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Walgreens and the National Urban League announced the Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with National Urban League will continue through 2013. The national tour will provide free health tests, assessments, education and consulting services to residents in urban and minority communities who experience disproportionately higher rates of preventable disease. The service is free and insurance will not be billed.
The 2013 tour marks the seventh year Walgreens and the National Urban League have joined together on the community outreach program. In six years, the tour has administered more than half a million health tests valued at $11.4 million to more than 1,000 communities throughout the United States.
The initiative is one of the charitable programs that is supported by the Walgreens Way to Well Commitment®, which began in 2011 as a four-year, $100 million initiative to improve the everyday health of Americans nationwide. It is dedicated to providing accessible, affordable resources for prevention and early detection of chronic diseases – heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Heart disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death among minorities in the U.S., while diabetes is the nation's fastest-growing disease over the past decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The tour will also continue to highlight the Urban League's "I Am Empowered" national service initiative, and will collaborate with Urban League affiliates to encourage members of urban and minority communities to act as their own health advocates by visiting the Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with NUL.
"The National Urban League remains committed to eliminating barriers to wellness by advocating for, and mobilizing minority communities," said Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. "As communities of color across the country struggle with rising health care costs, we are proud to continue our seven-year partnership on the Way to Well Health Tour with Walgreens. Working together with Walgreens, we hope to provide the health education, testing, and awareness that is critical to empowering communities to strive for a better quality of life."
"Way to Well reflects our commitment to disease prevention and to improving everyday health through education and early detection. With the NUL, the nationwide traveling health tour is one way we deliver on our pledge to improve lives by providing underserved communities greater access to the resources they need," said John Gremer, Walgreens director of community affairs. "We also thank our customers for supporting this cause with us, and ultimately making this important wellness services program a reality by simply purchasing our brand."
The Way to Well Health Tour is partially funded by customers who support the Walgreens wellness services mission by purchasing Walgreens brand health and wellness products. Beginning February 1, 2013 through December, 2013, 1 cent from the purchase of every Walgreens brand health and wellness product, up to $3 million annually, will support bringing preventive wellness services to local communities through the Walgreens Way to Well Fund®.
The health tour's bundle of free health tests and risk assessments is designed to provide participants with personal health insights that may indicate symptoms and potential risks for cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Tests include total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, body composition, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism, visceral fat, real body age and body weight*. Collectively, the health tests valued at over $100, are administered to adults age 18 years and older by certified wellness staff and can be completed in approximately 20 minutes. Afterward, participants will consult with a Walgreens pharmacist or certified wellness staff about his or her results.
At tour stop locations, visitors will have access to educational health and wellness resources provided by NUL as well as Walgreens Way to Well partners. Participants also will be able to sign up for Walgreens Balance® Rewards program. It's easy to join and gives members access to sale prices plus opportunities to get points on eligible prescriptions, immunizations, healthy behaviors and featured items each week. When members choose to redeem their accumulated points, they are rewarded with dollars off a future purchase made in store and online.
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Meet Football Defensive Coordinator Kevin Kelly
Ball State's Joel Godett sits down with the Cardinals' new defensive coordinator Kevin Kelly, who joined the football staff after serving as Georgetown's head coach.
Coach Kelly talks about his perspective on the staff after having a head coaching background, his philosophy on defense and the Ball State personnel.
Kelly spent from 2006-13 as the head coach at Georgetown and was named the 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year as well as an Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Finalist. He served as an assistant coach at various schools in his career and helped teams to seven bowl games.

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The star, who got engaged to Kim Kardashian at the end of October, has been criticized for featuring the flag on merchandise for his Yeezus tour.
The gear includes T-shirts featuring the flag along with a skull and the words "I ain't comin' down."
But in an interview with Los Angeles radio station 97.1 AMP on Monday, West, 36, explained the reasoning behind using the flag – which was adopted by the Southern states during the American Civil War but has come to represent a symbol of racism and hate to many.
"React how you want," he said. "Any energy is good energy. You know the Confederate flag represented slavery in a way – that's my abstract take on what I know about it. So I made the song 'New Slaves.' So I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag. It's my flag. Now what are you going to do?"
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (April 24, 2014) – Families with children have yet another reason to visit Little Rock's Riverfront Park, thanks to two Little Rock businessmen. John Burkhalter and Wayne Woods were on hand as city officials were joined by a number of guests and children to introduce a "splash pad" in the children's play area of the park, located just behind Little Rock's Marriott Hotel along the Arkansas River.
Burkhalter and Woods provided funding for the splash pad in honor of their children, Johnna Kay and Anna Grace Burkhalter, and Kyzer Woods. Also attending the Thursday announcement were Burkhalter's wife, Penny, and Woods' wife, Linda.
The splash pad opens to the public this weekend. It is part of the children's play area of the Vogel-Schwartz Sculpture Garden, a collection of 60 pieces of art sculpture, the majority of which are within Riverfront Park. The children's play area is designed for children up to five years old.
The Little Rock Parks and Recreation completed the construction work for the splash pad and play area.
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola says the splash pad will help attract even more visitors to Riverfront Park.
"Riverfront Park is a very popular place year round. At the same time, we all know how hot the spring and summers can be in Arkansas," said Stodola. "Having this splash pad for children and their families will attract even more people to Riverfront Park to not only enjoy it, but also the many other features of the Sculpture Garden and the entire park."
A complementing sculpture will be placed adjacent to the splash pad later this year. The sculpture, depicting a family boating outing, will include a plaque honoring Burkhalter, Woods and their support of the project.
Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of the Little Rock-based advertising and marketing firm Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, said his investment in the project is a way to "give something back to this city, which has been so good to me and my family."
"I am a water guy. I always have been," he said. "In fact, my family and I live on the Arkansas River just west of Little Rock. When John (Burkhalter) and I heard that the city wanted to bring the splash pad to the children's play area, we both wanted to support it."
"It is exciting to be able to contribute to our family-friendly riverfront. This is something that Arkansas children and visitors will be able to enjoy for years to come," Burkhalter said. Burkhalter is president of Burkhalter Technologies and is currently building a marina just east of the Clinton Presidential Center.
Little Rock City Board member Dr. Dean Kumpuris, founder of the Sculpture at the River Market Committee, lauded Burkhalter's and Woods' investment in the garden.
"This is precisely what the committee envisioned when it came together," Kumpuris said. "We believed then, and certainly believe now, that people like Wayne and John would want to support and be part of something special like the Sculpture Garden. With the splash pad, they have allowed us to attract people to a venue that incorporates the arts and recreation in a unique way that appeals to people of all ages," Kumpuris added.
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Name: Taylor Payne
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Softball
Athlete of the week achievement: Payne pitched a five-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and also collected two hits and an RBI in a victory over West Branch.
Season update: Payne is hitting .444 and has struck out 25 batters in 17 innings. Bellwood is 3-0.
Coach Jim Payne's quote: "She loves the game. She's a hard worker, and if she continues to pitch and hit like this, she'll be a big part of our team's success this year."
Favorite teacher: Mr. Crowell
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite movie: "Billy Madison"
Favorite food: Anything from Tim's American Cafe
Favorite song: "The Pretender'' by Foo Fighters
Outside interests: Swimming, bowling, going to bonfires
Favorite professional team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite college team: Michigan Wolverines
Pro athlete most admired: The Pirates' Mike McKenry
Best athlete I ever played with: Emily Nagle
Best athlete I ever competed against: Altoona's Amanda Parrish
Most influential person on my athletic career: My parents, Jim and Wendy, and Bill Sheehan
Proudest athletic achievement: Winning districts last season
How I got my start in softball: "I played little league for the Bellwood girls softball team."
Future goal: Attend Edinboro University, continue playing softball and be successful.


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In genome engineering, a single position within a DNA sequence is altered without affecting the rest of the genetic code. The structure of a new gene-targeting system, the TAL effector nuclease, reveals its mechanism of action and provides crucial details for its future development. Read more...
ALS representatives Sue Bailey and user Yves Idzerda joined other Berkeley Lab representatives in Washington, D.C. for a congressional exhibition organized by the National User Facilities Organization (NUFO). Public exhibitions were held in the buildings of the Senate and the House of Representatives, featuring talks by Pat Dehmer (Deputy Director for Science Programs, Office of Science, DOE), Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos, and Tony Lanzirotti (NUFO chair), as well as posters highlighting science from 45 national user facilities.
The team from Berkeley Lab, led by Don Medley (Berkeley Lab Head of Federal Government Relations), met with Senate and House staffers to explain the importance of national user facilities, like the ALS, to the advancement of the nation's science and engineering programs. Read more about the exhibitions.
The fifth Synchrotron Radiation in Polymer Science (SRPS) conference, organized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, was held in San Francisco, March 30-April 2. More than 80 participants from around the world attended invited and contributed lectures on the use of synchrotrons in ordering phenomena, spectroscopy, microscopy, and energy applications in polymer sciences. The program began with an invited talk by Advanced Light Source Director Roger Falcone on the importance of polymer science for current synchrotrons and future sources. A poster session was also organized at the venue, where beamline scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students shared their work with the attendees and competed for a poster prize sponsored by JEMA Science. A group of judges selected Gregory Su (UCSB) and David Wong (UCB) as the poster prize winners. Attendees also enjoyed tours of the LCLS (SLAC) and the ALS (Berkeley Lab). Program information and an abstract booklet can be viewed on the SRPS5 Web site.
The 2012 ALS User Meeting Co-Chairs are now accepting applications for workshops. Please send your workshop ideas and an estimate of length (1/2 day, full day) to
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Planning for Change at Beamline 10.3.2
In a letter to the user community of BL 10.3.2 on April 2, 2012, ALS Director Roger Falcone announced a plan to reduce staffing at BL 10.3.2 from two full-time positions to one half-time position starting in January, 2013. Although the staffing support will be reduced, the ALS plans to continue supporting the beamline infrastructure. In the future, the ALS envisions a possible user consortium, modeled after the existing Approved Program mode of access, to bring long-term staffing resources to the beamline. The UEC has agreed to help organize a user consortium to develop future resources to support beamline staffing. Users interested in being involved in the generation of resources or proposals for the future of BL 10.3.2 as part of a core-user consortium are encouraged to contact ALS UEC members Brandy Toner and Peter Nico. Users can also stay involved in the discussion regarding the future of BL 10.3.2 by attending the Hard X-Ray Microprobe Workshop, planned for the 2012 ALS User Meeting, October 10-12.
The ALS UEC is eager to hear from users regarding changes to BL 10.3.2 or other issues of concern. Our next meeting will be in the second half of May, 2012 at the ALS, and it is not too late to help shape the agenda.
For the user runs from March 14 to April 15, 2012 (which included two weeks of 2-Bunch Top-off Mode operation), the beam reliability [(time scheduled - time lost)/time scheduled)] was 96.4%. For this period, the mean time between failures (MTBF) was 30.4 hours, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) was 74 minutes. There were no significant interruptions.
More detailed information on reliability is available on the ALS reliability bulletin board, which is located in the hallway between the ALS and the control room in Building 80. Questions about beam reliability should be directed to Dave Richardson (
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Someone's loved one. A term of endearment.
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Republicans like the 2010 health care law better when it's called by its proper name — the Affordable Care Act — instead of Obamacare, according to a new Fox News poll.
Republican support for the law jumped eight percent, from 14 percent for Obamacare to 22 percent for the Affordable Care Act, when pollsters revised the question's language.
Overall support increased from 34 percent to 39 percent with the change. Democratic support moved one percent; independent support rose four percent.
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Dozens of supplements marketed illegally
U.S. government investigators found that 20 percent of the 127 weight-loss and immune-boosting supplements they purchased online and in retail stores across the country carried labels that made illegal claims to cure or treat disease, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services.
In addition, many of the supplements lacked the scientific studies to support their suggested uses.
The investigators also found products that claimed to cure or prevent diabetes, cancer and HIV, which is strictly prohibited by law.
The report concluded that consumers may not just be wasting their money on pills or tablets, but they also could be endangering their health if they take a supplement in place of a drug, thinking it will have the same effect.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not approve the safety or effectiveness of dietary supplements before they are marketed.
Chewing food longer boosts full feeling
The oral stimulation of chewing food is an important factor in feeling full, according to researchers in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
In order to isolate the effects of chewing on satiety, researchers conducted a study in which 26 men chewed food for between one and eight minutes without swallowing; meanwhile their stomachs were filled with food through a feeding tube. A meal was given 30 minutes later. Those with longer chewing times consumed 19 percent fewer calories, demonstrating that the act of chewing impacted satiety.
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Why do elected officials give themselves raises?
March 16, 2013
Editor: After seeing the news and reading the paper, why is it that when things get tough, our elected officials and others in government have to get raises and increases in benefits? Yet the......
The question should be why do they continue to be re-elected?
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no elected offical should vote themselves a raise, but this should mean republicans too. i know plenty of republicans that have also done this.
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And the 2 liberal sheep who probably never worked and paid taxes.....vote to let them keep giving themselves pay raises. The ignorance is bliss mantra must be their motto! It shows!
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Since these fools work for US; it should only be US that get to give them pay raises. Since when does an employee get to give themselves a pay raise? Americans are stupid to allow this. We have the power but most citizens don't use that power. They think they have to work for the politicians. VOte all these clowns out next time. SHOW them our power to FIRE them!!
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SALEM - Investigators continued to follow leads Wednesday, two days after the death of Melinda Todd in her Salem Township home, in hopes of making a homicide arrest.
Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron confirmed Wednesday afternoon a person of interest is being investigated. Herron said some of the information being provided by tips appears to be turning out to be worthwhile.
"I would encourage anyone who knows anything to come forward at this time," Herron said.
On Monday, Todd, 43, was found dead, and her 5-year-old grandson, Cole Tyler Reed, with a gunshot wound to the head in Todd's home.
Deputies were called to the home at the intersection of state Route 45 and Salmar Drive shortly after 4 p.m. Monday after Todd's daughters, 12 and 8, discovered the crime scene when coming home off a school bus.
Sheriff Ray Stone said there have been some people eliminated as suspects after confirming alibis. For instance, the father of 5-year-old Cole Tyler Reed was in the Mahoning County jail. Todd's boyfriend and another friend also had alibis which checked out, the sheriff said.
Stone said he believes the crime may have happened sometime Monday afternoon, but had not received any official time of death window from the coroner's office as of Wednesday.
Investigators have been canvassing the neighborhood and Stone said no one claims to have heard anything out of the ordinary. Stone said there was no sign of forced entry at the home, but noted he did not know if the door had been locked.
On Wednesday, a deputy was once again going to the hospital to check on the 5-year-old. Stone said he hopes if the boy regains consciousness, he may be able to help investigators solve the case.
Stone declined to say who Todd's children are staying with, but believed it to be family because Children Services was not contacted to take them.
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LOCKPORT – The former co-owner of Italian restaurants in Buffalo and Lewiston, who was indicted three years ago on federal drug charges, was arraigned in Niagara County Court on Tuesday on an indictment accusing him of sexually abusing an adolescent girl.
Filippo Inglima, 46, of Thornwood Drive, Wheatfield, pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree sexual abuse, three counts of third-degree sexual abuse and single counts of second-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco said that the alleged victim was 13 years old when the reported incidents began in Inglima's home in July 2004 and that they continued there in July 2005.
A final incident occurred in July 2011, when the victim was 20, according to the indictment, and took place at Villella's Restaurant in downtown Niagara Falls, where Inglima was working.
The defendant formerly owned Villa Fortunata on Center Street in Lewiston and Filippo's on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo.
In November 2009, a federal grand jury named Inglima among 24 defendants in a 35-count drug indictment.
Most of the defendants have pleaded guilty, but Inglima's case is still open, said Barbara J. Burns, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo.
Inglima is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy; conspiracy to import marijuana; conspiracy to commit money laundering; and distribution of marijuana.
The indictment alleges that the ring imported more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from Canada and conspired to distribute more than 5 kilos of cocaine. The government sought to make Inglima and four other defendants forfeit their personal vehicles and a total of $1 million.
Federal court papers show that Inglima used his house as collateral for a $500,000 bail bond. Burns said a condition of Inglima's bail was that he surrender his passport.
Inglima, an Italian citizen, posted $2,500 bail at the time of his arrest on the sex charges, and Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas allowed him to remain free on that bail.
Farkas signed a one-year restraining order barring Inglima from any contact with the alleged victim or with a female witness in the case.
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on February 1, 2013 - 12:25 AM
Who?: Western New York native and roots music patron saint, Gurf Morlix has worked with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Warren Zevon, Patty Griffin and Robert Earl Keen, but is equally renown as a singing, songwriting solo artist.
What?: A new disc, "Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense," celebrates all that Morlix does so well. It boasts guitar playing buried deep in the loam of American roots music; it's greasy, gritty and soulful, and it can justifiably brag about the contributions of legendary Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan on Hammond B3.
Why?: Morlix is the man. 'Nuff said.
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
Oct. 18, 2012
Saint Vincent College School of Social Sciences, Communication, and Education will present Dr. Thomas J. Antos, M.D., physician and professor of medicine, as the third and final speaker in the fifth edition of its lecture series on Aging and Spirituality at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Fred M. Rogers Center. His presentation is entitled, "Medical and Formative Spiritual Perspectives." Admission is free and open to the public. A 1965 graduate of Saint Vincent College where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology, Dr. Antos earned a doctor of medicine degree at Hahnemann Medical College before completing his internship in medicine and a residency in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was a member of the senior active staff at Mercy Hospital from 1972 to 2000 and served as chief of the division of internal medicine in the department of medicine from 1979 to 1993. A member of the medical staff at UPMC Presbyterian from 1995 to 2007, he has been a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine since 1996 and continues as an honorary and emeritus member of the medical staff at UPMC Presbyterian since 2007. He has also served on the board of directors of the Allegheny County Medical Society and was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps from 1969 to 1977. Dr. Antos completed specialty certification with the American Board of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He is a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Medical Association, American College of Physicians and the American Geriatric Society. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Pittsburgh. Persons of all ages are welcome to attend and share in the discussion and questions. Parking for the physically challenged is available at the Fred M. Rogers Center. All participants may park in Parking Area A and enter the Rogers Center at the first floor entrance. Reservations are not required. For additional information, phone 724 805-2522.
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Visiting USC Upstate defeated Stetson 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-14) in an Atlantic Sun Conference volleyball match Friday evening at the Edmunds Center.
USC Upstate improved to 5-9 overall, 1-2 in the A-Sun. Stetson dropped its ninth straight match and fell to 3-17, 0-4.
Junior Kaley Melville led all hitters with 18 kills on the night, while committing only three errors and posting a .429 attack percentage. Freshman Cailyn Prewitt added nine kills, but no other Hatter had more than three.
"I was really pleased with Kaley Melville," Stetson head coach Tim Loesch said. "She had another great match and did pretty much everything we asked. I thought Cailyn Prewitt did some good things on the outside for us. And Kayla Weller did a pretty good job of following the game plan. But again everyone else did not contribute as much as we needed."
Stetson's best opportunity in the match came in the second set. The Hatters hit .289 in the frame and led 19-14 at one point, but the Spartans finished on an 11-4 run to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
"We almost had a breakthrough in game two," Loesch said. We figured some things out strategically and we were able to execute. But down the stretch we made some unforced errors and kind of gave that one away."
Monique Russell picked up nine digs, leaving her just 16 shy of breaking the school record.
"Tomorrow's a new day, hopefully we will play a cleaner game and take care of our side of the net," Loesch said.
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Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' Tears Were Caused by Dog's Death
But in a new interview with Rolling Stone, the singer admits that a moment in her controversial video for "Wrecking Ball," in which she appears completely nude, came about not because of her relationship with Hemsworth, but because of her pets.
"That was real," Cyrus tells the interviewer of the close-up in which she sheds a tear. "My dog just passed away."
The dog she's referring to is Lila, whom the 20-year-old had adopted in 2011; the Yorkie died a year later. "For everyone asking ... I have never been so hurt in my life," she Tweeted on Dec. 11. "My heart has never been so broken."
After "Wrecking Ball" was released, Cyrus went on the defense about her nudity in the clip. "I think the video is much more," she told New York radio station Z100. "If people get past the point I make, and you actually look at me, you can tell I look more broken than even the song sounds."


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When 18-year-old Justice Feggans and two other suspected armed robbers forced their way into 96-year-old Levi Clayton's East Side home, they were searching for cash and drugs, according to police, who say the violent Nov. 24 home invasion was anything but random.
Feggans, a star Riverside High School basketball player, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree robbery as well as two counts of first-degree burglary late Wednesday. He and his accomplices, police say, attacked Clayton, beating him in the head, face and body.
The elderly man suffered critical injuries, including a broken jaw, and was hospitalized for weeks. He has since recovered enough to be placed in a long-term health care facility.
"This was a terrible crime, and we are very pleased today to announce that, with the tremendous diligence of our Police Department, we were able to make an arrest," Mayor Byron W. Brown said at a City Hall news conference late Thursday afternoon. "The public was outraged by this case."
Last spring, narcotics detectives conducted a raid at Clayton's home, 99 Longview Ave., after receiving a tip that drugs were being sold from the residence, law enforcement officials told The Buffalo News.
The raid ended with the confiscation of several thousand dollars, a handgun, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs.
A relative, police said, was arrested at the time.
Authorities stressed that Clayton, a retired autoworker and World War II veteran, had no knowledge that he was being taken advantage of by his family member, who was using his home as a drug house.
"It was not a random robbery. The robbers came there for the specific purpose of getting the stash, and the poor old guy was caught in the middle," a police source said.
Prior to the raid, the relative installed exterior surveillance cameras that police believe were used to monitor activity outside the house, which is in the Delavan-Grider neighborhood and only a few blocks from Erie County Medical Center, where Clayton spent weeks being treated for the broken jaw and numerous other injuries.
Video from the surveillance cameras showing the suspects outside the home later was released to the media. That and tips from the public helped police in arresting Feggans.
"We are here today because of those tips ... the tips were instrumental in making the arrest," Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said. "The investigation at this point continues. We have a lot more work to do here."
Feggans, according to Derenda, is not related to the victim. When asked if Feggans knew the family, the commissioner declined to comment.
"Mr. Clayton is certainly a fighter," said the mayor, who visited him at ECMC. "It was terrible to have a member of our community in that position. It was a crime that really captured the attention of our community. This was not a random act of violence."
Ela Goree, 71, a niece of Clayton, expressed relief that one of the alleged attackers is now behind bars.
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Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said his staff has been working tirelessly on the case and specifically credited Assistant District Attorneys James Bargnesi and Michael P. Felicetta.
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This is his first brush with the law. Twice last year, he was arrested by city police.
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Skeptics and vocal atheists across the web fumed when Newsweek published a cover story that proclaimed the afterlife to be real based on a firsthand account of a neurosurgeon who nearly lost his bout with meningitis. His tale is hardly atypical from ones we've heard many times before across a wide variety of patients who had one foot in the grave and were revived; lush greenery and white fluffy clouds leading to a wonderful and peaceful place, a companion of some sort for what looked like a guided tour of Heaven, all the pieces are there. Such consistency is used by the faithful to say that there must be an afterlife. How else could the stories be so consistent and feature the same elements? If the patients were simply hallucinating as their brains were slowly but surely shutting down, wouldn't their experiences be radically different? And aren't a number of them extremely difficult to explain with what we know about how the brain functions?
It's not as if people could sense when they're about to die and are constantly bombarded with a description of how they should ascend to Heaven for eternal peace and rest. Wait a minute, wait a minute… They can and they are. So wouldn't it make sense that so many near death accounts of an ascension to an afterlife follow the same pattern because the patients who remember their alleged journey to the great beyond are told day in, day out how this pattern should go? Most of the tales we get come from the Western world and have a very heavy Judeo-Christian influence coloring them. There's also a rather odd prevalence of ascending to Heaven in these accounts and cases of people describing torment or something like Hell, while certainly not unheard of in the literature, are exceedingly rare. This either means that much of humanity is good and could look forward to a blissful afterlife, or that most people experience a natural high before death so they feel peaceful and at ease, dreaming of Heaven, while others still feel pain and see Hell.
And this is when Occam's Razor has to come into play. The second assumption, while not very comforting or marketable to believers who still doubt the idea of an afterlife, makes the fewest, and the most probable assumptions, and if therefore more likely to be true in the absence of a stronger case for a genuine Heaven. We tend to choose the afterlife version of the story since we're all fundamentally scared of death and no amount of arguing why death is natural or how it just has to happen and there's nothing we can do about it makes this fear any less. The stories give us hope that we won't simply cease to exist one day. But whereas believers are satisfied by anecdotal tales, the skeptics feel that we deserve more than just hope being spoon-fed to us. If an afterlife exists, we want to know for sure. We want empirical data. And that's why trying to sell a story that tickles those who already believe or want to believe in the worst of ways is so rage-inducing to so many skeptics. We need truth and facts to deal with the real world, not truths that people want to hear and facts they can discard at will when they don't match their fantasy.


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The Buffalo Teachers Federation voted Thursday to take the Buffalo school district to court to enforce a teacher-evaluation agreement that the state Department of Education, the state education commissioner and the governor have declared illegal.
The BTF Executive Committee unanimously approved the resolution to take legal action against the district by June 1 and file additional grievances for "non-adherence" to a pact the district made with the union in January. The agreement stated that the district would not use two years of teacher evaluations as grounds for termination.
"We will leave no stone unturned to make sure these evaluations, which everybody now realizes were flawed, aren't being held against our teachers," said BTF President Philip Rumore.
State officials said the side agreement reached between the district and the union is invalid because it was not submitted to the state as part of the district's official teacher-evaluation process.
Legal action by the teachers union could threaten the status of more than $30 million in state aid this year, in addition to more than $10 million in various other government funding this year and tens of millions in future years.
Rumore said the BTF will work with the New York State United Teachers union to legally challenge any effort by the state to withhold funds from the Buffalo Public Schools.
"We're going to fight to make sure that they don't use our kids as pawns in order for us to get this money," he said.
Finally, the BTF may still consider rescinding, by vote of all Buffalo teachers, its approval of the teacher evaluations for the last two school years.
Superintendent Pamela C. Brown said Thursday no agreement can supersede the rules set forth by the state. "I regret that the BTF has decided to pursue this course of action," she said.
She pointed out that part of the written agreement between the union and the district stated that all parties agreed "to adhere to all applicable state rules, laws and regulations."
Based on that, she said, "it's my understanding that we are following through with the process that was negotiated and agreed to by the union and the district."
In 2011-12, Buffalo was one of a handful of districts across the state receiving federal school-improvement grants.
To qualify for the money, the district had to have a state-approved teacher-evaluation plan in place at the six schools receiving the grants: Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Institute; International School 45; and Bennett, Riverside, South Park and Burgard high schools.
That means the 400 or so teachers at those six schools were evaluated last year. They got their evaluations about two months ago, and many reportedly were rated "ineffective."
The state law allows districts – but does not explicitly require them – to pursue termination for any teacher who gets rated "ineffective" two years in a row. It also states that schools "shall" use the evaluations in employment decisions, including terminations.
"Buffalo teachers and teachers across New York State would not have entered into agreements utilizing untested, untried evaluation systems without assurances that due to its untested procedures, it would not be used against them," the BTF resolution says.
Much of the resolution highlights what the union considers to be significant flaws in the teacher-evaluation formula.
In one Buffalo school, it states, 11 teachers were rated "effective" on all 22 classroom indicators but still wound up with a composite score of "ineffective."
In other cases, where two teachers worked with the same set of students, one received 20 evaluation points, while the other teacher received zero.
Brown said that she was unaware of the specific instances cited in the BTF resolution but that she hopes some solution could be reached.
"We want to be able to work with the union to find common ground and adhere to state regulations while treating all employees in a fair and consistent way," she said.
Rumore repeated his assertion that there are many school districts across the state with similar side agreements with their unions.
"There were 30 between here and Rochester," he said.
But Carl Korn, spokesman for the state teachers union, said NYSUT doesn't track that information, and he knows of no district that has sought help from the state union to deal with any similar concern.
He added that the BTF would receive whatever assistance the state union can provide in this matter. "Our local unions are autonomous," he said, "and we fully support the actions by our local leaders."
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It is unfortunate that Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., does not really represent most of his constituents here in the Mountain State. He has become a classic example of a so-called "progressive" who refuses to truly move forward with the people who sent him to Washington.
Rockefeller's decision not to run for re-election in 2014 came as no real surprise, then. Despite his enormous personal wealth, his long string of election successes and his leadership in a party that still dominates state politics, Rockefeller probably would have lost the 2014 election to Rep. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., who has announced her candidacy for a Senate seat.
For decades, the Rockefeller brand of liberalism played well in our state. During his two terms as governor, his free-spending philosophy kept him popular at the polls, paving the way for his election to the Senate, where he has served since 1985. He was especially careful not to alienate special interests such as the state's big teachers' unions.
All the while, under Rockefeller and several of his predecessors, what amounted to a gigantic state debt was building up. It was left to a successor, Gov. Gaston Caperton, and legislators during his tenure (1989-97) to begin the process of paying down billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.
More and more during the past 20 years or so, West Virginians have come to realize that ultra-liberal politicians are leading us down a path to ruin.
Yet Rockefeller never changed. During recent years he has refused to battle President Barack Obama on coal and supported initiatives such as "Obamacare."
Most West Virginians - including many who consider themselves staunch Democrats - have matured politically. The state's other U.S. senator, Joe Manchin, represents their views on fiscal discipline and personal freedom much better than has Rockefeller.
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THE MANY NOT THE FEW: The Stolen History of the Battle of Britain. By Richard North. Bloomsbury. 456 pages. $30.
The title of Richard North's "The Many Not the Few" refers, in part, to Winston Churchill's 1940 speech, in which he declared: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
The "few," according to Churchill, were the heroic pilots of Fighter Command. In his informative book, North offers a diligent and copiously researched re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain, for which he was able to rely on newly unclassified documents of World War II.
The "many" were the ordinary British civilians who withstood the relentless bombing in those early years, sleeping wherever they could find safe shelters, deprived of decent food or material comforts. They soldiered on, largely without complaint.
Though Hitler called for peace to Britain, the German war machine readied itself. Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl, chief of operation staff for the German Armed Forces Supreme Command (OKW), stated, "If political measures do not succeed, England's will to resist will have to be broken by force," namely siege, including sea and air war, and a blockade of shipments to and from Britain.
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Meanwhile, the Luftwaffe attacked the length and breadth of Britain, with the important port cities of London and Liverpool suffering the heaviest air raids. As civilian casualties escalated, the British government, seeming somewhat detached from the needs of the populace, forbade the use of the London Underground as nighttime shelters. Soon, an uprising of several thousand Londoners forced the repeal of that ban. (Official counts vary, but 2,000 deaths were reported on the first night of the Blitz alone, Sept. 7, 1940.)
North, in a deeply sympathetic assessment, addresses the complexity of the war and the diplomatic maneuvering behind the scenes. But the Battle of Britain involved much more than fighting and diplomacy; it was "a victory of the people of Britain" who displayed stalwart courage and perseverance. They endured the ongoing nightmare of the bombings, and the Civil Defence mobilized to take care of casualties and help the homeless find a place to live.
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"It's like art," said Meg LeComte, a retired teacher who was visiting the city from Rochester, NY to watch a play. "When you look through [one] side there's clarity there and on [the other] side, it's an impression," she said.
Ms. LeComte walked to the store from Grand Central Terminal after hearing about the event on the news. "I love the building, but it's less than perfect right now and they're going to replace it, so this is rare," she said.
The building, located across the road from Central Park, is often the subject of portraits. Photos illustrating the effect of the cracked glass started popping up on Twitter and Instagram soon after the accident, and despite the freezing temperatures on Wednesday morning, people crossing the plaza where the store is located stopped every few minutes to get a quick shot.
Attorney Bryan Levine from Astoria, Queens, said he traveled an extra subway stop to get a look at the glass. "It's kind of beautiful, like a curtain almost," he said. "I was just imagining what it would've sounded like if you'd heard it shattered. You know, holy you-know-what."
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"I wonder if they'll replace the glass for free," joked Jason Ressler, a filmmaker based in France who had just visited the store to buy an iPad for his girlfriend. Mr. Ressler said he hadn't noticed the cracked glass while inside but thought it gave the store's design a nice effect.
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You have to be bold to play Carnegie Hall. And the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Carnegie Hall's Spring for Music Festival in May, is thinking very big.
The orchestra has signed up sponsors including the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres.
It is planning big parties including a post-concert reception in the famous Russian Tea Room.
Finally, the BPO has resolved to beat the record held by Toledo, Ohio.
The Toledo Symphony played the Spring for Music Festival in 2011. Not only was the orchestra lavishly praised, but Toledo folks made up the bulk of the audience in Carnegie Hall's main auditorium, which seats 2,804.
"The Toledo Symphony … stormed Carnegie, with 1,400 Ohio citizens in tow (in an audience of more than 2,000), and its program, dwelling on the plight of the individual in an oppressive society, proved a masterstroke," reported the New York Times. The Toledo Symphony played music by Shostakovich and Andre Previn.
Susan Schwartz, the BPO's new marketing director, says the BPO has sold more than 900 tickets so far. But it's still not enough.
"Toledo brought 1,320 people," broods Schwartz, who moved here from Cleveland. "We are shooting for 1,350. We just want to beat Toledo. Whether we will or not, I don't know."
It's hard not to feel a little competitive. Toledo's orchestra has a budget of $6 million, much smaller than Buffalo's, which is more than $9 million. Its principal conductor is Stefan Sanderling, who, just to thicken the plot, was music director of the Chautauqua Symphony from 2006 until 2011.
Buffalo, though, has a very big secret weapon.
For Spring for Music, Music Director JoAnn Falletta plans to begin with the quiet, ethereal "Morning Prayers" from "Life Without Christmas" by Giya Kancheli – and then bring the house down with the massive Symphony No. 3 of the Russian composer Reinhold Gliere.
As Teddy Roosevelt would put it, speak softly and carry a big symphony. In the arsenal of symphonic music, the Gliere, though expansive and romantic, could be considered Big Bertha. Gliere, who died in 1956, scored it for an enormous orchestra. Because of its length and demands, live performances are rare.
The BPO is drafting extra musicians to perform it, both at Carnegie Hall and in Buffalo beforehand. Some come from right here in town, others from the now-defunct Syracuse Symphony, still others from elsewhere. The orchestra will balloon from about 75 to 100 musicians.
For Falletta, there's no doubt that it's worth it.
"It's a cult piece. There are people who collect recordings, who travel to hear it because it's rarely done," she says. In the 1950s, she adds, conductors including Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy performed the symphony with cuts. The BPO will not.
"We're playing it as Gliere intended," she declares. "It's kind of an event in New York that this is happening."
'Chancy and risky'
The symphony was the result of serendipity. Before the Spring for Music opportunity appeared, the BPO already had been invited to record Gliere's behemoth for the Naxos label.
Naxos is trying to put together a comprehensive catalog of music, and Klaus Heymann, the label's CEO, met with Falletta and suggested the piece.
"He doesn't have a good version of it, an uncut, wonderful version," Falletta says. "He wanted us to be the orchestra to do it. It ended up being a great meeting of the minds."
Heymann has told The News that he considers the BPO a great orchestra for big music. It is no secret that the BPO also loves to explore Russian music. It all added up, and when Falletta approached Spring for Music with the idea, the festival organizers embraced the choice and decreed that the BPO would be part of this year's lineup, which also includes the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra.
The festival's aim, as stated on its website, is "to challenge preconceived notions about the classical concert experience and expose new audiences to the music." While many orchestras accepted for the festival perform contemporary music, the Gliere is enough of a rarity that it, too, fit the bill.
"Someone said in the '50s, for real music lovers, it was very much on the radar then. It was known, it was played," Falletta reflects. "That's when Ormandy and Stokowski were creating cut versions. Later it became less popular to do cut versions of pieces. And not many people had the endurance to play this piece. It just fell out of the general repertoire because of that."
This is the first time Falletta has tackled the symphony.
"Someone said to me, 'Isn't it chancy and risky, taking a piece you've never done to Carnegie Hall? Wouldn't it be better to play something you've played before?' " she recalls.
"I said, no, it's supposed to be about stretching our horizons, doing something we normally wouldn't do. It's something we do to grow as an orchestra."
A flier in Russian
The festival pays the BPO a stipend but does not cover travel. Taking an orchestra on the road is costly, which is where corporate sponsorship comes in. All those big instruments, such as cellos and basses, need their own seats. And, as BPO board mainstay Cindy Abbott Letro says, "New York City couldn't be more expensive."
Letro was in New York recently checking out the Russian Tea Room. "I just wanted to look at it, to see what it was like," she says.
In the drive to beat Toledo, she and her colleagues have been brainstorming how to pinpoint potential fans, including UB alumni and Buffalo expats in New York.
Someone had the idea to reach out to Russian communities in New York and Buffalo.
"We sent a flier out. Roman offered to translate it into Russian," says Letro, referring to Roman Mekinulov, the BPO's principal cellist, who is from Russia.
"If you think about it, there are a lot of angles."
Happily, the one aspect of the BPO's trip which is not big is the ticket price.
Tickets are an egalitarian $25.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The BPO offers travel packages. The more luxurious options, such as the two-night BPO Carnegie Ambassador Tour and the one-night BPO Carnegie VIP tour, include accommodations as well as the party at the Russian Tea Room. (The VIP tour is $1,100 per person, $1,750 per couple.)
Other plans offer more modest amenities. For $900 per couple, On The Road to Carnegie includes round-trip motor coach transportation and two nights at the Hampton Inn in Secaucus, N.J. "With Toledo, they did a lot of bus tours, I think," Letro says.
Things will work out, she is sure.
"It's going to be so much fun," she says. "When Buffalonians all come together, I think they're going to take it as a challenge, to get as many people there as possible."
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I was initially reluctant to spend this much for a floor lamp but I decided to take the plunge and try it out anyway. I am glad I did! Without a doubt this is...Read complete review
I was initially reluctant to spend this much for a floor lamp but I decided to take the plunge and try it out anyway. I am glad I did! Without a doubt this is the best reading lamp I have ever owned. It can adjust from giving blinding light down to a soft warm glow on the page. In fact I liked it so much I bought the smaller version for my nightstand. Now I can enjoy reading in bed without worrying about keeping my wife awake. This is really a great product that is very well made. I have now had both lamps for over 3 years and have not even needed to change out the bulbs yet!
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Well, in terms of reading in bed next to my light sensitive spouse it is the best lamp of its type I've ever used. When you want no spill, there is no...Read complete review
Well, in terms of reading in bed next to my light sensitive spouse it is the best lamp of its type I've ever used. When you want no spill, there is no spill--and my wife is sensitive even to passing car headlights. The design is quite elegant. BUT. BUT. The stick came out of the base early on and has never sat properly and sometimes doesn't "catch," making it hard to turn on the light and even harder to control the amount of it. Sadly, my wife has occasionally been awakened not by light but by the stream of four-letter words coming from my side of the bed. I'm about to junk the light and was checking here to see if the model had been improved since I bought it six years ago, but I don't see any evidence of that. Too bad--I liked it in theory.
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By Marlena
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I bought a pair of the floor lamp Midnight readers several years ago. One is excellent and has posed no problems. The other, about a year ago, didn't turn off, and the on/off function seems stuck in that it resists turning. I took it to a repair shop and they said the rheostat needed replacement. So I had that done. It still doesn't work properly. My other Midnight reader turns on and off effortlessly. So, I have to give this a 50% positive rating.
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A great design, good light, but the workmanship is not what it seems or should be. Problems especially with the Dimmer switch - flimsy and frequently non-functional. I would not buy again and would advise you think very carefully and shop around before spending this kind of money. Disappointment with the product and that Levenger would promote it.
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The lamp is excellent. My parents have 2 of these that are around 10 or 15 years old and they are still working perfectly. My only complant concerns the small screw that prevents the lamp housing from falling off. It would be nicer if it were more secure. If the screw loosens the housing of the halogen bulb can fall off and the glass comonents could break. One of the 2 were loose when I recieved the lamps and the housing fell off. Otherwise a great product with functional style.
Works well, but too expensive
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The lamp works really well, has a lot of adjustability in the brightness/focus of the light, is easy to assemble and looks great. The price seems pretty steep, but if you are looking for a good reading lamp that lights up your reading material and doesn't shine in the eyes of any of the other people in the room this works really well. You can easily read while others watch TV in the same room.
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We bought 2 of these lamps for the bedroom as both me and my husband love reading in bed. So far they work very well. The lighting is good. The overall structure of the lamp is very solid. We hope they will stand the test of time.
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I bought this lamp a couple of years ago. The lighting is good, however, the lamp head no longer remains cool to touch, the dimmer stick becomes detached from the base; using the wrench to reattach is useless. I am the only user and there are no children so inappropriate handling is not the issue. I expected a higher quality from an expensive lamp.
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I bought one of these lamps several years ago with the intent of using it as my main reading lamp. Although the bulb is very bright and it provided good illumination, the design of the piece left a lot to be desired.Within the first year of use, the flexible neck "broke" -- becoming impossible to adjust. Rather than remaining in place, the bulb end of the lamp would just droop down pointing directly to the floor.Although I've been pleased with other products I've purchased from Levenger, this one was a complete bust. And at $400 a big bust at that...
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The Human Rights Committee this morning heard a progress report on follow-up to individual communications on the status of pending cases in a number of countries; a report on case management in connection with individual communications; and a report on follow-up to concluding observations.Yuji Iwasawa, Rapporteur on follow-up to individual communications, presented his report on the status of pending cases in Argentina, Australia, Algeria, Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, France, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mauritius, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, Spain, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zambia. Mr. Iwasawa, speaking as Committee Rapporteur on case management in connection with individual communications, presented a report on how to strengthen his mandate and to improve the management of communications. The Committee agreed that flexibility was needed in this regard. Finally, Christine Chanet, Committee Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations, presented a report containing proposals for the revision of the procedure of follow-up to concluding observations. The discussion focused on the appointment of an additional mandate holder as Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations. Taking into account the time requested for the procedure, it was agreed that a deputy Rapporteur should be appointed. The Committee also discussed criteria to identify follow-up recommendations and their number. It was agreed to limit the number of recommendations to three.The next public meeting of the Committee will be today at 3 p.m. at the Palais des Nations, when it will meet with States parties. Follow-up Progress Report on Individual CommunicationsYUJI IWASAWA, Rapporteur on follow-up to individual communications, presented a report on the status of pending cases in Argentina, Australia, Algeria, Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, France, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mauritius, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, Spain, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zambia. He proposed to close several cases, including a case concerning Argentina. The State party informed the Committee that there had been a symbolic reparation ceremony held in April 2009 and the author of the complaint had received $ 53,000 in monetary compensation as well as a monthly life pension. The Committee Rapporteur deemed it a satisfactory compensation. 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An Expert said that treaty bodies' conclusions and recommendations on individual communications should be included in the summary report produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the framework of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.Report on Case Management in Connection with Communications Submitted under the Optional Protocol to the CovenantYUJI IWASAWA, who is also the Committee Special Rapporteur on case management, presented the report on case management in connection with communications submitted under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant. The report summarized the current practice of the Committee with regard to management of individual communications and offered proposals to enhance the transparency and predictability of the proceedings. New provisions could be added to the rules of procedures in this regard. The absence of written guidelines on the matter did not contribute to transparency in the proceedings. 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