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Some of you may have seen Michiyo around Okazaki. She sometimes teaches classes at Yamasa on the art of kimono. She's the president of the YES English School that I work at together with Lorna, who's from Canada, and Cory who's from the States. We're quite an international group there at the moment with Hendrik from Germany; Tania from Mexico; Abhay from India; Sai from Singapore and Ayako who is, well, from Japan. If you haven't seen Michiyo you will certainly have seen our students. Yes, those loud ones on the ground floor late in the afternoon. If they seem excited, part of the reason may be that we use the TPR method. TPR stands for total physical response. That should be self-explanatory. If you're interested you could always do a search under James Asher or TPR.
Back to Michiyo. She's my boss, but more importantly, she's my own personal ambassador of Okazaki. That's not quite right. I don't have an exclusive. She's an ambassador for all of us. Thanks to her I have met lots of interesting people, been to fun parties, seen loads of festivals of all sorts. I can't say I'm ever bored in Okazaki. To tell the truth, sometimes I feel there are too many things on and I'd just like to chill out on my own. That's just me....
There can be loads to do in Okazaki if you know what's on. Nothing jumps out at you. You've either got to look for it, which can take a bit of time and considerable effort; or, and this is a short cut, make friends with someone who lives here. This is the real key to enjoying Okazaki. I've been very lucky, I know.
Having read the coffee table books on Japan, festivals are what we expect to experience when we come from another country. Most will discover that a lot of these festivals make no mark on the lives of most contemporary Japanese. This is not the case if you come to Okazaki. There seems to be a festival every month at least and then there can be more than one in a week! Maybe because as the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu it is historically significant, the Okazaki citizens love their festivals.
|the fireworks at Shin Mei Gu Dai Sai
There have been so many..... One that impressed me was the Shin Mei Gu Dai Sai (the Shinmei Temple Festival) held in May. Although dai sai means big festival, it was rather small. It was hidden deep in the down town area. A festival for the local residents. Bare chested men and women in happi coats stood with their arms outstretched from which gushed jets of fireworks. It was impressive. Festivals are wonderful for the children although they are probably more interested in getting their parents to buy them sweets or in trying to catch a goldfish with a paper net that breaks all too easily. That's the challenge of kingyou sukui.
|Iho has the prize gold-fish in the bag
Then there's the iris in Higashi Okazaki Park in June. We ate prosciutto sandwhiches (Michio is a bit of an Italophile) while comtemplating the blaze of purple. This park is a little out of the way but worth the trip. It was nice to see the elderly citizens being wheeled out to enjoy the fresh air and the spectacular sight of the blooms that would wither all too soon. Ephemerality and Japanese aesthetics..... I did spare a thought for the animals in the zoo though. Fujiko the elephant looked very sorry in that sparse concrete enclosure all by herself.
The hydgrangeas in Gamagori in the same week. If you're are interested in hydrangeas then this festival is a must. So many varieties and in white and shades of pink as well. Go to the Prince Hotel gardens on your way and check out Takeshima.
Hanabi was held on August 5 this year. (The night after the Mikoshi Parade. Unfortunately I was working that night. I joined the festivities at the student Village party.) I was exceptionally lucky to have gone with my "ex" homestay family. We sat in the priviliged sajiki area. This is the tatami matted private box area at the front alonside the river. Like lots of others, we took the bus downtown then walked alongside lots of brightly dressed children and young girls. Some donning their own contemporary version of summer yukata. Namely, extremely short (that's school uniform short here in Japan) yukata, platform shoes (not the traditional ones), crazy hairstyles and glitter make-up. I had never seen Minami and Iho dressed in yukata. They looked gorgeous in all their excitement.
We eventually arrived at our position. I got to meet some of the other members of the family. We ate our bentou and before we knew it the show had begun. I have never been so moved by fireworks. It was pure spectacle - two hours of it. The Japanese take their fireworks seriously. And Okazaki is no exception. I won't go into any more hyperbole - just believe it's a sight not to be missed.
After the show we waited for the crowd to disperse then went to The New Grand Hotel for a cool drink. It's quite a view from the top floor and there was certainly a lot of excitement in the air. This was the Grand in its peak period. I met a Japanese lady in the powder room from out of town who was feeling equally moved.
The following evening I was invited by Kazuko, one of my students, to a barbeque at her country cottage followed by fireworks over a lake in the Micabi area. This area is renowned for its mikan. After having seen the Okazaki fireworks the previous evening, I can't say these were equally spectacular, however the atmosphere was electric, in the literal sense, nature playing more of a leading role, with the lightning illuminating the sky in tandem with the fireworks.
|the winning family
Most recently there has been the Yukata Competition. I'm not sure how much arm twisting she had to do but Michiyo managed to get both Tania and Ayako interested in participating. We saw Eva there too. She's studying in the SILAC course. Although I let myself be dressed up last year, I've sworn I'll never do it again. I think kimono and yukata look gorgeous on the Japanese, but feel there's something very curious about foreigners wearing them. Sorry. Anyway, it was lots of fun. Loads of colour, excitement and lots of ever so cute little children. There was a family heat and a one for individuals. Unfortunately, our girls didn't win but both Tania and Eva got a special prize for trying, or for being the only foreigners in the competition. I think I'll volunteer to be on the judging panel next year. I picked the first prize winners in both categories!
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Nick, the torch and Mt Everest – Day 5
More frustration, fuzzy heads and shortness of breath. Full story here.
One highlight, though, was the result of David Gray's early morning departure from our cabin, Everest just before and after dawn.
Nick, the torch and Mt Everest – Day 4
More negotiations over whether we should delay our departure for base camp kept us off the road for an extra couple of hours and stretched the patience of the Chinese journalists.
All was forgotten, though, a couple of hours later when got our first real look at Everest from the top of a pass.
Nick, the torch and Mt Everest – Day 3
Remarkably we managed to get to our night stop, Tingri (4,300m), in time for lunch.
There was one morning diversion to visit Pu Bu, a model farmer who showed off the two story house he had built in the last few years.
Nick, the torch and Mt Everest – Day 2
After another round of negotiations with the organisers the next morning, we reached an agreement that we would get an extra day to acclimatize before we reached base camp.
That didn't, of course, mean we would make the short journey to the next stop at Lhartse in short order and have the rest of the day to relax.
Nick, the torch and Mt Everest – Day 1
At last, 11 of us did get onto a plane to Lhasa last Friday. It was soon clear that while the Tibetan authorities were prepared to let us in, this was by no means going to be a free-ranging reporting assignment.
The hotel 'near Lhasa airport' that we had been promised turned out to be 300 kilometres away in Shigatse (3,900m).
Nick, the torch and Everest – prologue
We're here, where's the torch?
We arrived. For a long time it looked like we wouldn't, but on Monday morning, four days after leaving Beijing, 11 foreign journalists arrived at the media centre on the lower slopes of Mount Everest to report on the torch relay.
It brought to an end two of weeks of uncertainty that started when a briefing was cancelled and we heard nothing more until we were summoned to the Beijing Olympic media centre on the morning of our scheduled departure. The party of foreign media, at this stage 20-strong, was informed that bad weather had caused a delay to our journey and the departure ceremony for the climb team and torch had been cancelled.
Inside the Bird's Nest
Picking my way through chaotic traffic, dust and unmade footpaths on my way to the Bird's Nest stadium this morning, I had a flashback to the Olympic Stadium in Athens four years ago.
The difference was that when I was stumbling through the debris in Greece, it was just a few days before the Games rather than the 114 days that remain before the Opening Ceremony here in China.
Bird's Nest to hatch
On Wednesday, reporters will have a first chance to get inside the completed Bird's Nest National Stadium, where some dreams will come true but many more will be dashed at the Olympics.
It's been two years since I set foot in the stadium, which was then just a concrete bowl surrounding a muddy oval all shrouded in a twisting, dull, steel mesh.
Interval over…
Last week was a busy one in Beijing after events surrounding the torch relay took over the news agenda.
I spent six days in the bowels of a five-star hotel in central Beijing chasing comments from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge and his colleagues on events in London, Paris and San Francisco.
This is normal, it happens in all countries…
It arrived.
Some 5,000 VIPs, cheering workers and media gathered on Tiananmen Square on Monday to welcome the Beijing Olympic flame and launch the 137,000-km torch relay.
Predictably, security on the square was tight.
The 600 reporters, photographers and television crews were bused from the Olympic media centre some four hours before the flame made an appearance.

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Nine-year-old Zackary Montgomery made the most of his time at the Terre Haute Children's Museum late Thursday afternoon.
He rode a play horse. Then he got into a tractor in the agricultural exhibit area, where he pushed a button that made it sound as though he was farming the fields.
Next, he used a Bernoulli Blower, in which a ball floats on a stream of air.
Whenever a stranger approached, Zackary took his dad by the hand and went to another exhibit.
The 9-year-old has autism, and he and his family were able to visit the museum for free, thanks to a cooperative effort involving Bridges of Indiana, Child Adult Resource Services (CARS) and the museum.
The program, called "Exceptional Explorations," is for those with disabilities and their families. Bridges and CARS pick up the cost for families, who are asked to register.
It's the second year for the program, which typically is offered about every other month when the museum is not busy.
The Montgomerys take advantage of the program every time it's offered. Zackary "loves it," said his dad, Trevor. Also attending was the boy's mother, Jodi, and brother, Timothy, 10.
"It's a chance for them to have their hands on all the exhibits," Trevor Montgomery said. "We pretty much let them run free and they have a ball."
It's important to take Zackary when the museum is quieter, said his mom, Jodi Montgomery. Otherwise, "you get the look," she said.
Those unfamiliar with his disability don't understand why her son might be screaming or banging his head, she said.
But during "Exceptional Explorations," those attending know what to expect and understand. And the price is right. "It's free. You can't beat that," she said.
The family appreciates the opportunity to enjoy the museum at no cost. "We have a really hard life with an autistic child," she said. "It's nice Timothy can come, too, and have a good time."
Because of his younger brother's disability, Timothy doesn't get to do a lot of things with Zackary that siblings in other families get to do, Jodi Montgomery said.
Also at the museum Thursday was Mary Jenkins, who brought her daughter, Sonja Richardson, and granddaughter, Mackenzie Adams.
It was Jenkins' first trip to the museum. "We're really thankful for this program," she said. "We'll really get a lot of fun out of it."
With it being close to Halloween, the girls wore costumes, and Sonja was dressed as a blossom fairy. "I like everything about it [museum]. It's so cool and fun," said the 10-year-old. "There's lots of things to do."
Mackenzie used the bubble ring to enclose herself in a giant bubble, and then blew on it until it burst.
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The page has reasons people faint while giving blood or after giving blood and ways to prevent it, a link to the questions asked before you donate, info and links for athletes and scuba divers, precautions to take after donating blood, info on how donating blood can make you healthier, info on what the donations are needed for and a phone number to make an appointment.
Why do some people faint when they give blood?
According to Men's Health magazine:
"First, there's a drop in blood pressure (you just gave up a pint).
Second, there's emotional stress (blood loss triggers a fight-or-flight response, which directs blood to your muscles, not your brain).
And third, standing up quickly drains blood from your head."
What can I do to prevent fainting after giving blood?
Follow the instructions of the nurse who drew your blood. Even if you feel great, lie around for awhile. Then sit up slowly, sit for awhile, then stand up slowly.
According to Men's Health magazine:
"I you feel woozy after giving blood, you're no wimp. About 150,000 people faint or come close to fainting each year. It's a physiological phenomenon you can counteract by drinking 16 ounces of water about a half hour before giving blood. The water slows heart rate and improves bloodflow, especially to the brain."
How long does it take to donate?
They advertize that it takes about an hour, but it took one hour and fifty-five minutes for us one time, even with an appointment and being a previous donor.
First you may be asked to read info, then you will fill out a couple of forms, answering a bunch of questions to see if you are okay to donate.
What are the rules about who can donate?
You can read most of the donor eligibility guidelines in advance at:
Remember, the blood donation center you go to may have more rules or some different rules. Eligibility guidelines can change suddenly, but when you go in for a donation they will have the most current information.
Here are a few of the commonly asked about
eligibility rules
You must be at least
17 years old
to donate to the general blood supply. (This is the rule in California where this website is written and in most other states, although a few allow it at age 16 with parental consent.) In most states you
must weigh 110 pounds
You can't donate if you have a
of or over 99.5 °
At the time of the donation you need to have blood pressure below 180 systolic/below 100 diastolic, but at least 80/50.
Wait 12 months after a
if it was applied in a state that does not regulate tattoo facilities. (Problems could include reused ink, needles that are not sterile. Hepatitis is easily transmitted through blood donations.)
Okay after
. Okay after a
IF the instruments used were sterile or single use only.
Wait 12 months following a
human bite
, if it broke the skin.
In almost all cases, medications will not disqualify you as a blood donor
. Your eligibility will be based on the reason that the medication was prescribed. As long as the condition is under control and you are healthy, blood donation is usually permitted.
In most cases, medications for
high blood pressure
do not disqualify you from donating.
to control acne generally does not disqualify you from donating blood. Wait 2 days (or in some cases ten days) after finishing antibiotics for an infection (bacterial or viral).
Acceptable two weeks after starting
Women may donate during their period if feeling well on the day of donation. Women taking birth control pills (
oral contraceptives
) or on
hormone replacement therapy
for menopausal symptoms can donate. If you are
you can't donate and you should wait until at least 6 weeks after giving birth.
How do they get the blood out of you?
They will poke you twice, once in a finger to get a drop of blood for an initial test, then when they draw your blood donation.
Okay, yes, this is when it hurts a little, but just for a few seconds. While you lie down on a very large well-padded lounge chair, the nurse puts a needle in a vein in your arm. No, the needle is not the size of a drainpipe.
For some people, if you are warm the vein is easier to find, so if a nurse has had trouble finding yours, keep a sweater on next time.
Once the needle is in place it doesn't really hurt and you might not even notice it. Then, when the nurse tells you to, you start squeezing something like a a rubber ball that they give you once every five seconds. It takes about eight to ten minutes to pump out a pint. Racing to pump blood faster than your friend at the next table is not advised.
There will be one or more nurses in the room the whole time you and other people are donating. If it is your first time they pay special attention to you.
Can athletes donate blood?
Part of winning is feeling that you are the best, and donating blood can give you a big personal lift, just from knowing you helped save up to three or four lives.
But maybe you shouldn't donate just before a big game. An article from THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE said, in part:
"After donating 450 mL (1 U) of whole blood, plasma volume falls 7% to 13%, then recovers within 24 to 48 hours...Marvin Adner, MD, a hematologist and internist in Framingham, Massachusetts, and medical director of the Boston Marathon, says that blood donation should not be a concern for active people who are not world-class athletes--as long as they are not iron deficient...Donald M. Christie, Jr, MD, an internist and sports physician in Lewiston, Maine, says hydration is the best recovery strategy.
Donors need to drink not only what is offered afterward at the blood donation center, they need to aggressively hydrate over the remainder of the day,
says Christie, who is an editorial board member of The Physician and Sportsmedicine. "Noting the color of the urine is a good way to gauge hydration status," he says.
He advises endurance athletes to think of the blood donation day as a rest day, and to tread cautiously the next day because hydration stores may not be replenished and delayed vasovagal effects may occur. Christie says though the performance decrement would be slight in an endurance athlete, blood donation should have virtually no effect on strength or short-burst activities."
An article in Omega Cycling by Dr P A Lambeti (MBBcH), said, in part:
"A study has been done looking at the effects of blood donation on exercise performance in
competitive cyclists.
This study evaluated 10 male cyclists before and after phlebotomy (donating blood), to determine the effect of donation of one unit of blood on exercise performance. Each subject underwent maximal exercise testing with oxygen consumption measurement at baseline, 2 hours after phlebotomy, 2 days after phlebotomy, and 7 days after phlebotomy. The results found that maximal performance was decreased for at least one week and that submaximal performance was unaffected by blood donation.
if you are a competitive cyclist,
do not donate blood within 7 � 10 days of a competitive race, as your performance will be compromised.
If you are a casual cyclist
performing submaximally, you may not experience any deleterious effects apart from a higher heart rate than normal from the day after donating."
Can scuba divers donate blood?
In the article Diving after Blood Donation By Dr. David Sawatzky in Diver Magazine, he asked and answered the question:
What are the effects of donating blood on scuba diving?
"For the first few hours/days after donating blood, the person will be more susceptible to fainting and will have a reduced exercise capacity. After the blood volume that was lost in the donation is replaced, the person will no longer be prone to fainting and might actually have a slightly improved exercise capacity. There are theoretical slight increases in the risk of oxygen toxicity and DCS but this change in risk most likely has no practical significance. You should never dive (nor do other strenuous activity) the day of a blood donation and should be sure to drink lots of nonalcoholic fluids after donating blood. It should be okay to do conservative dives the next day but if you want to be absolutely certain you have recovered from the acute effects of donating blood, wait 72 hours."
How can I get enough iron in my blood to be able to donate blood?
5% of blood donors are temporarily deferred because their hemocrit, the pre-donation test for anemia, was below the recommended 38% minimum. A common cause is a diet poor in iron. It can usually be corrected by increasing the amount of iron-rich food in your diet.
Iron-rich foods include dried beans (cooked garbanzos, kidney, soybean (tofu) lentils), shellfish-fish (clams, oysters, scallops, shrimp, tuna, sardines, mackerel), nuts (and peanut butter), organ foods (especially liver), meats (lean beef, chicken, turkey) and leafy green vegetables (spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts, lettuce).
What precautions should I take after donating blood?
The last time I gave blood at a De Anza College blood drive, through Blood Centers of the Pacific, the handout they gave us said, in part:
"After donating, please:
.... Do not lift or carry heavy objects today. Do not do strenuous exercise today... Drink extra liquids the rest of the day. Eat a hearty meal within 4 hours."
The last time I gave blood at a Red Cross Blood Services Center, the handout to take home said, in part:
"Be sure to take the following precautions:
Drink an extra four glasses (8 ounces each) of non-alcoholic liquids...Because you could experience dizziness or loss of strength, use caution if you plan to do anything that could put you or others at risk of harm. For any hazardous occupation or hobby, follow applicable safety recommendations regarding your return to these activities following a blood donation."
Any donation facility will give you a personal number to identify your donation. If you remember important health information that you may have not given, or if you get sick or otherwise decide your blood may not be safe to give to another person, you can call the toll free number on the info page they will give you.
A British website warned:
"�People who smoke soon after giving blood are more likely to feel the effects of nicotine and therefore faint.
�People who take alcohol within a few hours of giving blood are more likely to feel faint because alcohol dilates the blood vessels. This causes less blood to be available to circulate to the brain leading to dizziness and fainting.
�Being in a hot room also causes the blood vessels to dilate and thus has a similar effect to alcohol.
�Rushing about, or vigorous exercise can also produce similar effects.
�Missing meals and not replacing fluids means a delay in the recovery from blood donation.
�Standing still for long periods of time can lead to pooling of blood in the legs, a situation similar to soldiers on parade. This reduces the amount of blood available to the brain.
If you rush about, miss a meal, have a 'liquid lunch', a cigarette, or get overheated you may feel faint even if you gave blood several hours ago."
Aren't there lots of people who give blood?
As of a 2007 study in TRANSFUSION, only 37 percent of the people in the United States are eligible to donate blood.
Previous studies show that only about 5% of eligible healthy donors give blood each year. Sometimes we have shortages regularly in many areas of the U.S. I get phone calls from the local blood bank asking me to donate again because they are sometimes down to a half day blood supply.
If every donor gave only one more time yearly,
we would not have blood supply problems.
Type O is the most in demand
. Because about 57 percent of the Latino population is type O, 51 percent of African Americans and only 45% of white Caucasians, it is critical that Latino and African American donors give regularly.
Is it true I can eat chocolate chip cookies after donating blood?
The Red Cross on North First Street in San Jose, California (which is certainly on some kind of a work or shopping commute my students take), has a huge supply of OJ, lemonade, chocolate chip cookies (and new & old magazines if you forget to bring some homework or want to catch up on your trashy reading).
How often can I donate blood?
If you don't change your life in a way that could prevent you from donating, you can safely donate every eight weeks.
How do I make an appointment to give blood?
call the American Red Cross at: 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543)
Who gets blood donations?
Every three seconds, someone needs blood. People donate a unit of blood, about a pint. Usually each unit of whole blood is separated into various components, such as red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitated AHF (antihemophilic factor). Each component generally is given to a different person according to their needs.
Needs include: in a car accident up to 50 units of blood; bone marrow transplant 20 units of blood, 120 units of plasma; organ transplant 40 units of blood, 30 units of platelets, 25 units of plasma; burns 6 units of platelets; heart surgery 6 units of blood. It is not unusual for young leukemia patients to need eight units of blood a week.
Red blood cells have a 42-day shelf life and platelets only 5 days, so the supply must be constantly replaced. From a Red Cross leaflet:
"As soon as 24 hours after donating, your blood could be helping patients. Your blood's plasma might be saving a young hemophiliac, your platelets might be helping a cancer patient, while your white blood cells might be helping a newborn fight a serious infection."
More than 75 percent of Americans reaching age 72 will require a blood transfusion sometime in their lifetimes. More than 95 percent of Americans will have a relative or friend who will need blood.
Is it true that donating blood can make me healthier?
An article at A Second Opinion Medical said, in part
"We all know giving blood helps others, but did you know donating blood is also a healthy habit for yourself?
Before donating blood, everyone must pass a mini-physical and a medical history examination. During the physical, your blood pressure, pulse, temperature and your hematocrit level (the level of red cells in your blood) are checked. Sometimes physical problems such as high blood pressure are found during a blood donation mini-physical. So donating blood can be a way to keep a check on your own health while helping others.
Preliminary studies also found that
heart attacks and other cardiac problems were less common in men who had donated blood compared to men who had not.
The two studies involved over 6,500 men and were conducted by the University of Kansas and the University of Kuopio in Finland. Researchers believe by giving blood, men -- and post-menopausal women -- rid their bodies of excessive iron, which is thought to contribute to heart disease. While the medical community is still not certain if a link exists between blood donation and reduced risk of heart attack, giving blood certainly doesn't harm a donor and helps patients who need blood."
From Science Daily:
Men Who Donate Blood May Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease, According To KU Medical Center Study
Story by Rosemary Hope
"KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Men who donate blood may reduce their risk of heart disease by up to 30 percent, according to a study led by David Meyers, M.D., professor of internal medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The study, "Possible association of a reduction in vascular events with blood donation," is published in the August issue of the journal Heart. The study supports the "iron hypothesis" which suggests that women are protected from atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, because they have lower body stores of iron than men. Through menstrual blood loss, women have one-half the iron stores and suffer about one-half the heart attacks and deaths from heart disease as men of similar age.
"What this means for men is - if you donate blood, in a sense you can become a virtual woman and protect yourself from heart disease," said Meyers. "We have identified another reason for blood donation, beyond altruism, for men."
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LEWISTON -- Good afternoon from Niagara Falls Country Club. We're in the shade under the media tent here at the 53rd annual Porter Cup, and that's a good thing. It's hot out here, with not much of a breeze to speak of.
That last part is key. The 6,837-yard, par-70 course depends on the wind to protect it. When it's not blowing, scores can go low. A look at the leader board so far shows that.
University of Texas junior Cody Gribble was in the first group out, and has the clubhouse lead with a 4-under 66. Gribble, who lost in a playoff in this event in 2009, went out in 36, but shot a blistering 30 on the back nine. He recorded birdies on holes 10, 11, 13, 15 and 16.
The lead might not last the day, though, as five players -- Paul Haley, Doug Kleeschulte, Daniel Nesbit, Cheng Tsung Pan and Garrett Rank -- made the turn at 3 under.
Also in the clubhouse at 3-under 67 is Australian Ryan McCarthy. The feature group of Jake Katz, Russell Henley and John Peterson should be making the turn any minute now. I'll post their nine-hole scores soon.
Just a heads up as you follow the blog today: I'm by myself out here, so when I go out on the course to watch, the blog will go dark for a bit. You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jayskurski
I'll post any news-worthy items there from the course. Check back soon.
Katz made the turn at 1 under, shooting 34 on the front.
4:21 p.m.:Told you it would be quite a while before an update. Anyway, here we go. The first-round leader is Paul Haley of Dallas, who posted a 64. That leaves him one shot ahead of Australian Daniel Nesbit and Garrett Rank of Ontario.
4:23 p.m.: GREAT interview with John Peterson, the reigning NCAA individual champ. Read tomorrow's notebook for the details. Peterson is my new favorite player.
4:25 p.m.: Very nice round by Mike Boss, who recently graduated from Lewiston-Porter. Boss, the son of NFCC head pro John Boss, shot an even-par 70, the best score of the five locals in the field.
4:27 p.m.: Jake Katz finishes in 1-over 71, a disappointing start for the 22-year-old who plays out of Westwood. Katz, Peterson and pre-tournament favorite Russell Henley all shot 71 in the first round. Just didn't seem to be much energy in that feature pairing.
4:29 p.m.: Spoke with Harris English, who won last week's Nationwide Tour event. He gets 60 days to turn professional, which is perfect. He'll be able to play for the Walker Cup team in September, then still play the end of this season on the Nationwide Tour. He's also fully exempt for next season on the Nationwide Tour.
4:54 p.m.: Some other noteworthy finishes: Defending champion David Chung shot a 2-over 72, while four-time Buffalo District champion Tim Hume, who now resides in Tampa, Fla., also shot 72. Hume couldn't sustain his momentum after going out in 33.
6:35 p.m.: First round is in the books. Haley is at 64, while Nesbit and Rank are at 65. Might have another blog later tonight if time allows. If not, the second round starts tomorrow at 8 a.m. You'll be in the capable hands of Bob DiCesare for that. Until then ...
---Jay Skurski
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Discuss Linkin Park's first single from their new album here.
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in lyrics can be errors, but this is from real song
i am excited to listen the new album
16/4 = Burn it Down Download Day! Download "Burn it Down" and share the download link! More info here!
new single snipet kinda like what i've done :)
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Again ATS :(
So if I like A Thousand Suns, I'm not an Linkin Park fan?
You are ridiculous sir.
daniel lazarov said:
so this means the album will be like meteora.they sayed that it will have guitar attack,drums and some brutal screams so fck everyone who likes ATS and woh prefers it.im a REAL FAN BECAUSE I HATE ATS thats the true
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when did you heared it will be like ATS
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when did you heared it will be like ATS.it souds really like the old LP with some electronics the vocals are heavy lol.LP are back
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Networked storage including Fibre Channel or iSCSI block-based storage area networks (SAN) can provide benefits of shared storage utilization, access of storage over distance and possible management efficiencies compared to traditional DAS. With the benefits of networked storage, including SAN and NAS, also come increased risk and security issues. Both NAS (NFS and CIFS) along with Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs have various security capabilities with additional layered 3rd party products.
For example, Fibre Channel supports isolation of ports and devices in a fabric using hard or soft zoning-based on ports or worldwide name (WWN). Other capabilities include port blocks and prohibits; volume and LUN mapping and masking along with authentication and authorization tools. Additional security can be provided using encryption technology for data in flight between servers and storage or between storage devices for remote replication as well for encrypting data at rest on disk and tape.
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To the editor:
Salem is going through a transformation, with some positive impacts. However, our city continues to show classic signs of urban stress. In comparing Salem with its six other neighboring towns, it is second only to Lynn with the highest population density, the lowest homeownership rate, the lowest average residential property values, the lowest median single-family sales price, the lowest median household income and the poorest MCAS performance. These demographics cannot support a thriving community.
There's a growing dichotomy in town between the administration that continues to promote urbanization policies that support these demographics and just about everybody else in Salem who are concerned. And, the City Council is the tiebreaker. The council is responsible to set policy for the administration to follow — not vice versa. Salem's councilors represent the voice of the people. And, their majority voice is going to determine if we continue our race to the bottom, replicating the urban issues of our neighbor Lynn, or if we fight to protect our own unique identity. Remember, Salem was once the most prosperous and beautiful town in America.
That's why I want Steve Pinto to join the council. Steve's the type of person who will raise questions, not blindly toe the line of the administration. As a former councilor-at-large, Steve always demonstrated a real concern for the quality of life of us residents. He appreciates Salem's unique qualities and will promote and protect them. We can do better than continue to follow the same path we're on. I urge the councilors to vote for Steve to join their ranks and fill the councilor-at-large seat — for Salem's future.
Jennifer Firth


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2011 Mid-Year Report: Question 4
Manufacturing leaders discuss the characteristics that successful manufacturing operations have in common.
Question 4: You talk with successful manufacturing operations all the time. What characteristics do they have in common?
Mohamed AbuAli, University of Cincinnati
Based on our 10 years of industry-driven research at the Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems, we view "successful" manufacturing operations as sharing specific characteristics that drive that success. I have gained significant expertise working with the center for the past five years in researching and implementing a systematic methodology and technologies for prognostics and health management (PHM) of industrial assets.
Successful manufacturing operations are able to realize an IT-enabled value shift; a shift from collecting manufacturing data to transforming and utilizing actionable information, a shift from physical static machining assets to functional dynamic assets, a shift from traditional machine maintenance to predictive and proactive maintenance activities, and a shift from product-centric operations to a customer-centric manufacturing system.
Such a value shift in manufacturing operations today is brought by predictive analytics for smarter manufacturing.
William Gaskin, PMA
An unrelenting focus on improving productivity through lean operations and upgrading employee skills, along with strategic capital investments, is a critical success factor for manufacturing companies today. Also critical is a need to diversify markets and adjust their technology to accommodate shorter production runs. This allows these companies to have the flexibility to meet the ever-changing needs of their customers.
Dave Tilstone, NTMA
Our most successful members continue to evolve and change by adding more value-added processes and/or capabilities to their operations. In this way they can provide a more comprehensive product and service offering to their customers. It generates them more profit and helps streamline the customer's supply chain.
Report to 2011 Mid-Year Report: Grading on the curve.
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Forty years after Missouri became one of the first states with a Sunshine Law ensuring that government meetings are open and accessible to the public, I am concerned that the spirit of the Sunshine Law is not being honored here in .
First some background and then some examples.
The Missouri Sunshine Law mandates that a tentative agenda for every public meeting be posted at least 24 hours in advance of the start of the meeting. This agenda is tentative because, as I have been told, those drafting the legislation understood that not all the business a public body needs or wants to handle at a meeting is, necessarily, known 24 hours in advance.
The agendas of our City Council regular sessions always list a beginning item called Approval of the Agenda. This is a time when Councilmembers or staff members have the option of adding an item to the evening's agenda. Our habit has also been to discuss any changes to the agenda at any Study Session preceding a regular Council session.
But unfortunately, this has not been happening.
April 23, 2012: A motion to at the Driving Range. was not added to the Council agenda during preceding Study Session or at the top of the regular Council meeting but was nevertheless made and voted on. Some members of the Council and all members of the public had no advance notice that this contentious item would be discussed or that a vote would be requested. Citizens thus did not have a chance to provide their input prior to a vote.
Also, although University City's ordinances state that ALL issues related to the City parks should first go to the Parks Commission for review, this did not happen.
June 11, 2012: A motion to was not mentioned on the agenda but was made and voted on. Citizens again did not have a chance to provide their input prior to a vote.
July 9, 2012: A motion and vote on our Lot #4 was not mentioned on the agenda but was nevertheless made and passed. Again, citizens did not have a chance to provide their input prior to a vote.
August 13, 2012: Another motion concerning continued free parking in the U City Loop on Lot #4 was not mentioned on the agenda but was nevertheless made and voted on. Yet again, citizens did not have a chance to provide their input prior to a vote.
In addition, since April 2012, when this new Council first convened, every closed Executive Session requested by members of Council has convened with no prior notice of the topic to be discussed. Three and sometimes four members of this Council have therefore entered the meetings with no idea of the discussion to be had.
This is not the way for any of us to do business.
This is not the way to respect the spirit of the Sunshine Law.
Members of the Council and the public would benefit if all who so often speak in support of the Sunshine Law would also commit to "living" the law – that means letting everyone know when matters will be discussed and votes will be requested; making sure all agendas are clear – for both public and closed sessions.
That is the right, "transparent" way to do business.


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Jay-Z - '03 Bonnie & Clyde
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Release date: 20 January 2003
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PORTLAND - A 25-year-old Portland man is the "toast" of the Toastmasters.
Ryan Avery captured the title of public speaking world champion in a competition in Orlando, Florida.
"I'm from the 'like' generation where I say 'like' every five words," he explained.
His dad suggested he join Toastmasters as a away to improve his public speaking skills for his job.
"He said he'd pay for my first six months so that's what got me started."
Avery is the Marketing Director for Special Olympics Oregon.
"I wanted to improve the way I was getting our message out," he said.
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He started attending weekly meetings where he assembled a team of 10 Toastmasters mentors.
His wife also became his coach, listening to him practice up to eight hours a day.
"We have a good team dynamic. I can say things like 'your face looks really weird when you are saying that' and he can take it," remarked Chelsea Avery.
They spent countless hours practicing at the Special Olympics warehouse next to Ryan's Macadam Avenue office.
"She would throw pens at me and try to distract me," remembered Ryan.
His winning speech was called "Trust is a Must." It highlighted lessons he learned about trust from his Mom and how they impacted his thoughts on his wedding day.
"By the time I gave that speech at the championship, it had been revised 27 times," Ryan remembered.
It took six months of district and regional competitions to earn a spot in the finals. "When I won my dad hugged me and said 'that's the best 50 bucks I've ever spent,'" said Ryan imitating his dad's southern drawl.
Chelsea Avery will now be spending her own $50 to become a member of Toastmasters,
"That was part of our deal. If Ryan won, I had to join but I know I'll benefit and I get to learn from the best," she said as she smiled at her husband.
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Pink Floyd - Soundtrack From The Film 'More'
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Release date: 03 March 2003
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...the clinical readings of such guitar-laden pomp fests as [B]'Mother'[/B] are so similar to their vinyl ancestors as to be rendered virtually pointless. ..
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Sometimes, watching a play, you fall for a character or characters. You don't exactly fall in love with them, but you like them. You really, really like them.
Such is the case with the characters of Porter and Heather, played by Matthew A. Tito and Charlotte Grady, in Valdosta State University Theatre & Dance's production of playwright Paul Weitz's "Lonely, I'm Not."
Though Porter has been unemployed since suffering a nervous breakdown four years earlier, and Heather is a workaholic trying to overcompensate for being blind and female in a male-dominated corporate world, Tito and Grady are charming as these two lonely characters find one another. Charming and beguiling.
Tito and Grady have an easy grace with one another, a natural chemistry; their characters seem to really care for one another despite their foibles. They seem to like one another, really, really like one another, which may be why they are so appealing.
Because when it gets down to it, as crazy as they seem to the rest of the characters populating this show, Porter and Heather may be the only two sane people each one of them knows. Or it is their sense of knowing right from wrong that has made them so emotionally unstable.
Now, some audiences will equate their and the other characters' rough language as an indicator of morality. Make no mistakes. This show is not for children. "Lonely, I'm Not" does not just contain a few curse words or the F-word. No, this show rains F-bombs. In an older time, one might have said these characters cuss like sailors. Nowadays, for anyone who has ever eavesdropped on some youthful, and not so youthful, conversations, these characters cuss like some of the people you know.
This language is all part of the crust, all part of the sad gristle threatening these characters' lives. Beneath these words and the characters' circumstances lies a true tenderness, something akin to being as simple, powerful and as life-changing as holding a loved one's hand.
Tito and Grady are supported by a talented and versatile cast — four other actors who change faces, costumes, mannerisms and more to become all of the other people populating this world. They are Matthew Hogan, Che'la North, Kelsey South, and Dennis R. May. Each one of these fine student actors has multiple moments to shine and they shine on like crazy diamonds.
VSU Theatre & Dance's H. Duke Guthrie took a risk directing this show. "Lonely" is a relatively new show, premiered off-Broadway in May 2012. It is a contemporary show, more for the modern text generation than the "thees and thous" of Shakespearean theatre. It has an overabundance of language that is unexpected for many area theatres, and may well shock some theatregoers — if you think it will shock you, or you don't want to hear such language, don't go.
But it is also a refreshing piece of theatre, something new, something different, something entertaining and poignant. It is something to really, really like. And Duke Guthrie is to be commended for this.
This review is based on Thursday's opening night performance.
VSU Theatre & Dance presents Paul Weitz's "Lonely, I'm Not," 7:30 p.m. today, Sept. 7; 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8; 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 9-11, Lab Theatre, second floor, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookfield. Reservations, more information: Call (229) 333-5973; or visit www.valdosta.edu/comarts


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City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a measure that will offer benefits to domestic partners of city employees. The measure was introduced by Councilman Chris Seelbach and passed 8-1, the lone "no" vote coming from Charlie Winburn. Seelbach told The Enquirer that domestic partner benefits not only affect same-sex couples, but are also applicable to non-married partners, which is an added attraction to lure talented employees to the city. Covington officials passed a similar measure Tuesday.
If you owe the city of Cincinnati any parking fines, now would be a good time to pay them. Cincinnati police are going to start hearing descriptions of vehicles with multiple outstanding tickets during roll call and then head out to find them during patrols.
Eric Deters wants to be a real lawyer again. The attorney/radio personality/cage fighter says his current predicament — Kentucky law license suspension — is mostly because someone making the rulings "hates him" and is not due to the "ethical lapses" that caused his original 61-day suspension. If Deters can't get the Kentucky Supreme Court to help him out he'll have to go in front of a Character and Fitness Committee and explain all the crazy stuff he's done.
Gov. John Kasich is making changes to the state's Medicaid program, which he and its officials say will save money, though it will cause disruptions in the form of some recipients needing to find new providers, many of which have less access to medical advice and financial help. A similar program implemented in Kentucky last year resulted in complaints that patients couldn't get services authorized and providers didn't get paid on time, according to The Enquirer.
New Osama bin Laden documents published
online by the U.S. Government show concern over Muslim distrust of
his organization before he was killed last May, and much of which was due to the high numbers of civilians it was responsible for killing.
It's not very fun to be John Edwards these days. Already charged with using $1 million in campaign money to hide a pregnant mistress, testimony in his case for violating campaign finance laws has revealed that his mistress had a better idea in response to the National Enquirer's report on the affair: She wanted to say she was abducted by aliens.
Jobless-benefits claims were down last week, and the reduction was the greatest in three months. And U.S. stock futures rose in accordance.
Target is done selling Kindles, and although it didn't give a reason analysts suspect it is in response to Amazon's attempts to get retailers who see the products in a store to then purchase them online. Amazone last holiday season indroduced a Price Check app that offered in-store price comparisons and up to a $15 discount online.
Retired NFL linebacker Junior Seau was found dead at his home yesterday in an apparent suicide. Seau, who played in the NFL for parts of 20 seasons, was found shot to death. He was 43.
Despite problems with staff and records, a report is calling changes to Ohio's youth prisons system a model for the nation. The report from a court-appointed monitor praised the Ohio Department of Youth Services for reducing the number of offenders in secure confinement and spreading services for youthful offenders around the state. However, the report also points out staff shortages, inadequate teachers and inconsistent medical records. Advocates for youthful offenders claim the bad findings show a need for continued court supervision.
There's a new sheriff in town, and the old one is becoming a visiting judge. Simon Leis, who served as sheriff for 25 years, is best known for going after an allegedly obscene Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit and prosecuting pornographer Larry Flynt. As visiting judge, he will take on cases other judges are assigned but can't get to due to full dockets.
An appeals court is allowing City Gospel Mission to move to Queensgate. The special assistance shelter wants to move from its current Over-the-Rhine property to Dalton Avenue, but businesses and property owners at Queensgate oppose the relocation. In its opinion, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals said opponents to the relocation "have not raised any genuine issues of material fact in support of their constitutional attack upon the notwithstanding ordinance in their capacity as neighboring businesses and property owners."
Butler County nonprofit services are worried that a greater need for their services in 2013 will force more budget tightening.
U.S. retailers did not have a good Christmas. Holiday sales were at the lowest they've been since 2008. The disappointing sales have forced retailers to offer big discounts in hopes of selling excess inventory.
Former president George H.W. Bush is in intensive care "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," according to his spokesperson.
The Food and Drug Administration says FrankenFish, a giant, genetically modified salmon, is environmentally safe.
Fun fact: More Iranians worry about global warming than Americans.
Colleges are now helping students scrub their online footprints.
Antifreeze now tastes bitter to deter animals and children from eating it.
Scientists have developed a highly advanced robot boy capable of doing chores. Keep its face in mind, for you could be looking at the first of our future robot overlords.
In a 5-4 vote today, City Council approved a plan to lease Cincinnati's parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to help balance deficits for the next two fiscal years and fund development projects in Downtown, but the plan is now being held up by a Hamilton County judge's temporary restraining order (TRO).
The plan was approved with an emergency clause, which means it is not subject to referendum, according to City Solicitor John Curp. Councilman Chris Seelbach joined the parking plan's five supporters in approving the emergency clause, which is meant to expedite the plan's implementation by removing a 30-day waiting period.
Shortly after the parking plan was approved by City Council, Judge Robert Winkler signed a TRO that will halt its implementation for at least one week. The judge's action will provide enough time to process a lawsuit filed by Curt Hartman, an attorney who represents the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), on behalf of local activists who oppose the plan and argue it should be subject to referendum.
Mayor Mark Mallory says the emergency clause was passed to speed up the plan's implementation in time for the budget that will begin July 1, not to suppress voters: "I don't think that any member of council has ever voted for an emergency clause in an effort to keep voters from being able to reverse the decision that the council is making, so I take exception with that characterization."
The parking plan got its required fifth vote, up from a 4-3 vote in the Budget and Finance Committee Monday, from Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan, who abstained from voting in the committee meeting because she said she was concerned about the city's long-term fiscal outlook. She says her concerns were eased after she read the leasing agreement and listened to a presentation from City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. that gave City Council a few options for fixing the city's structural deficits.
The parking plan's other supporters were council members Roxanne Qualls, Yvette Simpson, Cecil Thomas and Wendell Young. Council members Seelbach, P.G. Sittenfeld, Chris Smitherman and Charlie Winburn voted against the plan.
The plan, which CityBeat previously covered ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27), will lease the city's parking assets to fund development projects, including a 30-story tower and a downtown grocery store, and help balance the deficit for the next two fiscal years. The deal will produce a $92 million upfront payment, and the city projects that additional annual installments will generate more than $263 million throughout the lease's duration.
Opponents say they are concerned the plan will give up too much control of the city's parking meters and garages, which they say could lead to spikes in parking rates.
Under the initial plan, downtown rates will remain at $2 an hour and neighborhood rates will be hiked to 75 cents. Afterward, parking meter rates will be set to increase annually by 3 percent or the rate of inflation on a compounded basis, with actual increases coming in at 25-cents-an-hour increments. That should translate to 25-cent increases every three years for downtown and every six years for neighborhoods, according to Meg Olberding, city spokesperson.
The city will be able to bypass the so-called "cap" on parking meter rate increases through a unanimous vote from a five-person advisory committee, approval from the city manager and a final nod from the Port Authority. The process, which begins with an advisory committee that will include four members appointed by the Port Authority and one selected by the city manager, will allow the city to raise and lower rates to adjust for changing economic needs, says Olberding.
Opponents also say the money from the parking plan is being used too quickly, which does little to alleviate the city's structural deficits.
Dohoney previously argued the plan will help reduce the deficit by generating recurring revenues through long-term economic growth and development.
"The situation that we're in requires that we accelerate growth right now, not later," he said Monday. "If we do not do that, then we're going to have further negative ramifications to deal with."
With the lease agreement approved, it is now up to the Port Authority to develop and publicize the bond documents that will further detail the framework of the parking plan.
in the same meeting, City Council unanimously passed a resolution
asking the federal government to take up comprehensive immigration
Update: This story was updated to reflect Judge Robert Winkler's actions.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Cincinnati streetcar is being delayed until 2016. The streetcar has been delayed time and time again, much to the cheer of opponents. Some opponents have taken the delay as yet another chance to take shots at the streetcar, but the city says a lot of the delays have been due to factors out of the city's control, including ballot initiatives, the state pulling out a massive $52 million in funding and a dispute with Duke Energy.The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 7.8 percent in December, with November's rate being revised upward to 7.8 percent as well. Employers reported adding about 155,000 jobs last month, but about 192,000 entered the labor force, meaning the amount of people joining the labor force outmatched the newly employed. The unemployment rate looks at the amount of unemployed people in the civilian labor force, which includes anyone working or looking for work.
U.S. Speaker John Boehner was re-elected U.S. House speaker. Just moments after securing the top House seat, Boehner said he will make the U.S. debt a top priority. But continuing to make the debt and deficit top issues could hurt the economy, as the fiscal cliff and recent developments in Europe have shown.
Uncle Sam is helping out Cincinnati firefighters. The Cincinnati Fire Department will be getting $6 million in federal grant money to hire 40 additional firefighters. The money will be enough to fund salaries for two years.
Cincinnati's biggest cable provider dropped Current TV after it was sold to Qatar-based Al Jazeera. The Pan-Arab news network has had a difficult time establishing a foothold in American markets, largely because of the perception that it's anti-American. But Al Jazeera has put out some great news stories, and some of the stories won awards in 2012.
If anyone is planning a trip through New York City's LaGuardia Airport, Dayton International Airport now has that covered.
A small town in Ohio is being accused of covering up an alleged gang rape to protect a local football team. But KnightSec, a hacking group affiliated with the organization Anonymous, is fighting back by releasing evidence related to the case.
Despite a solved fiscal cliff deal extending emergency unemployment benefits, Ohio's unemployed will soon be getting less aid. The decrease was automatically triggered by the state's declining unemployment rate.
Ohio's universities are adopting more uniform standards for remedial classes.
The newest Congress is a little more diverse.
In what might be the worst news of the century, the Blue Wisp Jazz Club could close down. The club, which has the greatest spinach-and-artichoke dip in the universe, is facing financial problems.
People who recently obtained gift cards for Rave Motion Pictures may want to get a move on. The theater is being sold to AMC Theatres.
A new theory suggest Earth should have been a snowball in its early days, but it wasn't due to greenhouse gases.
Ohio's fracking boom might not be living up to the hype. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources originally estimated that 250 fracking wells would be built by the end of the year, but only 165 have been completed and 22 are currently being built. The disappointing results are being blamed on low natural gas prices and a backlog in work needed to connect wells to customers. Maybe the state's claim had as much basis as Ohio Gov. John Kasich's claim that the state's fracking boom would be worth $1 trillion.
By killing the heartbeat bill and a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood, Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus, a Republican, apparently declared a war on babies, according to anti-abortion groups. Niehaus is term-limited, so he will not be in the Ohio Senate in the next session, which begins next year. Incoming senate president Keith Faber already said the heartbeat bill could come up to vote in the next Senate session. CityBeat previously wrote about Ohio Republicans' renewed anti-abortion agenda.
Between 2011 and 2012, Cincinnati had the 12th best economic performance in the United States, according to a Brookings Institute study. Out of the 76 metropolitan areas looked at, only Dallas; Knoxville, Tenn.; and Pittsburgh have recovered from the recession, and 20 areas lost more ground throughout the year.Media Bridges, Cincinnati's public access media outlet, is the latest victim of the 2013 budget proposal from City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. The budget plan suggests slashing $300,000 from the organization's funding. When coupled with state funding cuts, Media Bridges is losing $498,000 in funding, or 85 percent of its budget. Tom Bishop, executive director of Media Bridges, compared the cuts to a "meteor" hitting Media Bridges' budget. The city says cuts were suggested in part due to public feedback.
The Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition is pushing the public to speak out against $610,770 in cuts to human services funding in Dohoney's proposed budget. Mayor Mark Mallory and City Council have already agreed to continue 2013 funding at 2012 levels, but homeless advocates want to make sure the funding, which largely helps the homeless and low-income families, remains. The group is calling for supporters to attend City Council meetings on Dec. 5 at 1:15 p.m. at City Hall, Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall and Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Corryville Recreation Center.
It's commonly said Cincinnati is Republican territory, but after the latest elections, that's looking more and more false.
The University of Cincinnati is stepping up safety efforts around campus. The university held a summit to gather public feedback on possible improvements in light of recent incidents in and around campus. Beginning in January, UC will increase patrols by 30 percent.
Crime around Columbus' Hollywood Casino has ticked up. Could Cincinnati face a similar fate when the Horseshoe Casino is up and running? A Washington Post analysis found casinos bring in jobs, but also bankruptcy, crime and even suicide.
Results equal funding. That's the approach Gov. Kasich is taking to funding higher education, but Inside Higher Ed says the approach is part of "an emerging Republican approach to higher education policy, built largely around cost-cutting." Kasich's approach is meant to encourage better results by providing higher funds to schools with higher graduation rates, but schools with funding problems and lower graduation rates could have their problems exacerbated.
Josh Mandel, state treasurer and former Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, insists his big loss in November does not make him a political has-been. Mandel will be pursuing a second term at the Ohio treasurer's office in 2014. Mandel lost the Senate race despite getting massive amounts of funding from third parties — Democrats estimate $40 million — to support his campaign.
The auto industry is still chugging along with impressive numbers from November.
Gas prices moved down in Ohio this week.
One geneticist says people are getting dumber, but he doesn't seem to have much to back his claims up.
Cincinnati and Hamilton County are making a comeback. In August, the city dropped to 7.5 percent unemployment, down from 8.2 percent in July, according to new data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The county dropped to 6.8 percent, down from 7.3 percent in July.
Ohio's seasonally unadjusted rate saw a similarly large drop from 7.4 percent in July to 6.8 percent in August. The U.S. unadjusted rate dropped from 8.6 to 8.2 percent.
From a year-to-year basis, Cincinnati and Hamilton County saw even larger drops in unemployment. On August 2011, unemployment in Cincinnati was at 10 percent, 2.5 points higher than August 2012. Hamilton County was at 8.8 percent, 2 points higher than August 2012.
Greater Cincinnati's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate also saw large drops, remaining below the state and nation. The 15-county area dropped from 7.2 percent unemployment in July down to 6.7 percent in August. That is a 1.9-point drop from August 2011, which saw an 8.6 percent unemployment rate.
The federal and state unemployment rates are typically adjusted for seasonal factors, but the local rates are not. The adjusted unemployment rates for August were 7.2 percent for Ohio and 8.1 percent for the United States.
The unemployment rate only considers people who are unemployed and looking for work. People not looking for work are deemed to be outside of the labor force.
A YouTube video that went viral over the weekend may have broken the rosy illusions the average American has about wealth and income inequality.
Using data from Mother Jones,
Dan Ariely, ThinkProgress and CNN, the video compares the average American's ideal distribution of wealth, what the average American says wealth inequality looks like and how wealth is distributed in reality — ultimately showing that the average American says the nation is much more equal than it really is.
The video suggests investment income as one of the drivers of inequality. The top 1 percent wealthiest Americans hold 50 percent of the nation's stocks, bonds and mutual funds, while the bottom 50 percent of Americans only hold 0.5 percent of such investments, according to the video.
"The average worker needs to work more than a month to earn what the CEO makes in one hour," the narrator says.
In the past, the United States was a lot closer to equality. As the video points out, the top 1 percent only took home 9 percent of the nation's income in 1976. Today, that number is up to 24 percent.
Ohio isn't immune to the trend. A previous report from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found Ohio's income gap — the income difference between the rich and poor — is wide and growing, and low-income and middle-income Ohioans have actually seen their incomes drop since the 1990s.
The video doesn't make any suggestions on how to fix the problem — it simply shows massive inequality exists — but there are plenty of ideas out there. A paper from the Congressional Research Service suggested the tax system may be playing a role in driving up income and wealth inequality: "However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be correlated with the increasing concentration of income at the top of the income distribution. … The statistical analysis in this report suggests that tax policy could be related to how the economic pie is sliced — lower top tax rates may be associated with greater income disparities."
In December, The Washington Post posted 10 empirically supported ideas, which included funding preschool education, making unions easier to join and promoting trade in highly skilled professions.
In his 2013 State of the Union, President Barack Obama suggested raising the federal minimum wage to help combat poverty and income inequality — a policy that economist Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute recently advocated.
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With a push from Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and City Council approval, the Homeless to Homes plan is moving forward. The shelter-moving plan, which was originally put together by Strategies to End Homelessness, will use $37 million in loans to build new shelters for the Drop Inn Center, City Gospel Mission and the YWCA. But some homeless advocates have criticized the plan because it forces them to move homeless shelters they don't want to move. Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, says the money could be spent better developing affordable housing and creating jobs to help eliminate homelessness.
Just one day after President Barack Obama's re-election, one left-leaning Ohio group was already making demands. They want federal unemployment benefits renewed. The group's research director, supported by economic data, says the expiration of those benefits could have bad repercussions for the unemployed and the federal and state economies.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati investment professionals are beginning to renew worries about the federal fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff, which includes emergency unemployment benefits, is a mix of tax hikes and budget cuts set to automatically occur at the end of the year. The Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency that measures the impact of federal budgets and policy, has warned about the fiscal cliff's potential economic damage. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has also warned lawmakers about the fiscal cliff.
A state appeals court ruled today that the city of Cincinnati is allowed to reduce retirees' health benefits. The cuts in benefits are meant to shore up the city's pension plan, but retirees, including former City Clerk Sandy Sherman, filed a lawsuit arguing the benefits can only be increased, not decreased. The case could still move to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Hamilton County's new Democratic sheriff, Jim Neil, is already making plans. He says he favors alternative sentencing to deal with jail overcrowding, and he wants to audit and restructure the sheriff department's budget to cut waste.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be in Cincinnati Thursday to unveil Cincinnati's first prescription drug drop box. The drop boxes are meant to reduce prescription drug abuse and improper ingestion.
A sign of what could come to Cincinnati next spring: Columbus's casino reported $18.3 million in revenue for its first month. Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino is currently being constructed and is expected to open in spring 2013.
Blue Ash-based Empire Marketing Strategies is buying a plant site in Mason for about $820,000, and it could create 200 jobs.
In case you missed it, CityBeat posted comprehensive election results for Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio and the U.S.
State Democrats and Republicans have an explanation for two incumbents losing in the Ohio Supreme Court: names. On Democrat William O'Neill defeating Republican incumbent Robert Cupp, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett said O'Neill won because he has an Irish-American name. Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said, "Sharon Kennedy is a great ballot name. That's why she won." Redfern says he will introduce legislation that will require party affiliation to appear on the Ohio Supreme Court ballots.
The election didn't change much in the Ohio Board of Education. It remains five Democrats and six Republicans.
Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan said the approval of Issue 4, which extends City Council terms to four years, will be good for local business. She argues "there's a great business case to be made for having a more stable and reliable local government."
While marijuana was legalized in some states, Butler County led what it believes is its biggest marijuana bust in history. More than 900 lbs of marijuana were seized.
Bill Cunningham, local conservative radio talk show host, may retire due to Obama's re-election. Oh well.
In the story of another conservative meltdown, CityBeat has a special letter for the Lebanon tea party: We're sorry.
Perhaps the national media's most under-reported story of election night was that Puerto Ricans favored statehood in the polls for the first time. If Congress and Obama act, the island could become the 51st state.
Popular Science has an open letter to President Barack Obama. While they like how Obama generally supports science funding more than a President Mitt Romney would, they want Obama to do more.
A Purcell Marian High School administrator was fired for declaring his public support for same-sex marriage. Mike Moroski, who was the assistant principal at the Catholic school, wrote about his support for LGBT equality on his personal blog. Following the blog post, Moroski claims he was given an ultimatum by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to resign or recant his statements. CityBeat covered same-sex marriage and the amendment that could bring marriage equality to Ohio here.
A board vote failed to remove State Board of Education President Debe Terhar from her position. In response, Ohio Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking access to her cell phone and other records. Terhar has been receiving heavy criticism for a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. CityBeat wrote about Terhar's ridiculous Facebook post here.
Cincinnati Public Schools and Winton Woods City Schools were among nine city school districts found to be scrubbing attendance data by the state auditor. The school districts claim most the errors were simple mistakes, not intentional manipulation of data. Both the auditor and schools agree state policy is too confusing and must change.
The city of Cincinnati is beginning the process of sorting through construction bids for the streetcar. Three bids ranging from $71 million to $87 million have already come to light, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The bids could push up the price tag on the streetcar, but Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, cautions the process is barely starting. CityBeat covered the streetcar and how it relates to the mayor's race here.
Cincinnati is speeding up the demolitions of condemned buildings this year, particularly buildings near schools and family zones.
A new report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services found employment in the shale industry was up 17 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Critics caution the jobs aren't worth the risks — pointing to a number of environmental and health concerns related to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." CityBeat wrote about fracking and its extensive problems here.
One in 25 students in Columbus schools are restrained or secluded. The state's lax seclusion policies have been under heavy criticism in the past year following the discovery that school staff were using seclusion for convenience, not just to restrain students.
On Wednesday, Metro staff will be holding a security exercise meant to gauge counterterrorism capabilities. Metro bus service will not be affected.
The Horseshoe Casino pays homage to Liuzhou, China — Cincinnati's sister city of 25 years.
The chief curator resigned from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A Cincinnati woman was charged with helping her daughter beat up a student during a classroom brawl.
Curiosity is officially the first robot to drill another planet.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
In case you missed it, CityBeat is hosting a party
for the final presidential debate at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine. There
will be live tweeting, and Councilman Chris Seelbach will be on-hand to discuss this year's key issues. Even if you can't come, make sure to live tweet during the
presidential debate using the hashtag #cbdebate. More info can be found
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A new study found redistricting makes government even more partisan. The Fair Vote study says redistricting divides government into clear partisan boundaries by eliminating competitive districts. In Ohio, redistricting is handled by elected officials, and they typically use the process for political advantage by redrawing district boundaries to ensure the right demographics for re-election. Issue 2 attempts to combat this problem. If voters approve Issue 2, redistricting will be taken out of the hands of elected officials and placed into the hands of an independent citizens commission. The Republican-controlled process redrew the First Congressional District, which includes Cincinnati, by adding Warren County to the district. Since Warren County typically votes Republican, this gives an advantage to Republicans in the First Congressional District. CityBeat previously covered the redistricting reform effort here.
Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel will face off in another debate for Ohio's seat in the U.S. Senate today. The two candidates met Monday in a feisty exchange in which the men argued over their records and policies. Brown and Mandel will face off at 8 p.m. The debate will be streamed live on 10TV.com and Dispatch.com. Currently, the race is heavily in Brown's favor; he is up 5.2 points in aggregate polling.
Cincinnati is moving forward with its bike sharing program. A new study found the program will attract 105,000 trips in its first year, and it will eventually expand to 305,000 trips a year. With the data in hand, Michael Moore, director of the Department of Transportation and Engineering, justified the program to The Business Courier: "We want Cincinnatians to be able to incorporate cycling into their daily routine, and a bike share program will help with that. Bike share helps introduce citizens to active transportation, it reduces the number of short auto trips in the urban core, and it promotes sustainable transportation options."
Cincinnati's school-based health centers are showing promise. Two more are scheduled to open next year.
Echoing earlier comments by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, Ohio Senate Republicans are now talking about using the lame duck session to take up a bill that would set standard early voting hours and tighten voting requirements. Republicans are promising broad consensus, but Democrats worry the move could be another Republican ploy at voter suppression. Republicans defend the law by saying it would combat voter fraud, but in-person voter fraud isn't a real issue. A recent study by the Government Accountability Office found zero examples of in-person voter fraud in the last 10 years. Another investigation by News21 had similar results. Republicans have also justified making voting tougher and shorter by citing racial politics and costs.
A Hamilton County judge's directive is causing trouble. Judge Tracie Hunter sent out a directive to hire a second court administrator because she believes the current county administrator is only working for the other juvenile judge. The county government is trying to figure out if Hunter has the authority to hire a new administrator.
This year's school report card data held up a long-term
trend: Public schools did better than charter schools. In Ohio, the
average charter school meets slightly more than 30 percent of the
state's indicators, while the average traditional public school meets 78
percent of the state's indicators, according to findings from the
education policy fellow at left-leaning Innovation Ohio. The data for
all Ohio schools can be found here.
Some in the fracking industry are already feeling a bit of a bust. The gas drilling business is seeing demand rapidly drop, and that means $1 billion lost in profits. CityBeat wrote in-depth about the potential fracking bust here.
Ohio student loan debt is piling up. A report by Project
on Student Debt says Ohio has the seventh-highest student loan debt in
the nation with an average of $28,683 in 2011. That number is a 3.5
percent increase from 2010.
What if Abraham Lincoln ran for president today?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind could soon be reality. Scientists are developing a drug that removes bad memories during sleep.


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The damage from Saturday's tanker fire on I-5 near Elysian Park may not be as extensive as first thought. Two lanes have reopened and more are expected to reopen on Tuesday. The closure has caused massive traffic jams on the 5 Freeway, even two days after the fiery crash. Conan Nolan reports from Glassell Park for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on July 15, 2013.
Efforts to repair a portion of the 5 Freeway that was damaged in a weekend tanker fire near Dodger Stadium were ahead of schedule Monday afternoon, as Caltrans announced two northbound lanes had reopened earlier than expected.
Caltrans officials opened two lanes just in time for Monday morning's commute, and by early Tuesday, they were able to successfuly reopen all lanes of both the 2 and 5 freeways .
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"We want to make sure this road is 100 percent safe before we open it up to the public," Mike Miles, Caltrans District 7 director, said at a 4 p.m. news conference.
The fiery Saturday morning crash happened in a tunnel on the Glendale (2) Freeway at the Golden State (5) Freeway interchange north of downtown Los Angeles. The fire was fueled by about 8,500 gallons of gas, firefighters said.
The tunnel is expected to be partially closed for at least a week as Caltrans engineers examine the tunnel's core to determine the extent of the damage, Miles said.
Crews will first get the freeway "fully functioning" so drivers can use the roadway, but will continue making "permanent repairs" after the freeway reopens, Miles said, adding that those repairs likely will bring intermittent closures.
Meanwhile, drivers tried to figure out alternatives routes around the closures as traffic officers directed drivers on nearby surface streets.
"I know the area really well," said driver Laura Garvner. "So, I'm able to take the streets. I know the shortcuts."
A portion of the southbound 5 Freeway at Fletcher Drive reopened early Monday. The southbound 2 Freeway connector to the southbound 5 Freeway and northbound 2 Freeway at Glendale Boulevard also reopened Monday morning.
Motorists were advised to use alternate routes, including exits on Fletcher and Riverside drives. Authorities also recommended people use buses and commuter trains to get through the heavily traveled route which links the suburbs north of LA with downtown.
Monday afternoon, Aram Sahakian, with LA DOT, said he was "pleasantly surprised" that commuters heeded warnings to stay away from the damaged freeway so as to mitigate traffic.
Metro Gold Line passengers were told to expect increased parking demand because of the road closures.
Some 300,000 motorists travel that stretch of 5 Freeway every day, officials said.
The closures meant alternate routes for many fans who attended two weekend games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers' next game at the stadium is scheduled for July 25 after the All-Star Game break and two series on the road.
The tanker truck driver, identified as 52-year-old Jose Castanon of Bellflower, told authorities that he blew a tire before crashing and managed to get out of his truck, which exploded into flames, with only minor injuries.
The fire damaged the tunnel and overpass.
"It's going to require that we keep this tunnel closed for a very long time," said Patrick Chandler, of the California Department of Transportation.
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