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CEM Corporation
's Breakthrough High-Efficiency Peptide Synthesis Technology Wins R&D 100 Award
MATTHEWS, N.C., July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
CEM Corporation
, a leading provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce that the
Liberty Blue™ Automated Microwave Peptide Synthesizer
is a winner of a 2014 R&D 100 Award. The award is presented on a yearly basis by the editors of R&D Magazine in recognition of the 100 most "technologically significant new products and processes of the year."
The Liberty Blue is a new, revolutionary technology that dramatically improves peptide synthesis. The system utilizes a new high-efficiency solid phase peptide synthesis (HE-SPPS) process that allows peptides to be synthesized in higher purity up to 25 times faster than conventional systems and 6 times faster than currently available microwave systems. In addition, it results in a 90% reduction in solvent usage, which is a major cost driver in peptide synthesis. HE-SPPS enables the synthesis of a peptide in less than 1 hour, instead of days, and provides a major enhancement for producing fundamental biological materials needed for drug research and many other fields of study in Life Sciences with a significant reduction in purification and solvent costs.
"Liberty Blue is the culmination of years of research on the peptide synthesis process and, due to the critical need for peptides in the pharmaceutical industry and life science research, it is one of the most important products we have ever designed," said Michael J. Collins, president and CEO of CEM Corporation. "It is a singular distinction to be chosen for this award and we would like to thank the judges and the editors of R&D Magazine for their consideration.
"Liberty Blue is game changing technology that has already created a tremendous response in the market. In less than a year, this new technology has been adopted by a substantial number of key academic and industrial laboratories involved in the peptide field in North America, Europe, and Asia. Overall feedback has been extremely positive.
"Obviously, we are very pleased with this initial response and are excited about the future potential for this technology as the market continues to expand. We will continue to focus on this important field and will be announcing several new innovations later this year," Collins concluded.
The Liberty Blue technology, known as High-Efficiency Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (HE-SPPS), was recently featured in Organic Letters1 and C&E News2.
CEM Corporation, a private company based in Matthews, North Carolina, is the leading global company specializing in scientific solutions for critical laboratory applications. The Company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom& Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, and Japan, as well as a global network of distributors. CEM designs and manufactures systems for bioscience applications, life sciences, analytical laboratories and processing plants worldwide. The Company's products are used in many industries including pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and food processing, as well as academic research.
(1)High-Efficiency Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, Organic Letters, 2014, 16 (3), pp 940-943, DOI: 10.1021/ol4036825(2)Faster and Cleaner Peptide Synthesis, C&E News, 2014, Feb. 10, p27
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For an architect with a worldwide reputation, as one of the high priests of the Art Nouveau movement, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was not hugely prolific.
The buildings for which he is best known, such as the Glasgow School of Art and the old Glasgow Herald building, now the Lighthouse, are commercial premises. He only built two private homes from scratch in his entire life. In the second half of his career, he concentrated on painting.
So, the news that one of those homes, Windyhill, is coming on the market, maintained to museum standard, is sure to excite admirers of the great Scottish artist and designer. Mackintosh was lionised on a visit to Vienna, where he was a hero of the Secession movement, but his standing in his own country was far more precarious.
Total control: Mackintosh and his wife designed everything from the fireplaces to the light fixtures
The £3 million price tag for Windyhill – in the village of Kilmacolm, 29 miles west of Glasgow – reflects the importance of the property in British architectural history. "It is one of the most important 20th-century houses to come on the market in recent years," says Charlie Smith of London Real Estate Advisors, which is handling the sale.
"It has only changed hands four times in its history, so I would expect a great deal of interest from British and international buyers alike. It's more than just a house, it's an architectural gem, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it went to an art collector or architecture enthusiast."
Windyhill is an 'architectural gem'
Mackintosh was commissioned to build Windyhill in 1900. He was just 32 at the time and embarking on what promised – misleadingly – to be a brilliant career as an architect.
William Davidson, who commissioned him, was a wealthy provisions merchant, who would become a lifelong patron and friend. Mackintosh appears in Davidson family photos and executed several other commissions for the family, including designing the headstone for Davidson's father-in-law's tomb. Later in his career, when Mackintosh was struggling financially, Davidson helped support his friend by buying his watercolours.
Windyhill is a substantial property, with seven bedrooms, but its interior is beautifully delicate, reflecting the full range of influences on Mackintosh's work, from Japanese art to early European modernism.
Pamela Robertson, the chief curator at the Hunterian art gallery and museum in Glasgow, has called the property "Mackintosh's first essay into the room as a work of art". He loved exploring the contrast between strong right-angles and floral-designed decorative motifs, and at Windyhill he was able to give his imagination full rein.
The interior of the house has a beautiful delicacy
Working with his wife, Margaret Macdonald, a distinguished artist in her own right, Mackintosh had complete control over the project. The couple designed the furniture, fireplaces, panelling, stained glass, light fixtures and decorative schemes. The Art Nouveau style that will forever be associated with Mackintosh can still be seen in the glass-fronted cupboards, worktops and wood panelling.
What set Windyhill apart from his commercial buildings was its adherence to the age-old traditions of domestic Scottish architecture. The property is built to an L-shaped plan and boasts a harled exterior, unadorned window openings, and chimneys at the gable ends.
David Cairns, the present owner of Windyhill, is an ardent devotee of Mackintosh and has spent years restoring the property to its former glory. He bought the house in poor condition, but has painstakingly tried to reproduce the features most characteristic of Mackintosh's work, using craftsmen approved by the Glasgow School of Art, his old stamping ground. Replacing the light-fittings in the hall alone cost Cairns £70,000.
Even the garden, which extends to two acres, follows Mackintosh's original design. It is divided into four separate areas and incorporates a lily pond, which provides a comic footnote to the Mackintosh legend. The great man threw himself into the pond one Christmas after the Father Christmas beard he was wearing caught fire as he was delivering presents to the Davidson children.
The house has been pain-stakingly restored by its present owner
"Mackintosh was such a radical architect and designer that, for me, he can be mentioned in the same breath as Frank Lloyd Wright. Even though he was only commissioned to build a fraction of the properties," says Cairns, who offers private tours of Windyhill to scholars. "I have heard it said that, if he had been teetotal, he would have achieved far more. But some of his pieces at Windyhill, many of them restored, are quite extraordinary. My own favourite is the Japanese cabinet in the drawing room, shaped like a kimono."
We are going to hear a lot about Scottish heritage in the run-up to the independence referendum later this year. The work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh is an intrinsic part of that heritage and at Windyhill it can be seen at its incomparable best.
Mackintosh: one of the high priests of the Art Nouveau movement (ALAMY)
Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868, the fourth of 11 children. His father was superintendent of Glasgow City Police.
His wife, Margaret Macdonald, whom he met at evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art, was a prominent artist in her own right. The couple formed part of The Four, a collaborative group who were at the heart of the Glasgow School movement.
Like many of his contemporaries, Mackintosh was heavily influenced by Japanese art, which became very popular in Britain in the early years of the 20th century.
He entered the 1903 competition to design Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, but was not even shortlisted. The competition was won by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
As his architectural output dwindled, Mackintosh turned his attentions to watercolours and textile design, excelling at both.
The Mackintoshes spent most of their final years in Port Vendres in the south of France, near the Spanish border.
Mackintosh died of cancer in 1928. His remains are buried at Golders Green Crematorium in London.
*Windyhill in Kilmacolm, 29 miles west of Glasgow, is on the market for £3 million with London Real Estate Advisors (0203 327 2750; londonrea.com).


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Day 1: Depart Salt Lake City 5PM. We start this fantastic trip by picking up you and your fellow Adventurers in Salt Lake City. We'll prep you for your adventure and then enjoy a comfortable journey to our first national park.
Day 2: Bryce Canyon National Park. Almost out of a fairy tale, it's nothing like you've ever seen. Spend the day among the "HooDoos", by hiking the Navajo Loop and Queen's Garden Trails, or stare at the maze of ancient sandstone spires from the rim of the canyon.
Day 3: Zion National Park. The towering red sandstone walls of Zion are magnificent! Hike the world famous Narrows, a river walk through the canyon, the Emerald Pools past waterfalls, or hike the magnificent Angel's Landing Trail. Later, enjoy a short drive to Coral Pink Sand Dunes for a cookout and a sunset stroll among the dunes.
Day 4: Grand Canyon National Park. Wake to the sunrise at the North Rim, then hike or take an optional mule ride down into this 'erosion gone wild'! Or lazily enjoy breathtaking views while strolling along the rim of this vast canyon.
Day 5: Monument Valley. Wake to yet another incredible sunrise! This time, among the famous mesas and buttes of Monument Valley. Take a Navajo guided jeep tour ($20) to see the monuments up close. Have lunch at a Navajo trading post and continue on to Moab, where we will take a dip in a secret swim hole! Later, we'll stroll into town for dinner at the one and only, Eddie McStiff's!
Day 6: Arches National Park. Spend the day hiking among giant natural sandstone arches sculpted by wind and time in the Devil's Garden. There is no other place like this in the world! Later we'll cool off in a swim hole or pool, toast some marshmallows around the campfire, or sample the brews of Moab!
Day 7: Free Day in Moab, Utah. Canoe the Colorado, mountain bike, horseback ride, rent a jeep, try your hand at canyoneering, or relax and shop in Moab for the day. ($20-$80). We'll assist you in setting up your day's adventure by recommending reliable companies. In the evening take a sunset tour into Moab's beautiful outback on the unique UniMog. ($30) For more ideas, Click here for more info on optional activities.
Day 8: Salt Lake City. Spend the day exploring historic Salt Lake City. Visit Temple Square, Red Butte Gardens, or take a tour to Great Salt Lake or Antelope Island. We'll take off that evening and wake up in.
Day 9: Yellowstone National Park. Begin the day by breathing some fresh mountain air in the USA's first national park! Hike past Fountain Paint Pots, Morning Glory Geyser, and of course the most famous geyser, Old Faithful. Watch Old Faithful erupt boiling water and steam 30 meters into Wyoming's blue sky. Later, swim in a hot spring fed river, and warm your toes around a campfire.
Day 10: Yellowstone National Park. Explore the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone" with its 300 ft waterfalls, raging Yellowstone River, and herds of bison. Later, we'll peek inside the bubbling Dragon's Cauldron and end the day with a midnight soak in a secret hot spring.
Day 11: Grand Teton National Park. This beautiful park is known for sharp, snow capped peaks and excellent hiking trails. We'll visit the Colter Bay area first, and let you loose to hike past serene Jackson, Heron and Swan Lakes. It's likely we'll spot some deer, elk, or moose!
Day 12: Grand Teton National Park…We'll take a short boat ride across Jenny Lake at the base of Grand Teton Mountain, hike past Hidden Falls, Inspiration Point, and then follow Cascade Creek as it winds through Cascade Canyon. This canyon is filled with wildlife, flowers, and beautiful waterfalls.
Day 13: Jackson, Wyoming. Explore this cowboy town for the day, or, do a little white water rafting on the Snake River! Enjoy the many galleries and shops and a night out at a local grill or bar.
Day 14: We'll roll back into Salt Lake City by noon, exchange emails and addresses, and say our goodbyes. We'll assist you with your shuttle ride to the airport, or suggest sites to see if you are staying in Salt Lake City for an extra day.
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Helston Athletic progressed to the third round of the Cornwall Senior Cup after a hard fought victory away at league rivals Wadebridge.
The Blues went a goal down in the first half before strikers Liam Eddy and Mark Goldsworthy continued their fine run of form with a goal apiece to see Sid Taylor's side into the draw for the third round.
Elsewhere Penryn Athletic narrowly edged out Porthleven at Kernick Road.
Kayne Trevaskis opened the scoring for the home side, only for Freddie Williams to level things up for Port with a well-taken goal soon after.
But it was Penryn who booked their place in the next round when Trevaskis popped up with six minutes remaining to thump home the winner from close range.
Porthleven had a chance to even things up in the dying seconds, but Tom Annear could only drag his shot wide of the post.
Other results in the Senior Cup were as follows:
Callington Town 4 Perranporth 0
Camelford 2 Sticker 1
Dobwalls 4 Hayle 2
Foxhole Stars 0 Liskeard Athletic 6
Lanreath 1 Newquay 3
Penzance 1 Truro City 2
Probus 0 Saltash United 7
St Dennis 7 Mousehole 1
Torpoint Athletic 2 Godolphin Atlantic 1
Wadebridge Town 1 Helston Athletic 2
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Board battles to rein in next generation
The long-term future of the Board of Deputies could be decided in the next year, as efforts to engage with younger community members reach a critical point.
Attempts to identify future leaders of the Jewish community, and involve younger people in the Board's work, have led to a "battle" among senior Board members.
While president Vivian Wineman and many of his vice-presidents accept the need to look ahead, the JC understands there is opposition to moves to engage with younger Jews.
Younger deputies say they fear that if the issue is not dealt with before the Board's next elections in May 2012, then the viability of the 250-year-old organisation could be compromised.
Mr Wineman admitted there was a "significant risk" that a generation of potential leaders could be lost.
One under-35 deputy said: "There is a battle within the Board itself. I've been told before that it's not my time, and senior people have been quite mean when I've tried to get involved."
When Mr Wineman was elected for a three-year term in May 2009, the poll was billed as "the most hotly-contested leadership election" in the organisation's history. Yet it produced an all-male executive made up largely of grey-haired lawyers over the age of 55.
About 18 months ago the Board installed around 35 people under the age of 35 as "observers", allowing them to attend plenary meetings, but stopping short of giving them a full vote.
The initiative has had limited success, with only a small portion of the group regularly attending meetings. Attempts to hold under-35s-only events have also been slow to get off the ground. There are only nine full deputies under the age of 35 - out of around 300.
Russell Collins, 31, briefly represented Shenley United Synagogue as an under-35 observer. He said: "I only went to one plenary meeting and immediately knew it wasn't for me.
"The form the meetings take, the way people engage with each other, it doesn't seem appropriate for our generation. There is so much out there that younger people are doing, and the Board is just one of the organisations that is slow picking up on it."
Among the proposals being discussed by Board staff and younger deputies are fringe meetings for under-35s, and an induction programme for new deputies, to explain the work of the Board's different divisions.
The JC also understands that at least one under-35 deputy is preparing to run for a vice-president's role in the 2012 election, and that efforts are being made to place younger prospective deputies in "'safe seats"' to represent shuls and community organisations.
Danny Stone, 30, deputy for the UJIA, said: "You can't have a young people's initiative just for the sake of it. The under-35s initiative has created a group of interested people who will go to meetings, but a few people starting to say 'we want more from this'."
Mr Wineman said the Board understood the "difficulty" of the situation. "We are prepared to change the rules to get more young people involved. I don't think we are sufficiently engaged. We cannot afford to be complacent."
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ASPS is a good environment to work
their budget is very limited
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Competitive salary and excellent benefits compared to corporations. 35+ hour work week except for annual meeting time. Good IT support and systems. Within department, employees are friendly.
No chance for upward advancement; always hires management from outside. Limited / discouraged tuition, seminar, association reimbursement. Many silos within the organization (not a lot of information sharing) resulting from competitivenes and ineffectiveness in top management. Can put as much time and effort in as you please - competence and time management is expected but excellence is not expected or rewarded..
Advice to Management
Top management needs to work together and learn how to and manage employees. They are out of touch with the day to day operations.
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Pros – I have not worked for ASPS for very long (1.5 years), but so far, I have a positive experience working for this company. My boss, specifically, has been conscientious that everyone has a life outside of work, and has always been open to new ideas. I love that I am comfortable expressing ideas/thoughts about how to execute a projects, have great communication with my boss, and being able to execute projects without someone looking over your every move. An additional positive is that my boss is positive and self-driven when it comes to adapting to new technologies. It's nice to know that I have a chance to grow with this company (skills, not position unfortunately), and it's too bad we can't clone him with a "Tesla machine".
Given that medical education is a key initiative, I just wanted to say that the structure of how meetings are developed seems appropriate...meetings dept. handles meeting logistics, programs dept. handles program development working with faculty volunteers, and then there's the eLearning dept.
I noticed some not-so-great reviews, but it looks like they'd experienced the "re-org" that was begun (but "never completed") by the previous CEO. I believe the CEO, Michael Costelloe, started in the 4th quarter of 2010, and represents a new era for ASPS. From what I've seen so far, the current CEO does take employee's concerns to heart, and has made steps improving the moral. For instance, we now have jeans day every day (unless there are committee and Board meetings). The co. has quarterly birthday gatherings again. Also, flex days are allowed on Fridays (flex existed before, but not allowed on Fridays). So there are positive improvements that I've seen in just the past year. Anyway, it's all the little things like social gatherings that make a place enjoyable to work at everyday.
As far as health benefits, it's REALLY bad in comparison to other non-profit medical organizations in the Chicagoland area. The org. switched from BCBS of IL to United Healthcare to save money. United Healthcare is known to not pay, and from experience, they're not even covering basic standard of care procedures that prevent expensive surgery, etc. Copays, deductibles, and out-of-pocket limits are so high to the lower ranks when comparing their salaries, that employees choose to not see the doc 'til they're really sick due to affordability.
Advice to Management
Listen to your employees...new ideas to improve "old ways" can help an organization and be an effective Highly Reliable Organization. Be willing to take a technological leap to keep in style with society's (clients/members') expectations. Increase professional training budgets for employees use per year. 1k doesn't even cover trip to a conference. Diversify strategy teams with the younger professionals. There is great value in veterans' historical knowledge, in the leader's management decisions, but the younger generation has the technological creativity that could always be tapped into. PDF files...to much wasted paper causes productivity & financial loss.


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When The Bitch heard that employees of three prominent CocoWalk eateries had been busted for running informal pharmacological operations, she got on the case; the touristy shopping zone may not contain a Nordstrom, but, hey, it's within trotting distance.
Robert Loupo, cochairman of the All-Grove Crime Watch group, sends out a bimonthly e-mail newsletter detailing the routine misery of life in a high-crime neighborhood: burglaries, holdups, laptops stolen from cars, and, of course, drug use and its resulting mayhem. A report from the July 2 edition of Loupo's bulletin read, "There has been much criminal activity in the business district: Workers from Greenstreet, Mr. Moe's, and the Cheesecake Factory have been arrested for either buying and/or selling crack."
The Bitch finds Loupo to be a stand-up fellow with the necessary survival skills of the true gadfly: He's thorough, constantly present, and always, to the point of being fussy, correct. In short, he's a credible source.
So the hound asked Loupo who told him about the crime wave, and he responded, "This info came from police Commander Whitehead."
But read on.
The second human whom The Bitch interviewed regarding the take-out crack problem was Miami Police Sgt. Albert Pacheco, listed as the "Problem Solving Team Leader" in the Crime Watch update. Asked about the allegations concerning the restaurant workers, Pacheco said, "Well, there are times that we'll come across some of the employees when making raids. I know we've come across some of the users from the Cheesecake. Two individuals that work there were arrested at separate incidents.
"They're normally the cooks," he explained. "We'll have certain locations that sell crack and we'll target them. We either see them making a drug exchange or they're arrested for something unrelated, and when they're arrested, they have the crack pipes on them."
What about the other two restaurants?
"Mr. Moe's, I don't recall. Not Greenstreet, not there I don't have any knowledge of that," Pacheco answered.
The Bitch wondered, Did the sergeant's inability to recall other arrests besides those at the Cheesecake mean they hadn't happened, or had he simply forgotten? So she phoned Grove community resource officer Tom Braga, who didn't recall any of the incidents in Loupo's Crime Watch newsletter, yet wanted to brag about the amazing sleuthing abilities of the Crime Watch committee. "They're better than Interpol," he enthused.
On July 7, The Bitch spoke briefly with Cdr. Lorenzo Whitehead, who oversees peacekeeping operations in Coconut Grove. First Whitehead said he didn't know anything about any drug arrests anywhere in the Grove.
Um, are you saying there have been no recent drug busts in CG? That seems pretty unlikely.
"Well, maybe I can find those case numbers for you ... if you can give me an idea what your story is about," Whitehead finally allowed.
Why would I have to do that? Aren't the case numbers public record?
Whitehead grudgingly admitted they were and said he'd get back to The Bitch, maybe Monday, maybe some other time.
The Bitch was beginning to enjoy using the word crack in serious conversations with adults, so she phoned the restaurants, beginning with the Cheesecake (3015 Grand Ave).
Um, is there a manager available?
Hostess Allison: "What's this about?"
I heard some cooks there were arrested for buying and selling crack....
Hostess Allison: "Hold on one second...."
Manager Penny: "We're not allowed to communicate with the media." Click.
The Bitch called the Cheesecake's corporate headquarters in Calabasas Hills, California, and left a message with legal secretary Asaly Adib, who noted, "speaking to a corporation's home office is proper procedure, actually."
A call to Greenstreet Café (3110 Commodore Plz.) revealed garrulous owner Sylvano Bignon was out of town for a couple of weeks, but a manager named Eric responded dolefully: "I don't know nothing about that ... no one here was arrested ... as far as I know, no, none of my employees that I know of...."
The Bitch figured the ultimate source for crime data, not to mention highly entertaining conversation, would be John El-Masry, owner of Mr. Moe's (3130 Commodore Plz.), who has been in both this column and the slammer ("Junkie," February 10, 2005 ) before.
El-Masry admitted it would be difficult for him to know if his employees were on crack, but he believes he would know if they had been arrested for selling or buying it. "I don't know what these guys do. We don't drug-test here; it's very difficult for us to find stuff out," El-Masry said. "No one to my knowledge has been arrested for buying crack or selling crack or any of that nonsense."
Then, unwittingly, El-Masry speaking to The Bitch on July 7 revealed something surprising: "I just today had a police liaison meeting with Commander Whitehead and Sergeant Pacheco," he said. "I brought [the restaurant drug arrests] up to them, I spoke with them very specifically, and Mr. Moe's was never mentioned in that stuff."
But it was! Look! The Bitch directed El-Masry's attention to Loupo's Crime Watch bulletin.
"Well, the police said that it was guys from the Cheesecake," El-Masry swore. "It absolutely, positively, was not our guys."
Meanwhile Howard Gordon, senior VP of business development and marketing of the Cheesecake Factory, checked in. "Nothing happened on our premises," he said. "I'm being very straightforward. I have no information on it."
However, as The Bitch learned this past Monday from a suddenly loquacious Commander Whitehead, that's a wily statement. According to him, Rida Shapiro, age 49, was busted March 8 at McDonald Street and Grand Avenue on cocaine and drug paraphernalia possession charges. She was wearing a Cheesecake Factory uniform and identified herself as an employee of the restaurant, said Whitehead.
Whitehead also amazingly regained his memory of the other two incidents in question.
Apparently someone who was working for Greenstreet Café but hadn't come in for some days (and was fired as a result, though he was still owed a paycheck, which he showed up to collect) was arrested for playing a part in a crack deal the same day he was supposed to appear in court for another case. Whitehead, who made the collar in mid-May, learned this when he searched the employee's car after finding he didn't have a license.
"I towed his car," Whitehead explained. "The court paper was right in the front seat."
In another Greenstreet incident, this one on Memorial Day, an employee invited someone into the café who later caused a scene.
"He dropped a crack pipe right there on a table in Greenstreet," Whitehead said. "I got on the worker [who invited him in] and I told him to stop bringing this kind of element into there."
In the newfound Whitehead détente, The Bitch queried about his and Pacheco's meeting with Mr. Moe's owner, John El-Masry, specifically asking if they had told El-Masry none of his employees had been arrested.
"There was nothing mentioned about his employees," answered Pacheco, who was on another phone line. "I never spoke to him about his employees, and we never confirmed anything."
Whitehead agreed, confirming that in fact Mr. Moe's employees had been nabbed. He went on to explain he barely even talked with El-Masry during the meeting of local merchants. "He never spoke to me, period, about anything personal," Whitehead said. "Him and I never spoke privately."
But when asked how El-Masry knew about the Cheesecake case, Pacheco suddenly recalled a few details.
"As I was leaving, he pulled me to the side," Pacheco said of El-Masry. "John [El-Masry] asked me if we made any arrests in regards to Mr. Moe's, and from what I can understand, [my squad of City of Miami Police] didn't directly make the arrest. We are not the only ones that are making arrests out there."
El-Masry, it seems, wrongly assumed none of his employees had been taken into custody.
So apparently the Crime Watch update compiled by Robert Loupo is completely factual and accurate. Or at least Whitehead said it is.
Patriotic in Full
You know your party is a success when Michael Capponi arrives with an entourage of his most beautiful friends on a yacht, no less. So The Bitch woofed with relief to have been in attendance at what finally was a good party at what should be Miami's default setting for successful soirees, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens at 3251 S. Miami Ave.
The event, a benefit for the Vizcayans (a nonprofit group of volunteers who raise money to maintain and preserve the villa), was in honor of July 4 but took place on the more party-suitable Saturday, July 1. According to Clayton Clavette cochairman of the so-called Red, White and Blue event more than 1500 people attended this year.
Cece Feinberg, the publicist and event planner whose April KRELwear fashion show at a Design District warehouse is still being swooned about, organized the affair. The mojitos were cold and plentiful, there was an interesting assortment of well-dressed (for Miami) people, there was certainly some party energy in the air, and ... the music was good.
DJ Rob Base, despite having performed "It Takes Two" probably a million times over the past twenty years, hasn't lost any of his good-natured flow. It's just not a party without girl drama, and coheadliner/voice of the Weathergirls, Black Box, and C+C Music Factory Martha Wash provided it.
At the beginning, reigning drag queen Elaine Lancaster, who was providing her services without charge to the Vizcayans, gave a flattering, albeit lengthy, introduction. Then Wash turned to the imposing, Valkyrie-haired, flame-minidress-wearing beauty and snapped (into her microphone so the entire crowd heard), "Why don't you just get off the stage so I can do my show?"
Yikes! The Bitch locked eyes with celebrity photographer and blogger Cubby at that moment. Both trembled at the incipient diva smackdown.
Lancaster, ever the lady, didn't bite. She smilingly surrendered the stage and wildly applauded Wash's set.
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"The Miami Herald is doing a story on me and they've been following me around. And while I was standing on the side of the stage, the photographers were taking pictures of me, and I think [Martha] felt like it was upstaging her," Lancaster told The Bitch later, adding, "I think Martha is ... one of the most talented vocalists there is." Lancaster attributed Wash's sudden lapse in graciousness to the singer's lack of a recording contract, getting in a bit of a dig.
"It can be hurtful sometimes 'cause they have such talent, but then major record labels won't pick them up because ... she's fat, or older, or not particularly marketable anymore. It's unfortunate, because I am one of the all-time champions of people like that," Lancaster smiled.
The Bitch noted that Wash seemed to realize she wasn't at Carnegie Hall, being in no hurry to deliver "It's Raining Men" and so on. "From the beginning to her last song, she didn't give it her all. I've worked with her so many times before, and she just wasn't into it that night," Lancaster agreed.


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The Savannah Sand Gnats have ranked near the bottom of the South Atlantic League in batting all season.
But it's hard to imagine one team having three hotter players right now.
After getting off to slow starts in April, first baseman Jason Botts, shortstop Jose Morban and right fielder Laynce Nix are blistering the ball in May.
Morban (.175 in April) is hitting .355 this month after going 3 for 5 in Monday's game against the Charleston (W.Va.) Alley Cats; Botts (.231) is hitting .391 and Nix (.167) .355.
All three have gone on hitting streaks the last two weeks. Botts is on a six-game streak after going 5 for 7 in a doubleheader on Sunday against the Alley Cats for a .500 average (11-22) during that span. Morban is on an 11-game streak with a .400 average (20-50), and Nix had a 12-game streak with a .408 average (20-49) before going 0 for 3 in the first game Sunday.
Savannah manager Bill Slack said Nix "has good balance at the plate, sees the ball well and uses his hands. He does everything the hitting coaches have been working with him on."
A fourth-round draft pick by the Texas Rangers last year, Nix has also shown he has power, blasting a home run over the 400-foot mark in right-center last Wednesday in Grayson Stadium against the Capital City Bombers.
"I was wondering if I was ever going to see someone hit it out of 'Death Valley,"' Slack said. "I knew he hit it good, but that's a long way out there. I said, 'That's going to be off the ball.' Then I kept watching it and all of a sudden it was gone. That's about as good as I've seen one hit this year."
Botts, a 46th-round choice in 1999, hit the ball hard in April. But he wasn't having much success in finding holes in the defense.
"He'd hit it pretty good, but it would be right at somebody," Slack said.
Morban has been the big surprise. The 21-year-old Dominican Republic native hit only .220 with 79 strikeouts in 80 games last year with the Sand Gnats before being sent down to rookie-level Pulaski.
"Before he was so anxious about hitting the ball, he was swinging wild," Savannah hitting coach Pedro Lopez said. "Now, he's more calmed down at the play with his hands and his body. The results of that you can see. He's hitting the ball great. Even when he makes an out, he's hitting the ball hard."
Cavazos Odd Man Out
Savannah Sand Gnats manager Bill Slack has a problem everyone in his position would like to have.
Too many starting pitchers.
The Sand Gnats have six starters and only a five-man rotation.
In deciding how to alleviate the backlog of arms, Slack said he had three options: (1) he could send someone down to extended spring training, (2) he could promote someone to high Class A Port Charlotte or (3) he could send someone to the bullpen.
After much discussion with pitching coach Andy Hawkins, Slack chose the third option.
Andy Cavazos, the only returning pitcher from last year's team, was scheduled to go to the bullpen after Monday's start against the Charleston (W.Va.) Alley Cats.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander, a fifth-round pick by the Texas Rangers in the 1999 draft, is 1-3 with a 4.47 ERA in nine appearances this season.
Starting today, the rotation will be David Mead, followed by Luis Rodriguez (3-2, 3.94 ERA), Victor Ramirez (2-2, 3.00 ERA), Richard Gilbert (1-1, 1.93 ERA) and Domingo Valdez (4-2, 2.08 ERA).
Mead, a supplemental first-round pick in the '99, was called up from extended spring training to replace Chad Hawkins (1-0, 0.32 ERA) after Hawkins was promoted to Port Charlotte.
Slack said Cavazos will be used either in long relief, or as a spot starter when someone has to miss a turn in the rotation.
Gnats Bites
Tyler Martin recorded his first extra-base hit of the season Friday with a seventh-inning double against the Capital City Bombers. Brandon Pack got his first extra-base hit in 22 games when he doubled in the eighth. ...Edwin Encarnacion missed six straight games with a pulled quad muscle in his right leg. ...Justin Echols struck out a season-high seven in 3 1/3 innings Friday . ...Jason Botts drove in runs on Thursday and Friday against the Bombers, the first time all season he has had an RBI in back to back games. ...Ole Vigeland has allowed only two earned runs in 12 2/3 innings in his last seven appearances for a 1.43 ERA. ...After posting eight saves in his first 13 appearances with a 2.71 ERA in his first 13 appearances, Tom Graham is 1-3 with no saves and a 5.09 ERA in his last six outings.
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Thief: Deadly Shadows
Review by Aniland
"Thievery + Medieval Ages + Rich Gameplay = This game!"
Thief: Deadly Shadows is the third installment in the Thief series. The first two Thief games were on PC, and they started in the mid-90s. It's from the great people at Eidos Interactive and Ion Storm. With great gameplay and amazing visuals, Thief is one of the best games around!
Story: The storyline is set in the middle ages. You assume the role of Garrett, a infamous and notorious master thief. Garrett's main job is to steal. He only takes things that are "loot-worthy" and he uses everything else to his advantage. Basically, the game is about three different factions that hire you to steal special artifacts and such. Overall the story is rich and fulfilling.
Gameplay 8/10: The gameplay in this game is out-of-this-world. The game starts you off in the tutorial level, where you learn to sneak, use your equipment, pick locks, lurk, stalk, distract, steal, and escape. From there, you go through another mission, then once you cover the basics, you get put into the city, which is your main base, so to speak. From here, you may sell your loot, practice your skills, steal from civilian homes, buy more equipment, or simply visit your home. You have a ton of weapons and gadgets. You have three main weapons: Blackjack, Dagger, and Arrows. Your arrows also come in many different types, like Fire, Gas, and Broadhead. You also have a ton of thievery equipment. There are your flashbombs, for blinding your enemies. This is extremly helpful if you are cornered by the City Watch. You also have Water Arrows for distinguishing torchs, and Moss Arrows for covering hard, noisy surfaces. There are also Oil Flasks, which are my personal favorite. You may use these on the stair to make your opponents slip and fall. You may also shoot a Fire Arrow at the oil flask to cause an ignition. I only had one issue with the gameplay, which was the difficulty. The game is far too challenging. For one, Garrett dies very easily, being unarmored. Also, if you have no flashbombs, your only chance is to run or climb the buildings. Garrett can do one-hit KOs when attacking from behind, but if your opponent is alert, its nearly impossible to kill your enemy without being severly injured. Still though, the gameplay is solid, rich, and a helluva good time!
Graphics 10/10: The graphics are outstanding. The darkness really makes the textures in the buildings look realistic. The cobblestones and moss look very realistic. Facial expressions and human structure in this game look great. The graphics, artwork, and textures are amazing, superb, outstanding, and it really brings out the Xbox's capabilities.
Sound 10/10: Not much here, but the sound effects, such as the smashing of a civilian skull really sounds real. Amazing.
Overall 9/10: Overall, Thief: Deadly Shadows is a great game, and being that its the first Thief console game, it has defiently made a great first impression. Bravo to Eidos and Ion Storm for this masterpiece.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 07/06/05
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I purchased an antique steamer trunk and covered the trunk, which had old wallpaper on it, with the old world maps. I matched the pattern as if it were wallpaper. It turned out amazingly beautiful. With the Gold and wood accents of the old trunk, it is now a show piece for my home and certainly a piece that will be handed down. I also bought one of the maps to use framed.
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I have the picture framed and hanging next to a bankers lamp with an orange shade on it. The colors work really well and they make each other look great!
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Bought to put in the career area of my home topromote travel, but if I'd seen it in the shopsI would have bought it anyway it looks great.
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Wall Street Journal: LeMieux is Crist's 'mini-me'
The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal has never been impressed with Gov. Charlie Crist, but now it weighs in with a decidedly negative assessment of Crist's decision to put George LeMieux, re-labeled as "Charlie Crist Lite," in the United States Senate. The Journal labels LeMieux "a mini-me appointee to serve for 16 months in what could be a momentous Congress."
Noting that LeMieux embraces "the Charlie Crist way" as the way to address things in Washington, the Journal writes: "What that means on crucial legislation is anyone's guess, given Mr. Crist's protean (definition: readily taking on varied shapes, forms or meanings ... Florida voters have a right to expect more."


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Add Colorado Springs, Colorado to the growing list of cities having second thoughts about the use of red light cameras. On Tuesday, interim Police Chief Pete Carey discussed his intention to drop the year-old program as the contract with vendor American Traffic Solutions (ATS) expires at the end of the year. The mayor, who asked the previous chief to step down, is behind the move.
"The photo red-light enforcement program did not meet our expectations," Mayor Steve Bach said in a statement. "It is as simple as that. If a safety program can't be shown to improve safety, it ought to be stopped."
Thousands of tickets have been issued at four intersections in the city, primarily to those who made a rolling right-hand turn on red. These tickets failed to reduce side impact collisions at those locations, according to the city's traffic engineering department.
"The jury's still out whether it's making those intersections safer," Carey said on Tuesday. "There's some preliminary data we're looking at that indicates — believe it or not — at some of those intersections accidents have gone up."
There are also financial reasons for the change. The cash-strapped municipality has been restructuring its police department to make operations more efficient, adjusting to a three percent drop in the department budget. Part of the plan involves dumping red light cameras and reassigning the officers dedicated to reviewing photo citations to more important duties.
"When that program was sold to us, it was supposed to be self-sustaining," Councilman Jan Martin said. "It was not going to cost us anything and that it would actually pay for itself. That's why it was so attractive."
Carey said he "sorely needed" the two officers and sergeant who devoted their time (half of his time in the sergeant's case) in dealing with photo red light issues. He also noted that public opinion against the use of the cameras was a significant factor in the decision. According to a Rasmussen Results poll released Sunday, less than 44 percent of the 1000 adults surveyed supported the use of intersection traffic cameras. This is the first national survey conducted by a group with no financial interest in the use of automated ticketing machines. The finding is consistent with election results that show no photo enforcement program has ever achieved the support of a majority at the ballot box.
Colorado Springs officials hope to keep running photo radar vans, although it is not clear whether ATS will allow that to happen.
"I'm not sure we'll pull that off with the vendor allowing us to continue without making some other adjustments," Carey said.
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TeamVodafone's Jamie Whincup has extended his lead in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, after finishing second in today's twelfth race of the season in Townsville.
The reigning champion, who won yesterday's inaugural race qualified third for today's second 200km instalment and raced solidly, but didn't quite have the tyres to match race winner James Courtney.
After 12 races Whincup has now accumulated 1560 points and sits 174 points clear of second placed Will Davison.
"To be honest that is all I had today," Whincup said. "I pushed James as hard as I could but he obviously had a better tyre bank than us. I am very happy with second place though as I have extended my championship lead on a track that had so many variables.
"The track and its set-up is absolutely fantastic - and it is a credit to those who have organised and built it."
Craig Lowndes meanwhile finished ninth in the sister TeamVodafone entry, the same position in which he started.
He lost radio communications during the race which resulted in him missing the call to pit during the first safety car period and he dropped back to 21st. With only a pit board as communication Lowndes then used the subsequent safety car opportunity to bridge the gap and overtook 12 cars before the end of the race.
"I would have loved to of had another 50 laps as the car was a dream and I was really enjoying myself out there - it was quite peaceful," Lowndes explained. "The improvements we made from yesterday were really good and the second safety car definitely helped.
"This weekend has been great in terms of information gathering and has built us a solid base of technical knowledge for next year. I can't wait to get back here."


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Fantasy baseball leagues come in all shapes and sizes - and from lots of different sources. For me there are my two "home" keeper leagues, one dual league keeper league, the industry leagues – for me LABR AL, and then whatever high stakes leagues (now only NFBC) that the bank and my schedule will allow.
This one came out of left field – both literally and figuratively as it is a twelve team, mixed, redraft, H2H points league that my friend John Duckworth had formed last year with several other fantasy football players. They were all veterans of the FFPC and decided to have some fun with baseball with each team putting in $150 so the winner would have a totally paid entry for the FFPC main event in September.
So the lure worked and I signed on to help John (aka The Yellow Line is Unofficial) win an FFPC entry we would split next fall in Las Vegas.
Now H2H is not my usual league – complicated even more by it being a weekly points matchup and not based on winning the standard roto categories. BUT who can resist a challenge with my FF buddies?
So I discussed the format with Todd – heavily weighted to pitching, especially starting pitching as we will start six SP and only two RP. A few immediate candidates for later roster spots came to mind – Daniel Bard, Neftali Feliz, and Chris Sale, all of whom would be listed as RP from last year but would be starting. Except for the very best closers, most starters would score as many points Especially in two start weeks when you would want to deploy them.
I wasn't sure how savvy the league mates were but figured after the tremendous season Justin Verlander had last year (where on this system he outscored the best hitters by two hundred points) he was sure to go high and there might be several starters drafted in the first round.
John and I ended up with the second pick in the first round, so my plan was pretty clear – take Roy Halladay if he was available or start the hitters with Albert Pujols if Chef Paul took Doc.
Well Paul took Pujols so we started with Halladay. My plan down that path was to take the best hitter and the best pitcher on the 2/3 turn unless the pitcher run had been more vigorous and they had left me two first round hitters. However they only took three more starters – Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, and Cliff Lee – so we took Mark Teixeira, the last of the top first baseman at the end of the second round and when Paul went hitter/hitter on the turn were delighted to roster Dan Haren, giving us two of the top five starters for this league's scoring.
At the end of the fourth round it was time to get the best hitters available and we selected Brandon Phillips. In the fifth round I was interested in Michael Cuddyer but Duck wisely suggested that he thought this group would leave him for a while and was more likely to take Shane Victorino in coming picks. So we took the Flying Hawaiian at the top of the fifth.
If you are wondering what happened with the pitchers, here is the recap
Four were drafted in the first as noted earlier
Only three (Felix Hernandez, CC Sabathia, and Zack Greinke) were taken in the second
After we took Haren in the third, Jered Weaver, David Price, and Tim Lincecum went in the third
In the fourth more attention was paid to them as James Shields, Yovanni Gallardo, Jon Lester, Ian Kennedy, and Matt Cain all came off the board.
The fifth round saw eight drafted and the sixth before our pick saw seven more go.
The only unusual part of this was that the team behind us (#3) had taken five straight pitchers (Verlander, Greinke, Weaver, Kennedy, and Wainwright). The "Sportsbetting Slappers" would go on to take pitchers with their first nine picks which definitely skewed the picks for those who thought they could wait on their first pitchers. Their offense is predictably below average but it will be interesting to see how many weeks they can win with the former "backwards" draft approach.
In round 6 we took Michael Young as the third base pool had captured many targets - most of who are projected to score twenty to thirty fewer points less than Young. And John was right; Cuddyer was there for us in the seventh, by now the top hitter left on the boards.
In the 8th round I drafted Cory Luebke, a pitcher unfamiliar to John, but a strong play because along with the favorable Home Park and good K/9, Luebke has dual eligibility as RP/SP. We got our catcher on the turn – not that in a twelve team league playing one catcher there was a need to rush, but by that time Miguel Montero was a strong play.
Here is the lineup for the team as drafted (round #) along with our ten reserves – as you would suspect in this kind of a points league skewed towards pitching candidates.
C – Miguel Montero (9)
1B – Mark Teixeira (2)
2B – Brandon Phillips (4)
3B – Michael Young (6)
SS – Marco Scutaro (12)
OF – Victorino (5), Cuddyer (7), and Carlos Beltran (10)
UT – Carlos Lee (14) and Corey Hart (17)
Reserves – Brennan Boesch (18), Derek Jeter (22), Angel Pagan (23), and Brent Morel (27)
SP – Halladay (1), Haren (3), Luebke (8), Jaime Garcia (11), Brandon McCarthy (15) and Matt Harrison (19)
RP – Mariano Rivera (13) and Daniel Bard (16)
Reserves – Henderson Alvarez (20), Juan Nicasio (21), Jarrod Parker (24), Trevor Bauer (25), Luis Mendoza (26…also RP), and Danny Hultzen (28).
Obviously Bauer and Hultzen were pure shots since we don't know at this point (draft time) whether they will break with the big clubs, but they both had a lot more upside than the starters available at that point who will still be available if we need to FAAB them.
How many of you play in H2H points leagues? Let's compare notes or questions, here or on the message boards and win lots of leagues.


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Spider-Man 3 Review
If you have any doubt that the Wii's graphics are at best a marginal increment over those of the last generation of systems, spending some time with Spider-Man 3 should remove that doubt. Compared to Spider-Man 3 on the PS3 and Xbox 360, Spider-Man 3 on the Wii is dark, blocky, and almost downright ugly. The Wii version is also missing a lot of the content found in the other next-gen versions. About the only thing that it has over its other next-gen brethren is its support for Wii's motion-sensing controls, being the only version that lets you cast a web by flicking your wrists, Spidey-style. However, this is not a cross-system comparison article; it's a review of Spider-Man 3 for the Wii, so let's take a look at the game as if it were the only version out there.
The game opens with a tutorial sequence set in a corporate office tower besieged by bomb-wielding criminals. This sequence will get you familiar with the combat in the game, as well as serve as your introduction to the problems with the combat in the game. The game features a combo-based fight system that is based on the standard heavy and light attacks. These attacks are initiated by shaking the remote while facing an enemy. However, facing an enemy can be problematic. First the game's camera has trouble keeping the action in view as it is slow to align itself behind Spider-Man, leaving you to fight off-screen enemies a good portion of the time. The next issue is that you need to control your facing with the nunchuck's stick, but your dodge move is tied to flicking the nunchuck to the side. It's a constant struggle in the game to realign yourself to face an enemy after dodging, and it's tough to make it through the game if you never dodge.
The highlight of the game should be controlling Spider-Man as he swings his way down the streets of New York, but the controls are far too touchy to make this anything but an exercise in frustration. You'll need to press a button while flicking one of the controllers to cast a webstring and swing on it, but the timing of the button press and the flick must be pretty precise or you won't cast your webbing. It doesn't help matters that the buttons needed to cast the webbing are mapped to other functions, so when on the ground you may find yourself simply hopping up and down or you may inadvertently switch to wall-crawling while in the air. These problems are simply annoying when trying to get from Point A to Point B, but they make the timed race sequences incredibly frustrating as well as some of the missions. Missions that require you to follow an enemy vehicle without being spotted are difficult to complete as you'll constantly accidentally drop to the street or go whipping around the wrong building. Crawling along the side of a building to diffuse bombs is incredibly frustrating as Spider-Man will insist on jumping off of the building at least half of the times you try to cast a web.
Even without the control issues it would be questionable as to whether or not the game would be that much fun. The problem lies in the mission design which has you moving from one brawl to another and facing hordes of interchangeable thugs. There's not enough variety here to keep anyone but the most ardent Spider-Man fans going all the way to the end of the game.
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 55%. It's probably easier to be the real Spider-Man than it is to try and control him in this game.


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Also see the Satellite Edition of this week's update over at ER Stories.
Woman allegedly comes close to dying because on call doctor won't perform a necessary abortion. Nurse calls a doctor who is not on call to come in and rescue patient.
Lucky this didn't happen in Arizona or else another nurse would be subject to psychiatric testing and board investigation for ordering a consult.
This is a perfect example of why Arizona's Board of Nursing sets nurses up to get burned. If the patient's nurse didn't call the consult, then she would be in violation of the Nursing Practice Act for failure to care for her patient's needs. If the nurse does call the consult, then she's in violation of the Nursing Practice Act for acting outside the scope of her training. The ANA and the AzNA like to frame this issue as "isolated" and "needing research." It isn't isolated. It is a problem that most nurses face every day as they advocate for their patients.
Bad breath? No. That's lung cancer.
"He had the classic symptoms … It was like he was wearing a sign around his neck that said 'aortic aneurysm.' " New York family wins $3.4 million after patient visits emergency department and later dies from ruptured aortic aneurysm.
This one will make you retch. Child taken to emergency department for evaluation of a fever, nurses pull down diaper to take temperature, out fall some maggots. I warned you.
Half-brained … literally. You have to see this picture for one example of why drugs, driving, and telephones don't mix. According to his video, he's available, too, ladies.
Enjoy the Super Bowl? Good. Now lets talk about that rash and your fever. Thirteen cases of measles confirmed in Indiana – several patients had been in Super Bowl Village prior to coming down with symptoms. All cases occurred in unvaccinated individuals or in those with unknown vaccination status.
So THATS why there is a blood shortage. North Carolina hospital shuts down inpatient services due to an infestation of bats. Fortunately, there was a "consultation" with the Joint Commission of Ridding Hospitals of Infestations of Nocturnal Flying Creatures.
Seriously, does the Joint Commission need to be consulted to remove a colony of bats? Do they have exterminators on staff?
One … ONE unnecessary agency involved. Mwuaaaah ah ah ah ah aaaaa.
Only hospital in Carbondale, PA closes amidst financial pressures. Patients wonder where they will go for hospital care.
What? You were beat up by several men in the snow with a baseball bat, are in severe pain, and need strong pain medicines? We'll get you some medications and we need to call the police to make a report. Wait a minute. If you were in the snow, why aren't your clothes wet? And why do the bruises on your body look old? Oh, and what's this? You were in a different emergency department and told them you were in a bar fight before getting morphine and Demerol? You're busted. And now you're charged with two crimes. Enjoy your Tylenol. Then again, the patient gets the last laugh by filling out a Press Ganey survey.
New Jersey dentist under investigation after second child dies while undergoing dental procedure. Both kids were restrained in a "papoose" and received local anesthetic.
More discord in Florida. Now legislature is advancing a bill that would allow optometrists to prescribe medications. The Florida Medical Association seems to favor the bill and many FMA members are dropping their membership in protest.
Staff at a new upstate New York emergency department may be out of luck if they need police assistance with an unruly patient. Local police will no longer respond to calls since the hospital is being built outside of their jurisdiction. Next closest police could be 20-30 miles away when an emergency call comes in.
Ambulance hater gets charged with attempted murder. California man rams his pickup truck into ambulance sitting in hospital parking lot, causing major damage to both vehicles. Because act "must have been intentional," police charge him with attempted murder of the EMT/paramedics sitting inside.
Doctors accept reduced rates for treating Medicare patients, but charge patients with commercial insurance significantly more for the same treatment. Now commercial insurers are beginning to reimburse doctors at the rates Medicare pays if patients go outside the insurer's network, leaving patients stuck with HUGE bills.
Some insurance companies lowball medical providers with the prices that they will pay for medical care with the threat that the medical providers will lose all of the insurer's patients as potential customers if the provider doesn't sign with the insurer. Fewer providers sign up with the insurer. Patients are then left with a choice: Wait for an appointment to open up at one of an insurer's dwindling number of "in-network" physicians or go out of network and pay a huge bill.
Either way, the insurer wins because it takes in more money in premiums and pays out less money for the "care" of its patients.
This New York Daily News article blames the "cheating doctors" for the problem. There has to be a happy medium between getting $200 from Medicaid for performing stitches on a child for an hour and billing an insured patient $50,000 for the same procedure. Although … if the parents demand that a plastic surgeon come in and do the stitches, then they should be willing to pay for the extra cost of care.
All of that health "insurance" that patients are paying for is becoming less and less valuable.
Remember: Insurance for healthcare will never equal access to healthcare.


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BURNABY — Rebounding from a last-second loss in Bellingham on the weekend to the Western Washington Vikings, one which saw them drop from No. 7 to No. 10 in the most recent NCAA Div. 2 coaches poll, Simon Fraser (5-1) got one of its most complete efforts of the season Thursday in trouncing the Montana State-Billings Yellowjackets 89-58 at the West Gym.
SFU battled through a first half that featured six ties and five lead changes by getting hot late in opening half from beyond the three-point arc, taking a 44-32 lead into the break on Marie-Line Petit's trey at the halftime buzzer.
In the second half, Kristina Collins and Erin Chambers continued to lead a barrage of three-point shooters as SFU built its lead to as many as 31 points.
Key to the victory was not only the play of SFU's starting group, which accounted for 58 points, but the play the Clan's bench, which outscored Montana State Billing's by a hefty 32-12 margin.
Collins and Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe each finished with double-doubles, Collins scoring a team-high 16 points and dishing 10 assists, while Raincock-Ekunwe added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Guard Katie Lowen and Chambers each scored 13 points.
The bench?
Guards Karla Wyman and Kia Van Laare hit for 10 and seven points respectively, and they were joined by a pair of versatile bigs in Rebecca Langmead and Meg Wilson.
Langmead was 3-of-4 from the floor in 14 minutes, scoring seven points. Wilson had four points, but also grabbed seven rebounds in just 10 minutes. That duo, along with starting post Chelsea Reist (all three 6-foot-plus players) were all on the floor together late in the contest and showcased their great passing abilities.
After already having swept Fairbanks and Anchorage on the road, and with a split in games between Western and Billings, the Clan look to wrap up the tough five-game start to 2013 by facing Seattle Pacific atop Burnaby Mountain on Saturday (7 p.m.).
"The very start of the season, coach Langford said we needed to prepare for these five league games," said Wyman. "He said we're going to get hit hard and it was going to be a real test of our team, skills and abilities. That is what we have seen."
SFU can improve to 6-1 (13-2 overall) with a win on Saturday.
GNAC-leading Western Washington (6-0) remained undefeated with a 61-44 win over Seattle Pacific (4-3).
*At Lacey, Washington: The SFU men remained winless on the season (0-5, 5-9 overall), dropping a 78-65 decision in Lacey, Wash., to St. Martin's University.
Rei Jensen and Eric Taylor led the winners with 18 points apiece. SFU, which shot 20-of-60 from the field, was led by the 14 points and nine rebounds of Anto Olah.
"We came out a bit flat in the first half and we didn't match their energy," said Clan assistant coach Chris Cline. "We played much better in the second half, but ny then we were too far away for a comeback."
SFU plays at Western Oregon on Saturday.


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BRUSSELS (May. 15)
A delegation from the European Economic Community (EEC) has left for Cairo for discussions with Arab leaders in an effort to calm Arab anger over the Israel-EEC trade accord signed last Sunday. The EEC delegation will hold discussions mainly with the Arab League Secretary General Mahmoud Riad.
Arab leaders have expressed dissatisfaction with the Israel-EEC agreement, and many have asked for the suspension of current talks preparing the Euro-Arab dialogue which was scheduled to begin in Cairo June 10. The EEC hopes that the special delegation will be able to convince Arab leaders in Cairo that the Israel-EEC accord fits perfectly into the EEC balanced policy in the Middle East.


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Blogs Cliopatria A Popular History of the United States ...Jan 6, 2005 2:00 pm
A Popular History of the United States ...
Update: We have a credible nominee: Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America. Second edition, 2001. A conservative alternative to it might be Paul Johnson's A History of the American People, though it's a hefty 1100 pages and the post-1960's coverage is highly polemical. Both Brogan and Johnson are British, of course, but it's no surprise that some of the most perceptive historians of the United States are from abroad. Still, there's a market for the new, single volume interpretation of American history by a major American historian.
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Van L. Hayhow - 1/6/2005
Thanks everyone, I will check it out.
Richard Henry Morgan - 1/6/2005
Yep, that's the one. Let's agree not to add a 'Dr.' to my colorful if unspectacular CV, though.
Carl Patrick Burkart - 1/6/2005
If Dr. Morgan is refering to Hugh Brogan's Penguin History of the United States, I agree. It covers all of the basics and is generally well written. Like Zinn and the Patriot people, he is writing from a particular perspective, but it is broad enough to admit a variety of different political viewpoints and ideological perspectives. Good stuff. I've often thought of assigning it instead of a textbook.
Richard Henry Morgan - 1/6/2005
Brogan's work ain't all that bad.
Ralph E. Luker - 1/5/2005
I recall liking The Americans very much, as well. It is old now and, at three volumes, more than I had in mind. I'm surprised that no one has cited a recent single volume popular history that they'd recommend.
Manan Ahmed - 1/5/2005
Daniel Boorstin's The Americans was a really fun read for me back in undergrad. Although I'd say it suffers from age as well.
Ralph E. Luker - 1/5/2005
That banner ad sure is insistent, isn't it?
Foner does good work [and he is, of course, a historian of the Left]. I suspect that this is a text book, which doesn't generally recommend itself to me, and I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, myself, but I will look at it this week at the AHA convention in Seattle.
Adam Kotsko - 1/5/2005
That looks pretty good.
Oscar Chamberlain - 1/5/2005
I'm afraid that I harken back to a survey text, too. It was one of the Garraty texts (whatever edition was around in the early 1970s). I could comprehend it. It had wonderful cultural sections, including one on travelling theater in the late 19th century. I still remember the example of the transition to movies that ened the section, an advertisement from a theater group bragging that the play was portrayed by "live men and women. Not a Moving Picture."
I also remember its description of the 1860 presidential campaign, and the comment--by whoever wrote that section--that it was during that fall that Stephen Douglas achieved true greatness, by campaigning in the South for the continuation of the Union.
Maybe now I would look at it and find it ordinary. Maybe I was simply ready for history. But I remember it.
Ralph E. Luker - 1/5/2005
Couldn't disagree with you more, Richard, which should not be surprising. Textbooks tend to be deadly reading. Up to a certain point, they are useful in giving students some sort of common body of information. But one of the last times I turned down a job offer, it was because the course requirements included reading a _huge_ textbook, in which I had no voice in choosing. Since _I_ didn't want to read the bloody thing, myself, I saw no reason why I should require my students to do so.
Richard Henry Morgan - 1/5/2005
I think I get what you're getting at. I'm not really big on theme-related breezy surveys -- Procrustes and all that. Stuff like Louis Hartz' The Liberal Tradition in America haven't worn well. Hofstadter's Political Tradition sounds like Just So stories to my ear now -- sort of like Margaret Mead finding three tribes with exactly three different sex role configurations. But I'll be interested to see what others have to say on the matter.
Ralph E. Luker - 1/5/2005
Thanks, Richard. I was thinking of something other than a textbook, but I'm sure that The Great Republic is a good one.
Richard Henry Morgan - 1/5/2005
Well, I ain't an American historian, though I've taught it. And I think a survey book should be a jumping off point, not an endpoint. But I always liked The Great Republic (particularly the later editions). It has a decent amount of cultural and social history to go with the political. The level of detail is just enough not to confuse, and it doesn't seem to push a single ideological line. The authors are leaders in their fields. The suggested readings are good. It has helpful chronologies, and a lot of good maps, illustrations, etc. In the rear you have copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, as well as a list of Presidents, their dates of office, and their parties.
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No word strikes greater fear in a homeowner's heart than "foreclosure." Every day, the media trumpets new figures showing a continuing increase in foreclosures.
If you want to keep your home, your best option is to work something out with your mortgage lender in a way that will satisfy both of you. If, on the other hand, you are ready and willing to leave your home, there are ways to follow that path that will leave you relatively flush rather than destitute.
Most people I talk to in my practice want to stay in their homes but need to change some aspect of their mortgage—the amount of principal, the interest rate, the monthly payment. There are a number of ways to make this happen—by refinancing the mortgage, modifying the mortgage, or filing for bankruptcy.
Many home mortgage modifications happen under a government program known as the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). However, lenders are free to follow their own procedures for settling mortgage issues that don't qualify for modification under the HAMP guidelines. Participation in HAMP is also voluntary for many lenders, and those who don't participate in HAMP offer a variety of workout approaches.
HAMP employs a number of government-funded incentives for lenders to modify first and second mortgages. Unfortunately, HAMP has not come close to providing adequate relief for the millions of homeowners who can't afford their mortgages, though a second level of HAMP (Tier 2) was introduced in 2012 to make it easier for struggling homeowners to qualify for relief. The deadline for the program has been extended to December 31, 2015.
In 2008, when I first started writing about the state of foreclosure in our nation, home values were in free-fall and foreclosures were becoming all too common. Now, five years later, home values have not yet recovered (with a few regional exceptions) and millions of homeowners continue to face foreclosure. Between then and now, a deep recession has stripped many homeowners of their employment. The percentage of homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages has continued to rise to unprecedented levels, now exceeding 25%. And the degree to which these homeowners are underwater has also increased to alarming levels—often approaching 60% in the most impacted areas. As the overall housing situation has grown worse, the attempts by the government to fix it through HAMP and associated programs have, as mentioned, increasingly fallen far short of the mark.
The actual judicial and legislative machinery of foreclosures also has radically changed in the past four years. In the past, I was able to provide readers with a reasonably accurate picture of how long a particular state's foreclosure proceedings would take, based on the laws in place. While a number of states have tweaked their foreclosure statutes to provide certain classes of homeowners with marginally more protection, the big change has come with the lenders themselves.
As the number of foreclosures has grown, so has the scrutiny placed on the practices employed by the mortgage industry. From time to time, this scrutiny has uncovered fraudulent acts on the part of lenders (such as the scandal over "robo-signing"), which have caused many lenders to declare moratoriums on foreclosures. Also, as HAMP and HAMP 2.0 were implemented, many lenders opted to put foreclosures on hold while homeowners went through the modification application process. And, because of the massive number of people applying for modifications, this application process frequently took months or even over a year in some cases. In short, at present, modifications are causing foreclosures to take longer—sometimes a lot longer—than would ordinarily be the case.
One of my major themes in 2008 was that it often makes sense to walk away from your home rather than pour money into what may be a hopeless cause. This approach has since been labeled "strategic default." For one very large reason, I think it now makes even more sense to take this approach into consideration than it did previously. The reason? The longer you can stay in your house without making your mortgage payments, the better off you will be economically. And because of the modification mess, the mortgage-related scandals, and the increasing number of potential defenses to foreclosure (which include throwing as much paperwork at the banks as you can to see what sticks), you will probably be able to stay in your home a lot longer than was previously the case.
In my law practice, I advise people who feel swamped with debt and are considering filing for bankruptcy. For many of them it makes absolutely no sense to keep pouring money into a house they are destined to lose. For others, it's completely sensible to do everything they can to keep ownership. Sometimes the reasons for these decisions are personal; sometimes they are economic.
In the end, you must make this decision for yourself, but remember: Your house is not your home. (I was reminded of that fact recently by someone who'd been raised as an "army brat" who talked about her mother's ability to recreate their home in whatever new quarters they occupied every couple of years.)
Owning the house where you live may feel like the American dream, and losing it might seem like the end of that dream. Believe me when I say that it's not. If you are eventually forced to give up the house you are living in, painful as it may be, it's a loss that you will recover from over time, both emotionally and financially. To find out more about coping with foreclosure, see Foreclosure's Silver Lining.


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- Penn State has won 19 of its last 20 games on Senior Day, including 10 in a row since losing to Michigan in 1999.
- With its ninth win of the season, Penn State clinched its 29th season with at least nine wins since Joe Paterno became head coach in 1966.
- Joe Paterno improved his FBS record win total to 392. He has a 392-129-3 (75.1) record.
- The Nittany Lions are 11-1 in their next game after a loss since the start of the 2005 season, 12-1 if including the 2009 season opening win over Akron.
- Penn State has a 49-13 (79.0) record since the start of the 2005 season, the nation's No. 9 winning percentage.
- The Nittany Lions have won 33 of their last 37 games (89.2) in Beaver Stadium dating to the 2004 Senior Day win over Michigan State.
- Penn State, Alabama and Oklahoma are the nation's only teams ranked in the Top 20 in all six of the primary defensive categories. The Nittany Lions also lead the nation in Red Zone defense (64 pct., 16 of 25 - 9 TD, 7 FG).
- The Nittany Lions are No. 4 nationally in scoring defense (11.6 ppg), No. 8 in rushing defense (93.9 ypg), No. 9 in total defense (272.0 ypg), No. 17 in pass defense (178.1 ypg), No. 7 in tackles for losses (91, 8.3 avg.) and No. 9 in sacks (34, 3.1 avg.).
- Penn State leads the Big Ten in scoring defense, tackles for loss and sacks, is second in rushing and total defense and third in pass defense.
- Penn State has not allowed a 100-yard rusher in the last 14 games. Entering this weekend's games, there were six teams in the nation that had not allowed a 100-yard rusher this season.
- Penn State has held six teams to 65 rushing yards or less this season. Indiana gained 48 yards on 24 carries.
- Penn State tied a season low for number of penalties with two vs. the Hoosiers. The Nittany Lions had two against Syracuse. The 10 penalty yards by Penn State were a season-low and the fewest penalty yards since having zero last year at Ohio State.
- LB Navorro Bowman's 73-yard interception return for a touchdown was the first for Penn State since Nolan McCready returned one 76 yards at Illinois in 2005. It was Bowman's second interception of the season and third of his career.
- Navorro Bowman is the first Penn State player to have two defensive scores in a season for the Nittany Lions since cornerback Tony Davis had two fumble returns for touchdowns in 2006 (against Illinois and Tennessee).
- Navorro Bowman had a team-high 12 tackles, giving him his third game of the season with at least 10 tackles (13 vs. Iowa, 11 at Michigan). He has eight career double figure tackle games.
- LB Josh Hull made eight tackles, giving him 103 for the season to become the 20th different Nittany Lion player all-time to record at least 100 tackles in a season. Penn State has had at least one player with 100 tackles for eight consecutive seasons.
- LB Sean Lee had 10 tackles, giving him five games this season with at least 10 tackles (13 vs. Syracuse, 12 vs. Temple, 12 at Northwestern, 14 vs. Ohio State). Lee also had a career-high four pass breakups today.
- Sean Lee has 312 career tackles, good for fifth place at Penn State. Brian Gelzheiser is fourth with 315.
- When Penn State reached the Indiana 20 in the first quarter but did not score, it ended a streak of 27 consecutive scores by Penn State (20 touchdowns, 7 field goals) when the Nittany Lions had entered the opponent's red zone. The last time that Penn State had not scored when in the red zone was when they finished the game at Syracuse's 10-yard line in the second game of the season.
- Senior Daryll Clark is the only Big Ten quarterback ranked in the top four in the conference in pass efficiency (2nd, 139.7), total offense (3rd, 243.1) and passing yardage (4th, 225.2 ypg). Clark's 19 touchdown passes lead the conference.
- Daryll Clark is 20-4 as Penn State's starting quarterback.
- QB Daryll Clark's two touchdown responsible for (one passing, one rushing) moved him into a tie for fourth place in the Penn State annals with 25 touchdowns responsible for this season. He is tied with Todd Blackledge (1981) and Tony Sacca (1991).
- Clark extended his career marks for touchdowns responsible for to 60 (38 pass, 22 rush) and quarterback rushing touchdowns (22).
- Clark moved into a tie for fourth place in the single-season touchdown passes chart with 19. He is tied with Doug Strang (1983), Anthony Morelli (2007), and his own total from last season.
- Clark also moved into sole possession of fifth place with 38 touchdown passes for his career. He trails Kerry Collins (39 touchdown passes) for fourth place. The record is 41, held by three players.
- Clark moved into fifth place in the single season passing yardage chart with 2,477 yards. He trails Tony Sacca (2,488 yards in 1991) for fourth place.
- Clark's 17 completions vs. IU give him 179 this season moving him into sixth place at Penn State for completions in a single season. He trails Zack Mills (188 in 2002) for fifth place.
- Clark has 407 completions in his career, good for third place at Penn State. Clark trails Anthony Morelli (460 completions) for second place.
- Clark's 223 yards of total offense (194 passing, 29 rushing) give him 2,674 yards for the season, which is good for third place at Penn State. He trails his own mark of 2,874 yards from last season for second place.
- Safety Drew Astorino had a career-high 10 tackles.
- WR Curtis Drake had a season-best 26-yard rush in the second quarter.
- FB Joe Suhey tied a career-high with four catches. He had four earlier this season against Akron.
- P Jeremy Boone maintained his first place marks in Penn State career and season punting average. For his career, Boone is averaging 43.2 yards per punt on 135 boots. This season, he is averaging 44.1 yards per punt on 41 kicks.
- Fifth-year senior WR Patrick Mauti made his first career start.
- Penn State leads the series with Indiana, 13-0.
- The last time that Penn State allowed 10 points in the first quarter of a game was when it allowed 10 in the opening stanza to Michigan last season.
- The last time that the Nittany Lions committed three turnovers in the first quarter was three fumbles against Michigan State on Senior Day uin 2006. Penn State won that game 17-13. Penn State had three turnovers in the fourth quarter against Iowa earlier this year.
- Penn State allowed 298 yards passing today, the most since giving up 413 yards passing to USC in the 2009 Rose Bowl.
- Indiana had 52 pass attempts, the most by a Penn State opponent since Michigan State had 62 in 2006. The 52 pass attempts is the 11th highest total by a Penn State opponent since Joe Paterno became head coach in 1966.
- Indiana had 32 pass completions, tied for the seventh-most by a Penn State opponent since 1966. The last team to have at least 32 completions against Penn State was when Michigan State had 32 last season.
- Penn State will travel to Michigan State (6-5, 4-3) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the regular season finale. The game will be for the Land Grant Trophy and will be televised regionally on ABC and air on ESPN outside the ABC coverage area. The Spartans rallied to win at Purdue, 40-37 on Saturday.


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