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Prime real estate sells as Liberty Center spurs new development

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LIBERTY TWP.

First, Cabelas announced plans to open an outdoor sporting goods store in West Chester Twp. off Liberty Way. Most recently, a different, multi-million land deal closed in October on property facing Liberty Way.

With construction in full swing on the mega retail complex Liberty Center, the expected fall out that Liberty Center would spur unprecedented development of surrounding property appears to be taking shape.

Liberty Center is the $350 million shopping, dining, residential and office complex under construction for a fall 2015 opening at the intersection of Interstate 75, Ohio 129 and Liberty Way. Its being developed by Steiner + Associates of the Columbus area. Construction started earlier in 2014 on more than 1 million square feet encompassing about 65 acres, and the project is described as one of the largest developments in Butler County history.

Great Traditions Land & Development Co. of Sharonville revealed in June plans to develop retail and dining on 18 acres off Liberty Way in West Chester Twp., directly across the street from Liberty Center, that would be anchored by Cabelas Inc. And in August, Cabelas confirmed it would start construction shortly, with intentions to also open in the fall of 2015.

I think (Steiner + Associates) is creating a great project that will be a real game changer for that entire area, Thomas Humes, president and chief executive officer of Great Traditions, said during a June interview. I think that has a wonderful spillover effect to the other areas. Our goal is to make sure that our project very appropriately complements their project.

Earlier this month, three parcels of land in Liberty Twp. sold, nearing $17 million altogether, east of the Liberty Way interchange. Contact information for the buyer, Cox Road Investments LLC, was not immediately available. No plans for development have been submitted to the township since the transactions were finalized on Oct. 3 and Oct. 7, according to Caroline McKinney, the townships economic development director.

When THE WEB Extreme Entertainment opened in 2010 in Liberty Twp., the move was predicated on the anticipated opening of Liberty Center, said Owner Jerry Weber.

Weber started the laser tag business in 1999 in Fairfield and relocated to Liberty Twp. where THE WEB, at 7172 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, now has laser tag, indoor go-kart, bowling, and a restaurant in one place. He says they have about 70 full- and part-time employees.

Were very excited, Weber said. Once that Liberty Center project goes through, all of a sudden well be a destination.

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Former commissioner, Libertarian battle for south Charlotte seat

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Eric Cables bid to become North Carolinas first Libertarian legislator pits him against Republican Dan Bishop in a GOP-dominated district.

One will succeed Rep. Ruth Samuelson, who opted not to run for a fifth term representing House District 104 in south Charlotte. Democrats didnt run a challenger.

Bishop, a lawyer specializing in business litigation, served as a Mecklenburg County commissioner from 2004 to 2008. He says those experiences, and a lifetime in Charlotte, give him a deep understanding of local issues that utopian politics cant match.

Im conservative, but I believe you have to temper ideology with practical experience, he said.

His Libertarian opponent, who lost a run for Charlotte City Council last year, says voters are eager for a new political approach.

People are pulling away from both sides, but more from the Republicans, Cable said. There are people who are getting fed up with extremism from both sides.

The districts profile suggests a steep uphill battle for Cable, whos counting on Democrats and independent voters to turn out. Nearly 40 percent Republican, the district has only 235 registered Libertarians.

Bishop, 50, says Republicans in charge of North Carolinas legislature since 2011 have rightly started rebuilding the states economy with limited government, lower tax rates and fewer regulations.

The big challenge over the coming years will be that the changes that have been made need to be able to play out, he said. You have to let that have the effect of drawing businesses in to the state and incentivizing businesses to grow.

He supports the teacher pay raises legislators granted this year but says the teacher career ladder needs reform. He says legislators were right not to expand Medicaid amid the Obamacare disaster and prescribes market competition to improve health care and lower costs.

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Surf's up in Hawaii after hurricane Ana grazes islands (+video)

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Honolulu Hawaii residents watched, waited, and hoped for the best as a hurricane lost force but churned dangerously close early Sunday, threatening to batter several islands with wind and rain.

HurricaneAna has been spinning on a parallel path southwest of the island chain for several days, and officials have opened emergency shelters and cancelled flights in precautions that come against the backdrop of a threat that hasn't materialized.

As Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell warned those on Oahu not to let their guard down, people at Waikiki Beach jumped into the ocean to surf big waves generated as Ana passed.

"Every time we have a hurricane," said 23-year-old, island resident Emile Meder, "we know it's going to be good."

West of Oahu, on the smaller island of Kauai where hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in 1992 the threat was considered more serious.

"Those of us that were here during that time remember, and so we are very cautious," Mary Daubert, a county spokeswoman, said Saturday. "Until she's passed us, we all have to remain vigilant."

The center of hurricaneAna was about 120 miles south of Kauai and 125 miles southwest of Honolulu early Sunday, the National Weather Service said. The hurricane packed sustained winds of 80 mph, but the storm has lost some momentum, moving along at just 6 mph, compared with 14 mph earlier.

Three emergency shelters were opened on Kauai as the National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning for the island and said the eye was coming closer than first predicted. A tropical storm watch remained in effect on Oahu but has been lifted for Maui, Lanai and the Big Island.

Meanwhile, the weather service issued a hurricane watch for parts of the remote northwestern Hawaiian islands, saying hurricane conditions are possible sometime late Monday around the island of Nihoa in a largely uninhabited marine sanctuary.

Since the tempest grew to hurricane force Friday, the center has remained more than 100 miles from land.

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Honolulu Hawaii residents watched, waited, and hoped for the best as a hurricane lost force but churned dangerously close early Sunday, threatening to batter several islands with wind and rain.

HurricaneAna has been spinning on a parallel path southwest of the island chain for several days, and officials have opened emergency shelters and cancelled flights in precautions that come against the backdrop of a threat that hasn't materialized.

As Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell warned those on Oahu not to let their guard down, people at Waikiki Beach jumped into the ocean to surf big waves generated as Ana passed.

"Every time we have a hurricane," said 23-year-old, island resident Emile Meder, "we know it's going to be good."

West of Oahu, on the smaller island of Kauai where hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in 1992 the threat was considered more serious.

"Those of us that were here during that time remember, and so we are very cautious," Mary Daubert, a county spokeswoman, said Saturday. "Until she's passed us, we all have to remain vigilant."

The center of hurricaneAna was about 120 miles south of Kauai and 125 miles southwest of Honolulu early Sunday, the National Weather Service said. The hurricane packed sustained winds of 80 mph, but the storm has lost some momentum, moving along at just 6 mph, compared with 14 mph earlier.

Three emergency shelters were opened on Kauai as the National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning for the island and said the eye was coming closer than first predicted. A tropical storm watch remained in effect on Oahu but has been lifted for Maui, Lanai and the Big Island.

Meanwhile, the weather service issued a hurricane watch for parts of the remote northwestern Hawaiian islands, saying hurricane conditions are possible sometime late Monday around the island of Nihoa in a largely uninhabited marine sanctuary.

Since the tempest grew to hurricane force Friday, the center has remained more than 100 miles from land.

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Duty-free islands exempted from GST – Ahmad Maslan

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LABUAN, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- Duty-free islands of Langkawi, Tioman and Labuan will be exempted from the Goods and Services (GST), said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan.

He said the tax exemption would benefit the islands and residents and would not have a negative to their economy.

Addressing a GST briefing here today, he said the government would take measures to ensure that the transition from the Sales and Services to the GST from April next year would not be drastic to ease the burden of the people.

He said the government would strengthen the GST Enforcement Unit with an addition of 2,270 members, 1,300 Price-Watch Team members and 202,800 Consumer Squad members as well as the inclusion of 579 penghulu and penggawa.

"The Price watch team, made up of consumer associations, have been allocated funds to monitor profiteering by traders," he said.

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Children's genes affect their mothers' risk of rheumatoid arthritis

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Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan press@ashg.org 301-634-7346 American Society of Human Genetics @GeneticsSociety

BETHESDA, MD A child's genetic makeup may contribute to his or her mother's risk of rheumatoid arthritis, possibly explaining why women are at higher risk of developing the disease than men. This research will be presented Tuesday, October 21, at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Rheumatoid arthritis, a painful inflammatory condition that primarily affects the joints, has been tied to a variety of genetic and environmental factors, including lifestyle factors and previous infections. Women are three times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than men, with peak rates among women in their 40s and 50s. Certain versions of the immune system gene HLA-DRB1, known collectively as the shared epitope alleles, are associated with the condition. HLA genes are best known for their involvement in the immune system's response to infection and in transplant medicine for differentiating between one's own cells and those that are foreign.

The female predilection of rheumatoid arthritis strongly suggests that factors involved in pregnancy are involved, said Giovanna Cruz, MS, graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and first author on the new study.

"During pregnancy, you'll find a small number of fetal cells circulating around the mother's body, and it seems that in some women, they persist as long as several decades. Women with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to have this persistence of fetal cells, known as fetal microchimerism, than women without the condition, suggesting that it is a potential risk factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis," Ms. Cruz said. "Why it happens, we don't know, but we suspect HLA genes and their activity may be involved," she explained.

The researchers analyzed the genes of women with and without the shared epitope or other forms of HLA genes associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis, and their children. They found that having children with these high-risk alleles inherited from the children's father increased the women's risk of rheumatoid arthritis, even after accounting for differences among the mothers' genes. These results showed that beyond a woman's own genetic risk of rheumatoid arthritis, there is additional risk conferred by carrying and bearing children with certain high-risk alleles.

"We don't yet understand how the shared epitope and other HLA alleles influence rheumatoid arthritis risk, but one possibility is that interactions between the proteins these genes encode may stimulate the autoimmune symptoms of the disease," Ms. Cruz said. In other words, a woman's immune system may detect proteins produced by the fetus and mistakenly tag lingering fetal cells as a threat, causing an immune reaction and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition to explaining why women are at increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis, the findings may lead to new ways of assessing a woman's risk of disease depending on whether her children or partner carries high-risk versions of genes, an area of research that Ms. Cruz and her colleagues are planning to explore. Other future research includes genetically analyzing multiple generations of rheumatoid arthritis cases, including mothers of people with the disease, and further exploring the role of HLA-encoded proteins and microchimerism.

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