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Trailing by 10 points with five minutes remaining in the third quarter and all-stater Troy Pelletier headed to the bench with his fourth personal foul, Manchester Central went on a 38-10 run to remain unbeaten and defeat Pinkerton Academy 70-52 in Division I boys' basketball action Friday in Derry.
Central trailed 36-30 at halftime behind a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Pinkerton's Danny Courter, and 42-32 three minutes into the third period.
After Pelletier picked up his fourth foul, Central asserted itself offensively. Nick Makris scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and added 14 rebounds. Pelletier led the Little Green with 18 points. Dawson Dickson added 16, including 9-of-10 from the charity stripe.
Central converted 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to ice the contest.
Pinkerton was led by Scott Bradley, who scored 13 points. Cam Welch added 11. Central's Tyler Kelly contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Little Green are off until facing intra-city rival Manchester Memorial next Friday. The Crusaders handed Central a loss in overtime in the Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament.
Londonderry 52, Nashua North 51: At Londonderry, Taylor Simpson scored 15 points and the Lancers staved off a 15-8 fourth-period surge by the Titans. Londonderry led 28-23 at the half and 44-36 after three periods. North received a game-high 32 points from Jordan Lates.
Manchester Memorial 55, Keene 45: At Manchester, the Crusaders trailed by four with just over five minutes to play, but a strong offensive burst from the hosts salted the game away. Zoudel Iradukunda led Memorial, 7-2, with 17 points, while teammate Kabongo Ngalukulondi added a dozen. Keene, which rallied from a six-point halftime deficit, was paced by Hunter Downs and Taylor Lawrence, who scored 17 and 14 points respectively. The Blackbirds are 2-7.
Profile 49, Littleton 41: At Bethlehem, the Patriots played superb team defense and upended the previously undefeated Crusaders in a battle of Division IV schools. Zach Burns, who is averaging 23 points a game, powered the Profile offense with 26 points, and Zach Knowlton added 11. Josh Bogardus was the lone Littleton player to reach double figures with 11. Littleton is 10-1, and Profile is 9-1.
Merrimack 61, Winnacunnet 57 (ot): At Merrimack, The Tomahawks (6-3) defense came alive in overtime, holding the Warriors (4-5) to just seven points to pull off the win. Led by Ryan Gigliotti's 24 points, Winnacunnet jumped to an early lead. Merrimack responded with Eric Gendron scoring 22 points and Eric Franzen swishing three 3-pointers and contributing 15 points.
Colebrook 77, Gorham 41: At Gorham, the winners jumped to an early 10-point lead. Dylan Leach scored 15 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and made nine assists while helping Colebrook improve to 7-4. Teammate Jordan Bedard recorded a double-double with 14 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Sam Vincent led Gorham (2-9) scoring 20 points.
Bedford 62, Concord 40: At Concord, James Caparell scored a game-high 18 points and Jake Capistran and Sam Thomas each finished with 11 as Bedford raised its Division I record to 4-5. Sam Marquis and Harrison Gunn each scored nine for Concord, which dropped to 1-8.
Moultonborough 55, Sunapee 46: At Moultonborough, the Panthers improved to 4-7 as they put the game out of reach with a 25-15 third quarter.Tristan Price netted 15 for Moultonborough, while Sunapee's James Fitzgerald topped all scorers with 17.
Gilford 62, Farmington 52: At Farmington, sporting a balanced offense, Gilford placed five players in double digits. Josh Joyce led the Golden Eagles with 14 points while Max Soriano and Dave Sykie scored 11 points each and Rich Edson and Caleb Orton netted 10 apiece.
Nashua South 74, Alvirne 60: At Hudson, Tim Preston poured in 30 points with 10 field goals and 10 free throws to power the Purple Panthers Thursday. John Preston added 17 and David Dunham finished with 14. Tyler Livingston led Alvirne with 18 points and teammate Alec Yoksh, who dropped in four three-point field goals, scored 16.
Goffstown 67, Lebanon 64: At Lebanon, the Grizzlies received 17 points from Jake Mount and improved to 4-5 in the Division II. Lebanon, 7-2, was led by David Hampton's 29 points.
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Lebanon 71, Goffstown 48: At Goffstown, Emily Kehoe scored 20 points, and Mariah Morton (18 points), Heather King (14) and Vanessa Fleury (10) also reached double digits to lead undefeated (10-0) Lebanon to a road win. Goffstown (8-3) got 12 points from Rene Roggenbuck and 11 from Kathryn Howe, who hit three 3-pointers.
Hinsdale 59, Derryfield 39: At Manchester, Skylar Bonnette scored 26 points to lead undefeated (12-0) Hinsdale to a win over Derryfield of Manchester. Allison Scott added 16 for Hinsdale. Hannah Menakaya scored 12 for Derryfield (4-8) and pulled down 11 rebounds.
Londonderry 65, Nashua North 48: At Nashua, Jamie King scored a team-high 18 points to help Londonderry hand North its first loss of the season. Londonderry outscored North 22-4 in the first quarter and improved its Division I record to 7-2. Taylor Choate scored a game-high 22 for North, which fell to 9-1.
Bedford 69, Concord 15: At Bedford, with every player scoring, the Bulldogs improved to 10-2 with a victory over winless Concord. Ali Glennon led the scoring attack with 14 points.
Keene 60, Manchester Memorial 55: At Keene, Ali Wilson connected on eight field goals from beyond the arc and finished with 30 points to help the Blackbirds past the Crusaders. Amela Imamozic scored 18 points for Memorial.
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Bedford 9, Pembroke/Campbell 0: At Hooksett, the Bulldogs created 49 shots on net while improving to 8-1-1. Pembroke/Campbell (4-5-1) keeper Nate Berube was able to make 40 saves. Chris Viola and Kurt Mitchell each scored two goals and assisted on two others while Chris O'Hara scored once and added two assists for the winners.


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Stock market investors have little to complain about when assessing the first four months of the year. For the first time since 1998, the Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq each gained more than 10 percent for the first four months of the year, capped by a record high close Tuesday for the S&P 500 on April's final trading day. In addition, the Dow has now closed higher on 16 consecutive Tuesdays.
A flood of data and the end of a Fed meeting will no doubt be the key to whether the Street's bullish times continue today. The first focus for investors occurs at 8:15 a.m. ET, when ADP releases its April snapshot of private sector employment. Consensus forecasts call for an addition of 160,000 private sector jobs, following a rise of 158,000 in march.
At 10 a.m. ET, the monthly manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management is expected to come in at 50.9 for April after March's 51.3. The government's March construction spending report is out at the same time, seen registering a 0.6 percent rise after a 1.2 percent increase in February.
U.S. automakers will be issuing April sales figures throughout the morning, with forecasts from Edmunds.com calling for an overall increase of 10.4 percent over a year ago to the highest April level since 2007.
Weekly reports out today include mortgage applications from the Mortgage Bankers Association at 7 a.m. ET, and the Energy Department's snapshot of oil and gasoline inventories at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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It's also a busy day for earnings, led by Dow component Merck (MRK). We'll also get quarterly numbers from NBCUniversal parent Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA), Allergan (AGN), Clorox (CLX), CVS Caremark (CVS), Garmin (GRMN), and MasterCard (MA). Facebook (FB) is among today's prominent after-the-bell reports, along with Visa (V), Seagate Technology (STX), MetLife (MET), Marriott (MAR), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), CBS (CBS), Allstate (ALL), and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
DreamWorks Animation (DWA) is among our stocks to watch today, reporting first quarter profit of $0.07 per share compared to expectations of a $0.03 per share loss. Revenue was also well above estimates, with the success of the animated film "The Croods" helping to drive results.
Apple (AAPL) finalized a $17 billion debt sale to raise money for increased dividend payments and stock buybacks.
Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) earned $0.50 per share for the first quarter, six cents above estimates, and the Outback Steakhouse parent also raised its full year estimate as sales improve. However, that forecast of $1.06 - $1.10 per share for the year is largely below analyst estimates of $1.10.
Western Union (WU) earned $0.37 per share for the first quarter, five cents above estimates, though revenues were slightly below forecasts. Western Union saw transaction volume for its money transfer services increase in markets where it has cut prices.
OpenTable (OPEN) shares may benefit from the news that SAC Capital has taken a 5 percent stake. OpenTable is an online restaurant reservations provider.
Bankrate (RATE) reported first quarter profit of $0.12 per share, excluding certain items, three cents above estimates, with revenues also beating forecasts. Bankrate is a provider of financial information on mortgages, credit cards, insurance, and other areas.
Nuance Communications (NUAN) is getting increased interest from investor Carl Icahn, who has upped his stake to 10.72 percent from 9.27 percent, according to an SEC filing.
Costco (COST) raised its quarterly dividend to $0.31 per share from the prior $0.275, payable May 31 to shareholders of record on May 17.
BMC Software (BMCS) is reportedly moving closer to being bought, with Reuters reporting that a private equity group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital is in the lead to buy the company for more than $6.5 billion or $45 - $50 per share.

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For MIT physicist John Joannopoulos, success means defects and imperfections. His research draws on the vocabulary of post-apocalypse fantasy, with explorations of "degenerate bands" and "forbidden zones." His findings, however, aren't fiction. His work on innovative materials called "photonic crystals" presages an impending technological revolution — computing and communications at the speed of light.
Tiny, honeycomb-like, crafted from layers of silicon, photonic crystals have unprecedented ability to trap, guide and control light. Their promise is to manipulate photons, the tiniest lumps of energy in light, with the same precision that semiconductors make possible with electrons. To move from electronics to photonics — using photons rather than electrons as the markers of digital 0s and 1s — is the objective.
The result will be networks that move data at trillions of bits per second, a thousand times faster than today. For computing, along with a radical leap in processing speed, photonics should shrink by a thousand fold the size and power needs of circuitry. It's a rapidly emerging technology, burgeoning with promise, with likely impacts in many fields including medical and chemical scanning and sensing devices.
Over the last decade, Joannopoulos and his MIT colleagues have done much of the work that has generated a buzz about this new field, with several patents to their credit. They've developed software designed especially to simulate, predict and explain the remarkable properties of these materials, and they work closely with MIT laboratory researchers to fabricate their designs.
When LeMieux, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's terascale system, became available as a production resource in 2002, Joannopoulos tapped into this massive new supply of computational power. "This machine is a fantastic creation," he says. "It has enabled us to do calculations that weren't possible before. We've made great progress on several projects."
With LeMieux, Joannopoulos' group last year simulated a photonics crystal phenomenon called "superlensing," demonstrating that it's feasible in three-dimensional crystals. They had previously demonstrated superlensing in two dimensions, but until LeMieux were stymied with the more challenging 3D computation.
They've also applied LeMieux to an important problem with polarized light. Photonic crystal "waveguides" are able to guide a stream of photons like a canal channels water, but to date they've been selective in how they transmit light's two polarities, the horizontal and vertical component of the wave. In recent work, Joannopoulos and colleagues Elefterios Lidorikis, Michelle Povinelli and Steven G. Johnson appear to have solved this problem, and their new findings are a big step toward integrated photonic networks.
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Fiber-optic cables have for years been the information-carrying medium of choice for high-performance networks, but fiber optics is inherently limited. Among other drawbacks, all the routers and switches that decode and sort the information are electronic; they convert photons to electrons and back again, creating bottlenecks.
Enter the photonic crystal, known also, more descriptively, as the photonic band-gap crystal. They're built from clusters of material arrayed in a regular pattern with holes between the clusters. Think of microscopic Swiss cheese with precisely spaced holes.
The material, often silicon, is of a different refractive index than the holes, usually air. When this geometry is designed just right, it creates an environment where certain wavelengths of light can't enter. Most frequencies along the light spectrum pass through freely, but for a forbidden few — called the band gap or forbidden zone — the crystal acts like a mirror. It's the optical equivalent of a semiconductor, which controls electrons by way of built-in energy gaps.
Connoisseurs of Oriental carpets know that a flaw woven into the pattern is the weaver's way to say that only God can create perfection. Somewhat similarly, the real beauty of photonic crystals is their deliberate defect. An enlarged hole, for instance, of just the right placement and dimension within the otherwise regularly patterned structure can trap band-gap photons. "Pretend you're a photon in the defect," says Joannopoulos. "You can see the perfect crystals, but you know better than to move there because if you do, you'll cease to exist."
Joannopoulos' work has shown that with relative ease these defects can be fine tuned to trap desired wavelengths, such as, for instance, to capture the red light from a white beam. By lining up a series of defects, the crystal becomes a "waveguide." Like traveling in a tunnel, photons have no choice except to stay on the path defined by the defects.
"We can do things with photonic crystals that we've never been able to do with light before," says Joannopoulos, "and with that ability all sorts of possibilities arise, all new fields open up."
Degenerate Light
Fishermen know that polarized sunglasses make it easier to see fish. The reason is that light vibrates both horizontally and vertically as it travels, and under some conditions takes on more of one or the other polarity. The sun's glare off water's surface tends to polarize horizontally. Vertically polarized glasses filter out this horizontal vibration, and the sea appears more transparent.
Joannopoulos' group at MIT has demonstrated the feasibility of photonic crystal waveguides that provide tight cornering without energy loss, a significant advance over fiber optics. A common drawback for these photonic waveguides, however, has been that they are polarization selective; they transmit one polarization differently than the other.
Joannopoulos' team set out to demonstrate that, by joining two different styles of photonic-crystal slabs into a single crystal, it should be possible to create waveguides that are polarization independent. To test their idea, without the prohibitive expense of trial-and-error fabrication in the laboratory, they turned to LeMieux. First, they worked on a linear waveguide, a straight-line tunnel through the crystal, analyzing various defect designs to find a combination that resulted in "degeneracy" — a condition in which the two polarizations behave in the same way.
They found a winning combination and went further, testing their design on a waveguide with a 60-degree bend. Because the curve disrupts the symmetrical arrangement of defects, the computational task is much more challenging. To realistically evaluate the light transmission requires clear separation between incident, reflected and transmitted pulses, which in turn requires a very large simulated structure.
Using 256 LeMieux processors, they simulated light pulses of different polarizations. With an extensive series of computations — each requiring about six hours — to completely map all possible wavelengths, the researchers found that, within a frequency range, light comes out of the bend with an efficiency of about 95 percent, maintaining virtually the same polarization over its entire journey. "This is proof of principle," says Lidorikis. "With further tuning, it should be possible to achieve 100 percent degenerate transmission through sharp bends."
It's a breakthrough that marks the first optical-circuit design to control light to this degree. Miniaturization of optical components is a major goal, and photonic crystals present a promising choice. "Designers will have the opportunity to work with smaller components," says Joannopoulos, "free from concerns about polarization."
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Raw Meat and Bone Diets for Dogs: Its Enough to Make You BARF
I'm still a novice to the world of BARF, but I recently came accross this article that lists some very strong points AGAINST feeding a raw diet:
Other than anecdotal evidence, can anyone read that article and provide me with links to research or studies done on feeding a BARF diet?
Welcome to the board, Dracius.
There are very limited studies and research done period on canine nutrition, especially in regards to a BARF diet, seeing as although it has been practiced for some time now, it is just recently starting to become more and more popular. Even in vet school, students gain very limited knowledge about canine nutrition in general, and what they do is funded by the major dog food brands that are sold in vet offices (slightly biast, I would say... ) Some research and studies have been done, but it is very very tough to find one that is written by a 3rd party with no vested interest in making a profit... and that goes for both sides of the argument. Even this article I noticed was written by a vet, his opinions will be slighty skewed and biast, don't you think?
I just scrolled through the article, but caught the gist of it from the title... if you search through this forum you will find many, many threads where the credibility of such statements are discussed, as well as members personal experiences with a RAW diet. If you are interested in feeding a raw diet, you may even want to attend dog shows etc. and talk to individuals who feed their dog a raw diet and hear their experiences with it. I personally think we need to take a real responsibility and interest in our furbabies nutrition. When I started to look into raw, best advice I ever received was to do all my own research to learn more and make up my mind for myself... and this meant looking at various sources, not just a few articles. I talked to breeders at dog shows, friends I have that feed raw, suppliers of raw products, read several books on the subject, as well as online articles.
I feed all 3 of my dogs RAW, and I have seen the real, healthy results of a raw diet. I don't need a study or a scientifically proven method to sell me on anything, I am sold by the results I have seen in my dogs, and really what better way to judge it? Just like with humans, usually the outer body tells you alot about the health of the inner body, and nutrition is certainly one of the biggest factors in how healthly we (and our dogs) are!
I have three dogs (soon to be four ) who have all very different nutritional needs and they THRIVE, not just "do well on" RAW. Biggest change I have seen in my elderly dogs is that they have terrific energy again and act like pups. For "vet" evidence, I was strongly advised about 6 months before I switched to a raw diet to have my oldest dogs teeth cleaned ASAP. Fed them raw for 6 months, took them in to have their teeth cleaned (was fully expecting the worst - teeth having to be pulled etc.) to be called about an hour later to come pick up my dogs. The vet told me they have never seen dogs this age with such great teeth All 3 of my dogs are LEAN and muscular, and their coats are shiny, slick, and soft.
I also have a dog that had such severe allergies, his lifespan was looking as if it was going to be considerably shortened by it. I put him on raw (and took him off the steriods that my vet(s) had prescribed for years which I found out are incredibly unhealthy for a dog if used long-term), and immediately he had energy again, his coat improved immensely, and his allergies improved! His chronic ear infections disappeared within days, something I had struggled just to CONTROL for years!
What about the simple fact that the ancestors of our domestic dogs thrived on raw meat and bones for thousands of years? Sure, we have domesticated them but their anatomy is largely the same.
Some of the most rudimentary arguments against RAW simply don't hold up. Some claim feeding raw meat is dangerous due to bacterial counts etc. this may be a valid concern for the pet owner, and common sense should be used when handling any raw meat (i.e. washing dishes with soap and warm water afterwards etc.) As for harming the dog, it will not; provided it has been stored, prepared, and fed in a safe manner. Other's will claim that a RAW diet is not well-balanced... and certainly care and proper education are crucial, as it is not simply throwing down a hunk of raw meat everyday (well it is, but it's not that simple).
Are you thinking of feeding your dog(s) a raw diet? If you are, but are still uncomfortable with it and want to stick with kibble, a diet grain-free such as Orijen would be your best bet. Orijen is fed by many on here that really like it... I think of Orijen as a BARF diet in a kibble.
Obviously you are trying to do some research on a raw diet before feeding it, and I applaud you for that. If you let us know what your specific concerns are, us raw-feeders can address them for you and help you make a well-informed decision.
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I too have been looking into RAW diets for my dogs. When I adopted them, they were being fed mostly oats, raw chicken back/necks and some vegetables with some Kelp supplements (this I found out a few days after I adopted them as the lady who owned them had passed away and I adopted them the next day). I bought them some kibble for large breeds and they wouldn't eat it right away. I thought it was due to the change of location, but I think it may have been the food change as well.
Anyway, I have been looking on the internet and talking to people who breed, show, and groom. They all have a different diet and one person used to be on the RAW and didn't like it at all.
Even the web sites can't seem to come up with a good recipe, a lot had oatmeal as a base it seems. One lady feeds ONLY RAW chicken backs and the odd dog biscuit.
So, what's a person to do? I don't think the Oatmeal base is a good choice at all, maybe cheaper. But is feeding only chicken backs enough?
Oatmeal is not necessary for dogs... has no benefit... just a 'filler'... i dont knwo why you would add oatmeal to raw..
I have been feeding our GSD raw for two years now, my folks feed their dobey raw for over two years too and we follow similar routines. Here is a sample of what a few meals look like for us (we feed a meal morning and evening):
-Chicken carcass & some hearts and gizzards
-chicken leg quarter with a piece of basa fish
-turkey neck with some chicken liver
-2 chicken backs with some pieces of beed heart
my mom also feeds whole fish but our guy wont eat whole fish...
we also give him as a treat little bit of things we eat but it doesnt constitute a large portion of his diet (ie. apples, green and red peppers, pears, peaches, yogurt, carrots, berries, pineapple, cheese, etc.)
other then cost cutting i dont see any benefit or reason to feed oats...
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Majority of the people I know who have switched their dogs to raw saw significant improvements in their dog's energy, coat, skin, muscle tone.. dogs that had chronic health problems had the problems improve or dissapear, lumps went away, seaming allergies went away, eye discharges, itchy feet, itchy and dry skin.. I could go on.
The couple people I know that have tried it and wen back to kibble did it essentially because they found they couldn't deal with the extra work involved in preparing the meals, or were squeamish about the meat and had hoped they would get over it but didn't.
I have nothing against people choosing to feed kibble, however when I hear the lines that generations of dogs on kibble have led healthy long lives, first of all I would strongly argue that claim. Vets would be out of business if all the dogs on kibble led healthy long lives. Secondly, I think of the classic example of the 80 year old man who has been smoking all his life and has proclaimed he's perfectly healthy and all that smoking is bad for you is a bunch of garbage. MacDonalds would also like you to believe that their food is perfectly healthy.
There is a lot of money riding behind convincing people that kibble and commercially made diets are the better choice, raw food, not so much.
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Steve Chiotakis: There are some new signs luring customers into fast food restaurants around Los Angeles these days. No, they're not glossy close-ups of half-pound beef patties. They are plain white and blue signs, saying: "Now Accepting EBT" -- that's shorthand for food stamps. Reporter Vanessa Romo has more.
Vanessa Romo: Things weren't always so dire for Maria Ochoa. She once owned a beauty salon, a house, and a gold Lexus. But now she's at El Pollo Loco eating her one hot meal of the day.
Maria Ochoa: I always eat cold food, but I'm tired because sometimes we want some hot meals. And now that I know that they get the EBT, I come here and eat a hot meal.
EBT stands for Electronic Benefits Transfer. It's a debit card for food stamps.
Ochoa, a woman in her 50's with red permed hair and polished nails, is now living in that gold Lexus. Six months ago, she would have been hard-pressed to find a restaurant that takes food stamps. Now El Pollo Loco, Dominos and Jack in Box are part of L.A. county's Restaurant Meals program.
Lydia Erviti oversees the program, which includes more than 500 restaurants.
Lydia Erviti: Our goal is to provide healthy meals for the homeless, disabled and elderly participants. Especially the homeless because they don't have space to store food or cook.
Restaurant Meals is also paying off for those on the cooking end.
Joe Stein is the head of Strategy and Innovation for El Pollo Loco:
Joe Stein: I can tell you for 2010, just the way it's trending, we wouldn't be surprised if for company and franchise stores was over $2 million. From something that just started in August 09, that's pretty good size growth.
Good enough to interest other chains in joining the program, like Pizza Hut and Burger King. But food stamps still won't get you a Big Mac or Chicken McNuggets. Not yet anyway.
That's OK with Maria Ochoa:
Ochoa: With my blood pressure and my diabetic, I can not eat too much salt and greasy food. That's why I prefer to come here.
For now she's sticking with the grilled chicken.
In Los Angeles, I'm Vanessa Romo for Marketplace.


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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that the speed of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September kept U.S. armed forces from responding in time to save the four Americans who were killed.
Testifying for likely the last time on Capitol Hill before stepping down, Panetta defended the U.S. military's response on a chaotic Sept. 11 day as the Obama administration tried to assess the threat from protests in Tunisia, Egypt, the Libyan capital of Tripoli and other countries.
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Panetta pushed back against Republican criticism that the Obama administration ignored warning signs about an attack that claimed the lives of American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. The Pentagon chief insisted there were no signs of an imminent attack or specific intelligence. Six months prior to the assault, the government was apprised of 281 threats to diplomatic missions, consulates and other facilities worldwide, he said.
Soon after the initial attack, Panetta said, he did dispatch various military teams to Benghazi, including Marines from Spain and a special operations force that was training in Central Europe.
He answered emerging questions about why the U.S. didn't send more firepower, such as gunships or fixed-wing fighter jets. He said those were not in the vicinity and would have required at least nine to 12 hours to deploy. Even if aircraft could have arrived quickly, the chaos would have prevented them from getting the accurate information they needed to hit the right targets, he said.
"This was, pure and simple, a problem of distance and time," Panetta said.
Panetta testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee with Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dempsey reminded the committee that it was "9-11 everywhere" when the consulate was attacked and that U.S. armed forces were prepared to respond to a wide variety of threats around the world.
U.S. posts and facilities in many countries throughout Africa and southwest Asia were operating under heightened protection levels, he said.
"We positioned our forces in a way that was informed by and consistent with available threat estimates," Dempsey said.
Sen. James Inhofe, the committee's top Republican, wasted little time in criticizing the administration for trying to "cover up" what he said was clearly a terrorist attack. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, initially attributed the violence to a protest against an American-made, anti-Islam video.
Rice's comments touched off a deeply partisan feud, with Republicans claiming the Obama White House wanted to obscure the reasons for the incident to help the president's re-election bid. The criticism of Rice was largely responsible for scuttling her chances to become secretary of state.
"An angry mob doesn't use coordinated mortars and RPGs," Inhofe said, using the acronym for rocket-propelled grenades.
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Panetta is retiring after a Washington career that has stretched across four decades, with years as a California congressman, budget chief, White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and CIA director who oversaw the hunt for and killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
The Defense Department will bid farewell to Panetta, who has served as defense secretary since June 2011, in a ceremony on Friday. The committee gave Panetta a round of applause as Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., praised the Pentagon chief's integrity. President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to succeed Panetta.
In his testimony, Panetta detailed the steps the military took in response to the Libya attack. He pointed out it was not a prolonged assault that the military could have ended, but rather two attacks that were short in duration and occurred about six hours apart.
"Despite the uncertainty at the time, however, the Department of Defense and the rest of the United States government spared no effort to save American lives," Panetta said.
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More than 330 million new shares of Google landed in the U.S. equity market Thursday, completing a two-year process through which Sergey Brin and Larry Page are cementing control of the world's third-biggest company.
Stock in the largest search-engine owner is effectively splitting via a dividend distribution, with the price of existing Google A shares, which hold one vote each, falling by about half.
Outstanding common shares in the Mountain View- based company more than doubled with the addition of non-voting C shares, which traded at $569.74 at the close of Thursday's trading. The shares sold at a discount of $1.76, or 0.3 percent, to the A shares, which closed at $571.50.
Nasdaq OMX Group, operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market where Google shares are listed, is adding the Class C shares to its indexes under the "GOOG" symbol. Class A shares will be renamed "GOOGL" and subsequently removed from indexes when the exchange operator rebalances them June 23.
"In a perfect world, you'd rather all shareholders be treated the same, but they have the right to do this, and we have the right to hold or sell our shares in response," Ryan Jacob, manager of the Jacob Internet Fund, which counts Google among its top holdings, said in an interview in New York. "I can't say I'm thrilled about it, but it's not going to make me sell the shares. Once this takes effect, Google will be just as good an investment as it was yesterday."
By introducing non-voting shares, Page and Brin will be able to issue stock to compensate workers or make acquisitions without diluting their voting stake.
The founders control 56 percent of the vote through their B shares, which don't trade publicly and carry 10 votes each, according to the company's March 28 proxy filing. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt owns 8.2 percent of the B shares, while Brin and Page hold 84 percent combined.
Tim Drinan, spokesman for Google, declined to comment beyond earlier statements by the company on the matter.
S&P Dow Jones Indices will allow both share classes to trade on the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index, resulting in 501 listings in the gauge. The index operator will introduce multiclass listings across all of its U.S. indexes beginning September 2015.
Shares of dual-class equities usually trade at different prices in the U.S. Discovery Communications Inc.'s Class A voting shares closed yesterday at $84.20 while the non-voting C shares cost $78.72, a 6.5 percent discount.
Investors expect Google's two classes to trade with little spread to each other. The company agreed to an unusual arrangement as part of a settlement with disgruntled investors in October in which it will reimburse holders of the Class C shares should they fail to keep up with the existing A stock.
Page and Brin are barred from selling C shares unless they sell an equal number of Class B shares. They need approval from independent directors to get around the restriction.
"Eventually they'll trade in line," said Michael Binger, a portfolio manager at Gradient Investments in Arden Hills, Minn., who helps oversee $450 million. "A dollar on a $700 stock, that's just kind of the bid-offer rounding error."


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In a case that began in 2005 as a complaint over illegal videotaping of people using a shower and toilet in a Fitchburg house, an Amherst man has been charged with possession of child pornography.
Joshua A. McCusker, 34, of 170 East Hadley Road, apt. 55, was arraigned Friday on a single charge of possession of child pornography.
Mr. McCusker was charged after a seven-year investigation that began when a man and his girlfriend approached police in November 2005 saying they had discovered a video camera in the bathroom of the house the woman was renting with three men, including Mr. McCusker.
A police report filed with court records indicate the man and woman contacted police because they were told Mr. McCusker had made a video of the male victim showering and shared it with another of the roommates.
In the process of the investigation, police acquired the video camera, a point-and-shoot camera, a mobile hard drive, computer equipment and some CDs and DVDs. Police did not file charges at the time because they were waiting for information from the state forensics lab, which they were told had a backlog.
Police said that in March 2008, the forensics examination finally began and although it turned up a video of a man showering that was not clear, police got more than they expected. On the various electronic media, police found 10 videos and 1,679 images that appeared to be child pornography
In July 2010, Mr. McCusker admitted to police he had made a video of the male victim showering. He at first told police he was not thinking clearly at the time and then mentioned having a brain tumor at the time. When asked by police about the child pornography images, he claimed two former roommates downloaded them onto his computer.
Mr. McCusker was released on personal recognizance bail to appear for a pretrial hearing March 21.


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Goffstown boys, Hollis/Brookline girls post baseball, softball winsBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 15. 2013 9:15PM
GOFFSTOWN — Hollis/Brookline has a powerful softball team, and senior center fielder Sarah Drazin usually supplies most of the power.
Drazin hit two home runs — and missed a third by about a foot — to help Hollis/Brookline defeat Goffstown 7-3 Wednesday in a game that featured two of the top teams in Division II. Drazin has six home runs this season.
"She's a special player," Hollis/Brookline coach Tim Girzone said. "She's a beast at the plate. This is what she's been doing all year."
Less than two miles away at Lions Field, the Goffstown baseball team earned an 8-1 victory over Hollis/Brookline. Tyler Barss was the star of that contest, which also featured two teams with championship aspirations.
Barss, who is headed to play at the University of Rhode Island, held Hollis-Brookline to two hits and struck out 10 in six innings. The victory raised his record to 4-0.
"He threw strikes," Goffstown coach Adam Lawrence said. "He was a little wild last week (against Windham), but today he was striding out well and throwing strikes."
Adam Routhier collected two of Goffstown's eight hits. The Grizzlies scored a run in the first, two in the second, one in the fourth, one in the fifth and three in the sixth.
Goffstown improved its record to 14-1 and remained in sole possession of first place. Hollis-Brookline, which entered the day in fourth place, dropped to 8-4
"I think they're definitely a top-eight team," Lawrence said.
Drazin hit a two-run home run during a four-run first inning, and, after a 45-minute rain delay, hit a solo homer in the fifth. She hit two solo home runs during a 2-1 triumph over ConVal earlier this season, and hit for the cycle with eight RBIs in a 17-12 victory over Souhegan.
Hollis/Brookline, which was undefeated before it lost in the Division II tournament's preliminary round last season, began the day in third place and raised its record to 11-2. Goffstown, which entered the game fourth in the Division II standings, dropped to 10-5. Nicole Nanof hit a solo home run for the Grizzles.
The Cavaliers were without starting shortstop Steph Buchanan, who is recovering from a concussion.
"Hopefully she'll be back next week before we head into the playoffs," Girzone said. "No matter who you get in the first round you'll be playing a good team. Goffstown is going to be a tough matchup for anybody."
The Goffstown baseball team has outscored its last three opponents 41-3. The Grizzlies have four regular-season games remaining, and will be the Division II tournament's No. 1 seed if they win all four. Portsmouth is alone in second at 11-2.
"The top seed gets you an opportunity to host two games, which I like,"Lawrence said. "The other part of it is facing lower seeds the deeper you go in the tournament. You'd rather face a No. 4 than a No. 3, but the way I look at it very team has one good pitcher, so you never know."


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MIAMI -- When it comes to pitching, the Marlins believe they are well-armed. In time, they also expect to become very formidable. It's just a matter of when they will reach the next level.
"Without a doubt," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "We've got a young starting staff. I think once they figure out how to pitch and not just throw, they're going to be dangerous. You've got guys right now throwing as hard as they can and not really hitting their spots. At times they will, but they're kind of going with stuff right now, which is good. They can get away with it."
MIAMI -- When it comes to pitching, the Marlins believe they are well-armed. In time, they also expect to become very formidable. It's just a matter of when they will reach the next level.
"Without a doubt," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "We've got a young starting staff. I think once they figure out how to pitch and not just throw, they're going to be dangerous. You've got guys right now throwing as hard as they can and not really hitting their spots. At times they will, but they're kind of going with stuff right now, which is good. They can get away with it."
But ability alone doesn't get the job done. There have been mistakes in all areas of Miami's game right now, which is why the club is 11-14 heading into Tuesday.
At times, the Marlins have been hurt by questionable pitch selection as well as pitchers badly missing their locations.
"You just talk about how we've performed this first month of the season," president of baseball operations Michael Hill said. "I think you've seen their brilliance, but you've also seen their youth at times. I think we all understand that's part of the process. We are built with our pitching, so we go as our starting pitching goes."
Record aside, the Marlins clearly feel they are headed in the right direction, because they feature one of the best starters in the game in 21-year-old sensation Jose Fernandez.
The reigning National League Rookie of the Year struck out 14 over eight scoreless innings in his last start, a 1-0 win over the Braves at Turner Field. His fastball maxed at 100 mph that night, and he dominated with his slider and curveball. On Tuesday, the gifted right-hander once again faces Atlanta, this time at Marlins Park in the series opener.
Miami's rotation remains somewhat under the radar, but it has the makings of becoming one of the best in the National League.
"We will be really good," Fernandez said. "We are proving it right now."
Fernandez anchors a rotation that includes Nathan Eovaldi, Henderson Alvarez and Tom Koehler. Because Jacob Turner is on the disabled list with a sprained right shoulder, Brad Hand and Kevin Slowey have combined to make four starts.
Miami's starters' ERA is a respectable 3.49, ranked 11th in the Majors. For the most part, they are throwing strikes, as their 41 combined walks is in the bottom third of all rotations.
"In my opinion, there is a friendly competition with all of us," Fernandez said. "I love that, because when I pitch good, my teammates, they want to do better. And I want to do better. It's really amazing. We talk a lot about the game, and we help each other a lot."
Despite being three games under .500, and sitting last in the NL East, there is optimism the season can turn quickly in the Marlins' favor because of how the pitching is trending throughout the organization.
At the upper Minor League levels, there are strong starting candidates. Andrew Heaney, rated by MLB.com as the top lefty prospect in the game, has been impressive at Double-A Jacksonville. Heaney could earn a big league promotion as early as June.
At Triple-A, Brian Flynn and Adam Conley are other left-handed options. Anthony DeSclafani, a right-hander at Double-A, could get a call sometime in the second half.
Over the first month, there have been signs of dominance. Loaded with power arms, Marlins are racking up high strikeout totals. Their starters and relievers have punched out 206 batters. Only the 2003 team, which went on to win the World Series, posted more strikeouts (224) in franchise history in March/April. The '14 squad has two more games in April to potentially set a new mark.
"I think when you have good stuff, and power stuff, you have the ability to get strikeouts," Hill said. "With really the top four guys, you've got above-average fastballs and plus stuff. That gives you the opportunity to get a lot of swings and misses."
Fernandez and Eovaldi are among the top five starting pitchers in the Majors when it comes to fastball velocity average. According to Fangraphs.com, Eovaldi ranks third (95.9 mph), while Fernandez is fifth (95.5).
The Marlins have used the Draft and a few trades to assemble their rotation.
Fernandez was the club's No. 1 pick in 2011, and Koehler is becoming a steal as the 18th-round pick in 2008.
Eovaldi was acquired from the Dodgers as part of the Hanley Ramirez trade in July 2012. After the '12 season, Alvarez came to Miami in the blockbuster trade with Toronto.
Slowey made the team as a non-roster invitee, and lefty Brad Hand was a second-round pick in 2008.
"I think everybody is starting to understand their abilities, and are not so much worrying about other people's abilities," Koehler said. "We're not worrying about if one guy is going out there throwing 99 [mph], and being happy with what you're able to do."
The Marlins opened themselves up to scrutiny in the offseason, when they decided to go with their collection of young arms instead of exploring the market for a free agent or make a trade for a more experienced starter. The club felt its best options were already on the roster.
It was a group decision, made after input from the front office, manager Mike Redmond and pitching coach Chuck Hernandez.
"I think there was trust in our evaluation," Hill said. "I think there was a lot of knowledge and experience on our coaching staff and in our front office. As we entered the offseason and started our planning, there were tough decisions and frank discussions. If there was not a belief from the dugout to the front office that these weren't the right guys, then we would have gone out to try to find whatever we needed.
"But as an organization, we felt like we had the right group, the right guys, and the right people leading those guys to help get them over that hump and hopefully get us where we want to be."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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WACO, Texas — Collin Klein and second-ranked Kansas State can still get to a BCS game. Getting to the BCS championship game is all but lost.
Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Lache Seastrunk had 185 yards rushing with an 80-yard score and Baylor again upset the BCS picture with a late-season victory, beating the Wildcats 52-24 last night.
A week after the Wildcats (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) took over the No. 1 spot in the BCS standings following defending national champion Alabama's loss, it now looks like it's going to somebody else's turn at the top.
Maybe Notre Dame, which could get its championship shot after Kansas State and No. 1 Oregon both lost. And the Crimson Tide suddenly is back in the title picture, along with a couple other SEC teams.
Also, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein may be a Heisman Trophy front-runner no more after throwing three interceptions and getting sacked twice while being pressured and harassed all night. He threw for 286 yards, but had only 39 yards on 17 carries.
On first-and-goal from the 6 in the fourth quarter, Klein had four straight carries and couldn't score — twice trying from the 1.
Nick Florence, the successor to Heisman winner Robert Griffin III, threw for 238 yards. Both of his touchdowns came in the first half when the Bears (5-5, 2-5) jumped out to a 28-7 lead.
It was on the same weekend last November, on another Saturday night in Waco, when Griffin and Baylor upset then fifth-ranked Oklahoma after two teams ahead of the Sooners had already lost that day.
Kansas State has plenty of time for this loss to simmer. The Wildcats have Thanksgiving week off before playing their regular season finale Dec. 1 at home against No. 18 Texas.


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Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Medicaid issues form triangle of concerns
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
The Medicaid Dilemma: Senate budget writers are facing a complicated triangle of issues. The three sides: expanding Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; managed care; and the Medicaid Enhancement Tax.
If New Hampshire is going to expand Medicaid - the federal-state health-care program for the poor - the state needs to have a managed care program to try to control costs, including those stemming from expensive emergency health-care services. The state's hospitals so far have refused to sign up for the managed care program and are not likely to do so until the lawsuit they filed against the state over Medicaid reimbursement rates is settled.
The state's largest hospitals claim the rates were reduced illegally and are so low that Medicaid cannot be sustained.
The House and Gov. Maggie Hassan want to expand Medicaid. They tried to entice the hospitals to join the managed care program by reinstating some money the Republican-controlled Legislature cut two years ago from the Disproportionate Share Hospitals program. That program distributed money to hospitals to offset the cost of uncompensated care they provide.
That program is tied to the Medicaid Enhancement Tax, which was established in 1991 and essentially taxed hospitals for patient services, used the money to match federal funds and then sent the tax money back to hospitals.
The program has been significantly reduced since those early days and several budgets ago began to actually be tied to the uncompensated care hospitals provided, so not every hospital got back all of its tax money.
And then two years ago, lawmakers eliminated the program for the largest hospitals, causing them to recalculate what they owed the state in taxes. The recalculation resulted in a drop of $25 million from what state officials believed they would receive.
This fiscal year, the state is about $35 million short.
Hassan and the House assumed the hospitals would pay what the state expects - about $50 million to $60 million more than the hospitals appear ready to pay.
If the hospitals pay the higher amount, Hassan will use most of that money to reinstate the uncompensated care program for the larger hospitals, though not at 100 percent.
Both Hassan and the House believe the added incentive may cause the hospitals to join the managed care program. If the program does go forward, Hassan and the House believe that would significantly boost revenues from the insurance premium tax, which also helps to balance the budget.
The triangle may really be one big circle, but until all the pieces fall into place - Medicaid expansion, managed care and uncompensated care coupled with the tax - the budget will be very difficult to balance.
Until the Medicaid issues are resolved or the House passes a casino gambling bill to raise revenue, the House and Senate budgets will be almost impossible to reconcile.
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Pay Up: The Attorney General's Office wants to join a national effort to force online travel companies to pay the rooms and meals tax on retail lodging rates.
The attorney general wants state budget writers to allow his office to hire outside counsel - the National Online Travel Litigation Group (NOTLG) - to pursue the state's claim for additional tax revenues from the online companies.
According to information Attorney General Michael Delaney provided the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee, which will act on his request Friday, the online travel companies pay the rooms and meals tax on the wholesale rate they receive from hotels, then resell the rooms to consumers at a 30 percent or higher retail rate.
"The OTCs do not pay tax on the approximately 30 percent mark-up rate charged to the consumer," Delaney writes. "As a result, the taxing entity receives significantly less tax than is due."
To date, about 50 lawsuits have been filed against the online travel companies by cities and towns, counties and states over the issue. Eighteen cases have been resolved in court, 12 in favor of the government, and 12 other cases have reached negotiated settlements.
Delaney said no law firms in the state have the expertise of the NOTLG, which consists of three Georgia law firms that have filed cases in Mississippi, Montana and Kentucky.
The law firms would keep 25 percent of any money recovered for New Hampshire, which Delaney calls a very competitive rate, and would bear the up-front investigative and legal costs.
Delaney said his department does not have the resources necessary to pursue the case, which would require significant up-front payments.
The potential litigation has the support of the Department of Revenue Administration, the Department of Resources and Economic Development and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association.
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Shooting the Messenger: Rep. Patricia Higgins, a Hanover Democrat who serves on the Public Works and Highways Committee, was offered a chance to attend a National Rifle Association handgun training course at a free or reduced cost.
The basic handgun class usually costs $170 and Higgins was offered a "guest slot" to attend for free.
So she asked the Legislative Ethics Committee if an honorarium exception to the statutorily defined gift limit would apply. Lawmakers are forbidden to accept gifts worth $25 or more, but an exception is allowed for honorariums or reimbursement for expenses incurred for such things as speeches or appearances, written articles or participation in a discussion group or other such activities related to being a lawmaker.
In the opinion of Martin Gross, Ethics Committee chairman and Concord attorney, the guest slot would represent more than a $25 gift and "does not fit within the honorarium exception."
And he said the idea of expense reimbursement also would not apply to the gun-training course.
"We advise Rep. Higgins that acceptance of a 'guest slot' at the handgun course valued at $170 would be a prohibited gift," Gross writes. "In response to another of her questions, we also advise her that she might accept a discount of up to $24.99 from the course tuition, without violating the statute."
At that price, not many lawmakers will be attending the handgun training course, which would cost more than their annual salary for serving in the Legislature.
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Gambling and Republicans: While state GOP Chairman Jennifer Horn has repeatedly blasted Hassan over her support for expanded gambling and more particularly for including $80 million in her budget from casino licensing fees, other Republicans take a different bent.
There is plenty of Republican support for expanded gambling in the Senate, including Salem's Chuck Morse, prime sponsor of
Senate Bill 152
, which has a public hearing Tuesday before the joint Finance and Ways and Means committee, and among a goodly number of House Republicans, many of whom backed a more expansive gambling proposal last year that failed.
Casino gambling never became much of a hot issue during the gubernatorial campaign because both Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne supported it, as did Republican candidate Kevin Smith, who said he would push for two casinos, one in Salem, presumably at Rockingham Park.
In a fundraising email seeking donations for the state party, Smith wrote Thursday: "Governor Hassan believes that the way to prosperity for New Hampshire's economic future is: a casino. Whether or not one agrees with the merits of having a casino in state, there is broad consensus that Governor Hassan's plan to balance New Hampshire's budget and build our economic future around such is neither innovative nor creative - it is pathetic."
The change in tone did not escape one Republican consultant, Tyler Deaton, who wrote in a tweet: "How pro-casino is (Kevin Smith)? He held a campaign event at The Rock & promised his support to the people of Salem."
Smith responded it shows his consistency of opposing new revenue because it means bigger government.
Deaton is with B-Fresh Consulting, whose clients include Cannery Casino Resorts, long a player in seeking to bring casino gambling to New Hampshire.
In another tweet, Deaton wrote: "You praised the job creation and economic activity expanded gaming would bring to the state. Now you bash it." Smith responded by saying "being pro-casino and anti-big government are not mutually exclusive."
Some observers have openly wondered how long Morse and a few other Republicans would wait while party officials blasted their gambling plan.
We have our answer.
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A Twitter Victory: New Hampshire House Communications Director Mario Piscatella has tried for months to gain control of the House of Representatives Twitter account, which is
Twitter refused to allow Piscatella to access the account because he did not have the password.
The account was created by former House Information Officer and longtime New Hampshire Union Leader reporter Cissy Taylor, who left the post in 2010. She died just a year ago this month, and evidently, the password went with her.
Piscatella tried to come up with a new user name that looks like the NH House, but those that would work were already taken.
So after much negotiating with Twitter personnel during the past month, Piscatella was finally allowed to use the account last week.
Not much has been posted yet, but he promises it will be an active account.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and nutrition help for pregnant women.
An Energy Department spending bill that would cut President Barack Obama's requests for renewable energy programs, meanwhile, began its advance through the House Appropriations Committee as the battling chambers continued to proceed down wildly divergent budget tracks.
Senate Democrats were pressing to restore deep cuts to domestic programs like education, housing, health research and a variety of other programs despite agency budget "caps" more than $90 billion below the $967 billion level set under current law.
At issue was Congress' nuts and bolts budget work — the annual spending bills funding day-to-day agency operations — but it was taking on the appearance of a slow-motion train wreck with the most likely result being even larger across-the-board cuts than were imposed earlier this year.
As long as Obama and congressional Republicans remain stalemated over the big-picture budget issues of taxes and curbing benefit programs like Medicare and food stamps, federal agencies remain stuck with deep, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration. The calendar is working against reversing sequestration for the current budget year expiring on Sept. 30 and hope is fading for a budget deal that would stave off even deeper cuts this fall.
The current situation has evolved from the failure of Obama and Congress to follow up the hard-fought 2011 budget and debt deal, which created sequestration as a $1.2 trillion backstop if Congress and Obama failed to deliver alternative deficit cuts to replace it. Originally designed to be so punishing as to force the sides to an agreement, sequestration now has become a grim reality, squeezing the Pentagon by about 8 percent and cutting domestic agencies by about 5 percent.
"I would anticipate that we probably see the sequester happen a second time," Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said.
Unless Congress acts, sequestration will cap agency operating budgets at $967 billion next year, though so-called emergencies like overseas military operations and most disaster aid would add to that. House Republicans are sticking with the caps but cutting domestic programs even more deeply in order to channel resources to the Pentagon.
The result is measures like the $44 billion transportation and housing bill released Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee. The bill cuts the popular community development grant program, which funds projects like sidewalks, playgrounds and low-income housing rehabilitation, by $1.3 billion, to just $1.6 billion, the lowest level since the Ford administration in the 1970s.
The measure also cuts funding for so-called Section 8 housing vouchers, which is likely to mean that people won't be added to the program off of waiting lists that already can span many years. It eliminates funding for the Choice Neighborhoods program that seeks to revive struggling urban areas with public housing projects.
"This bill is an example of the current budgetary trade-offs facing our nation — the need to make deep cuts to meet our fiscal constraints and address the deficit, while maintaining funding for important government programs and services" like housing, transportation infrastructure and air traffic control, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said. The bill would avoid layoffs or furloughs of air traffic controllers, Rogers said, and would make sure that everyone receiving a subsidized housing voucher will continue to receive one.
The measure would eliminate funding for high-speed rail projects and cut back capital projects for Amtrak from $952 million to $600 million.
It was a different picture in the Senate, where two subcommittees approved bipartisan bills funding the departments of Agriculture and the Veterans Affairs. The Senate's $21 billion agriculture measure is $1.4 billion more generous than the House measure, which allowed Appropriations agriculture subcommittee Chairman Mark Pryor, D-Ark., to restore House GOP cuts to the widely-backed Food for Peace program delivering U.S. food aid overseas. The panel also restored House cuts to the Women, Infants and Children program that feeds low-income mothers and their babies.
But some Republicans opposed the legislation because the panel drafted the bills at levels that ignore the current budget sequestration vise.
"It is the law and whether we like it or not I think we need to honor that," said Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. "But these appropriations bills in the whole ... ignore the sequester."


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Three sets of freshman twins will represent Stark County schools at Saturday's state cross country meet.
Don't rub your eyes if you think you're seeing double during Saturday's state high school cross country meet. It may be a good idea to get used to it.
The Louisville boys and GlenOak and St. Thomas Aquinas girls will have something in common when they run at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. All three teams have sets of freshman twins who will compete in their first state meet.
Louisville's Nick and Noah Chaplik, GlenOak's Grace and Hannah Werren and Aquinas' Kacee and Kalee Soehnlen have come a long way in a short time. They enjoy competing and succeeding together.
"It's always fun to run with your sister and good to have a partner when you run," Grace Werren said.
"I think it makes you better. You have competition between each other.
"Running next to her and her right next to me, it's really inspirational."
Kalee Soehnlen always thought she would compete in the same sport with Kacee.
"I knew that if one would make a team and the other wouldn't, we would always go to a different team where both of us could play together," Kalee said.
The twins are familiar with each other. The Werrens and Chapliks went to Mason Elementary School together before going their separate ways. All six have run at some of the same events throughout the season.
Cross country wasn't the Werrens' first choice a few years ago.
"We started to train and condition for soccer," Hannah said. "In middle school, we figured out we were actually pretty good at running. We liked the team atmosphere. Running was actually fun and it was a great way to stay in shape. We decided to stick with it, and here we are now."
The Chapliks were sprinters when they ran track together in seventh grade. Kacee Soehnlen also was a sprinter on her school's track team.
Adjusting to longer distances wasn't too difficult.
"It's a little different, but I kind of got used to it within the first week," Kacee said. "It's better now."
The Chapliks saw some of their friends become distance runners and decided to give it a try.
"It was pretty easy," Noah said. "I liked sprinting, but I think running farther is a better fit."
All six have been big contributors to their teams' success this season.
Noah Chaplik was Louisville's top finisher in the boys Division I race at last week's Boardman regional. Nick was the Leopards' No. 3 runner.
Grace and Hannah Werren were GlenOak's second and third runners, respectively, in the girls Division I race at Boardman. Kalee Soehnlen finished eighth overall in the girls Division III race, while Kacee came in 30th.
They all run for successful programs whose veterans have guided them along the way.
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The search to find a missing Alzheimer patient has ended, and unfortunately, it has not ended well. At around 8:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a call that a body had been discovered in the LNVA canal at the end of Sandringhamnear China.
The dogs all followed the odor of decay to the canal, said JCSO Deputy Rod Carroll.
"We knew that's probably where (John Guillory) was," Carroll said. "We had a game cam out in that area that had him going by about 12 a.m."
The body was recovered and transported to the Jefferson County Morgue. Justice of the Peace Pct. 4 Ray Chessonordered an autopsy. Final identification is awaiting the autopsy results, but the body was "tentatively confirmed" by JCSO Deputy Rod Carroll to be missing Alzheimer's patient John Guillory, 57, of China.
"(The body) matches the clothing, description and everything else. We just have to go through the formality of the autopsy and the fingerprints," Carroll said.
Over Labor Day weekend, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sent out a press release asking for the community's assistance in locating the man.
At approximately 8:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a call from a residence in the 700 block of Sandringham Drive in west Beaumont just north of China. Guillory's family reported him missing and that he was last seen at approximately midnight when they went to sleep. The family awoke at 7 a.m. to find Guillory missing. After searching the area, they contacted the Sheriff's Office. Carroll said that according to Guillory's family Guillory was in the process of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's and that his wandering off had been a progressive problem.
"Every couple of years we have an incident where an Alzheimer's patient wanders away," Carroll said. "This is just one of those situations. If you have an Alzheimer's patient, there are electronic devices that you could have out there if they are wanderers."
According to Brian Hance of the Alzheimer's Association, "Approximately 60 pecent of patients with progressive memory loss get lost at least once during the progression of dementia." In some parts of the country, about half of them die if not located within 24 hours. Some nursing homes and municipalities in the U.S. and abroad have already implemented electronic tracking programs, Web MD's Web site states.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was assisted by Acadian Ambulance Service, Bevil Oaks VFD, China VFD, Nome VFD, Pinewood VFD, Pinewood VFD, Beaumont PD K-9 and Texas Department of Criminal Justice Department K-9. Volunteers and three K-9 units searched the large wooded area near the residence for more than eight hours without locating the missing person, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Aviation Division Helicopter was utilized for an aerial search.


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I have a bad habit (?) of planning WAY in advance, but need some advice. My son and I (two bikes) will be riding from Orlando to Greenville, SC on May 10 2013. We have several purposes: 1. Hopefully to find him a job (fresh A.S. degree in CADD/Solidworks/Mechanical Drafting - anyone looking?) 2. Possibly to relocate myself. 3. To ride some roads that are not flat and straight.
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This is a great lead question (#1):
True or false. Ideally, all public methods in business model objects are defined directly or indirectly because of a use case requirement.
Let's analyze this interesting question closely.
Ideally - Is this a metaphysical question? Is this under utopian conditions?
all public methods - "all" is very inclusive and therefore a very strong statement. My understanding of public methods is that they are available to other classes. This might be a clue. What if anything could this have to do with use cases, which are meant to capture the user's interactions with a system?
business model objects - How about non-business model objects? Is the UML only used for business modeling?
directly or indirectly - Isn't everything indirectly connected in some way or another?
use case requirement - Aren't requirements a different artifact from use cases?
After all this, the reader must be befuddled. There is simply too much complexity in this question whereby every clause is loaded with interpretation. Is this intentional? What value is there in this?
Is this the type of question where you just flip a coin?
How would the question be worded if it were to be meaningful?
Sorry for elaborating so much but it is just this sort of thing that makes object-oriented design seem so unnecessarily esoteric.
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Dear SZ,
I also encounter this questions often. Hope the answer will be TRUE. because,
1) Business objects model is a realization of business usecase model.
2) Business usecase models are developed from business usecases which are from business requirements.
3) The relation between business objects are depicted through associations, which are leads to responsibility (operations) of the objects.
3) To satisfy (complete) a usecase or to fulfill a user goal, objects must interact with each other through public methods.
These are the reasons for my answer "TRUE".(Upto my knowledge)
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Interesting. Question #5 is very similar, almost identical. One may draw certain inferences about the answer to the "lead question" from this question:
5) Which of the following are true about services resulting from use cases?
a) New requirements in use cases generally result in one or more public methods in a business domain class.
b) Private methods are required by the system's use cases.
c) Use cases drive the design of interaction diagrams, which in turn define public methods in model classes.
Multiple Select - Please select all of the correct answers (this question has 2 correct choices).
Now this is interesting. Since b) really makes no sense and the question has 2 correct choices, well that leaves a) and c).
Let's see a) -
new requirements in use cases - Again this mixing of requirements and use cases, which should be considered separate artifacts (see Larman).
generally result in one or more - Note that here the language is toned down a bit from the lead question which said all public methods.
public methods in a business domain class - Same leap as the lead question from use cases to public methods. Same fixation on business domains.
Let's see c) -
If you are familiar with Larman's UML Process, use cases do help produce system sequence diagrams which are a form of interaction diagram. And you can use the system sequence diagrams to identify public methods on domain objects.
So c) is actually a more formal and cleaner way of saying what I believe the lead question, as well as a) above, were both trying to say. In so many words...
What do you think??
I hope the answer mentioned and reasons are acceptable.
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The main purpose of Use Cases is requirements elicitation. In which, ideally each requirement maps to a Use Case. Use Case adopts a goal oriented approach. i.e. Every Use Case is initiated by a Primary actor with a specific goal in mind. Therby is the realtion between requirements and Use Cases.
Now for the mapping between public methods and requirements. Ideally Business Objects or Components expose only those methods which are required externally. In Use Case terminology, only those methods which are required by an actor will be made public.
So the answer to the question
True or false. Ideally, all public methods in business model objects are defined directly or indirectly because of a use case requirement.
should ideally be true.
I think hsrivatsa's comments make a lot of sense.
What does bother me is that requirements in the traditional sense (DOORS) are not so directly coupled with use cases. For example, the following may be requirements for a PDA:
1. Should have at least 32 MB RAM.
2. Should come in silver, blue, and black.
3. Should weigh less than 5 ounces.
These are very distinctly requirements but you wouldn't necessarily have use cases for these!
The other big problem is the statement:
only those methods which are required by an actor will be made public
An actor interacts with the system through the system interface. There may be a controller class which processes all interactions at the system boundary. Only it will call public methods on other classes as needed. So there is no direct correlation between use case and public methods.
Where does this discussion of use cases and public methods appear? As I stated earlier, Larman's process only makes sense when stated as in Question #5, c), which is much more formalistic.
SZ the requirements you have mentioned come under a specific catergory called CONSTRAINTS(Usually response time and related requirements are captured in this section). Use Case captures only functional requirements because it's main intent is to simplify understanding and development process. So you really cannot expect Use Case to capture these "constraint" type of requirements.
As for the "public methods" query, a new requirement definetly needs a new method incorporated in the business component. There is no argument about that, right. And that method should be made public simple.
Whether that method is invoked directly by the end user or by an intermediate controller class that does not alter the situation at all. The Equation remains pretty much the same.
OK, following your line of reasoning, could a new requirement introduced by a use case be implemented by an already existing public method of a class?
If so, then this proves my point using a backwards approach, which is that a new use case doesn't necessarily create a new public method on a class.
I much prefer to think of classes in the sense of Bertrand Meyer's OOSC2. Let his own words speak in the online essay OOSC2: The Use Case Principle. In this sense there is no formal bearing of use cases on the design of a class's interface. However, as he states, they can provide a useful validation mechanism for an object-oriented system. Please read.
When you say requirement I am assuming a "functional requirement". Each Use Case has a step of actions. If there is any new functionality added to the scope, then I really think that atleast one new method will be added to any of the steps.
The fact that it could be optimised later on and 2-3 methods could be shrunk into one is an optimization activity, which I have not considered.
The Bottom line is that if a new functionality has been added to the system then I really don't think that any of the existing methods should take care of that functionality.
If you have read "Using UML" by Pohely Stevens. There is an entire chapter on how to derive at your classes from Use Case Descriptions using the "noun identification" technique. I personally have used it with great success and still am using the same methodology for drawing Class Diagrams.
Bertrand Meyer's statement is more of a precautionary statement than a forbiddance. Use Case is a pictorial and more clear representation of the System requirements. At the end of every software design the validation with requirements occurs, i.e. if the design is meeting the requirements adequately. So it does not surprise me if he writes that Use Case should be used for validating Design.
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From my explanation in "Best source for public method" discussion there is no sense in either question 1) nor 5)
5c) is incorrect statement because Interaction Diagrams may expose private methods thru self-call (internally) or thru delegation (thru protected or public method). I have not found anywhere restriction on visibility of operations in Interaction Diagrams.
Visibility (encapsulation) is design/architectural issue but not analysis one.
The sense of both questions and answers do not make any particular sense except of more thorugh realization of OOAD principles.
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