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WEST LIBERTY, Iowa - Tom Roberts spent Saturday getting rid of his flood damaged furniture.
"I'm old enough I shouldn't be doing this," Roberts said while yanking the couch from the flatbed of his truck.
Last weeks flood waters left two inches in his basement. Roberts said he has seen worse, though.
"That ain't nothing. I had ten inches back in '08 and 2010. This ain't nothing in this town. It floods all the time," Roberts said.
Officials estimate about 350 West Liberty homes were damaged by the latest round of high water. Repair costs are reaching into the thousands of dollars for many. The blame is too much rain falling on already saturated soil.
Homeowner Mary Larson cried when she saw what water did to her home.
"Oh there were a few tears. Just a few," Larson said.
Shes left with a pile of what used to be the walls of her basement. Larson estimates damage is around $10,000, all from just a couple inches.
"Once it reaches the drywall and the paneling, it just becomes a thousand square feet of sponge," said Larson.
The city is chipping in to help with the cleanup. Saturday, officials had large dumpsters available for debris at the Dutton Sports Complex.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.-- After teaming with Craig Stadler for two runner-up finishes in three tries at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf, Jeff Sluman decided it was time for a change.
He called Brad Faxon nearly two years ago to court him as a teammate for the Champions Tour's annual team competition, and the new pairing paid off on Sunday as they combined for a final-round 7-under-par 65 to finish at 23-under for a one-stroke victory at the Club at Savannah Harbor.
"I had a wonderful four, five years with Stads and all that, but like everything else, it was time," Sluman said.
When Sluman called Faxon on Aug. 1, 2011, Faxon -- who was becoming eligible for the Champions Tour -- was flattered yet somewhat perplexed. Sluman's voice came over the line as a whisper. Asked why he was speaking so softly, Sluman replied, "I don't want Stads to know."
Sluman and Stadler had partnered for the Legends tournament for 2008, 2009 and 2011, with runner-up finishes in the first two events highlighting those appearances.
After tie for third in their debut as a team last year, Sluman and Faxon came through in the better-ball format this time with each earning $230,000 of the winner's purse. Sluman's earnings pushed him past the $25 million mark for his professional career.
Fred Funk and Mike Goodes combined for a 63 and Gene Sauers and Kenny Perry had a 62 to finished in a tie for second, one shot behind.
Stadler and teammate Kirk Triplett came to the final hole needing a birdie to force a playoff, but both missed the fairway off the tee, which forced them to play aggressively around the green. They made bogey, dropping them into a tie for fourth, two shots behind the winners.
"We had a great time, but I know we both were really frustrated because we really had a chance to win this thing," Triplett said. "We played like a couple guys that hadn't been in contention very much."
Sunday's windy conditions and difficult pin positions impacted play as well. The Legends is contested on a low, flat course located on an island in the middle of the Savannah River, just upstream from the Atlantic Ocean. Only three teams broke 65 Sunday after 13 teams shot 64 or better in the second round.
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Robert Sarvis Speaks to Libertarian Party of Virginia - April 21, 2013
The Libertarian Party of Virginia held a special state convention on April 21, 2013, at the Waynesboro City Council chambers, for the purpose of nominating s...
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Since his anti-drone filibuster, Kentucky Sen.Paul has been celebrated as the leader of the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. But there are limits to his belief in national security limits.
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Indeed, his latest explanation of his objections to using drones on American soil shows he actually believes in incredibly broad police power. "Here's the distinction I have never argued against any technology being used against having an imminent threat, an act of crime going on," Paul told Fox Business Network Tuesday,The Hill reports. "If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in cash, I don't care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him. But it's different if they want to come fly over your hot tub, or your yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone, and they want to watch your activities."
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Maybe you find it comforting that Paul opposes drones spying on Americans in hot tubs. But his example of a liquor store robber is unsettling. His hypothetical comes into play after a crime is committed, and not when innocent people are in danger ("comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50").A policeman can use deadly force if he thinks his life is threatened. But a drone, by definition, cannot have its life threatened. A drone doesn't issue a verbal warning "Stop or I'll shoot!" or a warning shot. Most models for theescalation of force has have several warning steps before firing.
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Fresh China-Japan Tension Over Disputed Islands
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Amazing Thailand. Great views of Phiphi Islands and Maya beach. Having fun swimming and snorkeling.
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BEIJING - The first Chinese tour ship to visit disputed South China Sea islands set sail on Sunday, state media reported, a move likely to stoke a long-running territorial row between Beijing and its neighbors.
Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in China's development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington.
Vietnam and China have a longstanding territorial row over the Paracel Islands. Hanoi last month accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats which had sailed in disputed waters in the area.
Up to 100 passengers paid a ticket price between 7,000 yuan ($1,135) and 9,000 yuan for the four-day voyage, which is set to become a monthly or twice monthly trip if the maiden trip proves successful, the Global Times said.
Only passengers in "good health, which includes having a normal weight" are permitted on the trip, the newspaper added, in a report which cites the Shanghai Morning Post.
The plan to allow cruise tours follows rapid development of infrastructure in a new city -- Sansha -- along with the establishment of an army garrison in the Paracels last year.
A named commentary in the Global Times defended the decision to allow tourists to visit the islands, which are known as Xisha in China.
"China's Xisha tourism has nothing to do with its neighboring countries," said Ju Hailong, a research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Jinan University, in the southern city of Guangzhou.
"Those who want to manipulate China's moves to make trouble are not admirers of international law and regional security."
Officials earlier this month confirmed they would open up the Islands to tourism.
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BEIJING:The first Chinese tour ship to visit disputed South China Sea islands set sail on Sunday, state media reported, a move likely to stoke a long-running territorial row between Beijing and its neighbours.
Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in China's development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington.
Vietnam and China have a longstanding territorial row over the Paracel Islands. Hanoi last month accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats which had sailed in disputed waters in the area.
Up to 100 passengers paid a ticket price between 7,000 yuan ($1,135) and 9,000 yuan for the four-day voyage, which is set to become a monthly or twice monthly trip if the maiden trip proves successful, the Global Times said.
Only passengers in "good health, which includes having a normal weight" are permitted on the trip, the newspaper added, in a report which cites the Shanghai Morning Post.
The plan to allow cruise tours follows rapid development of infrastructure in a new city -- Sansha -- along with the establishment of an army garrison in the Paracelslast year.
A named commentary in the Global Times defended the decision to allow tourists to visit the islands, which are known as Xisha in China.
"China's Xisha tourism has nothing to do with its neighbouring countries," said Ju Hailong, a research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Jinan University, in the southern city of Guangzhou.
"Those who want to manipulate China's moves to make trouble are not admirers of international law and regional security."
Officials earlier this month confirmed they would open up the Islands to tourism.
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BEIJING: The first Chinese tour ship to visit disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) set sail on Sunday, state media reported, a move likely to stoke a long-running territorial row between Beijing and its neighbors.
Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in Chinas development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington.
Vietnam and China have a longstanding territorial row over the Paracel Islands. Hanoi last month accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats which had sailed in disputed waters in the area.
Up to 100 passengers paid a ticket price between 7,000 yuan ($1,135) and 9,000 yuan for the four-day voyage, which is set to become a monthly or twice monthly trip if the maiden trip proves successful, the Global Times said.
Only passengers in good health, which includes having a normal weight are permitted on the trip, the newspaper added, in a report which cites the Shanghai Morning Post.
The plan to allow cruise tours follows rapid development of infrastructure in a new city Sanshaalong with the establishment of an army garrison in the Paracels last year.
A named commentary in the Global Times defended the decision to allow tourists to visit the islands, which are known as Xisha in China.
Chinas Xisha tourism has nothing to do with its neighboring countries, said Ju Hailong, a research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Jinan University, in the southern city of Guangzhou.
Those who want to manipulate Chinas moves to make trouble are not admirers of international law and regional security.
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A graphic and vivid official account of how the Solomon Islands plunged into civil war a decade ago has been leaked after the government there refused to release it saying they feared its contents would bring tragedy back to the nation.
It contains horrific first hand accounts of the massacres staged by a now imprisoned warlord, Harold Keke.
It reveals around 200 people died in the conflict largely on the main island of Guadalcanal and there were hundreds of cases of abduction and torture in the unrest between 1998 and 2003.
The commission found that the great majority of victims were innocent civilians.
It only ended when New Zealand, Australian and Pacific forces occupied the Solomon Islands to bring peace to its 550,000 people.
The government created a Truth and Reconciliation Commission but Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo refuses to release the final report so it has instead been leaked by one of its members, Bishop Terry Brown, a former Anglican Church of Melanesia head.
In a statement Bishop Brown says threats have been made in connection with the report and he say the government claims its release will re-ignite ethnic tension.
"I do not believe this," he says, saying proper recognition of the victims needs to take place.
Painful as the recollection may sometimes be it would help bring about the lasting justice, peace, reconciliation and unity that Solomon Islands so badly needs, he says.
The conflict set the indigenous people of Guadalcanal, home to the capital Honiara, against the internal migrants from Malaita.
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The first Chinese tour ship to visit disputed South China Sea islands set sail, state media reported, a move likely to stoke a long-running territorial row between Beijing and its neighbours.
Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in China's development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington.
Vietnam and China have a longstanding territorial row over the Paracel Islands. Hanoi last month accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats which had sailed in disputed waters in the area.
Up to 100 passengers paid a ticket price between 7,000 yuan ($1,135) and 9,000 yuan for the four-day voyage, which is set to become a monthly or twice monthly trip if the maiden trip proves successful, the Global Times said.
Only passengers in "good health, which includes having a normal weight" are permitted on the trip, the newspaper added, in a report which cites the Shanghai Morning Post.
The plan to allow cruise tours follows rapid development of infrastructure in a new city -- Sansha -- along with the establishment of an army garrison in the Paracels last year.
A named commentary in the Global Times defended the decision to allow tourists to visit the islands, which are known as Xisha in China.
"China's Xisha tourism has nothing to do with its neighbouring countries," said Ju Hailong, a research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Jinan University, in the southern city of Guangzhou.
"Those who want to manipulate China's moves to make trouble are not admirers of international law and regional security."
Officials earlier this month confirmed they would open up the Islands to tourism.
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28 April 2013 Last updated at 23:36 ET
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Russia for the two nations' first top-level talks in a decade.
Discussions are set to focus on energy deals and a territorial row unresolved since the end of World War II.
Ahead of the visit, Mr Abe said he wanted to build "a trusted personal relationship" with President Vladimir Putin.
He also said he wanted to revive talks on a post-war peace deal - something so far prevented by the territorial row.
"I will work on boosting Japan-Russia relations so that this visit will mark a restart in stalled negotiations over a peace treaty," Mr Abe said ahead of his flight to Moscow.
The dispute centres on four islands north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, which Russia calls the Southern Kurils and Japan calls the Northern Territories.
Russia has controlled the islands since Soviet troops seized them from Japan at the end of World War II.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has visited the islands twice in recent years, causing anger in Japan.
In February, Japan scrambled fighters in response to what it said was an intrusion into its airspace by Russian fighters near the islands, as Mr Abe made a speech on the territorial row.
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Starting next year, nearly 5 million uninsured Californians will suddenly have health coverage, due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Sounds great, right? But having insurance doesn't guarantee Californians can actually get care - not if there is a shortage of caregivers.
That's exactly the situation the state faces in 2014. Even now California doesn't have enough primary care physicians. Forty-two of its 58 counties fall short of the federal government's most basic standard.
The California Medical Association wants to build more medical schools and expand opportunities for young doctors. That's a smart plan. But that's not going to be much help to the millions who go looking for a doctor next year and can't find one. Training a doctor takes a decade. That's a long time for a patient to sit in a waiting room.
The chairman of the state Senate Health Committee, Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, has a good idea to help bridge the gap.
A practicing optometrist, he wants to expand the ability of nurse practitioners and other professionals such as pharmacists and optometrists to help treat patients with primary care. Their work would be limited to what they're already qualified to do but often not allowed to do. Changing the rules so that these health care professionals can provide direct service would make better use of their skills and provide at least some care for
Seventeen other states, including Washington, Oregon and Colorado, have expanded the scope of nurse practitioners. Doctors predicted a surge in medical errors, but studies have not found this.
The Institutes of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has recommended for years that nurses should play a larger role in diagnosing and treating patients and in helping to manage chronic diseases.
California already has about 17,000 nurse practitioners. They can be trained more quickly than doctors and at considerably less expense.
Hernandez's legislation, a package of three bills - SB 491, SB 492 and SB 493 - comes up for its first committee hearing Monday in the senate's Business, Professions and Economic Development committee. It's going to be a fight, because the CMA, which represents the state's doctors, is opposed. The association will argue that patient safety will be compromised.
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Editorial: Bills the right prescription for California's health care provider gap
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I do not have a crystal ball, just educated speculation. The Affordable Health care Act, Obamacare, will redefine health care delivery in the United States.
The intent was to provide high quality health care for all Americans, but the unintended consequences may lower quality of care, increase costs and simultaneously bankrupt the system.
Highly educated lawyers and politicians wrote the health care bill. Every word was carefully chosen and scrutinized. The bill was never intended to improve health care. It was specifically designed, with full intent, to facilitate complete government control over the health care system, whatever the cost.
The bill was designed to force people into the ever-expanding Medicaid program, which will in turn become the single-payer National Healthcare Program for all Americans.
We are now experiencing the following consequences of Obamacare:
n The demise of the independent practitioner. Obamacare does not allow for the small independent practitioner. Rules and regulations are so complex that only large groups, corporate medical institutions and hospitals will be able to comply.
The independent personal physicians will not have the financial resources to hire all the administrative personnel to comply with Obamacare mandates.
n Your local physician will be driven out of practice. This was done on purpose. Our government feels the independent practitioner is hard to control. By forcing them out of business the patients will have to go to large institutions.
These institutions will be fully under the control of the federal government by mandated rules and regulations. The government will determine which services you get and more importantly, which services you will not receive. Essentially, total government control of the system independent of the physician.
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn't necessarily intend to revolutionize health care, but that's exactly what happened. Health care has changed dramatically since Steve Jobs first stood in front of an audience to introduce first the iPhone then later the iPad. Much of that change can be directly attributed to Apple.
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Apples and doctors It used to be said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That could still be applicable, but the opposite is true for doctors and Apple. Physicians love their iPhones and iPads.
A study by Manhattan Research in 2011 found that 75% of physicians owned at least one Apple product. Vitera Healthcare's 2012 survey of health-care professionals backed up this high number. The company's study found that 60% of respondents used an iPhone and 45% owned an iPad.
The real revolution, though, has come from how physicians and other health-care professionals are using Apple's devices. Mobile applications opened the door for clinicians to instantly access a world of medical information at the point of care.
For example, WebMD's (NASDAQ: WBMD) Medscape application allows physicians to check drug interactions, look up information about procedures, and see medical news updates on the fly. Medscape ranks first among the most frequently downloaded medical apps for iPhones and iPads.
Yale University's School of Medicine even did away with paper materials for training upcoming physicians. The school provided iPads and wireless keyboards to all of its medical students. Other schools followed suit.
Health eVillages' experience underscores the transformational impact of Apple's technology. The not-for-profit organization provides mobile health technology to medical professionals in areas such as Kenya and Haiti. Lives have been saved that otherwise would have been lost, thanks to doctors in remote areas who use an iPad to access needed information.
Use of Apple's products goes beyond serving as a reference tool, though. An application that allows radiologists to view MRIs as well as CT, PET, and SPECT scans on iPhones and iPads received FDA approval in 2011. More recently, the FDA cleared the way for privately held Welch Allyn to connect its portable ophthalmoscope to an iPhone for doctors to view retinal images using the company's app.
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