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A stroll through any one of a score of major museums around the world can provoke amazement at the beauty of stone reliefs, marble statues, ceramic vases and delicate gold and silverware, all dating back to the great civilizations of the distant past.
The same displays, however, can also prompt the question: How did they get there?
For so-called universal museums intent on spreading enlightenment, this can be an irritating question. But for countries trying to halt or reverse illegal excavation and trafficking of their dug-up treasures, it is one increasingly worth pursuing.
It was this very issue that led Philippe de Montebello, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, to travel to Rome last week for talks with officials at Italy's Culture Ministry. The Met has a vast collection of Italian antiquities and, in the view of these officials, some of these objects should not be there because, put bluntly, they were stolen.
The Met disputes this claim and while it, too, is unsure of the pieces' provenance, it is asking Italy to prove they were illegally excavated. In an interview on Wednesday, de Montebello said Italy would have to provide "incontrovertible evidence" of this. He added, "If we are convinced by the evidence, we will take appropriate action."
In such cases, possible compromises discussed by de Montebello and Italian officials include transferring the title of an object to Italy but leaving it on long-term loan at the Met; or returning the object, but having it replaced by a similar piece on long-term loan. Before then, however, Italy must make a persuasive case of its ownership of the 22 items in dispute.
Italy has long bemoaned the steady stripping of its heritage and is now engaged in a fresh campaign to combat the practice. This led it to bring criminal charges of trafficking in stolen antiquities against Marion True, the former antiquities curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and Robert Hecht Jr., a U.S. dealer. Their trial began this year in Rome.
At the same time, bolstered by photographic evidence collected in a 1995 raid on a Geneva warehouse, Italy has begun looking more closely at acquisitions of Italian treasures by U.S. museums, not only the Getty and the Met, but also the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, among others.
But why the focus on American museums? The simplest answer would appear to lie in when and how they acquired their collections.
For instance, the British Museum, the Louvre and the Pergamon in Berlin built their collections in the 19th and early 20th Centuries when European explorers and archeologists played a central role in rediscovering ancient civilizations. The results of the first excavations were often shipped directly to Northern European capitals. Only later were finds shared with host countries.
"Our works were acquired in a legal way according to the practice at the time," said Henri Loyrette, the Louvre's director, noting that there are now no claims on any of the museum's pieces. "Today, the situation is quite different."
This is where American museums come in. Many have relied on donations or purchases of collections assembled by private individuals who have acquired antiquities at auctions or from dealers. Further, while European museums today have modest acquisition budgets, some American museums can still afford to buy valuable antiquities.
"European museums got lots of stuff 100 years ago so they can take the moral high ground," said Neil Brodie, research director of the Illicit Antiquities Research Center in Cambridge, England. "But if you establish a new museum like the Getty, you have to stock it."
In this, he said, U.S. tax incentives play a major part. "If a private collector gives to a museum, he can claim back taxes," Brodie said. Among the works mentioned in the case against True, there are 12 objects from among over 300 masterworks of Greek, Roman and Etruscan art collected by Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman and bought by the Getty in 1996.
Similarly, some antiquities of concern to the Italian authorities belong to the Levy-White collection, which has other pieces on loan to the Met. Shelby White, the widow of Leon Levy, is a Met trustee.

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Business Leaders Beware
The Sarasota County Commission is moving rapidly toward adopting new taxing methods to fund affordable housing. Read this memo from the county staff. Your business could end up on the hit list.
Housing eToolsi? Or WMDs
By Matt Walsh
Talk to Sarasota County staff members about the contents of the Oct. 13 memo, titled iProgress Report on Regulations and Incentives to Promote Development of Community Housing,i and they refer to the multitude of possible regulations and iincentivesi in its five pages as itoolsi in a itool boxi o some, all or none of which could be used to address what they perceive to be an affordable housing problem in Sarasota County.
But if youire a business owner, homebuilder, contractor, plumber or any business whose fortunes are tied to the housing industry (arenit we all?), the itoolsi sound more like WMDs.
The memo is excruciating reading. As you wade through it o and we highly recommend you do o you are likely to marvel at how creative local governments around the nation have become at generating laws, schemes and programs to try to fix problems that their earlier-adopted laws, schemes and programs created.
But youire also likely to get a headache or nauseous. Larry Arnold, author of the memo and Sarasota Countyis community development manager, researched all of these schemes and dubbed them iestablished best practices throughout the country.i Itis difficult to understand how these constitute ibest.i
Arnold describes communities that imposed ilinkage feesi (a tax), such as Winter Park near Orlando and Cambridge, Mass. Several communities offer iincentivesi that say, in essence: Build low-cost housing and the government will give you a special relaxation on impact fees, permit fees and other regulations that it imposes on everyone else. Fairfax, Va., has imposed price controls on affordable housing units.
In short, what all of these itoolsi constitute is more of the same o taking blood and money from one group and giving an unearned benefit to another group to engineer social outcomes. While many voters and elected officials think they are solving a housing problem, in reality they are only exacting higher prices on everyone else who does not benefit from the subsidies.
Susan Scott, assistant Sarasota County administrator, who at one time was CEO of First Union Bank in Sarasota, notes that the itoolsi in the Oct. 13 memo are not a fait accompli. Indeed, on Nov. 10, Scott says, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss the concepts in the memo ion how they might work or might not work in our community.i
Adds Scott: iItis going to be a long process. Thereis a lot of community input that has to happen. These are tools that are going to be community-owned tools.i
Or community-owned WMDs.
Whether they end up as tools that fix or weapons that tax and hurt business will hinge, as always, on which special interest groups can make the most noise or most compelling case to the county commissioners.
Mark your calendars for Nov. 10. The future of your businessi fortunes will be at risk if youire not heard.


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It’s a little early for me to get all old-fogeyish about the movies, but there’s at least one thing I think is largely missing from our cinema these days. It’s tough to name it exactly, because it can take many forms—in screenwriting, in performance, in set design, in direction, or in music…it can pop up anywhere as a singular element within a particular film, or it may be the overriding aesthetic of a picture in its entirety.
“It” has made sporadic comebacks in mood by way of the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair; Duplicity gave it a shot; Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven series tried it on for size in fits and starts, while Soderbergh’s comic thriller Out of Sight, I say, has it in spades. The Austin Powers series made a mint out of spoofing it, but that satire’s a little weaker for this newest generation of moviegoers, since its un-ironic form had long since vanished from the scene by the time they came of age in the multiplex.
What in the world are we talking about here? What is “it”?
I’ll call it: cosmopolitan sensuality.
Maybe the John Doe character from Se7en inadvertently offered an explanation for the absence of this quality best when he said that if you want people to pay attention in the modern era, “…you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer.” Cosmopolitan sensuality doesn’t bash you over the noggin so much as massage it. Really, though—who isn’t looking for an enticing psychic rub these days, what with all the forces of chaos in contemporary life rattling around inside the collective consciousness?
Here, as my representative example, is the absolute essence of cosmopolitan sensuality, captured in a single scene. Actress/singer/model Fran Jeffries—perhaps even better known for removing her clothes in Playboy than for appearing in them—dons a way-hot, black catsuit of sorts to perform “Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight),” one of Henry Mancini’s signature musical themes in Blake Edwards’ 1964 comedy classic The Pink Panther.
The girl. The setting. The music. The choreography. The willingness to stop a movie’s forward trajectory dead in its tracks simply to revel in the magnetism of a gorgeous gal and the lush pleasures of a song with sex on its mind (if not explicitly in its lyrics).
It’s Frantastic, baby!

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Saint-Leonard ( LEE-oh-nard; French: Saint-Léonard [sɛ̃ leonaʁ]) is a borough (arrondissement) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was amalgamated into the city of Montreal in 2002. The former city was originally called Saint-Léonard de Port Maurice after Leonard of Port Maurice, an Italian saint. The borough is home to Montreal's Via Italia.
Saint-Leonard is located in the northeastern part of the Island of Montreal. It is bordered by five boroughs: Montréal-Nord to the north and northwest, Anjou to the east, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve to the southeast, Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie to the south and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension to the southwest and west. Jean-Talon Street East (Rue Jean-Talon Est) traverses through the borough, connecting it to Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Anjou.
Quebec Autoroute 40 (Autoroute Métropolitaine), part of the Trans-Canada Highway, traverses the area. Exits 76, 77 and 78 are in Saint-Leonard.
Public transportation in Saint-Leonard is managed by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). Saint-Leonard has an extensive bus network in the borough with a total of 14 bus routes. There are 12 daytime routes including two express routes and 2 night routes. The STM's 141 Jean-Talon Est bus serves Jean-Talon Street East, with buses taking off at every 10 minutes maximum during peak hours from Saint-Michel and Honoré-Beaugrand metro stations. The Massouche Exo line runs through the borough and has a stop at Gare Saint-Léonard-Montréal-Nord. While lacking in a connection to the Metro system the future Blue Line extension of the Montreal Metro, which is previewed to open in 2029, will have three stations located in Saint-Leonard, with all of them located along Jean-Talon Street East. The REM de l'est is a planned light rail rapid transit system that would connect Saint Leonard and the rest of eastern Montreal to the Downtown core in less than 30 minutes. It will have a connection to the metro's future Blue Line extension at Lacordaire.
Carrefour Langelier is a small-sized shopping mall located in Saint-Leonard, at the corner of Jean-Talon Street East and Langelier Boulevard. Saint-Leonard is also home to the Le Boulevard shopping centre, although a portion of the mall is actually located in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.
An important English, French and Italian community centre, the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre (Centre Leonardo Da Vinci) is located along Lacordaire Boulevard, near Aréna Martin Brodeur.
The parish of Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice was founded in April 1886 and eventually became the City of Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice on March 5, 1915. Saint-Léonard was traditionally a rural francophone hamlet with under a thousand people until the mid-twentieth century. The town became increasingly developed and urban throughout the twentieth century, benefiting from the expansion of the City of Montreal and a massive wave of Italian immigration which enriched life in the area with numerous cafes and restaurants. In 2016, the number of Italian-Canadians in Saint-Leonard was 25,510. Maghrebis people make up a diverse group in the city; 3,900 people are of Berber ethnic origin and 3,770 people are of Arab ethnic origin. It is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural neighbourhoods on the Island of Montreal and about 49% of the population is foreign-born. Today, the Saint-Leonard has the 10th highest population of Montreal's 19 boroughs and is the 8th most densely populated borough.
The borough has one of the highest concentrations of Italian-Canadians in the city, along with Rivière-des-Prairies (RDP). As such, it has surpassed Montreal's rapidly gentrifying Little Italy as the centre for Italian culture in the city, with numerous cultural institutions and commercial enterprises serving the city's second-most populous cultural community. The stretch of Jean Talon Street between Langelier and Viau Boulevards has become known as Via Italia. By necessity, many services are available in Italian, English and French (the Leonardo da Vinci Centre, for instance, offers cultural activities and events in the three languages). The borough is characterized by its spacious, wide-set semi-detached brick duplexes (and triplexes, four-plexes, and five-plexes — an architectural style unique to Montreal), backyard vegetable gardens, Italian bars (cafés), and pastry shops serving Italian-Canadian staples such as cannoli, sfogliatelle, and zeppole. At some times of year, it is possible to observe seasonal Italian traditions like the making of wine, cheese, sausage, and tomato sauce in quantity. These activities bring extended families and neighbours together and often spill out into front driveways.
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The Saint-Léonard Aquatic Complex (French: Complexe aquatique de Saint-Léonard) was built in 2006 and is home to three swimming pools: one recreational basin, one 25-metre (82 ft) pool and one acclimation basin that includes a turbo bath spa. There are also two saunas, one for women and one for men.
Skaters can skate safely in any one of the two skate parks located in the city of Saint Leonard. Admission to these parks is free, and they are open to the public May through October.
Saint Leonard has 10 km of bike paths around the borough, that connect various parks, pools and municipal structures. On November 1, 2022, the city of Montreal announced its Vision vélo 2023-2027 which plans to increase Montreal's cycling network by 200 km. This includes 2 REV (Réseau Express Vélo) routes passing through Saint-Leonard on Lacordaire boulevard and the other on Jean-Talon Street. If all goes to plan this will be the first time that Saint-Leonard will be connected to the rest of the Montreal bike network.
Saint Leonard has two hockey arenas, Aréna Martin Brodeur, located on 5300 boulevard Robert, and Aréna Roberto Luongo, located on 7755 Rue Colbert. These arenas host local games, and usually provide food, locker rooms, showers and public free-skating.
Saint Leonard also has many outdoor hockey rinks in the winter. There are seven rinks set up before winter, and then they are iced when the temperature is appropriate. There was a delay of rink making in 2007 when the weather was warmer than usual.
Soccer is a very popular sport for the youth in Saint Leonard. Every large public park in Saint-Léonard has a soccer field open to the public.
Both Saint Leonard arenas are used by the figure skating community. Many Olympic and World Champions have trained here in different disciplines like singles, pairs, dance and synchronized skating.
The city has a domed football stadium, Stade Hébert, which is home to the Saint-Léonard Cougars of the CJFL football league.
There are bocce courts located at almost every public park.
Saint Leonard contains a cavern located at Pie XII Park.
Since the replacement of denominational (Catholic/Protestant) school boards with linguistic (French/English) ones, Saint-Leonard is served by one school board for the English schools and a school service centre for French schools. All French schools are part of the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île (CSSPÎ) while all English schools are part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).
The French-language high school is École secondaire Antoine de St-Exupery.
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The English-language secondary school is Laurier Macdonald High School
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The borough the Saint-Léonard Library of the Montreal Public Libraries Network.
Saint-Leonard's first library opened in 1966, in a very modest house on Jarry Street. In 1974, the new city hall and current library were built side by side on Lacordaire Boulevard (photo to the right). Expanded in 1984, the library has modernized over the years and is home to the Port-Maurice Gallery.
Saint-Leonard leans heavily Liberal at both the provincial and federal levels. While at the municipal level it leans exclusively towards Ensemble Montreal.
Jeanne Mance-viger is the electoral district representing the borough of Saint-Léonard in the National Assembly in Quebec city. The current MNA is Filomenna Rotiroti from the QLP first elected in 2008.
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel is the electoral district representing Saint-Léonard in the House of Commons in Ottawa. The current MP is Patricia Lattanzio from the LPC first elected in 2019.
Saint-Léonard is divided by Lacordaire Boulevard into two city council districts, Saint-Léonard-Est and Saint-Léonard-Ouest. The borough elects a borough mayor, who also sits on Montreal City Council; each district elects one city councillor and one borough councillor. The borough mayor, city councillors, and borough councillors make up the borough council. As of the 2021 Montreal Municipal Election the borough Mayor, borough council and both city councillors are all from Ensemble Montreal.
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St-Leonard is the hometown of notable people such as Roberto Luongo, Nadia G and Martin Brodeur. Notable companies from St-Leonard include Saputo Inc., FSecur, Lafrenaie, FinePrints, and a few others.
Saint-Leonard is also the place were the Snow blower was invented by one of his citizen Arthur Sicard.
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TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill that takes the heat off of people who want to make a few bucks shoveling snow.
As New Jersey bundles up with real snow set to fall over the weekend, those with strong backs and a desire to make a few bucks can finally showcase their willingness to shovel.
As CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported, it’s thanks in part to Rutgers University freshman Matt Molinari.
“It’s a pretty cool thing at 19-years-old to say that you had an effect,” Molinari said.
Right before a snowstorm last January, Molinari and a buddy handed out fliers offering to help with snow removal until a cop in Bound Brook stopped them.
“Technically that’s not allowed in Bound Brook,” Molinari said.
The fliers violated the borough ordinance against soliciting without a permit.
“I have an extreme respect for law enforcement, and they were just doing their jobs,” Molinari said.
Many lawmakers thought the situation gave the cold shoulder to common sense.
“I just thought it was outrageous. We should be encouraging young people to go out there and shovel snow and help out their neighbors,” said New Jersey state Sen. Mike Doherty (R-Washington/Bridgewater).
The legislature agreed. They passed Doherty’s bill to allow snow shoveling solicitation within 24 hours of a forecast storm.
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Armed with a microphone and a guitar, 9 year old CC and her dad Graham spent a summer afternoon fundraising for Tiny Changes.
The took part in the annual Edinburgh Big Beach Busk, a non-profit event that brings all kinds of ‘buskers’ to the city’s Portobello promenade. There are no rules: you just turn up, choose a spot and do your thing.
CC and Graham love to sing with each other, and this isn’t the first year they’ve busked on the beach together. Although CC admits to still feeling a wee bit nervous before they start but as soon as she begins to sing, her worries melt away and she feels great!
Did you know? Singing can sometimes release a hormone, oxytocin, that is found to alleviate stress. Whilst listening to music can help to process feelings and emotions, and help you to relax.
The beach busk means a lot to CC’s dad Graham too. He vividly remembers being on Portobello beach the night Scott Hutchison went missing, and how impactful that evening felt as the news of Scott’s death was shared.
As father to a young daughter, and knowing how the pandemic has impacted the mental health of so many, Graham feels Tiny Changes is such an important organisation.
For them both, Tiny Changes was the perfect charity to support at an event based around music and community.
We have tiny change makers across the world helping young people in Scotland by funding our national small grants programme.
Without the ambition, enthusiasm, dedication and love from our fundraisers, we wouldn’t be able to do this important, early mental health work.
To date, we’ve funded over 50 projects by donations from people just like you. The Tiny Changes community is powerful and we hope sharing stories will inspire others to fundraise and donate too.
We want to hear more stories from our fundraisers – it motivates us on our hard days too.
Want to fundraise for us or be featured on our blog? DM us and tag us on social media @tinychanges.
If you’re able to share our blog or donate to a Tiny Changes fundraiser page, please do.
Whether you send us £2 or £20,000, each donation goes a long way in helping young minds feel better. We’re so grateful.

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Alford signs 10-year contract with UNM
UNM Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs announced the agreement Wednesday, which includes a $240,000 raise next year.
Alford’s base salary, other compensation and retirement already added up to more than $1 million, KOAT recently reported, with the opportunity to earn more in incentives.
News of the new contract came as the Lobos are preparing for their first game in this year’s NCAA Tournament March 21 in Salt Lake City.
The length of the new contract would make Alford the longest tenured coach in Lobo basketball history.
“When you look at the successes of the team on the court, in the classroom and in the community, it was easy to come to this decision,” Krebs said. “Coach Alford is running a program that is something the entire state of New Mexico can be proud of.”
Alford is the only coach in the history of UNM to win 22 games in each of his first six seasons. The team has qualified for postseason play in all six seasons, including three NCAA Tournaments. Under Alford, the team has won 155 games in six years, an average of just under 26 games per season.
“I have said from our first game in The Pit that this was a special place and that it was a tremendous honor to be the head basketball coach at the University of New Mexico,” Alford said. “Now six years in, we have built a top 25 program on and off the court.”
The Lobos are 29-5 heading into their NCAA Tournament game with Harvard University.
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Runs and RBIs are two of the vital offensive categories and when a MLB team scores a lot of runs, you can count on hits and/or HRs to be a beneficiary. Today we will take a look at six teams and their early-season run production so you can apply it to shaping your fantasy franchise.
1) Arizona Diamondbacks: They lead the league in runs scored at over 6 per game. Since they play half of their games in an extreme hitter’s park, the good times should roll all summer. Getting D-Backs on your roster is an excellent idea. They won’t likely lead the league as they are now, but this emerging offense should finish in the top 8.
2) Chicago Cubs: Last year, the Cubs had offensive talent, but couldn’t get timely hitting to score big runs. This year, things look much better, especially with Kosuke Fukudome added to the mix. Also, don’t forget that Alfonso Soriano will be back soon and might help this offense be a juggernaut. Wrigley is an excellent hitter’s park and plays very well in the summer months. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Cubs led the league in scoring this year, and with their pitching, they might [...]


Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd’s CEO Jung Sung-leep said he believes he should step down from the top position if the cash-strapped South Korean firm is unable to turn a profit this year.
South Korean state banks have said they are preparing a fresh $2.6 billion bailout for Daewoo Shipbuilding, which has racked up huge losses from offshore projects and risks missing debt repayments this year.
Already bailed out in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s and supported again in 2015, Daewoo’s financials have deteriorated rapidly due to delays and trouble building complex offshore facilities. It posted a record net loss of 3.3 trillion won in 2015 and stayed in the red in 2016.
“Although there might be problems with liquidity, that has nothing to do with winning orders this year,” CEO Jung told reporters on Friday. “Because we are full this year with orders already won, this year’s profits depend on how well we make the ships according to prediction.”
“If by some factor we do not make a profit this year, it would be due to my shortcomings, and I must naturally step down,” CEO Jung added.
Daewoo has the world’s largest volume of existing orders among shipyards, with 6.16 million compensated gross tonnage (CGT) still to be delivered, versus No. 2 Samsung Heavy’s 3.6 million CGT and No. 3 Hyundai Heavy’s 3.39 million CGT, Clarksons Research data shows.
But, of the three, Daewoo’s situation is the most difficult.
Without the infusion of funds, Daewoo is not expected to be able to redeem 940 billion won ($838.27 million) in corporate bonds maturing this year – starting with 440 billion won due in April, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday.
Daewoo has raised only 1.8 trillion won, of the 5.3 trillion won in asset sales and cost cuts it had pledged to raise starting in October 2015, when creditor banks began infusing billions of dollars to revive the shipbuilder.
Jung said a construction unit, another non-shipbuilding unit, and a shipyard in Romania were all in talks with potential buyers. “We’ve expanded our asset sales and cost-cutting plan three times,” Jung said. “There is nothing else to sell.”
Daewoo will seek an agreement with the labour union to cut more personnel costs, Jung said, without elaborating.
Daewoo has slashed about 3,000 employees since October 2015, and currently directly employs about 10,400 people.
CEO Jung said he expected Daewoo to receive considerable calls from shipowners for “builder’s default”, cancelling existing orders, if the company goes into court receivership – the regulator’s alternate plan for the troubled firm in case the bailout does not go through.
Company leadership will do its best to convince stakeholders that hold Daewoo debt, such as world’s No.3 pension fund National Pension Service, that backing the government’s plan for debt-equity swaps and grace periods is the most rational decision, Daewoo CFO Kim Youl-jung said.
National Pension Service holds about 390 billion won in Daewoo corporate bonds, Yonhap reported. A spokeswoman for the fund said it was considering the matter, but did not give any further details.
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There's no guarantee that any forward lines used in exhibition games will be together come the regular season. However, new Grande Prairie Storm coach Matt Hughes has likely at least pencilled in the combination of Dylan Thudium, Tyson McCallum and Jordan McTaggart at this time.
The trio combined for nine points on Tuesday night in front of 459 spectators at the Canada Games Arena, as the Storm blanked the Whitecourt Wolverines 4-0. McCallum was in on every goal, scoring once and adding three assists. Thudium tallied twice, with one helper and McTaggart garnered two assists.
Stephen Doanne had the final goal of the game for the home side, which led 1-0 after both the first and second periods, before scoring three times in the third to ice the contest. Storm outshot the Wolverines 32-19 on the night, with Nick Kulmanovsky forced into making two or three key saves to earn his shut out.
Both teams' powerplays showed preseason rust. Whitecourt was 0-for-2, while the Storm never really threatened in any of their four advantages. The win for the Storm atoned a 3-1 loss in Whitecourt on Sunday night.
Storm close out their home exhibition schedule Friday night, when the Bonnyville Pontiacs visit the Canada Games Arena at 7:30. Storm, Pontiacs, Wolverines and Drayton Valley Thunder all then head to Peace River for a four-team preseason tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
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Every once in a blue moon you come across a study that kind of stops you in its tracks. This is that one for me. (Thanks to Tim Vaughn for pointing it out.) If the findings hold up it could transform our understanding and approach to fibromyalgia (FM). Plus, it has interesting possible implications for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
In 2019, the Goebel team behind this study replicated the symptoms of CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) in mice simply by giving them IgG antibodies from people with CRPS. What they did in CRPS a couple of years ago, they did in fibromyalgia this year.
IgG antibodies are the most common type of antibody found in the blood. Their ability to bind to pathogens means they make up an important part of our immune defense. These powerful factors also neutralize toxins, activate the complement system, etc. When they go wrong, though, they can also trigger autoimmune attacks on human tissues.
That’s what the authors of this study believe has happened in fibromyalgia. The autoimmune attack, though, hasn’t targeted just any tissues. Their study suggests that an autoimmune attack has targeted the actual nerves in fibromyalgia… No wonder it’s such a nasty disease.
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“IgG is the principal pronociceptive, pathological serum component in FMS patients.” The authors
Goebel et. al started off their study by noting that along with the central nervous system problems found in FM, researchers have also found evidence of “peripheral” problems; i.e. problems affecting the body. These include hyperactive sensory nerves, disappearing small nerve fibers, and some immune issues. Those, plus the high rate of FM found in some autoimmune disorders, led the Goebel team to suspect an autoimmune basis for FM.
This is despite the lack of consistent and overt inflammation findings in fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. Researchers have looked for consistent evidence of the inflammation they’ve believed must be there almost since day 1. In 2016, Goebel proposed an alternative. While referencing chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), he proposed that autoantibodies may be causing pain without producing inflammation by tweaking the receptors on the pain-producing nerves.
One of the main culprits in this new scenario is our old “friend” – the glial cells. Presumably, to protect them, glial cells wrap themselves around the nerve bodies found in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG).
The DRG, which are found just outside the spinal cord, provide central processing gateways through which the sensory and autonomic signals from the body pass on their way to the spinal cord. The DRG then, determines which and how many pain, sensory, and autonomic nervous system signals make it to the central nervous system. That, of course, potentially leaves them at ground zero in fibromyalgia, and indeed, Dr. Martinez-Lavin proposed that about ten years ago.
Like glial cells everywhere, the glial cells surrounding the DRG can produce a wide range of substances (ATP, glutamate, TNF, other cytokines, fractalkine) that can activate the nerves, causing them to produce pain and other symptoms.
In his past fibromyalgia studies, Goebel had mostly concentrated on temperature and sensitivity issues, but in his 2021 study, “Passive transfer of fibromyalgia symptoms from patients to mice “, he brought autoimmunity to the fore.
The study injected purified IgG from people with FM and healthy control subjects into mice. Within two days, the mice given the IgG from the FM patients had become hypersensitive to pressure, cold, and pain, and reduced their grip strength. The mice given the IgG from the healthy controls, on the other hand, had no problems).
Further studies indicated that pain receptors on the nerves outside the spinal cord had become hyperactivated in the FM mice. Over the next couple of weeks small fiber neuropathy cropped up. Goebel had swiftly given mice fibromyalgia simply by giving them immune factors found in his FM patients’ blood.
Importantly, the IgG from the FM patients never made it to the spinal cord or the brain; instead, it mostly accumulated in the glial cells surrounding the dorsal root ganglia. While the glial cells just outside the spinal cord became hyperactive, the activity of the glial cells inside the spinal cord remained at normal levels.
Despite all the CNS (central nervous system) findings in FM, Goebel was able to push the small pain nerve fibers found outside the CNS into a state of hyperactivity without any central nervous system involvement at all.
At no time did systemic cytokine levels increase. Whatever the IgG was doing, it was doing it very locally. Goebel’s findings could explain one of the great mysteries in FM and ME/CFS – why the cytokines often associated with pain and fatigue haven’t been found to be consistently up-regulated in these diseases. Well aware of the implications of their findings, the authors wrote their results may
“transform future research and facilitate development of mechanism-based therapeutic interventions (in fibromyalgia)”.
In 2013, Goebel proposed that chronic regional pain syndrome constitutes “a new kind of autoimmunity”, and that other “functional disorders” like FM, ME/CFS, IBS, interstitial cystitis, and chronic pelvic pain syndrome may be autoimmune as well.
Similarly, in 2017 ME/CFS researchers including Shoenfeld, Scheibenbogen, and Martinez-Lavin proposed that chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), POTS, and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) belong to a new category of autoimmune diseases they called “autoimmune neurosensory dysautonomias“.
While we don’t know how the central nervous system ties into these findings, they suggested that one may not need to access that complex system to make a difference. All that may be needed is to damp down the immune response and reduce the levels of those IgG autoantibodies.
Brief attempts to discover the suspected autoantigen – the protein the authors believed the FM patients’ IgG was binding to – were fruitless but suggested it was not a common one.
The idea that something in plasma may be causing FM brings up, of course, the intriguing question, given the similar findings, of whether the same process is occurring in ME/CFS. One wonders as well whether the adrenergic autoantibody findings from Scheibenbogen’s ME/CFS work could apply.
- The study filtered IgG antibodies out of the blood of people with fibromyalgia and healthy controls and then introduced them to mice.
- The mice receiving the IgG antibodies from the FM patients quickly developed fibromyalgia-like symptoms; i.e. they became hypersensitive to pain, pressure, and heat, and their grip strength declined. The mice receiving the IgG antibodies from the healthy controls remained unchanged.
- Further study indicated that the pain-sensing nerves have become hypersensitive and that the mice over time developed small fiber neuropathy.
- No evidence of inflammation was found. Instead, it appeared that the IgG had activated the glial cells during the dorsal root ganglia or DRG. The DRG contains bundles of nerves that serve as the last sensory signal processing center before the signals reach the spinal cord and central nervous system.
- While the study found a high uptake of fibromyalgia IgG in the DRB and microglial cells it found no IgG uptake in the spinal cord or central nervous system indicating that the pain hypersensitivity found in the mice was all produced outside the central nervous system.
- The authors believe that a new kind of autoimmunity – one which does not produce inflammation – is present in fibromyalgia. Instead, the autoimmune processes directly target pain-producing nerves.
- The fact that the mice returned to normal when the FM IgG levels declined suggested that the illness is not permanent and could be reversed by removing the autoantibodies from the FM patients. They suggest that therapies like plasmapheresis and immunoadsorption – which is being assessed in ME/CFS – could help. Other therapies which target the suspect autoantigens (when and if they are found), as well as therapies like IVIG, are possibilities.
- Kevin Tracey lauded the study calling it a “tour de force” and “a shining example of how and why clinical translational research can and should be done”. He suggested it could provide insights that will lead to new and effective therapies for FM.
The author’s next steps involve further delineating how these “autoreactive” antibodies are tweaking the glial cells and/or dorsal root ganglia. The authors didn’t downplay the central nervous system problems that have been found in FM but did state that future studies will determine if the process they’ve uncovered could be causing them.
As the authors note, the current treatment options for FM, which rely mainly “on lifestyle changes, physical exercise, and drug therapy with antidepressants and anticonvulsants”, leave “an enormous unmet clinical need”.
The fact that the mice returned to normal when the FM IgG levels declined suggested that the illness is not permanent and could be reversed by removing the autoantibodies from the FM patients. They pointed to IgG-reducing approaches such as plasmapheresis or immunoadsorption. Intriguingly, Scheibenbogen has found some success in small studies with immunoadsorption in ME/CFS, and the BC 007 aptamer is a candidate for both ME/CFS and long COVID. They also suggested that approaches that specifically target the autoreactive IgGs could be effective.
Also, without naming them, they proposed therapies that “interfere with the binding of autoreactive antibodies or prevent their functional consequences”. These therapies presumably include IVIG.
In his review, “From human to mouse and back offers hope for patients with fibromyalgia” Kevin Tracey, MD, proposed that therapies that interfere with IgG binding to the glial cells/DRG, or which stop those cells from reacting, will also be developed. Tracey, the President, and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes has published hundreds of papers and is a leader in inflammation, vagus nerve, and bioelectronics research.
Check out Tracey’s stirring talk at the 2020 Dysautonomia International Conference about the bioelectronics revolution.
Tracey called the Goebel paper:
“a shining, impactful example of how and why clinical translational research can and should be done” and stated, “This tour de force study at once provides insight into a mysterious disease affecting millions of people and offers a solid and promising insight into just how to begin developing effective therapeutic strategies for a severe, chronic, uncurable illness.”
Update – FM researchers score a major grant to contain their antibody studies.
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In an period of globalization, the authors argue that geographical regions nonetheless make the severe judgements affecting the worldwide atmosphere. countries come to a decision no matter if to take part in overseas environmental agreements, and governments make the rules that enforce these agreements. for that reason, knowing the worldwide environmental destiny calls for an knowing of the family conditions and nationwide functionality of states.
This quantity appears to be like on the methods nations fluctuate politically and assesses the impression on responses to international environmental concerns akin to weather swap, biodiversity loss, deforestation, and trans-boundary pollution.
The publication explores 5 significant themes: state-society family members; environmental non-governmental firms (ENGOs); eco-friendly events and environmental activities; associations of presidency and policy-making; diversifications within the capacities of states to guard the surroundings; and nationwide responses to worldwide difficulties. It compares and contrasts wealthy and terrible international locations, huge and small nations, liberal democracies and authoritarian states.
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Tem's Vietnamese cuisine is up there with some of the best in the city, and it's ideal if you're after something light yet packed with flavour for lunch. If you're on the hungrier side, opt for a bánh mì - we love the caramelised braised pork and spicy lemongrass chicken. For a lighter option, we suggest their refreshing summer rolls, filled with vermicelli noodles, fresh herbs, carrot, peanuts, and your preferred combination of prawn and pork, spicy lemongrass chicken, or tofu and mushroom.
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The Horrors 'Something To Remember Me By' by Max Weiland
Max Weiland builds a cold dystopian world around The Horrors, who reluctantly sign up to some dubious experimentation in a forbidding research complex, run by a Mrs Big you don't want to mess with.
Something bad is going to happen - but not what you expect to happen. Perhaps in keeping with Faris and co.'s new direction with the decidedly catchy Something To Remember By, this turns out to be less horrible, and more satirical. And saucy.
"This video is a comment on society’s obsession with celebrity and the music industry’s attempt to take advantage of that. A strange corporation harvest The Horrors for their real blood, sweat, tears and more, turning their bodily fluids into consumer products ready for the mass market."
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Raye presents a very satisfying tale of revenge...
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Armed robbery suspect arrested
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Colonel Terry Daigre said that on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, Terrebonne Parish deputies responded to the 500 block of La. Highway 55 Montegut, La. in reference to a domestic violence complaint.
The complainant stated that a 57 year old resident, who just recently had open heart surgery, was being severely abused by his 28 year old son. Deputies arrived at this location and contacted the victim who had two black eyes with a swollen nose that appeared to be broken among other obvious injuries to his body. The victim was immediately taken out of this environment and transported to the Sheriff’s Office in order to continue this investigation.
The suspect Ryan Anthony Henry, age 28, 507 La. Highway 55 Montegut, La. was arrested on arrest warrants for failure to appear in court and theft. He was transported to the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex and booked on these charges.
Detectives interviewed the victim and learned that this abuse had been occurring over the past few months but the victim was afraid to report it. The victim was recently beaten unconscious and left bleeding on the floor whereas a witness entered the residence and observed Henry as he stood over the victim with a knife. Henry allegedly cut the victim’s pants from the bottom up to his waist and stole his wallet.
At the conclusion of this interview the victim went to a local hospital in order to seek medical attention for his injuries. After further investigation Ryan Anthony Henry was arrested for Second degree battery and armed robbery. He remains in the TPCJC on a $100,000.00 bond.


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Hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome (HHCS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition with raised serum ferritin and early onset bilateral cataracts, but without iron overload in tissues. It arises from point mutations/deletions in the L-Ferritin gene on chromosome 19, altering a critical sequence within the iron responsive element (IRE) on the L-Ferritin mRNA, thereby resulting in hyperferritinemia. The position of each unique mutation in relation to the loop region of the L-Ferritin IRE determines the level of ferritin elevation and the severity of cataract.
We report the first Welsh family with HHCS affecting 3 generations and review the current understanding of translational disorders caused by the IRE mutations in ferritin mRNA.
The hematologists referred a 45-year-old lady to the gastroenterology clinic in 2000 for investigation of unexplained persistently raised serum ferritin levels. The high ferritin was discovered unexpectedly 11 years earlier while screening for anemia during her 2nd pregnancy in 1989.
Liver function tests and acute phase reactants were normal. Transferrin saturation was low normal at 19%. Bone marrow aspiration was normal apart from depleted iron stores. HFE gene mutation studies in 1999 showed that she lacked the Cys282Tyr mutation and was heterozygous for the His63Asp mutation. Serial serum ferritin levels had been done annually in the hematology clinic and were stable with values of 1100±150.
A detailed history at the gastroenterology clinic revealed that she had a history of bilateral congenital cataracts from the age of 4 years and had undergone cataract surgery with IOL implants in both eyes in 1999. The patient’s daughter and mother also had congenital cataracts; her maternal grandmother and great-grandmother (both deceased) also had been affected with congenital cataracts.
There was no history of arthritis, liver disease, diabetes or autoimmunity in the patient or her immediate family.
A literature search made us aware of hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome (HHCS) and we proceeded to confirm it with genetic studies after informed consent.
All the 3 living affected family members with congenital cataract had high serum ferritin levels (exclusively L-ferritin) with normal transferrin saturation. Molecular sequencing studies were done to look for mutations in the L-ferritin gene. Heterozygous single point mutation for a +32G to T substitution in the L-ferritin gene (Paris II mutation) was found in the affected family members.
Two unaffected family members (brother and son) were also tested and had normal ferritin levels as well as the wild type L-ferritin gene sequence.
Test results are illustrated in Table 1.
Table 1 Test results
||HFE mutations C282Y/H63D
||Serum iron µmol/L
||Transferrin saturation (%)
||Serum ferritin µg/L|
The pedigree of the family is outlined in the family tree below (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Family tree showing the proband by an arrow with black circles indicating the individuals with the disorder.
HHCS was first described in 1995 as an autosomal dominant inherited defect in regulation of ferritin synthesis resulting in early bilateral cataracts . Mutations associated with HHCS occur throughout the iron responsive element (IRE) of the L-ferritin mRNA. The clinical severity of HHCS is remarkably varied depending on the site of mutation within the IRE. Serum ferritin levels can range from 2 to 10-fold higher than normal; lens opacities can be mild with no detectable effect on visual acuity or severe requiring surgical intervention.
Ferritin is a ubiquitous iron storage protein and consists of 3 component subunits: L (light), H (heavy) and G (glycosylated). Tissue ferritins consist of variable proportions of H and L subunits, whereas serum ferritin contains almost only L and G subunits.
The expression of both H-ferritin and L-ferritin is regulated according to intracellular iron concentration by means of iron-responsive elements (IREs) and iron regulatory proteins (IRPs). The IREs (located in the 5' untranslated region of ferritin mRNAs and in the 3' untranslated region of transferrin receptor mRNAs) interact with the iron regulatory proteins IRP1 and IRP2 depending on the cellular iron status .
When cellular iron is scarce, IRP is "open" and binds to IRE, thereby inhibiting ferritin translation. Conversely when cellular iron is abundant, formation of [4Fe-4S] clusters within IRP prevents binding to IRE ("closed" IRP); as a consequence ferritin synthesis is allowed [3,4] (Figure 2).
In addition excess cellular iron decreases stability of transferrin receptor (TfR) mRNA; this causes degradation of TfR mRNA and blocks translation. When cytoplasmic iron is depleted, TfR mRNA is stabilized, translation proceeds and TfR synthesis increases.
Figure 2 Iron-dependent coordinated control of ferritin and transferrin receptor expression at the translational level (courtesy Girelli et al. ).
When mutation occurs on the IRE of L-ferritin, the IRP no longer recognizes the binding site; L-ferritin expression and levels increase in plasma. There is, however, no tissue iron overload since the TfR mRNA is unaffected.
Analysis of the L-ferritin genetic locus in HHCS patients has led to the identification of several sites of point mutations (nucleotide substitution) within the IRE of L-ferritin [5,6,7] (Figure 3). The direct relationship between the degree of hyperferritinaemia and severity of cataract in HHCS suggests that the latter is the consequence of excessive ferritin production within the lens fibers .
Figure 3 Sites of mutation in the L-ferritin IRE. The positions of the HHCS mutations within the L-ferritin IRE are identified in bold, with the arrow indicating the observed nucleotide substitution.
A number of patients with HHCS have in the past been erroneously diagnosed as hemochromatosis on account of high ferritin levels. Some of them were subjected to well-intended therapeutic phlebotomies 8 that often rendered them anemic, but did not alter the serum ferritin.
From a practical standpoint it is important that this genetic disorder be considered by a variety of clinicians (hematologists, gastroenterologists, and ophthalmologists) when facing a persistently high serum ferritin with normal transferrin saturation in an apparently healthy person.
We thank Prof. Mark Worwood and Dr Andrew Mumford for the molecular genetic studies in this family.
This case was first published on GastroHep.com on 26 January 2004.
Dr Sujoy Khan1 Dr Asheesh Vaishnavi2
1 Senior House Officer Department of Medicine, Prince Charles Hospital, North Glamorgan NHS Trust, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 9DT, Wales
2 Consultant Physician in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 2PZ, Wales
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Because the Ethereum community was disrupted by CryptoKitties in late 2017, individuals have been trying to find various P2E video games that may be scaled successfully. Avalanche has emerged as a blockchain that’s gaining recognition within the gaming neighborhood.
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Although the man held a knife to her throat when he tried to rape her, Eleanor managed to escape. When she reported the attack to Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police, she thought the worst was over – but that was before the police refused to consider the attack an “attempted sexual assault.” Nothing she said could convince them otherwise. She felt betrayed by the people whose job it was to protect her, and she lost her faith in law enforcement. Eleanor also worried that her attacker might assault more women who, unlike her, may not be lucky enough to escape.
For nearly two years, Human Rights Watch investigated how Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) handles sexual assault cases like Eleanor’s. The MPD responded to our findings, laid out in the report Capitol Offense, by changing certain aspects of its sexual assault investigations. Because of these improvements, today’s assault survivors have a better chance of being taken seriously by police.
But more changes are needed to secure justice for the victims.
For our report, Human Rights Watch conducted 150 interviews with sexual assault survivors, community advocates who work with survivors, and hospital staff specializing in sexual trauma. We also reviewed thousands of pages of documents from government agencies, including 250 of the MPD’s internal files on sex abuses cases.
We found that Eleanor’s story is not unique.
More than 40 percent of reported sexual assault cases in which survivors underwent forensic exams were not properly investigated. In many cases, the police did not file incident reports–a necessary first step to opening an investigation–so leads were never pursued. Many victims reported to police that someone had tried to rape or sexually assault them, only to learn that the police hadn’t considered their case a crime or misclassified what had happened to them as a lesser, nonsexual crime.
This was what happened in Eleanor’s case. Because her attacker had been unsuccessful in his attempt to rape her, the incident was classified as “robbery with arms.” This creates a dangerous precedent of not pursuing sexual aggressors who are likely to harm other women, especially if they got away with it once.
Sexual assault is the most underreported violent crime in the US, largely because victims fear their cases will not be taken seriously or that police will not believe them. Unfortunately, this fear appears to be well-founded for many people we interviewed. Women told us police questioned their credibility, discouraged them from submitting forensic evidence, or simply didn’t return their calls. When one victim asked the officer if he believed her story, he replied, “I believe you believe this.”
We hope our report will change this. Before it was released in January, we shared our findings with the MPD. In response, they agreed to add more staff to their sexual assault and victims services units and do a better job of supervising detectives. They reminded officers they must document all sexual assault complaints. Since then, the number of rapes reported in DC has increased dramatically.
Now we are urging the MPD to allow sexual assault victims to have an advocate present for police interviews. We are also pressing for external review of police investigation files – a measure that has greatly improved police handling of sexual assault cases in Philadelphia.
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The DC City Council sought outside counsel to look into the situation. In July, the outside counsel will release recommendations, which we hope will echo ours. No one who has been raped or sexually assaulted should be rebuffed when they report the crime to the police. These victims deserve better. Human Rights Watch will continue to fight on their behalf.

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WINDER - Barrow County authorities had received complaints from concerned citizens for months about shady happenings at some local convenience stores and game rooms.
But after hearing repeated complaints from spouses that a gambling husband or wife blew the family's whole paycheck on electronic poker, police decided to crack down on illegal gambling, according to Winder police.
Winder police officers and Barrow County sheriff's deputies Thursday night raided two game rooms and four convenience stores suspected of giving cash payouts as winnings from electronic gaming machines. They seized 51 poker machines, cash and other evidence of illegal gambling, they said.
Georgia law allows people to own and operate gaming machines, but they are supposed to give merchandise or free replays as prizes, not money, alcohol, cigarettes or lottery tickets.
While police suspect that some establishments with electronic gaming offer their customers illegal payouts, finding proof always proves difficult, said Winder police Lt. Frank Farr said.
"It's a really hard investigation to do, because the store owners know who their regulars are," Farr said. "They're not going to pay out to anyone they don't trust."
Last week, Farr went in plain clothes to one of the establishments police later raided, he said. He started playing at one of the machines, and a manager quickly came over and told him the rules.
"She told me real quick that there was no cash payout," Farr said.
Large signs reading, "No Cash Payouts," were displayed in most of the stores police raided Thursday. Piles of drink koozies, Thermos mugs and other "prizes" were prominently displayed but dusty.
The stores and game rooms raided in Barrow County this week do not share a direct connection with the two convenience stores that Athens-Clarke police raided in April, seizing 18 machines and arresting four people, according to Farr.
However, the gaming machines at all the establishments were provided by Athens billiards and electronic game supplier Heritage Amusement Co.
Investigators from the IRS and Athens-Clarke police Tuesday searched the Heritage Amusement's office at 3155 Atlanta Highway, police said.
IRS spokeswoman Patricia Bergstrom wouldn't comment about whether the search was connected to the raids in Athens or Winder, saying only, "We were there on official business with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department."
No arrests were made following that search.
The Barrow County raids capped a month-long investigation, dubbed "Operation Viva Las Vegas," in which undercover officers repeatedly visited the businesses, played video poker and were able to trade winning tickets for cash, alcohol and lottery tickets, according to authorities.
Winder police raided Big Don's and the Universal Game Room, two game rooms at 186 W. May St. Police also raided the Sam's II Shell station and convenience store at 159 W. May St. They seized 37 gaming machines as evidence, according to Capt. Dennis Dorsey of the Winder Police Department.
They took arrest warrants for five people involved in those businesses but had only apprehended three by Friday afternoon: Janet Smith, who managed the Universal Game Room; Amin Khimani, owner of Sam's II, and Md Abdullah Umair, manager of Big Don's game room.
Smith and Khimani were each charged with one count of keeping a gambling place and commercial gambling. Umair was charged with two counts of commercial gambling.
In the coordinated 9 p.m. busts, Barrow County sheriff's deputies raided three convenience stores: The G & S Shop at 669 Atlanta Highway SE, at the corner of Georgia Highways 53 and 8; the Red Rabbit Shell at 830 Loganville Highway, and the Winder Shell at 10 Patrick Mill Road.
They have not made any arrests in their investigation but seized 14 electronic gaming machines and $9,000, according to a statement issued by sheriff's office Investigator Matt Guthas.
They did arrest two people for driving under the influence as they attempted to leave the store at Patrick Mill Road and found $45,000 worth of legally cashed pay checks at that same location, said Sheriff Jud Smith.
Deputies spent about six hours processing evidence at each location, working well into the morning Friday, Guthas said.
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