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Just in case I didn't say it in the others.. these are things I do in every room during my Fall cleaning.
~Washing the walls.. Vinegar and water mix works great
~Vacuum Baseboards and if that doesn't make em look clean, I use vinegar/water and a rag.
~Vacuum the light fixtures and wipe clean if needed.
~Heater Vents.. Vacuum them out
~Curtains.. Wash them if they are machine washable!
~The Window Tracks.. I vacuum them first so I don't just make mud when I get the vinegar/water mix out.. and I use q tips to get all the stuff out! Hoping to get this done before the rain comes.. Mud is MUCH harder to clean!
Ickies Kit..
Stocking up on cold/flu supplies now will help if you or a family member gets the ickies, no one wants to drag a sick kid to the store.. so stock up now on..
~pain reliever, infant, children's or adult.. whatever you need for your family, Kleenex, cough drops or lozenges, Tea, Ginger Ale & Chicken soup fixins.
I will also be grabbing a couple new coloring books or activity books at Dollar Tree.. My little guy gets pretty disappointed if he misses school, having a new book or activity usually chippers him up!
Also check and make sure your heating pads and humidifiers are all working!


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Jan. 12, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT women's basketball team fell to No. 12 nationally-ranked Brandeis University, 81-24, on Tuesday night. Karen Kinnaman paced the Engineers (3-6) with 11 points and two steals. Christine Clancy and Caitlin Malcolm each registered 14 points for the Judges (11-0).
A free throw by Malcolm and a jumper in the paint by Clancy gave Brandeis its first points of the game. Kinnaman put Tech on the scoreboard shortly thereafter. On the ensuing possession, Amanda DeMartino drained a three-pointer giving her squad a 6-2 lead. Kinnaman countered with a three of her own at the 16:49 mark. The game would remain scoreless during the next three minutes until Malcolm made the first of two free throws, extending Brandeis' margin to two (7-5). MIT's Michal Ruchelsman grabbed the rebound off the missed free throw and fed it to Kimberly Eri Soo Hoo who set-up Jordan Wirfs-Brock for the tying basket. This would be as close as the Engineers would get as a pair of free throws by Basia Grzyb sparked a 28-2 run, giving the Judges a 35-9 lead at halftime.
Tech's Kimberly Eri Soo Hoo ended a 10-minute scoring drought by nailing a three-pointer early in the second frame. Although MIT's offense began to warm up, it could not overcome Brandeis' swarming defense.
Jordan Wirfs-Brock collected a game-high seven rebounds and also had two steals. Kimberly Eri Soo Hoo finished with five points, five rebounds, and three assists.
The Judges' Jess Black scored 12 points off the bench on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Christine Clancy and Emily Malkin each grabbed five caroms while Basia Grzyb dished out a game-high four assists.
The next game for MIT will be on Saturday, Jan. 15 at 2:00 p.m. when it travels to Wellesley College.


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It might be possible that our thoughts affect our health. The concept is called psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and it refers to the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the body.
With her organization Sunshine Hope, Maple Glen resident and Mount Saint Joseph's ('87) graduate Kelley Faust is taking PNI, the science she learned from talking with doctors and medical experts while working as a pharmaceutical salesperson for Pfizer for 13 years, and simplifying it into something almost like child's play.
Founding the group in 2007, she now is in the process of transforming it into the nonprofit Sunshine Hope Foundation. Faust has visited schools and presented her message of hope and positivity through assemblies and author visits. Her message is simple: It's about spreading hope, and it's about teaching children at a young age that difficulty, struggle and despair can be overcome by something as simple as positive thinking.
"If we can inspire the kids, the kids can inspire the family," Faust said. "And the family inspires the workplace and the community."
It's something like the proverb, "the son is father to the man."
"If we can impact the children," Faust said, "the kids can go home with tips and tools they can apply at home when things get off-balance."
And Faust knows what it's like to be affected by negative thinking and a lack of balance. According to a 1992 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, stress is thought to affect immune function through emotional and/or behavioral manifestations such as anxiety, fear, tension, anger and sadness, and physiological changes such as increased heart rate, blood pressure and sweating,
Stress is what Faust experienced when she became pregnant with her second set of twins in 2002. Nineteen weeks into a pregnancy supposed to last around 40 weeks she went into preterm labor. Then, to compound the problem, before she went into preterm labor doctors thought the second twin in her uterus had a tumor on her heart.
Faust's preterm labor started during a visit to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City about the possible cancer, but her family obstetrician, Dr. Blair Bergen, whom she highly praised, recommended Faust return closer to home. The family had moved from Philadelphia to Atlantic City in 1999. Faust underwent 119 days of bed rest in 2003 at the Atlanticare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City.
During this time Faust also learned that her brother-in-law's younger sister had been diagnosed and was undergoing treatment for cancer, an aggressive form that took her life a year later.
Also, around that time, her brother, Frank Osborne, experienced intense eye difficulty. He had a condition that should have prohibited him from receiving Lasik eye surgery. But the ailment failed to be diagnosed before he had the surgery. He attempted the surgery twice, unaware of his condition and later had to receive corneal transplants to allow him to see.
And more, her sister, Collen Mook, who is married to Faust's brother-in-law, Brad Mook, who lost his sister, gave birth to a baby diagnosed with a rare chromosome abnormality.
During bed rest, Faust did her best to stay positive and avoid thinking about the struggles facing her and her family. Twice during the time when she started to get negative, she again went into preterm labor. Realizing how much her thoughts had affected her physical existence, she resolved to dedicate her life to spreading a message of positive thinking and hope in dark times.
Her second set of twins (she has all girls) was eventually born April 12, 2003, 35-and-one-half weeks into the pregnancy. The girls, Annie and Maggie (Kerry and Christie are her first two) were born healthy and are now healthy, active 9-year-olds.
It's the optimism Faust learned to balance and propel herself with and that she strives to emanate and teach students during her visits to schools. But, behind that, is her affinity for PNI.
"It's not just sunshine," said Faust, referring to the book "The Psychology of Hope," by C.R Snyder, editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. "I needed to find the science behind it."
Faust applies the psychology of hope in her work, and teaches kids things like how to find their own personal mantra to repeat when they find themselves in times of trouble. One can imagine the variety of mantras she has received from children and posted on her website.
"Light shines brightly in the dark," is one. "Grow like a flower and don't get squished," is another.
And her message has inspired Colleen and Brad Mook, and Frank Osborne and others to become part of the Sunshine Hope team.
At her presentations, Faust asks kids to make a seven-step possibility promise. In this way, she serves during her school visits as one of the people working to open children's imaginations to the goals they have within. Faust and Sunshine Hope have recently self-published "The Superpower of Me," a book stressing the message of hope and positivity.
And she's also undertaking innovative relationships in the business arena. She envisions a business model where nonprofits are sponsored by larger corporations. It's a model that enabled her to appear at Pine Run Elementary School in the Central Bucks School District in February. Merck Federal Credit Union (MFCU) sponsored the event, and Faust brought her optimistic holistic message to students through someone else's funding. And MFCU appeared on the front page of Credit Union Times, an industry newsletter, demonstrating a relationship in which both parties benefitted. Since Sunshine and Hope's inception, Faust and her team have funded the initiative.
Faust, a 1991 Villanova University graduate who worked in D.C. for a year as a volunteer with the Catholic group Teacher Service Corps, has decided to focus much of her work in Camden, where she presented this month, and in North Philadelphia. She aims to one day donate $1 from the sale of each book to the community. But her vision reaches beyond the limits of the City of Brotherly Love.
"I want to go global with this," she said.
For more information, or to purchase "The Superpower of Me," visit www.sunshinehope.com.


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PHOENIX — Nuggets forward Darrell Arthur, left, who missed his fourth consecutive game Sunday because of a strained hip, said he is aiming for a return this week.
"It's getting better," Arthur said. "Just trying to get my hip back together."
The Nuggets play two more games this week: Thursday at Portland and Saturday at home against Indiana. They could really use Arthur's presence on both ends of the court, but especially on defense.
The Nuggets haven't been the same on defense since he has been sidelined.
"He's our best individual defender, as well as our best team defender," Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said. "He understands how to play pick-and-rolls. He can guard multiple positions. We've had him on guys like Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony, as well as big forwards. So his activity, his knowledge of how to play and how to play within a team concept defensively, we miss that a great deal."
Footnotes. Starting guard Randy Foye was a late scratch Sunday because he had a stomach virus. A number of individuals with the team have battled sickness lately, including Shaw — who still coached the game — and Kenneth Faried. … JaVale McGee, still sidelined with an injury, celebrated his 26th birthday Sunday.


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The Green Middle School band was recently honored by being asked to perform for the Ohio Band Conference at the University of Akron on Dec. 6.
The Green Middle School band was recently honored by being asked to perform for the Ohio Band Conference at the University of Akron on Dec. 6. The Green band was the only middle school band to be asked to perform there.
The invitation came about after band director Lisa Aglioti submitted a recording of the band performing for consideration to the conference committee. "There were 120 CD's submitted for consideration," Aglioti said. "Based upon these submissions the selections were made. We were the only middle school to be selected."
In addition to giving the Green band a chance to shine on a bigger stage, the conference was also a chance for Aglioti to gain ideas for future performances and songs.
Hearing different bands perform broadens the knowledge that band directors take back to the classroom. "These performances help other band directors with new ideas that they can take back to the classroom for their programs," said Aglioti. "Green has been lucky to have been selected three times for this honor, in 1995, 2003, and this year."
The band was also selected to performing at the Ohio Music Education Association in February in Columbus. This will be the first time Green has performed at the event and will share the spotlight with one other middle school. Their selection was based on a submitted CD reviewed blindly in the same fashion that was used for the University of Akron selection.
For the middle school students who comprise the band, it was quite an honor.
"It is pretty awesome, " said tuba player Jalen Peeples. "We are one of the best in the state. It has been a lot of hard work but is worth it. Our seventh graders now have some pretty big shoes to fill."
Anne Zivick plays the clarinet and is very proud of the band's work. She noted that it has been exciting to see how much the students have grown from the day they first received their music to the day of the performance at the OBC conference.
Zivick's twin sister Maria also plays the clarinet and spoke about the band's teamwork and camaraderie.
"I think it is really cool how we all work really well together. We are all friends so that definitely helps. We have all grown a lot, it is great to see everyone improve. We are nervous but the band directors are even more so," Maria Zivick said.
Trumpet player Erika Lovell admitted that she and her band mates are nervous, but also excited about an opportunity that very few middle school students receive. Their band director shares those sentiments and credited the band's supporters for their role in helping make the group's accomplishments possible.
"It is an honor and humbling experience," Aglioti said. "There are lots of good programs out there. "I am impressed by the support of the administration, teachers, parents, and students for our program.


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May 22, 2008
DELAND, Fla. _ The Lipscomb Bisons are down but they aren't out.
Thursday afternoon here at Melching Field at Conrad Park the No.1-seeded Bisons watched an 8-1 lead evaporate into a 9-8 loss to No. 3 seed Belmont. This was the first time the two teams, long-time rivals, had met in the A-Sun Baseball Championship.
The Bisons held a 2-1 regular season advantage against Belmont. But they had not beaten Belmont three times in a season in baseball since 1992.
The Bisons remain alive in the double-elimination tournament. They will play again Friday at 11 a.m. Had Belmont lost they would have been eliminated from the tournament.
The Bisons opened the first inning with three runs as the first three batters connected against Belmont starter Nate Woods.
Jorge Gutierrez started things off as he drove the second pitch of the game up the middle for a ground ball single. Allen Bolden followed with a home run that cleared the 403-foot sign in center field.
Caleb Joseph then doubled low off the wall in left field. He moved to third on a balk by Woods. He scored on a bunt single to the third base side by Shane Simpkins.
In the third inning the Bisons responded with three more runs.
Blake Bratcher doubled deep to right field. Justin Sanders reached base on an error as Belmont first baseman Derek Wiley allowed a ground ball to go into right field. Bratcher scored on the play.
Simpkins was walked intentionally and Ryan Wilkins was hit by a pitch. Ben Williams then drove home two runs with a single up the middle with two outs.
Belmont ended the Bisons scoreless string at 12 innings. In the fourth Carlo Testa scored from third base on a wild pitch by McClurg with two outs and the bases loaded.
The Bisons responded with a run in the fifth as Simpkins led off with a home run to right field.
In the sixth the Bisons added another run with two outs when Sanders doubled into left field to score Gutierrez wbo reached base on a fielding error by Belmont shortstop Packy Elkins. Gutierrez had advanced to third on a single to right field.
Belmont scored three runs in the seventh and might have been in a position to score more had first baseman Ryan Wilkins not combined with Gutierrez and McClurg for a double play.
McClurg was replaced by right-hander Kyle Tognazzini in the seventh with two outs. In the eighth Belmont struck again for five runs to take the lead with six hits.
McClurg gave up seven hits and four runs, all earned. He walked five and struck out two in 6 2/3 innings. Tognazzini scattered five hits and gave up five runs, all earned in two-thirds of an inning. He took the loss, dropping his record to 6-2. Right-hander Chris Burnett closed out the game for the Bisons allowing only one hit and striking out one in the final 1 2/3 innings.
Bolden led the Bisons with three hits. He is batting .545 for the tournament (6-for-11). Joseph, Bratcher and Simpkins each had two hits as the Bisons touched six Belmont pitches for 13 hits.
The Bisons are 29-28. Belmont is 24-32.


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Floral Yoke Dress - Summer 2013
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This dress is made from a pretty simple pattern, McCalls 5586. I cut each flower out individually from a quilting cotton and sewed them back together. Unfortunately, these pictures don't capture the negative space between the flowers well since I am wearing a slip. Blogged here .
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Aug 10, 2013, 08.47 PMby nishavinod2009
truly stunning!! god bless u for ur creativity..
Jun 24, 2013, 01.00 PMby Martyna Piwecka
Beautiful dress!Very summery:)
Jun 18, 2013, 08.36 PMby Joanna Krzak
this is stunning!!! OMG I love it!!
Jun 12, 2013, 11.30 PMby MarlysElizabeth
Beautiful! Especially gorgeous over the simple white dress.
Jun 8, 2013, 10.58 PMby froggylonglegs
AMAZING!!! What a great idea, so stunning!
Jun 8, 2013, 05.17 AMby thewallinna
So cool! A perfect summer dress :)
Jun 7, 2013, 03.31 AMby marloncosta
this is stunning!!! Good idea for me to try to make for my baby daughter! www.kidsoutfitters.blogspot.com
Jun 6, 2013, 02.42 PMby FabricUiPhoneApp
This is a brilliant use of a quilting fabric on a garment. Too many sewers try to make dresses out of quilting fabric, and it just doesn't work. Quilting fabrics have no drape. Sewn up into a dress, quilt fabric hangs like a drape or paper. There's no swish. Better to go with a cotton lawn or batiste if you really want cotton. Anyhow, back to the yoke. Brilliant. Did you use any wash-away stabilizer to temporarily tack down all those flowers?
Jun 6, 2013, 11.38 AMby katscha
Wowzers!!!! Love the flowers!
Jun 5, 2013, 07.59 PMby Kat Casale
Great idea! Love the lacey look of the applique!
Jun 5, 2013, 04.22 PMby cris orange
I love those flowers!
Jun 5, 2013, 02.17 PMby Helguchi
Wow What an awesome job! I don't know if I could ever have the patience to do something like that. It's very beautiful.
Jun 5, 2013, 12.43 PMby Mary Athey
i love what you,'ve done with the flowers, you've done a fantastic job and the dress looks great on you. i love the detail x
Jun 5, 2013, 12.05 PMby kisses
Nice applique of flowers and it makes the dress really eye catching
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Mobility is turning out to be the ultimate "disruptive" technology. Starting out as simply a way to make phone calls when out of the house or office, the mobility infrastructure has expanded and diffused to the point where almost everything is connected to the network, or about to be connected.
While people may need only a single mobile handset, they will soon find themselves interacting with hundreds—if not thousands—of M2M devices as they go about their lives. The M2M revolution is already here, considering the numerous networked devices now fixtures in everyday life—such as security cameras, traffic sensors, navigation systems, home appliances, payment systems, healthcare devices, ticketing systems, and vending machines.
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Trend 3: Enterprises are supplementing their own digital assets with shared platforms that provide a common foundation for vertical market applications and devices.
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There have been expectations about past Lady Bisons basketball teams, but seldom, if ever, has there been so much anticipation.
The 2007-2008 team features a potentially potent mix of talent and experience. Back this season are seven players that averaged 10 or more minutes a game. Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett is also welcoming what could prove to be his most athletic freshman class. But most intriguing is the return of three players who sat on the bench for either all or most of last season.
"Our intensity and speed in practice is so much better," said Bennett who is starting his 28th season as the Lady Bisons coach. "They are playing hard. They like each other. If we stay healthy we are looking for good things."
Bennett's team offers a great deal of depth with 14 players who can be counted on in game situations.
"We have depth and competition at all positions,' Bennett said. "This should be the most athletic team we have had in terms of speed and quickness. We have made a huge jump in t hat area.
"They pick up things fast. You introduce something to them and they get it pretty quickly."
Backcourt has depth
The Lady Bisons return one of the most experience backcourts in the Atlantic Sun Conference with senior point guard Catie Woods and senior No. 2 guard Dana Carrigan. Both played and started all 29 games last season with Woods leading the team with 32.9 minutes per game.
"Catie is a really good 3-point shooter," Bennett said. "She has been starting since she has been here so she has the experience. He can handle the ball. She is a good defender. We may even mix it up and use her as a two-guard sometimes. She is a solid guard.
"Dana is in her fifth-year with the program so she also has a lot of experience. She is more of a shooter. But she makes a lot of steals defensively. Hopefully, she is ready to play her best basketball."
Sophomore Toia McGowan returns. She is joined by a pair of freshmen, Jenna Bartsokas and Miaca Bowman.
"Toia is playing with a little more confidence and she is playing harder," Bennett said. "I think she is more comfortable with the system and what she can."
With those additions Bennett is hoping to cut down on the wear and tear on Woods and Carrigan.
"Catie and Dana have played 30-plus minutes per game the past couple of years which is more than we really wanted to do," Bennett said. "We have five guards who are playing well. Any of those five can play the No. 1 or No. 2 guard, though Dana is more of a No. 2. We feel really good about the guard spots."
Bartoskas is the second fastest player on the team behind Cree Nix,
"Jenna has good lateral quickness so she can do a lot of things defensively," Bennett said. "She is a very good shooter. She handles the ball well and has good vision. I think she can score from the guard spot and also run things.
Bowman was a late addition to the team, but she has been a pleasant surprise.
"Miaca has played against great competition at Mount Juliet High School that has been ranked at the top of the state in Class AAA. She plays hard and steady. She is solid defensively. She handles the ball very well. And she can knock down the open shot, too."
Winging it
One of the players expected to be a big contributor on the wing is Tiffany Arnold, who played five games last season before having to set out as a medical red shirt. She started four of those games, averaging 5.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
"Tiffany is getting in shape and progressing," Bennett said. "She started out the season practicing full-scale, but she needs to get her speed back.
"She was in double figures in scoring in her last couple of games last season. She is real strong. She has some quickness. She is a good rebounder."
Junior Jillian Partin started the last 19 games last season, working her way into the starting five through relentless hard work and determination.
"She goes to boards hard and that helped her break into the lineup," Bennett said. "She is strong and tough. She is not afraid to mix it up in there.
"She is very good driver. I think she is getting better with her 3-point shot and she is using her left hand better."
Nix, the daughter of former University of Tennessee and NBA standout Dyron Nix, will play at either the No. 3 or No. 4 spot.
"She is our fastest player," Bennett said. "She has the best vertical jump on the team. She can really rebound. We expect her to be a very good rebounder and a very good shut-down defender.
"She has really been working a lot of on her shooting on her own. We are working on getting her lower so she can explode and drive to the basket. We think she can get a step and elevate and really cause some problems going to the basket."
Freshman Valerie Bronson is expected to play at the No. 3 spot this season.
"Valerie is a better 3-pointer shooter than we expected," Bennett said. "She is also good at driving the ball. She needs to work on her defense and passing, but she has a chance to be a good player this season."
The inside game
The inside positions are going to be the deepest for the Lady Bisons. Kaleigh Gossman, who sat out the entire season, and Miriam McAlister, who had double-doubles in points and rebounds in the only two games she played in, are both back.
"Having Kaleigh and Miriam back gives us some athletic taller players to go with our athletic smaller players from the freshman class and those we had coming back," Bennett said. "Kaleigh is a mobile 6-footer. She has tons of experience. She can shoot the medium jumper and can also move well around the basket.
McAlister played in two games last season, recording two double-doubles, an average of 11.5 points and 10 rebounds per game..
"Miriam is very versatile and can play a lot of places," Bennett said. `She is probably is the best post up player that we have. She is a really quick jumper. She can be a good rebounder for us.
"She will have a quickness advantage against most the players she is going to face at the No. 5 position. She will be littler under-sized at the post. We aren't going to station her in there all of the time. She can post, but she also can slash and she has also improved her 3-point shot."
Rollins is a threat offensively both inside and from 3-point range.
"Rollins is playing harder," Bennett said. "She has really worked on positioning and protecting the ball first. We have been trying to simplify her moves. We would rather she be better with a few moves instead of having a lot of moves.
"She has been good defensive rebounder in practice. She has shot a very good percentage from the 3-point line."
Davis made strides last season in a number of areas. She is expected to contribute off the bench in a number of areas.
Bennett is also working with Viehmann to simplify her game.
"Viehmann is playing stronger," Bennett said. "We are trying to develop her jump hook with a little more consistency."


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It's an exclusive dining experience prepped by former "chef'testants" from the Emmy-winning series; restaurant opens for a limited time beginning Tuesday, Oct. 16, in New York City
Bravo Media extends the success of "Top Chef" with the franchise's first-ever branded restaurant, "Top Chef Kitchen," in collaboration with the restaurant operators of "Distilled NY." The one-of-a-kind dining experience opens Tuesday, Oct. 16, for a limited time only, providing fervent fans the opportunity to experience the food they have come to love and crave over the past nine seasons of the Emmy-winning series.
"With 'Top Chef Kitchen,' we're giving our highly passionate fans the ultimate foodie experience," said Ellen Stone, senior vice president of marketing for Bravo. "Fans can meet a range of our talented 'chef'testants' and taste for themselves what it's like to participate in a 'Top Chef' dinner that, until now, they've only seen on TV."
"Top Chef Kitchen" will feature unique menus created and executed on-site by "Top Chef" alumni and viewer favorites Richard Blais, Jennifer Carroll, Tiffany Derry, Tiffani Faison, Mike Isabella, Edward Lee, Antonia Lofaso, Paul Qui, Grayson Schmitz and Fabio Viviani. They will rotate as executive chefs throughout the run. Diners can go to www.bravotv.com/topchefkitchen or to www.OpenTable.com/ the official reservations partner, to make a reservation, learn more about the restaurant, see chef schedules and review the menus.
Cookware for the restaurant will be provided exclusively by Anolon Cookware.
"Top Chef Kitchen" will serve dinner nightly Tuesday through Sunday, starting Oct. 16. Diners can indulge in a four-course prix-fixe menu with or without wine pairings, or reserve the exclusive "Chef's Table," an eight-course tasting menu with wine pairings and the chance to be up close and personal with the "chef'testants." In addition to a full cocktail program, "Top Chef Kitchen" will offer a robust wine list, including Quickfire Wines by Terlato Wines.


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Trumbull rallies for 4-3 OT win over co-op girls hockey
Kaly Gonski completed her hat-trick in overtime Wednesday afternoon at the Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport to lead Trumbull past the Fairfield co-op girls ice hockey team 4-3. The third period began with the co-op team of players from Fairfield Warde and Fairfield Ludlowe leading by 2-1 before Fairfield opened a 3-1 lead.
Gonski scored a power play goal with 3:32 remaining in the game to cut the Eagles' deficit to 3-2. Gonski set up Lexi Brown for the equalizing goal with 50.9 seconds left to make it 3-3. In overtime, Brown assisted on Gonski's deciding goal after 3:41 had elapsed.
Trumbull improved to 6-3-0 overall and 2-3-0 in the FCIAC. Fairfield's records dropped to 2-3-1 overall and 2-3-0 in the conference.
Lucie Colllimore opened the scoring for Fairfield at 2:21 of the first period by converting a pass from her sister, Anna. Gonski got her first goal 89 seconds later, knotting the score at 1-1. Paige Reynolds converted a pass from Gabby Bochenczyk 69 seconds after Gonski's equalizer, giving Fairfield a 2-1 lead.
Casey Crowley gave Fairfield a 3-1 lead at 4:54 of the third period on assists by Bochenczyk and Anna Cullimore.
"That's probably Kaly's fourth hat-trick of the season," said Trumbull coach Paula Dady.
"We got a little undisciplined there at the end, and they cashed in," said Fairfield coach Paul Kelly. "You could feel it coming. We did not play it simple, and it hurt us. We did not get it deep. We were in control, except that a game is 45 minutes, and we played for 41 minutes. They had a couple of penalties at the end. The momentum shifted," Kelly said.
The schedule gets tougher for Fairfield. Defending state champion New Canaan is at Wonderland of Ice on Friday at 4:40 p.m., then Fairfield visits FCIAC front-running Darien at the Darien Ice Rink at 6 p.m. on Saturday.


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Tom Kramer, executive director of the Richmond-based student-advocacy group Virginia21, says the most pressing issues on the minds of college students are the size of their debts and their prospects for finding a job after graduation.
They have good reason to be concerned.
College student debt in the U.S. now totals $1 trillion, an amount that exceeds the nation's credit-card debt. In Virginia, approximately 58 percent of the college graduates in the class of 2010 carried debt, owing an average of $23, 327.
Making the debt problem worse is the fact that unemployment among college graduates under the age of 24 is 9.1 percent, the highest rate in history.
The precarious financial situation of these young people is making many of their siblings think twice about the cost of going to college.
"My youngest brother, looking at my debt, said that was a mistake he didn't want to make," says Kramer, a graduate of the College of William & Mary whose student debts total $60,000.
Rising college debt, coupled with a dicey job market, has created a generation of recent graduates who can't afford to live on their own. They have been coined the "Boomerang Generation" for their tendency to move in with their parents.
A December study by the Pew Research Center found that "39 percent of all adults ages 18 to 34 say they either live with their parents now or moved back in temporarily in recent years," including 53 percent of those 18 to 24.
Barry Simmons, director of financial aid at Virginia Tech, says that to a large degree the amount of student debt that has been racked up by students and their families is unprecedented.
"Some of this is due more recently to the greater availability of student loans," Simmons said. "It's like the 'Field of Dreams.' If you make loans available, they will come get them."
(Because of last-minute action by Congress, the interest rate on subsidized federal Stafford loans will remain at 3.4 percent for one more year. The interest rate had been scheduled to double to 6.8 percent this year.)
The State Council for Higher Education in Virginia reported last year that the average total cost of an in-state undergraduate student living on campus equals 43.7 percent of the commonwealth's per capita disposable income.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's recent Survey of Consumer Finances found that median family net worth (the difference between the value of assets and liabilities) dropped from $126,400 in 2007 to $77,300 in 2010.
Earlier this year, Virginia21 ran a campaign — "What's your Number" —to raise awareness about the student debt crisis. Hundreds of students signed petitions and posted online the amount of debt they owed.
One goal of the campaign was to persuade lawmakers to pass Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposal to increase spending on higher education by $100 million a year over the next biennium.
"The positive thing for us is that the governor and General Assembly in Virginia are trying to do something [about student debt]," Kramer says.
Now, with more funding in the upcoming biennium for higher education, the governor has been pressing college presidents and boards to keep tuition increases as low as possible, tying them to the Consumer Price Index, which is increasing at a rate of about 3 percent.
Two years ago, the governor reprimanded the Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors when it raised tuition rates by a jaw-dropping 24 percent to help compensate for a loss of state funding.
This year, under the university's six-year plan, tuition was set to go up 9.5 percent. But after the governor asked all institutions to keep the lid on tuition increases, VCU raised tuition and mandatory fees only 3.87 percent for in-state students. It was the lowest percentage tuition increase at the school in 11 years.
Nationally, the U.S. Department of Education says that the average tuition of a four-year college climbed 15 percent between 2008 and 2010, spurred by state budget cuts for higher education.
To add transparency to the borrowing process, the Obama administration announced in June that it had persuaded the state university systems of Maryland, New York, Massachusetts and Texas — along with six individual institutions (none in Virginia) — to disclose important financial information to entering freshmen, beginning in the 2013-14 school year.
That information includes: (1) how much one year of college will cost; (2) a clear distinction between grants, scholarship and loans; (3) the estimated monthly payments for the federal student loans that graduates will likely owe; and (4) a report on the percentages of students who graduate and repay their loans without defaulting.
The federal initiative has been dubbed "Know Before You Owe."
In addition, numerous legislators and college advocacy groups have suggested that students go to community colleges for two years before enrolling in a four-year institution as a way to sharply reduce college borrowing.
On average, the cost of going to a year of community college is less than $5,000, one-tenth the cost of some elite private institutions and one-third the cost of many public four-year colleges and universities in Virginia.
The chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, Glenn Dubois, and his counterparts in Louisiana, North Carolina and Indiana have formed a coalition, named Rebuilding the Middle Class, to tout the value of community college education in reducing college debt and moving students on the ramp to a four-year degree.
In Virginia, about two-thirds of undergraduates at public colleges and universities are enrolled in community colleges, and 40 percent of next year's college graduates will have taken courses at a community college, according to DuBois.
The trend toward community college appears to be catching on even among relatively affluent households.
A 2011 study by Sallie Mae, a giant in the student loan industry, found that 22 percent of students from households earning $100,000 or more attended community colleges in the 2010-11 academic year, the highest rate in four years.
Community college has figured into the plans of Kramer's two younger brothers.
Instead of trying to enroll in a four-year college, his youngest brother began looking for work in the shipyards of Hampton Roads while taking classes at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton.
The brother is making a good income as a pipe fitter in the shipyards. He, too, has started community college classes.
Kramer recently got married, and his wife also has student debt. Their combined debt, he laments, could determine what kind of house they are able to afford and perhaps even how many children they'll be able to have.
"I borrowed my way through college somewhat naively," Kramer says. "I was like a lot of students. I knew I was borrowing, but I didn't know how much until I finished."
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USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced it has completed its efforts to modernize import regulations for bovine spongiform encephalopathy - or BSE - on Friday. National Cattlemen's Beef Association president says the basis of these import regulations is critical in showing the U.S. is committed to ensuring trade - unfettered by protectionist motivations - and sends a clear message to U.S. trading partners of the value it places on fair trade.
Back in September - a court denied a motion to delay the Country of Origin Labeling rule. Recently - Mexico requested the establishment of a compliance panel to determine if USDA's final COOL rule complies with World Trade Organization findings - and the final rule faces court challenges from trade groups opposing its implementation. The U.S. Trade Representative has confirmed the changes in USDA's final COOL rule will bring the current COOL requirements into compliance with the WTO ruling.
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Carrnevil9 wrote:A remarkable number of competing factions here. What really struck me is that last year's castle could be stretched out that far. I've managed to squeeze all my crownie stuff onto a single shelf, and I never really tried pulling it apart like that.
Also got a kick out of the Magic template cards.
Houndis wrote:That looked cool, but there was one great mistake there. AN ALLIANCE. It's not BrikWars to make an alliance in the middle of the game. Other than that, the battle was great. I would have taken more photos, now it seemed kind of unclear what was happening.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
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Profile America — Tuesday, February 19th. On this date in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring Japanese Americans living along the Pacific Coast to be relocated inland. This order, affected some 77,000 citizens and 43,000 resident aliens. The internment lasted throughout the war, and the camps closed by early 1946. The dislocation caused by the internment order singling out an ancestry group came to be widely regretted, and led to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, formally apologizing for the action and offering financial restitution. Today in the U.S., there are an estimated 775,000 residents of Japanese ancestry. Profile America is in its 16th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The search continues today for 25-year-old Rene Flores, the man accused of shooting a co-worker at a warehouse in Manteno Tuesday.
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Kelly Osbourne Supports Father Ozzy at MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert 2014!
Kelly Osbourne shares a sweet moment with her father Ozzy Osbourne as they arrive at the 2014 MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert held at Club Nokia on Monday (May 12) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old Fashion Police correspondent was also joined by Dax Shepherd and Steve-O at the event raising raise funds for MusiCares addiction recovery resources.
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"So proud of my father tonight!," Kelly wrote on her Twitter account. "Thank you #MusicCares & #MapFund for honoring my dad tonight!"
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Originally, when Pigford v Glickman (commonly known as "the black farmers' lawsuit") was settled in 1999 to amend alleged USDA racist practices, U.S. taxpayers were told the cost would be "only" around $300 million. In government money, USDA officials insinuated, that amount would be relatively easy to deal with and would be painless.
The settlement allows claimants two options in resolving their cases: Track A and Track B. Winning a Track A claim before an adjudicator (which is the route chosen by an overwhelming majority of claimants) is easier and means a $50,000 payment, loan forgiveness and prime future loan positioning. Track B claims have more stringent evidence requirements but there's no cap on monetary awards.
There were early warning signs that the settlement was going to cost much more than the original estimate. Few complained when the "ending figure" was revised to $400 million to take care of around 4,000 claimants. Three years, hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of claimants later, taxpayers may have a bone to pick.
Last July, under the Freedom of Information Act, Delta Farm Press requested USDA release data on all costs related to the lawsuit thus far. We asked for information on anything taxpayers are picking up the tab for.
The information was eventually supplied in two packets – one in January and one in early March. Here's what we found.
Track A breakdown
As of Feb. 28, the total paid out for Track A cases is nearly $616 million. Nearly 13,000 claimants have gotten a $50,000 payment.
For the South and Mid-West the breakdown numbers provided by USDA reached only through Aug. 8, 2001. At that time, a total of $569 million had been paid out in Track A cases. Taking the states alphabetically, the numbers show:
- Alabama had 4,253 total Track A decisions rendered with 1,444 denied and 2,809 approved. Nearly 2,600 claimants received nearly $128.5 million in $50,000 payments. The balance of the prevailing claimants received smaller payments.
- Arkansas had 1,983 total Track A decisions with 761 denied and 1,222 approved. Of those, 1,183 claimants received $50,000 payments totaling a shade over $59 million.
- Georgia had 2,874 Track A decisions with 1,256 denied and 1,618 approved. Of those, 1,317 claimants received $50,000 payments for a total of nearly $66 million.
- Louisiana had 967 decisions with 523 denied and 444 approved. Of those, 433 received $50,000 payments for a total of over $21.5 million.
- Missouri had 139 decisions with 72 denied and 67 approved. Of those, 65 received $50,000 payments for a total of $3.25 million.
- Mississippi had 4,201 decisions with 1,739 denied and 2,462 approved. Of those, 2,358 received $50,000 for a total of nearly $118 million.
- Oklahoma had 770 decisions with 256 denied and 514 approved. Of those, 474 received $50,000 for a total of nearly $24 million.
- Tennessee had 630 decisions with 248 denied and 382 approved. Of those, 375 received $50,000 for a total of nearly $19 million.
- Texas had 397 decisions with 149 denied and 248 approved. Of those, 240 received $50,000 for a total of $12 million.
Debts cancelled
As of last Nov. 8, debts canceled in Track A cases totaled a bit over $12.5 million. Of that, the following states had $1 million or more in debts cancelled:
- Arkansas at $2.2 million
- Georgia at $1.25 million
- Louisiana at $1.1 million
- Mississippi at $3.5 million
- Texas at $1.1 million
Adjudicators, arbitrators and monitors
As of Jan. 31, 2002, the numbers from fiscal year 1999 through fiscal year 2002 show the following:
- The facilitator/adjudicator has been paid a grand total of nearly $30 million.
- The arbitrator has been paid a total of nearly $2.4 million.
- The monitor has been paid over $13.5 million.
- File management/review has cost nearly $6.5 million.
- Contractor assistance for processing invoice payments has cost $17,611.
- Department of Justice lawyers have cost $500,000.
- Additional legal assistance has cost nearly $236,000.
The bottom line
While all the numbers supplied by USDA aren't up-to-date, it can be safely said that the original estimate of $300 million or $400 million needed to resolve Pigford v. Glickman was grossly underestimated. Using the numbers provided (including the $615 million cited by USDA as what Track A $50,000 payments have cost) the grand total thus far is $680 million and change. And it should be noted that the $680 million cited does not include Track B payments, current cases under appeal or claimant attorney fees.


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- Carrying out projects on Biosafety and Biosecurity within the RKI, and coordination and implementation of projects funded by the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) within the framework of the German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security as part of the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
- Promoting global Biosafety and Biosecurity by strengthening institutions, structures and processes in the partner countries of the German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security.
- Supporting institutions in the partner countries in developing guidelines for procedures of risk assessment, material controls and information management.
- Supporting partner countries in raising awareness of issues surrounding Biosafety and Biosecurity.
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- Staffing the programme office at the German Federal Foreign Office, including specialist management, processing ministerial tasks, organisation of internal events of the Federal Foreign Office and the external representation of the programme.
- Developing scenarios for a training course of the United Nations on the investigation of alleged use of biological and chemical weapons (United Nations Secretary-General's Mechanism - UNSGM).
- Addressing questions on "Dual Use Research of Concern".
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The skipper of a boat has been given a suspended sentence after being convicted of negligence in the death of a young passenger during a Sydney Harbour cruise.
In the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday, Magistrate Geoffrey Bradd said Danny Huynh's negligence had caused the death of Dong Suk Kim, an 18-year-old South Korean national, who was hit by the boat off Athol Bay near Mosman on September 19 last year.
Huynh, 32, from Abbotsbury, in Sydney's west, was the boat's skipper and a friend of Mr Kim.
He was given a six-month suspended sentence on his convictions for negligence causing death and operating a vessel with a low-range blood-alcohol level.
The court heard that several passengers had jumped off the boat about 5pm, but conditions deteriorated rapidly and strong winds and a swift current swept them away.
Most of the swimmers were rescued, but Mr Kim died shortly after he was hit by the boat.
"In a situation where three people were unable to reach the boat, Mr Huynh made the decision to turn on the motor, which I found was negligent because he was not aware of where the people were in the water," Mr Bradd said.
However, Mr Bradd noted Huynh was "concerned about the people in the water and concerned about their safety".
"There was no skylarking until unfortunately the weather turned, apart from the fact that Mr Huynh had a couple of beers," Mr Bradd said.
John Peluso, representing Huynh, said his client had been trying to rescue the swimmers in difficult conditions.
"Mr Huynh has experienced the loss of a friend," he said. "This is a particularly tragic case."
Huynh had paid for the victim's funeral and for the young man's father to come over from South Korea, Mr Peluso added.
Mr Bradd handed down a suspended six-month sentence and disqualified Huynh from holding a marine safety licence for 12 months.


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2. Go to C10, (it's inside the red box shown in this photo)
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3. To add notes to FL, left click a box. But it must be within the C10 range, you need to make 5 notes. To resize the notes, drag your mouse to the end of the note, you will then see a little black arrow, click and drag to extend the note. See image below
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5. Now export your project as a midi, name the midi "notes" without the quotes, and delete your old notes from your song and replace with your new ones.
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Epidemiology (derived from Greek epi "on, upon", demos "people", logos "study") is a scientific discipline studying the distribution of diseases in a population (descriptive epidemiology) and the factors influencing this distribution (analytical epidemiology).
Radiation epidemiology focuses on investigating possible associations between ionising radiation (for example due to medical X-ray examinations, irradiations or cosmic radiation during long-haul flights) or non-ionising radiation (for example between radiation from mobile phones, mobile phone base stations or electric and magnetic fields around high-voltage lines) and the risk of developing cancer or, for instance, cataract or cardiovascular diseases.
Which methods are used in epidemiology?
In general, the health effects of radiation on humans cannot be investigated with experimental studies under controlled conditions for ethical and practical reasons. Hence epidemiological studies are conducted.
These studies are purely observational. They allow a direct investigation of the risk for humans as well as the quantification of the level of risk. The most important types of epidemiological studies are cohort studies and case-control studies. Altogether there are four major different types of epidemiological studies:
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In a cohort study, selected individuals who are exposed to a risk factor of varying degrees are investigated over an extended observation period. The central research question in a cohort study is for example whether there is a higher incidence of certain diseases in higher-exposed individuals than in less-exposed or non-exposed individuals.
An example for a cohort study is the German uranium miners study with 60,000 former Wismut miners conducted by the BfS. This study investigates the cancer risk depending on past radiation exposure in uranium ore mining.
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Case-control studies are based on the presence of the disease and trace back to identify past exposures. The studies investigate whether diseased individuals had been exposed more often or more exposed than comparable non-diseased individuals. To this end, individuals suffering from the disease to be studied are selected from a given population. As only diseased individuals ("cases") and comparable non-diseased individuals ("controls") are investigated, case-control studies can be conducted with a considerably smaller number of individuals than cohort studies.
Case-control studies can also be "nested" into cohort studies in order to perform more extensive data collection for specific subgroups in a cohort.
One example is the KiKK study commissioned by the BfS. In this study children living in Germany in the surrounding areas of German nuclear power plants and who had developed leukaemia or cancer were compared with non-diseased children of the same age and gender living in the same region. The study investigated whether diseased children (cases) live closer to the nuclear power plant than assigned control children.
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In a cross-sectional study, radiation exposure (e.g. the measured exposure to the electromagnetic fields of mobile phone base stations) and the disease to be investigated (e.g. sleep disturbance or headache) are determined simultaneously and are put into correlation.
These studies are only useful for relatively common diseases and are generally only suitable for generating hypotheses.
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"Ecological" studies are studies which do not investigate individuals, but use aggregated data categorised according to place or time (e.g. the incidence rate and radiation exposure in a particular area) to investigate the relationship between radiation and disease. Ecological studies are prone to error, because it is assumed that the studied groups only differ with regard to the risk factor of interest (e.g. radiation), but not with regard to other risk factors (e.g. smoking). They can provide indications about possible causes but are basically not suitable for risk estimates.
One example is the German nation-wide comparison of the lung cancer mortality rate and radon concentration in housing: the most significant risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. Not taking into account the regionally varying share of smokers in the population in such an investigation may lead to distorted findings regarding radon and lung cancer.
Epidemiological studies by the BfS
In the field of ionising radiation, the BfS is conducting a large cohort study on the effects of ionising radiation in former miners of the Wismut SDAG in former East Germany. Furthermore, the BfS commissioned a study on cancer in children living in the surroundings of nuclear power plants (KIKK study).
In the field of non-ionising radiation, a large number of epidemiological studies on the possible health effects of high-frequency electromagnetic fields were initiated and promoted by the BfS in the framework of the German Mobile Telecommunication Research Programme.
Further current research projects you will find in the Research Programme of the BfS (2013-2017).
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Roma are plotting a move for out-of-favour Croatian defender Vedran Corluka, who looks set to leave Tottenham in January according to talkSPORT.
The 25-year-old has made just three Barclays Premier League appearances this season, after losing his place in the Spurs side to the promising Kyle Walker.
Harry Redknapp is keen to keep hold of Corluka as he looks to retain the nucleus of his Tottenham squad in a bid to secure UEFA Champions League qualification this season, but has agreed to sit down with the player's agent in the New Year in a bid to resolve his future.
Corluka is determined to make the cut for Euro 2012, but knows he needs regular first-team football in order to confirm his place in the Croatia squad, and so may look to move on in January.
Roma are ready to give him the chance to get his career back on track by taking him on loan with a view to a permanent move to Serie A in the summer.
"Roma are one of the biggest clubs in Europe and I would accept him wearing their shirt," confirmed Corluka's agent Nikky Vuksan. "I hope to have a meeting with Tottenham soon so we can clarify his future."


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(By Delegates Caputo, Longstreth, Manchin, Fragale, Barill, Marcum, Ellem, Boggs, Miley, Storch and Hunt)
[Passed March 10, 2012; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §50-1-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the appointment of magistrates; requiring that when a vacancy occurs in the office of magistrate a person of the same political party as the former officeholder shall be appointed.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §50-1-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§50-1-6. Vacancy in office of magistrate.
Subject to the provisions of section one, article ten, chapter three of this code, when a vacancy occurs in the office of magistrate, the judge of the circuit court, or the chief judge thereof if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, shall fill the same by appointment of a person of the same political party as the officeholder vacating the office.
At a general election in which a magistrate is elected for an unexpired term, the circuit judge, or the chief judge thereof if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, shall cause a notice of such election to be published prior to such election as a Class II-0 legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county involved. If the vacancy occurs before the primary election held to nominate candidates to be voted for at the general election, at which any such vacancy is to be filled, candidates to fill such vacancy shall be nominated at such primary election in accordance with the time requirements and the provisions and procedures prescribed in article five, chapter three of this code. Otherwise, they shall be nominated by the county executive committee in the manner provided in section nineteen, article five, chapter three of this code, as in the case of filling vacancies in nominations, and the names of the persons so nominated and certified to the clerk of the circuit court of such county shall be placed upon the ballot to be voted at such next general election.


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May 26, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Legal issues that came into play during the H1N1 flu pandemic provided a useful look at how laws can help ease the availability of the vaccine, but in some instances can work against immunization efforts, according to a legal expert who has analyzed events that unfolded over the past year.
Encouraging the production of the vaccine while addressing public fears about immunization requires a delicate balance, Wendy E. Parmet, JD, wrote today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Parmet is a professor at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.
Acknowledging the fragile market for vaccines, since the 1976 swine flu vaccine program Congress has connected liability protection for vaccine makers with a compensation system for patients, she wrote, referring to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which set up a special vaccine court to streamline claims and quickly compensate injured patients.
When the H5N1 avian influenza threat focused efforts on pandemic preparedness, Congress, with the 2005 passage of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, combined tort immunity with no-fault compensation for injured patients, she added. The provisions take effect when federal officials declare a public health emergency.
While the PREP Act, along with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency provisions, removed legal obstacles to the rapid production and distribution of the pandemic vaccine, "the effect of these laws on the public's willingness to be vaccinated, however, is uncertain," Parmet maintained.
She wrote that during a 2003 smallpox vaccination campaign, doubts about compensation eroded uptake in healthcare workers, and during the H1N1 pandemic vaccine campaign, critics charged that the PREP Act's broader reach was a sign that the government overplayed the pandemic risk to benefit the vaccine industry.
Some states have passed laws to address the public's vaccine suspicions related to the use of the vaccine preservative thimerosal. Parmet cited Washington state's suspension of its law limiting thimerosal content in vaccines when the pandemic vaccine was in short supply during the fall months. "A local health official reported that this move may have discouraged healthcare providers and patients from getting vaccinated," she wrote.
Mandates for schoolchildren and healthcare workers have had some success in increasing vaccination rates while allowing those who are most strongly opposed to opt out, Parmet noted. However, more coercive measures, such as New York state's emergency law requiring healthcare workers to receive flu shots, created an outcry that stirred up bad publicity and doubts in the public's mind about the vaccine.
When vaccine shortages exist, mandates may not work and could even backfire, she asserted. "Certainly, media reports about healthcare workers going to court to avoid vaccination are not apt to inspire the public's faith in vaccines."
Parmet urged lawmakers to tread carefully when considering legal solutions to vaccine challenges during future pandemics: "The more difficult task is to use those laws with a light enough touch so that they do not undermine the population's willingness to bare their arms."
Parmet WE. Pandemic vaccines—the legal landscape. N Engl J Med 2010 May 27;362(21):1949-52 [Full text]


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