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|Backyard Conservation Camp to be held in June
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Haxtun Conservation District will be hosting its 6th Annual Backyard Conservation Camp June 4-5 for kids entering fourth through eighth grades.
This year the camp will be traveling to the east edge of Phillips County to visit a site where prehistoric Stegomastodon remains have been discovered.
Richard Stucky from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be guiding the group through the tour.
There are also a number of other wonderful educators and exciting activities planned. As always the camp promises two fun-filled educational days.
Contact the Haxtun Conservation District office at 854-2812 ext. 110 to register.
There is no charge to attend this camp and meals and snacks will be provided.
Holyoke Enterprise May 17, 2012


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The smoking ban has led to a drop in the number of babies born prematurely or with low birth weight, new statistics suggest.
Researchers analysed smoking and birth rates for all expectant women in Scotland before and after the country introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006.
They found that since the ban, there has been a 10% drop in the premature birth rate.
The research team, led by Professor Jill Pell of the University of Glasgow's Institute of Health and Wellbeing, looked at data for more than 700,000 women spanning a period of about 14 years.
They found that following the introduction of the smoking ban, the number of pregnant women who smoked dropped from 25.4% to 18.8%. There was also a significant dip in the number of babies born prematurely or with low birth weight.
The reduction in premature births was also found in non-smokers, suggesting a link between passive smoke exposure and foetal development.
Dr Pell said, as reported by the Press Association: "These findings add to the growing evidence of the wide-ranging health benefits of smoke-free legislation and support the adoption of such legislation in other countries which have yet to implement smoking bans.
"These reductions occurred both in mothers who smoked and those who had never smoked. While survival rates for preterm deliveries have improved over the years, infants are still at risk of developing long-term health problems so any intervention that can reduce the risk of preterm delivery has the potential to produce important public health benefits."
Amanda Sandford, Research Manager for Action on Smoking And Health (ASH) told HuffPost Lifestyle: "This study shows how smoke-free laws continue to exert a beneficial impact for many years after implementation. We already know that going smoke-free reduces the incidence of heart attacks in the population and it is very encouraging to see that the Scottish law has also led to improvements in pregnancy outcomes.
"However, despite the smoke-free law, thousands of children in Britain are still exposed to tobacco smoke on a regular basis. More needs to be done to educate people about the need to protect children from second-hand smoke exposure, particularly in the home and in cars."
A Scottish Government spokesman told the BBC: "We are continuing to build upon the achievements made to protect future generations from the devastating effects of smoking such as bans on cigarette vending machines and the displays in shops.
"We are committed to ensuring a new comprehensive robust tobacco control strategy for Scotland is developed this year. This strategy will focus on prevention and cessation and include ambitious targets for reducing smoking across Scotland."
Battle the addiction with these top tips by hypnotherapist, Elle Dormer.
"Close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths in and out. Now build a mental picture of yourself in the future as a non smoker. "Make it real by filling in the detail - where you are, what you're doing, who you're with and how much better you look and feel. This is known as future pacing. If you can imagine yourself having achieved your goal you a mentally a step closer to it."
"Smokers often use cigarettes as a form of escapism. To have a break away from their desk after a stressful call. Or to provide thinking time when they are procrastinating. "Go for a brisk walk instead. Or to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Any simple, familiar task that we can do without much thought allows us to simultaneously access our unconscious or 'zone out' which can be both relaxing and enable greater creative thought."
"Make a list of all the people (alive or dead) in your life who care for you - or have cared for you, like your friends, partner, parents or children. Then close your eyes and imagine them all together gathered in a room. "You are standing before them with a large beautifully gift wrapped box. This present represents you quitting smoking. Explain this to them in your mind. See or imagine their reactions. "Make them real. The relief, love, pride, appreciation. Then imagine asking for the gift back and how sad and disappointed they would be. And resolve that you cannot do this to the people you love."
"Cigarettes do not relax you. Nicotine is a stimulant so it is actually making you edgier and more stressed by elevating your heart rate and releasing stress hormones like adrenalin and cortisol into your blood stream. "Try an experiment: replace one of your regular cigarettes of the day with the following pattern of breathing. Breathe in for a count of 4 and out for a count of 8. Do this 10 x, consciously relaxing your body on every out breath. "This will physiologically de-stress you by slowing your heart rate and releasing endorphins. And prove to you you can truly relax yourself without a cigarette.
"Take a moment somewhere quiet and close your eyes. Remember a time when you felt really confident, relaxed and in control. Take yourself back to that time, fill in the details and make it real. When you're feeling those emotions at their strongest, squeeze our thumb and forefinger together. "Clear your mind and repeat. Then practice recalling those helpful, positive emotions at points during the day by squeezing your thumb and forefinger together. The physical trigger should help to access those beneficial feelings that will help at moments of weakness."

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Posted: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 2:49 PM HST
Program aims to reduce injury from auto lifts
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) A new federal program will attempt to reduce injuries and deaths from operating automotive lifts in Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianas and American Samoa.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the program is launching next month.
OSHA will conduct random inspections to identify and evaluate hazards of lifts used in the automobile industry, including dealerships, repair shops, gas stations and tire stores.
OSHA Regional Administrator Ken Atha says dangerous risks of automotive lifts can be limited by proper maintenance and effective worker training.


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It has been several years since Pierce's disease (PD), the debilitating grapevine disease caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, has caused significant problems for San Joaquin Valley vineyards. PD dropped off the radar of valley grape industries and growers partly due to other invasive grape pests (vine mealybug, EGVM, etc.) inhabiting vineyards and to a low incidence of PD found throughout the valley. However, in recent months glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) has been trapped in west Fresno County commercial vineyards and near the San Joaquin River. The recent catches are concerning since they have been found near a major riparian corridor that has had a historically low level of PD. With these recent GWSS catches, growers should survey their vineyards and test grapevines displaying PD-like symptoms in order to minimize potential "hot" spots from developing should GWSS become established.
Four PD symptoms to look for in late summer
Pierce's Disease Summer Symptoms
PD infected vines display several symptoms in late summer. Burned or scalded canopies are the first and easiest symptoms to spot. However, there are other diseases (measles), pests (mites), chemical maladies (sulfur burn) and/or cultural practices (poor irrigation management) that can cause foliage to burn. It is important to correctly determine the cause of any leaf burn symptoms that may be noticed. White varieties suffering from PD will display yellowing of the leaf margins followed by necrosis, while infected red varieties exhibit reddening prior to necrosis (see photo). Dead leaves on red or white grapes will detach from the petioles that dry and remain attached to canes, resembling matchsticks. Irregular wood maturity, a prominent symptom on canes, is marked by lignified wood surrounded by green tissue that never fully matures. Fruit from infected vines will shrivel, raisin and drop from the vine.
PD Insect Vectors
In the valley green and red-headed sharpshooters may vector PD, maintaining it at low levels. Those sharpshooters primarily feed on grasses, but as irrigated pastures, ditch banks and weed patches dry, they move into vineyards and feed on new succulent grapevine growth near shoot tips. Sharpshooters carrying PD will transmit the bacterium at the point of feeding but it rarely becomes a systemic infection; hence the low PD levels found in the San Joaquin Valley. Since its introduction, GWSS has changed the presence and spread of PD in CA. The voracious feeding of GWSS, it's ability to feed on older, more lignified tissues, and its ability to fly longer distances makes it an exceptional vector of PD. Glassy-winged sharpshooters often feed near the base of shoots or on 2-year old wood increasing the chance for late-season infections. It also has a large host range that includes citrus, on which it breeds and may develop into very high populations. Many of the hosts that GWSS can survive and reproduce on have not been of concern with our grass feeding sharpshooters.
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Last season Roger dropped LSD, the world opened up to him in an entirely different way and he got divorced from Jane. We last saw him naked, staring out the window, perhaps wondering what lay on the horizon. When we pick up with him in the premiere, he's in therapy trying to figure out what it's all about. It seems his happiness too, was temporary. While mortality looms over many of the characters on the show, it literally surrounds Roger here. Upon hearing that his mother has died, he seems to have almost no reaction and even treats her funeral with complete nonchalance. Bu he breaks down when he learns that Georgio, his shoeshiner, has passed away. Was he really more affected by the death of a man he barely knew over his own mother? Or was it that this man had been so quickly forgotten and he feared the same for himself?
Slattery spoke to Hitfix about Roger's journey, "I think maybe he is a late bloomer. At this stage [he's] trying to figure out something that's going to sustain a little more interest than just the things he's been up to before... through this inadvertent acid experience. I think he's opening. I think he's willing to change or willing to do what he has to to find some sort of sustained meaning in the whole thing. I think given the focus on youth that exists now, that existed probably more then, and being the age he is, there are all kinds of things that enter into the question and I think he's interested in something new." Like Don, he'll be searching for his own happiness this season trying to find that next open doorway.
Though we knew Elisabeth Moss would be returning to the show, we had no guarantee of what capacity it might be in. After all, no other character has left the SCDP (or Sterling Cooper in the old days) offices and remained a central figure on the show: Sal (Bryan Batt), Kinsey (Michael Gladis) and Duck (Mark Moses) were all dropped from the cast once their characters were given the boot only to make the occasional cameo appearances when the story demanded. Thankfully if the premiere is any indication, Peggy's role on the show will not be diminished at all, which is great news because Moss and her character have always been the crucial counterpoint to Don. Moss confirmed as much to Collider recently saying, "The only thing I can say is I'm very happy with where it's gone, I'm very happy with what's happened. I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I have had to do in this season. I was kind of expecting not to be in it so much, because I thought, oh, I'm at a different agency. And I'm pleasantly surprised."
The SCDP creative room can't help but feel a little bit stale without Peggy there though it's nice to see her on a late night call with Stan (Jay R. Ferguson), catching up on all the latest office gossip. This show has always been great at hinting at much greater lives for our characters than the ones we get to peek in on. Stan and Peggy were at odds for much of their time together and though we never got to see the breakthrough where they eventually became friendly, it happened somewhere offscreen. In the first two hours, we see Peggy at her new job having settled into her new environment and having become very much like her old mentor. Watch her scold an underling for presenting three versions of the same idea and think back to how far she's come since the pilot. As so many of the other characters have run into walls trying to change, Peggy is perhaps the only character who if they ran into their former self, would find her completely unrecognizable.
Betty, more than any other character on the show, has gotten a lot of hatred from the audience, which has been directed both at January Jones herself and the writers for crafting such an "unlikable" character. At this point, no matter how she tries to screw it up, it's hard not to sympathize with her, trapped in this prison of her own making. Though her husband is endlessly supportive, her beauty has begun to fade as she struggles with her weight, her mother-in-law is horribly overbearing and Sally (Kiernan Shipka), now entering her teenage years, is starting to rebel.
There's also something disconcerting about how unconditionally Henry (Christopher Stanley) loves Betty regardless of her physical appearance, mood swings and anything else she can throw at him. Sometimes it seems like she'll do anything to get a rise out of him but he just won't comply. (We're praying her kinky/jealous idea to invite their teenage houseguest into a threesome with her husband is the most cringeworthy thing she'll do all season.) Despite a house full of extended family members, Betty, too, is alone. Will her visit to St. Marks Place awaken something in her as well? Or will she retreat back to familiarity? Her rash decision to go brunette may hint at other big changes on the horizon for Betty.
After "Homeland" broke the series' streak of four consecutive Emmy wins, I joked that the show would be back with a vengeance this year, imagining the notoriously competitive Weiner would no doubt want to restake his claim. (He recently admitted to the NYTimes, "It was a bad night...unpleasant.") But returning with fire and fury isn't the show's style, instead the season 6 premiere quietly, confidently reminds viewers that there really isn't and has never been anything quite like it on TV.
Few shows can capture visual poetry with such gracefulness (watch Don gazing out his office window as the sounds of the ocean fade up around him) while still being fucking funny. "How many funerals have you been to today," Pete smirks as Don stumbles into Roger's mother's wake.
Never has a show been less driven by plot and more led by the characters themselves. Where they need to grow (or regress) determines which storylines will be needed to get them from A to B (and in some cases back to A). TV has rarely been so brave and may never be again. With the show scheduled to conclude after its 7th season, let's enjoy it while it lasts. [A]


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Are things starting to turn though? Are Chris Antonetti, Tom Heckert (for now), and Chris Grant acquiring more talent to sniff contention once again? Are Byron Scott, Terry Francona, and <Insert Browns Head Coach After Monday> the leaders to take their teams to the next level? Is there just a bunch of wishful thinking going on around here? While I don't have a crystal ball, I will try to keep you here thinking and rooting that 2013 is getting closer rather than farther way in terms of "next year" arriving. Here's five things that make me think 2013 should be better.
Browns: Pat Shurmur will not be the team's head coach
Unless Jimmy Haslam spent a billion dollars to let the team's worst coach since Chris Palmer get a third season, I'm pretty confident in saying that Pat Shurmur only has two days left as coach of the Browns. I really tried to remain patient for as long as possible with Shurmur, but truth be told, I had soured on him after 8-10 games last season. I wasn't against giving him this second season1 due to the lockout killing his first training camp and given the state of the roster and the quarterback position.
Once again this season, however, Shurmur showed that he doesn't have what it takes to be an effective head coach. He is part of the battery that repeatedly failed to get plays called in time to prevent penalties or timeouts being called. He constantly mismanages the clock and his timeouts. After seeing the error of not having an offensive coordinator in year one, he still failed to give Brad Childress the actual play-calling responsibilities. I don't think it's a stretch to say that Shurmur's playcalling and misuse of Trent Richardson in particular with this pass-heavy offense cost them at least two games this season between Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Dallas, and the first Bengals' game, take your pick. His press conferences are vanilla, and while we don't see how he interacts with the players behind closed doors (much, thanks NFL Road Tested!), I don't see him as much of a motivator.
In 2013, I'm looking forward to getting it right this time with another offensive mind that is a better game manager. While I'd love a high-profile college coach in either Chip Kelly or Nick Saban, I don't think they are likely to come to the Browns. I would put three people on the top of my list right now: Colts interim coach/offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, and 49ers special teams coach Brad Seely as a wild card who was incredibly popular here for two seasons as NFL teams begin to look at special teams coaches as legitimate options.
Tribe: With one more starting pitching signing, the team has a puncher's chance at the Central
The Indians weren't trying. The Casey Kotchman and Kevin Slowey signings and the left field internal stop gaps just didn't cut it, and it's alarming that the Tribe front office either didn't realize it, could do nothing better with the payroll provided, or they simply didn't care in their effort to turn a profit.
This offseason has been very different. From the hiring of Terry Francona to the free agent signings of Mark Reynolds and Nick Swisher to the trade of Shin-Soo Choo for Trevor Bauer to the continued pursuit of another starting pitcher (so we hear, anyway), the Indians want to ante up and at least play a hand this year and in years to come. Take a look at the lineup below.
Brantley LF
Kipnis 2B
Cabrera SS
Swisher RF
Santana C
Reynolds 1B
Chisenhall 3B
Aviles DH
Stubbs CF
That lineup has a prayer. The ones with Duncan, Lillibridge, Hannahan, Marson, and Carrera 5-9 do not. It's not left-handed lop-sided anymore with the new additions and the subtraction of Choo. They've added some speed with Stubbs.
Was Swisher a big splash of money that could backfire on those back two years? Yeah, it is, but the other option is to get up and leave the poker table as we did so many offseasons past. It's refreshing to see effort and a little financial commitment. The Indians could just use some luck, unlike the fortunes when they gave Jake Westbrook and Travis Hafner money for multiple years. In the end, it won't matter if their drafts haven't already improved and continue to improve in the future, but the trades and free agency need to be there to supplement things.
One more middle of the rotation starter and you never know. I would like to think this team could at least be on the right side of .500 then.
Cavaliers: No more lying in the weeds. The time to make the playoff push begins.
I think I touched on this a little bit earlier today in my Cavalier recap, but I'm done being patient after this season (in terms of excepting 7-24 records, anyway), one where I thought we could at least make some noise for the last playoff spot in the East2
The Cavaliers may very well have their fourth top-five draft pick in the last three seasons when the season ends and their fifth and sixth first-round picks in that same time to pair with Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, and Tyler Zeller. They will also have about $30 million in cap space heading into the off-season. They could pull off quite a trade or a couple of big signings with that flexibility.
We all know the clock is ticking with Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers need to show progress and surround Kyrie with talent to keep a talent such as himself here in Cleveland. They have three more seasons after this one. It's time to start making the ascent. Playoffs next year, past the first round the next year, etc.
There's also those whispers regarding the summer of 2014 and a certain high-profile possible free agent. I suppose stranger things have happened.
Buckeye Football: No bowl ban. A favorable schedule sets up for Urban to make a run at it.
Urban Meyer stepped into the OSU program in year one and took a team that many had down for 8-9 wins and led them to an undefeated mark that included several close calls and thrilling finishes.
Next season, the Buckeyes return QB Braxton Miller, RBs Carlos Hyde (probably) and Jordan Hall, WRs Devin Smith and Corey Brown, TE Jeff Heuerman, and four starting offensive lineman, losing right tackle Reid Fragel on offense. On defense, they lose their starting defensive line, including John Simon and Johnathan Hankins and may still lose corner Bradley Roby. However, Ryan Shazier is back at linebacker, safeties Christian Bryant and C.J. Barnett return, and there is talented, Meyer-recruited talent on that defensive line with Noah Spence, Tommy Schutt, and Adolphus Washington.
The schedule also sets up for a run with the toughest out of conference game being a trip out to Cal most likely with home games against San Diego State, Buffalo, and Florida A&M. With Michigan State and Nebraska off the schedule, the Buckeyes get Wisconsin at home early in the season, and it could all come down to a trip to Ann Arbor.
Well, I hope that all keeps your chin up. It doesn't take much effort at all to be negative and gloomy in the Cleveland sports blogosphere/Twitterverse. We all have our moments (I know I do.), but hopefully you guys enjoyed this look into my optimism.


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Bailout Plan Hits the Poor: Banks Are Using TARP Funds to Make Predatory Loans
Corral, Victor, Colorlines Magazine
WHEN CONGRESS HASTILY created and passed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) last fall to bail out the financial sector, the program didn't offer any consumer protection against the type of predatory lending practices that led to the financial crisis. It came as no surprise, then, when Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, a self-described "community bank" in California, announced in January that it was intending to use its $180 million in bailout money to make high-priced refund anticipation loans, known as RALs.
RALs are short-term loans borrowed against a consumer's tax refund. They're often advertised as "quick cash," because they allow people to get their tax refund in days instead of waiting for the IRS, which can take at least 10 days. Historically, poor communities have been targeted for these loans. According to the IRS, 85 percent of the people who took RALs in 2006 had incomes of $37,300 or less, and nearly two-thirds were recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit. On average, a person pays between $200 and $500 in fees for a RAL.
This tax season, it's expected that low-income taxpayers will pay more than $1 billion in fees and triple-digit interest rates associated with RALs.
Refund anticipation loans are made by a handful of banks, including HSBC, JP Morgan Chase and Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. The banks give tax preparers--including H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt, as well as preparers found at places like used car lots--a share of the hundreds of dollars in "application," "processing" and "e-file" fees that can be made from a single loan. …


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I bought the Wahanda deal for 4 High Energy Dance Classes from Dancebuzz. I took classes in Zumba, Street Dance, Samba & Bollywood Dancing. The dance teachers were all really enthusiastic and very good at their style of dance. They took you through, step by step, difference dance routines, before you did the dance routine to music so you had chance to practice the steps a number of times. I really enjoyed all the classes, but I personally preferred Zumba and Samba as Iike the latin style of dance and I've done salsa before.
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The class was good but the teacher seemed inexperienced and slightly nervous. I would have liked the pace to be a little faster so we learnt more in the hour, but overall it was a fun class.
City Academy is really nice! I ahve been here for Zumba classes before and now Bollywood and Musical Theatre. The teachers are amazing and you really feel like a professional. I would recommend classes here to everyone!
I got one of the vouchers that gave you 3 classes at Sadler's Wells - all were in different venues (Westminster Academy, Finsbury Town Hall, and Lillian Bayliss Studio) in and around the Angel/Clerkenwell area with different instructors. The ballet taster was really good, giving a good overall feel of what doing ballet would encompass, the Urban Street Dance gave you a good idea of what classes would be like as well. Bollywood was taken by a fill-in teacher the week I went - I found the teacher good but can't comment on what doing a course of classes would be like. I didn't decide to go ahead with a term of any of these - I preferred Zumba (I also attended 2 classes of Zumba at City on a different deal, with two different instructors - one I preferred over the other) but that's just my own personal taste (prefer to be constantly moving rather than stopping & starting). Overall I'd say City Academy provides a variety of different classes of good quality & value - it's just up to you what you're after.
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STOCKHOLM During President Barack Obama's somber stop at a synagogue to honor a Holocaust-era hero, the allusions to a more modern world crisis were clear.
At the Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Obama joined Jewish leaders and relatives of Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving at least 20,000 Jews during the Holocaust. A Swedish diplomat serving in Budapest, Hungary, Wallenberg risked his life to issue protective passports and shelter Jews in Swedish diplomatic buildings.
"Because he refused to stand by, Wallenberg reminds us of our power when we choose not simply to bear witness, but also to act," Obama said. His words invoked the deadly civil war in Syria and Obama's call for a global intervention to stop Syrian President Bashar Assad from using chemical weapons against his people.
In the synagogue's vast, ornate sanctuary, Obama stood under the "eternal flame" that hangs in most Jewish houses of worship above the arc that holds the Torah. The Great Synagogue's flame hasn't been extinguished since 1870, officials said.
Arrayed before Obama were artifacts from Wallenberg's life: his daily calendar, passport and family photos. In quiet tones, he reflected on the artifacts with Wallenberg's half-sister, Nina Lagergren, and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Obama and Reinfeldt then stepped into the synagogue's sunny courtyard, where an immense, teal-colored menorah stood in front of a memorial wall engraved with the names of more than 8,000 Holocaust victims. The president laid a stone, joining in a custom carried out by Jewish mourners all across the world.
"He's beloved in both our countries. He's one of the links that binds us together," Obama said, noting that Wallenberg had studied in the U.S.
The diplomat mysteriously disappeared after being arrested in the 1945 by Soviet forces. Wallenberg's family has been pressing Obama to seek answers about Wallenberg's fate when he visits Russia later in the week.
Jews around the world on Wednesday were marking the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, a day of prayer and celebration that kicks off a 10-day period of meditative introspection in the Jewish faith.
There were all the trappings of a school science fair, with President Barack Obama as the judge.
Professors and university officials from Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden's premier technical university, put their cutting-edge projects on display for Obama's inspection at an event highlighting Sweden's focus on cleaner energy and its goal to become the world's first nation to phase out fossil fuels by 2050.
In the sun-splashed atrium of the university's library, Obama moved down the row one by one, examining the elaborate projects and quizzing researchers on their real-world applications.
Standing in front of what looks like a black car battery but actually is used to filter and sterilize water, Obama asked what it would cost to distribute the units in developing areas in Africa and Asia. The answer: About $100 a piece.
At each stop, Obama sought to put himself in the shoes of a typical end-user. He asked one researcher what the product would mean for him economically if he were a small-business owner or a farmer. Surveying new hybrid technology to power buses, he asked whether it would be financially viable if he were operating a fleet of 50 buses. And chatting about electric cars, he inquired about the chicken-and-egg problem with distribution in the U.S.
"If I'm going to go shopping, where am I going to get fuel?" Obama asked.
Obama's visit was history-making for the Swedes. Never before had a sitting American president set foot in their country.
"This is a historic event," Reinfeldt declared at the start of his joint news conference with Obama.


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ASUS provides everything you need to get started with the new video card except for a top flight game. Hardware wise the card comes with a 6-pin power cable to allow your older PSU to use the card without an additional purchase, a Crossfire bridge (useful for those wanting to use multiple GPUs), a VGA adapter and a HDMI adapter. These adapters allow the wide array of monitors to be attached to the HD 4850.
Software wise the EAH4850 comes with the iTracker software, the ASUS drivers, the OnScreenDisplay and VideoSecurity software that ASUS has developed. The iTracker software allows you a wide array of overclocking options for the video card already mentioned in the Features section of the review. The ASUS card was able to safely overclock to 790/2200MHz for the core/memory, which is an incredible overclock.


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Market attack
The economic crisis has hit us all hard – some more than others. After a short respite, data from across the world indicate another downward plunge. The stock markets are far from where they were before Lehman crashed and confidence levels are down in many markets and industries.
But even if the world is very different from the one we used to know, companies have to rally their forces and rise to the challenge. So it's time for "market attack" (again), but it's also time for a different market attack strategy. Companies need to find a more sustainable growth model focused on creating real value for their customers. To do so, they need to apply advanced customer profiling techniques as demonstrated by online companies but they also need to deal with data-protection issues. Last but not least, the current uncertainty requires that companies find the right balance of investments in growth and cost focus.
Given this background, Roland Berger's Marketing & Sales Competence Center has established a new dedicated practice group called "Market Attack".
In brief
Companies must adopt a customer-centric growth model to systematically identify and harvest their market potential. Roland Berger has helped several companies rise to this challenge through its analytical tools.
The "Market Attack" toolkit includes an online infrastructure to analyze and aggregate (usually anonymized) customer data – it has a dedicated Bucharest-based analytics centre to do so. Based on 1:1 customer profiles a targeted marketing and sales strategy is developed. Last but not least, the toolkit comprises Match Point Management, an approach that compares a company's market position and cost performance to that of its peers. This allows it to find the right balance of market and cost performance and to discover avenues of growth and of efficiency gains.


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Why not clear the debri and let them race with a tunnel that has a hole in it? Might be a good placement for a camera as well. Just a thought. And it was Deep Purple


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Alvina Krueger was born on April 28, 1923 in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Eilert and Gesina (Schmidt) Franzen. She passed away on May 1, 2016 at Blue Valley Lutheran Home at the age of 93. Alvina was baptized on June 3, 1923 at Christ Lutheran Church and confirmed in her faith on April 10, 1938. Her confirmation bible verse was Col. 3:17, "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Alvina completed the eighth grade at Middle Willow Island School and helped her dad on the farm. She later worked as a nurse aid at the Gothenburg hospital. Alvina traveled to Gilead to visit her sister, Bernice, and there met her future husband, Paul Krueger. Paul and Alvina were married at Christ Lutheran Church in Gothenburg on August 27, 1944. Five children were born to this union, Eileen, Dean, Carol, Sharon and Ann. Paul and Alvina were life-long farmers south of Gilead.
Kieth A. Crome 72 of Steele City, NE. passed away May 16, 2016. He was born January 26, 1944 at Marysville, KS. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran. Survivors are Sons: Brent (Francine) Crome of Marysville, KS., Robert Crome of Diller, NE., Wayne (Leah) Crome of Greeley, NE., Michael Crome of Ord, NE., 11 Grandchildren, Brother: Lennis Crome of Billings, MT., Sisters: Connie (Tex) Doebele of Silver Lake, KS., Nancy (Brad) Townsend of Elnora, IN. Cremation has taken place.
A morning look into the forecast from each weather service office in our area.
A look at what the forecast holds for rainfall over the next 7 days.
All the local rivers and creeks in the area are back to their "normal" levels, but with the forecasted rainfall in the area this could change.
Remember "TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN"
Monitor current NWS forecasts for any changes
The annual spring salad festival sponsored by the auxiliary of Jefferson Community Health Center today at the Fairbury Elks Lodge.
Bladen Ahl:
Elk's Student of the Month Award, Joel and Glenda Austin Shelter Insurance Foundation scholarship, Wayne State College Leadership Award, Wayne State College Foundation Scholarship, Wayne State College, Honors Program, Alternate RHOP Recipient, Universal Technical Institute Scholarhsip, UNK Deans Scholarship, UNK Chancellor's Scholarship, Kiwanis Scholarship and the Dorothy Stanosheck "Grandma Dot" Memorial Scholarship.
Tyler Klecan:
SCC High School Senior Scholarship, Nebraska Past Exalted Rulers Scholarship, Knights of Columbus Scholarship and the Charles and Orene Hinds Scholarship
Zachary Reiman:
DOEA Scholarship and the UNK Band Scholarship
Cody Scheele:
Burdell Van Boening Memorial Scholarhsip, CCC ACT Advantage Scholarship, Horseshoe Farmer's Band Scholarship, and the OACE Scholarship.
Bailey Schroeder:
Sheriff's Report:
May 2: A vehicle was stopped for speeding and cited for no proof of insurance.
May 3: A vehicle was stopped for speeding. The driver was found to have an active warrant and had no proof of insurance. The driver was arrested on the warrant and cited for no proof of insurance.
May 7: Traffic stop leads to the arrest of a male driver for driving under the influence of alcohol in Steele City.
May 7: Report of a theft in Jansen.
May 9: Possible suicidal subject in rural Endicott. Subject was located and was fine.
May 12: Traffic stop resulted in a citation for possession of marijuana, one ounce or less, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
May 14: Melissa A. Bennett was westbound on Highway 8 in a 2015 Chevrolet when a deer came out of the south ditch, making contact with the front of the vehicle, causing $3,000 of damage.
Friday (Times are approximate)
Fairbury: 9 a.m. Triple Jump-Brent Hirsch, second flight
9 a.m. 3200 meter run- Patrick Ondrak, Row 6
Diller/Odell: 9 a.m. Discus-Paige Vitosh, fifth thrower
Meridian: 9 a.m. Pole Vault-Andi Kort, 11th jumper
Meridian: 100 meter high hurdles-Erin Johnson, 9:55 a.m.
Diller/Odell: 10:15 a.m. 110 meter high hurdles-Reese Hennerberg
Meridian: 10:35 a.m. 100 meter dash-Rasclyn Griffin
Meridian: 11:55 a.m. 3200 meters- Brianna Barton
Diller/Odell: Noon Triple jump-Christian McCown
Diller/Odell: 12:55 300 meter intermediate hurdles-Reese Hennerberg
T.C.: 3 p.m. Triple jump-Houston Parker, Flight 1
T.C.: 3:30 p.m. Shot put-Shane Jiskra, Flight 3
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High schools: Growing market for All-Star football games goes against OSSAA rule
The growing market for All-Star football games at the city, state, regional and national levels is bringing to light a long-standing rule in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association constitution that has become a point of contention for parents across the state.
The rule prevents football players in the 7th-11th grades who played for an OSSAA-member school team from participating in an All-Star game or with a non-school team for the duration of the school year.
Since most of these national competitions and "All-America" games are played in December and January, rather than during the summer, these athletes' OSSAA eligibility is threatened by choosing to play in such a game.
"It's a rule that's been in place as long as I've been with the association, and that's been over 16 years," OSSAA associate director David Jackson said. "It simply says that if you have represented your school during the current football season, then you're not allowed to play unattached with another team until after the school year."
Former Oklahoma quarterback Charles Thompson recently got involved with local teams in Football University, or FBU, an organization tied to the U.S. Army All-America game, which holds national tournaments for players starting in 6th grade.
Two Oklahoma FBU teams had been formed, one for 7th graders and one for 8th graders, with 140 players in all. But the teams learned of the rule that required them to withdraw from the competition.
State players have been selected for other national games, like the Eastbay All-America game, the Offense-Defense All-America Bowl, and the National Underclassmen Combine games.
Looking through rosters for these games, it would seem that Oklahoma is one of the few states preventing such participation.
"I think the rule is absurd. It's totally unfair and biased against football," Thompson said. "They allow club soccer, AAU basketball, softball and baseball to compete in non-sanctioned events throughout the year.
"I think this is an old rule that needs to be addressed and looked at. When I was in high school 25 years ago, there was only one All-America game. Times have changed."
The OSSAA membership has been trending in that direction with recent updates to this set of rules.
Previously, individual players were prohibited from participating in a camp, clinic or combine during the school year, but now can do so with school permission.
And until about 10 years ago, even seniors were prohibited from playing in All-Star games during the school year. That means Gerald McCoy or Barry J. Sanders or any of several other high school stars selected for the U.S. Army or Under Armour All-America games would have been prevented from playing.
Like it or not, the landscape of high school — and even junior high — football is changing, with parents who see a need to get national exposure for their child.
"I think it's unfair to me as a parent to not be allowed to let my kid participate in something outside of the OSSAA that I want to pay for," Thompson said. "I think kids should have the opportunity, if the parents deem it necessary, to go showcase their talents across the country.
"It could help a kid catapult himself — people laugh about 7th and 8th graders positioning themselves for the future — but it could help him be positioned in high school to gain more national exposure."
The timing becomes the primary issue. A game being played in January violates the rule, where the same game played in June does not.
Still, the OSSAA is simply following the rule that was initially approved by the membership, and the association would have no qualms with adjusting the rule if it was a change the member schools wanted. In fact, Jackson expects the issue to be discussed when the OSSAA meets with members of the Oklahoma Football Coaches Association.
"The rule was developed by the membership. They want us to enforce it, so that's what we're doing," Jackson said. "At the end of January, we'll meet with the football coaches' advisory committee, and that will be one of the topics that we discuss to determine whether or not that is a rule change they want to pursue."


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i busted my chain doing a skip hop approaching a red light. i was using a SRAM pc48 i think...its the one harris-cyclery sells cheap.
ive had the drivetrain for a while, do you all recommend that i replace the whole thing (ring, cog, chain), or will i be able to get by just replacing the chain?
i dont have the money for a whole drivetrain right now, i guess ill be commuting on my SS motobecane for a while..


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Designer, Developer
Inventor - Visual Storyteller - Creative/Art Director - UI/UX Designer
A brilliant story is powerful, crisp, relevant and involving. It moves us to believe. It drives us to act.
A brand is essentially a story told by marketers. Tell a great
story about your company, product or
service and you'll transform your position in the marketplace.
Anthony's objective is to tell the story that captures the island of Tobago
through his style of videography, photography and creative writing.
Then publish the story to the world through social media tools.
Toronto, Canada
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Presently Mr. Phills is preparing to talk at the "Invest Caribbean Now Summit" in New York and Developing the brand Idenity for the new development "Caribbean Market Village" in St. Lucia


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Compton wins the Babe Zaharias Courage Award
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Before he sets out to try to keep his PGA Tour card, Erik Compton received an award Wednesday that was just as meaningful.
Compton, a two-time heart transplant recipient, was selected for the Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award by the United States Sports Academy. The award is given to a person who shows courage in overcoming adversity to excel in sport.
Zaharias, among the greatest ever in LPGA Tour history, won her 10th and final major one month after surgery for colon cancer in 1953.
"She did something that I've never dream of doing - winning a major," Compton said. "I guess I have dreamed, but it just hasn't come true yet."
Compton received his first heart transplant at age 12. He went on to play for Georgia and compete on the Walker Cup team in 2001. He had a major heart attack in 2008, drove himself to the hospital and was fortunate to survive before getting a second heart transplant.
Just six months later, Compton was given an exemption to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at Disney and made the cut. He returns to Disney this year as a full PGA Tour member, having earned his card last year. But he is at No. 163 on the money list, and would need a runner-up finish to keep his card.
Along with playing a full schedule of 25 tournaments, Compton has been on a campaign to raise awareness for organ donations through "Donate Life" and a program called "Play Through with Erik Compton."
"Being able to do the hospital, being able to educate the local communities, even being able to speak to some of the doctors and the patients, it's just been a great year," Compton said. "I feel that my calling off the golf course will continue to grow even after my playing days are done. So you know, it started with the two lives that I have. On and off the golf course it's very comforting and I feel very confident of what I've done and what I'm able to do as a person."
PGA CEO: Golfweek magazine reported Wednesday that Pete Bevacqua has been offered the job as chief executive for the PGA of America and could be introduced later this week in Baltimore at the PGA's annual meeting.
Bevacqua, 41, had spent 11 years with the U.S. Golf Association as a lawyer and as the first chief business officer in 2007. He was in the running for LPGA Tour commissioner in 2009 (the job went to Mike Whan), and he resigned from the USGA in 2011. Bevacqua now works for the golf division at CAA Sports.
Joe Steranka announced in April that he would retire as CEO of the PGA of America at the end of this year.
The PGA of America, which has some 27,000 members, is to formally elect Ted Bishop as its next president this week at the annual meeting. It continues to discuss the U.S. captain for the 2014 Ryder Cup, though a decision is not expected this week.
ALSO AT STAKE: More is at stake this week at Disney than full PGA Tour cards this week.
Chris DiMarco is at No. 151 on the money list by $1,388. While he would need a runner-up finish to get into the top 125 to earn back full status, he would need to get into the top 150 to avoid the second stage of Q-school. Others outside the top 150 include past champions Joe Durant and Stuart Appleby.
Higher up the latter, William McGirt is at No. 70 and needs to stay there to be eligible for invitational events such as Bay Hill and the Memorial. And even higher up is No. 30 on the money list, which is worth an invitation to the Masters.


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Remembering How Black South Africans Won their Freedom
George Curry | 5/3/2013, 12:27 a.m. | Updated on 5/3/2013, 12:27 a.m.
A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy, how the United States propped up the White minority-rule government and the courage Black South Africans demonstrated to win their freedom.
A key aspect of the struggle is vividly captured in the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in the heart of Soweto, not far from the homes of Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. The name of the museum itself is steeped in unforgettable history. The most compelling image of the Soweto student protest of 1976 is a photo taken by Sam Nzima.
In the foreground of a crowd of Black student protesters is a tearful Mbuyisa Makhuba, a high school student, running with the small, limp body of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson and his screaming sister, Antoinette, running beside them.
The teenager's story is told inside the museum under the heading, "An individual life can change society." It begins: "Hector Pieterson lost his life under police fire on June 16, 1976 during a student march protesting Afrikaans as the language of instruction in African schools. He was thirteen years old. News of his death and the violence that subsequently erupted in most African townships in South Africa spread rapidly across the world. In his death Hector Pieterson became a symbol of the plight of the black South African youth under the yoke of Apartheid."
It continued, "His public funeral commemorated, as does this museum, all those who died as a result of the tragic events of June 16, 1976 – a turning point in the struggle towards a true South African democracy."
Hector Pieterson became one of many martyrs of the fight against apartheid, a rigid system of racial segregation designed to keep the White minority in control of the country's political, economic and social system.
In fact, Pieterson's last protest march was prompted by the ruling National Party's decision to force Black schools to use Afrikaans – which Bishop Desmond Tutu called "the language of oppression" – and English in equal measure.
On April 20, 1976, students at Orlando West Junior High School went on strike, refusing to go to school. The protest quickly spread to other schools in Soweto. On the morning of June 16, an estimated 20,000 students started walking from the junior high school to Orlando Stadium, where they had planned to hold a mass rally before continuing to the regional office of the Department of Bantu Education.
Instead of allowing the students to walk peacefully, police barricaded the march route and unleashed dogs on the crowd. According to some news accounts, students stoned the dogs and police soon began opening fire on the students, killing 13-year-old Pieterson and 22 others that day, all but two of whom were Black. At the end of a series of protests, called the Soweto uprising, estimates of those killed ranged from 176 to more than 600.
The violent attack on the children thrust the African National Congress (ANC) to the forefront of Black political protest and ignited international protests. But that did not curb the all-White police force's appetite for violence.
There are other reminders throughout the museum. There is a picture of a small, naked child being drenched in a bottle of water to soothe her pain in tears. Another photograph contains student protesters, with one holding up a sign reading, "To hell with Afrikaans."
Erected in 2002, the museum honors the memory of the students who died in the uprising. A brick bearing each name is built into the ground just steps from the entrance of the museum, which is only two blocks away from where Pieterson was killed.
The inscription about Hector Pieterson in the museum ends by noting, "When National Youth Day is celebrated each year on June 16 at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum, it becomes a national site of commemoration, also reflecting current changes in the articulation of the South African democracy."
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge" www.twitter.com/currygeorge.


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Northside Community Council voted July 21 to allow a needle exchange program in the neighborhood. The effort, run by the Cincinnati Exchange Program, will start sometime in August and operate from a van one day a week for three hours at a time. Planned Parenthood will also participate, providing testing services for diseases like HIV and hepatitis.
Exchanges, which aim to cut down the transmission of those diseases among intravenous drug users, have been controversial in the city. A similar effort in Springdale earlier this year was shut down after just a few weeks due to outcry from some in the community. But the community council in Northside thinks the program is worth it.
"The community has been doing its due diligence as to how the program would work and what the repercussions are, and decided the health benefits definitely outweigh any consequences," said Northside Community Council President Ollie Kroner. "Northside wants to be part of the solution to the heroin epidemic."
A 2012 study by the U.S. National Library of Medicine found that needle exchange programs can greatly reduce the number used syringes found littering streets. And a 2004 study by the World Health Organization found that exchanges do not increase the rate of heroin use in areas where they are undertaken.
Heroin addiction has been rising steadily in Ohio in the past five years. 2012 Ohio Department of Health data shows that 159 people in Hamilton County died from heroin overdoses, a 6 percent increase over the year before. Experts trace the epidemic to an increase in the availability of prescription opiates in the last decade. As Ohio has cracked down on those drugs, addicts turn to other, similar drugs to experience the same high. The most popular by far is heroin.
Local organizations, including Northside-based Caracole work hard to fight heroin addiction and prevent overdoses. But as heroin use increases, needles infected with various blood-borne diseases including HIV and hepatitis are a serious concern. Hepatitis C in particular has been increasing among intravenous drug users in the area. Needle exchanges allow a person to exchange a used needle for a new, sterile one, so they at least won't catch deadly diseases associated with intravenous drug use. The exchanges also cut down on the level of needle litter, meaning less risk of exposure for community members who aren't using.
Opponents say exchanges encourage heroin use, but supporters of the programs say the availability of clean needles alone won't sway a person to take or not take the incredibly addictive drug.
Kroner said the effort is a six-month pilot program to demonstrate the benefits of needle exchanges. Though some in the community have expressed concerns that the exchange will create a perception that Northside has a heroin issue, Kroner emphasized that the program isn't a response to any specific drug problem in the community.
"What we're really hoping is that Northside can show that this kind of program can work in other communities," Kroner said.
Mayor John Cranley is trying to find a compromise over whether early voting will move out of downtown after the 2016 general election, as some Republicans in the county government have suggested. Cranley called for a meeting with Hamilton County Board of Elections Chairman and Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim Burke, Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantafilou, Cincinnati NAACP President Ishton Morton and Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel. The meeting will aim to "discuss alternatives the City of Cincinnati can offer to accommodate early voting downtown after the 2016 elections. (Cranley) believes that such a discussion is consistent with the recommendation of the secretary of state that there be an effort to find a nonpartisan solution to the existing disagreement."
With a $12 million price tag in mind, Cranley remains worried Cincinnati is paying too much for a downtown grocery and apartment tower project. But the project is truly one of a kind, claims The Business Courier: The tower would boast nearly twice the number of luxury apartments of any other project underway in Over-the-Rhine or downtown. And it would replace a decrepit garage and establish the first full-scale grocery store downtown in decades.
A study found Ohio teens' painkiller abuse dropped by 40 percent between 2011 and 2013. State officials quickly took credit for the drop, claiming their drug prevention strategies are working. But because the Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey only has two sets of data on painkillers to work with — one in 2011 and another in 2013 — it's possible the current drop is more statistical noise than a genuine downturn, so the 2015 and 2017 studies will be under extra scrutiny to verify the trend.
Similarly, fewer Ohio teens say they're drinking and smoking. But 46 percent say they text while driving.
Ohio's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in January, down from 7.3 percent the year before. The numbers reflect both rising employment and dropping unemployment in the previous year.
To prove his conservative bona fides, Ky. Sen. Mitch McConnell touted a rifle when he walked on stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
The other Kentucky senator, Rand Paul, will headline a Hamilton County Republican Party dinner.
Researchers studied a woman who claims she can will herself out of her body.
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Ohioans are moving left on marijuana and same-sex marriage, according to a poll released Monday by Quinnipiac University.
The poll found an overwhelming majority — 87 percent — of Ohioans support legalizing marijuana for medical uses. About 51 percent support allowing adults to legally possess a small amount of the drug. And 83 percent agree marijuana is equally or less dangerous than alcohol.
At the same time, 50 percent of Ohio voters now support same-sex marriage, compared to 44 percent who do not.
A plurality of voters — 34 percent versus 26 percent — also disapproved of Gov. John Kasich's handling of abortion. (In the latest state budget, Kasich and his fellow Republicans in the Ohio legislature imposed new restrictions on abortions and abortion providers.)
Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,370 registered Ohio voters from Feb. 12 to Feb. 17 for the poll, producing a 2.7 percent margin of error.
The findings indicate the state is moving left on the biggest social issues of the day.
In 2004, Ohioans approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Last year, a Saperstein Associates poll conducted for The Columbus Dispatch found 63 percent of Ohioans favor legalizing medical marijuana, but 59 percent said they oppose full-on legalization. (Given the different methodologies, it's unclear how Saperstein Associates' results compare to Quinnipiac University's poll.)
Whether the liberal shift applies to ballot initiatives remains to be seen. This year, two groups aim to get medical marijuana and same-sex marriage on the Ohio ballot.
Contrary to what polling numbers might imply, it currently seems more likely same-sex marriage will end up on the ballot this year. FreedomOhio, which is leading the effort, says it already has the petition signatures required to get the issue on the ballot in November, even though other LGBT groups, including Equality Ohio, say the effort should wait until 2016.
Meanwhile, the Ohio Rights Group admits it doesn't yet have the signatures required to get medical marijuana on the ballot. The organization has until July to gather 385,247 petition signatures, which in large part must come from at least half of Ohio's 88 counties. In the very unlikely scenario the Ohio Rights Group gets all the petitions in circulation back with 36 legitimate signatures filled out on each, the organization would have about 246,000 signatures.
Still, with support seemingly growing, it seems unlikely medical marijuana and same-sex marriage will remain illegal in Ohio for much longer.
Mayor John Cranley says his parking plan intends to alleviate Cincinnati's ongoing budget woes by increasing parking revenue, but the plan will need approval from a majority of City Council to become law. The plan wouldn't increase parking meter rates downtown, but it would increase neighborhood rates by 25 cents to 75 cents an hour. The plan would also increase enforcement at parking meters, which could lead to more tickets, and extend enforcement hours to 9 p.m. around the University of Cincinnati, Short Vine in Corryville, Over-the-Rhine and downtown. But the plan would not give control of the city's parking meter rates and hours to outside entities, like the parking privatization plan did. Cranley plans to send the proposal to the Neighborhood Committee, with a full council vote possible in two weeks.
An Ohio House committee yesterday cleared a pair of controversial election bills that would reduce the state's early voting period by one week — effectively eliminating a "Golden Week" in which voters can register and vote at the same time — and restrict counties' abilities to mail out absentee ballot applications. The bills wouldn't go into effect until after the May 6 primary. Democrats say the bills are blatant attempts at voter suppression, but Republicans, some of whom acknowledge they politically benefit from reduced access to voting, say the reform is necessary to eliminate voting disparities between urban and rural counties. The bills still need approval from the Republican-controlled Ohio House and Republican Gov. John Kasich to become law.
A bill placing age requirements on electronic cigarettes
yesterday passed an Ohio Senate committee. Critics of the bill argue it
doesn't go far enough because it puts e-cigarettes in a different
category than tobacco, which exempts e-cigarettes from higher taxes and
stricter regulations even though they contain addictive substances and
potential health risks. Kasich and the rest of the legislature need to OK the proposal before it becomes law.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center reopened three school-based health clinics closed after Neighborhood Health Care's abrupt shutdown.
A poll worker in Avondale allegedly voted twice, according to the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
The Ohio Department of Education plans to increase the number of weeks schools can administer state tests to alleviate time concerns brought on by excessive snow days.
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Mayor John Cranley, Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffery Blackwell and several other local leaders expect to announce a $1 million plan to add more cops, including a new recruit class, to help fight a local rise in homicides and violent crime. Besides the additional officers, the plan will also restart a unit focused on gangs and put more emphasis on "hot spots" of potential crime. The announcement follows a rough start to the year that's already experienced higher-than-normal levels of violence. CityBeat will cover the announcement in further detail as the news breaks.
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Rises in heroin and prescription
painkiller abuse have languished lawmakers in Ohio and across the
country in the past year, with some calling it an epidemic and others blaming it for an increase in crimes and deaths.
The issue has taken particular root in Ohio, where lawmakers have joined a chorus of advocates to prevent more drug abuse. On Thursday, Gov. John Kasich announced an initiative that encourages parents and schools to talk with their children about the dangers of drug abuse. In the Ohio legislature, lawmakers are hashing out harsher penalties and regulations in an attempt to prevent prescription painkiller and heroin abuse.
But many of these ideas, while genuine in their effort to address the problem, fall under the same framework of the war on drugs, a policy that has largely failed in reducing the demand or supply of illicit drugs over the past few decades.
Isaac Campos, a drug history professor at the University of Cincinnati and author of Home Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico's War on Drugs, is highly critical of the war on drugs. He talked to CityBeat over the phone Friday. The interview, below, is edited for length and clarity.
CityBeat: What do you make of the ongoing discussion about an opiate epidemic?
Isaac Campos: From what I've read, there's been a big increase in overdoses throughout the Midwest. The most interesting and plausible thing is that the Mexican distributors started distributing much higher-potency heroin as the crackdowns of cocaine and other things have had some effect. They moved into the heroin business and started distributing higher potency of heroin, which allows the people along the supply chain to make higher profits by cutting the heroin so they can get a lot more bang for their buck, basically. It also means users can get heroin for much cheaper than OxyContin or whatever they normally use. That's No. 1.
No. 2 is they can not only get it cheaper, but it tends to be much higher potency than what they got before and maybe what they're used to. That's the No. 1 cause of heroin doses: the lack of knowledge about the potency of the particular drug that somebody's taking. So if the potencies are substantially higher, you're very likely to get tons of overdoses.
CB: The governor unveiled an initiative essentially asking parents and schools to more openly discuss drug use with students. And then the state legislature is considering strengthening rules on prescription painkillers. Based on what you know, do these kind of solutions work?
IC: The thing about it is clearly the problem is a mini-balloon effect that always happens. In this case, you put pressure on prescription opiates, and that has led to being harder to get them. They've also changed the formula to make OxyContin less pleasurable for users. And so they made it less desirable to take the stuff that people were taking before, so what people have done is started taking something else.
They've also made it more difficult for the drug distributors to make a profit with what they were distributing before, so they've changed to something else.
I think the idea that students don't know that heroin is dangerous is utterly preposterous. … I suppose it's a good thing to tell students — if they are actually going to tell them the truth — that these potencies are unpredictable and could kill them. But I imagine they might not tell them that; they might just tell them, "Heroin is dangerous for you." You'd have to be living under a rock to not know that.
CB: As you alluded to, one study found cracking down on prescription painkillers might push people to use heroin. We've talked about the hydra effect before, in which one drug or dealer inevitably replaces a suppressed drug or dealer. Do you think this situation shows the same cause-and-effect?IC: Absolutely. The hydra effect is usually used in respect to dealers, but we've seen this before back in the 1930s. A lot of people were smoking opium. It was the fashionable thing to do — and smoking opium really isn't that bad for you — but there was a crackdown on that.
Also, when the Italian mafia took over the business, they
decided to make it more profitable and squeeze out the smoking opium.
So all these smoking opium users switched to morphine or heroin, which are more dangerous and harder to predict. So you end up getting more deaths because the really dangerous thing about heroin is you just don't know what the dosage is.
CB: Based on your research, what kind of solutions do you think would work? I know before we talked about Switzerland and the success they've had there with a maintenance-dose program.IC: I always thought the much smarter course of action is to allow opiate addicts to have safe doses of opiates while trying to get them help to stop using opiates if that's what they want to do. Most of these addicts I'm sure would love to stop using at one point, but maybe they're not ready yet. But they would be much better off knowing what they're taking while they're not ready yet than overdosing on the street and buying from black-market dealers.
CB: Another aspect is how rarely officials go after the root of drug habits. It's mostly more penalties, criminalization, imprisonment and attempts to cut supply. But there are huge socioeconomic problems surrounding drug use. What do you think they could be doing better in this regard?
IC: One of the big problems is people don't realize drug problems are complex, so addiction is not simply a biological issue. The disease model does not explain what addiction really is. Addiction is a social, cultural and psychological problem; it's not simply a disease of the brain.
I think that's a big problem because that suggests the root of the problem is these drugs that hijack your brain, as some like to say, when really the problem is a much broader one that involves what's going on in your life when you become a drug addict.
Of course, that's way too complicated for politicians to utter. …
But addiction problems are real problems. People really do become addicted to drugs and it ends up being bad for their lives. But most of the bad things that happen to them are because the drugs are illegal. …
We can't really expect the government to figure out all these issues. But we could hope that the government would have a more rational policy, like, for example, what's going on in Colorado and Washington, where they're dealing with marijuana in a more rational way.
CB: Switching subjects a bit, in the past year, Cincinnati saw a rise in local homicides and gun violence. Police say gang-related activity and drug trafficking is to blame. We've talked about this before, but do you think decriminalization or legalization could help put an end to this kind of violence?
IC: Oh, yeah. I don't know what percent of shootings and that sort of thing in Cincinnati are related to drugs, but they're related to illicit drugs, not people taking drugs.
Changing policy would have a big impact. You wouldn't have these people fighting out this black-market turf over these drugs that are incredibly profitable because they're illegal.
It would also have a huge effect in not sending so many people to prison, which are essentially schools of crime that totally screw people up psychologically and are places where you're breeding more violence.
CB: Do you think that creates a vicious cycle in which people are moving in and out of prisons?
IC: Absolutely. And not only the people who are actually going in and out of prison, but all the kids of the parents who are in prison who are growing out without their parents. I think it has a massive effect. There's so many pernicious effects to this policy. It's incredible.
CB: Last time you and I talked about this, I mentioned that some war on drug supporters say gangs would just resort to selling other contraband if drugs were legalized. But you said, "How much easier is it to move two kilos of cocaine, which are worth $50,000 or so, across the U.S. border than it is to move $50,000 worth of assault rifles?" That stuck with me. Could you elaborate on that?
IC: There's no doubt that even if we legalized all drugs tomorrow, you'd still have these big criminal organizations that have been making a lot of money off them. But over the long-term — or medium- or short-term, even — they'd start feeling a really strong pinch from losing all this drug revenue. They'll still try to make money, but they're not going to sustain their operations without the incredible revenue stream that they're getting from drugs. Ultimately, all those organization will be weakened.
I mean, they're so strong today because they can afford to arm themselves like an army and they can afford the kind of technology to thwart the high technology being directed at them. …
Right now, they're legitimate security threats to states. But they would never be that on just arms running, prostitution or that sort of thing.
If your medicine cabinet could use a good fall cleaning, think about de-cluttering tomorrow during National Drug Take-Back day so you can properly dispose of the pills and make sure they don't get into the wrong hands.
The local prescription take-back is sponsored by the Hamilton Country Sheriff Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Prescription drug abuse is a rampant public safety and health issues, and take-back programs are one of a number of public health measures communities can take to reduce prescription drug abuse in their neighborhoods.
Even flushing the pills down the toilet poses its own risks; the chemicals could make their way into our water supplies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that fish have suffered serious deformities from pharmaceutical-tainted water supplies, and it could affect humans, too, although the research isn't strong enough to draw any solid conclusions yet.
There are three locations around the city where you can bring old prescriptions (all locations are open from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.):
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 20 percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for reasons other than which they were prescribed. In 2010, 7 million Americans abused a prescription drug; pain relieving medications like Vicodin and Oxycontin are the most commonly abused drugs.
Unintentional drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in Ohio. The state has experienced a 440 percent growth rate in accidental overdose deaths from 1999 to 2011.
According to DrugAbuse.gov, teenagers are especially likely to abuse medications because of their easy accessibility and a lack of awareness about the consequences of abuse.
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The Ohio Supreme Court upheld most of the controversial ballot language for Issue 4 — the tea party-backed city charter amendment that would semi-privatize Cincinnati's pension system — but the court also concluded that the Hamilton County Board of Elections must add language about how much the city can contribute to the new retirement accounts. The amendment would require future city employees to contribute to and manage individual 401k-style retirement accounts, instead of placing them under the current pension system in which the city pools pension funds and manages the investments through an independent board. Voters will make the final decision on the amendment on Nov. 5, although some already voted early on ballots that included the full controversial language. CityBeat analyzed the amendment — and how it could reduce benefits for city employees and raise costs for the city — in further detail here.
Mayoral candidate John Cranley says he would reject and doesn't want an endorsement from the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), a conservative group formed in 1999 with a history of anti-LGBT causes. The response came just two days after COAST on Oct. 8 tweeted that it supported — but not endorsed — Cranley and council candidates Amy Murray, Chris Smitherman and Charlie Winburn for a "change of direction." In response, Councilman Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati's first openly gay council member, called on all candidates to reject COAST's support because the conservative group's most public members previously opposed LGBT rights and backed efforts to make it illegal for the city to deem gays and lesbians a protected class in anti-discrimination statutes.
A historic preservation society in Ludlow, Ky., is attempting to block a transitional housing facility that provides low-cost housing for recovering addicts as they get their lives back in order. Even though the facility's two buildings aren't designated as "historic," the Ludlow Historic Society wrote in an email that it's "concerned because we are striving to maintain and improve our housing stock in Ludlow, and especially make the city a desirable place for young people to own their homes and raise their families." There's not much information on the ripple effect transitional housing has on communities, but a 2010 study found residents of transitional housing were achieving significant improvement or total abstinence.
Ohio officials are considering rules that would allow oil and gas drillers to store fracking wastewater in lagoons the size of football fields then recycle the wastewater for further use. Fracking is a drilling technique in which millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand are pumped underground to unlock oil and gas reserves, but the technique produces potentially toxic wastewater that has to be deposited or recycled somewhere. CityBeat covered fracking and the environmental controversy surrounding it in further detail here.
A state senator proposed a bill that attempts to keep the monthly per-member growth of Medicaid costs at 3 percent or lower, down from the current projections of 4.6 percent. But the bill doesn't specify how it would reach the savings required and instead calls on the legislature and state administration to find a solution. The bill also doesn't take up the federally funded Medicaid expansion, which the Health Policy Institute of Ohio previously found would generate $1.8 billion for the state and insure nearly half a million Ohioans in the next decade.
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Anywhere but here.
That's the common response when city residents are asked where group homes for men and women experiencing homelessness and/or recovering from drug or alcohol addiction should be operated.
While most citizens seem to agree that the group recovery facilities like halfway homes and supportive housing are generally a good thing, there's one point everyone seems to disagree on: where to put them.
Most recently, a 100-unit supportive housing development that would house chronically homeless and disabled, low-income individuals became the subject of much ire when residents near the proposed site in Avondale complained the facility would threaten the safety and revival efforts in an area already oversaturated with low-income housing.
Now, a Ludlow, Ky., branch of a local entity operating
transitional housing facilities for recovering addicts across the
Greater Cincinnati area is facing scrutiny from the Ludlow Historic
Society, a small advocacy group that works to promote and preserve the
neighborhood's historic buildings.
In an email to society members obtained by CityBeat, Ludlow Historic Society President Ruth Bamberger wrote:
While we believe that ex-addicts need housing, the city has serious concerns with its ability under current law to control or limit housing to this population. The Ludlow Historic Society is likewise concerned because we are striving to maintain and improve our housing stock in Ludlow, and especially make the city a desirable place for young people to own their homes and raise their families.
Bamberger specifically cited concerns about the program's legitimacy, its proximity to schools and its affect on the Ludlow housing market.
New Foundations Transitional Living (NFTL), a for-profit, private transitional housing operator founded in 2010, runs seven sober houses across the Greater Cincinnati area for men and women who have successfully completed a detox or rehab program and have been discharged from the court system.
NFTL also works with treatment centers and probation officers to monitor residents entering the program. The program supports itself completely from rental fees paid by patients in the program; residents are charged $322 per month for housing, amenities and some therapeutic and rehabilitation services.
Transitional living facilities for drug and alcohol rehabilitation generally provide low-cost housing to people recovering from addiction interested in getting their lives back on track, while "halfway houses" usually cater to people recently released from incarceration that need more rehabilitation to assimilate back into society.
Jason Lee Overbey, director for New Foundations Transitional Living, thinks that Bamberger's contempt is berthed from misinformation and stereotyping. "New Foundations is not low-income housing," he says. "We are not a shelter. We are an organization providing residents a safe place to reside — with structure, observation and assignments — to begin and maintain their journey in recovery."
Overbey says that all applicants go through an extensive screening prior to being accepted. NFTL doesn't accept sex offenders, arsonists or anyone with an open felony or misdemeanor warrant, and prospective residents also have to commit to stay drug- or alcohol-free and maintain employment.
"The people that live in our facilities dress nice, they smell nice, they're educated," he says. "A lot of our residents are professionals themselves. They pay taxes, shop, go to church, give back to the community in Ludlow. Who should we be more worried about, them or someone anonymous in the neighborhood who could be violent or actively abusing?"
The Ludlow, Ky., location, Elm Men's House, currently houses 13 patients who have either willingly checked themselves into the program and were accepted following a comprehensive application process or ordered to live in one of the facilities by a court, although those mandated comprise less than half of NFTL's residents.
The Historical Society held a private meeting on Tuesday,
Oct. 8 in Ludlow's City Council chambers with City Administrator Brian
Richmond. Overbey says the Historical Society has not responded to New Foundations' meeting requests.
Neither of the two buildings encompassing the Ludlow facility are actually designated as "historic."
There's not much information on the community ripple effects of transitional housing, although one 2010 study found residents were achieving significant improvement or total abstinence, ultimately concluding:
The promising outcomes for SLH residents suggest that sober living houses might play more substantive roles for persons: 1) completing residential treatment, 2) attending outpatient treatment, 3) seeking non-treatment alternatives for recovery, and 4) entering the community after criminal justice incarceration.
The Ludlow Historic Society could not be reached for comment.
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Five must-have time management web services for small businesses
Work smart, not hard.
Efficiency is a key ingredient to any recipe for success, and time management is a vital component of efficiency. These days, lives revolve around the clock, and it's everybody's goal to squeeze the most out of every minute. To accomplish this, small businesses should rely on affordable, web-based services that will minimize manual effort and maximize time savings.
For this, Techvibes turned to Arash Shiva, co-founder of Vanouver startup OpenCal, for some of their favourite services of the sort. We cover five core areas of time management: to-do lists, project management, time tracking, invoicing, and - OpenCal's specialty -online appointment scheduling.
1. To-do lists. Everybody has at least one to-do list on the go at any given time, if not several. Managing these on one's computer is more efficient than filling pockets with unsorted, crumpled, ink-stained notes. "Things" is OpenCal's recommended solution. It's Mac only for computers, but is also available for the iPhone and iPad, making it a widely accessible portable service. PC users may want to try Backpack.
2. Project Management. This is about as essential as you get. A project without sufficient management is an almost guaranteed failure. Fortunately, there are lots of options: SocialCast, whose slogan is aptly succinct: "Collaboration made simple." Or, the wide-open, cross-everything Redmine, which runs on Ruby on Rails. Alternatively, you can create an enterprise portal for free at TeamLab, or Huddle with your team to get things done. There's plenty of project management assistance to go around - now somebody just has to do the project itself!
3. Time tracking. Now that you've got your project outlined, and it's at the top of your to-do list, it's time to get to work. While working, though, many small businesses and freelancers need to track their time for work input - either for their client's eventual invoice, their own personal gauges, or both. Most people are aware that the brilliant Freshbooks has time tracking services now, which is OpenCal's recommendation, but for variety there is also Harvest, starting at $12 per month.
4. Invoicing. You've scratched off the project from your to-do list and punched the clock. Now comes the good stuff - getting paid! Well, soon anyway. First you have to send the invoice. Obviously, there is again the famous Freshbooks as a capable invoicing solution. But Ballpark, developed by Victoria's own MetaLab Design, is an alternative worth a look - it has monthly plans starting as low as $6 and may make more financial sense for those caught awkwardly between Freshbook's free and entry-level paid subscription.
5. Scheduling appointments. It's back to the beginning: add to your to-do list that you've got to stage some meetings with potential clients for that next big project. Do so with Vancouver's own OpenCal, a well designed online appointment scheduling service for businesses.
Now, you're well equipped to tackle time and win. You can thank us later - just put it on your to-do list so you don't forget.


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