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Former House speaker says state is diverting tax moneyBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 14. 2013 8:16PM
CONCORD - It was a battle of the buckets at the State House on Thursday, as proponents and opponents of an increase in the state's gasoline tax squared off in Representatives Hall during a well-attended hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee.
Former House Speaker William O'Brien, R-Mont Vernon, brought his green plastic paint bucket full of holes to make a point: the state highway fund is constantly being drained for other purposes. It's the same bucket he brought out at a press conference earlier in the month when he began his battle against the gas tax increase proposed by Nashua Democrat David Campbell.
On Thursday, Campbell brought out a bucket of his own to bring attention to an amendment to the gas tax legislation that would ensure every new penny raised goes to fix the state's roads and bridges. His big red bucket with a large lock had two pennies attached to the top, and a sign that read: "Every Penny to Roads and Bridges."
The visuals captured the deep divide in the state Legislature over how to fund repairs to state and locally controlled roads and bridges over the next 10 years.
Campbell testified on behalf of his legislation, which would increase the tax drivers pay at the pump by 15 cents in increments of 4 cents each year for the next three years, and 3 cents in the fourth year. The current tax is 18 cents a gallon, and would rise to 33 cents over the four-year period.
The House of Representatives voted 207-163 to approve the legislation on March 6. The bill (HB 617) is now before the House Ways and Means Committee, where it could be modified before returning to the full House for a final vote. It is expected to face tough opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Campbell showed the committee data that suggest the state has fallen way behind on its goal of repaving 500 miles of road per year, and has 140 red-listed bridges in need of repair. Cities and towns in the state have 353 bridges of their own that need attention, he said.
"We need to fix our state roads; we need to fix our town roads," he said. "And we need the money to do it through our Department of Transportation."
Campbell said he had heard from voters and lawmakers that the increase might be more palatable if it was 100 percent protected for road and highways, and not diverted to any other purposes in the state budget. "People have told me, we'll support a higher gas tax, but we want every penny to go to roads and bridges," he said.
While the amendment Campbell promoted at the hearing would ensure that every penny of the increase goes to roads and bridges, all of the money raised by the existing tax is not affected, and would still be diverted to other purposes, like funding the state police or other functions in the Department of Safety.
O'Brien said it's time for the practice to stop. Existing law allows 27 percent of the money raised from the gas tax to be used for other purposes. Through various legislative maneuvers, that percentage has gone beyond 30 percent in recent years.
O'Brien's green bucket was plastered with stickers illustrating what other state departments have gotten from the highway fund in the past two years, including $153 million to the Department of Safety; $592,784 to the Department of Resources and Economic Development, and $435,976 to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The former house speaker argued that if those diversions were stopped, there would be plenty of money to fund the needed repairs with no tax increase.
"The Department of Safety should come in before the Legislature and argue for its needs like other departments, and not just get automatically funded through diversion of funds that are raised for one purpose and used for something else altogether," he said.
Critics argued that O'Brien's plan plugs one leak but creates other leaks all over the state budget, including $75 million a year for the Department of Safety.
The committee also heard testimony on two amendments to raise the tax by smaller amounts. One sponsored by House Ways and Means Vice Chair Patricia Lovejoy, D-Stratham, would increase the levy by four cents each year for three years, while another by Bedford Republican John Cebrowski, a member of the Finance Committee, would allow for a seven-cent increase over two years, with four cents in the first year.
"Fifteen cents would never, ever make it through the Senate," he said, "but seven cents gives us a chance. And that's what I'd like ... a chance."
Just before the hearing started, Americans for Prosperity, which advocates for limited government and lower taxes, held a press conference in the Legislative Office Building to unveil a petition drive to oppose any gas or diesel tax increase. The petition is online at www.stopnhgastax.com.
"NH families and businesses are already struggling. Now is the worst possible time to increase the cost of an essential commodity like gasoline and diesel," said Greg Moore, AFP state director.
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Box of card tokens at St Audry's Hospital, England, 1939-1945
These tokens were reward payments to patients for work done in asylum workshops or gardens. This work was a type of occupational therapy. Coloured tokens were exchanged for items such as cigarettes and cakes. They encouraged positive behaviour and were crucial in upholding asylums' elaborate systems of privileges. St Audry's Hospital opened in 1765 as a workhouse for the poor. It became the Suffolk County Lunatic Asylum in 1827. The hospital was also known as St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1917. The hospital and the associated Asylum Museum shut down in the late 1980s. This object was once displayed at the museum.
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26/1/2015 – Australia Day Skyshow
Our unit, along with Cockburn, Canning / South Perth and Bassendean, run a river ambulance service in conjunction with St Johns.
The need for this service arose when a road ambulance could not get through traffic with a critical patient on board from the south side of the river.
We were used three times this year, with the last just as the fireworks were starting, so we had a really good view as we headed towards the flag pole on the north side of the river.
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12/1/2015 – Keith's tree
We were called by one of our own to assist with a tree that had fallen across his driveway, preventing him from getting his car out. I must admit that this is the first time that I have attended a member's house and I think the "carton rules" apply…
Quite a large white gum – about 15m high and a trunk of about 800mm diameter. The tree appeared to have some rot and ant activity.
It ended up taking about 2 hours to finish the job with 4 chainsaw operators using 3 saws.
Photos courtesy of Terri Dufty.
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6/1/2015 – 2014 Update
So its been a while since we last published anything to our website.
2014 was quite a busy year for us. At the end of the year, we had a total of 45 active members that contributed to approximately 5,000 hours of training and 330 hours of callouts.
Training highlights for the year were Senior First Aid, storm damage training with Welshpool FRS, Camp in May/June, 4WD course and a Chainsaw course.
We also competed in the 2014 Metro SES Challenge, and came out on top for the second time in 10 years.
In 2015, our training will focus on integration between sections, team leader development, 2 inductions, inter-service and inter-unit training, more exercises and another camp (or two).
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9/12/2013 – Award presentation
Tonight was the last night of Training for 2013, but also a significant night with several awards being presented to members.
Superintendent Craig Waters attended to present the following awards:
10yr Long Service Medal for dedication to the SES and the commitment to helping the community and was presented to:
Cheryl Allard
Damian Allard
Suzi Hayward
Stuart Romero
Lastly a National Service Medal was presented to Mel Hayward. The National Medal recognises long and diligent service by members that risk their lives or safety to protect or assist the community in enforcement of the law or in times of emergency or natural disaster. This award is available for any member belonging to a recognised government or voluntary organisation.
Although members don't join for the recognition, it is important to acknowledge the time, effort and commitment a long standing member dedicates to the cause. Congratulations to everyone.
Cheryl Allard – 10 year long service medal
Damian Allard – 10 year long service medal
Suzi Hayward- 10 year long service medal
Stuart Romero- 10 year long service medal
Mel Hayward- 15 year National Service medal
5/10/2013 – Chainsaw Continuation Training
Last weekend the Belmont unit held some continuation training for our chainsaw qualified members. This also provided a taste of the chainsaw action for some non-qualified members. Thanks to Stuart Romero for arranging the day, some interesting activities and for passing on some of his thorough knowledge on the subject. Also, thank you to all that participated. Those members that attended without the qualification, we hope to see you on the next course.continue reading
15/6/2013 – SES Floods Water Police
Flood Boat Rescue Crews and the Fremantle Water Police met yesterday, to learn about each others capabilities. Although a surprise to most members; this was organised as part of Canning and Belmont SES units continuation training program. It was perfect timing as the Water Police had just launched a new $2.28million purpose-built boat to assist in search and rescue operations.
Firstly we started with a tour of the Water Police facilities, where Senior Sargeant Greg Trew spoke about their capabilities including how the SES may assist them in a range of operations. We also viewed their communications centre before touring their 2 main vessels.
Their new vessel, named Cygnet 5 (a 17m vessel), is amazing to view, with state of the art technology, strength and power, and the capability to travel 380 nautical miles without refuelling. This vessel is specifically designed for their main operations being marine crime and to carry out dive operations for crime scene evidence search and recovery. Then there's a 10m and 8m Naiad which are more commonly used due to their ease of movement and remarkable speed, although it has its downfall being no 'facilities'. All their vessels are well designed, making use of available technology but maintaining consistency across their vessels.
From here Senior Sargeant Trew and Senior Constable Bruce Rodgers were familiarised with our vessels from Canning and Belmont. Trainer Assessors Suzi Hayward and David Read, provided the Water Police with information on the SES response and vessel capabilities; specifically their limitations and advantages. We spoke about our crew qualifications and competencies, including the expectations of crews responding to a flood.
The visit built a relationship between the SES flood rescue units and the Water Police who identified ways we can assist with their operations such as with water searches, and working with their divers. Which in turn identified future training requirements for not only the SES, but inter-agency training opportunities as well. Both SnrSgt.Trew and SnrCon. Rodgers really had a lot of respect for what we do, and value our contributions and assistance as volunteers. We appreciate the time they took from their day, and hope this collaboration will help bolster both our services to the community.continue reading
4/12/2012 – Flood Rescue Course
Recently Metro SES ran a Flood Boat rescue Course out of our new unit. This course can be quite competitive as there is a minimum of 3 courses that must be completed prior to completing this course. This year we had, 2 x Mandurah SES, 2 x Canning/South Perth SES, 1 x Armadale SES, and 4 x Belmont SES. We also had a new Instructor from Belmont under assessment.
This course is not easy with the first 2 full days being theory based. Although sometimes mind-numbing, it is a necessary part all students must learn before being allowed to drive vessels and conduct rescues. However you will see from the photos below that the instructors try their best to make the lessons more hands on and fun.
The next 2 days are spent on the water. First day upstream Guildford where students practice their slow speed, small area negotiating. They also conduct basic search and rescue operations. The last day is out on Melville Waters, where they undertake a series of obstacle courses and slalom courses to test their high speed manoeuvrability. This tests the limits of the students, but is also an important stage in identifying the limitations of each vessel. They also conduct towing, technical manoeuvres and rescues.
After 4 intense day, 7 students were found successful, with the further two requiring a little more practice in some areas to complete the course. Congrats to all the students. Additionally congrats to John Saffrey for doing an excellent job as an instructor and passing his own assessment.
15/9/2012 – Quick Moving Floodies
Saturday the Flood Rescue Trained members headed out on the water for some continuaton training, to ensure their skills are being maintained. Joined by three Canning/South Perth members, we headed for Pullman Park, Upper Swan. We have never used this area for training before, but the instructors believed it was a different area to get us out of our comfort zone.
Engaging 4wd the training commenced with a steep decline down to a muddy area. We refreshed our memories with terminology before mixing our General Rescue and Flood Rescue techniques to launch the boats (below photo)
With the boats launched, we set off for some practice manoeuvring in moving water in our smaller boats.
Practiced our Pinning drills – although we had to think outside the box here. Here are the goys contemplating their options. (below)
We got to play in Cannings Boat aswell, and have a bit of fun in the beautiful sun.
Overall it was a good day 🙂
27/8/2012 – Funeral for member Robert Bell
is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of our Stores Member Robert Bell on Monday 20th August 2012.
Robert Joined the Belmont SES in 2003 where he was a dedicated member of the Stores and Logistics Section. A quiet one, but always active and keen to help out where ever he could. He will be truly missed by everyone in the unit.
Family and friends are warmly invited to a Service to help celebrate his life to be held in Seasons Funerals Chapel, 8 Hehir St, Belmont on MONDAY (27.8.2012) commencing at 3:00pm.continue reading
20/8/2012 – Membership Photos
As part of annual tradition we all got together for our unit photos last night.
Its the first lot of photos in our new unit aswell.
Whole of Unit Photo
Rescue Team 1
Rescue Team 2
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The postseason playoffs get under way tonight for the Devils Lake High School boys' and girls' basketball teams.
The postseason playoffs get under way tonight for the Devils Lake High School boys' and girls' basketball teams. Both squads begin play in the Eastern Dakota Conference post-season basketball tournament this evening.
The Devils Lake boys, fresh off a play-in game win over Valley City on Saturday, will get their postseason run going at 7:45 p.m. when they travel to Fargo to face off with Shanley.
By virtue of their win over Valley City, the Firebirds enter the tournament as the No. 7 seed. Devils Lake, which finished the regular season at 8-12, was 6-12 in EDC Play/ Shanley, the EDC runner-up during the regular season, is the No. 2 seed with a 16-2 mark on conference.
The winner of the Devils Lake-Shanley matchup will advance to play in the semifinals on Friday at the Fargo Civic Center. The loser will fall into the consolation bracket in the double-elimination tournament.
Grand Forks Red River is the EDC's top seed. The team, 18-1 overall, will open the three-day tournament this evening against ninth-seeded Fargo North.
Other first-round games will include matchup between fifth-seeded Fargo South and No. 4-seed West Fargo, and sixth-seed Wahpeton and No. 3-seed Fargo Davies.
The boys' EDC tournament championship game will be played in the NDSU Bison Sports Center.
The Devils Lake girls will also begin their postseason run this evening by traveling to Fargo for a 5 p.m. showdown with West Fargo.
The Lady Firebirds' enter the EDC girls' tournament as the No. 6 seed after putting together a 7-12 season.
West Fargo, 17-2 overall, is the No. 2 seed.
Other first-round games in the girls' tournament include No. 8 Fargo South at No. 1 Fargo Shanley, No. 5 Wahpeton at No. 4 Grand Forks Red River,, and No. 7 Valley City at No. 2 West Fargo.


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C0759 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of C0759 engine trouble code is a kind of chassis trouble code and when the check engine light comes C0759 code on the first you should check is the gas cap. Pull over, retighten it, and take a look at the cap to see if it has any cracks in it. Continue driving and see if the check engine light turns off. Alternately, you can purchase a gas cap for about $3 at an auto parts store. All you need to do is take the old one off and screw on the new one. If you've already made it to the store, you might as well just replace it. While not car-threatening, it's good to take care of this right away to improve gas mileage.
C0759 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for C0759 code is occuring now you should check C0759 repair processes.
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C0759 Possible Solution:
The crankshaft sensor signals the fuel injection computer or the ignition control when the cylinders are firing. This causes the ignition coil to provide a spark and the injector to inject fuel into each cylinder at the right time.If either sensor isn't working correctly, the car will run rough and the engine will be less efficient. In later car models, the car's computer can usually keep the vehicle running, but the engine warning light on the dashboard goes on to warn the driver.
C0759 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Circuit Malfunction
|Cylinder 1 Injector Circuit Low
|Reverse Input Circuit
The oxygen (02) sensors on your car measure the oxygen in the exhaust to determine how rich or lean the ratio of fuel and air are in the cylinders. Optimizing this mixture means better fuel economy and fewer exhaust emissions.
C0759 OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code DescriptionC0759 engine trouble code is about Reverse Input Circuit.
Main reason For C0759 CodeThe reason of C0759 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Circuit Malfunction.
Parts or components should not be replaced with reference to only a C0759 DTC. The vehicle service manual should be consulted for more information on possible causes of the fault, along with required testing.


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Accused attacker faced charges in 2010By DALE VINCENT
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 12. 2013 8:42PM
MANCHESTER — A man accused of confining a woman in his vehicle by holding a knife near her throat Thursday night, stopping only when she sprayed him with pepper spray and fled, was arraigned Friday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
Osahenrumwen Ojo, 35, of 61 Pennacook St., could enter no plea to felony charges of criminal restraint and criminal threatening, so a probable cause hearing was set for July 24. A resisting arrest charge was set for trial Aug. 14 Because Ojo was out on bail from a June 23 simple assault charge, scheduled for trial July 24, the police prosecutor filed a motion to revoke Ojo's bail on the earlier charge, and he was ordered held pending a hearing Monday.
Court documents show police said the woman later told them she had met Ojo, who said his name was Dennis, several days earlier in the grocery store and they had traded phone numbers.
She said he invited her to his house Thursday night, giving her a Sagamore Street address, but when she arrived and found it to be a business, she called him and he invited her to join him in his vehicle, a Pontiac SUV.
She said he asked her if she wanted "to have some fun." She said she told him she wanted to leave and he brandished a knife, climbing on top of her and threatening to kill her.
The court documents show she told police she was able to use a pepper spray container on her keychain, forcing him to back off. She then opened the door and ran.
Three years ago, Ojo was accused of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint, but that case did not go to trial.
In October 2011, prosecutors decided not to go forward with prosecution because the alleged victim had moved to Germany and did not want to return for trial.
Ojo had been accused of jumping into the back seat of that woman's car when she was stopped at a red light at West Merrimack Street at about 12:30 a.m. May 9, 2010, and ordering her at gunpoint to drive toward Hooksett. The woman told police her abductor told her to drive into the rear parking lot of the U-Haul Store at 443 Hooksett Road and shut off the ignition.
The woman escaped, after fighting off her abductor and running toward Hooksett Road, where she flagged down a passing motorist who called police. The kidnapper fled. Ojo was arrested about a half-mile from where the woman got help from a motorist, within minutes of her escape. He was told she had identified him in a photo lineup. A toy gun, matching the description given by the woman, was found in the area where Ojo was arrested.
The arresting officer in the 2010 case, Joseph C. Lorenzo, was one of the detectives involved in Thursday night's arrest.
Court documents show he and Detective Patrick Maguire knew Ojo had been given a summons for loitering, after parking for hours in the lot of the Van Otis store on Elm Street June 1; was charged with assault for allegedly grabbing the chest area of a woman June 23 on Sagamore Street, and matched the description of a man who had sexually assaulted a woman in the area of 27 Sagamore St. July 7.
The detectives said they observed a man in the vehicle matching the one allegedly involved in the three previous incidents parked on Pennacook Street, near Pine Street, about 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Nearly two hours later, he was still there, the detectives said. But, as they watched, the driver pulled away and drove around the block, parking this time on Sagamore Street, near Bay Street.
At about 10:45 p.m., police said, a second vehicle parked nearby and the woman driver got out and entered the SUV. Moments later, officers saw the SUV passenger door open and the woman run away. Police said the SUV sped off, turning north on Bay Street, where the detectives were able to stop it.
Maguire found a Leatherman tool, opened to a four-inch knife, just inside the driver's door of Ojo's vehicle. He also noticed the odor of pepper spray and said Ojo displayed physical signs of having been pepper sprayed. Maguire wrote that Ojo did not respond to commands to step out of the car, continuing to clench the steering wheel, and had to be pulled from the SUV.
Lorenzo reported he found the woman at the nearby Rite Aid.


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Tomek Kubovy is aged 26. He lives in Kladno and works as a tennis coach. Tomek likes animals, fitness, dance and tennis. What a great looking guy Tomek is, with an easy smile. He starts by standing and running his hands all over his body, slow and senuous strokes. Lifting his tee shirt Tomek reveals his torso and a wonderful chest, with some hair on it. He removes the tee shirt and his hands keep on working, rubbing his groin, chest and armpits. He gives a small glimpse of his cock as he pushes the front of the shorts down a little, before covering up again. But then he puts his hands down the shorts and pulls out a rock hard cock for us to see. Then he pushes the shorts down some and reveals a big set of balls too, and a wonderful side view of a muscled ass. Tomek then turn 90 degrees and drops the shorts and takes them off, bending to do so, and exposing a wonderful ass. He has a great tan line and stands and rubs his hands over his ...
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The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) in conjunction with the United States Postal Service will sponsor a food drive, "Stamp Out Hunger," on Saturday, May 11.
Residents throughout Pennsylvania are asked to help feed the needy, by donating non-perishable goods to letter carriers. The carriers will collect the goods that should be left by mailboxes before the carriers collect the mail on May 11.
A one-day event, the food drive is part of a nationwide drive designed to fill food bank pantries through summer months.
The 21st annual NALC National Food Drive to, "Stamp Out Hunger," is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. The drive is held annually on the second Saturday in May in over 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Last year, carriers collected 70 million pounds of food. But, since the first food drive, over one billion pounds of food has been collected.


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Several months ago the Cortez Sanitation District informed the city of Cortez that it planned to end the 10-year practice of having the city handle its billing.
Even after the separation, the district still needed the city's meters to calculate resident's usage and fees, so the district agreed to pay $1,000 a month for this service and this remains in effect.
Shortly after the sanitation district took over issuing the bills directly to its customers, it discovered that the city in numerous instances had been undercharging people.
This led to upset customers contacting the district and others went to board meetings to ask why the fees had increased while their usages had remained the same.
The district responded to the complaints by informing customers the city should have been charging customers more or they should have been placed in a different category, which would have meant an increase in their bills.
Board member John Stramel said the district is still waiting to see what type of funds it will be recouping.
"We cannot determine how much difference this will make in only two months time," Stramel said in an email. "We have recovered approximately $1.3 million that had been misplaced. We have found that some accounts were being inaccurately billed and other accounts were not being billed at all."
Stramel said the district does not know if it has found all of the discrepancies yet.
"By doing our own billing we are now able to access all of the information needed to run the district more effectively," he said in the email. "It will most likely take, at a minimum, one year's time in order to do an accurate audit of our accounts. However, I can report that the staff has done a great job handling the changes and all is going well."
Sanitation District Manager Tim Krebs Jr. said he too would like to see data for a longer period of time before determining whether the district was coming out in the black after paying the city the monthly bill of $1,000.
"We get unlimited access to the meters to tell us what was consumed," he said.
Krebs said he does not want to speculate on how much the district will or could be saving by taking control of issuing the bills.
"Let us get a good year under our belts so we can compile the data on how (much we save)," he said.
Krebs explained the city was likely unaware of certain practices and had been doing the same things for years before the district took over this responsibility in November of last year.
As an example Krebs pointed to the practice the city used when a resident had his or her water turned off. The city did not bill customers for either the water or sewer after it was turned off.
Krebs said there is always a monthly fee for sewer even if the water service to the residence or business has been turned off.
He said customers obviously do not like the fact their bills increased, but added most understood the situation when the circumstances were explained to them.
While the district is only in its third month of taking over its billing from the city, Krebs thinks it is working fairly well, but added the district had to hire a full-time billing clerk to take on this additional responsibility.
He said the biggest hurdle is property owners not understanding why they are now receiving a separate bill in the mail since they used to pay for this in association with fees for city services.
Krebs said the district has tried to make the bill paying easier for its customers through automatic pay and will be putting up a drop box at City Market.


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Emerging-market stocks rose for a fifth day on speculation China will take steps to boost domestic consumption, while U.S. lawmakers arranged meetings to avert budget cuts threatening growth in the world's largest economy.
Citic Securities Co. and Haitong Securities Co. led Chinese brokerages higher after the country's regulator said it will ease bond financing for securities firms. Eletropaulo Metropolitana SA jumped to a two-month high to lead gains Sao Paulo. OMV Petrol Ofisi AS, Turkey's biggest fuel retailer, rose the most in almost five months after receiving approval to sell a unit.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 0.5 percent to 1,054.47 as of 10 a.m. in New York, poised for the highest close since April 3 and extending a sixth weekly gain to 1.1 percent. China may introduce measures to boost consumption in areas such as autos, household electronics and solar, the China Securities Journal said. Congressional leaders plan to meet with President Barack Obama today and House Republicans will convene Dec. 30 as lawmakers work to avoid the more than $600 billion in spending cuts and tax gains scheduled to start in January.
"Investors believe differences over the U.S. budget issues will be resolved soon," Kim Dae Young, a Seoul-based fund manager at KB Asset Management Co., which manages about $28 billion in assets, said by phone. "Policies from China's new leadership are likely to match investors' expectations."
The developing-nations gauge has risen 15 percent this year, beating the 13 percent increase in the MSCI World Index of developed countries. The emerging-markets gauge trades at 12.1 times estimated profit, compared with the MSCI World's 13.7, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Brazil, Russia
Brazil's Bovespa Index gained 0.2 percent, the first advance in four sessions. Preferred shares of Eletropaulo, Brazil's largest power distributor, jumped 4.9 percent to the highest price in two months.
Banco Bradesco SA, Brazil's second-biggest bank by market value, increased the most in a week after Brazil's central bank cut reserve requirements for lenders to spur investments in Latin America's largest economy.
Benchmark indexes in Hungary and Romania rose. Russia's 50- stock Micex Index fell 0.2 percent as Urals crude, Russia's main export blend, declined. OAO Mostotrest, a bridge and road builder, was the worst performer on the index, dropping 7.3 percent. OAO Aeroflot, Russia's biggest airline, rose 2.8 percent to the highest price in three months.
The Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index rose to a record for a fourth day. OMV Petrol jumped 6.6 percent, the most since Aug. 8, after the anti-trust board gave approval to sell its 100 percent stake in Petrol Ofisi Arama Uretim Sanayi & Ticaret AS to Tiway Oil BV.
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Every week you'll get a brand-new comic cover theme game! The game works like this: I'll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a connection between all three characters, a locale, a creator, a trait all three creators share, SOMEthing. And it isn't something obvious like "They all have prices!" "They all have logos!" "They all feature a man!" "They are all Avengers (who ISN'T?)!" "They're all dead (who HASN'T been killed off?)!" "They've all been cloned (who HASN'T been cloned?)!" "They're all mutants! (who ISN'T a mutant?)" "They're all legacy heroes (who ISN'T a legacy hero nowadays?)!" etc.
In addition, please note that you must have some familiarity with comic book history to correctly guess these comics. You cannot guess the connective theme just by looking at the covers solely, you must have some knowledge beyond just the covers. The connections will ONLY have to do with connections in the actual comic books (so no incidental connections like "they share the same last names of Vice Presidents," etc. Now, if the three characters were each named Gerald Ford, that'd be another story, as that'd no longer be incidental).
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Staff writers Robbie Andreu and Jon McDonald take a closer look at today's game at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Staff writers Robbie Andreu and Jon McDonald take a closer look at today's game at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Angry reaction for these two Gators?
No Gators are ever welcome at Doak Campbell Stadium. But two likely will be more unwelcome than usual today — true freshman Buck linebacker/defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. and junior safety Matt Elam. Both of these guys were supposed to be Seminoles. In fact, Fowler was, for almost a year. Fowler gave a solid verbal commitment to FSU during his junior season at St. Petersburg Lakewood and went month after month without wavering. But at the end of the recruiting process last January, there were rumblings and rumors he was showing a late and genuine interest in Will Muschamp and the Gators. The Seminoles laughed it off. But on signing day, Fowler stunned FSU (and made UF's day) by signing with the Gators. He will have a target on his back today. Elam also appeared headed to Tallahassee three years ago. While Urban Meyer was flip-flopping about his job at UF, Elam was doing the same in recruiting. When it looked like Meyer was gone, Elam backed out of a UF commitment and committed to the Seminoles. He even posed for a picture for his local newspaper wearing an FSU jersey. But when Meyer announced he would be coming back after a leave of absence, Elam signed with the Gators. He's had an FSU target on his back ever since.
Can Gators win without much O?
Absolutely. As Florida has shown throughout this 10-1 season, there are many ways to win a football game. Strong defense. Turnovers. Big plays on special teams. With the exception of the loss to Georgia, the Gators have been able to somehow produce a winning formula every week by making up for their lack of offense with productive play in other phases. They'll try again today. It's pretty much a given UF likely will lose one phase of the game badly — its offense against FSU's defense, which is No. 1 in the nation. So, the Gators will try to make up for that likely loss with strong wins on defense and in special teams. Here's one key stat that could have a tremendous impact on today's game, and that has been widely overlooked this week: The Seminoles have a tendency to turn the ball over. They are 69th in the nation in turnover margin. While the Seminoles have been shaky taking care of the ball, the Gators have been sound (with the exception of the six-turnover performance in the loss to Georgia). If Florida comes up with a significant victory in the turnover battle today, the Gators will have a chance to spring the upset.
Dueling defenses
After the Gators shut out Jacksonville State a week ago, UF coach Will Muschamp said he didn't know if there was a better defense in the nation. FSU can make a strong argument that its is — the Seminole defense. FSU ranks No. 1 in the nation in total defense (236.3 yards allowed a game), while UF holds down the No. 4 spot nationally (281 yards a game). FSU is giving up only 70.6 yards a game on the ground and opposing offenses have converted only 43 of 172 third-down plays (25 percent). The Gators have also been strong on third down, allowing opposing offenses to convert only 42 of 160 third-down plays (26 percent). Here's one key area where the Gators rank ahead of the Seminoles: UF is third in the nation in scoring defense, giving up just 11.7 points a game. FSU is fifth (13.1 points). Both defenses have piled up a lot of impressive numbers, and a lot of the signs point to this game turning into a defensive struggle. Who has the best defense? Maybe we'll have a more definitive answer after today's game.
Extra special
If the game comes down to a field goal, then each team would be happy to trot out its kicker. The Gators and Seminoles each have one of the three best kickers in the country, according to the Lou Groza Award finalist list. Florida's Caleb Sturgis and FSU's Dustin Hopkins are both in the running for the honor, which goes to the country's top kicker (the other is Tulane's Cairo Santos.) Hopkins also became the NCAA leader in points scored by a kicker (448) in last week's 41-14 win over Maryland.
Soft serve
After last year's 21-7 home loss, Florida coach Will Muschamp said his team played soft. Those words seem to have been taken to heart this season, at least by the defense. While the offense has been dominant at times (like the LSU game) the defense has been the Gators' rock. Even in the 2011 loss to the 'Noles, the UF defense only gave up two of the scores and held Florida State to 95 yards of total offense. Muschamp would probably settle for that kind of "soft" performance today.
Give Pease a chance
The Florida offense has downshifted since the South Carolina game, scoring just 59 combined points against Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana-Lafayette and FCS foe Jacksonville State. With this being Florida's last chance at a BCS game (and perhaps a national championship game), does offensive coordinator Brent Pease pull out all the stops? Florida has relied on its defense all season, but this could be the game when Pease opens up his playbook and surprises everyone. The Gators haven't needed the offense to be anything other than conservative and opportunistic for most of this season, but if there were a time, it would be today. Florida State's defense is tops in the nation, and they will be expecting everything the Gators have already run.
Bjoern to be wild
Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner is one of the driving forces on the line. The Nagurski Trophy finalist leads his team with 14 1/2 tackles for loss and is second with 9 1/2 sacks. For Florida to establish its running game, or any sort of offense, it will have to deal with the 6-foot-4, 255-pound monster who hails from Berlin, Germany. While impressive, Werner's stats are a bit skewed. The junior recorded four sacks and five tackles for loss in the Seminoles' season opener against Murray State.


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text: Woody's Automotive, Chillicothe, recently received a "Show Me Hero" plaque, signed by Gov. Jay Nixon, honoring the company as one of those statewide that has pledged to hire veterans of the United States military. The plaque contains an American flag patch once worn by a soldier in combat, as well as said soldier's name on the back. From left to right, we see: Woody's internet manager Sonja Griesbach, Woody's manager Jason Bone, Woody's employee Mark Jenkins (a veteran of the US Navy for four years and the reserves for two years), and governor's representative Mark Pauley.


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NH troopers, police associations make pitch for expanded gambling
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CONCORD -- Leaders of the state troopers and police associations said Monday the public safety benefits of bringing a single casino to the state far outweigh what they said were relatively minor criminal drawbacks.
At a news conference, David Young, president of the New Hampshire Police Association, said a casino would bring in no more new crime than a new shopping mall, while additional revenue generated by such a facility would add 15 state troopers to 317-member force and, as a result, reduce response times to serious crimes.
At the same time, Young said, the additional revenue would help fund mental health programs, the Children in Need of Services program for troubled youth and would stave off an expected cut of more than 50 percent in staffing of the Attorney General's Drug Task Force, which is being brought about by the gradual reduction of federal funds.
"With the potential dissolve of the drug task force teams, local, county and state agencies will have to pick up where the drug task force cannot anymore," Young said.
Senate Bill 152, which would legalize 5,000 slot machines and 150 table games at a single location, and, supporters say, provide about $130 million in new revenue annually, passed the state Senate last week on a 16-8 vote. The bill is now headed to the House for review an eventual vote. At the moment, it faces an uphill battle there, even with the strong backing of Gov. Maggie Hassan.
New Hampshire Troopers Association president Seth Cooper said the two groups came to their decisions after "thoroughly looking at the bill and speaking with law enforcement agencies in states that currently have casino-style gaming."
"The bottom line is we did our homework on this," Cooper said. He said the bill "provides the adequate and necessary regulations to enforce gaming."
Cooper said that police agencies in states with gambling told the New Hampshire groups that "there was no drastic increase in criminal behavior or a criminal element charging into those communities.
"What we did find was an increase in traffic volume and the added issues that come with traffic," such as motor vehicle offenses, traffic accidents and alcohol-related incidents, said Cooper.
"These incidents did not rise to the point of creating an overbearing burden on police agencies," Cooper said.
Cooper said that with a state police force pressed for resources, "25 percent of the time, it takes 15 minutes to get a trooper to a motor vehicle collision. In the most rural part of the state 13 percent of the time it takes almost 41 minutes to get a trooper to a motor vehicle collision."
He said state police are also hard-pressed to respond promptly to domestic violence incidents.
Young said local police agencies "do not have the resources to do this highly specialized work" now assigned to the drug task force. "Much drug crime will go unchecked, securing more ground for the drug trade within our state."
Young said the shooting death of Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney last year illustrated "the dangers that the dealers and the drug trade are affecting in our communities.
"We do not believe that casinos in themselves and expanded gambling will bring an serious increase in crime," Young said. "Research we conducted and reviewed show that an increase in crime will be due to the influx of people in general. The same would happen with a new shopping mall in any given town."
Both officials said the support for the bill was based on decisions reached by their respective executive boards. Each group has supported attempts for expanded gambling in the state during the past several years.
Among the groups working against the bill is the Granite State Coalition Against expanded gambling.
Former state Sen. Jim Rubens, who heads the group, has organized an "informational luncheon" for state lawmakers on Wednesday during the lunch break in the House session.
Among those scheduled to speak are former state Republican Party Chair and hospitality business executive Steve Duprey and three key Democrats -- former Attorney General Philip McLaughlin, state Rep. Marjorie Smith and Lew Feldstein, a member of the Governor's Gaming Study Commission.
Rubens told UnionLeader.com that a discussion that he and members of his group were scheduled to have with members of Hassan's staff on Monday was rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.


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RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – 31 people are in trouble with the law after a three day prostitution sting in Richmond. Police told NBC12 they targeted specific areas where residents and business owners complained about the illegal activity.
This operation was a little different than prostitution stings in the past. Police said they were able to get more resources and instead of focusing on one area, officers split up to make arrests citywide.
The arrests span the city but many of them were concentrated on Chamberlayne Avenue, North Avenue and Jefferson Davis Highway.
"You can see them walk up and then you see them ride down and get dropped back off in the same spot," said Sandy Murphy whose auto sales lot is right across the street from one of the motels where police arrested eight "johns."
On Wednesday and Thursday police targeted the hookers. One Friday, the sting focused on "johns" at the Southside Motel.
"Sometimes they just want to walk in front of the car lot up and down the pike and it causes havoc with us having to be out here and having to sell vehicles," Murphy said. "It blocks driveways. Customers don't know if you're the salesperson or what."
Richmond Police Lt. Bill Kelly said they need residents to let them know what streets prostitutes walk most frequently.
"We're going to continue to be aggressive about it and we're just not going to tolerate it," he said. "The citizens aren't going to tolerate it and the police department is not going to tolerate that type of activity."
But Murphy thinks while the situation has improved, police will never be able to fully eradicate the problem.
"It's like when they do the sting here, they'll move to Midlothian and what have you," she said. "They'll find a way."
We did visit several of the motels on Jeff Davis Highway where we're told prostitutes take their "johns." Managers either didn't want to talk to our cameras or said they don't have those kinds of issues in their facilities.
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Today, I thought I would present a little collage of what I, at least, think are interesting tid-bits of mostly local history.
Today, I thought I would present a little collage of what I, at least, think are interesting tid-bits of mostly local history. This medley is taken from previous History Guy columns. Have a wonderful Sunday!
• There were once 110 known rural schools in Newton County. All but Westview have been consolidated into the four main school districts in Newton County (five if you count Joplin School District). Most were closed in the 1940s through the 1960s. We lost something special with the loss of the independent rural schools. I'll argue that with anyone.
• Making corn husk dolls is borrowed from the Native Americans. In Southwest Missouri, they even pre-date the Osage and Kickapoo peoples. There is a legend I read somewhere that the reason corn husk dolls traditionally have no face is because this little "corn person" once became so vain after seeing her reflection in a river that The Great Spirit punished her by taking away her face. Hmmm....Don't know about that one, but that's supposedly why we don't paint faces on corn husk dolls. Or so the story goes.
• Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 as a political move to assuage the blue collar citizenry still wielding symbolic pitchforks over the violent breakup of a railroad mega-strike a few days before.
• Neosho's water treatment plant was built for Camp Crowder in circa 1942. Yes, it's that old. But it IS in the process of getting some upgrades, thanks to a voter-approved, low-interest state loan.
• President Harry S Truman made a handful of "official" visits to Neosho during his political career. The first I can think of off the top of my head was for the dedication of the new Newton County courthouse in 1936, when he was a U.S. Senator. The second "official" time I know of offhand was in 1942 for the dedication of Camp Crowder, which had just been built. Truman was still a Senator then, too. As former President, Truman made a third official stop in Neosho in 1962 with artist and local native Thomas Hart Benton, for Benton's homecoming celebration. But Truman reportedly also liked to hang out in Neosho, as well, playing poker in a home on St. John Street, among other activities.
• Not long before he left Neosho for good, a young Thomas Hart Benton said farewell to his hometown by getting into a knock-down, drag-out street fight in front of what is Community Bank & Trust on the Neosho Square. He was arrested, spent the night in jail and paid a $1 fine the next day. Like many of Benton's youthful shenanigans, it made the local newspaper. Of course, when he came back to great fanfare in 1962, after making it to the big time in the art world, the signs in the crowd read, "Welcome Home, Tom."
• The beautiful First Christian Church was constructed in 1907 on the corner of Hickory and Jefferson Street in Neosho, and demolished in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It rivaled all other church buildings in architectural beauty.
n More than 3,000 people came to the very first Neosho Easter Sunrise Service in Big Spring Park, which was held April 20, 1924. The event was originally organized by the now defunct Neosho Community Club.
• Located northeast of Diamond, the community of Pepsin was settled around 1830. At one time Pepsin boasted three stores, a barber shop, a canning factory, a sorghum mill, blacksmith shop, post office, a school and a church. Pepsin was once called Kizerville but was later changed to Pepsin after the newest brand of chewing gum at the time. Er, maybe.
That sounds a little far-fetched to me, but who knows? Things like that do happen. Pepsin was also the home of an obscure, at least to me anyway, major league baseball player by the name of Marc Hall, who before he died from diabetes at age 27 in 1915, played for the St. Louis Browns.
• There is only one McDonald County in the entire United States. In contrast, there are at least eight "Newton County(s)" around the U.S. and the same number of counties named Jasper. Newton and Jasper counties are named for South Carolinians Sgt. John Newton and Sgt. William Jasper, both of whom served under Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion against the British (Marion, by the way, was largely the inspiration for Mel Gibson's character in the movie "The Patriot.") The story is that the two buddies learned of some men — either captured patriots or British deserters, depending on which source it comes from — were about to be executed. Subsequently, the duo supposedly ambushed and scattered the guard detail and freed the prisoners, earning Newton a promotion from corporal to sergeant. Jasper was already a sergeant, apparently. Jasper, by the way, was later killed during the 1779 siege of Savannah, Ga. There is a big monument of him in that city. After the city fell to the British, our Sgt. John Newton is said to have been thrown into a prison ship, where he died of small pox. McDonald County is named for Sgt. Alexander McDonald Jr. He survived the war and died in Georgia in 1844, according to genealogy records. One report has McDonald chasing down a Tory major (Tories were American loyalists, by the way) on horseback and bayoneting him in the back. No small achievement, to be sure. It isn't as big as ambushing a British patrol and freeing condemned prisoners, but certainly nothing to sneeze at if it's true.
Wes Franklin serves on the Newton County Historical Society Board of Directors. He is also public relations director and events coordinator for the City of Neosho. Contact him at 658-8443.


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The basics surrounding revenues and expenses for the county's largest employer, the Henderson County Public Schools system, was a highlight of a school board workshop this weekend.
MILLS RIVER — The basics surrounding revenues and expenses for the county's largest employer, the Henderson County Public Schools system, was a highlight of a school board workshop this weekend.
"This is an overview from about 10,000 feet," quipped Finance Director Kerry Shannon.
She spoke to board members, administrative office staffers and several school principals Saturday during the second day of workshops held at Mills River Academy, the school system's training facility located next door to Mills River Elementary.
The district employs 2,097 people with a student enrollment of 13,481 for the 2012-13 academic year. The school district has a total budget of $115 million for the current school year.
The school system receives revenue from three primary funding sources: county, state and federal governments. Revenues for fiscal year 2012-13 show $21.2 million from Henderson County, $72 million from the state, and the remainder comprised of federal funds along with a combination of contributions/donations, investments and individual school revenues from things such as athletic fees and club membership fees.
Money that HCPS received from the state actually amounted to $77 million before reversion took place, which left the local school system with $72 million in funding from Raleigh, the finance director said. Due to the state's own monetary woes, for the past several years the school system has had to return a portion of its state allotment so the state can balance its budget, a practice known as reversion, Shannon explained.
"As an example, say the state gives you $5 then says you have to give back $1 within 10 days," she said. "We understand it's plugging a hole in the state budget — we would prefer they just reduce our allotment instead of playing this little game."
The biggest chunk of the budget expenditures (83 percent) is for employee salaries and benefits. All state employees, including teachers, got a raise this year of 1.2 percent and retirement costs increased as well, from 13.12 percent to 14.23 percent, Shannon said.
Other government funding is spent on systemwide support services, which include administrative/clerical personnel, custodial staff and bus drivers.
Shannon said the school district is required to send money out of its county funds on a per-pupil basis to public charter schools. This school year, 250 students from Henderson County are attending charter schools all over the region, including at The Mountain Community School, Henderson County's only public charter school.
"We are now paying eight different charter schools — $400,000 out of our county money is being paid (to charter schools) through us," Shannon said.
Capital expenditures are also part of the school system's total budget, which includes money spent for the maintenance of buildings and grounds, reconstruction or repair of old buildings, and the acquisition of equipment with a lifetime greater than a year, such as computers, buses and vehicles.
County commissioners provided $500,000 for capital expenditures when they approved funding for the school system last year.
Each school system in North Carolina receives proceeds from the state's education lottery, with a certain percentage of the lottery money going toward education and a percentage funding scholarships, Shannon said. For the past several years, all of the lottery proceeds received by HCPS has gone toward the school system's debt service.
In June, school board members approved a North Carolina Education Lottery application of $281,632 to pay debt service on the 2008 installment financing contract for the Hillandale and Mills River school projects.
The finance director also explained the school district's timeline for addressing budget issues. HCPS officials focus on examining needs that can be met through local funds in the spring as they prepare a budget request for county commissioners.
Putting together needs that can be paid for with state funding is done in the fall, when each of North Carolina's 115 school systems learn how much money they are getting from Raleigh once the state's budget has bee passed.
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July 24. 2013 6:40PM
More voter fraud: Abusing the domicile affidavit
Joe Biden's niece Alana Biden voted in New Hampshire in the 2012 presidential election. She is not a Granite Stater. She was staying in Manchester temporarily to campaign for President Obama. From 2008 through 2012, five people not related to Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, voted here, with Fuller Clark's home listed as their domicile. They no longer live there. How surprising.
This practice of out-of-state campaign workers voting from their temporary New Hampshire lodgings is one of the dirty little secrets of New Hampshire politics. The New Hampshire Democratic Party is especially practiced at it. In 2005, Democratic Manchester Mayor Bob Baines' campaign manager, a young man named Geoff Wetrosky, voted in the city election. He had signed an affidavit saying that he lived in Manchester and intended to stay here. After the election he left. He gave as his "domicile" the address of Kathy Sullivan, then chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.
The Democrats protest that all of these people — at least 10 — voted legally. But it is illegal to file a false affidavit. The affidavit these campaign operatives signed states that they swear they are domiciled at the listed address and that a "domicile is that place, to which upon temporary absence, a person has the intention of returning." Falsely claiming a New Hampshire domicile is classified under state law as voter fraud. That is exactly what this is. And it happens election after election.


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Bill would give NH families control of deceased member's FacebookBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 15. 2013 10:38PM
CONCORD - Today's social media and electronic communications didn't exist when many of New Hampshire estate laws were written, a House committee was told Tuesday.
"We need to recognize our laws have not kept up with our technology," said the prime sponsor of House Bill 116, Rep. Peter Sullivan, D-Manchester, to the House Judiciary Committee.
The bill would give the executor or administrator of an estate control over the social media and electronic communications sites of the deceased.
"Somebody's online existence is part of their persona these days," said Sullivan. "But when someone dies, their online existence can live on."
He told of a friend who died a year-and-a-half ago, but whose name and image pops up in a box on Facebook urging him to attend Boston Bruins games.
And he told of Canadian teenager Amanda Todd, who committed suicide because of cyber-bullying. After she died, the bullying and outrageous comments continued to be posted on her Facebook page, he said. When her parents tried to take control of the page, the company said they could not.
"The taunting continued," Sullivan said. "They taunted her, her family and her friends after she died."
His bill would help bring closure to grieving families, he said, prevent cyber-bullying after someone dies and would create only a small inconvenience for the social media company.
"This is their right as a family," Sullivan said. "The family's right should take preference over a social media company."
He noted that Facebook has a policy of either memorializing the site by leaving it up, although people can continue to post comments on it, or deleting it. But he noted, the deceased's family cannot have control over the site and what is posted or deleted.
Several members were sympathetic, but indicated current law may prevent some of the problems Sullivan highlighted.
Rep. Robert Rowe, R-Amherst, noted when a person dies, all contracts end, and he would expect that to be true with Facebook pages as well.
And Rep. Larry Phillips, D-Keene, said someone may not want his or her family to have access to his or her emails.
John MacIntosh of the New Hampshire Bar Association said his association is sympathetic to the problems identified, but is not sure the bill addresses them.
"The problem is worthy of study," MacIntosh said, "but it may call for federal intervention."
The committee did not make an immediate recommendation on the bill.
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NH Sen. Ayotte calls for full-scale Benghazi investigationBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 12. 2013 6:39PM
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, repeated her call Sunday for a full-scale investigation by a select congressional panel into the Obama administration's actions before, during and after the attack on the U.S compound in Benghazi, Libya last October.
Appearing on the CBS broadcast Face the Nation, Ayotte suggested that the investigation should include an examination of allegations that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have approved a waiver of security requirements for the Benghazi compound.
Four Americans, including ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, died in the attack.
In congressional testimony last week, Eric Nordstrom, who served as a State Department regional security officer in Libya at the time of the attack, said all legally-mandated protective measures for the Benghazi complex were not in place at the time of the attack. Nordstrom said that under federal law, exceptions to the security requirements can only be made with the approval of the Secretary of State.
Appearing with Ayotte, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, said Republicans are zeroing in on Clinton to harm her chances in the 2016 presidential election.
Ayotte said further investigation of Clinton's role is appropriate, denying that the questions being raised are grounded in partisan politics.
"The fact that facility requirements for the consulate in Benghazi, the waiver of those requirements, by law, apparently, have to come from the Secretary of State — was she involved in that decision making," Ayotte said. "This is about getting to the bottom line of the truth — not about what happens in 2016."
Asked by program moderator Bob Schieffer whether she believes there was a cover-up by the Obama administration or an attempt to politically protect Clinton following the attack, Ayotte said numerous revisions to so-called talking points about the attacks resulted in "very important" information being deleted.
"All you need to do is hold up the original version and then what was actually released to the public," Ayotte said. "I believe that the real question is were they manipulated ... in the middle of an election to not tell, really, the full story, give the picture to the American people. I think that's a serious question."
Durbin dismissed the talking point controversy as the product of a "squabble" between the State Department and the CIA.
"The person representing the State Department happened to be Victoria Nuland, who has worked for Democrats and Republicans alike, at one time worked for Vice President Cheney," Durbin said. "She's certainly not a partisan in this exchange."
Ayotte and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, first proposed a select committee shortly before the 2012 presidential election.


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Lawmakers consider 'Cinderella' license for first-time DWI offendersBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 05. 2013 10:14PM
CONCORD - A proposal to let convicted first-time drunk drivers get a "Cinderella" driver's license is expected to get some tinkering before making it to the House floor.
The bill, filed by House Majority Leader Stephen Shurtleff, D-Penacook, would let a person convicted of driving while intoxicated drive a car during limited hours and for limited purposes - getting to work or substance abuse meetings and taking family members to medical appointments.
A convicted drunk driver's car would be rigged with a device that would require a positive breath test to start the engine. New technology would transmit a picture to ensure the person taking the breath test is the convicted driver. The car would have a GPS unit that would alert public safety officials if the time and range of the vehicle's use exceeded limits set by a judge.
Offenders would pay the cost of the device, plus installation and a monthly $80 monitoring fee.
Former Rep. John Tholl of Whitefield, a longtime state trooper who served as deputy Republican whip in the last legislature, spoke during Tuesday's hearing on the bill before the Criminal Justice Committee.
He said the license must be restricted to true first-time offenders, with "absolutely" no prior history of drunk driving.
Tholl has been active in drunk driving legislation for years, and sponsored a bill to toughen penalties on people who try to cheat the ignition lock devices, such as a convicted drunk driver from Merrimack who pleaded guilty in 2010 to having her daughter blow into the device.
Christopher Casko, administrator of hearings for the state Department of Safety, called the proposal overly broad and suggested that some loss of license is needed to drive home the severity of the offense and the public danger it presents.
"License suspension is the most meaningful part of the sentence and has the most deterrent effect," Casko said. "A minimum suspension would go a long way toward the deterrent effect."
Casko said the Department of Safety would be willing to work with the committee to craft appropriate legislation.
An organization representing the state's criminal defense attorneys backs the Cinderella license proposal.
Katherine Cooper, executive director of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, told the committee that first-time drunk drivers are often cured by education and don't need to have their jobs, homes and medical care put at risk.
"Until I was educated about it, I never knew how little it took to reach .08" (the blood-alcohol level considered positive evidence of drunken driving), Cooper said. She said the intervention programs required after a first conviction are often enough to keep an individual from driving drunk again.
"Most first-offense DWI offenders don't get convicted again," Cooper said. "Most people take this very seriously."
A subcommittee of the Criminal Justice Committee is expected to rework the language of the bill.
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After almost 100 years of business, Taylor-Raymond Jewelers is liquidating its inventory and shutting its doors.
The jewelry store has been in Bobby Estes family since his parents first bought it in 1991. The store was owned by a variety of owners before, but the Estes family has expanded the store and created a reputation for quality, high-end jewelry.
The store stayed afloat during the Great Recession and is doing well, but Estes said its time for a timeout and to focus on his health.
We were doing great. Honestly, this sale isnt all based on the economy, he said. I have some health issues that I need to take care of ... and I have a staff that needs a long vacation.
The store had about a 20-percent decrease in the amount customers were willing to spend on jewelry during the recession.
Estes, 50, said he has been toying with the idea of liquidating, but he reached a firm decision last February. He has received some offers from entrepreneurs interested in buying the name and the store, but he now is focused on liquidating the inventory and wont consider selling until next month.
Everything in the store is on sale, and some items are marked up to 70 percent off.
Estes hopes to have all the jewelry gone by the end of January. His lease is up Feb. 1 at the store located in the Main Mall, 835 Main Ave.
The third-generation jeweler is taking a timeout for now, but he says hes not done with the industry and that is where his heart is.
Hes heard multiple offers at jewelry shows around the world, but for now, hes focused on his health and enjoying life.
Im going to have fun and put a new plan together. Were definitely staying here (in Durango), he said. My wife and I havent been on vacation for a while. I can definitely see Mexico and Italy in the picture.


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