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Now that the election is out of the way and the American public has granted President Obama another four years to try to fix things, we can offer our usual comments, recommendations and rhetoric. The disastrous storms that rocked the Northeast will continue to plague residents and retailers for some time to come. The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy has caused widespread anguish, and the 600,000 or more still without power are going through what can only be termed hell on Earth. We continue to suggest donating what you can to the efforts of the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
The recent election returning President Obama to the White House has a significant impact on the U.S. and international business communities. The president and the speaker of the House have both issued statements and any concession on either part seems improbable but absolutely necessary to avoid the fiscal cliff. From the president's point of view, people earning more than $250,000 are considered "millionaires and billionaires" even though most small business owners fall into that category. From the standpoint of the speaker, taxing those earnings will cause additional layoffs as small business owners are reluctant to hire with the added expense. A modification by the president to tax only those earning $1 million or more at the higher rate, with many of the deductions and loopholes eliminated, might solve the problem and get the budget passed.
We will have to wait and see who blinks first because to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire for all would be devastating to the U.S. economy and exacerbate an already serious labor situation. Small businesses need to be able to evaluate their costs to determine hiring practices.
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Interest Rates: December U.S. Treasury bonds closed at 151 21/32nds, up 15/32nds with the yields declining 1 basis point to 2.75%, the lowest in two months. The major selloff in equities prompted the shift to the relative safety of the U.S. treasury market and the dollar. We continue to view treasury bond prices as in a range between 145 and 155.
Stock Indices: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 12,815.39, up 4.07 after losing over 400 points in the prior two sessions. The S&P 500 closed at 1,379.85, up 2.34 points but for the week lost 2.4%. The tech heavy Nasdaq closed at 2,904.87, up 9.29 points but for the week lost 2.6%. The positively construed reading from the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index prompted the slight rally in equities as well as shortcovering in front of the weekend. The reading was the highest since July of 2007. Investors apparently rejected the status quo of the election returning the same Senate, House of Representatives, and the President who have presided over the deteriorating U.S. economic condition. Other factors included a rise in inventories at U.S. wholesalers of 1.1% in September increasing the ratio of how long it would take a company to sell off its current inventory to 0.8%. Corporate earnings disappointment also a factor in the week's losses. We expect a common ground will be determined between the President and the House of representatives to resolve the "fiscal cliff" concern and the markets should "applaud" the deal with an interim rally. However, the overall economic picture we see developing is that of a return to "recession" and we would use any such rally as an opportunity to either get out of higher risk securities or implement hedging strategies. We can assist investors of large equity holdings in developing such strategies based on the "construction" of their portfolios. One significant comparison to consider is the one below between the current S&P 500 chart and that of 1987 which John Markman, a contributor to MarketWatch offered here. (You will need to open the attached copy in order to view the comparison charts)
I remember distinctly the Thursday and Friday equity market declines which led to the Monday, October 19th 22% decline in the Dow. "Those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it", a quotation attributed to George Santayana, a philosopher and poet. I am available to discuss strategies with investors holding large equity positions. My 45 years experience on Wall Street attests to my qualifications. My background can be found on the website at the "Profiles link". I look forward to hearing from concerned investors.
Currencies: The December U.S. dollar index closed at 8110, up 22.4 points as the sharp decline in equities late in the week prompted the shift to treasury bonds, the dollar and even precious metals. The so called "fiscal cliff" created by the failure of the U.S. Congress to come to a budget agreement as described in the Overview would have a severely damaging effect on the U.S. as well as international economies. We have been bullish for the dollar for some time and maintain our opinion. The December Euro closed at $1.2715, down 37 points, the Swiss Franc lost 32 points to $1.0546, the Japanese Yen 16 points to 00.12585, the British Pund 81 points to $1.5896, the Canadian Dollar 15 points to .9980c the australian dollar 25 points to $1.0356, and the New Zealand dollar 8 ticks to .8125. Stay with the dollar but place stops in ancitipation of a U.S. "budget deal
Energies: December crude oil closed at $86.07 per barrel, up 98c on shortcovering and for the week managed a retracement of 1%. The strong dollar had prompted the recent selloff in crude as well as reduced demand tied to declining economies globally. Concern that higher taxes in the U.S. in the event of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts would lead to reduced overall demand. Increases in inventories also cited as reason for the recent selling. We have been bearish for crude for some time and still feel regardless of any budget agreement, a short term rally should be sold. Our overall view is of continued recessionary pressure not that the same "old government" in the U.S. has been restored by the recent election. The "status quo" does not produce different results.
Copper: December closed at $3.4435, down 2.6c on continued long liquidation tied to the U.S. economic expectations and the weak equity market. For the week copper prices declined another 1.9% and we maintain our bearish posture. We see no developing improvement in demand from any industrialized country including China. Take some profits on some put positions but add on any rally tied to an expected U.S. budget agreement.
Precious Metals: December gold closed at $1.730.90 per ounce, up $4.90 and for the week gained 3.3%. Increased demand for precious metals from both China and India and expectation that the "status quo" resulting from the U.S. elections prompted shortcovering as well. December silver closed at $32.60 per ounce, up 36c following gold. The positive U.S. consumer sentiment index by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters release prompted expectation of increased purchasing by consumers which could be considered inflationary, a condition conducive to purchase of precious metals. January platinum closed at $1,559.40 per ounce, up $16.90 tied to recent labor strife in South Africa and positive reports on China's auto market. Platinum is used in catalytic converters on automobiles and any improvement in sales prompts demand for the white metal. Platinum is preferred for auto application to palladium which has similar properties but December palladium closed at $611.05 per ounce, down $3.30. It became time to unwind platinum/palladium spreads during the week and we are now on the sidelines.
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Oh, how we've missed you Bridget Jones.
We've seen the on-set photos and we've read teases about the plot line. But after a whole lot of patience and suspense, fans are finally able to get their first look at the third installment of the Bridget Jones movie series, "Bridget Jones's Baby."
On Wednesday's all-new "Ellen DeGeneres Show," Renee Zellweger made an appearance to deliver the first official trailer.
Fans first got a sense that something major was about to be released when co-star Patrick Dempsey took to Instagram and teased the big trailer news.
"Got a first glimpse," he cryptically wrote while looking at his iPhone. "What a beauty :) #March23rd #Reveal." Yes, it all makes sense to us now, too.
It's been more than fourteen years since the release of "Bridget Jones's Diary" in 2001, which was followed by "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" three years later.
The third installment follows Bridget as a new mom in her 40s. While on-set pictures show husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) attending the baby's christening, the identity of the father remains a total mystery. In fact, screenwriter Helen Fielding wrote three different endings to avoid any spoilers.
"It's kind of brilliant," Zellweger admitted to the Sunday Express. "None of the cast knows who fathered Bridget's baby or who she'll choose as her beau. The plan is to keep us all in the dark, right up to the premiere."
What we do know is the actress and the cast (minus Hugh Grant) is thrilled to be back together for a series that has developed quite the loyal fan base over the years.
"It's really a nice reunion with old friends," Zellweger told E! News' Marc Malkin. "And it's always wonderful to be back in London and I love this character so it's been a real treat to get to revisit it again."
See the finished product once "Bridget Jones's Baby" hits theaters everywhere on Sept. 16, 2016.
(E!, NBC and Universal Pictures are both members of the same family.)
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Sept. 11, 2009) - The ETSU women's tennis team opened its 2009 fall season in strong fashion with a number of outstanding performances Friday at the 17th annual William and Mary Fall Invitational in Williamsburg, Va.
"We started out good today," said head coach Steve Brooks. "The girls have worked hard in practice and it was good to get out on the courts and test where we are as a team at this moment."
In singles Flight A, senior Yevgenyia Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) picked up her first win dropping Virginia freshman Erin Vierra in a long three-set opener 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. After a shorter than usual break between matches, the No .98th ranked ETSU captain then fell in her quarterfinal contest to Harvard's Holly Cao, 6-3, 6-4.
Two brackets down fellow ETSU teammate Paula Jaime (
Rounding out Flight C play was sophomore Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezulea), who opened play by dropping
Over in Flight E junior Tara Sheets (
Closing out the singles scores for ETSU was junior Andra Voinea (
In addition to the singles play ETSU got a great performance in No. 2 doubles from the Lady Buc duo of Jaime and Kedzo. The third seeded team in Bracket B reached the quarterfinals by dropping the Virginia Tech team of Blow and Conley, 8-2.
Unfortunately for ETSU, Stupak and junior Kelly Holtzhausen (
"Overall, today was a learning experience," said Brooks. "Our play was up and down and that tends to happen early in these type of fall tournaments. We looked good this morning but soon as our players conditioning went down our girls started to tense up and struggle."
Attached above are the final results from Day One. For more information on the championship ETSU women's tennis team, please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Bouquet sale at area branches reaps big rewards
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. and Hospice Buffalo worked together to welcome spring with the 27th annual Hospice Buffalo Spring Bouquet Sale.
In the month of March, 31,000 bouquets were sold overall thanks to more than 500 volunteers and 450 companies and schools. First Niagara is proud to have sold 2,164 bouquets, raising more than $19,000.
In Niagara County, the North Tonawanda branch sold 155 bouquets totaling more than $1,200. In Erie County, the Kenmore branch on Sheridan Drive sold 106 bouquets totaling more than $800. Both branches will celebrate their success with a staff pizza party.
"First Niagara believes in empowering our community to 'Do Great Things,' " said FNG Senior Vice President of Retail Markets Management Scott Fisher. "Through this partnership, we hope to help Hospice continue their mission to provide the physical, emotional and spiritual support services patients with serious illnesses need during such a difficult time."
The Hospice Buffalo Spring Bouquet Sale is the largest community-wide fundraiser for the Hospice Foundation.


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The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Documentaries | The Boston Globe
By Ty Burr | January 31, 2013
The subjects covered in the films nominated for the 2013 documentary short Academy Award might make a moviegoer wilt at the prospect of compassion fatigue. Homeless teens, women with breast cancer, Rwandan children in dire need of heart surgery — in theory, this is an information overload of raw misery.
In practice, these five shorts are not only uncommonly good but inspiring in the best, toughest, most moving ways. They don't sugarcoat their various situations but find small moments of triumph and continuance, and they remind us of all the human stories Hollywood refuses to tell us.
This year's nominees each run around 40 minutes, so the Coolidge Corner Theatre has divided them into two programs, equally worthy. Program A leads off with this critic's personal favorite in the category, "Inocente," directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. The title teenager is a San Diego girl who has been homeless for years, since she fled an abusive father with her mother and brothers. She's also a terrifically gifted artist whose vibrantly colored visions erupt on canvases, walls, and, via makeup, her own face.
The movie packs a lot into its 40 minutes: the trauma of Inocente's rootlessness, the support network around her, a creative future that will take her far from her family into a new life. This feels like the first chapter in a long, rich story.
"Mondays at Racine" centers around a Long Island beauty salon that caters to breast cancer patients one day a month; director Cynthia Wade follows a handful of the woman over the course of two years as treatments progress, families fray, and endurance is tested. It's a depiction of a harsh but tightly bonded sisterhood.
"Kings Point" at first appears to be an overly cute portrait of a Florida retirement community, but it, too, deepens as it goes. Filmmaker Sari Gilman shows how old age can be as petty as high school but also that time strips us of our illusions and reveals our innate strengths and weaknesses. The passage of an elderly woman named Mollie from worldly elegance to decrepitude is arguably as unnerving as anything in "Amour."
Program B features two shorts. The first, "Redemption," is a sympathetic, discreetly outraged documentary about "canners" — men and women on the lower rungs of Manhattan's economic ladder who collect bottles and cans for the deposit money. Directors Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill use their camera to show us what we often neglect to see: the ever-present canners in so many New York street scenes, their shopping carts piled high with the bottles we throw away.
The subjects include Vietnam vets, former factory workers, immigrant couples, and a college-educated ex-computer programmer who collects cans to supplement her Social Security. Every urbanite should see this film: As the divide widens between the country's haves and have-nots, "Redemption" shows the latter forced ever further into the cracks.
The final nominee, Kief Davidson's "Open Heart," tags along as eight Rwandan children suffering from rheumatic heart disease — eradicated in the US but epidemic in Africa — travel 2,500 miles to the Salam Centre in Sudan, the only cardiac surgery hospital on the entire continent. Davidson avoids overt plays for our sympathy; the footage of the surgery is astonishing, and scenes of the center's director, Italian medic Gino Strada, meeting with Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir (currently wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide in Darfur) are downright surreal. But the kids themselves are little miracles of hope and resilience.
You come out of these two shorts programs both exhausted and enriched, uncertain which film will win the Oscar and suddenly aware that it's beside the point.


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On April 25, as Donald Trump neared the 100th day of his presidency, a federal judge in San Francisco dealt a blow to one of his signature initiatives—an executive order denying federal funding to sanctuary cities. Federal District Judge William Orrick ruled that the order violated states' rights by seeking to coerce local jurisdictions into doing the federal government's work for it; it also violated the separation of powers, because only Congress can impose conditions on federal funding. The decision was a ringing victory for immigrants, the Constitution, and the growing resistance to a president who seems equally hostile to foreign nationals and our country's own founding document.
The most important story of the president's first 100 days is the strength of our system's response when confronted by a president dismissive of civil rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Trump has shown either abject ignorance of or outright disregard for such fundamental constitutional precepts as judicial review, the establishment clause, freedom of the press, and reproductive freedom. Shortly after his election, Trump proposed in a tweet that flag burners should be imprisoned and stripped of their citizenship—thereby advocating two unconstitutional acts in a single 138-character statement. His executive order barring travel from predominantly Muslim countries is a blatant violation of the establishment clause, a fact that Trump himself underscored by explaining, on the Christian Broadcasting Network the day the first travel ban was issued, that it was designed to favor Christian over Muslim refugees. More recently, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus confirmed that the administration is considering amending the First Amendment to restrict freedom of the press and, as Trump suggested during the campaign, "open up" libel laws.
But we are a constitutional democracy, whether Trump likes it or not. So he can't change the libel laws, overturn Roe v. Wade, establish Christianity as the US religion, or use federal-funding conditions to coerce recalcitrant states, unless he can overcome two forms of resistance: the people and the courts.
The people's resistance has shown itself early and often, from the Women's Marches and the airport demonstrations to the March for Science and the People's Climate Mobilization. Virtually every weekend, citizens are coming together to voice their concern over a president who appeals to hate and xenophobia. We remain a democracy, at least for the moment, and as long as people are willing to stand up to Trump, his ability to do harm will be contained—as his failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act demonstrated.
The courts, too, play a critical role, especially when one party controls both Congress and the presidency. Already, multiple courts have declared Trump's travel bans unconstitutional, both in their initial unvarnished form and in the revised version scrubbed by his attorneys to better withstand judicial review. On May 8, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments in Trump's appeal of an injunction issued against the revised travel ban, in a case in which I am co-counsel with the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center. Later in the month, another appellate court in Seattle will hear arguments in a similar appeal.


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New Hampshire, Texas Consider Easing Late-Night or Sunday Limits, but Similar Pushes Have Failed Elsewhere This Year
It could soon be last call for some states' restrictions on alcohol sales.
New Hampshire is among a handful of states where lawmakers, looking to raise more tax revenue, are considering whether to make it easier for residents to order a martini after midnight or buy a six-pack on Sunday.
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Location:Domitilla 6D (DO6D), Gastroenterology (General Care)
Patient Care Type:This 25-bed gastrointestinal/medical unit primarily provides care to persons with medical GI disorders that include: GI bleeding, liver failure, hepatobiliary dysfunction, cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. Additionally, nurses on DO6D may care for patients receiving home parenteral nutrition. Many patients present with multiple comorbidities; complex discharge planning is often required to return these patients to the community. The staff consists of registered nurses, patient care assistants, and health unit coordinators.
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The patient care assistant assists patient care unit staff with delegated tasks of direct and indirect patient care, which support nursing practice under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. The patient care assistant carries out designated activities that are within those functions limited by law to unlicensed nursing personnel.
Must meet at least one of the following four qualifications to be considered: Successful completion of the Acute Care component (NA1602) of the Nursing Assistant Program taught at Rochester Community and Technical College (and various other colleges) within the last five years. A scanned copy of the certificate of completion or transcripts must be attached to your profile to be considered. Or, if enrolled in a Nursing Program and have completed one semester of clinical rotations through an acute care hospital setting within the last five years. Transcripts must be attached to be considered. Or, one year or more as a Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Assistant in an acute care hospital setting, within the last five years. Or, successful completion of one full-time semester/trimester (typically 12 credits) of college or university coursework and be certified as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
Basic Cardiac Life Support for healthcare providers- BCLS - certificate of course completion required and must not expire within 3 months after start date. A scanned copy of the certificate of completion or transcripts, including your full name, must be attached to your profile to be considered.
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o Red Cross (Title: CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers or BLS for Healthcare Providers)
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The Tennessee Titans have released QB Nick Stephens, RB Herb Donaldson, PK Will Batson, C William Vlachos, TE Joey Haynos, OT George Bias and SS Christian Scott.
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The Tennessee Titans agreed to deals with undrafted college free-agents WR Devin Aguilar, TE Brandon Barden, OT George Bias, TE Beau Brinkley, OG Chandler Burden, WR Chase Deadder, DL DaJohn Harris, WR LaQuinton Evans, S Christian Scott, QB Nick Stephens, C William Vlachos, LB Alex Watkins, RB Darryl Whiting, CB Gary Wilburn and WR Derrick Woods.
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Helen Clark: In more than seventy countries, homosexuality is still criminalizedMay 17, 2012
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). It commemorates the World Health Organisation's decision in 1990 to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. That was indeed a milestone, and since then there has been much progress. Last year, the Human Rights Council passed their first resolution ever on "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity". An historic study documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity was produced by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and debated by the Council.
While many governments have extended equal civil rights to all, irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity, inequities persist. In more than seventy countries, homosexuality is still criminalized, and in many more same-sex unions are not recognised. Transgendered men and women across the world are excluded from educational opportunities and employment. Gays and lesbians are discriminated against, persecuted, excluded, imprisoned and killed – simply for being who they are. Sadly, many young men and women take their own lives before even daring to speak their truth.
The United Nations Development Programme supports initiatives which promote understanding of the negative impact of homophobia and transphobia, and reduce human rights violations. Our experts have been working with governments and civil society organizations around the globe to monitor rights violations against LGBT people, document their impact on access to HIV prevention, counseling, treatment and care, and support rights-based responses for LGBT. Over the last eighteen months, the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, convened by UNDP, has examined evidence on the relationship between legal environments, human rights, and HIV for men who have sex with men and transgender people.
In Latin America, UNDP has supported REDLAC Trans, a regional network of transgender people to address stigma and discrimination which are barriers to effective HIV programming. In Argentina, UNDP, in partnership with a number of UN agencies, supported REDLAC Trans to engage in a legal reform process which resulted in a Gender Identity Law guaranteeing the rights of transgender people.
In India, UNDP is supporting the "Bolo India" initiative which is an on-line collection of oral histories from the Indian LGBT community. Bolo India challenges homophobia and transphobia by providing positive LGBT role models and sharing the life experiences of LGBT people.
Within its own organisation, UNDP does not tolerate discrimination or stigma. The human rights for all which we promote in our work are also a solid foundation for the way we relate to each other. We need to continue making sure that our entire work force is respected and supported, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered colleagues.
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Last night John wrote about the murderous gang assault on a father who was protecting his 12-year-old daughter as the family was leaving the grounds of the Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota. The assailants knocked the girl's father to the ground and took turns stomping on his head.
The Star Tribune has no follow-up story in today's paper or online tonight. Instead of more information on the story, the Star Tribune provides an editorial instructing us in the appropriate attitude to take in connection with the assault:
Six young men and one juvenile are accused of taking turns kicking the victim in the head until he was unconscious. The group jumped him after he yelled at them for groping his 12-year-old daughter. Witnesses said some of the attackers punched others randomly as they left the park.
In the big picture, such brutal attacks are relatively rare. Still, that is small consolation to citizens who feel barraged by stories about beaten bus drivers, random shootings and people killed or injured in their homes.
The seven now charged with the vicious assault include one 14-year-old boy and men ranging in age from 18 to 22. All of the accused are African-American.
Thinking people know better, but when blacks commit violent crime, some will predictably use the incident to reinforce their racist views and indict all young black people. Witness the nasty exchanges on talk radio and online comment forums.
But race-based ranting won't solve the problem. Nor will knee-jerk, overly aggressive policing. Increased security at Valleyfair or any other public place should not result in sweeps of black youth just because they're black, or wearing baggy britches and oversized T-shirts.
Youth violence is a major issue for our society, and it transcends questions of race and class. The recent "mean girls" YouTube video demonstrated that young people of various races are savagely beating their peers and recording it for their 15 minutes of fame on the Internet.
Certainly part of the answer lies in law enforcement and the courts, which must do their parts to get the most violent off the streets and deliver swift and just punishment. We wonder, for example, why some of the accused in the Valleyfair incident weren't in jail for previous offenses.
Government and schools can also be part of the solution. At the national NAACP conference this week, presidential candidate Barack Obama repeated his call for increased funding for education, health and antipoverty efforts. And he challenged the black community itself to do more.
"Yes, we have to demand more responsibility from Washington," Obama said. "And yes, we have to demand more responsibility from Wall Street. But we also have to demand more from ourselves." That's a call to improve parenting and to support and expand groups like 100 African-American men, MAD DADS and Big Brothers — organizations that help steer black youth away from violence.
We share the anger and outrage caused by bands of young thugs. No family should have to endure the loss or injury of a loved one in this way. Yet in the search for solutions care must be taken to properly punish offenders and address the root causes of violence — without giving in to fear, ignorance and racism.
Root causes! The Star Tribune is stuck in a sixties time warp. Yes, with a black man on the verge of election to the presidency of the United States, one could easily forget that not all black men threaten bloody mayhem or, in the words of the Star Tribune, "youth violence." (Never mind that six of the seven defendants charged are adults. The wise men of the Star Tribune have a hard time concentrating.)
The Star Tribune has made a valuable contribution to the public discourse with an editorial that peddles liberal bromides on crime at the same time as it promotes Barack Obama. Very efficient. It's important to retain a good attitude all the way around. We get the point. Nevertheless, some day the Star Tribune may even get around to mentioning the racial disparities involved in the commission of violent crime.
In one story reporting the assault earlier this week, the Star Tribune provided the names of those charged with the assault: Devondre Evans-Lewis, Andrew Shannon, Darris Evans, Terry Arnold, Derry Evans and Anthony Gildersleeve. Those with a sharp eye for pattern recognition may note that Evans is the lowest common denominator of the names. Several of the defendants appear to be relatives. They were on a family outing of their own.
The Star Tribune has omitted to report any information on the criminal records of those charged since they were first identified. Easily accessible court records provide information that would certainly be of interest to many readers. To take one example, Derry Evans has a long record of criminal charges and convictions including aggravated robbery. To take another example, Terry Laron Arnold (the Terry Arnold involved here, according to this local report, mug shot above) was convicted earlier this year of promoting prostitution.
Coincidentally or not, the Evans family is one of Minnesota's most notorious criminal gangs. A large contingent of the Evans family gang was indicted in St. Louis federal district court in 1999 for operating a juvenile prostitution ring. Twelve of the defendants charged pled guilty and six were convicted at trial. According to a contemporaneous account, twelve of the indicted were members of the Evans family, all from the Minneapolis area.
Does the Valleyfair rampage involve members of the younger generation of the Evans family? Reader Joel Rosenberg writes:
There's at least some reason to believe that the, err, Young Minnesotans Whose Needs Must Now Be Addressed from the Valleyfair thing, may be related to the very famous Evanses, of the Evans family prostitution ring. Which would explain the pimping conviction, the being at Valleyfair, the grabbing onto a young girl, and the being out on bail quicker 'n hell.
Wouldn't it be nice, he said, if there was some enterprise in the Twin Cities area whose business it was to research matters of interest to the public, write up and edit reports on such, and print such things on inexpensive paper that could be sold in newsstands?
I know, instead we've got the Strib.
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SEOUL, South Korea – They came from across South Korea to see Pope Francis or, if the crowds were too big to get close enough, to hear his voice emanate from speakers set up around a stage during a Mass to beatify 124 martyrs.
The massive crowd — an estimated 800,000 — packed a long, broad avenue that runs perpendicular to the iconic Gwanghwamun Gate, spilling into side streets and stretching for blocks away from the stage. They fanned themselves in the humid, hazy weather. There was high emotion, including vows to make life changes, pride that South Korea was receiving such global attention, frustration at not seeing Francis' face and surprise at his humble manner. Here are some of their voices:
"I'm so thankful that the pope visited South Korea," said Yu Pil-sang, 75, a Catholic who stood just outside a police barricade that kept her from entering the main plaza. "But I'm so sorry that all the ways to see the pope are blocked. I came to hear at least his voice."
"The pope emphasizes love, and I have to see him. I feel so bad," Yu said, pointing out police officers who were keeping those without passes out of the main viewing area.
"It was memorable to see him riding in a small car, how he brought himself to a lower place and how he tried to listen to people," said Eom Yae-sung, 49, a Protestant. "I don't know much about Catholics and South Korea's Catholic history, but it seems that the pope is making sure to reach out equally to everyone."
Eom said the pope had inspired her to make changes in her life.
"I plan to do volunteering and a lot of sharing so that when I look back at my life 10 years from now, I will think that the pope's visit motivated me to change," Eom said. "As I saw the pope, I thought I should not live my life the way I'm living it now. I used to have a lot of plans, but I've been terrible at putting them into practice."
"Regardless of one's religion, the pope is a great figure to all Koreans," said Kwon Hyuk-mo, 60, a Protestant. "He approaches people in lower places with love. ... He says we should accept other religions and not stubbornly insist on one's own religion."
He said he wished young South Koreans would take the pope's message of addressing inequality to heart.
"South Korea is on its way to becoming an advanced country, and we have enjoyed a lot of material benefits in a short time. But in my generation, we did not deal well with the gap between the rich and the poor. Through his visit, I hope the future generations will deal with it better."
"Usually I resist messages about removing the gap between the rich and the poor because I'm from an older generation," said Lee Min-ha, 44, a Catholic who came to see the pope with her middle school daughter. "In South Korea right now, money controls everything. But he says people with the means should share with the poor. It made me think that maybe we have been too selfish and have thought only of ourselves.
"He asked us to share, and I've come to think that it's necessary. The divide between the haves and the have-nots is so deep in South Korea now. (His visit) is a chance to take preventative measures against that and to bring down the wall for South Korea."
"A lot of people are suffering these days," said Sohn Kwan-young, 31, an electronics company worker. "But we saw him humbling himself with people who are suffering, and I think he is providing a huge consolation to the South Korean public."
Sohn was particularly struck by the pope's treatment of the relatives of some of the 304 people killed when a South Korean ferry sank in April. "I was greatly moved when I saw him warmly embracing the families of the Sewol ferry victims who were ignored by South Korea's government."
He said other religious leaders in South Korea should learn from the pope, especially from his emphasis on caring for the poor and underprivileged.
"Life is busy, but I've come to think that I should take better care of socially underprivileged people and my neighbors," Sohn said.
"I came to see even his face," said Bae Doa, 17, a high school student and a Protestant. "He seems very humble. He doesn't ride in a very good car and he takes a train instead of a helicopter. From such a high place, he discarded it all to come down to a low place. It really looks good."
"Even though I'm not a Catholic, I feel proud that the pope visited South Korea," said Kim Eung-joo, 15, a high school student who came with two friends. "It does not happen often in other countries. South Korea is amazing."


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PurposesThe purposes of this chapter are—
by reducing the incidence of damage to underground facilities during excavation through the voluntary adoption and efficient implementation by all States of State one-call notification programs that meet the minimum standards set forth under section 6103.
(Added Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7302(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 478.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of duties, powers, and authority of Research and Special Programs Administration under this chapter to the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 108–426, set out as a note under section 108 of this title.
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Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7301, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 477, provided that:
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unintentional damage to underground facilities during excavation is a significant cause of disruptions in telecommunications, water supply, electric power, and other vital public services, such as hospital and air traffic control operations, and is a leading cause of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline accidents;
excavation that is performed without prior notification to an underground facility operator or with inaccurate or untimely marking of such a facility prior to excavation can cause damage that results in fatalities, serious injuries, harm to the environment and disruption of vital services to the public; and
protection of the public and the environment from the consequences of underground facility damage caused by excavations will be enhanced by a coordinated national effort to improve one-call notification programs in each State and the effectiveness and efficiency of one-call notification systems that operate under such programs."
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The U.S. Congress should rein in banks' ability to own and trade raw materials or risk another financial collapse, Joshua Rosner of Graham Fisher & Co. said at a Senate subcommittee hearing today.
"Historically Congress has acted when a few large firms exploited their advantage and sought to control too much," Rosner said. If no action is taken "we're destined to view 2008 as the first financial crisis and not the worst."
The Federal Reserve said last week that it's reviewing a decade-old ruling that lets banks deal in physical assets like metal and oil, potentially putting commodity units of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in jeopardy. A Senate Banking Committee subcommittee is today hearing whether laws and regulations that have allowed banks to own, store and transport raw materials are hurting competition and endangering the financial system.
Critics "don't provide a shred of evidence to support the view that these potential dangers are likely to be realized," Randall Guynn, head of the financial institutions group at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, said at the hearing. "The connection between banking and commodities is not a new development."
The panel is led by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, who is among lawmakers and regulators who say banks can drive up prices when they control both the physical products and the financing.
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Banks may get an unfair advantage because they can fund themselves from the Fed and insured deposits, according to some of today's witnesses, and Brown said he's concerned that lenders may be put at risk when volatile commodity markets move against them or disaster strikes one of their operations.
"What do we want our banks to do? Make small-business loans or refine and transport oil? Issue mortgages or corner the metals market?" Brown said at the outset of the hearing. "Taxpayers have a right to know what's happening and to have a say."
The beverage industry has complained that banks and other warehouse owners are manipulating aluminum supplies and slowing deliveries to drive up the price. Costs were inflated by $3 billion worldwide in the past year, Tim Weiner, a global risk manager at brewer MillerCoors LLC, told the panel in prepared remarks.
Federal Support
"There's a subsidy that spreads out from anything having to do with the protection of too big to fail and deposit-taking in particular," Harvey Rosenblum, executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said in an interview. "It's a continued abuse of the federal safety net to the advantage of the large financial companies and to the disadvantage of Main Street America."
The 10 largest Wall Street banks generated about $6 billion in revenue from commodities in 2012, including $1 billion from dealings in physical materials, according to data from analytics company Coalition. Goldman Sachs ranked No. 1, followed by New York-based JPMorgan.
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are the biggest Wall Street players in physical commodities. Goldman Sachs held $7.7 billion of commodities at fair value as of March 31 and New York-based Morgan Stanley had $6.7 billion, according to regulatory filings. JPMorgan had $14.3 billion in physical commodities as of March 31, according to a filing.
None of the banks disclose how much revenue or profit comes from commodity trading or break out the contribution from physical assets.
"Existing public disclosure is woefully inadequate to understand and evaluate the nature and scope of U.S. banking organizations' physical commodities trading and assets," Saule T. Omarova, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in prepared remarks.
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Father John Misty making Turner Hall tour stop May 20
Singer-songwriter folk artist Joshua Tillman once went by J. Tillman and was a member of the Fleet Foxes. These days he goes by the stage name Father John Misty, releasing the acclaimed album "Fear Fun" last year behind that moniker.
Tillman, or Misty, is scheduled to make a tour stop at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., on May 20.
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Tuesday storm will pile up more snow, just in time for springBY ERIC RUSSELL
March 18. 2013 3:43PM
Just in time for the first day of spring, a winter storm is bearing down on New Hampshire and New England and could bring another foot or more of snowfall to an already-high seasonal total.
Michael Kistner, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said he expects snow to begin just after midnight Monday and continue throughout the day and evening on Tuesday.
"By mid-morning we should have 1 to 3 inches on the ground and snowfall will pretty much be light to moderate all day," he said. "We should see a pickup in the late afternoon, so the evening commute will be an issue for most."
Hillsborough County is expected to get as much as 16 inches of snow by the end of the storm. Nearly all of Maine is expected to receive 10 to 14 inches of snow by Wednesday, with some higher amounts predicted for the western mountains and slightly lower amounts projected for the eastern coast.
Portland already has seen twice as much snow this season as last. The average seasonal snowfall total is 61.9 inches.
Even before the current storm, the 2012-13 season was the third snowiest in the last 10 years, with 88.2 inches on the ground so far. Only 2007-08, with 103 inches, and 2004-05, at 102.1 inches, saw more, but Kistner said Tuesday's storm, coupled with another potential storm on Thursday, likely will put this season on top.
The record of 141.5 inches in 1970-71 is likely safe, Kistner said, but a couple more storms could easily put this season into the top 10, dating back to 1881.
This winter has been marked by a handful of powerful storms that have produced copious snowfall amounts, as opposed to several smaller storms. The biggest storm came in early February when parts of Maine saw more than 30 inches of snow from a single, slow-moving storm.
Kistner said the high totals have more to do with timing than with changes in meteorological patterns.
"In years with lower amounts, these storms stay to our south or blow out to sea," he said. "But when the patterns are just right, we see a lot. And these patterns can be tough to break."
Todd Foisy, a meteorologist with the NWS in Caribou, said this winter has been much harder on southern Maine than other parts of the state. Bangor has seen 63.6 inches so far, which is slightly above average, but Caribou's total of 90.5 inches is below average for this point in the season.
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The 257-room Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort, Casino & Spa in Saint Maarten has reinvented itself as an adults-only, all-inclusive resort, following extensive renovations. The all-inclusive experience now features champagne check-in, premier liquors, stocked mini bars, beach service, room service, afternoon tea and evening turndown service. The hotel has also changed its branding to "adults only," providing a quiet, romantic environment for couples and friends traveling together.
Rooms and suites have been updated with contemporary Caribbean decor, featuring vibrant colors, revamped bathrooms and new indoor and outdoor furnishings, including teakwood tables and chairs on guestroom balconies. Each room or suite has one king-size bed or two double beds, a balcony or terrace, a flat-screen television with international channels, a clock radio with an iPod dock, a coffee maker, Wi-Fi and a hair dryer. All accommodations offer a fully stocked mini bar with soft drinks, and Ocean View rooms feature fully stocked liquor cabinets.
Personalized butler service is now a key feature of the resort, exclusively available to guests who choose to stay in the Miramar Wing's one- or two-bedroom butler suites.
The beachfront resort has three swimming pools, a casino, meeting facilities, Wi-Fi, tennis and a certified PADI scuba dive center on property (scuba is available for an additional fee).
"We've introduced a new way to stay at Great Bay — an exclusive, adults-only, limitless all-inclusive," said Armando Pizzuti, vice president of hotel operations for The Maho Group. "From the champagne check-in to our new butler service, we are here to exceed our guests' expectations."
The resort's dining experiences include the newly opened Il Pescatore seafood restaurant, the beachfront Tre Assi Pizzeria — which at night transforms into Water's Edge, a romantic Mediterranean restaurant — and the Bay View Restaurant, which was renovated with new mosaic tiles and cooking stations.


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A compact luxury sports sedan, the 2012 Audi S4 is powered by a 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 engine that produces 333 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque, for a 0-60 time of 4.9 seconds. The permanent AWD drivetrain can be paired with either a standard 6-speed manual transmission or optional 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. Fuel mileage falls within an EPA estimated range of 18 mpg city to 28 mpg highway, depending on transmission selection. Features include sports rear differential, adaptive xenon headlights, LED turn signals, LED taillights, 19-inch alloy wheels, carbon fiber inlays, hands-free phone capabilities, heated front seats, leather seats with Alcantara® inserts, sunroof with sliding functions, three-zone automatic climate control, iPod®/iPhone® integration, navigation system, 14-speaker sound system, and adaptive cruise control. Safety is comprised of parking sensors, dual-stage front airbags, side thorax airbags, head curtain airbags, electronic stability control, electronic brake distribution, anti-lock braking, and brake assist. The S4 is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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Ivan L. "Sparks" Wyse, 79, of Archbold, Ohio, died Jan. 27, 2006 at his home.
He was born Dec. 4, 1926 near Archbold, to Jesse and Anna (Short) Wyse. He married Martha Borton on April 10, 1955 and she survives.
Ivan worked for New York Mineral & Mining in Panama for two years. He then worked for Miller Bros. Construction for 22 years and lived in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. For the past 25 years he and his wife owned and operated S-W Alfalfa Mills in rural Archbold. He served as director of the Ohio Blenders, Inc. and as president of the American Alfalfa Processors. He was a member of the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Archbold.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one son Rex (and Joy) Wyse of Talihini, Okla.; four daughters, Jan (and Jerry) Stevens, Rachel (and Peter) Grieser and Kasey (and Joshua) Grime, all of Archbold and Jill Wyse of West Unity; 10 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; three brothers, Dale (and Geneva) Wyse and John D. (and Sharon) Wyse, both of Archbold and Lester (and Lynette) Wyse of Brattleboro, Vt., and two sisters, Janice Wyse of Glendale, Ariz. and Judy (and Sanford) Wyse of Archbold.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Bruce, and an infant daughter, Pamela.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the Evangelical Mennonite Church with pastors Brad Bame and Charles Zimmerman officiating. Interment will follow in Pettisville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mennonite Disaster Service. Arrangements were handled by Short Funeral Home in Archbold.


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Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew P. Napolitano will speak at Clarkson University as part of its annual Constitution Day celebration.
Napolitano will deliver a presentation titled "Do We Still Have Inalienable Rights?" on Monday, September 15, in Clarkson's Downtown Snell Auditorium from 6:30-8 p.m.
Before his television success, Napolitano was the youngest life−tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey. While on the bench from 1987−95, he tried over 150 jury trials and sat in all parts of the Superior Court.
Napolitano also served as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School for 11 years, where he taught constitutional law and jurisprudence.
His presentation is based on his books Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When Our Government Breaks Its Own Laws?, A Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land, and A Nation of Sheep.
Advance purchase of tickets is required as follows: free for Clarkson students and event donors; $5 for Clarkson staff, Clarkson alumni, and non-Clarkson students; and $10 for the general public. Any unsold seats will be sold at the door.
This event is sponsored by SPECTRUM, the School of Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Provost, the Events Office, the Office of Co-Curricular Education and Programming, Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, the Office of Student Organizations, the School of Business, and the Interdisciplinary Engineering & Management Program.
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The pharmaceutical industry is usually characterized as elite in terms of outsized rewards and excessive profits. But continuing a subtle transition from last year, it's possible to see the vaunted industry performance starting to lose some of its luster, especially Big Pharma compared to other healthcare sectors. Growth stocks no more, Big Pharma— for now—reflects value, personified by the relatively high dividend yields from Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Overall global industry growth has slowed to single digit rates: 2004 global dollar volume was $550 billion, a 7 percent increase over 2003—which in turn represented a 9 percent increase over 2002. US sales grew to $235.4 billion, a growth rate of 8.3 percent compared with 11.5 percent growth from 2002 to 2003. The United States accounts for 46 percent of the world's pharmaceutical market, according to the most recent IMS data.
Comparing pharma to the stock market as a whole, the main market indices finished 2004 as follows:
As a whole, pharma placed 28 among the 42 industry groups tracked by Fortune; its 2003 to 2004 revenue growth of seven percent was less than the Fortune 500 median growth rate of 10.3 percent. Only pharmaceuticals, along with electronics and electrical equipment, telecommunications, and airlines, failed to post profit growth: The industry ranked 40 out of 42 with a negative profit growth rate of –5.2 percent compared with the Fortune median of 20.3 percent. Over the five-year period, 1999 to 2004, the pharmaceutical industry ranked 35 out of 44 industries, with a profit growth rate of 2.8 percent vs. the Fortune median of 20.3 percent during the same time period.
Here are some additional industry comparisons from the Fortune study:
Profit to Sales Pharma ranked third out of 47 (15.8 percent compared to a median of 5.2 percent).
Profit to Assets Pharma was 12 out of 47 (8.1 percent compared to a median of 4.1 percent).
Return on Shareholder Equity The industry scored a modest 16.6 percent (13 out of 46 industries) compared with a Fortune median of 13.9 percent.


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Victim was known to David Neyer
Plattsburgh man pleads guilty to raping young girl
Victim was known to David Neyer
PITTSFIELD, Mass. —
A New York man has been sentenced to up to seven years in a Massachusetts prison after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl.
David Neyer, of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to nine counts of felony rape and abuse of a child without force.
Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Neyer assaulted the girl in Pittsfield between July 24, 2012 and Sept. 2, 2012. Authorities say Neyer was a friend of the victim's family and knew her age.
The Berkshire Eagle reports that police responded to a city home in September 2012 after the victim told her family about the abuse and the family attacked Neyer.
Neyer's attorney agreed to the sentence.
He will be credited with the year he's spent behind bars since his arrest.


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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard has become the latest incident to roil tensions over territorial disputes in and around the South China Sea, with Taipei calling Friday for Manila to apologize for the shooting.
Taiwan said that the Philippine Coast Guard opened fire Thursday on a 65-year-old fisherman in waters claimed by both governments. The Philippines acknowledged the Taiwanese claim, but said its personnel were acting in self-defense.
Meanwhile, China sought to make common cause with Taiwan against Manila, deploring the shooting in harsh rhetoric that threatened to spark another diplomatic tussle between Beijing and the Philippines, a key U.S. ally in one of Asia's most contentious areas.
The United States declined to criticize the Philippines, saying it would await the "full and transparent" investigation promised by Manila before it makes further judgment. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell urged all parties to ensure maritime safety and refrain from actions that could escalate tensions.
Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Foreign Minister David Lin blamed the Philippine coast guard for opening fire on the fisherman's boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, on Thursday, from a vessel belonging to the fisheries department of the Philippines Department of Agriculture in the Bashi Strait, about midway between southern Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
"We strongly condemn the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine fishery department," Lin said. "We urge the Philippine government to open a full investigation on this case and send their apology to Taiwan's government."
Also on Friday, China expressed its condemnation of the incident, insisting it was holding the Philippines accountable for what happened.
"We strongly condemn the barbaric shooting and killing of the Taiwanese fisherman, demanding the Philippines should investigate the case and furnish the details as soon as possible," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. "We are deeply grieved about the death of the Taiwanese compatriot and have sent condolences to his family."
Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949 and Beijing continues to claim the democratic island as part of its territory. In recent months it has made repeated attempts to bring Taiwan onto its side in its maritime disputes with Japan and other countries in the region. Taiwan has so far resisted, reflecting its own claims of national sovereignty.
Underscoring China's interest in playing the incident up, government channel CCTV led its noontime news on Friday with an emotional report on the death of the Taiwanese fisherman, and the Communist Party-controlled Global Times newspaper called on the Chinese navy to increase its presence in the South China Sea, amid angry condemnations of the Philippines as a "savage" country.
Taiwan's freewheeling media also gave prominent attention to the incident, with newspapers reporting it in banner headlines and cable TV news stations giving it round the clock coverage.
In Manila, the Philippine coast guard acknowledged that its personnel had opened fire on the Taiwanese boat, but said they acted in self-defense.
"They were forced to fire the shots because the fishing vessel attempted to ram them," said coast guard chief Rear Adm. Rodolfo Isorena.
Isorena said an investigation into the incident was being launched.
Relations between the Philippines and China, already hampered by simmering tensions over the Spratly Islands, deteriorated sharply last year when Chinese maritime vessels took control of a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
The Philippines has turned to its American ally to beef up its dilapidated military assets and train its forces, and angered Beijing by seeking U.N. arbitration on South China Sea disputes.
Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen in Beijing, Hrvoje Hranjski and Oliver Teves in Manila, Philippines, and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.


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**Sequel to What Humans Do** It's been seven years...
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The world of gymnastics is a cruel one and when you get injured on the job you will be seen as easy prey. That's exactly what happened to me. I'm on the UK's Olympic Gymnast team and one day it's all taken from me when I left the gym on a stretcher. Now, I'm fighting my way back to the top of my team. That's the whole point of this whole stunt. Everything with him was perfect, but I couldn't allow that. I could only be with him for a year and a half. That's it. That's the whole point of this publicity stunt, to get back to the top, not to fall for each other. I would NOT, under any circumstnaces, let myself fall in love with Harry Styles.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — In a Dec. 26 story about a volcano erupting in Nicaragua, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the San Cristobal volcano is northeast of the capital, Managua. The volcano is northwest of the capital.
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Families evacuate area near Nicaragua volcano after it spews hot gases, ash
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities say they've ordered the evacuation of some 300 families living on the flanks of the country's highest volcano after it began spewing hot gas and ash on Tuesday.
Federal government spokeswoman and first lady Rosario Murillo told a local radio station that a yellow alert was declared Wednesday in a 1.8-mile radius around the San Cristobal volcano to allow the evacuation of residents who would be at highest risk during a significant eruption.
Murillo said 15 eruptions had been recorded over the last day at the volcano northwest of the capital of Managua. She said the volcano has emitted regular small eruptions, but larger ones are unpredictable. Authorities had wanted to move the closest residents away from the volcano as a precaution.


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Rec center is for all kids
Could someone please explain why we are considering renting a second floor apartment at a cost of $1,500 per month plus utilities for a Teen Center? Why can't we use the rec center? This is a building that is suppose to be for the kids. We wouldn't have to pay rent, and we are already paying for utilities. I have lived in Jamestown permanently for 48 years. I have raised four children here and the rec center was always a big part of their lives. There was always something they could do there. They could always get a pickup game of basketball with some of their pals. There was boxing and weightlifting programs, to name a few. It was always a place to meet friends, hang out and talk.
Many years ago there was talk about selling the property because it was prime property. There was an outcry because if it was sold where would the kids go? It was important to keep and maintain as it kept the kids from hanging out on the street. Through the years, taxpayers have funded a new roof, new furnace, new windows, and many more improvements. Then we had a volunteer program to pay for the beautiful landscaping. Now we have a beautiful building but it seems the more beautiful the building has got, the less the kids are welcome. There hasn't been a nighttime program in many years. Last year, my grandson moved to Jamestown from North Kingstown where he was active in two basketball teams. I suggested he look for a basketball game here and was surprised that there were no teams for teens.
A few years ago the JCT wanted to enlarge the area at the side of the stage. Wouldn't that be a great place for the teens to meet? I would like to know exactly how much time the kids, especially teens, are allowed to spend in the rec. Remember this building is being heated all the time, it has water and electricity that we are already paying for. Why not let the kids get more use of this building? I know some will say that we would have to pay for more of the rec employees' time, but why not use the $1,500 for that?
The name of the building is the recreation building. It is not the Jamestown Theater or the Special Events Building. Don't get me wrong, I think the JCT is wonderful and has done a great job of involving the kids, but it shouldn't be at the exclusion of other kids' programs at the rec. Maybe it is time to think about making the recreation department a separate department like it used to be.
My point is, let's use the facilities we have and not look for new ones.
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Unfortunately, my summer at Arts for All has come to an end. I am so grateful to everyone at the LA County Arts Commission, and the generosity of the Maguire Center and Irby Family Foundation, for making this experience possible. The aims of the internship, as described by the Maguire Center, are that "students gain concrete information about others' needs, as well as differing perspectives on how to resolve them. In the process, they draw on their university education and personal talent, honing skills as leaders and gaining both humility and self-confidence."
I can safely say that Arts for All provided me with these opportunities and experiences. Here are some of the topics that have been rattling around my brain the last few weeks and months, as I was able to immerse myself in arts education work in both Dallas and LA.
Measuring impact
There is no doubt that serious issues exist in our country surrounding equitable education opportunities. Countless organizations and initiatives designed to address these disparities have been formed, yet we are no closer to solving the problem. Many funders and donors are placing an increased emphasis on measurability of impact, while many organizations are reluctant and even resentful of this new emphasis. While I can certainly appreciate that there are organizations doing meaningful work that cannot (or do not have the resources to be) measured, I think it is paramount for both funders and organizations themselves to quantify the impact they have on educational inequities. I feel lucky to have worked with two organizations — Big Thought and Arts for All — that place a high emphasis on collecting data tracking the impact of their programs, and this has certainly informed my own opinions.
The responsibility of organizations to collaborate
More importantly, I would love to see an increased level of collaboration among education organizations working toward the same goals. This summer, I was introduced to the work of John Kania, specifically his article Collective Impact, which appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. Kania discusses the need for nonprofits, funders, and community leaders to abandon individual agendas in favor of a collective approach to solving societal issues.
I'd recommend this article to anyone passionate about social change. It articulates many of the issues I've been considering in recent months. Mostly, I have been frustrated by arts and education organizations' hesitancy to collaborate. There are so many cooks in the kitchen, theoretically working toward the same goal, but these organizations too often treat each other as competitors and not collaborators.
Kania turns this assumption on its head — if nonprofits are formed to address a societal need, then forming connections with similar organizations should take priority over any one organization's individual agenda. He calls this "collective impact." I like to think of it as making the whole greater than the sum of its parts. If organizations and leaders look more for mission alignment among disparate community stakeholders, the collective impact of these organizations will be greater than if they each work in a vacuum. These ideas have rung particularly true because of my recent experiences: Arts for All was founded on the idea of collective impact, and Big Thought is one of the more successful examples of a collective impact initiative in creative education.
The role of funders in solving education inequities
As my main project focused on the arts education funding universe of LA County, I became very familiar with the scope and role of foundations in supporting arts education. Kania suggests a transition to a scenario in which funders also collaborate in their own collective impact initiative. As Kania describes, "Collective impact requires instead that funders support a long-term process of social change without identifying any particular solution in advance. They must be willing to let grantees steer the work and have the patience to stay with an initiative for years, recognizing that social change can come from the gradual improvement of an entire system over time, not just from a single breakthrough by an individual organization." This philosophy speaks to me as a solution for societal issues. If funders begin to collaborate and prioritize collective impact initiatives, then organizations and providers will inevitably place a higher emphasis on it as well.
This is my last blog post of the summer. I appreciate your reading this far, and I hope you were able to learn a little about the arts, government agencies, and educational issues.


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DUBLIN, Ohio, October 10, 2013—OCLC has finalized agreements with international content providers to add more electronic collections to the WorldCat database, the most comprehensive online catalog of resources available through libraries worldwide.
Incorporating these databases into WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base will improve access to these collections and simplify administration for libraries that use OCLC WorldShare Metadata services. These agreements will also reduce the cost and time spent managing updates to these online collections for libraries that have registered with the knowledge base, and will provide immediate access for libraries that subscribe or want to purchase these collections. The value for libraries is that multiple applications will be able to access the metadata to simplify workflows for managing electronic materials.
The following new publisher agreements have been signed since June 2013. These collections will be added to WorldCat over the next few months.
Al Manhal, Dubai, UAE, is the leading Arabic electronic content service provider. It is the industry's only provider of full-text, searchable electronic databases of peer-reviewed and copyright-protected Arabic publications. Al Manhal combines publishing and library industry expertise with best-in-class technology to enable academics, researchers and library users to efficiently discover and access thousands of electronic publications from the Arab world's leading publishers and research institutes.
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