Gretchen Bleiler has won the Winter X Games superpipe contest, edging out Kelly Clark in an upset.
Bleiler, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, scored 96.66 on her second run Saturday to defeat Clark by .66 points. Clark, the 2002 Olympic gold medalist, had won four of the five …
It may look like a car, but that's actually a four-wheeledcomputer you're driving.
The electronic processing power in today's cars is equivalent to"several high-end multiprocessors," says Chuck Powers, an engineeringmanager at Motorola in Austin, Texas.
And that computing power has brought technology never dreamed of20 years ago, even in science fiction, right into family garages.
Initially, computer power was added to meet emissionsregulations, later to enhance safety and convenience. Now, it'spervasive in driving and running a car. Electronics can control somany vehicle systems that demonstration cars can actually drivethemselves in controlled …
DETROIT (AP) — Victor Martinez will make $12 million next year in the first season of his $50 million, four-year contract with the Detroit Tigers.
The catcher and designated hitter will receive $13 million each in 2012 and 2013, then earn $12 million in the …
| Results Sunday from the Boeing Classic, a Champions Tour event at the 7,183-yard, par-72 TPC Snoqualmie Ridge (Charles Schwab Cup points in parentheses): |
| Final Round |
|---|
| Bernhard Langer (285), $285,000 66-63-69_198 |
| Nick Price (167), $167,200 63-67-71_201 |
| Fred Couples (137), $136,800 68-72-67_207 |
| Mike Reid (103), $102,600 70-71-67_208 |
| Hal Sutton (103), $102,600 66-72-70_208 |
DENVER - Jay Cutler's time has arrived. Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan ended speculation Monday by officially elevating the rookie to starting quarterback for the rest of the year, sending Jake Plummer to the bench.
"He's our future, he's our present," Shanahan said.
Cutler, the 11th pick out of Vanderbilt in the draft last April, hasn't taken a snap since the preseason. But Shanahan is hoping a quarterback change can ignite the Broncos' struggling offense. The team is 7-4, but ranks 26th in the league in yards passing per game (171.5).
"There's a lot of pressure on a first-year quarterback, no question about it," Shanahan said. "I think this kid can handle …
Apple Inc. is launching a smaller version of the iPod shuffle. It has a new feature that speaks the names of artists and songs.
Apple touts the new $79 device, which stores 4 gigabytes _ up to about 1,000 songs _ as "significantly" smaller than a double-A …
BISMARCK, Mo. With the Republican National Convention out of thespotlight, Democratic presidential nominee Michael S. Dukakis resumedhis campaigning Friday with a whistle-stop tour meant to invoke thememory of Harry S Truman.
"We're going to make America No. 1," Dukakis said at one point,as he stood on a platform fortified by bales of hay.
The Massachusetts governor pointedly avoided the controversysurrounding Republican vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle.
Dukakis' campaign team appears to have made a calculatedjudgment that the issue centering on the Vietnam era National Guardservice of the senator from Indiana was so damaging it could be …
NEW YORK - Crouched alone in the silence of the locker room, a pro tennis player no more, a red-eyed Andre Agassi twisted his torso in an attempt to conquer the seemingly mundane task of pulling a white shirt over his head.
Never more than at that moment did Agassi seem so vulnerable, looking far older than his 36 years, wrestling not simply with his bad back but also with two overwhelming and conflicting emotions.
There was the concrete sense of departure, of knowing his career came to an end Sunday with a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 loss to 112th-ranked Benjamin Becker in the third round at the U.S. Open. And there was the freeing sense of excitement, of knowing he has more …
On the cusp of history, Sonia Sotomayor listened intently in a packed Senate hearing room Monday as lawmakers began confirmation hearings on her appointment as the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Sotomayor has reason to be confident about the outcome--Democrats have the votes in the Senate to make her the third woman justice and the first nominated by a Democratic president in 15 years.
In the nearly seven weeks since President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter, critics have labored without much success to exploit weaknesses in her record.
Sotomayor's appointment will not affect the ideological makeup of the court, which has …
A 12-story West Loop building, once home to Hart Schaffner &Marx and mimeograph manufacturer A. B. Dick Co., is getting a $14million face-lift in its conversion to loft condominiums.
New double-glazed windows, new wiring, plumbing and elevatorsare featured in the …
LONDON (AP) — Samoa hooker Ti'i Paulo has escaped suspension despite being found guilty of foul play in a Nov. 9 tour match against Irish side Connacht.
A Six Nations disciplinary committee ruled Tuesday that …
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panamanian government has put an end to round-the-clock partying at bars and night clubs. It says that will help reduce street brawls, car accidents and domestic violence.
A law that took effect Thursday means bars, cantinas, night clubs and events halls can no longer be open 24 hours a day. Weekend business hours are now 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. of the following day. Between Sunday and Wednesday, closing time is 2 a.m.
The measure promoted by the Department of Public Safety doesn't apply to bars and night clubs at hotels in the Central American country. Nor does it prohibit the sale of alcohol at supermarkets, many of which are open 24 hours.
Critics say the change is just going to lead people to party in the streets.
Music, games and books retailer HMV Group PLC said Friday that its first half losses narrowed 10 percent to 17.8 million pounds ($29 million) and that it hopes to capitalize on the woes of a major competitor.
A year earlier, the company had a loss of 19.8 million pounds.
For the 26 weeks ending Oct. 24, HMV said total sales were up 5.6 percent to 797 million pounds, though comparable store sales were down 2.1 percent. The Waterstone's bookstore unit continued to drag on the company, with total sales down 4.3 percent, or 5.1 percent on a comparable stores basis _ that is, excluding new store openings.
The difficult trading environment last month drove a competitor, Borders U.K., to file for administration, a form of bankruptcy protection. Borders U.K., which operates 45 stores, is an independent company spun off from the U.S. retailer two years ago.
"The group continues to operate in challenging and highly competitive markets, particularly the book market, where Waterstone's performance remains weak, although the recent administration of Borders U.K. may benefit the Group in the medium and long term," HMV said.
Total sales in the U.K. and Ireland rose 12.8 percent, largely because of the acquisition in January of 32 stores from the collapsed Zavvi chain. Like-for-like sales were up 1.6 percent.
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PLANS to build over the last piece of green belt between twovillages have been thrown out at appeal.
Clearbrook Group Plc was appealing after Brentwood BoroughCouncil turned down its proposal for five large houses on the plotbetween Herongate and Ingrave on land adjacent to HillcrestNurseries in Brentwood Road.
The inspector, Christopher Millns, however, has dismissed theappeal, stating: "The very special circumstances needed to justifythe development in the green belt do not therefore exist."
In his appeal decision report, Mr Millns, added: "The twovillages are very close to each other with little by way ofundeveloped land between them.
"It is apparent from the response of local residents to theproposals that the site is regarded as a very important featureseparating these two communities."
As a young man, Bernard L. Ginsburg was working as a photocorrespondent for a Ukrainian newspaper when the Nazis aimed theirwar machine at the Soviet Union.
Mr. Ginsburg, a Polish native who spoke several languages, began aharrowing journey to escape the German onslaught. He headed east, andat one point was arrested by the Nazis and accused of spying for thePoles.
Mr. Ginsburg escaped and obtained a doctored passport that allowedhim to travel safely to Central Asia, where he stayed until the endof World War II.
Mr. Ginsburg, who eventually immigrated to the United States andworked for almost 20 years as a photojournalist for the University ofChicago, died Saturday at Evanston Hospital. He was 84.
Mr. Ginsburg's son, Elliot, recalls the stories his father toldabout his experiences during the war and afterward.
"It was one episode after the other. He was really a fighter andhad lived by his wits," his son said.
When the war ended, Mr. Ginsburg headed back to the Polish villagewhere he had been raised. By the time he reached the town, "he hadvisions of blood on a wall, and he knew his world was shattered anddecided he couldn't go back," his son said.
Mr. Ginsburg went to live at a camp for displaced persons inStuttgart, Germany. There, he became editor of a small paper and wasunexpectedly reunited with his only remaining living relative.
"One of his brothers survived, but they had lost contact. One dayon the street, his brother comes up behind him and says `Guess who?'" his son said.
In 1946, Mr. Ginsburg came to Chicago. He worked as aphotographer, doing portraits and commercial work before landing ajob with the U. of C. in 1961.
Besides his son, survivors include his wife, Rose; a daughter,Vivian Miller, and five grandchildren. Services were Monday.
Although the issue has always drawn a crowd and incited a heated debate, after the attacks of September 11, racial profiling has become even more important because of the looming threat over this nation.
Does it work? Is it right? Is it even legal? These questions and many more were tackled at a Suffolk University Law School forum last week titled Profiles in Injustice: Racial Profiling Yesterday and Today.
Balk Professor of Law and Values at the University of Toledo College of Law David A. Harris took to the podium first while the cover of his newest book was projected overhead.
It's called Profiles in Injustice and although it was finished before the September 11 attacks, it now takes on a whole different meaning.
"Racial profiling is no longer about African Americans, Latinos, drugs and guns," said Harris as he looked on to the curious faces in the audience. "It is now about Arabs, Muslims and anti-terrorism and that makes it ok?" he asked.
He clearly says it is not ok and further asserts that not only is it not ok but it doesn't work.
"This is not about race," said Harris. "This is about crime fighting."
Going back in history, Harris revisited the time when cops used race to catch home-made criminals.
"This is not about cops being bigoted," said Harris. "This is about institutional practises and assumptions that went unchallenged for too long."
In his book, Harris provides numerical evidence that proves that racial profiling is not an effective crime-fighting tool. He calculated so called "hit rates," rates of success of stop and search strategies based on racial and ethnic groupings.
One might assume, Harris argued, that if indeed racial profiling works, "at least we would be catching bad guys at a higher rate."
Meanwhile, whites were not stopped and searched unless they were undertaking suspicious activity.
Harris' results showed that out of 175,000 stops and frisks, 12.5 percent of the stops were successful among whites, 10.5 percent of the stops were successful among blacks, and 11.3 percent of the stops were successful among Latinos.
According to Harris, these statistics prove that racial profiling does not work. Harris further stated that "racial profiling has a corrosive influence on the entire system of justice."
"It creates distrust," said Harris. "How is it good when there is no trust between the police and the people? Set that aside, the statistics show it's not a good crime fighting tool."
Since September 11, polls taken in both white communities and communities of color show the public's approval of the use of racial profiling against people of Arab or Muslim backgrounds. Harris argues that the criminals behind the September 11 attacks are not stupid.
"They have shown to be adaptable, cunning and smart," said Harris of the Al-Qaeda members. "They know what we're looking for because we were nice enough to tell them," continued Harris in reference to to the Attorney General's announcement that 5,000 young Arab men will be questioned by the FBI.
"What was their first reaction to this announcement?" asked Harris. "They allegedly sent a British man to blow up a plane. He was not an Arab, nor did he look like one. They're too smart for us to be using a tool like profiling against them."
There are those who disagree with Harris. They believe in racial profiling. But it's not happening to them. Will they still believe in it if it's they who are being profiled?
Mona Charon, a conservative newspaper columnists called Walied Shater, an Arab-American Secret Service agent a "whiner" for having a problem with being kicked off a plane because of his ethnic background. Charon says Shater was "inconvenienced, treated with suspicion, and doubtless embarrassed and a little humiliated by how he was treated."
He found himself a little more than just "a little humiliated" as do the numerous other Arab-Americans who have been pulled out of lines, thrown out of planes, and ordered to remove their religious headscarfs in plain view of the entire passenger populations of O'Hare airport as was the case with Samar Kaukab, an American Muslim who filed suit for discriminatory treatment.
Susan Akram, associate professor at Boston University School of Law and founding director of the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project in Boston also spoke at the forum. She started by reminding the Americans in the room of all the rights they had to protect themselves.
She then proceeded to inform the uninformed about the harsh realities of what it is like to be an alien in this nation after September 11.
"All these rights are inapplicable in the context of immigrants," she said. "There is a whole in the donut and the non-citizens fall right through."
According to Akram, racial profiling, targeting and demonization of Arabs and Muslims began long before 9/11.
"In the 70's it was Nixon's operations Boulder," said Akram referring to the investigation of people's of "Arab speaking origin" under Nixon's orders where Arabs' homes were tapped by the government.
Akram gave other examples where during the Gulf war, there was a nationwide effort against Arabs where residents and immigrants were fingerprinted en masse, airline profiling was first used, and reading or distributing pro-Palestinian literature could have led to deportation.
And her list goes on.
"Within weeks of the attacks, over 1,200 Arab and Muslim immigrants were arrested and detained, were not allowed access to lawyers or to their families," said Akram. "The government is invoking secrecy to shield their violations of civil rights."
Still there are many who still believe that targeting Arabs and Muslims is the best way to root out terror. Is the tradeoff between losing some civil rights and liberties for the sake of security really going to make people safer?
Photograph (Susan Akram, King Downing, David Harris, John Roberts)
FARMINGTON, Pa. - Vernita Arnold, 11, shows off a stack ofcolorful drawings from her best pen pal, Danny Gwynn.
Most of Gwynn's drawings are of flowers and birds, but onestands out with images of bricks and flames. The artist, a formercrack addict, is on Pennsylvania's Death Row for setting an apartmentbuilding fire that killed a woman.
Vernita, a member of the pacifist Christian Bruderhof community,has never asked him about his crime and knows only that he is sorry.Like their spiritual relatives the Amish, the Bruderhofcommunities don't allow television and shelter their children fromviolence.However, they are politically active, and Vernita and fellowsixth-grader Sandra Scott were so impressed by Gwynn and other DeathRow inmates that they organized a 30-mile, three-day march againstcapital punishment.They expect at least 500 people to join them today in theirChildren's Crusade to Death Row, heading to the Greene State Prison.The girls received letters of support from Michael Dukakis, aformer presidential candidate, and Sister Helen Prejean, author ofDead Man Walking.The children's zeal and naivete about their pen pals haveprovoked rage from victims' relatives.The Bruderhof children stress sympathy for crime victims'families, but hold fast to meticulously outlined arguments againstcapital punishment.
Scoreboard at the close of play Tuesday after the fifth day of the third cricket test between New Zealand and India at the Basin Reserve:
India 1st Innings: 379
New Zealand 1st Innings: 197
India 2nd Innings: 434-7 dec.
New Zealand, 2nd Innings
(Overnight 167-4)
Tim McIntosh c Dravid b Zaheer 4
Martin Guptill lbw b Harbhajan 49
Daniel Flynn b Zaheer 10
Ross Taylor b Harbhajan 107
Jesse Ryder c Dravid b Harbhajan 0
James Franklin lbw b Tendulkar 49
Brendon McCullum c Dravid b Tendulkar 6
Daniel Vettori not out 15
Tim Southee c Dhoni b Harbhajan 3
Ian O'Brien not out 19
Extras: (10b,2lb,1w,6nb) 19
TOTAL: (for eight wickets) 281
Overs: 94.3. Batting time: 434 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-54, 3-84, 4-84, 5-226, 6-244, 7-253, 8-258.
Did not bat: Chris Martin.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 19.3-6-57-2 (1w), Munaf Patel 13-4-22-0, Ishant Sharma 12-2-57-0 (1nb), Harbhajan Singh 33-8-59-3 (1nb), Yuvraj Singh 1-0-4-0, Virender Sehwag 7-0-25-0 (4nb), Sachin Tendulkar 9-0-45-2.
Umpires: Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper, Australia.
Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia. TV umpire: Tony Hill, New Zealand.
Toss: won by New Zealand.
Result: match drawn.
Series: India wins the three-test series 1-0.
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The military is toughening a new jailhouse for suspected al-Qaida and Taliban militants to protect guards after a spate of attacks and evidence that detainees have organized themselves into groups to mount uprisings, officials said.
The hardening comes as U.N. human rights investigators are calling for closing the entire detention center on this remote U.S. base. But with the war against terror groups dragging on, commanders say they have no choice in dealing with men deemed enemy combatants.
Events in recent months have made Guantanamo officials extremely wary:
- Detainees lured guards into a cell in the prison's Camp 4 by staging a suicide attempt in May, then attacked with fan blades and broken pieces of fluorescent light fixtures, the military says. Defense attorneys say the clash was sparked when guards tried to search prisoners' Qurans.
- On June 10, three detainees in Camp 1 committed suicide. Navy Rear Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the jail, described it as a coordinated protest action - "not an act of desperation but an act of asymmetric warfare against us."
- Guards recently discovered detainees in Camp 1 were dismantling faucets on sinks, removing long, sharp springs and reinforcing them into stabbing weapons, Army Lt. Col. Mike Nicolucci said. Camp 1 has been emptied of detainees while new faucets are installed, with inaccessible springs.
From July 2005 through August, the military recorded 432 assaults by detainees using "cocktails" of bodily excretions thrown at guards, 227 physical assaults and 99 instances of inciting or participating in disturbances or riots.
"What we have come to assess is these detainees - these terrorists - are still fighting a battle," said Army Brig. Gen. Edward A. Leacock, deputy commander of the detention operation. "They're not on the battlefield but ... they're still continuing to fight to this day."
Leacock said hard-core al-Qaida and Taliban detainees have established a hierarchy of "military guys, religious guys ... the muscle guys, and they all have a role inside the camps."
The goal is to coordinate attacks on guards or organize disturbances, Leacock said in an interview with journalists from The Associated Press and three foreign news organizations Wednesday.
"There are people in the camps - we have identified them - that continue to try to foment problems within the camp," Leacock said. "Our effort is trying to preclude them from developing the plans that will cause ... any kind of uprising."
Leacock did not identify the leaders but insisted extra security measures were called for, even before 14 top detainees, including alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, were recently transferred to Guantanamo.
Human rights attorneys contend detainees are treated harshly, including enduring solitary confinement for months. The lawyers also say that among the roughly 460 Guantanamo detainees are men who were swept up by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere who never intended to do the United States harm.
Underscoring the military's toughening stance, a jailhouse in the final stages of construction on a cactus-studded plateau overlooking the Caribbean is being "hardened" into a maximum-security facility. Camp 6 was to have opened in August as a medium-security lockup.
The modifications have pushed back the completion date of the $37.8 million jailhouse, which has a capacity for 220 inmates, to Sept. 30. It will take its first detainees in mid-October, Army Capt. Dan Byer said.
As a medium-security jail, inmates would have had common areas where they could talk and share meals. The eight common areas, with gleaming metal tables and stools, still exist, but will be off limits to detainees under maximum security.
"Anti-jump fencing" is being added to second floor tiers, and a high-tech control room will allow guards to monitor the facility while sitting at computers.
Shower doors have been specially made for the modification. Inmates will be escorted to showers, shut in and escorted back to their cells when they are finished washing. As a medium-security jail, inmates would have been able to walk unescorted across the common area to the showers.
Camp 6 underscores the prison's increasing permanence, standing in stark contrast to the cages that housed detainees when they began arriving in January 2002. Vines now entwine the cages at the abandoned Camp X-ray, standing in knee-deep weeds and grass.
The United States has determined that about 130 of the current detainees are eligible for release or transfer, but the timing will depend on negotiations with their home countries.
"I think what we have here is an orange. What we're doing is squeezing out the juice and what we're left with at the end of the day is pulp that will just stay here," said Navy Capt. Phil Waddingham, lead officer here for the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants.
"We have dangerous men here who should not be allowed back to the battlefield," he said.
Last year, Guantanamo's former warden held talks with "the council," an ad hoc group composed of six detainees aimed at easing prison conditions and conflicts. One of the things they agreed on was having traffic cones placed in hallways during Muslim prayer time, so guards would know not to interrupt praying detainees.
The council has been disbanded amid suspicions it was coordinating resistance efforts. Defense attorneys say some council members have been in solitary confinement for months. Guantanamo officials refuse to discuss individual detainees, but say no one is denied all human contact.
Leacock said that while the prayer cones are still used, the experiment of allowing a detainee negotiating group is definitely over.
"The council of six is no longer in session," he said.
Joining the leading edge of states getting tougher on drunkendrivers, Illinois lawmakers are weighing a bill that wouldpermanently revoke the driver's license of a person with four DUIconvictions.
Dubbed by supporters as "the driver's license death penalty,"the bill was passed unanimously by the House last month and is now inthe Senate's hands.What else does it do?
The measure also would allow authorities to seize a driver'svehicle used during a second DUI offense, if a spouse was not aco-owner of the vehicle."The loss of your license forever and the loss of your carforever - I think that's about as strong a message as you can send,"says state Rep. Timothy Johnson (R-Urbana), the bill's sponsor.Some wondered whether a car would be impounded if it was ownedby someone other than the person arrested.Johnson said the car would be seized only if the owner knewbeforehand that the driver was drunk. In cases of joint ownership,the vehicle would be assigned to a spouse.A trendIf the legislation is passed, Illinois would join Vermont andConnecticut in taking away a motorist's license for life after fourDUI convictions.Drivers in South Carolina and West Virginia also lose theirlicenses permanently if they receive multiple DUI convictions, butall must take place within a 10-year period.Pennsylvania is considering a measure similar to Illinois' formotorists convicted of three drunken driving offenses, but the billhas stalled in committee. Members are hashing out opponents'concerns that penalties alone won't stop habitual DUI offenders: Theyalso need treatment.Death an impetusSupports say the law would make habitual drunken drivers thinktwice about getting behind the wheel."If you know that if you get that fourth offense you're going tolose your license forever," it would serve as a deterrent, says BradFralick of Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Illinois.The impetus for the Illinois bill was the deaths of two sisters,killed last year by a repeat drunken driver. "We feel that we owe itto our daughters to try to make some changes," said Barbara Esworthy,mother of the girls.Not all on boardThe Illinois State Bar Association, a 34,000-member lawyers'group, opposes the measure. Members maintain that the state alreadyhas a strict administrative review hearing process for DUI offenderstrying to get their licenses back."I think the bill would make Illinois' DUI law one of the mostunfair and ineffective in the country," said Larry Davis, a DesPlaines lawyer who heads a traffic committee for the group.Without treatment, repeat DUI offenders will continue to drive -regardless of whether they've lost their license permanently, hesaid.The problemDUI arrests in Illinois totaled 47,460 in 1997, a 6 percentincrease from the previous year's total of 44,710. Of that 44,710,about 16 percent involved repeat offenders.Before last July, motorists with a blood-alcohol level of 0.10or above were considered drunk. Since then, the minimum level hasbeen 0.08. Between July and December, about 800 drivers were snaredviolating the new minimum, according to the most recent statisticsavailable.Traffic fatalities in Illinois dropped 6 percent between Julyand December, compared with the previous year; the new law maydeserve the credit.Drinking age hikedRaising the minimum legal drinking age to 21 also has savedlives. That has been the law in all states since 1988, when Wyomingraised its drinking age.A movement to lower the drinking age had begun in 1971, when18-year-olds got the right to vote and became eligible to be draftedfor the Vietnam War. But alarmed by alcohol abuse among teenagers,states - led by Minnesota - began raising their drinking ages.Between 1976 and 1984, 27 other states followed suit.Then Congress passed the Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, whichthreatened states with the loss of highway funds if they didn't raisetheir minimum drinking age to 21. It didn't take long for theremaining states to establish that age threshold as the law of theland.Fatalities downMinimum-age laws have cut traffic fatalities involving driversages 18-20 by 13 percent and saved an estimated 16,513 lives since1975, according to the National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration.Also, between 1986 and 1996, the percentage of intoxicateddrivers ages 15-20 who were killed or involved in fatal crashes fell54 percent. That was the largest decline of any age group.But some question whether the higher drinking age is entirelyresponsible. They point to the increased use of seat belts and airbags, safer cars and the effectiveness of campaigns against drinkingand driving.
A preliminary estimate of the demand by homeowners in the Omaha area for composted products and soil conditioners will be calculated as part of a new project of the Nebraska State Recycling Association (NSRA). "The results will help determine if additional product and market development investments are warranted," notes the Association, which has selected James Steffen and Associates (JSA) to manage the project.
For the market test, JSA will produce a small amount of compost in cooperation with area farmers. Selected inputs, including paunch manure from a meat packing plant, leaves from a yard trimmings recycler, and pen wastes from area stables, will be delivered to farms and composted under controlled conditions. Finished product will be screened and blended for use on home gardens and lawns.
Woods End Research Laboratory of Mount Vernon, Maine will design a testing procedure, conduct the laboratory analysis, and interpret the results. Feedstocks, compost sites, and finished products will be tested. Potential customers and regulatory officials will receive a written narrative explaining the testing process and the results. One or more lawn service firms will be selected to demonstrate the finished products. Recycling coordinators and state recycling officials will be invited to participate in planning and evaluating the demonstration. Products will be delivered in bulk to homeowners who agree to host a neighborhood demonstration. The demonstration(s) will be accompanied by sample advertising material.
Market tests in agriculture and horticulture are planned. If there is sufficient demand, future plans also call for constructing of a series of specialized transfer stations to be used primarily for holding and mixing organic residuals prior to delivery to farm composting sites. Finished compost for urban markets will be back-hauled to these facilities for storage, curing and screening. Information on the compost market development project can be obtained from Chris Stahlke or Kay Stevens of the Nebraska State Recycling Association, 1941 South 42nd Street, Suite 512, Omaha, Nebraska 68105. 402-444-4188.
2010 BTL Voter Guide is produced by the publishers and staff of Between The Lines every other year. It provides comprehensive research and endorsements so LGBT voters can make the best choices possible to move equality forward in Michigan. We sat down with Jan Stevenson and Susan Horowitz, co-publishers, to talk about this project.
1 Why do you publish the Voter Guide?
We have done readers' surveys and reviewed other studies of voter behavior, and the number one reason that people don't vote is that they feel uninformed. People don't like to feel like they don't know what they're doing, so they won't vote if they don't know who to vote for. Our first Voter Guide came out in 1996, and we've published one every two years since, with the primary goal to educate our readers on which candidates are pro-equality, and which are not.
2 How do you decide which candidates to endorse?
We sent out over 700 questionnaires to candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor, U.S. Congress, Secretary of State, Attorney General, University Regents and Governors, Michigan State House and Senate, Michigan Supreme Court, and other select local races and closely evaluated, ranked and graded each response. We also studied the endorsements from pro-LGBT organizations including Equality Michigan, LAHR-PAC, The Kalamazoo Alliance PAC and the Michigan Democratic Party LGBT Caucus. We looked at whether labor groups endorsed the candidates, because unions have been strong supporters of LGBT rights for workers in contract negotiations and in political races, such as the anti-marriage amendment that passed in 2004. Unions were our strongest allies in that tough fight. We considered candidates on their stand on a woman's right to choose to continue a pregnancy or not, and did not endorse any candidates that we knew to be anti-choice.
We also looked closely at the endorsements from anti-LGBT groups, specifically the Citizens For Traditional Values and the Michigan Right to Life. Both have severe positions against LGBT equality, family rights and employment protections. In many of the races we were unable to endorse a candidate, but we were able to provide information about CTV or MRTL endorsements that we hope voters take into account when deciding whom not to vote for.
3 How is it distributed?
The Voter Guide is produced both digitally and in print. The digital version is available at www.PrideSource.com and all a voter needs is their zip code. We then provide an individualized ballot with all the endorsements and research information for the races that will appear on that person's ballot Nov. 2. We have tried to make it as simple and easy as possible. Since it went live online earlier this month, we've done email blasts, links and online ads to drive traffic to the online Voter Guide. By election day we expect that thousands of people will have downloaded their ballot off the website.
The printed version of the Voter Guide has been inserted into two issues of Between The Lines, on Oct. 21 and this issue, Oct. 28. We have also distributed thousands of printed Voter Guides to organizations and meeting places where large numbers of LGBT people will see it. It is organized so the only thing a voter needs to know is which of the 15 U.S. Congressional districts they are in. All the races for that district are listed on one page, so voters can tear out their district page, take it to the polls and vote for equality
4 What do you hope the impact of the Voter Guide will be this year?
The Voter Guide is intended to mobilize LGBT voters in Michigan. We know that thousands of people have used the Voter Guides in past elections and they have told us they voted because they felt empowered by the Voter Guide. We also know that candidates have increasingly responded to our questionnaires and to our endorsement lists. They know that the LGBT vote is important and they want our support. We need to elect LGBT leaders who will include us in the vision of tomorrow's Michigan, and the only way we can do that is if we all vote, and we all vote smart.
5 What are the next steps for the Voter Guide project?
We will continue to work collaboratively with the LGBT political groups in Michigan to educate and motivate LGBT voters. Most likely information dissemination will continue to move towards online, but we will not forget that the printed page is still a powerful means of communication. We're looking forward to working together with the new people at Equality Michigan and hope that together we can move our state to a place that values and welcomes its LGBT citizenry.
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A Shiny new Harley Davidson motorbike is up for grabs in acompetition for customers at a Bristol casino.
The Harley Davidson XL1200, worth around GBP7,400, is the firstprize in a grand draw taking place at the Triangle Casino.
Six members of staff helped get the bike inside the casino and upa flight of 20 stairs to place it in the centre of the gaming floor.
Casino manager Dave Smith said: "The Harley Davidson, an XL1200custom-finished bike in Lava Red Sunglo, is the biggest prize wehave had yet for our prize draw, and will come with a full tank offuel, a two-year warranty, a 12-month road fund licence and a year'smembership to the Harley Davidson Owners Club.
"The top prizewinner will also scoop a Harley Davidson 'Race'leather jacket."
Runner-up prizes include a plasma screen TV, a laptop computer andtwo portable DVD players.
The draw will be open to Triangle Casino members from April 25.
For every day a member visits, they can enter the prize draw forfree, up to and including May 26, when the draw will take place.
For more information, visit the Triangle website on www.trianglecasino.co.uk or call 929 1515.
Children at an Aberdeen primary have been brewing up a storm tohelp a school in Africa.
Airyhall primary pupils sold Fair Trade products at a coffeemorning to raise money for a school in Sierra Leone.
More than 80 people attended the event which will count towardstheir bid to become a Fair Trade school.
Pupils gave a presentation about Fair Trade and raffled a hamperfull of Fair Trade goodies at the Airyhall Community Council-fundedevent.
Since Christmas the Airyhall pupils and teachers have raisedpounds1,300 for the African School that does not even have toilets.
CAIRO (AP) — A leading international rights group has warned of a cover-up by the Egyptian military in the investigation of the killing of more than two dozen mostly Coptic Christian demonstrators in the deadliest single incident since the February overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
The New-York based Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for the independent investigation of the October 9 deaths of 27 people, mostly Christian, in front of Cairo's TV building. Military vehicles were filmed running down protesters.
The group also urged authorities to transfer investigation of the case from military to civilian prosecutors.
Meanwhile, prominent youth protest leader Alaa Abdel-Fatah posted on Twitter on Tuesday that he had been summoned before Egypt's military prosecutor in connection to the same incident.
NEW YORK Stocks gained ground again today, despite lower bondprices.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 7.26 points to close at3,651.25.
Advancing shares outnumbered advances on the NYSE, with 1,173up, 777 down and 655 unchanged. Volume on the floor of the NewYork Stock Exchange was 241.5 million shares.
The market was treading water in abreviated volume ahead of theLabor Day weekend holiday, said Bill Allyn, a managing director atJefferies & Co.
Stocks responded little to news the economy has been strongerthan many economists had expected.
The government said the economy grew at a modest 1.8 percentannual rate in the April-June quarter. That was up from the 1.6percent growth previously estimated and better than the 1.0 percentprivate economists had expected.
Later, the Conference Board said its consumer confidence indexmeasured 59.0 in August, higher than the 57.0 estimated by economistsbut slightly lower than July's 59.2 reading.
The bond market, however, reacted to the news by declining.Bonds often fall on news of an improving economy because growth brings the threat of inflation, which erodes the value offixed-income securities.
Early in the afternoon, stocks were mirroring bonds, Allyn said.Bonds and stocks have often moved in tandem recently because the lowmarket interest rates that come with higher bond prices make thepotential returns from stocks more attractive.
The U.S. dollar was mixed today against other major currenciesin early European trading.
In Tokyo, the dollar closed at 104.18 yen, up 0.28 yen fromMonday's close. Later in London, the dollar was quoted at 104.21yen.
In London, the British pound was quoted at $1.4993, up from$1.4990 late Monday.
London's major bullion dealers fixed a recommended gold price of$370.60 per ounce at midmorning, up from $368.75 Friday. Londonmarkets were closed Monday for a bank holiday.
Dr. Bernard Siegel defies the stereotype of a conservative,traditional surgeon.
At age 54, he's bald because he shaves his head every day.
He encourages patients to call him by his first name.
He strongly suggests physicians-in-training spend some time ashospitalized patients, lying flat on their backs hooked tointravenous lines.
And he firmly believes patients should be rule breakers,questioning their doctors and their treatments and - most importantly- sometimes focusing more on what's wrong with their lives than withtheir bodies.
Patients who break the rules - or exceptional patients, asSiegel prefers to call them - can sometimes beat killer diseases likecancer, he claims. And even if they don't beat them, they learn howto get more out of the days they have left.
Siegel, an assistant clinical professor at the Yale UniversitySchool of Medicine and a New Haven surgeon, describes dozens ofexceptional patients in his book Love, Medicine & Miracles.
There's Louise, an independent teenagerdiagnosed with cancer ofthe ovary, lungs and abdomen, given 12 months to live. Instead ofundergoing the recommended chemotherapy treatments, she left astressful family environment, got her own apartment and began helpingother cancer patients. On the day she was supposed to have died, shesent her doctor a note: "Where should I send the casket?"
Lois, diagnosed with breast cancer during her second pregnancy,underwent a mastectomy, learned to meditate and to put herself first.She gave birth and enjoyed a six-year remission.
Like several recent books, Siegel's volume explores the linksbetween attitude, disease and healing. Published last year by Harper& Row, the book zoomed to No. 1 on the New York Times best-sellerlist after Siegel's appearance in March on the Oprah Winfreytelevision show. More than 200,000 copies later, at presstime thebook is No. 9 on the New York Times list.
Although everyone has the potential to be an exceptionalpatient, only about 20 percent live up to that potential, saidSiegel. The majority - 60 percent - perform to satisfy theirphysicians, he added. And another 20 percent have a conscious orunconscious wish to die.
"Exceptional patients refuse to be victims," Siegel explains inthe book. "They educate themselves and become specialists in theirown care. They question the doctor because they want to understandtheir treatment and participate in it. They demand dignity,personhood, and control, no matter what the course of the disease."
Exceptional patients don't win many popularity contests withtheir mainstream physicians, Siegel emphasized: "These are patientsseen by the health care professional as difficult patients, ones theyoften have poor relationships with. They're the ones who want toknow why they're having all these tests done. They're never in theirhospital room. They disrupt the system (because) they're fightingfor their identities.
"Exceptional patients are fighters, but they also have aspiritual component to their lives. They can say, `Look, God, Ican't take care of this one, you'll have to handle it.' "
Discovering the concept of exceptional patients was an outgrowthof his own disenchantment with traditional medicine, Siegel said.Nearly a decade ago, he began feeling unsuccessful as a surgeon.
"You go to medical school and they fix you good," Siegelcomplained. "They don't let you meet people for a few years, soyou're disease-oriented. And they say, `Don't let anybody die. Soyou're immediately a failure (when a patient dies). They said, `Cureeverybody' and I said, `I can't.' "
Siegel began looking for alternatives to traditional medicine.Among other avenues, he explored the teachings of Dr. O. CarlSimonton, now director of the Simonton Cancer Center in PacificPalisades, Calif., and a pioneer in the use of imagery to fightcancer.
In a symbolic effort to uncover his emotions, Siegel said, heshaved his head. (He lhas kept up the habit partly because hisdaughter Carolyn says it's easier to find him in a movie theater.)And he became convinced of the importance of listening to patients -and of the powerful blend of positive thinking and modern medicaltechnology.
In 1978, Siegel and his wife, Bobbie, set up Exceptional CancerPatients, a support network that includes specialized group andindividual therapy to ease personal change and healing.
Siegel posed four questions to these and other patients newlydiagnosed with a life-threatening illness: Do you want to live to be 100? (Most patients, Siegel says, won'tanswer affirmatively without some guarantee of health.) What happened to you in the year or two before your illness? (Siegeland others contend that stress lowers the efficiency of the body'sdisease-fighting killer cells.) What does the illness mean to you? (Siegel tries to determine if adiagnosis of cancer, for example, is considered an automatic deathsentence by the patient.) Why did you need the illness? (The aim is to help the patientunderstand psychological needs the disease may meet, Siegelexplained. Sickness, he believes, "can make it easier to say no tounwelcome burdens, duties, jobs, or the demands of other people.")
Next, Siegel encourages patients to draw pictures depictingtheir feelings about the illness. One man drew his white blood cellscarrying away the cancer cells. A woman realized her despair overthe need for chemotherapy after drawing a picture of herselfreceiving the treatment.
Siegel also suggests patients learn to use meditation,visualization and hypnosis to improve their peace of mind - and oftenthe course of their disease.
"Some of these people who came to that (Exceptional CancerPatients) meeting were told to quit work and go home and die," Siegelsaid. "And what they did was come and get better.
Siegel tells his patients, "You can talk to your body. You canliterally tell blood to flow differently (in preparation for surgery)and it will stop bleeding. I know it works. Imagery works."
"What you find when people go through this (serious illness) isthere is an existential shift and that leads to healing. What'sscientific about it, you see, what's most miraculous is that if youstudy immune system activity, the chemicals or neuroreceptors in thebody, you will find they are altered by peace of mind and by love.
"If you study the same patient in a moment of despair, you willfind these (chemicals) are inactive. So I get back to the sentencethat all healing is scientific. Talk to an immunologist, a basicneuropharmacologist and I think they will find it very easy to agreewith me. The clinician, who never talks to the patient, hasdifficulty."
Besides teaching patients to help themselves, Siegel tries tominister to their psychological and physical needs simultaneously.Several years ago, he began playing music in the (Yale New HavenHospital) operating room as a way to soothe patients. He also begantalking to anesthetized patients. What did his colleagues think ofthis?
"They thought I was definitely a crazy fellow," Siegel said witha laugh. But no longer. "Music is played in every operating roomnow," he said with obvious glee. "And I'm invited to speak at grandrounds."
Siegel, the father of five, believes he can empathize wellpartly because of the problems and challenges he has encountered withhis own family. His son, Keith, for example, was once diagnosed ashaving an incurable bone tumor. (It turned out to be benign.)
Since the book was published, Siegel has received numerousletters from readers. "Many patients have written to me and said,`Thanks for telling me what I knew.' When others come across the bookthey say, `Thanks. Because a doctor said it, it gives us enormoussupport to confront the medical profession.'
"People need help in living with the experience of the illnessand in a sense healing their lives," Siegel said. "The illness canbecome a real motivator - God's `reset button' in a sense. Peoplecan be thankful for their illness."
A Barber says his reputation has been tarnished after a policedrugs raid on his shop in Downend.
Officers came into Pietro's Barber Shop in Quakers Road, BromleyHeath, last Thursday but found nothing.
Then they searched owner Matt Haile's home and his two cars, anAlfa Romeo and a Mercedes, but found no trace of drugs.
Mr Haile, aged 23, says he is vehemently anti-drugs - includingtobacco.
He has now put a notice up in his shop window which reads "This isno drug den".
The barber believes police may have jumped to the wrong conclusionbecause of his predominantly young clientele and the fact that he isrelatively wealthy at a young age.
Mr …
Scientists say air samples from the car trunk of a Florida mother accused of killing her 3-year-old contain evidence of body decomposition.
Casey Anthony's daughter Caylee disappeared in June but has not been found.
Authorities on Friday released a report from a Tennessee lab that found five compounds consistent with body decomposition. Tests found evidence of decomposition on a hair strand found in the trunk, described as "microscopically similar" to one found on Caylee's hair brush.
Casey Anthony has pleaded not guilty in the death of her daughter.
(This version CORRECTS that Casey Anthony has pleaded not guilty)
Four political parties joined Nepal's new government Sunday, boosting the strength of the ruling coalition to six parties.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and Madeshi People's Rights Forum were joined by the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist), the People's Forum Nepal, the Nepal Sadbhawana Party and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist).
Home Secretary Bhoj Raj Ghimire said the new parties received ministerial appointments that increased the size of the Cabinet to 24.
Bam Dev Gautam from the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) was appointed deputy prime minister and home minister, becoming second in the government's hierarchy, Ghimire said.
The government, led by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the former communist rebels, took power earlier this month after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected by the governing Constituent Assembly.
The Maoists, who entered mainstream politics after giving up their decade-long rebellion in 2006, won the most seats in the assembly election in April but did not secure a majority, requiring them to seek the support of other parties to form a government.
The slaying of high school football star Seke Willis is thefourth since 1989 in which murder charges have been filed against aCook County Jail inmate freed under the electronic home monitoringprogram, officials said.
"These incidents are unfortunate, and they remind us of the realrisk" in the program, said Sally Daly, spokeswoman for SheriffMichael F. Sheahan. "The sheriff would prefer to keep theseindividuals in jail . . . but the jail is overcrowded."
Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen called for a re-evaluationof the screening procedures used in the program. "We don't wantanyone harmed physically or killed by someone who has been released,"he said.
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Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has been selected by Etisalat, the UAE's leading telecommunications service provider, to speed up the deployment of its nationwide fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. In this multimillion-Euro deal, Etisalat will utilize Alcatel-Lucent's Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology to connect 50,000 households and business customers.
Etisalat will use Alcatel-Lucent's GPON platform to provide residential and business customers with simultaneous access to several high-definition (HD) TV channels and a video-on-demand (VoD) library--all while enabling them to surf the Internet up to 16 times faster.
"Etisalat is always keen to stay …
Byline: YOAV APPEL Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers surrounded Yasir Arafat's shell-shattered compound early today while the Palestinian leader and aides were inside, expanding Israel's control over the West Bank.
Seventeen tanks were taking up positions around Arafat's compound and just inside at a helicopter pad. Israeli soldiers flashed V-for-victory signs and used a bulldozer to push stones and debris into a barricade blocking the entrance. Palestinian intelligence officials said 130 tanks were seen moving into the city and that Israeli forces had taken over Ramallah and the surrounding area.
Two Israeli …
Achievements: Matt Yeldham is the youngest of six underwriting directors at Wellington, where he is responsible for marine and casualty underwriting for Lloyd's of London syndicate 2020. He also is a member of the underwriting executive team for the syndicate, director of Wellington Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and Wellington Syndicate Services Ltd. and is a member of the London market Joint Liability Committee.
His current responsibilities include managing syndicate 2020's underwriting of marine hull, cargo, specie, marine …
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer and would soon have surgery, but said the disease is not life-threatening and he would continue to perform his duties.
Speaking to a packed news conference in Jerusalem, the Israeli leader said the disease was caught at an early stage and that he would have surgery "over the next few months."
"I will be able to carry out my duties fully before the treatment and within hours afterward," Olmert said. "My doctors ... informed me that there is a full chance of recovery and there is nothing about the tumor which is life-threatening or liable to impair my performance or my ability to carry out …
At Camp Bushmaster near the town of Najaf in the Iraqi desert,American soldiers who haven't been able to bathe in months can take adip in a 500- gallon tub, courtesy of U.S. Army Chaplain Josh Llano.
But there's an unusual entry fee: Conversion by full submersion.
"It's simple," Llano told a reporter for the Miami Herald lastweek. "They want water. I have it, as long as they agree to getbaptized."
What a deal! One bath for the low, low price of your eternal soul.
Before the soldiers can wash off some of the filth of desertwarfare, they also have to sit through Llano's 90-minute sermon. Andthen comes the hourlong baptism/bath.
"They do appear …
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Indian, Thai and Chinese traditional medicine supports the use of Andrographis paniculata, also known as the King of Bitters for the treatment of conditions such as uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). Given that allopathic medications focus predominantly on symptom amelioration rather than treating the condition, effective herbal treatment may help to reduce the economic and social …
Byline: Parista Yuthamanop
Apr. 11--A weakening economy and oil price volatility mean the Monetary Policy Committee faces its greatest challenge yet when it meets today to set interest rates.
Analysts believe that the central bank's MPC will slash its one-day repurchase rate, now at 4.5 percent, to help spur growth. The question remains by how much, with many forecasting a reduction of half a percentage point due to low inflation and sluggish growth.
But concerns over rising oil prices -- oil futures inched up yesterday to $66.75 per barrel in London trade -- could push the MPC to cut rates by just a quarter-point. It reduced rates by a quarter-point …
EAST GREENBUSH -- Clarence William Duprey, 74, of New Road, East Greenbush, died Friday, after a long illness. Born in Mooers, he lived in the Capital District for many years. Retired as an engineer for the New York State Dept. of Transportation. He served in the Army during World War II and was a member of Melvin Road American Legion Post #1231. He also was a communicant of Holy Spirit Church and a member of the East Greenbush Knights of Columbus 6027. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen P. (Slocum) Duprey, two daughters, Cheryl M. Duprey of East Greenbush and Sandra R. Bulson of Hopewell Junction, NY; three sons, Daniel J. Duprey of East Stroustburg, PA, John F. Duprey of …
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More than a dozen inmates attacked each other with makeshift weapons at the Oklahoma State Reformatory Monday, leaving two dead and 13 others injured in the melee, officials said.
Fights broke out about 12:30 p.m. in recreation yards of two of the medium-security prison's six housing units, said Jerry Massie, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections.
Most of the injured suffered cuts and stab wounds, and the entire incident was over in about five minutes, he said.
Three inmates transported to Jackson County Memorial Hospital were in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. Another inmate was reported in stable condition in Mangum …
Gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch continued her attackson the Illinois Toll Highway Authority on Sunday, calling the agency"an abuse of public trust" staffed with Gov. Edgar's politicalallies, and even his nephew.
"The time has come for Gov. Edgar to not only abolish the tollauthority, but to do it right away," Netsch said at a newsconference at her campaign headquarters Sunday.
She estimated that up to $16 million could be saved byallowing the Illinois Department of Transportation to assume thefunctions of the toll authority, eliminating not only redundantlegal, administrative and engineering positions, but ending "anaccumulation of abuse," …
More than a hundred people are dead or missing in the wake of the flash floods that have swept across southern China in the past week. Some 25 people alone are reported to have died in a landslide in Fujian Province on Friday.
Another three quarter of a …
Byline: GLENN KESSLER Washington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya - Africa's longest-running conflict officially ended Sunday as representatives of the Sudanese government and rebel forces signed a comprehensive peace accord that gives the southern part of the country religious and political autonomy and a share of Sudan's oil riches.
Under brilliant sunshine, African leaders, diplomats and thousands of dancing and chanting Sudanese refugees gathered in Nairobi at a stadium to watch Sudan's first vice president, Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha, and the leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army, John Garang, sign the agreement.
The two-decade civil war, which …
Byline: Associated Press
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Devils always find a way to beat the Montreal Canadiens in New Jersey.
The Devils victimized the Canadiens, the NHL's top penalty killers, for a power-play goal with 7.3 seconds remaining in overtime for a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night.
Patrik Elias scored the winner as the Devils improved to 19-1 with four ties in their last 24 home games against Montreal.
Scott Gomez won a face-off from Radek Bonk in the Montreal zone late in the extra session. Gomez nudged the puck to Elias, a former Albany River Rat, who sent it back to defenseman Brian …
