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El Camino High School junior Michelle Molin, left, listens as school guidance counselor Lori Tauber talks on Wednesday about a program designed to scare high school students into not driving drunk.
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On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend.

Classmates wept. Some became hysterical.

A few hours and many tears later, though, the pain turned to fury when the teenagers learned that it was all a hoax — a scared-straight exercise designed by school officials to dramatize the consequences of drinking and driving.

As seniors prepare for graduation parties Friday, school officials in the largely prosperous San Diego suburb are defending themselves against allegations they went too far.

At school assemblies, some students held up posters that read: "Death is real. Don't play with our emotions."

'They got the shock they wanted'
Michelle de Gracia, 16, was in physics class when an officer announced that her missing classmate David, a popular basketball player, had died instantly after being rear-ended by a drunken driver. She said she felt nauseated but was too stunned to cry.

"They got the shock they wanted," she said.

Some of her classmates became extremely upset, prompting the teacher to tell them immediately it was all staged.

"People started yelling at the teacher," she said. "It was pretty hectic."

Others, including many who heard the news of the 26 deaths between classes, were left in the dark until the missing students reappeared hours later.

"You feel betrayed by your teachers and administrators, these people you trust," said 15-year-old Carolyn Magos. "But then I felt selfish for feeling that way, because, I mean, if it saves one life, it's worth it."

'We wanted them to be traumatized'
Officials at the 3,100-student school officials defended the program.

"They were traumatized, but we wanted them to be traumatized," said guidance counselor Lori Tauber, who helped organize the shocking exercise and got dozens of students to participate. "That's how they get the message."

The plan was to tell the truth to the students at an assembly later in the day. But word that it was all a hoax began to spread before the gathering. Tauber said some counselors and administrators revealed the truth to calm some students who had become upset.

Oceanside Schools Superintendent Larry Perondi said he fielded only a few calls from parents, while the PTA chapter said it had not heard any complaints. Perondi said the program would be revised, but he would not say how. And he said he was glad that students seemed to have gotten the message.

"We did this in earnest," he said. "This was not done to be a prankster."

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The customer who fired at the owner of a NJ antique shop has been caught by police

    Anna Guido, the 53-year-old woman allegedly involved in a Turnersville antique store shooting, was found in Prospect Park and taken into custody on Friday afternoon, according to police. Officials say Guido requested a refund at the shop for a layaway deposit made over a year ago and then fired a shot towards the store owner, shattering a window. NBC10's Cydney Long reports. (Published Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013)

    Police say the woman who fired at a Gloucester County antique shop owner after an argument over an antique, is in custody.

    Police say Anna Guido, 53, fled to Prospect Park, Delaware County after she fired at the owner "Antiques Only" in Turnersville, N.J. yesterday afternoon.

    Store owner Joy Piddington tells NBC10's Cydney Long that she's relieved this woman is off the streets. "The fact that they have her in custody is wonderful so that she doesn't do this to anyone else."

    Piddington says Guido pulled out a gun after an argument over a $35 dollar deposit that was left a year and a half ago for an item on layaway.

    "I picked up the phone and said I'm calling 9-1-1 and then I thought she must really need this money to be here with a gun pointed at me," says Piddington. "So I took a $20 and threw it kind of at her and took my hand and pushed the gun away."

    The woman left the store, but police say she fired a shot through the window of the store.

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It's hard to believe that those ugly cargo shipping containers can make beautiful homes, but they do. WebUrbanist has a neat post about homes, offices, shopping malls and even hotels built from cargo containers:

There are plenty of benefits of to the so-called shipping container architecture model. A few of these advantages include: they are plentiful, they are easily transported, they’re stackable, relatively inexpensive (as little as $900 for a used container), they can be prefabricated, and they’re extremely durable. Residential applications are also becoming a popular topic of conversation among green supporters.

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Even if all the "green" hype is just that, some of the projects emerging like this are astounding. I recalled a company called Lo-Tek (seen here perhaps) that had a similar design. Hit their site and go to Residential, CHK-Container Home Kit for pics & a short vid. Sorry, it's flash-based so I can't link directly.
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It's not mean at all - I think it's totally cool and awesome! Border Collies are working dogs, and Reithe is spot-on. Working dogs need jobs and things to do and accomplish. I think Nissa could become a You Tube favorite - she's so beautiful.
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Lightning and Saber Lily

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FF XIII-2 is due to release this December and the 2011 E3 video released on Tuesday is just freaking awesome but that metal breastplate looked kinda weird with the feathers!

Ok who here agrees that Lightning’s amour is a fashion statement ripped from Saber Lily‘s garb? ☆ミ(o*・ω・) ニヤニヤ

Saber Lily ~Distant Avalon~

Final Fantasy Vs Dead or Alive 2

28 Mar

It’s better if you watch Part One before you click on the big play arrow.

Part two of Dead Fantasy (actually that’s the name of the video) is finally out! Back in October last year we’ve posted about this orsum video by Monty Oum that literally gave me a whopping jaw drop and ripped my eyes out with its mind blowing render of action kicks. It was revealed that there would be 5 episodes altogether Ψ(｀∇´)Ψ. While part one ended with a cliff hanger when Tifa came to the rescue, part two had that FF chick in sizzling bicycle hot pants’ make an appearance (and a face) too! Didn’t know her to be erm that powerful though. As usual, no scratch, no messy hair & no friction on their shoes! Makes me wanna be a game babe too! Well anyway, let’s just cut to the chase and click away cos part two is just equally exaggerating! (-.-)!

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The Many Faces of Final Fantasy XIII

14 Feb

Sitting under the umbrella ella ella ella (sorry I JUST had to do that in “tribute” to Rihanna) are the three titles – FFXIII, FF Versus XIII, and FF Agito XIII. The former two for the PS3 platform & the latter for mobile phones. So I reckon there’s no more budget left for the PSP *cry*

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Recycled Vs Expired Christmas Gifts

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Jolly greetings from Nekoguchi!

Tis the season to be giving . . . (expired gifts?!?!) There’s nothing wrong with recycling your presents, especially when you know that you will NOT use them. But . . .

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Final Fantasy Vs Dead or Alive

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Ever wondered what the showdown between two of Japan’s most popular game developers will be like? Temco Vs Square Enix. Well somebody thought it would be cool to have the characters battle it out themselves!

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Oculus founder responds to flack over 'exclusive' games

Oculus VR came under fire last week after its CEO said the company will fund development of about two dozen “Oculus-exclusive” games for its virtual reality headset. The company has now responded to the complaints, saying some of those games may eventually come to other VR platforms.

The spat started after Brendan Iribe, CEO of Facebook-owned Oculus, told a gaming magazine last week that the company’s Oculus Studios division has been funding games that will be exclusive to Oculus, such as Incomniac’s “Edge of Nowhere.”

That led to complaints that Oculus is building a closed ecosystem for its headset that could fragment the VR industry before it gets off the ground.

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit over the weekend to answer the complaints. The Rift is an “open platform,” he insisted. Anyone can build games for the device, and Oculus developers can distribute games for any platform “without paying us a penny.”

“We are not trying to lock the Oculus ecosystem to our own hardware,” he wrote.

The games being developed exclusively for the Rift were entirely funded by Oculus, Luckey said, and wouldn’t exist at all if Oculus hadn’t been funding them. Making quality VR games is hard, and supporting other headsets isn’t a priority for launch, he said. The Rift is scheduled for general availability next March.

“Most companies would have done this as a 1st party software development effort,” Luckey said on Reddit, “but we decided it would be better to work with existing developers who wanted to get past the bean counters and make sweet VR games.”

One Redditor asked if the developers of the exclusive games could implement OpenVR after they’re launched and make them available for other platforms.

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This one goes out to everyone who's found love on Valentine's Day!

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You are sick! lol Anyway, funny one. Keep them comin'!

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Three times a year, the SFA sponsors a craft fair at Somersworth High School. The largest craft fairs in the area. Each features over 150 of the best crafters in New England. Park your car and shop in the High School where you will be able to shop from our talented crafters to your heart's content. Delicious food will be served by Festival Association volunteers offering both breakfast and lunch at reasonable prices. Come and spend the day with us and do all of your Christmas shopping. Open 9AM to 3PM.
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Jayson Frank won the 100 meters in 11.8 seconds and the 200 in 24 seconds flat.

Hurdler Eric Grodeck won twice, taking the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.77 and the 400 intermediate at 1:00.7.

Joe Procaccini won the shot put at 43 feet, 7 inches and the javelin at 146 feet, 4 inches.

Brenner and Grodeck were also half of a winning 4 x 400-meter relay team with Chris Guarda and Kevin Young. They covered the 1,600 meters in 3:46.6, while Young captured the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.1 seconds. Cian Drewry ran the 3,200 meters to win in 10:46.9.

Devann Ard was the Warriors' only double winner in girls' competition, taking the 1,600 meters in 5:38.1 and the 3,200 in 12:21.3.

Zuri Johnson captured the 100 meters in 13.93 seconds, while Lauren Kopecki took the 800 meters in 2.37.7.

Cristian Cerula won the 100-meter high hurdles at 18.45 seconds, and Jen DuBois the 400-meter low hurdles at 1:14.1.

DuBois and Kopecki teamed with Kat Alario and Kristen Piatowski to win the 1,600-meter relay at 4:28.5.

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PAUL Douglas Peters slips a rainbow-coloured balaclava over his head and, holding his hoax collarbomb device, walks up the steps of Madeleine Pulver's home.

This, the first chapter of a crime that captured global attention, is all he can remember.

The moment he strapped the black-box fake collarbomb to the neck of the terrified schoolgirl with a lock and a USB stick - a chilling two-page typed ransom note fixed to its side - is not in the memory of the failed extortionist, according to a psychiatrist who told a court yesterday Peters was "having difficulty coming to terms with what he did".

"He recalls walking up the steps of the victim's home, and his next memory occurred about 2½ hours later at his home," forensic psychiatrist Bruce Westmore told the District Court as Peters' sentencing hearing began.

Peters, who before holding Madeleine to ransom at her Mosman home on August 3 last year became increasingly obsessed with completing his treasured historical novel, was yesterday confronted by the horror of her 10-hour ordeal.

His teenage victim was not in court to hear her captor's mind laid bare, as Dr Westmore revealed Peters was likely suffering from a bipolar disorder and was plagued by "self-centredness and self-importance".For a man so captivated by storytelling, it was little wonder Peters, 52, struggled to contain his emotion as a new character was introduced to the court - his ex-wife Debra Peters, who flew to Sydney from the US to give evidence on his behalf.

Mrs Peters, a well-dressed American woman who still sees the failed extortionist as "her life partner", revealed a marriage built on love but destroyed by his "heavy drinking" and "mood swings".

Peters, who pleaded guilty to aggravated break and enter and detaining for advantage in March, wiped away tears as the mother of his three children - one the same age as Madeleine - said he became "disconnected" from the world.

"His moods were manic. One minute he'd be happy, the next he would be upset," Mrs Peters told the court. The couple divorced in 2007 but have remained in almost constant contact. Mrs Peters says she will move to Australia to support him.

"Paul's extremely remorseful about what has happened," she said.

But under cross-examination from senior prosecutor Margaret Cunneen SC, Mrs Peters said she doesn't have the answer to the question so desired by police, the Pulver family and the rest of the country: why? "I don't even think Paul knows why he did it," she said.

The court heard Peters talked about "becoming one of the characters" in his novel, a book his wife described as "dark".

"If he could have benefited from the crime and not been detected, then this isn't just the work of a person ... becoming a character in a book ... but a means for him to come up with a very creative story to avoid having to admit he was trying to extort money," Ms Cunneen asked.

"It's possible, yes," Dr Westmore said.

The court will hear further submissions on October 31.

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QUEENSLAND coach Darren Lehmann says Luke Pomersbach has overcome his mental demons and is ready to reclaim his position as one of Australia's most exciting batsmen.

Pomersbach, named to make his Bulls debut in Sunday's one-day clash with NSW at Manuka Oval, battled depression, drug and alcohol issues before signing a one-year deal with Queensland in July.

The 28-year-old, who was once plucked from the WACA carpark to make his international Twenty20 debut in 2007 when Brad Hodge hurt his back putting on a pair of trousers, has been in fine form in grade cricket in Brisbane and blasted a big century last weekend.

Lehmann says the off-field troubles which ended Pomersbach's career with Western Australia are behind him.

"He's in a really good place off the field," Lehmann said.

"There's pretty strong guidelines that we have obviously when you take someone like Luke on.

"But from our point of view he's been fantastic.

"... He's gone through a lot of times off the field moreso than anything else.

"We're really pleased with the way he's been. Since he's been with us there have been no dramas whatsoever.

"I hope he goes well and he has a long career with us.

"... He's got a few different (rules) but we're all the same. But we're all the same so when he's in the setup it's just the same as everyone else."

Lehmann said Pomersbach was more than capable of resurrecting his career, reminding everyone of how powerful he can be in the shorter forms of the game.

"When I see him in the nets he still has it," Lehmann said.

"He's been hitting the ball well and playing well at club level and that's what you've got to do to get into the side.

"He's done that now and it's a case of him taking his chance."

The clash looms as an important one for both sides, with NSW sitting in last spot on the ladder on just the one win from three games while Queensland have two wins from four.

Blues captain Stephen O'Keefe said NSW were desperate to exact some revenge on the Bulls following last week's humiliating 110-run defeat.

"Definitely, that was extremely disappointing from our point of view and I guess it's what you try and learn out of these (losses)," he said.

"If you dwell too much on your past experiences of not winning, or even winning, you lose sight of what's going to happen in the next couple of games.

"We know there's still a long way to go in both competitions and the only thing we can control is how we prepare for the next game."

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Proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Act

2012-09-26 00:00

THE Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (EEA) was introduced to promote the constitutional right of equality while eliminating unfair discrimination in employment. It also set out requirements designed to bring about a diverse workforce that would be broadly representative of the South African population.

The proposed amendments to the EEA are designed to speed up these objectives. Some of the more telling changes proposed are to the current legislation that defines designated groups as black people, women and people with disabilities. One amendment would limit the definition to persons who are citizens of South Africa.

Another is that recruitment of black foreign nationals will not assist an employer to comply with affirmative action goals.

There is also an emphasis on applying the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. The proposed amendment would allow the Minister of Labour to publish a code of good practice to help parties deal with pay disputes. Lengthy service and skill affect this principle, and its implementation might lead to limited competitiveness in the workplace.

Affirmative action

The bill makes significant changes to the enforcement of affirmative action in an effort to speed up compliance. It proposes the following:

• Written undertakings by any employer are to be discretionary;

• Any written undertaking, if not complied with, can be made an order of court;

• Employers lose the right to appeal against compliance orders;

• An employer may raise any reasonable ground to justify why it has not complied.

The Director-General may apply to the Labour Court for an order directing an employer to comply with a request made during a review of an employer’s compliance or to impose a fine for not complying with a request or recommendation.

The bill extends its rights to workers employed by temporary employment services. Employees who are placed by a temporary employment service with a client for longer than six months will be deemed to be employees of the client and thus will have to be incorporated into any affirmative action plans.

One of the most important features of the bill is that an employer must now take into account the demographic profile of the national and regional economically active population.

Employers will also be measured against other employers operating under comparable circumstances in implementing employment equity. Employers will also be expected to take reasonable steps to train suitably qualified people from the designated group.

The minister would have the power to issue a regulation specifying the circumstances under which an employer’s compliance should be determined in line with the demographic profile of either the national or regional economically active population.

*Michael Maeso is a partner, and head of the Employment & Pension Law department at Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys.

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2012-02-14 00:00

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has defended his plan for the Constitutional Court, saying it was not the court itself, but its powers that he wanted to review.

However, critics viewed his latest comments, made in an interview published yesterday in The Star after his state of the nation address, as yet another attack on the judiciary’s independence.

University of Cape Town constitutional expert Professor Pierre de Vos said yesterday that if Zuma had been correctly quoted as saying “the powers of the court must be reviewed”, it was “absolutely senseless”.

“The Constitutional Court’s powers cannot be reviewed. Either the court has the power to declare legislation and the actions of the executive authority unconstitutional and to protect the rights of citizens, or the court has no right of existence.”

De Vos said the intention was that the review of the court’s judgments would have an influence on judges and it therefore created a threat to the independence of the judiciary and the constitutional order.

Former President F.W. de Klerk said yesterday he would write to Zuma to obtain clarity about his statement. He would do everything in his power to maintain the historical agreements reached during South Africa’s transition to democracy and in the drafting of the Constitution.

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) said it believed a national dialogue about the Constitution was necessary, including its vision, its role in transformation and its protection of citizens’ rights.

The president was quoted as saying in the interview: “We don’t want to review the Constitutional Court, we want to review its powers.”

He also reportedly questioned the logic behind split judgments, asking how it could be said that a ruling was “absolutely correct when the judges themselves have different views about it”.

The Democratic Alliance earlier yesterday urged Zuma to respect the Constitution.

DA MP Dene Smuts said it was the fact that the executive itself had ordered the review, or wanted to undertake it, that was encouraging scepticism.

She suggested it was the president’s “irritation with some of the court’s judgments [that lie] at the root of the desire for review”.

Smuts warned that Zuma would find himself “on the path to a full-blown confrontation with the Constitutional Court if his remarks really mean what they seem to mean”.

The presidency later responded by saying that Zuma’s statements were made in the context of a cabinet decision last year to evaluate the impact of Constitutional Court judgments on the transformation of society. “It is not unusual and is commonly done,” said presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj.

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Johannesburg - Assumptions that musician Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were drag-racing before a fatal accident were questioned on Wednesday.

"The two cars were [reportedly] travelling at high speed, but that doesn't mean they were racing," Mlungiseleleni Sovithi, for Tshabalala, told the Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto.

"Tshabalala had no reason to be racing with Maarohanye."

Maarohanye and Tshabalala are facing charges of murder, reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

The two were allegedly drag racing in Protea North in March 2010 when they crashed into a group of schoolchildren. Four boys were killed and two were seriously injured.

Sovithi questioned the testimony of several witnesses in the trial.

He said some gave the court the speed at which the two accused were travelling. The court should regard this as assumption and not fact.

Reasonable doubt

Another criticism by Sovithi was that evidence allegedly did not reach the testing laboratory in its initial packaging.

"The court was told the accompanying paperwork had been messed on and the official who had to handle this resorted to using tweezers to take out the paperwork."

Sovithi said it emerged that initially the samples from the two accused were placed in two different bags after being packaged, but that they reached the lab in one bag.

This suggested that there was possible tampering with the samples.

Earlier in the day, Sovithi argued that the court had failed to prove that his client was guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

"I call for the acquittal on charges of my client Themba Tshabalala. If the evidence presented before a court cannot beyond reasonable doubt show that an accused is guilty, that person should be acquitted."

Sovithi said his client had shown remorse for the incident and had wanted to apologise to the families involved. Tshabalala had not done so as he feared the act would affect the trial.

Ike Motloung, for Maarohanye, gave his closing arguments on Tuesday.

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2012-03-02 14:39
Havana - The Peace Boat, a Japanese ship that sails around the world to promote disarmament, docked in Havana on Thursday with hundreds of activists aboard to speak about the dangers of nuclear weapons and energy.

Among them were 130 World War II atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and survivors of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor accident in Japan.

They met later in the day with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro as part of an international forum against nuclear weapons.

Castro urged them to describe the horrors of the US nuclear bombings of Japan and to denounce the presence of nuclear weapons in the world.

The Japanese Peace Boat activists were joined by victims of radiation poisoning from nuclear accidents and tests in other countries during the forum.

The Peace Boat is a Tokyo-based non-governmental organization that has sponsored global voyages each year since 1983 to speak publicly about the dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, and to promote peaceful conflict resolution.

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WASHINGTON - Smithsonian officials say visitation is down at the museum complex this year due to the government shutdown and closures due to winter weather.
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough said Monday that visitation is down by about 2 million visitors since the fiscal year began Oct. 1, 2013. He says about half of the decline is due to the federal government shutdown last October.
Clough says visitor numbers are also down for the 2014 calendar year. He says that's because there were fewer visitors during the winter months. The federal government was closed several days due to snow.
Clough says visitor numbers have rebounded to normal levels in the spring and early summer tourism season this year.
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Psst! List of Prominent Pols Skipping Dem Convention in Charlotte Is Up to Seven; National Media Stories Are Rare

The count of prominent Democratic Party politicians who have decided not to attend the Democratic Party's convention in Charlotte, thereby attempting to avoid direct association with the formal renomination of incumbent President Barack Obama, is up to seven. Press coverage has been sparse. One can only imagine how much media end-zone dancing there would have been in 2004 had one governor, one senator and five congresspersons chosen not to attend the Republican National Convention to renominate George W. Bush.

On Thursday, the Hill had the story about the latest declared non-attendee, who admittedly is the least surprising addition to list (internal links are in original):

Dem Rep. Matheson will skip Democratic National Convention

Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) will skip the Democratic National Convention, making him the latest in a string of conservative Democrats to take a pass on the party confab.

"I'll be spending my time this summer and fall doing my job in Congress and visiting with and listening to people in Utah," Matheson told The Daily. "I won't be traveling to North Carolina."

Matheson is running in the most heavily Republican district of any Democrat in the House — the newly drawn district would have given President Obama just 41 percent of its vote in 2008. He's routinely broken with his party, voting against their healthcare reforms as well as climate change legislation, though he's said he'll vote for Obama in the fall.

Matheson's support for Obama in November begs an obvious "What's the point?" question about why he won't go to Charlotte. But the Salt Lake Tribune notes that Matheson has never attended a Democratic National Convention in four opportunities going back to 2000. It's almost as if the six-term congressman is worried about catching a disease or something.

Matheson's opponent, Mia Love, is perhaps his strongest challenger yet.

The six other non-attendees are: West Virginians Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manhin, and Rep. Nick Rahall; Pennsylvania's Rep. Mark Critz; and New York Reps. Kathy Hochul and Bill Owens.

Press coverage has been predictably sparse, as the following Google News searches will demonstrate (typed exactly as indicated between brackets, sorted by date with duplicates):

A similar level of GOP non-attendees at its national convention -- shoot, even one or two -- would almost certainly bring out establishment press talk of "polarization" and predictions of electoral disaster in the fall. But not when Dems are involved.

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LIPA and PSEG Long Island's three-year, $221 million rate-hike request should be slashed by nearly 80 percent to only $47.8 million, a state regulator said.

The Long Island office of Department of Public Service, after months of review, has determined that LIPA and PSEG's three-year rate-hike request overstated its inflation allowance, underestimated interest savings from refinancing, and under-projected electricity sales.

The utilities' proposal for three years of nearly 4 percent rate hikes should be trimmed to increases of 0.6 percent in 2016, 0.5 percent in 2017 and 1.2 percent in 2018, for a total 2.3 percent, the state agency said.

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DPS Long Island director Julia Bovey called the agency's filing "a landmark event in terms of improving public transparency and accountability while demystifying the rate-setting process on Long Island."

Among the proposed reductions, DPS argues that the utilities can trim a total of $4.44 million in proposed advertising spending, $4.8 million from smart-meter computer and staffing expenses, $19.3 million from a proposed tree-trimming budget and $6.2 million for pole inspections over the three years.

The department also argued that the utilities may have boosted their inflation expense by more than $17.6 million. It also argued that lower interest rates tied to the refinancing of old LIPA debt can bring greater savings -- $109 million than LIPA had previously forecast.

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DPS also found the utilities had undercut its three-year revenue forecast by $29.6 million.

In addition, DPS is recommending that LIPA alter the way it accounts for depreciation on its books in a way that will allow the authority to pay off about $2 billion of remaining Shoreham debt by 2025 instead of a planned 2032. Savings from capital expenditures, including new state energy initiatives, would allow the utilities to save $8.1 million more than planned, DPS said.

PSEG spokesman Jeff Weir, in a statement, said the company "will carefully study and review today's proposals and testimony and will formally respond on June 4." He said the company remains "committed to an open and transparent rate planning process."

LIPA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

DPS also found double counting of some expenses, including a one-time employee bonus that results in a $2.1 million cost reduction, and a double-counted Nine-Mile Point decommissioning cost, saving $3.39 million.

The department also found that funding for pension and other post-employment benefits was insufficient during the rate plan and is recommending that it be increased by $12.4 million in 2017 and $25.4 million in 2018. (2016 spending for the costs would decrease by $88,000).

In addition to the financial findings, the department is also taking issue with the way PSEG is seeking to implement the increase, through a three-step hike in the fixed service charge. The utilities propose increasing the charge from $10.80 now to around $20 by 2018 for most customers. Instead, DPS is recommending the increase be built into the overall delivery charge.

DPS's Bovey credited the DPS staff, including deputy director Wayne Brindley, for the work on the filing and said, "We are committed to determining the best way to maximize reliability and resiliency at the lowest cost possible to Long Island ratepayers."


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No one should need a reminder of the stakes in a Super Bowl, but in case today's participants would like one, they can contact any Giant who participated in Super Bowl XXXV.

"There is no such thing as a second-place trophy in this business,'' coach Jim Fassel said 10 years later. "You're remembered for finishing it off and winning it.''

Such is the harsh reality of all sports championships, but none more so than in the NFL.

There might be no better example than the 2000 Giants, the only New York-area team ever to lose a Super Bowl and the only one to lose any league title game since 1963.

What about the 12-4 record? The No. 1 playoff seed? Fassel's famous guarantee of a playoff berth?

What about a staff that featured future Super Bowl head coaches John Fox and Sean Payton? (And a backup quarterback, Jason Garrett, who later would coach the Cowboys.)

What about the 41-0 dismantling of the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game, followed by trash talk from Wellington Mara during the trophy presentation?

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All mostly gone.

"It's a forgotten year despite how successful it was except for the Super Bowl,'' running back Tiki Barber said. "When I'm asked about it, it's only about the Super Bowl.''

Oh, that. The Ravens won, 34-7, with the only Giants points coming on a kickoff return.

Even for defensive end Michael Strahan and receiver Amani Toomer, who seven years later earned rings in Super Bowl XLII, their first visit still stings.

"That experience hung with me,'' Toomer said. "When Lawrence Tynes made that field goal , the first thing that went through my mind was, 'Oh, crap, we have to go back to the Super Bowl.' It was that horrible of an experience.''

Said Strahan: "I think the magnitude was overwhelming to us, whereas the second time, I remember myself and Amani Toomer had a chance to address the team and we told them, 'Hey, it's just a game. Everything around it is great, but let's not get caught up in it.' "

As much as that game defined a Giants era, it particularly defined their quarterback.

Kerry Collins, who had gone 28-for-39 for 381 yards and five touchdowns against the Vikings, went 15-for-39 for 112 yards and four interceptions against the Ravens.

"When you think great Giants quarterbacks, Kerry had some phenomenal times during that run and he doesn't even get brought up in the conversation,'' Toomer said. "But when I look at that game, I don't point the finger at Kerry; I point it at the game plan.''

Toomer lamented that the Giants changed the aggressive approach that landed them in Tampa, turning "tricky'' in a desperate attempt to counter the Ravens.

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"You can't tell me until the day I die that coach Fassel wasn't scared of that Ray Lewis-Tony Siragusa defense,'' he said. "It makes me mad to this day.

"It was the worst game plan I have ever been a part of - college, pro, high school, elementary school.''

One strategy that bothered Toomer was trying to run around the Ravens rather than at them. The futility was best illustrated when Lewis ran down Barber at the sideline before he could turn upfield.

But Barber said running straight ahead was no solution, "not with Siragusa and [Sam] Adams in the middle.''

Fassel, who has coached the Las Vegas Locomotives to the first two UFL championships, said that as proud as he was of that season, "I don't go a week where I don't think about that game.''

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He wonders if he was "maybe a little too rigid'' with players leading up to the game, but as for the plan and those Ravens: "Their defense was incredible. I never coached against a defense that good - never, never, never, never.''

Said Barber: "Kerry would call a play, get up to the line of scrimmage and look up, and it was a completely different defense.''

The Giants' lone chance to make a game of it evaporated when an interception return for a touchdown by Jessie Armstead that would have tied it at 7 was erased by a holding call against Keith Hamilton.

Unlike the 2007 Giants, Strahan said, that team was less suited to overcoming adversity in that setting.

Strahan recalled a penalty for having 12 men on the field in Super Bowl XLII, after which coach Tom Coughlin was "turning beet-red.''

Said Strahan, "I grabbed him and said, 'Don't worry, we got it.' . . . The first Super Bowl? I think it would have been like, 'Oh my goodness, that's the death sign.' "

The morning after the game, Fassel said, "We had a great year and a bad day.'' A decade later, he said he feels the same way.

But the penalty for that bad day was stiff.

"Our season was totally forgotten about, which is a shame, but to the victors go the spoils,'' Toomer said.

Said Barber: "I think it's lost. People don't talk about it. I think they have a vague memory of us being in the Super Bowl in 2000, but they don't appreciate that season.''

Strahan, who will analyze Sunday's game from the Fox set, said: "Very rarely do you remember second place. Unfortunately for one of these teams, they'll be forgotten.''

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Lions Club offers covered bridge prints

Brown County’s covered bridges have long been a symbol of the county’s history. Still standing in the county are the Brown Bridge, Bethel-New Hope Bridge, North Pole Bridge, George Miller Bridge and McCafferty Bridge.

The Georgetown Lions Club commissioned renowned artist Skip Werline to paint each of the remaining bridges in the early 2000’s. A limited number of prints are still available for sale along with matching Christmas tree ornaments.

“Many people have bought these prints to give to loved ones as Christmas gifts over the years,” said Ray Becraft, Lions Club member. “We still have a limited supply left for sale.”

This collection includes the Eagle Creek Bridge which was washed away in the 1997 flood.

Money raised from the sale of these prints goes back to the community, according to member Sarah Watson.

“There are a number of businesses in the area who will frame the prints for you for a charge,” said Watson. “We no longer offer framing, so if you want it framed as a gift you need purchase one soon.”

The prints for purchase are located at the office of the The News Democrat and Ripley Bee at 111 E. State Street in Georgetown. Prints are $30 and the ornaments $5. The office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The club can only take cash or checks for the prints. Framed prints may also be viewed on the wall at the Country Inn in Georgetown and other various businesses throughout the county.

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The Truth Behind Assisted Living
Martin Bayne describes the loneliness of watching friends die
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Assisted living: more difficult for residents than most of us realize, writes Martin Bayne.   (Shutterstock)

(Newser) – Life in assisted living facilities is more sad, existential, and draconian than most of us care to realize, writes Martin Bayne in the Washington Post. An eight-year veteran of assisted living, 62-year-old Bayne is wheelchair-bound with young-onset Parkinson’s disease. But the former journalist can write achingly about his experiences: "What I hadn’t calculated was what it’s like to watch a friend—someone you’ve eaten breakfast with every morning for several years—waste away and die. And just as you’re recovering from that friend’s death, another friend begins to waste away."

And try complaining about facility problems, like the typical lack of wheelchair access. “This is NOT your home," one executive roared at him. "You just lease an apartment here like everybody else.” On the bright side, Bayne does praise the heroic, underpaid staff at facilities, and he seeks out tender moments—like his conversation with an 89-year-old grandmother who said in a little-girl's voice that her son had abandoned her there. "It’s okay,” he told her. “You’re among friends now.” Even in the faint moonlight, he writes, "I could see her smile." Click for the full article.

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Vet Student Whose Dog Got Her Expelled Loses Lawsuit
She wanted $500K from Cornell after her dog bit another student
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A Cornell veterinary student was expelled when her German shepherd, like the one pictured here, bit a fellow student.   (Shutterstock)

(Newser) – Veterinary student Karen Habitzreuther was expelled from Cornell after her rescue dog bit a fellow student in 2006. Nine years later, a judge has dismissed her $500,000 lawsuit against the university, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports. According to the New York Times, Habitzreuther, now 60, enrolled at Cornell in 2005 but was suspended the following year when her German shepherd Shandor bit another student during an exam for an ear infection. In its decision to suspend her, a faculty board said Habitzreuther failed to disclose Shandor's behavioral issues, including previous attacks, and recommended the dog be put down. In the words of the Times, Cornell wanted Habitzreuther to "put aside her affections in the name of medicine and safety."

The Post-Standard reports Habitzreuther was suspended for two years before finally being expelled in 2009. In justifying her expulsion, the board chided Habitzreuther for refusing to take responsibility for what happened and worried it was an "early sign of professional recklessness," according to the Times. In her lawsuit, Habitzreuther claimed she was misled by Cornell, costing her hundreds of thousands of dollars while she waited to rejoin the university. But last week, a judge found Cornell was within its rights to expel her. During the years-long legal proceedings, Habitzreuther got her veterinary degree elsewhere and settled with the student who was bit for an undisclosed sum. At some point, Shandor, whom Habitzreuther had always described as a "playful puppy," was euthanized.

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Treasure Hunters to Finally Find That Nazi Gold Train. Maybe
A new search starts Monday in Poland
By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 12, 2016 5:09 PM CDT
The hunt for a Nazi gold train, which may not exist, is back on in Walbrzych, Poland.   (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

(Newser) – It's been a year since two treasure hunters claimed to have found a Nazi gold train buried under Poland and yet no Nazi gold train has actually been produced. That isn't stopping a team of 35 people, who plan to resume the hunt Monday, Deutsche Welle reports. Last August, Piotr Koper and Andreas Richter said they used radar to find a 320-foot train buried in a tunnel nearly 30 feet underground near the city of Walbrzych. Their announcement made international headlines and brought an influx of treasure hunters to the area. But since then no scientific evidence the train even exists has ever been produced, according to AFP.

Geologists studying the area last December said they were "100% sure" there was no buried train, though a tunnel was a possibility. That's good enough for Andrzej Gaik, spokesperson for the new hunt: "That’ll also be a success. The train could be hidden in it." The hunt, led by Koper and Richter, is scheduled to start Monday with a geo-radar sweep. The digging of three 18-foot holes will follow on Tuesday, and "it should all be clear [as to whether the train is there] by Thursday," says Gaik. DPA reports the armored train was supposedly used by the Nazis in an attempt to smuggle valuables out of Poland as the Soviet army arrived. It's rumored to contain jewels, gold, and art, though Koper and Richter suspect it mostly holds weapons. (This man thinks he knows where the "world's most valuable piece of lost art," taken by the Nazis, is hidden.)

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It Was a Routine Surgery. Then a Nurse Flipped a Switch
Private hospital in London is found negligent in banker's death
By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 24, 2016 4:15 PM CDT
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(Newser) – An inquest has blamed the death of an American banker who underwent a routine heart valve operation in Britain on a nurse's mistaken move, reports the Telegraph. Robert Entenman died in 2015 at age 57 at one of Britain's biggest private hospitals, London Bridge. The American, who left the US in the early '80s and worked at major investment banks throughout Europe, had mitral valve disease, type 2 diabetes, and a high BMI of 42, but he had been expected to recover from the procedure. Having been on a ventilator for a week following surgery, Entenman went into cardiac arrest and suffered from a lack of oxygen to his brain after his endotracheal tube became clogged with mucus. Last week, an inquest found that his death was the result of the hospital's neglect, reports the Sun.

The surgeon told the court he'd put the probability of successful heart valve repair at 99%, and that days after the operation his patient had recovered enough to shake hands, reports the Standard. But after Entenman complained about being too hot due to broken air conditioning, a nurse turned off the ventilator's humidifier, thinking it would help, the inquest was told. Unfortunately, the device helps prevent secretions from building up and has nothing to do with body temperature. It was off for 18 hours, at which point Entenman went into cardiac arrest. Hospital staff found a "dark brown solid mucus plug" depriving him of oxygen in the endotracheal tube. A CT scan revealed significant brain damage, and the father of two died days later. (Expect to get at least one serious diagnostic error in your life.)

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Think 1% Is Low? He Could Go to Zero
Analysts predict Japan-style cuts in interest rates
By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 30, 2008 9:45 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Yesterday Ben Bernanke cut the federal funds rate to an ectomorphic 1%—but the Fed might not be done yet. More and more analysts are predicting that the central bank will have to cut rates all the way to zero if it wants to get the economy moving again. But don't get too excited, writes the New York Times: A 0% funds rate would apply only to interbank lending, and wouldn't mean free money for consumers.

In Japan, interest rates remained at zero for 5 years before the central bank cautiously upped them to the current 0.5%. Now economists think America faces a Japanese-style threat of both reduced lending and possible deflation. And if he does cut to zero, Bernanke could go further still; the Fed's next move would be purchasing securities and debt to drive rates down even more.


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Army Can't Sustain Troop Demand in Iraq
Not enough soldiers to support surge through spring
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 20, 2007 3:28 AM CDT
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(Newser) – With nearly all its forces exhausted, the US Army will have to break some promises to sustain the current troop buildup through spring, according to new documents acquired by AP. The Army would have to extend tours, reduce rest, or accelerate use of National Guard members to maintain current levels—all options a war-weary Congress would like to avoid.

All 38 of the Army’s available units are either deployed, just returning home, or set to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, with most brigades already having completed two or three tours of duty. Generals admit that demand for troops outweighs supply, but if the Iraqi government fails to make progress soon, a drawdown of American units may be slow in coming.


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Mobile users relying on Twitter to stay in the know have just got a new town crier, personalized for their eyes and ears. A new push notification service has been rolled out for users with iOS and Android devices, said Venu Satuluri, a senior software engineer in Search and Relevance at Twitter. Using mobile alerts, the service recommends accounts and Tweets that the user might find interesting to follow.

"If you're like me you occasionally feel like you're missing out on some of the day's great Tweets, or that you're the last to find out when someone awesome joins Twitter," said Satuluri, writing in a blog post Tuesday.

Users of the new feature receive personalized recommendations when multiple people in the user's network follow the same user or favorite or retweet the same Tweet.

The push notification feature is the result of an experiment that went well for the Twitter team that focuses on platform experiments. The favorable user feedback in that experiment sent a signal of safe passage for the company to come up with a mobile notification service.

Namely, the recommendation system is built on Twitter's @MagicRecs, an algorithmic servant that Twitter uses as an experimental account to send personalized recommendations to followers via direct messages.

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Twitter users who follow @MagicRecs receive messages that highlight new accounts that people in the user's Twitter network recently started to follow. The stream-curating experiment was effective in calling out relevant notices and the algorithms were tested and tweaked for the Tuesday rollout.

Twitter is not banishing @MagicRecs; Twitter will continue to use it as an experiment for features and updates, according to the Tuesday post.

Based on feedback from @MagicRecs, Twitter appears confident that mobile notifications of filtered, relevant information is now the right way to move on. The assumption is that Twitter users are always appreciative of Tweets and contacts that Twitter believes they want to know about.

Human nature being human nature, however, the flip side of any notification service is a response that this is one more disposable in today's digital stream of information glut.

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For those who balk, beyond Twitter, under today's optional pings of great deals, weather alerts, and stock market movements, even personalized push notifications of things to keep the user in the know might be bothersome. Twitter understands that no one feature can delight all. Twitter will allow the user to disable the push notification.

"As with any notification, you can change your settings at any time; you can turn these notifications off or on with the 'Recommendations' toggle in your notifications settings," Satuluri said.

Twitter watchers by Wednesday voiced strong agreement that the notification rollout is perfect timing for the company's pre-IPO standing, as a platform that needs to convince backers that the company knows how to engage present users and show value.

The success of the IPO depends on how well Twitter can send a convincing message that the company is a key pulse point of the Internet. Certainly, one more Twitter service that users find useful may help. A happy, robust audience translates into happy advertisers, real and potential.

A Sept. 12 blog posting by Twitter's vice president of engineering, Alex Roetter, said Twitter was constantly experimenting to help "make it easier to follow what you care about, connect with people, and discover something new on Twitter." Some, he said, are "under-the-hood changes that help us suggest relevant content in real time and make Twitter more engaging." He also said that, "With the majority of our users accessing Twitter from a mobile device, it's important for us to be able to test on mobile."

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Tipperary set for meeting with Kerry in Munster football final

Listen to all the reaction after Tipperary produce a brilliant performance to beat Cork this afternoon at Semple Stadium

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Tipperary produced a superb performance this afternoon to beat Cork in the football Championships in 72, as they ran out two point winners at Semple Stadium.

They'll now meet Kerry who were comfortable winners over Clare in Killarney.

"Great credit to Tipp, we didn't underestimate them coming up here this evening," said Cork boss Peadar Healy said after the game, "We conceded too much. We've been trying to rectify that all year.

"If you had been told that you were going to score 2-16 here, you would have thought that would get you over the line but unfortunately it didn't. We had too many turnovers in the first half and eight wides.

"We had the opportunities, when we had eight wides and Tipperary had none. It might have been a different story if we had kicked only four wides or five wides.

"[We made changes at half time] because we were playing against the wind and we wanted to bring a bit of energy and to be fair the U21 players that we brought in, they played with great energy to the attack at the time."

The momentus result was echoed by the players directly after the game, none more so than Tipperary midfielder, George Hannigan.

"I don't mind what happened in 1944, it's the first time that it's happened to me," he said.

"I've been around a long time and it's been a long time coming. There's been loads of close games and 'nearly theres' and it finally came. Now we have a Munster final to concentrate on. But we'll enjoy the moment now and get back to work for a few weeks time.

"We did nearly throw it away in the last 20 minutes, we just couldn't get our hands on the ball. Cork have a great culture and a great tradition, they were always going to com for us but we were prepared for that. We showed great character because they had the momentum at the end."


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Tehran, Dec 23 (IANS) Iran will unveil an indigenously built satellite in February next year, Xinhua reported Sunday.The satellite, named Nahid, will be unveiled Feb 2 on the occasion of Iran's National Space Technology Day, Iran Space

Iran to open embassy in Myanmar - 21 Jan 2013
Tehran, Jan 21 (IANS) Iran is working towards opening an embassy in Myanmar, an official said.A spokesman for Iran's Majlis (parliament) National Security... Saturday that the government of Myanmar has taken into consideration Iran's offer

Iran-Ghana football friendly cancelled - 28 Jul 2013
Tehran, July 28 (IANS) The friendly football match between Iran and Ghana was cancelled after Iran announced that it would not hold a training camp...," Iran coach Carlos Queiroz said here in a news conference Saturday.Queiroz

Iran demands lifting of oppressive sanctions - 10 Dec 2013
Tehran, Dec 10 (IANS) Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said Tuesday that the sanctions against Iran are "oppressive" and should be lifted."We... Security Council sanctions against Iran, she said."Based on the negotiations

Iran temporarily blocks Instagram - 30 Dec 2013
Washington, Dec. 30 (ANI): For approximately 12 hours, Iran had blocked Instagram in the country.Instagram became the latest victim of Iran's Internet... photo-sharing network appeared to be the latest casualty of Iran's most recent

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Tehran, Sep 23 (IANS) Iran marked the 33rd anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war... as electronic warfare equipment, were showcased during the parade.The Iran-Iraq war..., Rouhani said the military might of Iran is used as deterring tools and his

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Iran to hold missile drill - 02 Jul 2012
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a St. Louis trial judge to serve on the state Court of Appeals.

Circuit Judge Angela Quigless was appointed Thursday to fill the vacancy on the court's Eastern District created by Judge George Draper's elevation to the state Supreme Court last October.

Quigless first was appointed as an associate circuit judge in St. Louis in 1995. She was appointed as a circuit judge in 2003.

Before becoming a judge, Quigless worked as an attorney for the Missouri Department of Revenue and the state Public Service Commission. She also served as an assistant circuit attorney in St. Louis and as an assistant U.S. attorney.

She was one of three candidate submitted to Nixon by a special judicial nominating commission.


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St. Louis University High rallies to defeat Jays

St. Louis University High rallies to defeat Jays

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Fleming Fieldhouse was eerily quiet for a Friday night home basketball game.

When Scott Stegeman connected on a free throw four minutes into the game for the Jays' sixth point of the night, the home crowd erupted into a state of euphoria.

"That was set up at an assembly today," Jefferson City coach Blair Thompson said. "It's called Silent Night and on the sixth point of the game that's what was supposed to happen. It was a neat deal, it was different."

St. Louis University High School eventually quieted the crowd again with a fourth-quarter comeback for a 51-45 victory.

"They beat us, they defended better and they finished better than we did throughout the game," Thompson said. "Down the stretch they were ....


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The union representing longshoremen at East Coast ports has agreed to a 30-day contract extension, averting a potential strike on Sunday. A work stoppage at ports including those in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, would have had a huge effect on the region's economy.

 An enormous number of jobs are connected with the ports in North and South Jersey alone, says economics professor Joe Seneca of Rutgers University.

"An estimate of $48 billion in economic activity as result just in New Jersey of the port work," he estimates. "And if you take that on a weekly basis, that's nearly a billion dollars a week. So it could quickly add up even in short strike."

Retailers are making contingency plans in case the contract dispute is not settled and there's a strike next month.

Some merchants already have started to bring in more products by rail or by truck.

"There are other ports in the country that won't be impacted," says John Holub of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association. "So retailers can ship in things from the West Coast ports and from Canada, but obviously those come at a cost. The longer distance you have to travel, the greater expense it will be to retailers to get the products on the shelves."

Those increased costs could lead to higher prices at the stores.


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Philadelphia City Council will probe the demotion of 14 firefighters after they were promoted to officer positions.

The firefighters call the personnel moves demotions. The Nutter administration says it was forced to promote the firefighters based on a court ruling. When that ruling was reversed, the administration simply returned the firefighters to their previous ranks.

Councilman Jim Kenney, who said he is upset about the moves, sought the hearings on the matter.

"None of these individuals has been certified as rejected by the fire department as is required by Civil Service Regulation 14, entitled probationary period," Kenney said. "These individuals were invited to attend a promotional ceremony on July 17 and honored as newly promoted fire captains and fire lieutenants by Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers."

Honoring the firefighters at the ceremony resonated emotionally with Kenney hard, whose father served as a fire department battalion chief.

"In 1967 and 1975, when my father was promoted to captain and then battalion chief, I attended those ceremonies with my brothers and my mother," he said. "Those are some of the most important memories I have growing up."

Kenney says the promotions shouldn't be taken away.  City officials maintain it's a case of management prerogative.


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Pope Francis: Killing In The Name Of God Is 'Satanic'

The pope urged all religious leaders to spread that message.

By Ryan Biek | September 14, 2016

Pope Francis urged religious leaders to preach that killing in the name of God is "satanic."

The pope added he would like all religions to teach against killing in the name of God.

He made the pleas during a mass Wednesday devoted to French priest Jacques Hamel, who was killed by two terrorists in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in July.

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Pope Francis declared Hamel a martyr for refusing to renounce his faith before his death. And the pope reportedly indicated Hamel could be on track for sainthood because of his actions.

If Hamel is beatified, he'd only need to be attributed one miracle (instead of the usual two) for him to become a saint.

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