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By Traci JoyPosted Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
You know this adventure must not be missed. So, what are you waiting for? This is the Second New England Relay and you will NOT want to miss this running opportunity. There will be so many amazing sights to behold, and so many miles to enjoy, and memories to share. This is a 36-leg journey through dozens of quintessential New England cities, towns and villages; you'll run along streams with mountain views, and through forests, farms, and valleys. You will run through covered bridges and past idyllic scenes of churches, old schoolhouses, cows in pasture and fishing communities. The course passes through college towns, beautiful parks, ponds, lakes, and of course, finishes at the harbor. Your team will experience the seashore, sunset, sunrise and a wonderfully fulfilling sense of camaraderie and accomplishment.
This is the longest relay in eastern United States, and will be the running adventure of your lifetime: 12 runners, 220+ miles, 36 legs in 24 (give or take) hours. The New England Relay is the first relay to include all six New England States and is the only relay that integrates so many states. In fact, even the longest relay in the United States is just the width of one state – Iowa. This race begins in Rhode Island travels west into Connecticut, then heads north though Massachusetts and into Vermont, traversing east across New Hampshire and ending toward the Maine coast. Runners will run along the Connecticut River Valley, which is New England's largest river and borders and flows through four of our beautiful states.
This relay showcases all that is good about the sport of running. It is inclusive, yet competitive, it is a wonderful way to explore the countryside, and enhances team building! The race starts one day after the summer solstice, where days are at their longest, so you will be sure to have plenty of daylight to soak it all in.
Because this is a somewhat complicated relay endeavor, the efficient race organizers have a detailed handbook for relay captains 30 days prior to the event. In a nutshell, there are 36 legs, giving a team of 12 three legs per runner. Additionally, you can have a 6-person team, called an Ultra Team. The legs vary in terms of mileage and course difficulty, so really runners of all abilities could be on one team. More details on relay team building below.
Destination Relay
Because this is such a unique relay, many out-of-towners will want to travel to participate! Get there early to hang out in Connecticut or Rhode Island or stay a few days after the event and explore New Hampshire and Maine.
Both areas have much to offer. The Rhode Island and Connecticut areas are fairly quiet, but are teeming with history regarding Native American culture and there are interesting museums and so much natural beauty in the area. There are many state parks and recreation areas including ponds and fun things for the kids.
The Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, NH coast has much to offer in terms of tourism. There are so many quaint restaurants, museums and historical sites. For a celebratory after party, this is the ideal location! You could have lunch in any number of downtown Portsmouth eateries and then commemorate your accomplishments by heading to any number of Portsmouth's breweries! Afterwards, you can site see, as you will be standing in one of the most historic landmarks in American history. And there is always shopping at the Kittery Outlets!
The start is located in Glocester, Rhode Island, about 45 minutes from Providence, and an hour from Boston. It is also approximately 1.5 hours from both Manchester, NH and Hartford, CT. Manchester is probably the best bet for round trip air since it is 1.5 from the start and one hour from the finish. Boston Logan International would be a good alternative. For those driving, both the start and finish are reasonably close to Interstate 95.
There are plenty of hotel options near the start line in Rhode Island and Connecticut, as well as rental options for your team's van. Please visit the Team logistics page for more travel information: http://www.newenglandrelay.com/team-logistics.php?ID=11
Race Logistics!
Your course will detail everything awe-inspiring about New England. The race handbook has terrific descriptions of each leg, with the length of each, cumulative distance, turns, handoffs, elevation profile, and maps - very impressive and easy to follow.
There are several transition areas that will accommodate tents and sleeping bags, although some may wish to sleep in the vans. Overnight accommodations, if desired, are available at the half-way point in Brattleboro, VT and Keene, NH, or there are many options near Manchester, NH - an hour west of the finish by car. If you plan well you could drive ahead and sleep there and wait for your team to come through.
Part of competitive fun of this endeavor is the planning logistics of transfer points, handoffs, and most important, building your relay team. This can be a fun and an awesome way to meet and get to know other runners. If you already have 11 friends in mind, this is a great way to build on your friendship's memories. Relay running is a very inspirational way to run because you are part of a team.
On race day(s), teams will likely enjoy very comfortable running weather, a spectacular sunset, and phenomenal sunrise. The average high temperature central to the course is 77 on June 22nd, with an average low of 53, and a mean of 65. The sun will set at 8:24 p.m. and rise at 5:08 a.m.
Team Building
The 220-mile New England Relay is modeled after other overnight long distance relays, except it is longer than most others. The course is divided into 36 legs with designated exchange zones at the end of each leg. There are two main categories for teams to choose from: regular 12-person teams (7 to 12 persons) or ultra teams consisting of 6-runners who run either a 6x1 or 6x6 configuration. Most teams will be simply running friends looking for a different and exciting adventure. Corporate and Club teams are also encouraged to participate.
Planning and organizing for a 12-person team to run about 220 miles at the best possible pace is a great company team builder. Meeting this challenge is about as much fun as you can have in team running. Running clubs and companies can compete with others, or contest their own internal bragging rights. Many companies pay tens of thousands of dollars for such team building—and other methods are likely much less effective.
This relay is designed for runners of all abilities. Whether you are an ultra-marathoner or a beginner, there is a spot for you in the New England Relay. There are six classifications, including women's, men's and mixed regular teams, and women's, men's, and mixed ultra teams. And there are divisions within those classifications: Open, Masters (40 and over), Senior Masters (50 and over). All levels of runners are encouraged to participate.
Distance and Difficulty
The 36 legs in the New England Relay average 6.2 miles. The shortest is 3.0 (two of those), and the longest is 11 miles. The minimum total distance for three legs is 14.3 miles. The maximum total is 26.2 for one runner. That is called the marathon leg and there will be special prizes to those who achieve the fastest overall pace for that leg. All other legs will be in between, depending on selection. Some legs are classified as easy, based on distance and elevation change; most are moderate; and a few are classified as hard. For more on Course Legs, visit: http://www.newenglandrelay.com/course.php?ID=10
Two team support vans - six runners each - will carry runners from exchange to exchange and will trade off every six legs at the van transfer areas. There will be music at several of the exchange areas (some runners will not sleep at all) to keep the teams going. Headlamps or flashlights and reflective vests must be worn during darkness, and runners may have "pacers" run with them during the nighttime legs. Vans will be able to "shadow" runners and keep them in sight for safety and directions.
If this sounds like a big undertaking, think about running one leg at a time! That way you can enjoy supporting your teammates and get geared up for your legs - only three runs and an average of 18.5 miles for each person. Totally doable! Remember to rely on your training and you will do great! The team support will keep you strong and able to run for your teammates.
More competitive types may want to take the "Marathon" positions. That is, there are two positions that run a total of 26.2 miles in three legs. There will be prizes for the fastest cumulative time for all three or the total of 26.2.
Get your Team Together and Run!
This relay is expertly organized and planned. The inaugural relay went like clockwork, and race management has thought about every detail to ensure runners safety and provide the best New England has to offer. Join us June 22nd and 23rd and enjoy an unparalleled relay experience with 11 close friends and teammates! Such camaraderie and running intensity could only be found in the longest relay in eastern United States. After you complete the race, tell your friends and family that you ran every state in New England within 24 hours (with a little help from your friends, of course). So, don't hesitate, get your team together and be a part of the second ever New England Relay!
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Kings of Leon Gear and Setup: D'Addario Guitar Strings
Tennesse born rockers Kings of Leon are the latest band to be signed as an endorsee by string giants and Dolphin Music favourite, D'Addario. They love the strings for their reliability and can rock night after night, city after city and country after country!
Probably one of the UK's favourite rock bands of the past decade, Kings of Leon rose to their fame with thanks to hit singles such as The Bucket, Sex on Fire and On Call, winning them two Brit Awards in 2008, a Grammy Award and a total of 9 Top 40 singles, with all three of the band's albums saw top 5 success in the official UK album chart, and their 3rd album 'Because of the Times' reaching the number one spot.
They've toured almost everyone of the UK and Europe's top festivals over the past 5 years; Glastonbury in 2008, V Festival Reading & Leeds; Rock Werchter, Oxegen, T in the Park, Gurtenfestival, Open'er Festival, Sasquatch, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits in 2009. Though Reading Festival may not have been their best moment, with frontman Caleb Followill preaching a crowd-displeasing "I thought this was supposed to be the loudest crowd in the world? We know you're sick of Kings of Leon, so for all those who don't give a **** about us, I understand...we're the goddamn Kings of Leon" rockstar rage....then going on to smash up their guitars on stage.
This year you can look forward to Kings of Leon's 87 minute film, 'Talihina Sky', documenting the band's live shows which will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, a UK stadium tour including dates at Conventry, Manchester, Hyde Park and once again hitting the UK festival scene with Isle of Wight this June.
D'aAddario's artist relations manager, Frank Aresti says,
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Check out our "Kings of Rock'n'Roll: The Kings of Leon Gear Guide" for the bands full setup including VOX, Epiphone, BOSS, Dunlop, Line-6 and Digitech!
For full 2011 Kings of Leon Tour dates and more, visit the Kings of Leon website
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Visiting International Faculty
Visiting International Faculty
In 2006, as part of the internationalization of the Millersville University campus, the International Studies Program, in conjunction with the Office of Global Education & Partnerships, created the Visiting International Faculty Program. This program allows Millersville University students to enroll in an intensive, five-week course taught by a professor from a university abroad.
International faculty members provide unique perspectives about both their home countries and the United States. From human rights in southern Africa to global trade in the European Union, the topics of the courses have also varied depending on the interests of the visiting professors.
International Faculty Members:
- Dr. John Janzekovic from Queensland, Australia - Topics: Australia/Asia-Pacific Politics, Spring 2010.
- Dr. Maria Enedina Lima Bezerra from Fortaleza, Brazil - Comparative Societies: Perspectives in Brazilian, Spring 2008.
- Professor Suzanne Berry from Durban, South Africa - Human Rights in Southern Africa, Spring 2007; Southern Africa and HIV/AIDS, Spring 2009.
Dr. John Janzekovic
Dr. John Janzekovic is a lecturer of Australian Politics, International Relations, the International Studies programs, and Justice and Legal Studies at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He serves as guest editor for the theme of 'Humanitarian Intervention' in the Journal of Social Alternatives, and is on the Editorial Board and a contributor and reviewer for the Journal of Human Security (JHS).
Prior to entering academia, Dr. Janzekovic served as the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) Officer-in-Charge (Education Officer) and Head of School at the RAAF B707 and C-130 Hercules School at RAAF Richmond in New South Wales, Australia, and the F-111 Strategic Strike and Reconnaissance Aircraft School at RAAF Amberley, Queensland, Australia. He has extensive experience in the military aerospace training environment, and has completed a tour in military intelligence where he was involved in joint Australian and US military exercises.
Dr. Janzekovic's research interests include international and humanitarian law, interventionist politics, peace and conflict studies, terrorism and military ethics, and Justice and Legal Studies. Dr. Janzekovic's publications include articles on democracy promotion, governance, humanitarian intervention, international humanitarian law, the ethics and politics of intervention, and case studies of the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Dr. Maria Enedina Lima Bezerra
Dr. Maria Enedina Lima Bezerra is currently the International Studies Coordinatior, and a professor of Anthropology at the University of Fortaleza. She started out with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting at the Universidade Federal do Ceara in 1988. She then came to Millersville University and mastered in English. From there she went to the University of Florida to get her Ph.D. in Anthropology.
Since 1994, Dr. Bezerra has taught courses that range from the Anthropology of Religion to Human Sexuality. She is also proficient in four languages, Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Italian. Her teaching interests include Spiritism and its followers, anthropological history and theory, anthropology of religion, as well as, Brazilian popular music. We would like to welcome Dr. Bezerra, and thank her for coming to Millersville to teach us about more about Brazil.
Professor Suzanne Berry
As part of Millersville University's international exchange partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, MU welcomed Suzanne Berry to lecture on Human Rights in Southern Africa, during the spring 2007 semester. Thirty MU students enrolled in this 400-level class. Currently, Professor Berry is a permanent lecturer in the Political Studies Department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Professor Berry received her BA Honors in Politics and her MA in Southern African Studies at the University of Leicester, England. There she completed her BA Honors Dissertation and MA thesis, 'The African National Congress: Transformation from Struggle Movement to Political Party' and 'Zulu Nationalism: the Inkatha Freedom Party.' Respectfully, Professor Berry is in the process of fulfilling her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. She is currently working on a thesis, entitled 'The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature and the Formation of a New Political Elite.' Professor Berry's focus areas include Nation Building in a Post-Apartheid South Africa; Political Representation and Parliamentary Women in KwaZulu-Natal, and the Ideologies and Parties in KwaZulu-Natal.
During her career, Professor Berry has created a number of courses and curriculum in politics and governmental studies, including 'Democracy and Public Policy in South Africa,' 'The Politics of KwaZulu-Natal,' 'Contemporary Politics in Southern Africa,' among many others.
Professor Berry has also been honored with number of awards, including the Leif Egland Award for Excellence in Ph.D. research (2005), the KwaZulu-Natal Certificate of Excellence for Distinguished and Innovative Teaching (2004) from the University of Natal, Merit Award for Excellent Service (2000) from the Northern Educational Trust, and the Higher Education Award (1994 - 1995).


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Injured Walcott a contract 'risk' admits Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said Tuesday he was prepared to take a "risk" on the future of Theo Walcott as injury ruled the unsettled England forward out of the Champions League tie with Montpellier.
Walcott will miss Wednesday's match at the Emirates Stadium with a shoulder injury suffered during Arsenal's 5-2 derby win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League in Saturday, where he played on and scored the Gunners' fifth goal in extra time at the end of the match.
He is now due to undergo a scan although Wenger said he expected Walcott to be sidelined for only a brief spell.
"The injury he got during the game with his shoulder, we have to scan that today and see if there is no damage," Wenger said Tuesday.
"He will be out for tomorrow (Wednesday). It should be short-term.
"We will miss (Andre) Santos as well, who has a muscle strain in his abdomen. The two players coming in the squad are Gervinho and (Kieran) Gibbs."
Walcott, 23, has yet to agree a new contract with Arsenal and, as a consequence, could leave a the end of the season on a free transfer, becoming the latest front-line player to quit the Gunners in recent times but without the club receiving any financial benefit.
One way to avoid the lack of a cash return on Walcott, who joined the Gunners for £5 million ($8 million) in January 2006, would be to sell him during the upcoming January transfer window.
But veteran French manager Wenger has insisted Walcott will be going nowhere in January and is prepared to take the risk of him leaving for nothing.
"There's a risk, yes, but that we are ready to take," explained Wenger, who has come under fire from some Gunners fans for presiding over the club's ongoing seven-year trophy drought, having previously brought 11 major honours to the club following his appointment in 1996.
"A successful season is more important for us than this risk that is only a financial risk, apart from the losing the player," Wenger insisted.
"If we sell him, we lose him anyway.
"I believe that we started the season with this squad and we want to finish the season with this squad.
"What is important is what we achieve together for the season — to do that I just think that Theo is a big part in that."
Arsenal's victory over Spurs was a perfectly-timed confidence boost because the Gunners can't afford a slip-up against Montpellier.
Arsenal lie second in Champions League Group B, one point behind Schalke, and failure to beat the French champions could leave Wenger's men facing a tricky must-win tie at third placed Olympiakos in their final match.
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Is Apple Wasting Its Time With the iWatch?
Based on what we've seen thus far from other prominent manufacturers, coupled with tepid sales projections, a smartwatch may not be worth the company's time.
Motorola just patented a gaze-tracking and mood-detecting armband, and Nikon (OTCMKTS:NINOY) is rumored to be mulling over a head-mounted camera.
Then, of course, there's the smartwatch. The clever gizmo that plainclothes detective Dick Tracy first showed off in the newspaper comics section nearly 70 years ago has now become a reality. Aside from Kickstarter success story Pebble, Sony's (NYSE:SNE) SmartWatch also made its debut (with a second-generation version coming down the pike), and Samsung's (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) Galaxy Gear watch is currently in critics' hands.
But all along, it's been Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) wrist-worn offering for which everyone is waiting with bated breath -- or at least, since the company filed a patent for a touchscreen wristband. Unfortunately, based on what we've seen thus far from other prominent manufacturers -- coupled with tepid sales projections -- we're left wondering if the iWatch is even worth Apple's time.
As previously mentioned, the reviews for the Galaxy Gear watch are in. And they're not good.
This $300 companion piece for the newly announced Galaxy Note 3 and Note 10.1 tablet -- available on Sprint (NYSE:S) and AT&T (NYSE:T) networks -- is getting ripped for being all style, little substance. "The next big thing is not here," said ABC News. Wired gave it a four out of 10.
Perhaps the harshest comments about the Galaxy Gear watch came from the New York Times, which called it "a human-interface train wreck. All of it. The software design, user guide, English translations, and design consistency...Nobody will buy this watch, and nobody should."
It's not a giant leap to predict that Gear's critical reception may not bode well for Apple. Unless Cupertino has something dramatically different up its sleeve with respect to functionality and features, the iWatch is likely to get skewered just the same.
One particular sticking point from reviewers about Samsung's wearable product came from its limited compatibility with only Samsung-branded devices, and, given Apple's proprietary nature, the iWatch is going to be very iOS-specific.
But the nail in the coffin (or, in this case, crib) for the iWatch could be recent data gathered about its consumer demand. A team of researchers, led by senior analyst Gene Munster at investment firm Piper Jaffray, polled 799 US customers about their likelihood of buying an iWatch with a $350 price tag.
Twelve percent of respondents showed interest. However, assuming most of them wouldn't actually follow through with a purchase when it became available, Munster arrived with a more conservative estimate that put iWatches on the wrists of a mere 2-4% of consumers worldwide. As a revenue booster, Apple would be looking at just a 1% increase in its bottom line.
After more than a few ho-hum entries in its recent product lines, the iWatch simply doesn't seem to be the game changer Apple needs in development right now.
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Growing Cities: An Urban Farming Road Trip
May 04, 2012
- Can farming revitalize our cities and change the way we eat? Follow two friends across the United States to find out.
6 Tips for Sustainable Pet Care
by Jennifer Kaye, Lindsay KuceraApr 23, 2012
- Low-cost and natural ways to care for your critters.
Reclaim, Recycle, and Reimagine Your House
Apr 02, 2012
- Just because a 2x4 isn't straight doesn't mean it can't be used. Meet a contractor who would rather raid the dump than the lumber aisle.
Book Review: Urban Homesteading
by Oliver LazenbyFeb 07, 2012
- Heirloom skills for sustainable living.
4 New Ideas for a Bicycle Planet
by Kate Malongowski, Jennifer KayeJan 11, 2012
- A school bus pedaled by kids, the world's largest bike-share, and other innovations that are changing how we cycle.
Visual Learning: To Dye For
by Idil LevitasDec 21, 2011
- This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about where their clothes come from and how colorful fabric is made.
6 Recipes for Winter Wellness
by Jennifer Kaye, Kate MalongowskiDec 20, 2011
- From rose hip syrup to "fire cider," natural remedies can help you fight seasonal maladies.
Pittsburgh Rides it Forward
by Kate MalongowskiDec 20, 2011
- Get a bike, fix a bike, give a bike—how a local collective spreads the love of cycling.
Let's Unstuff the Holidays
by Fran KortenDec 01, 2011
- I longed for simpler surroundings. So I made a resolution: Each week I would move more stuff out of the house than came in.
A Vending Machine—for Bikes
by Jennifer KayeNov 19, 2011
- In Minneapolis, two entrepreneurs invented a new way of bringing bike-repair tools to cyclists on the road.
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- Get ready for No Impact Week: Helpful tips for planet-friendly eating.
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Many markets are starting off the week in quiet mode. Investors seem to be awaiting corporate earnings announcements and also digesting the fiscal cliff resolution. Forward lookers are also anticipating the next big political event to potentially affect the markets — the debt ceiling dilemma. News of trillion dollar platinum coins float around the media, as potential solutions to a thus far ever-expanding debt situation try to make it seem like everything can be fixed a simple and easy way.
All U.S. stock index futures are in the red today, as the MAR13 E-mini S&P 500 futures are down 6 points to 1451, or -.43%. The MAR13 E-mini Nasdaq is also down today, trading down 4 points, or approximately -.16%. It seems like the markets are taking a breather from the budget deal rally after New Year 's Day. We still believe the market is very bullish. We would not be surprised to see a march to the 1500 level in Q1. We still have a Nasdaq target of 2900.
Precious metals are also very quiet today, with silver up a hair on the day (+5 cents), and gold futures trading down around $4. After a volatile drop in price for the gold market, we see the potential for a short term range trade to develop between the levels of $1,630 and $1,690. We believe silver is susceptible to another sell-off to the $27 level.
In the energies markets, we have seen crude oil make a very strong comeback from the $80-handle, and it's now trading around $93 per barrel. Crude was testing the $85 level for a few weeks, and there was not strong enough selling conviction to make another leg down. This rally to $93 seems like short-covering from the base built at $85. We would not be surprised to see crude range-trade from here, or even head lower to $90. Other fundamental news that may also be responsible for the recent rally is the info release that Iran's crude oil shipments plunged 40% in the last nine months, because of economic sanctions.
We focus more on the euro currency futures for you today. Right after the New Year, subsequent to the budget deal announcement, the U.S. dollar rallied as the euro tanked. The euro basically went from 1.32 to 1.30 in a couple of days, and is now consolidating a bit in the low 1.31s. We believe this market has some important resistance at 1.3150, and very key support at 1.29. We could see the euro take another trip down in price, and possibly break the 1.30 level, in which case we would look for the 1.29 level to be hit. An important ECB meeting this week will most likely cause volatility to come back to the euro and dictate short term direction.
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Book by Richard P. Gabriel. Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0195121236. Full text available online.
It is a collection of essays on software engineering, writing, business, and the author's life story. The book also tells Gabriel's experience of founding and running the early 1980s startup Lucid, Inc., which is no longer in business. Lucid produced the Lucid Common Lisp implementation for Unix workstations. The product is currently supported by LispWorks, Ltd. and is called Liquid Common Lisp.
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members), and sponsors an annual conference. The National Resource Center on ADHD (NRC) is the
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Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-567-000, Status: Effective
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10. ASSIGNMENT AND CURTAILMENT OF CAPACITY (continued)
which qualify for the high-priority exemption and that
Shipper has taken all other reasonable actions within its
control (use of alternate fuels, curtailment of
interruptible service, etc.) to meet these high-priority
(d) Compensation. The bill for the Service Month in which
Shipper received service pursuant to an exemption pursuant
to subsection (c) above shall contain an additional charge
in an amount equal to the total quantity received by such
Shipper during the period of curtailment in excess of that
the Shipper would have received under a pro rata curtailment
multiplied by the Reservation Charge Adjustment or the
Deliverability Fee Adjustment under the applicable Rate
Schedule. All revenues collected by Transporter pursuant to
such additional charge shall be credited on a pro rata
basis, to the non-exempt Shippers during the period of
curtailment, to the extent such Shipper has not received a
credit to its reservation charge or fee as a result of the
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flowing gas supplies are diverted from one firm Shipper to
another during a curtailment, other than pursuant to a
voluntary arrangement described in (f) below, the measure of
compensation paid by the diverting Shipper shall be the
higher of (1) $10.00 per Dth, or (2) two hundred seventy-
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LONDON (AP) — Revenge thriller "Fatal Attraction" is the latest hit movie to get a stage adaptation, with a production opening in London's West End early next year.
Producers announced Friday that former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Trevor Nunn will direct the play, based on the 1987 thriller starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
The movie's screenwriter, James Dearden, will write the stage version.
"Fatal Attraction" tells the story of a spurned woman who seeks revenge on her lover and his family, and is renowned for a scene in which a pet rabbit meets a nasty end.
Casting for the play has not been announced.
"Fatal Attraction" begins previews March 8 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, opens March 25 and runs to June 21.


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When René Préval took the oath of Haiti's presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti's National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fears in Washington that he would not be a reliable partner. "He wants to bury once and for all the suspicion in Haiti that the United States is wary of him," said US Ambassador Janet Sanderson in a March 26, 2006, cable. "He is seeking to enhance his status domestically and internationally with a successful visit to the United States."
This was so important that Préval "declined invitations to visit France, Cuba, and Venezuela in order to visit Washington first," Sanderson noted. "Preval has close personal ties to Cuba, having received prostate cancer treatment there, but has stressed to the Embassy that he will manage relations with Cuba and Venezuela solely for the benefit of the Haitian people, and not based on any ideological affinity toward those governments."
Soon, however, it became clear that managing relations with those US adversaries "solely for the benefit to the Haitian people" would be enough to put Préval in Washington's bad graces—especially when it came to the sensitive matter of oil.
Immediately after his inauguration ceremony, Préval summoned the press to a room in the National Palace, where he inked a deal with Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel to join Caracas's Caribbean oil alliance, PetroCaribe. Under the terms of the deal, Haiti would buy oil from Venezuela, paying only 60 percent up front with the remainder payable over twenty-five years at 1 percent interest.
As the press conference rolled on, just a mile away from the National Palace, in the bay of Port-au-Prince, sat a tanker from Venezuela carrying 100,000 barrels of PetroCaribe diesel and unleaded fuel.
Préval's dramatic inauguration day oil deal won high marks from many Haitians, who had demonstrated against high oil prices and the lack of electricity. But it ushered in a multiyear geopolitical battle among Caracas, Havana and Washington over how oil would be delivered to Haiti and who would benefit.
The revelations come in a trove of 1,918 cables made available to the Haitian weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté by the transparency group WikiLeaks. As part of a collaboration with Haïti Liberté, The Nation is publishing English-language articles based on those cables.
The State Department did not respond to a request for comment on the disclosures in this article.
According to the leaked US Embassy cables, Washington and its allies, including Big Oil majors like ExxonMobil and Chevron, maneuvered aggressively behind the scenes to scuttle the PetroCaribe deal.
For the Haitian government the oil support from Venezuela was key in providing basic needs and services to 10 million Haitians, securing a guaranteed supply of oil at stable prices, and laying the basis for Haitian energy independence from the United States.


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DETROIT - One man is in serious condition after being shot Monday afternoon on Detroit's west side.
Police were dispatched to the 5600 block of Linwood Street just before 11:30 Monday afternoon for a gunshot victim. According to police, the suspect and the 49 year-old victim had a verbal altercation resulting in the suspect shooting the victim.
The victim was transported to a local hospital where is listed in temporary serious condition. The incident is still under investigation. So far, there are no suspects in custody.
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August 30, 2013
"I think we've always known that there's the possibility for tenofovir (Viread) to be harmful to kidney function and now what we're seeing with more extensive, longer use is that in fact it does really affect kidney function in a subset of patients," says Judith Feinberg, M.D., from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
In this interview, Feinberg sits down with Jeff Taylor, on behalf of the International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA), to discuss some of the latest studies surrounding organ problems that people living with HIV are facing now, including kidney dysfunction, bone health and cardiac disease. (Taylor works with the AIDS Malignancy Consortium and the AIDS Treatment Activist Coalition.)
Feinberg explains some of the traditional risk factors already associated with these organ health problems, how HIV and HIV drugs may contribute and ways to prevent developing these problems to begin with.
"We already know there's lots of things that adversely affect [heart health] -- too much cholesterol in your blood, history of smoking, high blood pressure. [...] But the issue is does HIV contribute in addition to that? There seems to be an accumulating body of evidence that, yes, HIV has some impact above and beyond the typical risk factors for people who don't have HIV," Feinberg says.
Warren Tong is the research editor for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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A federal judge in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon sentenced 36-year-old Andrew Dale McKee. McKee in October pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor.
McKee last April contacted a 14-year-old Dallas-area girl via Facebook and texted her a sexually explicit photo and messages. Prosecutors say McKee asked her to find another girl to also have online sexual conversations and eventually meet.
A Garland police officer assumed the online identity of the real girl and a fake second youth.
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With about 24 hours left in the NHL's trading deadline, there are a lot of rumors floating around.
One of them has the Flyers sending goalie Marty Biron to Phoenix to free some cap space for John Stevens' team to make other moves. Phoenix would then send Biron to another team _ perhaps Buffalo, Biron's old stomping ground. (Sabres' goalie Ryan Miller is injured.)
If the Flyers moved Biron, they would free room and supposedly go after Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester or Anaheim defenseman Chris Pronger (my first choice).
Antero Niittymaki would then become the Flyers' No. 1 goalie.
The Flyers may move Matt Carle and Joffrey Lupul to get Bouwmeester or Pronger.
Pronger, who makes $6.25 million, is signed through the end of next year. Bouwmeester can become a free agent after the season, so the Flyers would want him to agree to a long-term deal before they acquire him.
The Flyers are dead last in the NHL in available cap space ($55,656, according to nhlscap.com), so dealing the inconsistent Biron would give them flexibility. In order to be dealt, Biron would have to waive his no-trade clause.
Before last tonight's game in Boston, Biron said he has not been asked to waive his no-trade clause and that he would "cross that bridge" if it happened.
Stay tuned.
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Niittymaki started tonight's game in Boston.
With Kimmo Timonen recovered from the flu and playing tonight, the Flyers sent Nate Guenin and Jared Ross to the AHL Phantoms and recalled rookie Claude Giroux, who was a salary-cap victim (no matter what the Flyers say) and unable to play Sunday against New Jersey.
Giroux was on the new BUG Line _ Danny Briere, Scottie Upshall and Giroux. The line has two speeds: fast and faster.
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What if I change the icons and buttons and tons of other stuff. Can I still submit?
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In fall 2011, cookbook author Judith Fertig took on an ambitious assignment: Write a book of cinnamon-roll recipes in 60 days.
Fertig loves cinnamon rolls, and she's authored more than 20 cookbooks on everything from bread to barbecue. Still, this was no easy task.
The expert baker holed up in her Overland Park, Kan., kitchen with colossal amounts of flour, butter and sugar. She gathered four kinds of cinnamon and started rolling it into swirls of every shape and size. Her overworked oven churned out all kinds of crave-worthy creations: Carrot-Cake Cinnamon Rolls With Pineapple-Cream Cheese Frosting. Mexican-Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls spiked with ancho chili. Moroccan-inspired crescents filled with black pepper and rose petals.
Fertig would taste each one, then hand out leftovers to neighbors, friends and family members. "I was very popular for a while," she says.
At the end of those two months, Fertig had lots of new friends and another cookbook: "I Love Cinnamon Rolls!" (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012).
The book has everything from traditional sticky buns to gluten-free rolls. The recipes are customizable, so you easily change out the dough, filling, pan sauce or topping.
"I'm a mix-and-match person," Fertig says.
Fertig says she wanted the recipes to be flexible because everyone has his or her own version of the perfect cinnamon roll.
Here in the Midwest, she says, we like our cinnamon rolls soft and feathery, with lots of gooey frosting on top. On the East Coast, people prefer sticky buns. In Colorado, it's not a cinnamon roll unless it's as big as a plate, and in the Northwest, vegan rolls are all the rage.
Don't even get Fertig started on all the different kinds of rolls Europeans like.
As for the cookbook author, she's a native Midwesterner, so it's no surprise she likes cinnamon rolls that are soft and gooey, filled with lots of mouthwatering brown sugar and warm cinnamon.
"If you're going to have a cinnamon roll," Fertig says, "have a cinnamon roll."
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In fall 2011, cookbook author Judith Fertig took on an ambitious assignment: Write a book of cinnamon-roll recipes in 60 days.


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Niagara County Undersheriff Michael Filicetti recently participated in a training conference with 36 undersheriffs from across New York State at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs.
Sponsored and organized by the New York State Sheriffs' Association and the New York State Sheriffs' Association Institute, the three-day program featured the latest advances in law enforcement and correctional practices.
Topics included: On-Officer Cameras by Niagara County Sheriff James Voutour and Undersheriff Filicetti; Naloxone Use by Sean Byrne, executive deputy commissioner of OASAS and Steve Kipnis, M. D., medical director of OASAS; Inmate Telephone Technology by William Paquette of GTL; Tolerance in Law Enforcement by Rabbi Abe Friedman, community liaison for New York State Homeland Security; Police Distracted Driving by Sgt. Daniel Dytchkowskyj of the Erie County Sheriff's Office; Ontario County Hostage Crisis by Ontario County Undersheriff Dave Tillman; and Oneida County Action Report, Death of Deputy Kurt Wyman by Oneida County Undersheriff Robert Swenszkowski.
Undersheriff Filicetti, who was appointed by Sheriff Voutour, often functions as the chief administrative officer, reviewing all operations of the sheriff's office, including the road patrol and investigative divisions, the county jail, the civil law enforcement division, court security, and the 911/communications and dispatch division.
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1350 SWITCH FALLOUT: As reported and expected, Clear Channel's WARF/1350 Akron dropped the liberal talk format Friday morning for sports as "Sports Radio 1350".
It was a pretty uneventful flip. Jones Radio syndicated host Bill Press - whose current show started solely on WARF - threw out quick a "Goodbye, Akron!" just moments before the previously scheduled 8:58:50 spot break.
Then, the station slammed right into its new format, with a new "Sports Radio 1350" legal ID - voiced by the same guy who's been doing WARF's voice work as a progressive talker - right into Sporting News Radio.
And at least two OMW readers noticed that the new logo, which has been on the station's new website since Friday, shares its colors with the University of Akron Zips. 1350 is, and will continue to be, the Zips' flagship station for football and basketball.
There was a local sports news update after SNR's 9 AM report, but we didn't stick around to see if that'll be done regularly. In its previous incarnation as "FOX Sports Radio 1350", the station occasionally used drive-time updates fed down the Clear Channel WAN by WTAM/1100's sports anchors.
And in that previous stint in the sports format, 1350 also hung onto its previous calls the entire time...as WTOU. The calls, of course, come from the ABC 24/7 urban oldies format "The Touch", which ran on 1350 before it first flipped to sports.
To that end, OMW hears that there are no plans to change the "WARF" calls adopted by the station when it became "Radio Free Ohio" ("Akron Radio Free"?).
And while we're on a side topic, we're hearing rumblings that the 1350 format change may once again prompt a change at the east side rimshot daytimer AM station that seems to exist solely to react to other format changes in the market.
OMW hears that it's at least possible that Media-Com's WJMP/1520 Kent "FOX Sports Radio 1520" (aka "WNIR's Poorer Sister Station") could go - yes - back to liberal talk. We don't know at this point - if it happens - if the station will rejoin Air America Radio sunup to sundown, or if they'll be smarter and talk to Jones Radio at least about Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz.
It would appear to be at least technically possible, as WJMP now flips between FSR and Premiere's separately syndicated Jim Rome, who is not fed on the main FSR satellite channel.
Though many FSR affiliates take him, and the network does not mount original programming against Romey, the main channel airs a repeat of an earlier show in the noon-3 PM slot. FOX Sports Radio, of course, is actually a branded arm of Premiere.
Either WJMP goes back to liberal talk, or they'll mount their 50th shot at standards or oldies. But, that's just our guess. It sure beats a return to running the audio of TV sister stations WAOH-LP 29 Akron/W35AX Cleveland, otherwise known as "The Cat"...
ABOUT THAT "AKRON/CANTON NEWS" EXPANSION: It appears there's a wrench in the works regarding that much-awaited expansion of Time Warner Cable/WKYC's "Akron/Canton News" to the systems the cable company recently purchased from Adelphia.
Yes, former Adelphia subscribers in Summit County will see the newscast, finally...TWC has officially announced it.
Unfortunately, the expansion - at least for now - does not include ALL former Adelphia subscribers in the Akron area.
As it turns out, only those in the western end of the former Adelphia Summit County areas - in places like Bath, Copley, the former Northampton Township area now part of Cuyahoga Falls and the like - will get "Akron/Canton News". It'll air on local channel 15 there, which has another impact we'll explain later.
Those in the eastern part of Summit County who used to be on Adelphia - in places like Macedonia and Hudson - will not be getting the newscast.
Explains TWC spokesman Bill Jasso to OMW:
Those areas have a slew of "access channels" required by franchise, and so we do not have any channel slot for a local programming channel.
Jasso also tells OMW that time slot considerations - "Akron/Canton News" airs at 6:30 and 10 PM - mean that those now getting the newscast will also see a half-hour less of sports talk show host Les Levine's daily program. This was first necessitated when the "legacy" TWC systems in Akron/Canton picked up Les' show - and "More Sports" now has a hard break at just before 6:30 to accommodate this.
We'll assume that those not in Summit County won't be affected. And as far as we know, "More Sports" will continue to air in full during its 11 PM rebroadcast on all the systems.
ALL BETS ARE OFF: ...on the debut of the sports TV talk show of that same name by controversial host Bruce Drennan on SportsTime Ohio.
Though we are a bit curious how a man with an ankle bracelet tracking his every movement does a daily TV show, we have yet to watch "All Bets Are Off", which premiered at 7 PM Sunday night.
It's sitting right there, recorded, waiting for us.
But it's standing policy here at OMW. We don't judge a host on his/her/their first show.
We waited for months before weighing in on the amazingly awful David Lee Roth show, and still haven't said anything about its local replacement.
We dipped into a recording of Dennis Miller's Westwood One show this weekend, but didn't really hear enough of it to review it. He didn't embarrass himself like Roth did on Day One, and at least knew where to find the phone number, but it's just a first show.
We did hear Drennan's appearance on WTAM's Bob Frantz show Friday.
And we'll pass along that Drennan told Frantz that "All Bets Are Off" and other gambling references were not his idea - like the advertisement that pictures him with his back turned to the camera with the caption - "Drennan's Back - Bet On It". He said it was the idea of STO "higher ups".
So, we'll assume the logo above is not his idea, either.
For Ohioans who haven't been to Las Vegas, or haven't seen a TV show based there, it's a clear attempt to ape the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign. Or at least the sign which existed back in the days of the TV show "Vega$", with Robert Urich playing Vegas detective Dan Tanna...
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You haven't talked about DLR's replacement? Why not? They are worse then DLR, if you can imagine that. I head a rumor they faked the death of WNCX personality Mr. Classic, as an April fools joke.
Not funny - just like the rest of their show.
I watched the first hour of Drennan's "comeback" last night. His opening missive on his plight and what he's learned from it was interesting, as long as you could stand his delivery (I'm still not a fan of it; makes me work too hard). Got tired of all all the "welcome back" calls and e-mails, however, and had to turn it off. As noted, once all that stuff is out of the way, then maybe we can get a true reading on this show.
Miles Hlivko, the imaging director for WAKS/WMMS is the voice of WARF.
Valentine is off of 95.9 KISS FM/Youngstown's website. They're also running a countdown clock that looks like it will expire Monday morning at 6a. New morning show there I would assume.
a local show maybe?
I doubt it.
I'd bet on Bobby Bones from Austin or more likely, Columbus' Dave and Jimmy.
Morning Zoo member Kelsey Webb hails from Youngstown.
Drennan is an absolute joke and embarassment.
What's worse is the fact that STO throws his gambling issues in our face on a MLB team-owned station.
Funny - I thought MLB had SERIOUS ISSUES with ANYTHING even remotely related to gambling associated with MLB? Yet the Indians hire an admitted gambler who served time and wears an ankle bracelet? Drennan admitted to being 'so successful in his gambling which is why he got busted'?
He BRAGS about it to this day.
Silly me...
Drennan looks like he has aged 10 years - he's horrible for TV.
I find it commical that for YEARS he crucified WTAM and it's management (especially Ray Davis) and went out of his way to tell anyone and everyone how subhuman he is and the next thing I know he is posing for pictures with Davis at WTAM.
Drennan is a hypocrite and for as bad as he was on radio he's even worse on TV.
I wonder if he will start to kiss the Indians' collective asses now that he is employed by them?
What a joke. STO is amazingly horrible but since they are a Dolan owned property I expect no less.
But look at the bright side - after 2 or 3 weeks nobody will care about Drennan - you can bet on that.
Smart money is on Dave & Jimmy.
Going a bit off topic..
The ''Welcome to Las Vegas'' sign has exsisted since the 1950s..it was incorporated into the NBA All Star Logo this past winter..the sign itself is about a mile or so from Mandalay Bay, on the South Side of the Las Vegas Strip..a similar sign exsists in Downtown Las Vegas..
The new WNCX Morning show stinks. When are they going to replace Dum Mook and Mihalik already?
I agree the WNCX Morning show stinks.
bobby bones....okay i give up....who he...and why would a texas morning show translate in ohio...
What is there to comment about the WNCX morning show. It makes Maddogs and Englishmen listenable. I don't know who is the worst person of that trio. Mud Mike and Kim are equally bad.


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Eric Wedge didn't listen.
Then again, neither did Don Wakamatsu, John McLaren, Mike Hargrove, Bob Melvin or Lou Pinella.
No matter how many desperate pleadings I make from the front seat of my car, the front of my television or with my laptop open in front of me, they never listen.
It was after my latest pleadings into the dark sky went unanswered that my remote control went flying across the room. After I begged with my radio for Felix Hernandez to stay in the game after eight stellar innings and 130 pitches, Wedge brought in reliever Brandon League, who promptly lost the game.
I hated Brandon League, just as I hated Bobby Ayala before him, and hated the guy who scored game-winning baskets against my high school team, and the guy who hit a game-winning three-pointer over my outstretched hand for an intramural championship in college.
Now this isn't hate-hate mind you, but in the passion of the rooting moment or the competitive second; it's the only feeling you can muster. Call it the first stage of sports grief. First comes anger, then denial, then finally acceptance.
The anger part usually is fleeting. I'm sure I'll forgive Brandon League, as long as he doesn't do that again tomorrow. However, you'll never catch me rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which once upon a time were the basketball team I grew up rooting for — when they were the Seattle Supersonics.
It took me years to even semi-enjoy an NBA game again, and seeing that team become one of the best in the league has certainly brought me no joy.
Everybody gets angry after a loss. After a team loses a game, everybody, from the star player to the guy at the end of the bench (like me) wonders what they could have done differently. I remember after a couple of tough losses going back into the locker room saying I was done with this stupid game. Of course the next day I was back at practice. Anger fades.
The denial is a bit trickier. When my brother and I used to play sports video games, which we did with a fair amount of regularity, anytime he would lose he would push the reset button on the Nintendo and immediately cry "It didn't happen!"
Of course I was far more mature. I waited until one day when I was drubbing him soundly in a basketball video game, only to have him storm back in the second behind something like 70 points from Dirk Nowitzki. As the final seconds ticked away, I hit the reset button. "It didn't happen!"
Like I said, I was much more mature about these things.
Eventually that denial turns to acceptance. Like how my younger brother eventually accepted that I was just plain better than him at video games.
Or how I came to accept the Sonics were gone, or how it will likely be years before the Mariners are able to erase the portion of their history which reads "only American League team to not reach the World Series."
Or how I came to accept that I just was not that great a basketball player and would probably be better off channeling my passion for sports with a pen and notepad than I would with a pair of sneakers.
So why you ask, do I keep putting up with the devastating losses, the teams moving or the pushing of the reset button on the video game system?
Because even though I may get driven crazy sometimes, I still love it. And the love overcomes any temporary pain.
That and there is always the chance that maybe someday the Mariners' manager will listen to me.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Seven Westchester residents were indicted on federal charges in what prosecutors are calling a mob-operated waste carting enterprise.
The 32-person indictment is part of a four-year investigation involving several police agencies in New York City, Westchester County and New Jersey, law enforcement officials said.
Those indicted were part of an organized crime waste-carting enterprise designed to extort money from customers, U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara said.
"Here, as described in the indictments, organized crime insinuated itself into the waste disposal industry throughout a vast swath of counties in New York and New Jersey, and the tactics they used to exert and maintain their control come right out of the mafia playbook – extortion, intimidation, and threats of violence," he said.
Twelve of those indicted are members and associates of three crime families of La Cosa Nostra: the Genovese, Gambino and Luchese crime families, according to the district attorney's office.
Westchester residents indicted include Joseph Sarcinella, 78, of Scarsdale, charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy; Pasquale Carbone, Sr., 70, of White Plains, charged with mail and wire fraud conspiracy; Robert Franco, 50, of Hartsdale, charged with interstate transportation of stolen property; Mario Velez, 44, of Peekskill, charged with extortion conspiracy; Pasquale P. Cartalemi, Jr., 50, of Cortlandt Manor, charged with extortion conspiracy and extortion; Pasquale L. Cartalemi, 27, of Cortlandt Manor, charged with extortion conspiracy and extortion; and Andrew McGuire, 29, of Hawthorne charged with extortion conspiracy.
The Westchester residents indicted face a possible five to 40 years in prison, law enforcement officials said.
Initially, the waste disposal enterprise avoided detection by obtaining permits through individuals without known crime family associations, the district attorney's office said. In some cases, those alleged to be controlling the operation were officially banned from operating waste carting enterprises, officials said.
Those indicted would control the waste carting enterprise by dictating routes, extorting payments in exchange for protection and asserting and enforcing "property rights" over trash pickup routes, the district attorney said. The enterprise would thereby exclude competitors, officials said.
Some of the "controlled owners," or non-enterprise members operating the waste pickup, were committing crimes, including stealing property of competing waste disposal businesses and defrauding customers of their customers, according to the district attorney's office.
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Correction: Turkey-Protests story
ISTANBUL (AP) — In a story Sept. 11 about Turkish protests, The Associated Press reported erroneously that demonstrator Ahmet Atakan, died on a Sunday. Atakan took part in a protest on the night of Monday, Sept. 9. He was declared dead at a hospital early on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Turkey police clash with protesters for 3rd night
Turkish police clash for 3rd straight night with demonstrators after death of protester
ISTANBUL (AP) — Demonstrators clashed with police in southern Turkey on Wednesday for a third straight night, a day after the funeral of a 22-year-old protester whose death at a protest has reignited anti-government anger in Turkey.
Clashes also broke out in parts of Ankara and Istanbul. In the southern city of Hatay, a group of about 200 people confronted police who then responded with tear gas and water cannons.
The death of Ahmet Atakan early Tuesday under disputed circumstances has renewed a protest movement that had cooled after thousands took to the streets in June in an expression of discontent against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.


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Ecuador's President Correa Heavily Favored to Win Re-election
QUITO, Ecuador – In the decade before President Rafael Correa took office in 2007, Ecuador had cycled through seven presidents.
And on Sunday, Ecuadorean voters appear ready to continue to buck the trend re-electing Correa for a third term in support of a president who has brought uncharacteristic political stability to this oil-exporting nation of 14.6 million people.
He [Correa] thinks that because he wins elections he has the right to mistreat people. I want a country where people respect each other.
Correa, 48, is a polemical economist who has raised living standards for the lower classes and widened their social safety net while being widely criticized as intolerant of dissent.
Correa's top opponent, former Banco de Guayaquil executive president Guillermo Lasso, trailed him in pre-election polls by more than 20 points in the field of eight candidates.
"Presidente! Presidente!" an excited Luzmila Cordova, 33, shouted as she craned to get a look at Correa as he voted in the capital Sunday.
"We get respect from this president and the poor feel like they, too, are human," said Cordova, a maid who traveled from her hometown, Otavalo, with her three small children to watch Correa vote.
He won re-election in April 2009 after voters approved a constitutional rewrite that mandated a new ballot, and he would be legally barred from running again following a victory Sunday. To avoid a runoff, Correa needed a simple majority or 40 percent of the vote plus a 10-point margin over the No. 2 vote-getter.
A champion of big government in the mold of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez but more respectful of private property, Correa has endeared himself to the lower classes by making education and health care more accessible, building or improving 7,820 kilometers (4,870 miles) of highways and, the government says, creating 95,400 jobs in the past four years.
Lasso, meanwhile, promised to be friendlier to foreign investment, lower taxes on job-creating companies and roll back elements of what Correa calls his "21st century socialism," such as a 5 percent tax on capital removed from Ecuador.
Among voters casting their ballot for Correa in Quito was a grateful Jomaira Espinosa, 18.
"Before (Correa), my family didn't have enough to eat and now it does. There are lots of positive changes in the economy and my father was able to find work," said Espinosa, who added that she expects to be able to study for free at a university thanks to Correa's programs.
Correa's critics, including leading international human rights groups, consider him an intolerant bully who arbitrarily wields his near-monopoly on state power against anyone who threatens what he sees as his "citizens' revolution."
German Calapucha, a 29-year-old accountant, said he voted for one of Correa's challengers, though he didn't say which, because he's tired of Correa's imperiousness.
"He thinks that because he wins elections he has the right to mistreat people," Calapucha said. "I want a country where people respect each other."
Correa has eroded the influence of opposition parties, the Roman Catholic Church and the news media and used criminal libel law to try to silence opposition journalists. Critics decry his stacking of the courts with friendly judges and the government's prosecution of indigenous leaders for organizing protests against Correa's opening up of Ecuador to large-scale mining without their consent.
"He is far too insolent and I want there to be freedom of expression," said Laura Realpe, a 59-year-old housewife married to a lawyer who said she voted for Lasso, who she said seems fairer and "more level-headed."
One blessing for Correa has been oil prices that have been hovering around $100 a barrel.
Petroleum accounts for more than half of Ecuador's export earnings and have allowed it to lead the region in 2011 in public spending as a portion of gross domestic product at 11.1 percent, according to the United Nations. Bolivia was second with 10.8 percent.
Voters such as Fabian Garzon, a 48-year-old messenger and cleaner, credit Correa with improving their lives.
Garzon has what he's always dreamed of: his own apartment, which he is buying with a $24,000 government mortgage issued by an institution created by Correa's government. His monthly salary, meanwhile, has more than doubled over the past four years, from $200 to $450, and payments for his social security, vacation and other government-mandated contributions are being made regularly.
"I worked 25 years without having my own house and at this age, thank God, I'm able to own my own home," Garzon said.
In all, 1.9 million people receive $50 a month in aid from the state. Critics complain that the popular handouts to single mothers, needy families and the elderly poor, along with other subsidies, have bloated the government.
The number of people working for the government has burgeoned from 16,000 to 90,000 during Correa's current term, Ecuador's nongovernmental Observatory of Fiscal Policy said in a December report.
Correa also has been unable to stop a growing sensation of vulnerability in a country where robberies and burglaries grew 30 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year.
Correa gained a reputation as a maverick early on, defying international financiers by defaulting on $3.9 billion in foreign debt obligations and rewriting contracts with oil multinationals to secure a higher share of oil revenues for Ecuador.
He has also kept the United States at arm's length while upsetting Britain and Sweden in August by granting asylum at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the online spiller of leaked U.S. government secrets who is wanted for questioning in Sweden for alleged sexual assault.
Correa has cozied up to U.S. rivals Iran and China. The latter is the biggest buyer of Ecuador's oil and holds $3.4 billion in Ecuadorean debt, Finance Minister Patricio Rivera says.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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Last Friday, Jay-Z turned up on Jonathan Ross and as the guestlist was revealed, I was delighted to see good ol' Jay-Z rocking the Geek-Chic look. But sadly for Mr. Z (can we call him that?) Matt Damon had tried the look over two months before. Usually an all-round innovator and owner of his own label, I have come to expect more of this man with those infamous 99 problems.
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back On Style.com…
Is it just me or has Style.com been handed over to the likes of M. Night Shyamalan and Wes Craven? Yes, it has previously been the site of some mad fashion experiments but after the ghost model (I know, I can't stop mentioning it!) and now this video on the home of Liberace, one can only look for popcorn and blankets and hope for the worst.
Celeb Style: Radio 1's Big Weekend with Irwin Sparks, Dan Gillespie and Usher
At Radio 1's Big Weekend this weekend, the line-up was that of a rather well-dressed bunch of bands. Madonna excluded. Looking at the photos from this Maidstone extravaganza of fun and frolicking, Irwin Sparks of The Hoosiers stood out as a Brandish-reading sartorialist.
Short shorts, the debate goes on…
As you may have noticed, Short shorts are a major topic of debate around Brandish. In fact, having failed to get my local MP to ask this at the House of Commons, I went to this week's recording of Question Time. In between questions about the budget, I got up and yelled 'but what about short shorts? Yay or Nay?' I've got a funny feeling they won't be airing that segment. It's a shame really.
Bobby Gillespie, We Are Scientists, Noel Fielding and The Horrors at the NME Awards
The NME Awards last night was a pretty stylish affair, most of the music crowd were dressed smartly although no one went for broke like the Arctic Monkeys at the Brits.
Brits 2008 Fashion: Arctic Monkeys
This year's Brit Awards saw a pretty varied spectrum of red carpet-dressing. The men either went for smart-casual monochrome (Take That) with accessories such as elaborate ties and glittery belts or glorious brights (look out for my other post on Mark Ronson and Mika.) But one group of well-dressed individuals stood out. The Arctic Monkeys proved to be the attention-grabbing act of the night, whether it included their drunken thank-you speech (or slur,) their winning the Best Group of the Year or their spectacular look.
Perez Hilton looks vile… again.
I can't really be bothered to talk about any of the men at last night's Brits. What a snivelling, dull bunch they seemed next to all those fabulous dames. Makes me want to become a lesbian.
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Foodservice distributors are in business to sell food, but they also give a lot away. U.S. Foodservice (USF) is a case in point. The nation's No. 2 distributor has made supporting food- and hunger-related charities a key corporate mission.
Its latest campaign is designed to help fill food pantries with fresh fruits and vegetables. To make it happen, USF ran a special price on its Recipes from the Heart cookbook and donating all proceeds to Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest). The book, which features 385 recipes contributed by USF employees and edited by the distributor's culinary team, normally sells for $24.99, but is specially priced at $14.99. The promotion, which kicked off in July, ran through October 15. Books can still be ordered at www.fullplatesfulllives.com or by calling 800-328-9800.
The cookbook highlights family recipes—a grandma's specialty, a husband's favorite, a tailgate standby or holiday treat. Many include personal stories from their contributors about the recipes' origins and what makes them family favorites. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, whose two restaurants are supplied by USF, wrote the forward.
Other operators have gotten involved, as well. "We've distributed the book to many of our customers to help raise awareness of what we're doing and of the need out there," says Mark Eggerding, a corporate chef and senior vice president of street sales at USF. "And we sponsor tie-in events at the local level to support food pantries. We recently hosted a Food from the Heart event at our Virginia branch, for instance, which featured local chefs who donated their time and talent to prepare the food. The ante
to get in was a bag of groceries. We gave back 250 bags of groceries to local food pantries. Those types of things are going on at USF divisions across the country."
Other recent examples include USF Phoenix partnering with two local food banks and the Minnesota division donating more than 25,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.
All told, U.S. Foodservice has raised more than $4 million for hunger relief.
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