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Seabrook police report paints man in video as aggressive, uncooperative; man's lawyer plans to seek justiceBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 08. 2014 9:24PM
YouTube video in Seabrook station
A police report on the arrest of a young man who was seen being thrown against a wall inside the Seabrook police station in a YouTube video describes him as someone who was on an "emotional rollercoaster" and was aggressive and uncooperative during a drunken rage.
The report details accounts by different officers who were either directly involved in trying to control then-19-year-old Michael Bergeron Jr. or observed what was happening inside the booking room and cell hallway.
The report was obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader after Bergeron posted a video on YouTube Monday that shows an officer slamming him into the wall while being escorted down a hall even though he didn't appear to be combative at that point and another other officer pepper spraying him while he was on the floor.
However, the officers' statements make no mention of Bergeron being slammed into the wall, but one of the officers stated that another officer had "performed an arm bar" on Bergeron to control him.
Selectmen held an emergency closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the video and later released the names of three officers who were shown in the video and are now on paid administrative leave.
The officers were identified as Mark Richardson, Adam Laurent, and Keith Dietenhofer.
A fourth officer who is seen entering the hallway after the incident was David Hersey, but he was not put on administrative leave.
The investigation into the four-year-old incident was launched only after Bergeron posted the video on YouTube Monday.
The incident happened after Bergeron's arrest on Nov. 11, 2009, on charges of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. He was found guilty on both charges in June 2010 and was fined and had his license suspended for 18 months.
Police Chief Lee Bitomski, who wasn't chief at the time, said he and Deputy Chief Mike Gallagher were unaware of the incident or the video, taken from police security cameras, until it appeared on YouTube.
Bitomski said the video was released as part of the discovery process following his 2009 arrest and were provided to Bergeron, although Bergeron has claimed that his attorney disappeared with the tape for two years and that he just got it back.
"Why they're surfacing now, I cannot answer that," Bitomski said.
The name of Bergeron's first attorney isn't known, but he is now being represented by Scott Gleason of Gleason Law Offices in Haverhill, Mass.
Gleason called the video "disgusting" and "sad" and said he plans to seek justice for Bergeron while cooperating with the agencies investigating the case.
"It's obviously over the top. It's brutal," he said of the video.
Gleason also called the police report on the incident "inaccurate."
"In my 34 years I don't ever recall seeing a video of behavior and right next to it seeing a police report that is 180 degrees opposite of what transpired," Gleason said, adding that there are "significant questions relative to civil rights violations."
Gleason said he couldn't comment on why the video is coming to light now.
In his written statement, Officer Hersey said he stopped Bergeron's 1996 Jeep Cherokee on Kimberly Lane after he failed to stop at a stop sign and was seen traveling over the speed limit.
Hersey said he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle and that Bergeron's eyes "were glassy and his speech was slow and slurred," the report said.
He said Bergeron began swearing at officers and after being placed in the back of the cruiser, he continued to yell and swear and at one point kicked the backplate of his cruiser.
After arriving at the station, Hersey said Bergeron was still being uncooperative and "lunged out of the vehicle at me." The report said he continued to make threats and swear at officers.
Officer Laurent described how Officer Richardson escorted Bergeron out of the booking room and "soon after Officer Richardson appeared to perform an arm bar on Bergeron."
Bergeron fell to the floor and then stood up with Richardson's help.
"Bergeron fell to the floor again and crawled on all fours, not responding to Officer Richardson's orders. Due to Bergeron's prior spitting and failure to comply to anyone's order as he was on an emotional rollercoaster I pepper sprayed him as he looked back at us in the hallway," wrote Laurent, who is the husband of Greenland Police Chief Tara Laurent.
Bergeron was eventually escorted to the sally port where he was decontaminated and then placed back in the cell.
After he was bailed, Laurent said Bergeron "was apologetic" while leaving the station.
In a separate written statement, Officer Dietenhofer explained what he observed that night. He said that Richardson was escorting Bergeron back to the cell and that he appeared to shift his weight onto Richardson.
"While in the hallway I observed Bergeron turn his head around toward Ofc. Richardson and it appeared as though he was attempting to turn his body so as to face Ofc. Richardson," Dietenhofer said.
Richardson was then heard telling Bergeron to "cut the s—t" as he "gained control" of him, Dietenhofer said.
Dietenhofer said Bergeron fell to the floor and refused to stand up. He also witnessed Laurent pepper spraying Bergeron in the face.
The report provided to the New Hampshire Union Leader by police did not contain a written statement from Richardson.
On Wednesday, Chief Bitomski met with members of the state Attorney General's Office, which is taking the lead role in the investigation of the incident on the video.
He provided information to the Associate Attorney General Jane Young and said he would cooperate fully with the office and expected others within the department to do the same.
Bitomski said Deputy Chief Gallagher will conduct an internal investigation of the incident following the attorney general's investigation.
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI have also joined the probe, U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said.
Bitomski insisted that the department would "get to the bottom of this" and hopes the case is resolved sooner rather than later.
"Obviously it's a major setback for us. It's a dark cloud. But I can assure the people of Seabrook that we do have professional officers, men and women, in the department," he said.
When asked if officers are mandated to report conduct of other officers that may be viewed as an excessive use of force, Bitomski said, "We would hope that they would report it to administration. Obviously this just came to light to the deputy chief and I as well as the board of selectmen and the town manager. This is us seeing this video for the first time."


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A Pocono Township supervisor is suing his fellow supervisors for retaliation after he spoke out against hiring and salary policies favored by the other two members.
A Pocono Township supervisor is suing his fellow supervisors for retaliation after he spoke out against hiring and salary policies favored by the other two members.
Harold Werkheiser filed a complaint in Monroe County Court of Common Pleas alleging fellow supervisors Frank Hess and Henry Bengel fired him from his roadmaster job, because he was outspoken against his fellow supervisors' policies.
That, according to the lawsuit, was a breach of his freedom of speech.
Werkheiser's suit alleges that he objected to the hiring of a township consultant, Frank Froio, who he said ended up taking over Hess' administrative duties, though Hess still received his $36,000-a-year salary with health and other benefits.
The suit claims Hess began receiving the salary and benefits in 2011, and took over the administrative duties of former supervisor Jane Cilurso in 2012.
Then, when Hess was out for 10 days due to a medical emergency in January 2012, the township hired Froio, without appointment by the board.
Froio is a supervisor of Plumstead Township in Bucks County.
The supervisors voted to hire Froio as the township administrator in February 2012 at an hourly rate equivalent to a full-time rate of approximately $70,000 a year, according to the suit.
Werkheiser voted against the hiring, saying he wanted a request for a proposal before an administrator was hired.
Werkheiser claims as Froio's responsibilities grew, Hess' shrunk, while the supervisor retained his salary and benefits.
Meanwhile, Werkheiser voiced his displeasure with the cost to the township of employing both men.
The township, the suit alleges, was paying two people to perform the job of one.
Then, in December 2012, Hess and Bengel voted to terminate Werkheiser as the township's roadmaster by denying him a reappointment for 2013.
Werkheiser believes his contrary positions on Froio's hiring, paying both Froio and Hess at the same time, and his opposition to hiring a grant writer was a motivating factor in Hess and Bengel's decision not to reappoint Werkheiser, according to the suit.
Bengel and Hess immediately voted in Bengel as the new township roadmaster, despite having no experience in the job.
Werkheiser contends his First Amendment right to free speech protected him from retaliation in the form of adverse job action against him in his job as roadmaster.
He is claiming economic harm, lost wages and emotional harm.
The suit also alleges Hess and Bengel met secretly to plot Werkheiser's removal and Bengel's installation as roadmaster.
That, according to the suit, violated township code and the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act by deliberating and taking action on the position of roadmaster without public notice and as a partial board without the third supervisor present.
According to the suit, Bengel and Hess met at Bengel's home on Dec. 14, 2012, where Bengel handed Hess a letter to declare his interest in the roadmaster job.
The letter concluded: "Please consider me for the position of road master/director of public works if you believe I have the teamwork mentality and abilities to create a better road and maintenance department."
Werkheiser claims he was deliberately excluded from the distribution of that letter.
The suit also alleges that Bengel quit his job with Adams Advertising when township attorney Jeff Durney told him that he could vote for himself as road master.
The suit was moved to federal court last week based on the First Amendment claim.
Allentown attorney Steve Hoffman is a special labor counsel hired by the township to defend the suit.
He said he intended to file a motion to dismiss the claims in federal court.
"I have not seen any situation where one supervisor has sued other supervisors for retaliation for statements made in his official capacity," Hoffman said.
Since the suit was just moved to federal court, it's hard to gauge how long the suit would play out.
Conferences with the judge have not been scheduled, Hoffman said.
Jennifer Wise, co-counsel for Harold Werkheiser, declined to comment for this story. Neither Hess nor Bengel returned calls for comment.

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The Washington Post reports on the efforts of Barack Obama and his campaign to "rebuff[] challenges on his Israel stance." Part of that "challenge" relates, of course, to his foreign policy advisers some of whom, the Post accurately observes, are regarded by some Jews as anti-Israel.
The Post reports:
Obama took on those issues in Cleveland when he told Jewish leaders that Brzezinski, a national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, is not a key adviser but merely someone he had lunch with and exchanged e-mails with "maybe three times." Malley, a State Department official in the Clinton White House involved in failed efforts to complete a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, "is one of hundreds of people who have sent advice to the campaign," Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), an Obama supporter, wrote in the Jerusalem Post yesterday.
It's nice that Obama, under pressure, is distancing himself from Brzezinski. Nonetheless, Obama does not dispute that Brzezinski is advising him. It will be up to pro-Israel voters to decide whether the allegedly small number of contacts is sufficiently reassuring.
As to Malley, the Washington Post published a list of "the national security and foreign policy advisers to the leading presidential candidates from both parties." Malley (along with Brzezinski) is one of approximately 20 advisers who appears on Obama's list. Malley also appears on a similar list in Newsweek. Either the Post and Newsweek got it wrong, or Wexler's attempt to minimize Malley's role is quite misleading.
Finally, so far as appears in the recent Post story, Obama and his campaign simply avoided discussing Samantha Power. Not only is Power quite likely the worst of Obama's advisers when it comes to being anti-Israel, but she is also indisputably a key adivser. According to Ed Lasky and Richard Baehr, Power left a position at Harvard to work for Obama for a year after his election to the U.S. Senate and is now identified as a "senior foreign policy advisor." Moreover, apparently it was Obama who sought out Power, not the other way around.
As I noted here, Power has attacked Israel for its response to terrorist acts launched against it from Southern Lebanon, criticized the New York Times for not sufficiently trumpeting alleged Israeli war crimes on the West Bank, and blamed deference to Israeli interests in part for our involvement and tactics in Iraq.
It's easy to see why Obama and his campaign would rather not talk about Power and her views. It will be interesting to see whether liberal MSM organs like the Post permit this evasion.
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Netflix's political thriller "House of Cards" made television history on Thursday as the first online-delivered TV series to be recognized by the Academy with an Emmy nod -- nine, overall.
The weight of this was not lost on Kevin Spacey, who received a nomination for lead actor in a drama for his role as the show's machiavellian, "get it done" Democrat, Francis Underwood.
Showtracker caught up with Spacey for a quick Q&A just before he was headed out for a day of shooting.
This is unprecedented. Amid all the congratulations, are you able to absorb what a big deal it is, historically, for the industry?
"It's pretty great, pretty great for the show. We got nine nominations, which is extraordinary because we are the new kids on the block. But also, there were all these questions swirling around: 'Would we be able to break through because of the way the show is distributed?' It's a fantastic acknowledgment for MRC and Netflix and the show.
Look, we're the new kids on the block, and for us to break through in such a competitive field with so much great work being done -- it's incredibly satisfying and a great acknowledgment for the show. It's just wonderful that the academy has recognized the show in so many categories.
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How do you think the "House of Cards" nomination will change things for TV?
It's great for Netflix and the medium, and I expect we will start to see, hopefully, more organizations and companies stepping up and saying, 'We want to order more programs and get into the content game.' For the industry, it's great because it creates jobs for more writers and more directors and more actors.
How did you feel as the names in your category were being rattled off on TV?
"I was very pleased, but it was a bit nerve-racking because they do it alphabetically, and [I was] the last name they read. So was Robin [Wright]'s. I'm also very pleased our casting got nominated because that's paramount to our success.
What is it about the show that has resonated?
I think, regardless of how it's distributed, the academy looks for quality. When we set out to do the series, we didn't think a lot about how it would be distributed. It was midway through shooting that those conversations were ongoing. And ultimately a group decision was made to put the whole season out at once for the audience to be in control and to have the freedom to watch when they wanted to watch. We don't set out creatively thinking about how it's distributed.
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Did the new distribution model affect production or the creative process at all?
Because we weren't obligated to do a pilot, test it, come up with artificial cliffhangers and all that, we were able to get on with the story -- and we had 26 episodes to do that. Netflix and MRC just went whole hog and said, 'Go for it.' That's quite interesting and, frankly, a bit of a gamble -- a two-season order with no pilot. That was unprecedented. And it allowed us to get on with the storytelling. From a creative standpoint, it got everyone's juices going and was very exciting.
Were you surprised by how many nominations "House of Cards" received?
I don't think there's any way to ever know how these things will go. I was very happy we were just in the conversation.
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Are you a fan of any of the nominees you're up against?
I love "Game of Thrones," "Breaking Bad." Hugh [Bonneville], I directed at [London's] the Old Vic almost 10 years ago now. Jeff Daniels, I've known for a number of years. It's a wonderful group of actors. Let the betting begin!
Francis can be a difficult character to watch sometimes. What do you think audiences see in him -- what's the point of connection?
Francis is an incredibly complex character; and maybe, to some degree, there's always been a fascination with American politics and how it's treated in entertainment. We're a nation fascinated with politics, particularly at a time when there's such a gridlock in Washington, D.C. However diabolical [Francis] may be, he gets stuff done. So it has to be fictional, right?
Is there anything you can tell us about next season?
I can't say. But I'm having an even better time shooting Season 2. I'm surrounded by an extraordinary group. We're having a ball.


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to restart operations at a jointly run factory park that Pyongyang shut down in April during a torrent of threats, the latest sign of easing animosity between the rivals.
Wariness, however, still lingers in Seoul and Washington over Pyongyang's springtime provocations, which included warnings of nuclear strikes against the allies, and the North's repeated vows to push ahead with nuclear weapons and missile work.
Seoul's Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said operations at the industrial park, located just north of the heavily armed border separating the two Koreas, would resume sometime after a trial run that starts Monday. The Koreas also plan reunions this month of families divided by the Korean War, and last week restored a military communications channel at the border.
Wednesday's agreement follows through on a development last month, when, after seven rounds of talks, one of which ended in a scuffle, the Koreas agreed that they would work toward opening the factory park. The complex in North Korea's third-largest city, Kaesong, was the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean cooperation until Pyongyang pulled its 53,000 workers.
Unification Ministry officials said in a statement that South Korean companies operating at Kaesong would be exempt from paying taxes imposed for operations this year.
North Korea's state media later confirmed the restart of work at Kaesong.
The industrial park combined South Korean initiative, capital and technology with cheap North Korean labor. It was also a rare source of hard currency for North Korea, though the impoverished country chafed at suggestions that it needed the money Kaesong generated.
While tensions are now easing, North Korea, citing a routine military drill between the U.S. and South Korea, along with U.N. sanctions over its February nuclear test, unleashed a weekslong outburst of threatening rhetoric in March and April.
The decade-old industrial park had survived previous periods of tension, including attacks blamed on Pyongyang that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010, and the shutdown of other big cooperation projects.
By the end of 2012, South Korean companies had produced a total $2 billion worth of goods during the previous eight years.
North Korea is estimated to have received $80 million in workers' salaries in 2012, an average of $127 a month per person, paid in U.S. dollars, according to the Unification Ministry in Seoul.
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John DiStaso's Granite Status: Former Sen. Scott Brown heading to NH
March 04. 2013 4:03PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 5: BROWN HEADED TO NH. Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown will cause a buzz in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state next month.
Brown will headline the Grafton County Republican Committee's Lincoln-Reagan Luncheon on Saturday, April 20.
The event will be held at the Hanover Inn beginning at 12 noon.
Committee vice chair Tyler Drummond said that "Republicans and independents from all across New Hampshire and Vermont are encouraged and welcome to attend."
Brown, since losing his Senate reelection bid last November to Elizabeth Warren, has been mentioned in discussions about possible presidential candidates in 2016.
Ticket information is at graftongop.eventbrite.com.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
MONDAY, MARCH 4: "DWS" IN THE HOUSE. Democratic National Committee Chair and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz will keynote the New Hampshire Democratic Party's annual Shaheen-McIntyre "100 Club" dinner/fund-raiser on April 6, the party announced on Monday.
In an email, Wasserman-Schultz says tells NHDP supporters, "You made history up and down the ballot" last November.
"Because of your hard work, Maggie Hassan is the only female Democratic governor in the country. Jeanne Shaheen is the only woman to be elected Governor and U.S. Senator. And my colleagues Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster are part of the first and only all-female Congressional delegation in the country. And President Barack Obama has four more years to keep moving our country forward!"
Wasserman-Schultz came to New Hampshire often during the 2012 campaign. While is from Florida, she is no stranger to New Hampshire, as she owns a home in Newbury near Lake Sunapee.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
FRIDAY, MARCH 1: AFP: LEWANDOWSKI PROMOTED, MOORE JOINS. The Granite Status has learned of major developments involving the conservative, free-market issues advocacy group Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire, which has been a key player in State House and state elective politics for the past several years.
Greg Moore of Manchester, the former chief of staff to the New Hampshire House under former speaker Bill O'Brien, has been hired as the new state director of AFP-New Hampshire.
At the same time, Corey Lewandowski of Windham, who founded the chapter more than four years ago, has been promoted from state director to regional director, overseeing the group's activities in 25 states east of the Mississippi River.
Both told us they are excited about the moves and hope to continue to build the group's influence statewide and nationally.
Lewandowski said his post will be in "very capable hands. Greg knows legislation and the players phenomenally well."
Prior to serving as House chief of staff during O'Brien's controversial tenure, Moore headed John Stephen's campaigns for the U.S. House in 2008 and for governor in 2010.
When Stephen previously served as state Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Moore was director of public affairs and government relations for the department.
AFP says it has nearly 30,000 followers in New Hampshire who support its advocacy for the free market, limited government and lower taxes.
Moore said he has been on the advisory board since 2009, and, "I'm very familiar and comfortable with the mission of protecting the free market and expanding economic growth. We're going to continue to work toward more limited government, lower taxation and more economic freedom."
Lewandowski put AFP on the political map in New Hampshire. The group was founded nationally nine years ago, and he began the state chapter in 2008.
He said AFP now has paid staffers in 32 states and volunteer chapters in several others.
Under a new AFP alignment, Lewandowski will oversee operations in 25 state east of the Mississippi River, while former Kansas state director Derrick Sontag will oversee the western half of the country.
"We are working on how best to maximize our reach," he said.
Nationally, AFP spent more than $33 million in issue advocacy independent expenditures during the 2012 election cycle, according to the nonpartisan watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics.
Lewandowski estimated the national group spent about $1 million in New Hampshire on the presidential race and AFP-NH spent a smaller amount on the governor's race, in radio ads criticizing now-Gov. Maggie Hassan's support for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Lewandowski said AFP-NH has focused on a wide range of issues.
It was involved in unsuccessful fights to enact right-to-work legislation and repeal the state's participation in RGGI, but also was active in supporting the O'Brien budget and the cutting of various taxes and fees.
The state chapter also held successful "Conservative of the Year" fund-raiser dinners in recent years.
As for his new role, Lewandowski said, "It's nice to be acknowledged for the hard work you've put into something."
Leaving as state director "is like giving up a baby, but it's going to be in very capable hands."
Even with the new regional post, Lewandowski will remain based in Windham, he said.
(The full Feb. 28 Granite Status follows.)
THURSDAY, FEB. 28: ABOUT THAT "DIVERSION." While open to a hike in the state gasoline tax, Gov. Maggie Hassan, in her proposed fiscal 2014-2015 budget, wants to use more than $26 million of revenue earmarked for highways, roads and bridges to instead add more state troopers to the roads.
Hassan's spokesman said she is not trying to skirt a state law requiring that the transportation department receive at least 73 percent of all highway funds collected. She simply wants to suspend that law, just as the Republican-led Legislature did two years ago, said the spokesman, Marc Goldberg.
Goldberg said Hassan would have the safety department use the "extra" funds to put 10 new state troopers on the roads and to pay for the shift of five more troopers from licensing operations to the roads.
Charlie Arlinghaus, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy pointed out in an opinion column in Wednesday's New Hampshire Union Leader that the "diversion," if you will, of extra money from transportation to safety was discovered by Republican Rep. Lynne Ober, R-Hudson.
Ober told us Wednesday that during a recent work session of a House finance subcommittee (called a "division" at the State House), she looked at a spread sheet of safety department use of highway fund money, and, "It appeared that safety was taking a huge amount of money more than they should have gotten."
She said she asked the nonpartisan Legislative Budget Assistant's office for an analysis, and it turned out she was correct.
According to an LBA spreadsheet, under the Hassan budget, the transportation department would receive not 73 percent, but only 67.3 percent, of the highway fund appropriation in fiscal 2014 and 68.4 percent of the highway fund appropriation in 2015.
Safety would receive not 26 percent, but 31.5 percent in 2014 and 31.7 percent in 2015.
It adds up to just over $13 million-a-year more than the safety department would receive than the law, left intact, would allow.
Ober said it would be much easier to avoid these questions if the governor would submit a companion bill to the budget, which sets out proposed budget-related legislative changes, known as House Bill 2. The proposed suspension would have been explained there.
The governor's office continues to work on HB 2.
Ober believes efficiencies can be found in the Department of Safety that would limit the shift of funds. She said an audit report found in 2009 the department could more efficiently manage how it sets up its chains of command so that "we wouldn't have so much money going to officers who are not on the roads."
Arlinghaus pointed out that although the law setting out where highway fund money should go was suspended for the current (fiscal 2012-2013 budget), in the end, the current budget actually meet the goals set out in the law.
He said opponents of the proposed gas tax hike will likely use this move to further argue their case. Even supporters of the gas tax hike should oppose the shift of funds, he said, because those folks would likely want every penny of highway fund money used for _ yes _ highways, roads and bridges.
Indeed, if the governor is successful in gaining support for renewing the suspension of the distribution law, her move may well be a topic for debate as Nashua Democratic Rep. David Campbell's proposed 15 cents gas tax hike comes up for a vote in the House next week. But there is nothing illegal about it.
CUTTING $80 MILLION. The above episode is not unlike the governor putting $80 million in gambling revenue in her budget before a gambling bill is passed.
That's what the House Finance Committee is dealing with as it deliberates on her budget and formulates its own proposal for consideration by the full House.
Committee Chair Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, confirmed she is asking each committee division to find as much savings as possible as part of an overall effort to come up with at least $80 million in savings to offset the governor's proposed gambling revenue.
"The issue for us is that the House has not had a vote on a gambling bill, so to assume (gambling) revenue at this point is really not the position of the House, either for or against," Wallner said.
"I have to start to look at where we'll go in that we haven't got a position on gambling," she explained. "To accept revenue of $80 million would really be a mistake, especially if it didn't show up later."
Wallner, by the way, said that personally, she has "historically voted against gambling and I continue to be concerned about it."
While she has not yet seen the gambling bill being weighed by the state Senate, which has been cited by Hassan, "I doubt I will vote for it this time, but I will have to see," Wallner said.
FIGHTING PROPOSITION 8. Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass and two sitting state senators are among a group of prominent Granite State Republicans who have joined the legal battle to overturn California's Proposition 8, which currently outlaws same-sex marriage in that state.
With the challenge set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month, about 100 well-known Republicans nationally have signed on to a "friend of the court" amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs attempting to overturn the measure.
Sources tell the Granite Status that New Hampshire Republicans who also signed the brief, along with Bass, included Republicans state Sen. Nancy Stiles of Hampton and John Reagan of Deerfield.
Also signing was Tyler Deaton, current secretary of the New Hampshire Young Republicans and managing director of B-Fresh Consulting. He is a former leader in the successful efforts to enact same-sex marriage in New Hampshire and defeat repeal attempts as campaign manager of New Hampshire Republicans for Freedom and Equality and a former spokesperson for Standing Up for New Hampshire Families.
State Rep. Adam Schroadter, vice chairman of the House Business Caucus, and Jacob P. Wagner, chairman of the New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans, have also signed on in support of the plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case.
Bass said he backed repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act in his final days as a congressman.
"I also don't think that civil marriage, which is what this case is about, poses any threat to religious freedom," he said.
"It also reflects the reality that we have in New Hampshire," in which same-sex marriage is legal, Bass said.
"I received a note from (former Republican National Committee Chairman) Ken Mehlman about it," Bass said. "He sent me the brief and I read it and I thought it made sense."
Nationally-known Republicans who have signed on to the brief include Mehlman, who is on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the former presidential candidate who backed only civil unions as a candidate but now backs same-sex marriage, former Massachusetts governors William Weld and Jane Swift, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, and former California candidate for governor Meg Whitman.
DEMS TO CELEBRATE: 100 CLUB. The state Democratic Party will hold its annual "100 Club" dinner on April 6 at the Executive Court in Manchester. Party chair Ray Buckley said the party will celebrate its long list of victories in the last election and "hit the ground running so we repeat our victories in 2014."
Tickets range from $100 up to $10,000.
(John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com. Twitter: @jdistaso.)


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This was like, my absolute favourite song ever, for my entire teenhood. And a bit beyond.
"Sometimes I give myself the creeps, sometimes my mind plays tricks on me."
But since today is Congratulations Day I am listening to that album non-stop.
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If you are hungry for a sweet pick me up, a light lunch or just a cup of coffee, stop by the newest place on Dock Street — CKs Fine Foods at 490 Dock Street.
Cedar Key native George Thomas "Tom" Delaino, the younger brother of Bill Delaino of Cedar Key, will be honored Sept. 20 when Pensacola State College, formerly Pensacola Junior College, names a building for him.
It was a series of decisions by BP, Transocean and Halliburton that caused the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion, loss of 11 lives, and resulting oil spill according to a final investigative report released Wednesday.
A fundraiser bake sale will be on Saturday, Sept. 17, to raise money for the family of local oysterman, Douglas Booth, who died unexpectedly.
He left behind two young children and his wife, who also was his oystering partner.
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Florida Statute requires:
"When property owners act as their own contractor, they must supervise the work being performed. Any person working on your building who is not licensed must be employed by you, which means that you must deduct F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provide workers' compensation for that employee."
Acting on a tip about alleged unlicensed contracting, investigators from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation came to Cedar Key recently. When their work is completed, some violators could face criminal charges.
According to James Patton, Regional Program Administrator for DBPR, on Friday, Sept. 2, investigators from the Gainesville branch office visited several construction job sites where unlicensed contracting was suspected.
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For example a "treacherous bitch" you meet a nice woman at work to later find out she has set people up to be robbed, killed, and the above. She might have changed for you but she will strike again do to the unstable nature of her personality.
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A gourmet delight, this Monte-Cristo sandwich is elevated to new heights with the addition of crab. Serve with yam chips.
2 1⁄2 oz. jumbo lump crab meat
1⁄4 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. aïoli or mayonnaise
1 tsp. crème fraîche or sour cream
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. chopped chives or finely sliced scallions
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 slices brioche or potato bread
2 slices gruyere cheese
1 slice cooked ham
2 eggs, beaten
Butter, for sautéing
- Place crab in bowl and combine with mustard, mayonnaise, crème fraîche, egg yolk, and chives; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Spread crab mixture on both bread slices. Place cheese and ham on one slice of bread and close the sandwich, pressing down on it to seal.
- Dip both sides of the sandwich into beaten eggs, then slowly brown in melted butter in a nonstick skillet until golden. Transfer to a 375°F oven for 8 min. Serve immediately, with Sweet Yam Chips (see note), if desired.
Note: To prepare the Sweet Yam Chips, thinly slice yams, as needed, 1⁄16 in. on a slicer or mandoline. Deep-fry in 300°F oil until crisp; drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with seafood boil seasoning, to taste.


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More than a curiosity but less than a classic, Albert Lewin's Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is one of those off-the-beaten-path numbers that you'll probably be glad you saw but won't exactly have you writing home to Mother. Then, again Mother would probably like it more than you, given its old-fashioned (and, it must be said, stilted) notions of romantic melodrama.
Still, in a time when "romantic melodrama" means "Nicholas Sparks," the idiosyncracies of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman cannot help but be refreshing. Chiefly, Lewin's film is a visual experience, and though it's headlined by Ava Gardner and James Mason, there's no question that the true star is cinematographer Jack Cardiff (The Red Shoes). Surely, more than anything or anyone, it's Cardiff that drew Martin Scorsese to lend his name to a 2009 restoration of this 1951 Technicolor picture. Scorsese speaks to Cardiff's skill with Technicolor and rakish sense of composition when he says of Pandora, "Watching this film is like entering a strange and wonderful dream." One suspects writer/director Lewin was more focused on the film's literary merits than anything else; a former English professor, he threads literary and historical allusions throughout the story: primary narrator Geoffrey Fielding (Harold Warrender) is a professorial archeologist and poetry lover that can only be Lewin's surrogate.
Fielding is one of many, many men who long obsessively for Pandora Reynolds (Gardner), a former nightclub singer now living in Esperanza, a Spanish seaport on the Mediterranean coast. In her first scene, Gardner establishes her siren status by singing the hauntingly beautiful song "How Am I to Know?" (The song was also recorded by Frank Sinatra, who married Gardner in 1951 and divorced her in 1957; knowing she was Sinatra's "one that got away" adds to Gardner's mystique, in hindsight.) These were the days, of course, when "feminine mystique" was not a feminist buzz-phrase but an unironic expression of the "goddess" archetype that put women on pedestals; though winningly couched here in Lewin's classicism (the coast is dotted with statuary and fragmentary relics that Fielding studies), one wishes Pandora were a more fully painted character. As it is, she's a horridly cruel, cynical dream-killer who knows her power and misuses it until destiny intervenes by plopping her rehabilitative true love in front of her.
The true love in question is Hendrick van der Zee (Mason), a Dutchman who sails up on a schooner and whose hypnotic magnetism pulls Pandora immediately to take a night swim to him. Lewin doesn't play coy: this is the Flying Dutchman of legend, doomed to eternal wandering unless and until a woman loves him enough to be willing to die for him. When she boards his yacht, Pandora discovers that Hendrick is painting her portrait—inexplicably, as they've never met. We're to take on faith that the two fall instantly in love, as they're eternal lovers in a kind of past-life time warp. She's a dead ringer for the woman he killed (the inciting incident that led to his metaphysical punishment), and she begins to feel the echoes of having loved this man before. That presents a problem for her newly settled life: she's scheduled to marry racecar driver Stephen Cameron (Nigel Patrick). Further complicating matters is another new acquaintance: Spain's star bullfighter Juan Montalvo (Mario Cabré), who proves determined to have Pandora for himself.
Fielding laments, "We live in a time that has no faith in legends. We live in a time that has no faith." It's a convincing argument to meet the film where it lives; too langorous for its own good, Lewin's film isn't as thrilling as, say, Dead Again or as lush in its dream imagery as, say, Mulholland Drive, but its unique oddball blend of fatalistic Hemingway-esque masculinity, swoony romance and mythology, literary allusions ("Dover Beach" and The Rubaiyat) used as pick-up lines, and grab bag of styles (including, at one point, a highly theatrical use of soliloquy) makes Pandora and the Flying Dutchman nearly as hypnotic as the romance it retells.
Kino delivers an outstanding hi-def transfer of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman on Blu-ray, one that makes the most of the film's 2009 restoration. Unfortunately, that restoration has its limits, particularly in the stability of the Technicolor. Color saturation is good, but wavers pretty much constantly with slight fluctuations of hue; it seems like the sort of problem that, by now, there ought to be a digital tool to correct—oh well. Certainly, this is the best the film has looked in years, and the disc's "Comparison of Restoration" (5:49, HD) vividly displays the great improvements this transfer provides over the previous standard-def master of a dark and murky print. Bright and tight, the new image yields exceptional detail; the print damage in the form of a scratch here or bit of dirt there is hardly noticeable—it's only the color issue that keeps this from being a grand slam. The uncompressed Linear PCM 2.0 audio sounds much better than I would have thought: music and effects are richly rendered, and dialogue is certainly clear enough (though Kino has fallen down on the job by failing to provide subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing).
Bonus features are understandably limited. We get the "Alternate Opening Titles" (2:25, HD) from the U.K. cut and Stills Galleries. Theatrical Trailers include "U.S. Release" (2:58, HD), "U.S. Release (Abridged, B&W)" (2:00, HD) and "U.K. 2010 Re-Release" (1:32, HD). Other than the restoration comparison, that leaves "El Torero de Cordoba" (17:26, HD) as the most significant extra; it's a 1947 documentary on Spanish bullfighter Manuel Rodriguez Manolete, who inspired the character of Montalvo. Fans of Ava Gardner, James Mason, and Jack Cardiff should run, not walk to pick up Kino's Blu-ray of the restored Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.
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The 2006 Farmingdale State Cross Country team had a great season. As a team, the men finished first at the Stevens Invitational 4K Run, second at the St. Joe's Invitational and third in the Skyline Conference, while also recording a 9th place finish at the Collegiate Track Conference Championships, the highest finish in school history.
The women's team competed in five meets this season. The Rams defeated Old Westbury three times and fell to CW Post and St. Joe's for a 3-2 overall record in Dual meets.
Individually, the men's team was led by sophomore Mike Landi who finished 1st at Stevens and 2nd at St. Joe's. He also holds a 6th place ranking at the DeSales University course. Sophomore Alberto Soberanes finished 3rd at St. Joe's and is currently 7th on the DeSales University course list. Five other members of the team set personal bests throughout the 5-mile courses.
Team Results
Stevens Invitational - 4K Run - 1st place
Collegiate Track Conference - 9th place (Highest finish in school history)
St. Joseph's Invitational - 2nd place
Halloween Classic - 5th place
Skyline Conference - 3rd place
Dual Meets
10/6: Farmingdale, 20 - Old Westbury, 39
10/17: Farmingdale, 23 - Old Westbury, 32
Mike Landi: 1st place - Stevens Invitational, 2nd place - St. Joseph's Invitational
Set Personal Best - Van Cortlandt Park, 29:47, 17th place
17 on All-Time List
6 on All-Time DeSales University Course, 29:55
Alberto Soberanes: 3rd place - St. Joseph's Invitational
7 on All-Time DeSales University Course, 30:13
Ray Thomas: Set personal best 5 miles, 31:48
Jermaine Carter: Set personal best 5 miles, 31:56
Eric Harris: Set personal best 5 miles, 35:34
Jason Chin-Chitty: Set personal best 5 miles, 34:03
Mark Sheiman: Set personal best 5 miles, 37:12
Team Results - Dual Meets
9/29: Farmingdale 50 - CW Post 15
10/6: Farmingdale 22 - Old Westbury 33
10/17: Farmingdale 23 - Old Westbury 32
10/24: Farmingdale 37 - St. Joseph 18
10/27: Farmingdale 27 - Old Westbury 28
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text: Tricia Mulligan, PhD Associate Provost for Strategic Academic Initiatives Associate Professor, Political Science & International Studies BA, College of the Holy Cross MA, University of Wisconsin PhD, George Washington University Dr. Tricia Mulligan earned her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Wisconsin and received her Master's degree in Political Science. Dr. Mulligan received her PhD in Political Science from the George Washington University specializing in Comparative Politics and International Relations. Her dissertation was directed by Dr. Cynthia McClintock and focused on political party development and democratization in Latin America. Dr. Mulligan is currently the Chair of the Department of Political Science and the Director of the International Studies program. She is also the faculty moderator for the Iona Model United Nations team. Dr. Mulligan teaches courses in International Relations; Comparative Democratization; US Foreign Policy; Politics of Development; International Law and Organizations; Human Rights, and Environmental Politics. She received the 2011 Presidential Teaching Award to develop and implement programs and initiatives to internationalize the curriculum. Most recently, she worked with Iona students in a partnership with the Cairo based Soliya Connect program, to provide a distance learning opportunity in real time for American and Middle Eastern university students. Her current research focuses upon comparative democratization in post conflict countries with an emphasis upon the development of stable and responsive political institutions.


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What's better than leftover Halloween candy?
Giant Halloween candy cookies packed with pieces of kit kats, peanut butter cups and walnuts! That's what!
While I usually prefer a soft cookie like Nestle toll-house, I really enjoyed these. Crisp around the edges and chewy in the middle, they take a little more time to eat than your average, everyday cookie. One of them is all I need to feel completely satisfied. And I put all those lonely, unclaimed candy bars to good use. Made them feel wanted. I think they're much better off this way!
A little trick for softening up hard cookies is to put a piece of bread or apple into the container, depending on how hard they are it can take up to 24 hours for them to soften, so give it time!
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Veteran midfielder ties Major League Lacrosse record with three 2-point goals
St. Petersburg, FL - Veteran midfielder
Kyle Dixon piled up seven points and tied a Major League Lacrosse record with three 2-point goals as the Chesapeake Bayhawks opened the 2013 season by beating the Rochester Rattlers 17-14 in a wild shootout in front of 3,940 fans at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"It was a typical first game. We didn't play great, but fortunately we got the win and that's all that matters," Chesapeake head coach
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Dixon, in his eighth MLL season, had his cannon crank shot on target and increased his MLL career record for 2-pointers to 50. The perennial All-Star also dished off an assist as Chesapeake began defense of its MLL championship with a thrilling victory.
"I guess you could say I was feeling it tonight," said Dixon, who was named Bud Light Player of the Game. "Teams just continue to back off and give me space beyond the arc. Coach Cottle has given me the green light to shoot whenever I'm open out there and tonight I was fortunate to connect on a few."
Ben Hunt fired in a pair of 2-pointers of his own in totaling six points for the Bayhawks, who won without seven players who are still involved in the National Lacrosse League playoffs. Among that group were two returning starting attackmen in
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John Grant, Jr.
Matt Mackrides, a second-year pro out of Penn State, started on attack and came up big with three goals and four ground balls. Mackrides scored two extra man goals in the fourth quarter to give the Bayhawks breathing room.
"I can't say we're pleased with the way we played offensively. That was a really ugly offensive effort in a lot of ways," Dixon said. "You take away the twos by me and Ben and we only had two other goals in the first half. We need to get some things cleaned up before next weekend."
Nicky Polancowas all over the field and played like a man possessed in anchoring a defense that rose to the occasion and shut out Rochester in the fourth quarter. Polanco provided great man-to-man coverage on Rochester attackman
Mark Millon, caused several turnovers and gobbled up three ground balls.
"I thought Nicky was tremendous tonight. He was extremely active, very aggressive and really owned Mark Millon," Cottle said.
Ben Rubeor contributed a goal and an assist while midfielder
Steven Brooks dished off two assists for Chesapeake, which outshot Rochester 58-36. The Bayhawks put a whopping 38 of those shots on goal and might have won easily had Ratters keeper
Jason LaShomb not made 27 saves.
Tyler Fiorito started between the pipes for Chesapeake, but was replaced in the second quarter by second-year man
T.C. DiBartolo, who finished with nine saves.
Dixon blasted in two of his 2-pointers during the first quarter as Chesapeake raced to a 7-3 lead. Hunt also had a 2-pointer in the opening period. Rochester responded by opening the second quarter on a 6-0 run that featured a pair of 2-pointers from 10th-year midfielder
Matt Striebel.
Suddenly trailing 9-7 with 4:10 elapsed in the second stanza, Chesapeake closed the first half with a 5-0 run that was highlighted by 2-pointers from Dixon and Hunt. Rubeor fed Hunt for another goal as the Bayhawks took a 12-9 lead into intermission.
Hunt added another goal and long stick defensive midfielder
Michael Simon scored in transition and Rubeor tallied unassisted as Chesapeake opened the second half with a 3-1 run to take a 15-10 lead. Rochester refused to fold, closing the third period on a 4-0 run to get within one at 15-14.
DiBartolo made two saves to anchor a suffocating defense while Mackrides found openings in the defense for the two power play goals that provided the necessary cushion.
"We could have very easily scored 20 goals, but we missed some easy opportunities," Cottle said. "I don't think we did all the little things on offense. We weren't always in the right spots, our stick-work wasn't great and we made some bad decisions. We have plenty of things to work on during practice this coming week."
Bayhawks face-off specialist
Adam Rand won his faceoff battle with
John Ortalani, 15-13, while Cottle felt defensive midfielders
Barney Ehrmann (long stick) and
Danny Burns (short stick) both played very well.
The 2013 home opener is Saturday, May 4
th against the New York Lizards at 7:00 PM at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Fireworks will be held after the game and will be presented by G&G Outfitters. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at
www.thebayhawks.comor over the phone by calling the box office 866-99-HAWKS (42957).


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On the next episode of the Discovery Channel's Weed Wars, a California dad seeks a controversial treatment for his five-year-old son Jaden's epilepsy: medicinal marijuana. Jaden has Dravet's Syndrome, an extreme form of epilepsy. His dad described Jaden's first grand mal seizure on camera, which happened on Christmas morning when Jaden when four months old, and which lasted for an hour.
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Medications have provided little relief for little Jaden. After doing some research, his dad found that medicinal cannabis, which is legal in California but still a federal crime, can be used to treat epilepsy. He purchased a non-psychoactive tincture and gave Jaden his first dose on camera. "I'm not trying to get my son high; I'm trying to cure my son's seizures," said the father.
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Here is my personal take on thrush and why it is so difficult
1) it is over diagnosed. A study shows that a large percentage of what is suspected of being thrush is actually a bacterial infection of the nipple area. Also for years nipple pain due to a poor latch and/or vasospasm was/is routinely diagnosed as thrush. Even IBCLC's can have a really difficult time figuring out if something is thrush or not. Treating thrush when thrush is not the problem does no good.
2) when it is thrush, it is not treated properly. For one thing, what is considered 'properly' varies from source to source. But there are protocols from breastfeeding experts that should (IMO) be followed as at least a first step by mothers and their hcps. But instead, over and over mothers are prescribed medications that have been shown to be largely ineffective, or at ineffective doses. Or baby is not treated as well, etc. For pretty up to date suggested protocols on thrush, see Jack Newman's website and the lactation textbook Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple.(your LC and maybe your local LLL leader will have this book. Don't buy it, too expensive.)
3) Everyone and their cousin has an OTC or 'homemade' remedy. Anecdotal stories of this or that that helped have their place, of course, we learn a great deal about what works from individual reports. But (imo,) individual cases should not override tried and true methods until the tried and true methods have been shown to not work. It can get very confusing. Many miracle cures are not really cures and many cases where nothing worked are misleading because the issue was not thrush in the first place! (see point 1) Also treatments fall in and out of favor for no particular reason. When I first went to LLL meetings almost 10 years ago, gentian violet was a typically suggested and used, often with success, thrush treatment. It is still suggested by breastfeeding experts but its popularity among moms is way down. Or something may be promising but there is just not enough evidence yet- A new topical 'treatment' moms are trying is coconut oil, but there are no studies or 'official' recommendations of it for thrush that I am aware of.
4) thrush needs to not only be treated, but prevented from recurring, or it will probably come back. Clothing, bedding, breast pads, pumps, bottles, bottle nipples all must by cleaned well and often during treatment to prevent reoccurrence. Baby and mom must be treated, contact with other family members and even pets can cause a reoccurrence if they are not treated.


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Boss ME-70 Review - Its all about ME...!!!
What Boss has done here is something very clever; they have managed to combine great sounds and usability all in one great Multi FX unit. Now some may say that these should be minimum prerequisites of any Multi FX unit but in a world of alpha dials, knobs and digital displays, the guys at Boss have made this unit incredibly user friendly and have dispensed with the menu shifting of old. It basically comes down to having 4 Boss stomp boxes in one, plus tons of extras such as a Phrase Looper which offers up a huge 38 seconds of loop sampling time.
It has 4 footswitches, an expression pedal and an entire range of Boss 'COSM' Amp Modelling Technology one would wish to get their hands on. The footswitches comprise of Compression/FX, Distortions/Overdrives, Modulation Effects and finally Delays. The built in expression pedal allows you to control Wah, Pitch Shifting, Volume, Modulation Rates and Delay Rates. It has 36 Factory Pre Set Patches and 36 User Patches too so you can dial in your own sounds and save them. It can also just be used in Manual Mode where upon the user can change the FX in real time like they would with 4 separate stomp boxes. The EZ Tone function also gets you up and running straight out of the box. With its 24 bit, 44.1 kHz processing the ME-70 gives nothing away to its big brother the GT-10 in tonal qualities or build.
The build quality on this unit like most Boss FX is fantastic; it looks like it would withstand the most hardened of gigging. It is compact, sturdy and the clear bold LED screen is perfect for dark stages allowing you to see your pre sets in all light levels.
I would perhaps have to question the reliability of the plastic pedals, which would be getting a rigorous stomping over time, but they appear to be holding up for the main. It also eats batteries for breakfast, lunch and dinner but combined with a Boss PSU (sold separately) you would never have any problems in this department.
Let's talk sound. Now coming from a total analogue effects purist, the only digital effects I have on my board are on a separate line select so as not to interfere with my "tone". That said this unit just blew me away with everything on board. I could match any of my analogue tones with this amazing Multi FX and much more. All the digital sounds were warm and had analogue character in spades. At lower gain levels they responded well to dynamics, as well as cleaning up naturally with the guitar volume rolled down just like they would on separate FX.
This unit would sit fantastically well in any analogue or digital live set up and also performs under studio recording conditions as Boss have really nailed down those Pre Amps and COSM Modeling.
For under £250 you get thousands of pounds worth of Boss FX all in one well thought out, neat device. Let's just say that Boss has got this bang on the money, and with their added 3 year warranty you would be a fool not to have one of these in your guitar rig.
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New Sheriff Chris Blair promises to uphold the constitutional rights of local gun owners.
President Barack Obama's recent proposals to curb gun-related violence have ignited a new furor among the president's critics about constitutional overreach and intrusion into citizens' lives by Washington.
In the wake of that — and in responding to a local resident's concerns — new Sheriff Chris Blair promises to uphold the constitutional rights of local gun owners.
But Blair's stance seems to be much less pointed and not as hardline as those expressed by other sheriffs in rural and Southern counties.
Ocala resident Dick Gray raised the gun-control issue before the County Commission last week, one day before Obama announced a sweeping package of legislative proposals and executive orders designed to exert greater authority over guns and who buys them.
Obama has proposed new regulations that, among other steps, would require criminal background checks for all gun sales, including those at gun shows; revive the ban on assault weapons; limit weapons to 10-round magazines; and outlaw armor-piercing bullets.
He has also ordered several steps within his administration to expand the pool of available background information on gun buyers and the weapons themselves, reduce barriers to reporting potential gun crimes, and beef up mental health services.
On Tuesday, Gray offered a series of questions in a letter and asked the board to forward them to Blair to garner a public response.
The preamble to Gray's queries included a "statement of facts" that expressed concern about:
The establishment of more than 700 "internment camps" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
The training of soldiers in "weapons confiscation" by the U.S. military's Northern Command
The green light given to the Federal Aviation Administration to launch 30,000 unmanned drones over America's cities
The provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 that allow detention of U.S. citizens without due process and that seek to "exterminate" the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th century law that prohibits the military from being used for law enforcement
The federal government's purchase of more than 1 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition that, besides the military and federal police agencies, is being distributed to the Social Security Administration, the National Weather Service and the U.S. Forest Service.
Among the questions Gray wanted Blair to answer:
Would he defy federal orders to register or confiscate local firearms?
Would he publicly decline federal grant money?
Would he refuse to obey any unconstitutional order given by federal or state authorities?
Would he withdraw Marion County from the Department of Homeland Security's "fusion centers" (which are intelligence-gathering and -sharing outlets comprised of federal, state and local authorities)?
Would he publicly declare what his agency has done "to either assist or resist" the aforementioned "violations" of constitutional liberties?
Gray's questions echo points made on the campaign trail last fall by Blair's opponent, Constitution Party candidate Bernie DeCastro, who stated flatly and repeatedly that he would resist orders he considered unconstitutional and not accept federal grants.
Blair, in a letter dated Thursday that would be sent to Gray, noted that on Jan. 8 he took an oath to uphold both the federal and state constitutions and that the ceremony was open to the public so citizens would have confidence "that their public officers understood the serious nature of our charge."
"While we understand there may be special interest groups and individuals that may want to add or take away from our solemn oath, in my role as duly elected sheriff of Marion County, I understand the duties and responsibilities that this office is required to administer," Blair wrote.
"In my opening speech when I took office I stated that the authority of this office comes from the will of the people, for the good of the people. This Sheriff's Office will work diligently to protect the liberty and to insure justice for its citizens."
Compare that to what other sheriffs have said in the past few days, according to news reports.
"Let's say I know there's a thousand assault weapons in my county," said Sheriff Denny Peyman of Jackson County, Ky., "I'm not going to be a witch hunter and go door to door checking."
Sheriff Robin Cole of Pine County, Minn., and Oregon sheriffs Tim Meuller of Linn County and Jim Hensley of Crook County have announced that they would refuse any directive that conflicts with their interpretation of the Second Amendment.
Canyon County, Idaho, Sheriff Kieran Donahue said he would not enforce any new federal restrictions on guns and issued a statement referring to Obama's proposals as "political posturing."
"I'm not going to fight hysteria with hysteria," his statement said.
Sheriff Brad Delay in Lawrence County, Mo., sent out a letter confirming his support for gun owners against a power grab by Washington.
"We're not going to come out and take your guns away or anything," he told reporters. "If there were an executive order to go door to door and pull guns, my deputies would not enforce that order. We wouldn't do it."
"I'm not going to violate your rights when it comes to personal freedoms and liberties."
"The federal authorities can try to enforce it," said Sheriff Blake Dorning in Madison County, Ala. "I'm the sheriff of Madison County. I took a constitutional oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, to defend the Constitution of the state of Alabama, even if it takes my life."
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While performing a song during a television broadcast, famous Italian-American tenor Marc Revere sees his fiancée, wealthy socialite Carol Ralston, in the control booth standing next to a man whose arm is draped around her shoulders. After finishing the song, Marc jealously storms into the booth and berates Carol, who then informs him that she is leaving for Europe the next day. Marc follows Carol to Europe and is on a train bound for Rome when he meets an attractive young Italian woman from Savona, Raffaella Marini, who slips and loses her purse as she boards the moving train. When Marc overhears the conductor threaten to throw her off at the next stop, he offers to pay her way to Rome. Raffaella then tells Marc that she plans to get a job in Rome and stay with her uncle. However, when they reach Rome, they discover that her uncle has gone to Argentina and Marc insists that she come with him to meet his cousin, Pepe Bonelli, a jovial pianist who lives in a bohemian garret. Pepe throws a party that night at which Raffaella, who is falling in love with Marc, is disappointed when he asks another woman to dance. As the party ends the next day, one of the guests takes Marc, Pepe and Raffaella on a helicopter ride over Rome and its surrounding sights. The next day, Pepe and Marc awaken to find that Raffaella has shoplifted some food for them, although she intends to repay all the shopkeepers. When the landlady demands 40,000 lire in back rent by the next day, Marc decides to earn some money by performing at the Ulpia, one of Rome's best nightclubs. After Raffaella says she will also look for a job, Pepe invites her to come to Signora Beatrice's fashion salon where he is playing for a fashion show, and offers to speak with Beatrice about hiring her. Pepe is touched when Raffaella kisses him on the cheek and says he is a kind man. At the fashion show, Beatrice, aware of Marc's celebrity, mentions that Carol left for Capri three weeks ago but plans to return to Rome shortly. Although Raffaella is hired by Beatrice to work as an assistant, Marc is turned down for a job at the Ulpia because the owner has never heard of him. At the next club, the Tivoli, an American owner tells him that Italy exports, not imports, singers, as tenors are one of its greatest resources. That night, he and Raffaella meet Pepe at a cinema in Trastevere, where Pepe plays for "amateur nights." After Marc is pushed onto the stage to perform, he wins the competition and is signed to sing nightly at 4,000 lire a night. Following a performance one night, Marc brings a friend and two American women back to Pepe's room where he unconsciously treats Raffaella like a servant, then leaves with his guests without eating the meal she has prepared. When Pepe later rebukes him for hurting Raffaella, Marc is surprised to learn that she has romantic feelings for him. One day, as Pepe is about to propose to Raffaella, Marc interrupts them with news that he has just received an offer from the Ulpia and wants Pepe to be his accompanist. As Marc rehearses an aria with Pepe, he is drowned out by rock-and-roll coming from a party outside. When the partygoers learn that he is an American, Marc, to their enjoyment, imitates Italian-American singers Perry Como, Frankie Laine and Dean Martin, and then Louis Armstrong, who, he says, does not need to be Italian. On the afternoon before his debut at the Ulpia, Marc runs into Carol. They both apologize for the scene in New York, and she invites him to a yacht party, assuring him they could get back before his opening. However, when the yacht's engine develops problems, they are unable to return until the next morning. As Raffaella is berating Marc for his selfishness and for treating her like a child, Pepe, who has lost the Ulpia job because of Marc, overhears her assert that Marc is "not good enough to be Pepe's accompanist." After Marc departs, Raffaella cries and Pepe comforts her, but refrains from embracing her. Later, as she is putting away some dresses at work, she finds a diamond bracelet and locks it in a cabinet. That night, Marc arrives ten minutes late for a date with Carol and finds that she has gone to the Ulpia without him. When he finds Carol there dancing with an Italian man, Marc angrily twists this man's nose, thus inciting a brawl that ends with Marc being ordered to pay over one million lire for damages to the club. Pepe pleads with Beatrice for a loan, but she refuses, saying she dislikes tenors, having fallen in love with one once. Just then, an American woman, Mrs. Stone, comes looking for the diamond bracelet she has lost, and Raffaella claims she has not seen it. Carol apologizes to Marc and offers to write a check for the damages, but he refuses to accept her offer. Raffaella then brings Marc the bracelet, saying she now can repay him for helping her. When he demands to know where she got it, she begins to cry, and Pepe slaps Marc. Realizing that the bracelet belongs to Mrs. Stone, Pepe promises that Raffaella will return it. Afterward, Marc goes to the Ulpia and agrees to work for two weeks at half-price to pay the damages, if they will hire Pepe at full scale. He then asks Raffaella to convince Pepe to accept the job. As they dress for opening night, Marc and Pepe avoid speaking to each other until their eyes meet and they embrace. After the show, Raffaella sees Marc kiss Carol and tells Pepe that she has decided to leave Rome. When Pepe informs Marc, he explains he was just saying goodbye to Carol, because they have realized that their affair will never work. After Pepe tells Marc that Raffaella has always loved him, Marc runs after her. As they embrace, Pepe sees them from the balcony of the club, and they wave at Pepe as they walk together toward the ruins of Rome.


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February 23, 1954 - February 5, 2013
Newburgh, NY
E. Valerie "Boo" Woods passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the age of 58. The daughter of Geraldine Herring, she was born in New York City on February 23, 1954.
Valerie attended Newburgh schools. She graduated from NFA in 1972. Upon graduation, she was selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among America High School Students. Valerie is also a graduate of SUNY Albany class of 1976. She was a long time member of the Greater Upper Rooom Apostolic Faith Church of Middletown, NY.
She is survived by her mother, Geraldine Herring of Newburgh; an aunt, Fannie Dudley of Morehead City, NC; a god-daughter, Shantel Chritian of Newburgh; two god-sisters: Janea Hill and Kecia Coachman; a god-brother, Gregory Williams and a host of cousins and friends who love her. She is predeceased by her father, Douglas Fulford.
Friends may call 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 12th at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 76 First St., in Newburgh. Services will be held at 11 a.m. at the church. Pastor Bruce Davis Sr. is officiating. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Middlehope, NY. Professional services entrusted to Rhodes Funeral Homes, 259 Walsh Ave., New Windsor, NY 12553. "Committed To Being The Very Best". Call us anytime at 569-1233.


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Culture media development continues to be an area that offers the potential to dramatically improve the productivity of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Having a well-defined media formulation optimized for maximum protein production can significantly improve product titers, thereby reducing costs and improving efficiency. In this article, we discuss the historical aspects of media development from the initial dominance of serum as a supplement in cell-culture media to the current trend toward serum-free, chemically defined, protein-free media customized for particular cell lines. We will also examine the advantages of developing a robust serum-free cell-culture medium containing defined animal-free protein supplements.
The first application of cell culture technology was for vaccine production in the 1950s. Traditionally, embryonated chicken eggs were used for vaccine production. Because of increased demand for vaccines, there was a need for new technologies that could produce large quantities. The first mammalian cells used to generate a commercial product were monkey kidney cells, which were used to produce the polio vaccine.1 These were an attached cell line and required serum for growth. Further advances occurred during this time with the commercial production of an inactivated foot-and-mouth disease vaccine in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells. This cell line was cultured in Eagle's medium, supplemented with 5% adult bovine serum up to a scale of 5,000 L.2 Eagle's minimal essential medium, the first basal synthetic medium, contained a mixture of amino acids, vitamins, cofactors, carbohydrates, and salts to support cell growth. However, supplementation was also required, generally by addition of animal serum. Another major advancement in the use of mammalian cell culture for the production of biologics for human use came with the US Food and Drug Administration's acceptance of the use of continuous cell lines. Continuous cells lines such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and myeloma cells (NSO and SP2/0) meant cells could be cultured in suspension and were readily scalable, allowing for increased product yields.
Serum as a Supplement
Bovine serum has been the supplement of choice during the development of general cell culture. Serum has been shown to provide all the essential nutrients for cell growth and productivity, including macromolecular proteins, low-molecular-weight nutrients, anti-oxidants, and carrier proteins for water-insoluble components, and is known to contain anti-apoptotic factors.3 Serum also contains a high concentration of albumin, which can protect cells from stress factors generated under bioreactor conditions such as pH nutrient fluctuations and shear forces, as well as a number of transport functions.4 Although serum delivered many benefits for the industry, serum also has important drawbacks, such as batch-to-batch variability, leading to a lack of process and product consistency, complex downstream processing to remove serum contaminants from the final product, and fluctuating costs. Even more important, the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and other adventitious agents in bovine serum resulted in a strong regulatory drive for the biopharmaceutical industry to eliminate serum and other animal-derived components from the manufacturing process.5 A 1999 report by Wessman and Levings indicated that as much as 20–50% of commercial fetal bovine serum was virus-positive.6 These regulatory constraints led to the development of defined media supplements and the industry's move away from the use of serum to a serum-free medium.


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Report: M-1 Global President Refutes Mob-Tie Claims By Overeem's Manager
(With a BFF like this, who needs the mob?)
M-1 Global president and Fedor Emelianenko puppet master Vadim Finkelchtein responded today via MMAJunkie, to several claims made in an open letter addressed to him by Alistair Overeem's manager and trainer Bas Boon, including an assertion the longtime Russian promoter has strong proven ties to the Mafia in his country.
In the letter, Boon recalled an incident from a few years ago involving Finkelchtein's right hand man, Apy Echteld, in which the latter allegedly threatened to use his mob contacts to have a Seattle-based promoter killed because of a soured business deal. Finkelchstein say that a nearly identical claim was made by Boon in the past, however that time the story involved a Dutch promoter.Read More DIGG THIS


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Parting Shot
Broncos beat Zags!
On Jan. 20 it happened—the first at-home win for men's basketball against Gonzaga in a decade. Score: 85–71. And it felt good. Just ask the hundreds of Santa Clara students who stormed the court after the buzzer sounded.
Web Exclusive: Click here to read the SCU Athletics story on the game.
Spring 2011
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Life cycle
Luminous beauty and the delight of discovery in a photo essay by Susan Middleton '70.
The Pause for Coz
A much-beloved Jesuit, Fr. Richard Coz touched the lives of generations of Broncos—who established a scholarship in his honor with the goal of raising $1 million.
Mission Matters
Here's the plan.
It's a new strategic vision for Santa Clara University. And a road map for the years ahead.
Taking innovations to scale
An inaugural conference on the Mission Campus draws the best of the Tech Awards. The goal: Take brilliant ideas, then replicate.
Bronco Profile
Man in motion
Rich McGuinness '89 is a football force to be reckoned with. He's the man behind The Ride and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.