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Heath was sentenced to five years of probation that includes drug testing and that Heath must comply with court and mental health restrictions. |
A new study suggests southwest Missouri’s Christian County is the state’s healthiest county….and Pemiscot County, in the bootheel, is the poorest in health. |
The study has been done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. |
he report highlights differences between the two counties — 45 percent of children in Pemiscot County live in poverty, more than three times the percentage in Christian County. More than one fourth of the Pemiscot County adults say they are in poor or fair health, more than double the rate in Christian County. Pemiscot... |
The top ten counties, as rated by the survey, are Christian, Platte, St. Charles, Johnson, Atchison, Ralls, Osage, Clay, Moniteau, and Boone. The ten least healthy counties (starting with last and working back): Pemiscot, Dunklin, Ripley, New Madrid, Reynolds, Butler, Washington, Iron, Wayne, and the City of St. Louis. |
The study considers four categories of factors — health behavior, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment. |
Want to see how your county faired? Click on your county to see the specifics at http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/missouri. |
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. |
The federal appeals court in Atlanta has struck down an Alabama law that would have allowed criminal prosecutions of doctors who performed a commonly used procedure for second-trimester abortions. |
The so-called “fetal demise” law would have required doctors to perform additional procedures before conducting a dilation and evacuation abortion, in which the fetus is removed in pieces with forceps and suction. |
Chief Judge Ed Carnes, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, cited evidence that found the additional procedures required by the Alabama law can put a mother’s health at great risk. Moreover, they are largely untested and difficult to perform, he noted. |
Such problems place unconstitutional obstacles in the path of women seeking abortions before the fetus attains viability, Carnes wrote. |
The ruling was remarkable in that one judge in the majority, Senior Judge Joel Dubina, wrote separately to say flatly he believes that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case legalizing abortion, has no basis in the Constitution. And Carnes, who wrote the majority opinion, appeared to condemn dilation and evacuation abortions. |
Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. |
Both Carnes and Dubina said they must follow precedents set by the nation’s highest court. |
Anti-abortion and abortion rights groups in Georgia had been eagerly awaiting the outcome of the case. If the 11th Circuit had upheld Alabama’s fetal-demise law, it would have allowed lawmakers here to enact a similar statute without fear of it being overturned in the Atlanta court. |
Georgia’s attorney general Chris Carr had joined attorneys general from more than 20 other states in a legal brief asking the 11th Circuit to uphold Alabama’s law. |
Alabama could appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy could lead to a much more conservative court. |
Abortion opponents are hopeful that could mean the justices may reconsider all, or part, of Roe v. Wade. Senate Hearings on Kavanaugh’s nomination have not yet been scheduled. |
Alabama lawyers had argued that “fetal demise” could be accomplished a number of ways before a dilation and extraction procedure was used. These include severing the umbilical cord or injecting potassium chloride or the medication digoxin into the fetus. |
But Carnes cited a lower-court judge’s findings that each of these procedures carry significant health risks to the mother, such as infections, cardiac arrest and hemorrhage. As a result, Alabama’s law puts too many undue burdens on women seeking abortions, unconstitutionally restricting their access to the procedure, ... |
Boston, MA – Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of the internationally known Brattle Book Shop in Boston’s Downtown Crossing section, will give a free and open talk on Tuesday, March 26, 1:30 pm at Woods Hole Public Library, 581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA. The event is cosponsored by the Library and the Woods Hole Historic... |
Ken, who is also a frequent guest appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, will talk in part about the history of his historic bookshop (www.brattlebookshop.com), which goes back to circa 1825. He is a second-generation owner. |
Ken will talk about and show some of his favorite finds and describe some of the joys of the "hunt," as well as explain what makes a book go up in value. He has many fascinating anecdotes to share as well as guidelines for what to look for when starting a collection. There is also a Q&A session before the conclusion of... |
Following the talk and question-and-answer session, he will give free verbal appraisals of all books that attendees have brought with them or will do so at his shop in Boston. |
Yankee Magazine Editor's Choice Award for Best of New England, the Brattle Book Shop is one of America’s oldest and largest antiquarian bookstores. 2019 is the 70th year of Gloss family ownership. Kenneth Gloss succeeded his late father, George Gloss, a well-known figure both in Boston and national antiquarian circles.... |
Among the many organizations in which Kenneth Gloss is a member is the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the New England Antiquarian Booksellers of America, the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers Association, the Committee for the Bo... |
The Brattle Book Shop is proud to have been a contributor to the WGBH Annual Auction each year that the station has held this fund drive. Ken has appeared as a guest appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow numerous times over the years and has been a popular guest on WBZ Radio as well as other radio, TV, and cable stations... |
For further information about this talk and more about book-collecting, appraisals, and future talks, call the Brattle Book Shop toll-free at 800-447-9595, or visit their website, www.brattlebookshop.com. To learn of some of Ken’s more fun and unique finds, listen to Brattlecast, his new podcast: http://www.brattlebook... |
BEVERLY HILLS, CA; July 23, 2014 — Today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, PBS Digital Studios in collaboration with Pemberley Digital announced that “Frankenstein, M.D.,” a multiplatform adaptation of the classic novel Frankenstein, will premiere with three episodes on the PBS Digital Studios Yo... |
“Frankenstein, M.D.” is the first scripted series for PBS Digital Studios and reimagines the title character as Victoria Frankenstein, an obsessive, eccentric prodigy determined to prove herself in the male-dominated fields of science and medicine. Her medical experiments are revisited in a modern university setting. |
Victoria Frankenstein is a Ph.D./MD student focused on a career as a research scientist. With her colleague Iggy DeLacey (based on the iconic character “Igor”) and mentor, Dr. Waldman, the ambitious, daring genius is flipping the script and creating a new (self-titled) YouTube science show, explaining complex biologica... |
Joe Hanson, Ph.D. biologist and host of PBS Digital Studios series “It’s Okay To Be Smart,” will serve as a science consultant for the series. The series is filmed at YouTube Space LA. |
“Frankenstein, M.D.” will join PBS Digital Studios’ lineup of critically acclaimed series, including Webby-Award winning “PBS Idea Channel” hosted by Mike Rugnetta; “Blank on Blank,” which animates lost interviews from cultural icons such as Grace Kelly, John Lennon and Tupac Shakur; and a reboot of “Pancake Mountain,”... |
An innovative web video production company that specializes in the adaptation of classic works onto the new media format, the company utilizes not only YouTube, but other social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, LOOKBOOK and others to tell an enriched and immersive story that trans... |
The PBS Digital Studios network on YouTube includes more than 30 online original series, including more than a dozen co-productions with PBS member stations across the country, designed to engage, enlighten and entertain online audiences. The PBS Digital Studios network has more than one million subscribers and has gen... |
MCALESTER, Okla._The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says they've had their first case of a drone being used to smuggle contraband into a prison. |
Around 9:00 a.m. Monday, on-duty staff at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester noticed an unmanned aerial vehicle lying upside down on facility grounds. After talking to a shift supervisor, they determined the UAV hit the razor wire, lost control and crashed. |
According to security at the facility, the package containing the contraband was suspended under the drone with fishing line. The package contained: two 12-inch hacksaw blades, a cellphone, a cellphone battery, a hands-free device, two packages of Newport Cigarettes, two packages of Black & Mild cigars, two tubes of su... |
The Department of Corrections says this smuggling attempted is the first reported incident in the state of its kind. |
"I applaud and commend the quick action and diligence on the part of the staff who noticed the UAV that entered the prison grounds," said Robert Patton, DOC director. "We are continuing to take a broad approach to increasing awareness in dealing with contraband at all of our facilities statewide. We must maintain vigil... |
Patton mentioned other states have seen the use of UAVs in smuggling attempts and has been directing staff and security personnel to stay attentive for similar attempts. |
The UAV has been turned over to the DOC's Office of the Inspector General for further investigation. |
Texas is a long way across, and the state allows speed limits of up to 85 mph on its most remote stretches of highway. The Texas Highway Patrol last year wrote 3,726 citations for drivers traveling a speed of 100 mph or more. |
In July, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ticketed 21 motorists for driving more than 100 mph. One driver was going 135 mph. |
More than 300 drivers in Chicago clocked in at 40 mph or more over the posted limit in 2010. |
We are a nation with a heavy right foot. But some of us have feet made of lead. |
Not all speeding tickets are created equal. The heavier that lead foot gets, the more severe the consequences. In such cases, your speeding fine will be the least of your worries. |
Get tapped for a 100-mph ticket, and in many states you'll automatically face a reckless driving charge. Several states levy hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in administrative fees and penalties. |
And your insurer will react exactly as you'd expect: with a dramatic increase in your car insurance rates. |
Speed increases the distance a vehicle travels before its driver can react to an emergency, and it increases the distance needed to stop once a driver can hit the brakes. And it greatly increases the amount of energy released in a collision. When impact speeds rise from 40 mph to 60 mph--an increase of 50 percent--the ... |
Speeding was a factor in 31 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths in 2009, the IIHS says. That's 10,591 deaths related to speed. |
It would be impossible to tell you how much any given ticket might cost you. It varies with the laws of the state, the jurisdiction within the state and even the mood of the specific officer who pulled you over. |
In most states, the fee associated with a speeding ticket increases in proportion with the degree to which you are exceeding the speed limit. |
Of course, it also matters where you speed. Keep yourself in check in school zones and construction zones, or expect hefty fines. |
On the upper reaches of your speedometer, your wallet becomes fair game. |
Georgia last year passed a law targeting "super speeders." Who is a super speeder? Anyone caught driving more than 75 mph on a two-lane road or 85 mph on a freeway. Those drivers get to pay an additional $200 on top of the speeding ticket fine (which can reach $1,000 all by itself). Tennessee is reportedly considering ... |
At a certain point, you're not getting a ticket for speeding anymore. |
In California, if a driver is caught at a speed above 100 mph, the infraction becomes a misdemeanor and possibly a reckless driving citation, says Pete Moraga, spokesman for the Insurance Information Network of California. Being caught at that speed also results in an automatic suspension of the driver's license f... |
Over 100 mph in Minnesota and California. |
Other states look at how much you're over the posted limit before labeling you reckless, ranging from 15 mph over the limit in Arkansas to 36 mph over in North Dakota. |
In all states, your license can be suspended or revoked if you have enough points on your record or the offenses are severe enough. Some states up the ante by charging drivers with bad records an annual "driver responsibility fee." |
At least four states--Michigan, New York, New Jersey and Texas--charge an annual fee to drivers with excessive points. In Michigan, drivers face yearly fees that range from $100 a year for seven moving-violation points to $1,000 a year for a DUI. Other states' programs are structured similarly. |
Then there's the issue of being tossed in jail: Half of the states allow for jail time for speeding, with the maximum sentence ranging from three days in Nebraska and Washington, D.C., all the way up to a year in many others. In general, jail time is completely up to the judge in any particular case. |
The nature of the offense determines the impact on your car insurance coverage, says Carole Walker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. |
"A higher-speed ticket often includes additional charges, such as reckless driving, that also carry higher points," she says. The citation "will likely affect your insurance premium and could even result in you losing your insurance, particularly with a preferred company that may consider you too high a risk." |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the cost of speed-related crashes is more than $40 billion each year. |
To get an idea of what a Dukes of Hazzard-quality ticket does to your car insurance premiums, we ran insurance quotes for a 23-year-old male driving a 2011 Honda CR-Z, comparing rates for drivers with no violations to rates for drivers with a single speeding ticket for 20 mph or more over the limit. |
We also ran quotes adding a prior violation, assuming that if you just got busted for 100-mph-plus, it's probably not your first rodeo. |
A single violation 20 mph or more over the limit is enough to move the needle in all five states we sampled, with increases in rates ranging from 14 percent to 44 percent. If we add a previous minor speeding violation to the mix, the jump is even more emphatic. A sample rate in Middleton, Ohio, went from $1,136 a year ... |
Meredith Viera’s debut as daytime talk-show host yesterday clocked a preliminary 1.7/5 metered market primary run average — up 41% from the shows it replaced in its time slots last year at this time. That’s the second-biggest increase over year-ago time periods for a talk-show premiere in nine years, behind only Steve ... |
Meredith won its time slot in five of the Top 20 markets: Detroit (WXYZ at 3 PM), Phoenix (KTVK at 11 AM), Minneapolis (KSTP at 2 PM), Miami (WTVJ at 2 PM, and Sacramento (KCRA at 2 PM). |
The show’s two best metered markets were: Birmingham, on WBRC at 2 PM, where it clocked a slot-winning 4.9/11 — more than triple time slot rival Wendy Williams (1.5/3) and up 96% from the station’s year-ago time period average; and Fort Myers, on WINK at 3 PM, where Meredith notched a first place 4.4/11, up 109% from t... |
Among women 25-54, Meredith opened with a 0.6/4 demo average — even with its September 2013 time periods — but clocked notable spikes in some markets, including a 400% year-to-year rise in Los Angeles (KNBC at 2 PM), and a 209% hike in Baltimore (WBAL at 11 AM), where the debut scored its best demo stats: 3.4/25. |
Meredith is the first entry of the 2014-2015 rookie first-run strips to bow; yet to debut are The Real and Hot Bench on September 15, and Celebrity Name Game on September 22. |
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Robert J. Johnson "Black," 38, of Lubbock passed away Friday, May 20, 2011. He was born May 27, 1972, to the late R.C. Willard and Barbara Sterling.He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Troshonda Johnson; children, Anisha and Jermaine Perryman, Robert James Johnson Jr., Jeremiah Perryman, Robert Charles Johnson, Aa... |
It’s Day 4 of the 2019 Alberta election campaign trail. Here’s what the province’s political parties are doing today. |
UCP Leader Jason Kenney was in Edmonton Friday where he visited the Trans Mountain pipeline Edmonton terminal to detail his party’s plan to “fight back” against foreign anti-oil special interests. |
Kenney said there is “undeniable proof” of a long-term foreign campaign against Alberta oil development. |
Kenney said an elected UPC will create a well-funded war room to respond in real time to the “lies and myths” surrounding Alberta oil and gas. It will have a $30-million budget, Kenney said, and will establish a media presence around the world. |
Kenney said the UCP would also fund a $10-million litigation fund for pro-development First Nations who want to go forward with oil and gas industry development. |
On Thursday night, the UCP nominated Leila Houle as the party’s candidate in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. |
“Leila brings with her a deep commitment to advocating on behalf of Indigenous Peoples, having spent her career working to advance these important issues,” Kenney said in a news release Thursday. |
Houle was previously vying for the UCP nomination in Edmonton-West Henday and was caught up in a storm of controversy when members of Soldiers of Odin — an anti-immigration, white nationalist organization — showed up at a constituency association pub night. |
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley began her day in Calgary Friday where she announced a plan to invest $1 billion from Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan to build a major new upstream reservoir on the Bow River. |
According to a Friday news release, conceptual assessments of three project options are already underway. |
“The 2013 floods forever changed our province. Lives were lost, people were displaced, and homes and businesses were destroyed,” said Notley, in the news release. |
The announcement was live streamed on her Facebook page. |
Later this afternoon, she took part in a photo op at 1:45 p.m. at the Benevity Inc. building in downtown Calgary before heading up to Edmonton for a Leader’s Speech at 6:15 p.m. at the Edmonton-Meadows campaign office, 5165 55 Ave NW. |
This is an unprecedented stampede of stupid. |
The Senate has decided they won't be stopping in Alberta to listen to Albertans about Bill C-48. |
Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel started his day at the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant, 1668 56 Ave SW, in Calgary where he made an announcement to support children’s dental health by expanding provincial insurance to cover annual dental check-ups for every Alberta child aged 12 and under. |
Their plan also seeks to place a greater focus on prevention and will advocate to municipalities to include fluoride in the drinking water. |
Later, Mandel stopped at the Uplands Recreation Centre, 20 Hawkside Rd NW, in Calgary for a meet and greet with Calgary-Edgemont constituents. |
Alberta Liberal Party Leader Dave Khan unveiled plans Friday to get future pipeline projects built, including the Trans Mountain Pipeline, but also renewed calls to get the Energy East pipeline project going again. |
Khan also commented on Bill C-69 calling it “deeply flawed” and promised that an Alberta Liberal government would scrap the NDP’s oil-by-railcar plan. |
“The oil industry has already said it’s a bad idea. We don’t want Alberta taxpayers stuck with another multi-billion dollar NDP boondoggle,” Khan said. |
The rest of the evening will be spent door knocking in Calgary-Mountain View and making calls from 3-6 p.m., and more door knocking and meetings with candidates from 6-9:00 p.m. |
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