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Tune in TONIGHT to 'Fighting Lung Cancer: A Woman's Inspiration' | Health
Increasingly, more and more people who've never smoked a day in their life are being diagnosed with lung cancer. And while lung cancer causes more deaths annually than any other form of cancer, if caught early, recovery is at its best.
News 10 and Mercy Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento invite you to tune in to a special half-hour segment "Fighting Lung Cancer: A Woman's Inspiration" Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m.
You will be introduced to local women, all non-smokers, who were diagnosed with lung cancer incidentally, and learn about the movement that seeks to screen and catch lung cancer early—for the best possible treatment outcomes.
Again, this show airs Thursday, November 29, at 7:30pm on News10. You won't want to miss it!


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Suspected Kansas Shooter Had Ties To KKK
The man suspected of killing three people at a Jewish community center and retirement home is a white supremacist formerly of the Ku Klux Klan. As Frank Morris of KCUR reports, 73-year-old Frazier Glen Cross once ran a paramilitary camp in North Carolina. Cross may have been planning the shooting for months.

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Department of Justice
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Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to more than 14 Years in Federal Prison
Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges yesterday sentenced Renita Mount Rayner (53, Tampa) to 14 years and 7 months in federal prison for three counts of robbery of a federally insured financial institution and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The court also ordered Rayner to forfeit $8,028, traceable proceeds of the offenses. Rayner pleaded guilty on February 13, 2014.
According to court documents, on November 12, 2013, Rayner entered an Ocala branch of Alarion Bank, displayed a handgun, and handed a teller a note that read, "Have gun. Will use it. Give me all the money." Once she had obtained $1,940, Rayner dropped the demand note and fled the bank in a red Honda automobile.
Detectives subsequently identified Rayner's thumbprint on the recovered demand note. They also confirmed that Rayner's car matched the description of the getaway vehicle. Days after the robbery, she was arrested on unrelated charges in the Tampa area. At the time of her arrest, Rayner had $1,602 in cash still inside of her purse.
Subsequent investigation showed that Rayner had committed at least two other robberies in the previous three months. On August 7, 2013, she walked into a Grow Financial Credit Union branch, in St. Petersburg. During that robbery, Rayner handed a teller a note that read, "Give me all your money, do not give a dye pack." After obtaining $3,348, Rayner fled the credit union in the same red getaway car. When surveillance images of the robbery were released to the media, one of Rayner's long-time friends recognized her as the robber and contacted authorities.
On September 5, 2013, Rayner robbed a Dunedin branch of BB&T bank. In that incident, Rayner handed a note to a bank employee that read, "Give me all your money, I have a gun and I am not afraid to use it." After taking $2,740, Rayner fled the bank. Investigators ultimately recovered from a nearby trash can the demand note, wig and sunglasses that Rayner had used as a disguise. Rayner's fingerprints were found on the sunglasses. Her DNA was later identified on the discarded wig.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Marion County Sheriff's Office; the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office; the City of St. Petersburg Police Department; and the State Attorney's Offices for Marion and Pinellas Counties. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert E. Bodnar, Jr.


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When Netgear announced a short time ago that they'd be going right after Roku by undercutting the 2 XS's price, it finally appeared that the media streaming market would get some long overdue competition.
It's only fitting that as I was handing in my Netgear NeoTV review that Roku bit back, delivering to CNET a new and very capable LT model that costs only $50. The LT doesn't sacrifice any major functionality, and the device retains all the content support that Roku's success has been founded on.
Netgear's NeoTV is certainly an attractively priced device, going for around $75 depending where you shop online. Its main (and pretty much only) functionality is content delivery, with tons of preprogrammed channels built into its user interface.
The NeoTV itself is supersmall, covered in a shiny black plastic encasing. Measuring 4 inches wide by 4 inches deep by 1 inch tall, it practically fits anywhere and is reasonably small enough to be considered portable.
NeoTV provides one-click access to dozens of content providers including Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, TED, Revision3, CNN, and even our own CNET. These channels are displayed in a gridlike fashion and are further categorized on the main screen's left side. NeoTV also offers 10 playable games onscreen, though I'm really not into playing games with a TV remote control. They range from card games like Blackjack and Hold 'em to Sudoku and Connect 4. I suppose they're good enough to pass a few minutes of time, but it's not a bullet-point feature of the unit.
I really like how zippy the remote control response onscreen is--there's very little noticeable lag in navigating through the various categories and settings. The overall presentation is really sharp (my testing was done in 1080p mode) and the video stream does an excellent job of switching feed qualities during playback. Videos start very quick and almost always improve in quality after about 20 to 30 seconds in.


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These days, many consumers find themselves being unable to repay their unsecured personal debts valued at more than £1,500. When this happens, it is sometimes possible to enter sequestration as a type of insolvency. This can help deal with the bulk of your financial stress.
Sequestration in Inverurie is a type of insolvency that will result in any assets you have being transferred into an appointed trustee's control. This enables them to be used to repay creditors to the fullest possible extent. In effect, sequestration is equivalent to bankruptcy in Scotland.
Sequestration is intended as a final resort and when a consumer is genuinely not able to repay their outstanding unsecured debts in any way whatsoever. It is possible to voluntarily enter sequestration if a consumer submits a debtor application because they want to gain control of their financial situation. Alternatively, creditors have the power to force an individual to enter sequestration so they can ensure that outstanding debts are repaid either partially or in full. In order for a creditor to sequestrate an individual, the amount owing to them must be equal to or more than £3,000.
You will need to develop a relationship with an insolvency practitioner (IP). They will assess your financial situation to determine whether you will qualify for sequestration or not. If appropriate, your IP will provide you with a debtor application pack and a Certificate of Sequestration. This is submitted to the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB), who will process everything within 5 working days and have a Trustee appointed to you.
Your appointed Trustee will manage any assets you have and see what ability you have to repay outstanding unsecured debts to your creditors. They decide what the best method will be settle outstanding debt as much as possible by selling any valuable assets and setting up a workable payment plan for them.
The Trustee also communicates with your creditors to inform them that you will most likely not be able to fully repay them. They have 60 days to let each of your creditors know that you have been sequestrated.
In some cases, your creditors may still try to demand payment from you. However, once sequestered, you do not have to respond to any creditors other than through your Trustee.
Depending on your level of affordability, you could still be required to make scheduled payments towards outstanding accounts once you have been discharged from the sequestration. However, this stipulation will only need to be adhered to for a period of four years after your arrangement has been put in place. A calculator called the Common Financial Tool will be used to determine how much you can afford to repay your creditors.
This is the main benefit of sequestration because it enables you to make a fresh financial start. Although there are downsides to sequestration, it is sometimes the only way for Inverurie residents to resolve their financial problems.
Because an appointed Trustee communicates with your creditors on your behalf, you will no longer receive harassing phone calls or messages.
Sequestration will have a negative effect on your credit rating, and this will remain with you for six years after being discharged from it. Once the six years have passed, you will be able to start repairing your credit rating again.
After discharge, your credit options will be severely limited in that you won't be able to obtain credit of more than £2,000 (and for up to six months if it was an MAP sequestration).
You will have to hand assets to your Trustee when entering sequestration. This can have an unsettling effect on you and your family.
Once sequestered, you won't be allowed to act as a company director any longer.
It is essential that you obtain professional advice before deciding to enter sequestration, as there may be alternative options that will be more suited to your financial situation.
Provided that you fully cooperate with your Trustee while your sequestration is in place, you will normally be relieved from it 12 months after initially being declared bankrupt. However, if you fail to fulfill your Trustee's requirements, you could find your discharge date being postponed.
The basis for sequestration is that it only applies in cases where a consumer owes unsecured debts to one or more creditors, but is unable to repay them. This is why the process involves transferring control of your assets to a Trustee. It is up to the Trustee to find an appropriate resolution that is fair to all concerned parties.
This means that if you own property, it will most likely enter the sequestration process. This means your home may need to be sold so that funds from there can be used to pay towards outstanding debts. However, this could depend on the current value of your Aberdeenshire home and the costs associated with selling it- your Trustee will make the final decision in this regard.
After entering sequestration, you may be required to sell your vehicle. However, this may not always be the case because sequestration is actually intended to provide you with the best possible opportunity to repay outstanding debts. This means that if you rely on a vehicle to get to and from work, your Trustee will take this into consideration before making a decision.
There are alternative procedures in place for Inverurie individuals who enter sequestration that have low income levels and little to no assets. They will normally be declared bankrupt by means of the Minimal Asset Process (MAP).
You only qualify for this option if you owe more than £1,500 but less than £17,000 worth of unsecured debt. Your assets will also need to be valued at less than £2,000 (no single asset may be worth more than £1,000). Your income will also need to be entirely from benefits or be determined as being insufficient to make any contribution to your bankruptcy according to the Common Financial Tool calculator. You may also not own property or have been declared bankrupt in the past five years (or 10 years if you have already been through a MAP bankruptcy).
With an MAP bankruptcy, you will normally be discharged after six months. However, some restrictions with regards to credit will remain in place for a further six months thereafter.
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- Main article: Mount Doom
Orodruin is the original Sindarin name of the volcano in Mordor, also known as Amon Amarth or Mount Doom in Gondor.
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Orodruin is glossed as "burning mountain"[1] and "mountain of the red flame".[2] The name likely consists of orod ("mountain") + ruin ("fiery red").[3]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 769
- ↑ Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth at Tolkiendil.com (accessed 14 July 2011)


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Morenci's zoning board of appeals will consider a request for a new sign at the Charles Fay building on W. Coomer Street.
Toledo Sign Company filed for the hearing on behalf of ProMedica Health System for a sign that exceeds the size allowed by city ordinance.
The maximum size allowed for property zoned multi-family residential is five feet in height and 12 square feet, although ProMedica's existing sign is seven feet high and 35 square feet.
The proposed sign would stand nine feet, 10 inches and would measure about 60 square feet. The new sign would be erected closer to the building and would list the services offered: senior center, lab, Total Rehab and Dr. William Gray's office.
All of the existing services will soon be housed in the Fay building and the old hospital structure will be demolished.
The zoning board of appeals approved a similar request in June, said city administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder, but no action was taken and now the sign dimensions have been changed again by ProMedica.
The hearing is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in city hall.


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PROMETHAZINE (proe METH a zeen) is an antihistamine. It is used to treat allergic reactions and to treat or prevent nausea and vomiting from illness or motion sickness. It is also used to make you sleep before surgery, and to help treat pain or nausea after surgery.
Take this medicine by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Use a specially marked spoon or container to measure your medicine. Ask your pharmacist if you do not have one. Household spoons are not accurate. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed. This medicine should not be given to infants and children younger than 2 years old.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
blurred vision
irregular heartbeat, palpitations or chest pain
muscle or facial twitches
pain or difficulty passing urine
skin rash
slowed or shallow breathing
unusual bleeding or bruising
yellowing of the eyes or skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
nightmares, agitation, nervousness, excitability, not able to sleep (these are more likely in children)
stuffy nose
Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
MAOIs like Carbex, Eldepryl, Marplan, Nardil, Parnate
quinidine, including dextromethorphan; quinidine
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
certain medicines for depression, anxiety, or psychotic disturbances
certain medicines for anxiety or sleep
certain medicines for seizures like carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin
certain medicines for movement abnormalities as in Parkinson's disease, or for gastrointestinal problems
medicines for allergies or colds
muscle relaxants
narcotic medicines for pain
other medicines that prolong the QT interval (cause an abnormal heart rhythm)
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature, between 15 and 25 degrees C (59 and 77 degrees F). Do not freeze Protect from light. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
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pregnant or trying to get pregnant
Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not start to get better in 1 to 2 days.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. To reduce the risk of dizzy or fainting spells, do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. Alcohol may increase dizziness and drowsiness. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
Your mouth may get dry. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking hard candy, and drinking plenty of water may help. Contact your doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe.
This medicine may cause dry eyes and blurred vision. If you wear contact lenses you may feel some discomfort. Lubricating drops may help. See your eye doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe.
This medicine can make you more sensitive to the sun. Keep out of the sun. If you cannot avoid being in the sun, wear protective clothing and use sunscreen. Do not use sun lamps or tanning beds/booths.
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The issue:
A unionized job once meant a secure path to a middle-class life. Labor unions are still big political players, but they have seen a steady decline in membership and clout since their heyday in the 1950s.
Where they stand:
President Barack Obama has signed a series of executive orders that encourage the use of union labor in federal construction projects, ease union financial reporting requirements and more. He has also appointed labor-friendly members to the National Labor Relations Board, which has approved new rules to help union organizers and has more strictly enforced laws against anti-union misconduct.
Republican Mitt Romney says he will reverse all of Obama's executive orders that help unions, seek to prohibit unions from using automatic dues deductions for politics and strive for national right-to-work legislation that prohibits unions from collecting dues from nonmembers.
Why it matters:
Unions long have been viewed as a way for workers to gain job protections, boost wages and achieve benefits. Many business leaders see unions as limiting employer flexibility and sapping profits.
About 14.8 million Americans are members of labor unions. The number has been declining for decades as domestic manufacturing jobs go overseas and businesses take a tougher approach in opposing union organizers.
Organized labor now makes up just 11.8 percent of the work force _ down from about a third of all workers in the 1950s. Union leaders have looked to the White House and Congress for help in organizing new members and increasing their influence in the workplace.
But favorable union organizing rules approved by Obama's appointees at the National Labor Relations Board have been tied up in the courts. And an effort to get Congress to pass card-check legislation, which would let unions organize new members simply by signing cards instead of holding elections, went nowhere during Obama's first term.
Obama didn't do much to push the card-check law, which faced vigorous business opposition, but he did please unions with his federal bailout of the auto industry and passage of a huge stimulus package _ both credited with saving thousands of union jobs. Romney opposed both moves.
Last year, the labor board's general counsel outraged business groups when he filed a lawsuit against Boeing Co., saying the company was punishing union members in Washington state by opening a new plant in right-to-work South Carolina. While both sides ultimately settled the dispute, Romney says he wants to amend labor laws to prevent the board from interfering with business investment decisions.
In the public sector, where unions had seen some of their steadiest growth in recent years, Republican governors in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio have pushed laws seeking to curb collective bargaining rights for state workers. They argue that such limits are necessary to roll back generous pension and benefit packages that cash-strapped governments no longer can afford.
Romney has praised efforts to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, while Obama has denounced them. In fact, the Obama administration for the first time granted limited union rights to more than 40,000 federal workers who screen passengers at the nation's airports.
Despite massive public protests against measures limiting union rights and some court successes by organized labor, polls find unions less popular than in past decades. They were viewed favorably by 52 percent of Gallup respondents in August.
Even Democratic leaders in New York, California and other states have sought to limit pensions for state employees and make union members contribute a greater share of health benefits.
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Apple's Passbook feature of iOS 6 has become a surprise hit for developers.
Passbook is virtual file folder for all those bits of paper you accumulate in your wallet: tickets, boarding passes, coupons and so forth. The Apple-built app aggregates them from third-party apps like Fandango and Starbucks in one convenient place. Each app gets a pass that then, based upon your GPS location, pops up on the lockscreen to, say, remind you that you've got a $50 gift card at Target or nine bucks left on your Starbucks card as you're walking past the store.
American Airlines and cosmetics retailer Sephora are among the big-name companies that have developed apps for Passbook and seen them downloaded by the tens of thousands since it was announced in June. Passbook also plays nicely with Eventbrite, Ticketmaster and Square. Apple doesn't say how many apps have been developed for Passbook, but 22 are featured in the curated "Apps for Passbook" section of the App Store.
"We were amazed at the high uptake," Phil Easter, American Airlines' director of mobile apps said. "Apple has allowed an app developer like us is to put features right in front of the user where before, that space was off limits."
Passbook isn't really a digital wallet like Google Wallet, which uses NFC technology to let you pay retailers. But the upside is retailers only need to be able to scan QR or ticket codes for the feature to work – whereas NFC technology requires many businesses to upgrade their checkout systems. Passbook is meant to remind consumers of deals or gift cards they have at nearby retailers, make using them super fast and streamline the iOS app experience. Although you can use it to make payments at some retailers, like Starbucks, its strength lies in quickly and easily displaying coupon or ticket codes.
Belly is one company that's come to love Passbook for the ease it provides customers and retailers.
"When Passbook was originally announced, we looked at it as a potential threat to our business," Belly CEO Logan LaHive said. "Instead, we found it was the perfect complement to what we were doing."
Belly is a digital loyalty program for small businesses. Users earn points and rewards using the company's app or loyalty card, which businesses process with an iPad and software Belly provides. LaHive quickly realized Passbook could provide an even easier way for customers to earn rewards at retailers because retailers can scan codes presented by Passbook passes. Every store using Belly has had pass-based transactions, and 83 percent have had multiple passes added to their location, meaning more than one customer using Passbook. The startup has seen 40,000 visits to retail locations where retailers used Belly's pass.
"We see Passbook growing rapidly; it's driving a huge amount of downloads in our app," LaHive said, noting that Belly saw a tenfold increase in app downloads when Passbook launched.
Sephora saw 38,000 more app downloads than usual the day Passbook launched and says 10,000 of its "Beauty Insider" rewards cards were added to Passbook that day alone. That number has since jumped to 375,000. The company also uses Passbook for gift cards.
"From a gift card standpoint it's very seamless," Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Digital, told Wired. "You can send a gift card to a friend, they accept it, hit a link to add to their Passbook, and then they have their gift card right there." Customers also can scan a code on their conventional gift cards so they can add them to Passbook.
Downloads of American Airlines' app, which launched the day Passbook went live, skyrocketed in the 10 days after Passbook launched, bringing the airline an additional 1 million downloads. Now about 20,000 passes are served each day, and the company has 1.5 million active users of the service. That number is growing as more people upgrade to iOS 6, said Easter, the airline's director of mobile apps.
"When I saw this technology, with the pass bubbling up to the lockscreen, we jumped in as soon as we heard the announcement," he said. "Apple did a really good job of defining the spec and putting out all the required technical documents. It was one of the more straightforward implementations for our tech team."
Easter says customer feedback has been great so far. "Anecdotally, competitors don't have it and are getting hammered for not having it," he said.
But there are some hiccups. Businesses and app makers must first make sure users know the app is Passbook-enabled, and then ensure they understand how to set up a pass and use it.
"It was super confusing," mobile designer Mariya Yao told Wired. "I opened it and it told me to download a bunch of other apps. I'm a mobile designer, so I did that, but if I were a normal person I totally wouldn't have."
Yao has used Passbook with Evenbtrite, Ticketmaster, Fandango, and Square, but since she doesn't remember to use those apps regularly, she also doesn't remember to use Passbook with them.
One complaint we had with iOS 6 was how confusing it can be to create a pass with some apps, which can require multiple steps (like creating a rewards account, for example). Once we downloaded an app, we wondered, "Why didn't it just automatically go into Passbook when we downloaded it?" Early expectations that Passbook would become Apple's e-wallet added to consumer confusion.
Mark Wilkins, a digital artist at Rhythm & Hues Studios, couldn't be happier with Passbook, though. He uses it mostly for frequent caffeine boosts from Starbucks.
"I didn't find setting it up to be difficult at all – logging in via my account on the Starbucks application was pretty straightforward and then the Passbook thing popped right up, but what's a little confusing about it is that it's never clear which applications will provide Passbook support," he said.
That confusion doesn't surprise LaHive, who said customers are still getting the hang of Passbook. "It's a brand-new product," he said. "It's a major potential shift with how people interact with their phone."
Even so, Passbook is helping push stores into the 21st century – perhaps more smoothly than the transition of Android's mobile technology of choice, NFC. Many retailers are adopting bar-code readers and other technology to facilitate walletless transactions so customers can redeem Discover eCertificates or gift cards from a number of retailers through Gyft, among other Passbook-ready apps.
Now, if Apple would add payments to that equation.


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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Rex Ryan and John Idzik were all smiles, laughing a few times while wrapping up the New York Jets' season and looking to the future.
The coach and general manager presented a united front, convinced things are heading in the right direction as tag-team partners.
"The gavel has dropped on 2013," said Idzik, seated next to Ryan. "We look at 2014, and we have a fine nucleus here in the building, a fine nucleus in the locker room."
And, in Idzik's mind, the right coach to build off an 8-8 season with an eye on a return to the postseason after three straight years under Ryan without a playoff trip.
Ryan, who has one year left on his deal, was retained by owner Woody Johnson for next season after his job appeared in jeopardy. It had been speculated that Idzik could want to hire a coach of his choice this offseason, but the two gushed about their working relationship.
"I never felt that I wasn't John's coach," Ryan said. "I felt that I'm his coach regardless of how the situation was, that's kind of how I feel."
Ryan said he's "comfortable" with his current contract, although the coach and GM would not address questions about whether an extension is in the works. It is believed the team would like to give only a one-year extension, while Ryan would like a longer-term commitment.
Idzik would neither confirm nor deny reports that the Jets were considering possible replacement candidates, saying any internal discussions would remain private.
But they also insisted that despite their personality differences -- the loose, joking Ryan and the mostly reserved Idzik -- they're a fine match.
"We have a lot of similarities and maybe it's because we're from similar backgrounds, the same generation of football," Idzik said. "But more than that, when you're working that closely with somebody, he just makes it fun.
"Rex, you make it fun."
There weren't many clear, definitive answers given by Idzik or Ryan about the future of the franchise, and there were no Super Bowl guarantees, as Ryan made when he was first hired in 2009. But both Idzik and Ryan made it clear that they expect good things for the franchise.
"We don't put timelines on anything, but I can say this: Every season we lineup, that's our goal," Idzik said. "Our goal is to get there. Our goal is to win our division. Our goal is to play in the postseason. Our goal is bringing the prize home for our Jets fans, for New York and New Jersey and everyone that's behind us."
Whether Geno Smith is the quarterback to take the Jets to that next level remains to be seen. The two would not commit to Smith as the starter heading into next season, but were encouraged by his strong finish to his rookie season.
Smith had just 12 touchdowns and a whopping 21 interceptions and four lost fumbles. But in his last four games, Smith threw for 790 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions with three victories.
"Just like with any offense, we want to score, obviously, but we also want to prevent points and you do that by taking care of the football," Ryan said. "I thought Geno improved by leaps and bounds in this area as the season went on."
Idzik called Smith a "very resilient young man," but acknowledged that the team will explore their options throughout the roster -- and that includes at the quarterback position. That could be through free agency, to bring in a proven veteran who could push Smith or even win the job. Or, perhaps in the draft.
"With that said, we're very excited to have Geno Smith as a New York Jet," Idzik said.
Idzik also said the team would consider upgrading the skill positions on offense, particularly at wide receiver and tight end, spots that were inconsistent and affected by injuries -- and contributed to Smith's struggles at times.
Idzik plans to meet with Ryan through this week to discuss his coaching staff, including the fates of several of the coach's assistants who were in the final year of their contracts. That includes close friend and defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman.
"The thing I'll say about this man is he wants to bring a winner here to the New York Jets," Ryan said. "He has a burning desire to do that, and to bring a perennial winner here to where we win on a consistent basis.
"As a coach, that's exactly what you want. That's music to your ears."
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Author: Jamie Chriqui
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The Impact of Drug Policies on Children and Young People
May 1, 2020
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives
Jan 1, 2019
Publisher(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Reframing Adolescent Substance Use and Its Prevention
May 11, 2018
Publisher(s): FrameWorks Institute
Substance Use Prevention Initiative, 2017 Evaluation Report, Year 3
Oct 1, 2017
Publisher(s): Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Criminal Justice and Opportunity
Feb 1, 2006
Publisher(s): Opportunity Agenda
Next Big Thing? Methamphetamine in the United States
Jul 1, 2006
Publisher(s): The Sentencing Project
Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety
Jan 1, 2008
Publisher(s): Justice Policy Institute
Addiction Disorders and Homelessness Factsheet
Jun 23, 2008
Publisher(s): National Coalition for the Homeless
Substance Abuse in Rural and Small Town America
Aug 23, 2006
Publisher(s): The Carsey Institute
Incidence of Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Feb 1, 2002
Publisher(s): John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
Apr 2, 2009
Publisher(s): Cato Institute


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The Twilight kids were all over the place in Vancouver this weekend.
As I was the first to report last week, they spent 3 days shooting at the Cullen House ending early Saturday morning. Saturday night Nikki Reed, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson, after dinner at the Opus Hotel, showed up at a club to support Nikki's friend who was performing. Were surrounded by eager fans immediately upon arrival. Click here and scroll down through the entire page to see all the photos. You'll note his fans are not, um, shy about touching him.
Sunday night, Nikki and Kristen were again with the same singing friend Sage, this time they brought Taylor Lautner along, while R-Patty, Rachelle Lefevre, and Ashley Greene were at Jackson Rathbone's 100 Monkeys show. Did he know Leonard Cohen was in town last night? Much as I belong on Team Jackson, it's Leonard Cohen touring for the first time in 15 years. Hello?
Thanks to Emily for sending her photos. She finally met her girl crush Kristen who is just as gorgeous in those adorable glasses. After meeting Nikki too (wrote Emily: she is SO effing beautiful, lainey, and the nicest person ever. For some reason I thought she'd be a bitch but she's an angel) poor Emily was torn and couldn't decide who to propose to.
And finally…what you've been waiting for all morning – new exclusive photos of Pattinson out and about on Sunday afternoon without that hat, giving you twi-hards the quivers over that famous hair. RP also worked out this weekend, perhaps getting ready and pumped for his water scenes.
My sources tell me exclusively he, Kristen, and Taylor are all back at work today shooting in the water. She goes under, sees his face, then gets yanked out.
Exclusive photos from PunkD Images
Rob on Sunday
The Twilight kids were all over the place in Vancouver this weekend.


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People had grown increasingly frustrated with Robin Lopez. With Anthony Davis back, he saw a mere 15 minutes the day before, and in the past week, he was only averaging 7.5 PPG and 3.3 RPG. Well, Davis finished with 16/5/0 and a block while Lopez earned 22 points, 9 rebounds, an assist and 2 blocks. Ryan Anderson was actually the one who came off the bench, and he finished with 7/5/0 and a devastating 0-8 from downtown. I wonder if this is going to mirror the Toronto situation, where there's a fuster cluck between Ed Davis (11/9 with 2 blocks), Jonas Valanciunas (12/5/1 with a block) and Amir Johnson (5/9/2 with a block). Three guys for two positions, and frankly, Jonas should be the one sitting. In the meantime, all three have value in deeper leagues, but shallow leaguers can look elsewhere until this situation sorts itself out. As far as the Hornets go, it may be worthwhile to see how this shakes out. If Lopez gains starter's minutes and can go for 7-8 rebounds a night, he still has value. Don't confuse him with Brook Lopez, but also don't confuse him with Rodrigue Beaubois.
Kris Humphries – Although starting, he played less than 18 minutes to finish with 0 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, and 0 blocks. I hate to say it, but you can't own him in a 12 or fewer team league.
Andray Blatche – Despite a 23.4 Player Efficiency Rating (ranked 9th) and a .183 Win Shares Per 48 Min (ranked 18th), he finished with 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block last night. Someone needs to tell him he's supposed to be doing better than that based on his advanced metrics. Actually, before this game, he had been averaging 26 MPG for nearly 15 PPG and 6.6 RPG.
Jason Kidd – His supreme confidence gave him 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals, but also he took all 9 of his shots from behind the arc and only hit 2. Settle down, Kidd-o.
Tyson Chandler – Do you know who leads the league in field goal percentage? Obviously it's Chandler, considering this is his blurb. Did you know he has over a .700 FG%? That's better than most Centers' free throw percentage (including his own). He finished with 7 of 11 shooting for 16 points, plus 12 rebounds (5 offensive), 2 assists, a steal and 3 blocks.
Raymond Felton – Shot a pissy 4-15 (0-3 from downtown) with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal. That's his first bad performance since the last time the Knicks played Brooklyn. Maybe he's still upset about the Dodgers moving to L.A. I know I am. They broke the hearts of a loyal fanbase and infected the world with the Mets.
Andre Drummond – He had 6 points, 8 rebounds, a steal and a block. He's 2nd in the league in Offensive Rebound Percentage, just FYI (only 2 last night, however).
Brandon Knight – He shot 1-10 last night (line: 9/6/0) and his FG% has dipped below .400 in the past week.
Jose Calderon – I hate to keep harping on Jose but his little monkey face is so adorable I just want to shove his head in my mouth. Hmm. Anyway, he had 17 assists to go with 7 points (2 threes), 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
Glen Davis – More bad news for the Davis clan. Glen finished with 12 points, 9 rebounds, an assist, a steal and 2 blocks. Yeah, I know. What's that? That sounds okay? *Re-reads* Oh, I forgot to mention he left the game with a painful shoulder injury. He'll have tests tomorrow, but no one seemed optimistic.
Arron Affalo – He had a nice night with 15 points (6 of 18 shooting, but missed all 5 three point attempts), 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Oh, and his name makes spell check want to commit suicide.
Nene – He's back, baby! 20 points on 8-10 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a block. 2 rebounds? He's halfway back, baby!
Earl Barron – Despite 20 starter's minutes, he finished with 2 points, 5 rebounds, an assist and a steal. In the old days, that would have cost a baron his head.
Kevin Seraphin – Don't worry, James, he's back to his usual; 6/2/2 with 2 blocks.
Derrick Favors – I try to avoid talking about the same people all the time, but when you try to avoid the superstars and the bottom dwellers, you're stuck with the same guys. It's not like Favors doesn't deserve it, as he led his team off the bench with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Al Jefferson – Outside of Favors, the Jazz were playing the Blues, with Al finishing with 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a block.
Paul George – I just went to confirm that Paul McCartney and George Harrison never collaborated together outside of the Beatles (they did, but also with Ringo Starr), and I came across this. I thought it was stupid, then read the article anyway. You know what isn't stupid? George's (not the Beatle) basketball skills. He finished with 20 points (2 threes), 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 4 blocks. Over the past 2 weeks, not including this game, his average line reads as thus: 21/7.6/4.6/1.4/1.0 with 2.9 3PG.
Roy Hibbert – He shot well, hitting 5 of 10 to finish with 12 points, but he also managed a mere 4 rebounds to go with an impressive 4 assists and 2 blocks. He does rank 3rd with a 95.6 Defensive Rating and 3rd again in Blocks Per Game, but he has been a disappointment, as we so often like to gripe about here. It seems like he took a step backward, not forward. Now slide to the right. Take it back now, y'all. One hop this time.
Dion Waiters – He saw a full regiment of 35 minutes, missing 4 three attempts but otherwise netting 13 points to go with 4 boards, 4 assists and a steal.
Tristan Thompson – He missed 8 of 10 from the field, but thanks to many trips to the free throw line, he finished with 11 points to combine with 12 rebounds (6 offensive), 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. And it wasn't even Tue-sday.
Paul Pierce – He was remarkable with his shots, nailing 13 of 16, including 6 of 7 from downtown, to finish with 40 points. Add that to 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a block and it makes LeBron LeBlush.
Jason Collins – Despite 23 minutes on the wood, he took no shots, finishing with 1 point, and only grabbed 2 rebounds, swiping 1 steal and blocking 1 shot before fouling out. Bizarre night for Collins.
Rajon Rondo – He had 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a block, but he did not reach double digit assists, stopping at 8. Trade him before it's too late!!1!1!!
Kevin Durant – Just to steal the thunder (get it???) from Pierce, Durant had a sterling game with 41 points (4 of 8 from downtown), 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and, unfortunately, 6 turnovers.
Kyle Korver – He had 9 points (3-7 from deep), 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks (a season high).
Serge Ibaka – The Lord of Blocks has also been the Duke of Making Field Goals, a more unwieldy and lesser used title, going for .580+ FG% on the year. Last night, however, he missed 7 of 9 to finish with 4 points. Nevertheless, he still managed 14
points rebounds and 3 blocks.
Zaza Pachulia – I've been carrying Zaza Gabor in a deep league because, hey, it's a deep league and also because I think there's something there. He finished with 6 points and 10 rebounds (5 offensive). That's what daddy likes.
DeShawn Stevenson – He took 3 shots, missing all of them, and finished with 0 points, 5 rebounds, an assist and 2 steals.
Evan Turner – He left the game after spraining his ankle, came back, and then injured the ankle again. His status forward is unknown. Otherwise, he had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Jason Richardson – With over 30 minutes of court time, he only had 11 points, 3 boards, a dime and a steal. His December has not been as hot as his November. Someone in a league I'm in sent Brook Lopez and Kobe Bryant for Dwayne Wade and Marc Gasol, then flipped Wade and Jason Richardson for Kevin Love. The net effect is he got Love and M. Gasol in exchange for B. Lopez, Bryant and Richardson. Interesting.
Nick Young – With Jrue Holiday out, Young took advantage with 21 points, including 2 threes, but as usual, the peripheral stats were sparse, with just 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block.
Chandler Parsons – I love this line from Matt Miller at NBA.com: "Rockets forward Chandler Parsons could not find a rhythm during his first bobblehead night, shooting 4-for-13 overall and 1-for-7 from 3-point range." What a way to christen your first bobblehead night! His final line: 9/5/4/3. He also missed 6 of 7 from downtown and has been ice cold from behind the arc.
Toney Douglas – The Rockets have been burning up the atmosphere, and Douglas threw in with 17 points (5 threes), 3 boards, and 4 assists.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – He may not be rookie of the year by the end of the season, but last night he was top dog with 25 points, 12 rebounds (5 offensive), 4 assists, 3 steals and a block.
Byron Mullens – He saw over 39 minutes on the court and finished with 13 pints, 9 rebounds and an assist, plus a generous 2-2 from three point land. Nothing like a PF/C having more threes than blocks.
Ramon Sessions – Final line: 2/1/4/1. This on the heels of 20/4/6. He's a solid player in deeper leagues, but you may bemoan Ramon in shallow types.
Shannon Brown – He led the Suns with 26 points (the last game, 22), and also contributed 4 points, 2 assists, a steal and a block. He shot 5 for 7 from downtown.
Larry Sanders – He had 8 points, 9 rebounds, an assist, 3 steals and 2 blocks. He'll probably have 4 blocks the next time out.
Brandon Jennings – With nearly 42 minutes, he had 26 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, a steal and 3 threes. He is averaging 20 PPG over the past week.
Monta Ellis – He missed 13 of 14 (including all 5 three point attempts), concluding his efforts with 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.
Zach Randolph – With 17 rebounds, he owned the backboards, and with 15 points, he also led his team with points. Yup.
Stephen Curry – He hit a scorching 7 of 12 from beyond the arc, wrapping up with 32 points to go with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and a block.
Harrison Barnes – With Festus Ezeli, they combined for 19 1/2 minutes, 6 points, 3 rebounds, and 0 assists. To quote Stan Lee, "Nuff Said."
Aaron Brooks – His line was 23/2/5/2, a season best. It was basically in response to more time with the absence of Tyreke Evans.
Marcus Thornton – With 19 points (5-10 from deep), he had 19 points, but that was never his problem; he only had 3 rebounds and zero assists.
Lamar Odom – After landing on my radar, he tallied 4 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Must have been a bird.
Jamal Crawford – He led his team in minutes from the bench, finishing with 17 points, a rebound, 5 assists and 3 steals. Hate the FG%, love the assists and steals.


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Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis
On the result:
"For me this is the most complete match we've played the entire season, and I think it's fantastic that this comes a day after I challenged the group. I feel like we've done a lot of good things this year in every single match. We've also done some pretty bad things in every single match. So tonight I thought it was the most complete performance we've had in a match this year, and it comes at the right time because we're at our most critical stretch. We have a lot to play for and a lot to look forward to. We needed to put some confidence behind our boot and that's exactly what we got."
On Ned Grabavoy's performance:
"Ned Grabavoy is my hero. Just in the locker room, I had no idea that he wasn't feeling well. He was extremely disappointed to come out of the match, but he came off because he was in yellow card accumulation point [trouble] and I wanted to make sure he would be available next weekend. He put in an unbelievable amount of work, and he was extremely good with the ball. It was a tactical decision to take him off of the field."
On his team's defensive effort:
"It was super good. The very positioning when we had the ball, how well we pressed them back in their half and how little space we gave their players especially running. I think it was our positioning when we had the ball. [Federico] Higuain, we know can be so dangerous. It was critical for us. It was just an aggressive mentality and decision making that messed with their players. There's no room to move, there's no room to turn. It may have been the best defensive effort we've had this season."
On playing three games in seven days:
"A huge amount of credit has to go to the players that played 90 three times this week. That was [Nat] Borchers, [Chris] Wingert, [Tony] Beltran, and [Javier] Morales who went 90 in all three. I thought they had fantastic energy down the stretch, so I'm really pleased for them. Again to do that same situation, where I think we made five or six changes from Wednesday to Saturday, and we get the right number of fresh players on the field, it's how we can play a high intensity match like we played tonight. Big credit to the guys that played three 90's, but also credit to all of the fresh players who contributed."
Real Salt Lake Captain Kyle Beckerman
On whether this was RSL's most complete game of the season:
"We'll just continue to improve. It was a home game, we wanted three points. We wanted to reward ourselves for the effort the guys put out on Wednesday, to come back and reward ourselves with a good game and do something in front of our fans. I think we were able to do it tonight."
On having two goals tonight:
"Goals are just fun. They're fun to score. It's a great feeling after it happens, and it's always good to get on the stat line to help the team in that way. We're just going to continue to try and get better. I think that we can get even better than we were tonight and keep improving, keep our head down, keep working hard and get ready for the playoffs."
Real Salt Lake MF Luis Gil
On his performance tonight:
"I feel like I brought a lot of energy. I feel like I had a lot on both ends. But I feel like they gave us a lot of space in the midfield. Kyle was always open so it spread the game out a lot."
On how this helps the team going into the match with Portland:
"It's a huge result for us when we get a shutout, especially at home. It's a big thing for us and now we can move on to the next one."
On how RSL can continue these types of performances:
"I think we just need to go in with the right mentality. The ball was flowing a lot and moving around a lot and if we can keep that going our rhythm will just keep getting better."
Real Salt Lake DF Tony Beltran
On the RSL backline:
"There's no big secret to it: It's just four players who are all on the same page. That's a big part of playing defense is moving for each other, being in the right spots, covering each other and knowing each other's tendency's. Those four I think this year we have played consistently the most, so it helps. Obviously with Brandon [McDonald] and with Lovel [Palmer], l and Abdoulie [Mansally], we've got guys who can step in as well and do the job. We needed the shutout tonight. It was encouraging. I thought the back four did very well."
Real Salt Lake DF Nat Borchers
On whether or not this was RSL's best game of the season:
"I think it is definitely up there. We were good on both sides of the ball. We were really active in the midfield and created a lot of space. Defensively the goal tonight was to keep the ball away from Higuain and I thought we did a pretty good job of that. In the first half we gave away a couple of chances on the counter, but fortunately [RSL GK] Nick [Rimando] was there to save us."
On if the goal at the end of the first half changed the complexion of the game:
"It did. I think that we put a lot of pressure on them and we created a lot of chances on set pieces. Sometimes you've just got to be lucky on those things. I think when you score at that point in the game they go into halftime with their heads down and it gives us a lot of momentum."
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew Head Coach Robert Warzycha
On the result:
"Coming into the game, we knew how they were going to play, but we didn't match their intensity, and they were first to the ball. Especially in the first half, even though they only scored one goal, they were much sharper. Unfortunately for us, the first two goals were very unfortunate I would say. The first one got a deflection off the wall in the last minute, and during the second one, the goalkeeper was injured, basically, and couldn't save it. After that, we tried to come back into the game and make some subs. We got some possession, but not really clear chances."
On how the goal at the end of the first half impacted the rest of the game:
"I think that giving up a goal going into the locker room is always bad. Obviously, you regroup at halftime and you can something in the second half after you go down in the last minute. I thought that Chad blocked the shot, and I couldn't see if his hand was over there or not. I didn't think that the free kick should have been awarded. But unfortunately for us, a free kick was awarded in the last minute, and that's what happened."
On how missing Bernardo Anor and Justin Meram affected his team's play:
"We had built some confidence winning the last two games at home. We had had two very good games – we scored 4 goals and didn't give up any. I'm sure that the absences changed the guys' mental approach a little bit. Danny [O'rourke] is a good player, and Ben [Speas] is a good player, and they have played so many games already that I don't think that that should affect our performance. I just have to say that RSL was much sharper today than us."
On losing Federico Higuain for the next match:
"With two games coming up at home, this is a big loss for us. He's our engine, and he's scoring goals. Unfortunately for us, he got the second yellow card at the end. Even the first one put him over the top already, but that's a big loss for us."
Columbus Crew DF Chad Barson
On the result:
"It's definitely a tough one to swallow. We could have played better all around. Especially after winning two games in row, to come and have a performance like this is disappointing."
On RSL as team:
"They are definitely a talented team. They possess the ball very well, are organized, and have a lot of movement off the ball. If you don't match their intensity, you'll get punished."
On what the Crew did differently tonight compared to the previous two matches:
"I don't think that we kept the ball as well as we had the past two games. It doesn't help when you give up goals – and give up as many as we did – and I don't think that we created as much. Overall, there's no single person to blame, but as a team, we didn't do enough to create chances and to keep the ball out of our net."
Columbus Crew DF Josh Williams
On the result:
"I think that they proved tonight why they are in first place. They are really good on the ball possession-wise, and we just couldn't keep track of them. It seemed like their guys were running all over the place. They are a very offensive team, and I don't think that we matched their intensity, and we just totally got out-played."


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Samsung finally unveiled the much-awaited phablet of the year, the Galaxy Note 3 at the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin. It is the successor of the extremely popular Galaxy Note II and also the first phablet to ship with the latest Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) Operating System. The new Group Play on Galaxy Note 3 not only allows you to play the same music, games and share documents, but also share videos and play content together with their friends simultaneously.
JK Shin, CEO of IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics, said,
"We introduced the original Galaxy Note in 2011 and launched a whole new smart device category. The undeniable success of the Galaxy Note strengthened our conviction that consumers want higher quality features for smart devices and they want those new features to make their lives better. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a powerful, original approach that enables users to tell the stories of their lives through dynamic and seamless expressions of their passions across work, play and life experiences."
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 features a 5.7 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, sporting a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 2.3 GHz quad-core processor / 1.9 GHz octa-core processor, Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS, TouchWiz UI, 13 megapixel auto-focus camera with smart stabilization, LED Flash and Zero Shutter Lag, full HD (1080p) video recording and playback, 2 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls and more.
Apart from that, it packs 3 GB RAM, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5 mm headset jack, FM Radio with RDS, 4G LTE Connectivity, 32 GB/ 64 GB internal memory, MicroSD card slot, 64 GB expandable memory, S-Pen, S Note, S Planner, Samsung Hub, Samsung KNOX, Samsung ChatOn, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and a 3200mAh battery. This handset will be available in Marble White and Titanium Gray colors.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be available in Jet Black, Classic White and Blush Pink colors. Samsung will also offer exchangeable back covers in dozens of additional colors. This device will go on sale from September 25 in more than 140 countries around the world. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will also be available in the U.S. later this year on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular.


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Missing Dayton boy found
UPDATE: Austin Walker, 8, who walked out of Sutro Elementary School in Dayton this morning, has been found.
They boy returned home on his own once school was released, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's office.
An 8-year-old boy is missing after walking out of Sutro Elementary School in Dayton this morning, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.
Austin Walker left the school shortly after checking in, said Lt. Rob Hall.
"We've been searching for him all day," Hall said. "We believe he's hiding somewhere in the neighborhood. The search continues."
Austin was last seen wearing a black shirt, khaki pants, and a baseball cap.
Anyone with any information should contact the Lyon County Sheriff's Office immediately. Emergency number: 911; non-emergency number: (775) 577-5023.


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Lindsay Abrams writes in The Atlantic that, according to the National Survey of Family Growth released this month, a whopping 37% of all US births result from unplanned pregnancies. The overall number of unplanned pregnancies annually is actually much higher, since that figure reflects only pregnancies that resulted in birth and excludes miscarriages and induced abortions. Very telling is the most frequently cited reason for not using birth control among women surveyed who chose not to use it: "I didn't think I would get pregnant." Clearly, denial and magical thinking are not solely the province of teenagers. The underlying question is this: Why are so many women living in 21st Century America so ignorant and/or irrational concerning even the most basic knowledge about sexual intercourse and reproduction, and why aren't we addressing this issue prominently on a national level? Surely, comprehensive human sexuality education is part of the solution. For other provocative details, check out the full story at Atlantic.
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Atlantic article: Why We Keep Getting Pregnant Accidentally
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FOCUS Enhancements Inc. made two key announcements this week, including a pair of new digital mixers and the FireStore 4, the latest addition to its FireStore line of camera-mounted or connected digital video recorders.
Focus will release its two new video mixer models, the MX-4 and MX-4DV, later this year. The MX-4 and MX-4 DV are designed for live event productions; they feature internal graphics store capabilities, additional I/O connections, and embedded CD-quality audio tools, the company announced.
The FOCUS Enhancements MX-4 Digital Video Mixer offers a host of features including:
- 10 bit 4:2:2 video processing with input comb filter circuitry - A processor four times faster than its predecessor with flash-upgradeable memory - Integral graphics store - Ethernet for computer and network connectivity - Four-layer video effects, including foreground graphics - 700+ transitions, with cuts, fades, wipes, zooms, edges, shapes, and effects - Two-channel TBC (Time Base Corrector) - Faster cuts and transition speeds - Input effects with preview, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, posterization B&W, B&W Negative, Horizontal or Vertical Flip, Mosaic, Color Negative, Color Correction, Strobe, and Chromakey - PiPs (picture-in-picture) which can be enhanced with soft edges, colored borders and drop shadows for 3D-like impact
In addition to the above features, the MX-4 DV model includes four FireWire/i.Link (IEEE 1394) inputs and one FireWire/i.Link output to enable videographers to mix DV video and 10-bit analog video in real time with fast cuts. Another advantage of using DV is its full support for up to four channels of embedded digital audio with CD-quality audio performance.
The MX-4 and MX-4 DV are expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2004. The suggested retail price of the MX-4 is $2,195. The suggested retail price of the MX-4 DV will be announced at a later date, the company stated.
In addition, Focus has come out with the Firestore FS-4, a new hard disk-based digital video recorder for handheld camcorders. Providing tapeless video acquisition, the FS-4 and FS-4 Pro record directly from your camcorder while you shoot using Direct To Edit (DTE) Technology, and connect to any FireWire-equipped PC to make footage immediately available for the NLE timeline.
FS-4, files are recorded to disk as RawDV, AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2, AVI Type 2 24p, Matrox AVI, Canopus AVI, QuickTime or QuickTime 24p. The FS-4 Pro model also includes MXF, Pinnacle AVI, and Avid DV-OMF support.
FireStore FS-4 weighs less than one pound, including the battery, and is 1.5" thick. You can mount the device directly to your camcorder using the optional hot shoe adapter, or clip the FS-4 directly to your belt.
FS-4 comes standard with a 40GB (3 hours) hard drive while FS-4 Pro is available with either 40GB or 80GB (6-hour) capacities. You can extend record times by linking two FS-4 units together for as much as 12 hours of recording. Both FS-4 models also feature slim removable battery packs or can be optionally powered via a wall outlet.
FS-4 interfaces with your camcorder using a single FireWire cable that passes audio, video, timecode and control information. When a tape is present, each press of start and stop on your camcorder's record button will create an individual clip on disk. FS-4 features a comprehensive backlit display, menu system and buttons allowing easy control and management. Both FS-4 and FS-4 Pro are field-upgradeable.
FS-4 Pro also includes retro-record mode; Scene Marking, which allows clips to be categorized into pre-named folders on disk while you shoot; user-definable time lapse; and loop playback modes.


text: Photos: Famous ghost ships of recent timesScreengrab, wikimedia.org 03.24.2012The Carroll A. Deering. A five-masted commercial schooner that was found run aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in 1921, the Carroll A. Deering has inspired reams of pages of writing. One of the most famous maritime mysteries in history, its crew was never found, leading to claims that it had fallen victim to the Bermuda Triangle. Later evidence would suggest a mutiny or piracy.Screengrab / wikimedia.orgThe High Aim 6 was found drifting in Australian waters, 150 km east of Rowley Shoals. Its crew was missing.Screengrab / farm4.static.flickr.comThe Bel Amica was discovered off the coast of the Italian island of Sardinia on August 24, 2006. The Italian Coast Guard discovered the ship with no crew on board.Screengrab / meinekleinefabrik.blogspot.comIn 2006, the Jian Seng, an 80-metre tanker, was spotted drifting 180 km south-west of Weipa, Queensland in the Gulf of Carpentaria.Screengrab / angelsghosts.comThe Kaz II, popularly known as "the ghost yacht", was a 9.8-metre catamaran found drifting 163 km off of the northern coast of Australia in 2007. The fate that befell her small crew is not knownScreengrab / einestages.spiegel.deWhen it became locked in the pack-ice near Seahorse Reef in Alaska, and thought destined to sink, the S.S. Baychimo, a Hudson's Bay cargo steamer, was abandoned. It, however, remained afloat and over the next 38 years was sighted several times.handout / PNG Merlin ArchiveThe MV Joyita was found adrift in the South Pacific without its crew onboard in 1955. The merchant vessel's 25 passengers and crew weren't found. Despite the vessel's dilapidated conditions, its extreme buoyancy made sinking nearly impossible.Screengrab / www.topyaps.comThe SS Valencia was an iron-hulled passenger steamer wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island in 1906. Built in 1882 by William Cramp and Sons, the vessel weighed 1,598 tons and measured 77 m in length. The wreck is counted among the worst maritime disasters of the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, an area dubbed "the Graveyard of the Pacific" for its unforgiving conditions.Screengrab / http://www.historylink.orgShareAdjustCommentPrint xSharePhotos: Famous ghost ships of recent times Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Google Linkedin


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Simplfying Thread Repair
Repairing damaged or worn threads on a workpiece is a common chore for toolroom lathes, especially in the oilfield industry. Haas Automation has a new feature for its conversational control units that simplifies and automates this process.
Repairing damaged or worn threads on a workpiece is a common chore for toolroom lathes, especially in the oilfield industry. Haas Automation (Oxnard, California) has a new feature for its conversational control units that simplifies and automates this process. It's now a standard feature on the company's toolroom lathes and an option on its SL line of turning centers. The intent is to make thread repair simple and logical, thus making it consistent with the overall concept of the company's Intuitive Programming System. This system allows machine operators to run jobs without using G-code programming and helps manual machinists make the transition to full CNC.
When one of the Repair Thread tabs on the general Threading page is selected, a screen opens as illustrated. After initializing the screen, the user jogs the axis feeds to position the tip of the threading insert at some point in the existing thread, using the graphic at the right as a guide. The user then enters the thread number corresponding to this position to update the graphic and to record the cutting tool coordinate position.
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After that, the user fills in all of the entry boxes to supply values for different thread variables. Depth of cut and spindle RPM are preloaded with default values based on prior entries identifying the workpiece material, but these values can be overwritten with new entries to optimize machining. Software routines do all the required calculations to recut the thread from the insert's starting point. The system automatically synchronizes the spindle to the thread pitch to chase the thread accurately.
Perhaps the handiest capability of this feature is coping with thread repair on tapers. This is done by entering a positive value for the thread taper in inches per foot. Workpieces with threaded tapers are quite common in oilfield work, so automating this part of the process is especially valuable in this application.
According to Frank Ramirez, the Haas product manager for CNC turning products who developed the software routines and the design of the thread repair page, this feature can reduce typical thread repair operations from 15 minutes of setup time to 1. "The operator can work from the control unit instead of eyeballing the insert in the cut while guessing what offsets to the right or left will center the insert in the thread," he says.
The introduction of this thread repair feature coincides with the recent debut of the company's TL-4 machine, a large-bore, long-bed toolroom lathe designed for the oilfield industry (see page 186). With oilfield work very active right now, the combination of this machine and the thread repair feature makes a timely appearance.
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Dear Every Person:
Just once I would like my love life to be simple. JUST ONCE. I mean, I'm a nice girl. I'm funny. I've got some sass. I HAVE AN INCOME. And a life. I drive a Hyundai Elantra, for Christ sake. I can talk – or not talk – (anyone?!) forever. And people generally like being around me.
I have had
some many dumb relationships and/or dates. Like, enough to write a book. Some highlights:
7th Grade Brian
My first real boyfriend. He was the star basketball player, I was Student Council President (and pretty good at basketball, myself). A total match made in heaven. And, my longest relationship to date. Did I mention I'm on the verge of turning 34?
Yes, I just cried, too.
Brian and I had a lovely go of it – over a year, in fact! Minus that two-week period I dumped him for a certain 8th grade man, but then realized the new guy might like boys just as much as me (He watched Golden Girls every night at 10:30pm) (Also, I mark this point in my life as the beginning of my love affair with the gays. Hay gurls!). Brian and I persevered. He now lives with his girlfriend in Phoenix, AZ. Not that I keep taps on him or anything…
The Sequence of Matts
Yes. I dated three "Matts" in a row in my 20s. It got a little confusing referencing them with my girlfriends so we deemed them 1, 2 and 3. Imagine how a conversations went. Nothing too remarkable about anyone of them except Matt 1's uni-brow. Hopefully his wife "JENNY" (do you see a pattern here?!) has helped him out with that.
Alcoholic Kevin
When my mom asks me why I'm not married, I often defer to Kevin. Oh, Kevin. I met Kevin in a bar (wha?!) where he used the go-to pick up line of "What do you do?!" I told him I played triangle with a local band because "…every great band needs a triangle player…" You should know this was eons before Will Ferrell and the infamous More Cowbell skit. What can I say, people?! Sometimes you just get blinded by the hotness. And, Kevin was very hot. And a closet alcoholic that lived in his mom's basement. But, when you are 26 this kind of stuff doesn't matter as much as when you are 34. At 26, you can make these kind of mistakes, because you don't have mature adult dinner parties or charity events to attend. Instead, you are dancing to the house band Mayslack's and taking Jag Bombs twice a week. Or at least you were in 2002.
The hotness almost always masks a whole lot of crazy, too. Like, sitoutsideyourhouseandwaitforyoutocomehomeatallhoursofthenight crazy. See, Mom? You should be proud I had good enough judgement not to settle down with Alcoholic Kevin.
One Hand Guy
Now, this one is a crowd favorite. My friends make me tell this story at least a few times a month, annnnd usually upon meeting a new friend. So that's…awkward.
This is a story that boasts the true testament of set-ups. Please, please note the sarcasm. One of my old girlfriends had a brilliant idea of setting me up with one of her friend's boyfriend's friends. Get that? He called me, so, that's a plus. And we decided we were going to meet for drinks at the Loring Pasta Bar.
This is where things went bad.
When I walked in, he was already seated at the bar with his hands in his pockets. He got up to greet me, we shook hands, no big deal. He was decently cute, but after speaking for all of 1 minute his douchey-ness was raring it's ugly head. Gross. He told me ALL about his job selling payroll systems. Riveting. He talked a big game about how much money he made. Annnddd managed to be extremely racist.
Thankfully, one of my old college friends was bartending that night – she definitely made sure I was adequately lubricated to make it through the remaining date. It was brutal. Absolutely brutal.
Once I finally got out of there, I called my girlfriend from the car. Our conversation went something like this:
Friend: So, how was it?
Me: Ummm…
Friend: What did you think of him?
Me: Ummm…
Friend: What did you think about his hand?
Me: What?
Friend: Yeah, he only has one hand. Born that way, I guess. What did you think?
Okay. Remember when I stated at the beginning of this relationship synopsis and I told you he was sitting at the bar with his hands in his pockets? Looking back I realized he. never. took. his. left. hand. out. of. said. pocket. He only had one hand! And I never even noticed.
Which leads me to this:
Dude was born with one hand. Which means, by the time we met, he had been living with out said hand for HIS WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE. Come on, dude. Embrace it, already. So weird that he was so self-conscious about it, no?
I compare this to guys that are bald. How? Let me explain:
Bald guys of the world, we know you are bald. You can't hide it with a hat. And that's okay. Bald can be sexy. Hair can be sexy. But even more so, confidence is sexy. Own what you got. Because when you go from that winter hat to baseball hat back to winter hat, I still know you are bald.
More on my dating exploits to come…


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Visit Mono Lake
Come visit Mono Lake, located on Highway 395, 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park, near the town of Lee Vining, California.
Due to COVID-19, Mono County is currently discouraging visitation from outside the area because our small, rural healthcare facilities cannot withstand an influx of visitors who may need care. Please stay home, stay healthy, and we'll see you back here when it is safe to travel. For more about the Mono Lake Committee's operations during COVID-19, please see this page.
One of the oldest lakes in the western hemisphere, Mono Lake is hauntingly beautiful, reflecting the snow-capped Sierra Nevada in its shimmering blue waters. An immense inland sea, the 70 square-mile lake fills a natural basin, 700 square-miles in size. Together with nearby volcanoes, ghost towns and trout-filled streams, this area is a natural wonderland for the entire family.
The Lee Vining Chamber of Commerce is housed at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore on the corner of Highway 395 and Third Street, in the town of Lee Vining, and our staff can answer questions about life in Mono County, lodging, dining, and services in Lee Vining. The Committee Information Center has been the place to start your exploration of the Mono Basin for over forty years. We'll show you where to bird, ski, swim, hike, rent a room, visit a museum, or find dinner. Stop by to check up on the status of Mono Lake, view the free Mono Lake Story film, or learn about special programs offered in the Mono Basin and Yosemite. Our experienced staff are always on hand to answer your questions about Mono Lake's natural and political history.
To find more information on the Mono Lake area, click on the links on the top of the page. Click here to order books and maps about the area for your visit.
"An invitation: To explore, befriend and learn from Mono Lake...
to walk its beaches, float on its waters and climb its volcanoes...
to ponder what our children should inherit..."
—David Gaines, co-founder, Mono Lake Committee
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NATO Trust Fund projects clear dangerous munitions in Azerbaijan
Jeyranchel, in northeastern Azerbaijan covers an area of about 62 square kilometres just along the Georgian border. It was also the site of a live firing range, used from 1955 until 1991 by the former Soviet Army. Now the range lies abandoned and unused, with unexploded munitions littering the ground around it.
After completing a similar six-year project in Saloglu, a new NATO Trust Fund project is helping Azerbaijan to continue clearing a deadly legacy of its Soviet past.
Bolstering previous capacity building
The Jeyranchel region is still littered with large quantities of unexploded tank projectiles, artillery shells, bombs and other types of unexploded ordnances (UXOs). The area also likely contains anti-tank mines with live simulators capable of causing serious injuries if stepped on, munitions dumps and other explosive contamination, and live anti-personnel mines.
With such a high concentration of UXOs, much of it buried beneath the surface, the work to clear the area is both delicate and dangerous. It requires a high level of de-mining expertise.
For this project, the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) will utilise a valuable in-country resource: the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA). Gaining expertise over the last decade and during the first Trust Fund project in Saloglu, Azerbaijan, ANAMA has the experience to deal with such a delicate clearing operation.
"NAMSA and ANAMA have a good understanding of the technical and managerial issues associated with clearance projects typical in this area. This project would allow ANAMA to continue to develop its regional capacity," states Nazim Ismayilov, ANAMA Director. "It is important for ANAMA to provide continuity of work in order to retain their trained workforce which would otherwise be lost to other employment in the area," he continues.
"This project continues to bolster the expertise of ANAMA," emphasises Rigo Garza, Political Officer with the United States Mission to NATO. "Azerbaijan went from a country of limited expertise in this area to exporting that same expertise to other countries," he adds.
Securing the land for local use
In the winter, local farmers graze cattle in the pastures of Jeyranchel. But the UXOs can pose a threat to both local farmers and the State Frontier Services, which conducts border patrols in this remote area. "There have been several incidents in the area as a result of mines or UXO explosions," says David Towndrow of NAMSA. As the UXOs become increasingly unstable over time, and ultimately more difficult to recover, they present a serious humanitarian, socio-economic and environmental threat to the local population.
"This project will provide real benefits for the people living in the area both in terms of the removal of the hazards from unexploded UXO and mines and in terms of local employment," explains Sabina Sarkarova, Senior Officer for the ANAMA Planning and Development Department.
For the Azerbaijan government, the primary focus of cleaning the land contaminated with UXOs is to make the area safer for local farmers and the State Frontier Service border patrols. "This project serves an important purpose. They're NATO's efforts to contribute to humanitarian endeavours in this country," says Mr. Garza.
But beyond ensuring the safety of the local population, clearing the UXOs would also allow the local authorities to move forward with agricultural development plans for the area, in addition to permitting access to nationally important archaeological and historic sites.
Security and decreasing the risk of a terrorist threat are also top priorities. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and gas pipelines pass just south of Jeyranchel area. By clearing the unguarded explosives near these strategically important international pipelines, the project will also help increase the security of Azerbaijan.
Clearing Jeyranchel
The estimated cost of this project is just over €3 million. As Lead Nation for the Trust Fund project, the United States will contribute €270 000 each year for two years, with the Government of Azerbaijan contributing half of the total project cost. The remainder will come from voluntary contributions made by NATO and non-NATO nations.
The focus will be on clearing a 19 square kilometre section in the western part of the former Soviet Army training area over a 28-month period. Much like the previous Trust Fund project in Saloglu, NAMSA is directing the project, with ANAMA working on the ground as the executing agency.
Once a 30-person explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team is trained and equipped, a seven square kilometre area will be cleared of UXOs during the first 14 months. The second 14 months will focus on clearing the remaining 12 square kilometre area.
Growing cooperation
This Trust Fund project not only represents concrete cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan, but also highlights a deepening relationship between the United States and a valuable partner.
"It represents deeper NATO-Azerbaijan engagement," says Mr. Garza. However, the project also symbolises a bilateral commitment to the developing relationship between Azerbaijan and the United States. "The relationship with Azerbaijan has grown tremendously over the last five to ten years, even more so in the last two years. This project is another plank in our ladder of engagement," he adds.


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Unless you're a fan of automobiles traveling rapidly around a tilted oval, you probably didn't watch the 96th Indy 500 today. Spoiler alert: Dario Franchitti won. That's a big deal for him, I guess, but someone wins every year and he'd already won twice before. It's not every year, however, that someone has an all-woman crew with her — in fact, it hadn't happened until today, when Katherine Legge, the ninth female driver to qualify for the Indy 500, became the first driver with an all-lady squad.
Wearing a Girl Scout logo on her helmet, Legge said that she hoped to get the message out there that girls should "follow whatever they want to be." She credited her parents with teaching her that she could do anything she damn well wanted, so long as she "really, really" wanted to, even if that anything was driving cars at speeds that would make your skin do that rippling wind-tunnel thing.


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The prescription card is free and may be used at all pharmacy chains and most independent pharmacies in Dallas County.
Even pets and family members living outside the county are able to take part in the program.
The program also offers lab and imaging tests discounts.
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Kobe Bryant wants Lakers to stay together
- Bryant might have sway with Lakers ownership
- At the exit interview%2C Bryant said he wanted the team to stay intact
- The Lakers could be hit hard with salary cap taxes
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - When it comes to pro athletes who have serious sway within their respective organization, Kobe Bryant might stand alone.
Yet the Los Angeles Lakers star tested the limits of his influence Tuesday in a postmortem media session, imploring his bosses to do the unthinkable this offseason: keep this underachieving team together despite a price tag that, because of the NBA's more punitive luxury tax that is about to kick in for the first time, could approach $200 million. Never mind that the 34-year-old Bryant isn't even sure when he'll be able to return from the season-ending Achilles tendon tear that took him out of the Lakers' four-game sweep by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round.
Bryant still sees a starting five that includes himself and a re-signed Dwight Howard with forward Pau Gasol, point guard Steve Nash and small forward Metta World Peace as championship-caliber and worth the incredible cost. It wasn't a very good band this season, but he wants to keep it together.
"I would really love to see our guys come back, our core guys come back," said Bryant, who still hopes to be ready to start next season. "I understand the (salary) cap situation, so that's always a concern. But all I can do is just voice my opinion."
Gasol, the 32-year-old who has one season and $19.3 million left on his contract, is atop the list of Lakers players who so many expect to be playing elsewhere next season. Bryant has one season remaining at a league-high $30 million on his deal and has yet to decide if next season will be his last before retirement. It's only been two months since the passing of longtime Lakers owner Jerry Buss as well, meaning questions abound about whether the team will continue to be run in a similar fashion while being run by his son, Jim, and daughter, Jeanie.
"When I met with (Lakers general manager) Mitch (Kupchak) … I said, 'I want Pau here,'" Bryant said. "It's not even a question, not even a discussion. I think he gives us the best chance to win titles. You bring Dwight back, and we're off and running. You also have to look at how well (Howard and Gasol) started playing together (late in the season, when the Lakers finished 28-12). That puzzle finally got solved.
"It's a tough call to make. But then again, it is one more year. It's one more year. That's how I look at it.
"I'm like, 'One more year of this thing, and I don't know how I'm going to suit up. My contract is finished next year. Pau's is done next year. Hopefully we get Dwight locked up so he's here for a while. So the future is kind of set already. Let's take a crack at this thing."
More likely than not, however, reality is about to set in for the Lakers.
If the Lakers' payroll is near the $100 million level that it was this season, they would be exposed to a tax that charges up to $4.25 for every dollar spent above the league's tax threshold that was $70.3 million this season. There is a "repeater" tax that starts in the 2014-15 season and that they would be headed toward qualifying for as well, with penalties including another dollar for every dollar over the threshold when teams are in the tax in four out of five years.
Surprisingly, however, Kupchak says it is not a foregone conclusion that Gasol will be gone — even if, as appears likely, Howard returns.
"It's in play, yes," Kupchak said when asked if he was considering scenarios for next season that involved both big men. "We haven't ruled anything out."
Kupchak shares Bryant's opinion that the Lakers looked like an elite team late in the season, when they recovered from a 17-25 start and fought their way into the seventh seed in the Western Conference despite the seemingly-endless injuries.
"That (strong finish) would indicate that this team could contend for a championship," Kupchak said. "We will be a year older. We do have holes defensively and offensively that we have to try and address. ... But certainly, I don't see any reason why we can't be in the hunt."
But considering the age of the Lakers' underachieving core, taking that route would not only be expensive but also shortsighted. It seems far-fetched that this Lakers team will look the same, but one never knows when it comes to Bryant and the power he wields.
"Yes, it's true that Kobe would like to keep the team together, (but) … the landscape has changed in the NBA," Kupchak said. "When you lose, everything is in play."


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EDITORIAL: 26 reasons to act: Victoria Soto
The school was "completely evacuated," and "Victoria had not come out."
Even after hearing those words on the morning of Dec. 14, according to the New York Daily News, Jillian Soto held out hope that her sister was OK.
It wasn't until she started receiving Facebook messages expressing condolences and calling Victoria a hero that it sank in.
After five years of teaching at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Victoria Soto died while trying to shepherd her students into a closet. Her body shielded theirs as much as it could from a rapid stream of bullets coming from the semiautomatic Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that was used to kill 20 children and six adults that day.
"We don't want to take anyone's right to bear arms by any means, but we want to make this world safe," Jillian Soto told the Daily News. "Having someone walk into the school with an assault rifle, with tons of magazines on him, is something that should never happen."
No family should have to go through what the Sotos experienced that day and every day since. Connecticut and federal lawmakers must do everything in their power to prevent another Sandy Hook.


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Pap not a fan of Wagner coming to Boston
BOSTON -- Derek Jeter hit the first pitch of the game for one of New York's five homers off Josh Beckett, CC Sabathia became the majors' first 15-game winner, and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 Sunday night.
The expected pitchers duel between the AL's only 14-game winners never materialized, as the Yankees scored in each of the first five innings and the Red Sox had four runs off Sabathia before he left with two outs in the seventh.
The aces of their pitching staffs figured to shut down streaking offenses that produced a 20-11 win by New York and a 14-1 rout by Boston in the first two games of the series. That prospect faded early when the score was tied at 2 after two innings.
Sabathia (15-7) won his fifth straight start but gave up three earned runs. He had allowed a total of three runs in his previous three starts. But he had excellent control with eight strikeouts and no walks.
Beckett (14-5) was hurt by the long ball for the third straight game, allowing a career-high five homers. He's given up 10 in those three games, the same amount he allowed in his other 22. He lasted eight innings but gave up eight runs on nine hits while striking out five and walking none. He allowed seven runs in his previous start.
The Yankees improved to 16-4 in their last 20 games and won their 10th series out of 11 since the All-Star break. They lead the second-place Red Sox by 7½ games in the AL East.
Hideki Matsui hit two homers, matching his output of Friday night, and Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez also went deep.
Jeter's 16th homer was his second of the season leading off the Yankees' first inning and tied Alfonso Soriano for second in team history with 21. Rickey Henderson leads with 24 for the Yankees.
Beckett's first pitch in the second inning also cleared the fence as Matsui hit his first homer of the game.
The Red Sox tied it in the bottom half on an RBI single by Rocco Baldelli and a run-scoring double by Jason Varitek.
The Yankees made it 4-2 in the third on Mark Teixeira's RBI single and Rodriguez's run-scoring groundout. Cano hit his 19th homer, a solo shot in the fourth that tied his career high, and Rodriguez hit his 22nd, a two-run drive, in the fifth that made it 7-3.
The Red Sox had scored a run in the fourth when Varitek's popup bounced off Cano's left arm as the second baseman overran the ball. That allowed Jason Bay, who had singled, to score. Baldelli's sacrifice fly in the sixth made it 7-4.
Beckett settled down after Rodriguez's homer and retired nine straight batters before Matsui hit his 23rd with two outs in the eighth.
Notes: Sabathia is 20-2 in August since 2005. ... Johnny Damon started in left field for New York after missing Saturday's game with a bruised right knee suffered when he fouled a pitch off it on Friday night. ... Boston lefty DH David Ortiz got the night off against left-hander Sabathia after hitting his 20th homer and driving in three runs Saturday. Manager Terry Francona used Mike Lowell, who has been hitting well, at DH and said the Red Sox will face right-handers the next three nights against the Chicago White Sox. ... Nick Swisher's streak of reaching base in 30 straight games ended.


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A request by an activist group for a formal hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant was denied Friday by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel.
The Citizens' Oversight Projects had asked for a hearing on changes in technical specifications, including ending a requirement that some types of documents or reports be reported to the NRC. The NRC had issued a notice about the proposed technical changes by the plant operator, Southern California Edison, on Aug. 16.
Ray Lutz of the Citizens' group said he was concerned that some documents would no longer be accessible to the public.
The NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, however, said Edison's proposed actions were proper based on a 2001 finding by the NRC.
Lutz said he must review the decision before deciding on next steps.
"We'll have to read it and see what we're going to do," he said Friday.
A separate panel from the same board is considering a different hearing request from the environmental group, Friends of the Earth, arguing that a document known as a Confirmatory Action Letter from NRC to Edison should be the basis of an evidentiary hearing.
NRC's statement on Friday said briefs are being submitted this month and next month for that request, and no decision on it would come until after that time.
Both of San Onofre's reactors remain offline, sidelined by problems with their steam generators that were traced to design flaws. The four generators, two for each reactor, were installed between 2009 and early 2011 in a $671 million operation.
The NRC has not yet decided whether to grant Edison's request to restart one of the reactors at lower power.
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