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5 children among those killed in Soldotna crash

<html>COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The nine South Carolinians killed in Sunday's crash in Soldotna included a family of five and a family of four, both from Greenville, in the northwestern corner of the state, according to family friends and law enforcement sources. So far, Alaska officials have only identified the pilot, who also died. He is Walter Rediske,Quality SEO Services with Right Company, of Nikiski. Milton Antonakos,Yankees 2 Jeter grey Kids Jerseys, his wife, Kimberly, and their three children -- 16-year-old Olivia, 14-year-old Mills and 12-year-old Anna -- were on the plane, according to state Rep. Bruce Bannister,LINCOLN, Neb.- New Nebraska research center to study concuss, R-Greenville, who was a neighbor of the family. Chris McManus, his wife, Stacey, and their two children -- Connor and Meghan -- also were on the plane, according to their pastor, law enforcement officials and family friends. "I just can't believe it," Bannister said of the Antonakos family. "They were on the plane, on a family vacation, and they are not coming back." Bannister,Ultimate Texans » Cushing- Watt could become best defensive player ever, a lawyer, said he met Milton Antonakos several years ago when he represented him in a legal matter. He described a loving family that took care of each other and their neighbors. "Anna is in my son's class and got basically every award you can get at the fifth-grade awards day,New York Knicks Big & Tall Primary Logo Brown Women's T-Shirt," Bannister said. "Mills, the boy, every morning would go out and get (his neighbor's) newspaper and take it to his porch so he didn't have to walk out on the driveway." Bannister said Milton Antonakos was "one of those people that would just spend any amount of time that he needed to with his kids," while Kimberly always was volunteering at her children's schools. Bannister said several of the children were on a local swim team. "They were just an absolutely fabulous family," he said. Olivia Antonakos was a rising junior at J.L. Mann High School, where she was a varsity basketball player and just had been elected secretary of the student body. Most of her basketball teammates were playing in a tournament in Atlanta, a tournament Olivia skipped to vacation with her family, according to Charles Mayfield, the school's principal. While students are on summer break, Mayfield said, the J.L. Mann Student Council has delivered flowers to the Antonakos house and left a guest book there for mourners to sign. Mayfield said the Antonakos' neighborhood planned a prayer service Monday evening. "It's just a loss for the school and for the whole community," Mayfield said. "They were just good people. They thought of others before they thought of themselves. To lose the whole family, it's just really shocking." The McManus family made Marshall Johnson and his family feel welcome when they recently moved into their Greenville neighborhood. "They were very easy going," said Johnson, whose wife once taught Connor McManus at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville. "They were beautiful." Connor McManus was working with his father, a radiologist, to earn the Boy Scouts' highest rank, Eagle Scout, Johnson said. Meghan McManus, a rising senior at Christ Church Episcopal School, was looking at colleges with her family, Johnson said. Her sophomore project last year was on the "Ronald McDonald House: Keeping Families Together," according to the school's website. The pair were acolytes at Christ Church Episcopal this spring and were involved in youth programs. Stacey McManus was a board member of the Episcopal women's group at the church, had worked with the hand bell choir, and taught Sunday and vacation Bible school, said the Rev. Harrison McLeod, rector at Christ Church Episcopal. She also helped run the auction at the school's annual gala this spring. "She did all that with a smile on her face," McLeod said. Chris McManus was very "caring and thoughtful" and dedicated to his medical patients, the reverend said. Several parishioners came to the church Monday to pray for the McManus family. In addition to their dedication to the church, the family was known for always being together. "This vacation was indicative of who they were," McLeod said. "They enjoyed each other's company. They were a wonderful example of how a family can play together and get the most from each other." McManus was past president of the state chapter of the American College of Radiology and an officer of the Greenville Hospital System medical staff. "He has been a wonderful asset to the medical community," said Dr. David Williams III, chairman of GHS' radiology department. "He was an extraordinary physician but also an extraordinary human being who was known to be both compassionate and conscientious." This is the second Alaska airplane crash in little more than a week to claim the lives of South Carolinians. Two people -- 74-year-old John Ellenberg of Greenville and 52-year-old Laurie Buckner of Simpsonville -- were killed in the June 28 crash of a tour plane near Cantwell, that also claimed the life of the pilot.</html>

V.I. Legislature back in session today to fix mistakes

<html>ST. THOMAS - The V.I. Legislature is meeting in formal session today to clean up a bill passed Friday that closed the Fiscal Year 2013 budget gap. "We have to reconsider that bill," Senate President Shawn-Michael Malone said. "But nothing will change in the policy." Malone said the bill had errors that cannot be fixed by the Legislative legal counsel before being sent up to Government House. "Substantive technical amendments" require approval by the full Senate,Types of SEO Companies Utah Businesses Should Know, which is why he scheduled today's session,Jacksonville Jaguars Women's Heart & Soul L.Green T-Shirt, he said. At the June 29 session,Crucial Aspects of SEO Packages,NIKE Titans 28 JOHNSON sky Black-blue Elite Jerseys, the body passed a number of bills, including a measure to close the current $23.6 million budget shortfall and ensure the restoration of the government employees' 8 percent pay cuts. The measure makes an across-the-board cut of 3 percent to all government departments and agencies in the current fiscal year. It also cuts $10 million from the FY 2013 budget's miscellaneous section. Malone said one of the things that needs cleaning up in the bill pertains to the budget cuts. "The sum wasn't adding up properly," he said. He also said the language about the amount of money needed to restore the 8 percent salary cuts was outdated. Initially, the Senate budgeted $7 million to restore the cuts for the last quarter of FY 2013. Because a number of employees have left government service,Scope of SEO in India, the government only needs $5 million to cover the restoration. The new amount must be reflected in the bill, Malone said. "We just want to make it clean," Malone said about the bill. The legislation will be the only bill on today's agenda. Malone said he anticipates the session will last less than two hours. - Contact Aldeth Lewin at 714-9111 or email alewin@dailynews.vi.</html>

'Gasland' sequel asserts drillers corrupting gov'

<html>Josh Fox galvanized the U.S. anti-fracking movement with his incendiary 2010 documentary "Gasland." Now he's back with a sequel - and this time, he's targeting an audience of just one. "We want the president to watch the movie, and we want him to meet with the people who are in it," says Fox,Improving Your Company Surroundings with Industria, whose "Gasland Part II" makes its HBO debut Monday. He contends President Barack Obama's professed support of drilling and fracking for natural gas ignores the environmental and public health toll of the drilling boom: "It looks like he's really sincere and earnest in his desire to take on climate change, but he's got the completely wrong information and thus the completely wrong plan." A typically bold statement from Fox,The Strategy for Energy Consumption Optimization, who's emerged as one of the nation's most visible and outspoken foes of the natural gas drilling industry. Having made his name as an avant-garde theater director in New York City, Fox took an interest in drilling after a gas company approached him in 2008 about leasing his family's wooded 20-acre spread in Milanville, Pa., near the Delaware River. What resulted was "Gasland," a polemic that argued energy companies are turning whole communities into toxic industrial wastelands. "Part II" covers a lot of the same ground as the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated original, as Fox takes his banjo and camera on the road again to interview residents who say their air and water were contaminated by drilling. Beleaguered homeowners demonstrate how they can light their methane-laced tap water on fire - same as in "Gasland" - though the pyrotechnics in "Part II" are more spectacular. What's new here is the focus on what Fox sees as the drilling industry's corrupting influence on politicians and regulators. In "Gasland Part II," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cast in the role of protector and defender. The agency starts to hold the industry to account for contaminating heavily drilled neighborhoods in Dimock, Pa.; Parker County, Texas; and Pavillion,NIKE Ravens 27 RICE White Elite Jerseys, Wyo. Then the drillers get to work,Utilizing Social Media Marketing Firm, buying off politicians who, in turn, force the EPA to back off. Meanwhile,Nike Texans 99 Watt Black Impact Limited 10th Jerseys, Obama's 2012 State of the Union address sets the tone for an election-year policy shift that replaces science with political expediency. Fox portrays an industry that is shadowy and malevolent, the power behind the throne of government. "I felt like I could see it: a horizontal well bore, drilled down into the earth, snaking underneath the Congress, shooting money up through the chamber at such high pressure that it blew the top off of our democracy," he narrates. "Another layer of contamination due to fracking, not the water, not the air, but our government." Of course, the industry doesn't see it that way. Energy companies call Fox an extremist who spreads lies and misinformation about fracking, the technique that's allowed drilling companies to extract huge volumes of natural gas from rock formations deep underground. "The real reason that shale development has expanded is not because of some nefarious plot on the part of industry leaders wearing black robes," writes Steve Everley of Energy In Depth, an industry-funded PR group. "Rather, it's because people across the United States have recognized that there are massive environmental and economic benefits to be reaped. ... Both political parties are pushing for increased responsible natural gas production, and it's because of the facts, not because they've been 'captured' by Corporate America." Attitudes and positions about fracking have only hardened since the original "Gasland." Anti-drilling activists and Big Gas tend to view the other with profound distrust, and there is little common ground. But the reality is more complicated than either side would probably care to admit. Landowners have become overnight millionaires, businesses catering to the gas industry have boomed and cheap gas has lowered utility bills. Some climate scientists say the rapid conversion of coal-fired power plants to natural gas has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a side of the shale gas revolution that "Gasland Part II" ignores. Yet it's also true that drilling has contaminated residential water wells and brought incredible truck traffic to rural roads never designed to handle it. Some residents have complained about underhanded industry leasing tactics; others assert that gas drilling has made them sick. The industry's typical response? Gloss over problems or deny them outright. Driving home the point, "Part II" plays audio from an industry conference in Texas at which a drilling company official encourages the use of military-style psychological operations, or PSYOPS, to counteract anti-fracking fervor. At the same conference, another company's PR rep urges his colleagues to read the military's counterinsurgency field manual "because we are dealing with an insurgency" - namely, anti-drilling residents and environmentalists. Fox said the industry has smeared homeowners who dared to speak up about their ruined water or ill health, employing tactics used by the tobacco industry decades ago to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking. It's no wonder environmental activists and industry can't bridge the divide, he said. "I don't see a middle ground. What we're talking about here is a force of people who are trying desperately to change the world, and a fossil fuel industry that is trying desperately to keep ruling it. I don't know what a middle ground would be," Fox said. Beyond "Gasland Part II," the filmmaker is working on a short documentary about what he calls an "epidemic of illness" among gas industry workers. Longer term, he said, he intends to move on to broader issues of climate and sustainability. And then there's that meeting with the president. "I'm hoping for a call one of these days," Fox said.</html>

Ultimate Rockets White saga ends in trade to 76ers

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While waiting to complete an agreement to sign free-agent center Dwight Howard, the Rockets made a move to create more salary-cap space for him Friday, sending forward Royce White to the Philadelphia 76ers,Aston Villa 9 Ireland navy jerseys, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction.

The Rockets sent the rights to Turkish center/forward Furkan Aldemir, a second-round pick in last season’s draft, and cash to get the Sixers to take on the remaining $1.7 million guaranteed on White’s rookie contract.

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White, 22, did not play for the Rockets at all last season,Importance of Link Building in Modern World, and stopped attending practices after Nov. 10 in a dispute over agreements he wanted in place related to his anxiety disorder and his assignments to the NBA Development League.

White, the 16th player taken in the 2012 draft,Some New Things You Need to Know About On Page SEO, averaged 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in 16 games with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers before leaving the team prior to the playoffs.

Me haven t always seen eye to eye, but you have to respect his ability to make moves like Harden Howard, that s cool.

— Royce White (@Highway_30)</html>

Shannyn Moore- Bad penny turns up again at Alaska GOP

<html>I was hoping the Alaska Republican Party would self-correct. The GOPers have had more than a month to make things right but haven't yet seen a need. Oh, I know, they're just as busy as the rest of us, getting ready for guests,An Extensive Article on Social Media Optimization, looking for the top of the pressure cooker, wondering if sunburned mosquito bites were worth that day at the Slide Hole. (They were.) See,MLB Size Caps-0032, there's a bad penny that keeps showing up in Alaska politics. I wonder why Republicans don't get rid of him, because sooner or later someone will write a story or column to remind everyone he's a racist jerk -- and then it just gets awkward. After much recent turmoil over its leadership, our friends at the Alaska Republican Party have elected David Eichler as vice-chairman. He's the No. 2 ranking party official in our state. So, you say to yourself, "Eichler, Eichler,Top Writers Around the World Will Write Articles F, where do I know that name from ... hmmm ..." OK, maybe you don't remember the story. Maybe you weren't paying as much attention a few years ago as you are now. No problem, I'll catch you up. Eichler is a dentist from North Pole who has had some pretty nasty things to say about First Alaskans. By "nasty" I mean racist. And by "North Pole" I mean the town near Fairbanks, not the northernmost point on Earth. Eichler wrote in an online forum for dentists in the American Dental Association. In a discussion of dental care in rural Alaska, and reported by Rich Mauer in the Daily News, Eichler claimed that public health care "has left Natives free of personal responsibility" and chronically dependent. "Eliminating special federal assistance for American Indians and Natives will improve matters,Reach the Top of Search Engines with Site Optimization," he wrote. It will also "allow their integration into American society as dignified citizens." From his perch as the country's leading dentist/historian,Youth Nike Broncos 58 Miller white jerseys, he concluded: "Any culture that allows such disease will soon disappear and rightfully so." Eichler wrote that in 2006. He embarrassed the dental association, which distanced itself from his views as quickly as possible. I'm not sure if Gov. Sean Parnell or Eichler think the collective memory of Alaskans runs out every three to four years (although there is some evidence to support that idea). Last year Parnell appointed Eichler to a position with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Right. That's who we need refereeing political fairness in our state. Nice pick, Sean. That's what I call "Choosing Respect." So when different Native groups protested Eichler's appointment, Parnell pulled a Parnell. He got the radioactive dentist to withdraw. I know! I told you -- the bad penny that keeps showing up! So now Eichler hold the reins of the Republican Party here. I'm certain my rank and file Republican friends don't share his racial views. But I would ask Republican leaders in our state to stop pandering to the worst elements of their party, or go ahead and self-identify as racists. You can't show up wearing a kuspuk to an event, smiling and waving, and then give Eichler a position from which to influence public policy. What does Congressman Don Young have to say, for example? His beloved late wife and his children are Alaska Natives. Sadly, we already know where the governor stands. What does Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who wouldn't be a senator if it hadn't been for the support of Alaska Natives, think? She's a Republican senator, for crying out loud, and this guy is running her party? Without some kind of moral leadership from a Republican who matters, I guess we should all expect the bad pennies to just keep showing up. Shannyn Moore can be heard weekdays from 6 to 9 p.m. on KOAN 1020 AM and 95.5 FM radio. Her weekly TV show airs at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on ABC affiliate KYUR Channel 13.</html>

Ultimate Rockets It’s official- Dwight Howard

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The Rockets finally got their man, although it took an afternoon and evening of drama before it was? confirmed,Houston Texans Women's Heart & Soul Red T-Shirt,Misconceptions about Website SEO Services, first by the Lakers and then by Howard with a new picture on his twitter account with an image of himself in a Rockets uniform.

I ve decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets. I feel its the best place for me and I am excited (cont)

— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward)

Statement from GM Mitch Kupchak: We have been informed of Dwight s decision to not return to the Lakers.

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers)

Welcome to Houston !!! Years of work by Dwight Rockets went into this. This team is going to be special.

— Daryl Morey (@dmorey)

Earlier in the day, USA Today and others reported that Howard had picked the Rockets? but with no confirmation from either team, others reports surfaced on ESPN that Dwight had wavered to 50-50 between the Rockets and Lakers.

The decision comes after the Rockets long pursuit of Howard, beginning by going all-in with roster moves and then all-out with their recruiting pitch, won them the player they have wanted for several seasons of rebuilding.

The deal cannot be official until July 10 when the NBA moratorium on deals is lifted.

Howard chose the Rockets over the Lakers, Warriors,A Start-Up Webmaster's Guide to Web Design,Wilds 9 KOIVU green Jerseys, Mavericks and Hawks, with the Warriors seeming to move in as a serious contender when they stepped up trade talks to move contracts necessary to clear the necessary cap room to sign Howard.

Howard will likely earn up to $88 million over four years with the Rockets, depending on a few other minor roster moves and the official salary cap figure to be announced on Wednesday.

The Rockets are not yet in position to offer Howard a max contract,Kick Start Your Sales With Organic Search engine m, but could likely clear the remaining room without cutting into the remainder of their rotation by waiving James Anderson and Tim Ohlbrecht and either waving Royce White with a “stretch provision” (in which the $1.7 million remaining on his contract would be averaged over three years) or by trading him without taking back salary.

The Rockets could immediately begin steps to fill out the roster around him. They will seek to use a salary cap exception to add a floor-spacing wing. There were talks with free agent forward Josh Smith, but they would need to execute a sign-and-trade agreement with the Hawks to add Smith. It would be a long shot that they could offer the sort of contract that would also net them Smith.

Coming off back surgery, Howard averaged 17.1 points and a league-best 12.4 rebounds last season. He averaged a career-high 14.5 rebounds the previous season in Orlando and averaged better than 20 points per game in four of the previous five seasons.</html>

EA yanks Aaron Hernandez from Madden, NCAA 15

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According to numerous reports, EA Sports has pulled Pats Aaron Hernandez from NCAA 14 and Madden 14.

From CBS Sports:

An EA Sports spokesperson told CBSSports.com on Monday that Aaron Hernandez has been removed from both the NCAA game as well as Madden NFL 25 and only showed up temporarily because of the timing involved in publishing NCAA 14.

We made a decision to remove Aaron Hernandez from Madden NFL 25 and NCAA Football 14. Because NCAA Football 14 was finalized prior to our decision, Hernandez image still appears in the Nike Skills Trainer,Clark Ryan - Expert SEO Marketing Adviser, a spokesperson for EA Sports said. However,Building owners find property tax hikes “abs,2012 All Star 3 Paul  Red Jerseys,considerable google Development - more by comparis, he is not in the game, and anyone who unlocks that particular Nike Skills Trainer reward will receive an Alex Smith Ultimate Team player item instead. The image of Hernandez will be removed via a Title Update in the near future.

M4d Ski11z s take: This is not a big of a deal as believed. Rosters in sports games are constantly updated throughout the year. Hernandez s player stats, cards, data can be hidden with a few lines of code. Now, the real story will be how some diehard fans/hackers will mod the games to unhide Aaron Hernandez. Then,Steelers 12 Terry Bradshaw 1975 Throwback Black Jerseys, my friends, you have a story.

What are your thoughts on EA Sports move to remove Aaron Hernandez? Sound off below.</html>

FAIRBANKS, Alaska- Fairbanks hospital gets nod for a top ICU

<html>FAIRBANKS, Alaska Ironically, it took an injury to one of its nurses for the intensive care unit at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to be recognized as one of the top ICUs in the country. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the ICU at FMH, the first ICU in Alaska to be earn the prestigious award. Only 98 other ICUs in the U.S. were recognized with a Beacon Award in 2012. If it hadn't been for an injury that relegated ICU nurse Cindy Yocum to light duty, it might not have ever happened. It was Yocum who, while recovering from a leg injury that relegated her to desk duty for a month in February of last year, took on the task of organizing and writing material that had been collected for the award application. "My boss (ICU director Brenda Franz) said, 'Why don't you do this while you're off?'" Yocum said, holding up the completed application. "We had a lot of the base work done through committee work,Fix Poorly Working Computer Issues By Repairing Yo, but we had all these pieces and parts that had to be put together." It was then Yocum realized how monumental of a task she had taken on. Even working on it every day for a month, Yocum wasn't able to finish the application. So Franz told her to take one day per week when she returned to regular duty to work on the application. Even then, and with the help of nurse managers Dawn Brefczynski and Erika Grant,The Ultimate Way To Produce Totally free Highly ta, it took another three months to complete writing the application, which requires an ICU to detail and explain all of its procedures and processes for caring for patients,Nike Bengals 97 Atkins White Game Women Jerseys, collaborating with physicians, dealing with families of patients, enhancing professional development, communicating as a staff, fostering a healthy work environment and recognizing good work. All totaled, it took Yocum and the rest of the ICU staff eight months to compile the application. The unit submitted its application on Sept. 1 of last year and didn't hear it had won the award until earlier this month. "We're very proud of this," Yocum said of the Beacon Award. "We worked a long time on it and put a lot of money into it. It's been years in the making." The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes a unit's caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' six standards for a healthy work environment. The six standards are skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing,NFL Size Caps-002, meaningful recognition and authentic leadership. For the team of 30 nurses that staffs the intensive care unit at FMH,Few Deadly SEO Mistakes You Need to Stay Away from, the award was validation for the work they have been doing for years. "It's a big deal," Franz, the ICU director at FMH, said of the award. "It's recognition of the level of care we pride ourselves on in the ICU and the investment of our staff into our patients. The award "is just one more way to assure our community that they can get excellent care right here at home," Franz said. There are three levels of the Beacon award - gold, silver and bronze. The silver level "signifies continuous learning and effective systems to achieve optimal patient care," a press release issued by the AACN announcing the award said. The ICU at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital earned its award by demonstrating leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication, knowledge management, learning and development and best practices; evidence-based practice and processes; and patient outcomes, according to the release. The award is good for three years, at which time the unit will have to submit another application to maintain its status as a Beacon unit. The ICU at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital has 13 beds and strives for a maximum nurse-to-patient ratio of one nurse to three patients. Nancy Spencer is the longest tenured nurse in FMH's intensive care unit, having worked there since 1980. "I like the people I work with; I like the collaboration we have with the physicians, and I like the support we get from the administration," Spencer said. "We have a great crew here." Bevin Stephens, 35, who has worked in the intensive care unit at FMH for the last six years, considers it an honor. "To be involved in someone's life in these very critical, pivotal and potentially life or death moments, how powerful is that?" Stephens said. "People ask me all the time, 'How can you do that?' and my answer is how can you not do it?"

Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com</html>

Is it time to buy Japanese stock mutual funds-

<html>After Japan's stock market soared 80 percent over the course of six months, it hit a roadblock. The rapid climb of the Nikkei 225 index, the market's benchmark, came to an abrupt end on May 22. Over the next three weeks, the market plunged 20 percent - the definition of a bear market. However, since June 13,The Importance Thinks of Social Media Optimization, the day it entered bear territory, the Nikkei has bounced back 13 percent. The quick turnaround has led many to ask if this market correction is a buying opportunity, or merely a head fake as the Japanese market returns to the doldrums it's been sitting in for the past two decades. "The historical template for Japan over the last 20 years has been, the government announces measures, markets do well, and six months later we're back where we started,Dodgers 21 Wolf white Jerseys," says Christopher Dodson, Japan capital markets specialist at Auerbach Grayson,Website Design - What to Expect from Awesomesauce, a New York broker that provides access to international markets. "That history was the prime reason for the severity of the dive." The Japanese market began its rally in November with the dissolution of Japan's parliament, which paved the way for the election Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But it was Abe's package of policies to grow Japan's moribund economy that really sent stocks soaring. The prime minister proposed a three-sided plan to spark economic growth. Nicknamed "Abenomics," the plan consists of loosening monetary policy, increasing public works spending and making structural reforms throughout the economy. The monetary stimulus aims to end the problem of deflation, or falling prices, by decreasing interest rates to ultimately produce 2 percent inflation within the next two years. Finally, the structural reforms include tax cuts and an easing of regulations. So far, the monetary stimulus has had the biggest effect. From November through May, the yen declined in value against the dollar by 30 percent, which is good for Japanese exporters because it raises the value of their overseas earnings and helps make their products less expensive abroad. After a short recovery, the yen is down 25 percent as of July 3. "Monetary policy by itself is not enough," says Paul Attwood, portfolio manager of the Huntington International Equity fund (HIETX) and Huntington Global Select Markets fund (HGSIX). He says corporate tax rates must be lowered and some regulations eliminated in order to see sustainable economic growth. Even so, the country is his top pick among international markets, and his funds have a 20 percent stake in Japan. Attwood says the stocks are attractively valued and the downside is limited, so he's looking to buy more. He suggests U.S. investors put 5 percent of their portfolios in Japan. The trigger for the Nikkei's tumble was the U.S. Federal Reserve. On May 22, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said if the U.S. economy continued to improve, the central bank could begin to wind down its policy of buying Treasury bonds, known as quantitative easing. Fears that ending the policy would slow down the U.S. economy sparked a worldwide sell off in stocks. The same day, China, Japan's second-largest trading partner,NFL Caps-3,Various SEO Services Provided By Indian SEO Compan, released poor economic news. That one-two punch sent the Nikkei reeling. Over the five weeks ended June 26, U.S. mutual funds holding only Japanese stocks saw net outflows of $472 million, or 21 percent of their assets, according to Morningstar. Emerging markets are down a lot this year and Europe is still struggling. "Japan is in the best shape in the world," says Campbell Gunn, portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Japan fund (PRJPX). He says Japan is "pulling out all the stops to recover and the valuations are still attractive." At this point, everyone is waiting for the end of July, when Japan's parliament holds elections for its upper house. If Abe's party wins, he'll be able to push through all of his policies. Dodson of Auerbach Grayson says if investors want Japanese stocks they should focus on domestic asset plays, companies that aren't heavily influence by events outside of Japan. He likes real estate, construction, railroads, and domestic retail such as Mitsubishi Estate (MITEY), East Japan Railways (EJPRY) and Seven & I (SVNDY). Also, small-capitalization stocks generally outperform given their domestic bent, he says. Martin Jansen, the lead portfolio manager for the ING International Value fund (NIIVX), also likes domestic retail and financials, and boosted his fund's Japan weighting to 21 percent over the past 7 months. If you want to get in on Japan's potential turnaround, Japan funds are the way to go. Even with the recent bear market, Japan funds declined 1.86 percent in the last month, that's less than any other international stock sector fund, according to Morningstar. They still lead that group year to date. But it's a turnaround story. Investors have lost money in Japan over the last decade, so you'll want to limit your stake and keep tabs of the developments, as Abenomics is an unfolding story. Although many say this is indeed a buying opportunity, there are some caveats. John Browning, the executive director of Incapital's unit trust division and a creator of international portfolios says historically, throwing money at a problem doesn't necessarily work. Japan's stimulus may result in inflation without real economic growth. What's more, Japan also faces increased competition in terms of innovative new products from China and other emerging market countries.</html>

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+Malone said one of the things that needs cleaning up in the bill pertains to the budget cuts.
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+== 'Gasland' sequel asserts drillers corrupting gov' ==
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+Fox portrays an industry that is shadowy and malevolent, the power behind the throne of government.
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+Of course, the industry doesn't see it that way. Energy companies call Fox an extremist who spreads lies and misinformation about fracking, the technique that's allowed drilling companies to extract huge volumes of natural gas from rock formations deep underground.
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+Attitudes and positions about fracking have only hardened since the original "Gasland." Anti-drilling activists and Big Gas tend to view the other with profound distrust, and there is little common ground.
+But the reality is more complicated than either side would probably care to admit.
+Landowners have become overnight millionaires, businesses catering to the gas industry have boomed and cheap gas has lowered utility bills. Some climate scientists say the rapid conversion of coal-fired power plants to natural gas has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a side of the shale gas revolution that "Gasland Part II" ignores.
+Yet it's also true that drilling has contaminated residential water wells and brought incredible truck traffic to rural roads never designed to handle it. Some residents have complained about underhanded industry leasing tactics; others assert that gas drilling has made them sick.
+The industry's typical response? Gloss over problems or deny them outright.
+Driving home the point, "Part II" plays audio from an industry conference in Texas at which a drilling company official encourages the use of military-style psychological operations, or PSYOPS, to counteract anti-fracking fervor. At the same conference, another company's PR rep urges his colleagues to read the military's counterinsurgency field manual "because we are dealing with an insurgency" - namely, anti-drilling residents and environmentalists.
+Fox said the industry has smeared homeowners who dared to speak up about their ruined water or ill health, employing tactics used by the tobacco industry decades ago to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking.
+It's no wonder environmental activists and industry can't bridge the divide, he said.
+"I don't see a middle ground. What we're talking about here is a force of people who are trying desperately to change the world, and a fossil fuel industry that is trying desperately to keep ruling it. I don't know what a middle ground would be," Fox said.
+Beyond "Gasland Part II," the filmmaker is working on a short documentary about what he calls an "epidemic of illness" among gas industry workers. Longer term, he said, he intends to move on to broader issues of climate and sustainability.
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+== Shannyn Moore- Bad penny turns up again at Alaska GOP ==
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+I'm not sure if Gov. Sean Parnell or Eichler think the collective memory of Alaskans runs out every three to four years (although there is some evidence to support that idea).
+Last year Parnell appointed Eichler to a position with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Right. That's who we need refereeing political fairness in our state.
+Nice pick, Sean. That's what I call "Choosing Respect."
+So when different Native groups protested Eichler's appointment, Parnell pulled a Parnell. He got the radioactive dentist to withdraw.
+I know! I told you -- the bad penny that keeps showing up!
+So now Eichler hold the reins of the Republican Party here. I'm certain my rank and file Republican friends don't share his racial views.
+But I would ask Republican leaders in our state to stop pandering to the worst elements of their party, or go ahead and self-identify as racists. You can't show up wearing a kuspuk to an event, smiling and waving, and then give Eichler a position from which to influence public policy.
+What does Congressman Don Young have to say, for example? His beloved late wife and his children are Alaska Natives.
+Sadly, we already know where the governor stands.
+What does Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who wouldn't be a senator if it hadn't been for the support of Alaska Natives, think? She's a Republican senator, for crying out loud, and this guy is running her party?
+Without some kind of moral leadership from a Republican who matters, I guess we should all expect the bad pennies to just keep showing up.
+Shannyn Moore can be heard weekdays from 6 to 9 p.m. on KOAN 1020 AM and 95.5 FM radio. Her weekly TV show airs at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on ABC affiliate KYUR Channel 13.</html>
+== Ultimate Rockets  It’s official- Dwight Howard ==
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+I ve decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets. I feel its the best place for me and I am excited (cont)
+— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward)
+Statement from GM Mitch Kupchak:  We have been informed of Dwight s decision to not return to the Lakers.
+— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers)
+Welcome to Houston !!! Years of work by Dwight Rockets went into this. This team is going to be special.
+— Daryl Morey (@dmorey)
+Earlier in the day, USA Today and others reported that Howard had picked the Rockets? but with no confirmation from either team, others reports surfaced on ESPN that Dwight had wavered to 50-50 between the Rockets and Lakers.
+The decision comes after the Rockets long pursuit of Howard, beginning by going all-in with roster moves and then all-out with their recruiting pitch, won them the player they have wanted for several seasons of rebuilding.
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+The Rockets could immediately begin steps to fill out the roster around him. They will seek to use a salary cap exception to add a floor-spacing wing. There were talks with free agent forward Josh Smith, but they would need to execute a sign-and-trade agreement with the Hawks to add Smith. It would be a long shot that they could offer the sort of contract that would also net them Smith.
+Coming off back surgery, Howard averaged 17.1 points and a league-best 12.4 rebounds last season. He averaged a career-high 14.5 rebounds the previous season in Orlando and averaged better than 20 points per game in four of the previous five seasons.</html>
+== EA yanks Aaron Hernandez from Madden, NCAA 15 ==
+<html>|  |
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+From CBS Sports:
+An EA Sports spokesperson told CBSSports.com on Monday that Aaron Hernandez has been removed from both the NCAA game as well as Madden NFL 25 and only showed up temporarily because of the timing involved in publishing NCAA 14.
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+== FAIRBANKS, Alaska- Fairbanks hospital gets nod for a top ICU ==
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+The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the ICU at FMH, the first ICU in Alaska to be earn the prestigious award. Only 98 other ICUs in the U.S. were recognized with a Beacon Award in 2012.
+If it hadn't been for an injury that relegated ICU nurse Cindy Yocum to light duty, it might not have ever happened.
+It was Yocum who, while recovering from a leg injury that relegated her to desk duty for a month in February of last year, took on the task of organizing and writing material that had been collected for the award application.
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+The unit submitted its application on Sept. 1 of last year and didn't hear it had won the award until earlier this month.
+"We're very proud of this," Yocum said of the Beacon Award. "We worked a long time on it and put a lot of money into it. It's been years in the making."
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+"It's a big deal," Franz, the ICU director at FMH, said of the award. "It's recognition of the level of care we pride ourselves on in the ICU and the investment of our staff into our patients.
+The award "is just one more way to assure our community that they can get excellent care right here at home," Franz said.
+There are three levels of the Beacon award - gold, silver and bronze. The silver level "signifies continuous learning and effective systems to achieve optimal patient care," a press release issued by the AACN announcing the award said.
+The ICU at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital earned its award by demonstrating leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication, knowledge management, learning and development and best practices; evidence-based practice and processes; and patient outcomes, according to the release.
+The award is good for three years, at which time the unit will have to submit another application to maintain its status as a Beacon unit.
+The ICU at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital has 13 beds and strives for a maximum nurse-to-patient ratio of one nurse to three patients.
+Nancy Spencer is the longest tenured nurse in FMH's intensive care unit, having worked there since 1980.
+"I like the people I work with; I like the collaboration we have with the physicians, and I like the support we get from the administration," Spencer said. "We have a great crew here."
+Bevin Stephens, 35, who has worked in the intensive care unit at FMH for the last six years, considers it an honor.
+"To be involved in someone's life in these very critical, pivotal and potentially life or death moments, how powerful is that?" Stephens said. "People ask me all the time, 'How can you do that?' and my answer is how can you not do it?"
+ Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com</html>
+== Is it time to buy Japanese stock mutual funds- ==
+<html>After Japan's stock market soared 80 percent over the course of six months, it hit a roadblock. The rapid climb of the Nikkei 225 index, the market's benchmark, came to an abrupt end on May 22. Over the next three weeks, the market plunged 20 percent - the definition of a bear market.
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+The Japanese market began its rally in November with the dissolution of Japan's parliament, which paved the way for the election Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But it was Abe's package of policies to grow Japan's moribund economy that really sent stocks soaring.
+The prime minister proposed a three-sided plan to spark economic growth. Nicknamed "Abenomics," the plan consists of loosening monetary policy, increasing public works spending and making structural reforms throughout the economy. The monetary stimulus aims to end the problem of deflation, or falling prices, by decreasing interest rates to ultimately produce 2 percent inflation within the next two years. Finally, the structural reforms include tax cuts and an easing of regulations.
+So far, the monetary stimulus has had the biggest effect. From November through May, the yen declined in value against the dollar by 30 percent, which is good for Japanese exporters because it raises the value of their overseas earnings and helps make their products less expensive abroad. After a short recovery, the yen is down 25 percent as of July 3.
+"Monetary policy by itself is not enough," says Paul Attwood, portfolio manager of the Huntington International Equity fund (HIETX) and Huntington Global Select Markets fund (HGSIX). He says corporate tax rates must be lowered and some regulations eliminated in order to see sustainable economic growth. Even so, the country is his top pick among international markets, and his funds have a 20 percent stake in Japan. Attwood says the stocks are attractively valued and the downside is limited, so he's looking to buy more. He suggests U.S. investors put 5 percent of their portfolios in Japan.
+The trigger for the Nikkei's tumble was the U.S. Federal Reserve. On May 22, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said if the U.S. economy continued to improve, the central bank could begin to wind down its policy of buying Treasury bonds, known as quantitative easing. Fears that ending the policy would slow down the U.S. economy sparked a worldwide sell off in stocks. The same day, China, Japan's second-largest trading partner,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/NFL-Caps-3-11614/ NFL Caps-3],[http://www.mystyleshop.com/shop/ Various SEO Services Provided By Indian SEO Compan], released poor economic news. That one-two punch sent the Nikkei reeling.
+Over the five weeks ended June 26, U.S. mutual funds holding only Japanese stocks saw net outflows of $472 million, or 21 percent of their assets, according to Morningstar.
+Emerging markets are down a lot this year and Europe is still struggling. "Japan is in the best shape in the world," says Campbell Gunn, portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Japan fund (PRJPX). He says Japan is "pulling out all the stops to recover and the valuations are still attractive."
+At this point, everyone is waiting for the end of July, when Japan's parliament holds elections for its upper house. If Abe's party wins, he'll be able to push through all of his policies.
+Dodson of Auerbach Grayson says if investors want Japanese stocks they should focus on domestic asset plays, companies that aren't heavily influence by events outside of Japan. He likes real estate, construction, railroads, and domestic retail such as Mitsubishi Estate (MITEY), East Japan Railways (EJPRY) and Seven & I (SVNDY). Also, small-capitalization stocks generally outperform given their domestic bent, he says.
+Martin Jansen, the lead portfolio manager for the ING International Value fund (NIIVX), also likes domestic retail and financials, and boosted his fund's Japan weighting to 21 percent over the past 7 months.
+If you want to get in on Japan's potential turnaround, Japan funds are the way to go. Even with the recent bear market, Japan funds declined 1.86 percent in the last month, that's less than any other international stock sector fund, according to Morningstar. They still lead that group year to date. But it's a turnaround story. Investors have lost money in Japan over the last decade, so you'll want to limit your stake and keep tabs of the developments, as Abenomics is an unfolding story.
+Although many say this is indeed a buying opportunity, there are some caveats. John Browning, the executive director of Incapital's unit trust division and a creator of international portfolios says historically, throwing money at a problem doesn't necessarily work. Japan's stimulus may result in inflation without real economic growth. What's more, Japan also faces increased competition in terms of innovative new products from China and other emerging market countries.</html>
+== Some Perspective on Student Loan Debt Fears 0 ==
+<html>College is expensive—and getting more so in recent years, with costs advancing at a rate far exceeding overall inflation. And many students borrow (occasionally heavily) to meet the expense—including some who have no immediate hope of repayment after graduation. With government college loan rates potentially set to reset higher in July, this has ignited fears of a potential debt-drag on US economic growth. Yet, given some perspective, these fears seem very unwarranted from a market and economic impact point of view.
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+Another reason the effect is minimal is only  would be impacted. The affected rates are only on —issued after July 1, 2012. Preexisting loan rates are unaffected.
+But this all assumes July 1 comes and rates shoot higher. And that’s a speculative bet at best. Just last year, Congress faced the  on this exact topic—a looming automatic rate hike on July 1. Yet, when push came to shove, a last-minute extension was passed on June 29. Hence,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Miami-Heat-Custom-black-adidas-Road-Jersey-13241/ Miami Heat Custom black adidas Road Jersey], it seems there’s plenty of time to figure out a deal before the automatic rate increase occurs, particularly given Congress's penchant for last minute can-kicking.
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+== Leonard Pitts- Bitter decision from high court ==
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+Or, as Georgia Rep. John Lewis put it when I spoke with him Monday, "Can history repeat itself?"
+Lewis was the great hero of the battle for voting rights, a then-25-year-old activist who had his skull broken by Alabama state troopers on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, while leading a march against the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, morals tests, economic intimidation,[http://cgi.members.interq.or.jp/rap/takepee/i/epad/epad.cgi?res=5954 The Most Important Factor of SEO Services], clubs, guns and bombs to deny black people the ballot. The law he helped enact required states and counties with histories of voting discrimination to seek federal approval before changing their voting procedures. (Those that behaved themselves for a decade could be released from that requirement.)
+The court struck down the formula the law uses to determine where discrimination lives (and therefore, which jurisdictions should be covered), saying the data are too old to be reliable. As Chief Justice John Roberts noted in writing for the majority, the country has changed dramatically since that era. African-American electoral participation is at levels undreamt of in 1965.
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+So what now? Lewis says we must push Congress for legislation to "put teeth back in the Voting Rights Act." Given that this Congress is notorious for its adamantine uselessness, that seems farfetched, but Lewis insists bipartisan discussion is already underway.
+Fine. Let us demand that bickering, dysfunctional body do what is needed. But let us -- African-Americans and all believers in freedom -- also serve notice that, whatever lawmakers do, we will not stand placidly by as history repeats and citizenship is repealed, but that we will energetically resist by every moral means.
+Saying that, I hear the ghostly echo of those who, once upon a generation, marched into southern jails, singing "Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around." It is an ancient song of defiance that feels freshly -- sadly -- relevant to our times.
+Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. E-mail, .</html>
+== Ultimate Rockets  White saga ends in trade to 76ers ==
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+== Brazilian ETFs Drop as Protests Rage 0 ==
+<html>Protests continue to rage across Brazil with no immediate end in sight. on June 21 over 60,000 people took to the streets in the nation’s capital of Brasilia and left the Foreign Ministry “in a state of destruction.” Protests are raging across the rest of the country as well, with major uprisings reported in S?o Paulo and Rio de Janiero.
+The protests initially began as a result of popular discontent over a 20 Real (approximately $0.10) hike in public bus fares, which started in Rio and then spread into a full-blown national movement. In fact, many of the protester’s signs read "twenty cents was just the start." Complaints about class inequality and billions spent by the government on the upcoming World Cup have further disenfranchised Brazillians, and in response the Brazilian people have taken to the streets.
+Brazil's markets are responding negatively.
+Immediate Economic Aftermath
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+And unsurprisingly, Brazilian ETFs are suffering. The largest and most popular Brazilian ETF iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) is down one percent at 43.46, and is down over 20 percent over the last three months. ETF Global X BrazilMid Cap (BRAZ) is down 1.76 percent to 12.48. And Global x Brazil Financials is getting rocked: it's down to $10.36 a share, for a 4.6 percent total loss.
+Resolution
+One of the main differences between the protests in Brazil and the unrest in Turkey that began in May is the fact that the Brazilian government is sympathetic to the demands of the protesters. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is a former Marxist guerilla,[http://park7.wakwak.com/~nymidi/cgi-bin/Y1dicPbUXGVlxwg5TR4vX/light.cgi?res=486 Ever before Been Advised You aren't High-quality A],[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/2013-2014-Club-Team-Chelsea-Blank-White-Kids-Jerseys-31055/ 2013-2014 Club Team Chelsea Blank White Kids Jerseys],[http://www.nbycys.com/bbs/boke.asp?oranjijmm25.showtopic.11995.html Why you should hire a SEO agency], and was swept into office in 2011 on a leftist platform. Rousseff applauds the direct action of the people, and said in a nationally televised address "The direct message from the streets is for more citizenship, better schools, better hospitals, better health, for direct participation," she said in a nationally televised address. "My government is trying and committed to social transformation."
+Rousseff called an emergency meeting to try to end the protests quickly as possible � the movement has already disrupted pre-World Cup matches at the Confederations Cup. The disruption is already being viewed as a national embarrassment.
+Brazil Going Forward
+Brazillian government has already capitulated to some of the protesters demands, notably rolling back that plan to raise bus fares that ignited the movement. The next big call to Rousseff is to end the corruption and cronyism that became endemic during her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration. Lula oversaw broad social reforms and the rise of Brazil to a major economic superpower. Rousseff ‘s administration on the other hand has seen a May Standard and Poor report downgrading Brazil to a “negative outlook” and the Bovespa losing over a third of its value.
+Rousseff is still one of the world’s most popular presidents � her approval rating pre-protests was sky high (low 70s). A lot of her popularity stems from her social reforms that raised people up a class level while the Brazil’s economy has dwindled. But she now faces perhaps her toughest balancing act yet as the protests swell to over a reported one million people and the Brazilian economy continues to struggle.
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