, go to http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-10WPCDay1PartnersPR.mspx .
· For more information about Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live, go to http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/live/default.mspx , and see the article Microsoft Announces Continued CRM Momentum and Outlines Roadmap for New Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live Service. Microsoft's plans for hosted versions of its software aren't limited to Dynamics CRM Live; however, the Dynamics CRM Live offerings caught my interest for a few reasons. First, Dynamics CRM Live is a data-centric solution with strong ties to the reporting and business intelligence (BI) worlds. Also, I find myself in the interesting position of being tasked with playing a leadership role in designing and rolling out Microsoft CRM solutions for my team at Solid Quality Mentors. I have a lot of experience being the talking head pundit who can wax eloquently about SQL Server topics one week, and then have an entirely different opinion the next week. Heck, that's what pundits do. But now I find myself stuck making decisions that I'll be personally responsible for and that will affect me long after I make them. Ouch. That's not as much fun. Here's a brief summary of where my head is at with respect to rolling out CRM within my organization. On the one hand, managing and deploying CRM isn't strategic to my business, so I'm inclined to choose a hosted solution. On the other hand, although managing and deploying CRM isn't strategic to my business, making it work exactly the way I need it to work is important to my business. Can I trust a hosted provider? Do I leave myself exposed to a hosted provider that doesn't care as much about my business as I do? Would that lead to an overall lower level of service and quality for my CRM solution? I suspect that many businesses are struggling to make similar decisions. I think that most businesses are intrigued by the idea of hosted services and are inclined to use them. I also think that many businesses are scared that the hosted solution won't meet their needs. Sometimes hosted solutions work best and sometimes they're a bad idea. How do you decide? I haven't yet stumbled across a good way to decide. I started this week's editorial by posing the questions "What does the future hold for SaaS and what impact will this have on the SQL Server community?" Frankly, I'm not sure. I do think that there's a demand for more hosted solutions and that Microsoft and other large global software companies will aggressively pursue this market. I suspect that Microsoft and other software vendors will get a lot of things wrong in their initial forays into SaaS, but I also think that they will quickly begin to shake up the small, midsized, and large vendors already in the hosted SaaS market. And I'm not sure where the trend ends. Does hosted CRM today lead to Microsoft offering a 24 x 7 remote DBA SaaS in the future? Generally speaking, Microsoft avoids stepping on its partner's toes. However, when a market is big or strategic enough, Microsoft can handle stepping on its partner's toes and "helps" its partners move into different places in the Microsoft solution provider ecosystem. So, I'm not sure if SaaS is one of this year's flash-in-the-pan buzzwords or if it's the direction of things to come from Microsoft and other large software vendors. It will be interesting to see how market forces cause SaaS to evolve over the coming years. The pundit in me is free to have a different opinion next week, but the business executive within hopes I'm making the right decisions today.


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March 03. 2013 9:59PM
Portsmouth bridge battle could cost entire state
By GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
PORTSMOUTH - As New Hampshire and Maine fight over who will pay for replacement of the Sarah Mildred Long bridge, a recently released study shows how much the bridge's role in maritime commerce contributes to state coffers.
Five of the seven terminals that call the Port of Portsmouth home sit upriver of the angled "middle" bridge, including National Gypsum/Irving Oil, Public Service of New Hampshire, Tyco Wire & Cable, Sprague, Avery Lane/Sea-3 Newington, and Sprague, River Road. Granite State Minerals and the Market Street state pier sit downriver.
The position of the bridge reduces the 200-foot opening to a mere 106 feet. As marine vessels continue to widen, it puts the upriver terminals at economic risk.
The 2012 study recently released by the Piscataqua River Economic Development Committee concluded that the total regional impact of port-related activities in 2011 totaled $275 million and provided 2,350 jobs.
The vast majority of that impact is felt in New Hampshire. Of the 987 jobs provided directly by the 16 terminals, only 20 percent of the workforce comes from Maine.
The terminals provided over $25 million in state and local taxes in 2011, with more than $20 million of that coming into New Hampshire.
In 2011, 3.1 million tons of cargo worth $1.7 billion was loaded or discharged at the terminals along the river, an increase of 2 percent compared with 2010, but a decrease of about 13 percent compared to the last economic impact study conducted in 1998.
A significant portion of the region's energy comes in through the port, including oil, propane and coal, accounting for nearly $1 billion in cargo value, or about 20 percent of New Hampshire's energy use.
$1.4 billion at risk
According to the report, $8 out of every $10 of cargo activity on the river passes under the Sarah Mildred Long bridge, including all energy shipments.
In 2011, 132 vessels passed under the bridge; 1 out of 5 of those was at maximum width.
The report concludes that up to $1.4 billion in commerce could be at risk over the coming years if the maritime industry cannot serve the upriver locations at competitive levels due to the constraints caused by the Sarah Mildred Long bridge.
As the dimensions of the pool of global merchant ships increase, nearby ports are already making infrastructure improvements, including Chelsea Harbor in Massachusetts and in Portland, Maine, making the Sarah Mildred Long bridge the narrowest horizontal clearance of the major northern New England ports.
The report said there is a fear of the Piscataqua River becoming as outdated as the famed cross-country Route 66 for waterborne commerce in the area if the bridge is not replaced with a wider span.
States disagree
New Hampshire and Maine share responsibility for the three bridges that connect Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine. The Memorial Bridge is currently under construction and expected to open in July, making replacement of the middle bridge the next top priority.
The bridge is now New Hampshire's No. 1 red-listed bridge, meaning it is the bridge most in need of repair.
The Maine Department of Transportation is leading the way on a design and build plan for the bridge, but last session the Maine Legislature indicated the state will not pay substantially more for a new bridge than it would have paid for rehabilitation of the old bridge.
At the same time, the New Hampshire Legislature has said it will only agree to a new bridge.
Mike Skelton, is a spokesman for PSNH, which operates both Schiller Station and Newington Station upriver from the bridge. He said the study confirms the significant impact the port has on New Hampshire's economy and also identifies some of the challenges facing the port.
"As identified in the study, the narrow opening under the Sarah Long ... Bridge is a challenge going forward as the trend in shipping is moving toward wider ships," Skelton said. "Long-term, the trend could not only impact PSNH as a shipping customer, but the overall economic benefits the port brings."
Skelton said he hopes the study will ensure upgrades to the bridge are in line with the trends of the shipping industry.
The report was written by Matt Magnusson and Ross Gittell of the University of New Hampshire and Charles Colgan of the University of Southern Maine.


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2012-13: Three-time letterwinner … enters her senior season with a 38-12 singles mark and 29-14 in doubles.
2011-12: Finished her junior season with a 12-5 singles record and a 6-1 doubles record … earned first team all-conference laurels … dropped just one singles match in the spring to notch a 6-1 mark and went a perfect 4-0 in doubles.
2010-11: Earned First Team All-ODAC honors at No. 5 singles ... concluded her sophomore season with overall records of 17-4 in singles and 13-10 in doubles ... went 5-1 in singles and 5-2 in doubles action during the fall season ... claimed the Flight C singles championship at the University of Mary Washinon Fall Kickoff Classic (9/19).
2009-10: Finished her rookie campaign with a 9-3 singles and 10-3 doubles ledger … claimed the Flight C Singles Championship and paired with classmate Christina Douglas to take the Flight B Doubles Title at the ODAC Fall Tournament.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in tennis and soccer at the Highland School … tennis squad claimed three conference championships … three-time team and conference MVP … also named first team all-conference three times … soccer squad claimed three conference and two state championships … twice earned all-state honors in soccer.
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Clinton: World may not succeed in SyriaFrom Jill Dougherty, CNN
updated 10:07 AM EDT, Sun July 1, 2012
NEW: Hillary Clinton praises a new international deal even as she admits it might fail
NEW: She says there is "no way" President Bashar al-Assad could be part
2,386 people were killed across Syria in June, opposition activists say
Opposition members slam the idea that regime members could be part of the transition
Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) -- There is no guarantee that a sweeping new international agreement on Syria will succeed in ending the conflict there, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conceded, as opposition activists said the number of dead had skyrocketed in recent months.
"There is no guarantee that we are going to be successful. I just hate to say that," Clinton told CNN.
But she expressed optimism that a new agreement hammered out Saturday would help ease President Bashar al-Assad out of power.
The first plan backed by Russia and China as well as the West, it calls for a transitional government as a step towards ending the 16-month uprising.
Opposition activists immediately criticized the deal as leaving open the possibility that al-Assad would remain in power.
"The new agreement provides vague language which is open to interpretation," the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said in a statement Sunday. "This provides yet another opportunity for the regime's thugs to play their favorite game in utilizing time in order to stop the popular Syrian Revolution and extinguish it with violence and massacres across Syria."
But Clinton said al-Assad and his inner circle would be excluded from any transitional government.
Both sides have to agree on the membership of the interim body, and Clinton said there was "no way anyone in the opposition would ever consent to Assad or his inside regime cronies with blood on their hands being on any transitional governing body."
"Assad will not be part of it," she said in an interview late Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland, after the deal was hammered out.
Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy for the United Nations and Arab League, invited diplomats from the U.N. Security Council and envoys from Turkey, the United Nations, the European Union and the Arab League to the global meeting in Geneva on Saturday.
Clinton said the Russians, who have long been al-Assad's most steadfast supporters, had finally decided to back a transition away from his rule.
"They have committed to trying," she said. "But they also admitted that they may or may not have enough leverage to convince not just one man, but a family and a regime that their time is over."
Bloodshed continued unabated in the wake of the international talks, with at least 20 people dying on Sunday, according to the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria.
They said Sunday that more than half of the people killed since the Syrian crisis began 16 months ago were slaughtered in the past four months.
More than 14,000 people have been killed by the regime, according to tallies from opposition activists.
June was a particularly gruesome month, with 2,386 people killed compared to 1,196 in May, the LCC said.
The dead on Sunday include several people who died from injuries sustained in a blast at a funeral procession in Zamalka on Saturday, the group said.
"Dr. Jamal Tabarneen was martyred by the regime's army gunfire while he was helping in resuscitating the injured in Zamalka's explosion," the LCC said.
The international group meeting in Switzerland agreed that both the regime and opposition fighters should immediately adopt a cease-fire and implement Annan's six-point peace plan without waiting for the actions of others, Annan said.
Read the final communiqué from world diplomats (pdf)
The group also called for a transitional government.
Annan said it could include members of the current Syrian regime, making it theoretically possible that al-Assad will be a part of the transition.
But Annan pointed out it is the Syrians who will decide the make-up.
"I think people who have blood on their hands are hopefully not the only people in Syria," Annan said. "I think the government will have to be formed through discussion, negotiations, and by mutual consent. And I will doubt that the Syrians -- who have fought so hard for their independence, to be able to say how they're governed and who governs them -- will select people with blood on their hands to lead them."
The LCC said it was "gravely concerned" by what could happen in a transitional period with al-Assad's military and security forces.
There are "core conflicts between the Revolutionaries and Bashar al-Assad's pillars and symbols, whose hands are stained with blood and must be excluded from the transitional phase," the opposition group said. "No Syrian will accept a regime waiver of responsibility over crimes and violations against human rights."
The agreement in Geneva also calls on the Syrian government to release detainees and allow journalists access to the country. The right to peaceful demonstrations must be respected, Annan said.
Clinton said the U.N. Security Council should endorse the plan, thus allowing the possibility of sanctions against Syria if the requirements aren't met.
Russia, widely viewed as a key ally to the Syrian regime, said the agreement should not be interpreted as outside powers imposing a transitional government on the Syrians. That process must come from inside Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
CNN's Saad Abedine and Holly Yan contributed to this report.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Time for Sunni Muslims to have one big stand away from the international bodies: Make it clear to the Iranians and Shia that their secular corrupt tyrant of Syria is murderous and get out of the way so we can liberate the Sunni Muslims, We need a strong stand from the president of Egypt
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As Northeastern begins the new century, it is poised to make significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge and to the vital fields upon which human progress depends. Hundreds of our dedicated scientists and scholars are contributing to Northeastern's growing stature as a national research university.
Research at Northeastern largely focuses on the application of knowledge to real world issues derived from partnership and close interaction with industry. Our faculty also involve students in their research, providing invaluable learning opportunities for undergraduates and preparing graduate students for the professional rigors of their respective fields.


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