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Therapy With Bevacizumab (BEV), Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab and BEV Given as Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Therapy for Women With Locally Advanced HER2 Positive Invasive Breast Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00464646
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 23, 2007
Results First Posted : September 26, 2012
Last Update Posted : July 25, 2014
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|September 26, 2012
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|Therapy With Bevacizumab (BEV), Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab and BEV Given as Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Therapy for Women With Locally Advanced HER2 Positive Invasive Breast Cancer
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|A Phase II Clinical Trial of Epirubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab and Bevacizumab Given as Neoadjuvant Therapy for HER2-Positive Locally Advanced Breast Cancer or Given as Adjuvant Therapy for HER2-Positive Pathologic Stage III Breast Cancer
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The main purpose is to learn if adding bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy and trastuzumab to treat HER2-positive breast cancer will affect heart function. This study will evaluate:
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NSABP FB-5 is a Phase II study for women with HER2-positive invasive breast cancer evaluating a regimen of epirubicin plus cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel plus trastuzumab and bevacizumab in two patient cohorts:
The primary aims of the study are to determine the rate of cardiac events for all patients and the pCR rate in the breast and axillary lymph nodes for Cohort A. Cardiac events will be defined as NYHA Class III/IV congestive heart failure and cardiac death. For Cohort A, secondary aims of the study include determining the rate of pCR in the breast and the cCR rate following the neoadjuvant therapy. The secondary aims also include determining the value of the regimen in improving 5-year RFS and 5-year OS and determining the non-cardiac toxicities of the regimen in all patients.
Patients in Cohort A will receive neoadjuvant therapy consisting of epirubicin plus cyclophosphamide (EC) every 21 days for 4 cycles plus bevacizumab given on Day 1 of Cycle 4 only, followed by docetaxel every 21 days for 4 cycles plus bevacizumab every 21 days for the initial 3 cycles. Patients will also receive weekly trastuzumab beginning with the first cycle of docetaxel and continuing until 1-7 days before surgery. Patients will then have breast surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) with axillary staging. Approximately 4-6 weeks following surgery, bevacizumab and trastuzumab will resume and continue every 3 weeks for 13 doses to complete one year of targeted therapy.
Patients in Cohort B will receive adjuvant therapy consisting of EC every 21 days for 4 cycles followed by docetaxel every 21 days for 4 cycles. Beginning with the first cycle of docetaxel, patients will also receive bevacizumab every 21 days for 4 cycles and weekly trastuzumab until 3 weeks after the last docetaxel dose. Beginning 3 weeks after the last dose of docetaxel, both bevacizumab and trastuzumab will then be given every 3 weeks for 13 doses to complete 1 year of targeted therapy.
Cardiac monitoring will be conducted for both cohorts. For Cohort A, LVEF assessments will be conducted at baseline, post-EC, 2-4 weeks following surgery (about 6 months from study entry), and 9, 12, 15, and 18 months from study entry. For Cohort B, LVEF assessments will be conducted at baseline, post-EC, and 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 months from study entry. The preferred method for LVEF assessment is 2-D echocardiogram; however, LVEF assessment by MUGA scan is permitted.
Patient follow-up will continue for 5 years following study entry.
The FB-5 sample size is 105 patients.
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• Breast reconstruction using tissue expanders or implants at the time of mastectomy.
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The damaging winds of Cyclone Gita battered through Ono-i-Lau and Vatoa, leaving 12 families homeless and 30 families with partially damaged houses.
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VILLAGERS on Vanuatu's outer islands have been warned to expect damaging winds of up to 205kmph as Tropical Cyclone Hola heads south towards New Caledonia.
There are no reports of major damage at this stage.
Philip Meto from the National Disaster Management Office told Radio Australia they had received reports that some buildings had been damaged and trees brought down.
The Category Three system passed through central Vanuatu overnight before taking a more southerly track towards neighbouring New Caledonia.
It is expected to intensify and move closer to New Zealand over the next 48 hours.
TC Hola is moving at 11kmph and has winds of over 100kmph at its centre. Meteorologists say wind speeds will intensify.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Number 11 issued by the Vanuatu Meteorology Department, Port Vila at 9:27am VUT Thursday 8 March 2018 for MALAMPA and SHEFA provinces.
At 8am local time today, Severe Tropical Cyclone HOLA [954hPa] Category 3 was located at 17.0 degrees South 165.8 degrees East. This is about 195 KM west southwest of Malekula and 280 KM west northwest of Efate.
In the past 3 hours, Severe Tropical Cyclone HOLA was moving in a west southwest direction at 11 KM/HR (6 knots).
Sustained winds close to the centre are estimated at 150 KM/HR (80 knots).
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Destructive storm force winds of 110KM/HR (60 Knots), gusting to 160 KM/HR (85 Knots) are expected to continue to affect MALAMPA and SHEFA provinces today and in the next 12 to 24 hours.
Very destructive hurricane force winds of 145 KM/HR (85 knots), gusting to 205KM/HR (110 knots) are expected over Malekula, Epi, Shepherds and parts of Efate.
RELIEF assistance poured in to help resettled hundreds of displaced people at a care centre after evacuation from their island homes following the unprecedented eruption of a dormant volcano off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in January. Swift action by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, East Sepik provincial government and administration enabled the evacuation and relocation of the 691 islanders to the mainland.
The volcano on the island of Kadovar, located about 24 km (15 miles) north of the PNG mainland, began erupting on 5 January. After venting ash for several days, the volcano exploded, blasting out glowing red rocks and sulphur dioxide, the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory said in a bulletin. Kadovar is one of the three Schouten volcanic islands with the other two being Ruprup and Biem in East Sepik province. On 22 January, it was reported that Biem and Ruprup have subsided and remained stable while five volcanic vents had opened up on Kadovar and activities were expected to escalate on the island.
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REBUILDING Vanuatu will take most of the rest of 2015 and the cycloneravaged country needs thousands more shelter kits.
That is one of the major assessments of disaster management experts among the 34 aid organisations that are or were in Vanuatu and these experts described it is as a mammoth task with substantially more aid supplies urgently needed.
Tents and tarpaulins remain in short supply with a revised figure of 188,000 people without adequate shelter and housing.
Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman said the government would provide for the people for at least the next three months.
Natuman said he hoped that the World Food Program would come on board and repeated that food and shelter were the top priorities.
The government revised its figure of 166,000 people affected by Pam up to 188,000 and admitted that the National Disaster Management office faced a huge logistical challenge to get relief supplies to these people.
The chairman of the National Disaster Committee, Jotham Napat, welcomed what he described as the tremendous efforts of the private sector, volunteers and international partners in supplying the roll out of relief supplies to the most affected communities around the country. "
"There has been some transport and logistic issues that have delayed the onward distribution of supplies in some islands and we are working with provincial authorities to sort these out,'' he said.
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IT was like having a massive jet engine sitting beside your head – roaring incessantly like a maniac, hour after hour after hour.
As my wife and I wielded mops through much of the night of Friday, March 13 and into Saturday morning, like thousands of other Vanuatu residents in a forlorn attempt to stem the flooding of our house, the same desperate message kept pulsating through our minds.
When is it going to stop?
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Huja: A sidewalk on every street
Standing in front of the Transit Center with supporters, City Councilor Satyendra Huja details his vision of improved transportation, which includies completion of the Meadowcreek Parkway, one of the most contentious issues of the upcoming August 20 Democratic firehouse primary. Huja favors putting $250K into a bike network, sidewalks in every neighborhood, and he says the most important factor would be more frequent buses at 15-minute intervals. "Who wants to wait an hour for a bus?" he asks.
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The issue is not whether the Meadowcreek Parkway will be built but how. None of the candidates have said once the city portion is being built that they will try to stop it, but I do want to elect officials that will not walk away from the project or refuse to talk about it . I want officials who will make sure they see the plan before construction begins, and that they provide oversight and protection for the neighborhoods that will be flooded with cut through traffic.
I have never understood why any city resident supported this. It bisects the city, makes the 250 bypass dysfunctional ( which it already is at times ) and does not solve the problem of traffic from 29 getting to Pantops or 64. It's a road for county growth that sacrifices a city park and city neighborhoods.
I heard Mr. Caravati trying to scare the voters this morning on WINA saying; if the road doesn't get built we will have to pay the state. I've heard this before, just desperate politicians trying to swing the election to their candidates. They're doing this with the water plan and now they're using the same old political trick - say anything whether it's true or not to win - with the Parkway.
How dumb do they think we are ?
And this is the man that voted with Mr. Brown and Ms. Szakos to spend $15,000 on a fence to close the sidewalk on the Belmont Bridge for pedestrians ?
Politicians are the darnedest bunch --they'll say anything to get elected. And bet we here some whoppers in the next 3 days before the election.
Sidewalks in every neighborhood? If a fence is $15,000, how many billion dollars would that cost?
Sidewalks in every neighborhood. Now that is a novel idea, NOT. That should have been done when the streets were repaired in most cases. Some sidewalks on some streets would detract from the neighborhood. I agree with needing more over sight on the Meadowcreek boon doggle. Now its being changed and nobody knows anything about it. I am tired of over paid cronies who think they are the only ones who know best. Remember they need us in order to lead but we don't need them to lead us.
Can someone sum up the candidates' positions on dredging vs. the dam and pump?
The Meadowcreek Pkwy is under construction right now, they are moving earth south of Melbourne Road. Sadly this all goes back to Park Street residents having an outsize influence on city council in th 1970s and 1980s, when almost every councilor lived in North Downtown. With any sense of justice, the existing corridor would have been used, instead of slicing up the wet bottomland of a park. Well, golf course, but it was beautiful on rainy days. In case you are new to town and haven't noticed, all the 4-lane boulevards of that era are in black neighborhoods and become 2-lane in white neighborhoods. The exception was decided in the late 1980s, when 5th Street between Main St. and Cherry/Elliot was designated historic and the RR bridge was rebuilt without expanding it to four lanes. When Maurice Cox was on council in the 1990s, he used to bang on about speed limits in entrance corridors, which was dog whistle code for complaining that 5th St. at I-64 is 45mph and Greenbrier at East Rio is 25mph, both on the city limits.
The highway should have been Park/Rio, or build public transit instead. Of course, I still want CHO airport to pay for a monorail down US 29 to UVa, now that they have their FAA ticket taxes back (thanks U.S. Senate), but I always want that.
Correction, historic Ridge Street, not 5th St., I always forget that, between Main and Cherry/Elliot.
The city could probably have sidewalks everywhere if they didn't waste money fixing what isn't broke. A friend of mine had his perfectly good sidewalk ripped up and replaced. There was nothing wrong with it. And this friend has no idea why it was done, he certainly hadn't asked for it.
I suspect a Locust Grove Neighborhood Association improvement grant (???) had some money left over, so they had to spend it or lose it. Whoever was in charge of this neighborhood grant totally wasted the money fixing something that didn't need fixing.
Huja care to explain why and how this happened at 1017 Peartree Lane? Tell us why money is being wasted in this city like this please.
And how many city workers does it take to build a sidewalk ?
Mr. Huja has been on council how many years and where are the sidewalks ?
I am amazed at the manpower and trucks I see when they are building one. Most of the workers are not working but standing around. I want new councilors that will challenge the status quo, ask questions, and get to the bottom of what appears to be a bloated inefficient department of city government.
Take a look at the out of town company building the Meadow Creek Interceptor. At the height of the recent heat wave I watched those guys run --yes run --from task to task . I've never seen that in the City.
sidewalks on every road? Where will the money come from with the down economy and slashed budgets?
Not to mention where does the land to build those sidewalks come from? in many cases it would require taking it from peoples front yards. I'm sure most people would object to the city condemning a 10-foot wide strip from their front yard to build a sidewalk. (which would cost a huge chunk of cash just to buy the right of way from private landowners.)
While there are some sidewalk-less roads in the city that definately could use one, most of the residential roads do not need them. I'm always amazed at the beaurocracy that requires sidewalks on sleepy little cul-de-sac's--on both sides no less!
The city already owns that strip of land in almost every case. Historically in Cville, sidewalks were offered as an option with any major building permit on the property. You paid for it either way, but you were allowed to let the money go into a sidewalk fund for other places instead of your own place if you really did not want the sidewalk. I recall something about that may have changed. The most controversial one I can think of was long sidewalk in the few blocks before the last block of Chesapeake Street, going down to architecture land in front of Riverview Park. The street seemed too narrow to wedge in a sidewalk, but they did it. People on one side of the street lost a big strip, and *parking*, but the other, flatter side was left alone. I don't know who owned it, but normally the city does.
My beef is with concrete vs. asphalt. Concrete is much harder on your knees, but it is more durable as a road surface. So why are the streets asphalt and the sidewalks concrete? The beautiful asphalt sidewalk on Georgetown Road in the county was called an eyesore and now is being replaced at great expense. At least we still have the meandering, zeriscaped asphalt walk down McIntire Road, near the recycling center.
Come to think of it, it was a rare tree on one side of Chesapeake that had to be saved, so they did the other side.
Meadowcreek parkway? The arguments against it are all self-serving and fatuous. Yes, the suburban car dependent sprawl is a bad thing in many ways, but it's real and it's here. The Meadowcreek Parkway fits in with new urbanist ideas of providing multiple routes for people to get around in communities, as opposed to everyone living on cul-de-sacs with traffic all flowing into congested arteries. McIntire Rd. is the natural route into downtown and the new Rd. will speed things up and reduce congestion. It's completion is now aligned with destiny; get over it..
As for sidewalks, I'm all for it. Pedestrian access via the safety of sidewalks is a must and I agree with our turbaned mumbler on that.
More frequent buses? Forget that. As it is those diesel belching monstrosities clog the streets (especially 29 north where their major purpose is transporting immigrant workers up and down that corridor) and they are already almost always mostly empty. So Mr. Huja thinks we should waste resources running 4 empty buses per hour instead of one or two? Maybe with his background he'd like to consider jitneys or pedicabs instead of more empty buses. I know more than most about empty buses because I walk and run all over the city and I see them stopping to pick up the lone rider at a bus stop and mostly I see only 1 or 2 other passengers.
It is not just Mr. Huja, it is every politician. They NEVER do anything for anyone except for themselves. Look at the records. Show me one thing that was ever done for anyone by a politician without any caveats attached- votes, back-end payback, a job......you name it- they are all politikwhores...................
1) maybe a property owner of a vacant building on the downtown mall should sue to have the road completed since he pays taxes but cannot rent because traffic congestion deters renters. (makes as much sense as people suing because they want to put a pipe in the creek for 50 feet)
2) In order to build sidewalks the city would have to do an envrionmental impact study for stormwater runoff.
3) It is a ridiculous idea from the word go.
The trouble with sidewalks is that you have to shovel them during snow times or risk a fine. I'd rather not have one. Besides, That's not what I heard Mr. Huja say. To me, it sounded like he said "Every neighbor should carry a sidearm to the mall"
Riddle me this:
1. Who is in charge of neighborhood development?
2. What neighborhood has gotten new sidewalks left and right over the past few years?
3. Where does the guy in charge of neighborhood development live?
well but some of the infrequent nobody dependable,...my boss secretary Lately on youtube Mr. Huja said that. to promote national almond and physical moment.... are steaming sleepy approved them abt clean? now like to see at least sidewalk on every on every side three street we'll settle. especially to the schools. electricity by killings. Partly on the student body of the trails, so they'll save inconvenient to write... the president of prayer, next indias... we also need to establish the next day committee.... and so it goes. and that's not all of it! Ms. Napolean is right!
How exactly is the Meadocreek Parkway supposed to "flood neighborhoods with cut though traffic?" What neighborhoods are on the parkway? I would see this as reducing the flood of cut though traffic in the neighborhoods on park street. And most construction workers cannot tell the difference between an original and a revised engineering plan, let alone a bunch of politicians on a board.
"still living"- Does it have a sidewalk..............
"richard"- are you sure that is what you heard? There is some controversy as to whether he speaks clearly enough at council meetings
Richard, that's funny!! You could put Huja right into an old Firesign Theater album as himself.
No the Parkway will not flood neighborhoods with cut through traffic, but while talking about traffic problems let's talk about the absurd boondoggle called Stonefield. Imagine how bad the intersection of Hydraulic&29 will be with that in place; more ammo for the pro-bypass crowd in Lynchburg, etal.
fix the damn bridge!
"I`m gonna give you candy" ---"Come ona my house" /Rosemary Clooney.Eons ago.
Rod! In one. Totally excellent & succinct.
Sidewalk have long been planned for most if not all streets. Look at the comprehensive plan. The budget to do it is small, so there is a severe limit on what can be done. Huja is simply not telling the truth.
If the Meadowcreek Parkway does get built, 5th/Ridge/McIntire, Main, and Preston and Water will reach unworkable level of clog even on moderately busy days. There are far better ways to spend that money that might reduce rather than increase congestion. Additional busses are an ok idea and might work with some smaller sized busses, but again there is no money in the budget for it, so just another pipe dream to buy last minute undecided votes.
Huja has had a whole term on City Council. What has he actually made happen in that time?Not much really. Time to move on.
Huja is after smaller busses at more frequent intervals. Seems like that is pro environment and pro-equity. Napolean, a supporter of Smith's was just using the opportunity to make a dirty political move to try and influence the election. It =backfired, the whole Council gave him a vote of confidence and this resonates with the Community.
Huja has a record of excellent service and these policy proposals are just more in a clear line of consistent efforts to improve our City.
Vote for Huja on Saturday. At least with him we know we are getting quality. His detractor's candidates will ruin the culture of the city and bring problems. "When people turn on their faucets they expect water not hot air" best humorous line of the entire campaign and we need Huja's sense of humor after all this negative election garbage from the dredgers.
Citizen Party- I do hope that if someone is in a political position that it is not the "vote of confidence" of others in the same position that gets a person elected. If so, then why should there be an election.
Please list what anyone on the current or past council has ever done for anyone except themselves- to get re-elected.........
"Politicians are like diapers, they need regular changing and usually for the same reason"
Charlottesville won an award recently saying it was "walkable". In the 50s you could walk downtown and buy anything you want. Quess what you can't anymore. Yes you can walk downtown and to to a nice food/book court. But when Target comes to town it goes all the way out to the airport. Who would have believed that in 1955 that a department store goes to the airport and no major store is downtown. When Lowe's competitor thinks about coming to the area, Developer Wood wants it across from Lowe's on the other side of the St. The Vinegar hill area was torn up then wasted with no plans. Perhaps a Wal Mart could go into the Frank IX area. If the parkway is built I will use it (not that I'm a big supporter of it) because a lousy job has been done keeping/getting stores within the City limits.
No basic stores downtown: Charlottesville doesn't WANT those stores. If they did, they would still be on the mall. But, no one wanted to shop in them down there and eventually, they all went out of business or moved. I don't shop downtown -- haven't in years. It used to be, downtown was all there was, and everyone had to shop there, then Barracks Road took a lot of the business away, now those big departments stores are gone from Barracks Road as well. I have always lived in the county all my life. I live near Target. It makes my day to travel 10 minutes to shop somewhere pleasant and not to have to travel into Charlottesville, much less encounter the bums, the thieves and the UVA students who think they are the reason for Charlottesville to exist. Buy local? Give us a safe convenient alternative to downtown Charlottesville having most of the local shops and I would.
Wait until all the decent stores at Fashion Square Mall move down to Stonefield. Then Fashion Square will be just like the Circuit City shopping center.
Fashion Square seems to survive. It has survived since the 1970's, with all the building north of town and east of town and I think it is periodically "reinvented" with new trendy stores to come in and take the place of those that leave. It's easy to get stores to come to a large, enclosed mall. It also has the money to keep it going.
My question is - Why hasn't Mr. Huja done anything while on City Council for the last four years???? What was he waiting for???
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Where have you been? He just voted against the Western By-pass. Give credit where credit is due!!!
Vote Huja and Halvin today!!!!
@Karl Ackerman, everyone on Council is against the bypass! You're praising him for one single vote? Huja's not a bad guy, by any stretch of the imagination, but many people who have worked closely with him for many years will tell you that he says one thing and votes another way, always playing it safe. His final litmus test on an issue is how much political harm voting one way will do to him. If it's safe, he'll support an issue, if not, then he runs. He can't be relied on to stick his neck out like Norris and Edwards routinely do.
I don't call shopping at the New Shortpump at Hollymead a pleasant shopping experience. All it did was create more traffic for everyone to drive through. If you wanted backyard convenience you shouldn't have lived in the County.


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New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University School of Law Release Report Documenting Hundreds of Cases of Coerced Medical Repatriation of Undocumented Immigrants by U.S. Hospitals
Medical repatriations of undocumented immigrants likely to rise as result of federal funding reductions to safety net hospitals under Affordable Care Act
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New York, NY, and Newark, New Jersey, December 17, 2012 − Today, the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) at Seton Hall University School of Law and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) released a report documenting an alarming number of cases in which U.S. hospitals have forcibly repatriated vulnerable undocumented patients, who are ineligible for public insurance as a result of their immigration status, in an effort to cut costs. This practice is inherently risky and often results in significant deterioration of a patient's health, or even death. The report asserts that such actions are in violation of basic human rights, in particular the right to due process and the right to life.
According to the report, the U.S. is responsible for this situation by failing to appropriately reform immigration and health care laws and protect those within its borders from human rights abuses. The report argues that medical deportations will likely increase as safety net hospitals, which provide the majority of care to undocumented and un- or underinsured patients, encounter tremendous financial pressure resulting from dramatic funding cutbacks under the Affordable Care Act.
The report cites more than 800 cases of attempted or actual medical deportations across the country in recent years, including: a nineteen-year-old girl who died shortly after being wheeled out of a hospital back entrance typically used for garbage disposal and transferred to Mexico; a car accident victim who died shortly after being left on the tarmac at an airport in Guatemala; and a young man with catastrophic brain injury who remains bed-ridden and suffering from constant seizures after being forcibly deported to his elderly mother's hilltop home in Guatemala.
According to Lori A. Nessel, a Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and Director of the School's Center for Social Justice, "When immigrants are in need of ongoing medical care, they find themselves at the crossroads of two systems that are in dire need of reform—health care and immigration law. Aside from emergency care, hospitals are not reimbursed by the government for providing ongoing treatment for uninsured immigrant patients. Therefore, many hospitals are engaging in de facto deportations of immigrant patients without any governmental oversight or accountability. This type of situation is ripe for abuse."
"Any efforts at comprehensive immigration reform must take into account the reality that there are millions of immigrants with long-standing ties to this country who are not eligible for health insurance. Because health reform has excluded these immigrants from its reach, they remain uninsured and at a heightened risk of medical deportation," added Shena Elrington, Director of the Health Justice Program at NYLPI. "Absent legislative or regulatory change, the number of forced or coerced medical repatriations is likely to grow as hospitals face mounting financial pressures and reduced Charity Care and federal contributions."
Rachel Lopez, an Assistant Clinical Professor with CSJ stated, "The U.S. is bound to protect immigrants' rights to due process under both international law and the U.S. Constitution. Hospitals are becoming immigration agents and taking matters into their own hands. It is incumbent on the government to stop the disturbing practice of medical deportation and to ensure that all persons within the country are treated with basic dignity."
More information about this issue can be found at medicalrepatriation.wordpress.
com, a NYLPI- and CSJ-run website that monitors news and advocacy developments on the topic of medical deportation.
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New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) advances equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, disability rights and environmental justice, through the power of community lawyering and partnerships with the private bar. Through community lawyering, NYLPI puts its legal, policy and community organizing expertise at the service of New York City communities and individuals.
About the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University School of Law
The Center for Social Justice (CSJ) is one of the nation's strongest pro bono and clinical programs, empowering students to gain critical, hands-on experience by providing pro bono legal services for economically disadvantaged residents in the region. The cases on which students work span the range from the local to global. Providing educational equity for urban students, litigating on behalf of the victims of real estate fraud, protecting the human rights of immigrants, and obtaining asylum for those fleeing persecution are just some of the issues that CSJ faculty and students team up to address.


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Los Angeles ranked worst city for dog attacks on mail carriers
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the U.S. city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the U.S. Postal Service said.
California's biggest city accounted for 69 such attacks in fiscal 2012, which ended in September, compared with 42 attacks each in Seattle, Washington, and San Antonio, Texas, which tied for second place. Chicago ranked third with 41 attacks.
The Postal Service said there were 5,879 dog attacks on U.S. postal carriers in the United States that year.
In 2011, Los Angeles led the pack with 83 dog attacks on mail carriers, but the city has placed in the top 20 for many years, Postal Service spokeswoman Eva Jackson said on Thursday.
San Diego and Houston ranked second and third, respectively, in 2011, Jackson said.
The year-round fair weather of cities like Los Angeles and San Diego could be a factor, she suggested. "People are out more with their dogs, things like that."
But towns such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis and Buffalo, New York, all ranked in the top 20 this year as well.
No particular breeds of dogs were singled out in the report. And Jackson said the problem lies not so much with vicious dogs but as with absent-minded or careless pet owners.
"All dogs can bite, and it's a dog's natural instinct to protect its territory and protect its owner," Jackson said. "So if you're out front with your dog who is a very nice dog, and they're not on a leash, and all of a sudden a letter carrier comes up ... their natural instinct is to go get that guy. He's on my territory."
Jackson said homeowners should keep their dogs behind closed doors or in a backyard behind a fence when their mail is delivered, or when school children or other unfamiliar people are nearby.
She cited statistics showing that dog bites account for more than a third of all U.S. homeowners' insurance liability claims.
The latest Postal Service rankings came about a week after a 63-year-old woman was mauled to death by four loose pit bulls while walking alone in the community of Littlerock, California, about 65 miles east of Los Angeles.


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'Cesspits' is both literally and figuratively about people living in holes. It is perhaps one of the ultimate indignities and one of those things that a blind eye is often turned to. The subject matter called for a very savage delivery, and although there are quite a few musical facets to this song, it doesn't stop letting rip.
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Hawaii Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Earlier today, Hawaii's Governor Neil Abercrombie approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. After a week-long hearing, the Hawaii Senate passed the measure yesterday and sent it to the Governor for his signature. Same-sex weddings will begin in the Aloha State on December 2, 2013.
Although the Illinois Senate approved a same-sex marriage bill on November 6, 2013, Governor Pat Quinn is not scheduled to sign that bill into law until November 20, 2013. Since Hawaii's Governor acted so quickly and, in essence, beat Illinois to the final approval punch, Hawaii is now being hailed by some as the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage (even though Illinois held that title just last week.) Same-sex weddings should begin taking place in Illinois on June 1, 2014.
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Ever wonder how so many bombs keep getting through Iraqi security?
Widely Used Bomb Detectors Deemed Useless
If you think the pictures in a promotional video are dramatic, just look at the claims made for the device it promotes.
The "ADE-651" is a metal antenna on a plastic handle, sold as a bomb detector that uses no batteries or electronics, reports CBS News correspondent Richard Roth. According to its British distributor, it can point to hidden drugs, guns or explosives and it'll work underwater, underground or in the air.
According to the U.S. military, it's completely useless.
"I can think of no practical application for this beyond party entertainment," said Air Force Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack.
Yet the Iraqi government has spent at least $85 million for about 2,000 of the so-called bomb detectors, and a training program that teaches troops to shuffle their feet to generate static electricity to make the things work.
Now Britain has just banned export of the devices – and arrested the businessman who's made a fortune selling them.
Jim McCormick, a former policeman, is accused of fraud.
But the "ADE-651s" are defended by Iraqi officials who backed their purchase. And they're still in use.
"They're fine for fooling a 4-year-old at a birthday party, but they're immoral if they're trying to save lives at a checkpoint," said Lt. Col. Bidlack.
Iraq Keeps Banned Bomb-Detecting Devices in Use
An Iraqi security official on Monday defended a bomb-detecting device that Britain banned for export to Iraq because of questions about whether it works, saying it would be a "big mistake" to withdraw it from checkpoints.
The ADE651, made by the British company ATSC, is used at security points across Iraq, including outside the protected Green Zone that includes the Iraqi Parliament and the U.S. and British embassies. Britain halted the export of the machine to Iraq and Afghanistan after a BBC report challenged its effectiveness.
But Col. Hato al-Hashemi, a senior explosives expert at the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said the estimated 2,000 devices used by Iraqi security forces wouldn't be taken out of service.
"We have great confidence in this device," Mr. al-Hashemi said. "They have proven their effectiveness in discovering and seizing many car bombs and cars that were loaded with explosives and weapons."
The hand-held device consists of a swiveling antenna mounted on a hand grip. Mr. al-Hashemi said about 5,000 Iraqi security personnel have been trained on the device since early 2007. He wouldn't comment on the device's price or details about Iraq's deal with ATSC.
Asked if Iraq planned to pull back the devices, Mr. al-Hashemi said: "This would be a big mistake that would create frustration among the security forces and would contribute to the flow of huge amounts of explosives into Baghdad."
The BBC took the device to a laboratory, which concluded that the key component contained technology used to prevent thefts in stores and wasn't suitable for detecting explosives.
The findings appeared to back up the U.S. military, which has had concerns about the device for months. In June, the U.S. military distributed a study using laboratory testing and X-ray analysis that found the ADE651 ineffective.
See also:
Iraqi Military Still Hearts Bomb-Detecting Magic Wand
'Magic Wand' probed in Iraq
Iraq Spends $85 Million on Fake Bomb Detectors
Unival Group comments alleged fraud linked to ADE651 explosive detectors
Explosive Detector Fraud – Trading Money for Lives?
ADE-651 Magic Wand Bomb Detector Is A Fraud, Probably Killed Hundreds
Lives at airport threatened by bogus bomb detectors
Cambridge Computer Laboratory Declares The ADE 651 A Fraud
Export ban for useless 'bomb detector'
UK ends 'bomb detector' exports
UK bans export of bomb detection device
Head of ATSC 'bomb detector' company arrested on suspicion of fraud
UK businessman arrested on charges of fraud
Police arrest MD of dowsing-rod 'bomb detector' firm
British Man Held for Fraud in Iraq Bomb Detectors
Iraq MPs bid to remove bomb detector
As if it wasn't bad enough that the ADE651 doesn't work at all, the Iraqis paid between $16,500 and $60,000 a unit and, if you watch them take one apart in the video, it's clear that there's maybe $20 worth of "parts" used to build them.
/Jim McCormick and anyone else in on this scam should be sent to Afghanistan, equipped with their very own ADE-651 explosive detectors, and made to walk 100 yards in front of NATO convoys
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News | December 7, 1998
Laser Provides First 3-D View of Mars' North Pole
Measurements by a laser altimeter instrument orbiting aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are providing striking new views of the north pole of the red planet and the processes that have shaped it.
This first three-dimensional picture of Mars' north pole enables scientists to estimate the volume of its water ice cap with unprecedented precision, and to study its surface variations and the heights of clouds in the region for the first time.
The elevation measurements were collected by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard Global Surveyor during the spring and summer of 1998, as the spacecraft orbited Mars in an interim elliptical orbit. The altimeter sends laser pulses toward the planet and measures the precise amount of time before the reflected signals are received back at the instrument. From this data, scientists can infer surface and cloud heights.
Approximately 2.6 million of these laser pulse measurements were assembled into a topographic grid of the north pole with a spatial resolution of 1 kilometer (six-tenths of a mile) and a vertical accuracy of 5 to 30 meters (15 to 90 feet). A peer- reviewed paper based on the measurements will be published in the December 11 issue of Science magazine.
The topographic map reveals that the ice cap is about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) across, with a maximum thickness of 3 kilometers (1.8 miles). The cap is cut by canyons and troughs that plunge to as deep as 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) beneath the surface. "Similar features do not occur on any glacial or polar terrain on Earth," said Dr. Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. "They appear to be carved by wind and evaporation of ice."
The altimeter data also reveal that large areas of the ice cap are extremely smooth, with elevations that vary by only a few feet over many miles. In some areas the ice cap is surrounded by large mounds of ice, tens of miles across and up to half a mile in height. "These structures appear to be remnants of the cap from a time when it was larger than at present," Zuber said. Impact craters surrounding the cap appear to be filled with ice and dust that was either deposited by wind or condensation, or perhaps remains from an earlier period when the ice cap was larger.
The shape of the polar cap indicates that it is composed primarily of water ice, with a volume of 1.2 million cubic kilometers (300,000 cubic miles). The cap has an average thickness of 1.03 kilometers (0.64 mile) and covers an area 1.5 times the size of Texas. For comparison, the volume of the Martian north polar cap is less than half that of the Greenland ice cap, and about four percent of Earth's Antarctic ice sheet.
The estimated volume of the north ice cap is about 10 times less than the minimum volume of an ancient ocean that some scientists believe once existed on Mars. If a large body of water once existed on the red planet, the remainder of the water must presently be stored below the surface and in the much smaller south polar cap, or have been lost to space. But such a large amount of unaccounted-for water is not easily explained by current models of Martian evolution.
During its mapping of the north polar cap, the altimeter instrument also made the first direct measurement of cloud heights on the red planet. Reflections from the atmosphere were obtained at altitudes from just above the surface to more than about 15 kilometers (nine miles) on about 80 percent of the laser profiles. Most clouds were observed at high latitudes, at the boundary of the ice cap and surrounding terrain.
Clouds observed over the polar cap are likely composed of carbon dioxide that condenses out of the atmosphere during northern hemisphere winter. Many clouds exhibit dynamic structure probably caused by winds interacting with surface topography, much as occurs on Earth when winds collide with mountains to produce turbulence.
The principal investigator for the instrument is Dr. David E. Smith of the Goddard center. The instrument was designed and built by the Laser Remote Sensing Branch of the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics at Goddard. The Mars Global Surveyor Mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for the NASA Office of Space Science.
Further information about the altimeter and images created from its measurements of the north pole are available on the Internet at the following address:
A color image of the north pole from the camera aboard Mars Global Surveyor is available at:
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A home-schooled Des Plaines teenager is taking his fight off the wrestling mat in an attempt to compete for Maine West High School.
Fifteen-year-old Nick Peterson lives just minutes away from the school, but even though the Illinois High School Association allows local schools to decide whether to let home schoolers compete, Maine West officials have said no.
The school district says it has a policy prohibiting participation in extra-curricular activities by home-schooled students, the exception being when that activity is part of a district course the student it taking.
Nick's dad, Chris, brought the issue up at Monday night's school board meeting.
"We are hoping we can show them the benefits of home schoolers being part of the school district," Chris Peterson said.
Chris Peterson says if they need to pay a fee to enroll at the school, they'll pay it. He's also willing to show the school Nick's home school curriculum.
Chris Peterson also said he's paying taxes for his family to use the school.
"They'll let my son go to the school and learn. They'll let him take drivers ed and other classes there, but they won't let him do sports. I just don't understand that," Chris Peterson said.
Nick only weighs 100 pounds, which would make him an in-demand addition to any wrestling team.
"I started in 6th grade and this is the first year I'm going for the high school team," Nick says. "I'm hoping that my dad and the school district can work something out that I will be able to wrestle."
The school board will discuss the issue at a policy meeting later this month.
The Illinois High School Association leaves it up to individual schools to allow home-school participation in interscholastic athletics. However, the IHSA does list five requirements for any student, including home-schooled, to be eligible for sports at its member high schools.
The first is that a student must be enrolled at the IHSA member school. The student must also be taking and passing 25 credit hours of work at a member school or in a program approved by the member school on a weekly and semester basis. The student must be granted credit toward graduation by the member school.
"Those are the kinds of complicated matters that have been taken into consideration in District 207's policy prohibiting extracurricular participation by home-schooled students," said David Berry, the director of communications for Maine Township High School District 207.


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Attorney: Bus driver did not stop on tracks
Senior center worker describes elderly woman killed as 'sweet little lady'
The attorney representing the Butler County man who was driving a Butler Area Rural Transit vehicle hit by a train last Friday at an Evans City railroad crossing is speaking out in defense of his client.
Attorney Michael Pawk says his client, Frank Schaffner, 59, of Butler Township, did not stop the vehicle on the tracks at the unguarded crossing as some have claimed. He said Schaffner stopped the vehicle before reaching the tracks to look both directions, and was crossing the tracks slowly as it was hit by a freight train. (Photos: Train hits bus at railroad crossing)
"As he was crossing the track slowly one of the passengers yelled 'Frank' and that's when he heard a whistle and he saw the train," Pawk said.
Fog limited visibility at the time of the morning crash. Pawk said Schaffner then accelerated and the train hit the rear left corner of the bus. The crash injured 10 people and killed an elderly woman, Claudette Miller, 91, of Callery, Butler County.
Pawk also said investigators are focusing on medicine Schaffner had with him in the vehicle, kept in prescription bottles that didn't match their contents. Pawk said they were over-the-counter fiber supplements and antacid tablets.
"And he put those in old prescription bottles he had on the bus with him he gave those to police at the scene and told them what they were," Pawk said. "We expect the toxicology to come back completely clean and that Frank had nothing in him that would have impaired his ability to drive the bus that day."
The results of blood tests have not returned, as of early Thursday evening. Additionally, Schaffner has not been charged with any crime.
Meanwhile, at the Lifesteps Center in Butler, workers are remembering Claudette Miller, who was killed. Miller would be brought to the center by the BART vehicle most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"She just enjoyed being with the folks who are here," said Lori Williamson, who helped care for Miller.
Thursday, a craft project she was working remained at the center unfinished. Williamson said she's being remembered as a social and affectionate person.
"When she would be leaving in the afternoon, whoever was helping to walk her out, she'd say to give her a kiss and you'd have to give her a kiss and then you'd have to bend down so she could give you a kiss," Williamson said. "She was very sweet little lady."


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Ninth Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt has refused to recuse himself from next week's hearing of the appeal of the overturn of Proposition 8. Here's his legalese-laden refusal.
"Filed order (STEPHEN R. REINHARDT) I have before me defendants-intervenors-appellants' motion to disqualify myself from this appeal. I have not hesitated to recuse from cases in the past when doing so was warranted by the circumstances. See Khatib v. County of Orange, 622 F.3d 1074, 1074 (9th Cir. 2010); Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., 586 F.3d 1108, 1109 (9th Cir. 2009); Buono v. Kempthorne, 527 F.3d 758, 760 (9th Cir. 2008); Sw. Voter Registration Educ. Project v. Shelley, 344 F.3d 913, 914 (9th Cir. 2003); Valeria v. Davis, 320 F.3d 1014, 1015 n.** (9th Cir. 2003); Alvarez-Machain v. United States, 284 F.3d 1039, 1039 n.1 (9th Cir. 2002); Coalition for Econ. Equity v. Wilson, 122 F.3d 692, 711 (9th Cir. 1997). Here, for reasons that I shall provide in a memorandum to be filed in due course, I am certain that "a reasonable person with knowledge of all the facts would [not] conclude that [my] impartiality might reasonably be questioned." United States v. Nelson, 718 F.2d 315, 321 (9th Cir. 1983); see also Sao Paulo State of the Federated Republic of Brazil v. Am. Tobacco Co., 535 U.S. 229, 233 (2002) (per curiam). I will be able to rule impartially on this appeal, and I will do so. The motion is therefore DENIED. [7564262]"


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Genevieve Gorder has been the face of home design on television for more than a decade, but get her talking about music and her daughter and Look. Out.
Beyond fabric swatches and furniture flows, Gorder is equally adept at music, and can namedrop favorites from Motown to classical Baroque to hip-hop in the same breath. It's no coincidence that her musical train of thought often leads down a path to her daughter, who completes her holy trinity: Design, Music, Family — all coming together to turn her (or your) house into memory-making home.
"When I'm designing a space, it's about music."
"When I'm designing a space, it's about music," she says. "Design is the same as music: Where are the pauses, where are the allegro moments, where do we drop the mic? It has to have that space in between — space moves, and you might not know it does. But, you just know it feels good. It's like a song. Where do you rest, where do you stand up, where do you dance? A home has to have all of that."
As a proud mom and designer often curating spaces for those who have kids, Gorder is putting-her-foot-down insistent about the importance not just of playing music to your kids, but making listening together a central and constant part of your home life.
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"Music is like food — it's oxygen. It's a basic need in life," she preaches. "As a designer or even a parent, you better acknowledge that you're creating palates that will exist in that little human their entire life. How they're fed, what they see, what they hear — creates the sensual memory bank. You remember it all when you're little, and look back on it forever."
Or, perhaps more directly: "If you don't teach your kids to listen to music and dance you're doing them a disservice. It is expected of us, let's not disappoint."
While everyone's got their own musical tastes, Gorder stands by one key, kid-based musical commandment: "Don't dumb it down."
"If you don't teach your kids to listen to music and dance, you're doing them a disservice."
"How we incorporate music into our lives with our children is the more important lesson. You shouldn't dumb food down so that they only eat chicken nuggets, you shouldn't dumb furniture down so that it's all kiddie plastic stuff, and you shouldn't dumb music down. You want them tasting new flavors, feeling rich wood chairs — those are muscle memories forever. Give it all to them while their brains are wide open."
Music creates those teachable moments for Gorder and her young daughter all the time.
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"In a visual landscape we're in now, it's a shame to not introduce them to stuff you grew up with as well as recent music," Gorder says. "I'll take an M.I.A. video and say 'Look at this strong woman killing it.' And my daughter is like, 'that girl is it!' It's not about being provocative, but I'll go into the strong female characters and get her into the visual side of music as well."
As a native Minnesotan with a deep affinity for Prince, Gorder had one of her proudest mommy-music moments when her daughter was around four years old. While playing "Adore" (which Gorder describes as "a slow R&B slam dunk") by the late, great Artist, Gorder's daughter asked her "Mom, is this Prince? I like this but my favorite song is 'Uptown.'"
"That's the main job of a parent, regardless of what their kid's taste is: that they feel connected to music."
The result was one happy, happy mom. "I was like, 'I'm doing something right."
Or consider the recent passing of another iconic musician, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. "She heard he died and she ended up presenting me with a really great drawing on a card. She was like 'Let's just play him allllll day, and we did. All day; all the next day — we had a grieving of sorts. She feels connected."
"That's the main job of a parent, regardless of what their kid's taste is: that they feel connected to music. It's for everyone. It's your gasoline."
There you have it, moms. Whether your thing is R&B or alt rock, Pearl Jam or Seely, it's not so much about who you're playing as it is that you're playing it at all — designing flashbacks that, 20 years later, still sound as good as the day they happened.


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It seems like just yesterday that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were welcoming their first child, but on Saturday (June 15) their eldest daughter North West celebrated her sixth birthday!
Her proud momma wished her a happy birthday with a heartwarming tribute on Instagram. "Happy Birthday my sweet girl!" Kim captioned a gallery of adorable mother-daughter photos from throughout the years. "The last 6 years have been the best of my life raising you and seeing you grow up. Mommy loves you forever and beyond!"
Fans and friends sounded off in the comments, wishing North a happy birthday. Check out Kim's heartfelt post below.
North's birthday isn't the only reason for the Kardashian-Wests to celebrate recently. Last month, Kim and Kanye welcomed their fourth child, a baby boy named Psalm who was born via surrogate on May 9.
Soon after his arrival, a family source revealed the significance of the name. "Kanye has been going through a spiritual revival lately. Every name has a meaning that is personal between Kanye and Kim and the child," an insider told People, adding Ye had other name ideas before Psalm's birth. "Psalm is a good reflection of where Kanye and Kim are spiritually," the source said of the name, which means "song" in Hebrew. "Kanye is very involved in choosing the names. He and Kim do exactly what every couple does, where they each bring up names and the other one gives their feedback. It's very traditional that way. Kanye would never just choose a name that Kim doesn't like, or vice versa. The names are things that they mutually agree upon."
"I know that both of them read the Bible regularly now. Kanye loves the Books of Poetry of the Bible: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. He reads them over and over," the insider added. "Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, but Kanye believes that there's a lot of wisdom in them [...] He reads the Psalms a lot. He talks about the Psalms he loves. So on that level, the baby name isn't a surprise."
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Graduate Council Meeting
February 14, 2005
I. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: K. Ahmad, G. Alter, S. Baird, G. Bernhardt,
J. Brandeberry, W. Carmichael, C. Cherrington, R. Hill, B. Jung, J. Leung, K. Malloy,
P. Martin, S. McConnell, T. McKee, M. McLellan, S. Mohan, S. Nelson, L. Ream, R. Ritzi, C. Ryan,
T. Sudkamp, J. Thomas (Chair), L. Winfrey
Non-voting alternates present were: S. Narayanan, V. Shalin
Non-voting attendees were: J. Kimble, G. Malicki, D. Orenstein, J. Petrick, and W. Sellers
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the November 1, 2004 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Report of the Dean (J. Thomas)
The winter, 2005 enrollment report indicates a 4% decline in graduate headcount and a slight (0.8%) decrease in graduate credit hours (excluding School of Medicine and School of Professional Psychology). Compared to fall 2004, fall 2005 domestic applications have decreased; international applications have increased. Overall, fall applications are about flat.
In conjunction with the Provost's priorities, we are placing increased emphasis on graduate recruiting. Graduate recruiting tools include:
Graduate Tuition Scholarships - Approximately 160 positions are available. Presently, the allotment for the program is being reviewed.
Graduate Council Scholars -The program features a stipend of $12,000 and tuition remission for up to two years. Programs should nominate their top students to Dean Thomas. Accelerated awards may be made for exceptional students. The Graduate Student Affairs Committee selects the remaining wards. Typically, five-six awards are presented per academic year.
Dean Thomas will forward an RFP for graduate student recruitment to deans, program directors, and department chairs mid-February. Up to $30,000 will be available for graduate recruitment in awards ranging from $2,000 to $5,000. The emphasis should be on fall 2005 enrollment.
IV. Committee Reports
- Policies Committee (D. Orenstein)
The Committee met on February 2 and on February 9, and discussed and acted upon the following issues:
- The Committee reviewed and approved an updated School of Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures Manual including all recent policy changes approved by the Graduate Council.
- The grant-funded CoNH "BEACON" program provides a BSN to students with a previous bachelor's degree who wish to enter the Nursing profession. The program includes 17 credit hours of graduate coursework taken under Senior Permission to cover licensing requirements and as a quick start to the MSN. The Committee approved a waiver of the 12 credit hour Senior Permission restriction for students in the College of Nursing and Health's "BEACON" Program.
- This is the second graduate transition program requiring a waiver of the Senior Permission restriction of 12 credit hours. To eliminate the need to waive this policy the Committee recommends to Graduate Council the following addition to the Senior Permission policy (sec. 4.51 of the SoGS Policies Manual): Students admitted to an approved transition program may be allowed to take and apply more than 12 hours of graduate credit. This was moved, seconded, briefly discussed, and approved unanimously be the Graduate Council.
- The Committee approved a Communication concentration in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program. The concentration targets 16 credit hours of electives to communication coursework. The new concentration is consistent with MPA accreditation standards.
- The Committee considered a proposal for a new Technical and Professional Writing Graduate Certificate Program in the Department of English, which would replace two existing certificate programs. It was tabled for further clarification of the transition from the old programs to the new and discussion at the next meeting.
- J. Thomas distributed copies of NCA guidelines for "distance learning" (essentially televised and on-line) graduate degree programs to the Policies Committee. He asked the Committee to review these guidelines and advise him of how the Committee should be involved in this process in the future. Currently, distance learning degree programs require approval by NCA, and WSU needs to have a procedure for reviewing and submitting future requests for this approval.
- The Registrar has suggested to the SoGS that it is possible for Graduate Council to bring forth a policy to accept grades of "I" without requiring a signed Incomplete Grade Agreement. There are both policy and procedural issues associated with any change. After some discussion, the Committee voted to keep this issue on the table until its next meeting.
- The Classroom Teacher M.Ed. program has several concentrations including Classroom Teacher: General. This concentration was judged not to be serving student needs due to its rigidity. So, a more flexible, menu-driven curriculum was proposed. After discussion, the Committee approved the revised curriculum. This revision will offer more realistic choices and options for new teachers needing to meet state mandates for follow-on education.
- The following policy regarding Credit by Examination was brought forward by the Committee: A maximum of twelve hours of graduate credit received through credit by examination may be applied toward graduate degree requirements. This credit may be elective and/or program required credit. Colleges may specify which courses may be completed through credit by examination. This was proposed, seconded, briefly discussed, and approved unanimously by the Graduate Council.
- There is a need to review records retention in the School of Graduate Studies in view of a move to digital storage. This move is being accelerated by the need to vacate storage space in the Student Union before remodeling. At present the SoGS Records Retention Plan requires that student file documents (other than the official transcript which the Registrar stores) be kept for 25 years. A fifteen-year period is being considered. Without a reduction in retention period, over one million pages will need to be scanned. Any concerns should be addressed to G. Malicki.
Membership Committee (J. Petrick)
J. Petrick has taken over as chair from R. Grubbs who is leaving the university. Dean Thomas thanked Dr. Grubbs for his excellent leadership and Dr. Petrick for assuming the chair position.
The Committee met February 3, 2005 and considered and recommended six nominations for full graduate faculty membership and four nominations for adjunct full graduate faculty membership.
The full member nominees are:
|LaHuis, David
|Psychology/S & M
|Smith, Stephanie
|BioSci/S & M
|Lew Yan Voon, Lok
|Physics/S & M
|Tebbens, Sarah
|Physics/S & M
|Paliy, Oleg
|Zhang, Xinhui
The adjunct full member nominees are:
|Becker, Ud0
|Environ Science/S & M
|Ojakangas, Richard
|Environ Science/S & M
|Friese, Carl
|Environ Science/S & M
|Safferman, Steven
|Environ Science/S & M
It was moved and seconded that the nominees be approved; the motion passed unanimously.
V. Research Report (W. Sellers)
This year to date(January 31, 2004), WSU has over $40 million in sponsored program awards. Last year, the number was $50 million for the entire year.
The Research Incentive Program is underway for 2005. The overall program is comprised of the following sub-programs: Research Initiation, Professional Development, and Research Travel. The deadline for submitting Research Initiation and Professional Developments is February 18. The Research Travels program is continuous and makes approximately 20 awards per year for amounts up to $1000. .
VI. MS in Logistics Management: Supply Chain Management
Dr. Vikram Sethi, chair of the ISOM department, briefed the Council on the revised MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. With the MS in Logistics Management program dormant, many organizations were solicited for input to determine market need, including Wright Patterson AFB and the ISOM Corporate Advisory Board members. The revised program is non-conventional in design, development and marketing. It is a one-year program, and the initial cohort consists of 27 students. They will spend five weekends on campus and participate in ten on-line modules. This is the only program of its nature in the state of Ohio. Rich partnership opportunities have emerged since the program's inception including WCI-ADMA, NCR Teradata, and the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC).
VII. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.


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Updated Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is writing to Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading today to seek advice from the regulators over the proposed merger of television broadcaster BSkyB with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire.
The move, reported by the BBC, follows the sudden shuttering of Sunday tabloid the News of the World.
Murdoch's News International, which is headed up by Rebekah Brooks, decided to kill the newspaper late last week, when she told journalists working on the tabloid that the title had become "toxic".
The decision came in the wake of new and shocking phone-hacking allegations against the paper, alongside claims that illegal payments to police in exchange for information had taken place. As more damaging reports surfaced, advertisers started abandoning the tabloid and MPs called on the government to halt the proposed buyout of BSkyB by News Corp – the parent company of NI.
The Register met with Ofcom boss Ed Richards last Wednesday, when he told us that the communications watchdog couldn't intervene on the planned merger of BSkyB with News Corp until a police investigation into the phone-tapping allegations at the News of the World has concluded.
He said at that point that any recommendation to block Murdoch's bid to buy BSkyB could not be put forward until facts in the case are established.
"We will consider our position only once the police investigation is complete ... then we'll look at it, if we need to," said Richards. "We, like many others, will wait to see what emerges."
By Friday, Ofcom had reiterated that statement, and added that it was "closely" watching events unfold at News International.
Richards also told us that a so-called "fit-and-proper" test of BSkyB is ongoing, as is the case with all broadcast licence holders. Ofcom had previously presented Hunt with advice on plurality.
It's expected that the culture secretary will once again seek advice from Ofcom on the matter of plurality, following Murdoch's acknowledgement that "deplorable and unacceptable" events had taken place at the NotW. The billionaire media tyrant said late last week that his company was taking "a number of important steps to prevent them from happening again."
Meanwhile, shares in BSkyB have tumbled 7 per cent and are currently trading at 699p on the London Stock Exchange, following news that Hunt was writing to Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading.
The minister could yet consider referring News Corp's proposed buyout of the remaining 61 per cent of BSkyB it doesn't yet own to the Competition Commission.
Labour leader Ed Miliband is separately calling for a House of Commons vote in an effort to delay or prevent the merger, while police investigations into the conduct of individuals who were on the NotW payroll continue.
Last Friday, 43-year-old Andy Coulson, the former official spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron as well as being the erstwhile editor of the News of the World, was arrested and later bailed on charges of suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.
The Metropolitan police confirmed two other arrests over the weekend in relation to Operation Weeting and Operation Elveden – the investigation into allegations of bribery of police officers.
It is understood that one-time NotW royal editor Clive Goodman, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages in November 2006, was among the individuals arrested and then bailed as part of the ongoing police probe. ®
Updated to Add
The Culture Secretary's letters to the regulators can be read here.


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ISD2006: Space industry success
Europe's space players met this week in the Netherlands at ESA's Industry Space Days 2006, a major forum for those operating in the space sector. An estimated 400 participants from European small and medium sized companies attended, together with representatives of the major space industries and agencies.
Industry Space Days 2006 (ISD2006) took place at ESTEC, ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre from 29 to 31 May. It is the fourth time this bi-annual event has been organised by ESA.
During the three-day meeting, speakers from ESA, the EC and industry brought participants up to date on the latest developments in the space industry and on business opportunities within the space sector.
The conference proved particularly fruitful for participants from European small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). More than 6000 business meetings were pre-arranged and 30 SMEs participated in the technology exhibition organised during the event.
In his opening address, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, highlighted recent European successes in space stressing that "all these successes are the success of European industry, because European industry is reliable and competitive."
His address was followed by keynote speakers: Françoise Le Bail, EC Deputy Director General for Enterprise and Industry; Pascale Sourisse, Alcatel Alenia Space CEO and President of Eurospace; and Michel Courtois, ESA's Technical and Quality Management Director.
A common European space policy
Françoise Le Bail spoke of the EC initiative to define a common space policy to enable government bodies and their suppliers in the private sector to plan ahead. "There is a recognised need to develop an industry policy specific to the space sector, enabling Europe to maintain know-how and independence in critical technologies as well as competitiveness," she said.
Le Bail made particular reference to SMEs and the Commission's efforts to stimulate their role. "This is particularly important in the space sector; a large number of key contributors to the European space industry fall within the definition of an SME," she said.
She went on to describe the 7th Framework Programme for research and development, expected to come into operation at the beginning of 2007. This will allocate funding to support small innovative groups to solve common and complementary technological problems and research. "The amount of money likely to be available for space through the 7th Framework Programme will be €1.4 billion for the period 2007-2013", she said.
"In addition there is a specific initiative from the Commission, the 'Competitiveness and Innovation Programme'. This supports intermediate releases and national schemes for actions to anchor and facilitate the participation of SMEs in different work programmes."
Innovative SMEs: the key to Europe's economy
Dordain also emphasised the importance of SMEs when speaking to the Portal prior to the meeting. "Innovation usually comes from SMEs" he said, and as they are more widely distributed in Europe than the big industries "involving SMEs is one way of increasing European interest in space".
Le Bail also stressed the importance of SMEs for the European economy. "There are 23 million SMEs in Europe and 99% of European companies are SMEs", she said.
Business opportunities
In a four-hour conference three leading industrial groups, EADS, Alcatel Alenia Space and Safran, presented the business opportunities available in the European space sector, both as partners and subcontractors in ongoing and future programmes. CNES, the French space agency, illustrated business opportunities, particularly for SMEs, in national programmes.
Particular mention was made of two of the largest European space programmes: Galileo and GMES, as they will provide openings for new business opportunities in the coming years. ESA representatives also spoke about business opportunities within ESA's research and technology, and telecommunications programmes.
Other meetings held during ISD2006 covered diverse areas such as best practices when approaching large industries and the synergy across sectors in research and development. Several specific examples were given of how to take advantage of these and create new businesses by transferring technology between different sectors.
A useful round table discussion took place on the third day, during which participants discussed some of the problem areas in doing business with large industries and agencies and spoke about the lessons learned.
SMEs at ISD2006
Many SMEs expressed their satisfaction with the ISD2006 event, particularly the opportunity it offered to make new contacts and obtain new business.
Jean-Claude Schumacher of Gradel S.A., Luxembourg, said "we are doing milling and drilling, high-precision machining for space or for anything else, down to microns. We work in many materials, steel, aluminium and carbon and carry out laser welding and laser cutting."
"It is the first time we have attended ISD; around 15 companies visited our stand and we made some interesting new contacts, not only in space. We were asked to participate in an offer for machine parts for a satellite."
SINEQUANET – helping SMEs enter the space business
One of the latest initiatives to support SMEs and increase their performance in the space sector is SINEQUANET (Space Intelligence Engineering and Quality Network), initiated at the end of 2005 by ESA's SME Unit and co-financed by the EC Directorate-General, Research and Technology. On the second day of ISD2006 a special session was dedicated to presenting this project and what it offers to SMEs.
SINEQUANET will use engineers and other experts to support SMEs, to help them improve their skills, lower their entry barrier to space and foster their competitiveness in the space and non-space markets."
"We will focus on engineering and processes specific to space, of which many SMEs lack knowledge. SINEQUANET's objective is to ease SMEs' entry into the space business by providing assistance through training and hands-on support from space engineers", said Nora Bougharouat, head of ESA's SME Unit and instigator of the project.
"Space is not an easy business to enter. SINEQUANET will make a valuable impact on the SME sector and SME participation in European space programmes," Bougharouat emphasised.


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Traditional fishing practices on the Severn Estuary
The centuries-old fishing method of 'Lave Net fishing' continues along the banks of the River Severn.
The waters of the Severn Estuary are among the most dangerous in Wales but this has not deterred generations of fishermen from fishing its rich waters for salmon. Traditional Welsh methods of catching salmon survived particularly strongly in the area. Within living memory a range of methods were used, including putcher ranks, stopping boats, putts, drift nets and lave netting. Lave Net fishing is the only traditional method to have survived into the 21st century.
Unique historic significance
The number of lave netsmen has declined over the years and now can only be seen in the area of the Second Severn Crossing close to the villages of Sudbrook and Portskewett in Monmouthshire. The Blackrock Lave Net Fishermen Association, carry on a tradition that has a unique cultural and historical significance.
Fish are caught at low tides, known as spring tides, using a hand-held net. At one time fishermen were allowed to fish from February to August but this has since been restricted from June to August. At most, they can fish for an hour and a half at a time depending on weather conditions.
Fishing commences as it always has with the fishermen going down to the shore at Black Rock standing where their grandfathers and great-grandfathers once stood.
The basic technique for lave fishing is simple, the hand-staff is held in one hand and the headboard with the other, whilst the fingers are entwined in the bottom of the mesh feeling for the fish. The net is positioned in front of the fisherman, to face the run of the water. The fishermen consider wind direction and the height of the tide, with the optimum conditions being flat and calm.
At one time there was no need to divide the catch as there was sufficient salmon for everyone. Times have changed and commercial fishing using the lave net has not been viable on the estuary since before the Second World War. Prior to 1939 the fish were sent to Billingsgate Market in London.
The lave netsmen are as skilled as their forefathers but due to the diminishing fish stocks they are lucky if they catch more than a dozen fish for the season. They fish to keep their centuries old craft alive as Martin Morgan, Secretary of the Association explains "Lave fishing has a tradition going back a thousand years in Wales. My great-grandfather was a fisherman and passed his skills on through the family".
Background Reading
Severn Tide by Brian Waters. Published by J.M. & Sons Ltd (1947).
Nets and Coracles by J. Geraint Jenkins. Published by David and Charles (1974).
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Mentioned in Brian Walters great book
Boshie Goulding