Keurig Green Mountain Announces Reporting Date for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2014 Results - Yahoo Finance
1 hour ago Done WATERBURY, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., (Keurig) ( GMCR ), a leader in specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages with its innovative brewing technology, today announced it has received notification from The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is closing the previously disclosed four-year inquiry into accounting and disclosure matters at the Company and would not be recommending any enforcement action against the Company or any of its current or former employees. Since 2010, we have voluntarily cooperated with the government in an open and fulsome manner and we are very pleased to have this matter closed, said Brian Kelley, Keurigs President and CEO. Throughout this time, every Keurig employee stayed focused on delivering innovative beverage solutions that consumers embrace as part of their daily routines. This led to exceptional quality, convenience and choice for consumers, with more than 275 beverage varieties and over 50 brands in the Keurig brand family. AboutKeurig Green Mountain, Inc. As a leader in specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages, Keurig Green Mountain (Keurig) ( GMCR ), is recognized for its award-winning beverages, innovativebrewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. The Company has inspired consumer passion for its products by revolutionizing beverage preparation at home and in the workplace.Keurigsupports local and global communities by investing in sustainably-grown coffee and by its active involvement in a variety of social and environmental projects. By helping consumers drink for themselves, we believe we can brew a better world.For more information visit: www.KeurigGreenMountain.com . To purchase Keurigproducts visit: www.Keurig.com or www.Keurig.ca . Keurigroutinely posts information that may be of importance to investors in the Investor Relations section of its website, www.KeurigGreenMountain.com , including news releases and its complete financial statements, as filed with the SEC. The Company encourages investors to consult this section of its website regularly for important information and news. Additionally, by subscribing to the Company'sautomatic email news release delivery, individuals can receive news directly fromKeurigas it is released. KGM-G, KGM-US
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posted: October 18 WASHINGTON (AP) They have health insurance, but still no peace of mind. Overall, 1 in 4 privately insured adults say they doubt they could p posted: October 15 LOS ANGELES (AP) At one point during "Fury," the World War II drama starring Brad Pitt out Friday, a tank commander's head is blown off whil posted: October 15 Christopher Michel/ Olean Times Herald Four Mile Brewing eyes spring opening Four Mile Brewing, at 202 E. Green St., Olean, is expected to open in the spring possibly with the help of a $90,000 grant. Kate Day Sager/ Olean Times Herald Four Mile Brewing eyes spring opening (From left) Gregg Piechota, Jaye Beattie and Nicholas Bohdanowycz, partners of Four Mile Brewing, serve samples of their beer at a recent Business After Hours at Rock City Park. Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:18 am Four Mile Brewing eyes spring opening By Christopher Michel and Kate Day Sager/ Olean Times Herald Olean Times Herald | 0comments OLEAN Like a fine cask ale, good things take time. The return of commercial brewing to Olean after nearly a century is one of them. Four Mile Brewing is not opening this fall as originally planned. But dont worry, the brewery will be churning out craft suds soon enough. Right now, were just waiting for some finances to get in order, said Gregg Piechota, Four Miles founder and head brewer. But we are still planning to open. I know a lot of people have heard that were not, but we are. Were looking at opening at some point in the spring. Currently, Mr. Piechota is waiting to find out if the brewery, which will call 202 E. Green St. home, will get a $90,000 grant from the state to continue work renovating the facility. Were hoping to hear something in October, he said. Wed like to use the money to buy a growler filling machine and other equipment for our tap room. In the coming weeks, giant holding tanks that can store as much as 930 gallons of beer are expected to be delivered to the brewery followed by fermentation tanks and other beer brewing equipment in December. Mr. Piechota hopes to start brewing test batches in January and hold several soft-opening events. We really want to hold our grand opening in the spring, he said. Thatll give us time to get used to our equipment and get the tap room and beer garden ready. Earlier this year, Mr. Piechota and brewery partners Jaye Beattie and Nicholas Bohdanowycz spent their spare time renovating their future brewery. Weve basically had to completely gut the entire building, Mr. Piechota said. There were a lot of walls we had to take down. Four Mile will make its home at the same building where the Olean Brewing Co. operated more than a century ago. Olean Brewing opened sometime in 1907. At that time, the brewery was considered one of the finest in the country, reported the Olean Evening Herald, as the facility boasted modern machinery powered by electricity and gas to make Olean Beer. The brewery also featured a bottling plant and a machine that could produce 80 tons of ice daily. The brewerys operations were short-lived, as it closed after 13 years of business, sharing the fate of many breweries across the country when the 18th Amendment, better known as Prohibition, made alcohol production virtually illegal in the United States. In the decades that followed, the brewery severed several other purposes, mostly as a storage facility. Past owners include Sanzo Beverage Co. and the former Olean Lumber Co. Despite the delay in Four Miles opening, excitement for the return of commercial brewing in Olean has not been lost. Local business people gathered this past week at the Business After Hours event, sponsored by the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce at Rock City Park, and sampled test batches of Four Mile Brewings beer. The fact that there is a local brewery opening up here is really awesome, said Amy Sanzo of Sanzo Beverages, Olean. When they open up, whether they employ five people or 50 people, it will be a good thing. Local artist Joan Pingitore said she also enjoyed sampling the product and is happy the brewery plans to open in March. I think theyre exciting and good-quality brews. Theyre very robust flavors, Ms. Pingitore said. Nate Smith, owner of the Worth W. Smith hardware stores in the area and a member of the citys Common Council, said he was pleased the brewery is still making plans to open. Four Mile Brewing was nice enough to come up here (to Business After Hours) and give out samples, he said. Theyve been a focal point and everyone has been over there at the brewery display. Im thrilled theyre coming, and its exciting for the whole city. (Contact reporter Christopher Michel at cmichel@oleantimesherald.com . Follow him on Twitter, @OTHChris. Contact reporter Kate Day Sager at kates_th@yahoo.com .)
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SPORTS BRIEFS: Duryea Little League to meet Sunday, Oct. 19 - Times Leader - timesleader.com
and Fourth St. Yard sticks decorate the walls. The beer taps are made from old tools he found in the basement. And there's even a band saw at the end of the bar. "What we wanted to do is offer a window to the past without building a shrine to the business that was here," Blodgett told NewsChannel 13 on Friday. Blodgett and his fiancee are also planning to open a corner deli and marketplace in the building, along with seven new loft apartments above the stores. A Burlington, Vt. native who grew up in California, Blodgett went to school at RPI and returned to Troy three years later to live -- and invest -- in the city. BREWERY OPEN Kevin Mullen, who is leasing space in the building, tells a similar story. A Colorado native, Mullen followed his wife here when she enrolled in grad school. Instead of returning to her home state of Washington, they stayed and opened Rare Form Brewing Co. in another part of the former hardware store. "We thought... after grad school, we would head back over to Seattle, and somewhere over there open the brewery, but we fell in love with the area," he said. Rare Form, which opened on May 30, brews and serves eight craft beers. Four of them are distributed to bars in Brooklyn, Kingston, and the Capital Region. BUILDING BACK Close to 40 new businesses have opened in Troy since September 2013, bringing more than 250 jobs, according to City Hall. In addition, there are 90 new residential units. The growth comes as the city wrestles with violence. A January bar brawl and an April shooting spree happened just a block away from Blodgett's building. There have also been high-profile crimes in Lansingburgh, including the suspicious fire that killed a pregnant woman in April and a double homicide in August. But Blodgett, who hopes to open "The Shop" by the end of the month, said those incidents do not deter him; they encourage him to make Troy a better place. "Call it a Renaissance," Blodgett said, sitting at his new bar. "Call it a redevelopment. Call it a reclaiming. Call it what you want, but, yes, absolutely."
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Samuel Hurcombe, clinical associate professor, equine emergency and critical care, Department of Clinical Sciences College: Veterinary Medicine Academic focus: Equine emergency surgery and critical care medicine, with a clinical and research focus on disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical mentorship and education of graduate veterinarians in internship positions as well as referring equine veterinarians. Previous positions: Assistant professor, equine clinical, emergency and critical care, The Ohio State University, 2010-14. Academic background: B.S., veterinary biology, (2001); B.V.M.S. (2003), both at Murdoch University, Australia; M.S., The Ohio State University (2008). Last book read: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. In his own time: Running, yoga, discovering New York City, travel, outdoor activities, classical music. Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, assistant professor, finance, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management College: Agriculture and Life Sciences Academic focus: How investors behave and how market frictions sometimes allow market prices to deviate from their corresponding fundamental values. Previous positions: Assistant professor, finance, Purdue University, 2009-14. Academic background: B.S., finance and international studies, University of Reutlingen, Germany (2004); Ph.D., finance, Emory University (2009). Last book read: The Size of Nations by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore. In his own time: Enjoying spending time with my fiance. Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor, agribusiness and farm management, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management College: Agriculture and Life Sciences Academic focus:Agribusiness and farm management, with an emphasis on critical issues facing the farm sector and farm policy. Research has considered the impact of government policies on farmland markets. Current work examines how crop insurance affects access to credit and the impact of groundwater management institutions on cropland values. Previous positions: Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, 2011-14; junior professional associate, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Rural Development and Natural Resources Sector Unit, 2003-05. Academic background: B.S., international, resource and consumer economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2002); M.Phil., land economy, University of Cambridge (2003); Ph.D., agricultural and resource economics,University of California, Berkeley(2011). Last book read: Expecting Better by Emily Oster. In her own time: Getting to know Ithaca and the Finger Lakes region, preparing for the birth of my birth of my first child in October. Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor, astronomy College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Characterization of extrasolar planets, search for the signature of life on other worlds. Previous positions: Research associate, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2010-14; research group leader "Super-Earths and Life," Star and Planet Formation Department, Max Planck Institute, Germany, 2010-14; lecturer, astronomy, Heidelberg University, Germany, 2010-14; lecturer, astronomy, Harvard University, 2008-14; research associate, astronomy, Harvard, 2009-10; postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Smithsonian, 2005-09; consultant, AURORA Technology, Netherlands, 2003-04; engineer, Department of Future Projects, ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands, 2001-02. Academic background: M.Sci., astrophysics, Karl Franzens University, Austria (1999); M.Eng., biophysics and application of physics in medicine, University of Technology, Austria (2001); Ph.D., astrophysics, Karl Franzens University, Austria (2005). Last book read: They Divided the Sky by Christa Wolf and Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. In her own time: Playing with my daughter, coffee with friends, movies, salsa, reading, exploring the worlds. Soo Kim, assistant professor of marketing College: Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Academic focus: Symbolic consumption, consumption as compensation for self-threats, self-perception, boredom, consumer search for meaning in consumption, and cause marketing. Previous positions: Teaching assistant for the MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2010-12; teaching assistant, communication, Cornell, 2007-09. Academic background: B.A., psychology with minor in advertising and public relations, Ewha Womans University of South Korea, (2007); M.S., communication; Cornell (2009); Ph.D., marketing; Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (2014). Last book read: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt. In her own time: Watching shark documentaries, flipping through interior design magazines, online shopping and watching the Walking Dead. Athena Kirk, assistant professor, classics College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Greek literature. Previous positions: Assistant professor, Classical studies, Indiana University, 2013-14; Mellon Junior Faculty Fellow, Classics, Washington and Lee University, 2012-13; visiting lecturer, Classical studies, Wellesley College, 2011-12. Academic background: A.B., Classics, Harvard College (2003); M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2011), both in Classics, University of California, Berkeley. Last book read:At Days Close: Night in Times Pastby A. Roger Ekirch. In her own time: Cooking, music, ambling. Ross Knepper, assistant professor, computer science College: Computing and Information Science Academic focus: Advanced factory automation and automated assembly, enabling autonomous robots to function safely and comprehensibly alongside humans in environments structured for people. Previous positions: Research scientist and postdoctoral associate, Distributed Robotics Lab, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-14 and 2011-13, respectively; software engineer, National Robotics Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004-06; systems software engineer, Hewlett-Packard, 2000-03. Academic background: B.S. computer science, (1999); M.S., robotics (2007); Ph.D. robotics (2011), all at Carnegie Mellon University. Last book read: Einsteins Clocks and Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time by Peter Galison. In his own time: Traveling the world, bicycling, hiking, camping, observing nature, Euro-style gaming. Clarence Lee, assistant professor of marketing College: Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Academic focus: Digital marketing strategy, entrepreneurial marketing, interactive media, econometric models and statistical machine learning. Previous positions: Research assistant, developed website morphing technology, MIT Center for Digital Business, 2006-08. Academic background: S.B. and M.Eng., both in electrical engineering and computer science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008); Ph.D., business administration, marketing; Harvard Business School (2014). Last book read: Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson. In his own time: Running, kayaking and Game of Thrones marathons with my wife. Adam Seth Litwin, associate professor of industrial and labor relations, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History College: ILR School Academic focus: Technological change and the structure of work; employment relations mediators of the impact of technological change on workers, firms, and society; labor relations in the healthcare sector. Previous positions: Assistant professor of management, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 2008-2014; joint appointment, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2012-2014. Academic background: B.S. in economics, public policy and management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1998); B.A., American history, School of Arts and Science, University of Pennsylvania (1998); M.Sc., industrial relations, London School of Economics (1999); Ph.D., Institute for Work and Employment Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008). Last book read: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer. In his own time: Chasing after my toddler and my mutt, banging the drums, and bringing good cheer. Greg Londe, assistant professor, English College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Twentieth and 21-century Anglophone literature; poetry and poetics; Irish studies; global print culture. Previous positions: Assistant professor/Faculty Fellow of Irish Studies, New York University, 2011-14. Academic background: B.A., English literature and American culture studies (2003) and M.A. (2005), English, both at Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., English, Princeton University (2011). Last book read: Kepler by John Banville, The Feel Trio by Fred Moten, Cosmopolitics by Isabelle Stengers. In his own time: Hiking in inappropriate footwear, being in or around water, finding the perfect driving songs, inhaling seasons of television, visiting new cities, reading poems, learning Bosnian. Jay Lu, assistant professor, economics College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Economic theory, decision theory, finance Previous positions: Investment banking analyst, Credit Suisse, 2006-08. Academic background: B.A., biology, mathematics, economics, Cornell (2006); M.A. (2010) and Ph.D. (2014), both in economics, Princeton University. Last book read: Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould. In his own time: Traveling, classic cinema, shooting pool, running, biking (downhill only). Jason Manning, associate professor, mathematics College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. Previous positions: Associate professor, 2011-14, and assistant professor, 2006-11, both in mathematics, University at Buffalo; Taussky-Todd/NSF postdoctoral fellow, mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 2003-06. Academic background: B.S., mathematics, B.A., Plan II, both University of Texas, Austin (1996); Ph.D., mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara (2003). Last book read: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami. In his own time: Brewing, baking, walking/running in the woods. Julia Markovits, associate professor, philosophy College: Arts and Sciences Academic focus: Philosophy, especially moral philosophy. Previous positions:Associate professor, 2013-14, and assistant professor, 2009-13, both in philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; junior fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 2006-09. Academic background: B.A., philosophy, Yale University (2001); B.Phil. (2003) and D.Phil. (2006), both in philosophy, University of Oxford. Last book read: American Short Fiction, Issue 57, a triennial journal publishing new American short fiction. In her own time: Watching sports, rooting for the Spurs and the Cowboys, playing sports (badly!), cooking and eating, reading mystery novels. Carmen Enid Martinez, associate professor, soil and environmental chemistry, crop and soil sciences, School of Integrative Plant Science College: Agriculture and Life Sciences Academic focus: Chemical and biogeochemical processes involved in the cycling of major, trace and toxic elements in terrestrial ecosystems; molecular scale investigations of the interactions of organic matter at mineral surfaces; biomolecular signature in soils. Previous positions: Associate professor of soil and environmental chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002-13. Academic background: B.S., chemistry, University of Puerto Rico (1988); M.S., environmental chemistry (1991) and Ph.D., soil chemistry (1997), both at Rutgers University. Last book read: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. In her own time: Enjoying the outdoors. Brett J.
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Welcome new members of the Cornell faculty, 2014-15 | Cornell Chronicle
19 Last updated: October 18. 2014 2:45PM - 596 Views Story Tools: The Duryea Little League will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19 at the VFW on Stephenson Street. All coaches are asked to attend. PA Field Hockey Booster Club The Pittston Area Field Hockey Booster Club will hold an important meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the high school cafeteria. Plans will be finalized for the end of season banquet. Banquet returns and basket donations can be made at this time. Clothing orders may also be picked up in the cafeteria. PA boys bball parents meeting The Pittston Area Boys Basketball Parents Association will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the high school cafeteria. All parents/guardians of boys in 7th through 12th are invited to attend. The upcoming fundraiser will be discussed. The Redners Market and Susquehanna Brewing Company fundraisers will be on Nov. 29. Wyoming Area Lacrosse clinic Wyoming Area boys and girls lacrosse teams will hold a lacrosse clinic on Sunday, Oct. 19 on the lower lacrosse field. Registration is at 11 a.m. and the clinic will run from noon to 2 p.m. The clinic will be run by members of the WA boys and girls organizations. The seminar is open for both boys and girls grades 7th through 12th. The clinic will be non-competitive and will include skills and drills sessions to get kids introduced to the sport of lacrosse. Instructions will be given on how to pass, cradle, catch and shoot. These drills will be geared towards not only those who have played before but also those who are new to the sport. As for gear, all players will need a stick (extra sticks will be available on a limited basis. To reserve one, please email Rob Switzer at rjswitzer@verizon.net), mouth guard and spikes. Helmets and gloves are not required but can be brought to the clinic. Equipment can be purchased at a local sporting goods store (Dicks, Susquehanna Valley Sports, etc.). Questions can be directed to Rob Switzer at rjswitzer@verizon.net or Carl Deluca at carlreeree@verizon.net. In the Spring of 2015, Wyoming Area will field its first varsity lacrosse teams. Cost for each clinic is $20 per child and includes a T-shirt with registration. Participants can pre-register for the clinic by printing off a registration form located on the organizations Facebook group page WA Lacrosse and mailing it back to the address on the bottom of the form. WA Wrestling Club signups Wyoming Area Wrestling Club will hold elementary wrestling sign-ups for the upcoming season. Any elementary student in grades K-6 who lives in the Wyoming Area School District is eligible to join. Sign-ups will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. near the gymnasium at the Wyoming Area High School on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Cost is $50 per wrestler and $25 for each additional child living in the same household. Bring proof of residency and a copy of the childs birth certificate. Practice will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 28. For more information, contact Jennifer Heck at 570-466-5267. Patriot baseball fundraiser at SBC The Patriot Baseball Booster Club is having a fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 at the Susquehanna Brewing Co. in Pittston. For tickets, call 570-883-0760, 570-655-6508 or 570-655-0203. There will be food, beverages, and raffles. All proceeds will benefit the Patriot baseball program. Wyoming Area boys basketball fundraiser The Wyoming Area boys basketball parents association will hold a fundraiser at Susquehanna Brewing Company, 635 Main St., Pittston, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30. Cost is $20 per person and tickets can be purchased at the Wyoming Area Secondary Center Gym from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. There will be basket raffles and a 50/50. Food and complimentary beer will be provided by SBC. For more information, contact Lisa Nardell at 570-237-6143, Jennifer Bonita at 570-510-2242, Doreen Zezza at 570-881-4448 or Erin Brogna at 570-332-7832. ELLL Board election The Exeter Lions Little League will hold meetings for the nomination and election of the 2015 board at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Scout Home on Lincoln Street in Exeter, nominations will be accepted for next years board positions. The election will occur during the Sunday, Dec. 14 league meeting at 6 p.m. at the same location. Any questions concerning nominations or voting can be directed to the Leagues Vice President, John Morgan at morgiemm@verizon.net. Additional contact information can be obtained at www.exeterlionslittleleague.org. Wyoming Area girls basketball The Wyoming Area Girls Basketball Parents Association is holding a Vera Bradley Bingo Fundraiser at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9 in the Wyoming Area Secondary Center cafeteria, 20 Memorial Street, Exeter. Tickets are $20 and will be available at the door, but seating is limited. To purchase tickets in advance or for more information, call 570-362-1680. Contribute
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WHO faulted for Ebola failures as Obama taps czar | abc7chicago.com
Its own experts failed to grasp that traditional infectious disease containment methods wouldn't work in a region with porous borders and broken health systems, the report found. "Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall," WHO said in the report, obtained by The Associated Press. "A perfect storm was brewing, ready to burst open in full force." The agency's own bureaucracy was part of the problem, the report found. It pointed out that the heads of its country offices in Africa are "politically motivated appointments" made by the WHO regional director for Africa, Dr. Luis Sambo, who does not answer to the agency's chief in Geneva, Dr. Margaret Chan. After WHO declared Ebola an international health emergency in August, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped in and had the United Nations take overall responsibility for fighting and eliminating the virus, among other things setting up an emergency response mission based in Ghana. Dr. Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, agreed that WHO acted far too slowly. "It's the regional office in Africa that's the front line," said Piot, interviewed at his office in London. "And they didn't do anything. That office is really not competent." WHO declined to comment on the document, which was not issued publicly, and said that Chan would be unavailable for an interview with the AP. She did tell Bloomberg News that she "was not fully informed of the evolution of the outbreak. We responded, but our response may not have matched the scale of the outbreak and the complexity of the outbreak." Meanwhile, Obama moved to step up the U.S. response to the disease, naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, as the administration's point man on Ebola. Klain is a longtime Democratic operative who also served as a top aide to Vice President Al Gore. He does not have any medical or public health expertise. But the White House said he would serve as "Ebola response coordinator," suggesting his key role will be to synchronize the actions of many government agencies in combatting the disease. "This is much broader than a medical response," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, citing Klain's experience in the private as well as public sector and his relationships with Congress. "All of that means he is the right person for the job, and the right person to make sure we are integrating the interagency response to this significant challenge," he said. Republican lawmakers continued pushing the administration Friday to consider restricting travel to the U.S. from the three Ebola-stricken West African countries. But despite Obama's statement Thursday that he was not "philosophically opposed" to such a ban, Earnest affirmed the White House's resistance to such a move. Republican Mike Leavitt, a former health secretary under President George W. Bush, said Friday that he sees "lots of problems" with such a ban. While it may seem like a good idea, Bush administration officials who considered it to contain bird flu concluded that it would not work, while raising a host of difficult questions about who would be allowed to travel. Other nations have taken steps to prevent travelers from the affected areas from crossing their borders. The Central American nation of Belize announced that it would immediately stop issuing visas to people from West African countries where Ebola had spread. U.S. officials continued their efforts to contain the fallout from the nation's first reported case of Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian traveler who died last week at a Dallas hospital. Officials said they were working to remove a hospital worker - who had handled an Ebola lab specimen - from a Caribbean cruise ship, although she had gone 19 days without showing any sign of the infection. The Carnival Cruise Lines ship was headed back to its home port of Galveston, Texas, on Friday after failing to get clearance to dock in Cozumel, Mexico, and officials in Belize would not allow the woman to leave the ship. The lab worker and her spouse were in isolation and she is "not deemed to be a risk to any guests or crew," a cruise line spokeswoman said. Doctors at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland said that a Dallas nurse, Nina Pham, brought there for Ebola treatment was very tired but resting comfortably Friday in fair condition. "We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said. Another nurse to contract Ebola, Amber Vinson, was being treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Her uncle and family spokesman, Lawrence Vinson, said in a statement Thursday night that she was stable. "She followed all of the protocols necessary when treating a patient in Dallas, and right now, she's trusting in her doctors and nurses as she is now the patient," he said.
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It was 1985 or 1986 and we barely knew what the word microbrew meant. I was a college student and home brewer living in Bellingham. One Saturday, my roommate and I went to something called a microbrew festival. Its a stretch to call it a festival; we were among the five or six people who showed up. I met some interesting people from the beer world that day; people who became legends and helped shape what we now know as the craft beer industry. Ill spare you the name dropping. Among the would-be legends, I met a nice woman named Rose Ann Finkel, who at the time was part of a company called Merchant du Vin. A few years later, Rose Ann and her husband Charles opened Pike Brewing Company . Today, Pike Brewing Company celebrates its 25th Anniversary at the brewery in Seattlea big, sold out event. Delivering the first keg of Pike Pale Ale on October 17, 1989. When I pause and think about where I am now, sitting here writing about beer, I consider all the different turns my life has taken in so many different directions leading me to this place. It hasnt always been about beer. It mostly hasnt been about beer. But here I am. And there is Rose Ann and Pike Brewing. At the time, you never could have convinced me that nearly 30 years later I would remember that event in Bellingham, in an atrium next to a bar called Bullys, with such fondness and in such detail. At the time, it just seemed like a cool way for a couple college kids to spend a Saturday afternoon before moving on to the next thing. Without knowing it at the time, it was a monumental moment. Did that single event really have such an impact on my life? Is it coincidence that Im sitting here writing this? Maybe. Its impossible to tell. So, whats my point? We never know what is going to end up being important. Try to pay attention as life roars by, knowing that it is almost impossible to recognize what will end up being the most monumental moments. For whatever reason, and in different ways, breweries can become part of our lives.
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Obama picks Ebola czar to coordinate U.S. response - TwinCities.com
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers and the Obama administration debated the value of restricting travelers from entering the U.S. from countries where the outbreak began, without a resolution. Obama moved to step up the U.S. response to the disease, naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, as the administration's point man on Ebola. Klain is a longtime Democratic operative who also served as a top aide to Vice President Al Gore. He does not have any medical or public health expertise. But the White House said he would serve as "Ebola response coordinator," suggesting his key role will be to synchronize the actions of many government agencies in combatting the disease. "This is much broader than a medical response," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Republican lawmakers continued pushing the administration to consider restricting travel from Ebola-stricken countries. In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential aspirant, said he had asked Obama by phone to place those who have had direct contact with Ebola patients on the federal no-fly list. Republican Mike Leavitt, a former health secretary under President George W. Bush, said he sees "lots of problems" with such a ban. While it may seem like a good idea, Bush administration officials who considered it to contain bird flu concluded that it would not work. Other nations have taken steps to prevent travelers from the affected areas from crossing their borders. Among them was the Central American nation of Belize, which said it will stop issuing visas to people from West African countries where Ebola had spread. With Secretary of State John Kerry renewing pleas for a "collective, global response" to a disease that has killed more than 4,500 people in Africa, the WHO draft report pointed to serious errors by an agency designated as the international community's leader in coordinating response to outbreaks of disease. The document -- a timeline of the outbreak -- found that WHO, an arm of the United Nations, missed chances to prevent Ebola from spreading soon after it was first diagnosed in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea last spring, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of information. Its own experts failed to grasp that traditional infectious disease containment methods wouldn't work in a region with porous borders and broken health systems, the report found. "Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall," WHO said in the report. "A perfect storm was brewing, ready to burst open in full force." The agency's own bureaucracy was part of the problem, the report found. After WHO declared Ebola an international health emergency in August, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had the United Nations take overall responsibility for fighting and eliminating the virus, among other things setting up an emergency response mission based in Ghana. U.S.
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