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Though government too often competes with private-sector businesses, it should not do so. And government certainly should not set itself up as a monopoly.
Yet that is precisely what some Ohio officials want to do with some forms of gambling.
Revenue from the Ohio Lottery's ticket-based gambling operation has declined during the past year. Income is down about 1 percent in comparison to prior years.
Gambling income for the state is up in general, however. With a month left in the fiscal year, the Ohio Lottery has brought in $741 million, about $30 million more than during the same period in the past, thanks largely to slot machines at racinos.
One reason lottery ticket sales have lagged is because of competition. Some of that is, in essence, the state competing against itself: Instead of indulging their gambling habit by buying lottery tickets, some people are patronizing the new state-licensed casinos or playing video lottery machines at racetracks.
Then there have been the "Internet cafes." The privately run cafes have siphoned some business away from the lottery, said Mike Petro, the lottery's Internet technology director.
That will end soon. Earlier this month, Gov. John Kasich signed into law a bill outlawing the more than 600 Internet cafes in Ohio. That came as good news to state officials seeking to maximize their "take" from gambling.
Internet cafes as they now operate in Ohio are often unregulated and not subject to the kinds of taxes levied against state-recognized gambling such as the four casinos and video machines at racetracks.
But by banning the Internet cafes, Ohio officials have set themselves up in a gambling monopoly.
Some other states, including West Virginia, have recognized that simply is not right. The private sector should not be shut out of any type of business simply to protect government's monopoly.
As long as gaming already exists, Ohio officials should consider allowing privately owned gambling operations - but only under tight regulation and only if they pay fees or taxes to the state.
In all likelihood, that would increase state government's take from legalized gambling. It would allow some or all of the Internet cafes to reopen and provide jobs. Perhaps most important, it would eliminate the government monopoly in gambling.


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MARTINSBURG - One of the promises of extending Raleigh Street from Race Street to Edwin Miller Boulevard was opening land for economic development.
That promise is beginning to come true.
The old Thorn Lumber Co. property at the southern end of the Raleigh Street Extension is being prepared for redevelopment.
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A view of the Thorn Lumber Co. property is seen from the new Raleigh Street Extension. The site is being cleared for redevelopment by the owner.
"It's a work in progress," Rob Mohler said Tuesday. "There are a lot of ideas, but it's too soon to tell. In the long term, it will be a positive impact, but I don't want to throw something up that's not good for the community."
Mohler's family has owned the historic lumber company for three generations and his family has worked at the business even longer.
"My great-grandfather, Samuel, started working here," Mohler said. "I have his 1903 price book. My grandparents, Edith and Evers, purchased it."
His father, known as Butch, was president of Thorn Lumber Co. until his death in 2002.
"I left in 1983," Mohler said.
Living in Winchester, he is a truss and structural designer, continuing the family tradition.
The retail side of the lumber busniess ceased operations in 1996, but the company continued to make trusses until 2002, he said.
Harry Peter and Mary Elizabeth Thorn founded the company around 1897. They were originally from Gettysburg, Pa.
Under the Mohler family's guidance, the company had a concrete plant on site, supplying concrete for several large construction projects throughout the area, including Interstate 81, Mohler said.
Thorn made doors for companies in New Hampshire and Michigan, he said.
"We tried a little bit of everything, but mostly value-added products, manufactured products," Mohler said. "But small, family businesses have been taken over by the big-box stores."
Sitting on about five acres at 310 N. Raleigh St., the business was obscured from public view, he said, but with the extension of Raleigh Street, the site "is no longer obscure."
The property borders the new street with direct access it.
Working with the city's engineering and planning department for about a year and a half, Mohler is demolishing 17 of the 18 structures on the property. He expects all to be razed within a couple of weeks.
The former office and show room is now leased to a church. It will remain.
Mohler has a lot of memories of the family business and the sight of the demolition has had an emotional effect on him, he said.
"I've rationalized it," he said. "You've got to clear the slate to make room for new memories."
Mohler sees the Raleigh Street Extension as a great opportunity for the city and the Thorn Lumber Co. property as a prime location for economic development.
"My dream of dreams is a multi-use community with retail, office and residential space, where people can walk to work and shop and play," he said. "But time will tell."
With the completion of the Raleigh Street Extension about six months away, Martinsburg officials were interested in addressing properties along the new route that were in need of attention, City Manger Mark Baldwin said recently.
"The Thorn property has been a great success without having to resort to code enforcement," he said, commending Michael Covell, head of the city's engineering, planning and zoning department, for working with Mohler and Mohler's cooperation.
"It's a new entry to the city - it could be exciting," Covell said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "We try to promote redevelopment, revitilization. We like to see people succeed."
- Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128.


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Q1 - What made you finally decide to give us Low Light, and in ARAH type styling none the less? Any plans to continue this with other as yet unreleased characters?
A1 - We try to please our fan base and include characters that are popular among the collector community. We just have to ensure that they make sense within the overall storyline and add value to the fantasy. We will continue to do this as the G.I. Joe story evolves.
Q2 - Is it possible to get the now cancelled "City Strike" Scarlett into the spring POC line? Maybe as an exclusive if not for the main line? Even if you had to swap out the head with something like Helix's head and call her "City Strike" Helix, so we can get that awesome base figure sculpt and accessories. It would be a shame to let something that cool fade into plastic oblivian.
A2 - The spring POC line is already set and we cannot make changes at this stage. However, we will keep that sculpt in mind for future reference.
3Q - Could we please get a Dreadnok 7-pack as an online exclusive? We need a Roadpig, Zandar, Zanzibar, Zarana, Gnagahyde, Tthrasher and Burnout. I think you know from the fans reaction to the Zarana prototype on the Hasbro Tour at JoeCon that this would be a great set to produce.
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- Allspark.com
- ArashikageClan.com
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- ParryGamePreserve.com
- ToyArk.com
- ToyMania.com (Raving Toy Maniac)
- ToyNewsi.com
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Investigates Hot Links: Monday, May, 18, 2009
It's Monday. We have a theme for today's edition of Hot Links: Open government. So let's dive in:
1. The News' Dallas City Hall reporters used the Texas Public Information Act to make an interesting discovery. City officials, in asking the Attorney General's office to reject a request for convention center hotel records, seemed to acknowledge having information it once said didn't exist.
2. A federal appeals court's ruling questions whether Texas' Open Meetings Act violates government officials' free-speech rights. The Austin American-Statesman reports that several states now fear that transparency and accountability may come under attack there.
3. We've blogged about proposed legislation that would restrict the public's ability to check whether public-school teachers have criminal histories. Ryan McNeill reports that a major teachers union drafted some of the bills and gave thousands in campaign contributions to the lawmakers pushing them.
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on November 19, 2012 - 2:31 PM
Tonawanda police have issued a warrant for a town man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Noco gas station on Niagara Falls Boulevard over the weekend.
The suspect was identified as Louis Henhawk, 39. Police released a photo of Henhawk to the media and said the public should consider him armed and dangerous.
Investigators said Henhawk threatened the Noco clerk with a black, semi-automatic handgun Saturday. The clerk handed Henhawk about $100 in cash after which Henhawk fled.
He is now facing charges of first-degree robbery, menacing, larceny and criminal possession of a weapon.
Anyone who has seen Henhawk or knows his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or contact Tonawanda police at 876-5300 or the confidential tip line at 879-6606.


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In the Cloud Sites infrastructure you can have the entire e-commerce environment up until the point the customer provides credit card information during check out. When the shopper has a cart and clicks "purchase" utilizing the API with your payment gateway partner you'll provide a transaction ID and a dollar amount to authorize.
The customer will then connect directly to the Card Processing System on a new session and input their payment information.
After the Card Processing System validates the transaction it will return an authorized/failed message. The failure messages can contain details such as: insufficient funds, invalid card number, failed to complete transaction. The communication from the Card Processing System to the Web Front End can never contain cardholder data.
Note: Cardholder data includes: primary account number, expiration date, name as it appears on the card, CVV, CVV2, and magnetic stripe information. In other words, all credit card related information must be handled by the gateway and not handled by or stored on Cloud Sites.
The Web Application Database can store information to uniquely identify the transaction with the Payment Processing System such as: transaction ID, customer name, dollar amount of the transaction, date/time of transaction, return status of the payment request.
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On chat forums/boards these are things that are usually found under the main messege. Usually they eaither provide a link to some place, list a current goal, or say a witty phrase. Usually seperated from the main messege with a series of ----.
1. I was scanning over the posts to my forum and I saw the funniest siggys in the world!
2. (There usually in this format)
-Long boring messege no one cares about-
-siggy with something funny in it like, 'if abuse is illagal, was is there school?'
2. (There usually in this format)
-Long boring messege no one cares about-
-siggy with something funny in it like, 'if abuse is illagal, was is there school?'
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Can you define these popular missing words?
an abreviation of the word signature. more specifially a basketball players signature shot. the actual shot called "siggy" originated from my friend Travis who would shoot a granny shot extremley high and over time it went from being called his signature to simply his "siggy". to shoot a siggy first u must cock the ball between your legs and then launch it into the air currents (as high or higher than the backboard). lastly as you release the ball you must yell the word "siggy" in a high pitched annoying voice (much like the sound a dog makes when it is kicked in the stomach)
Trav, stop shooting siggys! your gonna hit my gutters!
от quakerboy 19 август 2007
A dipping, motorcycle riding douche canoe who refers to others as Junior.
Mr. Lenski is definitely a siggy.
от Junior90 14 май 2012
Referring to a basketball term. When someone puts the ball between their legs, cocks it, and launches it high into air currents!
Hey guys, Travis is outside shooting siggys.
от cameron allen 13 септември 2007
a fireman that loves to eat Khandi's ..
Khandi got a hot siggy last night
от Khandi 17 април 2006
Also Siggie.
n. pl. Siggies.
A shortened form for "significant other."
n. pl. Siggies.
A shortened form for "significant other."
I'm taking my siggy out to a movie this weekend.
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I was thinking about our Thanksgiving trip. We flew. We did not take a stroller, I wore Ethan in the pouch and the boys walked along side us carrying their own backpacks. It was SOOOOOO much easier than carting a stroller around the airport! I could wear him in the pouch and walk right through security. No folding and unfolding of a stroller to put on the belt to be x-rayed. Then moving through the aisle of the airplane to get to our seats was super easy. He was just right there, snug against me the whole time. I'll never take a stroller to the airport again!!
Also, the last time we went to Disney World, I brought the sling, just in case. It was naptime for Ethan and we were headed to the Winnie the Pooh ride. I took him out of the stroller and put him in the pouch. While other toddlers were cranky and fussy, Ethan was calm and laid his head on me while snug in his pouch. While other parents were trying to keep their kids happy standing in a 30 min. line, Ethan fell to sleep peacefully within 5 min. Then I just got right on the ride with him still in the pouch. He slept through the whole line and almost through the whole ride! It was so incredibly easy!


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NEW RIEGEL - State-ranked New Riegel overpowered Old Fort 25-10, 25-18, 25-16 Thursday to remain unbeaten and claim at least a share of the Midland Athletic League title.
The Blue Jackets, ranked third in the latest Division IV poll, must beat Calvert in Monday's match to take the outright crown. The teams were originally scheduled to play this past Tuesday, but the match was postponed due to the death of Calvert teacher Ray Stearns.
A New Riegel loss will forge a three-way tie between the Blue Jackets, Calvert and Mohawk for the MAL title.
Thursday, the Blue Jackets (21-0, 10-0 MAL) got plenty of help to knock back Old Fort.
Kara Scherger smacked 19 kills, Taylor Arbogast tallied 11 kills and 10 digs, Morgan Noftz handed out 25 assists, Brittany Gillig came up with 13 digs, and Lauren Ladd registered 10 kills, four aces and three assists.
Allison Adelsperger gave the Stockaders (7-15, 3-8) 12 assists and six digs, and Shelby Bilger and Peyton Miller both chipped in 10 digs.
Sara Bell (2 blocks) backed them with seven assists and three kills, Jordan Magers had six digs and five kills, Samantha Hartsel drilled four kills, Morgan Kemenah and Sydney Clouse each lined three kills and Krista Ward had two assists and two digs.
Senecas tear through Lakota
Calvert rocketed past Midland Athletic League foe Lakota 25-15, 25-15, 25-8 Thursday, thanks to a balanced attack.
Amber Perry's 12 kills and seven blocks led the assault, with Haley Felter pounding 10 kills and six blocks and Lindsay Bickley drilling 10 kills and four blocks.
Megan Casale added 37 assists and five aces for the Senecas (16-5, 9-1 MAL), and Kelsey Hendrix tallied 10 digs and two aces.
Calvert wraps up its regular season Monday by hosting New Riegel, with the junior varsity contest starting at 4:30 p.m. The match was postponed from Tuesday due to the death of Calvert teacher Ray Stearns.
The Senecas must win Monday to claim a share of the MAL title with Mohawk, which is 10-1 in the league, and unbeaten New Riegel.
Warriors end no worse than second in MAL
NORTH BALTIMORE - Kasey Adelsperger smashed 13 kills, seven aces and three blocks to fuel a 25-11, 25-3, 25-5 Mohawk win Thursday over North Baltimore.
Now the Warriors (19-3) must wait until Monday to know where they'll end in the Midland Athletic League.
Mohawk's regular season is finished, but the Warriors (19-3) may still tie for the MAL title if New Riegel suffers its first loss Monday to Calvert. That scenario would make Mohawk, New Riegel and Calvert all 10-1 in the MAL.
Clara Adelsperger added 16 assists Thursday for Mohawk, Taylor McClain came up with nine digs, Stacy Clouse tossed up six assists, Julie Adelsperger registered five kills and three digs, Ali Konkle had five kills, three assists and three digs, Aubrie Flood served three aces, Mackenzie Sowers had three aces and three digs and Mya Morris (2 assists) lined three kills.
TC seniors win big
On senior night, Columbian fought not only for a win, but for something much bigger. The win came at the expense of Sandusky 25-9, 25-11, 25-10. The something bigger was standing together as a team, and as a community to spread the message of beating cancer during tonights volley for the cure event. "We really played as a team, and all supported each other." said coach Bill Bonham. "All five seniors played well with positive attitudes, it was a nice win to finish the year." Bonham said.
Bonham was not only impressed by his players, but the community as well.
"Tonight we played to win against cancer, and we did that as a community, he said."
The first year TC coach nelieves his first year with the team was a success.
"This team will only continue to improve," he said as his team improved to 13-9, 8-4 NOL.
Burns lines H-L record 30 kills in sweep of Tigers
ATTICA - In her final regular season match, Hopewell-Loudon's Courtney Burns not only helped her team sweep Seneca East, but was able to write her name in the school's record book.
Burns had 30 kills Thursday night in the Chieftains' 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 win over the Tigers. That mark broke the school's record of 29 which was set by Andrea Engelmann in 2005. Stephanie Endicott had 28 for H-L in 2011.
"She just wanted to end her last season on a positive note," said H-L coach Krissy Lotycz. "Courtney was the queen of the court tonight and she was unstoppable."
Burns added 12 assists, five digs and two blocks in H-L's win.
The Chieftains, who improved to 12-10, 8-3 in the Midland Athletic League, also received a big match from Shelbi Sauber, who had 30 assists, 10 kills, 20 digs and three aces. Kassie Shaver smashed five kills and four aces, while Lexi Feindel had two kills, five digs and two aces. Baleigh Searles added five digs and Kassie Welly registered 10 digs.
For Seneca East, Kristen Bowerman had 16 kills, three digs and one block, while Kayleen England recorded nine kills and nine digs. Rachel Bauman put up three aces, 14 digs and 10 assists in a strong effort for the Tigers (8-14, 3-8 MAL). Mykayla Ruffing had 17 assists and six digs, and Cameil Ruffing added six kill and three blocks.
Bucks beat down Bucyrus
BUCYRUS - Buckeye Central defeated Bucyrus 25-18, 25-15, 25-10. Jenna Delarber delivered 10 kills and two blocks, while Sierra Hanes recorded five kills and two blocks. Kilee Kimmel had five aces and 17 kills for the Bucks (19-3, 12-2 NCC).
Brooke Karl led the team in digs with seven, followed by Aleesha Siesel who added five.
St. Wendelin spikes Bobcats
BETTSVILLE - St. Wendelin dominated Bettsville 25-7, 25-6, 25-11. Sophia Volpe had eight aces and 13 digs, while Mikayla Gilliland recorded five aces. Chloe Reiter had four aces, 15 assists and Kamryn Troike added nine kills for St. Wendelin (11-10, 5-6 MAL). Defensively, Allie Rutter had eight digs, while Becca Starn and Victoria Walter recorded four blocks each.
Blue Devils break the Streaks
FREMONT - Carey had the Crimson Streaks seeing red as the Blue Devils defeated Fremont St. Joesph 25-13, 25-22, 25-17. Sophomore Sydney Wentling's 36 assists landed her a spot as Carey's all time assist leader raising her career total to 1,153, beating the previous record of 1,145 held by Healy Batton. Mackenzie Wentling had six kills, Shelby Kin recorded 13 kills, and Shelby Seifert added 13 kills, two aces and one assist for Blue Devils (14-7, 7-4 MAL).


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Robert De Niro, Sr., was a figurative painter, and his final home and studio in New York City has been preserved by his Academy Award-winning son, who shares his memories in a new HBO documentary called Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
"To me, he was always a great artist," De Niro tells OUT magazine in its June/July issue, which features an interview with the actor about his father's legacy and his sexuality – Robert De Niro, Sr., was gay.
"Yeah, he probably was [conflicted about being gay], being from that generation, especially from a small town upstate," says De Niro, 70. "I was not aware, much, of it. I wish we had spoken about it much more. My mother didn't want to talk about things in general, and you're not interested when you're a certain age."
De Niro says that although he didn't spend a lot of time with his father, they were close.
"We were not the type of father and son who played baseball together, as you can surmise. But we had a connection," he says. "I wasn't with him a lot, because my mother and he were separated and divorced. As I say in the documentary, I looked after him in certain ways."
"He was absent in some ways. He was very loving. He adored me … as I do my kids."
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MIFFLIN - Richard A. "Dick" Whitesel, 64, of Mifflin, died at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at his home.
Born on Sept. 5, 1948, in Monroe Township, Juniata County, he was a son of the late Paul V. and Dorothy (Ritchie) Whitesel.
Surviving are: two sons, Jesse A. Whitesel and his wife, Crystal, of East Waterford, and Jason A. Whitesel and his wife, Joy, of Spruce Hill; a step- daughter, Lori J. Long and her husband, Stephen, of Mifflin; siblings, Harold "Jim" Whitesel, of Elkins, W.Va., Harold Strunk, George Taylor, both of Lewistown, Palmer Taylor, James Whitesel, both of Millerstown, David Welsh, of Georgia, Esther Dunn, of Mifflin, Gloria Arnold, of East Waterford, Geraldine Page, of Harrisburg, and Madeline Russell, of Texas; and he leaves behind two precious granddaughters, Janessa Whitesel and Zoey Whitesel.
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Two brothers, Raymond Strunk and John Kratzer, as well as two sisters, Anna Lauver and Mary Wagner, preceded him in death.
Mr. Whitesel had been employed by Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc., Mifflintown.
Dick was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting. He also enjoyed collecting guns, square dancing and spending time with his family, especially his cherished granddaughters.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown, with the Rev. Dennis Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the McCullochs Mills Cemetery, Honey Grove.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at the funeral home.
For those who desire, memorial contributions in Mr. Whitesel's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 324 S. Logan Blvd. Suite B., Burnham, PA 17009.
Online tributes and condolences may be extended to the family at www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.


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Flanders Recorder QuartetAn R&B favorite, the world's foremost recorder quartet returns for a delightful program inspired by their boundless admiration for J.S. Bach. Original arrangements of works by the German master comprise the first half and in the second you are invited to dine on delectable "courses" – early and contemporary – inspired by Chef Bach.11/02/2013Time: 8:00 pmSynod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Combined ChoirsVoices of Spirit, Pappert Men's Chorale, Pappert Women's Chorale and University Singers. Craig Cannon, director.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Duquesne University Chapelwebsite
Opening NightOpening Night features Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Bach's Magnificat featuring the all-new 40-member Westmoreland Symphony Chamber Singers under the direction of Marc Tourre.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmPalace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PAwebsite | map
City LightsUniversally praised as one of the greatest films ever made, City Lights – written by, directed by, and starring the great Charlie Chaplin – is presented in all its cinematic glory on the big screen, with the orchestra performing the superb soundtrack live.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
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Computer scientists founded Appistry in 2001 to "solve big data analytical problems," says Kevin Haar, CEO. The firm's cloud-based computing technology helps customers like FedEx, financial institutions, and government agencies solve problems related to the analysis of data-intensive applications.
Appistry recently branched out to serve life scientists who analyze and manage the deluge of genomics data spewing from sequencers.
They hired biologic scientists like Richard Mazzarella, a member of the Human Genome Project, to guide the evolution into bioinformatics. "Now it's hard to tell if we're a life science or computer science company," says Haar.
Appistry's platform for genomics analysis is Ayrris/BIO™, an automated solution that transforms complex, unstructured sequencing data into understandable and clinically relevant results. Ayrris/BIO reflects the company's new focus on the genomics field. "We fell in love with the genomics space and now it dominates our hearts and minds," says Haar.
Ayrris/BIO applies cloud-like architectural principles to the challenge of extreme analytics involved in next-generation sequencing. Ayrris/BIO includes pipelines for human exome and whole genome human, bovine, maize, and other organisms.
Built specifically for the life science industry, Ayrris/BIO removes the technical burden from genomics discovery and analysis, and fully automates pipeline execution and data management, according to the company. The platform's prebuilt pipelines for alignment, exome, whole-genome, and other analysis can be used out of the box or customized to meet the needs of individual researchers. Appistry's life science team continues to enhance Ayrris/BIO and develop new approaches to help researchers to rapidly build, test, and use sequencing pipelines.
Research laboratories, contract research organizations, bioinformatic teams, and core facilities at national institutions may benefit from Ayrris/BIO, which can be acquired in two ways. Facilities with a large amount of sequencing data can obtain the software prebuilt and preconfigured running on an Appistry appliance. Or researchers can buy space and run an analysis on the cloud.
"We can run a whole-genome analysis for $250, which drives our common dream of a sub-$1,000 complete genome analysis," says Sultan Meghji, vp of analytics applications.
In October 2011, Appistry released RNA-Seq solutions, which further leverage the Ayrris/BIO platform for personalized medicine applications. RNA-Seq detects both novel transcript isoforms and genetic polymorphisms. The platform covers all facets of sequencing analysis including alignment, transcript assembly, splice variant prediction, and expression-level determination.
RNA-Seq can profile multiple organisms including humans, mice, rats, zebrafish, Drosophila, E. coli, goats, chickens, dogs, corn, and soybeans. Users can visualize their results in multiple systems.
The firms believes RNA-Seq will help to solve personalized medicine problems. "You can tailor treatments not just to diagnostics, but also therapies," says Meghji. A patient with a subtype of a disease can be treated with the best therapy, based on their genetic profile.
In cloud architecture, work is distributed across many machines, and the data is combined and stored. Most other systems for analyzing genomics data are "spoke" technologies that take several months to build. Biologists, rather than computer scientists, generally design these rigid and fragile systems. In contrast, Appistry says its platform takes a few weeks to build, and no technical skills are needed to run Ayrris/BIO.
Prospective life science customers told Appistry that they wanted cost-effective, flexible solutions that could be scaled up. "We made that available in the cloud for individual scientists and researchers," says Meghji. Ayrris/BIO easily scales up to handle very large systems with little effort, he reports.
Spoke-like systems take 24 to 72 hours to run an analysis and use hundreds of nodes. "When they move to our system with a small number of nodes, they do the same work in 30 minutes," says Haar. Doctors, researchers, and life science professionals can use the cloud architecture for a scalable, reliable, and adaptable framework for high-performance applications, he notes.
Haar explains that pipelines for analysis of exome, whole-genome, and RNA-Seq data provide an inexpensive, secure, fault-tolerant, and efficient computing environment. "We're pushing the frontier by creating the most efficient service and highest quality at the lowest price," he says.
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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.
From Martinsburg:
To Martinsburg: It's real easy to point fingers and assign labels, like who is the good parent and who is a bad one. Especially when all the info you get is from who you believe is the "good" one. Why not get a better picture of the value of these parents by asking the children in question the value of them? Most of the time kids don't lie. And what example are you setting by slinging such muck?
From Hedgesville:
To Jefferson County: You asked someone to explain why there were high earners who didn't pay tax. For your answer, you just needed to read the CNN Money article (money.cnn.com/2011/04/14/pf/taxes/who-pays-income-taxes/index.htm) from which you "cherry picked" a few numbers. From the same article: 68 percent of filers under $50K pay no taxes while only 4.7 percent of the over $100K filers pay no taxes.
From Martinsburg:
To the caller who called in about the youth football organization: First of all, let me educate you. I am a youth football coach. Your child was not denied because of missing tryouts, but because you failed to sign him up in the proper time frame. There are some coaches who are overzealous about winning, that I will guarantee you, but every child who was registered in the time frame was allowed to play. If they missed tryouts, they are put in as a "hat pick."
From Martinsburg:
It's a sad day in this world when parents feel their children are so entitled and should always get what they want. I see your letter as a crybaby parent. Not the coaches. I give them a lot of credit for the time they commit to these kids. The schedule had been posted for quite some time and tryout times were posted. You should have planned accordingly.
From Inwood:
Would whoever is in charge of external lighting at Musselman High School please replace the many burned out parking lot lights on all sides of the school? The lights are badly needed for evening events that our students participate in now and during the school year. On another note, the asphalt patching job in front of the school looks ridiculous. How much more would it have cost to pave the entire road in front of the school?
From Martinsburg:
To Martinsburg regarding child custody: Typically in a case like this you receive more notice than this. You had to have gotten some type of order requesting a court date from the judge before actually receiving one. If you did, then you can only blame yourself for waiting until it is too late. Maybe if the other parent is going to this much trouble, he/she is also looking out for the well-being of the child.
From Berkeley Springs:
Thanks for the support: During our bake sale yesterday, we had several wonderful people who didn't want any goodies, but gave us a donation anyway. May God bless them a thousand times over. The money will be put to good use for our youth program at Open Arms Ministries.
From Hedgesville:
From time to time I drive through the construction zone between Martinsburg and the Potomac River. The speed limit is 55. Most vehicles greatly exceed this limit. I think it's time for some enforcement!
From Martinsburg:
It's ironic that a couple of Berkeley County bus trainers are charging the county claiming they need 300 hours at $30 an hour for training new bus drivers in a one-month period. That is why RESA 8 dropped the training program - the gross fabrication of training hours. Now we know why it's taking four to six months for new trainees to become certified because of a couple of people manipulating the county and taxpayers of money that could be used elsewhere.
From Berkeley County:
To the person in the gold Explorer: You have the audacity to park in front of any store, exploiting your wealth, leaving your vehicle unlocked with pain pills in your purse where anyone can see them. You should be arrested as a drug dealer and be sued if anyone gets sick off of your medications that you have blatantly let sit out for anyone to take. Your "Gold Explorer" might just turn into a junk "Escort" real fast.
From Martinsburg:
Betty Jo Hersh just gained my vote! It's nice to see that people can stand up for what they believe in.
From Martinsburg:
Does anyone know a good upholsterer? I have an oversized chair and ottoman I would like to have recovered.
From Charles Town:
Can anyone please tell me one single thing that our new city council members have accomplished during their more than one year in office? It certainly isn't bringing new jobs to our city or eliminating the deer population!
From Huntfield:
To the caller complaining that a child was not selected to play football due to missed tryouts: It seems to me that the child does not possess the dedication to play the game. Face it, some kids are simply meant to play in the marching band.
From Jefferson County:
The Charles Town reader who believes that the mission to take out bin Laden should have occurred sooner must get his/her "facts" from Fox News or Rush Limbaugh. There was never a certainty that bin Laden was in the compound. President Obama deserves praise for ordering the mission to proceed.
From Shenandoah
Last week the police were dispatched to my nearly 5-acre property on three separate occasions for an alleged "noise disturbance," but no such noise disturbance was to be found. This is not the first time my neighbors have "cried wolf" and the police were dispatched to my residence when no crime was occurring. Why aren't these people charged with making false police reports, abuse of the 911 call system, etc.? I understand that if it were Berkeley County, they would be charged with a crime for abusing the system.
From Shepherdstown:
Responding to the caller talking about how the roundhouse and Boydville in Martinsburg are prime examples of government collectivist intrusions into purely business activities: I had to read this twice to realize you aren't talking about our federal government. What you're talking about, what Martinsburg is doing, mirrors what the feds are doing to all of us in business. ... The intrusion and regulations are killing businesses and jobs in Martinsburg on the small scale and the federal government nationally.
From Hedgesville:
Yes, Bob O'Connor, you can get from here to Charleston without going through any other states but then you'd have to see more of West Virginia and realize that the Eastern Panhandle is not the center of the universe nor are you its master.


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The Charleston County School District has shelled out more than $150,000 to pay eight teachers who haven't set foot in a classroom this year because their contracts were not renewed from the previous school year.
Who has attended the hearings?
The Charleston County School Board has held five hearings since April 2013 for teachers whose contracts were not renewed for the current school year. The following is a breakdown of how many hearings each school board member has attended.
Craig Ascue - 5
John Barter* - 1
Cindy Bohn Coats - 5
Chris Collins - 1
Tom Ducker - 5
Chris Fraser - 1
Todd Garrett - 1
Michael Miller - 2
Elizabeth Moffly - 5
*No longer on the school board.
Charleston County School District
The district decided in April 2013 to terminate a group of teachers for the 2013-14 school year, but state law gives them the right to appeal to the county school board.
Ten of them did so; five of those hearings have taken place, but the other five have not, mostly because the board hasn't gotten a quorum of its members - five - together to hear the cases.
Teachers will continue earning a paycheck and not doing any work until the board hears their appeals.
"It's despicable," said Jon Butzon, former leader of a Charleston education advocacy group. "If they had to come up with that $150,000 out of their own pockets, these appeal hearings would've long since been addressed. But it's not their money. They should treat it like it's their money, and that's part of the obligation they have to the citizens of Charleston County."
Lengthy hearings
Four board members have attended all five hearings that have been held. Four other members - Chris Collins, Todd Garrett, Chris Fraser and Michael Miller - have attended either one or two of the five hearings that have been held. Each of those board members said one of the biggest problems is the length of the appeal hearings, which typically take up an entire day.
"Being self-employed ... if I'm not working, I'm not earning an income," said Miller, who owns a barber shop in West Ashley. "I realize it's my responsibility as a board member, but it's extremely difficult to fulfill my obligation to my family considering some of the hearings have taken such a long time. It's difficult to find time in my personal schedule."
Garrett said he and others signed up for some hearings that were canceled by either the district or the teacher involved, not the board. Garrett is an independent contractor who works on commission, and he said he can't afford to miss that much work when the hearings last an entire day.
Those hearings are in addition to the other times board members are expected to be present, such as committee meetings and workshops.
Still, Garrett said that didn't excuse the cost to the district.
"It's a waste," he said, "and it's on us."
Fraser, president of a commercial real estate firm, said this is less an issue of board members' willingness to hear the cases and more an issue of finding five people who have the same day available to hear a case. It's a challenge to give up an entire day of work for these hearings, he said.
"It's a lot of time," Fraser said. "If these things were limited to an hour or two, it would be no problem getting people together. They have become a half-day or full-day event."
Collins, who runs an appliance repair shop, said he had a number of reasons for not being able to attend the hearings. He sometimes was available when others were not, and he said he didn't think the district and board chairwoman have made a good effort to schedule hearings.
Also, he said, the hearings turn into an all-day job, and if he doesn't go to his full-time job, he doesn't get paid.
"I have to work and feed my family," Collins said.
Cost to the district
The school board has heard and decided five teacher appeals in the last several months. Two of those were held last summer while teachers were still under contract for the 2012-13 school year. The other three were held at the start of the 2013-14 school year, and the district paid those three teachers $39,894 for not working this school year. All hearings upheld.
The remaining five teachers have split more than $115,000 in salaries while waiting for their hearings. Those figures don't count the benefits that are paid to teachers, which usually are nearly 25 percent of their salary.
The Post and Courier attempted to reach those five but was unsuccessful in doing so.
After the newspaper began asking questions for this story, two of those five teacher appeal hearings were scheduled for Jan. 28 and Jan. 29. Those who promised to attend were Chairwoman Cindy Bohn Coats, Vice Chairman Tom Ducker, Fraser, Garrett and Tripp Wiles.
Butzon said if board members don't have the time to fulfill their school board duties, they should submit their resignations and hope someone doesn't sue them for not doing their jobs.
Legislation on the way
The monetary cost to the district when the hearings don't happen in a timely way is only one part of a larger problem, said Sen. Paul Thurmond, R-Charleston.
Some districts can't afford to replace the teachers who are waiting for hearings, so substitute teachers are placed in classrooms for months while teachers go through the appeals process, he said. And just being able to not renew a teacher's contract is a "bureaucratic nightmare" that takes away from a principal's main duties, he said.
"My concern, especially having young children, is that we have under our current system a process in which a teacher who is identified as not able to properly educate our children or perform his/her duties has tremendous coverage and bureaucratic process on her or his side if he/she has been in the system more than three years," he said.
Thurmond said he plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to address the entire system that doesn't appropriately and efficiently handle under-performing teachers.
He wouldn't give any specifics of his proposal, but said it would address this issue of teachers having the ability to "continue sitting there and marking time" during the appeals process.
Need for reform
Most Charleston school board members agree on the need to change the teacher appeal-hearing process, and they have varying ideas on how that could happen.
Collins questioned why a smaller committee of the board couldn't do the hearing, and their recommendation would be presented to the full board for consideration. The district handled teacher-appeal hearings in that way until November 2011, and district attorney John Emerson changed that process because state law requires teachers to appeal to the full board.
A former Charleston County teacher's case that made it to the state Supreme Court confirmed Emerson's position, with the court finding that "at a minimum, a quorum of the Board must engage in a meaningful review of the evidence and testimony presented at the dismissal hearing."
Garrett suggested that the administration hear the teacher appeals, and the board could receive all relevant documents, ask questions and decide whether the case was handled appropriately.
State law requires the board to determine whether the evidence showed "good and just cause" for the teacher dismissal, but Fraser said the hearings sometimes involve the board evaluating a teacher's competency, which it isn't qualified to do.
State law needs to change so that someone, such as a hearing officer, could evaluate these cases and determine whether the law was followed and process handled fairly, Fraser said.
"It's a flawed system," he said.


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MUNCIE, Ind. - - Alex Gray, an assistant softball coach at Connecticut for the past two seasons, has been named an assistant coach for the Ball State softball program according to head coach Tyra Perry.
Gray served as the hitting coach at UConn, while also working with the infielders and outfielders under head coach Karen Mullens. He helped a pair of Huskies earn All-Big East Second Team accolades in 2013, while the team combined to post 40 home runs which stands as the second-best single-season total in program history.
"Alex is a great hire for us," Perry said. "He is very well-rounded in that he has a baseball background, spent several years as a high school softball coach and has experience at the collegiate softball level. His passion for the game will bring great energy to the program."
Prior to joining the staff at Connecticut, Gray spent three seasons (2009-11) as the head softball coach at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Ga. He led the Vikettes to a 67-34 record and was named the 2010 and 2011 Region 1-AAAAA Coach of the Year. His teams won regional titles in 2010 and 2011, with the 2010 squad posting a 24-8 overall record, advancing to the round of eight in the state tournament and finishing the year ranked eighth in the state. Gray was also named the head coach for the South All-Star Team in the 2012 Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Softball Showcase.
"I am honored to be joining the Ball State Softball program," Gray said. "I would like to thank head coach Tyra Perry and director of intercollegiate athletics Bill Scholl for the opportunity to be a part of the Ball State family and the supporting community of Muncie. I am ready to contribute towards the program's success and Coach Perry's vision for Ball State Softball."
Gray served as the head softball coach at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Ga., in 2009, leading the Lady Wildcats to a 15-13 record and a berth in the state playoffs. He was the school's head junior varsity softball coach during the 2007-08 season. Gray also served two seasons as the head golf coach and one year as the head junior varsity girls' basketball coach at Richmond Hill.
In 2006, Gray was the community head coach of the freshman team, and the community assistant coach of both the varsity and junior varsity softball teams at Lowndes High School. He was the director of athletics at Bible Baptist School in Savannah, Ga., for the 2004-05 school year, as well as the head coach of the varsity boys' basketball and baseball teams. Gray began his coaching career as an assistant coach for the Valdosta State University softball team in 2002, helping guide the program to a Gulf South Conference championship.
Gray was a four-year letterwinner in baseball, playing two seasons at both Young Harris College (1998-99) and Valdosta State University (2000-01). He was first-team all-conference selection at YHC in 1999, while earning the Baseball Spirit Award at VSU in 2001. Gray was a .342 (122-for-356) career hitter in his two seasons at Valdosta State, racking up 20 doubles, 12 home runs, 64 runs scored and 77 RBI for the Blazers.
Gray earned his associate degree in recreation from Young Harris in 1999 and his bachelor in speech communications from Valdosta State in 2002.For the most up-to-date news on Ball State softball, follow the team on Twitter: @BallStateSports, @BallStateSB and @TyraPerry13 | Instagram: ballstatesb | Facebook: BallStateSoftball


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Then there are those happy few stars who don't have to face this problem. Because their cousins are famous, too.
In honor of Cousins Day – July 24, to be exact – here are several celebrity cousins who don't have to worry about being the only famous person at their family reunion.
Jenny McCarthy and Melissa McCarthy
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Now that both McCarthy girls have cemented their places in Hollywood, she's spoken out against criticism of Melissa on multiple occasions.
Tom Cruise and William Mapother
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Mapother has acted in five films with Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July, Magnolia, Mission: Impossible II, Vanilla Sky and Minority Report – but to us, he'll always be Ethan, the duplicitous member of the Others from Lost.
Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage
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Decades later, the second generation of Coppola cousins has gotten mixed up in the family business: Frances's daughter Sofia and Talia's son Jason have each followed in their parents' footsteps, while their cousin Nicolas (son of the comparatively unknown August Coppola) took a new name from one of his favorite superheroes and became the Internet's One True God.
Other Coppola cousins in the entertainment industry include Sofia's older brother Roman, who co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom, and Jason's younger brother Robert, lead singer of the band Rooney.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Katherine Moennig
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As a 2000 New York Observer profile observed, when asked about Gwyneth, "a wary look crossed Ms. Moennig's eyes and her facial muscles seemed to freeze up."
Later, she revealed a certain gratefulness for their lack of resemblance: "We're totally different people. We look very different, too … No one's judging me solely on the fact that I am her cousin."
Snoop Dogg and Brandy
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Although perhaps that would have made it weird for them to collaborate on a love song, as they did on Snoop's "Special."
Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus
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Damon Dash and Stacey Dash
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When you realize that your whole perspective was whack, it makes more sense that he's cousins with Clueless's Stacey Dash.
Melissa Gorga and Ralph Macchio
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Melissa Gorga was just a child when her cousin Ralph Macchio shot to fame in The Karate Kid – years later, he was working as a guest actor on shows like Psych and How I Met Your Mother when an all-grown-up Gorga became a cast member on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
K-Ci & JoJo and Fantasia Barrino
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The trio haven't officially recorded together, but K-Ci did show up at a Fantasia concert to duet on "Nobody Greater" with his younger cuz.
Kyra Sedgwick and Edie Sedgwick
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Brooke Shields and Glenn Close
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The difference? You have probably met most of your first cousins once removed, at least once or twice (unless your parents hated their cousins). You probably haven't met many of your second cousins once removed.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
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Take, for example, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, who are distant cousins.
That actually understates the complexity of their bloodlines, as Elizabeth and Philip are, in fact, related to each other twice.
Not only are the couple each great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, making them third cousins, they also share an ancestor in Christian IX of Denmark, who was Phillip's great-grandfather and Elizabeth's great-great-grandfather, thus making them second cousins once removed. (Like Brooke Shields and Glenn Close!)
Like we said, royals are different.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Yes, Eleanor Roosevelt may have only been FDR's fifth cousin once removed, and yes, she may have been more closely related to the other Roosevelt president (she was Teddy's niece), but still – her maiden name was Roosevelt!
You could say the future president was just following in the family tradition, though; his own parents were sixth cousins.
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The 52nd Annual Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting was held December 4th through 7th, 2010, in Orlando, Florida. This report summarizes presentations at the 2010 ASH Annual Meeting, organized by topics rather than by sessions, providing an overview of information on new drugs in development, clinical trial results, treatment by patient characteristics, e.g., transplant eligibility or stage of disease, risk stratification and staging, disease biology including bone disease and use of bisphosphonates, and maintenance therapy. Although maintenance therapy is summarized in its own section, some trials that include maintenance therapy are summarized in more relevant sections, as many trials are now including some kind of continuing treatment for at least some patients.
On December 3, the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) and the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine sponsored a symposium that presented an overview of the most recent data from clinical trials to allow participants to provide better care for their patients with multiple myeloma. Dr. Brian G.M. Durie introduced the presenters and topics at the symposium. Summaries of these presentations are included under the appropriate headings.
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OMAHA, Neb. � Round 2 goes to Michael Phelps.
Getting back at rival Ryan Lochte, Phelps stretched out to win a thrilling 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials Wednesday night, setting up a duel in London that just gets more tantalizing with every race between the world�s two greatest swimmers.
Lochte won the 400 individual medley on the opening night of the games, his third consecutive major victory over the winningest Olympian ever. But Phelps isn�t going down that easily.
He got off to a stronger start that usual, leading at the first turn and holding the advantage through all four laps. Both swimmers got a big boost off the final turn, cutting through the water like missiles, and Lochte went stroke for stroke down the stretch.
But Phelps stretched out his right arm at the wall, touching just ahead of Lochte. The winning time was 1 minute, 45.70 seconds � five-hundredths of a second ahead of Lochte.
�Obviously it�s been a while, so it felt better� to beat Lochte, Phelps said. �But there�s still some things I can improve on.�
Phelps� victory even was more impressive given his busy night. He didn�t even have time to celebrate, hustling back to the warm-down pool to get ready for the semifinals of the 200 butterfly. He came back 40 minutes later to post the third-fastest qualifying time, moving on to tonights�s final looking to lock up a chance to defend the gold he won at the last two Olympics.
�I feel old,� Phelps, 26, said. �Just getting in the water to race is what motivates me.�
Lochte said he went out too slow in the beginning of the 200 free, a mistake he intends to correct when he gets to London. Phelps� winning time was nearly 3 seconds slower than his gold-medal effort in Beijing, though that was aided by high-tech bodysuits, which have since been banned by the world governing body.
�We didn�t really try to pick it up until, like, the last 75, so I�ll save that for the Olympics,� Lochte said. �I was just really relaxed for the first 125, and then the last 75, I was like, �All right, now we�ve got to put it in gear.� So I kind of waited a little late, but I�ll take it.�
They�ll have one more showdown in Omaha, facing off in the 200 individual medley. Then it�s off to the meet that really matters, where Phelps is plotting another eight-event program in what he says will be his final Olympics, giving him a chance to match his record performance four years ago.
Lochte is standing in the way this time.
�I love racing against him,� the Floridian said. �It was really fun.�
Speaking of busy, Missy Franklin left no doubt that she is swimming�s next big star with a stunning performance in the 100 backstroke, signaling a changing of the guard in an event Natalie Coughlin captured at the last two Olympics.
Coming back to the pool just 20 minutes after qualifying for the final of the 200 freestyle, the 17-year-old �Missile� chased down Coughlin on the return lap to win with an American record of 58.85.
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The company started with a good idea and some smart science, and turned it into a medical device that seemed like something out of Jules Verne. A capsule that a patient could swallow and then allow doctors to collect precise data about acidity levels and pressure as it passed through the digestive tract.
By the beginning of last year, it seemed that SmartPill might be on the verge of a breakout. It had completed three major clinical studies. The company had shown a knack for attracting investors, raising a total of $60 million. Its 2011 sales had jumped by 50 percent to $1.8 million and it had built a staff that ranged between 20 and 30 people. And perhaps most encouraging, it had just won a hard-fought battle to have the SmartPill device recognized as an established tool and procedure by a key medical professional society panel.
"2012 started great," said Jack Semler, SmartPill's chief technology officer. "This was a high point for us."
Yet less than 10 months later, it all came crashing down. SmartPill, facing the need for further costly studies that would hamper its revenue growth for another two to three years and stiff resistance from health insurers over reimbursing doctors for SmartPill tests, ran out of money and was forced to sell to an Israeli company that shut its Buffalo operations.
"We had a good device," Semler said last week during a talk to a life sciences group sponsored by the University at Buffalo – the first extensive comments by a SmartPill executive since the company's demise. "The outcome was not what we hoped for."
The outcome, though, is a cautionary tale for the medical campus, which is touted by boosters as a potential cure for the region's economic woes. SmartPill's tale shows that the path to success, even with good science, a good product and sales that topped out at $2.4 million last year, is paved with deep pitfalls.
Even in its early days, it seemed like SmartPill was really on to something. Its ingestible capsule appeared to have advantages over the two competing conventional tests for gastrointestinal disorders: A patient just had to swallow the capsule, eat something and wait for nature to take its course. It didn't require hospitalization and it worked on both the colon and the stomach, while the common tests were limited to one or the other.
Investors saw the potential, pumping $36 million into the company from 2008 to 2010. SmartPill's sales topped $1 million for the first time in 2009 and the company ramped up for further growth, adding a string of mid-level executives and taking its manufacturing in-house, moving it from California to Buffalo, where its labor costs were less.
But the company started to run into headwinds. Sales growth slowed in 2010 as health insurers treated SmartPill tests as an emerging technology. The company had to convince doctors that its device was better than the conventional tests, which was hard enough, but the convincing got even harder when the physicians learned that most health insurers wouldn't pay for SmartPill tests unless they went through an appeals process.
"They didn't have the time or the energy to fight that fight," Semler said. "The big thing that killed us was reimbursement."
Even though SmartPill won the coveted designation as a proven treatment early last year from a medical professional society panel, it wouldn't take effect until 2013.
Health insurers didn't have to go along with it, either. And most insurers balked at paying because, while the test gave physicians better information, they weren't convinced that data made a difference in how patients were treated or how well those treatments worked.
Even worse, the company learned it needed further clinical tests that would push back its expected ramp-up in sales by at least two years, he said.
"It's 2012, the enemy is time and money," Semler said. "I need two more years and I need more money."
Investors, who had been so smitten with SmartPill's promise years before, weren't willing to commit more money for a potential payday that now was years away. As SmartPill began to run out of money, it put itself up for sale, selling out to Given Imaging for a paltry $6 million.
In hindsight, Semler said SmartPill made several mistakes that caused it to burn through its cash faster. Moving its manufacturing to Buffalo, while a point of pride, added to the company's overhead.
"It was a nice thing to do, but it was expensive," Semler said. "If we could have applied that money to clinical studies, we would have been a lot further along."
SmartPill also bulked up its staff too quickly based on sales forecasts that turned out to be too optimistic. And a series of spats with investors drove up legal costs.
"I had a ball," Semler said "You learn. You grow."
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He's one of the biggest movie stars in the world. But how is Tom Cruise coping with entering a new decade?
"It's great to be 50," Tom Cruise tells the German TV network ProSieben. "I enjoy it."
One favorite gift: A new motorcycle he loved driving around Iceland, where he was filming Oblivion, his new thriller out April 19, when he turned 50 last July 3.
"For my 50th birthday Joe [director Joe Kosinski] and the studio gave me a bubble bike. ... It was so amazing. ... I was allowed to ride it in areas where you are no longer allowed to drive. [Iceland] is a beautiful country."
And he's not too old to learn new tricks.
Making films "is a constant learning process," Cruise says. "Sometimes you think you know it all, but it kind of hits you know nothing about movie-making. And that's what drives me, that I constantly learn something."
But, contrary to quotes circulating online attributed to the interview, Cruise didn't talk about his divorce last year from Katie Holmes or muse about life being "tragicomic."
A rep for the actor maintains those quotes were fabricated or taken out of context, and the interviewer, Steven Gaetjen, says he never asked Cruise about Holmes or the divorce.
Cruise did say he wouldn't balk if his kids Connor, Isabella and Suri wanted to follow him into acting, noting that they've grown up around movie sets. (Connor has already acted in movies such as Red Dawn.) "The door is open for them," Cruise says.
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Erie County pistol permit holders can now sign up for an email alert to notify them when a new public disclosure exemption form is available.
The Erie County Clerk's Office has set up a web page at www.erie.gov/optout that allows pistol permit holders to enter their email address to receive an electronic copy of the application when it is available.
New York State's recently passed gun law allows pistol permit holders to request that their names and addresses be kept private in certain circumstances. The law directs the State Police to create an application to allow permit holders to opt out of public disclosure.
County Clerk Chris Jacobs said the form is expected to be available Feb. 15.
Once the clerk receives the "opt-out" form from the State Police, his office will send out an electronic version to those who have subscribed to the email notification. After the permit holder has completed the form, it can be mailed to: Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs, c/o Pistol Permit Office, 92 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202.
Pistol permit holders will have 60 days after the form is made available to submit completed forms to the Clerk's Office.


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The support network for electric vehicles is about to expand. Cleveland City Council this week approved spending $75,000 to install three charging stations in the city.
Cleveland Public Power is to install and maintain the stations for a three-year period.
Technically speaking, the support network for electric vehicles - the power grid - already exists. A next step is development of charging stations so drivers can refuel electric vehicles.
Some of the funding for the new stations to be installed in Cleveland is to come from grants. Last summer, AEP Ohio and Wal-Mart cooperated to open the first public electric-vehicle charging station in Ohio, at a Walmart Supercenter/Sam's Club in Columbus.
Sounds great, but funding for the station was provided by a federal grant.
According to CleanFuels Ohio, a nonprofit advocacy group, the state now has 54 stations for charging electric vehicles. The U.S. Department of Energy states those stations offer a combined 134 outlets.
The number of outlets may be a key. Some systems an take four to eight hours to fully charge an electric vehicle. But patience can pay off; even at prices charged by the stations, the cost of fully charging a Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt is just a few dollars.
But we'd like to see more charging stations paid for either by electric utilities or by private funding. This "seed" money provided by tax breaks for electric vehicle purchases and federal grants for charging stations shouldn't go on indefinitely.
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Police rounded up dozens of suspects Tuesday in the second Blair County drug sweep in less than a month.
"The other one was more pills, and this one was more heroin," said Agent James Walstrom, of the state Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, comparing the sweep to that of Nov. 20, when 37 alleged dealers were targeted.
Walstrom said both operations came about from different investigations, the latest going back six months, and happened to culminate with arrests at about the same time.
By late afternoon, 39 of the 48 suspects sought by police were in custody, police said.
The bust of street-level dealers, some already in Blair County Prison on related drug charges, included convicted killer Marvis "Murder" Boyd, 30, of Newark, N.J., Altoona police Detective Sgt. Troy Johannides said.
Boyd, who police said was convicted of murder in New Jersey as a juvenile, is accused of selling 10 packets of heroin to a police informant Sept. 12 on the 1200 block of Howard Avenue, records show.
Most of the suspects are Altoona residents, but police investigations also pulled in people from other Blair County communities, including Hollidaysburg, Claysburg and Martinsburg.
Packaged in wax packets stamped with names such as Lion Share, YOLO and Cuse, heroin was bought up by police and informants during the investigation, leading to more heroin suspects than in recent drug sweeps.
"Heroin is, unfortunately, making its way back," said Johannides, who stressed that even with the number of heroin arrests, it appears as if the flow of drugs into Blair County has slowed since the arrest of Stephen and Kenneth Piner last year.
"I'm optimistic we're actually making a bigger dent," Johannides said.
Cerone "Snoop" Dunbar, 27, of 1010 18th Ave., stands accused of selling both cocaine and heroin, including the alleged sale of a quarter-ounce of cocaine in September.
On Sept. 25, Dunbar allegedly sold a police informant 7 grams of cocaine for $350. Four days earlier, Dunbar allegedly supplied the informant with 100 packets of heroin for $1,000. Those packets, police noted, were fatter than usual heroin packets and Dunbar allegedly supplied the informant with more heroin until police arrested Dunbar on Oct. 2 after an alleged delivery near Altoona Regional.
Dunbar had a small child along for the ride when he made a final delivery of 35 packets of heroin for $300 and picked up $900 for heroin he had already delivered to the informant, police said.
Magisterial District Judges Paula Aigner and Craig Ormsby handled the arraignments. Preliminary hearings are slated for Dec. 21.
Mirror Staff Writer Greg Bock is at 946-7458.


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