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Operation and Control of Electric Energy Processing Systems
Operation and Control of Electric Energy Processing Systems
Sep 2010, Wiley-IEEE Press
200 pages
DescriptionThe purpose of this book is to provide a working knowledge and an exposure to cutting edge developments in operation and control of electric energy processing systems. The book focuses on the modeling and control of interdependent communications and electric energy systems, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), and the interdisciplinary education component of the EPNES initiative.
1 A FRAMEWORK FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (James Momoh).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Power System Challenges.
1.2.1 The Power System Modeling and Computational Challenge.
1.2.2 Modeling and Computational Techniques.
1.2.3 New Interdisciplinary Curriculum for the Electric Power Network.
1.3 Solution of the EPNES Architecture.
1.3.1 Modular Description of the EPNES Architecture.
1.3.2 Some Expectations of Studies Using EPNES Benchmark Test Beds.
1.4 Test Beds for EPNES.
1.4.1 Power System Model for the Navy.
1.4.2 Civil Test Bed—179-Bus WSCC Benchmark Power System.
1.5 Examples of Funded Research Work in Response to the EPNES Solicitation.
1.5.1 Funded Research by Topical Areas/Groups under the EPNES Award.
1.5.2 EPNES Award Distribution.
1.6 Future Directions of EPNES.
1.7 Conclusions.
2 DYNAMICAL MODELS IN FAULT-TOLERANT OPERATION AND CONTROL OF ENERGY PROCESSING SYSTEMS (Christoforos N. Hadjicostis, Hugo Rodríguez Cortés, Aleksandar M. Stankovic).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Model-Based Fault Detection.
2.2.1 Fault Detection via Analytic Redundancy.
2.2.2 Failure Detection Filters.
2.3 Detuning Detection and Accommodation on IFOC-Driven Induction Motors.
2.3.1 Detuned Operation of Current-Fed Indirect Field-Oriented Controlled Induction Motors.
2.3.2 Detection of the Detuned Operation.
2.3.3 Estimation of the Magnetizing Flux.
2.3.4 Accommodation of the Detuning Operation.
2.3.5 Simulations.
2.4 Broken Rotor Bar Detection on IFOC-Driven Induction Motors.
2.4.1 Squirrel Cage Induction Motor Model with Broken Rotor Bars.
2.4.2 Broken Rotor Bar Detection.
2.5 Fault Detection on Power Systems.
2.5.1 The Model.
2.5.2 Class of Events.
2.5.3 The Navy Electric Ship Example.
2.5.4 Fault Detection Scheme.
2.5.5 Numerical Simulations.
2.6 Conclusions.
3 INTELLIGENT POWER ROUTERS: DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY PROCESSING NETWORKS (Agustın A. Irizarry-Rivera, Manuel Rodrıguez-Martınez, Bienvenido Velez, Miguel Velez-Reyes, Alberto R. Ramirez-Orquin, Efraın O'Neill-Carrillo, Jose R. Cedeno).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Overview of the Intelligent Power Router Concept.
3.3 IPR Architecture and Software Module.
3.4 IPR Communication Protocols.
3.4.1 State of the Art.
3.4.2 Restoration of Electrical Energy Networks with IPRs.
3.4.3 Mathematical Formulation.
3.4.4 IPR Network Architecture.
3.4.5 Islanding-Zone Approach via IPR.
3.4.6 Negotiation in Two Phases.
3.4.7 Experimental Results.
3.5 Risk Assessment of a System Operating with IPR.
3.5.1 IPR Components.
3.5.2 Configuration.
3.5.3 Example.
3.6 Distributed Control Models.
3.6.1 Distributed Control of Electronic Power Distribution Systems.
3.6.2 Integrated Power System in Ship Architecture.
3.6.3 DC Zonal Electric Distribution System.
3.6.4 Implementation of the Reconfiguration Logic.
3.6.5 Conclusion.
3.7 Reconfiguration.
3.8 Economics Issues of the Intelligent Power Router Service.
3.8.1 The Standard Market Design (SMD) Environment.
3.8.2 The Ancillary Service (A/S) Context.
3.8.3 Reliability Aspects of Ancillary Services.
3.8.4 The IPR Technical/Social/Economical Potential for Optimality.
3.8.5 Proposed Definition for the Intelligent Power Router Ancillary Service.
3.8.6 Summary.
3.9 Conclusions.
4 POWER CIRCUIT BREAKER USING MICROMECHANICAL SWITCHES (George G. Karady, Gerald T. Heydt, Esma Gel, Norma Hubele).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Overview of Technology.
4.2.1 Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker.
4.2.2 Micro-Electro-Mechanical Switches (MEMS).
4.3 The Concept of a MEMS-Based Circuit Breaker.
4.3.1 Circuit Description.
4.3.2 Operational Principle.
4.3.3 Current Interruption.
4.3.4 Switch Closing.
4.4 Investigation of Switching Array Operation.
4.4.1 Model Development.
4.4.2 Analysis of Current Interruption and Load Energization.
4.4.3 Effect of Delayed Opening of Switches.
4.4.4 A Block of Switch Fails to Open.
4.4.5 Effect of Delayed Closing of Switches.
4.4.6 One Set of Switches Fails to Close.
4.4.7 Summary of Simulation Results.
4.5 Reliability Analyses.
4.5.1 Approximations to Estimate Reliability.
4.5.2 Computational Results.
4.6 Proof of Principle Experiment.
4.6.1 Circuit Breaker Construction.
4.6.2 Control Circuit.
4.7 Circuit Breaker Design.
4.8 Conclusions.
5 GIS-BASED SIMULATION STUDIES FOR POWER SYSTEMS EDUCATION (Ralph D. Badinelli, Virgilio Centeno, Boonyarit Intiyot).
5.1 Overview.
5.1.1 Case Studies.
5.1.2 Generic Decision Model Structure.
5.1.3 Simulation Modeling.
5.1.4 Interfacing.
5.2 Concepts for Modeling Power System Management and Control.
5.2.1 Large-Scale Optimization and Hierarchical Planning.
5.2.2 Sequential Decision Processes and Adaptation.
5.2.3 Stochastic Decisions and Risk Modeling.
5.2.4 Group Decision Making and Markets.
5.2.5 Power System Simulation Objects.
5.3 Grid Operation Models and Methods.
5.3.1 Randomized Load Simulator.
5.3.2 Market Maker.
5.3.3 The Commitment Planner.
5.3.4 Implementation.
6 DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND MOMENTUM CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM: A SOCIAL-SCIENCE SYSTEMS APPROACH (Richard F. Hirsh, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Ralph D. Badinelli).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Overview of Concepts.
6.2.1 Using the Systems Approach to Understand Change in the Utility System.
6.2.2 Origins and Growth of Momentum in the Electric Utility System.
6.2.3 Politics and System Momentum Change.
6.3 Application of Principles.
6.3.1 The Possibility of Distributed Generation and New Momentum.
6.3.2 Impediments to Decentralized Electricity Generation.
6.4 Practical Consequences: Distributed Generation as a Business Enterprise.
6.5 Aggregated Dispatch as a Means to Stimulate Economic Momentum with DG.
6.6 Conclusion.
- Examines and explains the fundamental issues related to control, communications, and social aspects of large-scale electric energy processing systems
- Fills the need for power engineering education on dynamic modeling and control of interdependent electric energy and communications systems
- Provides a working knowledge and an exposure to cutting edge developments in operation and control of electric energy processing systems
- Appeals to a broad audience made up of policy makers, executives and engineers of electric utilities, university faculty members and graduate students as well as researchers working in cross-cutting areas in control theory and its applications, electric power and communications systems, and social sciences


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A funny review of the embarassingly terrible (and now embarrassingly outdated) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUGS! TV special courtesy of "PlatypusComix".
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Did Lindsey Graham and Jon Kyl mislead the Supreme Court?
It's not within the Supreme Court's power to decide the constitutional challenges brought by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the Guantanamo detainee whose case will be argued before the court tomorrow, say Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. In a brief they filed with the Supreme Court, they argue that Congress kicked Hamdan's current case out of court when it passed the Detainee Treatment Act last December.
The senators base their argument on the "legislative history" of the DTA—the official statements that members of Congress make about a bill leading up to its passage, as captured in the Congressional Record. In other words, Graham and Kyl cite themselves: in particular, an "extensive colloquy" between the two that appears in the Record on Dec. 21, 2005, the day of the DTA's passage. Justice Department lawyers for the Bush administration rely on the same colloquy as evidence that "Congress was aware" that the DTA would strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear "pending cases, including this case" brought by the Guantanamo detainees.
The problem is that Kyl and Graham's colloquy didn't actually happen on Dec. 21. It was inserted into the Congressional Record just before the law passed, which means that the colloquy did not alert other members of Congress to the views it contains. Inserting comments into the Record is standard practice in Congress. What's utterly nonstandard is implying to the Supreme Court that testimony was live when it wasn't. The colloquy is evidence of what Kyl and Graham thought about the meaning of the DTA. But it doesn't show that any other member of Congress shared their understanding. Everything else in the record that directly addresses whether the DTA forces the Supreme Court to toss Hamdan comes from Levin or another Democrat—and explicitly states that the DTA leaves Hamdan alone.
In their own brief to the court, Hamdan's lawyers said that Kyl and Graham's colloquy didn't take place on the floor of the Senate. As evidence, they cite the C-SPAN tape for the debate leading up to the Dec. 21 voice vote. Kyl and Graham don't appear. (See for yourself.) Senate officials confirm that the Graham-Kyl colloquy was inserted. When a senator wants to put a statement into the record, he or she signs it, writes "live" on it, and, with the routine consent of the rest of the body, into the record it goes.
That's not, however, what Kyl and Graham told the court. Their brief states that "the Congressional Record is presumed to reflect live debate except when the statements therein are followed by a bullet … or are underlined" (their italics). The colloquy appears in the record without a bullet or underline; ergo, the brief implies, it must be live. The colloquy is even scripted to sound live. "Mr. President, I see that we are nearing the end of our allotted time," Kyl says at one point. At another, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., appears to interject a question. "If I might interrupt," he begins.
I called Brownback's office to ask if he'd given this testimony live on the Senate floor. "Yes, it was live," an aide told me. I said that I'd been told otherwise by Senate staffers and mentioned the C-SPAN tape. "Let me call you back," the aide said. She never did. Nor did Kyl or Graham's press reps.
As a tool of judicial interpretation, legislative history is notoriously problematic. What do the statements of one member of Congress about a bill ever mean about what the rest of the pack was thinking? Justice Antonin Scalia has sworn off legislative history because such questions are so hard to answer. And judges generally prefer to stick to the text of a statute in interpreting it. But when a law isn't clearly written, the Supreme Court and the lower courts often decide they have to turn to legislative history to divine the law's meaning. There's nowhere else to look.
The DTA is not at all clear about its meaning for Hamdan and the other hundreds of habeas petitions by Guantanamo detainees that were pending in the District of Columbia courts at the time of its passage. Graham and Kyl "agreed to disagree" with Levin about the law's meaning, a Republican staffer told me. The ambiguity of the text reflects as much. Law professors have been worrying over what the DTA says since it passed.
Without the colloquy, Levin's statements that Hamdan was safe from the DTA would be the only directly relevant material in the record, and so could carry significant weight. Graham spoke repeatedly about the law in the Senate in November, a month before the law's final passage. But he didn't talk about Hamdan. Instead, he said things like the DTA "gives every enemy combatant, all 500, a chance to go to Federal court, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia." That's hardly as definitive as "the court should dismiss Hamdan for want of jurisdiction," as the colloquy states.
The Justice Department depends on the colloquy in its own brief to the Supreme Court. Hamdan "seeks to minimize" the disagreement about whether the law throws out his case, the government argues, "by contending that Senators Graham and Kyl made their views known only after the legislation was enacted. That is not so." To back up that claim,the government cites the colloquy, via a reference to it in an earlier government brief. The government also mentionsSen. Graham's November statements. But since none of them involve Hamdan, it's the colloquy that's doing the work. Does Kyl and Graham's card trick really prove that their interpretation is the one that held sway in Congress? Let's see if the justices wonder the same thing tomorrow.
Addendum, March 31, 1 p.m.: On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an unusual order rejecting the amicus briefs of Sens. Kyl and Graham (as well as Sen. Levin) in another set of Guantanamo cases. The court accepted five other amicus briefs, from organizations and groups of academics. Why don't they want to hear from the senators, who wanted to expound on the legislative history of the Detainee Treatment Act? Hmm. I wonder.


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Mark F. Johnson (Ph.D., Medieval Studies, University of Toronto [1990], MSL, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies [1988]), [Historical], specializes in the life and thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, especially his moral thought.
He has authored over twenty-five articles (e.g., Theological Studies, Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale, The Thomist). Recent articles include: "An Accomplishment of the Moral Part of Aquinas's Summa theologiae," in James R. Ginther and Carl N. Still eds., Essays in Medieval Theology and Philosophy in Memory of Walter H. Principe: Fortresses and Launching Pads (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers, 2004), pp. 85-104; "Aquinas's Summa theologiae as Pedagogy," in Medieval Education, eds. R.B. Begly and J.W. Koterski, SJ (New York: Fordham University Press, 2005), pp. 133-142, and "La «Summa de poenitentia» attribuita a Paolo Ungaro," Divus Thomas 109/2 (2006): 136-145. The year 2007 saw the publication of his edited volume, St. Thomas Aquinas and the Mendicant Controversies: Three Translations, trans. John Proctor, OP (Leesburg, VA: Alethes Press, 2007), for which he authored the Introduction, and "Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin: Doctrine, Authority, and Pedagogy," in Aquinas the Augustinian, eds. Michael Dauphinais, Barry David, Matthew Levering (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007), pp 145-158.
At present he is writing a monograph, Nature, Grace, Sin, and Glory: The Moral Universe of Thomas Aquinas, which will examine Thomas's moral teaching in its full historical and theological context. He is also editing, from the medieval manuscripts, the early Dominican, Paul of Hungary's Summa de penitentia, as well as other medieval pastoral texts.


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Robichaux' Gem Hurls Cajuns to Bracket Final
Austin Robichaux gave up a triple to the first batter he faced.
South Alabama didn't know they'd only get three hits the rest of the way.
Robichaux threw a four hit complete game as Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns moved to the winners' bracket final with a 9-2 win over South Alabama in a winner's bracket game at M. L. "Tigue" Moore Field. The Cajuns (40-17) now need just one more win to advance to the championship game on Sunday. USA (41--17) will now meet FIU in an elimination game later Friday. The winner will have to beat the Cajuns twice to reach the final.
Robichaux (8-2) gave up a leadoff triple to Jeff DeBileux to lead off the game and the Jags' center fielder scored on a Bud Collura sacrifice fly to get USA on the board. But the Cajuns got the run right back on Dex Kjerstad's leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning off USA starter Matt Bell (6-1). Seth Harrison drew a two out walk and was singled to third by Tyler Girouard. Harrison scored as Girouard was thrown out trying to steal and the Cajuns had the lead they would never relinquish.
The Cajuns chased Bell in the third when Jace Conrad was hit by a pitch and Girouard walked. Jamie Dennis relieved Bell and Caleb Adams greeted him with a three run homer to give the Cajuns a 5-1 lead. Louisiana put the game away in the eighth with four more runs as Kjerstad doubled home a run with one out. Conrad then greeted reliever Kyle Bartsch with a sharp single to score two more to make the order 8-1. The ninth run scored on an error.
Robichaux meanwhile, settled down after the first inning triple, allowing a leadoff single to Drew Cofield in the third and a two out single to Nolan Earley in the fourth. After hitting Cofield with a pitch in the fifth, the sophomore right hander retired 12 straight before Jordan Patterson reached on an error with one out and scored on Dustin Dalken's two out single. Robichaux then got Robby Campbell to foul out to end the 102 pitch masterpiece. Robichaux did not walk a batter and struck out five,including DeBileux three times after that leadoff triple.
The win was the 40th of the season, marking the first time the Cajuns have won 40 games since 2007. The Cajuns had 12 hits in the game, marking the 35th time they've had double digit hits in a game. The Cajuns have a record of 32-3 when marking ten hits or more.
Earlier today, FAU completed their suspended game with a 3-1, 10 inning win over Troy. The Owls now advance to Saturday, while Troy meets Arkansas State, with the loser being eliminated.


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WWE Superstar The Miz: Chuck & Blair Are 'America's Couple'
The Miz is definitely a 'Chair' fan — and not the kind he breaks over people's backs!
Spotted: WWE Superstar The Miz defending his love for Gossip Girl super-couple Chuck and Blair on the red carpet March 29 at the Wrestlemania XXVIII Premiere Party in Miami. "I like Chuck and Blair together, I do," he told HollywoodLife.com exclusively. "The reason I like them together is because … they're America's couple, you know?"
Oh, we do know (even if The Miz's fellow WWE Superstar John Cena told us differently when we interviewed him.)
"They fight all the time, they're never on the same page, it's all timing," he continued. "Some time, they're going to be on the same page at the right time. They're going to be done with their youth, they're going to be tired and they're going to say, 'You know what? Let's stop all the drama. … Let's get together, we love each other.' Boom! That's probably going to be … the series finale of Gossip Girl."
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Within the great hunter's sword is a celestial nursery
A waning gibbous moon brightens much of our nights this week, reaching last-quarter Wednesday, December 6th. But as of Thursday, the near-full moon rises amid the shadows of twilight, around 5:30pm, with golden Jupiter roughly 10 degrees higher, about the span of your closed fist at arm's-length. Look the same distance behind the moon for the star Betelgeuse, which makes the third point with the moon and Jupiter to form a nice equilateral triangle.
Betelgeuse marks the right shoulder of Orion the hunter, which climbs into full view by mid-evening. Made up of first- and second-magnitude stars, Orion is the most easily recognized constellation, visible from every inhabited part of Earth. Of those stars, all appear blue and blue-white, except for Betelgeuse, which shines a rosy red. This time of year, the giant hunter seems to be reclining above the horizon. Below Betelgeuse, marking the hunter's belt, are three aligned stars pointing straight up, Alnitak, Anilam and Mintaka. Below the belt and opposite Betelgeuse is brilliant Rigel, which marks Orion's foot. Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation and the 7th brightest star of all.
Tucked within the hunter's belt is one of the treasures of the night sky, the Great Orion Nebula. Beneath Alnitak, the eastern-most of the belt stars, is a more faint trio of stars marking Orion's sword. If you look closely at the middle of these points of lights, you'll notice that it appears a little diffused and fuzzy. At 1,600 light years away, that's the best you're likely to see with the unaided eye. But with binoculars or a modest telescope, you see the star appear to glow. This is a vast cloud of interstellar gas, spanning 30 light years — more than 20,000 times the size of our own solar system. The gas is ionized and set aglow by countless nascent stars within this celestial incubator.


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Comforting Kids: One Case at a Time
In the midst of the holiday season, the spirit of giving is all around. Nine-year-old Averee Hooper of Versailles, Mo., decided to make her season of giving a yearlong project, using her sewing skills to help kids with cancer.
Averee made her first pillowcase as a Missouri 4-H project for the Morgan County fair this past summer. After her grandmother died of cancer, Averee became determined to do something for others who suffer from cancer and other serious diseases.
She decided to make 57 pillowcases a month for a whole year for sick children in local hospitals. So far, Averee has made more than 200 pillowcases.
"Averee's project has just grown phenomenally from this one little pillowcase that she made as her first project in sewing," said University of Missouri Extension 4-H youth specialist Mary Anne Patten. "She brought it to the county fair, then it went to the state fair, and then she decided she was going to do these pillowcases for the children at the hospital."
"It's a lot of work. I try to keep up, but with school and everything it's kind of hard," she said
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Foods with fiber are really good for you and your bowels! Fiber is found in plants and can't be digested so it helps clean out your intestines by moving bowel movements (also called poop) along. It's important to eat fiber so try some bran muffins instead of chocolate. Another way to get fiber is to eat more brown rice, fruit, and oatmeal. Fiber can be good for you and yummy, too!
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by Mary Roach photographsby Frans Lanting DAYBREAK IS SUDDEN and swift, as though an unseen hand had simply reached out and raised a dimmer switch. Cued by the dawn, thirty-four chimpanzees awaken. They are still in the nests they built the previous night, in trees at the edge of an open plateau. A wild chimpanzee does not get out of bed quietly. Chimps wake up hollering. There are technical names for what I'm hearing-pant hoots, pant-barks, screams, hoos-but to a new comer's ear, it's just a crazy, exuberant, escalating racket. You can't listen without grinning. These are not chimps you've seen in these pages before. They're savanna-woodland chimps, found in eastern Senegal and across the border in western Mali. Unlike their better-known rain for est kin, savanna-woodland chimps spend most of their day on the ground. There is no canopy here. The trees are low and grow sparsely. It's an environment very much like the open, scratchy terrain where early humans evolved. For this rea son, chimpanzee communities like the Fongoli group-named for a stream that runs through its range-are uniquely valuable to scientists who study the origins of our species. By 8 a.m. my chintzy key-chain thermometer says it's 90 degrees. Our shirts are marked by the same white salt lines that appear on people's boots in winter. Here it's salt from sweat. The pla teau we're crossing is a terrain of nothing, of red rocks and skin cancer, with no trees to break the fall of equatorial sun. In our backpacks we each carry three liters of water. It was cool when we set out. By noon it will be hot enough to steep tea. I'm not complaining. I'm making a point. Life on the savanna-even so-called mosaic savan na, tempered by patches of lusher gallery forest along the streambeds-is exceptionally harsh. If you are a primate used to greener terrain, you must adjust your behavior to survive. Our ear liest hominin (meaning bipedal ape) ancestors evolved more than five million years ago dur ing the Miocene, an epoch of extreme drying that saw the creation of vast tracts of grassland. 130 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC * APRIL 2008 Tropical primates on the perimeter of their range no longer had plentiful fruits and year round streams and lakes. They were forced to adapt, to range farther in their search for food and water, to take advantage of other resources. In short, to get creative. In 2007 Jill Pruetz, an anthropologist at Iowa State University, reported that a Fongoli female chimp named Tumbo was seen two years earlier, less than a mile from where we are right now, sharpening a branch with her teeth and wield ing it like a spear. She used it to stab at a bush baby-a pocket-size, tree-dwelling nocturnal primate that springs from branch to branch like a grasshopper. Until that report, the regular making of tools for hunting and killing mammals had been considered uniquely human behavior. Over a span of 17 days at the start of the 2006 rainy season, Pruetz saw the chimps hunt bush babies 13 times. There were 18 sightings in 2007. It would appear the chimps are getting creative. There are individuals who are uncomfortable with Pruetz's tales of spear-wielding chimps, and not all of them are bush babies. Harvard profes sor of biological anthropology Richard Wrang ham, who has studied chimpanzee aggression in Uganda's Kibale National Park, has been skepti cal. Wrangham is widely known for his "demonic male" theory, which holds that the savage mur ders carried out by male chimps while policing their turf are suggestive of a violent nature at the core of man. Primatologist Craig Stanford, author of The HuntingApes, also downplays the impor tance of Pruetz's findings. "This behavior is fas cinating, but the observations are so preliminary that it merits only a short note in a journal." The report ran in the major journal Current Biology, and people seemed to find it interest ing. In the week that followed, Pruetz's find ings were featured in more than 300 news and science outlets, including New Scientist, the New Plottinghis move? Lupin, a large teenage male, seems to have alpha ambitions, but chimp politics requiremore than brute strength-winningfriends is critical.
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Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL), a leading provider of medication and supply management solutions to healthcare facilities, today announced its fourth generation Omnicell® G4 platform that includes 11 products to advance medication and supply automation management. The new platform offers a single unified database across the continuum of medications maintained in automated dispensing cabinets with a new intuitive user interface across the products. The G4 platform is designed to help hospitals closely manage medication and supply inventory to reduce costs, comply with increasingly stringent regulatory pressures and safeguard the patient.
In the current era of accountable care, U.S. hospitals struggle to remain financially stable while increasing clinician efficiency and improving patient care. Hospitals are responding to these pressures by redesigning operations to maximize productivity and enhance coordination across the entire organization. Medication and inventory management is at the center of this quest to lower costs and increase quality care, and Omnicell is committed to developing innovative solutions that address these challenges.
The G4 platform's single database across automated medication dispensing cabinets decreases the risk of human error and saves significant pharmacy time by eliminating the need for repetitive entry of drug formularies and rules in multiple locations.
Recognizing the financial constraints faced by hospitals, Omnicell's unique business model protects its customers' investments in technology by allowing them to upgrade their medication and supply management solutions with the G4 platform at their desired pace and in a modular fashion, without the hassle and expense of whole product replacement.
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Omnicell collaborated closely with end users to develop the G4 platform, including extensive testing in clinical environments at four leading hospital systems.
Omnicell previewed some elements of its new platform at the December 2010 meeting of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, including: Savvy™, CSM and three partnerships. Today's announcement completes the offering with six significant releases in its automated dispensing cabinet product lines and makes most of the new products available for immediate sale and shipment. CSM and OptiFlex™ can be ordered and will be available for installation later in 2011.
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The G4 Cabinet Console which provides easier workflows for accurate medication retrieval, waste and accounting. Continuing historically strong user ratings for Omnicell cabinets by independent ratings firms such as KLAS and MD Buyline, recent user tests of the new G4 console achieved a five-fold increase in the highest possible measure of nurse satisfaction scores. Nurses attributed this to the G4 console's innovative intuitive user-focused interface, improved interactive high-resolution display and other innovations. The new Touch & Go™ G4 biometric ID system, designed with state-of-the-art biometrics hardware and software, improves efficiency and security.
Also, the new integrated Medication Label Printer, a unique Omnicell offering, allows nurses to print patient-specific labels during medication issue, supporting compliance with the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal. The G4 console leverages Microsoft® Windows 7® and the latest Intel ® Core™ multi-core processor to boost reliability, security and performance. The new G4 platform with the latest Omnicell 15.0 software also positions customers to take advantage of future innovations.
Omnicell Anesthesia Workstation G4 is redesigned with a more compact form factor to improve ergonomics and enhance workflow—it is an automated dispensing cabinet for the operating room that allows for secure, convenient access to drugs required during surgery and documentation of controlled substances while relieving the anesthesiologist of the tedious task of counting medications. Waste is tracked automatically, and the clinician is prompted regarding unreconciled items at the end of the case.
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Savvy™ Mobile Medication System defines a new product space in the management of medications by integrating with Omnicell's automated dispensing cabinets and the hospital's HIT system to allow nurses to safely and securely transport medications from the dispensing cabinet to the bedside. The Savvy system helps address stringent patient safety requirements such as the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Core Process 10 for safe transport of medication, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expectation that drugs are to be administered within 30 minutes before or after the scheduled time.
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Other products, upgrades and partnerships rounding out this launch serve to further reduce hospital costs, enhance clinician workflow, maximize patient safety and help hospitals meet their regulatory compliance needs. These include PandoraVIA 2.1 analytics software, a new software release, Omnicell 15.0, a new 8-bin locking drawer and enhanced OptiFlex supply management software. New partnerships include CardinalASSIST® which expands options in cabinet restock, RxScan® for barcode check and verification on all doses leaving the pharmacy, and Sentry Data Systems to reduce medication costs to hospitals that participate in the 340B program.
"For nearly twenty years, Omnicell has been solely focused on collaborating with healthcare providers to develop the best and most cost effective automated dispensing solutions to help better manage medications and supplies, which account for up to 25 percent of a hospital's total operating costs," said Randall Lipps, president, CEO and chairman of Omnicell. "Omnicell's new G4 platform is evidence of our commitment to partnering with hospitals in their quest to lower costs and raise quality—solving today's problems and anticipating the challenges on the horizon."
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Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) is a leading provider of systems that enable healthcare facilities to increase operational efficiency, enhance patient safety and allow clinicians to spend more time with their patients.
Founded in 1992, Omnicell's medication-use solutions include complete automation systems for the central pharmacy, anesthesia workstations for the operating room, dispensing cabinet systems for nursing units, and safe, secure medication transportation and verification systems to the patient bedside. From a medication's arrival at the receiving dock to its dosing to the patient, Omnicell systems store it, package it, bar code it, order it, issue it, and provide information and controls on its use and reorder.
Omnicell supply product lines provide a healthcare institution with comprehensive supply chain solutions that result in fast, effective control of costs, capture of charges for payer reimbursement, and timely reorder of supplies. Products range from high-security closed-cabinet systems and software to open-shelf and combination solutions in the nursing unit, cath lab and operating room.
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Among the most cherished outdoors traditions is the season's first wing shooting opportunity — the opening of dove hunting on Sept. 1 — when families and friends gather to go afield, share memories and a barbecue about sundown, when a fare of tasty mourning and Eurasian-collared doves once again will grace their palates.
There will be plenty of chances for a good shoot, too. The state Department of Fish and Game Commission has upped the daily limit for mourning doves to 15, and set an unlimited take on the non-native Eurasian-collared doves in an attempt to reduce their numbers.
Most dove hunters cannot remember when the limit was greater than 10 birds, but a combination of wing samples and leg band returns by sportsmen indicate the species is flourishing in California. The possession limit is double after the opener. Eurasian-collared doves do not count in the bag.
Since dove hunting occurs near populated areas, especially on the outskirts of towns in wheat and safflower fields, orchards and vineyards, residents should be prepared for the sounds of gunfire that will erupt starting 30 minutes before sunrise. Wardens will be in the field, too, and offer words of advice.
It is the hunter's responsibility to know what they are shooting, including the differences between the smaller mourning dove and the pigeon-sized Eurasian-collared doves, which are larger and easily identified by a black ring around their necks and broad, square tails. Study the differences by looking at photos to be certain of the target.
Dove season is split, running Sept. 1-15, then Nov. 9-Dec. 23. Hunters must possess a valid 2014-15 hunting license and an upland game bird stamp to take part. Youth under 15 years need only possess a valid junior hunting license.
Check out the Department of Fish and Wildlife website to learn about public dove hunting areas on nearby state and federal refuges, as well as on the Cosumnes River Preserve west of Galt. Hunters also may obtain information at the new Fish and Wildlife office at 2109 Arch-Airport Road in Stockton, or call (209) 234-3420.
Mourning doves are not the only migratory bird experiencing population explosions. Scientists are predicting the largest wintering migration of ducks and geese since continental surveys began in 1955. Every species of waterfowl, except northern pintail and canvasback, are at or near all-time record numbers.
For most parts of the state, waterfowl hunting seasons will run 100 consecutive days, opening Oct. 18 and running through Jan. 25. The limit is seven ducks a day, 21 in possession after the opener. The goose limit, however, has been increased to unprecedented numbers, 25 a day and 75 in possession.
"A wet spring and above-average breeding conditions in Canada, Alaska and the prairie states have produced an abundance of waterfowl," said Dan Yparraguirre, deputy director of Fish and Wildlife. "There will be plenty of birds filling the sky, no doubt."
Even in a third year of drought, the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 dedicates water for 18 state and federal refuges and the Grassland Water District of Merced County, assuring there will be ample seasonal marshes to accommodate the birds. These areas will receive 30 to 75 percent of normal. Already there are massive flocks of northern pintail flying into the Central Valley, the first arriving at Volta Wildlife Area west of Los Banos the first week of August.
Suisun Marsh, Napa marshlands and wetlands on the northern rim of San Francisco Bay, have plenty of water and the new arrivals are pouring in daily. Peak migration generally occurs in early November.
Waterfowl hunters must possess a valid 2014-15 license, migratory duck stamp and a California state duck stamp before going afield.
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Architectural drawing of the Holiday Casino (Las Vegas), master plan, second floor supplementary plan, December 22, 1987
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- Architectural drawing of the Holiday Casino (Las Vegas), master plan, second floor supplementary plan, December 22, 1987
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- Proposed supplementary master plan drawing for the Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Original medium: pencil and ink on tracing paper. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992.
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Police took into custody a man who restrained his wife into his vehicle while accusing her of having an affair. The defendant made his initial appearance before District Court Judge John Ward yesterday morning.
(Samoa News has chosen not to name the defendant to protect the identity of the victim.)
Police affidavit says the first incident occurred last week Friday when the defendant heard rumors that his wife, who works at Star Kist, was having an affair. It's alleged the defendant went to his wife's workplace last week Friday, and saw that his wife was having lunch with another man. Police affidavit says the defendant then grabbed his wife and placed her in the vehicle and went home. According to police, the defendant and his wife argued, and the woman — who claims she was frightened of her husband— contacted police.
The woman and her four children were taken to a shelter, where they stayed until Wednesday afternoon. They then left to stay with the wife's aunt in Fagatogo.
At that time, it's alleged the defendant went to where his wife was, and asked her to come back home with the kids, but she refused. Police said the defendant grabbed his wife and forcibly placed her in the vehicle. It's alleged the woman was screaming and bystanders contacted police.
The defendant is facing two misdemeanor charges for public peace disturbance and felonious restraint.
He is represented by Assistant Public Defender Donna Clement, while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Camille Philippe.
Police officers with the Vice and Narcotics Division arrested a man in his 20's late Wednesday afternoon, in connection with the sale of marijuana in front of a store in Tafuna.
Police say that a confidential informant allegedly bought from the defendant dried marijuana leaves, which is alleged to be the equivalent of 20 marijuana joints. The accused is said to have been under the police microscope for quite a while now.
The accused is now at the Territorial Correctional Facility for 48 hours, pending an arrest warrant.
In the meantime the police report has been forwarded to the Attorney General's office for prosecution.
A summons has been issued for a teacher on allegations he assaulted a student. It's alleged the incident occurred last year during class.
Police said, the teacher grabbed the student by the head and slammed it onto a cement pole. According to police the student suffered an injury to his face following the incident.
The teacher is charged with third degree assault, a misdemeanor, which is punishable up to one year in jail and or a fine of up to $1,000.
The teacher is scheduled to appear before the District Court in the next two weeks.


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Ravens win Super Bowl against 49ers in electrifying fashion
Dandy Don Meredith didn't mean it literally.
The late, great Monday Night Football commentator would sing "Turn out the liiiiiiiights, the party's over!" in the '70s and '80s once the leading team pretty much sealed the deal.
In Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday night, the deal appeared to be sealed when Baltimore's blazing-fast wide receiver and kick returner, Jacoby Jones, returned the second-half kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown.
That gave the Ravens a commanding 28-6 lead over San Francisco 49ers.
But this game wasn't over.
It was just powering up – only after electricity at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome powered down.
At 7:36 p.m. local time, shortly after Jones' dynamic kick return, power died to about two-thirds of the overhead lights died, to the scoreboards, to the press boxes, to the Internet service and to most of the PA speakers.
After a surreal 34-minute delay, the game resumed – and momentum flipped like a flapjack at a French Quarter breakfast nook.
The Niners offence – which had so befuddled and shredded both the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons earlier in the playoffs – finally found the power-on switch.
But it was too late.
The Ravens withstood the furious rally spearheaded by dazzling young Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick and won the Super Bowl, 34-31, before 71,024 fans.
"Every game we've been the underdogs, and every game we've won," Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs said.
"Baltimore, charm city, we've brought it home!"
Despite all the touchdowns that were scored, a 38-yard field goal from rookie kicker Justin Tucker with 4:19 left in the game was crucial. It gave the Ravens a 34-29 cushion.
Kaepernick then had to lead the Niners on a touchdown drive to win, not a field goal. He indeed led the Niners right down the field, to the Baltimore five-yard line, thanks largely to a 33-yard run by Frank Gore.
But the Ravens defence – inspired by retiring linebacker Ray Lewis – held firm. Kaepernick threw three incompletions. Then on the decisive fourth down, with 1:50 left, the Niners' hopes died when Kaepernick threw incomplete to Michael Crabtree.
It appeared Baltimore defensive back Jimmy Smith impeded Crabtree's progress in the end zone, but no flag for pass interference was thrown.
"It was nothing new for us," Suggs said of the long-to-be-remembered goal-line stand. "We're in those types of battles. We just stayed together. We had to win four plays."
And did.
How fitting was it indeed that Lewis' Hall-of-Fame, 17-year career ended with a goal-line stand?
The Ravens then ran three plays to bleed the clock. On fourth down, punter Sam Koch danced across the back of the end zone before stepping out of bounds for a safety with four seconds left.
That narrowed Baltimore's lead to 34-31.
One play remained. Koch punted to Ted Ginn Jr., and the Niners' speedy kick returner could bring the ball back only to midfield. Jubilant Ravens players then spilled onto the field in wild celebration.
"You know what the turning point of the game was," Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said. "When we covered the kick on the last play."
For all the second-half drama, this game really was decided in the first half when the Ravens were by far the better team.
Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco stuffed socks permanently in the mouths of his detractors. He proved Sunday night he is indeed an elite NFL quarterback.
In the first half Flacco was spectacular, completing 13-of-20 first-half passes for three touchdowns and 192 yards.
John Harbaugh's Ravens played like a team of calm, confident veterans – thanks to Flacco – while brother Jim Harbaugh's Niners made mistakes repeatedly: broken plays, a fumble, a bad Kaepernick interception and almost a second one on an equally bad throw.
On a third-and-10 from the Ravens 44-yard line just after the two-minute warning, Flacco hit Jones inside the San Fran 10. Jones was so alone, though, he got up and outraced a Niner safety across the face of the end zone before diving in for the score.
"(I feel like) a million dollars!" said Jones, whose touchdowns were 56 and 108 yards in length.
Niners kicker David Akers booted a 26-yard field goal to end the half with the Ravens ahead 21-6.
One possession after the power finally was restored to the dome in the third quarter, the Niners offence finally booted up – in a blur of a flurry.
Kaepernick hit wide receiver Michael Crabtree for a 31-yard touchdown, Gore scored on a six-yard delayed counter and Akers kicked a 34-yard field goal, all of which narrowed Baltimore's lead to 28-23, with 3:10 still left in the third.
The Ravens then gathered themselves and Flacco calmly drove the team for a 19-yard Tucker field goal and a 31-23 lead with 12:54 remaining.
Kaepernick kept his hot second-half hand going. He scored a touchdown on a beautiful 15-yard scramble from the pocket around left end.
Trailing 31-29, with 9:57 left, the Niners went for two and the tie. Veteran safety Ed Reed, who might have played his last game and who earlier had an interception, blitzed Kaepernick from his left side and forced an early throw from the 25-year-old – incomplete.
Then came Tucker's clutch field goal, and the Niners' final desperation drive, which came up five yards – and ultimately three points – short.


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Gospel concert
The Chuck Wagon Gang will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church, 4525 Hopkins Chapel Road, Zebulon. A love offering will be taken.
Yard sale
Riley Hill Baptist Church will hold a community yard sale from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 28, at 6101 Riley Hill Road, Wendell. Set up your own table for $10. A bake sale, food sale and more will be held. Call 919-879-4424 for more information.
Vacation Bible schools
• Zebulon Baptist Church will hold a vacation Bible school from 9 a.m. to noon June 16-20, at 400 Arendell Ave., Zebulon. This year's theme is "Weird Animals," and the program is for age 4 through rising eighth graders. Register at zebulonbaptist.com/vbs.
• Good Hope Baptist Church will host a vacation Bible school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20, at 4209 Smithfield Road, Knightdale. This year's theme is "Praise Break: Celebrating the Works of God." The program is free. Visit TheGoodHopeWay.net for more information. The church is also looking for over 30 volunteers to assist in the program. Email minister Anthony Hinton at firstname.lastname@example.com.
• Wakefield Central Baptist Church will host a Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8 p.m. July 13-16 at 308 Proctor St., Zebulon. The theme will be "Weird Animals" for ages 2 through grade 6. Call 919-269-9512 or visit WCBChurch.org to register.
Music and acting classes
Zebulon United Methodist Church School of Music hosts private music lessons and acting classes. Acting classes begin June 30. Classes are Introduction to Acting (age ranges 10 to 12 and 13 to 16), Musical Theater (13-16), Monologues (10 to 12 and 13 to 16), and Monologues for Adults. Register by calling 919-810-3472 or visiting ZUMChurch.org.
Support groups
• A grief support group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 125 S. Selma Road, Wendell. Meetings are at 7 p.m. in the church office. For more information, call 919-365-7979.
• Celebrate Recovery is a ministry program that helps its participants deal with emotional struggles. The group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at the Pine St. Fellowship Hall of Wendell Baptist Church, 302 N. Pine St. For more information, visitwww.CelebrateRecovery.com
Bible studies
• Word of God Church in Zebulon has Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 252-452-7674 for more information.
• The couples fellowship of Zebulon First Baptist Church meets at 7 p.m. the third Friday of each month at 304 E. Barbee St., Zebulon. Call 919-269-7355.
• Mt. Zion Holiness Church, 200 E. Stronach Ave., Zebulon, has Bible study at noon and 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 919-227-6266.
• An adult singles group meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at Pearces Baptist Church, 4634 Pearces Road, Zebulon. Call 919-269-9768 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Preschool registrations
• Wendell Baptist Preschool is registering children ages 2-4 for its half-day preschool program. The church also offers a five-day prekindergarten program. Call 919-365-3103 for more information.
• Green Pines Baptist Preschool is now enrolling students for the 2014-2015 school year. An open house will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Call 919-266-3363 or visit GreenPines.org.
• Knightdale Baptist Preschool offers a half-day preschool program from 8:55 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 919-266-2288.
• Zebulon United Methodist Church Preschool offers two-, three- and five-day programs for children ages 16 months to 4 years. Call 919-269-6554 or email@example.com
• Heritage Baptist Church Preschool is accepting children all year round. The church offers programs for children ages 6 weeks through 4 years. Call 919-269-6504.
Food ministries
• Green Pines Baptist Church operates a food pantry from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays at 1498 Hodge Road, Knightdale.
• Mt. Zion United Holiness Church runs a soup kitchen from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday at 200 E. Stronach Ave., Zebulon.
• Brown Bag Ministry serves free lunches from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at Zebulon United Methodist Church, 121 W. Gannon Ave. For more information, call Cindy Privette at 919-269-8359.
• Table of Grace offers dinners at 6 p.m. on the last Monday of the month at Wendell United Methodist Church, 129 N. Main St.


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Bead mania just doesn't seem to subside during Universal's Mardi Gras parade. Here are a few tips I picked up while tossing the plastic treasures from the Rainforest float recently:
•If you really want to score beads, stand in a less populated area or a narrow sidewalk. It's math: Less people, less competition. (Try near the parade's start at the Horror Make-Up Show or the side street that connects Mel's Drive-In and the San Francisco area.)
•But if you don't want beads, don't muscle your way to the front of the pack. And don't look irritated when beads land at your feet.
•The most populated and most vocal spot along the parade route was the Monster Café/Twister corner near Music Plaza. I could practically feel the roar of the beggars.
•If you're already wearing a lot of beads, I'm not inclined to toss you more, no matter how insanely you scream.
•Some men of a certain size felt compelled to raise their shirts in a plea for beads. I didn't want to reward that behavior, but others on our float felt that hilarious and deserving. I still say "Know when to say when."
•Bead tossers also are armed with commemorative coins to distribute gently. They allegedly are rare, but the crowd seemed uninterested.
We're down to two nights left in the celebration at Universal Studios. The concerts will feature Cyndi Lauper this Saturday, followed by KC & the Sunshine Band on April 14. Mardi Gras events are included in regular theme-park admission.


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|MLB Career Stats
|Myrtle Beach
|19th in NL
|25th in AL
|May 10, 2016
|Olmecas de Tabasco released 1B Wilson Betemit.
|April 26, 2016
|Olmecas de Tabasco placed 1B Wilson Betemit on the reserve list.
|April 12, 2016
|Olmecas de Tabasco signed free agent 1B Wilson Betemit.
|March 30, 2014
|1B Wilson Betemit assigned to Durham Bulls.
|February 6, 2014
|Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 3B Wilson Betemit to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|September 24, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles released 3B Wilson Betemit.
|September 16, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles designated 3B Wilson Betemit for assignment.
|August 27, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles activated 3B Wilson Betemit from the 60-day disabled list.
|August 22, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to Norfolk Tides.
|August 19, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to Frederick Keys.
|August 14, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to Bowie Baysox.
|August 12, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to Frederick Keys.
|August 6, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to GCL Orioles.
|April 12, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles transferred 3B Wilson Betemit from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. April 2013 right knee surgery
|March 31, 2013
|Baltimore Orioles placed 3B Wilson Betemit on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, 2013. Sprained right knee
|March 26, 2013
|Wilson Betemit roster status changed by Baltimore Orioles.
|October 13, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles activated 3B Wilson Betemit.
|September 1, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles activated 3B Wilson Betemit from the 15-day disabled list.
|August 29, 2012
|sent 3B Wilson Betemit on a rehab assignment to Bowie Baysox.
|August 16, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles placed 3B Wilson Betemit on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 11, 2012. Injured Right Wrist
|January 24, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Wilson Betemit.
|October 30, 2011
|3B Wilson Betemit elected free agency.
|July 21, 2011
|Detroit Tigers activated 3B Wilson Betemit.
|July 20, 2011
|West Michigan Whitecaps Traded LHP Antonio Cruz to Kane County Cougars; Lakeland Flying Tigers Traded C Julio Rodriguez to Wilmington Blue Rocks and Kansas City Royals Traded 3B Wilson Betemit to Detroit Tigers.
|May 25, 2010
|Kansas City Royals selected the contract of 3B Wilson Betemit from Omaha Royals.
|May 4, 2010
|Wilson Betemit roster status changed by Omaha Royals.
|April 23, 2010
|Omaha Royals placed 3B Wilson Betemit on the 7-day disabled list.
|April 5, 2010
|3B Wilson Betemit assigned to Omaha Royals.
|November 12, 2009
|Kansas City Royals signed free agent 3B Wilson Betemit to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 5, 2009
|3B Wilson Betemit elected free agency.
|June 13, 2009
|3B Wilson Betemit assigned to Charlotte Knights.
|June 12, 2009
|Chicago White Sox sent 1B Wilson Betemit outright to Charlotte Knights.
|June 4, 2009
|Chicago White Sox designated 1B Wilson Betemit for assignment.
Full name is Wilson Betemit...Married to Maria...Has one son, Wilson, Jr...Graduated from Juan Batista Safra High in Santo Domingo in 1996.2013
In his second season with the Orioles, sustained a torn right PCL in a spring training game on March 26 vs. BOS and was placed on the 60-day DL after undergoing surgery…returned from the DL on Aug 27 and appeared in 6 games (3 starts) for Baltimore, going 0-for-10…prior to his return, appeared in 18 games on a rehab assignment…played for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League…hit .267 (23-for-86) in the DWL with 1 homer and 7 RBI.2012 Batted .313/.365/.485 with 18 XBH in final 48 games, beginning 6/13 ... Had career-high five straight multi-hit games, 6/23-29 ... Had O's only hit off R.A. Dickey, 6/18 @NYM ... Batted .325/.426/.650 with 4 HR & 12 RBI in 13 games (4/22-5/10), including 9-game hit streak (4/22-5/5; .379; 11-29) ... Hit first career walk-off HR, 4/29 vs. OAK (Balfour) with one out in the bottom of the 9th ... Had go-ahead hits that plated eventual game-winning runs 4/8 vs. MIN and 4/13 @TOR ... Hit game-tying HR 4/14 @TOR ... On DL, 8/12-9/1, with a right wrist injury ... Played in 5 games after returning from DL, batting .167/.167/.250 before re-injuring wrist and ending his season 2011 Began the season with the Kansas City Royals before he was acquired by the Tigers in a three-player deal on July 20 ... Hit .285 (92-323) with 22 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 46 RBI in 97 games between the two clubs ... Established a career high with a 13-game hitting streak April 2-22, batting .400 (18-45) with four doubles, a home run and 11 RBI ... Matched a career best with four hits on April 10 @DET ... Hit .348 (24-69) with eight doubles, a home run and 13 RBI in 19 games during April ... Collected a season-high three RBI on May 22 vs. STL and July 2 @COL ... Batted .390 (16-41) with three doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI over a 12-game stretch July 24-August 12 ... Hit .310 (18-58) with four doubles, a home run and 10 RBI in 20 games during August ... Batted .303 (71-234) vs. RHP ... Hit .329 (28-85) with RISP. 2010 A non-roster invite to Spring Training, Wilson began the season at Omaha (AAA) before having his contract selected on May 25 and becoming a key contributor to the Royals offense for the remainder of the season...Made his first start as a Royal on June 10 at Minnesota and posted his first career 2-homer game in a 9-8 KC win... was just the sixth instance (5th player) of homering from both sides of the plate in KC history, the first since Carlos Beltran on September 6, 2002 vs. Seattle...Hit a go-ahead grand slam September 15 vs. the A's, the first grand slam of his career (4th by a Royal in 2010). 2009 Opened the season on the White Sox's Major League roster, appearing in 20 games...also played in 72 games for Charlotte (AAA)...Appeared for both Escogido and Gigantes in the Dominican Winter League following the season...hit .329 with 10 doubles, 8 home runs and 35 RBI in 38 games for Gigantes, playing fi rst base, third base and left fi eld. 2008 Hit .265 (50-198) with 13 doubles, six home runs and 25 RBI in 87 games with the Yankees ... was limited to 87 games due to a pair of stints on the disabled list ... made 36 appearances at first base (21 starts), 21 at third (nine), 14 at shortstop (four) and three at second (three) ... batted .274 (40-146) with four homers as a left-hander and .233 (10-43) as a righty ... was 8-27 (.296) as a pinch-hitter ... fi ve of six homers came at Yankee Stadium ... hit .385 (10-26) in interleague play ... made his fourth career Opening Day roster ... was on the disabled list from 4/14-5/5 with corneal conjunctivitis, including a five-game rehab stay with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ... appeared in five games following his return to the Yankees (.385, 5-13) before returning to the disabled list with a strained right hamstring on 5/11 ... made three rehab appearances with scranton/ wilkes-Barre before being returned from his assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 5/26 ... was traded by the Yankees with pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez to the Sox on 11/13 in exchange for infielder Nick Swisher and pitcher Kanekoa Texeira (acquisition recommended by Bill Scherrer and Dave Yoakum) ... hit .234 (15-64) with 16 RBI in 20 games with escogido of the dominican winter league. 2007 Hit .229 (55-for-240) with 33R, 12 doubles, 14HR, 50 RBI and 38 BB in 121 games with the Yankees and the Dodgers in 2007 (nine starts at 1B, three starts at 2B, four starts at SS and 44 starts at 3B)...was a .276 (8-for-29) batter as a pinch-hitter (2 doubles, 3HR, 9RBI and 9BB)...was tied for the Major League lead with three pinch-hit home runs, ranked first with a .655 slugging percentage and tied for third with a .485 on-base percentage...was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers on 7/31 in exchange for RHP Scott Proctor...In 37 games with the Yankees, hit .226 (19-for-84) with 11R, 4 doubles, 4HR and 24RBI (9 starts at 1B, one start at 2B, four starts at SS and five starts at 3B)...Made his Yankees debut in 8/1 win vs. Chicago, entering the game in the ninth inning at 3B (did not bat)...hit three-run HR (#1) and was 1-for-2 with 1BB in 8/2 loss vs. Chicago before being removed for PH (Jeter) in the seventh...became the first player to homer in his first plate appearance as a Yankee since Andy Phillips on 9/26/04 at Boston...Made first career start at 1B and was 3-for-4 with 1R and 3RBI in 8/4 win vs. Kansas City before being replaced defensively in the eighth...was 0-for-1 in 8/16 loss vs. Detroit, pinch-hitting for Duncan in the eighth and remaining in game in LF...was his first career appearance in LF...Tied a season-high with 4RBI in 8/19 win vs. Detroit, going 2-for-5 with 1 double...also drove in four runs on 7/3 (w/ Los Angeles) vs. Atlanta...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, became the first Yankees shortstop other than Derek Jeter to collect 4RBI in one game since Tony Fernandez on 7/2/95 vs. Detroit...Batted .231 (36-for-156) with eight doubles, 10HR and 26RBI in 84 games (39 starts at 3B and one start at 2B) with the Dodgers prior to being traded...hit pinch-hit home runs in consecutive games on 5/5 and 5/6 at Atlanta...tied his career high with four hits on 7/14 at San Francisco, going 4-for-6 with 1R, 1 double, 1HR and 1RBI. 2006 Began the season with Atlanta, batting .281 with nine homers, 16 doubles and 29 RBI in 88 games...Was acquired on July 28 from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for pitcher Danys Baez, infielder Willy Aybar and cash considerations...Set career highs in games (143), hits (98), doubles (23), homers (18) and RBI (53) in 2006...Had 41 extra-base hits in 373 at-bats, an average of one every 9.1 at-bats...Did most of his damage offensively from the left side of the plate, batting .281 (84-for-299) with 15 homers and 40 RBI compared to .189-3-13 when batting right-handed...The Dodgers went 32-13 in his 45 starts at third, including victories in his first 14 starts and 15 of his first 17...Though his batting average in the first half was .277, 25 points higher than in the second half, he hit 12 homers after the All-Star Break, compared to six prior to it...Hit especially well in home games, batting .331 (50-for-151)...flourished at Dodger Stadium, hitting .329 (25-for-76) in 26 games...Slugged five homers in his first 23 games with Los Angeles...Went 3-for-4 in his Dodger debut on July 30 vs. Washington...Homered in just his second game as a Dodger, when he went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI on Aug. 1 at Cincinnati...Hit .277 (13-for-47) with four homers and 22 RBI with runners in scoring position and two out...Finished the month of July with a .344 average (22-for-64) to go along with four homers and 13 RBI...Went 2-for-4 and hit the eventual game-winning home run off San Francisco starter Matt Cain in the Dodgers' 6-5 victory on Aug. 12...Had a season-high 10-game hitting streak from Aug. 23-Sept. 4, during which he hit .351 (13-for-37)...Appeared in games at second base (10), shortstop (18), third base (79) and DH (1) and posted a .955 fielding percentage. 2005 Enjoyed a fine rookie season, batting .305 in 115 games. Played 63 games at 3B, 25 at SS and one at 2B. ... Led all NL rookies in batting average and on-base percentage (.359). ... Hit .327 vs. RHP and .256 vs. LHP. ... Hit safely in 44 of the last 71 games in which he batted and was 62-for-198 (.313) in that span. ... Ranked 12th in the majors with a .346 (18-for-52) average in August. Batted .325 (27-for-83) in June. ... Had career-high four hits 8/31 vs. WSH in Game Two of DH. ... Had his career-high eight-game hitting streak (11-for-23) from 7/30 to 8/7. ... Had three hits, including a HR on 6/17 at CIN. ... Established a career high with three hits 5/18 at SD after having two hits 5/17. Played 5/17 and 5/18 at SD in place of Chipper Jones and went 5-for-8 in those two games. ... Hit first-career home run off Tom Glavine in the fifth inning on 4/27 at NYM. ... 2005 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Division Series (Hou.): Had a pinch-hit single in Game 1 and struck out while pinch hitting in the 12th inning of Game 4. 2004 Was recalled from Richmond (AAA) on 9/1...Batted .278 at Richmond, with 13 HRs and 59 RBI in 105 games...Posted a .282 average in August and hit .317 with 22 RBI in 30 games in June...Had his first Major League hit on 5/8 off HOU's Roy Oswalt. Also started (at shortstop) for the first time in his career...Was recalled earlier in the season (5/8) from Richmond and hit .172 (5-for-29) in nine games for the Braves. 2004 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Division Series (Hou.): Appeared in Game 2 as a pinch runner. 2003 Led Richmond in 3B (13), ranked 3rd in multi-hit games (34) and tied for 3rd in multi-RBI games (12). .. Ranked 2nd in the International League with 13 3B... Ranks 2nd on R-Braves' single-season 3B list behind Albert Hall (15 in 1982)... Had first four-hit Triple-A game in 6-4 win at Pawtucket May 7... Hit .254-3-36 with 17 2B, 3 3B, 6 SB, and 38 R prior to the all-star break and .280-5-29 with 6 2B, 10 3B, 2 SB, and 17 R during the second half... Drove in four runs in 6-1 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre July 18 (2 x 3, 3B, HR, 2R)... Named Richmond's player of the month during July after hitting .313-2-17 with 3 2B, 5 3B, 11 BB, 5 SB, and 15 R. Collected a hit in 13 of his last 14 games August 19-September 1 (19 x 50, 3 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI)... Homered twice in 7-0 victory over Norfolk September 1 (2 x 4, 4 RBI)... Had season-best 10-game hitting streak August 22 through the end of the season (15 x 36)... Tore ligaments in right hand during instructional league; is expected to be ready by Spring Training. 2002 Opened season on Richmond's disabled list with lower back strain and activated April 10...Hit in 11 of 12 games April 19-May 1 (15-for-45, 5 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI)..Recorded first AAA home run off Darwin Cubillan at Ottawa April 26...On the disabled list June 10-July 14 with right ankle sprain...Hit .292-4-17 with 9 2B, 3B, and 23 R in the second half after hitting .198-4-17 with 8 2B and 20 R before the all-star break...Had season-best 11-game hitting streak July 18-28 (16-for-37, 4 2B, HR, 5 RBI)...Hit .351 with 5 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI during July...Named the 2nd-best prospect in the Braves' organization by Baseball America. 2001 Named the Braves top prospect by Baseball America for the second straight year...Also named top hitting prospect in the organization by Baseball Weekly...Recalled from AA Greenville Sept. 7...Made M.L. debut as a pinch-runner Sept. 18 at Philadelphia...Went 0 x 3 as a pinch-hitter for Atlanta in 8 games...Was promoted to Greenville from Class A Myrtle Beach on July 12th...Despite playing in just 47 games with the G-Braves, he was named Greenville's "Position Player of the Year" Atlanta's by Player Development Department...Named Topps Southern League Wlayer of the Month for August...Went 3-for-5 with an RBI in his G-Braves debut on July 12th vs. Chattanooga...Began his stint in Greenville with a 10-game hit streak (July 12-22), going 14-for-41 (.341)...Hit his first AA home run on August 3rd vs. Carolina as part of a 4-for-5 game with 4 RBI...Had an 8-game hitting streak from July 30-August 9, going 18-for-36 (.500) with 2 HR and 6 RBI...Was named SL "Hitter of the Week" for the period ending August 10th...Put together club season-long 19-game streak August 16-September 1, going 30 x 69 (.435) with 9 doubles and 2 HR...Named G-Braves "Player of the Month" for August/September, batting .397-5-15...Switch hitter, batted .417 as a right-handed hitter, .315 from the left side...While with Myrtle Beach, was named the Baseball America/Carolina League Player of the Week for June 14-20: 4 games...5-for-15 (.333) with two home runs (including a grand slam), 9 RBI, .733 slugging percentage, .375 on-base percentage and one stolen base...Was the starting shortstop on the 2001 Carolina League All-Star Team...1-for-3, 2 Runs...Hit a grand slam off of Terry Plank on June 15 vs. Frederick...Hit the first inside-the-park home run in Pelicans history on June 11 vs. LYN. 2000 Named Braves' #1 minor league prospect by BASEBALL AMERICA. Hit .331 (highest BA among 2000 Braves minor leaguers) in 69 games for Short A Jamestown...Ranked 2nd in New York-Penn League with 54 runs, T2nd with 89 hits, 4th with his .331 BA, and T4th with 123 TB...Compiled an 11-game hitting streak (17 x 43, .395, 4 2B, 6 RBI) July 31-Aug. 14. 1999 Named Player of the Year for Danville (Rookie Advanced) and claimed position on Appalachian League All-Star team after batting .320 in 67 games, a 100 point improvement over 1998...Led squad in doubles (18), RBI (53), total bases (120) and SLG% (.463)...Hit safely in 13 of 14 games Aug. 1-16 (20 x 59, .339)...Listed by BASEBALL AMERICA as the Braves' 13th-best prospect. 1998 Ranked 2nd on Gulf Coast League Braves in homers and RBI...Went 3 x 5 with 2 homers and 4 RBI in a 13-3 win over the Mets Aug. 5. 1997 Began pro career with Gulf Coast League Braves.


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Bill would create immunity for 911 overdose calls
73 drug overdose deaths in Vermont
Bill would create immunity for 911 overdose calls
73 drug overdose deaths in Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vt. —
Vermont lawmakers are considering a bill - backed by law enforcement - to make people immune from prosecution on drug charges when they call 911 to report a friend is overdosing and in danger of death.
Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan, Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn and Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen say their hope is not to condone drug use, but to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths, of which there were 73 in Vermont in 2012.
Donovan cited the case of Phat Nguyen, a Minnesota man who was sharing drugs with friends while visiting Vermont in 2007 and ended up convicted of dispensing drugs with death resulting when one of them died. Donovan says people should be encouraged to call 911 in such cases.


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10 Cookie Cutter Care and Storage Tips
Since we're deep into cooking making season right now, it's time to devote some space to that seasonal player, the cookie cutter! Over the years we've offered a few tips on how to properly care for and store them so they don't rust or become a tangled metal mess in your cupboard. Here we've compiled a few of those tips in one place, as well as two cool cookie cutter stores and a Macgyver-esque cookie cutter hack.
- 1 Tip: Store Cookie Cutters Stacked on a Paper Towel Holder
- 2 MacGyver Cookie Cutter Hack: Bottlecaps, a Nail & Duct Tape!
- 3 Tip: Dry Metal Cookie Cutters in the Oven
- 4 How Do I Keep Cookie Cutters from Rusting?
- 5 Make Cookie Cutters Last Longer with a Blow Dryer


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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A driver who pleaded guilty to DUI charges after police say he plowed his car onto the patio of a Las Vegas restaurant during lunchtime last spring was ordered to 6 to 20 years in prison on Thursday.
Gage James Lindsey, 20, choked up and apologized to the 10 people who suffered injuries that included broken bones, burns and a collapsed lung, according to police.
"Words can't even begin to express how sorry I am for the pain and suffering I have caused," said Lindsey, who initially faced 32 to 80 years behind bars. "I thank God every day that I didn't take anyone's life, and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I did."
Prosecutors say Lindsey was under the influence of the prescription anti-anxiety medication Xanax, marijuana and synthetic marijuana when he crashed into the Egg & I restaurant west of the Las Vegas Strip on April 1, 2013. Police said he tried to run away but was stopped by bystanders who tackled him and held him for police.
Beatriz Guzman, who was eating with six of her family members when the car burst onto the outdoor dining area, described seeing her 16-year-old nephew trapped under the car and a bloody older woman buried under patio chairs.
"It was a horrible, horrible moment," said Guzman, 35, who was visiting from Bakersfield, California. "That day was supposed to be a great day for us. We now have psychological, physical and emotional damage."
Guzman said she took time off of work to help her family recuperate, but struggles with medical bills. She said her young daughter is now afraid of cars.
Lindsey pleaded guilty in May to two charges of felony DUI causing substantial bodily harm. Four other charges, including reckless driving and leaving the scene, were dropped as part of a plea deal.
His lawyer, Sean Sullivan, called the sentence fair and said Lindsey likely would have faced a much harsher penalty had the high-profile case gone to trial.
Lindsey said he hopes to finish his GED, get a job to start paying back victims, and help support his mother and younger brothers. After receiving credit for 486 days of jail time he already served, Lindsey could be out of jail at age 24.
"I've had 16 months to sit here and think about my life and my future, and I want to do nothing but good," he said.


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- 2 Tablespoons / 1 oz. butter
- 2 small apples (use any variety you like), sliced
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I use My Spice Sage's Saigon Cinnamon, which is extremely pungent and flavorful, feel free to up this quantity if your cinnamon is more delicate)
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- ½ C / 60g all-purpose flour
- ½ C / 4 fluid oz. skim milk
- lemon juice, powdered sugar or maple syrup for topping
As much as I've enjoyed the warm weather this summer, I couldn't be happier that autumn has finally arrived. Fall has always been my favorite season of the year, bringing about the anticipation of a new school year, heralding the changing of colors, the return of the crispness in the twilight air, and the anticipation of the holiday season. With the new crops of apples coming in, I look forward to enjoying them as much as possible.
Today I'm sharing a simple recipe for a Cinnamon Apple Dutch Baby to usher in the season, easily prepared in the morning for breakfast or topped with ice cream as a light dessert. Dutch babies, with their high ratio of eggs to flour, are akin to popovers and yorkshire pudding and puff up dramatically in the oven and collapse when cooled, allowing you to top it off with your favorite syrup or just a light dusting of powdered sugar.
1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. In a large cast iron skillet (or any oven-proof skillet) over medium heat, melt the butter and add in the sliced apples and sauté for several minutes, until the apples begin to soften. Add in the cinnamon and brown sugar and continue to sauté until the apples are golden brown and the sugar melts and begins to caramelize.
2. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs together and add the flour and milk and whisk until combined. When the apples are softened and covered in a lovely golden brown sauce, pour the batter over the apple mixture and place the skillet into the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pancake puffs up and is golden brown.
3. Remove the pancake from the oven, sprinkle with lemon juice and powdered sugar generously or top with maple syrup and serve immediately.


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The final lecture in St. Bonaventure University's three-part series to promote interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and career opportunities is scheduled for Dec. 4.
Dr. Dave Hilmey, chair of the Department of Chemistry at St. Bonaventure, will talk about "Chemistry and Space: How the Very Small Influences the Infinitely Large."
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Walsh Science Center Auditorium at St. Bonaventure. The series is sponsored by the university and the Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center.
"By directing specific attention to the thinking and experimentation that chemists bring to explaining phenomena, Dr. Hilmey's presentation will provide further illustration of the intellectual and academic excitement that study in the STEM areas invite," said Dr. Wolfgang Natter, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at St. Bonaventure.
Since 2009, nearly 10,000 students from 17 counties in New York and Pennsylvania have participated in the Center's missions and other programs.
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Worldwatch Paper #172: Catch of the Day: Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans
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November 2006
Brian Halweil
75 pages
In Catch of the Day: Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans, senior researcher Brian Halweil explores how buyers of seafood—including individual consumers, school cafeterias, supermarket chains, and large food distributors—can reverse fishery declines and preserve the fresh catch of tomorrow.
At a time when global fishing regulations have proven ineffective in protecting fish populations, Catch of the Day is a refreshing reminder that we are not doomed to face an ocean wasteland "inhabited primarily by sea slime and jellyfish." Rather, a public that better understands the state of the world's oceans can be a driving force in helping governments pass legislation to ban destructive fishing, mandate seafood labels, decrease consumption of endangered fish, and create sustainable marine preserves.
Catch of the Day shows that being a more deliberate seafood eater doesn't mean a spartan existence; in fact, it could be the only guarantee that fresh and healthy fish continues to appear on our tables.
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42 U.S. Code § 7266 - Designation of conservation officers
The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Postal Service, and the Administrator of General Services shall each designate one Assistant Secretary or Assistant Administrator, as the case may be, as the principal conservation officer of such Department or of the Administration. Such designated principal conservation officer shall be principally responsible for planning and implementation of energy conservation programs by such Department or Administration and principally responsible for coordination with the Department of Energy with respect to energy matters. Each agency, Department or Administration required to designate a principal conservation officer pursuant to this section shall periodically inform the Secretary of the identity of such conservation officer, and the Secretary shall periodically publish a list identifying such officers.
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