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The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has been selected as one of the Top 10 Children's Libraries in the United States by a national website.
Livability.com chose the main library as No. 10 on its list partially because of its Children's Learning Center, which features child-sized tables and chairs, a saltwater aquarium and multiple rooms for programs, along with a 9,200-square-foot children's garden.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls is asking the city administration to complete construction of the streetcar in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be hosted in Cincinnati. A letter from Qualls to City Manager Milton Dohoney and Mayor Mark Mallory explains her reasoning: "This may present a challenge, but it is one I am sure the administration is capable of meeting. The streetcar will serve a critical role in efficiently and effectively moving visitors to and from Great American Ballpark and allowing them to conveniently visit other venues such as Fountain Square, Horseshoe Casino, Over-the-Rhine, Washington Park, etc." CityBeat covered the streetcar's delays and how the project relates to the 2013 mayor's race here.
Gov. John Kasich will reveal his plan for funding Ohio schools today. The plan is expected to include a $300 million "innovation fund" to support school initiatives that improve teaching and learning. In a previous interview, Rob Nichols, Kasich's spokesperson, explained the troubles of establishing a plan: "Many governors have tried before. Many states have been sued over their formulas. It's something we have to take our time with and get it done right."
City Council passed a resolution urging Kasich to expand Medicaid. Qualls explained the need for the resolution: "Expanding Medicaid will create a net savings to the state over time, allow the City's health department to improve access to health services at lower costs, and most importantly, provide health care coverage for thousands of Cincinnati residents who need it most." A study from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found a Medicaid expansion would save the state money for the first few years. Previous studies also found correlations between improved health results in states and a Medicaid expansion, and a study from the Arkansas Department of Human Services claimed Arkansas would save $378 million by 2025 with the Medicaid expansion.
A new report found poverty is increasing in Ohio. About one in six Ohioans are below the federal poverty line, according to the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies report.
About $100 million in development downtown is kicking off today. City officials and business leaders are gathering for the groundbreaking this morning of a lot at Fifth and Race streets that has idled for nearly 30 years. The lot will host the new four-story headquarters for DunnhumbyUSA.
Kasich says Ohio will continue taking Ky. jobs in the future. The rough words are Kasich's interesting approach to encouraging Ky. legislators to support the Brent Spence Bridge project.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a scam alert telling businesses to be wary of emails claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission or FTC.
Miami University broke its application record.
A Wright State professor saved Cincinnati-based Kroger more than $170 million with his work on more accurate pharmaceutical predictions. The professor, Xinhui Zhang, is now one of the six finalists worldwide for the Franz Edelman Award.
Ohioans now have a phone number to report cases of child abuse or neglect: 855-O-H-CHILD, or 855-642-4453. Reports can be anonymous.
Humanity is one step closer to the inevitable robot apocalypse. GE's hospital robot can sort scalpels, sterilize tools and prepare operating rooms for surgery.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
A City Council committee approved $13.5 million that will be going to Over-the-Rhine development. Of that money, $6 million will go to the second phase of the Mercer Commons project, which is being developed by Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC). The rest will help 3CDC redevelop 18 different buildings that are mostly around Washington Park. City Council will vote on the funding today.
Cincinnati's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent, but the drop was mostly attributed to people leaving the labor force. Between September 2011 and September 2012, Cincinnati's labor force has actually shrunk. Still, more people were employed in September 2012 than were employed in September 2011.
The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority is asking Cincinnati for $8.5 million to secure a Jordan Crossing shopping center project at Bond Hill. The funds would pay for the demolition, site preparation, marketing and redevelopment of the project.
In the second wave of interim results from an ongoing investigation into Ohio schools' attendance data reporting, State Auditor Dave Yost found no evidence of attendance scrubbing in schools with levies on the 2012 ballot. The investigation included Cincinnati Public Schools, which means CPS was found to be clean. In a statement, Yost said, "I'm surprised and pleased. To have zero incidents of 'scrubbing' is encouraging news." The full findings for both interim reports can be found here.
Clifton is set to get a neighborhood grocery store soon. The neighborhood has been without one since January 2011. City Council's Budget and Finance Committee helped spur the new project with a tax abatement program.The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners held a budget hearing yesterday, but not much new information came out. Board President Greg Hartmann insists public safety is a priority, but he says the sheriff's office will have to deal with some across-the-board cuts. The cuts won't include closing the jail, decreasing courtroom security or eliminating contracts with townships for patrols. The board has two more public meetings on Oct. 29 and 30.
The controversial billboards accused of attempting to suppress voters are being taken down by Norton Outdoor Advertising, the Cincinnati company that hosted the billboards. Meanwhile, P.G. Sittenfeld and Lamar Advertising Company, a different billboard company, are putting up 10 billboards that read, "Hey Cincinnati, voting is a right not a crime!" The new billboards are supposed to encourage voting.
The University of Cincinnati has a new president: Santa Ono. The official promotion was unanimously approved by the UC Board of Trustees. Ono has been serving as interim president since Aug. 21, when former President Greg Williams suddenly resigned due to "personal reasons."
The Cincinnati Enquirer is being accused of age discrimination in a recently amended lawsuit. In the lawsuit, eight former employees claim they were fired and replaced with younger, less qualified employees.
A new rumor is going around that says it's possible to tamper with voting results, but fact checkers and election officials are saying it's not possible. The rumors started due to the Romneys' investments in an electronic voting company.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Here is a list of some of the department's accomplishments: The amount of rivers meeting aquatic life standards went from 21 to 89 percent between the 1980s and today, carbon monoxide in the air is down 80 percent since the 1970s, sulfur dioxide is down 71 percent, lead is down 95 percent and 99 percent of community public water systems now meet health standards, up from 85 percent in 1993.
Miami University says it will discipline two students responsible for putting up an offensive flyer about getting away with rape in a coed dorm bathroom.
Metro revealed its plans for an Uptown Transit District. The district, which will cost Metro $6.9 million, is meant to better suit the needs and growth of Uptown.
Two Democratic state lawmakers are planning legislation to slow down the privatization of the Ohio Turnpike. Gov. John Kasich's administration is currently paying $3.4 million to KPMG, a private consulting and accounting firm, to study whether leasing the turnpike to the highest private bidder would benefit the state. Kasich says he could use the money saved for transportation projects all around the state. But northern Ohio residents do not seem happy with giving up a valuable asset they helped invest in, especially if the revenue from the Ohio Turnpike goes to regions outside of northern Ohio.
There's more evidence sushi sucks. Popular Science has an article and graph showing how raw food kept primates stupid.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
Issue 2 is getting outraised quite badly. Protect Your Vote Ohio, the group opposing Issue 2, has raised $6.9 million, while Voters First Ohio, the group supporting Issue 2, has raised $3.6 million since July. If Issue 2 is approved by voters, it will put an independent citizens commission in charge of the redistricting process. Currently, the process is handled by elected officials, who have used the process in politically advantageous ways. Republicans redrew the First Congressional District, Cincinnati's district, to include Warren County. The move put more emphasis on rural and suburban voters, which tend to side with Republicans, and less on urbanites, which tend to side with Democrats.
Not only will Ohio play a pivotal role in the presidential election, but RealClearPolitics, a website that aggregates polling, says Hamilton County is among two Ohio counties that will play the biggest role. In light of that, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will be in town this week. Obama will visit Oct. 31, and Romney will be here Nov. 2. Currently, Obama leads in Ohio by 2.1 points, while Romney leads nationally by 0.9 points.
A partnership between the University of Cincinnati and U.S. State Department is going to Iraq. For the third year, UC will be working with Salahaddin University in Iraq to help redesign the Iraqi school's curriculum and establish a career center.
The Ohio Board of Regents and Ohio Department of Education (ODE) may merge soon, says Board of Regent Chancellor Jim Petro. The Board of Regents is already moving to ODE's building later this year. Petro said the building move will allow the Board of Regents, which focuses on higher education, to cooperate more with ODE, which focuses on elementary, middle and high school.
The Ohio legislature could be getting a big ethics overhaul in the coming weeks. Specifics weren't offered, but Senate President Tom Niehaus said disclosure and transparency will be priorities.
Cincinnati's United Way beat its fundraising goal of $61 million in 2012. The goal was originally seen as "a stretch."
The nationwide meningitis outbreak is forcing some Ohio officials to take a look at the state's compounding pharmacies. Compounding is when pharmacists make custom preparations for patients under special circumstances. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy has already taken action against the New England Compounding Center, whose compound was connected with starting the meningitis outbreak.
The FBI will join an investigation into fraudulent
attendance data reporting in Ohio schools. Previously, state Auditor
Dave Yost found five school districts were scrubbing data in his first
interim report, but a second interim report cleared every other district
checked so far, including Cincinnati Public Schools.
Walnut Hills High School has once again been recognized among the country's top high schools, ranking No. 1 in Ohio and 90th in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual Best High Schools rankings. The ranking considered 22,000 public high schools, distinguishing some with gold, silver or bronze medals based on factors such as state proficiency standards and students' college preparedness. Indian Hill High School ranked third in Ohio and 140 in the country, with Wyoming High School fourth in the state and 143 nationally.
In other education news, state legislators have introduced bipartisan legislation to curb pension debt, while will result in teachers working longer and paying more into the retirement system. The bills were introduced by Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) and Senate Minority Leader Eric H. Kearney (D-North Avondale).
Anyone willing to admit to having purchased male sexual enhancement product Enzyte is eligible to receive a piece of $24 million that the U.S. Justice Department has released to pay people who bought products sold through fraudulent practices. The former Forest-park based company's founder Steve Warshak was convicted in 2008 for conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and producing stupid commercials involving a smiling white guy's penis-like garden hose working better after using the company's product.
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a 35-year
incumbent, was handily defeated by Tea Party challenger Richard
Mourdock on Tuesday after Mourdock spent weeks arguing that Lugar had
drifted from conservative principals. Here's some reaction to the
news of the 80-year-old's primary loss.
As expected, North Carolina yesterday passed its ban on gay marriage, 61 percent to 39 percent. The Los Angeles Times reports that the measure is more restrictive than other states' marriage amendments: "The measure is more restrictive than all but three of the marriage amendments passed in other states, according to a study published by 11 family law professors at seven North Carolina universities. The measure could even deprive unmarried women of protections against domestic abuse, while restricting child custody and visitation rights for unmarried gay or straight couples, they said."
The Atlantic recounts a series of potentially misleading reports about the CIA thwarting of an Al-Qaeda plot to destroy a U.S. bound plane. Initial reports suggested that a CIA double agent infiltrated the terrorist organization, but later accounts attribute the work to an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia.
Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, died Tuesday in Connecticut, four days after suffering a stroke. The following is an excerpt from a Philadelphia Inquirer obituary, which notes that an estimated 10,000 of Sendak's works and papers are collected in Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum & Library:
Jonathan Bartlett, a University of the Arts graduate, now a freelance illustrator in Brooklyn, said, "What matters to me most as an illustrator is that he was incredibly honest in his books. He had no qualms about speaking the truth to kids. That's why his work has had such visceral impact for so many years."
Jerry Spinelli, a children's book writer living in Wayne, said, "He focused on the fringes, the backwaters, the side-pools, the under-noticed areas of common human experience, and he could transform that into stories, told with pictures even more than with words."
Former Cincinnati Red Josh Hamilton hit four home runs last night to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Today the team decided to go ahead and reengage in contract extension talks with the 30-year-old former overall No. 1 pick.
For the third year in a row, Ohio has dropped in Education Week's annual ranks. The news comes despite the state slightly bumping up its grade from 79.5 percent to 79.6 percent. The state was ranked No. 12, down from No. 11 in 2012 and No. 10 in 2011.
Ohio did best in standards, assessments and accountability, where it got a 96.1 percent, or an A. It did worst in K-12 achievement, which measures student progress and equality, with a 71.2 percent, or a C-.
The only major category in which Ohio performed below the U.S. average was transitions and alignment, which gauges state standards for preparing Ohio students for moving from kindergarten to elementary school to middle school to high school to college. In the category, Ohio got a 78.6 percent, or C+, while the national average is 81.1 percent.
Maryland was ranked No. 1 for the fifth year in a row with an 87.5 percent, or a B.
"We're pleased to be rated No. 12 in the nation … but our overall score of a B- reassures us what we already know: We can do a better job of educating Ohio's children and preparing them for future success," said John Charlton, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Education.
Charlton says the state is taking steps to make improvements, particularly in the transitions and alignment category. Ohio has already adopted the Common Core standards and is replacing the state's standardized tests with new assessments, which CityBeat covered here.
Ohio colleges and universities have also adopted uniform remediation-free standards, which Charlton says will make it easier to prepare students for college. Remedial courses are classes that don't count toward college credit; they're typically required for students who are under-prepared in certain subjects, particularly English, math and science.
But some have pushed back toward the Republican-supported education initiatives. The Third Grade Reading Guarantee, which forces schools to hold back third-grade students who are not proficient in reading, has faced a lot of criticism from Democrats and education experts. Research shows holding kids back hurts more than helps. After reviewing decades of research, the National Association of School Psychologists found grade retention has "deleterious long-term effects," both academically and socially.
Gov. John Kasich vowed to rework Ohio's school funding formula in the 2014-2015 budget. In a previous interview, Rob Nichols, spokesperson to Kasich, said it was a big undertaking: "Many governors have tried before. Many states have been sued over their formulas. It's something we have to take our time with and get it done right."
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
In case you missed it, CityBeat is hosting a party
for the final presidential debate at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine. There
will be live tweeting, and Councilman Chris Seelbach will be on-hand to discuss this year's key issues. Even if you can't come, make sure to live tweet during the
presidential debate using the hashtag #cbdebate. More info can be found
at the event's Facebook page.
A new study found redistricting makes government even more partisan. The Fair Vote study says redistricting divides government into clear partisan boundaries by eliminating competitive districts. In Ohio, redistricting is handled by elected officials, and they typically use the process for political advantage by redrawing district boundaries to ensure the right demographics for re-election. Issue 2 attempts to combat this problem. If voters approve Issue 2, redistricting will be taken out of the hands of elected officials and placed into the hands of an independent citizens commission. The Republican-controlled process redrew the First Congressional District, which includes Cincinnati, by adding Warren County to the district. Since Warren County typically votes Republican, this gives an advantage to Republicans in the First Congressional District. CityBeat previously covered the redistricting reform effort here.
Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel will face off in another debate for Ohio's seat in the U.S. Senate today. The two candidates met Monday in a feisty exchange in which the men argued over their records and policies. Brown and Mandel will face off at 8 p.m. The debate will be streamed live on 10TV.com and Dispatch.com. Currently, the race is heavily in Brown's favor; he is up 5.2 points in aggregate polling.
Cincinnati is moving forward with its bike sharing program. A new study found the program will attract 105,000 trips in its first year, and it will eventually expand to 305,000 trips a year. With the data in hand, Michael Moore, director of the Department of Transportation and Engineering, justified the program to The Business Courier: "We want Cincinnatians to be able to incorporate cycling into their daily routine, and a bike share program will help with that. Bike share helps introduce citizens to active transportation, it reduces the number of short auto trips in the urban core, and it promotes sustainable transportation options."
Cincinnati's school-based health centers are showing promise. Two more are scheduled to open next year.
Echoing earlier comments by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, Ohio Senate Republicans are now talking about using the lame duck session to take up a bill that would set standard early voting hours and tighten voting requirements. Republicans are promising broad consensus, but Democrats worry the move could be another Republican ploy at voter suppression. Republicans defend the law by saying it would combat voter fraud, but in-person voter fraud isn't a real issue. A recent study by the Government Accountability Office found zero examples of in-person voter fraud in the last 10 years. Another investigation by News21 had similar results. Republicans have also justified making voting tougher and shorter by citing racial politics and costs.
A Hamilton County judge's directive is causing trouble. Judge Tracie Hunter sent out a directive to hire a second court administrator because she believes the current county administrator is only working for the other juvenile judge. The county government is trying to figure out if Hunter has the authority to hire a new administrator.
This year's school report card data held up a long-term
trend: Public schools did better than charter schools. In Ohio, the
average charter school meets slightly more than 30 percent of the
state's indicators, while the average traditional public school meets 78
percent of the state's indicators, according to findings from the
education policy fellow at left-leaning Innovation Ohio. The data for
all Ohio schools can be found here.
Some in the fracking industry are already feeling a bit of a bust. The gas drilling business is seeing demand rapidly drop, and that means $1 billion lost in profits. CityBeat wrote in-depth about the potential fracking bust here.
Ohio student loan debt is piling up. A report by Project
on Student Debt says Ohio has the seventh-highest student loan debt in
the nation with an average of $28,683 in 2011. That number is a 3.5
percent increase from 2010.
What if Abraham Lincoln ran for president today?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind could soon be reality. Scientists are developing a drug that removes bad memories during sleep.
A Purcell Marian High School administrator was fired for declaring his public support for same-sex marriage. Mike Moroski, who was the assistant principal at the Catholic school, wrote about his support for LGBT equality on his personal blog. Following the blog post, Moroski claims he was given an ultimatum by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to resign or recant his statements. CityBeat covered same-sex marriage and the amendment that could bring marriage equality to Ohio here.
A board vote failed to remove State Board of Education President Debe Terhar from her position. In response, Ohio Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking access to her cell phone and other records. Terhar has been receiving heavy criticism for a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. CityBeat wrote about Terhar's ridiculous Facebook post here.
Cincinnati Public Schools and Winton Woods City Schools were among nine city school districts found to be scrubbing attendance data by the state auditor. The school districts claim most the errors were simple mistakes, not intentional manipulation of data. Both the auditor and schools agree state policy is too confusing and must change.
The city of Cincinnati is beginning the process of sorting through construction bids for the streetcar. Three bids ranging from $71 million to $87 million have already come to light, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The bids could push up the price tag on the streetcar, but Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, cautions the process is barely starting. CityBeat covered the streetcar and how it relates to the mayor's race here.
Cincinnati is speeding up the demolitions of condemned buildings this year, particularly buildings near schools and family zones.
A new report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services found employment in the shale industry was up 17 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Critics caution the jobs aren't worth the risks — pointing to a number of environmental and health concerns related to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." CityBeat wrote about fracking and its extensive problems here.
One in 25 students in Columbus schools are restrained or secluded. The state's lax seclusion policies have been under heavy criticism in the past year following the discovery that school staff were using seclusion for convenience, not just to restrain students.
On Wednesday, Metro staff will be holding a security exercise meant to gauge counterterrorism capabilities. Metro bus service will not be affected.
The Horseshoe Casino pays homage to Liuzhou, China — Cincinnati's sister city of 25 years.
The chief curator resigned from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A Cincinnati woman was charged with helping her daughter beat up a student during a classroom brawl.
Curiosity is officially the first robot to drill another planet.
Hicks drove the mile and a quarter and arrived behind the first dozen police officers. She started taking photographs through her windshield and captured her image of a line of children being led away from the slaughter. "I'm conflicted," Hicks said about her photo. "I don't want people to be upset with me, and I do appreciate the journalists, especially, who have commented, saying 'We're just documenting the news.' It's harder when it's in your hometown and these are children we're gonna watch grow up, the ones who made it. I know people are gonna be upset, but at the same time I felt I was doing something important."
Fellow editor John Voket explained what was behind that image. "Police and school system have a protocol" for evacuation. "Children get into a conga line, shoulder to shoulder, and the only person that's allowed to keep their eyes open is the locomotive at the front of the line, usually an adult. And every other kid has to keep their eyes closed from the minute they were exiting the classroom to when they got about a couple hundred yards into the parking lot."
• Voket arrived about 20 minutes later and colleague Hicks "passed the baton" to him. Hicks also is a volunteer firefighter. The firehouse is next to the school. "I literally put on my firefighter gear . . . I was there as a firefighter probably for not even more than 20 minutes before my editor said he wanted me back in the office to work with him to coordinate coverage from there."
• Voket continued reporting, but "We operate a little differently because our job is to take care of the community so we were inside helping to comfort victims and trying to provide human support without necessarily making reporting the No. 1 priority. The publisher came down to comfort some of the families a little later in the day." R. Scudder Smith has been Bee publisher since 1973; he is the fourth member of his family to run The Bee since they founded it in 1877. The paper, which has a full-time editorial staff of eight, circulates to about two-thirds of the community of about 29,000.
• It was Friday and the weekly Bee front page was ready to print. It couldn't be changed. "We've been putting everything on our website," publisher Smith told AP.
Voket added that the traffic surge repeatedly crashed the website until the Bee acquired "an intermediary service to supersize our bandwidth . . . We got back up and running this (Saturday) morning." The staff used social media to spread information about school lockdowns, re-routed traffic, and grief counseling. "Facebook and Twitter accounts have been a lifeline to our community and it shows because 20 percent of the community are following us." The Bee also was "looking at doing a special extra to be on the newsstands Monday."
• For those of us outside Newtown, Conn., we can turn to the renewed duel over gun control. If it were a song, tired and familiar gun control lyrics would be among "Worst Hits Ever." It didn't take long for gun control advocates to embrace the Sandy Hook massacre and the bellicose NRA to opt for rare silence. Obama renewed his unredeemed calls for gun control although he and Mitt Romney dodged the issue in the just-ended campaign. It was a hornets' nest neither man opted to kick and reporters apparently were unable to raise with the candidates.
• After the Sandy Hook slaughter, fair and balanced Fox News banned discussion of gun control from the cable network. Maybe Fox News feared we really would decide if they really reported. New York magazine said the ban spotlights the "growing chasm between Rupert Murdoch and [Fox News president] Roger Ailes." Ailes reportedly is a gun enthusiast. Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., which owns Fox News, had tweeted a call for stricter gun control, imploring for "some bold leadership action" from Obama.
• Let me be churlish when everyone else is sympathizing with families, survivors and first responders. Slaughtering 20 children is awful, but reporters and editors are familiar with how badly Americans treat urban, suburban, small town and rural children every day. In Obama's Chicago and many other urban areas, gunfire is an omnipresent fact of childhood. Possibly one-fourth of all American children live in poverty as defined by federal guidelines. For these kids, federally funded school meals might be more than a complement to home meals. Health care for poor and malnourished children isn't much better than their educations. Medicaid is among the anti-poverty programs high on the GOP priorities for absolute cuts and/or reduced annual increases. And let's not even get into continuing coverage of physical and sexual child abuse, trafficking minors and lifelong handicaps from poor or nonexistent prenatal care or maternal drug and alcohol abuse.
• Only foolish or ignorant reporters credit pious assertions that legislation can prevent disturbed individuals from obtaining guns and killing as many people as they can. There are more than 310 million people in this country. Some are or will become seriously mentally disturbed and obtain one or more of the hundreds of millions of firearms Americans own. A Columbine or Sandy Hook could happen again any day.
• Focusing on the shooting victims rather than shooters might reduce any copycat effect. Stories and photos elevating killers to celebrity have been blamed for further rampages. Even though the killer never was identified, that was the inference drawn from Tylenol poisonings 30 years ago; copycats tried to poison Tylenol capsules. When coverage began to fade, so did copycat crimes.
• NRA leaders realized years ago that traditional (and valuable) Eddie Eagle gun safety comics and courses were insufficient to motivate and keep members and their dues. Fear and anger would be more effective. Real and imagined government controls became NRA's cause. Few modern American movements have been as durable and effective as the NRA.
• NRA is powerful because we are a democracy. It can mobilize more than 4 million members and fellow travelers as voters, donors and voices in the news media. Elected representatives who want to keep their jobs quite reasonably try to avoid the NRA's opposition. Gun control advocates evince nothing like this single-minded devotion to their cause.
• In 1994, the Clinton administration won a10-year limit on the sale of assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines for their ammunition. I went to a gun store in Hamilton to cover a rush to beat the ban. Chinese assault-style rifles and curved high-capacity magazines were selling as fast as staff could pry open crates. As I watched, the price rose $10 with each new crate: demand and supply. Men who talked to me said they were buying because of the imminent controls on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. A few admitted fear of civil unrest or some undefined federal assault. Most said they wanted a military-style rifle for shooting targets or empty beer cans and this might be their last chance.That 10-year ban died in 2004 when Republicans owned all three branches of federal government and didn't seek renewal. However, recent killings that required assault-style weapons with large-capacity magazines might prompt reconsideration of the ban. Adam Lanza reportedly carried hundreds of rounds of ammunition in high-capacity magazines. No one knows why he didn't use them.
• Any gun control measure that's not DOA will have to respect millions of long guns — rifles and shotguns — used by hunters, farmers and others. That distinction is an important part of this story already handicapped by the paucity of journalists who hunt or otherwise own firearms.
• In addition to an unfamiliarity with firearms, partisan hyperbole also handicaps writing about guns and gun control. It can be hard to find neutral sources who share reporters' interest in accurate coverage. Stenographic reporting giving "both sides" isn't good enough; journalists must know enough to challenge obvious partisan misstatements. We are not obligated to report what we know to be untrue or to label it as such.
• Unfamiliarity with gun control cropped up in a recent Enquirer story about a failed armed robbery attempt inside a suburban Sunoco station. Employees with a handgun and a shotgun fatally wounded the would-be bandit. The Enquirer story said it was unclear whether the employees had conceal-carry licenses for those firearms. Unless someone somehow cloaked a shotgun's 18-28" barrel, no conceal/carry permit is required. Unless the other Sunoco clerk carried the pistol under his clothes, he didn't need a permit. Wearing it openly or storing it under the counter does not require a conceal/carry permit. So what was the point of that line in the story? Just because a cop might have said it doesn't mean the reporter had to share it. That's what I'm talking about.
• Missing in much gun control coverage is Congress' inability to craft sensible, workable bipartisan gun control specifics that can survive NRA opposition and Supreme Court scrutiny. Firearm confiscation is out of the question. So is universal registration which raises NRA-orchestrated fear of confiscation — by ATF, the UN or some other demon de jour — to hysteria. Moreover, the court affirmed an individual Second Amendment right to own guns in 2010 but it did not rule out federal, state or local regulations governing firearm use.
• Reporters faced with new rage over shootings should remind partisans that we have gun control already. Forty nine states issue conceal/carry permits but specify where those handguns may not be carried. Illinois — State No. 50 — is under court order to replace its ban with a conceal/carry permit system. Many if not most municipalities bar gun owners from firing their weapons within city limits with the exception of self-defense. States commonly limit when hunters can use rifles and/or shotguns and they can require a certain size bullet for large-game hunting. Landowners may bar hunters from their property during state-sanctioned hunting seasons.
There are federal limits on how short a "sawed off" shotgun or rifle barrel may be. There are laws limiting ownership of silencers and fully automatic machine guns and submachine guns. Federally licensed firearms dealers must run background checks on prospective buyers and turn away those who fail or won't comply. Dealers can deny convicted felons a gun under federal and many state laws. A legal purchaser may not buy a firearm for someone who would fail a federal background check. Mentally-ill customers can be turned away by dealers.
• Few of the roughly 12,000 Americans shot to death annually are killed with shot with shotguns or rifles. They're shot with pistols. So when gun control is promoted, reporters should press advocates to say what they mean: handguns.
• Before reporters share the lunacy of arming teachers, ask local cops how many rounds typically are fired from their handguns in an armed encounter . . . and how many of those bullets hit their target. Not many. It's very, very difficult for someone trained even at the level of police to accurately fire when adrenaline is pumping. The teacher might end up shooting more students than the intruder. Better to count on the low probability of an armed intrusion. Think about how rare this is. Awful when it happens, but very, very rare, even in communities where other shootings are far more frequent.
Ohio Democrats are moving to sue the state if it continues blocking access to texts from State Board of Education President Debe Terhar, a Republican from Cincinnati. The school board leader has been facing criticism for making a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The post was a picture with the caption, "Never forget what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.' — Adolf Hitler." There is no historical evidence Hitler made that quote.
Despite ongoing litigation questioning its constitutionality, JobsOhio intends to move ahead with plans to sell liquor-backed bonds. The Supreme Court agreed to take up ProgressOhio's challenge of JobsOhio last week. JobsOhio is a nonprofit private agency set up by Gov. John Kasich to drive economic growth, but bipartisan questions have surrounded its legality and constitutionality since its conception.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel wants to change the county's mission statement. His proposed changes would remove references to equity and add conservative language about the county government living within its means. The county is already required to balance its budget.
Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million a year due to wind power. The university signed a 20-year agreement in October to buy 50 megawatts annually from Blue Creek Wind Farm, the state's largest commercial wind farm.
The city of Cincinnati is tearing down hundreds of blighted houses. The demolitions, which are being funded by a grant, are meant to make neighborhoods safer.
A Cleveland man was the first to benefit from a law that expedites payouts to those who were wrongfully imprisoned. After being imprisoned for 16 years, Darrell Houston will receive a partial judgment of nearly $380,000.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is looking at removing 34 positions. One of the potentially affected jobs is a counselor position that helped apprehend a man suspected of kidnapping two teenaged girls.
Ohio may soon require the replacement of old license plates.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is assisting eleven companies in investing more than $51 million across Ohio. In Hamilton County, Jedson Engineering will spend an additional $2.8 million to create 30 full-time jobs.
StateImpact Ohio has an in-depth look at Nate DeRolph, one of the leaders in school funding equality.
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Rakesh Sharma
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Rakesh Sharma | |
Rakesh Sharma
Nationality | Indian |
Status | Retired |
Born | Patiala, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, India |
13 January 1949
Other occupation | Test Pilot |
Rank | Wing Commander, Indian Air Force |
Time in space | 7d 21h 40m |
Missions | Soyuz T-11 / Soyuz T-10 |
Mission insignia | |
Awards | Ashok Chakra Hero of the Soviet Union |
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC, Hero of the Soviet Union, (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force test pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 as part of the Intercosmos program. Sharma was the first Indian to travel in space.[1][2]
The first Indian to fly into space, Rakesh Sharma was born on 13 January 1949 in Patiala, Punjab to Hindu Gaur parents.
Sharma joined the Indian Air Force in 1970 as a pilot officer after joining the NDA as an IAF cadet in 1966.During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Sharma flew missions in his MiG aircraft with considerable success. He was a squadron leader with the Indian Air Force when he flew into space in 1984 as part of a joint programme between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Soviet Intercosmos space program.He spent eight days in space on board the Salyut 7 space station. He joined 2 other Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft which blasted off on 2 April 1984.He graduated from Nizam College, Osmania University in Hyderabad.[3]
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was a test pilot in the IAF. He was selected on 20 September 1982 to become a cosmonaut. In 1984 he became the first citizen of India to go into space when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11. The take-off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 2 April 1984 was a high point in Indo-Soviet relations.The Soyuz T-11 docked and transferred the three member Soviet-Indian international crew which also included the Ship's Commander Y.V. Malyshev and Flight Engineer G.M. Strekalov (USSR) to the SALYUT-7 Orbital Station. The crew spent seven days aboard the Salyut space station during which they conducted scientific and technical studies which included 43 experimental sessions.Sharma used Yoga techniques to combat the debilitating effects of weightlessness. His work was mainly in the fields of bio-medicine and remote sensing.
The crew held a joint television news conference with officials in Moscow and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "Saare Jahan Se Achcha", said Sqn Ldr Sharma when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked him how India looked from outer space.That was also a proud moment for millions of Indians who watched India become the 14th nation to send a man to outer space. Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was awarded the Ashoka Chakra Award, for the successful completion of the Space Mission. As were his Soviet companions Malyshev and Strekalov. This is the first and the only time, the Ashoka Chakra was awarded to foreigners.Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma later joined HAL as a Test Pilot and was involved in the testing of various aircraft being manufactured at Ojhar near Nasik. During this time he had a lucky escape when he had to eject from a MiG-21. 5 years ago he was conferred with the honour of Hero of Soviet Union upon his return from space. The Government of India conferred its highest gallantry award (during peace time), the Ashoka Chakra on him and the other two Soviet members of his mission.He retired with the rank of Wing Commander. He joined the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in 1987 and served as Chief Test Pilot in the HAL Nashik Division until 1992, before moving on to Bangalore to work as the Chief Test Pilot of HAL. He retired from test flying in 2013.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Cosmonaut Biography: Rakesh Sharma". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ "Rakesh Sharma". Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ "Nizam College fete from tomorrow". The Hindu. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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2.83/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
22oz bomber bottle with a large sky blue and cream label. Simple label with the brewery and the name of the beer in the middle with a large "25" in the background. Above the name is a large print paragraph that mentions they have been in business for 25 years.
When poured into a simple Pilsner glass, the Pale Doppelbock was a semi hazy amber with some faint honey yellow highlights along the side. Minimal off white colored head of foam on top of this amber colored brew. It wasn't anything special. It did however have good retention that left behind a small but solid string of rings along the side. I'm not a fan of the color of beer, but at least it's not a horrible color.
I thought the aroma was going to be mostly toasted malt, but that wasn't the case. Instead it was lightly malty with toasted malt and a huge whiff a banana and alcohol. Following the alcohol soaked banana was a hint of lemon. I wish I could say that there was more than just malt, banana, alcohol, and a little lemon in the aroma, but I can't. This beer wasn't going to offer my nose anymore aromas. On a positive note, when the beer really warmed up, the alcohol subsided a little bit, but it didn't let through any more aromas.
I was hoping that the taste wasn't going to take the alcohol course than the aroma did. Long story short, the taste followed in the same footsteps as the aroma. That's sad. Kicking off the taste was a short lived sweet toasted malt bite. Quickly following the malt was a huge taste of alcohol. Intermingled with the alcohol was some more banana and lemon. That's all folks! The taste was all about the alcohol. If you're relying on one flavor to get the beer through a taste, make sure you don't rely on the alcohol.
This was a medium bodied Pale Doppelbock that had decent carbonation and big ass alcohol bite. This beer is 9% ABV and Full Sail wanted you to feel every drop of it. The aftertaste was that off sweet toasted malts, banana, and more alcohol. This aftertaste doesn't linger. The only thing that lingers in this beer is the alcohol.
I'm not a fan a Pale Doppelbocks and I was hoping that this beer would change that. It in fact did the opposite. I still dislike Pale Doppelbocks. This beer relied to heavily on the alcohol to get it though. Would I buy it again? Hell no! Unless I want another boozy Doppelbock. If you're celebrating your 25th year in business, please don't brew a Pale Doppelbock. Brew something else.
Serving type: bottle
01-16-2014 03:07:03 | More by AltBock
3.26/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
nothing special here, but it may have sat too long. hazy and thick as anything, this paler colored caramel liquid is very dense, and minimally heady. its sweet smelling, like toffee and stale german malts. lager yeast is not detectable, but a high residual sugar content will define this brew. the first sip is astonishingly thick in texture, certainly all of 9%, and definitely an overshoot on the grain bill, given the final gravity of this. sweet and sticky, mouth coating, and stale, it lacks refinement and nuance. not sure it fits very well into the bock family either. a heavy beer from the outset, even though it has solid carbonation it drinks slowly at best. pale malt doesnt lighten anything. possibly a good winter drink for those who like these sugar bombs, but it was a tough bomber for me. definitely underwhelming in all capacities.
Serving type: bottle
01-08-2014 16:27:11 | More by StonedTrippin
3.98/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This bottle piqued my interest while we were traveling in Jackson, Wyoming. 22 oz poured into my beer goblet.
Appearance: Slight haze to this inviting golden beer. It has a one finger wide solid egg shell colored head. The lacing is quite good.
Smell: Some delicious smells from this beer. A nice spicy yeast aroma mixes with some rich crystal malt. There is a bit of booziness to this beer, it is 9.0 ABV.
Taste: This is an interesting beer. It has the strength and "flavor" of a dark doppel, but it does not have the dark color. The flavor is only missing a bit of the roastiness of a standard doppelbock. There is a touch of caramel sweetness in the middle and the finish. The spiciness from the scent carries over to the taste. I think this should be a lager yeast, contributing little to the taste; but did they use an ale yeast to add some more flavor?
Mouthfeel: Thick and sticky, the body is potent. The carbonation is a bit lower.
Overall: An interesting experiment. I congratulate Full Sail on something new (at least to me) and well done.
Serving type: bottle
12-27-2013 02:03:41 | More by kagent777
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3.34/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
22oz bomber obtained last night for $6.99 at Koozie's in Dover, NH. Served cold in a tulip.
A: Cloudy copper tan brew. Gentle pour generates a thin beige head with decent retention.
S: Moderately thick aroma of raw starchy grain. Faint hints of light caramel.
T: Taste is same as the smell, plus some lemony herbal hops. Lemon herb lingers in the finish. Relatively simple brew. Very mild hint of alcohol spice, but mostly controlled/ hidden.
M: On the thinner side of moderately thick. Carbo is appropriately light.
O: "Pale Doppelbock" is a very appropriate name. Well-balanced and very simple brew. Light, semi-thick, starchy, smooth. The malt is detected much more in the body and smell than it is in the taste. Moderate hop level is about the only thing there is to the taste, nearly unchecked and a bit unbalanced in that regard. Stronger maltiness in the flavor would be a welcome balancing force.
Serving type: bottle
11-16-2013 01:29:17 | More by BeerNinja007
3.93/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a finger of head on a clear medium straw colored body.
The aroma has a rich caramel malt aroma mixed with lemon and pine.
The taste starts with caramel sweetness, then some moderate pine and lemon bitterness comes through, finishes with the caramel sweet again.
The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation.
It's a hoppier and less sweet doppelbock. I enjoyed it.
Serving type: bottle
11-03-2013 23:03:31 | More by Fatehunter
3.61/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - amber cloudy, minimal head and lacing
S - toffee/caramel/malt/sugar, booze
T - malts dominate, as with the nose, toffee/caramel/brown sugar, booze and peppery hops on the back end
M - rich and syrupy
O - a different take on the style, more hops than I expected, certainly big and bold, but in the end rather average
Serving type: bottle
09-08-2013 21:06:41 | More by Vec2267
3.49/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours brownish-orange with a decent sized off white head.
Smells citrusy and slightly sweet.
Tastes- Hoppier than I was expecting. I saw doppelbock and my mind went to Korbinian but this beer is much more bitter. More hops and citrus than anything else. That being said, once I got over my expectations I enjoyed this beer. The bitterness is not over whelming by any means and the citrus notes are pleasant.
MF-Medium body and slightly carbonated.
Overall- Not what I think of when I think doppelbock but a pleasant beer nonetheless.
Serving type: bottle
08-16-2013 04:13:25 | More by Brew_42
3.29/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bomber into a pils-style glass in high elevation Kalispell, Mont. Reviewed live.
A- One-finger cream-colored head with decent retention for the ABV. Brown-orange coloration in the body with robust carbonation and semi-opaque. Not a bad looking beer. A bit odd to be honest.
S- Slight touch of brandy and dark fruits. Has elements of a quad in it. Earthy notes, rich malts, and a sweetness. Complex and enjoyable.
T- Very hoppy, aggressively so. It pairs up with the high alcohol content for a punch in the mouth. Hop oil, brandy, citrus, grapefruit, some sugar in the end. Not much. Oofah.
M- Thick bodied, finishes wet.
O- Taste was crazy. Not a bad brew, but I don't think I'll be having it again. 22 ounces might be tough to get through.
Serving type: bottle
06-26-2013 02:46:11 | More by Murrhey
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Among his remarks to the conservative business group, the powerful four-term Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee blamed new federal regulations for the sluggish economy, particularly those related to the Dodd–Frank "Wall Street Reform Act" passed by congress last year and President Barack Obama's health care reform plan.
McHenry criticized both Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, for spending that he said was excessive.
To get the economy back on track, he said he favored: tax breaks, a simplification of the tax code, regulatory reform and improvements to education, such as focusing classrooms on practical training.
"We should be making sure education systems and training systems are the best in the world," he said, without offering many details on how he proposes to do that. "When we talk about inequality of wages, what we're really talking about is an inequality of skills."
Making the country more competitive internationally with rising countries like China and India should be the No. 1 priority, he said.
Closer to home, he sarcastically referred to the controversy surrounding the General Assembly's decision to place much of Asheville in the 10th District, which mostly encompasses Piedmont areas that have little in common with the mountains, culturally or economically.
"The one thing Gaston County and Buncombe County have in common is that they're both in the 10th District now," he said, garnering a few laughs.
He told Xpress that it wasn't his choice. However, earlier this year Politico reported that he was North Carolina's congressional point person on the redistricting plans.
"I respect Asheville and I respect Buncombe County. It is the economic heart of Western North Carolina," he told attendees, who included Asheville City Council member Esther Manheimer and Buncombe Statehouse Rep. Tim Moffitt.
He also cited the area's "unique cultural identity," joking that including Asheville "quadrupled the number of vegetarian restaurants in my district."
"That's OK. I went and tried Laughing Seed and I was reassured, because it tasted so good that I decided it couldn't really be healthy for me," he added.
In terms of how he differs with Rep. Heath Shuler — a former professional football player who represents the 11th District that encompassed Asheville before the redistricting — he kept it lighthearted.
After picking on himself for his height (he's about 5 feet 6 inches tall), and joking that he might be hard to see behind the podium, he said: "As you can tell, Heath Shuler and I don't have one thing in common: size, or perhaps athletic prowess."
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy recently announced that she's considering running against McHenry for congress next year.
According to the Carolina Public Press, "McHenry was the top recipient in the House of contributions from finance and credit companies, with that sector giving him $63,000 so far for the 2012 election cycle."
Here's a video of McHenry speaking at the event:
Here's audio of Rep. McHenry's entire remarks, including Q&A from attendees, broken in to three parts:
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Dispatches from @jakefrankel and @mvwilliams via Twitter as the event unfolded:
• Headed soon to check out the CIBO lunch, where Rep. Patrick McHenry will be speaking http: //t.co/ONHgadw3
• The Xpress crew just met Rep. Patrick McHenry at the cIBO lunch #avlgov
• McHenry said he reads Xpress, immediately apologized to us for having to cover him, said "I didn't pick the new district."
• It's a who's who of media + politicos here eating a lunch of bbq, Moffitt, Meinheimer, WLOS, ACT. McHenry making the rounds
• This is his first public appearance in Asheville since redistricting put the city in his district (10)
• Rep McHenry is talking with CIBO members, working the room with notepad in hand at luncheon at Magnolias
• Other media at the CIBO power lunch: WLOS TV, WCQS ' David hurand, C-Times John Boyle, J North, old news hound Calvin Allen ...
• McHenry begins public address with a joke about his own height, asks if folks "can see me over the podium." (he's about 5'6
• First off, rep McHenry jokes about his height, noting that he & Rep Shuler don't have size in common http: //t.co/v137is1R
• McHenry: Gaston and Buncombe have one thing in common: we're both in the 10th district
• Rep McHenry: we need certainty & simplification in the tax code; says new, large number of regulations hurt biz
• Rep McHenry says wage disparity today is about skills
• Rep McHenry says he respects Asheville, Buncombe County - Econ engine of WNC, unique character
• McHenry says he respects Buncombe and Avl's "unique" culture, says he saw Sister Bad Habit and thinks Laughing Seed is "delicious"
• Q&A time w/ Rep McHenry. Says unemployment about 12%, jokes that his "legitimate" career before politics was real estate, hard hit
• McHenry faults both Obama and George W. for too much spending, says biggest problem in gov is too much regulation.
• Rep McHenry complained about Dodd-Frank law; local realtor Mike Butram asks if congress working to repeal it. 1 he'd like to repeal
• Fixing FannieMae, FreddieMac is real issue, Rep McHenry replies to question about repealing DoddFrank
• McHenry picks on Perry for forgetting what 3 fed depts he wants to close in last night's GOP Pres debate
• Rep McHenry: small biz has been net job creator last 12 months; Fortune 500 companies have been net job cutters
• McHenry: what's gonna pull us out of tough economy is small business sector growth more than fortune 500 companies
• Crucial need for rural high speed broadband, says #avl biz woman. Rep McHenry says he doesn't see more $ coming
• Question: what can be done to improve telecommunications (high speed Internet) infrastructure to rural areas?
• McHenry: it's a crucial need but I don't know where the money will come from
• Dwight Buckner ("token liberal in the room") asks what Gastonia, Avl have in common economy wise ...
• McHenry: Avl is an aberration of highly educated individuals in WNC. It's the center of economic activity.
• Rep McHenry says in common; loss of manufacturing and need for high tech education; Avl is center of economic energy in region
• McHenry: In Raleigh, the state ends at I77. It's a real problem for WNC
• Other commonality w/ Gastonia: in Raleigh, state ends west of I-77; need share of infrastructure improvements here in WNC
• McHenry sarcastically says "from the editorials, it seems like y'all are very happy to have me."
• Asked about his family, history, Rep McHenry says he was 8 feet tall when started in politics, which wears you down
• McHenry is working the room like a standup comic, jokes that his economist Italian/Irish wife bosses/teaches him a lot.
• Rep mcHenry says wife is economist ( just married last year), he was in real estate, no children yet but "hopes that will happen"
• McHenry: There's no easy answer to get out of this tough economy
• Rep McHenry thanks CIBO members for having him, says he'll work to bring small biz oops to district
• McHenry finishes up: I want to bring a lot of resources to the area and help you.
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Standard Name | IMP1 1 |
Systematic Name | YMR150C |
Feature Type | ORF, Verified |
Description | Catalytic subunit of mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase complex; required for maturation of mitochondrial proteins of the intermembrane space; complex contains two catalytic subunits (Imp1p and Imp2p) and Som1p (2, 3 and see Summary Paragraph) Also known as: PET-TS2858 |
Name Description | Inner Membrane Protease 1 |
Chromosomal Location | |
Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand. | |
Genetic position: 92 cM |
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Molecular Function | |
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Biological Process | |
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High-throughput |
Regulators | 70 genes |
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19 total interaction(s) for 14 unique genes/features. | |
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Length (a.a.) | 190 |
Molecular Weight (Da) | 21,433 |
Isoelectric Point (pI) | 7.52 |
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Phosphorylation | PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database |
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Last Update | Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31 | ||||||||||||
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S288C vs. other species | |
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External Links | All Associated Seq | E.C. | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB |
Primary SGDID | S000004758 |
About mitochondrial import
While the mitochondrial genome encodes a handful of proteins, most of the hundreds of proteins that reside in the mitochondrion are encoded by nuclear genes, translated in the cytoplasm, and imported into mitochondria via a series of complex molecular machines (see 4, 5 for review). Many of the proteins imported into mitochondria are involved in respiration, which is not an essential process: S. cerevisiae is able to carry out either fermentative growth on carbon sources such as glucose, or respiratory growth on nonfermentable carbon sources such as glycerol and ethanol. However, since maintenance of the mitochondrial compartment is essential to life, mutations that completely disrupt mitochondrial import are lethal.
About the Inner Membrane Protease (IMP)
Most proteins undergo proteolytic processing upon import into mitochondria, and multiple proteases cleave different subsets of these proteins. The Inner Membrane Protease, IMP, processes some proteins that are translocated from the mitochondrial matrix into the intermembrane space. IMP consists of three subunits: Imp1p, Imp2p, and Som1p (3). Both Imp1p and Imp2p are catalytic subunits and share 25% identity, though each protein has distinct substrate specificities (2, 6, 7). Among the substrates of Imp1p are the precursors to NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (Mcr1p), cytochrome b2 (Cyb2p), FAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gut2p), and the mitochondrially encoded subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase (Cox2p), while the only known substrate of Imp2p is cytochrome c1 (Cyt1p; 3, 8, 2, 9). In addition to its catalytic activity, Imp2p is also required for the stable expression of Imp1p (2). Som1p is a noncatalytic subunit that has been proposed to have a role in substrate recognition and correct functioning of Imp1p; it is required for processing of Cox2p and Mcr1p, and the som1 mutation reduces processing of Cyb2p (3).
Note: the name IMP1 has also been used to refer to GAL2/YLR081W, which encodes a galactose transporter on the plasma membrane.
1) | Behrens M, et al. (1991) Mitochondrial inner membrane protease 1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows sequence similarity to the Escherichia coli leader peptidase. Mol Gen Genet 228(1-2):167-76 |
2) | Nunnari J, et al. (1993) A mitochondrial protease with two catalytic subunits of nonoverlapping specificities. Science 262(5142):1997-2004 |
3) | Jan PS, et al. (2000) Som1, a third component of the yeast mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase complex that contains Imp1 and Imp2. Mol Gen Genet 263(3):483-91 |
4) | Neupert W and Herrmann JM (2007) Translocation of proteins into mitochondria. Annu Rev Biochem 76:723-49 |
5) | Mokranjac D and Neupert W (2009) Thirty years of protein translocation into mitochondria: unexpectedly complex and still puzzling. Biochim Biophys Acta 1793(1):33-41 |
6) | Chen X, et al. (1999) Signal peptides having standard and nonstandard cleavage sites can be processed by Imp1p of the mitochondrial inner membrane protease. J Biol Chem 274(53):37750-4 |
7) | Pratje E and Guiard B (1986) One nuclear gene controls the removal of transient pre-sequences from two yeast proteins: one encoded by the nuclear the other by the mitochondrial genome. EMBO J 5(6):1313-7 |
8) | Esser K, et al. (1996) SOM 1, a small new gene required for mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Gen Genet 252(4):437-45 |
9) | Esser K, et al. (2004) The mitochondrial IMP peptidase of yeast: functional analysis of domains and identification of Gut2 as a new natural substrate. Mol Genet Genomics 271(5):616-26 |


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Never really got into much of the hardcore stuff. I was always a more melodic person. (Thanks to hair metal of the 80's like Poison) Personally, more of a Rancid, Op Ivy, NOFX, Bad Religion kind of guy who would not be here without those pioneers. I think 2/3 of the punk today is screamo crap and the rest is the old bands doing what they usually do. Always will love DKM (though they have changed), Me First, and these guys
Just have to say suicidal is still one of my favorite bands to pop into the cd player. First encountered them at Metallica concert at CSUDH back in 94. They were ****ing nuts and amazing.
Other classics as mentioned adolescents, subhumans, I still even enjoy popping in some naked aggression.
don't have time to post videos, but my big ones are fugazi, the clash, gorilla biscuits/quicksand, black flag, texas is the reason, h2o, bad religion, far, jawbreaker/jets to brazil. so mostly stuff that rose from the ashes or were influenced by original punk and hardcore. then i like a bunch of post/melodic hardcore and pop punk bands that formed in the 90s as i was in high school and getting through college. those are too numerous to mention.
Meh, I hope this thread doest turn into that tired debate. IMHO, Punk is ultimately a state of mind and not the stupid "Brand" it's unfortunately become. Threads like this inevitably turn into an "F-U! My subgenre is better Punk than your subgenre…" and things get ugly. I hope we don't go in that direction. I may disagree with what someone a lot younger than me may consider Punk, but it's all relative. I've been fortunate enough to live through the heyday of the latter beginning, middle, and (what I would consider) the end of Punk. That gives me a better knowledge base to draw my conclusions from. Now if someone comes on here and says "Green Day is the best Punk band ever!" I'd call them lame and probably Ving them in the head…Now THAT'S PUNK! :D
Case in point, and I'm probably gonna get flamed but I've ALWAYS had a tough time calling the Ramones Punk (let 'er rip!)….that's just me. I'm SURE there are some OG punks on here that would consider that to be Blasphemous...and maybe rightfully so. They would probably also consider Hardcore and thereafter to be garbage. But my introduction to Punk came after the Ramones had already laid the groundwork.
So, it would be highly hypocritical of me to say anything that came after Hardcore is crap. I'll give anything a listening to and if its crap, it's based on its content and not its label.
And thats that on it from me...
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