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MP Marc Garneau introduced a private member's bill to establish a National Children's Commissioner in Canada. This is one tool for children's rights that has worked well in other countries. The CCRC advocates for such an office with a strong mandate that includes investigating complaints from young people. Garneau's bill will be debated in the House in June. Watch for more details. For news release: English: 2012-05-03 Press Release – Children-youth Commissioner. French: 2012-05-03 Communiqué – commissaire enfance


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This species is listed as Critically Endangered because it is thought to have an extremely small population, which occupies a very restricted range in which habitat is extremely limited, severely fragmented and rapidly declining in quality, extent and area. Further conservation actions are required as a matter of urgency if this species is to survive.
Taxonomic source(s)
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html#.
Taxonomic note
Myrmotherula unicolor (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into M. unicolor and M. snowi following SACC (2005). Note that snowi was described as a new subspecies of M. unicolor by Teixeira and Gonzaga (1985).
9.5 cm. Small, uniform antwren. Male entirely grey, slightly paler below with inconspicuous small black patch on throat. Female entirely fulvous-brown above, russet tail. Rufous-buff underparts with white throat. Similar spp. Very similar to Unicoloured Antwren M. unicolor, but not sympatric and has shorter tail and longer bill, and female is more rufescent below. Voice Song is series of 3-6 downslurred, clear-whistled syllables. A kleek contact call and nyiih-nyeeh-nyaah alarm call have been described.
Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
Roda, S. A.; Carlos, C. J.; Rodrigues, R. C. 2003. New and noteworthy records for some endemic and threatened birds of the Atlantic forest of north-eastern Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123: 227-236.
Roda, S. A.; Pereira, G. A.; Dantas, S. D. 2009. Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi: a new locality and remarks on its conservation. Cotinga: 144-146.
Teixeira, D. M.; Gonzaga, L. P. 1985. Uma nova subespécie de Myrmotherula unicolor (Ménétries, 1835) do nordeste do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro Zoologia no.310.
Whitney, B. M.; Pacheco, J. F. 1995. Distribution and conservation status of four Myrmotherula antwrens (Formicariidae) in the Atlantic Forest or Brazil. Bird Conservation International 5(2/3): 421-439.
Whitney, B. M.; Pacheco, J. F. 1997. Behavior, vocalizations, and relationships of some Myrmotherula Antwrens (Thamnophilidae) in eastern Brazil, with comments on the "plain-winged" group. Ornithological Monographs 48: 809-819.
Further web sources of information
Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) species/site profile. This species has been identified as an AZE trigger due to its IUCN Red List status and limited range.
Detailed species account from the Threatened birds of the Americas: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 1992). Please note taxonomic treatment and IUCN Red List category may have changed since publication.
Detailed species account from the Threatened birds of the Americas: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 1992). Please note, taxonomic treatment and IUCN Red List category may have changed since publication.
Explore HBW Alive for further information on this species
Recuento detallado de la especie tomado del libro Aves Amenazadas de las Americas, Libro Rojo de BirdLife International (BirdLife International 1992). Nota: la taxonomoía y la categoría de la Lista Roja de la UICN pudo haber cambiado desde esta publicación.
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection
Species Guardian Action Update
Text account compilers
Bird, J., Calvert, R., Capper, D., Mahood, S., Pople, R., Symes, A., Taylor, J.
Develey, P., Goerck, J., Olmos, F., Roda, S., Whittaker, A.
IUCN Red List evaluators
Butchart, S., Symes, A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2015) Species factsheet: Myrmotherula snowi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/10/2015. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2015) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/10/2015.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums.
Additional resources for this species
|Key facts
|Current IUCN Red List category
|Critically Endangered
|Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)
|Species name author
|Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1985
|Population size
|30-200 mature individuals
|Population trend
|Distribution size (breeding/resident)
|150 km2
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Navy came firing out of the gates, outscoring Georgetown 3-0 in the first quarter and getting the huge Navy fan section involved in the game. Jon Birsner, the quarterback of the Navy offense was hot early, having a hand in all three goals in the quarter. He scored an unassisted goal to get things started, made a great look to Ian Dingman on an extra man change, and then finished a fast break chance following the next faceoff when Steve Looney threaded a pass to him. Georgetown had some opportunities in the first quarter, but were kept blank courtesy of some poor shooting and nice goaltending by Matt Russell.
The Hoyas started to get things going in the second quarter when they began to have some success facing off. They scored on their first possession of the quarter when Brendan Cannon made a nice inside feed to Sean Denihan. Denihan made an equally pretty backside look minutes later to a cutting Jake Samperton to make the score 3-2. The rain was coming down in buckets at this point and there were sloppy turnovers being committed all over the field. With under five in the half, the game was delayed due to lightning.
Following an approximately 40 minute break, both teams came back and continued to look a little sloppy, but Navy was able to advance their lead to 4-2 before halftime when Steve Looney found Dingman for the finish.
Georgetown looked like a different team in the second half, and played at a much higher level. Unassisted goals by Trevor Casey and Brendan Cannon knotted the game at four midway through the 3rd quarter. Navy responded immediately, when William Wallace pushed the break on the next faceoff and dumped the ball to Dingman who finished to give the Mids a 5-4 advantage. The teams exchanged possession for the next several minutes with little success, before Brendan Cannon found Andrew Baird to tie the game at five. A minute later, Baird fed Dave Paolisso to give Georgetown their first lead of the game. Nick Mirabito answered for Navy, scoring on a nice move with only 0:24 left in the quarter.
With the game tied at 6-6 going into the final period, the Hoyas really elevated their play. Paolisso scored his second of the game on G'Town's first possession of the quarter off a Samperton feed to give the Hoyas a 7-6 lead. The Mids scored 30 seconds later on a nice rip by Billy Looney on an extra-man opportunity to tie the game again. Andrew Baird scored his second goal of the game on an opportunistic finish with 6:25 remaining and Matt McBride gave G'Town a two goal cushion on an unassisted goal of his own with under five minutes to play. Georgetown's defense played very well in the final minutes, pressuring the Mids enough to disrupt the flow of the offense, and hung on for the 9-7 victory.
This was a very hard fought game in terrible weather with everything a fan could ask for: great goals, big hits, multiple ties and lead changes, and a nail biting finish. The Hoyas had to really fight to outlast the Mids and Coach Urick has to get his team rested and focused A.S.A.P. as Georgetown will now face the #1 seeded Cavaliers next weekend in the quarterfinals.
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I was thinking of a direttissima of New Hapshires four thousand footers next season and was wondering if anyone here had links to some trip reports or personal experiences they could share. All the best,Brad
Perhaps you've seen these already:http://sectionhiker.com/hiking-a-white-mountain-direttissima/http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?18132-The-48-Direttissima-8-31-9-9It seems like a fun project.
Thanks Walter.These were actually the two posts that caught my eye. Thanks for the response.-Brad
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In a recent article, the Wall Street Journal shed light on the potential harm of Nintendo's upcoming handheld. Nintendo's head, Satoru Iwata recognized the previous Nintendo 3DS health risks, and stressed that it's not a dangerous product.
Nintendo Recognizes 3DS Risks and Gets Defensive
"We are being proactive about informing our customer, even though it may not necessarily be positive for our sales," Iwata said to Japanese newspaper Nikkei. Iwata stated the warnings are more of a "precautionary measure" for future users, and surprisingly admitted that it may help quell future lawsuit attempts.
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Interesting enough, I came across this article and came to the conclusion that Nintendo is just covering its tracks in case of legal action that may potentially arise. While they would not release any info regarding the doctors who "researched" this, they stood firm behind their warning to the consumers. I foresee a child with a fork in his eye on YouTube blaming the Nintendo 3DS for his blindness…
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At this year's Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference in Seattle, 3L student Benjamin Blohowiak was honored as the 2013 Gonzaga recipient of the WSBA Labor and Employment Law Summer Clerkship Grant recipient.
A Long History of Volunteering
Blohowiak has volunteered in the Labor and Industries section of the Washington State Attorney General's Office (AGO) since May 2012. In that capacity, he logged more than 400 volunteer hours in 2012. He then logged an additional 200 hours in an externship in that office this past spring semester.
These 600 hours of volunteer work were just the beginning. Blohowiak was planning to return to his volunteer position in the AGO's office last summer and this academic year. In addition, he met all of the other grant requirements, including providing superlative letters of recommendation from his supervisors at the AGO. The Selection Committee saw fit to recognize Ben's demonstrated commitment with this year's grant.
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"In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by scarcity of food but scarcity of democracy." Frances Moore Lappe explores how Brazil's 4th largest city has recruited farmers to do something the US cities have yet to do: end hunger.
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In These Time's Jeremy Gantz evaluates the coverage of the crisis in print journalism and highlights Clay Shirky's recent piece as "the best meditation on the death of newspapers." Shirky argues: "When someone demands to know how we are going to replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not living through a revolution. They are demanding to be told that old systems won't break before [...]More
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Infinite Crisis, the upcoming online game based on the DC Comics universe, has just received two fresh gameplay videos focusing on two characters – Gaslight Batman and Doomsday.
Infinite Crisis is currently in development at Turbine Studios and takes the familiar Multiplayer Online Battle Arena mechanics and blends them with the DC Comics universe, featuring both heroes and villains from the famous comic books.
We saw the game's announcement recently, and Turbine has now posted two videos that focus on two characters from the new title – the Gaslight version of Batman and the vicious Doomsday.
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by Bill Disbrow June 12, 2014 12:55 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – If you are one of the suckers that can't watch World Cup 2014 with friends you have two options: Get a job at CBS and they give you a TV at your desk OR you can just stream the games online via a couple of major broadcasters, ESPN and Univision.
ESPN is requiring fans to login with their cable subscription info, and DirectTV users will not have access. Their online coverage will offer multiple languages and alternate camera angles.
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text: The fruits of one's labors…actually I can't take any credit for the eden that I discovered in my backyard this morning. I didn't plant the trees, a past owner did sometime in the last 60 years, I don't tend to the trees, or even water them, but that's what is so amazing. Simply paying the water bill so that the sprinklers stay on, means that an afternoons labor some time ago continues to bear fruit each year without fail. This is a good lesson for me to remember when I am procrastinating about doing something or wishing I could just go on vacation!!! More to come on what the eventual result of these beautiful yet unexpected gems will be….


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Single and Dual High-Speed Digital Isolators - Now Available at Digi-Key
|Texas Instruments' ISO721, ISO721M, ISO722, and ISO722M are digital isolators with a logic input and output buffer separated by a silicon dioxide (SiO2) insulation barrier. This barrier provides galvanic isolation of up to 400V.
The ISO7220 and ISO7221 are dual-channel digital isolators. To facilitate PCB layout, the channels are oriented in the same direction in the ISO7220 and in opposite directions in the ISO7221. These devices have a logic input and output buffer that is separated by TI's silicon dioxide (SiO2) isolation barrier, which provides galvanic isolation of up to 4000V. Tri-channel and quad-channel digital isolators are also available.


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Movik is backed by North Bridge Venture Partners and Highland Capital who have backed some of the leading companies in the communications and technology sector, including companies like Starent, Sycamore, Cascade, Wellfleet, Arrowpoint, Sonus, Camiant, Telica, Lycos, Mapquest, and Avid.
With $3B under management, North Bridge Venture Partners is an active, full-stage (seed to growth) venture capital firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build market defining companies. North Bridge brings a unique combination of experience, demonstrated track record and patience to help entrepreneurs succeed in an ever-challenging business environment. North Bridge invests in Internet, communications, software/SaaS, materials and other technology markets. North Bridge offices are located in Waltham, MA and San Mateo, CA. For more information, visit North Bridge Venture Partners.
Highland Capital Partners has over a century of combined experience in venture capital. By taking an active role in the companies that they back, Highland delivers competitive advantage and success to entrepreneurs. Since the Company's inception in 1988, they have invested in over 200 seed, early, and growth-stage companies – 90 of which have gone public or been acquired to date. Highland invests in the communications, consumer, digital media, healthcare, and information technology markets. Highland has offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China. For more information, visit Highland Capital Partners.
Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in Broadband Internet and Wireless Communications, Information Technology and Software Outsourced Services, Consumer Internet/New Media, Financial Services Technology, Healthcare Information and Services, Clean Energy, and Retail. Over a 33-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor, funding qualified companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments. For more information, visit Oak Investment Partners.


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The Transitional Studies Division helps students improve their basic skills, upgrade job employment skills, or helps prepare for college level courses.
ABE, GED and ESL classes have very low tuition and are open to adults 16 and older. For information or to find out how to enroll, please call the Adult Education Department at 425-388-9291. Learn about our programs and services offered at EvCC.
Counseling and advising support is available to students who would like help in achieving their academic and career goals. A counselor is available to assist students in the following areas:
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The Adult Education Department includes Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes that are for individuals that are below a 9th grade level in Reading, Writing and Math. If you would like to speak with someone, please call (425) 388-9291. To sign up for an orientation, please fill out this form.
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ESL provides a variety of English classes for students for whom English is not their first language. If you would like to speak with someone, please call (425) 388-9291. To sign up for an orientation, please fill out this form.
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GED classes are a continuation of ABE classes, and are designed to prepare students for the GED test which indicates a high school mastery in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. If you would like to speak with someone, please call (425) 388-9291.
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The Adult High School Completion Program offers the opportunity to complete credit requirements for a Washington State High School Diploma. If you would like to speak with someone about this program, please call (425) 388-9291.
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Youth Re-Engagement (U-3) is a dual credit program for youth age 16-21 who have dropped out of high school. U3 provides an opportunity for youth to earn a college degree and a high school diploma. If you would like to speak with with someone in the Youth Re-engagement Program please call 425-259-8738.
Volunteer Literacy Program (VLP)
The Volunteer Literacy Program trains volunteers to tutor students in basic reading, writing, math, English language and communication skills. Students enrolled in ABE, ESL, or GED classes are eligible for tutoring. If you would like to speak to someone in the Literacy office please call 425-388-9524.
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Farewell, Discovery Kids Network ... Say Hello to The Hub
What's the hubbub with The Hub, Bub? It's the new kids TV network that will occupy the airwaves previously devoted to the Discovery Kids network.
The Hub, a joint project by Discovery Communications and toy and game company Hasbro, launches on Oct. 10 (yes, 10/10/10 at 6AM ET) in 60 million homes, and is best described as Nickelodeon-meets-TV Land.
The network will roll out nearly a dozen new series aimed at kiddies, along with a mix of family-friendly existing shows that includes 'Meerkat Manor,' 'Doogie Howser, M.D.,' 'The Wonder Years,' 'Happy Days' and 'Laverne & Shirley.'
And even some of the new shows will feature characters familiar to kids and adults, including 'The Adventures of Chuck and Friends' (that's Chuck of "the Talking Truck" fame), 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,' 'Pound Puppies' and 'Transformers Prime.'
The Hub President and CEO Margaret Loesch, an Emmy and Peabody Award winner who's helped steer classic cartoons like 'Scooby-Doo,' 'Smurfs,' 'Transformers,' 'G.I. Joe' and 'Muppet Babies,' says the new network is about programming that's compelling for the whole fam.
"The Hub is a playful, transformative world that brings kids and families together, powered by clever stories and engaging characters," says Loesch, who also launched the Hallmark Channel in 2001 as its founding CEO.
In addition to all The Hub's 'toons and retro sitcoms, Loesch has also planned a group of live-action series that will pepper the line-up:
- 'Family Game Night,' hosted by E! alum Todd Newton, features Hasbro games come to life, with families competing in life-size versions of Yahtzee (via Yahtzee Bowling), Bop-It, Connect 4 and Cranium;
- 'Clue,' also based on the classic Hasbro board game (which has already been adapted as a movie), with a cast of Disney/Nick-ish young stars who'll work together to solve mysteries;
- 'Pictureka,' another adaptation of a another Hasbro game;
- 'Hubworld' is a weekly pop culture news magazine hosted by actor/comedian/magician Justin Willman, best known as the host of Food Network's 'Cupcake Wars'; and
- 'R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour,' a live-action anthology series based on the works of the beloved kiddie horror story author.
Though it is a kid-focused network, The Hub will also be packed with plenty of adult-friendly celebs:
- Everybody's favorite superstar -- Betty White, of course -- will provide voicework on 'Pound Puppies,' as will Will, a.k.a. 'Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack;
- Animation voice legends Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, from the original 1980s 'Transformers' 'toon, will also provide voice work for the 'Transformers Prime' series;
- 'Hubworld' will include celebrity coverage like, in a clip shown to media members at a Hub preview event last month, Jason Mraz watching and singing along with the YouTube.com hit video -- it's been viewed more than 27 million times -- of "Ukulele Boy" performing Mraz' infectious 'I'm Yours';
- And, in a nice nod to the fact that the '80s classic family sitcom 'Family Ties' will air on The Hub and introduce a whole new generation to the genius of comedic timing that was Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton, 'Ties' parents Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross will provide voices for 'Dan Vs.,' an animated comedy about Dan ('Revenge of the Nerds' star Curtis Armstrong), a guy who's mad as heck that (he thinks) the world is out to get him. 'Kids in the Hall' and 'NewsRadio' funny guy Dave Foley provides the voice of Dan's BFF, Chris.
For a breakdown of The Hub schedule, as well as the complete line-up of new shows and video previews, check out Hubworld.com.


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Black limestone mask
Teotihuacan style (150 BC - AD
From Santiago Ahuizotla, Mexico State, Mexico
This stone mask, found in the Basin of Mexico, displays a wide forehead and stylized planar features typical of the Teotihuacan style. Designs are carved on the cheeks, representing facial painting and it was perhaps originally inlaid with shell or other materials. Most similar masks are plain and only a few have remnants of pigment or engraved decoration on cheeks and ears.
Different types of stone, such as granite, calcite, serpentine and alabaster, were used to carve Teotihuacan-style masks in varying sizes and proportions. Other regional variations also occur and are widely distributed across Mesoamerica.
Several artefacts from Teotihuacan, including masks, were found at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital. Such objects were probably brought to the capital from different regions as tribute following warfare and conquest.
Most masks are heavy and could not have been worn; moreover, the eyes are not pierced. They are believed to be funerary masks, although none have been found in a scientifically excavated burial. They were probably set on a wooden frame and then dressed with elaborate costumes to embody deified ancestors and gods.
More information
W. Bray and L. Manzanilla (eds.), The archaeology of Mesoamerica (London, The British Museum Press, 1999)
K. Berrin and E. Pasztory (eds.), Teotihuacan: art from the city (Thames and Hudson, 1993)
C. McEwan, Ancient Mexico in the British (London, The British Museum Press, 1994)
E. Pasztory, Teotihuacan: an experiment in (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1997)
Height: 19.000 cm
Width: 16.500 cm
Height: 19.000 cm
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AOA 1940.Am3.2
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PROVIDENCE – North Smithfield Rep. Brian Newberry branded as "blatant arrogance" what he called the unwillingness of Twin River executives to explain why the state's share of the take from the new table games soon to be installed is limited to 18 percent.
Newberry, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, was miffed because Twin River representatives who attended a recent hearing declined to speak on a bill he sponsored that would hike the state's share to 20 percent, even when he invited them to testify.
He extended his criticism to include the Democratic heads of the chamber.
Obviously, Twin River refuses to publicly answer questions because they believe they have a backdoor track directly to the House leadership that doesn't require them to answer to anyone else," Newberry said in a written statement. "Rhode Islanders should not stand for this type of inside baseball, particularly when the Democrats are eager to tax working people in order to enrich well connected Twin River executives."
Newberry told The Times, "they cut a deal with leadership last year for 18 percent with the leadership and nobody wants to talk about it."
Under legislation worked out last year, Newberry said, 70 percent of the proceeds from table games would go to expenses and overhead, 18 percent to the state and 12 percent to Twin River for profit.
"The question I have been asking since last year is: Why 18 percent and why 12? Why not 20 and 10, which my bill does? Why not 15 and 15? I don't know, there might be a good reason for it, but no one will publicly answer the question or explain where the figure came from."
Each extra percentage point, Newberry explained, equals about $600,000.
"The Democrats claim they are the party of the working man," he said, "but what they are effectively doing is taxing working people like cab drivers in order to give Twin River's corporate entity more profit."
If the state took a bigger take of the table game profits, he said, there would be no need for the "nickel and dime taxes" like those levied last year on taxi rides and dog grooming. "I don't want to hear about how Democrats care about the little guy after this," Newberry said.
"I don't know what he is talking about," House Speaker Gordon Fox said Thursday. "There is no back door in my office. Back door to the leadership? I don't know what that means."
Fox said the legislation that specifies how the table games take would be divvied "was fully vetted last year. Because of the cost of the table games there is a different rate than there is with the (slot) machines, but there was a full debate on that."
Twin River spokeswoman Patti Doyle said that, while Twin River lobbyists were in the room for the hearing, it is the company's policy that only executives Craig Easton or George Papanier speak at legislative hearings and they were not invited to do so.
"We have complied with every request to either testify before a legislative committee or answer questions but no such invitation was extended to our executive team for this hearing," Doyle said Friday. "Had we been invited, we would have certainly attended."
She said if Newberry wants Twin River to attend a meeting, testify at a hearing or answer questions, "he just has to invite us. We've never turned down an invitation."
As for a back door track to the House leadership, Doyle said, "I don't think that question is worthy to an answer. It looks pretty political to me.
"We participated in an very fair, thorough process last year in defining and refining the tax rate structure, so I have no idea what he is talking about in terms of a back door," Doyle said.


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At 1:16 p.m. on an unseasonably warm Middle Tennessee Saturday in late December, the page goes out to the crew of LifeFlight 1, which is based in Lebanon, Tenn.: "ADULT LVL ONE: SCENE: Vanderbilt LifeFlight 1: ETA 10: 18 yom c/c MVA, pt is ett'd poss head inj. BP109/57: HR110: SA02 100%: Unresponsive."
Pilot Greg Stoddard and flight nurses Kathy Nippers and John Kennedy immediately leave their base and fly two counties north, landing at 1:47 p.m. at the scene of an accident. There they find a 17-year-old male who so far has managed to survive a lengthy extrication from his mangled automobile.
During his accident the young man sustained multiple injuries to his skull, a spleen laceration, pulmonary contusions, facial fractures, and a lacerated right kidney, and somehow aspirated fluid into one of his lungs. Unconscious and intubated, the patient is being hand-ventilated by the EMS crew on the scene.
The man is quickly loaded into the back of LifeFlight 1 for the flight to Vanderbilt University Hospital, arriving at the Vanderbilt skyport at 2:23 p.m., where his lengthy hospitalization begins.
Most of us will never hold the outcome of a critically ill person's survival in our hands, or know the surge of adrenaline, anxiety, stress and awesome responsibility that comes with critical care medicine. As if it isn't challenging enough to keep someone alive long enough to get them to a hospital, imagine the skill and concentration necessary to practice critical care medicine inside the belly of a noisy helicopter—bouncing up and down on air thermals—traveling 120 miles an hour at an altitude of 3,000 feet.
For Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight crew, it's a typical day at the office.
"These are people who do extraordinary things under extraordinary, difficult circumstances daily," says Dr. John A. Morris Jr., professor of surgery and director of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. "You just have to look at the back of the aircraft. It's like practicing intensive-care medicine inside the space of a bathtub that's traveling at 3,000 feet and bumpy."
Morris should know. He's been at the helm of LifeFlight for a quarter century now.
Since its first flight on July 6, 1984, LifeFlight has logged more than 33,000 patient transports and now averages 250 patient transports a month. LifeFlight is VUMC's most visible brand—walking, flying and rolling billboards. LifeFlight staff serve as Vanderbilt ambassadors in every community within the medical center's 65,000-square-mile catchment area (see sidebar). Today, LifeFlight consists of several distinct and complementary components: five helicopters, a turbo prop airplane for long-range transports, a highly sophisticated communications and data center, ground ambulance transportation, and a newly launched "event medicine" program.
LifeFlight's day-to-day operations, with myriad moving parts, are managed by Jeanne Yeatman. A former LifeFlight flight nurse with more than 1,000 patient transports under her belt, Yeatman has risen through the ranks and has been its program director since 2003.
"As a flight nurse you really feel like you're doing something that matters," says Yeatman. "You're being invited into someone's life at its very worst moment. But being in these situations has also caused some of the most difficult times in my own life. When you're in the moment, you may not realize the stress of what you're doing, but afterward, when you remove yourself from that moment, you recognize that what you see as a flight nurse isn't normal. It's very much like being on the front line of a war."
LifeFlight's program concept has always been to use specially trained nurses with an expanded skill set who can take Vanderbilt's services into rural communities rather than merely transport patients to the hospital.
While saving lives is the goal, Morris says the program's biggest challenge and most important product from day one has been safety. "Without a doubt, the balance between safety and cost, and the appreciation of that balance by the enterprise, has been the most gratifying part of this job."
Vanderbilt was among the first academic medical centers to add air medical transportation for critically ill patients. In 1983, Dr. John Sawyers, professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery, and Dr. Joseph Ross, MD'54, professor of medicine and associate vice chancellor for health affairs, made the decision to add a patient transport helicopter to the services of Vanderbilt University Hospital. The move was part of a larger strategy by the medical center to build and brand top-level trauma surgery and emergency medicine programs.
The following year Morris joined the faculty, starting his tenure several weeks ahead of time in order to coincide with the arrival of the medical center's first helicopter.
"I remember the first day. Needless to say, we were all excited. Our first lesson in aeromedical medicine was how to open the door of the aircraft," Morris says with a chuckle. "We paid close attention to how to open and close a door because you don't want it opening at 3,000 feet. It was that basic and demonstrated just how new the whole concept of air medical transportation was to academic medicine."
As the hands-on father of LifeFlight, Morris recalls a flood of vivid memories. "We did things 20 years ago that were the right thing for the individual patient," he says, "but were horrific in terms of the risks we took—though we didn't know we were taking them at the time.
"We once landed an aircraft on Garland Avenue [the street in front of Vanderbilt University Hospital] so we could treat a guy with a stab wound to the heart, and we got that guy to live. Imagine landing a helicopter in the middle of Garland Avenue to do this. But we knew from the flight nurse's report that the patient wouldn't make it the 500 yards from the football field [LifeFlight's landing zone during its early days] to the ER. There are those kinds of heroic but horrendous stories."
Nearly 25 years later those few people and that one aircraft known as LifeFlight have evolved into a large, fully integrated critical-care patient transportation system.
"The elements of the LifeFlight program have been determined by the needs of the Vanderbilt enterprise, and by the needs of the community we serve," Morris says. "What we found over time is that a huge amount of transportation is needed by the enterprise."
"You can't afford to become complacent," says Program Director Yeatman, whose years of experience as a flight nurse give her great insight and empathy into the extreme challenges her staff often faces. "I may not have walked in every staff member's shoes in every situation, but I have a better idea of what they face because I've been out there on more than 1,000 flights."
Despite the cramped quarters, noise and turbulence inside an aircraft, Yeatman says the environment becomes a familiar venue where nurses are able to focus their considerable skills on patients, achieving a remarkable success rate. LifeFlight's flight nurses typically have multiple years of critical-care nursing experience as a prerequisite to selection for the program.
"Each nurse's role is very clear. You and your partner develop a rapport, and much of what is done is unsaid as far as the patient's care," Yeatman says. "But you must communicate with EMS personnel on the scene and with the patients' families. Communicating with the families about what to expect is a big part of what the flight nurses do."
A leader with a clear passion for her work, Yeatman says, "I tell my staff that if you ever get to the point that you're so OK with what you're doing that you're not tempted to jump out of the aircraft on occasion, then it's time to get out."
Kevin High, who has been with LifeFlight since 1993 and now serves as manager of the trauma program, agrees. "I have been on five or six missions during which I've been so scared of what was going on—of what was happening to my patient—that if I could have jumped out, I would have," he says.
"We are called upon to make decisions that most people in the span of their lives will never have to make—I mean walking up to somebody and in 30 seconds sizing them up and saying 'he's going to live' or 'he's going to die' and walking on. There's no way you can train somebody to do that. It's something you have to want to do, and it's something that you have to want to keep doing."
The toughest part of Yeatman's job, she says, is "staying ahead of the curve and feeling like I am being proactive and not reactive, that I am constantly keeping the program's core value—that safety is our No. 1 product—at the forefront. Yet I am also staying abreast of everything going on around us inside and outside of Vanderbilt, such as with the Federal Aviation Administration."
A successful air ambulance program also must contend with various hospital regulations, community EMS regulations, and specific air ambulance/air medical regulations. Staying current with regulatory compliance is one of the most challenging aspects of the air medical industry, says Yeatman. "Basically, it always comes down to putting safety first and doing the right thing for the patient."
Perched 180 feet above Medical Center Drive atop Vanderbilt University Hospital is LifeFlight's skyport—an outwardly unassuming structure that is in reality a $4.5 million engineering marvel. The two-story facility was designed and constructed on top of VUH while the hospital and LifeFlight remained fully operational.
The opening of the skyport in December 2000 solved several of LifeFlight's logistical issues, finally bringing together into one location several pieces of the program. One floor below the landing pad sit the flight crew quarters and the program's administrative offices. The helipad has enough space to land two large helicopters, while the facility features a nearly 360-degree approach path for incoming aircraft. The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, thanks to a gift from the Christy-Houston Foundation, added its own rooftop helipad in November 2005.
Squeezed into three crowded rooms just off the VUH skyport's helipad is LifeFlight's Office of Emergency Communications, the program's nerve center.
Inside these three rooms is enough specialized communications equipment to echo the look and feel of a Pentagon-like war room. As various radios crackle with updates from pilots, flight crews and ground ambulance crews, large flat-panel monitors surround the communications coordinators, displaying local and national news updates, Doppler weather radar, that day's configuration of each of the five aircrafts' flight crew, video feed from cameras monitoring the inside of hospital elevators and the four helicopter bases, and satellite tracking of each airborne aircraft's position in real time.
Managing a phone call an average of every 45 seconds, 24 hours every day, the staff of the Office of Emergency Communications is constantly under the gun.
"We are known as Flight Comm," says Jeff Gray, director of communications for Vanderbilt LifeFlight. "However, we not only handle LifeFlight dispatch communications, but our responsibilities also include the Neonatal Emergency Transport teams, LifeFlight Event Medicine, both of Vanderbilt's emergency departments, all ground ambulances transporting patients to Vanderbilt, and paging of appropriate teams within the hospitals—such as the STAT teams, rapid response teams, paramedic teams and stroke teams—based on predetermined criteria. We serve as a communications funnel for all those teams.
"Within the last two years, we have added regional communications responsibilities, a state concept funded by Vanderbilt that places us as the communications resource for the 13 counties and 26 hospitals in this region."
In 2006 the Office of Emergency Communications was designated as the EMS Regional Communications Center for the Mid-Cumberland Region by the Tennessee Department of Health. In the event of a large-scale disaster, the Office of Emergency Communications will serve as the point of contact for the region's hospitals and emergency medical services.
And in 2007 the Office of Emergency Communications also assumed responsibility for Nashville Medcom, now serving as the traffic controller for Metro Nashville-Davidson County's 11 hospitals. All 11 of the county's hospitals share a unique radio frequency enabling ambulance services to radio in patient reports.
"With the regional medical center communications responsibilities, we are handling about 2,000 radio calls per month," says Gray. "LifeFlight averages about 250 patient transports per month. Those flights involve many radio and phone calls. About 60 calls per month are associated with the various teams within the hospitals. So when you add all that up, we're pretty busy."
"You never know what a day at LifeFlight is going to bring," says chief flight nurse Wilson Matthews, who has been with the program for 12 years. "I've met the president [of the United States] at work. I've had pizza delivered to a hayfield while at work. I've had dinner from a snack machine at a small-town airport while at work. You can never predict what you'll be doing."
And that's no small part of the attraction for the more than 100 men and women who make LifeFlight run like clockwork. After nearly a quarter century of service to Middle Tennessee and tens of thousands of saved lives, LifeFlight is a growing, evolving entity that began with and continues the philosophy of safety first while bringing Vanderbilt to the patient.
"When people hear the roar of those rotor blades overhead, I always want them to remember two things," says Dr. Harry Jacobson, VUMC's vice chancellor for health affairs. "First, that a life hangs in the balance, and second, that this life is in the hands of the most expert and skilled team on earth."
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The Nashville airport had a disaster drill on 4/21/09. I was one of the 8 "victims" from Vanderbilt chosen to be Life Flighted from the airport to Vanderbilt.
I have a lot more respect for these people now that I've been in their hands! I was strapped to a board the whole time, but these guys were professional and quick. I could barely tell we were in the air- it was a very smooth ride!
Kudos to the entire crew of Life Flight. I hope I never have to use their services in a real life situation, but if I do, I know I will be in great hands!April 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
[...] cover of the last issue [Spring 2009, "Sky's the Limit"] was a delight to me, an old Nashvillian. It brought back many memories, including the War [...]August 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Excellent article, which is of the norm. Our gratitude for your interesting information and public service!April 1st, 2014 at 1:00 pm
More than 100 LifeFlight employees keep LifeFlight running smoothly. It takes two mechanics, four pilots and 15 flight nurses to staff each of LifeFlight's helicopters. Approximately 30 pilots, 15 mechanics, and 65 medical crew members work for LifeFlight's air medical programs.
Twenty full-time and two part-time flight coordinators man nearly $1 million worth of highly sophisticated communications equipment. Staffed 24 hours a day by three emergency medical technicians, Flight Comm handles approximately 700 calls during each 24-hour period and up to 105 calls per hour during peak periods.
LifeFlight recently added an event medicine division to provide emergency medical technicians, paramedics and ambulance transportation for large public or private events. LifeFlight Event Medicine, in conjunction with Vanderbilt Sports Medicine, is the exclusive health-care provider for all events held at Nashville's Sommet Center arena, including all games of the Nashville Predators, the city's National Hockey League franchise.
LifeFlight uses three $5.4 million state-of-the-art American Eurocopter EC145 helicopters and two American Eurocopter BK117 helicopters. Its four in-service helicopters are positioned outside Nashville at bases located within the communities of Clarksville, Lebanon, Columbia and Tullahoma. Currently, no aircraft are based at either Vanderbilt University Hospital or the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
One of the five helicopters serves as a backup aircraft for the fleet while the other aircraft are being serviced. All helicopters are twin-engine and are equipped with sophisticated GPS technology to allow for patient transports in poor weather conditions. The typical helicopter flight range is approximately 150 miles from Nashville. Morris credits the move from single-engine to twin-engine aircraft back in the late 1980s as a significant safety milestone for the program. The program flew with only one helicopter until a second was added in March 1997. The helicopter program always flies with one pilot and two critical care nurses as its patient care team.
Added in March 2004, LifeFlight's fixed-wing program, based at Nashville International Airport, uses a medically equipped Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane. The airplane transports all ages of critically ill patients including transplant recipients, burn victims, and pediatric critical care patients. Patients have been flown in from as far away as Cairo, Egypt; the typical range is about 900 miles from Nashville.
The fixed-wing program has a total of nine pilots and a dedicated mechanic on site. It typically flies with two nurses or with a nurse and a flight paramedic patient care team, but can be configured to include a physician for longer transports.
Since 1974 Vanderbilt has operated a fleet of ground ambulances that serve as rolling neonatal intensive care units. This program, formerly known as Angel Transport, merged with LifeFlight in 2002. Now the neonatal transport team uses ground ambulances as well as aircraft to fit the location and specific needs of its patients. This team, staffed by neonatal nurse practitioners, is licensed for patient transports in Tennessee and Kentucky.


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Washington And Lee vs. Roanoke
March 23, 2002
|Matt Fink
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|Andrew Barnett
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|Gavin Molinelli
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|John Moore
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|Mike Mcnamara
|(0, 2)
|Rob Brown
|(1, 0)
|Ansel Sanders
|14 (0.737)
|Current Record
|Washington And Lee
|go to Washington And Lee page
|Joe Weeren
|(2, 0)
|Dan Reed
|(0, 1)
|Colin Burke
|(0, 1)
|Steve Lovecchio
|(1, 0)
|Kris Davis
|(1, 0)
|Andy Bonasera
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|Garrett Yaralian
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|John Cooper
|9 (0.692)
|Tim Morse
|6 (0.545)
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|The Game Story:
|LEXINGTON, Va. -- Fifth-ranked Washington and Lee used a four-goal spurt
in the final 10 minutes of action to defeat Roanoke, 9-5, in ODAC men's
lacrosse on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field. For the Generals, it was
their fifth-straight win against the Maroons.
The Generals (4-2, 1-0) finished the opening quarter with a 3-0 lead on goals by junior midfielder Rob Brown (Wilton, Conn./Wilton), sophomore attackman Matt Fink (Wilmington, Del./Tatnall) and freshman attackman Gavin Molinelli (Northport, N.Y./Northport). W&L stretched its lead to 4-0 on an unassisted tally by senior midfielder John Moore (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) with 14:30 remaining in the first half.
The Maroons (4-4, 0-1) responded with 12:06 remaining in the half as freshman midfielder Steve Lovecchio (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) scored unassisted to cut the Generals' lead to 4-1.
Fink scored his second goal of the day with 3:32 left in the half for a 5-1 W&L lead. However, Roanoke would answer again as sophomore attackman Kris Davis (Parkton, Md./Hereford) found the net off an assist from sophomore midfielder Colin Burke (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Torrey Pines) with 32 second left in the half to make the score 5-2.
The Maroons dominated the third period, tying the game at 5-5 heading into the final stanza by scoring three straight goals, including two by junior midfielder Joe Weeren (Winchester, Mass./Winchester).
The Generals then took over as senior attackman Andrew Barnett (Darien, Conn./Darien), Moore, Fink and Molinelli all tallied scores in the final 9:47 for the four-goal win.
W&L was led by Fink, who notched three goals. Molinelli and Moore both tallied two goals, while Barnett recorded one goal and one assist. Sophomore midfielder Mike McNamara (Hunt Valley, Md./Loyola) totaled two assists. Sophomore Ansel Sanders (Weems, Va./Woodberry Forest) was sensational in goal for the Generals, stopping 14 shots including several from point-blank range.
Roanoke was paced by Weeren's two goals. Junior Tim Morse (Santa Fe, N.M./Tabor Academy) and freshman John Cooper (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette) combined to make 15 saves in goal for the Maroons.
Washington and Lee will be in action again on Wednesday as it travels to Guilford for a 3:30 pm contest.


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Rainwater Harvesting
Water Harvesting
Water conservation is critical to sustainability everywhere. In the Tucson area, where we receive only 10 to 12 inches of rain per year on average, water conservation is even more crucial. Since 1940 the water table in Tucson has dropped up to 200 feet in some places. As the population of the Tucson region continues to grow, reducing our water use is imperative.
Most homeowners use 50% or more of the water they purchase from their local water utility to irrigate their landscape. Fortunately, there are several ways to reduce both water consumption and water bills while still caring for one's plants. One important way to do this is by using a rainwater harvesting system to capture rainwater and direct it where water is most needed.
- A house with 1000 square feet of roof area can collect over 600 gallons of water from 1 inch of rain
Passive Rainwater Harvesting
Passive rainwater harvesting uses earthworks to direct surface water flow and the soil as the storage container. A passive system requires planning and observation of the natural water movement on the land but requires no gutters or storage containers. The primary concept is to slow down the flow of water, allow it to soak into the ground, and keep as much of it on the property as possible. Once established, native landscapes using harvested rainwater require irrigation only during times of drought.
The easiest way to start is to direct extended roof runoff through simple techniques to move and control surface water flow with berms, swales, catchments and basins.
Swales are shallow ditches, usually perpendicular to the direction of water flow, that collect storm water and allow it to sink slowly and directly into soil. Their placement permits the redirection of water from its natural direction of flow to another desired location.
Basins are excavated shallow areas, often lined with rock or mulch, that accept rainwater runoff and permit water to percolate into the soil. Basins connected by shallow, sloping (1/4 inch per 1 linear foot) swales allow water to flow from one basin to another.
Berms are low mounds of earth formed to help hold water in basins or swales. Often the soil used to create a berm was excavated by digging a basin or swale.
French Drains
A simple French Drain is a trench or hole filled with gravel that allows surface water to soak into the ground, alleviating standing water and providing more irrigation to nearby vegetation. A more sophisticated French Drain can use perforated pipes to direct water elsewhere and allow the water to slowly soak into the surrounding soil.
- The Gardens has seven (7) French Drains throughout the historic west section of the property. These drains allow rainwater that falls on hardscape areas (non-permeable surfaces) to soak into the soil to nourish the surrounding plants.
Rain Chains
Rain Chains are an elegant alternative to traditional gutter downspouts. Originally developed in Japan several hundred years ago, they offer an aesthetic, pleasing and functional method for directing the flow of water from a structure into the landscape.
- In Japan, they are referred to as "kusari doi", which simply means chain gutter.
Curb Cuts
A curb cut is literally a cut in a street curb that allows storm water to flow from the street into a mulched basin, swale, or French Drain. Many neighborhoods in Tucson use curb cuts to move rainwater to community landscaping areas.
Active Rainwater Harvesting
Active rainwater harvesting systems add to a passive system a container or cistern to store collected rainwater runoff for later use.
A cistern is an above-ground or in-ground water storage device. There are many different types, all of which are part of a roof cathment system. One simple example is a trash barrel used to store rainwater for irrigating houseplants or pots on the patio. Larger cisterns can be made of plastic, metal or ferrocement. In-ground cisterns need pumps to move the water to a desired location.
Cisterns are generally expensive, and require maintenance and space. Sizing a cistern requires calculating the surface area of a catchment (generally roofs) and the amount of rainfall. A cistern used to supplement a passive system generally works well for urban landscapes not able to hold 100% of a rainfall event on the land surface. Cisterns require maintenance and care to protect against mosquitoes and debris collection.
The Gardens has 2 aboveground cisterns and one below grade cistern for storing rainwater. These 3 cisterns store over 15,000 gallons of water to irrigate the landscape without using potable (drinking quality) water from the municipal water supply.
If you are still not convinced a rainwater harvest project is worth the work, think about the advantages.
- Sustainable and environmentally responsible
- Conserves ground water
- Reduces erosion and flooding
- Reduces salts and better for plants than municipal water high in salts
- Uses simple technologies and easy to maintain
- Saves money on rising water costs
- Recharges our aquifer
- Protects from runoff pollution
- Assures continued water source for years to come
The resurgence in the ancient techniques of rainwater harvesting will continue as more people discover the ease of use and many benefits. For information on rainwater harvesting visit the Tucson Botanical Gardens' monthly Rainwater Harvesting Workshop the fourth Saturday of every month.Email this page to a friend


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed with a loss of more than $2 a barrel Tuesday, as ongoing concerns over easing demand as well as strength in the dollar pushed prices to their lowest level in nearly three months.
Energy futures finished mainly lower.
Crude for September delivery fell by $2.54, or 2%, to close at $122.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, the contract touched a low of $120.75. It hasn't traded or closed at levels this low since early May.
"Nothing goes up in a straight line, and crude's run has been phenomenal," said Sean Brodrick, a natural resources analyst for MoneyandMarkets.com. Crude was trading at just $78 a barrel a year ago.
"A short-term pullback is a normal and necessary part of any bull market, and crude is no different," he said in emailed comments.
On the currency market, the dollar index DXY, -0.08% was recently at 73.307, up from 72.694 in late North American trading Monday. Strength in the U.S. currency typically weighs on dollar-denominated commodities such as oil and gold.
'A short-term pullback is a normal and necessary part of any bull market, and crude is no different.'
The greenback shrugged off downbeat housing data reported earlier Tuesday and took comfort from upbeat consumer confidence data and a recovery in stock prices. See Currencies.
In other news, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries President Chakib Khelil called oil prices "abnormal" and said they could pull back to $80 a barrel over the long term if the dollar were to continue to recover and global political worries eased, Reuters reported Tuesday.
"Whether prices drop to $80 ... or not, there can only be the unavoidable conclusion that markets are finally working as they are supposed to, as higher prices inevitably act as a brake on demand," said John Kilduff, an analyst at MF Global, in a note to clients.
Khelil, who is Algeria's oil minister, also said that OPEC should not consider cutting production after the steep decline in prices over the last two weeks since markets are now balanced, according to Reuters.
"Crude futures had an impressive rally recently, hitting all-time highs earlier this year," said Andrey Kryuchenkov, analyst with Sucden Research.
"The market was in need of a correction, which could continue if we see more signs of slowing demand and sluggish economic growth in OECD states," he said. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a 30-nation group that includes mostly developed countries from North America, Europe and Asia.
In the long run, the oil market still looks fundamentally strong, Kryuchenkov said.
Petroleum data on deck
Energy traders looked ahead to Wednesday's data on U.S. petroleum supplies from the Energy Department, covering the week ended July 25.


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- Season steaks with olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Grill steaks over medium heat or broil 4 inches from heat for 6–8 minutes on each side, or until meat reaches desired doneness (medium rare: 145°F; medium: 160°F; well done: 170°F).
- Meanwhile, sauté shallots with butter in a medium saucepan. When translucent, add garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
- Deglaze with wine and add mustard, tomatoes and lemon juice. Reduce for about 5 minutes.
- Slowly swirl in butter chunks, lower heat and add remaining ingredients. Heat through. Serve sauce over steak.
Per Serving: 450 calories, 29g fat, 15g saturated fat, 155mg cholesterol, 1110mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 2g sugars, 36g protein


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Readers sound off on the Cory Booker row:
I don't find what's so remarkable or Yglesias Award-worthy about a Newark mayor saying, "Don't insult Wall Street." It's like an Arkansas politician saying, "Don't be mean to Walmart," or one from Seattle saying, "Be nice to Boeing." New York, for all its size and self-important grandeur, is somewhat of a company town for Wall Street. And all politicians for company towns (or states), regardless of party, will defend their gravy-train above their party.
Another writes:
Booker's comparison of attacking Bain and attacking Rev. Wright is not apt because Obama is not touting his membership in Wright's church as a reason to vote for him.
Obama is not attacking private equity. He's attacking the record of a man who claims to be a business wiz and job creator extraordinaire when what he really was was a man whose only business was to found a company who purchased up other businesses, sucked out all the equity and spit them out.
He built nothing but his own bank account. If Romney were running on his record as governor (oops can't do that) and could somehow use his Bain experience to prove he used his acumen to create jobs in MA – then that would be one thing. But he made sure his state was 47th in the nation on job creation. And just like with Bain, as soon as he could add the word "governor" to add to his resume, he ditched them and got out. Bain is totally fair game because the business model is the model for Romney's entire mindset.
Other than that I do find the political climate nauseating. But Obama didn't start this fight. Romney and Citizens United did. And Cory Booker knows that. He should stick with rescuing neighbors from burning buildings instead of rescuing Mitt Romney.
I have to take exception with your reader who argued that neither side gets the private equity story right. In reality, the left's story is generally correct, though incomplete, while the right gets the story wrong because, well, it has to. In addition, a completely accurate telling of the story would include the terms "financial engineering" and "dividend recapitalization."
Financial engineering is the alchemy that drives the entire private equity industry – by rejiggering a company's capital structure, a private equity firm purports to "create value" that previously didn't exist. Like all other forms of alchemy, if it actually happened that simply, it might not be a bad thing. Unfortunately, the processes that create that value for the private equity firm – levering the company's balance sheet with borrowed money, reducing headcount, cutting costs and, yes, tax arbitrage – tend to whipsaw a company by depriving it of any margin of error (because it has to spend its cash flow on interest payments) while also diverting resources away from future profit-maximizing initiatives (because all of its cash is being spent on interest payments).
This is the legendary "discipline" that private equity apologists cite in these conversations, but there is very little focus on making the business, as the business, run better. Instead, the focus is on freeing up enough cash to service the debt and return cash to the new owners. The end result tends to be a less ambitious company with a far smaller footprint (employees, plants, etc.) and a reorientation away from investment in the future growth of the business and toward like as a "cash cow." This is the case even when private equity "works."
Dividend recapitalization is the most insidious subset of financial engineering – the owners take out a loan backed by the assets of the company and use the proceeds from the loan to write themselves a dividend check of roughly the same amount. The company is again forced to focus all of its attention on servicing this new debt, frequently groaning under the pressure. When it fails in that mission and tumbles into bankruptcy, the private equity backers toss the keys to the creditors and walk away, having already recouped most, if not all (or, in some cases, many multiples of all) of their investment. Loans are, fundamentally, supposed to be used to boost investment in productive enterprises, but in this case, the financial/private equity industry has bastardized that premise to funnel money away from productive uses and straight into their coffers.
I have worked around the private equity industry for nearly a decade, and I have never met anyone in it who can tell me with a straight face what productive ends the dividend recap serves (like your other reader, I do not consider tax arbitrage "productive").
All of this (including the cash cow and tax arbitrage concepts) is complicated stuff that requires a familiarity with finance that not many voters possess, which is why the left has such a hard time explaining what is really going on and instead leaves itself open to charges of demagoguery by focusing on the human cost of Bain's investments and follow-on decisions. That's unfortunate, but it does not render false the left's substantive critiques on the topic, regardless of what Cory Booker and Harold Ford say.
The right, on the other hand, can't possibly reckon honestly with the pros and cons of private equity, because to do so would be an admission that it consists mainly of financial parlor tricks that benefit a small group of wealthy individuals at the expense of virtually everyone else. They know how that would play with the voters, and so they obfuscate at best, lie at worst and proclaim "class warfare" at every turn.


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What's your Kryptonite? What in your life renders you stuck, helpless, and in a weakened state?
Don't Tug on Superman's Cape
Unless, of course, you have a chunk of Kryptonite in your pocket. For you non-comic-book-fans, Kryptonite is a meteor-like chunk of Superman's home planet, Krypton. When exposed to this glowing green rock, Superman is rendered helpless, weak, and ineffective.
As long as this element is in close proximity to our hero, he's as good as gone.
There are also other forms of this meteorite. The one I remember is yellow K. It's unstable and unpredictable. It could turn the Man of Steel into a toad or into a roaring lion. It could ground him or render him deaf and mute.
The Kryptonic Fatal Flaw
Just about every hero had a fatal flaw. Green Lantern had his power ring that could do about anything to anything, unless the thing was yellow. Then he was powerless.
So, what was Batman's fatal flaw? He had the same one that you and I have. He was simply human and carried with him all that that means.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Being Human
We've all got Kryptonites. If you are anything like me, you have more than one.
I would say that mine is chocolate. It's true, but it doesn't get at where I'm headed here.
On Being Distractable
If there is one thing that renders me helpless and stuck it is that I am easily distractable. Several times while writing this post, a word or concept has come up where I wanted desperately to look it up.
Damn Internet.
Jonathan Franzen talked about the lengths he went to limit distractions while writing Freedom. He disabled the wireless internet on his laptop. To be more certain, he even cut the end off a net cable and super-glued it into the receptacle on his computer.
One Thing at a Time
I have to do one thing at a time. Let me give you an example of one way I overcame my ADHD mind.
I had a moderately important phone call to make. The trouble seemed to be that I would only think of it at the absolutely most inopportune times. I was at a conference the other day when this one came up. I knew writing it down wouldn't be enough. I had to strike while the iron was hot. I had to do something. I knew I couldn't make the call from the training conference as I couldn't find a place quiet enough and with an adequate cell signal. The simple thing I did to get the ball rolling was to call and get the phone number for this person.
I kn0w myself well enough that the act of writing it down would be enough of a tickler to get my attention and I got the call done today.
Distractions aren't my Kryptonite. My susceptibility to them is.