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VANCOUVER — Something seemed out of place as Charles Hamelin walked into the media mixed zone after the men's 1,500-metre short track final.
Maybe it was because he was smiling. Maybe it was because his shoulders were not slouched. Maybe it was because he looked anything like the person who had supposedly just let down his country by not winning Canada its first medal of these Olympics.
Hamelin, who failed to qualify for the final, finished in a disappointing seventh. But he could not have seemed happier as he contemplated how he planned on spending the rest of the evening. Not sitting in his room sulking alone. Rather playing video games and hanging out with his teammates in the athletes' village.
"I don't have to work to forget about it," he said of the race. "I'm good at it. I'll be back in the village tonight and starting to think about what I have to do next and not try to focus on what I did today — even if I did good races."
In an unpredictable sport where luck plays as much a role as ability, Hamelin's even-keel temperament is almost a necessity.
Saturday night, he was not the best skater (Korea's Lee Jung Su won the gold, while Americans Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski were second and third, respectively). He was not even the best Canadian (Olivier Jean finished a surprising fourth).
But these Games are just getting starting. And Hamelin, who considers the 1,500-metre race his weakest event, has three more chances to reach the top of the podium.
"It's not the distance that I perform the best for the last couple of years," he said. "I'm usually able to go to the final and do good races. Sometimes, I'm not going through. It happened today."
In front of an sold-out crowd at the intimate Pacific Coliseum, which was packed with about 14,000 cowbell-rattling fans, the Quebec-born Hamelin seemed at home. He cruised into the semifinals after winning his qualifying heat. But he got lumped in a tough group with Lee and Ohno in the semifinals, where he finished third.
"For sure, I'm disappointed about not doing the final," he said. "But you can't blame anyone. You have to play the race. I know I was able to do it. I was able to be in the top-two."
Jean, meanwhile, was nearly propelled to the podium after a pair of fortunate crashes. The first occurred in the semifinal, when a judge ruled that the Lachenaie, Que., native was interfered with and gave him a free pass into the final. He then moved into fourth place after two Korean skaters crashed on the final turn of the race.
"Today, I'm really happy with my first two races," said Jean. "Feeling really happy on the ice, really fit. So the final wasn't a problem with my legs. It was a problem of strategy. I spent a little bit too much time on the outside. I should have went to the front. It cost me some energy."
The 1,500-metre race is often referred to as the sport's iron man event because the heats, semifinals and finals are all done in the same day. Each run consists of 13-and-a-half laps around a tiny oval that looks like a miniature hockey rink. And though the slowly building race is as much about strategy as it is about speed, the skaters are still covering a combined 4,500 metres in less than three hours.
"Think about doing that in track and field," said Jack Mortell, team leader of U.S. speedskating. "You run 1,500 metres, take a half-hour break, run another 1,500 metres, and then run the final. It just wouldn't be done. But the sport has always been that way, so you learn to survive or you don't do it."
Survival, in short-track speedskating, essentially means staying on your feet. In a race that resembles roller derby — complete with the helmets and elbowing for position — this proved to be a difficult task for Saturday night's skaters.
All but one of the six qualifying heats involved spectacular crashes that had the crowd joyously reacting as though this were a NASCAR race. Canadian skater Guillaume Bastille even managed to fall down twice. After slipping a second time on the wet ice, he was disqualified for interfering with the other skaters.
Along with the skaters, Olympic records seemed to falling at nearly as rapid a rate.
Lee Ho-Suk of Korea established a new time of 2:16.153 in the first heat of the night. But two races later, teammate Lee Jung Su shattered that mark by clocking a time that was nearly four seconds faster.


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Association Between New Jersey's Graduated Driver Licensing Decal Provision and Crash Rates of Young Drivers With Learners' Permits." Inj. Prev.. 2015;21(6):421-423."
Can Adolescent Drivers' Motor Vehicle Crash Risk Be Reduced by Pre-Licensure Intervention?" J Adolesc Health. 2017."
Catalyzing Traffic Safety Advancements Via Data Linkage: Development of the New Jersey Safety and Health Outcomes (NJ-SHO) Data Warehouse." Traffic Inj Prev. 2019:1-4."
Characteristics of Concussion in Elementary School-Aged Children: Implications for Clinical Management." The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020."
Characteristics of Diagnosed Concussions in Children Aged 0 to 4 Years Presenting to a Large Pediatric Healthcare Network." Pediatric Emergency Care. 2020."
Clinical and Device-based Metrics of Gait and Balance in Diagnosing Youth Concussion." Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019."
Driver Licensing and Motor Vehicle Crash Rates Among Young Adults with Amblyopia and Unilateral Vision Impairment." J AAPOS. 2019."
Driver Licensing, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Moving Violations Among Older Adults." Journal of Safety Research . 2019;71:87-93."
Driver's License Suspension Policies as a Barrier to Health Care." Am J Public Health. 2019;109(12):1692-1693."
Graduated Driver Licensing Decal Law: Effect on Young Probationary Drivers." American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013;44(1):1-7."
Inaccuracy of Federal Highway Administration's Licensed Driver Data: Implications on Young Driver Trends." Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;55(3):452-454."
Individual and Geographic Variation in Driver's Suspension: Evidence of Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Income." Journal of Transport and Health. 2020."
Long-term Changes in Crash Rates After Introduction of a Graduated Driver Licensing Decal Provision." Am J Prev Med. 2015;48(2):121-7."
Point of Health Care Entry for Youth With Concussion Within a Large Pediatric Care Network." JAMA Pediatr. 2016:e160294."
Rates of early intervention referral and significant developmental delay, by birthweight and gestational age." Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2012;16(5):989-96."
Statistical Implications of Using Moving Violations to Determine Crash Responsibility in Young Driver Crashes." Accid Anal Prev. 2014;65C:28-35."
Validation of Quasi-induced Exposure Representativeness Assumption Among Young Drivers." Traffic Inj Prev. 2016;17(4):346-51."
Variations in Mechanisms of Injury for Children with Concussion." J. Pediatr.. 2018."
Young Driver Compliance With Graduated Driver Licensing Restrictions Before and After Implementation of a Decal Provision." J Adolesc Health. 2018."
Young Driver Crash Rates by Licensing Age, Driving Experience, and License Phase." Accid Anal Prev. 2015;80:243-250."
Young Driver Licensing: Examination of Population-level Rates Using New Jersey's State Licensing Database." Accid Anal Prev. 2015;76C:49-56."


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Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have revealed their joy of becoming grandparents for the first time, after son Lord Frederick Windsor welcomed a baby girl with wife Sophie.
"We are absolutely thrilled by the arrival of our beautiful first granddaughter Maud," the Prince told Hello! magazine. "We are both besotted with her."
The Prince was speaking as new parents Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor introduced their daughter Maud to the world in an exclusive interview with the magazine.
"Not only does she have the prettiest blue eyes and adorable tiny feet, but she is also remarkably well-behaved," Michael, the Queen's cousin added.
Lord Frederick also revealed that his and Sophie's first daughter's name Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina holds a fitting tribute to The Queen.
"Elizabeth is a tribute to the Queen, Daphne is Sophie's grandmother, who she was very close to and Marina is my paternal grandmother," the proud new father explains.
The new parents, who live in Los Angeles, also revealed they are yet to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby Prince George.
"Perhaps we'll introduce the babies at Buckingham Palace for the Christmas Lunch," Sophie says. "That would be very sweet.
Prince Michael also added that he and wife Princess Michael are yet to meet the new third-in-line but "look forward to doing so at Christmas".


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Despite a pledge by OPEC ministers to increase oil production, don't expect much of a break on oil prices. With crude oil prices hitting a record $56 a barrel Wednesday, OPEC ministers meeting in Iran have been grappling with a problem they haven't confronted in the cartel's 45-year history. In the past, OPEC tried to cool overheated prices by pumping more when supplies got too tight. But most OPEC producers say they're already pumping as fast as they can. And despite the high cost of a barrel of crude, world demand shows no signs of slowing.
To help stop the surge in prices, OPEC ministers agreed to pump an extra half million barrels of oil a day beginning April 1. OPEC said it would consider pumping more later if the extra oil doesn't push prices lower.
But even before the decision was announced, some ministers had openly expressed doubts that the move will do any good, saying they've run out of options in trying to rein in the price of crude. Global oil demand has taken up most of the slack in extra OPEC capacity. Consumption is now believed by many analysts to be pressing up against the limits of what the world can produce. Saudi Arabia is the only country believed to have any surplus production left, and even then the Saudis are pumping close to 90 percent of capacity, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
"There is not much we can do," Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil told reporters Tuesday in Isfahan, Iran, the site of Wednesday's meeting.
"OPEC has done all it can do." Qatar Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said. "This is out of the control of OPEC."
Crude for April delivery rose $1.41 to settle at $56.46 a barrel Wednesday, the highest price for the commodity on the New York Mercantile Exchange since it introduced crude oil futures trading in March 1983.
Crude prices soared after the EIA reported that domestic gasoline stocks in the March 11 week fell 2.9 million barrels to 221.4 million barrels -- nearly three times the decline forecast by analysts. A year ago, gasoline stocks stood at 202.4 million barrels.
And even as President Bush expressed concern Wednesday about rising oil prices, he cited tight global supplies -- not OPEC policies -- for the price surge.
"I think if you look at all the statistics, demand is outracing supply and supplies are getting tight. And that's why you're seeing the price reflected," Bush said.
OPEC's admission that has lost control of oil prices hasn't eased political pressure on the cartel. On Tuesday, several oil ministers said they had received calls from U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman. Sen. Ron Wyden (D Ore.) said Tuesday he's not convinced that OPEC's hands are tied by global demand reaching the limits of production capacity.
"This is their claim," said Wyden. "But the fact of the matter is that nobody knows what their capacity is."
Though data on OPEC's oil production capacity have always been hard to come by, there's little disagreement on the rapid growth of global consumption -- especially in China and India. With worldwide demand this year rising by roughly 2 million barrels per day, whatever excess capacity is out there will be gone soon, according to Marshal Adkins, an oil industry analyst at Raymond James
"Maybe this year, but certainly in '06 there won't be any excess capacity," he said. "We haven't been in that kind of market in our lifetime. You've always have more capacity than demand."
That's little solace to energy consumers, who are watching rising crude oil prices push pump prices to record levels. Though U.S. economy has yet to show signs of slowing and inflation remains low, a continued rise in oil prices will eventually slow growth, analysts say.
"We will find the price level that will slow demand," said Adkins. "It may be $60; it may be $100. I think it's fair to say its going to be in that price band."
Seasonal lull?
Analysts say OPEC typically eases back on production at this time of year because demand slows as the winter heating season winds down and drivers haven't yet hit the road for summer vacations. But with prices nearly double levels just 18 months ago, production cutbacks are unlikely, say analysts.
"OPEC's only real option is to maintain the status quo for now," said Smith Barney Citigroup oil analyst Doug Leggate in a recent research report.
Oil prices have also risen for a variety of other factors over which OPEC has no control, according to Adkins. Tanker prices haven jumped from $3 a barrel to $10 a barrel during the recent run-up in crude prices. To increase output, Saudi Arabia has been selling lower grade crude, which has boosted the price of more desirable light, sweet crude. And the falling dollar has effectively cut the value of oil payments to OPEC producers.
"When were looking on our screens seeing $45 oil, Saudis are cashing checks for $25 oil," he said. "So in their mind -– their $25 price (target) -– that's what they're getting."
As rising demand has approached the world's production limits, OPEC's decisions have less impact on prices. In the past, the cartel has "controlled" oil prices (or tried to) by adding or withholding production. By holding back oil, the market remained "tight" and prices stayed relatively high. The "oil shortages" of the 1970s were engineered by OPEC -- not the result of a true lack of supply.
But production quotas have had mixed success. For starters, many OPEC producers have "cheated" over the years -- agreeing cut back at OPEC meetings but then pumping more when they went home.
A big run-up in inventories in 1997, for example, came just in time for the Asian economic meltdown in 1998. OPEC couldn't cut production fast enough and oil prices fell to $10 a barrel. But eventually cutbacks sent prices back up above $30 a barrel by 2000.
Then came the U.S. stock market crash, Sept. 11 and recession -- which sent oil back down to $15. OPEC cut production again, and prices began their run back to $30 -- and beyond.
Now, with prices above $50, OPEC risks seeing prices tumble again if high energy costs put a damper on world growth. That's why – despite relatively high crude oil inventories for this time of year – Saudi Arabia has proposed boosting production by 2 percent, to 27.5 million bpd.
"We're concerned about prices, we're also concerned about economic growth and we're particularly concerned about economic growth in developing countries," said Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi. "Hopefully I will be convincing enough to move the rest to my thinking."
But ministers from Iran, Kuwait and Nigeria have recommended postponing any increase until May 1 to see if demand eases as it usually does in the second quarter.
And some OPEC ministers don't think oil prices at current levels will slow the global economy. Some U.S. analysts concur, noting that the U.S. economy is less dependent on oil than it was during the "oil shocks" of the 1970s, when oil hit $80 a barrel when measured in today's dollars.
"Even at $60 we see no economic impact," Libyan Energy Minister Fathi Omar Bin Shatwan told reporters.


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Today it's snowing. Not enough to bring out the snow-blower but enough to enjoy a nice cup of soup with a sandwich made with my hearty multi-grain bread. I've made similar breads before and I followed the basic procedure but I varied the soaker/scald ingredients and the combination of flours in the main dough.
I used some Vermont maple syrup infused with vanilla to add a touch of sweetness to offset some of the bitterness from all the whole grains used in the recipe.
I cooked the whole grains with 290 grams of water on my stove top and let it come to a boil for about 5 minutes. I then transferred the scald to a bowl and let it sit overnight covered. The scald absorbed all of the water so I adjusted my final water amount accordingly. I still ended up with a very moist dough but one that was manageable.
I really like the way the crust and crumb came out on this bake. A nice dark thick crust with a chewy interior, perfect for the cold days and nights ahead.
I have to say I've bought multi-grain breads from the supermarket in the past and there is just no comparison to this healthy and tasty bread.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours with the water and honey in your mixer or by hand for 1 minute leaving 50 grams of water to add later. Let the dough autolyse for 20 minutes to an hour in your bowl and make sure to cover it. Next add in the salt, olive oil and the soaker and mix for 2 minutes. Add the balance of the water as needed and mix for an additional 4 minutes. The dough should have come together in a ball and be tacky but not too sticky.
Next take the dough out of the bowl and place it on your work surface or a clean dough rising bucket sprayed with cooking spray. Do a stretch and fold and rest the dough uncovered for 10 minutes. After the rest do another stretch and fold and cover the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes. Do one more stretch and fold and put the dough into a lightly oiled bowl and let it sit at room temperature covered for 2 hours. After 2 hours you can put the dough into the refrigerator for 24 hours or up to 2 days before baking. Feel free to do some additional S & F's if you feel it is necessary. I baked the bread about 24 hours later.
The next day (or when ready to bake) let the dough sit out at room temperature for 1.5 – 2 hours.
Next, form the dough into your desired shape and put them in floured bannetons, bowls or on a baking sheet and let them rise covered for 2 hours or until they pass the poke test. Score the loaves as desired and prepare your oven for baking with steam. I made one large miche for this bake. I also added some organic oat bran to the bottom of the basket which adds a nice texture to the outside of the bread.
Set your oven for 525 degrees F. at least 30 minutes before ready to bake. When ready to bake place the loaves into your on your oven stone with steam and let it bake for about 5 minutes. Next lower the temperature to 500 degrees for about 2 minutes and then lower to 450 degrees. Since I baked this as a miche I then lowered the temperature to 425 degrees about half way through the bake until it was finished. When you have a nice dark crust and the internal temperature reaches at least 210 degrees you can take it out of the oven and place it on a cooling rack.
Let the loaves cool down for at least an 6 hours or so before eating as desired.
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ATS 2011, DENVER - A new program developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University may make it easier for patients with moderate/severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to make critical decisions regarding their care as their disease worsens. The computer-based decision aid (CDA) is designed to educate patients about planning for end-of-life decisions without diminishing hope, according to the researchers.
The results of the study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver.
According to lead author and third-year medical student Joshua Hozella, patients found the CDA was highly accurate at reflecting their wishes for end-of-life medical care and reported high levels of satisfaction using the program.
"Despite the high mortality associated with COPD, few patients either engage in end-of-life planning or create an 'advance directive,' the document used by health professionals when patients cannot speak for themselves," said Mr. Hozella. "To overcome various barriers associated with end-of-life planning, a research team led by Drs. Michael Green and Benjamin Levi at Pennsylvania State developed a computer-based decision aid that both helps patients work through key issues in advance care planning and generates an advance directive based on their responses."
To conduct their study, Mr. Hozella and fellow researcher Rebecca Bascom, MD, enrolled 20 patients with moderate/severe COPD. Patients completed the CDA independently with in-room technical support available as needed. After completing the activity, patients were asked to evaluate the program with regard to how well the program reflected their desires for end-of-life care, how satisfied they were with the decision aid and how their level of hope changed after using the program.
Results of the study indicated patient satisfaction with the CDA was high. Mean satisfaction level on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest, was 8.6. Users also rated the advance directive as highly accurate at reflecting their wishes, with a mean rating of 8.5. Additionally, patients who completed the CDA reported an increased awareness of advance care planning issues and no decrease in their level of hope.
Mr. Hozella said the findings were consistent with what Drs. Green and Levi have found in other studies with patients who have advanced cancer, heart disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).
"Some physicians resist advance care planning out of concern that addressing these issues will rob patients of much-needed hope, Mr. Hozella said. "There is also concern that advance directive documents are poor representations of patients' values and goals, and hence are often not useful for dealing with complex medical decisions that may arise during end-of-life care.
"We've found that a computer-based decision aid can help patients learn about and work through key issues in end-of-life planning, generate an advance directive document that accurately reflects their wishes for end-of-life care, and do so in a way that does not diminish their sense of hope," he said. "This decision aid was designed to address the advance care planning needs of patients, regardless of their medical condition.
"The present study shows that patients with COPD are among those who will benefit from the use of this CDA," he added. "These findings should encourage clinicians, patients and patients' families to use our computer-based decision aid to engage in effective advance care planning."
As a next step, the research team has proposed a study that would evaluate whether use of the CDA can help decrease the burden of decision-making for family caregivers who are often required to make surrogate decisions when patients can no longer speak for themselves.
"Using An Interactive Computer Program To Create An Advanced Directive In Patients With Stage III-IV Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Feasibility Study" (Session B59, Monday, May 16, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Area B, Hall B (Upper Level), Colorado Convention Center; Abstract 17316)


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I love to cook traditional Polish meals with great values and ethics at heart. For only 14 guests at the time in my home. I use fresh, sustainable ingredients which come from our local market or directly from our own cottage garden in the countryside outside Krakow. I enjoy taking the time to cook something really special, full of flavour and healthy dishes for my guests whilst spending time to share my experiences of my life in Krakow - and finding out about yours!
My favourite flavour has to be that of wild mushrooms. Half of my village is covered with forests, so mushrooms are everywhere, but still very precious. I use them in many different dishes starting with mushroom carpaccio with truffle oil, mushroom soup with sour cream topped with dry porcini, stuffed cabbage with wild mushrooms and groats, kaszotto (a kind of risotto) with... a surprise :) juniper, parsnip and parmesan. Despite working with very seasonal products I always find a place for forest goods – each time in a different form.
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"Israel must reciprocate with recognition of the State of Palestine and an end to its occupation of the land," said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the 71st UN General Assembly gathering the world leaders in New York on September 22.
Abbas indicated the core conflict between two sides is not between religions or people, but because of the "Israeli occupation of our land"; and reinforced that no peace progress can be achieved with the continued expansion of settlements, disruptions to the economy, and the "perpetrating [of] ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians.
"Those who believe in the two-State solution should recognize both States, and not just one of them," Abbas concluded.
Marking the hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration next year, Abbas reminded Britain bore responsibility for signing it, apart from urging the UN to hold an international peace conference for direct negotiations. The United Kingdom, Abbas said, should "bear its historic, legal, political, material and moral responsibilities for the consequences of this Declaration, including an apology to the Palestinian people for the catastrophes, miseries and injustices that it created, and to act to rectify this historic catastrophe and remedy its consequences, including by recognition of the State of Palestine."
On the other side of the debate, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the UN as demonstrating "obsessive bias against Israel" over the past 20 years, but praised the new peace treaties signed with Egypt and Jordan as "diplomatic revolutions."
Netanyahu as expected, criticized Abbas' statements regarding the Israeli occupation and settlement construction, and called for a direct conversation between the two leaders.
"I invite you to speak to the Israeli people at the Knesset in Jerusalem. And I would gladly come to speak to the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah."
President Obama, speaking as the leader of the US for the last time, affirmed the importance of Israel to end the occupation as it cannot "permanently occupy and settle." On the other hand, Obama said that Palestinians need to "reject incitements" to start peace progress without giving specifics.
Describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the "the core of regional instability," Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, aligned with some other leaders from Spain, African and South American countries, reemphasized the "two-state solution" should be pursued with peaceful efforts from both sides to end the conflict crises. Egypt, as the first Arab country to recognize Israel in 1979, has stepped up in recent months for its diplomatic ties with Israel on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiation.
The Saudi Prince, Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, urged Israel to return the occupied land to Palestine, along with other Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan Heights, and southern Lebanon.
On the second day of the annual gathering, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed "there is a need to allow for the Palestinian people to establish an independent Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital."
He said the recent reconciliation deal signed between Turkey and Israel will help assist the peace process, and solve the economic and humanitarian crises faced by Palestinians.
In a stronger statement, Jordanian King Abdullah warned Israel to accept a Palestinian state or it will face "a sea of hatred in a region of turmoil."
2 days before President Abbas' speech, he also held meetings with leaders from Egypt, Cyprus, Brazil and Belgium at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York to discuss diplomatic relations. He updated recent developments on the conflict, including the escalation of violent clashes since October 2015 and the difficult situation.
Palestine gained its seat as a non-member observer state in the UN on November 29, 2012. Although the United States and Israel expressed their strong opposition, the overwhelming number of advocates from 138 UN members still paved Palestine's way in their pursuit of independence.
However, since then not much progress has been made for Palestine to become an independent state thus to free itself from Israeli military occupation. The international community has tried continuously to stop Israel on its violation of Palestinians' human rights and the deliberately military targets towards Palestinian children. Land expropriation, ongoing construction of settlements, and armed occupation only stir more violent clashes seen up to date make peace solution hard to achieve.
World leaders concluded the Israeli-Palestinian discussion by urging the UN in fulfillment of their pleas for a resolute peace deal in the area that lead to independence for Palestine.
"The United Nations should carry out its historic mission in ensuring that the two longest outstanding decolonization and occupation issues are resolved once and for all," said the president of South Africa.
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Ohio State tumbled from No. 2 in the BCS rankings to No. 7. They slipped to No. 6 in the coaches' poll and seventh by writers. Sunday night, instead of taking an invitation to Pasadena for the national title games, Ohio State was selected to play in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 in Miami against No. 11 Clemson.
COLUMBUS In a golf cart parked just outside his team's locker room at Lucas Oil Stadium, Urban Meyer sat with his young son, Nate, eating a personal pizza from a chain joint. It was hard to see what the toppings were.
The pie?
It was humble.
Meyer stoically ate his postgame meal. His wife, Shelley, stood near the cart. No one really talked.
The Buckeyes, for the first time since Meyer became their coach 25 games ago, lost. They will not have the finest of foods at "victory meal." Instead, they pick up the pieces in the wake of Saturday night's 34-24 loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game.
"It's going to haunt all of us, I imagine, for a little while, but that's part of the game," Meyer said.
Without hesitation, players and coaches said it hurt to lose a game after being so close to their goals and dreams this season. One win away from the BCS National Championship Game.
"Does it make the loss harder? No. What makes the loss harder is I really wanted these guys to experience something special," Meyer said. "And we are."
Ohio State tumbled from No. 2 in the BCS rankings to No. 7. They slipped to No. 6 in the coaches' poll and seventh by writers. Sunday night, instead of taking an invitation to Pasadena for the national title games, Ohio State was selected to play in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 in Miami against No. 11 Clemson.
This will officially be Ohio State ninth BCS bowl game, the most in the BCS era that now ends. The Buckeyes vacated their 10th BCS bowl win, the 2011 Sugar Bowl, because of NCAA penalties.
Those same penalties kept Ohio State out of a bowl game last season. That was a point Meyer reminded his players about after the conference title game loss.
"It's about finishing things the right way," Meyer said. "We have a chance to win 13 games and finish ranked very highly. That's important, especially with what these players have gone through the last two years. They understand there's a great opportunity, and with great opportunity, comes great responsibility."
It is still an interesting game with mobile quarterbacks Braxton Miller and Tahj Boyd. The last time the two teams played was in the Gator Bowl in 1978 when Woody Hayes hit a Clemson defender. The legendary Ohio State coach was fired the next morning.
It is an intriguing matchup, one that could light up the scoreboard.
The Buckeyes defense has given up its share of points and plays, but there's something that may bother Meyer for a bit on the other side of the ball.
The one offensive call that will be debated for a while was Ohio State's fourth-and-2 from the Michigan State 39. Instead of trying to run Carlos Hyde on third-and-3, and fourth-and-2, Meyer put the ball in quarterback Braxton Miller's hands.
On the fourth-down run, Hyde and tight end Jeff Heuerman were the lead blockers. Miller was tackled for no gain.
"It was my call. I wanted to put the ball in the hands of our best player, Braxton," Meyer said. "We usually run that play a lot. We ran it to the boundary. I knew they'd pressure us, and I thought he might be able to come out on the other end of it. It was a chance to go try to win the game."
All-American cornerback Bradley Roby missed two series in the third quarter with an injury and Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook carved up the Buckeyes' problematic pass defense. Armani Reeves replaced Roby during the Spartans' game-tying drive.
"Obviously, take a great player off the field, that's an issue," Meyer said.
Co-defensive coordinators Luke Fickell and Everett Withers, who coaches the defensive backs, are under fire. They never fixed the pass coverage. Several opposing QBs had career days against this defense.
"We have to get it fixed," Meyer said.
"There's a lot to fix. ... Guys have to make plays," Fickell said. "We have to put them in situations where they can make plays. There's no finger pointing."
Offensively, the Buckeyes moved the ball in the second and third quarters. It took some time.
"We hyped them up a little too much," center Corey Linsley said. "They're obviously a good team, but it was like we were playing the Bears or something."
Now Ohio State will prepare to play in a major bowl — a BCS bowl berth in the Orange is nothing to toss aside — against a two-loss Clemson team. Many expect Ohio State to start another streak, a losing streak.
"It'll show our true character," Linsley said. "We could sit there and blame this and blame that, but the only way you're going to get any production out of yourself is if you look at what you did wrong, and correct it."
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Memorial: Bob Williams, 1938-2012
James Robert "Bob" Williams died Wednesday.
Bob was born in Fort Collins to parents Samuel and Lucille Williams. Bob was a current resident of Grand Junction, and he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at Saint Mary's Hospital at the age of 74. He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers Gary and John.
Bob considered Vail his home, where he resided for 38 years. He was an avid outdoorsman and an extremely dedicated, fun-loving, family man. He is survived by his five children, Nick, Michele, Andy, Nancy and Christian; their spouses, Niki, Jon and Milissa; and his grandchildren, Brandon, Jasmine, Alyson, Autumn and Kate. He is also survived by his brother Sam.
While raising his children, he owned and operated three restaurants in Vail and later worked for many years as a machinist at Vail Associates and then was a driver for CME in Avon before deciding to enjoy his remaining years as a retiree.
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WASHINGTON -- Patients in U.S. addiction treatment programs will no longer have to wait a year to be eligible for therapy with buprenorphine (Suboxone), according to a new federal rule.
The rule lifts the requirement that patients be in treatment for a year before they're allowed to receive a 2-week supply of medication that they can take at home.
That rule still applies to addiction treatment with methadone, although that drug is rarely dispensed outside of a clinical setting.
The change "will increase flexibility in treatment and is justified by the experience to date with buprenorphine addiction treatment products, together with buprenorphine's safety profile," according to the federal register notice.
Across the country, there are 1,270 facilities that are authorized to use narcotic medications like methadone and buprenorphine to treat addiction.
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The decision was made in light of the nation's ongoing "epidemic" -- as it's been dubbed by the federal government -- of addiction to prescription opioid painkillers.
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This response of Osmanthus's was posted way after my last posting on that thread and looks ridiculously out of place and was obviously written in a rage. What is interesting is that none of the posters (with the exceptions of Baal and Zaephon) there quoted anything of what I wrote or even responded coherently.You're pathetic, Ansar. Fair enough if you want to criticise Islam for its faults. We all do that and there is plenty of material for sure. However people like you sort of give me the impression that you sneak off home at night rubbing your hands together like Monty Burns and go to sleep with a smirk on your face happy that you have managed to scrape through another day without admitting that Islam is not 100% pure, unadulterated evil.
Now it that's what you get off on then whatever, but for anyone less obsessive about the topic it does make you seem rather troppo. Perhaps monomaniacal would be a better word if you aren't familiar with Australian colloquialisms. I have no emotional attachment to Islam so I have nothing to defend here, but on the other hand I have no reason to deliberately avoid seeing any good in it at all. This is particularly the case when you take into account the diversity of opinions within Islam.
Yes, the book on which it is based is a pile of insane medieval twaddle and the bloke who started it was a thoroughly nasty individual but he did **** up occasionally and throw in a few little good bits. Nobody's perfect.
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Leesman works in relief, but prefers chance to start
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Charlie Leesman will work this Spring Training as a reliever, according to White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper. It's a role that gives Leesman the best chance to break camp with the team, as he battles with Frank De Los Santos, David Purcey and possibly Eric Surkamp to take the second left-handed-reliever spot behind Scott Downs from Donnie Veal.
If Leesman had the decision-making power, he would continue to be a starting pitcher for the White Sox. He made 125 of his 127 career Minor League appearances as a starter. But having his relief indoctrination through seven games at the big league level last season gives Leesman a boost of confidence that he can compete in either role.
"That was unexpected to go up there and it was, 'Here you go, you are in the big leagues. You are in a position you really haven't done much of,'" Leesman said. "It's nice to get those nerves out of the way up there and feel comfortable with whatever they want me to do.
"I feel like I'm in a good position. I could go either way: bullpen or starter."
Leesman posted a 1.74 ERA in the Arizona Fall League, appearing in six games as a reliever and one as a starter for the Glendale Desert Dogs. Part of sending Leesman to Arizona was to get him more innings after he missed the start of 2013 while rehabbing from left knee surgery at the end of '12.
His 7.04 ERA and 32 baserunners allowed over 15 1/3 innings for the White Sox were far from overwhelming. Leesman did strand all four of his inherited baserunners and limit opponents to 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and two outs.
"Being left-handed and being able to do that too is a definite advantage," Leesman said. "I would love to keep starting. Ultimately, that's what I want to do. But if it's in the bullpen, so be it you know. For right now, when they call on me, I'll just try to get guys out."


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The Iranian conservatives split their votes in their country's parliamentary elections, resulting in a showing of approximately 60 percent.
Apparently the rift between Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his former supporters is wider than originally perceived in the mainstream American press.
Interestingly enough, some U.S. officials are saying that the Iranian cleric leaders "cooked the votes." But isn't that what the U.S. government has been doing here in the United States as well? Aren't we hearing some hypocrisy from them on this matter?
This latest tidbit gives new meaning to the old phrase "The pot calling the kettle black."
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Iranian Conservatives Split Vote On Parliamentary Elections
The Iranian conservatives split their votes in their country's parliamentary elections, resulting in a showing of approximately 60 percent.
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Obama's Pastor vs. Obama
The latest dust-up between Senator (and Democratic presidential candidate) Barack Obama and his minister Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright showcases how disingenuous "pro-peace" Barack and his pro-war cronies are to the electorate.
Here's what Reverend Wright said about our interventionist foreign policy:
'We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye,' Wright said. 'We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.'
Obama blasted the reverend's statement, calling it "inflammatory" and "appalling."
'I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies,' Obama said. 'I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it's on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Reverend Wright that are at issue.'
Wright also condemned the U.S. for its assaults on the African-American community, especially with the federal government's agenda of importing drugs, training terrorists, and exporting guns.
Furthermore, he said the following:
'The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America." No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.'
While he is right about the government's past treatment of blacks on American soil, he forgets easily that the African-American community is responsible for its own self-sabotage and acceptance of the modern welfare-warfare state. Furthermore, his disparagement of "America" is not so much directed at the American government, but at the American people. That's where he is wrong on that point, yet he is right to criticize the government's domestic policy on drug abuse prevention and its foreign policy of interventionism.
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The Ron Paulites Are Coming, The Ron Paulites Are Coming!
The collectivistic neocon Republican Chicken Littles are terrified of aliens -- that is, principled, very pure Ron Paul supporters who favor pro-freedom ideals.
The Republican Party has been and always will be the party of big business, big militarism, protectionism, mercantilism, jingoism, xenophobia, and economic fascism (socialism for the rich), tyranny, and dictatorship. This certainly explains their great love for evil and diabolical yet insane neocon John McCain and their ardent contempt for and hatred and rejection of Ron Paul.
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An Excerpt of Ron Paul's New Book Now Available
An excerpt of Ron Paul's upcoming new book A Revolution: A Manifesto is now available on Amazon.com's website. The online company has done so by adding it to its "Look Inside" program. If you click on the book cover icon on the same page showing the book and the editorial review, you'll notice that it only shows a six-page excerpt of the book.
Some browsers may not work very well when you try to take a gander at the first few pages of the book, so you may have to use Firefox, which allows you to look at those pages. I'm using Internet Explorer, so I haven't had any problems with it. But for those of you who can look at it, the excerpt is well worth reading. I have a feeling that the publisher will be swamped with so many pre-orders that it may expedite its release sooner than it was expected.
For those who are not aware, the book is scheduled to be out on April 30. From what I've read in the pages so far, it's worth every word on which it's printed.
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The Obesity of Government
The Ballot Initiative to End the Income Tax in Massachusetts' Carla Howell and Michael Cloud on the tax-hungry, bloated Leviathan with which we're all stuck.
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The Election In Which Nobody Voted
Suprisingly, an election was held in Tamarac, Florida in which nobody voted this past Wednesday. Apparently none of the registered voters came to their precincts in the city to decide on the issue of annexing a nearly unincorpoated neighborhood. This latest eyebrow-raising shocker suggests that none of the 68 registered voters in the city believed that their vote was going to count anyway given their feeling that the system is rigged at their expense; therefore, they pondered what the point would be to go their precincts and vote on a proposal that they knew they would not benefit from it in the end.
What's even interesting about this incident is that none of the polling employees were incentivized to vote on the issue as well. It appears that their feelings regarding the proposal and the system of voting were mutual. Of course, the vote probably would have decided the fate of the neighborhood, but it's not as if they were interested in doing that anyway.
If the city really wanted the community to go through with the annexation, wouldn't they have somehow carried it out, the opposition of the electorate notwithstanding? That seems to be the case anyway, except that you won't hear the city officials willingly cop to that.
Here's an interesting excerpt in the AP report:
The cost of keeping a polling site open for 12 hours with no voters: $2,500.
Because the city lost that much money to keep the precinct open for that amount of time, wouldn't they have slapped a tax on the voters to recoup that loss, even if the electorate didn't want it? That revenue wouldn't have necessarily gone to make up for the loss of revenue during the entire time of the election on that day, and the officials probably would have raised that money to make it appear as if the money would have gone to make up the shortfall. Would they really have accomplished that? Not likely, but nothing what the government does, especially at the local level, would surprise anyone (including Yours Truly) at this or any other point.
Here's another disturbing part in that same report:
City officials could take another approach to annexing the area. One option is a mail-in ballot election.
I'm convinced that they would pursue this approach, given the fact that the election was a dud. However, I'm more convinced that, if the voters had shown up and the election was a dud and the vote totals produced an outcome that was unsatisfactory to the city officials, they would have taken another approach just the same because the outcome wasn't exactly what they wanted.
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Chen to DL; Jurrjens likely to start Saturday
BALTIMORE -- As expected, the Orioles placed starter Wei-Yin Chen on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain prior to Tuesday's series opener against the San Diego Padres, and the lefty will be sidelined for a couple of weeks.
"I'm very disappointed right now about my injury," Chen, who has been the Orioles' most consistent starter, said through interpreter Tim Lin. "The only thing I can do is just [let it heal] and come back and help the team."
After exiting Sunday's game with the injury, Chen had an MRI on Monday's off-day to confirm the injury, and he said he is focused on returning as quickly as possible. Oblique strains can be tricky and recovery typically goes longer than the minimum 15 days, making it tough to predict how long Baltimore will be without Chen.
"It's one of those things that's tough to handicap the severity of it," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "There's three grades, and I think his was in the middle.
"It's so hard to test it. Testing it might make it not heal as proper as it should. ... I don't know. I'm thinking best case scenario. As I said before, if you look at the history of these things, it gives you the idea that it is a little later than sooner. We'll take whatever comes our way."
In Chen's place, reliever Alex Burnett was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the third time this season, and the team added infielder Yamaico Navarro, replacing reliever Mike Belfiore, who was optioned on Monday.
The team will need a starter for Saturday in Chen's place, and Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette -- who has stockpiled starting pitching since coming to Baltimore -- said Monday that he felt confident with the organization's internal options.
Triple-A Norfolk's scheduled starter Saturday was Jair Jurrjens, and it's changed to TBA. Jurrjens is expected to be added to the roster and make his debut for Baltimore that day.
"Jurrjens has pitched well at Triple-A. He's throwing his pitches for strikes, and he's pretty solid," Duquette said of the right-hander, who has a 3.14 ERA in eight starts. "He's ironed out his delivery."


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Phoenix Coyotes sign forward Lucas Lessio to entry-level contract
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Phoenix Coyotes have signed forward Lucas Lessio, a second-round pick in the 2011 draft, to an entry-level contract.
Coyotes general manager Don Maloney announced the deal on Tuesday, but didn't disclose financial details.
The 19-year-old Lessio had 34 goals and 25 assists in 66 regular-season games last season for the Oshawa Generals of the OHL, and added three goals and two assists in six playoff games. He tied for the team lead in goals and was second in points.
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Simi Valley, CA – Financial growth continues in Simi Valley as it celebrates one of its own Phil Englander, with the opening of his Insurance Agency, "Philip Englander Insurance and Financial Services Inc." Founded with the mission of helping people manage the risks of everyday life; recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams, Philip Englander Insurance and Financial Services Inc., brings along with it the backing of State Farm Insurance, a recognized leader in the Insurance Industry.
I recently had an interview with Phil, in which he opened up about the three things he loves; his family, community, and helping others. Phil also explains why he now feels that he is doing his life's best work.
So Mr. Englander, how long have you owned your agency?
I joined State Farm Dec 3, 2016, and proudly became an Agent on May 1, 2017.
What was your career before you became a State Farm Agency Owner?
Interestingly I spent 25 years in the Automotive Industry. As a Commercial Accounts Director for the #1 Ford Dealership in the World, Galpin Ford, I was responsible for all of our major fleets and delivered over 1,000 vehicles annually, I found great success in that Industry.
That is very impressive! What prompted the change into the Insurance Industry?
The year 2016 proved to be a very difficult time for my family for within a 33-day span due to various illnesses I lost my mother, and my wife Heather lost not only her father but her stepmother as well. Through this tragedy, I learned how life changing Insurance can be, and I wanted to help others understand the importance of protecting their loved ones and securing a legacy for them.
What made you choose to partner with State Farm?
I wanted to associate myself with a Company that had strong brand recognition, a good reputation, and a wide variety of products to offer. State Farm who celebrated 95 years on June 7th now insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the U.S. As a mutual company, and they are focused on our policyholders. State Farm is the 83rd largest bank in the US regarding assets — nearly $17 billion in assets and approximately 500,000 accounts in Mutual Funds.
What will Philip Englander Insurance and Financial Services Inc. bring to Simi Valley?
My Agency, together with my team made up of; Heather (my wife), Gavin Bird, Sheila Spence, Jocelyne Polio and Haley Seymour, will build relationships and help create protection plans for the assets of our insured. We will bring hometown roots marketing which involves; meeting the community, getting involved in community events, earning their business and trust with solid products.
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AdvisorOne Editor at Large Bob Clark likes to say that advisors' main job is to protect their clients from the financial services industry. While most do just that, we know that some advisors are no-goodniks. Some very wealthy people are their own worst enemies, especially if they're new members of the 1%. Some get very bad advice, especially from managers and other hangers-on who are more interested in lining their own pockets than in growing or preserving their clients' riches.
When con men strike, it is rare that the names of the victims register for more than a second or two as the salacious details of the crime take over. Scams are never named for the victims: Ponzi and Madoff and even Clifford Irving were all the criminals behind the deeds.
But there are those times when the victims are already well known. That's when the victims are remembered. There is logic to the idea that celebrities would find themselves targets of con men. After all, as Willie Sutton is supposed to have said, he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
Celebrities these days have the money. And any itinerant scammer can get an idea of who in Hollywood might be a good mark with a quick search of the internet.
That got us at AdvisorOne wondering which celebrities have been hit by scams. The list is impressive, including actors like Robert De Niro; athletic stars like John McEnroe; and even a playwright, Neil Simon. But the star with the worst luck lost her money, and then her heart.
So we ask, Could You Have Saved These Clients? 7 Scams That Hit Celebrities Hard:
Scam #7
The Celebrities: Cher, Jennifer Aniston, Liv Tyler, Melanie Griffith, Anne Hathaway
The Scam: Credit card fraud
The Take: $511,000
The ladies of Hollywood need their stylists and their salon time. So it must have been particularly upsetting when facialist to the stars (yes, she was really known as a facialist) Maria Gabriela Hashemipour took advantage by ripping off credit card numbers. The con artist was undone in 2010 when the management company representing Liv Tyler saw $214,000 in unexplained charges on the actress's account.
Evidently, testimonials from Cher and Jennifer Aniston on her website weren't enough celebrity help for Hashemipour. Aniston has said that she stopped using Hashemipour in 2005 and her exposure was minimal. In the end, the facialist was sentenced to five years' probation and was ordered to pay $511,000 in restitution. Scam #6
The Celebrity: Kiefer Sutherland
The Scam: Bogus cattle trading
The Take: $1.5 million
Kiefer Sutherland might be famous for bringing TV terrorists to rough justice as Jack Bauer on "24," but that didn't scare off the con man Michael Wayne Carr. In 2010, Carr was arrested for taking $869,000 from the actor and hundreds of thousands from others to purchase cattle in Mexico to be resold in the U.S. at a profit. The money was collected, but authorities found no evidence of any cattle being purchased.
Although his lawyers contended the lackluster economy was the culprit, Carr pleaded guilty. He was ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution. Any jail time depends on how much he is able to pay back. Scam #5
The Celebrities: Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick
The Scam: Bernie Madoff ('nuff said)
The Take: Likely in the millions
Bernie Madoff's scam ruined many people at time of their lives when they had little chance of rebuilding. That isn't the case for Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, marriage partners and actors. Bacon and Sedgwick lost much of their savings, although they have kept the exact amount private.
The amount was damaging enough that Bacon has been widely quoted as saying the pair have no choice but to continue working. Fortunately for Bacon, 54, and Sedgwick, 46, parts keep coming. For Madoff, of course, his only gig is doing prison time as the courts try to divvy up his assets among his victims. Scam #4
The Celebrities: Uma Thurman, Neil Simon and others
The Scam: Money manager siphons clients' cash
The Take: More than $30 million
Unfortunately, it's a tale often told in Hollywood: the one about the scheming money manager who finances his own lifestyle with the treasure of his trusting clients. Such is the story of Kenneth Starr. He ran a scheme netting himself more than $30 million from 2005 until he was caught in 2010.
Some celebrities smelled something rotten. The director Mike Nichols reportedly cashed out early on because he was suspicious. The actress Uma Thurman noticed a mere million missing and browbeat Starr until the money was returned. Of course, she didn't know the payment came from another client's pocket.
Starr was sentenced to repay more than $29 million and serve up to seven and a half years in prison. Scam #3
The Celebrities: Robert De Niro, John McEnroe
The Scam: Art Theft
The Take: $120 million
Robert De Niro might be a master of playing tough guys on the silver screen, but it was his emotional, real-life testimony that helped put a scammer in the slammer. The case involved Manhattan gallery owner Lawrence Salander. According to prosecutors, Salander claimed ownership of works worth $120 million from the estates of deceased artists. One of those artists was Robert De Niro Sr., who was a friend of Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams and others.
In 2011, De Niro took the stand and by all accounts gave emotional testimony about the theft of paintings from his father's estate.
The tennis great John McEnroe also had a role in catching Salander after he filed a civil suit over the theft of a painting. That suit put prosecutors on the case. In the end, Salander pleaded guilty and received up to 18 years in prison. Scam #2
The Celebrities: Sidney Poitier, Norman Lear, Henry Mancini
The Scam: Tax shelter fraud
The Take: $130 million
It sounds like something happening today, but this scam took place on Wall Street in 1983. Two Wall Street brokerages, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Carroll McEntee & McGinley (later purchased by HSBC Securities), invested $600,000 from each of 88 people in tax shelters that the IRS later deemed phony.
Is it any surprise that investments in dilapidated trucks or Picasso stamps from exotic islands were deemed fraudulent ways to get write-offs? In the end, DLJ and HSBC settled civil suits for $42 million. Still, they denied any wrongdoing.
Charles Atkins, who promoted the shelters, and two others, were convicted in the case—the largest case of tax fraud ever. It involved $1.3 billion in phony losses, which were used to reduce tax bills. Atkins received two years in prison followed by four years of community service. The companies were never charged. Scam #1
The Celebrity: Anne Hathaway
The Scam: Real estate fraud
The Take: A broken heart (and $2.4 million from others)
Anne Hathaway is the only celebrity to appear on our list twice. This time she lost out in love when her boyfriend (now ex), Raffaello Follieri, was nabbed for masterminding a real estate scam that was based on purported links to the pope.
One of those taken in by the confidence man was the California billionaire Ron Burkle, a friend of former President Bill Clinton.
Before he was busted in 2008, Follieri told investors his links to the pope could be used to buy surplus churches in the U.S. at a discount. Alas, any profits were based on a prayer. Days before the FBI arrested Follieri, Hathaway dumped him. In the end he got four and a half years in prison and forfeited $2.44 million as well as watches and jewelry. Hathaway has moved on with her career (she portrays Catwoman in the latest Dark Knight film) and her love life.
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What if lawmakers passed a bill that allowed two dozen hand-picked political insiders to fan out across the state and walk up to you and demand your cash?
Not ask but demand.
Got a problem?
There is no passion in the demand, no anger, no urgency. Just a flat look, impassive, the way a hungry hyena on the savanna looks at a herd of meek chumbolones and says, "That one."
Or the way a butcher sizes up some hanging beef before going to work on it. Except, you're the beef.
And after you give up the money, the guy smiles to himself and slides into a nice black Escalade. He doesn't thank you. But he sure thanks the politicians who made it happen. He helps re-elect them, so they or their families make fortunes.
But you? You don't get thanks. He'd no more thank you than he'd thank a dog.
Now, do you have a problem with that?
Pardon me? I didn't hear you. So let me ask you again.
Then you must be in Illinois.
That's the state where Chicago machine politicians and their union muscle boys slap taxpayers in the mouth, year after year after year, and all voters do is repeat that line from "Animal House," "Thank you, sir, may I have another?"
It's revealed in some fascinating (and infuriating) Tribune stories by investigative reporter Jason Grotto, who in collaboration with WGN-TV uncovered some amazing city pension scams.
What's really infuriating is that it all might just be quite legal. But is it right?
The Tribune reported that in 1991, state law was quietly changed to allow Chicago union bosses to cash in and base their city taxpayer-funded pensions not on their wages from their city jobs but on their salaries as union bosses.
That neat little trick inflated the pensions dramatically. And who pays? When you're at a card game and you can't spot the sucker, guess what? You're the sucker.
So now, for example, Cement Workers Union boss Liberato "Al" Naimoli is receiving $157,752 in pension from a $15,264-per-year city job.
Chicago Federation of Labor retired President Dennis Gannon is receiving $158,258 for a $55,474 city job.
And Jim McNally, an officer with Operating Engineers Local 150, gets a $114,935-a-year pension for a $57,200 city job.
What's your pension like?
Back then, there was no debate. No official state analysis. And that's the way our politicians like it. And two decades later, some 23 bosses stand to draw $56 million from two weakened City of Chicago pension funds.
After I read Grotto's reporting, I was so angry I could hardly see. Desperate people are out of work in Illinois.
There are hardworking union people who never got such sweet pensions. There are coal miners in southern Illinois who've watched their fathers spit out pieces of their lungs and live on chicken feed pensions, and then the mines close and there's no work.
And there are hardworking nonunion employees who don't have such perks. And taxpayers who are getting squeezed don't have such perks. What do taxpayers get? Some get to lose their homes, and they'll be lucky to have dog food to eat if they live to be old.
But the winners will be just fine.
Unfortunately, the winners aren't holding news conferences to take the credit. And the guys who made it happen aren't holding news conferences either. So let me help the bashful boys:
The mayor of Chicago in 1991 was Richard M. Daley. He'd rule for years. He not only had labor peace, he could send out union muscle to elect his candidates, from judges to governors and even then-U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who has since received a promotion. In his new job, no longer the union beneficiary but the antagonist, Emanuel realizes that all the money is gone.
But during those decades of labor peace, Daley was boss and his brothers prospered, becoming wealthy in banking, insurance and zoning law.
The speaker of the Illinois House was Michael Madigan. He's still speaker. He's been speaker for most, if not all, of your lifetime, as he's built up his own fortune reducing taxes for downtown real estate barons. He wants organized labor to help his daughter become governor someday.
The governor who signed the bill was Big Jim Thompson on his last day in office. A Republican, Thompson has always gotten along splendidly with Democrats. So who says there's no bipartisan Combine?
One of the politicians who used legislative sleight-of-hand to pave the way for the deal was then-state Sen. Jeremiah Joyce, one-half of Daley's political brain, who later became Mr. O'Hare for all the influence he had in contracts at the airport. Joyce didn't talk to the Tribune for the story.
But Cook County Commissioner John Daley, the mayor's little brother, was a state senator from Bridgeport in 1991. He told Grotto that he didn't remember the bill.
"I don't recall at all," said Johnny.
Johnny, Johnny, oh, Johnny. Doesn't the real phrase go like this?
At this point in time, to the best of my knowledge, I can't recall.
At least, that's what they must say in a "realistic" TV drama, when some "powerful" Chicago politician, usually a black guy, is about to get hauled before a grand jury.
Like I said, it's probably not illegal.
But it sure is Illinois.


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Arts Education Moves Beyond the Classroom
By guest blogger Kevin Connors
As K-12 schools continue to cut funding for arts education, kids are increasingly using new technology and online learning communities to pursue these interests outside of formal school settings, according to a recently published report.
The report, commissioned by the New York City-based Wallace Foundation, argues that new technology is making arts education more accessible and more engaging for students in the modern era, in ways that traditional K-12 settings sometimes do not.
Many students want to learn about the art and digital media they are exposed to in their personal lives, but according to Kylie Peppler, the report's author and Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences Program at Indiana University, school arts programs often teach more traditional forms.
"Kids listen to music all day on an iPod but they aren't producing it," Peppler told Education Week. "Why is this happening? Maybe it's because the artists our kids love are Disney and Pixar filmmakers, but in school they are still using clay in art class—if an art class is even offered."
According to the report, youths spend an average of nearly eight hours per day using tech gadgets, and two-thirds of online teens actually produce their own content at some point—through blogs, web pages, videos, photos, or other forms of artwork.
"This trend is driven in part by the proliferation of technologies that put production of arts—music composition, dance, design, and visual arts, among them—within the reach of anyone interested," the report stated.
Peppler found that captivating and easily accessible applications on tools like iPads, smartphones, and computers intrigue potential artists while also allowing students to produce high-quality products. And because schools are either not equipped with the new technologies, or because they have reduced the number of art classes offered, kids are increasingly exploring arts studies on their own. The report calls this form of learning in non-traditional settings "interest-driven arts education."
Learning communities—virtual, physical, and both—have also sprung up in the wake of the interest-driven trend, according to the foundation's report. (Disclosure: The Wallace Foundation supports Education Week's coverage of leadership, expanded learning time, and arts learning, though the newspaper retains sole editorial control over the content of this coverage.)
Social media outlets like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and many other online communities for artists allow young people to post digital portfolios, collaborate with their peers, view and comment on one another's work, and even interact with professional artists, according to the report. Physical communities like The Computer Clubhouse Network, which provides free media arts experiences to teens at public studios, have also emerged in churches, libraries, and other community centers.
Together, these virtual and physical communities provide the structure, access, and feedback that young artists need, Peppler said.
Research indicates that students are gaining the same set of skills in interest-driven arts education as they do in traditional K-12 settings, Peppler said. But she noted that there is much more to learn about the field and the overall effect of these informal communities.
For that reason, schools still play an integral role in the advancement of arts education, Peppler said. By embracing the technologies youths are using outside of school, as well improving pre-service and in-service training for art instructors, schools can provide a reliable structure and environment for learning to flourish.
"In the perfect landscape," she said, "we see better coordination between schools and non-traditional forms because there is so much untapped potential. So many kids are exploring art on their own, and schools will hopefully find a way to support that learning."


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