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Little Ferry officials warn of hidden danger
Councilman George Muller raised a discussion at the Feb. 9 meeting of the Little Ferry mayor and council regarding the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in residents’ homes and why having detectors is essential for citizens’ safety.
The timing of this discussion is pertinent because winter weather compounds the risk of exposure to carbon monoxide due to snow-sheathed tail pipes, cars warming up in garages, and a diminished air flow throughout homes as most windows remain tightly shut throughout the season.
According to the State of New Jersey Department of Health, CO is a colorless, odorless and poisonous gas that is produced by the incomplete burning of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels.
Additionally, the department states CO exposure is often the result of improper ventilation or inhalation of exhaust fumes from cars, trucks and other vehicles, generators, or gas heaters.
More than 500 Americans die each year as a result of unintentional CO poisoning, and thousands more are hospitalized for non-fatal poisoning, according to data from the department.
The state runs an environmental public health tracking program to inform citizens about the dangers of CO, and lists several symptoms of exposure on its website including headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea. At high levels, it causes loss of consciousness and death.
The tragedy of losing lives due to unintended exposure hits close to home, as Muller reminded meeting attendees of a crushing loss of a Paramus family about 15 years ago due to CO.
Muller urged residents to purchase CO detectors for their homes, and stated he has installed several at his residence including above all bedroom doors, the laundry room – where CO is likely to come from, he said – and the basement.
He added a detector typically costs around $50 to $60.
Muller also stated the risk of exposure is greater in winter when homes are basically "airtight."
Moreover, Muller recently attended a hazardous materials training course offered by Bergen County EMS Training Center, and provided the Little Ferry Local with additional CO safety information.
According to the course, CO poisoning is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths. Some sources of the gas include stoves, furnaces, space heaters, water heaters, clothes dryers, boilers, and chimneys.
If CO is detected in a home or business, occupants must exit the premises and should refrain from opening windows or ventilating the building in any way so the fire department is able to locate the source of the CO, according to the course.
If ventilated, it can be difficult to detect and locate a small leak.
Furthermore, the course stated CO has a very similar vapor density to air, unlike propane, which is heavier than air, and methane, which is lighter.
Any resident who would like assistance in having their CO detectors installed or checked should contact the Little Ferry Fire Department.

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Martin initially refused to do the show, partly because he didn’t want to turn off the nightclub and the movies. His terms were deliberately outrageous: he demanded a high salary and that he should only gather for the actual taping of the show. To his surprise, the network agreed.
As the daughter of Diana Martin remembered after networking meetings and making demands that Martin returned home and announced to his family, “They went for it. So now I have to do it.”
(Contrary to his established concerns, Martin’s commitment to the program ultimately did not prevent him from appearing in a number of Matte Helm films parallel to the run-through show, as well as other projects such as playing a major role in the Airport’s first film in 1970.)

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst has cut ties with Manchester City to take charge of China's Guangzhou R&F.
The former Feyenoord boss has been appointed new coach of Guangzhou R&F.
Van Bronckhorst had been contracted to the City Group, where he was in line to take charge one of their satellite teams in the view to eventually succeeding Pep Guardiola as City manager.
However, a bumper contract offer from Guangzhou R&F has turned his head and he is now to take charge of the Chinese Premier League outfit.
OFFICIAL: CSL club Guangzhou R&F announced the appointment of Giovanni van Bronckhorst as their new head coach. pic.twitter.com/aChW1uNtEd— TransferMarkt China (@asaikana) January 4, 2020

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When the pumpkin turns into carriage, fear not! If it's Friday, end of business hours, and you're in Brazil: lucky for you. People are festive, and the local party options rely on neighborhoods full of bars, pubs and nightclubs. Guarantee your happy hour in the most traditional and buzzing locations around the Brazilian cities. Check out:
Lapa (Rio de Janeiro): Traditional neighborhood and symbol of bohemia in Rio, Lapa is a must. The nightlife is always bustling in the region, with plenty of bars and nightclubs. Not to mention the restaurants. Located in the central area of the capital, it caters to the most varied tastes. A good option is Rio Scenarium, located at Rua do Lavradio. Entitled as Culture Pavilion, it includes several musical genres, without sacrificing the good food.
Vila Madalena (Sao Paulo): is located in Pinheiros district, west of the city of São Paulo, next to the University of São Paulo and the Pontifical Catholic University. At the beginning of the 1970s, it became a sought-after destination for students who, without many resources, went to live there. It holds the title of stronghold of Bohemia in Sao Paulo. The Mercearia São Pedro bar usually gathers all tribes. Currently, Vila Madalena holds art workshops and exhibition centers. Music and theatre are also highlights.
City of Belo Horizonte – Minas Gerais: The capital of the State of Minas Gerais is the city that boasts the highest ratio of bars per capita. There is no shortage of options. The noble neighborhood Savassi concentrates large number of establishments, characteristic of well-developed trade. However, the nightlife is not limited to bars and pubs. There are night clubs, live music, among others. A specialty of the Minas Gerais culture is cachaça – traditional drink distilled locally. Take the opportunity to try the best samples produced in the State.
City of Goiânia (Goiás): Country music is a dominant genre in Brazil, but in Goiás, it’s played to exhaustion. You can find nightclubs with the best of country music of the past and the present. It's what makes Goiânia the capital of country music. The best options include Villa Mix, Santafé Hall and Wood's. They open their stage to the main exponents of the genre.
City of Brasilia (Federal District): The city was founded in 1960 to be the seat for the republic power in Brazil. Citizens from all regions moved to the federal capital in search of new perspectives. Over the years, the cultural mix has been consolidated and gave results. The nightlife in Brasília is a reflection of this diversity. It is possible to enjoy from Northeastern music, such as forró, to reggae, to blues and jazz. The 5uinto party (read fifth) is recommended to outsiders as a national and international reference in the electronic genre.

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Lockheed Martin develops innovative desalination membrane
|Lockheed Martin’s Perforene membrane features holes one billionth of a meter or less in a graphene sheet that trap sodium, chlorine and other ions from seawater.|
Lockheed Martin, a company that specializes in research and development of advanced technology systems in a number of sectors, including security and aerospace, has been awarded a patent for its latest invention -- Perforene material, a molecular filtration solution that can turn seawater into fresh water and may help to meet the increased demand for potable water worldwide.
The Perforene desalination membrane is made of single-atom thick sheets of graphene. The material is designed in a way that allows water molecules to pass through the membrane easily, while dissolved salts are prevented from going through thanks to the carbon web, which captures sodium, chlorine and other ions, Lockheed Martin explained. It was created by placing holes that measure a maximum of one nanometer in a graphene membrane. These openings are small enough to prevent the ions from passing through but significantly improve the flow-through of water molecules by reducing clogging, the company explained.
Previous desalination methods treated seawater either by pushing salt water through a number of filters at high pressure or by catching the steam from heated water. However, both methods are very energy-demanding because they need pressure or heat to do the job. By contrast, the Lockheed Martin filter is 500 times thinner than the best filter on the market today and a thousand times stronger, according to the developers of the technology, quoted by Reuters. Meanwhile, the graphene filtration method uses 100 times less energy than current saltwater filtration systems, Lockheed Martin engineer John Stetson told Reuters. Its strength and durability can be attributed to the fact that graphene has a thickness of only one atom, thus making it very effective and much cheaper than other desalination methods that rely on reverse osmosis.
RELATED: Desalination increasingly popular solution to water shortage problem
According to Dr Ray O. Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Lockheed Martin, the Perforene membrane is a "simple and affordable" solution to the global water management challenges presented by growing population and extreme water scarcity in certain areas. Over the coming decades access to clean water will be of critical importance and Lockheed Martin could have the key to tackling the problem, he added.
The company announced that it was developing processes for producing the material and was currently looking for commercialization partners. According to Reuters, Perforene might be available on the commercial market as a filter by 2014 or 2015.


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Alain Nteff is one stand-up young entrepreneur. He saw a problem and he did something about it. The 25 year old Cameroonian entrepreneur is the co-founder of Gifted Mom, a mobile health platform that uses low-cost technology to help mothers and pregnant women access medical advice in out-of-the-way, rural communities.
“The message I am trying to send out with my team is that the problem of maternal and infant death is not a woman issue — it’s a humanitarian issue,” he said in an interview with CNN. “Everybody should take [it] seriously — we all have mothers, we all have sisters, and it’s not just a problem for women or girls.”
The seed for the Gifted Mom idea was planted in 2012 when Nteff, then a 20-year-old engineering student, visited a hospital in rural Cameroon where his friend Conrad Tankou was doing his medical practice. There he witnessed several mothers and newborns die from conditions that could have been predicted and managed with proper antenatal care. Nteff was deeply affected by what he saw, and together with Tankou started thinking of ways in which they could use their skills to tackle the issue of maternal and infant mortality.
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Association of Community Theatre
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSICALS
Director: Paul Whitworth
Choreographer: Jean Johnson
Music supplied by backing tracks.
Voice Coach Paul Firth
There are concerts and there are revues. This particular entertainment went above and beyond the usual concepts. This production was more like a cruise-ship show. here was It only need a celebrity headliner to be complete.
Unlike licensed material, all the content has to be sourced, and then crafted to entertain an audience. The director arranged a musical pageant of songs from the best loved musicals. There were 24 shows covered from “South Pacific” to “Hamilton”. a tremendous range of material for the company to deliver.
The best quality backing tracks were used, but, as good as they are, they do not allow any flexibility which can sometimes hinder the creative flow. Having of a voice coach as part of the production team guaranteed the maximum quality of vocal presentation.
The choreography was superb and added greatly to the show. It was so inventive and each routine was precisely executed. The dancers really ‘burnt the floor’ with their slick delivery, especially the prologue (excerpt) from “West Side Story”.
All this was set simply allowing the focus to be on the performer. The lighting provided the magic and the sound could not be faulted. The mix of music and performance enhanced the evening’s enjoyment.
Presentation is so important, more so in a revue. The group’s costume co-ordinators made sure the company was in sartorial splendour.
An enthusiastic chorus of young thespians contributed greatly to this musical extravaganza. One of their own. Alice Lythe, unfortunately. after attending all the rehearsals, had to leave the production due to injury.
The highlight of the company’s work has to have been the upbeat version of “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” from Annie.
A polished selection from Chicago set the bench mark. This was a company show with solos, duets, etc., drawn from the ensemble. Of the many number included there was “Burn” from Hamilton and also “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman. Both numbers were emotively portrayed by Abbie Clifford and Lorna Richardson respectively.
The men were well represented by Dave Brobin, Jason Dyson and Stephen Hope, with their interpretation of “Oh, What a Circus” from Evita. “Blue Skies” was a perfect choice for David Noble’s dulcet tones: he was accompanied by tapping dancers. The audience was treated to a roller-coaster of musical emotional story telling joyously closing with an Abba, “Mamma Mia” medley.
“Thank You for the Musicals” and thank you for a “Gleeful” journey into the world of musical theatre.

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Due to the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Recreation Department is offering some outdoor only/appropriately modified, fall programs and clinics. All offerings will be administered according to the NY State "Sports and Programming Guidelines." The Montauk Playhouse gymnasium and all of the Town of East Hampton (TOEH) outdoor basketball courts and volleyball courts all remain closed to the public until further notice. However, all TOEH playgrounds are open, along with the skating portion of the Montauk Skate Park and the Amagansett Youth Park (which also has open: the walking track, tennis courts, and hockey rink). Please adhere to the posted signs which have new rules at all of the playgrounds, and the social distancing signs at the two skate parks and beaches. The Recreation Department will continue to post any new updates or changes to these modified measures here on the town's website. We hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy by practicing social distancing, wearing masks, and washing hands frequently.
The Recreation Department, Town of East Hampton is proud to announce that registration for the 44th Annual Virtual “Run For Fun” Turkey Day Race is now available for registration at…
This year’s race will be a little different… Participants can run/walk the race that they register for anytime and anywhere between November 1 and November 30, 2020, and they can sign up for as many races (3 mile, 6 mile, or 11 mile - which was the original route from the Montauk Green to the Lighthouse and back) as they wish to run, between now and November 30, 2020. The fee to run a race is $10, plus an administration fee of $3.25. All proceeds benefit the local food pantries and L.I. Running is donating the timekeeper service fees to maximize the donations to the local food pantries. There will also be an additional donation button on the website so that those who wish to make further donations to the food pantries may do so. Just visit TurkeyDay.ItsYourRace.com to register and/or make a donation.
If you are interested in receiving updates either by text or email, please sign up with Notify Me and select "Recreation" under "Calendar" category to receive the most recent Recreation Program Information throughout the year.
The Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Buildings and Grounds Department, oversees and maintains approximately 45 parks and beaches, and the Montauk Playhouse. Recreation programs are offered year-round, and they are given not only at town operated facilities, parks, and beaches, but also at all East Hampton Public School locations. Using the public school facilities and fields allows the department to better enhance recreation program and activity options, as well as bringing the community closer together.
In addition to full time staff, the Recreation Department employs approximately 170 part time positions throughout the year, and works closely with the East Hampton Town’s Building and Grounds Department. Staff is frequently shared between departments in order to maximize the potential service opportunities for the East Hampton Town community, and to further the efficiency of the East Hampton Town’s workforce. Employees are shared with Buildings and Grounds Department for facilities and parks maintenance needs.
The Recreation Department also works with the Montauk Chamber of Commerce in order to promote recreational options for the community, and the Montauk Chamber of Commerce offers us the use of their building every year for the annual Turkey Trot or “Run for Fun” each Thanksgiving. The Recreation Department also schedules recreational programs in conjunction with other organizations and agencies such as the local libraries, Montauk Youth, local school programs, and private sectors programs.


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X Factor winner and multi-platinum singer songwriter Matt Cardle is coming to Hopton for the finale of his current UK tour.
Classic rock and roll and progressive rock will be performed on Cromer Pier by top tribute acts.
Music fans will have the chance of winning a signed Rod Stewart guitar at the North Walsham Live Aid auction this weekend.
Music, food and flavours from across the globe will set the tone as the sixth Southburgh Festival of World Music returns in a blaze of colour to an otherwise quiet corner of Norfolk later this year.
Music lovers will enjoy sequins and guitar hits which will both feature in two Cromer Pier concerts this weekend.


These days gas prices are just crazy. I mean $5.00 a gallon is just too steep. Many people are now forced to commute or to walk when they actually OWN vehicles.
Thankfully necessity is the mother of invention and the Honda Jazz was created. One of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in the world is specializing in fuel efficient cars! Honda claims that one gallon can propell the Jazz into 49.6 miles.
I carpool with my friend and found that the Jazz is very fuel efficient. I contribute from time to time on the fuel expenses but I shelled out less than expected. The Jazz also looks quite classy.Interiors are also good. However, the car has limited space. Its a tad smaller than standard size cars. Not exactly big enough for the family or the gang.


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Luis Alberto Urrea
The House of Broken Angels (Little, Brown) is, as author Luis Alberto Urrea describes it, “the story of an American family—one that happens to speak Spanish and admire the Virgin of Guadalupe. Imperfect and glorious, messy and hilarious, sometimes heroic.” Inspired by the death of his brother, this novel mines his own family history to tell a once-in-a-lifetime tale, simultaneously intimate in its detail and grand in its scope.
“In Urrea's exuberant new novel of Mexican-American life, 70-year-old patriarch Big Angel de la Cruz is dying, and he wants to have one last birthday blowout. Unfortunately, his 100-year-old mother, America, dies the week of his party, so funeral and birthday are celebrated one day apart...Taking place over the course of two days, with time out for an extended flashback to Big Angel's journey from La Paz to San Diego in the 1960s, the narrative follows Big Angel and his extended familia as they air old grievances, initiate new romances, and try to put their relationships in perspective. Urrea (The Hummingbird's Daughter) has written a vital, vibrant book about the immigrant experience that is a messy celebration of life's common joys and sorrows." —Publishers Weekly.
Luis Alberto Urrea has written many books, including poetry collections (Vatos), memoirs (Nobody’s Son), works of nonfiction (Across the Wire; Devil’s Highway, winner of a Lanaan Literary Award and finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the Kiriyama Prize), short story collections (The Water Museum) and novels (The Hummingbird’s Daughter). Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. Co-presented with THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Free/no tickets necessary.


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LG Display and Samsung Display, the world's two biggest display manufacturers, plan to cut production throughout 2016 to prevent operating losses.
The moves come amid fears that the global display industry, which the two Korean companies have long dominated, may suffer from a huge glut mostly due to aggressive expansion by Taiwanese and Chinese suppliers.
"LG Display plans to maintain greater flexibility for display production," said an executive. "If necessary, the company may reduce production at key facilities in Paju and Gumi, as well as in China, to save the bottom line,"
LG is the global leader in displays, with chief local rival Samsung Display close behind.
LG Display Vice Chairman and CEO Han Sang-beom plans to meet Korean media during this week's tech fair in the U.S. and unveil updated business strategies.
Samsung Display is also considering lowering output of its display products.
But alongside cutting production of large-sized displays for televisions, it plans to increase output of its small OLED products for mobile phones in China.
The idea is that the small OLED products will make up for the lower sales of its large display products.
"We don't believe the year 2016 will be good," a Samsung official said. "The company needs contingency plans to deal with increasing risks."
Market analysts say the two Korean companies are expected to post lower profits in 2016, because massive expansion by their Chinese rivals may cause an oversupply.
"Leading Chinese companies plan to increase their display outputs to increase market share," an LG official said. "Next year will be very difficult for LG Display because the display industry may suffer from a supply glut."
LG ― the main display supplier for Apple's iPhones ― is expected to report fourth-quarter sales and profit below market expectations because the continued price decline in displays has worsened its bottom line, according to analysts and officials.
"The phase of price decline was speedier than expected," said Hyundai Securities analyst Kim Dong-won. "This was attributed to massive production expansion by Chinese suppliers despite weak demand for large-sized TVs, putting LG Display and Samsung Display in danger."
Kim said the two Korean companies would face a "game of chicken" throughout 2016.
"LG and Samsung can't compete with Chinese companies in prices," said Chung Won-seok from Hi Investment. "But what makes matters worse is that demand for large OLED panels is still weak, meaning the Korean companies have no replacement to fill the void left in their conventional LCD business."
He pointed out that Chinese and Taiwanese producers were also taking losses and that their situation was not much different to the Korean companies.


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Segment from the program The Nervous System: Neurons, Networks, and the Human Brain.
Our Nervous System DVD begins by examining the structure and function of neurons; resting, action and post-synaptic potentials; and reflexes and neural networks. The peripheral, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are introduced before looking at the central nervous system. After describing spinal cord structure and function the program then examines the human brain including the medula, pons, and cerebellum of the hindbrain; the recticular formation of the midbrain; and the thalamus, limbic system and cerebral cortex of the forebrain.

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TUCSON – The federal government is looking to spend at least $26 million on new razor wire.
Soldiers started installing barbed tape concertina on the border fence in Nogales last November.
The Defense Logistics Agency, which is part of the Department of Defense, posted the notice in November. It does not indicate when, where or how the wire will be used.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada was surprised to hear how much the wire would cost. He said, considering the poverty he sees, he wishes the government would be better stewards of the money.
“What used to be a very peaceful border community with our neighbors in Mexico,” Estrada said, “now looks like a war zone.”
The Nogales City Council passed a resolution condemning the razor wire. Mayor Arturo Garino said much of it is close to neighborhoods with kids.
“It’s a danger to the citizens of Nogales, Arizona since it’s down to ground level,” Garino said. “And it also, not only that, but it’s also a detriment to our economy.”
In an email, Customs and Border Protections stated, “Public safety fencing has been established in locations where there is major public access, and the concertina wire is lower to the ground. Signage in Spanish and English has been put in place warning individuals of these dangers and prohibiting access. In locations where there is high pedestrian activity, the concertina wire is limited to only the upper portion of the wall.”
Agents also said the razor wire works.
“CBP officials have already seen the effectiveness of the additional strands of wire,” the agency stated in an email. “Previously, criminal organizations posted individuals on the Mexican side of the border to scout and cut wire installed on the top tier of the fence. Once removed in sections, human smugglers would exploit the opening and send individuals over illegally into the U.S. The new multi-layered wire prevents individuals from using this tactic.”
The initial contract is for two years, with three potential 1-year renewals. The contract could be worth a maximum of $46 million.


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The Buffalo Bills have traded offensive lineman Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals, in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round selection.
Buffalo drafted Ford in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft, out of Oklahoma. He played in 16 games for the Bills as a rookie, making 15 starts, the bulk of which came at right tackle. In the seven games he played in during the 2020 campaign, Ford split time between the two guard positions. His season was cut short with a torn meniscus.
Ford bounced in and out of the lineup during the 2021 season, missing time due to COVID, as well as spending some time on the bench as the Bills shuffled their offensive line around.
Buffalo announced the move on social media:
We’ve traded G Cody Ford to the @AZCardinals for a 2023 5th round draft pick. #BillsMafia
Details: https://t.co/eX7TRL9Xr5 pic.twitter.com/J5fdmqfRRt
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) August 22, 2022
Arizona is dealing with issues along their offensive line as well. Rookie Marquis Hayes has been dealing with a knee injury, and fellow guard Danny Isidora has been spotted with a walking boot as he also handles a lower-body injury. Reserve lineman Justin Murray has also been dealing with back and knee injuries.
Arizona likely views Ford as a potential depth option on the inside, as well as a potential swing tackle behind D.J. Humphries and Kelvin Beachum.


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TOP 20 COUNTDOWN, No. 8: Swimmer displayed golden strokes to lift BHS team to 3rd in state
Following is the newest installation in the E-E’s countdown of Top 20 sports stories from the 2021-22 school year.
No. 8: Howze: Golden strokes
As a freshman swimmer (2018-19), Aidan Howze provided a prodigious boost to the Bartlesville High School swim team.
She made a major contribution to the Lady Bruins’ fifth-straight state championship — one gold (200 medley relay) and two individual medals (100 breast, 5th; 200 individual medley, 6th).
But, Howze didn’t competed her sophomore and junior seasons for Bartlesville, opting for home schooling.
However, she returned to the prep pool wars as a senior — and delivered a dynamic impact the helped elevate Bartlesville to third — only two points away from finishing second — in the girls’ state standings and earned her a scholarship with the University of Kansas women’s swim program.
Howze’s senior season culminated in a golden showing in last February’s Class 6A state meet.
Howze hammered out her first gold medal in the girls 200y individual medley (2:07.9). She finished just 64th-100th of a second form setting a new state record (owned by her former Lady Bruin teammate Kate Steward).
Howze won her second state gold medal in the girls 100y breaststroke (1:04.74).
She finished up by helping the Lady Bruins’ 400y freestyle relay finish third (3:41.0). Howze swam anchor for the relay team, which also included a tremendous trio of sizzling sophs: Emma Howze, Lily Talbot and Regan Patzkowski.
Howze’s winning achievements during the season approached perfection.
The 200 individual medley? 5-0.
The 100 breaststroke? 6-0.
The 200 freestyle? 1-0.
The 100 backstroke? 1-0.
She finished only second place once in individual competition — in her only outing in the 100 butterfly.
In relay races she participated on four first-place teams, eight runner-up foursomes and one third-place finisher.
Howze is set to become the fifth former Lady Bruin in seven seasons to compete for Kansas. The others include Haley Downey, Steward, Greta Olsen and Erin Downey.
Following is Howze’s list of finishes last week in individual races, in chronological order.
FIRST — 200 free (2:16.03), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 200 IM (2:13.72), at Jenks
FIRST — 200 IM (2:13.56), at Conference (Jenks)
FIRST — 200 IM (2:13.45), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 200 IM (2:12.32), at Regional (Jenks)
FIRST — 200 IM (2:07.9), at State (Edmond)
FIRST — 100 back (1:04.29), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 100 breast (1:10.88), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 100 breast (1:08.17), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 100 breast (1:08.34), at Conference (Jenks)
FIRST — 100 breast (1:07.75), at Bartlesville
FIRST — 100 breast (1:06.91), at Regional (Jenks)
FIRST — 100 breast (1:04.74), at State (Edmond)
SECOND — 100 fly (1:03.39), at Bartlesville
Howze created — through her hard work, natural skill and determination — a fascinating season that ranks among the best ever by a Lady Bruin. And, spearheaded a prestigious campaign for the still-young Lady Bruins squad.
Top 20 countdown update
No. 20: Hornet hoopsters hush doubters
No. 19: Huskies grind to semis
No. 18: Trojans find a way
No. 17: Musical chairs at top
No. 16: Brown’s All-State style
No. 15: Cheers for Bruin hoops
No. 14: Eagle soccer teams soar
No. 13: Mallets heard ‘round the nation
No. 12: Height, speed and muscle
No. 11: Runner-up warrior
No. 10: Happy trails for Lady Mustangs
No. 9: Streak to bronze
No. 8: Howze: Golden strokes

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The Discovery Farms program is a farmer-led effort to gather information on soil and nutrient loss on farms in different settings across Minnesota. The mission of Discovery Farms Minnesota is to gather water quality information under real-world conditions.
This demonstration sites provides information on the characteristics of agricultural drainage from a typical field in south-central Minnesota. Results will help researchers evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of specific management practices.
The goals of this site are:
Evaluate the effectiveness of nutrient and pesticide Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Evaluate different management practices and compare the environmental and economic benefits
Evaluate farm profitability using different crop management practices


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“Kamloops is known as a hub community,” says Lisa Strachan, director of destination development and trade relations for Tourism Kamloops. The British Columbia city is the intersection point for major Canadian highways and railroads, and it’s served by its own airport.
“Only four hours from Vancouver, five from Jasper and six from Banff, Kamloops is the ideal midway point for tourists,” but travelers should be sure to explore the city and its surroundings, says Strachan.
“[Visitors] are shocked by our climate and topography,” she says. “Kamloops has a semi-arid climate, including an inverted treeline, prickly pear cacti and hoodoos.”
These unexpected environs make for excellent outdoor activities. Strachan recommends a VIP tour of the British Columbia Wildlife Park.
“The park is an interactive wildlife experience specializing in rescue and rehabilitation of more than 45 indigenous species, and it’s the most successful breeder of burrowing owls in the world.” During experiences such as a cougar feeding, guests can view animals that are rarely seen in the wild.
Alongside Kamloops’ hiking trails, guests can explore the city’s wine trail. “The Kamloops Wine Trail showcases three diverse wineries pioneering a new wine region in the Kamloops and Thompson Valley area.” The city also has several craft breweries, and will add two more brewpubs by early 2019.
Top photo: Harper’s Trail Estate Winery
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David McWilliams: We need to totally reimagine economics
Our Central Bank has unforgivably abdicated in this crisis, precisely when it was needed.
When events change, we change our minds. Old rules go out the window and new ideas are embraced. What was once radical becomes mainstream and what was once mainstream becomes redundant. In a crisis, you run out of time. You can’t wait; you must act.
This week, the Department of Finance acted with remarkable speed, implementing what might be called the “Danish model”, soldering the link between employers and employees by subsidising people’s wages to the tune of 70 per cent. The civil servants are to be commended in how quickly they turned this around. It should help enormously. Hopefully, we will see results in a stabilising of the rise in unemployment.
But hope is not a strategy, and we can still choose economic hibernation over economic annihilation.
Economic hibernation is exactly what it sounds like: we are putting the economy to sleep in as gentle a way as possible in these circumstances. This means assuaging people’s fears, reassuring them that when we wake up from this trauma, there will still be an economy. The government’s intervention in subsidising wages goes a long way towards this, as it maintains income.
But “income” can disappear if “outgoings” remain high. Thus, the flip side of an income strategy should be an outgoings strategy which minimises outgoings, so that people remain solvent.
On Thursday morning, the ECB provided a clear pathway to reducing monthly mortgages. The ECB has opened up the taps and indicated that it will do whatever it takes to prevent a recession becoming a depression.
As this column noted two weeks ago, we are on our way to “helicopter money”, which is free money given to all citizens. It will take lots of taboo-breaking within central banking circles to get there, but it will happen eventually in one shape or another.
We can start by refinancing Irish mortgages and availing of the ECB’s new commitment to finance everything that the banks need.
Unfortunately, our Central Bank has unforgivably abdicated in this crisis, precisely when it was needed.
That institution – which is as critical to the economy as the Department of Finance – is failing to lead. (We will come back to this when we have more time but for now let’s focus on what’s possible).
The ECB will make finance available to the banks at minus 0.75 per cent. This means that any Irish bank can now borrow from the ECB and lend out that money at rates as low as 1 per cent and still make a profit. Think about what this can do to the mortgage market. A bank can now offer mortgages at 1 per cent. Such a bank could also offer to swap existing mortgages for this new mortgage at the 1 per cent rate.
If any or all of the Irish banks were to do this, it could be transformative and keep an additional €1.5 billion per year in ordinary people’s pockets.
The numbers are pretty straightforward. According to the Central Bank, the total amount of mortgages lent out in Ireland is €76.4 billion. On average, a rate of 2.92 per cent, say 3 per cent, is charged on these mortgages. Other Europeans pay on average 1.39 per cent for their mortgages. That’s about half the Irish rate. Ireland has by far the highest mortgage interest rate, despite being in the same currency bloc.
Obviously, the Irish banks are overcharging.
Fixed-rate mortgages are now 75 per cent of all new mortgages here, compared with 85 per cent in the rest of the euro zone. The Central Bank data indicates that the average interest rate on new fixed-rate mortgages is 2.79 per cent. In contrast, new variable-rate mortgages are at 3.31 per cent, meaning that the rate being charged to new Irish mortgage holders is well over twice that charged in the rest of Europe.
This means that both new and existing Irish mortgage holders on a mortgage of €300k pay between €230 and €260 a month more than our Italian or German neighbours.
Such savings could be achieved immediately. The ECB is begging banks to avail of free money. Imagine the banks were to do the right thing this time? In fact, the bank that goes for this now would attract huge new business as we all flock to save money, and the positive impact on such a pioneer bank’s brand would be enormous and lasting.
Now, how about backing brave?
This is just one of many transformative monetary initiatives made possible by the ECB’s “whatever it takes” policy. The Central Bank of Ireland’s lack of leadership will not be forgotten. Therefore, the Minister for Finance, as a shareholder, has to act to deploy the banks in defence of the economy and society.
More broadly, the most important thing is to ensure that this (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime health crisis, and the reaction to it, does not encumber our countries with huge debts that might prompt austerity in the future or prevent the State from building infrastructure and housing when this passes.
If we don’t change the rules, this will happen. Or worse, when interest rates go back up (as they will at some stage), we don’t find ourselves paying enormously for the “crime” of saving the lives of our neighbours.
I use the word “crime”, because there can be a bizarre “morality” lesson peddled in economics about debts, as if debts are morally suspect while credits are morally virtuous. Such thinking is unforgiveable because these debts are being incurred to avoid deaths. This is the most virtuous economic initiative undertaken in our lifetimes.
As a result, “corona debts” should not cost us anything now or in the future. Therefore, everything could be financed via 100-year, zero-interest-rate bonds that will be bought in infinite amounts by the ECB. The loan is not repaid for 100 years and, if private investors don’t want to invest, the ECB should underwrite the whole thing. These are unprecedented times that demand unprecedented moves.
The ability to the ECB to act radically now is a “reward” for decades of conservative central banking. Over the years, the ECB built up credibility as a serious institution, which is why now it has permission to unleash its awesome power: the power to print money without undermining public trust.
This permission would not be given to, for example, the central bank of Zimbabwe, which has destroyed its credibility through past delinquency. An institution builds up credibility in normal times, in order to act courageously in exceptional times.
Using this latitude, we need to totally reimagine monetary economics to arrive at the solution. The governments can then “gift” money raised by the bonds directly to people’s accounts to avoid the economy being afflicted by paralysis.
Remember, this crisis is temporary. It will pass. Hibernation demands that we cocoon ourselves and our businesses as much as possible. We do this by figuring out what’s possible, rather than defaulting to old mantras, based on what is not possible.
News by irishtimes.com, edited by Dowling Financial.
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MI Sen. Levin supports President Obama's plan to target oil speculators
There’s concern in the Obama administration that speculators are artificially driving up the price of oil. The President’s plan would increase spending to provide better oversight of energy markets. It would also increase penalties against those who engage in illegal trading.
Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin is in favor of the President's plan. He thinks more regulation of the markets is needed. "This is not a situation where the market is governing – where the usual rules of supply and demand govern. As a matter of fact, if supply and demand were the driving force here, gas prices would be going down. Not up," Levin says.
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Lots of weird things happen in Congress in an election season. Case in point: For the next few weeks, Democrats swear they’re going to relish a fight on taxes.
Taxes, of course, are typically GOP-controlled terrain, and that conversation typically goes something like this: We don't want any. But this year, Democrats think they have the winning hand, and so Senate Democratic leaders are twisting themselves into procedural pretzels to make sure the issue doesn't leave the public eye anytime soon.
Never mind that President Obama asked Congress last week immediately to pass a one-year extension of the Bush tax cuts up to $250,000 in household income. There's two weeks to go until Congress's summer break, and delaying a vote on the president's plan gives Democrats two weeks to pummel Republicans as middle-class-hating protectors of the fabulously wealthy and undertaxed.
“We’re delighted to wait a few weeks and have the president go around the country and explain his tax proposal, our tax proposal, versus theirs,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) of New York. “Every day, the more people hear about the difference between the two, the more they side with ours.”
This, however, has required some small amount of legislative gymnastics.
The Republicans, of course, knew exactly what the Democrats were up to and tried to trump them. They wanted to attach their Bush tax cut proposal – preserving the cuts for all income levels – and the president's to a bill aimed at cutting taxes for small businesses who hire new employees.
This is a bread-and-butter maneuver for the Senate minority – amending a bill that many people like in such a way as to make it poisonous to the opposing party. In this case, the amendments would have allowed Republicans to get the Bush tax cut vote out of the way quickly and move on to other issues.
But Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada was having none of it. On Wednesday morning, he disallowed the amendments and later, for good measure, closed down all further amendments on the small businesses bill.
In the procedure-obsessed Senate, closing off amendments is like taking doughnuts from Homer Simpson. Expect things to get ugly.
Republicans expressed their shock that the Senate majority leader would block a vote on a plan that the president himself wanted passed as soon as possible (because they, after all, are always so eager to please the president). They also savaged Senator Reid's solution: The two tax plans would come up for a vote as bills of their own – at some point before the summer recess.
Republicans already had their bill written, by Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Orrin Hatch of Utah. But who knows what the Democrats would put into their proposal, suggested Senate minority leader McConnell.
“If the president has a proposal, we’ll be happy to send an intern down to the White House to pick it up. But we can’t vote on a speech,” McConnell said Thursday. “And, frankly, we can’t continue like this. It’s long past time Democrats at the White House and in the Senate took the lives and challenges of working Americans as seriously as they take politics.”
The politics of the bill are quite clear. It's not about passing the bill, it's about scoring political points.
It won't have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster. Several vulnerable Democratic senators – Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Jon Tester of Montana – all gave lukewarm reactions to the president’s plan, and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, who caucuses with Democrats, said he would vote against it.
But Democratic leaders appeared confident at a press conference Thursday that they would have at least 51 votes for the president’s measure – a symbolic statement that would show Democrats in general are on board. Trying to add to this impression, Senate Finance Chairman Kent Conrad (D) of North Dakota said Tuesday that the “vast majority” of the caucus is “comfortable” with the president’s plan.
And, it goes without saying, many will be comfortable talking about it – a lot – during the next two weeks.


I 3D printed this Finnish Sturmi assault gun from the excellent STL files sold by Night Sky Miniatures. Their files are complete and can do any version of the Finnish version of the Stug III. It comes with the gun magnetized so you can use both guns on the same hull, but also this provides for much safer transportation of the model with the gun removed.
I started with the cement-reinforced hull with logs and the early war welded gun mantlet. I’ll likely also do a pig-snouted version with extra tracks on the lower glacis. Lovely model all around.
During the painting I dropped this on the cement floor of the shop and obliterated the MG shield and gun. I loaded the mesh up into Fusion 360 and pulled out just the geometry for these pieces and re-printed and attached and painted these replacement parts as well as repairing various other damage. You can hardly tell that I botched it!
I’ll count this as another painted 28mm vehicle in my annual painting totals.


The first Android Wear watches are beginning to ship, and that means people are now getting a good look at what these wrist-worn gadgets boast.
As part of a twinned teardown of sorts, iFixit, which is known for regularly taking apart new tech devices, has dissected the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. The website found LG's Android Wear-based smartwatch to have a 9 out of 10 repairability score, beating the Gear Live by just one point.
The LG G Watch has easy-to-remove screws and spring contacts as well as a battery held down with minimal adhesive. This type of streamlined construction makes the LG G Watch the better buy for anyone who wants to "keep their watch ticking an extra year or two", according to iFixit.
Other notable features include a "cute little paperclip-actuated reset switch on the back", a "traditional, but trickier, strap removal process than the Samsung Gear Live" (which requires you to compress the spring with a thumbnail), and a 400 mAh battery with a 33 per cent edge over the Gear Live’s battery.
And lastly, the LG G Watch features 512 MB DRAM, a Qualcomm APQ8026 SoC, ClearPad 3400 series touchscreen, Bluetooth 4.0, and a six-axis accelerometer and gyroscope. As for the Gear Live, it features a 300 mAh battery and the same removable band found in the Gear 2.
READ: iFixit creates great 80s Macintosh 128K teardown video
Other features include Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antennas, micro-USB, Li+ battery charger, 512 MB DRAM, a Qualcomm APQ8026 SoC, Cypress Semiconductor touchscreen, and a nine-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass.
iFixit claimed both new Android Wear watches resemble the Gear 2 in terms of external and internal design. Although it scored the watches rather similarly in the end, it emphasised the LG G Watch had a cleaner internal design overall but also a screen that would be difficult and costly to replace.


In the Sugar Engineers' sulphitation vessel gas is drawn into the vessel by means of a gas eductor, with a sidestream of the sulphitator sugar liquor as the motive liquid. Some SO2 absorption takes place in the eductor. Gas which disengages from the motive liquid stream, rises up the column. Untreated liquor enters the column just above the top perforated tray. Liquor falls down through the column as the SO2 laden gas rises, so mixing and allowing the SO2 to be absorbed into the liquor stream. Liquor is drawn, by circulation pump, from the bottom of the sulphitator tank and introduced into the column just above the third tray. This is to ensure optimum absorption of SO2.
The features and benefits of the Sugar Engineers' sulphitation vessel are:
Engineered to your factory's precise requirements
Designed for maximum absorption of SO2
Simple, efficient design
Easy to clean and maintain
The design will include:
A detailed and fully dimensioned CAD drawing sent by email
An Engineering specification document
A Process datasheet showing the flows and temperatures and pressures
We are also able to offer Project Management Services for the design, engineering, fabrication and erection of your equipment to ensure it is delivered on time, in budget, to the correct quality.
A partially dimensioned drawing indicative of the design you will receive is available for download.


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Treatment must be done by the end of the year and can not be used by more than one person.
The headlines are gripping: “Viagra increases risk for melanoma.” And commercials somberly advise,‘If you or a loved one has suffered melanoma, you should contact a Viagra attorney for a free consultation today.” So why aren’t older men dropping dead of melanoma on every street corner?
Both psoriasis and eczema (or atopic dermatitis) cause red, scaly skin rashes and can occur on the same parts of the body which is why sometimes people confuse one for the other. They do have somewhat different symptoms so a dermatologist is the best person to diagnose which skin condition it is and how to treat it. Here are some of the characteristics of psoriasis and eczema and how to tell the difference between the two:

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Makerville Ticket 2024
NO DISCOUNT CODES MAY BE USED WITH THIS PURCHASE. Any use of a code will result in order canceled, and a refund.
Makerville Staycation is BACK!
Makerville is a LIVE virtual or in person instructional event with all of your favorite crafty people and small businesses!
In 2024 you get to choose to make pretty things in person, or virtually! We hope to capture the essence of crafting with friends in this epic 5-day Crafty Bootcamp!
August 6th-10th we will be hosting LIVE classes covering a wide variety of crafts such as epoxy projects, artistic decor, and NEW tumbler techniques! Each class will be taught by an experienced crafter with a focus on hands-on instruction. With the diverse expertise each instructor brings, you are bound to pick up a new skill or craft you will love!
Participating in this collaborative event will also get you a huge supply bag that includes everything from a cup turner, to glitter, to vinyl, paint, and epoxy from brands you know and love! You will have everything you need in one place to complete each class aside from personal protective equipment and a few basic craft supplies.
Makerville 2024 will have FOUR ticket options!
Vacation - If you are coming to Vacation with us, you will get EVERYTHING you need for a fun craft filled experience, including a FULLY stocked Craft room at the Creative Co-lab!
Staycation - This ticket option will receive EVERYTHING you need for a fun crafty experience form the comfort Of your own home!
Staycation Basic - This ticket is for just the project necessities. No turner, no electronics will be included in this ticket.
Classes ONLY - This ticket is ONLY for the private group access and all online classes. No box or products will be provided.
PLEASE LEAVE A NOTE WITH T-SHIRT SIZE WITH YOUR ORDER!
The Fine Print:
Your ticket price includes: -Access to over 10 unique live classes that will cover a wide variety of epoxy and non-epoxy based crafts. These will be saved to be watched anytime.
-BONUS CLASSES recorded by special guests to be completed at your leisure.
-A supply bag valued at OVER $600 that will include supplies needed to complete each live and bonus class.
Refunds and Cancellations:
Due to the nature of the event and logistics of the supply bag we cannot honor refunds or cancellations. Tickets are also non-transferable. Every associated business and instructor has worked so hard to bring this experience together and we hope each participant will feel the embodiment of the words that have served as our inspiration: “I make pretty things...with friends”! In case of VACATION event cancellation, Vacation tickets will become STAYCATION tickets, and the difference in ticket price refunded.


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Kentucky Amendment 1: Marsy’s Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment
Kentucky’s Amendment 1 is a set of victim’s rights policies titled “Marsy’s Law.” The amendment is intended to provide expanded protections for victims of crimes and their families, such as advance notice of all court proceedings, extra protection from stalking or harassment, right to privacy, victim testimony at bail and other hearings, and consideration of the victim in the bail-setting process.
Amendment 1 does not have a fiscal note from the state but the exact costs are unknown, other states who have implemented the law may provide estimates. In North Dakota, a state with less than a quarter of the population of Kentucky, the law was estimated to cost $2 million per year. In North Carolina, it was estimated to cost $16.4 million to implement and $30.5 million annually in subsequent years.
Proponents Arguments For:
Supporters argue that the rights of victims and their families deserve the same constitutional protections as the rights of the accused. The current imbalance leads to victim abuse like harassment, especially when the accused are out on bail and parole. Victims deserve to be involved as much or as little as they desire, including testifying at bail and parole hearings. As doing so can place victims at high risk, they should be provided appropriate protections. Attempts to protect victims in statute have not been successful, so the state constitution is the best place to ensure that victims’ rights are placed on equal footing with the accused, supporters of the amendment say.
Opponents Arguments Against:
Opponents argue that the rights of the accused are fundamentally different than victims’ rights. Primarily, the rights of the accused are there to protect citizens from the immense power of the state to arrest and incarcerate individuals accused of crimes. They protect parties that are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Opponents further argue that the threats and violence against victims and families that Marsy’s Law purports to protect against are already illegal. Stalking and harassment are illegal and those protections need to be enforced. Much of the justice process is already public and accessible to victims, though some jurisdictions need to improve how they keep victims informed, opponents say.
Victims’ rights as a concept have been around since at least the 1960s, when the first victim compensation funds were established in California. Since then, nearly every state has adopted a victim protection program, but only 13 states have adopted Marsy’s Law. By creating special rights for victims against other individuals, Marsy’s Law may include some necessary additions to encourage victim participation in the justice process, but also has some concerning consequences.
First, the ability of victims to withhold information from scrutiny is dangerously close to impeding the right of due process for the accused, who are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This can result in defendants not having access to key witnesses and other testimonies needed to construct a defense, which is especially concerning when considering the expanded definition of victim to anyone impacted by the crime. While victims certainly deserve consideration in the process, the protections cannot be so robust as to impede due process for the accused.
Another worrying trend is that police have begun to use Marsy’s Law to hide their identity after use of force incidents become public. This was certainly not the intent of the law, but technically anyone who can claim to be a victim, such as when a law enforcement officer claiming to be a victim of a perpetrator who doesn’t cooperate is provided this protection.
Research has also shown that victim impact statements increase the punishment that jurors hand out. In some states, Marsy’s Law has doubled the time between parole hearings. Some states say this is due simply to the administrative burden of ensuring that victims are notified and included in all proceedings. If states are not notifying and involving victims in parole hearings as they should, that should be fixed without creating a new set of rights for a certain class of people.
Voters’ Guide to Other Criminal Justice Reform 2020 Ballot Initiatives
Voters’ Guides to 2020 Ballot Initiatives on Other Policy Topics


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The debut of Melbourne four-piece Brunswick natives, Press Club.
Up and coming band Press Club are inundated with attitude and aptitude and “Headwreck” is a showcase of their ability to bring the A-Game. It’s magnetic and it’s powerful; most of all it’s just the beginning. The music video, produced with the help of friends, for this single is a one take of the band performing the raw tune in their energetic fashion as the camera drifts around the colourful collection of members that make up Press Club.
This Melbourne four piece band have portrayed the frustration and passion of their generation, the song has been described by vocalist Natalie Foster as “a call to arms to respect yourself, to demand more”.
Press Club are on everyone’s must-watch list and have an untiring sound that will permeate through you the way only music can, more music is surely soon to come as well as a launch show booked in Melbourne at Old Bar on Saturday, July 8th.

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Double plating with autogenous bone grafting as a salvage procedure for recalcitrant humeral shaft nonunion
Background: Despite the majority of humeral shaft nonunions respond well to surgical intervention, a surgeon still encounters a patient with humeral shaft nonunion who had already undergone repeated surgeries for nonunion. This study is a retrospective analysis of the efficacy of the treatment of recalcitrant humeral shaft nonunions using double locking compression plate (LCP) fixation in combination with autogenous iliac crest bone grafting.Methods: A consecutive series of aseptic recalcitrant
... septic recalcitrant humeral shaft nonunion underwent surgical treatment between May 2010 and August 2017 in the authors' institute. Standardized treatment included a thorough debridement, double LCP and screw fixation, and autogenous iliac bone graft. The injury type, the bone affected by nonunion, and the duration of nonunion were recorded for all patients. The main outcome measurements were Constant and Murley scale for shoulder function, Mayo elbow performance index (MEPI) for elbow function, and the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain. In addition, all complications were documented.Results: The study consisted of six females and nine males with a mean age of 45.3±13.1 years. Each patient had already undergone at least once failed surgical management for nonunion. The average duration that the bone remained ununited before the index intervention was 126.8±124.2 months. All patients achieved bone union without implant failure. At the final follow-up, both the mean Constant and Murley joint function score and the mean MEPI were significantly improved, and the mean VAS score significantly decreased. Each patient was highly satisfied with the treatment. Complications were only seen in four patents, including one super wound infection, one radial nerve palsy, one ulnar never palsy, and one discomfort at the iliac crest.Conclusion: Double plate fixation combined with autogenous iliac crest bone grafting can result in successful salvage of humerus nonunions in patients who have failed prior surgical interventions.

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Poplars are most commonly planted on hill country to help stabilise slopes, or along stream banks to prevent erosion. Many have also been used as shelter belts on farms and orchards. Growers need to plant species resistant to poplar rust fungal disease, which causes early loss of leaves in autumn and reduced growth. The trees’ rapidly growing roots can invade neighbouring pasture or crops, and need regular trimming.
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A federal court has extended the reach of an employment arbitration agreement to require a participant to first arbitrate, rather than sue a plan’s investment advisor.
Significantly, the decision in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York drew a distinction between the arbitration clause in an employer handbook and the 401(k)'s summary plan description. The latter, which advised participants that they may file suit in federal court, didn’t undermine a finding that in this case the participant’s claims were related to employment, and thus subject to arbitration.
The plaintiffs here alleged that the fiduciaries of the DST Systems, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan pursued an imprudent investment strategy that resulted in losses exceeding $100 million, and that those same plan fiduciaries deprived participants of timely and meaningful information regarding their investments, including investment objectives, strategies, portfolio holdings, and the risk levels associated with each investment. Plaintiff Cooper claims that conflicts of interest between Ruane—the plan's investment manager—and DST “hobbled” management of the plan, and allowed Ruane to “enter into self-dealing transactions, charge unreasonable fees, and continue as investment manager despite years of dismal performance.”
The plan consisted of a participant-directed 401(k) plan in which employee contributions were matched by DST up to a certain percentage, and a profit sharing account, the latter to which eligible workers were automatically enrolled and could not withdraw from, short of ending their employment with DST. Ruane, as the investment manager selected by DST's Advisory Committee, managed all profit-sharing plan assets.
The Arbitration Agreement
As a DST employee, Cooper received a copy of the "Associate Handbook," and that contained a section on arbitration, though it carved out an exception for “ERISA-related benefits provided under a Company sponsored benefit plan.” On August 11, 2008, Cooper signed the Acknowledgement and Agreement Form, indicating that he understood and agreed that if he did not "opt out in writing within 30 days after [he] receive[d] the [Arbitration Agreement], then [he] and [DST] shall be considered to have agreed" to the arbitration program – and he did not subsequently opt out of the agreement.
In March 2016, Cooper filed this lawsuit, and according to the court record, several months later, he voluntarily dismissed his claims against all defendants in this action except Ruane (he chose to mediate his claims with the DST Defendants in a private forum) – but he did not amend his original complaint.
Judge Pauley noted that the central issue raised in Ruane's motion is whether Cooper's breach of fiduciary duty claims relating to the mismanagement of assets in the plan fall within the ambit of DST's broadly worded Arbitration Agreement. Ruane contends that Cooper should be compelled to arbitrate those claims because "Cooper is a participant in the DST Plan only by virtue of his employment by DST, and his claims are entirely about the management and operation of the DST Plan,” while Cooper countered that because he was bringing suit on behalf of the plan, and not himself, his ERISA claims arise under the operative Investment Management Agreement between DST and Ruane, which doesn’t have an arbitration clause. However, Judge Pauley held that Cooper’s claims “clearly relate” to his employment, and were thus within the scope of the arbitration agreement.
Having decided that, the court turned its attention to whether Ruane, who wasn’t a signatory to the Arbitration Agreement, could compel Cooper to arbitrate his claims under the doctrine of equitable estoppel.
Judge Pauley noted that DST and Ruane have enjoyed a longstanding relationship that predates Cooper's employment – a relationship in which he noted that both occupied co-extensive positions as Plan fiduciaries – the very relationship that plaintiff Cooper claims was riddled with conflicts of interest between DST and Ruane and “forms the basis of his allegations that the Advisory Committee allowed Ruane to charge unreasonable expenses and fees, exercised inadequate oversight over Ruane's self-dealing transactions, and "support[ed] and propp[ed] up [Ruane] at a time critical to [Ruane], to the benefit of [Ruane] and the detriment of the Plan and its participants."
Pauley noted that as a plan participant Cooper received “… a stream of information about Ruane's role as the sole investment manager—through Plan documents, account statements, and investment fee notices—over a sixteen-year period.” He went on to note that “Cooper knew that Ruane was actively involved in investing and managing the PSA assets—at one point directly paying Ruane for those services—and was aware that Ruane counseled the Advisory Committee on non-PSA investments offered,” and that not only was there a “substantial overlap between Cooper's claims against DST and Ruane,” but that the complaint itself “indiscriminately lumps DST and Ruane together as "Defendants."
Moreover, Judge Pauley concluded that the "issues the nonsignatory is seeking to resolve in arbitration are intertwined with the agreement that the estopped party has signed,” and that Cooper's breach of fiduciary duty claims stem from the ERISA statute and, “while not tethered to any specific agreement, relate to the subject matter of the Arbitration Agreement.” Judge Pauley also dismissed Cooper’s argument that the arbitration agreement violated the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") and the Norris-LaGuardia Act by prohibiting collective action by employees," in that employees had to agree to it as a condition of employment – though, as Pauley noted, “Cooper understood that he could opt-out of the arbitration program and voluntarily chose not to.”
In light of those determinations, Judge Pauley granted Ruane's motion to compel arbitration.
The case is Cooper v. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:16-cv-01900, 8/15/17.

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Photos: Western Wildfires
Posted by Galen Nathanson on 08/14/2012 9:06pm PDT tags: photo
Wildfires continue to burn across many western states including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming.
Thousands of firefighters across California were contending with dry conditions, strong winds and triple-digit temperatures Tuesday as they battled raging wildfires that left some areas with smoke lingering in the air.
In Northern California, hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return home as crews continued making progress against a wildfire that has now grown to about 5 square miles.
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We can arrange local pickup/delivery of cycles from the surrounding area, £6.
Areas covered include Barnsley, Hoyland, Darton, Wombwell, Dodworth, and Silkstone.
We can collect cycles from your home or business and also deliver cycles for hire to Hotels and accomodation in the area.
Wortley Cycles, Wortley Post Office, S35 7DB . 0114 2888853
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Samsung is continuing to produce more and more line smartphone market and does not update the employee’s family, for example, Galaxy A, as is the expansion of the model line smartphone market. At this time, the manufacturer first accident “light up” on the site with service information Galaxy On5, and now placed a number of official data on the second unit On7. This low-end line smartphone market with nearly identical characteristics in two sizes.
What will be the new line smartphone market from Samsung?
The new line smartphone market Samsung Galaxy On5 and On7 have much in common: quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz (rumors indicate that this Exynos 3475), 1.5 GB of RAM and 8 GB of non-volatile memory with a slot for Micro SD, 13-megapixel main and 5-megapixel front camera.
Different trends, primarily, screens, both with a resolution of HD, but at On5 is a 5-inch display, while the On7 – 5,5-inch. This is the traditional approach to the selection of Samsung diagonals, anyway, in the middle price segment.
The larger unit is equipped with a battery capacity of 3000 mAh, and its dimensions are 151,8h77,5h8,2mm with the substantial weight of 172 devices will appear in two colors: white and gold. Housing both devices plastic back cover goes with the relief structure under the skin.
New running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop installed proprietary shell TouchWiz. Of course, not without a huge number of pre-installed software, but the lawsuit because of cluttering memory gadgets influenced Samsung – in the Chinese smartphone promo page mentions how much the program takes place. In addition, users in China may remove some non-critical for the proper operation of the device applications.
The new line smartphone market will soon go on sale in China and then is expected to be released for other markets. The cost of new products not yet announced, but sources say it will be about 150 and 200 dollars for the Galaxy On5 and On7 respectively.


ABC & D Recycling, Inc. (ABC & D), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from O'Riley Family Trust (O'Riley), and to operate, 773 feet of rail line located at milepost 12.8, in Ware, Mass. The line is currently operated by the Massachusetts Central Railroad Corporation.
ABC & D states that it has been engaged in handling construction and demolition debris, having obtained all required state and local permits, and intends to continue handling these materials. ABC & D further states its understanding that, if it wishes to handle solid waste as defined in the Clean Railroads Act of 2008, Public Law 110-432, div. A, title VI, 122 Stat. 4900, it must: (1) Obtain all state and local Start Printed Page 49550permits necessary in order to handle such solid waste; or (2) obtain a land-use exemption from the Board for any permits that it is unable to obtain from the state or local government.
ABC & D certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of the transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier, and further certifies that its projected annual revenues will not exceed $5 million.
The transaction is expected to be consummated on August 27, 2010, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed).
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than August 20, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35397, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Leonard M. Singer, Office of Leonard M. Singer, 101 Arch Street, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 02110.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.Start Signature
Decided: August 9, 2010.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
1. ABC & D earlier filed a verified notice of exemption concerning lease and operation of this trackage in FD 35356, ABC & D Recycling, Inc.—Lease and Operation Exemption—a Line of Railroad in Ware, Massachusetts (STB served Mar. 12, 2010), which ABC & D later withdrew. See id. (STB served Apr. 1, 2010) (dismissing ABC & D's notice of exemption without prejudice).Back to Citation
2. According to ABC & D, an agreement has been reached with O'Riley to lease and operate the railroad trackage owned by O'Riley.Back to Citation
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