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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice announced [press release] Friday that it has settled a lawsuit [settlement text, PDF] brought by former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. Steven Hatfill [WP profile], a development that may moot a landmark contempt case against former USA Today reporter Toni Locy [JURIST news archive] now awaiting a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Under the settlement, Hatfill would drop all damages claims against the government in return for a lump sum payment of $2.825 million and a 20-year annuity of $150,000 amounting to $3 million. Hatfill had initially sued [complaint, PDF; JURIST report] the Department alleging that it violated the US Privacy Act [text] by providing personal information and information about him to journalists - including Locy - during its investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks [GWU backgrounder] in which he was at one point named a "person of interest". Locy had refused to disclose her sources in discovery, arguing that the information Hatfill was seeking was not central to his lawsuit. In a letter [PDF text] to the Court of Appeals Friday informing it of the settlement, Hatfill lawyer Christopher Wright said that Locy's evidence was no longer needed by his client. Bloomberg has moreIn March, US District Judge Reggie Walton found Locy in contempt of court [order, PDF; JURIST report] for not disclosing her sources and ordered her to pay a fine of $500 a day, increasing to $1000 a day after one week and then up to $5000 a day after two weeks, the costs of which could not be covered by her former employer. Locy obtained an emergency stay of that order from the Court of Appeals and oral arguments [JURIST reports] on the merits of the sanctions were heard last month. The appeals court has yet to make a formal ruling on the status of the contempt case in light of the Hatfill settlement, but Locy said late Friday that she and her lawyers are hopeful that the deal would end the matter. Locy will be a professor at Washington & Lee University's journalism school this fall. Editor's Note: Toni Locy served as a JURIST student staff member while pursuing her MSL at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2006-07.
[JURIST] A South African magistrate Thursday set April 14, 2009 as the start of the corruption and fraud trial of suspended police commissioner Jackie Selebi [BBC profile, JURIST news archive]. The South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) [official website] charged Selebi, the former president of INTERPOL [organization website], with corruption [charge sheet, PDF; JURIST report] in connection with his alleged relationship with Glenn Agliotti [Mail and Guardian report], a convicted drug smuggler suspected of involvement in the murder of South African mining head Brett Keeble. AP has more. Reuters has additional coverage.Selebi is a close political ally of South African President Thabo Mbeki [official profile] and on Thursday the South African government extended Selebi's contract [BBC report] for an additional year. Selebi was suspended from his police post and forced to resign as INTERPOL president [JURIST report] after the NPA announced the allegations last month. Selebi is accused of receiving $170,000 in bribes from Agliotti. The NPA has alleged that Selebi ignored Agliotti's drug trafficking and warned Agliotti that he had been identified in the Keeble murder investigation.
[JURIST] An HIV-positive soldier has challenged his upcoming dismissal from the Indian Army, the Supreme Court [official website] announced Friday. A Human Rights Law Network [advocacy website] lawyer who is representing the soldier argued that the policy barring HIV-positive personnel from military service was "retrograde," pointing to a March 2008 ruling by the South African High Court that struck down a similar South African policy [PlusNews report]. He also noted that other nations, including the United States [US military policy text, PDF], already allow HIV-positive people to serve in their armed forces. IANS has more.Other countries have also rejected policies banning all HIV-positive individuals from serving in the military. Last year, the Supreme Court of Mexico [official website] ruled [JURIST report] such a policy was an unconstitutional infringement on principles of equality. The Mexican military may now only expel soldiers if a doctor certifies that their condition prevents them from performing their duties.
[JURIST] The Canadian Federal Court [official website] ruled in two separate opinions Thursday that media comments by Quebec Justice John Gomery [CBC profile], who led the inquiry into the sponsorship scandal [CBC backgrounder] involving the Liberal Party [party website] and the administration of former prime minister Jean Chrétien [official profile], indicated bias against Chrétien [opinion, PDF] and his chief of staff Jean Pelletier [opinion, PDF]. The court also set aside a portion of the inquiry's findings, including a conclusion by Gomery that Chrétien and Pelletier had erred in their oversight of a sponsorship program, in which millions of dollars were given to advertising agencies friendly with the then-ruling Liberal Party, in return for little or no advertising work. In rebuking Gomery and setting aside a substantial portion of his report on the scandal, Judge Max Teitelbaum [official profile] wrote:
I am convinced that an informed person, viewing the matter realistically and practically and having thought the matter through would find that the Commissioners statements to the media during the Phase I hearings, after the release of the Report and upon his retirement, viewed cumulatively, indicate that the Commissioner prejudged issues under investigation and that he was not impartial toward the Applicant. The nature of the comments made to the media are such that no reasonable person, looking realistically and practically at the issue, and thinking the matter through, could possibly conclude that the Commissioner would decide the issues fairly.
[JURIST] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer [official website] promised in an open letter [text, in German; SPÖ statement, in German] Thursday that he would push for Austria to hold national referenda in deciding whether to accept future modifications of the EU reform treaty [JURIST news archive], properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon [PDF text; website]. The announcement came two weeks after Irish voters rejected [JURIST report] the reform treaty in a referendum. A June European Commission Eurobarometer report [PDF text] found that Austrian citizens are among those least satisfied with EU membership. Bloomberg has more.In April, the upper house of the Austrian parliament [official website, in German] voted 151-27 [press materials, in German; JURIST report] to approve the treaty. The treaty must be ratified by all 27 EU member states before it can take effect, though each country may choose the method of ratification. Leaders from the 27 countries signed the reform treaty [JURIST report] last December, and 14 countries have ratified the document [JURIST news archive]. In 2005, an earlier draft for a European constitution [JURIST news archive] failed when voters in France and the Netherlands [JURIST reports] rejected the proposal in national referenda.
[JURIST] A German court [Bavarian justice system website, in German] Friday ruled that a sports utility vehicle manufactured in China bore an unacceptable resemblance to a model manufactured by German automaker BMW [corporate website], ordering the SUV's importers to stop sales of the infringing SUV, destroy all remaining cars, and pay compensatory damages to BMW. China Automobile said it would appeal the ruling to the European Court of Justice [official website], arguing that Germany could not ban a vehicle that was legal throughout the rest of Europe. AP has more. This is not the first time Chinese automakers has been accused of imitating foreign car design. Last year, DaimlerChrysler threatened to sue Shuanghuan Automobile [Forbes report] over a car it alleged infringed on its designs. Counterfeit luxury goods have been an increasing problem [AutoChannel report] for many countries in recent years and many have taken steps to crack down on Chinese "copycat cars."
[JURIST] Unidentified assailants Thursday shot and killed a top Iraqi judge while he was traveling on a Baghdad highway. Kamel al-Shewaili was the president of the al-Rasafah Court of Appeal, one of two appeals courts in Baghdad, and presided over criminal cases for the city's eastern district. Reuters has more. Voices of Iraq has local coverage.In January, Iraqi federal court of appeal judge and Supreme Judicial Council member Amir Jawdat al-Naeib was also assassinated [JURIST report] by gunmen in the capital. The Judicial Council said in August 2007 that 31 Iraqi judges have been assassinated since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime. The Iraqi Lawyers Association reported in April last year that at least 210 lawyers and judges have been killed [IRIN report] since the US-led invasion, with dozens more injured in attacks which have prompted hundreds to leave the country. Many key Iraqi judges and their families now live in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad or in the so-called Rule of Law complex [NYT report], a secure compound in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Rusafa where they are supposedly safe from outside threats.
[JURIST] Hearings to confirm war crimes charges [press release] against two former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leaders began at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Friday. Germain Katanga [BBC report; ICC materials] is accused [JURIST report] of using child soldiers and orchestrating violence against women; former Nationalist and Integrationist Front leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui [ICC materials; JURIST report] is accused of planning and carrying out an attack against the village of Bogoro in 2003, allegedly killing some 200 persons. Prosecutors argued that the trial would help victims to "move forward" with their lives in the DRC's violence-plagued Ituri district [HRW backgrounder], where many of the alleged war crimes took place.A scheduled May hearing to confirm the charges against Chui and Katanga was delayed [decision, PDF; press release] in April to allow the defense more time to prepare. Another accused war criminal, Thomas Lubanga [ICC materials; BBC profile], was taken into ICC custody in March 2006, becoming the first DRC war crimes defendant to appear before the ICC [JURIST reports]. Lubanga is charged [JURIST report] with enlisting child soldiers in the Ituri district.
[JURIST] Banu Altunbasof, the Sudan head of international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) [advocacy website], was ejected from the country's Darfur region [JURIST news archive] Thursday, after authorities said that she blocked state investigations into alleged MSF transgressions. The Sudanese government has long alleged that aid agencies have falsely accused the government of human rights abuses in Darfur for political purposes [JURIST report], while aid groups accuse the government of being hostile toward their work [HRW backgrounder] in the region. In 2005, two MSF workers were detained [JURIST report] over a report [PDF text] alleging mass rape in the Darfur region. Reuters has more. A report [materials] released by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) [official website] last week named Sudan as one of the worst violators of refugee rights. The report graded [grade report, PDF; report grading policy, PDF] countries based on their adherence to the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees [text], specifically evaluating refugee policies on physical protection, detention and access to courts, labor, and freedom of movement. According to a report [text] by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [official website], as of April 2008 2.5 million people have been displaced by the government's war against rebel forces and another 2 million are considered to be otherwise affected by the conflict.
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST news archive] Thursday sharply criticized [press release] Zimbabwean political groups for violence surrounding the country's ongoing presidential elections and said that mediation efforts should be based on the need for accountability and justice. Members of both the ruling ZANU PF party and occasionally the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) [party websites] commit serious human rights violations, she said, and must be held accountable. Arbour added that current conditions make meaningful elections impossible and she called on both the Zimbabwean government and international groups to restore order. Also Thursday, the UN Special Procedures mandate holders [UN materials] reiterated concerns about rights violations in Zimbabwe and urged the government to postpone the elections until the rule of law had been restored. In a statement [text], the group wrote:
We strongly urge the Government of Zimbabwe to ensure respect for human rights and to abide by democratic principles and practices, in accordance with Zimbabwe's own domestic law and international human rights standards.
[JURIST] Controversial US interrogation policies outlined in two 2002 and 2003 memoranda [PDF texts; JURIST report] were reviewed by top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft [official profile], according to two former Bush administration officials testifying before the House Judiciary Committee [official website] Thursday. The documents advised the Department of Defense (DOD) that the military could use a wide range of interrogation methods to question foreign detainees outside the US without fear of criminal liability or constitutional limitations. Vice Presidential chief of staff David Addington and former DOJ lawyer John Yoo [profiles] denied that the memos were written without Ashcroft's knowledge or input. Addington did not prepare formal testimony [background documents, PDF], but told the panel that he would not be responsible for US interrogation policy if a court later found it to be illegal. Yoo, who wrote the 2002 memorandum, told the Committee [PDF text]:
In facing the questions that were posed to us, we appropriately kept in mind that the homeland of the United States had been attacked by a dangerous, unconventional enemy. But we did not make policy, and we called the legal questions as we saw them.
[JURIST] East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] Friday declined what he described as an offer to become the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, despite having told parliament last week [AP report] that he had accepted the position. Ramos-Horta said he changed his mind because resigning from the presidency would force new elections to be held within 90 days, something he feared could destabilize the newly-formed country. The UN has made no official statement on the matter. Ramos-Horta, who won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize [Nobel Prize website], had been considered a leading candidate for the position since surviving an assassination attempt [JURIST report] in February. Current UNHCHR Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST news archive] will be formally stepping down next week. AP has more. BBC News has additional coverage.Ramos-Horta is only the second president of East Timor and previously served as the country's first foreign minister. He was wounded in a February assassination attempt by anti-government rebels. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado was killed during the attacks, while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao [BBC profile] escaped unharmed. The National Parliament of East Timor [official website] subsequently declared a national state of emergency [AP report], prohibiting public gatherings and establishing a curfew. The parliament initially established the state of emergency for one month at the end of February, but extended it [JURIST reports] in late March, saying some parts of the country remained unstable following the assassination attempts.
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] Wednesday granted a motion [order, PDF] to enforce a previous settlement agreement between two social networking websites, Facebook [corporate backgrounder] and ConnectU [corporate website]. The ruling effectively ends the two companies' ongoing legal battle [case materials] concerning ownership of source code forming the basis of Facebook. The two sides had agreed on a settlement in February, but ConnectU had sought to annul that agreement [Bloomberg report], arguing that Facebook had committed fraud in the procurement, material terms were missing, and the agreement did not reflect the parties' intentions. Judge James Ware rejected ConnectU's arguments asserting unclear terms and fraud:
In sum, the Court finds that the Agreement reached by the parties does not display on its face a failure to agree or any uncertainty regarding its material terms. Accordingly, the Court finds that the Agreement is enforceable...[T]he Court finds that Defendants have failed to tender sufficient evidence of fraud in the circumstances proffered to the Court to create a genuine dispute as to whether the Agreement was fraudulently induced.
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If some parents failed to understand that giving higher or lower levels of oxygen to their children could result in serious health problems as well as benefits, Duke doctors stand ready to apologize, said Michael Cotton, a neonatology and pediatric physician at Duke University Medical Center.
We want to maintain good communication with families, and I would say if a family didnt understand what happened or what was going on, we would apologize for them not understanding, Cotton said.
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The oxygen trial was funded by the National Institutes for Health and ran from 2004 to 2009. It involved about 1,300 infants who were born an average of three months premature. About 50 of the babies were treated at Duke.
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However, last month, an oversight coordinator for the Office of Human Research Protections wrote a letter to study leaders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham that criticized the researchers for not providing detailed information about the known consequences of giving higher or lower levels of oxygen to premature infants.
Studies done over the past 50 years have clearly shown that higher oxygen levels are linked to development of an eye disease known as retinopathy of prematurity that can cause blindness, the letter states.
The protocol included the usual section entitled Risks and Benefits. That section did not identify any risks related to randomizing subjects to the low or high range of oxygen, the letter said.
Thus, the letter noted, the reasonably foreseeable risks of blindness, neurological damage and death may not have been clear to the babies parents.
All the hospitals participating in the study used the same consent form, some with minor variations.
Supplemental oxygen has been given to premature babies since the 1940s, when it was found to improve function of immature lungs, increase life expectancy and reduce the risk of brain damage. In the 1950s, scientists discovered that too much oxygen can cause blindness, known as retinopathy of prematurity, which is caused by excess blood-vessel growth in the back of the eye.
The Academy of Pediatrics now recommends an oxygen saturation level of between 85 and 95 percent, and all babies in the study were given oxygen within that range.
What the neonatology community was wondering about, and what we were wondering about, is whether there is an advantage of going higher or lower within that range, Cotton said. Studies were starting to suggest that the lower range might have some advantages, as far as lowering the risk of retinopathy of prematurity without raising the risk of death.
To explore the question, the researchers gave half of the babies oxygen at the higher end of the recommended range and half at the lower end. The two groups were chosen by random assignment.
The overall study results showed that eye disease was twice as high for the infants given higher oxygen levels 18 percent compared to 9 percent.
However, death rates were slightly higher in the lower oxygen-saturation group. Overall, the infants in the study fared as well or better than premature infants in a control group.
The Office of Human Research Protections has asked study administrators to review the consent form and the explanations of benefits and risks.
Cotton said Duke researchers did address the potential for retinopathy, but he couldnt rule out the possibility that some parents did not fully understand the risk.
This is a very challenging area giving good understandable information about risks and benefits of choice A and B when both are within the range of clinical practice, Cotton said. We are all struggling with it.
He said the concerns raised by the federal agency will spur Duke researchers to gather more feedback from patients who participate in clinical trials, refine the wording of documents and identify conversations that may be needed in the processes of obtaining informed consent for clinical trials.
This deserves continuing attention; it deserves ongoing discussion and input, Cotton said.
Its like most things, a work in progress. We can always do better.
The trial was part of an ongoing effort by the national Neonatal Research Network to establish treatment guidelines for babies born prematurely, Cotton said.
He said the results will help improve care for pre-term babies who need oxygen to survive. For doctors at Duke, it will likely reverse a trend toward using a lower oxygen level.
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of that trial, the researcher said. Weve been given a better idea of a finer-tuned optimum point.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's Supreme Court justices could launch an investigation into Mingo Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury's previous cases without being asked, but it wasn't clear Friday if they will.
Thornsbury, 57, who has served as Mingo's only circuit judge since 1997, was arrested Thursday after federal authorities charged him with conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of his former secretary's husband. He was released on a $10,000 bail.
Prosecutors allege the judge put his business partner in charge of a Mingo grand jury as foreman in 2009, plotted to plant drugs on Robert Woodruff and tried to get the man sent to jail.
Charleston attorney Mike Callaghan -- who represents Kim and Robert Woodruff, the former secretary and her husband -- said Friday afternoon that he already had received a half-dozen phone calls from litigants who appeared before the judge.
"I'm sure everyone who's been in front of the judge will say he's a crook," Callaghan said, "but I don't know if it goes any further than the relationship with my client.
"Were I on the Supreme Court, would I want to go do a little bit of looking? Sure."
The Supreme Court suspended Thornsbury without pay Thursday, and voted also to suspend his law license. One justice, Menis Ketchum, voted to let Thornsbury keep his salary during his suspension and to not suspend his law license. Thornsbury administered the oath of office to Ketchum when the latter was elected to the Supreme Court in 2008; an Associated Press article at the time described them as longtime friends.
Steve Canterbury, the court's administrator, said the court usually requires some sort of motion or filing to compel justices to take extraordinary actions. However, he said, Thornsbury's case is an administrative matter for the Supreme Court so it could launch its own investigation.
"There could be an action taken that would be on [the court's] own without a filing because of the administrative duty," Canterbury said. "There is a buzz of conversations going on between [the justices] now."
Canterbury pointed to the case of former West Virginia State Police serologist Fred Zain -- whose false testimony led to a number of wrongful convictions and imprisonments between 1979 and 1989 -- as an example of how the court handled a previous situation with some similarities.
"Our court appointed a special judge and created a habeas rule, so that any inmate [whose case] Fred Zain testified in had the right to file a petition and seek habeas corpus relief," said Lonnie Simmons, who represented Glen Dale Woodall, whose two rape convictions were overturned because of problems with Zain's evidence. "A whole bunch of inmates took advantage of that process."
Canterbury said, though, that any guesses about what the Supreme Court might do are "highly speculative and premature.
"Justices have to come back in session and talk about it among themselves," he said. "There's legal research to do to make sure any decision that's made is correct."
On Thursday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin appointed John Cummings, a senior status judge from Cabell County, to replace Thornsbury on the Mingo County bench. Thomas McHugh, a retired Supreme Court justice, will assist Cummings.
Teresa McCune, head of the public defender's office in Mingo County, wouldn't say Friday if she thought clients would ask for their cases to be re-examined because of Thornsbury's charge.


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In short: ive memorised the number 8 bus routeDate of review: August 20, 2012
In short: where were the marshalls??In full: Standing on the start line dodging cars when an official saunters up , no announcement, enjoys his hooter blowing moment and we are off. Hot , hot hot, hilly beyond belief, pleasant to look at but what was that smell ? Rural I can cope with but too much on a hot day. However, I entered and was determined to give it a good go. The main feature lacking was any sort of interest from the very few marshalls. Water stations unprepared, unless I waited a few minutes... when you are as slow as I am , no minute can be wasted, but boy , I needed that water. Lack of signs or marshalls on the course, I had a debate with another lady at the top of a hill as to which way to go as it was not signposted, luckily we chose the right way or we could still be out there ! I think I finished as the 'finish' line was so low key , it was almost non existent ! Date of review: August 20, 2012
In short: 2012 Half - Brutal hills, brutal!!!In full: It's been a few years since I ran this one and the new course is much, much, much tougher. It still includes many of the old hills but also a lot more. This really was tough road-running from the start right until the end. Aside from the one mile on the flat by the sea before climbing into St Helen's, this is a constant up and down course. The last two hills coming into Ryde are hard work.The start was very low-key, perhaps too much with cars driving through the start line until 2 mins before kick-off. No announcements, no sign of anyone - just a hooter and off you go straight up a 1.5m incline!I do like these IoW runs but I always think it is a bit of a shame so much time is spent running on roads in the middle of the island - busy roads at this time of the year too. Water stations are bare minimum - water. Orange squash would have been great.Will be back to seek revenge.Date of review: August 20, 2012
In short: Tough, hilly but enjoyable.In full: Thanks guys. First marathon for mw and what memories. Last 6 miles were tough though, hills seemed, and were, there from start.to finish, but.this made the challenge only more so.Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: tough! HILLY! last 3 miles tough and hilly.In full: tough! HILLY! last 3 miles tough and hilly. more drinks needed and bottles not plastic cups please.Date of review: September 6, 2011
In short: tougher than expected!In full: Overall a decent race, but it would be a bit lonely out there with only the car as company! maybe another water station would have been good. I was a bit shocked at the hilly nature of the race, the website said elevation gain of 119m, my Garmin said 242m, a big difference, with this knowledge I would have paced better! so pleased to have finished albeit slower than expected but still satisfied due to tough nature of course. Date of review: August 22, 2011
In short: Hilly!In full: Could have been better sign posted to get to the registration place. The race was well marshalled, a tough course, run through some lovely parts of the Island. Well worth doing, but like I said Hilly and did I say it was tough ??Date of review: August 21, 2011
In short: Great race this morning... a big thank you to all members of Ryde Harriers, especially the Race Director, all the helpers, marshals and the rowing members serving in the bar.In full: A very very tough, but enjoyable course, apart from the last 3 miles which hurt like mad....Date of review: August 21, 2011
In short: undulating? lol hilly more like!Date of review: August 21, 2011
In short: Hills, wind and rain... no one said it was going to be easyDate of review: March 9, 2011


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The 2008 election saw the highest national turnout since 1968, but voting numbers and voter knowledge both decrease the further people go down the ballot. While 5.71 million Ohioans voted for president in 2008, only 5.37 million voted in their congressional race, and 4.42 million voted in the top state Supreme Court race.
According to an August Pew Research study, that could be due to a lack of understanding of what each political body does. In the study, only 40 percent of respondents knew which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (the Republicans).
Here's a summary of the top offices on the Nov. 6 ballot and how they affect everyday Ohioans.
The president nominates the leaders of federal departments, setting the tone for U.S. policy in education, defense, transportation, human services and much more. He serves as the nation's military commander in chief and diplomatic leader to the world.
The president nominates Supreme Court justices, who can change how laws are interpreted for decades to come. Miami University political science professor Bryan Marshall said the health care reform bill likely would have been overturned if not for the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed by George W. Bush.
There are other ways presidents can affect policy. Miami University lecturer Chris Kelley brought up executive orders, such as the one issued by President Barack Obama this year to partially implement the Dream Act on immigration. Marshall mentioned the use of the presidential veto, which Bush used on a Medicaid spending bill in 2007.
In this year's presidential race, Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney differ significantly on tax policy, energy policy and budget priorities.
U.S. House of Representatives
The House votes on federal legislation. Marshall said a two-year Congress usually passes about 400 bills, but the current Congress has passed 176, with 20 percent of those bills merely renaming post offices.
Some of the inaction is because Republicans control the House (242-193), while Democrats control the Senate (51-47-2), only the second two-year term since 1987 that the houses have been split.
Marshall pointed to the unpassed Farm Bill as an example of gridlock that could affect fuel and grocery prices. He said party tensions also have caused legislators to fund the government via temporary continuing resolutions, rather compromising on full-year budgets.
When one party controls both houses of Congress, more legislation gets passed, but the bills are often more contentious, such as Republicans' 2003 tax cuts, or the Democrats' 2009 stimulus and health-care reform bills.
Republicans currently represent all of Southwest Ohio's districts. Barring a major surprise nationwide, the House is likely to stay under Republican control.
U.S. Senate
The Senate also votes on federal laws, but has some responsibilities the House does not. The Senate alone has the power to confirm or reject the president's nominations of federal judges – from the Supreme Court to federal district judges in Ohio. The Senate also confirms or rejects cabinet secretaries like the secretary of state or the cirector of FEMA.
Ohio's Republican senator, Rob Portman, is not yet up for re-election. Ohio's Democratic senator, Sherrod Brown, is being challenged by Republican state Treasurer Josh Mandel.
If Democrats retain control of the Senate, more gridlock is likely, as each party would control half of Congress. Even if Republicans gain control, gridlock might remain, unless they change a Senate rule that requires a 60-vote supermajority to move a bill forward.
Ohio legislature
The General Assembly passes laws on everything from crime and punishment to taxes and regulation. Examples include when they decided to cut Ohioans' income tax rates last decade and voted to limit public workers' collective bargaining rights last year.
University of Dayton political science professor Nancy Martorano Miller said the biggest job of the state legislature is to pass a budget every two years, deciding how $28 billion per year gets divvied up between education, public safety, social welfare, transportation and other issues.
Republicans have firm control of the State House (59-40) and the State Senate (23-10). All House seats are up for election, as are half of the Senate seats.
Issue 2 — Redistricting
Voting rights groups and unions support a constitutional amendment to put congressional and statehouse redistricting in the hands of a politically balanced citizens board, instead of in elected politicians' hands.
Backers say the new system will create more logical, competitive districts, which would reduce hyper-partisanship. Republicans, who currently control the map drawing process, are opposed and say the backers are liberals cloaked as good-government groups.
Miller says the current system all but assures that whichever party gets to draw the map will control the state legislature the next 10 years, regardless of who runs for office. She also said the amendment presents a complex system that could be difficult to implement.
Learn more about the Ohio Supreme Court races, county races and other issues on your ballot in our interactive voters guide at DaytonDailyNews.com/go/vote
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Planar Releases 3D BIM Models of LCD Displays and Video Walls through Autodesk Seek
Wednesday, March 27, 2013Architects, engineers and designers can now easily integrate 3D BIM models of Planar displays into building plans
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Modeling (BIM) models of select Planar large format LCD displays and
video walls are now available free through the Autodesk® Seek web service.
Autodesk Seek allows architects, engineers and designers to easily find, preview and download 3D models of Planar displays. They can then incorporate these models into their building plans without having to create the models themselves. According to a report by McGraw-Hill Construction titled, "The Business Value of BIM in North America: Multi-Year Trend Analysis and User Ratings (2007-2012)," BIM adoption has grown 500% in the past years among AEC (Architect, Engineering, Construction) professionals and research indicates that up to 80% of firms have adopted BIM.
"The BIM process has transformed design and construction with its ability to improve project 3D design and team collaboration," says Jennifer Davis, vice president of marketing for Planar Systems. "By offering our products as BIM ready objects, we make it easier for architects, engineers and designers to integrate Planar displays into their project designs right from the start."
3D BIM models of three Planar product families are now available from the Autodesk Seek online content library, a web service that supplies free BIM models from a wide range of building product manufacturers. The models include Planar® Mosaic™ architectural video walls, Clarity™ Matrix LCD video walls and Planar® UltraLux™ Series large flat panel monitors. Each of these BIM models provides data-rich drawings and product specifications that accurately depict the displays and their options within Autodesk® Revit®, a market-leading 3D design platform.
While Planar has provided 2D CAD drawings of its products for years, it was time-consuming for designers to turn these 2D drawings into accurate 3D objects. With the 3D BIM models available on Autodesk Seek, building professionals can now download these models and easily plug them right into their overall project designs, speeding up their work and improving the quality of their project models.
"Building Information Modeling technology has quickly become the industry standard for accurately simulating buildings in 3D before they're constructed," says Rob Gaspard, AIA, principal of architectural firm WORKSBUREAU. "As a result, we have a growing need to integrate product data from manufacturers like Planar into our BIM designs. By putting 3D models of its displays on Autodesk Seek, Planar is not only miles ahead of the curve, but it's allowing me to offer enhanced decision making capabilities to my clients, making my job a whole lot easier."
Audio visual resellers and system integrators who consult, sell and service display technologies can also benefit from these 3D BIM models. Photo-realistic project models have become a key sales tool for AV designers and consultants when pitching their design concepts. Now they can more easily incorporate Planar displays into their design proposals, allowing project owners to more clearly visualize the design.
Planar UltraRes Displays Bring 4K Clarity to Professional Applications
Wednesday, February 27, 2013Planar's new Ultra HD resolution displays are uniquely designed to help professionals across industries reap value from high-resolution information
Today, at the Digital Signage Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, Planar Systems, Inc., a global leader in digital display technology, unveiled the breakthrough 84-inch Planar® UltraRes™ display product line, designed for ultra-high resolution commercial applications.
The new Planar UltraRes 4K displays provide native ultra–high definition resolution (3840 x 2160), outstanding image quality and a range of configurations. Planar UltraRes displays are ideal for professionals in a wide variety of commercial industries who require a large viewing area, very high pixel density and enterprise-level features that allow teams to collaborate around more immersive and detailed visual information.
"In commercial, academic and government settings there is a large and growing volume of ultra-high definition computer and video visual information—along with people making critical decisions based on that information," said Steve Seminario, senior director of product marketing for Planar Systems. "With Planar UltraRes, we're pleased to be leading the way for what we expect to be wide adoption of 4K resolution displays in these professional settings."
Making the Most of High-Resolution Information
Planar UltraRes 84-inch displays are designed for applications including
energy, geospatial, engineering and design, architecture, aerospace,
control room, collaborative conference room, medical imaging, science,
and digital signage, among others. Whether it's making a multi-million
dollar energy exploration decision, quickly rerouting electricity to
prevent an outage or producing stunning close-up video for a retail
store, Planar UltraRes 4K displays help businesses get the most impact
from their high resolution information.
"Our pioneering efforts in video wall technology have resulted in Planar being seen as one of the world's foremost authorities on 4K," said Jennifer Davis, vice president of marketing for Planar Systems. "For decades Planar has used ultra high definition content and has been a driving force in display resolutions, going back to our introduction of the industry's first 16:9 HD resolution rear-projection video wall displays. The exciting Planar UltraRes product line is a natural extension of our leadership in commercial markets and our expertise in resolutions beyond HD."
Planar UltraRes ultra HD displays offer the following benefits:
- Four times the pixel density: Planar UltraRes 4K displays offer four times the resolution of a full HD display. With a native resolution of 3840 x 2160, Planar UltraRes displays make it possible to view the most granular information with stunningly sharp focus.
- Advanced image quality: Planar UltraRes displays feature latest-generation LED-lit LCD technology, selectable dynamic contrast and local dimming for enhanced contrast. Planar UltraRes displays also support a full 60Hz refresh rate and10-bit color for an exceedingly life-like video experience.
- Advanced industrial design: Planar UltraRes displays provide a sleek design for both function and style. The displays have a slim metal bezel, wide range of digital connectivity options and incorporate failover power supply for 24x7 environments.
- Innovative mounting system: The Planar Profile™ Mounting System allows for an extremely slim profile when wall-mounted (about three inches) and provides a front service access mode. The Planar Profile™ Tiling Kit allows for optimized horizontal tiling of multiple Planar UltraRes displays and the industry's narrowest image-to-image gap for large format 4K displays.
- Breakthrough energy efficiency: Planar UltraRes displays come with an advanced energy-efficient design that utilizes edge-lit LED technology and passive cooling. The displays can automatically switch to standby mode when no source is detected and consume less than 0.5 watt of standby power. Planar UltraRes displays include no lead or mercury and are fanless and absolutely quiet.
- Modular for easy repair: Planar UltraRes displays have lockable, front service access, providing ease of service without removing the display from the wall.
Satisfying a Wide Range of Commercial Needs
Planar UltraRes displays come in three base models to suit a variety of commercial requirements:
- UR8450-LX: 2D landscape display ideal for conference and control rooms.
- UR8450-MX: 2D landscape and portrait, higher brightness model designed for digital signage and other higher ambient light environments.
- UR8450-3D: 2D and 3D landscape support, ideal for decision rooms where both 2D and 3D images and video are viewed.
Planar UltraRes 4K displays will be available through Planar's global network of authorized resellers and will begin shipping in the second calendar quarter of 2013. Visit Booth #407 at the Digital Signage Expo 2013 to learn more about Planar UltraRes and to see a demonstration. Additional information is available at www.planar.com.
How Do LCD Screens Work?
Thursday, October 06, 2011Liquid Crystal Display technology has been around for decades. Digital watches and calculators use the ability of the crystals to become opaque when receiving electricity to display information in a small format. The crystalline compound is transparent when no electricity is applied. Stepping up to something like an LCD TV uses essentially the same technology, just applied on a larger scale. Each pixel on an LCD display is made up of three individual crystals: a red, a green and a blue one. Then, depending on how much electricity is applied to each crystal it will block some or all of the light passing through it.
Imagine shining a flashlight through colored plastic and layering different colors on top of each other. The different amounts of red, green and blue give all the possible colors you can see on your TV screen. One of the key things about LCD technology is that the crystals don't produce any light of their own, rather they rely on a backlight to shine through and produce the image. Because of this when a typical LCD has the backlight turned up for high brightness you can lose out on the deep blacks in the color spectrum since each black pixel is actually an LCD electrified to be opaque. In order to compare how black the blacks are on a TV compared to bright whites the industry has started talking about a contrast ratio. The larger the ratio, the bigger the difference between the brightness of white pixels and the darkness of black pixels. In order to make the best LCD screens in the world, Runco has applied a coating technology known as Acute Contrast Enhancement which triples the contrast ratio.
Another issue that plagues typical LCD screens is their visibility in bright light. If you can remember the last time you took your laptop computer outside, you'll know how easy it can be for an LCD display to get washed out with a lot of ambient light. Since the crystals become opaque they can start reflecting the ambient light which competes with the backlight coming from the display itself. The result is you can't see what you're watching. Runco believes that you should be able to see your TV any time of the day or night, so they developed Ambient Light-Rejection which cuts down ambient light reflecting off of the LCD pixels by 20 times. Less light hitting the pixels means a sharper, easier-to-see picture for you.
The way that the liquid crystals work is by being suspended between two layers of glass and then a thin-film transistor supplies the electrical current to the crystals. That's great for the technology, but glass is fragile and most TVs live in a high traffic area. To protect the precious crystals, Runco created Impact, Shake and Shock Protection which keeps out dust and protects the screen from the bumps and bruises of everyday life.
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I recently purchased a new home which uses an oil fired burner for heat and hot water. Connected to the burner is a Honeywell Triple Aquastat control L8124A. There are three dials: Hi which is set to 200 dg, low which is set to 180 dg and the differential which is set to about 17. Does anyone know what these mean and whether they are set properly? I want the burner to run efficiently but I think these settings are high. Thanks for your help.
It has been decades since I have seen one, but if memory is not failing me, the high is the point where the burner shuts off to prevent overheating. Low is the pump's starting point, and differential is how many degrees below the pump starting temperature the boiler temperature will fall before the pump shuts off because the burners cannot keep up with the demand.


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Former bank manager sentenced to a year and a half in prison for making false statements related to small business loans
September 29, 2011 |
NEWARK, N.J. – Nathan C. Buschman, 32, of Hopatcong, N.J., was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for falsifying loan documents so applicants could obtain commercial loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA"), U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Buschman previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an Information that charged him with one count of making false documents and concealing material facts from the SBA. Buschman was arrested on September 16, 2010, in a coordinated law enforcement takedown of 53 individuals in connection with widespread, sophisticated identity theft and fraud.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in Newark federal court:
Buschman was a former branch manager for Washington Mutual Bank at a branch in Edgewater, N.J. Washington Mutual Bank later became JP Morgan Chase Bank. The bank issues commercial loans and lines of credit to business owners, many of which are guaranteed by the SBA. Under the SBA program, if a borrower defaults on an SBA guaranteed loan, then the bank is eligible to seek reimbursement from the SBA up to the percentage of the guarantee. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk to lenders, thereby permitting otherwise qualified small businesses to obtain financing unavailable to them on reasonable terms through normal lending channels.
To obtain an SBA guaranteed loan, the bank required applicants to truthfully complete a loan application and provide information about the business, such as the business' name, physical address and gross receipts, and to supply certain records, such as tax returns. To verify the applicant's information, the bank required Buschman or employees under his supervision to physically visit the business location and complete a "Business Banking Site Visit" form. Buschman was required to truthfully certify on the form that he conducted an in-person inspection of the business establishment seeking the loan.
Buschman admitted that at various times in 2007, he falsified site visit forms by
signing them, though he had not conducted any inspection. For example, Buschman admitted that on June 15, 2007, an applicant applied to the bank for an SBA guaranteed commercial loan on behalf of a business with the initials "M.W." M.W. was a sham business with no physical location. Buschman acknowledged that he falsified the form related to this loan, thereby causing the bank to issue a $100,000 SBA guaranteed loan to the sham business. The loan went into default, resulting in a financial loss to the bank of approximately $98,000.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Wigenton sentenced Buschman to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $199,059.50.
U.S. Attorney Fishman praised special agents of the SBA Office of Inspector General, Eastern Region, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Aaron Collins; detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, under the direction of Prosecutor John L. Molinelli and the Office's Chief of Detectives Steven Cucciniello; and detectives and officers from the Englewood Police Department, under the direction of Chief of Police Arthur O'Keefe, for the work leading to today's sentence.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jane Yoon and Anthony Moscato of the U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division in Newark.
Defense counsel: Gregory E. Tomczak Esq., Montclair, N.J.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of New Jersey.
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