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The curtain had barely fallen on his 2012 presidential campaign before Rick Santorum asked his top supporters: what's next?
With his insurgent White House bid, Santorum cut himself a path back to national prominence. Starting on the night of the Iowa caucuses and proceeding through a series of conservative Southern and Midwestern primary contests, Santorum gradually regained much of the standing he lost when the voters of Pennsylvania ran him out of office six years ago.
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( Also on POLITICO: PHOTOS: Rick Santorum's career)
It's very much an open question where Santorum's political aspirations will lead. But on a Tuesday afternoon conference call, Santorum was already asking some of his strongest backers for advice on where he should next set his sights.
"He conveyed his genuine sense of calling to public service — and public service means more than just elective office," said Colin Hanna, the Pennsylvania conservative activist who heads the group Let Freedom Ring. "He solicited suggestions from his supporters on how he could and should continue to give voice to the themes that touched so many, so positively, during his campaign."
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Said Hanna: "His theme is not, 'my campaign is over.' His theme is: 'I feel a sense of calling to this work. What's the next phase?'"
Multiple conservative leaders who participated in the call said Santorum indicated he is not implacably opposed to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and one participant emphasized "he's not bitter" about how his 2012 effort ended.
"I think he's doing exactly what he needs to do, and that is to take a little time, probably get some sleep. Rick was that candidate that really believes what he's saying and continues to feel really strongly and deeply about the issues of the day," the Santorum supporter said. "I think he understands that it's important for him to be involved in the process, and we all want him to" participate in some way.
Though Santorum did not endorse Romney in his concession speech Tuesday, adviser John Brabender said it would be wrong to read into that any hesitation about helping the presumptive GOP nominee. Brabender said Romney had called Santorum and expressed a desire to meet and discuss how Santorum could be helpful, and that Santorum had been receptive.
"Rick felt it was more appropriate to see if the governor is going to ask for Rick's endorsement," said Brabender, who has advised Santorum since he first ran for the House in 1990. "Today, we felt that the message was very clear that the senator's suspending his campaign."
Over the long run, Santorum is likely to have a variety of opportunities. He could attempt to run for statewide office again in Pennsylvania or mount another national campaign in 2016 if President Barack Obama is reelected this year.
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|February 26, 2013, 11:09 PM
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AR caliber suggestions
I am gonna build an upper but don't know what caliber.
I have a couple in .223 and a 6.8spc so not that.
I only hunt deer,hogs and vermin(yotes and bobcats).
I reload or handload so no limits except I don't want to fire form brass.
It must fit the .223 length magazine.
Question: What would you reccomend and why?
|February 26, 2013, 11:39 PM
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I like the sounds of the 6x45. Basically take a 5.56x45 brass, run it through a .243 neck sizing die and load it with a 6mm/.243 bullet. It uses the same mag same bolt, same everything as a 5.56x45 except the barrel.
|February 27, 2013, 05:18 AM
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I know several shooters that have gone to a .22LR AR15. While they might shoot small furry critters with them on occasion they primarily want to shoot cheaper ammo. Personally I think you're in pretty good shape with your 5.56 and 6.8SPC. I have the same calibers as you and had thought at one time about getting into a 458 SOCOM. The problem is that I don't reload and 458 ammo costs an arm and a leg. I already have a wallet killer in my .338 WinMag BAR. I think instead of another caliber I'm going to buy a can for my 5.56.
|February 27, 2013, 06:57 AM
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I have both 300AAC and 7.62x39 as a bigger bore addition. The 7.62x39 came first as an optional use for the ammo stock for the SKS(s). By handloading, I've been able to move that upper into suitable deer taker class.
The 300AAC was just a wild hair. I had an upper and the barrel was the only one Brownells had on hand the day I ordered. It seems to have some potential as a deer gun for Grandsons and has shown much better accuracy than the best I've been able to achieve with the x39 besides it doesn't require additional mags.
Brass can be reformed from .223 if you don't mind the extra effort.
While it's likely a good idea for familiarity training, I refuse to pay twice as much for a 22lr upper vs a simple effective 10/22.
|February 27, 2013, 03:55 PM
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"Question: What would you reccomend and why?"
What I always suggest is that you start with an AR-15 in .223R/5.56, preferably with the .223 WYLDE chamber.
Since you have that covered, next suggestion would be a .22LR CONVERSION UNIT instead of a .22LR upper.
After that would be the 6.5X38mm Grendel.
Finally I'd go with a "large bore" AR-15. These are the .450 Bushmaster, .458 Socom and .50 Beowulf.
Any of the 3 are good choices depending on your needs.
Both the Bushmaster Beowulf use HANDGUN bullets.
Since I was looking for a "rifle" I went with the .458 Socom. It uses .458" RIFLE bullets from 250g up to 600g. Since I already have a .45-70 and .458 and plan on adding a .45-110 this simplifies bullet selection. And, if needed it could use the smaller .451/.452" handgun bullets.
|February 28, 2013, 06:50 AM
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I have a 762X39 upper that I use for hogs. I really like this caliber for hunting. Just the right amount of power for my needs.
Reliable mags are available from ASC, AR Stoner, or C Products. I think they are all made by the same company.
You can reload custom ammo, or do as I do and just replace the fmj bullets with Hornady or Winchester sp hunting bullets if you want to use steel case stuff for hunting.
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|February 28, 2013, 03:00 PM
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The 458 uses standard 223 mags. I am itching to hunt hogs with it, I think it would be perfect for that!!
It booms and kicks like a crazy thang - just a hoot to shoot. Recoil is about the same as a 20 gauge, gotta really lean into it. Makes big holes in anything you shoot. Sends 300 grains downrange at around 2000fps!
Can be a little pricey to reload. Likes the spire pointed bullets the best for feeding. I've also loaded 350 grain round nose soft points and those work pretty good too.
|February 28, 2013, 03:04 PM
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6.5 grendel is great for medium range hunting.
The 6.5 projectiles are awesome and very slippery. (high ballistic coefficients)
You can also go long range with it, easily 800 yards, some people even push 1200.
|March 2, 2013, 11:09 AM
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OP already has the 6.8, and bullet selection is getting better to where it can get closer to Grendel ballistics than before.
I'm a huge fan of the Grendel though- and now that Hornady has introduced the 123 V-Max in addition to the AMax, it should make an awesome hunting round as well.
But I'm not sure what the OP is looking for...
The .223 fits the varmint/dog bill.
The 6.8, deer and hog- though "bigger" would be better for big boars.
The .30 cal selections are only "good" to about 100 yards- then they drop like a rock and lose substantial energy. If your shooting is inside that range, worth considering.
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|March 2, 2013, 11:55 AM
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I own to many AR pattern rifles, I guess that would make me a hoardAR
|March 2, 2013, 05:03 PM
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I will look at the socom and bushmaster. Do both of these use the .223 mags?
|March 2, 2013, 07:06 PM
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Many of the Grendel questions can be answered by reading the Grendelmania series.
The Grendel with the Hornady 123 gr SST factory load has less wind drift that the .243 Winchester at 500 yards. At that range, one will be lasing the target to get the right holdover. Hence the better wind-bucking nature of the Grendel easier to connect. The 123 gr SST anchors game better than the .243 bullets given the same impact point. You can read an overview of a Grendel-dedicated reloading manual at 6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbook.
|March 7, 2013, 04:53 PM
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458 Socom vs 450 Bushy
They both use standard 223 or 5.56 AR mags. But the 458 is a 45 RIFLE caliber and the 450 is a 45 PISTOL caliber. Rifle in 45 caliber is .458" and pistol is .452" - don't ask me why!!
So one advantage of the 458 is that you can find more spire pointed bullets for it in higher weights, whereas the 450 is limited to blunt nosed pistol bullets usually 300 grains or less. Pointy bullets buck the wind better for more retained velocity at the far end of the effective range (150 yards?). But for brush the blunt bullets crash through twigs better on the way to the target with less deflection. With 458 you can load for either situation.
For the 458 you can hand load bullets designed for 458 Socom, 45/70 Govt, 458 Win, 458 anything. Weights range from 250grains up to 500gr, with a few 600's out there. I've never loaded anything bigger than a 350 round nose in mine. With a 500 your usually subsonic (under 1100fps?) but max loads push 1350fps, still a mass of energy, similar to a shotgun slug at around 2000 ft lbs.
But I suppose if I took it elk hunting someday I might pack one magazine full of 500 grain solids just in case I ran into Mr Grizz in a bad mood. My elk round would be a 300 grain barnes triple x.
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|March 9, 2013, 09:42 PM
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5.45x39mm maybe. I have a lower on the way now, gonna buy a kit and saw a listing in last weeks sgn for 5.45 kits. My questions are this, do you need a seperate magazine from 5.56? I have an ak74 varient so knkw ammo issues but its more available and mkstly cheaper still then 5.56mm.
|March 15, 2013, 06:49 AM
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I'm actually doing the same debate you are in the middle of. My choices though would be between the 6.5 grendel and the 6.8spc. I'm actually thinking about the 6.8 since I already reload for .270 with 110gr Sierra ProHunters and can use them in the 6.8spc. Unlike target shooters, I'm actually planning on taking this thing with me for bambi. Granted the 6.5 is a great long range round. I'm just thinking about how to keep overall reloading costs down but be effective.
|March 15, 2013, 07:38 PM
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I don't reload for the 6.8, but do for the 6.5 Grendel...
I don't see how there could be any significant difference in reloading costs. Similar size cases...bullets...
Even with boolits, 6.5's cost $25/box, and .30 cals in the low $30's, so how much are we really talking?
The big differences in reloading come in powder burned...my .223's burn half of the larger .30's.
I haven't revisited this debate since two years ago when the 6.5 G walked on the 6.8...
But I do believe there have been improved bullet offerings for the 6.8, and Hornady has introduced their infamous 123 grain Amax in the form of the SST for hunting combining the incredible BC of the Amax with the SST hunting bullet.
Used to be that no decent hunting bullets were the downside of the Grendel- no more...
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|March 16, 2013, 09:06 AM
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I can relate to the comment by mxsailor803 -- keeping reloading costs down.
But, the difference in cost is the up-front cost of dies. This is small compared to other issues.
The notion of having common bullets for two different rifles is also seductive but flawed since you will likely want to use heavier bullets for the .270 Win. You will also use it less frequently since the 6.8 or 6.5 will cover most of your hunting needs.
In that regard, I would look very closely at the Grendel. It will cover your needs from the muzzle out to past ranges where one should responsibly consider taking game. The .270 then can be used with 150 gr or, if you can find them, 160 gr Partitions for the hunts where the Grendel might be a tad on the shy side.
Here is a repeat of an earlier-posted link to an overview of a reloading handbook for the the Grendel: 6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbook. The handbook offers good advice for managing the gas system of any AR in addition to having an interesting comparison between the Grendel and the .243 Winchester. Oh, and there is load data from several commercial sources too.
The handbook might help you decide. You should have a lot of fun whichever path you choose so it will become more a question what you like.
|March 16, 2013, 09:30 AM
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I would love a 6.5 grendel. But the idea of a caliber that uses 556 mags is very appealing. the 458 socom and 300aac are both in my future plans.
|March 16, 2013, 09:37 AM
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300 blackout/AAC/Whisper is a good add to what you have. Just a barrel difference from your .223/5.56s. Has advantages over the 7.62x39 in magazines and bolts. It is an accurate round and you can go from 100 grain to 240 grain in the .30 caliber. The 125 grain BTs are darn accurate.
.22LR is a good suggestion as well, but DON'T get a conversion, go with the dedicated upper or full rifle. The cleaning sucks as does the accuracy with the conversions. If you want to build one, components are failry available too. There are 2 classes...M&Ps and everytihng else which use Black Dog mags primairly. There are a LOT of options so know what you are looking for before you start down the path.
.450BM/.458 SOCOM. I prefer the .450 for a variety of reasons, but both are capable and fill the big bore desire.
One of these three would be what i would suggest.
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"He's a power pull hitter. I got him chasing an outside slider and we got out of it."
The Chiefs raced to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on a leadoff homer from Vaughn Bryan and a two-run homer from Justin Ringo. Peoria center fielder C.J. McElroy Jr. drew a walk and had two hits -- including a two-out single that plated the winning run in the seventh.
But it was a sloppy game -- 7 errors combined -- and the Chiefs watched that early lead shrink as Great Lakes scratched out single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings.
In the eighth, Hoenecke blasted a long, towering home run above the right field foul pole off reliever Kevin Herget. Base umpire Mike Savakinas initially ruled it foul, but after talking it over with plate ump Dave Attridge, reversed the call and awarded a home run to make it 5-4.
Replays showed it was a fair ball -- although umpires in the minors don't have the benefit of using replay. Hoenecke milled around the first base line while Chiefs manager Joe Kruzel engaged in a heated argument with Savakinas. The argument drifted toward home plate, where Kruzel argued with Attridge as Hoenecke arrived from a belated home run trot.
The Chiefs sent All-star reliever Zach Loraine to the mound in the ninth, and he got the first two outs but then walked Malcolm Holland and Joey Curletta.
Up came Hoenecke. In came Sabatino.
Their six-pitch sequence ended with Hoenecke chasing a slider off the outside of the plate.
That put the Chiefs in the win column for the second straight night.
"We came out swinging really well," Sabatino said. "We did a good job building that lead. Sometimes it's hard to hold leads like that when they are so early. But we had guys playing hard, doing what had to be done."
CHIEFS BRIEFS: NBA veteran and former Central star Shaun Livingston was special guest at the ballpark Saturday, and signed autographs in exchange for donations to the Shaun Livingston Foundation. He was on crutches, and had his right foot in a walking boot. ... Chiefs outfielder Vaughn Bryan's leadoff homer in the first inning was the first leadoff homer for the Chiefs since Zeke DeVoss hit one against Beloit on July 30, 2012. ... Chiefs center fielder C.J. McElroy stole his 28th base, most among all minor-leaguers in the Cardinals organization.
Dave Eminian covers the Chiefs and Rivermen for the Journal Star. Reach him at 686-3206 or email@example.com. Check out his sports blog, Cleve's World, at pjstar.com and follow him on Tout and Twitter @icetimecleve.
Chiefs hold off Loons for 5-4 victory
PEORIA -- Steve Sabatino was sitting in the Peoria Chiefs bullpen when he watched Great Lakes left-handed hitter Paul Hoenecke launch a towering home run over the right field foul pole.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – The San Jose Earthquakes dropped their preseason friendly against the Colorado Rapids 1-0 at the Kino Sports Complex on Saturday.
Jamie Smith's goal in the 66th minute decided the match. Andre Akpan picked the midfielder out at the far post to create the chance.
San Jose's squad was largely composed of trialists as the club closed out a week of training in Tucson, Ariz. Included in the squad were 2012 regulars Sam Cronin, Rafael Baca and Shea Salinas, each of which went 45 minutes in their first appearance of the preseason.
The Earthquakes will return to San Jose Saturday evening for four days of training before departing again for Oxnard on Thursday, Feb. 7. The club's next preseason game is Saturday, Feb. 9 against the Chicago Fire at UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium (6 p.m. PT).
San Jose Earthquakes 0-1 Colorado Rapids
Kino Sports Complex – Tucson, Ariz.
February 2, 2013 – Attendance: N/A
Scoring Summary: COL – Jamie Smith (Andre Akpan) 66.
Misconduct Summary: COL – Brenton Griffiths (caution) 83.
San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham (Evan Newton 46), Peter McGlynn (Bryan Jordan 46), Tommy Muller (Brad Ring 46), Ty Harden (Josh Suggs 46), Henrik Robstad (Coiin Mitchell 46), Shea Salinas (Sam Garza 46), Abu Tommy (Jacob Hustedt 46), Sam Cronin (Sean de Silva 46), Rafael Baca (Donny Toia 46), Alexandre Gonzalez Emerson (Lamin Suma 46), Adam Jahn (Matt Fondy 46).
Colorado Rapids – Matt Pickens (Steward Ceus 46), Marvell Wynne (Brian Mullan 46), Drew Moor (Brenton Griffiths 46), Diego Calderon (Marcello Castro 46), Chris Klute, Hendry Thomas (Nathan Sturgis 46), Pablo Mastroeni (Dillon Powers 46), Kamani Hill (Nick LaBrocca 46), Atiba Harris (Jamie Smith 46), Deshorn Brown (Andre Akpan 46), Tony Cascio (Dillon Serna 46, Cesar Romero 79).


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When it comes to public employee pensions, Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to have it both ways as he decries CalPERS for undermining his 2012 changes to state retirement laws.
The nation's largest government worker pension system on Wednesday ignored the spirit and letter of the legislation as it created 99 different ways for new employees to inflate their pensions.
Brown only objected to one, thereby giving tacit consent to the other 98. Yet, after the vote, the governor promised "to determine what actions can be taken to protect the integrity of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act."
How cynical. Facing re-election, Brown portrays himself as the defender of public coffers as he battles the mighty California Public Employees' Retirement System. In fact, he capitulated to its administrative gutting of key provisions in the law he championed two years ago.
We differed with the governor back then when he declined to trim future pension benefit accruals for current employees. But we cut him some slack because he didn't want to wade into a legal quagmire over so-called "vested rights" for workers already on the job.
The primary savings from his legislation, as small as they were, would come years down the line from restoring rationality to benefits for new workers. Now Brown is supporting letting those employees inflate their pensions much like current workers.
At issue is the long list of add-on pay items that can be counted as income when calculating pensions.
Under the new law, current employees can still include "special compensation" for "special skills, knowledge, abilities, work assignment, workdays or hours, or other work conditions."
But the 2012 law didn't allow new employees to include those extra pay items. Their retirement income should be based only on "normal monthly rate of pay or base pay."
The CalPERS board ignored that and passed rules on Wednesday allowing new workers to count special pay items for things such as longevity, being a notary, working on a library reference desk, staying physically fit and "audio visual" assignments. For police the list includes extra pay for DUI traffic officers, marksmanship and completing Peace Officer Standard Training courses.
To make matters worse, no one bothered to estimate the long-term cost of CalPERS' action.
The governor did object to one item, which allows workers who receive pay raises for temporary assignments to count that higher income in pension calculations. He's right: It's ripe for abuse and it violates the letter of the law.
But so do the other 98 items. If only he'd "protect the integrity" of the rest of the legislation.


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Women's Preventive Services Guidelines
On December 20, 2016, HRSA updated the HRSA-supported Women's Preventive Services Guidelines. Read the most current version.
Non-grandfathered plans and coverage (generally, plans or policies created or sold after March 23, 2010, or older plans or policies that have been changed in certain ways since that date) are required to provide coverage without cost sharing consistent with these guidelines beginning with the first plan year (in the individual market policy year) that begins on or after December 20, 2017. Before that time, non-grandfathered plans are generally required to provide coverage without cost sharing consistent with the 2011 guidelines.
Affordable Care Act Expands Prevention Coverage for Women's Health and Well-Being
The Affordable Care Act – the health insurance reform legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010 – helps make prevention affordable and accessible for all Americans by requiring health plans to cover preventive services and by eliminating cost sharing for those services. Preventive services that have strong scientific evidence of their health benefits must be covered and plans can no longer charge a patient a copayment, coinsurance or deductible for these services when they are delivered by a network provider.
Women's Preventive Services Guidelines Supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration
Under the Affordable Care Act, women's preventive health care – such as mammograms, screenings for cervical cancer, prenatal care, and other services – generally must be covered with no cost sharing. However, the law recognizes and HHS understands the need to take into account the unique health needs of women throughout their lifespan.
The HRSA-supported health plan coverage guidelines, developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), will help ensure that women receive a comprehensive set of preventive services without having to pay a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible. HHS commissioned an IOM study to review what preventive services are necessary for women's health and well-being and therefore should be considered in the development of comprehensive guidelines for preventive services for women. HRSA is supporting the IOM's recommendations on preventive services that address health needs specific to women and fill gaps in existing guidelines.
Health Resources and Services Administration Women's Preventive Services Guidelines
Non-grandfathered plans (plans or policies created or sold after March 23, 2010, or older plans or policies that have been changed in certain ways since that date) generally are required to provide coverage without cost sharing consistent with these guidelines in the first plan year (in the individual market, policy year) that begins on or after August 1, 2012.
|Type of Preventive Service
|HHS Guideline for Health
Insurance Coverage
|Well-woman visits.
|Well-woman preventive care visit annually for adult women to obtain the recommended preventive services that are age and developmentally appropriate, including preconception care and many services necessary for prenatal care. This well-woman visit should, where appropriate, include other preventive services listed in this set of guidelines, as well as others referenced in section 2713.
|Annual, although HHS recognizes that several visits may be needed to obtain all necessary recommended preventive services, depending on a woman's health status, health needs, and other risk factors.* (see note)
|Screening for gestational diabetes.
|Screening for gestational diabetes.
|In pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation and at the first prenatal visit for pregnant women identified to be at high risk for diabetes.
|Human papillomavirus testing.
|High-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing in women with normal cytology results.
|Screening should begin at 30 years of age and should occur no more frequently than every 3 years.
|Counseling for sexually transmitted infections.
|Counseling on sexually transmitted infections for all sexually active women.
|Counseling and screening for human immune-deficiency virus.
|Counseling and screening for human immune-deficiency virus infection for all sexually active women.
|Contraceptive methods and counseling. ** (see note)
|All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.
|As prescribed
|Breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling.
|Comprehensive lactation support and counseling, by a trained provider during pregnancy and/or in the postpartum period, and costs for renting breastfeeding equipment.
|In conjunction with each birth
|Screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence.
|Screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence.
* Refer to guidance issued by the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight entitled Affordable Care Act Implementation FAQs, Set 12, Q10.
** The guidelines concerning contraceptive methods and counseling described above do not apply to women who are participants or beneficiaries in group health plans sponsored by religious employers. Effective August 1, 2013, a religious employer is defined as an employer that is organized and operates as a non-profit entity and is referred to in section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii) of the Internal Revenue Code. HRSA notes that, as of August 1, 2013, group health plans established or maintained by religious employers (and group health insurance coverage provided in connection with such plans) are exempt from the requirement to cover contraceptive services under section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, as incorporated into the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code. HRSA also notes that, as of January 1, 2014, accommodations are available to group health plans established or maintained by certain eligible organizations (and group health insurance coverage provided in connection with such plans), as well as student health insurance coverage arranged by eligible organizations, with respect to the contraceptive coverage requirement. See Federal Register Notice: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (PDF - 327 KB)
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Carl Lumbly has very purposeful and personal motivations for driving to Stockton from Berkeley on Sunday.
Carl Lumbly has very purposeful and personal motivations for driving to Stockton from Berkeley on Sunday.
He wants to help soothe troubled times, motivate young people and pay formal homage to his late wife. Also redress a "regret."
"I do a few, but not as many as I would like," Lumbly said of his appearance at the Bob Hope Theatre. "For Stockton, with the bankruptcy, the crime problem and being ranked one of the worst places to live, I'd just like to help."
Lumbly, who's been a television, film and stage actor for 34 years, does that Sunday when "Nightjohn," a 1996 TV movie in which Lumbly plays a slave, is shown by the Black Family Day organization.
"It was almost like a miracle," said Mateenah Floyd-Okanlawon, co-chairperson of the film program with Tommie Muhammad. "I saw him in a play ("Blue Orange") in San Francisco last year. He was very accessible. I tried to contact him a couple of times. Then he called and said, 'I heard you've been looking for me.'
"He thinks this program we're attempting is very good. He's the kind of person who's interested in community."
High school and middle school students will be asked to critique the 92-minute film, set in the antebellum South (1780-1860) when slavery still was a scourge.
The "best" critic/analyst receives the first Vonetta McGee Award. It's named for Lumbly's wife, also an actor, who died in 2010 at age 65. They were married for 24 years.
Lumbly will show a film "to help people understand why the award's in her name," he said. "This is the first time I've made an outreach in her name. I'm pleased to do this." He couldn't accept a prior invitation to a Black Family Day event and has "always regretted that."
In "Nightjohn," a Disney Channel film, Sarny (Allison Jones) - a slave whose mother has been sold - takes care of the toddler son of cotton-plantation owner Clel Waller (Beau Bridges).
Lumbly portrays John, a Waller slave who escapes to the North but returns to help people learn to read. He teaches Sarny, whose life is altered drastically as a result.
Lumbly's character is sold and Sarny's rudimentary literacy impacts Waller negatively. When a crop fails, Waller's slaves become his only marketable "property." He threatens to kill them all, but eventually sells Sarny,
"This film is one that I believe in quite a bit," Lumbly, 61, said from Berkeley. "I was one of those black actors who said, 'I would never play a slave.' This movie helped turn my mind around on that and all sorts of things."
Lumbly and Floyd-Okanlawon hope the movie expands minds - particularly young ones - to historical reality.
"Getting up there and sharing their impressions fosters critical thinking," said Floyd-Okanlawon, a retired Planned Parenthood nurse who's helped organize the film program for five years. "We want kids to really look at the movie. It fosters confidence. We pick films that educate and inspire the community about black history and black families."
Lumbly, born in Minneapolis, Minn., to a family that had emigrated from Jamaica's Montego Bay, was smitten by literature as a child, inspired by his father's avid reading.
He earned a degree in English from Macalaster College in St. Paul, Minn., and initially worked in public relations. As an Associated Press reporter and freelance magazine writer, Lumbly first was drawn to the stage the during an AP assignment. He spent two years with Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre.
In 1977, Lumbly moved to San Francisco, hoping to further his journalistic career. A newspaper ad seeking "two black actors for South African political plays" changed that.
He got one of the roles in a production of Athol Fugard's "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead." Danny Glover got the other one. Lumbly portrayed a photographer in apartheid South Africa: "The combination of journalism and acting really politicized me."
He and the San Francisco-born Glover also toured in Fugard's "The Island" and wound up in Los Angeles. After Lumbly hired an agent and moved to New York, he became an established character actor (from a black superhero to a police detective and former football player).
In 1981, he was chosen to play Mark Petrie in "Cagney & Lacey," a CBS detective series that ran for seven years.
He has acted in 19 movies and 29 TV films and series, including "Lou Grant" (1980), "The X-Files" (1996), "The West Wing" (2000), "Battlestar Galactica" (2006), "Grey's Anatomy" (2008) and "Criminal Minds" (2010).
He and Glover, still close friends, made their movie debuts in "Alcatraz" (1979). Glover directed Lumbly in "Just a Dream" (1992) and "Buffalo Soldiers," a 1997 film (TNT) for which he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination.
Floyd-Okanlawon knows about films, too. A videographer, she makes "video tributes" and won awards from Oakland's Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1998 - for "Presenting James Bell," about a "people's" mural painter - and 2000 ("Black Family Day").
She's now working on "By the Sweat of Our Brow," documenting the experiences of black Central Valley farm workers from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Sunday is Floyd-Okanlawon's 74th birthday: "I can't think of anything better I could be doing."
Contact reporter Tony Sauro at (209) 546-8267 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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College Football: UNH's last scrimmage set for today at noonSpecial to the Union Leader
August 21. 2017 9:24PM
One final tune-up is on tap for the University of New Hampshire football team: the Blue-White scrimmage at Wildcat Stadium (noon).
Players are battling for starting or back-up jobs before the Wildcats open the regular season by hosting rival Maine on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m.
While Trevor Knight of Amherst is the starting quarterback, sophomore Ivan Niyomugabo of Merrimack Valley High, redshirt freshman Christian Lupoli and Will Pollard of Kennett High are all competing for the backup spot.
The competition is heating up at tight end with sophomores John DiCaro, Justin Malone-Woods and Brendan Hill, junior Nick Derocher (Northwood) and redshirt freshman Jack Cavallaro (Hanover) all in the hunt for a starting job.
On defense, trying to earn backup jobs behind linebackers Jared Kuehl (Plymouth) and Quinlen Dean are Cameron Brusko and Steven Harper along with sophomore Michael Balsamo. An Atkinson resident, Balsamo started at safety as a redshirt freshman last year and has been moved to linebacker after adding 10 pounds to bulk up his 6-foot, 216-pound frame.


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Stockton, CA
Axzine Louise Woodward
May 29, 1925 - February 6, 2013
Axzine passed away peacefully at her home in Stockton on February 6, 2013 at the age of 87. She was
born on May 29, 1925 to Rudolph and Doris Schwartz in
Paradise Valley, Nevada. She attended schools in Paradise Valley and Winemucca, NV. Axzine married Navy Man Albert (Jim) James Woodward of Winnemucca, NV in July 1945 in Oakland, California. Axzine had been attending Business School in Sacramento and Jim's ship had returned to SF for repairs. They had met while attending High School in Winemucca. She has been a resident of Stockton since 1970. She is survived by her husband Jim, her children, her grandchildren, and sister Eileen Sanders in
Phoenix AZ.
In her 67 years of marriage to Jim, she raised two children, Doris (Larry) Benjamin of Oakland CA and Alan (Betsey) Woodward of San Jose CA. She has 3 grandchildren, Jennifer (Josh) Paddock of Roundup MT, Andrew
(Kimberly) Woodward of San Jose, CA and Todd Woodward of South Lake Tahoe, CA.
Through the frequent moves she saw as a Navy Wife, from Jim's 30 years of Naval Service, she continued her education at several different Colleges and Universities, completing her Teacher's Credentials at San Diego State. She taught at Elementary Schools in San Diego CA, Guantanamo Cuba, Millbrae CA, then Venice King and Elkhorn Schools in Lodi. She mostly taught First Grade, often having children without an English Language up-bringing, where she worked hard to get them reading and writing in English. She retired after 30 years of teaching, after which she continued helping kids by volunteering at various Lodi Schools for many years.
As a member of the Lincoln Presbyterian Church, she led many positions and was truly a good Christian who was loved greatly by all who knew her.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11 am at Lincoln Presbyterian Church, 900 Douglas Rd, Stockton, on Saturday, February 23, 2013.
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Communities across Northwest Florida are gearing up for the holiday season with a variety of traditional and not-so-traditional activities.
Communities across Northwest Florida are gearing up for the holiday season with a variety of traditional and not-so-traditional activities.
To get things rolling, here is a round-up of seasonal parades planned in the area:
South Walton
The South Walton Holiday Parade takes place at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The parade will leave the parking lot of Seagrove Plaza (3723 East C-30A) and travel west to Seaside.
After the parade, all attendees are invited to the amphitheatre where Santa Claus will �Turn on the Town.�
Call 231-6107.
FWB lighted boats
The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce has announced that there will be no entry fee for the Fort Walton Beach Christmas Boat Parade, to be held on Nov. 29 in conjunction with the City of Fort Walton Beach Tree Lighting and Festival of Trees at the Landing, 139 Brooks St., Fort Walton Beach.
�We�re excited to bring the Christmas Boat Parade back to Fort Walton Beach after an absence of several years,� said Chamber Board Chair Martin Owen of ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals.
�The Fort Walton Sail and Power Squadron has offered to organize the event, and we�re sure it will add a fun and nautical note to the holiday festivities at The Landing on Nov. 29. All boats are welcome, from the smallest powered skiff to a large party boat.�
Entrants will compete for a variety of prizes in three categories: Best Decorated, Most Christmas Spirit, and Judges� Choice.
All boaters are invited to join the parade, which will begin about 5:30 p.m. While there is no entry fee, all entrants are required to register their vessels with the FWB Chamber by 5 p.m. Nov. 26. The registration form is available at the Chamber�s web site at fwbchamber.com.
In addition, the skippers of all registered vessels must attend a mandatory Skippers� Meeting at the Chamber offices (34 Miracle Strip Parkway S.E., Fort Walton Beach) at 6 p.m. Nov. 26.
Call 850-244-8191.
Twin Cities
Niceville Valparaiso Rotary Club Community Christmas Parade takes place at 10 a.m. Dec. 1 with the theme �All I Want for Christmas.�
Toys for Tots will again be part of the Community Christmas Parade. Marines and local volunteers will march in the parade and accept donations of new unwrapped toys from the community.
Bring a new unwrapped toy and receive a Toys for Tots 2012 T-shirt. Call Susan C. Rood at 850-855-7411.
In addition, Brownie Troop 663 will collect food for Sharing & Caring during the parade. Bring can foods, (non-perishable food) and help them fill their float. Call Rae Garmon at 803-7727.
Parade entry fees are $60 for profit organizations; $30 for non-profit organizations. Proceeds support holiday meals for Sharing and Caring families and other Rotary community projects.
A representative from each participating organization must attend a meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Niceville Community Center to get instructions and entry number.
Contact the Rotary Club at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Navarre Christmas in the Park and Community Parade takes places with the theme �JingleFest 2012.�
MarketPlace in the Park runs 1-6 p.m. Dec. 1. The parade starts at 2:30 p.m.
Awards will be presented in four categories: commercial, church, community and Chairman�s Choice.
There will be local entertainment 3-6 p.m. and a tree-lighting ceremony at 6 p.m.
Visit the website: navarrechristmasinthepark.com. Call 939-3267.
The Main Street Crestview Association in partnership with the City of Crestview present the annual downtown Crestview Christmas Parade at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1 with the theme �Blessed are the Children.�
The parade will begin and travel north on Main Street to the intersection of Main Street and Cedar Avenue (near County Courthouse).
Registration forms for entries must be turned in by 5 p.m. Nov. 26 to Crestview City Hall, Administrative Services, 198 N. Wilson St.
Call 689-3722.
Fort Walton Beach
The Fort Walton Beach Christmas parade takes place at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 with the theme �My Favorite Christmas Movie.�
The parade marches north on Eglin Parkway.
Each participating unite must submit a signed registration form by 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 to the City of Fort Walton Beach Parks & Recreation Department, 132 Jet Drive.
Call 833-9576.
The 27th Annual Destin Christmas Parade takes place at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 with the theme �Christmas Past, Present and Future!�
The parade begins at the Downtown Destin Shopping Center at U.S. Highway 98 and Main St. and will proceed down Harbor Blvd. to Stahlman Ave.
Participant applications are due to Community Center by Nov. 30. In lieu of an entry fee, each entry must make a donation of toys and drop them off with the application.
Call the Community Center at 654-5184.
Lighted boats
DESTIN � The Destin History and Fishing Museum will host the 26th Holiday on the Harbor Destin Boat Parade on Dec. 9.
Festivities will be held that afternoon along the harbor and the Lighted Boat Parade and judging will start at 6 p.m.
Boats will start lining up between 5 and 5:30 p.m. A fireworks show donated by HarborWalk Village will light up the sky at the end of the boat parade.
All commercial, charter, and private boats are invited to participate. Pick up an entry form at the Destin History and Fishing Museum, Destin Community Center, City Hall, Destin Chamber of Commerce, or many harbor businesses.
You may also request a fax or email copy by calling the museum at 850-837-6611.
There is a $25 entry fee per boat. Rain date is Dec. 16.


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lakhdar Brahimi is resigning as the international point man on Syria, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, marking a second failure by the United Nations and Arab League to end the country's worsening civil war and highlighting the deep divisions among the Syrian parties and key countries on how to restore peace.
With Brahimi at his side, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy will step down on May 31 after nearly two years. Brahimi will be following in the footsteps of his longtime friend, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who resigned from the same job in August 2012 after failing to broker a cease-fire as the country descended into civil war.
Ban blamed Syria's opposition but especially the government, the divided U.N. Security Council which has been impotent, and feuding influential nations for failing to help Brahimi achieve a peace agreement.
"He has faced almost impossible odds, with a Syrian nation, Middle Eastern region and wider international community that have been hopelessly divided in their approaches to ending the conflict," Ban said. "That his efforts have not received effective support from the United Nations body that is charged with upholding peace and security, and from countries with influence on the Syrian situation, is a failure of all of us."
Brahimi managed to get officials from President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition to two rounds of U.S. and Russian-brokered peace talks in Geneva aimed at establishing a transitional government, but they ended without an agreement.
He had been working behind the scenes to start a new round of Geneva negotiations, but that effort was all but doomed when Assad's government announced that elections would be held on June 3. With Assad running for re-election and virtually certain to win, both Brahimi and Ban have indicated it would be impossible to get the opposition to participate in new negotiations.
Brahimi told reporters after a final closed briefing to the U.N. Security Council that he had suggested seven steps that could lead to "a serious peace process."
He also revealed that Iran has a four-point plan to end the conflict — a cease-fire, formation of a national unity government, a constitutional review that would include limiting the president's powers, and presidential and parliamentary elections.
"Their ideas are interesting and I think probably will be considered," Brahimi said.
Ban pledged to keep working for peace and said he would appoint a successor to Brahimi but would take time to find "the right person."
Diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions have been private said candidates mentioned include former Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former U.N. Mideast envoy Michael Williams from Britain, and former top NATO and European Union official Javier Solana from Spain.
Brahimi, 80, is a former Algerian foreign minister and longtime U.N. diplomat and troubleshooter in hotspots from Afghanistan to Iraq.
Ban called the failure of "one of the world's most brilliant diplomats" to end the conflict despite "his extraordinary talents ... a tragedy for the Syrian people."
The secretary-general renewed his appeal to the Syrian government and opposition "to show the wisdom and sense of responsibility that could allow a way out of this nightmare." He also urged everyone involved, including states with influence over the Syrian parties, "to reflect deeply on what we should do at this moment to generate hope of a better future for the people of Syria."
Brahimi said he was "humbled" by Ban's words on an occasion "which is not very pleasant for me" and apologized to the Syrian people for not being able to help them "as much as we should have."
"It's very sad that I leave this position and leave Syria behind in such a bad state," he said.
Deep divisions between Russia — which supports Assad's government — and Western countries — which back the rebels — have prevented the Security Council from taking any effective action on Syria's civil war.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said everyone on the council will miss Brahimi "but the show must go on — every effort must be exerted to try to find a solution."
"We do hope the third round of Geneva 2 conference must be convened as quickly as possible," he said. "As far as we know the Syrian government is prepared for that, and the opposition has not said 'no.'"
The Syrian conflict started as largely peaceful protests against Assad's rule in 2011. It turned into a civil war after some opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown. Activists say more than 150,000 people have been killed and nine million have been driven from their homes to neighboring countries or safer parts of Syria.
While Brahimi had many admirers, his dealings with the opposition were difficult. The opposition leaders he needed to talk to are deeply divided and have no backing from Syrians either fighting inside the country or those who are refugees. In addition, the government branded Brahimi an American stooge from the beginning, though he did make several trips to Damascus.
Najib Ghadbian, U.N. representative of the opposition Syrian Coalition, expressed appreciation for Brahimi's work and said the group shared Brahimi frustration with the Assad government's failure to negotiate. He urged "concerted international pressure that has so far been lacking" to get the government to engage in a political process.
By contrast, Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said his government "takes note" of Brahimi's decision to resign.


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Protection of Wolves: Biological Ecosystems and Human Interests
Learning Goals
Context for Use
This structured academic controversy topic may not have immediate relevance for many students, but it brings to focus the larger issues of sustainability and stewardship. This activity could be used in studies of ecology, wildlife policy or environmental studies.
Description and Teaching Materials
The purpose of this exercise is to provide an opportunity for examination of different perspectives on why the gray wolf was reintroduced into many western states, the success of the reintroduction, and the benefits and problems from the recovery of the gray wolf population. As a result of its increased population in the last ten years, the gray wolf may no longer be considered "threatened" under the Endangered and Threatened Species Act and may be subject to hunting.
Students will be given opportunities to learn about the life history of the wolf, its place in its natural ecosystem/s, and the interconnections between populations of wolves and native herbivores and human predation or protection. Groups of students will be expected to learn about these concerns from multiple perspectives, including the following:
- Fish and wildlife agency
- Ecologists
- Eco-tourists to Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon
- Hunters and ranchers
Outline for using this activity
- The class will be divided into 4 groups. All students are to read from the listing of suggested electronic resources provided. Each group will be given a specific perspective to become "experts" on for the Town Meeting. Each group is expected to become expert representatives of their group's position, yet remain open-minded about the worth of what each other group has to contribute to the discussion. (worth 25 pts)
- Each group will prepare a detailed, yet concise written summary of their position [fish and wildlife agents, ecologists, tour guides, and hunters & ranchers] on wolf protection. Your group's summary should be typed, 2 - 3 pages, and can be used during the Town Council. (worth 20 pts)
- During the town meeting, each group will present, according to the protocol, their summary information, as well as prepared responses to Question Sets A & B (in handout below). These prepared responses should be typed, and represent in-depth thinking of all group members. (worth 30 pts)
- Following the town council, each student will be asked to respond to open-ended questions about the instructional value of the process of structured academic controversy, as well as a personal reflection on the broader issues.
Town Council Agenda (Microsoft Word 24kB Oct8 08)
Teaching Notes and Tips
This SAC may initially be remote from students' interests unless they live in one of the Western states that is currently affected by the proposed changes in wolf hunting regulations. Some students, depending on their position to hunting in general, may also have preconceived positions about this issue. Regardless of students' sense of conviction regarding the issue, it is important to emphasize the instructional goals: to expand individuals' perspectives and to promote understanding of other points of view; and to develop deeper understanding of the complexities of predator/prey relationships.
At the conclusion of the SAC, students may be eager to talk about how the SAC changed their way of thinking and more importantly, how the exercise gave them insights into others' points of view.
Multiple approaches to assessment are possible with SAC.
Students are expected to prepare their comments ahead of time, so those can be assessed with criteria that would be used with an essay or research report. Student or team performances during the Town Council can be assessed from the standpoint of effective communication, presentation style, respect and listening to other perspectives, or quality and organization of information.
Students will be expected to research and discuss the following questions related to wolf protection
- How did the status of gray wolves prior to the 1980s - 1990s influence their re-introduction and recovery?
- What have been some of the results of reintroduction of gray wolves in the 1990s - 2008?
- From your perspective, what have been benefits and problems from the reintroduction and recovery of gray wolves?
- What criteria should be used to determine if Gray Wolves should continue to receive protection under the Endangered and Threatened Species Act?
- Should restrictions be placed on types of hunting or length of season?
- Should keystone predators, including the Gray Wolf, be protected under a different set of criteria than for other species?
More importantly, use of SACs can change student beliefs and attitudes. Student beliefs and self-knowledge can be assessed through a short written response about the instructional value of the process of structured academic controversy, as well as a personal reflection on the broader issues. Student understanding of the complexity of predator/prey relationships could be assessed with construction of a food web specific to a particular biome or habitat.
References and Resources
International Wolf Center: http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp
National Public Radio transcript from Jan. 2008 about change in government protection: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17910768
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00D
Experimental (essential and non-essential) populations: http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/experimentalPopulations.jsp
Wolf Recovery Foundation: http://www.forwolves.org
Wolf information index: http://www.forwolves.org/wolves.html
Wolf Song of Alaska: http://www.wolfsongalaska.org/
- Yellowstone National Park: http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/wolves.htm
- Yellowstone Pack Updates: http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/w_update.html A compendium of science, ecology, and culture regarding wolves
Guard dogs help ranchers protect livestock against wolves: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10743290


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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A husband and wife who rented the house of a Colorado resort town socialite are accused of killing her and leaving her body in a closet after she returned home from an overseas vacation.
Nancy Pfister, 57, was the daughter of the late Betty and Art Pfister, longtime prominent Aspen residents who co-founded the Buttermilk ski area west of town. Buttermilk Mountain has hosted the Winter X Games multiple times.
On Monday evening, authorities arrested William F. Styler III, 65, and Nancy Christine Styler, 62, at the Aspenalt Lodge in Basalt, where they were staying after apparently moving out of Pfister's two-garage, two-story Aspen home Feb. 22. Both face first-degree murder charges.
The Stylers appeared in court Tuesday and both waived a formal reading of the charges, the Aspen Times reported (http://tinyurl.com/l7ko53c ).
William Styler sat in a wheelchair. His attorney, Sara Steele, told the judge Styler has "mental health issues that need to be taken care of." Steele didn't immediately respond to a telephone message seeking clarification.
Beth Krulewitch, the attorney representing Nancy Styler, also did not immediately return a phone message.
The couple were being held without bond. Their next court appearance is March 17.
Authorities said the couple rented Pfister's West Buttermilk Road home during the fall.
Pfister returned from a vacation in Australia on Feb. 22, and she was found dead four days later. A friend discovered her body in an upstairs closet at Pfister's home on the evening of Feb. 26. A cause of death has not yet been released.
Sheriff Joe DiSalvo said the investigation is ongoing, and he did not rule out the possibility of more arrests. The sheriff's office curbed public access in the courthouse and put up barricades to sequester scores of people interviewed in the past several days after Pfister's body was found.
DiSalvo said both suspects were questioned early in the investigation, but authorities lacked enough probable to arrest them. He declined to discuss the investigation further, and court records were sealed.
"This case has been hard from the beginning on all of us, because of the nature of it," DiSalvo said. "First-degree murders don't happen here too often."
Authorities said it was Pitkin County's first murder since 2001, excluding deaths ruled murder-suicides.
DiSalvo said he knew Pfister and other members of her family.
"I loved Nancy," he said. "She was a good person."
Aspen is a ski resort town in the Rocky Mountains, about 100 miles southwest of Denver.
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Programmer was a 'people person'
Computer consultant advised clients not only on technology, but on the psychology that made the technology work for the company
Harvey GELLMAN was the first person in Canada to get a PhD based in computer studies.
By Marina STRAUSS Saturday, May 10, 2003 - Page F11
He broke new ground in the computer field long before most Canadians even knew what a software program was, or that computers would so profoundly change their way of communicating and doing business.
Known as the dean of computer consulting, Harvey GELLMAN had a hand in purchasing the first computer in this country in 1952 he ran one of the first software programs and was the first to get a PhD based on computer studies. Last month, Dr. GELLMAN died suddenly in Florida at the age of 78.
He made his name as a consultant who advised clients not only on technology, but on the psychology that made the technology work for a company -- with a knack for matching people's skills to the job at hand, colleagues say.
Most important, Dr. GELLMAN put the clients first, always looking out for their best interests rather than simply the consultant's bottom line, says Jim HAYWARD, his partner at Toronto-based Gellman Hayward and Partners for 18 years until it was sold to Montreal-based CGI Group in 1992.
What particularly distinguished Dr. GELLMAN as a consultant was his departure from others in refusing just to analyze a problem and deliver a report to the client, Mr. HAYWARD says.
Instead, Dr. GELLMAN would find out exactly how far the client was ready to go in implementing any change recommended in a report and then guide the client through the change process.
This fundamental shift took root in the mid-1970s, when Dr. GELLMAN became frustrated that too many consultants simply handed over a report and then walked away from the problem, Mr. HAYWARD says.
"The trick is to work beside the client and walk with them, but don't take the problem away from them, " he says. "It's like therapy."
Together, they applied this form of business therapy at Gellman Hayward, which grew from four partners to about 100 employees before it was sold, boasting a client list that read like a Who's Who of corporate Canada.
Indeed, the firm at one time or another advised all the big banks, Bell Canada, Imperial Oil, Labatt Breweries, Eaton's, Hudson's Bay, Spar Aerospace, TransCanada PipeLines, Noranda, Falconbridge, Inco, Atomic Energy of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
"It was all the big names, says CGI president Serge GODIN, who worked closely with Dr. GELLMAN after the 1992 acquisition and credits him with helping to manage its huge surge in staff mostly through acquisitions -- by integrating and streamlining the various systems.
"Harvey GELLMAN is a brand name, Mr. GODIN says. "He was quite something, very strong, brilliant -- with a big heart."
He was a man of few words, with a deep-seated respect for and interest in people, colleagues and family.
"He would say, 'The janitor and the president are the same, ' recalls Paul GELLMAN, the younger of his two sons, who also is a computer consultant. "He believed it and he lived it."
From the security officers at Dr. GELLMAN's apartment building in Florida, where he lived half the year in his retirement, to the secretary in his doctor's office -- all were touched by him and upset by his death, Paul says.
Born in 1924, Dr. GELLMAN was the middle of five children of Polish parents who immigrated to Toronto in 1928. His youngest brother Albert says nobody in the household ever quarrelled: a calm reigned in the family and reverberated in the future computer guru.
Still, Dr. GELLMAN's life threatened to take an entirely different course early on, when he dropped out of high school to work in an electrical manufacturing plant and help the family make ends meet.
The factory had an electrical test set that only Dr. GELLMAN was able to figure out, Mr. HAYWARD says. The budding tech whiz realized that he wasn't so dumb, went back to school -- and the rest is history.
He attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in 1947. The following year, the university's newly established Computation Centre, headed by Professor Calvin (Kelly) GOTLIEB, invited him to join and study electro-mechanical devices.
Dr. GELLMAN subsequently was involved in purchasing a huge Ferranti computer from England for $250,000. It was the first computer bought in Canada, sponsored in part by one of the centre's clients Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
"The machine would fail every five minutes, Dr. GELLMAN was quoted as saying years later when he was inducted in the industry-sponsored Canadian Information Productivity Awards hall of fame. "We would sit at the monitor and watch the diagonal array of dots, and when a dot dropped, we would stop the machine, reset it and carry on."
He wrote a small program on punch paper tape to help users print efficiently from the computer, one of the first software programs to be run in Canada, and soon he produced the first printout for a computational problem, according to information supplied to Canadian Information Productivity Awards.
In 1951, he obtained his PhD in applied mathematics, the first doctorate in Canada for which the theoretical calculations depended on a computer.
That same year, he became head of computing at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and, by 1955, he founded H. S. Gellman and Co. Ltd. in Toronto to advise the growing number of companies seeking his help.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. was his first client and remained one throughout his consulting career.
"He was doing a lot of pioneering work on operating systems, and operating systems that deal with controlling nuclear-power plants, says Bob BANTING, manager of information technology security at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. "He understood the programming and the technical stuff, but he also knew how to manage people.... He was very good at assessing skills."
He hired top talent, sizing up job candidates in minutes, and was able to move seamlesslessly from being a good programmer to a good "people person, Mr. BANTING says.
Dr. GELLMAN's early work was computing based on mathematical equations, but the firm quickly moved into what became known as information technology.
His busy consulting firm was swallowed in 1964 by a subsidiary of de Havilland and subsequently by AGT Data Systems before he left with Mr. HAYWARD to form Gellman Hayward.
But by the early 1990s, the firm was "stuck" and started to seek a buyer, Mr. HAYWARD says. "We didn't know how to get to the next level."
When CGI acquired it in 1992, Dr. GELLMAN stayed on as a senior vice-president until he retired six years later.
In 1997, he co-wrote Riding the Tiger, a book that helps business managers use information technology effectively. He was often quoted in the media on managing information systems, and wrote articles on the topic for The Globe and Mail.
In addition, he received many honours during his career, including being named International Systems Man of the Year in 1967. He was a founding member of the Canadian Information Processing Society, among other professional bodies.
In his personal life, he was a private man and a steadfast father and grandfather nine times over. He was devoted to Lily, his wife of 57 years. They were teenage sweethearts, best of Friends and "a model of how we all should live, " says his son Paul.
When Paul's older brother, Steven, decided to pursue a career as a composer and musician, Dr. GELLMAN had some reservations, aware of the risks of such an unconventional and insecure profession.
"Before I left home to study at Juilliard, he said to me, 'I understand you wanting to become a musician. Become the best musician you can be; but I am concerned that you don't become just a musician, ' " Steven says.
"Dad was reminding me to become a full human being, to develop many facets of my life, just as he did."
Dr. GELLMAN and his wife spent a lot of time in Israel, where they had family. In the mid-1970s, he took a six-month sabbatical from work for an extended stay.
He was also part of a small discussion group called the Senge Circle, started more than a decade ago among business colleagues to discuss Peter Senge's management book, The Fifth Discipline. It evolved into regular breakfast meetings to chew over different business tomes.
The last meeting was in October before he went to Florida when the group delved into the Peter DRUCKER classic, The Practice of Management. Dr. GELLMAN was struck by how relevant the book was almost 50 years after he first read it.
Dr. GELLMAN, who died on April 23, leaves his wife Lily, sons Steven and Paul, and siblings Dorothy, Albert and Esther.
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RYDER, Earl Henry William (former Vice President, New Development, St. Hilda's Towers Inc.)
Died peacefully on Tuesday, May 27th, 2003, in his 72nd year. Beloved husband of Jule RYDER (née FILKIN.) Special best friend and Grandfather (Baa) to Kaitlyn. son of the late Mary Ann Tabitha MOSLEY (Aberdeen, Scotland) and Donald Earl RYDER (Hillsburgh, Ontario.) Nephew of Phyllis DRURY. Brother of Betty and Phyllis (Thomas). Stepfather to Michael (Kelly) and Peter. Godfather to Donald. Uncle to Mary Ann, Delphine, Tom, David, Andrew, and Paul; and Elizabeth, Kathryn, Roberta and Donald. A much loved Uncle to many greatnieces and greatnephews. A special thank you to the nurses and doctors at North York General Hospital for their excellent care. A Memorial Service celebrating Earl's love of life and music will be held in the Chapel of R.S. Kane Funeral Home, 6150 Yonge Street, North York (416-221-1159) on Monday, June 16, 2003 at 1: 00 p.m. Donations may be made in Earl's memory to the North York General Hospital (Intensive Care Unit or Pastoral Care), Saint John's Church, York Mills (Building for the Future Fund) or to a charity of your choice.
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