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PLANO, Texas — Sure, if you're in the laundry industry – you've got the linen. Who in this industry doesn't? But what do you do with that linen when it's torn or stained? While ragging out linen is a common practice for laundry facilities, Lori Birdsong, director of Linens for Animals and her husband Dr. Mark Bussan, have a 'greener' idea that is catching on like wildfire.
Birdsong and Bussan are co-founders of Linens for Animals, a 501(c) (3) non-profit that supplies donated used linens to animals in need. In less than 6 years, the organization has dispersed over 2 million pounds of donated sanitized linens to over 2000 rescue groups, wildlife rehabilitation facilities and shelters in 24 states – helping hundreds of thousands of animals.
Until now, most donations have been received from North Texas Healthcare Laundry, HCA North Texas Division Laundry, Crothall, and Angelica. However, Birdsong and her husband are now branching out to accept linens directly from hospitals and hotels.
"It's a win-win situation for the animals and our donors," Birdsong says. "We receive donated goods that have been washed and sanitized but have been determined to be unfit for reuse due to stains or tears. Of course the animals don't care if a towel or underpad is stained. They're just happy to be snuggling up on something warm instead of on dirt or concrete. And we're a tax deduction for linen facilities. One facility alone wrote off almost a half a million dollars a few years back based on their donations to us."
Birdsong explains how her unique calling evolved. "I was playing tennis with a friend one day and I saw the tennis pro tossing balls into a garbage bin. I thought it was wasteful so I told him that I'd take the balls. I brought them to animal shelters so that when dogs get adopted they can go home with a new toy."
Birdsong's donations were met gratefully by the first two shelters she approached. However, at the next shelter she was told, "We don't need balls. If you want to do something for us, we need towels, blankets and linens." Determined to meet that need Birdsong learned about central laundries and linen facilities through a contact at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Then she contacted HCA North Texas Division Laundry.
"HCA agreed to allow me to pick up some of their linens that they were ragging out – everything that you could imagine for a hospital bed: blankets, flat and fitted sheets, pillowcases, baby blankets and underpads," Birdsong says. "Then I found North Texas Healthcare Laundry. SCORE!! Initially they were ragging out everything except the underpads. They couldn't be ragged out so they were paying people to take them to the dump. Essentially, the underpads were costing them money to dispose of so they were happy to give them to us!"
"They immediately began donating underpads to us," she said. The sanitized underpads are in high demand at Shelters and Animal Rescues. They're worth their weight in gold because they are used for so many different things. Once, we picked up 18 bins that had approximately 300 underpads in each. They were distributed to five different local shelters and numerous animal rescue organizations.
As Birdsong's linen requests from animal shelters grew, so did her donations. She began fielding phone calls from prospective donors looking for a greener alternative than ragging out textiles which would eventually end up in landfills. "Linda Rayne, division director of support services for HCA Far West Division has been instrumental in helping us get the word out to the industry – and we are very grateful to her for all she has done," says Bridsong.
Birdsong wasn't the only one asking for help. She also fielded calls from like-minded people concerned about waste and the environment. "I recieved a call once from a woman who had just witnessed 15 bins of sheets loaded for a trip to the local dump because the hotel logo was incorrect. It sickened her to think of the waste and she called me and asked if I could help in the future. I said you bet! I will just need to find the shelters and rescues in your area that are in need of linens."
It doesn't happen often, but Linens for Animals has also received requests that they have fulfilled outside of the United States. "Crothall in Los Angeles, is one of the few facilities that donates all of the different items that we need, like the products we get in Texas," Birdsong said. "In addition to underpads, they give us blankets, towels, baby blankets and sheets. Just this week we facilitated a load of their donated linens to the Philippines. An organization there took down a pit bull dog fighting ring and they are currently housing approximately 250 pit bulls that are in dire need of linens for bathing and bedding and wound care."
But Birdsong's work and donations extend past four legged recipients. "When the tornado in Joplin hit, a Church called us because they needed help for the families and animals that had lost their homes and were living in the Church basement. Then we got calls from a shelter in Oklahoma that was decimated. PetSmart Charities donated a 52-foot trailer that we stocked up with goods from North Texas Healthcare Laundry and HCA North Texas Laundry. To our delight both facilities gave us manpower to bag and load that enormous truck! The truck left Dallas, went to Joplin, dropped product there and then went to Oklahoma to give them some linens and then… on to the flood victims in N. and S. Dakota, and ended its trip in Arizona for the fire victims."
"Our mission statement is to provide comfort for animals in need," Birdsong says. And that she continues to do. "When we were called to a puppy mill bust, there were 500 dogs that were served. Some just used blankets for comfort and bedding, others used the sterile underpads for surgical procedures, towels were used for bath time and others just enjoyed not laying on the cold ground. Imagine how it felt to them to be laying on a blanket for the first time in their life!"
Birdsong is committed to grow her non-profit until Linens for Animals touches needy animals nationwide. "My goal is to have Linens for Animals in every city and state of the United States because it's ridiculous that all of these linens are either getting ragged or out ending up in a dump. It's not only good for the animals – it's good for the environment," she says.
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The dashboard presents Sodexo leadership and field management with key metrics in a customized, easy to use presentation. The dashboard uses Pureshare® Active-Metrics® software to gather and display appropriate information in the form of metrics for each level of management; the metrics are used to make business decisions. Because the dashboard is web-based, it can be accessed from any computer or mobile device. It also sends realtime email alerts that enable management to resolve operational issues immediately. Sodexo's Laundries Dashboard allows for the effective management of critical areas as well as providing detailed analysis and comparisons.


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"I want it. I want it now." There is impatience in our society now. It's been bred by the instantaneous communication offered on our cell phones and the immersion in personal detail offered by Web offerings such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
But, you know what – the fish that we all strive to catch don't even have the "right now," concept on their radar. They still move in the timeless patterns of feed and flight, solid to their heritage. So, what happens when "right now" meets "when I'm ready?" We had a shot at that early last month, before the rains that could have floated Noah's Ark descended on us here in Southwest Florida.
I usually get to the marina long before first light to queue up with other charter captains to buy bait shrimp. On that particular morning, I was immersed in preparing the boat and securing the bait when I was interrupted with a loutish bellow. "You the captain ? We're your charter. When are we goin'?"
Even in the bleak morning darkness, the light spilling from the marina lights was enough so I could make out four of them poised on the dock; poster boys for the Now Generation. After explaining to them that they were an hour-and-a-half early, they exhaled something like "We didn't want to miss anything." They summarily retired to a local restaurant for breakfast and to plot the game plan for the fishing action that lay ahead.
The four 20-somethings were assembled alongside the boat long before our 8 a.m. start time. As we exchanged handshakes, the questions were staccato.
"Whatta we gonna catch this morning?"
"Howcha do yesterday?"
"What kinda bait we got?"
They were beyond hyper and not even listening to my answers.
The sea conditions were favorable, with some easterly winds that would keep the nearshore reefs reasonably calm. No reason to take these guys out where bouncing around takes priority over fishing. We made our way out along the Marco Beach with the gang auditing every time I adjusted the throttle to sustain a 20 knot speed. To them, this journey to the fishing spot was a waste of time, and in shunted conversation they kind of told me so.
We were going to work the major reef just off Caxambas Pass. After coming right in the center of the reef, we meandered around with eyes glued to the fishfinder, looking for the backside of one of the drop-offs where I knew the bait (and mackerel) would be holding. But the "right now" gang couldn't let the moment of apparent inactivity pass. "What's going on, captain?"
"When we gonna get baits in the water?"
"Be patient, guys – if we get on the right spot, it will pay off in some great fishing." They all just looked at one other with absurd smirks.
We finally got a line the spot and set anchor. We hurried to get the block chum in the water, knowing that it was the key to hot action. To our 20-somethings, it was just another way to delay the git-go.
In addition to the chum deployment, the incoming tide was just starting, and until that got running, the fishing would necessarily be a bit slower. Didn't dare tell them. They wouldn't understand.
We baited up the jigs for two of the crew, and for the other two we tied some wire leaders to their line with zero weight and had them feed the rig right into the chum slick with an impaled shrimp. Now the tide had started, but just barely. The bits of block chum were moving quite slowly and so were those freelined baits.
Five minutes, 10 minutes and nothing. The Now Generation were clearly agitated. "So where are the fish, captain?"
I gave them the patience speech again. And again, the eyes rolled.
"Give the chum a chance to work and for the tide to roll. Just hang in there"
Another 10 minutes or so and still nothing. Two of the crew put their rods down in a display of disdain. It was just too slow on this spot and the realization that it probably wouldn't light up until the water started to pour provoked action.
"Okay guys, reel 'em in. We'll go try another spot" I announced. The second spot , a quarter of mile away, may or may not be better fishing, but it would be activity to keep our gang engaged.
So, off we went. We set up on the second spot; deployed our chum and cast the baits. Instant strikes gobbled up those baits. Blue runners! We had set up smack on top of legions of these frisky fighters. Fun to catch, but wear you out. And that's just what happened to our gang. It engaged them for 10 or 15 minutes, but then they tired and wanted something of more substance.
The move had worked. We kept the gang busy and put enough time in the tide to get the water rolling. We pulled anchor and headed back to the first spot, much to the consternation and skepticism of the "right now" gang. We were going to prove it was the top location, but the wrong timing, first time around. We set up again and got the chum rolling in a now moving tide, setting up all our gang with tipped jigs and high hopes.
The action was immediate. The mackerel were so thick in the chum slick that the jigs barely touched the water before being devoured by big, voracious macks.
It got even better a half-hour or so into the bite. A school of bonito must have been cruising by and were attracted to the chum and activity. When those bonitos took the jigs and headed to the horizon, it elevated the action level to the zenith.
The intensity and duration of the bite left the gang spent and exhausted, even before our time expired. We headed back early with the "right now" gang patiently, "now righted."
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Ohio's inspector general released a report today criticizing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) for improperly reimbursing federal stimulus funds to hired organizations that did not follow rules.
In a statement, Inspector General Randall Meyer's office said ODJFS "failed to adequately oversee federal grant funds applied to the Constructing Futures jobs training initiative for Central Ohio."
The report released by Meyer's office today, which focused on stimulus programs in central Ohio, outlined a few instances of ODJFS failing to oversee proper standards. In total, the department, which was put in charge of carrying out job training funds in Ohio from the stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law in 2009, wrongly reimbursed companies it hired for $51,700.81.
In central Ohio, ODJFS hired two organizations to carry out the job training program, or Workforce Investment Act: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) and Construction Trades Networks (CTN). At ABC, the inspector general found limited problems with faulty reimbursements involving a newspaper subscription, travel and mileage totaling less than $100. The money was not accounted for as a questionable cost since it was so small.
However, at CTN, the faulty reimbursements piled up. The organization was reimbursed $560.61 for phone calls made prior to being hired as part of the federal grant. It was also reimbursed $1,613.62 for its invoices, even though documentation was not provided to link phone calls as necessary to the grant program.
Under the federal stimulus rules, CTN was required to provide 25 percent of its own funds for the program. CTN planned on using $91,800 of in-kind funds — payment that isn't cash — by paying for trainee wages. The organization paid $60,927.70 by the end of the grant period, and the organization was reimbursed for $49,526.64 by ODJFS, even though the charges were supposed to be carried by CTN. The inspector general requested CTN give the money back to ODJFS.
When the inspector general contacted the organization to explain the findings, CTN attributed the requests for faulty reimbursements to confusion caused by multiple administrative changes at ODJFS.
"In addition, monitoring visits by ODJFS were not conducted until after the grant period expired, even though the partnerships were told the visits would occur as grant activities were underway," the report said.
Meyer's office concluded ODJFS should review the questioned costs, work to keep consistent guidelines through administrative changes and monitor grant funds during the grant period.
The full inspector general report can be found here.
A report was released for northwestern Ohio was released on May 10, and it also found wrongdoing. It can be found here. A report for stimulus programs in southwestern Ohio will be released later.ODJFS could not be immediately provide comment on the report. This story will be updated if comments become available.
UPDATE (3:28 P.M.): Benjamin Johnson, spokesperson for ODJFS, provided a comment shortly after this story was published.
"As the report mentions, these were expenditures by local entities, not by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services," he says. "We appreciate the inspector general bringing this to our attention, and we'll work to resolve the matter."
The report, which was put together by Agenda 360 and Vision 2015, compares Cincinnati to other cities in a series of economic indicators. The cities compared were Cincinnati; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Cleveland; Columbus; Denver; Indianapolis, Ind.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Pittsburgh; Raleigh, N.C.; and St. Louis.
First, the good news: Cincinnati has an unemployment rate
lower than the national average, at 7.2 percent. As far as job growth,
total jobs, per-person income and average annual wage goes, Cincinnati
ranked No. 6. Cincinnati was also No. 5 in poverty ranks — meaning the
city had the fifth least people below 200 percent of the federal poverty
level among the 12 cities measured. For the most part, Cincinnati moved up in these ranks since 2010.
When it comes
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Indianapolis. That was a bump up from the No. 3 spot in 2010.
The bad news: Cincinnati didn't do well in almost
every other category. In terms of educational attainment — meaning the
percent of the population 25 years or older who have a bachelor's
degree or higher — Cincinnati was No. 9, with 29.3 percent having a bachelor's degree or higher in 2010. That was a slight improvement from the No. 10 rank in the previous report, which found 28.5 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2009.
Cincinnati did poorly in net migration as well. The city was No. 10 in that category, only beating out St. Louis and Cleveland. The silver lining is the city actually gained 1,861 people in 2009 — an improvement from losing 1,526 people in 2008.
Cincinnati also seems to have an age problem. The city
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Dependency," with 20.4 percent of the city made up of people aged 65 and
older in 2011.
However, the report does have a positive note through all the numbers: "In fact, our current pace of growth, especially in the people indicators, exceeds many of our competitors and if this pace continues, our rank could be much improved by our next report."
Gov. John Kasich's refusal to seek another waiver for federal regulations on food stamps will force 18,000 current recipients in Hamilton County to meet work requirements if they want the benefits to continue.
Under federal law, "able-bodied" childless adults receiving food stamps are required to work or attend work training for 20 hours a week. But when the Great Recession began, the federal government handed out waivers to all states, including Ohio, so they could provide food assistance without placing burdens on under- and unemployed populations.
Kasich isn't asking for a renewal of that waiver, which means 134,000 Ohioans in most Ohio counties, including 18,000 in Hamilton County, will have to meet the 20-hours-per-week work requirement to get their $200 a month in food aid starting in January, after recipients go through a three-month limit on benefits for those not meeting the work requirements.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services explained earlier in September that the waiver is no longer necessary in all but 16 counties because Ohio's economy is now recovering from the Great Recession. Two weeks later, the August jobs report put Ohio's unemployment rate at a one-year high of 7.3 percent after the state only added 0.6 percent more jobs between August 2012 and August this year.
At the same time, the federal government appears ready to allow stimulus funding for food stamp programs to expire in November. The extra money was adopted in the onset of the Great Recession to provide increased aid to those hit hardest by the economic downturn.
That means 18,000 food stamp recipients in Hamilton County will have to meet a 20-hour-per-week work requirements to receive $189 per month — $11 less than current levels — for food aid starting in November. Assuming three meals a day, that adds up to slightly more than $2 per meal.
The $11 loss might not seem like much, but Tim McCartney, chief operating officer at the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services (HCDJFS), says it adds up for no- and low-income individuals.
"Food assistance at the federal level is called SNAP, which is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It's not designed to be the entire food budget for yourself or your family. It's designed to be a supplement. So anything you lose to a supplement, you obviously didn't have enough in the first place," McCartney says.
HCDJFS already helps some recipients of other welfare programs meet work requirements through local partnerships. But to avoid further straining those partners with a rush of 18,000 new job-searchers, the county agency is also allowing food stamp recipients to set up their own job and job training opportunities with other local organizations, including neighborhood groups, churches and community centers.
McCartney says he's also advising people to pursue job opportunities at Cincinnati's SuperJobs Center, which attempts to link those looking for work with employers. McCartney says the center has plenty of job openings, but many people are unaware of the opportunities.
"This population sometimes has additional barriers with previous convictions or drug and mental health issues that would eventually exempt them, but for others, there are plenty of opportunities right now that we'd like to connect them with," he says.
Conservatives, especially Republicans, argue the work requirements are necessary to ensure people don't take advantage of the welfare system to gain easy benefits. But progressives are concerned the restrictions will unfairly hurt the poorest Ohioans and the economy.
Progressive think tank Policy Matters Ohio previously found every $1 increase in government food aid produces $1.70 in economic activity.
At the federal level, Republican legislators, including local Reps. Steve Chabot and Brad Wenstrup, are seeking further cuts to the food stamp program through H.R. 3102, which would slash $39 billion over 10 years from the program. Part of the savings in the bill come from stopping states from obtaining waivers on work requirements.
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, decried the bill in a statement: "Congress shouldn't be turning to Ohio's poorest people to find savings — especially children and others who are unable to work for their own food. The proposal the Ohio members of Congress supported is immoral, and our lawmakers must work together to represent all their constituents. No one should be in the business of causing hunger, yet that's the choice the Ohio members of Congress made today."
The legislation is unlikely to make it through the U.S. Senate, but President Barack Obama promised to veto the bill if it comes to his desk.
Correction: This story previously said the restrictions start removing "able-bodied" childless adults from the rolls in October instead of January.
In the first of three debates for Ohio's seat in the U.S.
Senate, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh
Mandel agreed on little and clashed on a lot. Each candidate mostly focused on the opposing candidate's record, but the debate today did move to substantial differences in policy at some
The debate started with opening statements from a noticeably feisty Brown, who criticized Mandel for calling his vote for the auto bailout "un-American." On the other side of the aisle, Mandel began his opening statement with a joke about shaving before he turns 36. The joke was the last time either of the men spoke with a light heart.
The candidates blasted each other mostly for their records. Mandel touted Ohio's and the nation's higher unemployment rate since Brown took office in 2006, energy prices and the U.S. debt. He also said the Senate had not passed a budget in three years, although Congress has actually passed budget resolutions in that time.
Brown fired back with claims Mandel had filled the state treasurer's office with cronies. He also criticized Mandel for running for four different political offices in seven years. In his closing statement, Brown said Mandel is "too concerned about running for his next job" to be trusted.
On substance, Brown and Mandel criticized just about everything about each other. Brown claimed Mandel signed away his "right to think" by agreeing to lobbyist Grover Norquist's pledge to not raise taxes while in office. He said the pledge makes it so if Mandel does take office, he'll never be able to close tax loopholes for big corporations.
Mandel defended the pledge by saying, "I'm proud to stand
for lower taxes in our state and lower taxes in our country." He added, "I will
do everything I can to advocate for lower taxes across the board for the middle
class and job creators as well."
The term "job creators" is typically used in politics to reference wealthy Americans, who Republicans claim create jobs through the theory of trickle-down economics. The economic theory states that wealthy Americans will hire more lower-class Americans if they have more money and freedom, essentially creating a trickle-down effect on wealth from the rich to the poor. Although Republicans still tout the theory, some economists, including Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, say the financial crisis of 2008 and the deregulation that led to it prove trickle-down economics do not work.
The candidates also debated their positions on the auto bailout. Mandel said he would not have voted for the auto bailout if he was in the Senate in 2009. In his defense, he cited the experience of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout. Mandel then said, "I'm not a bailout senator. He's the bailout senator."
Brown responded by saying, "These are real jobs and real people." He then cited examples of people helped by the growing auto industry. Brown's arguments are backed by economic data, which has repeatedly credited the growing auto industry for the nation's growing economy. In the first quarter of 2012, the auto industry was credited for half of the nation's economic growth.
When he was asked about higher education, Brown established the key difference between the candidates in terms of economic policy. Brown said his policies in favor of government investment in higher education are about supporting the middle class to create growth that starts in the middle and spreads out, while Mandel supports tax cuts that emphasize a trickle-down approach. Mandel did not deny the claims, and instead blamed Brown's policies for the high unemployment rate and debt issues.
The men continued to show similar contrasts on the budget, taxes and economy throughout the entire debate, but there seemed to be some common ground regarding energy independence. When the topic came to hydraulic fracturing — or "fracking" — Brown said becoming energy independent would have to involve all possible energy sources. In substance, Mandel agreed, although he also praised fracking regulations recently passed by the Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich.
As far as energy issues go, the agreement stopped there. When Brown was asked about President Barack Obama's alleged "war on coal," Brown said there was no war on coal and claimed there are more coal jobs and coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago. Mandel disagreed and claimed there is a war on coal. He added if Obama is the general in the war on coal, Brown is Obama's "lieutenant." Brown previously supported federal regulations on mercury that some in the coal industry, including the Ohio Coal Association, claim will force coal-fired power plants to shut down. The regulations go into effect in 2015.
On abortion, Mandel proudly claimed he was pro-life, while Brown said, "Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own health care decisions." Brown also criticized Mandel for not establishing exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother in his anti-abortion stance.
Many more issues, from term limits to Middle Eastern culture, were covered in the debate. The candidates drew sharp contrasts in all these areas with Brown typically holding the liberal position and Mandel typically holding the conservative position. But despite the feisty language and deep policy contrasts, when the debate ended, the candidates smiled, shook hands and patted each other on the back. They will meet again in Columbus on Thursday and Cincinnati on Oct. 25.
The company that would operate Cincinnati's parking meters
if the city passes its controversial parking plan this week was mired with audited problems and
complaints in the past. The issues surfaced years before Affiliated
Computer Services (ACS) was bought by Xerox in 2010, and Xerox now denies any wrongdoing.
A 2007 audit found ACS had failed to take care and keep track of parking meters it operated in Washington, D.C. The audit claimed 35 percent of parking meters listed in ACS's inventory were missing, about 16 percent of the remaining meters were completely inoperative and 65 percent had problems that ranged from defacing to improper height and stability. ACS also failed to fix meters within the 72-hour period mandated by its contract, according to the audit.
For some residents, the broken meters led to unfair
tickets, with 6,888 tickets, or nearly 1 percent of parking meter
tickets, being improperly issued at unfixed meters, according to the audit. The audit also found a 903-percent increase in overall parking meter complaints under the privatization contract with ACS.
The audit also questioned the financial gains for Washington, D.C., which had to pay $8.8 million, or 33.4
percent, more under privatization than projected trends under public
The bad audit wasn't enough for Washington,
D.C., to cut its contract with ACS, which still manages the city's
parking meters today.
The audit was among a few other problems tipped to multiple media outlets by Tabitha Woodruff, an advocate at Ohio Public Interest Research Group. In 2007, ACS was accused of bribing police officers in Edmonton, Canada, but a judge ruled in favor of ACS, stating there wasn't sufficient evidence. In 2010, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) charged ACS with backdating and falsely disclosing stock options between 1996 and 2005, and ACS consented to a permanent injunction without admitting or denying the charges.
All the discovered problems occurred before 2010, when Xerox bought ACS.
Kevin Lightfoot, a spokesperson at Xerox, says the audit's findings were based on "faulty information." He says Xerox and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation found ACS had saved Washington, D.C., money. He also claims the auditor had misunderstood the parking meters' screen displays, which he says led to the improper identification of inoperative or malfunctioning meters.
CityBeat previously covered the parking proposal, which would lease the city's parking assets to fund deficit reduction and economic development, in detail. Mayor Mark Mallory and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls have endorsed the plan, and it's currently expected to have the five votes necessary to pass a possible City Council vote today.
On Friday, Councilman Chris Seelbach revealed Plan S, an alternative proposal that would not lease the city's parking assets and would instead use $7.5 million in casino revenue, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or a 2-percent increase in the city's admissions tax.
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. also put forward
his "Plan B," which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human
Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other
changes. In response, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed his own
plan, which would use casino revenue, parking meter revenue and cuts to
"non-essential programs" to tame the deficit.
Plan B, Plan S and Cranley's plan all fix the structural deficit in the city's budget, while the parking plan only fixes the deficit for two years.
A new Policy Matters Ohio report found local government funding has been reduced by $1.4 billion since Gov. John Kasich took office, leading to a nearly 50-percent reduction in state funding.
The report found local government funding dropped from nearly $3 billion in the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years — the years budgeted by former Gov. Ted Strickland — to about $2.2 billion in the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years — the first two years budgeted by Kasich. The governor's most recent budget proposal would ensure the continuation of the downward slide, with local government funding dropping down to slightly more than $1.5 billion in the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, according to the report.
Policy Matters concluded new revenue from the state's
casinos and an expanded sales tax would not be enough to outweigh cuts
in the Local Government Fund, utility tax reimbursements, tangible
personal property reimbursements and the termination of the estate tax. By itself, the estate tax, which was phased out at the beginning of 2013, would have provided $625.3 million to local governments in the 2014-2015 budget, but it was repealed
in 2011 by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature and Kasich.
The governor's office has repeatedly argued that the cuts in Kasich's first budget were necessary to help balance an $8 billion budget deficit, but the Policy Matters report says improving economic conditions have removed a need for further local government funding cuts: "To encourage growth we need good schools, reliable public safety and emergency services and strong communities. During hard times, state and local policy led to cuts. But further cuts in appropriations for local government are not helping communities. Curtailing local control of local revenues will complicate recovery – as the economy improves, it is time to restore the fiscal partnership between state and community."
When presenting his 2013 budget proposal, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. said the state funding reductions cost Cincinnati $22.2 million in revenues for the year.
CityBeat previously covered Kasich's 2014-2015 budget proposal and how it affects taxpayers, schools and Medicaid recipients ("Smoke and Mirrors," issue of Feb. 20).
The city of Cincinnati is suspending its relationship with SoMoLend, the local startup that the city partnered with in December to connect small businesses and startups to $400,000 in loans.
The broken partnership comes in response to accusations of fraud from the Ohio Division of Securities that have forced SoMoLend to stop giving out loans in the state and could lead to the business's shutdown.
City spokesperson Meg Olberding told CityBeat in an email that although the city partnered with SoMoLend in December, it has yet to give out any loans through the crowdfunding incubator.
The Ohio Division of Securities says SoMoLend failed to gather the proper federal and state licenses for a peer-to-peer lending business and falsely inflated its performance and financing figures.
SoMoLend gained local and national recognition for supposedly helping foster startup and small businesses by linking them to loans through crowdfunding — a particularly promising proposition given the state of the economy and research from the National Bureau of Economic Research that shows startups are the best drivers for economic and job growth.
But with the extent of the charges, it's questionable whether SoMoLend had any success to begin with.
Candace Klein, CEO of SoMoLend, told The Cincinnati Enquirer on Sunday that the company is currently in talks with the state. She stressed that the Ohio Division of Securities won't issue a final order against SoMoLend until after a hearing scheduled for October.
SoMoLend, which stands for Social Mobile Local Lending, was founded in 2011. The business's specialty is using crowdfunding tactics to connect small businesses and startups with lenders. It then packages the loans to sell them as notes and charges a fee or commission for its services.
As Mitt Romney gets ready to attend a $2,500 a plate fundraiser at downtown's Great American Tower, the local Democratic Party chairman says the presidential hopeful's economic plan "would do nothing to create jobs now."
Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim Burke released a statement this afternoon describing why he believes a Romney presidency would be disastrous for middle-class Americans.
Meanwhile, a group of community leaders led a protest outside of the East Fourth Street office building as attendees arrived for the fundraiser. The protest was organized by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199, which represents more than 30,000 health-care and social service workers across Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
"Mitt Romney holding $2,500 per person fundraiser at the Great American Tower is a perfect example of exactly who he is and who he represents," said Becky Williams, SEIU's district president, in a prepared statement. "While Romney is hobnobbing on the rooftop with his wealthy donors hosted by American Financial Group, ordinary Ohioans are struggling to find work and provide for their families."
The co-host for the fundraiser is S. Craig Lindner, co-president and director of American Financial Group Inc., whose total compensation in 2010 totaled $8.3 million, according to Forbes magazine.
"Nothing Mitt Romney says can change the fact that he spent his career as a corporate buyout specialist who put profits over people and lined his pockets by outsourcing jobs, closing down plants and laying off workers," Burke said.
"His 59-point economic plan would do nothing to create jobs now, fix America's economy or help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. His tax plan would benefit the ultra-wealthy and do nothing to help middle-class families in Greater Cincinnati," Burke added.
In preparation for Romney's visit today, the Democratic National Committee pointed out that the investment firm once led by the candidate, Bain Capital, rejected a government offer to invest in General Motors (GM) during the 2008 financial crisis.
Romney has said on the campaign trail that he opposed the government bailout of U.S. automakers because the private market would have provided loans so GM and Chrysler Corp. could go through managed bankruptcy. But sources told The New York Times that Bain turned down an offer to help GM at the time.
"To go through the bankruptcy process, both companies needed billions of dollars in financing, money that auto executives and government officials who were involved with Mr. Obama's auto task force say was not available at a time when the credit markets had dried up," the article stated.
It added, "The only entity that could provide the $80 billion needed, they say, was the federal government. No private companies would come to the industry's aid, and the only path through bankruptcy would have been Chapter 7 liquidation, not the more orderly Chapter 11 reorganization, these people said."
The partnership will aid small businesses and startups through crowd funding, which connects multiple potential lenders so no single investor, including the city government, is carrying the a bulk of the burden. Since crowd funding gets more investors involved, it can also raise more money for promising startups and small businesses.
Businesses will be picked through SoMoLend's typical application process, which emphasizes startups and small businesses. Successful applicants usually have 15 or fewer employees, meet a few standards regarding business and personal finances and prove they actually need a commercial loan. In the past, businesses have raised as much as $1 million in loans with SoMoLend.
Applicants will also have to go through the city's application process. The city government will look at how many jobs are created, what's the capital investment involved, how much the city will give relative to private lenders and other similar metrics.
Even as the economy recovers, small businesses and startups are having a tough time getting loans in comparison to bigger businesses. So the focus on small businesses and startups is in part to bring beneficial fairness to the system, says Meg Olberding, city spokesperson. "Access to capital at all levels has to happen. And the city government feels like small businesses are key to growth in our local economy."
The partnership's focus on startups is economically sound. Governments and politicians love to herald small businesses as the drivers of economic growth, but studies suggest startups are more deserving of the praise. A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that young small businesses, or startups, are the key drivers to economic and job growth.
As for why SoMoLend was picked over other platforms, Olberding says location and history played a role: "It's a local small business, so it's … demonstrating what we're talking about. It's also a demonstrated success in terms of bringing viable businesses to the market."
The partnership is part of an ongoing effort to spur small businesses and startups in Cincinnati. SBAC was created in 2012 to pave a clearer, better path that encourages such businesses in the city. SBAC reviewed, gave feedback and approved the new partnership earlier today.
Councilwoman Yvette Simpson, head of SBAC, praised the partnership in a statement: "I am excited that the SBAC approved the city's new partnership with SoMoLend today. By making city lending more efficient and expanding the network of small businesses receiving city assistance, this new partnership fits well into the SBAC's goal of making Cincinnati a better place for small business."
Local subscribers to Time Warner and Insight cable woke up today without access to WLWT-TV (Channel 5) after the station and companies failed to reach a new retransmission agreement. Instead, the cable companies offered Channel 2 from NBC affiliate Terre Haute, Ind. The Enquirer is all over the story, reporting that Todd Dykes and Lisa Cooney in the morning were replaced by someone named Dada Winklepleck in Wabash Valley, Ind. Don't worry: 30 Rock will still be on your new local Indiana station. Visit mywabashvalley.com for further details about additional programming. Or you can just hook up an antennae and get WLWT in hi-def for free.
Anyone in the market for a school building? Cincinnati Public Schools is adding four closed buildings to a for-sale list in an attempt to raise the capital necessary to complete an overhaul of its in-use buildings as part of its Facilities Master Plan. The new buildings on the list are Central Fairmount, Kirby Road, North Fairmount and Old Shroder schools.
Ohio brought in $23.5 million during the first seven weeks of legalized gambling in the state.
Mitt Romney says he's not hiding anything in his offshore accounts. The proof: He doesn't even know where they are, so they're technically hidden from him, too.
Barack Obama is in Iowa apparently setting up an issue on which to debate Romney later this fall. Obama is pitching an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for households earning less than $250,000, while Romney wants to extend them for rich people, too.
The FDA went against the advice of an expert panel, deciding not to require mandatory training for doctors prescribing long-acting narcotic painkillers that can lead to addiction.
Three-hundred-square-foot apartments in New York City? Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked developers yesterday to try to make them work.
City planners envision a future in which the young, the cash-poor and empty nesters flock to such small dwellings — each not much bigger than a dorm room. In a pricey real estate market where about one-third of renter households spend more than half their income on rent, it could make housing more affordable.
Droughts in 18 states have made the price of corn go up, and the soybeans are hurting a little bit, too.
Sitting less adds two years to U.S. life expectancy.
A new study found that babies are healthier when there are dogs in their homes.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game will take place tonight in Kansas City. The Reds' Joey Votto is a starter, while Jay Bruce and Aroldis Chapman are also likely to play.


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Sgt. 1st Class Victor Timmons, 42, expected to be home at Thanksgiving along with the other 239 troops in the Alabama Army National Guard 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. Instead, he found himself on a plane back to Alabama 10 days early. His unit arrived in Birmingham on Saturday.
He surprised his son inside his second-grade classroom at Oxford Elementary School on Monday, cutting short the nearly year-long absence with a long hug.
Under guise of likely the most media-covered Dirt Day (a program that teaches students about soil) in the school's history, several news cameras and reporters covered the moment when Joss spotted his dad standing at his classroom door.
Joss jumped from his seat on the floor, voiced an excited, "Hey, Dad," and ran into his father's arms for the long embrace.
The surprise reunion was the idea of a Timmons family friend, Oxford Elementary teacher Angie Hurst.
"It's probably the last time I'm going to do this," said Timmons. He plans to retire in August after 25 years of service. This deployment was his second; he also served overseas during Desert Storm. He plans to work at a friend's Oxford business after leaving the military.
"He's my sidekick," Timmons said of Joss. "When I'm here, we're attached at the hip."
The task of keeping her husband's return a secret wasn't easy, said Joss's mother, Amanda.
"When he said, 'I really miss my dad and I really want him home,' I almost broke," she said. "He's all about his daddy."
Asked what he felt upon seeing his dad at the door Joss said "Awesome. Good. Surprised."
Timmons, whose 24-year-old son Stefan is currently serving in the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Sea, asked that everyone remember the men and women still serving overseas.
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Guess the Critter
Late last year Jill and I fetched a Christmas tree from the farm to place on our porch. It's a good place for a large holiday decoration if you live in a small Tosa bungalow.
Not that I'm suspicious or anything - but the tree morphed into some sort of large Green Bay Packer talisman.
Wauwatosa makes new push to attract development
Wauwatosa is making a new push to attract development, with the creation of a Community Development Authority and a marketing campaign that promotes the city's development areas.
Some of that marketing will occur at an event that begins at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the newly renovated Grand Hall at Hoyt Park Pool,1800 Swan Blvd., where city officials will meet with developers, lenders and business leaders.
Going Green in the Village
When you think about it, the Village of Wauwatosa is pretty green (in the eco-friendly sense) 365 days a year. It's just a short walk, bike ride or drive to some of the best restaurants and interesting shops in metro Milwaukee. In fact, the Village Business Improvement District offers a "Live Local" program with discount privileges for members at VillageofWauwatosa.com.
Add to that equation the Farmers Market and new stores that promote sustainability: Go Green Design Center, which offers green building supplies plus green solutions for energy and water conservation, and B. Green, which sells eco-friendly home goods and toys. Both of those businesses are in the building that Tosa oldtimers will forever refer to as "The Drews Building." (If you haven't seen it lately, it's worth a trip just to see architect and Go Green owner Karen Wilman's inspired design.)
Meet the competition
When asked why he wasn't covering more of the business of local government, one blogger said, "You'd have to PAY someone to do that!"
I don't agree that local government is boring. City council meetings are some of the best theater in town, if a little slow-motion. If you could edit the tapes, it would be Parks and Rec--without the sex of course.
Friday Morning Music
By the time you see this video I hope to have accomplished the following:
Taken Girlfriend and Sister for a long walk on the farm.
Beer Bug
Is it legal to have a licensed motor vehicle with an operable beer tapper installed on it?
Scams and Counterfeit Money
There is some really great information on the internet; I am going to share with you two links that I am very familiar with and encourage you all to go take a look.
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Yo Mama!
As I'm sure most of you know, a new frozen yogurt place Yo Mama, opened this past weekend where Drew's used to be in the Village. I've already gone there three times in the last three days. Whoops. Yogurt is healthy, right?
So far, my favorite flavor is mango tart and then cake batter. It's nice that I can make myself a combination of the two because it is self-serve. They have a large variety of toppings including candy, cereal, fresh fruit and hot fudge. Pricing is based on weight.
The Magic Curb
I have written on several occasions about the Ju-Ju of my magic curb and how simple it is to dispose of your junk by simply hauling it to the edge of the street.
Voilà! It's gone. No muss no fuss.
Passing the Baton~100 Year Celebration 2011
Archbishop Jerome Listecki preached a homily underscoring the importance of living Christ-like lives of service and setting these examples for future generations at the St. Bernard of Clairvaux 100th Anniversary Mass on Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Forest Exploration Center Goes Public
Did you know that in the course of a year the average Tosan consumes 1,664 pounds of wood?
Yep. Think of a log 18 inches across and 25 feet in length. All in the form of paper towels, bathroom tissue, printer and copier paper, building materials, ketchup and more.
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"First" Last All-School Masses
Both St. Pius X Grade School and St. Bernard Parish School closed their doors this week. After serving the community for decades, students, parents, and parishioners rejoiced, gave thanks for the past, and shed a few tears while saying goodbye and praying for the future.
Both schools celebrated the final All-School Mass at their respective church.
Friday Morning Music
If you like quirky bands with a cult following you'll like this one.
My pal The First Mate introduced me to them when we lived in trailers. Yes, The Mate lived three doors down the street - and just like the song goes - My House Has Wheels.
Mayoral Compensation Back on Agenda
As 2010 dawned the economy had begun a slow recovery. The Great Recession had largely done its damage in the private sector. The effects of which still echo throughout every last nook and cranny of the business world. While slightly wounded - municipalities had yet to feel the real pain and bear the consequences. You see - there was Federal stimulus money to prop-up state and local budgets.
On Tuesday the Committee on Employee Relations is revisiting the subject of Mayoral salary and compensation for the new Mayoral term beginning April, 2012.
Aging and the Challenge of Change
I've been spending a little extra time with my parents lately. They have just entered into their 80s and since our daughter is still in college, I guess this officially qualifies me for the "sandwich generation."
"First" Fourth Grade Teacher at Wauwatosa Catholic School
Wauwatosa Catholic School is proud to introduce new faculty for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year to the community. Upcoming blogs, including today's, will showcase the talented staff that Principal Julia D'Amato has assembled. She refers to these fine teachers and support staff as her "dream team." What an exciting time to be a teacher or student in a brand new school!
Friday Morning Music
It's the start of the weekend people.
No better way to begin than with some of my favorite artists doing a cover of another favorite artist.
The Garden Chronicles
I spent weeks hardening-off my precious tomato plants. Taking them from the garage in the morning and leaving them to fend for themselves in the wind and the sunshine of favorable spring days. Late in the day they were returned to their lair in the garage. When I was not around Jill did his for me.
At long last the danger of of a late spring frost dissipated and the tomato plants were transplanted. Shortly after which I had to leave town for a spell - releasing the tomato patch to Jill's care.
"First" Eighth Grade Teacher @ Wauwatosa Catholic School!
Wauwatosa Catholic School is proud to introduce new faculty for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year to the community. Upcoming blogs, including today's, will showcase the talented staff that Principal Julia D'Amato has assembled. She refers to these fine teachers and support staff as her "dream team." What an exciting time to be a teacher or student in a brand new school!
Today, we bring you the first Eighth Grade teacher for Wauwatosa Catholic School: Mr. Lance Taylor, graduate of The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.


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The No. 11 Virginia women's lacrosse team fell 9-8 to No. 20 Johns Hopkins on a last-second goal Thursday night at Klöckner Stadium.
After trailing 7-4, Virginia tied the game, 8-8, on a free position shot from Caroline McTiernan with 4:23 remaining in the game.
The Blue Jays' Taylor D'Amore then found Jenna Reifler in front of the net, scoring with 19.5 seconds left on the clock for the game-winner.
Lelan Bailey won the ensuing draw control, but ended up turning the ball over before the Cavaliers could get down on the attack.
"I thought we had great momentum in the end of the second half," said head coach Julie Myers. "I thought Hopkins played with their backs against the wall. We definitely had the momentum and the opportunities, but we failed to hit multiple shots. The eight meter tonight was not good to us."
The defeat was Virginia's fourth one-goal loss of the season and dropped the Wahoos to 7-8 on the year.
"It is really disappointing because I know this team has so much potential," McTiernan said. "We fought. We really did. We came up short, but we fought to the very last minute. I just wish the outcome could have been different."
McTiernan scored three goals, posting her first hat trick of the season and the third of her career. Courtney Swan and Dana Boyle each finished with a pair of goals.
Virginia has one game remaining in the regular season. They will host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. on Senior Night with a special ceremony honoring the six fourth-years on the Cavalier squad.
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9:00am Saturday 28th December 2013 in News By Joe Nimmo, Senior reporter. Call me on (01865) 425373.
Firefighters lead 82-year-old George Robinson and his wife Helen, 78, from their flooded ground-floor flat in Hanover Housing Association flats in Bicester on Christmas Eve
ELDERLY residents may have to wait two months before they can return to their homes after a river burst its banks.
Flooding forced 55 people out of sheltered housing apartments in Hanover Gardens in Bicester on Christmas Eve when the River Bure surged to 10ft deep.
The water resulted in power and heating failures, forcing some residents to stay in a local care home or in a Travelodge off the M40.
Many others stayed with friends and family.
But they had to spend Christmas away from home, and many of them may have to wait two months before they can return to their properties.
And, despite not wanting to leave the block, three elderly residents – including a 100-year-old – are now staying at not-for-profit care home Langford View, in Coach House Mews, Bicester.
Nigel Sellar, 75, was one of the last to leave Hanover Gardens for the care home – which is run by the Order of St John – when the waters started rising.
He said: "It rained overnight and then first thing in the morning it had flooded all along and into the front of the building.
"I live near the back, but it was coming up towards my door. "There was no heating because the boiler room was flooded.
"And all the alarm systems in the rooms went out of action because the power went out.
"That was why we finally had to move out, because otherwise someone could have fallen and no-one would have known."
Also evacuated to Langford View was 100-year-old Dolly Ashwell, who said it was the first time in her eight years at the building that it had flooded.
But despite the inconvenience, she said she still had a good Christmas.
"They couldn't have sent us to a better place," she said.
"It's been wonderful. We got Christmas presents and everybody has been lovely."
The River Bure was redirected from one side of Manorsfield Road in 2010 to the other to make way for the new £70m town centre redevelopment.
Bicester town councillor Richard Mould, who lives in nearby Hunt Close, said he felt he knew what had happened when the flooding occurred.
"I think it was the sheer volume of water and it overwhelmed the culvert," he said.
"It rose very quickly overnight. At 10pm, I don't suppose it was more than a couple of feet. "At 5am, when I looked out it was coming over the bank into Hanover Gardens.
"I have not seen it at that height and I have lived here 25 years."
Town councillor for housing, Debbie Pickford, said she did not know how long it would be before all of the occupants of Hanover Gardens could go home. But she said it could take a "couple of months".
"They have been evacuated for safety reasons, although the upstairs people will be okay to come back soon," she said.
"It doesn't always get repaired in a week. It is rather a long-term thing. It sometimes takes a couple of months by the time everything has been done."
Hanover Housing Association spokesman Rob Ghosh said yesterday that it was waiting for contractors and insurance loss adjusters to arrive and all the residents remained in temporary accommodation.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said it was assisting at the scene and would try to establish what had caused the flood.
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Research Study to Test Safety and Effectiveness of Investigational Drug in Patients With Trigeminal Neuralgia
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This research study will look at the safety (e.g., the occurrence of side effects) and efficacy (how well the drug works in reducing trigeminal neuralgia attacks) of a drug called lamotrigine in adults with trigeminal neuralgia.
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Drug: Lamotrigine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Add-on Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Lamictal (Lamotrigine) in Patients With Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Doloureux)
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|Study Start Date:
|June 2003
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, add-on study of lamotrigine in trigeminal neuralgia. Thirty-eight eligible patients with trigeminal neuralgia will be enrolled; nineteen will be randomized to the active medication group and nineteen to the placebo group. Using a daily diary, all patients will document their overall pain level and attack frequency and intensity for four weeks. After the four week baseline period, patients will initiate medication (lamotrigine or placebo). Patients will titrate until either they reach the maximum dose of 400mg per day and up to 700mg for patients on enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drugs (EIAED's), their side effects inhibit further increases (known as maximum tolerated dose (MTD)), or their trigeminal neuralgia pain resolves (referred to as pain free dose (PFD)) over eight weeks. Patients will remain on a constant dose of prior medications throughout the study. Patients will remain on maximum dose, MTD, or PFD for a maintenance period of at least eight weeks, and at the end of the maintenance period patients who opt to stay on the medication will be unblinded as to medication and dosage. Primary outcome will be average intensity of daily pain. Secondary outcome measures will be attack intensity and frequency. Subject Global Assessment and SF-36 Health Surveys will also be followed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years to 75 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 - 75 yrs
- Male; or non-pregnant/non-lactating female
- Use of adequate birth-control measures as determined by investigator for females of child-bearing potential
- Diagnosis of TN using IHS criteria (see appendix A)
- Able to cooperate with and understand study instructions
- Signed informed consent prior to entering study
- Patients must be on a stable dose of concomitant medications for treatment of TN for at least 4 weeks (see below)
- If subject is currently receiving a tricyclic antidepressant, anticonvulsant, and/or Class I antiarrhythmic (e.g., amitriptyline, mexiletine, phenytoin, gabapentin or carbamazepine) for treatment of pain or any other condition, subject must be willing and able to maintain stable doses of these agents within 4 weeks prior to randomization and throughout the study (i.e., doses cannot be increased or decreased during this period).
- Subjects who require "rescue" analgesic medication during the study will be allowed to use increased doses of their current (pre-study) opioid and/or non opioid analgesics as clinically indicated (e.g., NSAIDs, acetaminophen, COX-2 inhibitors, topical analgesics). Subjects will be allowed to use a new analgesic for a limited time for non-neuropathic pain (e.g., headache, sinusitis, strained muscle, minor ache and pain), but will be prohibited from initiating therapy with a new analgesic agent and use it continuously throughout the remainder of the study.
- If subject is not currently receiving a tricyclic antidepressant, anticonvulsant, and/or Class I antiarrhythmic (e.g., amitriptyline, mexiletine, phenytoin, gabapentin or carbamazepine) for treatment of pain or any other condition, subject must be willing and able to abstain from initiation of these agents within 4 weeks prior to randomization and throughout the study.
- Subject must be willing and able to abstain from initiating an alternative therapy (e.g., acupuncture, massage or physical therapy) for pain relief during the study. (NOTE: subjects who are currently using alternative therapy for pain relief can be enrolled if they are willing and able to maintain such therapy stable throughout the study.)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serious hepatic, respiratory, hematologic, cardiovascular or renal condition
- Neurologic pain other than TN, with the exception of occasional migranous/ tension-type headaches. (<4 headaches per month)
- Psychiatric or medical condition that might compromise participation in study, as determined by the investigator
- Use of opioid analgesic as treatment of neuralgia (>2 days per week)
- Administration of any investigational drug within 30 days prior to screening
- Concurrent use of sodium valproate
- Current diagnosis of active epilepsy or any active seizure disorder requiring chronic therapy with antiepileptic drug(s)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- History of substance abuse/ alcoholism
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Jefferson Headache Center
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
|Principal Investigator:
|Marlind Alan Stiles, D.M.D.
|Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Headache Center
No publications provided
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00203229 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2005
|Last Updated:
|January 22, 2009
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases
Cranial Nerve Diseases
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Cardiovascular Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Central Nervous System Agents
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