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Nanyehi Nancy Ward "The Ghi Ga U"
She was a Full blood of the Wolf Clan, born in Chota, the City of Refuge and Capitol of the Cherokee Nation. Her Great grandfather was Moytoy of Tellico Supreme Chief 1730 --1760. Moytoy's second daughter, born about 1663 and her husband, The "Raven" of Chotawere Nancy's grandparents.
In 1738, Tame Do (the sister of Attakullakulla) and her husband, thought to be a Delaware Indian brave or Chief ( who died early in her life) gave birth to a daughter named Nancy, who in time became the last true Ghi Ga U or Beloved Woman of the Cherokees, and in who, in her views regarding Cherokee and white relationships, was an ally of Little Carpenter (Attakullakulla).
In the early 1750's, she married the noted war leader, Kingfisher of the Deer Clan, and was at his side when in 1755 he was killed by Creek warriors at the battle of Taliwa. She immediately picked up his weapons and rallied the Cherokee warriors to overwhelming victory. Back at Chota, she was chosen to fill the vacant position of a Beloved Woman. It was believed that the Supreme Beings often spoke to the people through the beloved women, and they were given absolute power in the question of what to do with prisoners taken in war, a power exclusive to Ghi Ga U. Nancy did not hesitate to use the power. She was also head of the influential woman's council that consisted of a representative from each clan, and she sat as a voting member of the council of chiefs.
In June 1776, Dragging Canoe, Abraham and Raven , Cherokee War Chiefs, with 250 warriors each, at the instigation of the British, planned to attack Western settlements. Ghi Ga u warned the settlers of the impending attacks, then on July 20, 1776, Abraham, marching to attack Watauga in East Tennessee, captured Mrs. William Bean, mother of the first white child born in Tennessee. When the war party returned to Cherokee Country, Mrs. Bean was condemned to be burned at the stake. She was conducted to the top of a mound that stood in the center of Tuskeegee, which was located just above the mouth of the Tellico or Little Tennessee River. Bound at the stake, faggots piled around, torch about to be applied, GhiGau appeared , cut the thongs and took the captive to her home, where Mrs. Bean taught her how to keep house and make butter. As soon as it was safe, Ghi Ga u sent her brother, Tuskeegeeteehee, or Longfellow of Chistatoa and her son Hiskyteehee, or Fivekiller sometimes called Littlefellow, to escort Mrs. Bean to her husband. Numerous settlements had been made on Cherokee land, in direct violation of royal decree from England.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, the Cherokees again sided with the English. In 1776, the Cherokees prepared to attack simultaneously the frontier settlements of Virginia, the Carolinas, andGeorgia. The responsibility assigned to 700 warriors from chota was to strike the settlers who lived in the Watuga area. As much for theCherokees' sake as for that of the settlers, Nancy Ward helped IsaacThomas, William Fawling and another white man to escape from Chota to warn the Watugans in time to build fortifications. This act established Nancy's reputation as a friend of the settlers. When in October 1776 Colonel William Christian led nearly 2,000 troops in a devastating raid,out of respect for Nancy Ward he spared Chota, while most of the other Cherokee towns were ravaged. In 1780, at a time when most of the Wataugamen were away from home and engaged in the King's Mountain campaign, at the same time, the frontier rear guards became short on rations and NancyWard agreed to supply beef and had some cattle driven in, the Cherokees again prepared to attack the settlements in the Watauga area. Nancy Ward warned the whites a second time, but when the soldiers returned from King's Mountain and learned of the threat, they were enraged, and set out to teach the Cherokees a lesson they would never forget. Despite NancyWard's pleas for mercy and friendship, Chota was destroyed along withother towns, and for a short time she and her family were placed in protective custody. When they were released, they returned to help rebuild the town, and on July 20, 1781, she was the featured speaker for the Cherokees when the reeling people reluctantly accepted a peace treaty with the Wataugans.
When the Treaty of Hopewell was made in South Carolina in 1785, she offered another dramatic plea for continued peace between the Indians and the whites. Once the unhappy war years were ended she lived in Chota, where although it was no longer the capitol of the nation, it was still a city of refuge, and from all over the nation she took into her home orphaned and homeless waifs, including mixed breeds.
What follows was perhaps not a speech, but rather a written document which was not found in the Amovey Council memorandum. Dated May 2nd, 1817, it was found in the Andrew Jackson Papers, Book 29, No. 17, Volume 1, pages 6452-3:
The Cherokee ladys now being present at the meeting of the Chiefs and warriors in council have thought it their duty as mothers to address their beloved chiefs and warriors now assembled.
Our beloved children and head men of the Cherokee nation we address you warriors now assembled.
Our beloved children and head men of the Cherokee nation we address you warriors in council we have raised all of you on the land which we now have, which God gave us to inhabit and raise provisions we know that our country has once been extensive but by repeated sales has become circumscribed to a small tract and never have thought it our duty to interfere in the disposition of it till now, if a father or mother was to sell all their lands which they had to depend on which their children had to raise their living on which would be indeed bad and to be removed to another country we do not wish to go to an unknown country which we have understood would be like destroying your mothers. Your mothers your sisters ask and beg of you not to part with any more of our lands, we say ours you are descendants and take pity on our request, but keep it for our growing children for it was the good will of our creator to place us here and you know our father the great president will not allow his white children to take our country away only keep you hands off of paper talks for it is our own country for if it was not they would not ask you to put your hands to paper for it would be impossible to remove us all for as soon as one child is raised we have others in our arms for such is our situation and will consider our circumstance.
Therefore children don't part with any more of our lands but continue on it and enlarge your farms and cultivate and raise corn and cotton and we your mothers and sisters will make clothing for you which our father the president has recommended to us all we don't charge anybody for selling any lands, but we have heard such intentions of our children but your talks become true at least and it was our desire to forewarn you all not to part with our lands.
Nancy Wart to her children Warriors take pity and listen to the talks of your sisters, although I am very old yet cannot but pity the situation in which you will hear of their minds, I have great many grand children which I wish them to do well on our land.
The Cherokee Beloved Woman; Wild Rose of the Cherokee; Pocahontas of the West; War Woman; Prophetess; Granny Ward, these are a few of the names and titles given to Nancy Ward, the most powerful and influential woman in the Cherokee Nation during recorded history. She ruled over the powerful Council of Women and had a voting seat in the Council of Chiefs. During her lifetime the Cherokee moved from a matriarchal, clan-type of government to a republic much like our own.
She was born in 1738 at Chota and was loved and respected by the settlers as well as the Cherokees. She had absolute power over prisoners and on numerous occasions saved the lives of white people. On at least two occasions during the Revolutionary War period she sent warnings to John Sevier at the Watauga settlements of planned Indian attacks, thus giving them time to prepare a defense or counter-offensive.
She participated in the Treaty of July 20, 1781, and the Treaty at Hopewell, November 28, 1785, as a principal speaker. She alluded to her never ending desire to seek peace for her people and to hold on to as much of their land as possible. After the Hiwassee Purchase of 1819, she left Chota and settled on the Ocoee River near Benton, Tennessee. She operated an inn at Woman Killer Ford on the Federal Road until her death in 1822. She is buried on a hill nearby. In 1923 a monument was placed on her grave by a Chattanooga Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.


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If last week's tweet by Beth Myers is a guide, Tim Pawlenty is on Mitt Romney's short list of possible vice-presidential candidates. As I've often said, I think Pawlenty would be an excellent choice. Mark Kennedy agrees. Mark served three terms in the House of Representatives and has known and worked with Pawlenty for twenty years. Mark is now the Director and Professor of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. He wrote this endorsement of Pawlenty for Power Line's readers:
As Mitt Romney makes his final choice for a running mate, a dozen variables could be evaluated. But only one matters: Picking someone who would be a good president. I have known Tim Pawlenty for twenty years, as he and I have served in multiple public roles, and I know he would make a great president.
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* Spending: He took a state budget that had increased by 20 percent per biennium for the last 40 years and forced spending growth down to an average of about 1 percent per year over eight years without raising taxes.
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His hard work paid off. When he left office, the Minnesota unemployment rate was 30 percent less than the national average ("ridiculously low," MSNBC said), proving that cutting government gives the private economy room to grow.
3. His Skills. Tim is persuader. In TV interviews, he is the best spokesperson we've got. He will not only make a strong case on the campaign trail, but he'll be a passionate and effective advocate for conservative ideas within the new Romney administration. He will prove that the Republican Party is not just the party of the country club, but of Sam's Club, too.
And he knows how to win. Tim spent eight years outsmarting the entrenched Minnesota democratic elites. A Minnesotan political commentator recently called him the "Muhammad Ali of budget-cutters." He will be a potent force in the budget and policy battles that immediately follow the election.
As conservatives, we follow William Buckley's rule: We want the most conservative ticket that can win. Tim will help Mitt Romney win and, after he does, he will make us proud by helping to turn America back to the principles that have made us great.

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The proposed rule follows a March 31, 2008, NPRM on disparate impact under the ADEA. In addition to requesting comments on its substance, the prior NPRM asked whether the Commission should provide more information on the meaning of the RFOA defense. Most commenters supported addressing the issue and, accordingly, the EEOC is publishing a new NPRM on RFOA. The NPRM has been coordinated with other federal agencies and reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
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Why is the Republican presidential field so weak?
Six months ago, that might have seemed an unfair question, or at least premature. The roster of candidates often starts out looking like the "seven dwarfs," only to have some rise in stature while others fall away.
That hasn't happened this time. Mitt Romney looks no less presidential today than he did at the start. But none of the others has come close to making himself plausible.
Ron Paul, second-place finisher in New Hampshire, remains what he always was: a movement leader, an advocate for both attractive and highly unattractive tenets of libertarianism — a fringe candidate.
Rick Santorum, launching from the unlikely platform of a losing Senate race, has come across as a sincere but sour, less inclusive, smaller-bore version of Mike Huckabee. Rick Perry, owner of the most promising resume, opened by calling the Federal Reserve chairman a traitor and went downhill from there. Newt Gingrich has demonstrated a disqualifying ego, which takes some doing in this business. Jon Huntsman has demonstrated that he can speak Chinese.
And already we are doubting our memories: Were Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann really serious candidates?
One of these people might have surprised in the Oval Office. Science has yet to discover how to predict which Kansas City haberdasher will exceed low expectations and which Georgia peanut farmer will fulfill them. It's also true that the fantasy candidates who didn't declare — Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, David Petraeus — would, under the scrutiny of press and rivals, have turned out to be human, too.
Still, on all available evidence it was and remains a weak field. So, again: Why?
It could be the luck of the draw. Every first-grade teacher will tell you that some years are better than others.
It could be that more serious presidential candidates, sizing up the incumbent in 2009, when serious campaigns had to begin, decided, not illogically, that President Obama was likely to win. Let someone else be the John Kerry of the Republican Party. Come back in 2016.
It could be that the process has devolved, for some, from daunting to repellent: the number of millionaires whose egos must be stroked on the way to raising $1 billion, the smears from unaccountable political action committees, the dwindling media interest in substance, the Twitter-paced cycle that makes the Clinton war room look like something from the vacuum-tube era — it may be a quadrennial bar to many people of quality.
It could be that serious people looked at the decisions that will have to be made in the next four years and concluded that the job would not be much fun. Taking charge in an era of rising health-care costs and an aging population doesn't seem, at first blush, a road to popularity.
But in another year, that challenge might have motivated top-flight people. After all, the country's travails offer an opportunity for fundamental reform that a true leader would jump at — to reshape the tax code, say, to encourage things we like (working and saving) and discourage things we don't (burning oil, gas and coal). Such big things could be done, for political and substantive reasons, only in a bipartisan fashion.
For their own reasons, Obama and the Democrats haven't seized that opportunity. But why have visionary Republicans shied away?
The nearly forgotten candidacy of Tim Pawlenty offers a clue. Once upon a time a conservative governor from a swing region with a record of working across the aisle might have gained traction.
But in a party that has come to loathe compromise, Pawlenty didn't have the gumption to run on his record, and he couldn't sell himself as less nice and more ideologically pure than he really was. When he couldn't bring himself to be mean to Romney in an early New Hampshire debate, he was finished.
The Republican ideology of no new taxes, ever, is a straitjacket. But even more dispositive is the conviction that reaching across the aisle is weak and treasonous.
Until that conviction fades, politicians who want to get things done, and would know how to strike deals in the nation's interest, may stay on the sidelines.


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The AC/DC Experience consists of Darran Short (vocals), Andy Holt (lead guitar), Steven Wolf (bass), James Stringfellow (guitar) and Dennis Duxbury (drums) - with all four men hailing from Blackpool.
They will play The Marton Institute on Friday, March 10 and The Winter Gardens on Saturday, August 26 as part of the Great NW Motorbike Festival.
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The band are aiming to delight rock fans young and old – many left devastated by reports AC/DC themselves may never tour again. The Anglo-Oz greats have lost four core members in the last two years, and founding lead guitarist Angus Young has raised question marks as to their future.
Guitarist, James Stringfellow said: "What has happened to AC/DC over the last two years has been nothing short of heart-breaking. We are all massive fans.
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"Our vocalist Darran is rightly rated as among the best, able to sensationally deliver the signature vocal styles of both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson, while Andy is a mesmerising guitarist with the kind of licks and tricks Angus would be proud of!
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 5, 2013) – Following a regular season in which he finished third in the Atlantic Sun Conference in scoring, ETSU senior Jarvis Jones (Memphis) has been named to the All-Atlantic Sun Conference second team, the league office announced on Tuesday.
In addition to Jones' selection, freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) also earned league honors by being a unanimous selection to the A-Sun All Freshman squad. Wilson ended the year second on the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game and eclipsed 20 points on seven occasions during the season.
Jones, who ended the year with 16.2 points per game, ranked in the Top 10 among A-Sun players in multiple categories, including steals (2nd, 1.8 spg), free throw percentage (8th, 76 percent) and minutes played (1st, 36.8).
The Bucs will continue their season on Thursday, meeting Stetson at 2:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, which will be played at Hawkins Arena on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
For more on the 2013 All Atlantic Sun Conference teams, please read the official conference release below:
MACON, Ga. (March 1, 2013) – For some the 2013 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball season was an opportunity to live up to expectations. For others, preseason expectations became just a starting point. As the spotlight moves into focus on the 2013 General Shale Atlantic Sun Championship, the A-Sun is proud to recognize the cast of new and familiar student-athletes highlighted by the 2013 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball All-Conference Team.
Versatility best describes the 2013 A-Sun Player of the Year Sherwood Brown. One of only three players in the conference to rank in the top 10 for both scoring and rebounding, Brown is also an explosive offensive player. This three-time player of the week scored in double figures 26 times and poured in a career high of 29 points against one of the league's top defenses in Northern Kentucky.
The defending A-Sun Player of the Year appeared primed for a repeat in 2013 landed First Team All-Conference honors, as Torrey Craig's 17.2 points per game led the A-Sun in scoring. Craig's 29 points against a stingy Mercer defense and a dominating 24-point performance at ETSU in the regular season finale were two memorable games for the junior, who scored 20 or more points nine times and now has more than 1,500 points in his career.
A model of consistency, Stetson's Adam Pegg has the Hatters back in the A-Sun Championship for the first time in five years. His 16.1 points per game in A-Sun play led Stetson in scoring and placed him sixth among his peers, and he was the only player in the conference to finish in the Top 10 in Scoring, Rebounding, and Field Goal Percentage. Pegg scored in double figures in 26 of the 28 games in which he played this season, and was named a Capital One Academic All-District earlier this season.
Leading the new kids on the block, Northern Kentucky's Eshaunte Jones led the A-Sun in conference play with 17.1 points per game. Jones' high point in 2013 included a career-high of 30 points vs. Jacksonville as well as 26 points against regular season champion Mercer and back-to-back 25-point games against Kennesaw State and ETSU.
It was a record-setting season for North Florida's Parker Smith, who set a new A-Sun and school record with 110 three-pointers made this season. Smith scored 30 or more on two occasions, along with recording double digits in 24 of UNF's 31 games, despite facing defenses designed to limit his production. Smith's sharp shooting ranked him fifth in the NCAA for three-pointers made and he is the conference leader in three-pointers made and three-point percentage.
Matching up with FGCU's Bernard Thompson meant a long night for opposing offensive players. The 2013 A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year leads the conference and ranks sixth nationally with 2.84 steals per game. Brown's 88 total steals are the second-most by a player in the country and rank as the seventh-best total in A-Sun single-season history. A relentless defender, Thompson has a steal in 30 of the Eagles' 31 contests, including 17 games in which he tallied three or more thefts.
A-Sun Coach of the Year Bob Hoffman led Mercer to the program's first outright Atlantic Sun regular season championship in 2013, helping the team make good on a host of lofty preseason predictions. Following last season's CIT Championship. Hoffman guided the Bears to a 9-1 mark in their final 10 A-Sun games and ensured the Bears of postseason play for the second-straight year.
Lipscomb's Stephen Hurt set the bar high for A-Sun freshmen, ranking as the number two scoring and rebounding freshman center in the nation. He is twelfth nationally in rebounding for all centers and ranks third in the A-Sun in rebounding with eight per game. Hurt earned national recognition as he was named ESPN.com top performer of the day for his 23-point, 18-rebound effort against Austin Peay.
The A-Sun also honored five student-athletes on the second team led by two Mercer selections; Langston Hall and Travis Smith. Stetson's Chris Perez, FGCU's Chris Perez and ETSU's Jarvis Jones joined the Bears' duo on the second teams.


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Welcome to the digital party
Yamaha Clavinovas offer all the touch response and beautifully rich, detailed piano sound you want. Plus a great deal more, including a full orchestra of superb quality digitally sampled instruments, and a whole host of advanced auto accompaniment features. You get all the convenience of a digital instrument: no need for costly tuning, greater portability, and you can use headphones, so you can play any time you like without disturbing the family or your neighbors.
Plug in to some sing-along fun
Connect a Clavinova to your TV, pop a karaoke floppy disk into the drive and you've got your own home karaoke center. Song lyrics are displayed on-screen, so the entire family can get together for real sing-along entertainment. What's more, you can even get some other instruments out (maybe dad's old guitar!) and play along with the songs for a whole new style of karaoke experience.
If you're going to study, there's no place like home
The Clavinova features an extensive learning support system including guide lamps over the keyboard. Right from day one, the kids - or even granddad - can learn by playing real music instead of practice pieces, making it fun and enjoyable to study. There's even a built-in recorder so you can record your performance and see how you're doing, and save it to floppy disk to build up a continuing progress report.
Build your own library of music software
Yamaha offers an enormous library of music software for study, karaoke, play-along or just playback enjoyment. Pick up a song file data disk and enjoy minus-one playback that lets you solo in front of a full orchestra. Or load a style data disk, and add more auto accompaniment styles. From classical to rock, pop to ethnic, the list is almost endless. Ask your Yamaha dealer to show you just what's available in the extensive Yamaha library.
XG opens up even more music
XG is Yamaha's revolutionary extension of the General MIDI format. Naturally, it contains the entire GM standard so you have complete compatibility with commercially available GM software. XG includes a huge set of additional voices, a minimum of three effects processors with many effect types; MIDI control of analog inputs allowing processing of, for example, microphone inputs to create vocal harmonies; extensive control of other parameters for real-time sound shaping.
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Connect your PC and add extra power
Handy one-cord connection to your Windows or Macintosh computer adds a whole new dimension of power to the Clavinova. For example, you can use commercially available sequencing software, such as Yamaha's XGworks, to create truly complex and advanced performances. Or you can use notation software to create sheet music for the compositions you create. There's almost no limit to what you can do.
88-key Graded Hammer Effect Keyboard
Yamaha sets the pace for realism with the GH (Graded Hammer effect) keyboard. You'll enjoy all the subtle response that makes the Clavinova so expressive. Because the GH keyboard is even more like an acoustic piano's - the keys are heavier in the bass registers than they are in the treble. So you get a satisfying weighty feel in the bass, ideal for adding real bottom to the way you play, and the treble notes are lighter, to help your fingers dance over fast melody notes.
AWM Tone Generation with Stereo Sampling
With Yamaha's AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation, you'll believe you can actually hear piano hammers and strings. It starts with CD-quality samples of the actual instrument - and for even greater realism the piano voices are sampled in stereo. AMW digitally filters them according to your touch on the keyboard. The volume and tonality change with your attack.
The CVP 107 and 109 have 224 panel voices, while the CVP105/103/103M have 195 panel voices. All four of these superb instruments offer additional 480XG voices providing you with a rich palette of musical voices.
Extended Polyphony
Perhaps you've noticed that when you play fast, dense, legato passages on some digital pianos, notes get cut off before you release them. That's because the instrument runs out of notes and has to "steal" one in order to play a new note. But with the new CVP Clavinovas, you always have all the notes you need. The CVP107/105/103/103M provide a maximum 64-note polyphony and the CVP-109 offers an astonishing 128-note polyphony.
Organ Flutes (CVP109/107)
Build your own custom organ sounds with the Organ Flutes voice. Drawbars appear in the large LCD. You can quickly and easily adjust flute volume, attack/chiff, length and percussive key click just like on a vintage organ.
Keyboard Split and Dual Mode
Thanks to the freely adjustable split point, you can play one instrument with your left hand and a different instrument with your right. For example, you can play an upright bass with your left hand and a trumpet with your right - the choice is all yours. Plus with Dual Mode, you can combine two instruments and play them together for unique and rich sounds.
Keyboard Percussion
Thirteen drum kits (CVP109/107) or twelve drum kits (CVP 105/103/103M) you play from the keyboard give the range of percussion sounds you want for your music. Choose from standard, electronic, jazz brush and so many more.
XG Format
XG is Yamaha's format that brings you the compatibility and control of GM (General MIDI), plus a whole lot more. For example, the GM specification is limited to 128 voices, while XG lets you select voices in different banks, giving you access to hundreds of voices. In addition, XG lets you control a vast range of other parameters including harmonic content of voices, reverb and other effects from a sequencer or another XG keyboard. It's the ultimate in flexibility and control.
Digital Effects
The onboard digital effects allow you to change instrument voices in ways from the mild to the wild. Built-in reverb lets you add the ambience of different-size rooms from a small recital hall through a large opera house, an enormous cathedral and even an outdoor stadium.
Master Digital EQ (CVP109/107)
Fine-tune your overall sound with the built-in, 5-band digital equalization. You also get a choice of four presets, Jazz, Pop, Rock and Classic, to give you instant access to "that sound" you hear so often on a CD. In addition, you can create your own custom EQ curves, and store them in the registration memory for recall at any time.
Vocal Harmony (CVP109/107)
The CVP109/107 offer Vocal Harmony. By digitally pitch shifting your voice, the instruments add up to two harmony parts to whatever you sing. Thanks to advanced Yamaha technology that shapes the sounds that make human speech recognizable, harmony parts sound completely natural with none of the undesirable noise so often found with other pitch shifters.
Large LCD Display (CVP109/107/105)
Easy, error-free operation is assured thanks to the large LCD display with attractive graphics and helpful messages. You even have a dedicated help function so you can call up a detailed explanation whenever you need one, allowing you to spend your time making music instead of reading manuals.
Direct Access
Another helpful feature is the Direct Access button. Simply hold this button down while you press reverb, for example, to directly access the reverb's editable parameters.
Guide Control
The large LCD gives you access to yet one more amazing Yamaha feature. With "Guide Control" a miniature keyboard and piano roll are shown in the display, and as your playback software progresses the notes in the piano roll scroll to show you when to play, while guide lamps over the keyboard show you which note to play.
Three Guide Methods
Lets you pick the method just right for your playing ability. "Easy Play" allows you to practice the rhythm before learning the notes. "Next Note" shows you where to play on the keyboard. If there's a difficult passage that needs concentrated practice, use "Sound Repeat" to play that one phrase over and over.
Auto Accompaniment
Auto accompaniment is yet another area where Yamaha leads the industry. Just one finger is all you need to create a complete rhythm, bass and chord accompaniment in Single Finger mode. Fingered mode lets you play the entire chord manually, and Multi Finger mode allows you to use Single Finger, Fingered 1 or Fingered 2 modes to generate the auto accompaniment. There is also a Full Keyboard mode that responds to whatever you play across the entire keyboard to make the function more piano-like.
Accompaniment Assist (CVP109/107/105)
Sometimes you may find it a little difficult to control auto-accompaniment when playing a complicated piece of music. Accompaniment assist lets you program chord and pattern changes in advance, so that auto accompaniment plays itself while you concentrate on playing your parts.
Built-in accompaniment styles cover almost any musical genre you can think of. The CVP-109 offers 157, the CVP107 has 147, and CVP105 gives you 135 and the CVP103/103M boasts 125. There are also hundreds more available on Yamaha Style Disks. Each style has four variations plus intros, endings, fills and fade-in/fade-out for a natural feel to the accompaniment.
Custom Style
You can create you own custom rhythm and accompaniment styles and save them internally (CVP109/107/105: 12 locations, CVP103/103M: 4 locations) or on floppy disk. Start from scratch or modify one of the existing styles, the only limit is your imagination.
Pianist Style
Enjoy sophisticated auto accompaniments featuring acoustic piano. Offering all the fingering ease of Yamaha's other auto accompaniment functions, Pianist allows everybody, and even absolute beginners to give accomplished solo piano recitals.
One Touch Settings
With One Touch Setting, when you choose an accompaniment style, the right-hand voice is automatically selected for you, so you're ready to play at just the touch of a button.
The handy registration memory allows you to store 20 complete instrument setups for instant recall. This means you can change the entire sound of the instrument at the touch of a button - it's a great feature for live performances. What's more, the CVP 109/107/105 let you name your setups, so you can store them by song name.
Music Database
Music Database offers you a selection of musical styles with preprogrammed voices and effects setups available at the touch of a button. The CVP109 has 564; CVP107, 534; CVP105, 498; CVP103/103M, 463. So you always enjoy instruments and effects carefully chosen by professional musicians to suit your selected style.
Sing-along Karaoke Fun
One more way to put the Clavinova at the heart of your family's musical fun is to use it for karaoke. Lyrics from karaoke floppy disks are shown in the LCD display, or with the convenient Video Out function, you can even connect your TV to the CVP109 or 107 to display the words.
Song Recording
Whenever you're ready to record, the CVP Clavinovas are ready too. With 16 digital tracks to let you build up complicated, multipart arrangements and take full advantage of the hundreds of instrument voices available. Of course, you can save your performances to floppy disk for instant playback at any time. The only limit is your imagination. Better still, the CVP109/107/105 also offer step recording.
PC Interface
Connect the Clavinova directly to your Windows® or Macintosh® personal computer via the convenient PC Interface and enter an infinitely expanded world of musical possibilities. Use your favorite sequencing software to drive the Clavinova. Enjoy an ever-wider range of playback software. Or take a course of music-instruction software.


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's military needs to improve its missile defense and cyber capabilities to better defend against persistent threats from Pyongyang, the commander of U.S. forces in Korea said Tuesday.
Gen. James Thurman, who will leave his command Wednesday and retire, offered a sobering assessment of North Korea's continued drive to become a nuclear power and expressed disappointment in its young leader, Kim Jong Un.
Thurman told reporters he is most worried about the South's abilities to face asymmetric threats from the North, including cyber attacks and long-range ballistic missiles and artillery.
South Korea is scheduled to take over wartime control of its own forces, which would defend the country in the event of an attack by North Korea, by the end of 2015. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said earlier this week that U.S. and South Korean officials are discussing a possible extension of the 2015 deadline, but no decision is expected soon. The initial target date was in 2012 before it was pushed back to 2015.
On Tuesday, Thurman and Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, both said they were initially a bit optimistic about Kim's move to power, hoping he would tone down the provocative behavior. But they said they've been disappointed, because he instead continued North Korea's efforts to develop nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles.
Other senior U.S. military officials echoed those views, saying the U.S. is still trying to gain better intelligence on Kim's intent and his military and technological advancements. North Korea's closed society, they said, has made it difficult to get people into the country and gain access to Kim's inner circle. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the assessment.
Thurman said North Korea's behavior over the past year, including an underground nuclear test, has caused him a great deal of worry. He said the U.S. is working with South Korea to improve its abilities to meet the North's growing asymmetric threats, including the long-range artillery that Pyongyang has arrayed near the border.
He said the U.S. is also working with South Korea to improve its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs, its cyber security capabilities and its ability to coordinate seamlessly with U.S. forces, including air and maritime.
U.S. control of South Korea's wartime forces is a holdover from the Korean War, and America has been trying for years to build its capabilities. But it has proved difficult to wean the South off its dependence on the U.S. military, particularly as the threat from North Korea has escalated.
Earlier this year, Pyongyang conducted another nuclear test in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The detonation at a remote underground site was seen as a key step toward the North's goal of building a bomb small enough to fit on a long-range missile capable of striking the U.S.
Last month, a U.S. research institute said recent satellite images appeared to show that North Korea was restarting its plutonium reactor at the Nyongbyon nuclear facility. That facility was closed in 2007 under the terms of a six-nation disarmament agreement.


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Thanksgiving is full of gluten-filled land mines! If this is your first Thanksgiving on a gluten-free diet, you might not realize the challenge that awaits you. Let's make sure you're ready to stay gluten-free this Thanksgiving. And, even if you're not new to a gluten-free diet, then a refresher course might still be valuable! (How do you think I came up with this list anyway?)
In the past, we've celebrated low-key Thanksgivings–just immediate family and attended huge family gatherings. When it's just immediate family, I try to keep the dishes simple and easy (but still have all of the traditional Thanksgiving foods). Since I'll do most of the cooking (and the gluten free eaters are in the majority) all of the recipes are to be gluten-free. Small gatherings are an unusual circumstance for us at Thanksgiving though. So I'll also tell you about how we deal with the large family potlucks as well. And, give some tips for hosting a gluten-free guest.
Here's an example of a typical Gluten Free Thanksgiving menu for us and a day-by-day picture of what the week of Thanksgiving looks like in our kitchen. If you don't see a recipe that you must have, be sure to peruse our other gluten free Thanksgiving recipes.
Roasted Turkey Breast or Chickpea Cutlets with Cranberry Sauce
Gluten Free Cornbread Dressing with Gravy,
Green Bean Casserole
Layered Green Salad
Curried Sweet Potatoes
Spoonbread Muffins
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
The key to remaining calm and collected for the this Thanksgiving meal is to spread the cooking over several days–so that you don't get too tired. However, since you still need to eat in the meantime, plan easy suppers throughout the week. We'll be having stew on Monday might and spaghetti on Tuesday.
If you're in charge of the turkey, it may be time to start thawing it. My dad will take care of this part of the meal, and he'll probably just cook a turkey breast. But, if you're cooking a large bird, put it in the refrigerator now. It can take 3 – 4 days to thaw!
John doesn't like stew without bread of some sort of bread, so this will be the perfect night to make a large batch of the Spoonbread Muffins. I'll bake some of the muffins for our dinner, and only parbake the remainder. Parbaking is a cooking method in which you cook a bread for 80% of the cooking time, and then rapidly freeze it. I'll take the frozen muffins to my parent's house and finish cooking them right before the meal.
The main ingredient in Cornbread Dressing is (of course) corn bread. The stuffing works better if the bread is slightly stale, so I'll make two batches of my Southern Cornbread tonight and store it in zippered storage bags in the refrigerator until Thursday.
If we make it to my parent's house Wednesday night, then I will go ahead and make the Layered Salad. This salad is somewhat unusual in that it tastes better the second day, so it's a perfect candidate for making ahead. I think my mom has a recipe, but the salad layers goes something like this: lettuce, red and yellow bell peppers, eggs, green peas, red onions, celery, Ranch dressing, cheddar cheese. You layer everything in a large glass bowl, and the Ranch dressing works its way though all the layers to make the best salad ever!
For those of you cooking turkey, get that bird in the oven soon. They take hours to cook. Here's a great turkey tutorialif you have no clue what you're doing.
I'll start the day by doing all of my chopping. Celery and onion for the stuffing, mushrooms for the cream of mushroom soup (Green Bean Casserole) and gravy, and sweet potatoes. Once that's done, I'll move to the stove to saute the celery and onions, start the cream of mushroom soup, and cook some rice for the chickpea cutlets. (I'll make the gravy closer to lunch time).
The Green Bean Casserole and Corn Bread Stuffing will both need to bake for a while, so I'll assemble them first. I can always cover them and let them sit in the refrigerator for a while if I get them ready too early. IF we eat at 11:30, then the Stuffing will need to go in the oven around 10:00, and the Green Bean Casserole around 10:45. Scheduling this all out before hand is key if you have a deadline to meet!
The sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce can cook away on the stove top while I do other things, so I'll start them now. The cubed sweet potatoes will be gently tossed with butter, brown sugar, and Madras curry for a super simple side dish. The cranberry sauce will be made with fresh cranberries (though I imagine the canned version will be on the table too) and I will probably stick with the recipe that's on the bag of cranberries.
While that's going, I will blend the rice and chickpeas together with lots of herbs, Veggie Chicken Better Than Bouillon, xanthan gum, and a little bit of cornstarch if needed. This mixture can be shaped into cutlets and pan-fried for a vegetarian alternative that won't be quite as scary to your guests as tofu. While the cutlets are cooking, I'll whip up a batch of gravy. It will be happy to simmer away on the stove until lunch is ready. And, if I don't forget (probably will) this is the time to put the muffins into the oven to finish baking.
For dessert, I'm taking the easy way out. I stopped by Whole Foods today and snagged a few frozen gluten free pie crusts. I'll make an apple pie and a pumpkin pie, but I'm cheating and using canned pie filling and the recipes on the back of the can. I'm sure I could make something better if I tried, but I'm taking it easy this year. And if I'm tired at this point, my dad can always help me with the pies since there's no dough rolling involved =) The pies will go into the oven as we sit down to eat so that they are piping hot at dessert time.
Over the years John and I have been guests at many non Gluten Free Thanksgiving celebrations. Most of these meals are potluck and my strategy for dealing with the meal depends on whether the hostess assigns the dishes ahead of time or not.
If the hostess does assign dishes, then I take first dibs on the Dressing and Gravy and also volunteer for a vegetable side dish. In a worst case scenario, John and I can make a meal of stuffing, gravy, and my veggie dish. If we've known the other guests for a while then they are usually aware of our food issues and will check their ingredients with me. I don't usually ask them to change the ingredients unless its an easy substitution, but I at least know whether it's safe for us to eat. (Never take their word though. Always study the food carefully before putting it on your plate. At least 50% of the time you'll realize that they've used an ingredient they didn't realize contained gluten).
If the hostess doesn't assign dishes, then I bring at least one large dish to share with everyone, but I also bring a mini-Thanksgiving meal for John and I. I set our food up away from everyone else's and we try to fix our plates first so that there aren't cross-contact issues with the serving utensils. If my parents are coming, then they will bring a couple of gluten free dishes as well so that I don't have to do quite as much.
Hosting a gluten free guest is probably as stressful as being a gluten free guest. Here are a few tips to smooth the way:
Would your Thanksgiving be less overwhelming if you knew the gluten free recipes that you're planning would turn out wonderfully? Would it help to have a shopping list and cooking timeline to follow? Would you like to have someone to go to when you have questions? If so, then my Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Kindle Book may be just what you need.
Thanksgiving is the one holiday that stresses out more people on a gluten free diet than any other. It's a combination of normal holiday stress, family, travel, cooking, and everything else that comes along with that. Plus, the added problem that many of the dishes we traditionally eat at Thanksgiving contain gluten. And let's face it….Thanksgiving is mostly about the food, isn't it?
Holidays are a time that should be enjoyed with family and friends, and Thanksgiving is no different. We shouldn't be so stressed out about what we're going to eat that we're unable to enjoy the day.
The biggest meal that I cook every year is our gluten free Thanksgiving dinner. The entire meal is gluten free, no matter who we're eating with, and it's always delicious. Last year I decided to compile all of my Thanksgiving recipes into a cookbook for Kindle. This is partly selfish. It's much easier to switch between recipes when they're on my Kindle. But, I thought some of you might find it useful too, so we put the cookbook into the Kindle store.
Here's a picture of the cover and I've listed all of the recipes below. Be sure to read all the way to the end of the cookbook, because the last page tells you how to get my next Kindle cookbook for free =)


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Day 1: Arrive and Overnight in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Upon arrival in Winnipeg, you are transferred to our airport hotel.
Day 2: Early Morning Flight to Churchill, Town Tour and Eskimo Museum
Today there is an early morning flight to Churchill. Upon arrival you will be transferred into town where we will have a guided bus tour of local and historical points of interest surrounding Churchill, including such attractions as Cape Merry, Port of Churchill and Manitoba Conservation's Polar Bear Holding Facility (weather permitting). Later we will visit an Eskimo Museum which contains one of Canada's finest collections of Inuit carvings, kayaks and artifacts dating from pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule, and modern Inuit times.. This evening there will be a slide presentation by a local photographer. Relax and soak-up years of northern experience communicated in enchanting stories and magnificent photography.
Days 3 - 4: Tundra Buggy Adventures
The best way to experience an intimate encounter with a wild polar bear is on an authentic Tundra Buggy. The next two days will be spent in a Tundra Buggy with your knowledgeable guide, viewing polar bears and other Arctic wildlife. All of our Tundra Buggies are furnished with dual-pane frost-free windows and contain propane-heating systems that closely resemble a cozy fireplace, with real flame (behind glass). Each day, we depart early and board our world famous Tundra Buggies looking for polar bears and other wildlife out on the tundra. You will enjoy picnic style lunches and refreshments while you are bear watching.
Day 5: Dog Sledding, Parks Canada Interpretive Center Visit, to Winnipeg
This morning you will have the opportunity to experience dog sledding. Hosted by a local resident and dog sledding expert, you will learn about the history associated with dog sledding in Northern Canada. Enjoy an exhilarating ride behind a strong team of huskies on a custom-made sled or cart (weather permitting). Join the mushers for hot chocolate and freshly made bannock after your ride and share their personal stories of their dog sledding adventures. In the afternoon we will visit the Parks Canada Interpretive Center for a walk back in time viewing detailed and exciting wildlife dioramas and fur trade exhibits. View a series of videos on the history, culture and wildlife of the area. You leave chock-full of natural and historical information from the Churchill region. In the evening transfer to the airport for your return flight to Winnipeg.
Day 6: Winnipeg
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text: 'Out-of-Sight' Beef Prices Pose Opportunity July 8, 2014 09:29 AM Tweet Cattle await sale at a Sulphur Springs sale barn lot. © Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Dr. Jason Banta TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email Cattle prices as well as wholesale and retail beef prices are setting record highs, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists. The high prices could pose an opportunity for some producers where there's been relief from the drought. By Robert Burns, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service COLLEGE STATION — Record high cattle and beef prices are actually making rebuilding herds a good bet, at least for some beef cattle producers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. "'Out-of-sight' is a good term for the prices," said Dr. David Anderson, AgriLife Extension specialist in livestock and food products marketing. "And it doesn't really matter whether we're talking about retail prices to consumers, the wholesale beef market or at sale barns for calves and feeder steers." Both choice and select wholesale prices continue to set new record highs, with choice taking more than $248 per hundredweight, according to Anderson. "We sold fed cattle last week in the Panhandle at $158 per hundredweight," he said. "Lightweight calves were selling roughly at $2.75 per pound, and 750-pound feeder steers at $2.15 to $2.20." But contrary to what might be thought—that the high prices for calves and replacement heifers would discourage herd rebuilding—the out-of-sight, across-the-board record prices are encouraging rebuilding herds in some areas, Anderson said. This is because while there has been relief from the drought in some beef-producing areas, there hasn't been in others, Anderson explained. The fickleness of the drought, coupled with historically low beef cattle inventories, is making rebuilding herds a good investment – even with record-high prices. The high prices for wholesale beef, and the prospect that they aren't going to go down anytime soon, creates a good opportunity for those who have been getting rain, he said. "We still have significant areas both in the state and the U.S. that are still drought affected, who still aren't able to really start that rebuilding process," Anderson said. "But in areas where there's been enough rainfall and there is enough grass, then I think we've got some attempts at rebuilding herds underway already." To help producers work out the economics of rebuilding beef cattle herds, Anderson has PDF and spreadsheet files available online at: http://agecoext.tamu.edu/. Click on "Resources," then "Software." More information on the current Texas drought and wildfire alerts can be found on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural Drought Task Force website at http://agrilife.tamu.edu/drought/. Back to news


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Title text: The only big difference I've seen is in colors. Where the regular text reads 'press red button', the braille reads 'press two-inch button'.
Braille is a writing system for the blind and visually impaired using bumps on a paper, slate, etc. However, since most sighted people have no need for braille, and because braille messages may need to convey purely-visual information to blind people, the braille message may be adjusted from the original message. In this case, however, it acts as a jab toward people who are not blind, saying that "sighted people suck," which is obviously not something you would typically see (no pun intended[citation needed]) on informational signs[SIGHTation needed].
The title text shows a practical (and more realistic) example of where regular text and braille text may differ. As the visually impaired cannot see color, the label would need to identify some other defining feature of the button in question, such as the given measurement.
- I learned to read braille a while back, and I've noticed that the messages on signs don't always match the regular text.
- [A sign reads "Third Floor Office" with braille print underneath. Cueball is reading the braille.]
- Cueball (thinking): s-i-g-h-t-e-d-p-e-o-p-l-e-s-u-c-k ... Hey!
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Don't know braille enough to sight-read (I know, but I certainly can't touch-read it, so I have to go on the visuals), but when I work out the cipher, each time, sometimes the 'translation' is revealed to be interesting, but more often than not there's a braille-enabled sign that doesn't seem to make sense in the first place. Mainly ones where the effort of finding the sign is probably a bigger handicap than dealing with what the sign says. "Push" on a 'next stop' button on a bus, that to me would seem obviously such a button if you make tactile contact with it in the first place (although the driver usually liaises with anyone with that sort of difficulty, anyway). "If you need any assistance, please ask" tacked down onto a reception desk, where any receptionist that is there would surely notice the blind person
looking feeling around for such a 'handy' notice and so should intervene straight off the bat.
But the one that always gets me is the one that labels a WC's external light-switch. No other switches are labelled, around that area (nor anything else, save for the WC sign, high up on the door, surely difficult to examine or even imagine you should try to find to examine), and I can barely justify that sign by the possibility that a person might have bad sight in low light and have learnt braille to compensate, for which this is useful. But I just can't get past the thought that every reasonably sighted person and every 'reasonably blinded' person would have no use at all for the braille component, one way or another.
I stand to be corrected by anyone who knows better, of course. 184.108.40.206 20:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
Hope I'm not typing where I shouldn't be #noob but it would make more sense if cueball read "s-i-g-h-t-(ed) p-e-o-p-l-e s-u-c-k" 220.127.116.11 04:34, 29 January 2014 (UTC)noob
- If you want to go for grade 2, it gets much shorter than that: s-i-gh-t-ed p s-u-c-k ("p" alone is read as "people", and gh is also a two-letter sign). Silverpie (talk) 20:10, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- @Silverpie: The comic does have ⠎⠊⠛⠓⠞⠫⠀⠏⠑⠕⠏⠇⠑⠀⠎⠥⠉⠅ which has g: ⠛ h: ⠓ yet ed: ⠫. 188.8.131.52 13:21, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
Maybe the reason for the braille sign on the WC light switch was so that the blind person (who couldn't see the light) would know that switch should be off when the WC isn't in use, and won't waste electricity).
In the U.S., it was common for places like the Post Office to have a sign saying that pet dogs were prohibited, but guide dogs for the blind were allowed. This was widely seen as silly, because a blind person wouldn't be able to read the sign. (The law has since been changed to allow all disabled persons to bring assistance animals in places where pets are prohibited.) However, including the exemption for the blind on the sign made sense. The point was so that a sighted person who read the sign would know about the exemption for the blind, and wouldn't tell a blind person not to bring a dog into the place. Sometimes there is a non-obvious explanation for something that seems silly, but really isn't.22.214.171.124 04:52, 30 June 2014 (UTC)


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Drug compounding, which gained national attention after people died from a contaminated medication last year, is coming under fire by Florida regulators.
The practice of drug compounding, which gained national attention after more than 50 people died from a contaminated medication last year, is now coming under fire by Florida regulators.
A lawyer for Florida's Joint Administrative Procedures Committee said in February that the Florida Pharmacy Board has erred in allowing pharmacists to compound and sell medicines to doctors without prescriptions from patients. The Joint Committee, which is made up of members of the Florida Legislature, reviews rules created by Florida agencies,
Joint Committee lawyer Marjorie Holladay said that the Pharmacy Board's rules that allow pharmacists to create and sell medications to doctors violate state and federal law and warned that she may file an objection with her committee.
Holladay's warning puts the Pharmacy Board and Florida lawmakers on a collision course.
Regulators across the nation, including here in Florida, began scrutinizing the controversial practice of compounding after a series of high-profile blunders by big drug compounders sickened hundreds and killed dozens more in recent years.
The most notorious of these cases involved the New England Compounding Center, a Massachusetts firm that produced thousands of vials of contaminated pain medicine. More than 50 people died and another 700 became sick in 20 states.
In Florida alone, 25 people fell ill after being injected with the tainted serums. Five died. All five received their contaminated medicine from pain management clinics in Ocala.
In the aftermath, critics panned the practice of compounding, saying that pharmacies like NECC were operating like drug manufacturers but without the same production standards and regulatory oversight.
By law, any pharmacist can create — or compound — a drug that is not otherwise commercially available for patients with prescriptions. They can also modify an existing drug for a patient who has a special need.
But instead of creating compounds to dispense to individual patients, many compounders do what is known as "anticipatory compounding," preparing large quantities of drugs for sale to doctors.
Critics say it amounts to manufacturing and distributing — not just dispensing — and compounders who work that way should then be regulated like any pharmaceutical company.
Compounders argue, however, that doctors don't know how much medicine they will need for their patients, so they order it in bulk.
The Food and Drug Administration, which has oversight of large pharmaceutical companies, has limited oversight of compounding pharmacies because of the way the law establishing the agency was drawn up in the 1930s. Each state regulates compounders and pharmacists, but oversight and regulations differ from state to state. In NECC's case, Massachusetts inspectors had found previous infractions but allowed the business to continue operating.
In the wake of the fungal meningitis outbreak, pharmacy regulators in many states began trying to define the limits of compounding. Among them is the Florida Board of Pharmacy.
In recent months, the Pharmacy Board has tried to rewrite some of its rules to make compounding pharmacists keep better records of how those medicines were used in doctors' offices.
But the effort drew the attention of Joint Committee lawyer Holladay. When she looked at how the Pharmacy Board was allowing Florida pharmacies to make drugs and sell them to doctors, she said the law was being broken.
"Instead of dispensing the drug to the ultimate consumer (the patient) ... it appears the pharmacy selling and delivering a compound drug to the (doctor) for office use is distributing the drug to a person other than the consumer (patient) ..." Holladay wrote to the Pharmacy Board in December. "Selling compounded prescription drugs to a practitioner for office use appears to constitute the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug."
The Florida Department of Health says that about 650 of Florida's 7,000 pharmacies make sterile, compound drugs.
The potential effect of the Joint Commission challenge was immediately seen by the Pharmacy Board and its attorney, David Flynn. Flynn is an assistant to the attorney general.
When the Pharmacy Board met in March to discuss the Holladay's warning, they directed Flynn to fight back.
But Flynn had reservations.
Flynn told the Pharmacy Board that the issue boiled down to a simple question: Were compounders dispensing like any other pharmacist, or were they distributing like a pharmaceutical company?
"So that's where I'm at. Your rule (for compounding and dispensing) at this point potentially contradicts the statute and that would be an invalid rule," Flynn told his board.
He added later, "If you're dispensing, you have to dispense to the patient."
Flynn then laid out some possible solutions.
They could stick with the current laws, he said, but not allow pharmacists to dispense drugs to doctors until they have a patient's name.
"There are a lot of laws and rules for that and one of them is you can dispense it, (but) we need a patient to track this to," Flynn said.
The Pharmacy Board could also go to the Florida Legislature and ask for a law that allows doctors to order large amounts of compounded medicines in advance of seeing their patients.
But Pharmacy Board chairman Albert Garcia didn't like the latter proposal.
"If we were to go out there and try to formulate some kind of legislation for office-use compound(ing), it's not going to go anywhere," he said.
Such legislation "would have more bullet holes than even Swiss cheese" when lawmakers got through with it, he said.
And by proposing new legislation to address office-use compounding, Garcia said the attempt could end up banning the practice entirely.
"There is a need out there for (office-use compounding). The situation has been going on a lot of years," he said.
Flynn got his marching orders.
"I think we need to respond back that (the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee) is full of it," Garcia said.
Despite his reservations, Flynn penned a legal argument to the Joint Committee.
Flynn wrote that the agency had no problems with office-use compounding when the existing rules were created back in 2008.
He also argued that the Legislature gave the Pharmacy Board the power to establish rules and set standards for such things as compounding and dispensing.
He disagreed that compounding pharmacists are behaving like drug distributors. He said they are not acting as wholesalers because the drug is not intended for resale. Flynn said compound medicines are not resold but are administered to patients in the doctor's office.
If Holladay follows through on her warning to file a petition against the Pharmacy Board, the issue would come before the Joint Administrative Procedure Committee's 11 Florida senators and House representatives.
The Star-Banner asked to interview Flynn but Florida Department of Health spokeswoman Ashley Carr said Flynn would not be available to talk. The Pharmacy Board is part of the Florida Department of Health. The Star-Banner also telephoned the Joint Committee to speak with Holladay, but those telephone calls were not returned.
Meanwhile, in the Pharmacy Board's moves to reshape some of its pharmacy rules, its nine members agreed last week to ask the Legislature to expand the Pharmacy Board's powers beyond Florida. The board wants lawmakers to allow them to send inspectors into other states to inspect pharmacies doing business in Florida.
As for Florida pharmacies making sterile compounds here in Florida, the Pharmacy Board's 18 inspectors — five of whom inspect sterile compounding pharmacies — have their work cut out for them.
The Department of Health's chief investigator of pharmacies, Jeane Clyne, told the Pharmacy Board that of the 645 pharmacies that make sterile medicines, 416 have been inspected.
Until 2013, the Pharmacy Board never kept track of how many pharmacies in Florida made their medicines or how many made sterile medicines that risked contamination.
Clyne told the board that of the 416 facilities inspected, 65 had "serious violations" and would be inspected again next year.
The Star-Banner has requested from the Florida Department of Health copies of the inspections. So far, there has been no response.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne
Foreign Secretary William Hague
Secretary of State for the Department for International Development Andrew Mitchell
Secretary of State for Energy and Security Chris Huhne
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander
The Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin, is based in the Cabinet Office.
Minister for Government Policy Oliver Letwin
The Security Minister, Baroness Neville Jones, is based in the Home Office.
Security Minister Baroness Neville Jones
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Monday night brought a new class of sequin- and tuxedo-clad famous faces to the dance floor with the season premiere of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
Like in seasons past, there will be a fair share of flexed feet, rhythmic hiccups and overblown costumes from the dancers -- not to mention awkward moments courtesy of the judges (that means you, Bruno Tonioli).
But there also will be the pleasant surprises: unexpected performances by underdogs and the ability to watch novice dancers grow more confident from week to week.
What you'll find here are my personal observations. I'm no dance pro -- just someone who enjoys dancing and watching dance. And before you read too deeply into any of my criticisms, I'll say this: My hat's off to any person taking on a new challenge as technically and athletically challenging as ballroom dance (not to mention the extra challenge of 4-inch heels and skin-hugging lycra) on live network TV.
The first week is both telling and tricky. The dancers have more time to learn their debut dance than they'll have any other dance on the show. So if a dancer can't seem to pull together this first dance, he or she isn't likely to fare any better in future weeks. But the next show might reveal weaknesses in other dancers once the pace picks up.
Ron Artest: The LA Lakers basketball star was quick to bare his chest -- something other male contestants work up to throughout the competition. But despite his signature machismo and wild side, his cha-cha with partner Peta Murgatroyd lacked substance or as judge Len Goodman put it: "all sizzle, no sausage." For a man with such a large frame, he needs to make his movements bigger and fuller.
Score: 14
My prediction: He'll stick around for a couple weeks, at least, thanks to his high profile.
Rob Kardashian: The reality TV star is lucky to have Cheryl Burke as his partner. You could see in his Viennese waltz that he took her tutelage seriously with how precisely he moved and placed his arms, but he still looked stiff. Bruno was right: He didn't seem to relax into the music and feel the dance.
Score: 16
My prediction: Rob unfortunately falls into the category of DWTS contestants who've make me scratch my head and wonder if they really fit the title of the show. Seems like there are a few dancers each season who would be better suited for the show: "Dancing with the offspring, associates and dating interests of the Stars."
Kristin Cavallari: Known for her role in MTV's Laguna Beach and The Hills reality TV shows, Kristin danced a simple and relatively slow cha-cha -- a safe strategy for week 1 by partner Mark Ballas.
Score: 19
My prediction: She'll look pretty on the dance floor, but won't be outgoing enough to really knock any of her performances out of the park.
Chynna Phillips: The singer/songwriter of the 90s pop trio Wilson Phillips was the biggest surprise of the night for me. I couldn't get a good read on what to expect from her prior to watching her Viennese waltz with partner Tony Dovolani. There's grace and fluidity to her movement and she holds her frame well. Tony mixed in some more advanced choreography than I would have expected in week 1.
Score: 22
My prediction: She'll be the sweetheart of this season. And she'll raise the bar for other dancers.
Nancy Grace: The outspoken TV show host and former prosecutor surprised me, for one, by taking the judges' criticisms of her cha-cha without talking back. It was a decent first week effort, but hers was one of the less memorable dances of the night. Perhaps most telling was that seemed to lose track of the choreography by her partner Tristan MacManus a couple times. Could it be first-week jitters? Perhaps.
Score: 16
My prediction: Her performances need more spunk if she's to stick around.
David Arquette: Arquette (mostly known for his role in the "Scream" teen horror flicks) will be a crowd favorite and rightfully so. He'll do well because he has great stage presence and can get into character in whatever dance he's presented with. In this case he said his goal was to do his "best impression" of a person doing a Viennese waltz. But it turned out better than just an impression. He's got a strong partner in Kym Johnson, reigning DWTS champ, as well.
Score: 18
My prediction: Comic relief and outgoing personality will help him on the stage.
Elisabetta Canalis: This Italian model and actress (mostly known outside the fashion industry for her former status as George Clooney's girlfriend) danced a cha-cha I can sum up in two words: super awkward. Her performance with partner Val Chmerkovskiy seemed to rely on cheesy props and baring skin.
Score: 15
My prediction: I fear she will fall into the category of women with great bodies who lack either the confidence or coordination to shake it. (See former competitors Kim Kardashian and Holly Madison.)
Hope Solo: Hope -- the popular U.S. soccer star and goalie -- had some graceful moments and some clumsy moments in her Viennese waltz with partner cheeky Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Score: 21
My prediction: Athletes tend to do well on this show, either because they have great coordination and stamina or because they're wildly popular with viewers despite their dancing abilities. Hope will fall into one of these categories.
Carson Kressley: Fashion designer and celebrity stylist Carson Kressley will be just as fun and energetic on the dance floor as he is in every interview he does. He seemed to be genuinely having fun in his cha-cha with partner Anna Trebunskaya. He's not the most fluid dancer, but he's also not too timid to get goofy.
Score: 17
My prediction: He'll get by for several weeks on the appeal of his personality. If he works hard in practices, he could be one of those contestants who makes leaps and bounds in technical achievement.
J.R. Martinez: Martinez, an Iraq war veteran and actor on the soap opera "All My Children," gave one of the strongest performances of the night in his Viennese waltz with partner Karina Smirnoff. He seems to have natural musicality and a strong frame, which is important for a man leading the dance.
Score: 22
My prediction: His story and his experience and knack as a motivational speaker will make him warm the hearts of both judges and viewers. What seems to be a natural talent for dance will serve him just as well.
Ricki Lake: Despite all the self-deprecating humor during her interviews and practice sessions, the talk show host looked good on stage with partner Derek Hough. Her footwork could be improved, but she carried herself with elegance and didn't seem too jittery.
Score: 20
My prediction: If she can get comfortable in this element, she'll do well.
Chaz Bono: Held for last was one of the most anticipated dancers, Chaz Bono, a LGBT rights activist and author. Chaz, the child of Sonny and Cher, is not a natural dancer but had several exciting moments with some fun footwork mixed into his cha-cha with partner Lacey Schwimmer.
Score: 17
My prediction: He'll garner a lot of votes partly because of all the hype surrounding his mere presence on the show as someone who is transgender. If Chaz's efforts in practice are in earnest, he stands to improve in technicality, too.


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Boyd Cole was the guest of honor at a surprise retirement party Saturday night in Sterlington.
Cole was Sterlington High's head softball coach for 18 years before stepping down in August and remains on staff as an assistant football coach. Cole guided the Lady Panthers to the 2003 Class 2A state championship and his teams regularly qualified for the State Tournament. Last year's squad was 25-3 and reached the quarterfinals.
All 18 of Cole's teams were represented at the surprise gathering.
Judy Cole lured her husband to the party by saying they were going out to eat. First, she said she need to stop by the church. When Boyd Cole inquired about the number of cars on the parking lot, he was told he had arrived at a baby shower.
By his own admission, the coach bought his wife's story, hook, line and sinker.
Earlier stops in Cole's 30-plus year coaching career include Bastrop where he was an assistant football and head baseball coach, Byrd where he was head football coach and West Ouachita as assistant football coach and head softball coach.
SUPER BOWL: San Francisco 49ers' defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois will be the only player on the field in the Super Bowl to have played college football in Louisiana.
Francois is joined on the 49ers' roster by fellow LSU product Curtis Taylor, a safety on the team's practice squad.
Ladarius Webb, a cornerback/return specialist, is the only player from a Louisiana school on the Baltimore Ravens' roster. However, the former Nicholls State Colonel is on injured reserve.
Ole Miss is among eight schools with former players on both rosters, joining Central Florida, Florida, Miami, Mississippi State, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas.
Ole Miss is represented by All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis of the 49ers and right tackle Michael Oher of the Ravens.
GARRETT TEMPLE has signed a contract to remain with the Washington Wizards for the remainder of the season. Temple began the season as a member of the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Developmental League.
Other former LSU Tigers on NBA rosters include Brandon Bass (Boston Celtics), Glen Davis (Orlando Magic), Chris Johnson (Minnesota Timberwolves), Anthony Randolph (Denver Nuggets), Tyrus Thomas (Charlotte Hornets) and Marcus Thornton (Sacramento Kings).


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