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That was the main news that came from the Fox executive session at the Television Critics Association press tour, which consisted of entertainment president Kevin Reilly fielding questions from the media for about 45 minutes.
Though Reilly said he didn't want to give the recent 'Glee' controversy any more exposure by talking about it, he was asked about it repeatedly. There were certainly many questions about how 'Glee' executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk handled the crisis. (A brief refresher: Murphy said in an interview that three actors were leaving the show, some of the actors said they found out about that via Twitter, then Falchuk and Murphy said no one was leaving the show but essentially blamed the media for everything that went wrong). But Reilly refused to critique the producers' handling of the story in recent weeks.
Reilly and Murphy had discussed the possibility of a spin-off, and Murphy "probably regrets talking about it" to the Hollywood Reporter a few weeks ago, Reilly said.
"In the interim, we had decided to focus this year on this season" of the Fox musical and not make any decision on the spinoff until the "back half of the season," Reilly said.
The story "has taken on more heat and momentum" than it should have, Reilly said. Well, whatever Reilly thinks, I think Daniel Fienberg of Hitfix was right to call Falchuck and Murphy to account for throwing the respected reporter for the Hollywood Reporter under the bus, and to press Falchuck on why he said at Comic-Con that he "didn't know" where the writer got her information -- which came directly from Murphy himself.
Speaking of throwing people under the bus, Reilly refused to do that to the 'Glee' producers, not surprisingly. "All of us were surprised it took on a life of its own," he said of the 'Glee' story. "In the grand scheme of producing television, this is not a big controversy.
He said that in the beginning of the upcoming season, the show would not feature a lot of high-profile guest stars and tribute numbers. "You're going to see back to basics this year," Reilly said. The show's core characters will be "focused" and characters will get "clean arcs" and emotional storylines.
If 'Glee' shows any kind of internal consistency and/or real devotion to character growth for more than 10 minutes at a time this season, I will be so shocked and surprised that I might just throw myself under a bus. We'll see.
In any event, the spinoff is still a possibility, Reilly said, but no decision on that will be made until some time next year. And he confirmed that three characters will graduate this season. News reports have said the three are played by Chris Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, but Reilly wouldn't comment on who'll be graduating.
Reilly was asked if he had a talk with Murphy about how the writer/producer planned to stay focused on 'Glee' and also run his new FX show, 'American Horror Story.' "Even if I had the talk, he wouldn't listen anyway," Reilly said with a laugh. But he noted that 'Glee's' writing staff has expanded quite a bit and 'American Horror Story' has its own writing and producing staff, so he didn't foresee a problem with Murphy working on both shows.
In other Fox news, he said he could not confirm whether the upcoming season of 'House' is the final one for the medical drama. He did say those talks would take place with the show's producers later this year, and that everyone wanted to make sure the show didn't overstay its welcome and "limp along" for too many seasons (pun presumably intended).
As for 'Fringe,' he expressed strong approval of the show's creative direction and said that the Fox executive team was "cheering" Fringe's ratings performance on Friday nights last season.
"One of the good things about having a strong network is that you can support creative shows that deserve to be on the air," Reilly said. (If only he'd called TNT executives to express that thought when 'Men of a Certain Age's' future was in doubt. Sigh).
"I don't expect 'Fringe' to grow. It's a complex show," Reilly said. "If 'Fringe' can do exactly what it did last year, we're going to be very, very happy with it."
The last bit of Fox news: Fox is going to re-examine its non-animated comedy block later this season, and if it needs another show in that two-hour block, 'Breaking In' might be revived from its currently canceled status.
Reviving a corpse? That sounds likes something that would happen on 'Fringe.'


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Posted: June 28, 2012|
THE distraught family of a well-known Hayle woman are appealing to the callous thieves who stole a remembrance vase from her grave to return it.
Esme Jelbert, 66, who died in February this year, was Hayle's citizen of the year for 2011 and was renowned in the town for her work at the Passmore Edwards Institute.
Mrs Jelbert's sister Ruth Watts said the vase had been bought by her elderly parents who were housebound and unable to visit their daughter's grave.
Mrs Watts said: "It is bad enough losing Esme but to lose this now is just another blow and one they could do without at their age. They are 88 and it is just too much really. I don't understand why someone would do that, it goes with the gravestone and just looked lovely there."
Mrs Jelbert was buried at Longstones Cemetery in Carbis Bay at a packed funeral earlier this year.
Her gravestone was placed at the beginning of this month and the vase was put there just a few weeks ago. The theft was discovered by one of Mrs Jelbert's brother-in-laws when he went to take flowers to the cemetery last week.
Mrs Watts said: "There is nothing there to say what might have happened. We are just hoping that someone might find it because it is quite distinctive and that they do return it to us because that is what we want."
Mrs Jelbert was one of five brothers and sisters who grew up in Hayle.
She moved away when she married and went to work in Hampshire but returned to Cornwall, as she had always planned to do, when she retired from her job as an accountant's receptionist.
After returning to the area, Mrs Jelbert threw herself into working for the community and restoring the Passmore Edwards Institute.
Mrs Watts said: "My father was chairman of the institute and he was always involved in it. When he retired and my sister came back, she more or less took up the restoration. She did a wonderful job and spent many hours there."
Mrs Jelbert was also involved with the chamber of commerce and the Old Cornwall Society.
Her sister added: "She was just so busy and then when she got breast cancer we just couldn't believe it."
Mrs Jelbert had two children, Mark and Amanda, and three grandchildren, James, Jay and Jack.
Anyone with any information about the missing remembrance vase should contact Johanna Carr on 01736 335515.


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After an outcry over the details of the earlier measure, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Nov. 19 that plans to sell the passports had been put on hold. On Dec. 23, he announced a revised plan that would charge applicants 1.15 million euros ($1.57 million), but that wouldn't have a residency requirement.
The new plan also requires applicants to invest 350,000 euros in property and buy 150,000 euros worth of bonds or shares for at least 5 years. The process would take 6 months to 2 years. Muscat's opponents, the National Party, said they'd try to block the measure in parliament in January, though they don't have enough votes.
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Ive been doing S&S and Exante for several months and am now thinking of switching over to Atkins. Im bored and I just miss food :P
So my question.....are there any other vegetarians? Im not a massive fan of Quorn but the chicken pieces I do quite like and the mince is tolerable.
I plan to have a bit of quorn (mostly the chicken pieces) and some eggs as my protein sources...any other advice or tips/suggestions would be fab.
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I didn't see the sale reflected on the website, but if you have a local REI... I got the Snow Peak Starter Kit, which includes the Ti Trek 700 mug/pot w/ lid 3.3oz pot /1.2 oz lid; Ti Spork .6oz; and the gigapower manual stove 2.5oz. On sale from $79.99 to $59.99. The stove alone is $49.99, so basically a $10 Ti pot and spork. Good deal for me!Also should be noted that the 'jetboil' french press .2oz (also sold at rei) fits this 700 mug perfectly. I'm sipping my first cup from this combo right now... This is what really sold me on this setup; a much better cup of Joe on the trail is priceless. We've been using instant for years now.Cheers!Matt
Matt, I've been looking for something that combines a mug and coffee press for a LONG time. I'm going to look into it immediately to see if it packs away nicely. Definitely goes against my lightweight ethic but coffee is a forgivable exception, right? Thanks!
Just sitting around, so I figured some pics were appropriate... The SP 110 canister fits inside the 700 along with the stove (and hopefully the press parts), but I forgot to pick up a SP canister, so no pics of that. The blue lid here is from an 'anchor' brand pyrex dish from walmart. It fits inside the lip, but is pretty solid, and hopefully will help with some heat retention during 'brewing'. I haven't weighed the extra lid yet, because I'd probably leave it at home. Also the press weighs .8oz not .2oz. Don, I think giving up the instant coffee will be worth it. Plus I'm a sucker for nice engineering no matter the product.Sorry I didn't embed pics, BPL was being fussy...http://www.flickr.com/photos/22534204@N08/
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Thanks for the pics! I didn't see the blue replacement lid but I'm curious to see what you found. You don't have to convince me on the superiority of pressed coffee. I press some every day at work and occasionally bring my snowpeak press that I got as a gift a few years ago. Its relatively heavy so an integrated 0.8oz solution would be great. What do you think of this solution:* Ditch the lid - heat retention isn't usually a problem for me.* Ditch the post that presses the filter screen down. Use a chopstick that serves dual purpose as a measurement stick. * Drink the coffee after its pressed in with the chopstick - use the chopstick to dig it out after you're done. I'd imagine the bulk of the weight is in the metal post so it would be very light after these mods I'd think...sorry for the poor grammar and spelling - I'm in a rush to get to the PO to ship someone's bug net as promised.
The press has a hole where the rod threads in, so I think you'd get some grinds passing through. I'm sure you could find a screw/bolt/threaded rod to fill the hole though... I like the idea of ditching the rod though, that would let me ditch the new plastic lid as well... I'm surprised you're not worried about heat retention. It's gonna take some experimenting on cold mornings to see if it matters for me. The rod is less of an issue, although I don't carry chopsticks. I've read that the included lid is not Ti, but all the packaging says Ti, and a magnet doesn't stick to it... so maybe Al, maybe these newer ones actually are Ti. I dunno.Cheers.Edit: FYI the mug is wide and shallow enough that I can just grab the press without the rod when the coffee is gone.
Edited by ULFamilyof4 on 03/31/2009 23:09:21 MDT.
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June 8, 2009 - Seth Staskey
The calendar indicates it's the second week of June and yes, the high school sports year is over, but what a year it's been.
Whether it was the fall, winter or spring, area athletes performed at a high level. Yes, some sports weren't as good or as deep as others, but this past weekend, the Ohio Valley showed once again it can compete with anyone at the OHSAA State Track Meet.
River High's D.J. Duke and Barnesville's Stephanie Morgan have firmly written themselves into Ohio Valley history as the very best ever in their respective events and both will be sure-fire OVAC Hall of Fame locks when their 10-year wait is over.
Duke re-wrote shot put history with an incredible throw of 68-8 1/4, while Morgan won the state for the third straight season in the 1600 and the 800 title for the second straight year.
Those were just the caps to the year, which yielded numerous memories, which will live in our minds for many years to come. But with the end of a year it means the graduation of some of the people you've become accustomed to seeing. The likes of Duke, Morgan, Jordan Barbina from Union Local and the list goes on and on. These kids have become mainstays in the paper and in the Ohio Valley Sports World, but something tells me that there's a new batch of players just awaiting their chance.
The chance arrives in about two months when prep sports resume. Hard to believe isn't it?
Well, I am heading to Nashville, Tn for CMA Music Festival (Yes, I do have interests other than Sports) for the next week and will be away from my desk, but may be able to squeeze in some time for a blog to let everyone know how the trip and concerts are.
Anyway, I would like to wish good luck to all of the recent high school graduates and express my appreciation for the work done by the coaches and athletic directors for the past school year. There's not been a time when I called and needed something that I got shot down and I appreciate that because I realize how valuable time can be.
Well, it's time to get on the road to Music City. Enjoy the summer everyone. There's only 81 days from the time I am writing this until kickoff of high school football.
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The proportion of employed persons who held more than one job declined slightly in 2000.
The multiple jobholding rate decreased from 5.8 percent in 1999 to 5.6 percent in 2000. This reflected declines in the rates for both men and women.
For men, the multiple jobholding rate decreased from 5.7 percent in 1999 to 5.5 percent in 2000. For women, the rate fell from 6.0 percent in 1999 to 5.7 percent in 2000.
These data are a product of the Current Population Survey. Multiple jobholders are employed persons who had either two or more jobs as a wage and salary worker, were self-employed and also held a wage and salary job, or worked as an unpaid family worker and also held a wage and salary job. More information on multiple jobholding in 1999 and 2000 can be found in Table 36 of the January 2001 Employment and Earnings. (Additional information for 1997 and 1998 can be found here.)
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Less multiple jobholding last year on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/mar/wk2/art04.htm (visited October 07, 2015).
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CHAUMONT The town of Lyme soon will make public its draft wind zoning law introducing tougher restrictions on turbines.
A public hearing and a special Town Council meeting to vote on the proposed law have been scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 11 at the Three Mile Bay Fire Hall, 8581 Route 12E. The special meeting will be held immediately after the hearing is closed.
Lyme Supervisor Scott G. Aubertine said the draft document will be posted on the towns website and a copy will be made available at the municipal offices, Route 12E, early next week.
Grounded on a recent survey that found that a majority of Lyme residents were against wind energy development, the proposed law requires a half-mile turbine setback from roads, town boundaries and from non-participating property lines.
Among other restrictions, the proposal also prohibits wind turbines within two miles of Lake Ontario, Chaumont Bay and the Chaumont River.
The draft law also introduces new noise limits on turbine generators.
A-weighted, audible spectrum noise limits proposed are:
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The C-weighted, or low-frequency, noise limit will be 18 dB over the A-weighted limit.
Mr. Aubertine said the towns Planning Board and attorney assisted by the Jefferson County Planning Board spent numerous hours to complete the comprehensive and detailed set of restrictions.
They did a good job meeting the peoples wishes, Mr. Aubertine said, referring to a townwide survey that found 64 percent of Lyme residents in opposition of turbines.
The neighboring town of Cape Vincent also plans to pass at an Aug. 1 special meeting a new, restrictive wind law that would leave little room for commercial wind turbines.
But some wind proponents believe that efforts to discourage development through strict local zoning laws will backfire.
Julia E. Gosier, a town of Lyme resident and an outspoken supporter of wind development, said strict local restrictions likely will force wind developers to submit an application to a state siting board under Article X of the 2011 Power NY Act which regulates the siting of electrical energy-generation facilities of more than 25 megawatts.
The setbacks and restrictions in the proposed law would unquestionably force any company interested in putting wind turbines in Lyme to work with Article X, she said. Cape Vincent and Lyme both are putting the welcome mat out for the state Article X siting board.
BP Wind Energy developer of the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm recently confirmed that it hopes to bypass strict local restrictions and expedite the approval of its Cape Vincent Wind Farm by seeking the 12-month Article X process.
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SOME 30 illegal structures along B. Rodriquez Ext. in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Sambag 2, were cleared on Monday following a complaint received by the Cebu City Government.
The operation was undertaken by the Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (Probe) and the Cebu City Anti-mendicancy Board.
According to Probe Chief Raquel Arce, the illegal structures, which were a mixture of makeshift homes and stores, were blocking the newly cemented road in the area and the project could not continue because of the obstructions.
"After the area was cleared, the barangay can now push through with the construction of the gutter (and sidewalks)," Arce said.
Orderly operation
"So far, there was no commotion during the operation because they were informed ahead of time," she said, adding that Probe had sent a 72-hour notice to the affected families.
Probe also checked the whole stretch of B. Rodriquez for illegal structures that encroach on the sidewalk.
It had warned vendors a few months ago to keep the sidewalk open for pedestrian use.
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Probe also sent notices to several establishments and house owners whose structures encroach on sidewalks in different parts of the city.
On J. De Vera St., Department of Public Works and Highways asked the City to clear an inn's fence that is encroaching on a portion of the sidewalk.
Probe will also clear structures in an idle lot owned by the City at the Carbon public market next week.
The lot is beside the Senior Citizen's Park, a few meters from the Cebu City Hall.
Probe plans to develop it into another public park.
The vendors were informed about the clearing operation and were advised to remove their structures voluntarily. (RVC)
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 03, 2014.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Western Kentucky University legend Darel Carrier will be honored at the Hilltopper men's basketball game against ULM on February 22, when a jersey bearing his number 35 will be retired.
Carrier will become the eighth person affiliated with WKU men's basketball to have his jersey retired, joining E.A. Diddle, Clem Haskins, Tom Marshall, Jim McDaniels, John Oldham, Carlisle Towery and Bobby Rascoe in the row of ceremonial jerseys hanging in the rafters of E.A. Diddle Arena.
Carrier excelled on the court for the Hilltoppers from 1962-64, scoring a remarkable 1,318 points in just 69 games over three seasons, the sixth-highest total for a Hilltopper cager at the time and still 18th among the 48 men who have scored 1,000-plus points during their careers on The Hill. Interestingly, of the 17 athletes ahead of Carrier on that list, 12 played at least 100 games and all 17 played in 76 or more contests.
His career scoring average (19.10 ppg) was the third-best for a WKU player at the time he completed his eligibility, and that number still ranks fifth among all Hilltoppers. Carrier's 26.0 scoring average as a senior was the highest ever posted by a Hilltopper and still second only to Jim McDaniels' 29.3 ppg in the 1970-71 season. His 50-point outburst at Morehead State on Feb. 11, 1964, was the second-highest single-game total ever for a Hilltopper, and it still ranks as one of just three 50-point efforts in the WKU record books (Clem Haskins tallied 55 versus Middle Tennessee in 1965 and Art Spoelstra scored 52 against Morehead in 1953). However, Carrier's 50 is still the most ever for a Hilltopper in a road game.
"Unfortunately, I did not see Darel Carrier play," WKU Director of Athletics Todd Stewart commented. "But those I know who did see him absolutely glow about his great talent, and, even more so, about the way he played the game. He ranks high in our record books despite being limited to three years of varsity play due to NCAA rules at the time. I think it goes without saying that Darel belongs up there with our other retired jersey honorees. On behalf of all of us in the Department of Athletics, I thank him for his long-term support of WKU and Hilltopper athletics, and I congratulate him and his family."
The Bowling Green, Ky., native earned All-America honors as a senior in 1964, and he was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection. He was named to the Ohio Valley Conference 40th Anniversary Team in 1988 as part of that league's celebration of 40 seasons of competition. Carrier was a member of the third class to be inducted into the WKU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
The 76th pick (4th pick in the 9th round) in the 1964 NBA Draft (St. Louis Hawks), he played for the famed Phillips 66ers before finishing out his pro career in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Kentucky Colonels (1967-72) and the Memphis Sounds (1971-72). Carrier found the ABA's three-point field goal to his liking and earned a reputation as one of the great shooters ever to play the game. He scored 1,431 points with the Colonels and was one of only three athletes in club history (along with Dan Issel and Artis Gilmore) to average 20-plus points per game (20.8; and a high game of 53, bettered just once). For his efforts, he has been selected as a member of the All-Time ABA Team.
Following his professional career, Carrier returned to Warren County where he and his wife Donna live north of Bowling Green not far from the old Bristow High School where he was a three-time All-Stater (first team as a senior in 1960, second team in '59 and honorable mention in '58).


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Where Sarah Jessica Parker leads, the rest will follow. So expect everyone to be wearing statement hosiery in the new year, following SJP stepping out in bright aqua tights last week in New York. Even Grazia magazine's high end loving fashion editors have given the look their stamp of approval, and suggested various (in their words) "snazzy, party-worthy, Christmas-dinner-talking-point tights" to try.
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this is a safe bet to keep you looking current for ages, and will go with loads in your wardrobe. Or try cute heart print tights- so on trend this spring. We know most of your budgets won't stretch to Grazia's recommended Yves Saint Laurent version, but you can get your hands on a cute style for much cheaper, plus we've got lots of different styles so you can choose your favourite (or get them all to last you right through until Valentine's day!)
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I was a round-eyed little Australian country boy on my first over-seas trip. I used to devour Time magazine in my high-school library to see what the hippies were doing next. I finally made it to San Francisco in December 1970. I was a little late for Haight Ashbury, but I was determined to see what this was all about anyway, so I took myself down to Winterland for New Year's Eve.
I was given a ticket by someone waiting outside who had a spare, I was given a big doober to smoke by another freak who thought anyone listening to the 'Dead had to be stoned, and it just got better from there. I have been a Deadhead ever since. I was given Dylan and the Dead for Christmas 34 years on.
The expression "ÿou're a long time dead" can probably change to "you're a long time a deadhead".
Me and my left-ear tinnitus couldn't handle that sort of strife these days.
Hey Folks:
Looking for deadheads in NZ for a catch up on old times. Also, I do a little bit of Dead-inspired music when I have spare time with two upcoming shows in Wellington and Masterton (have a look at richardleschen.com).
If you can't make it to a show thats cool, maybe we can meet for a coffee while I'm on the road...
see ya, R
Here's a tip for my fellow Melbourne souls:
Vegetable pakoras, $5; Madhumoti, 95 Irving Street, Footscray.
Most often the pakoras I find in Melbourne - especially at the cheaper end of the spectrum that Bennie and I favour - are variously greasy, too spicy and tough as old boots.
Not these.
These are heavenly
For your five bucks you get four good-sized patties deep fried just right, non-greasy but crunchy and full of juicy veges, with sweet onion to the fore. Yummo!
I'm still finding my way through the longish menu for the other good hits at this newish, clean friendly, cheap eatery that is on the corner oppositie the Dancing Dog Cafe.
Then again, maybe we could meet at: Motorhead @ The Forum, October 19.
OK - a question for my fellow Melbournites: Anyone you can tip as playing around Melbourne these days who does GD-type thing?
For the past couple of years, after three decades of incessant gig-going, I've been laying pretty low and doing other stuff. And the decade before that was mostly jazz at Bennetts Lane and elsewhere, so I'm singularly ill-informed.
The Paul Williamson Hammond Combo plays every Monday night (free) at the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy and are fantastic. Straighahead jazz/blues/R&B in their own fashion, but they groove as hard as anybody. And every week they have sit-in guest which always makes it interesting.
I think the clearest GD trip I've ever experienced regularly came froma now defunct outfit called Diana Kiss, which - like the Hammond Combo - had a long-running residency at the Espy. Lineup: Ross Hannaford (gtr), Peter Jones (dms), Jex Saarelaht (keys), Russell Smith (keys/tpt), Stu Speed (bass). Monster grooves all 'round and a Dead-like way with cover versions, same as with the Hammond Combo. And I reckon it could even be said that Hannaford is Australia's version of J Garcia.
Then there's a band called Checkerboard Blues Lounge - i suspect they, too, inhabit a jammy world, although they don't play too often.
Any suggestions?
BTW, I reckon a Monday night at the Rainbow would be a great time/place for a first-up Melbourne Deadhead gathering. Any Monday, all Mondays!
Hey all, happy to see other Melbourne Deadheads, I knew you guys were out there! A Deadheads Club as mentioned or any other contact sounds great.
greetings fellow deadheads from down under been on the bus for 40 very odd years and ain't
getting off till the end.
cheers from oz!
Fascinating - thanks for filling me on that bit of Dead lore.
Personally, I can relate to "Those damn hippies couldn't concentrate too long on anything much" more than other explanations.


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197. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the relevant sections of his Department have adequate dialogue with the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Education and Science with particular reference to the need to identify and cater for children at risk due to involvement in juvenile crime, non-attendance at school, absent from the home or school without leave or authority and presenting a danger to themselves or others; the regularity of discussion with the other Departments in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22240/06]
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell): The coordination of responses between Government Departments in respect of children at risk of involvement in crime and other troubling behaviour has been identified as a [660]priority issue within my Department. New structures, which foster greater dialogue between the relevant Departments, have recently been established to address the matter.
In October 2004, an internal project team was established within my Department to examine the scope for rationalising and restructuring the delivery of the State's services in the area of youth justice, in accordance with the legislative basis provided for in the Children Act 2001. Publication of the Report on the Youth Justice Review was approved by Government in December 2005. The Government agreed to the implementation of the report's recommendations in addition to a number of other youth justice reforms.
Among the reforms agreed was the establishment of the Irish Youth Justice Service, on a non-statutory basis, as an executive office of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Service will focus on developing a National Youth Justice Strategy, achieving the full implementation of the Children Act 2001, assuming responsibility for children's detention and improving the delivery of services for young offenders.
While matters relating to school attendance and child care and protection issues are the responsibility of the Ministers for Education and Science and Health and Children respectively, the Report on the Youth Justice Review recognised that cross-departmental cooperation is essential to meet the needs of "at risk" children. The newly established Irish Youth Justice Service will be responsible for establishing a Youth Justice Oversight Group comprising representatives of relevant Departments and agencies from the Justice, Health and Education sectors, to drive the implementation of a national youth justice strategy in an integrated and coordinated manner. The Service will also develop local youth justice teams, where appropriate, to enhance local service delivery around offending behaviour.
The Irish Youth Justice Service comes within the remit of my Department but will operate within the strategic environment of the new Office of the Minister for Children to ensure that a joined-up approach to service delivery is achieved. This Office was established by Government in December 2005, to bring greater coherence to policy making for children. Children now have a stronger voice on issues that affect them, through the Minister for Children, Brian Lenihan TD, who attends Cabinet meetings. The OMC focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people and cross-cutting initiatives for children.
The Irish Youth Justice Service will work closely with colleagues in the Departments of Health and Children and Education and Science [661]to coordinate services for children at risk. The new administrative arrangements established by the Government, will strengthen and enhance these links to deliver a coordinated response to the needs of young people at risk.
198. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate resources are available to the relevant sections of his Department to combat juvenile or petty crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/06]
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell): In recent years there has been a renewed focus on the State's response to youth crime and youth justice issues. In October 2004, a project team was established within my Department to examine the youth justice system and make recommendations for any improvements necessary. The project team's recommendations were approved by Government last December. The recommendations included the establishment of the Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), which is now in the process of being established as an executive office of my Department. The IYJS will focus on developing a National Youth Justice Strategy, achieving the full implementation of the Children Act 2001, assuming responsibility for children's detention and improving the delivery of services for young offenders.
A National Director has recently been appointed to head up the new Service and provision has been made for any set up costs. Discussions will be held with the Department of Finance in regard to the arrangements for future resources and staffing requirements necessary to address the remit of the Service. In light of the outcome of these discussions, resources with respect to youth justice currently within my Department will come under the auspices of the Irish Youth Justice Service. Significant resources are currently being made available through the Garda Diversion Programme and the Probation and Welfare Service.
Garda Youth Diversion Projects are a community-based, multi-agency crime prevention initiative which seek to divert young persons from anti-social and/or criminal behaviour. The projects are funded by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and are administered by the Community Relations Section of the Garda Síochána.
A budget of €6.6 million has been provided for the Garda Youth Diversion Projects and Local Drugs Task Force projects in 2006. This represents an increase of 21% on last year's budgetary allocation. It is my intention that 100 schemes will be established nationwide before the end of 2007.
The Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme provides that, in certain circumstances, a young person under 18 years of age, who freely accepts [662]responsibility for a criminal incident, may be cautioned as an alternative to prosecution. The Programme operates under the supervision and direction of the Garda National Juvenile Office and is implemented throughout all Garda divisions by 94 specially trained Gardaí, known as Juvenile Liaison Officers (JLOs). In 2005, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform allocated €96,750 towards the cost of training and the expenses associated with the holding of restorative conferences.
Aspects of the Children Act come within the remit of the Probation and Welfare Service, including family conferencing, supervision orders and community sanctions. I have secured an additional 30 staff specifically for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Act relevant to the Service. In the current year the Service has been allocated €1.9 million current and €1.3 million capital for the implementation of the Children Act.
Also the Probation and Welfare Service funds 66 projects which support the work of the Service in managing offenders in the community. Of these, 40 offer a service to young offenders. All Gardaí have responsibility to deal with policing issues as they arise and there are a number of Community Gardaí in place throughout the country. Community policing is essential in preventing crime, addressing peoples' fear of crime and building up relationships with young people. While An Garda Síochána is the main agency tasked with crime prevention and investigation, other players are also involved.
Garda management makes every effort to provide a highly visible presence on the streets of our towns and villages. Uniform and detective units, with Divisional traffic Corps, supplemented by Community policing units and Garda Mountain Bike Units have a pro-active approach to policing anti-social/public disorder issues by immediate intervention, arrest and prosecution or advice, as appropriate.
I am further informed that Operation Encounter which was introduced by Garda management in 2002 targets public disorder offences including assaults and offences committed by underage persons under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1998. Operational figures, which are provisional at this time, indicate that in excess of 337,000 offences have been detected so far under Operation Encounter.
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For years, we have been listening to people whisper breathlessly about their desire for an Olive Garden to take its place among the other national chain restaurants on Watertown's Arsenal Street strip.
The long-awaited Olive Garden restaurant is finally here.
The chain is mighty proud of its new "Tuscan" look. The orange-yellow stonelike exterior with matching tile roof is unmistakable. It really jumps out at you, and not in a good way. It's UGGGGLY. Looks like something from Canada, not Tuscany (that should be good for a few emails from my Canadian friends. ...).
But if nothing else, it serves as a beacon to hordes of OG lovers. The fact that you cannot get to the restaurant from Arsenal Street (you have to make the turn into Salmon Run Mall and weave your way around back) didn't deter the crowds at 5:30 on a Thursday evening.
People were, if not actually lined up out the door, milling about outside waiting for their tables, each party with one of those "your table is ready" beepers in hand.
Inside, more diehard diners were standing around waiting for their tables. In the early days of Olive Garden you could watch fresh pasta being made through a kitchen window or be pacified with breadsticks from a basket offered by a staff member dressed up in a chef's outfit. Not anymore. A huge corporation — Darden Restaurants — purchased OG in 1995, and since then, it's all about doing numbers. Herd 'em in and herd 'em out.
We decided to wait in the bar for our beeper to beep. The bar itself is not very large — perhaps a dozen seats are available. It's a separate room lined with booths, so at slower times you could probably retire to one of them with drinks; but on this night, they were already filled with diners of all ages, from young marrieds with squealing babies to silent senior couples.
There were only two icy cold beers on draft — Blue Moon and Bud Light, but there's a good selection by the bottle. For a big chain, there's a decent selection of wines, too, but you're not going to get any bargains here. A glass of Kendall Jackson reserve chardonnay was $8.95 (you can buy an entire bottle at a liquor store down the street for just a few dollars more on sale.
Within a half hour we were led to our seats, noticing what seemed to be a vast number of servers and busers and others rushing to and fro. Despite the dividing up of the large space into several rooms, there still was lots of noise and motion and commotion — kind of like being in a food court. Toooo loud. But at least it was pleasant and bright, much nicer than the exterior.
Laminated menus with the professional photos let you know you're in a chain restaurant. The only trouble is, sometimes the photos look better than the dish sitting in front of you. But the photographers have hours to fuss over their photos — the people in the kitchen only have seconds to plate your food.
One of the high points of our visit was our peppy waitress, Desiree. She was totally honest in her opinions about the food, willing to chat when we did, but also experienced and extremely competent. Some friends who'd dined there a few nights before us had a server who didn't know the difference between Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir.
Desiree enthusiastically proclaimed lasagna fritta ($8.75) as the best appetizer, so we went along with her recommendation, and ordered mussels di Napoli ($9.75) and calamari ($9.25), too.
The mussels were great — cooked just right — and in a pleasant lemony wine and butter broth that begged for bread, which at a word from us, Desiree trotted out. The small, soft breadsticks were salty and a little greasy, perfect for sopping up the tasty liquid.
The calamari was standard, crisper than anticipated and not exactly an overflowing portion. In addition to the customary marinara sauce for dipping there was an interesting Parmesan-peppercorn sauce.
The lasagna fritta thing was nasty. Little rectangles of tasteless pasta were deep-fried and served with a gloppy Alfredo and a passable marinara sauce. I think I heard the word "gross" from someone at our table. Not sure what Desiree was thinking.
You have the choice of soup or salad with your entr�e. House salads are served family style, rumored to be all-you-can-eat, although we never saw that in print and never got to that point. The salad itself was nothing special, primarily iceberg lettuce with "wheels" of Roma tomatoes, onions and olives, dressed with their "signature" Italian dressing and presented smothered with commercial croutons.
Soups were a bit better. Pasta e fagioli was a little short on beans, but had lots of tiny ditalini pasta and a little ground beef in a spicy tomato broth. Chicken and gnocchi soup was very homey — doughy-good dumplings with some chicken in a delightfully creamy broth that you wished you could suck up through a straw.
We skipped over the basic pasta dishes like lasagna, ziti, spaghetti and meatballs and chicken Parmesan (averaging around $12.50) in favor of some entr�es that were a little more adventurous.
If you're looking for a hearty, stick-to-the-ribs dish, get the Chianti-braised short ribs ($16.75). Chunks of braised, boneless beef were fork-tender and had taken on the flavor of the cooking liquid, a rich beef and mushroom reduction with a handful of cooked grape tomatoes thrown in. It was served with a nice beefy-cheesy-buttery risotto and steamed green beans that were crisp-tender.
Seafood Brodetto ($16.95) was very good, a soup of sorts — small shrimp and small bay scallops and chunks of tilapia in a delicious broth of white wine, crushed tomatoes and saffron. Torn spinach was thrown on top just before serving, but was dried-up looking from sitting under the heat lamps. Toasted crostini aided in the mopping up process.
Stuffed chicken Marsala ($15.95) didn't really meet our expectations. Although the large chicken breast was cooked perfectly — still juicy and not dried out — the dish was not a winner. The stuffing, advertised as Italian cheeses and sun-dried tomatoes, wasn't very cheesy, and we couldn't find any sun-dried tomatoes. The sauce was just white glop and hard to differentiate from the garlic-Parmesan mashed potatoes on the plate. And there was absolutely no flavor of Marsala wine that we could detect.
We tried something relatively new to the menu — steak Gorgonzola-Alfredo ($15.95). While the substantial portion didn't look anything like the slick menu photo, it was really pretty good. Fettuccini noodles were tossed with their so-so Alfredo, kicked up a notch with the addition of Gorgonzola (similar to blue cheese) and spinach. On top, four "medallions" (more like hunks) of grilled unnamed beef, cooked to medium, as ordered, were drizzled with a balsamic glaze. The top was sprinkled with sun-dried tomato bits that we first mistook for bacon bits.
Ravioli di Portobello ($12.50) was simple and effective, thin, mushroom-filled ravioli in a "creamy smoked cheese and sun-dried tomato sauce." While the mushroom flavor came through, we really had to think about the smoked cheese and sun-dried tomato flavors in the sauce.
Desserts? We didn't need 'em, but it's our duty to keep our readers informed.
"Little" desserts are a big deal these days. The trio of "dolcini" ($6.75) consisted of our choice of chocolate mousse, amaretto tiramisu and dark chocolate with caramel, served in small glass dishes. Warm apple crostata ($6.35) was not as enticing as its menu description, basically an apple crisp a la mode.
The classic Italian dessert tiramisu ($5.95) was a bit dry, best described as "institutional." The best of the bunch, however, was lemon cream cake ($6.25), a delicate white cake with a lemon cream filling and a crumbly crumb topping.
Three appetizers, four desserts and five entr�es cost $155.64 before tip. With drinks, we were just shy of $200.
One neat thing — when we ordered a glass of wine, Desiree brought the actual bottle of wine to the table and poured it right there. She began the night by tempting us with a bottle of sicky-sweet Muscato. I think she knew from the look on our faces (like we had all just sucked on a lemon) that Muscato wasn't for us. "But I almost always sell the wine that I bring out," said Desiree.
Bring out another glass of that overpriced Kendall Jackson, please.
"Upscale institutional" might be the best way to describe the food at Olive Garden. These mega food cafeterias have got mass-produced food down to a science. The majority of what we ate was prepared many miles away in cavernous kitchens, portioned and frozen and trucked in to Watertown for our dining enjoyment. Very little is cooked to order, except some of the meats.
It's not much different than going to the frozen food section of your supermarket and picking up a good DiGiorno frozen pizza or a nice Stouffer's entr�e. They're not bad, and neither was the food at OG.
I understand the allure of these big box eateries, but personally, I'd eat at a locally owned restaurant first any day of the week. And when it comes to Italian, Watertown has some pretty darn good choices.
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APPETIZER PICK: Mussels di Napoli
SOUP PICK: Chicken and gnocchi
ENTR�E PICKS: Chianti-braised short ribs; seafood Brodetto
DESSERT PICK: Lemon cream cake
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CRASAR, with funding from the Center for Emergency Informatics, and the TEEX Product Development center held a two day series of workshops on robotics for medical disasters. The major takeaway was that robots do exist that could be immediately repurposed now to protect Ebola health workers but how robots fit into the medical response enterprise is as important as what the robots can actually do. While most roboticists intuitively know that what will work in the US is not the same as what will work in West Africa, the differences go beyond physical constraints such as level floors, ample power, and reliable wireless communications infrastructure. Less intuitive is that the cultural appropriateness of the technology and the impact on the existing workflows and practices is equally important.
The workshops considered how robots could be used immediately and in future domestic medical responses. Hardened robots (and automation/CPS technologies) do exist that could be immediately repurposed to provide logistical services (e.g., packing and hauling contaminated waste) and reconnaissance (e.g. observing signs of mass graves near a village), less so for clinical applications (e.g., directly working with patients). The participants strongly concurred that a research roadmap is needed to prepare robots that the US can effectively use in future medical disasters.
The success of hardened robots in providing these services depends on ensuring that they are appropriate for the work domain in five ways:
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- Fit the existing workflow and practices. For the short term, solutions aren't solutions if they require health workers or medical responders to adopt radically new procedures. They simply can't handle more things to do or change how they perform their current tasks (which impacts how everyone performs all the other tasks- "simple" changes can have system ramifications). However, small changes that produce at least a tenfold benefit can make a difference.
- Can function in the target environment. For example robots in West Africa would have work reliably in field hospitals with canvas floors and narrow doors, muddy dirt roads in the rainy season, with power and wireless communications limitations, etc., while robots in the US would have more pristine conditions. Different groups use different decontamination procedures and chemicals- such as dousing everything with chlorine beach solution (easy and inexpensive) or using more chemically sophisticated decontamination foams used by urban hazardous materials teams.
- Are maintainable and sustainable. Health workers and medical responders won't have the time and skills to repair robots (especially if wearing PPE) and may not have access to consumables such as batteries to enable operations for weeks and months. A problem with the Fukushima response was that many robots were actually prototypes functioning at a Technical Readiness Level of 7 rather than a well-tested Level 9 system.
- Are easy to use and be trained on. This is related to fitting into the existing workflow and practices, but deserves special emphasis. The health workers and responders will not have significant amounts of time to learn new tools, as their days are already overloaded and they have little personal time. Robots must be vetted for ease of use. Effective training for medical missions is important and the role of simulation or serious games should not under-estimated.
The sentiment shared by the TAMU participants was that the biggest barrier to near-term use was not the lack of capable robots but rather the lack of requirements that would allow industry to invest in repurposing robots and enable agencies to test and evaluate the robots and develop training. Currently there are no details on the operational envelopment for the robot or operator. There is no clearinghouse of social science data on cultural appropriateness or bioethics or specific missions.
The first day of the workshop was hosted by CRASAR and held at the National Center for Therapeutic Manufacturing. The day was divided into two portions. One was a simulcast of shared presentations with the other three sites and brainstorming as part of the planning workshops on Safety Robotics for Ebola Workers for the White House OSTP/National Robotic Initiative. The other part, the Texas A&M Workshop on Robotic, Automation and Cyber Physical Systems for Medical Response to Disasters, provided additional talks and discussions on general domestic medical response. The Texas A&M talks covered the state of the practice in DoD robots (TARDEC) and casualty evacuation systems (TATRC) that can be repurposed, lessons learned so far in using robots at the Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning (University of Tokyo), and opportunities for community recovery (TAMU Hazards Reduction and Recovery Center). The day culminated with a reception and a thought provoking keynote talk by Andrew Natsios (TAMU Bush School of Government and Public Policy), who served as administrator of USAID from 2001-2006.
The second day, the Infectious Disease Response Workshop, was hosted by Caleb Holt and the TEEX Product Development Center and held at the TEEX Emergency Operations Training Center/Disaster City® complex. The focus was on the practice of medical response (one of TEEX many courses that they teach). A major portion of the day was spent in demonstrations of the current practices in medical response, walking participants through 3 modules of a field hospital (also called an Emergency Treatment Unit or ETU), showing how contaminated waste is stored and overpacked, and how domestic responders, equipment, and ambulances are decontaminated. One demonstration was not a current practice but showed how existing robots might be of use. That demonstration showed the General Dynamics Land Systems MUTT, a robot wagon that acts like a dog and can carry waste, supplies, or one or two litters. A responder guides the robot with a leash rather than a video game controller that is hard to carry and use while wearing personal protective equipment. If the responder stops, the robot stops. If the person backs up, the robot backs up. The second day also featured panels of practitioners, including from the Texas Ebola Task Force and the USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, comparing military and domestic practices
In terms of overall medical disasters, applications appear to fall into one of three broad categories below, regrouping the preliminary list of nine functions discussed in an earlier blog. Each category has a different set of stakeholders and a different operational envelope that the robots would operate in. Clinical applications are possibly what people think of first– how robots can replace what health workers do now—but logistical applications are perhaps the most feasible and practical.
Clinical: Clinical applications are where robots are used in the ETU as a "force multiplier" (another way of saying "reducing manpower") by taking over some of the activities that health workers do or as adding reliability by coaching or supervising activities. Ignoring for a moment the cultural appropriateness and other adoption issues, robots could enable
- Remote health workers to assist other health workers, such as telepresence robots (or just cameras/tablets) coaching or supervising taking off PPE– though the general consensus of our responder base was that having a second person physically helping with decon was more valuable than having someone saying "hey, you touched your face while trying to lift your hood." Domestic hazmat responders and the USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Forces use a two personal decontamination process.
- Health workers could use robots to interact with patients, reducing the number of times workers have to risk exposure. Robots could provide non-invasive point-of-care such as changing IV bags, though the TAMU participants were more reserved about roboticizing invasive procedures such as starting IV lines.
- Remote health workers to interact with family members, such as remote qualified medical interpreters working through telepresence to help with patient intake forms.
Logistical: Logistical applications can take place within the ETU, but the construction, layout, and clutter of ETUs make it hard for mobile robots to move around. Some ETUs have canvas floors over dirt or mostly level manufactured floors, and almost all have raised areas to step over between modules that seem intended to foul wheels. The general thought is that flexible automation and materials handling are more likely to be of benefit within an ETU and that robots would be more useful for outside the ETU. Logistical robots are also interesting in terms of stakeholders. Since they are not performing clinical functions, in theory the robots could be operated by locals (assuming favorable cultural considerations).
Logistical robots could provide
- Materials handling. Robots could reduce the number of times humans handle contaminated waste or the number of people needed to carry a litter. The robots could pack and carry materials from the warm zone to the cold zone (e.g., taking out the trash) or carry supplies into the warm zone, saving another cycle of a person having to don and doff PPE.
- Decontamination. Robots could spray biocide foam on equipment, though there was several ideas for using gases to rapidly decontaminate ambulances so as to keep them in service.
- Delivery and resupply. Unmanned aerial vehicles or boats could drop off small amounts of supplies to villages cut off by the rainy season.
Reconnaissance: Reconnaissance activities take place outside of the ETU. Aerostats or UAVs can provide awareness of long lines or gathering refugees. A more somber recon activity is to fly over villages and look for signs of freshly turned earth indicating graves.
Other: The workshops also touched on preparation for medical response, such as redesigning field hospitals to make it easy to use robots and to add cameras, internet repeaters, etc. The workshops raised the value of automated construction in reducing the non-medical members of the team needed to set up and maintain the ETU.


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ALBANY, Ga. — Two early Monday morning break-ins and an aggravated assault involving a semi-automatic handgun that took place over the weekend are among the incidents the Albany Police Department is currently investigating, reports show.
Reports show that Homerun Foods at 3315 Gillionville Road was broken into just before 3:30 a.m. In that incident, someone is thought to have entered by busting out the front glass door.
When officers responded to an active burglary alarm and observed the broken door, the keyholder stated that cigars and cigarettes were taken by an unknown suspect — or suspects, said Phyllis Banks, spokeswoman for the APD.
Maryland Fried Chicken at 510 N. Slappey Blvd. was hit a few minutes prior at 3:18 a.m., reports show.
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In other activity, there was an aggravated assault reported Saturday evening on West Gordon Avenue.
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Fox picked up 13 hours of the show, which can be cut down into 26 half-hour episodes. Teams of three will compete individually and as an entire group to fit through the holes in the walls. I've never wanted to be on a game show before, but I totally want on this one.
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