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So should we consider whether the disclosure forms should be changed to ask for that info?
BTW, those of you who would like to look at disclosures filed by DeWine and Cordray for Jan-Dec 2010 can find links in the body of the story.
I agree that poutiness about the election should not be part of the discussion, because the issue is an important one -- and as you point, lots of people may look at this and come to different conclusions.
So let's throw it out there:
From an ethical position, can any public official own stocks? Should someone who owns stocks give them up -- or give up control of them -- to take office? Is it enough if an elected official recuses himself from making decisions about a company he's invested in -- and if so, does that job get handed to a subordinate? How about it it's a decision about a rival company?
Are there some public jobs where investing is OK but others where it wouldn't be?
If you were in DeWine's position -- you have lots of stocks and you have a public responsibility, a public job with lots of power over some of those companies -- forget red or blue -- how would you personally handle it?
Mike DeWine did not conceal his holdings. He listed them on the financial disclosure form he's required to file with the state by April 15.
He says he's kept his holdings to 1 percent or less, which means he hasn't violated the state's ethics laws, either.
The question here isn't about wrongdoing, it's about potential conflicts that could arise as he conducts this particular job, which by its nature has a lot of interaction with the marketplace.
In fairness, it's one thing to have a gut reaction to a site but quite another to craft a lawsuit strong enough to convince a judge. Apparently, the FTC has already got judges in half the cases to grant temporary injunctions, so the advance work they did has paid off in those cases.
Lifelock recently agreed to pay $12 million to settle FTC charges that it misled consumers about the protection it afforded to consumers. (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/03/lifelock.shtm)
In Ohio, freezes and thaws are free to ID theft victims (please note that under this law a victim is not someone whose info was stolen, but rather whose information a thief tried to use.)
For everyone else, freezes are $5 per bureau (you need one at all three) and $5 per thaw (try to find out which report a company uses so you only have to thaw at one, rather than all.)
I don't recommend monitoring or notification services. Victims of the OSU breach - consumers who wants to protect themselves from new-credit-type ID theft should just freeze their credit reports so no one can get in. See the ID theft section on my blog, http://www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/ for more info.
Even if you have a freeze, a company that you do business with or a collections agency seeking a debt that you owe will be able to report information to your credit report.
This sounds like a credit bureau mix-up, though, one that you would want to report to the FTC at www.ftc.gov
You may also want to check your credit report to make sure your father in law's info isn't appearing on your credit report. Sometimes that happens, although it's more likely among relatives who share the same name (like a Sr. and Jr.) or who have shared an address.
If you find wrong info, contact the credit bureau to have erroneous stuff removed.
xpresspro, I have freezes and have lifted them without a problem. In Ohio, you can lift for a specific period of time or for a particular creditor, which is one really nice feature in our law. Ohio law requires the bureaus to implement a thaw within 15 minutes of getting a request from a consumer - - so something clearly went awry in your case.
You should not be charged for a freeze that was never lifted. File a complaint with the Ohio attorney general's office not only to let them know about the snag, but also to get a refund for those thaws you paid for but never received. Do let me know what happens.
Thanks, everyone. I really would prefer we all stick to talking about consumer issues on this blog.
That said, the mission of the blogs is a little different from that of the paper. Stuff that gets in the paper goes through multiple reads by me and by editors and copy editors. Stuff that goes on the blogs is generally a work in progress. So if I see news I think you'll be interested in, I'll slap it online first and polish it later.
The first post is always rougher and usually shorter. Here, I had some questions for the attorney general about whether dealerships were involved -- and when I got those answered, I updated the online version instead of waiting for the answers to post. I often add links later, too -- so now you'lll find a link to the agreement itself in the post. I generally don't mind when people point out brokens links or errors, but I'd prefer a civil nudge -- and some readers are sweet enough to email me directly. I hope that lends some transparency to the blog process and now maybe we can get back to the main topic.
Which leads me to say... @bettersense1's dad is exactly right.
You should arrange financing before you walk onto the lot and you should always negotiate on the car's total price, never on the monthly payment. (But it helps to use an online calculator beforehand to to figure out what you can afford and how loan payments and rates will fit into your own budget.)
Carguy1, email me. Let's talk. Sheryl
tough talk from someone who can't choose a verb. we're all human, wonkguy. :)
I don't want to bash debt collectors wholesale. People who borrow money should pay their bills. But they shouldn't be harangued if they are innocent bystanders and they should be treated with respect, which is what the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is all about.
@earnyourown, Unfortunately, many consumers do pay their obligations but then are contacted for debts they don't owe or for bills they already paid. The best thing to do in that case is to ask for verification of the debt so you can dispute it. But many people who don't have any debts are wrongly contacted because of a mistaken SSN or even a similar name.
@boneybenny, break out your piggy bank. Japan did donate a half-million dollars to the Katrina cleanup, and Toyota alone pledged $5 million. I recall donations coming from all over the world.
@everyone, Thanks for posting. If you want to post relief sites you trust, please do so. I'm out all next week, though, and I can't vouch for links or vet the posts. If you find posts that include suspect links or that link to poorly rated charities, please protect your community and report them to cleveland.com
(And you can check out most organizations in the U.S. through sites like give.org, guideStar.org and charitywatch.org )
Have a great week, everyone.
Don't tell anyone I suggested it, but did you try a pop-up blocker?
House Republicans' efforts to cut funding for the database is fact, not bias.
The database gives consumers information precisely so they can protect themselves.
This credit is a big help to working families who are struggling to make ends meet. I'm sure they'd love to get in another tax bracket if they could.
BTW, an estimated 35 percent of eligible Ohio families fail to claim college education tax credits of up to $2,500. If you've got kids in college, you can no doubt use the American Opportunity Tax Credit, so claim it.
Negative information, like those judgments, can stay on your credit reports for seven years (10 if it's a bankruptcy), but the more time and steady payments you put between you and the scuff marks, the less impact they have on your scores.
Well, I can't have people sighing over my columns. Thanks, Neoobserver.
Most of the scams they focused on -- with the exception of the telephone attacks I mentioned -- are ones that have been in the Plain Dealing column frequently or that you can find at cleveland.com/scamfinder.


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I didn't have this particular problem, but if I did, I don't know what I would have done without advice like this.
In other words, good job ;-) I've only recently encountered your blog. I immediately subscribed to the RSS feed. Where else are you going to find someone who can decypher Component-Based Servicing?
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Option 1 has solved my issues. Thanks a lot for the info!
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It doesn´t work, still have the same problem
If you're seeing this problem Ed, check to see if you already have more than 14 filters. If you do, then you need to remove some to get it to work.
Can you please explain to me how I get to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\MaxNumFilters?
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I am using Windows 7 and MaxNumFilters is not there.
Are you highlighting the network key Jim? It's located in that portion of the hive.
I don't see nacpl.cpl. Did a search. Nothing. Is it hidden?
Nope Ed, thats all on me. I need to stop fatfingering things as I type them. The proper applet is ncpa.cpl. I couldnt have been more off if I had tried. Thanks for picking that up.
Really you must think this will work right you're a microsoft employee. Sorry to inform you this method doesn't work
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Eric Steig left a comment on my previous blog entry. A proper response requires me to go to the original source material posted at ClimateAudit to understand the context. I don't think the excerpts that have been quoted so far are adequate for this purpose. I hope that I provide a fair summary below, but […] [Read More]
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Kevin Trenberth gave an entertaining and personal talk on Wednesday at the American Meteorological Society's Annual Meeting in Seattle about his experience with climategate and climate skeptics or deniers. He noted, without apparent irony, that skeptics don't like having the term "denier" applied to them, but based on correspondence with many of the hundred or […] [Read More]
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Sunitinib Malate in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent, Refractory, or Progressive Malignant Glioma or Ependymoma
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|October 27, 2011
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|March 11, 2015
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|February 2012
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2013 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Sustained Objective Response Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Sustained objective response was defined as a PR (Partial Response: ≥ 50% decrease in the sum of the products of the 2 perpendicular diameters of all target lesions (up to 5), taking as reference the initial baseline measurements) or CR (Complete Response: disappearance of all target lesions) lasting at least 8 weeks.
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|Response rate, defined as a PR or CR lasting ≥ 8 weeks [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Sunitinib Malate in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent, Refractory, or Progressive Malignant Glioma or Ependymoma
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|A Phase II Study of Sunitinib (NSC# 736511) in Recurrent, Refractory or Progressive High Grade Glioma and Ependymoma Tumors in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients
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This phase II trial studies how well sunitinib malate works in treating younger patients with recurrent, refractory, or progressive malignant glioma or ependymoma.Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
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I. To estimate the objective response rate (partial response [PR] or complete response [CR] ≥ 8 weeks) to sunitinib in 2 strata (recurrent/progressive/refractory high-grade glioma vs ependymoma) of recurrent or progressive brain tumors in pediatric and young adult patients.
I. To explore and report descriptively the safety and tolerability of sunitinib in pediatric and young adult brain tumor patients who have not received prior anthracycline or radiotherapy involving the heart.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES I. To describe the pharmacokinetic profile of pediatric and young adult patients taking sunitinib malate.
II. To describe the cumulative toxicities of sunitinib when administered over multiple courses to pediatric and young adult patients.
III. To estimate progression-free survival (PFS) distributions for these cohorts of patients.
IV. To evaluate changes in phosphorylation of PDGFR-α and -β, MEK/ERK, S6 kinase, and AKT in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and explore possible associations between these changes and outcome measures.
V. To evaluate plasma levels of soluble isoforms of VEGFR-1 and -2 prior to initiation of therapy and at points during therapy as an exploration of possible biomarkers of clinical response.
VI. To evaluate and report descriptively the expression and ratio of VEGF isoforms in tumor tissue, as available.
VII. To evaluate and report descriptively the genotype, expression, and possible amplification of KIT and PDGFR-α and -β in tumor tissue, as available.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive sunitinib malate orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 42 days for up to 18 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients may undergo blood sample collection at baseline and during courses 1 and 2 for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies. Tissue samples from diagnosis and surgical resection may be also collected.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for up to 5 years.
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Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
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(BETHLEHEM) - Regina Lacombe has been selected as the first Verizon Foundation Scholar in Nursing at Moravian College. Lacombe, junior nursing and psychology major at Moravian College, is the daughter of Robert and Beatrice Lacombe of Andover, Connecticut.
The $2,500 nursing scholarship will be presented to Lacombe on Monday, March 11, at 1:30 p.m., in the St. Luke's School of Nursing at Moravian College offices in Collier Hall.
The Verizon Foundation Scholar in Nursing is awarded to a student enrolled in the bachelor's nursing program. Criteria for the scholarship selection includes: earned cumulative GPA of at least 3.00; Junior status in the curriculum; full engagement in the college community; demonstrated leadership presence or potential; documented financial aid need; and a recommendation by the nursing faculty.
"We are pleased with the Verizon Foundation's generosity and this scholarship will allow us to recognize the achievements of an outstanding nursing student and provide financial
support," said Janet Sipple, R.N., Ed.D., dean of the St. Luke's School of Nursing at Moravian College. "In today's health care environment it is important to encourage more men and women to choose nursing as a profession. Scholarships such as the Verizon Foundation Scholar in Nursing at Moravian College will help us with that goal."
The Department of Nursing at Moravian College in partnership with St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, provides nursing majors with a wide ranges of choices. Students have access to the resources of a liberal arts education and a nursing curriculum based on a holistic approach to heath, pursuing careers as clinical, occupational, health, community mental health, school, and emergency room nurses.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Visit the web site at www.moravian.edu.


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Avoiding financial burdens
From the The Brunswick News
Young adults who are financially responsible in college will be in better shape to tackle the world and reach for their dreams than those who make poor monetary decisions.
It's a concept that Clayton Daniels, assistant vice president of enrollment management atĀCollege of Coastal GeorgiaĀin Brunswick, says most students don't think about when they are handling their own finances. In fact, he says students don't always take into consideration the consequences of bad financial decisions or actions.
"College costs money and there's aid out there like Hope (scholarship), Pell Grant...and independent loans. But most students aren't always prepared to handle these financial responsibilities because they think it's free money," Daniels said.
"And oftentimes, students make the mistake of filling out a loan, borrowing money above the line (needed), and they don't understand the consequences that come with it. It's an easy trap to fall into," he added.
It's a trap that can last a lifetime.
Taking out federal education loans may be necessary to cover tuition and cost of attendance in places where grants and scholarships may not cover. But for incoming freshmen who never had to deal with their own finances, it can be mind-boggling. What gets students into trouble is when they borrow beyond their needs, said John Cornell, director of marketing and public relations at the college.
"It's like with mortgage. You can take out a loan for $350,000 to purchase a house, but you don't have to use the whole $350,000 to get one. The same goes for students. We are trying to get them to not look at what they qualify for because they can qualify for any loan, but for what they need and to not take it all," Cornell said.
Like Cornell, Daniels says students tend to forget the loans are not free money and must be paid back.
"People think it's just entitlement and to an extent, you are entitled to money for your education, but you're also expected to pay it back," Daniels said.
"The state and federal government are investing because they believe you can make it. And we (at the college) let you in because we want you to succeed.
"There's a tremendous amount of financial competencies that a student has to have. It's not just about paying the money back to the bank (school or government). It's also an obligation to be a productive citizen."
To bypass financial troubles later on in life, Cornell suggests students find out whether they can get any gift aid, which include scholarships and grants that do not have to be paid back.
"It is our job to remove any impediments to make it easy to have access to get your degree," Cornell said.
Next is to borrow only the amount absolutely needed to cover expenses.
"Borrowing for a new car or a flat screen TV may seem like a good idea now, but it won't when you have to pay it back with interest later," Cornell said.
Lastly, students should think about how they will pay back loans before borrowing again, Daniels added.
"We have to show them that there is an end goal to this," Daniels said. "We have to get them to not just think about school in terms of semester-to-semester or year-to-year. College isn't quite that way. We have to get them to look from 30,000 feet and say, 'I can take that loan today but what are the consequences of using it?'"
All education loans must be paid back whether a student finishes school or not and regardless of how hard or easy it is to get a job after graduation.
Failure to repay student loans can hurt an individual's credit rating and cause lots of other financial problems down the road.
|Release Date: 10/2/2013
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Bengals not inclined to rest
How will the Ravens approach Sunday's game?
The Bengals, more so than the Ravens, have nothing to play for in regard to the playoffs in their season finale on Sunday.
While the Ravens possibly could move up in AFC seeding from fourth to third, the Bengals are locked into the No. 6 slot regardless of anything that happens in Week 17. So does that mean Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis intends to sit his starters?
The answer seems to be no. The last two times the Bengals were in this situation, they concentrated on resting everyone and ended up getting blown out — 37-3 by the Chiefs in 2005 and 37-0 by the Jets in 2009.
"I don't really have any beat-up guys. So, the only thing that is at stake is you go out and play to win the game every time," Lewis said, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer. "It's a different team, different group, different people. Playing different teams, different situations, different circumstances."
Bengals defensive tackle Domata Peko votes for playing it out.
"As far as me, I just want to keep playing," he said. "I don't want to not play and get rusty or whatnot. We should just keep playing, is what I think, and go out there and keep getting better. Each game is a chance to get better, especially against Baltimore. They're a hell of a team and they're in the playoffs also, so this will be a good test for us to go out there and get the job done."
Peko must have gotten the message from his head coach, because when asked what the Bengals had to play for, Lewis replied: "Improvement. Each and every time we go out. We're finishing off the month of December, and we need to have a better January than we did December. If we do that, February will be very nice."


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Smartwatches are the newest candidate for tech's next big thing. A big reason for that is Pebble, the smartwatch company that managed to raise a phenomenal $10 million-plus from Kickstarter to start shipping its products last January, way ahead of much bigger rivals (and potential rivals) such as Samsung and Apple Apple.
Since then, doubts have emerged about how many people really want these and what problem they actually solve. But Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky, in a conversation with John Biggs of TechCrunch at the site's Disrupt conference in San Francisco today, said Pebble's finding a lot of success–it sold out the first month at Best Buy Best Buy and had sold 275,000 units by mid-July–by making it simple and opening up to outside apps.
The great thing about Pebble is that people can write apps for Pebble, Migicovsky said. The first model he developed didn't really work too well as a watch. But people thought it was cool. The watch hardware we've built can be altered by developers to do whatever you want it to.
How did it feel to go from zero to $10 million in funding? We had been working on the product for about four years by then, he said, but we were still only three or four guys in Palo Alto. In the first 48 hours, we raised a million dollars, so we could go right to manufacturing.
When it took off on Kickstarter, we immediately had to kick into gear and figure out how to make tens of thousands of them, instead of manufacturing a few in San Jose.
The hard part was assembly. One of our guys from Palo Alto was in China 24/7 to make sure the manufacturing was going OK. It takes 43 minutes to create each watch. We had eight months to start shipping and that's not a lot of time to set up the infrastructure.
We tried to keep people updated on our progress. We tried to convey that it was a hard problem, that there were issues we were running into and here's how we were solving them. But it took longer than we thought.
Why hasn't anyone really cracked the smartwatch market opportunity? What would make wearables truly ubiquitous? I think the hardware needs to step back, he said. The users will decide what to do with it. Pebble took off because we could describe three or four very clear use cases, like music.
Samsung launched a watch last week, Sony Sony has had one for a couple years. Competition is not new. Mainly, a smartwatch just needs to not be annoying. Samsung looks like an over-spec'd machine.
What's the sweet spot for watches or wearables? Our vision is slightly more toward the thin client. They should take advantage of other devices. And it has to be the platform that others can use, like a thermostat control. We see Pebble changing to suit the activity you're doing at the time.
What might Apple do with an iWatch? It's very difficult to predict what Apple might or might not do. One of the cool things about Pebble is that it's right at the front of your life. It's mainly about the screen and the software that drives it.
The watch is a great starting point for wearables. Ankle computing might be next, he joked.
What are the best practices for a Kickstarter campaign? The real value of Kickstarter is that if you can tell your story, there's a single green button people can hit to fund it. It's just that one step. That's really important.
We had gone through YCombinator and we weren't able to raise money. It was 2011 and we were making hardware, so nobody was interested. It worked on Kickstarter and the video we did for marketing because we just focused on what it could do well.
Unfortunately, Migicovsky wouldn't take the bait on questions about what's coming next from Pebble (or Apple). But it's pretty clear he's counting on developers to help figure out how smartwatches can become more useful to the masses.


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2012 Olympic Bay Sanya Open Recap
Gold: Talita-Antonelli (BRA) $30,000
Silver: Larissa-Juliana (BRA) $21,000
Bronze: Xue-Zhang Xi (CHN) $11,200
4th: Montagnolli-Hansel (AUT) $11,200
Gold Medal Match: Larissa-Juliana 1-2 Talita-Antonelli (17-21, 21-17, 13-15)
Bronze Medal Match: Xue-Zhang Xi 2-0 Montagnolli-Hansel (21-16, 21-17)
Talita-Antonelli 2-0 Montagnolli-Hansel (21-14, 21-17)
Xue-Zhang Xi 0-2 Larissa-Juliana (17-21, 16-21)
Sanya is once again at the beginning of the calendar in 2012, welcoming players from April 24-29. Renowned for its tropical climate, the women's event is the first single-gender stage on the tour and will be held at the Sanya Bay Resort. The first of five tournaments set to take place in China this year, the tour will also feature two double-gender events in the country, firstly in Shanghai for the ninth year in a row and then in Beijing. Home duo Chen Xue and Xi Zhang could not follow up on their 2010 victory as Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva took gold. Maria Antonellie and Talita Antunes made it two Brazilian teams on the podium after they beat two-time Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.
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6-10 center Izundu rejoins UH men's basketball team
Valentine Izundu, a 6-foot-10 center who will be a sophomore, has rejoined the team for the 2013-14 season, coach James Dickey said Thursday. [Read More]
Video: SMU coach Larry Brown says UH's Guy V. Lewis deserves Hall call
SMU coach Larry Brown said Wednesday that former Houston coach Guy V. Lewis is deserving of enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. [Read More]
Video: Cougars hit the basketball court
The Cougars held their first workout Friday at Hofheinz Pavilion. UH begins the season Nov. 9 against Florida A&M. [Read More]
Cougars add assistant men's basketball coach
Ronnie Hamilton has been hired as an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Houston, head coach James Dickey announced Friday. [Read More]
With summer workouts nearing, Dickey excited to get going
With summer workouts approaching, coach James Dickey talks about the state of his team and what the staff hopes to accomplish during a new eight-week workout period that will begin this summer after the NCAA approved a new rule in January. [Read More]
Maligi says family, opportunity reason for move to SMU
Houston assistant coach Ulric Maligi accepted a position on Larry Brown's new coaching staff at SMU on Thursday morning, but it was by no means an easy decision for the 27-year-old up-and-comer. Maligi, who has been with the Cougars for two seasons under head coach James Dickey, said that family, location and the opportunity both financially and professionally was what made the Mustangs' offer hard to turn down. [Read More]
More on the Morris signing and what's next for the Cougars
Houston added to its nationally-ranked men's basketball recruiting class on Wednesday, inking junior college guard Brandon Morris to a national letter of intent. Morris, who spent the last two years at Kansas City (Kan.) Community College, chose Houston over Mississippi State, Missouri State and Seton Hall. [Read More]
More on the signing of Izundu; departure of Simmons
It's been a busy week in UH basketball, with the Cougars acquiring one player (Valentine Izundu) while another (Jonathon Simmons) announced he's departing to enter the NBA draft in the last two days. [Read More]
With Harris and Van Slyke departing, where do the Cougars go from here?
Down the pipeline on Saturday came the news of the departure of two players from the Houston basketball program: forwards Alandise Harris and Kirk Van Slyke. So what does that mean for the Cougars moving forward? [Read More]
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Ruby Beatrice (Bea) Lichtenberger Bowers, 95, died on June 5, 2013, at 12:31 a.m. in Sunset Home in Quincy. She was a native of White County and had many relatives live in the area. She worked at a dress factory, then moved to Peoria where she managed a millinery shop and designed hats. She later moved to Quincy and became head of the hat department at the Halbach-Schroeder Department Store. Later, she became a successful realtor.
Survivors include a sister, Bertha Blackford, and a brother, Robert Lichtenberger and his wife, Wilma of Fairfield; her husband John Paul Bowers and two children: John (Colleen) Bowers of Sheboygan, Wis.; and Joan (Gary) Schwartz of Carmel, Calif.; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren; nieces: Vivian Blackford and Shirley Lichtenberger Miller of Fairfield; Lorna Springer (Jack) Morrison of Geneva; Barbara Gerdes, Janet (Joe) Conover, and Mary Gates of Quincy; Betty Bowers (Pete) Simaitis of Rockford; Delorise Bowers Williams of Plano, Texas; and Shirley Bowers Bogle of Davenport, Iowa; nephews are: Stephen (Sherrie) Lichtenberger of Jerseyville; Brian (Kimberly) Lichtenberger of Wheeling; and Cory (Judith) Lichtenberger of Barrington. Ruby is also survived by nephew Kenneth Blackford's widow, Dorris, of Mill Shoals; and numerous great-nieces and -nephews.
Services for Bea Litchenberger Bowers were held on Monday, June 10, 2013 at the Sunset Home Chapel in Quincy with burial in Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy. The Hansen-Spear Funeral Home was in charge of the service.


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Architects Rios Clementi Hale Studios transform Mini-Mall into a design laboratory. The design firm has been stretching the definition of "architecture firm" for more than 20 years. Already doing urban planning, architecture, landscape, interiors, product design, graphics, and branding, the Los Angeles firm—with its new move to larger space—is building on its talent as retailer/wholesaler by becoming landlord and developer of a 17,000-square-foot mixed-use center on the city's active Larchmont Boulevard. "The move to Larchmont means larger space for our design operations, and an opportunity to contribute to a diverse, lively part of Los Angeles," says Mark Rios, FAIA, FASLA, partner and founder of Rios Clementi Hale Studios. The firm, which has more than doubled its staff in the past three years, is working on several of LA's "mega-projects": Grand Avenue Civic Park, NBC Universal Studios, Century City Greening Plan, and Nokia Plaza at LA Live! Other recent projects: The California Endowment, Westfield Century City Dining Terrace, Mark Taper Forum renovation, Austin City Limits, Woodbury University Studio Building, and many private residences.
1.) Solar /thermal heating and cooling
2.) Solar/wind electricity
3.) Water harvesting
4.) Contained, zero discharge, individual on site sewage treatment
5.) Building with recycled materials
6.) Food production in the home
Earthships directly address the global issues of our time. These issues have become more serious in the recent months due to a heightened awareness of global warming. The Earthship concept is directed at curbing global warming and at the very least offering a direction that will sustain human life on earth longer as planetary conditions worsen.
The Virtual Model or BIM has definitely its advantages against the typical CAD as practiced today. Why Architects should be looking at adopting these new technologies and how Contractors could benefit from their use.
[[Building Information Model]] or BIM is a 3D approach to CAD that
uses, as building blocks, virtual objects that emulate the real life
construction components. Rather than using vector elements such as
lines and shapes to draft the drawings of the project, the designer
builds his project on the computer using virtual objects such as walls,
floors beams, columns, doors, windows, fixtures etc. More and more
people in the construction industry are looking at adopting the BIM. A
recent survey showed the majority of the Architects in North America
think that BIM will eventually overtake traditional CAD as the as the
standard computer tool. Some developers and real-estate owners are
pushing for the adoption of the BIM, when they understood how efficient
the integration of building Management Systems into the Virtual Model
could be in helping them manage their properties.
Still wondering about the synergy between Google Earth and Architecture? Check out this clip prepared by the AIA.
If I need to describe 'Fallingwater' in two words I would say 'Pure Poetry'. it stands out as one of the greatest works in Modern Architecture. Blending with the gorgeous surroundings, its cantilevers floating over the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright composes with his palette of building material mixing natural stone, concrete and glass to produce this perfect house. The interior design of the house is a natural complement of the exterior reinforcing its concepts. No wonder that ever since it was built, it has been an inspiration to countless Architects.
This Youtube Video features the house and talk about its History. It also includes an interview with current owner. Quite enjoyable.
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We've all been there: bored in Storm Peaks, decked out in our blues and purples, and idly surfing through your achievements, when you realize that you need to give someone (or several someones) a knuckle sandwich in order to earn Master of Arms. Unequipping your weapon of choice (or eschewing your favorite spell rotation), you start slapping some unsuspecting rhinocerous or elemental. It takes a surprisingly long time to do that particular grind, especially if you're not built for melee combat.
What the heck does this have to do with our bi-weekly sojourn into the realm of health and fitness? Without the right equipment and skills, even something simple is harder than you think it's going to be -- but with practice, it gets easier. Fortunately for us, we don't have to subject ourselves to a great deal of peril in order to gear up, and we can boost our skills during in-game downtime.
This time around, Buff(ing) for BlizzCon will check in with the staffers who are on this particular quest to see what they're using and doing to help them reach their goals, and we'll offer a few suggestions of our own. We already know that if you're not doing anything at all, starting any kind of healthy eating and exercise routine will help. For those of you who have already gotten those under way -- keep on keeping on. For those of you who haven't, what are you waiting for? Extended maintenance?
Let's see how the Wow.com staffers have done tackling their objectives and interject some instant feedback. A note for the faint of heart: I used to play a troll and still have a fairly robust scent of Eau d'Au-Dessous du Pont (a low-calorie cookie to the reader with the first correct translation), which means that I'm not necessarily going to be nicey-nice. Co-author Mike is the Good Cop on our team; I'm a lot more like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.
Alex Ziebart
I picked up the iPhone app Lose It to track my calorie intake. I was pleasantly surprised that it isn't particularly hard to meet a goal there when you actually have one. I've also spent at least 30 minutes a day on the exercise bike in my office, though I usually try for more than that. Thirty minutes is my bare minimum.
He's spot on with one of the most important factors of being successful: accountability. Knowing you have a specific and measurable objective gives you something concrete to aim for. A little piece of software that reminds (or nags) you to keep you focused might be just what some folks need.
Robin Torres
I've been walking every day. Five in a row so far!
Consistency is key. Finding something you can and will do regularly is the easiest way to make sure you stick with whatever changes you make.
Kelly Aarons
Since I signed up, I bought a mountain bike off of Craigslist and picked up a decent helmet. Since then, I've been going on a huge bike ride -- usually about 1.5-2 hours long, every second day. I've already felt my pants fitting a little better, although seeing that mentally is its own battle.
There's nothing that says you have to invest in all kinds of fancy equipment to get a good workout. If you don't believe me, grab a jumprope and use that sucker for 90 seconds at a stretch. There are entire disciplines that use nothing but your own body weight to achieve significant results; gymnasts have phenomenal strength-to-weight ratios, for instance.
This gives us an opportunity to segue into bio and exercise breaks that are already built into WoW: chartered flights. If your character is cruising along on auto-pilot, get out of your chair and get moving instead of playing a quick in-game round of Peggle. One of the folks who commented on our last Buff(ing) for BlizzCon installment was already on board with this plan: "So you've got a long flight from Theramore to Darnassus? You can bang out entire rep series of crunches, pushups, squats, etc." None of those require anything more than some empty floor space and a desire to get moving. If you've got a pullup bar or some hand weights (or even an empty milk jug you can fill with water), you can do even more.
Gregg Reece
I've been playing with my daughter, which is fairly exhausting at times. She is, after all, a 12-pound weight that wiggles. I occasionally get time to work on the WiiFit, although not as often as I'd like. The 30-minute free-step exercise on there is my weapon of choice when I've got the time. Overall, I need to pick up the slack a little better and get things scheduled a little better.
This is where the knives come out, because Gregg has committed one of the classic blunders (admittedly, it's far less well known than getting into either a land war in Asia or going in against a Sicilian when death is on the line): exercise needs to be important enough that you make time to do it. At least he recognizes that he's a slacker. If you want to succeed in getting an achievement, downing a boss or getting a particular piece of gear, you put in the time to get it -- whether that's doing a rep grind, earning DKP to get a raid drop or just killing that tenth rat to finish some obscure quest. Getting healthy takes the same kind of investment of time and attention (just a lot more energy). This is a common thread among folks who have made a point of getting healthy, and not just folks who are arguably gym rats like me.
To Gregg's credit, having a companion when you exercise is a great way to stay motivated, even if our companion is not exactly doing the same stuff you are. Also, asymmetrical or unstable weights are excellent for recruiting secondary stabilizing muscles. So, he's not a complete slacker.
Joe Perez
Been hitting up the WiiFit every other night, and have begun a regimen of running around the neighborhood and parks. I've dropped and kept off 6 pounds of the goal so far. I've adjusted my eating habits considerably as well. Like Alex, I have the Lose It app for the iPhone as well iFitness, and that is helping a lot. Being able to see what is going in my food, watch calories and track my workouts has been incredibly helpful.
Joe touches on another commonality among folks who are successful in making it to their goals: tracking what you do. If you don't know where you were before, how do you know how far you've come? Cleared Ulduar-25 with six wipes last week? Do it with five this time. Ran your last 5k in 35:00? Try and break 34:00 for your next one. Exercise is a vertiable smorgasboard (... orgasboard, orgasboard) for stat junkies.
Amanda Miller
This past week, I have drastically increased my intake of vegetables and reduced my consumption of processed foods by about 85%. I've been lifting weights and doing exercise videos 3-5 times per week, and I can feel myself getting stronger. I've also been walking more. I haven't seen the numbers on the scale move yet, but I'm positive that they will by this time next week! I've also been reading about healthy eating for education, inspiration and motivation. I have been diligently tracking what I eat with FitDay.com, which has been very helpful.
A very smart person once said, "You can't outrun (or outlift) a donut." If you're not eating healthy food, your success when it comes to exercise will be hampered. This is true whether your goal is losing weight or building muscle. Bonus points to Amanda for digging for more info to spice up the brainmeats. Strategy guides work for boss encounters, so there's no reason to expect they don't work for scale encounters, too.
Michael Gray
I'm one week into the new diet. It's a little tough managing to eat this much food, which is kind of crazy. I'm meeting the intake by doing two smoothies in the morning (12 egg white equivalents, plus protein powder and orange juice). The cardio is a pretty good time, but the anaerobic stuff is taking a little effort.
Not knowing exactly what kind of protein powder Michael is using, if it's anything like the stuff I've got, mixing that stuff with orange juice sounds no-holds-barred nasty. I'm sure a lot of folks are wondering what kind of "diet" calls for eating what sounds like a lot more food, but this is actually a fairly common approach for folks getting into a brief but intense muscle-building and fat-loss program like P90X or the Velocity Diet. By eating several smaller meals, your body can have a less dramatic shift in blood sugar (and, by association, insulin) throughout the day, as well as burn calories with digestion more frequently. The relatively high amount of protein is there to fuel muscle development and recovery, since protein is what muscles are made of.
As for me ...
As for me? I've been doing a little bit of everything, including injuring myself and having to do some rehab work. That may be an excuse (or to the sensible folks in the audience, "good reason") to avoid picking up excessively heavy things for a couple of weeks. However, I've put what could have been downtime to use by getting back to doing more cardio. You won't catch me on a treadmill, but there are other means to that end, so I'm doing some new endurance workouts and bodyweight exercises.
I just flew in from Booty Bay, and boy, are my arms tired.


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Profits at the owner of South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. jumped $30 million in the first quarter, up 25 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
Cayce-based SCANA Corp. said today it earned $151 million, or $1.13 per share.
"Financially, margins were higher than last year due to continued customer growth as well as rate increases at South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and improved results in our Georgia businesses," said Jimmy Addison, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
The power rate increases helped boost earnings at SCE&G to $92 million, a 28 percent gain from the first quarter of 2012.
As of March 31, SCE&G served about 673,000 electric customers and approximately 325,000 natural gas customers, up 0.8 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively compared to that date last year.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office has taken over a child porn case involving a former YAFL president and educator.
Frederick Gonzales, 42, and his wife Carey Gonzales, 36, were arrested Jan. 11, on charges of manufacturing and distribution of child pornography. Both bonded out of jail Jan 12.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, however, has adopted the case, and both Gonzaleses have been arrested again and booked on new federal charges of manufacturing and distribution of child pornography
Frederick Gonzales was the current elected YAFL , or Young America Football League, president for the Albuquerque District when he was arrested. He has since been ousted.
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Urethritis is irritation or infection of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that empties urine from the bladder. In men the urethra extends the full length of the penis. A woman's urethra is short (about 1 and 1/2 inches long). Its opening is just above the vagina and not far from the anus. This means it is easy for bacteria to enter a woman's urethra from these areas.
Urethritis may be caused by infection. Sexually transmitted disease (STD), such as chlamydia or gonorrhea, is a common cause in men and women. Yeast infection may also cause it.
In men irritation of the urethra can be caused by chemicals, such as lubricants, spermicide, or additives to condoms (colors, flavors, etc.).
In women urethritis may be caused by an irritation. For example, rubbing or pressure on the genital area from tight clothing or sex can cause urethritis. It can also be caused by physical activity such as bicycle riding. Irritants such as soap, body powder, and spermicides are other possible causes.
In men, common symptoms are:
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Your healthcare provider will ask about your symptoms, possible irritants you may be using, and your recent sexual history.
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Your healthcare provider will prescribe antibiotics if your symptoms are caused by an STD or other infection. Your sexual partner should also be treated. Your provider may prescribe another medicine to help relieve burning with urination and discomfort in the bladder.
Symptoms caused by an infection should stop within a few days after you start taking antibiotics.
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Neither Dreamland or Whitt's is local to the area, hence the reason they were not included.
I'm more offended by the inclusion of the most over-hyped barbecue around, Big Bob Gibson's, rather than the exclusion of a lot of other offerings.
It'd be great in the Madison quarry.
That is if the city of Madison hadn't taken over the quarry.
This tragedy is indicative of a much larger problem. Two as a matter of fact.
For starters, any cell phone usage while operative a vehicle, any vehicle on the road, should be banned outright in the state. There is no justifiable reason to allow for their use while on the road. The problem is though, enforcement. There's no way to enforce such a statute. While in California recently I noticed the biggest violators were police officers themselves, just as they are here. So how do you enforce something like this?
The second problem is the cyclists themselves. Yes, they have the same right to usage, but despite how they attempt to justify themselves otherwise, they act as if the rules of the road do not apply to them. They refuse to move over as the law requires of slow moving vehicles, rarely do they wear appropriate clothing to make themselves more visible to motorists, and more often that not they completely disregard posted traffic instructions (Yield, Stop, etc.). And this is exasperated by the fact that often cyclists do not have the same identification required of others that use the road, so how do officers (if they ever decided to do so rather than letting them off) cite them?
There's no easy solution here. Both problems will have to be addressed and rectified.
And, as to alabamart's statements, in the case of the nurse that was hit outside Huntsville Hospital, the driver was not talking to their child in the back seat. The driver's toddler had unbuckled himself and she was reaching back to try and get him back in his seat. The nurse was attempting to cross the street and was waved into the street by a driver in the other lane, but she failed to look the other way as she stepped into the street. HPD ruled the driver was not at fault and that the accident would have been avoided had the pedestrian looked both ways before stepping into the street.
In the instance of the student that was struck in Research Park, yes, the driver of the vehicle was distracted by their phone, but the student was riding their bike while wearing headphones, making it impossible for her to be aware of the environment around her. Again in this instance there was evidence to support the fact that the cyclist was themselves negligent in that they were operating a vehicle on the streets in violation of the law. You can not operate a vehicle while wearing headphones.
"Blue Dog Democrats" are cowards. Just call them what they actually are, "Republican Lite," because there is nothing democrat about them. They couldn't run as republicans and win, so they run as "democrats" in sheep's clothing.
The VBC doesn't subsidize anything for UAH to play. And there is nothing in the program that is a monster or is holding the city hostage.
I'll guarantee everyone complaining about the Chargers are Havoc fans. At least the ones that watch hockey anyway.
The CCHA previously had U of Nebraska-Omaha as a member, as still do through the end of this season when they go to the WCHA. When one looks at what it takes for CCHA teams to travel to UNO for games, UAH is 34 miles farther away than UNO.
This is about elitism, not distance.
The Breakfast Bagel at Brewbakers in Madison. So many possible combinations, and I've never come across a bad one.
The hockey team is the only sport UAH has that makes money. And has the biggest following on campus and off.
Alabama's club hockey team is still new, and doesn't draw them it. UAH played Tennessee's team, and our brand new freshmen were skating circles around UT's veterans. Final score UT 0, UAH 11 (or 12, I forget which). And the 'Bama gets killed by UT the following night 6-3. Club is UAH's past, not it's future.
Do you know what dollar amount the hockey program brings in? Or how much Coach Cole and the rest of the staff make? I'd bet no. So how many season ticktets are you buying?
Maybe someone should remind Bob that he has neither the power, nor authority to issue any law, declaration, or proclamation establishing any religion.
16 months? Had this been anyone else, they'd be looking at five years at a minimum. If anything he should get more time than the average citizen since her was one of those that are supposed to uphold the law.
Another poll including chain restaurants. Mellow Mushroom, Tortora's, Pizza Hut, Macaroni Grill, all part of larger chains. Heaven forbid the people that put these together actually exclude the items you can get everywhere, and focus on the things that are truly local, making these polls actually mean something.
So this happened when he was 18 and they're just now getting around to it?
The Huntsville Times reporting on a story reported in Sport Illustrated.
Now, if y'all would only report more on the Chargers directly, rather than a story of a story.
"Prayers got us through this."
No, it couldn't possibly be the hard works of the doctors, nurses, and staff of St. Jude's that had anything to do with it. It couldn't possibly be the numerous breakthroughs in the science and treatment of leukemia. Nope, it had to be prayer. Prayer did it.
She doesn't deserve to stay in business then. A simple search of the internet reveals many purveyors in Vermont (and Canada I might add which makes a superior syrup) that sell syrup for far less than $400 per five gallons.
I do own one JP1982. It sits on my shelf right beside the Book of Mormon, the Koran, and the Tripitaka. With the rest of my fiction books.
One thing is always abundantly clear in these polls, the people voting know nothing about the food in question.
This proves these "Best Of" contests are bunk. Tommy's Pizza won when the poll closed, but "After our contest monitor did some online vote policing," Tortora's is proclaimed the winner? Hey Times, stop. Just stop. If you're going to "police" the poll and choose your own winner, why don't you just come out and say what you think is best since that's exactly what this is.
These "Best Of" contests are bunk. Tommy's Pizza won best pizza when the poll closed, but "After our contest monitor did some online vote policing," Tortora's was proclaimed the winner. Hey Times, stop. Just stop. If you're going to "police" the poll and choose your own winner, why don't you just come out and say what you think is best? Since that's exactly what this is anyway, your opinion, not the people's.


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Mike Dewine wasn't purposely left out of the piece, I just didn't view it as an political or election piece. I did see that Dewine had criticized the Richard Cordray about a previous DNA backlog the office had. It wasn't specifically rape kits though and I don't believe the backlog exists any longer. However, I will look for further dialogue or debate on the topic between the candidates and if something worthy comes up we will certainly consider covering it.
Rachel Dissell here. Sorry for the confusion. Rape kit is just the term for all the forensic evidence collected and packaged together. That evidence is collected during an examination of a sexual assault victim and can contain DNA or other identifying evidence.
The first sentence of the story says rape kits AND evidence. Further down in the story it explains that evidence is packaged in cardboard box.
Hope that helps
Sorry, I meant the study was based on people released in 1989, not 1980.
I agree that this is a useful study and we are familiar with it. However, it was done with data from people released in 1980 before the sex offender registration laws were in place. It would be great to see the study updated with current data so we could determine whether there's any substantial difference in outcomes now.
The story was about this closing mass that was not attended by the bishop or anyone on his behalf. If he had been there, I would have quoted them. Reporter Michael O'Malley wrote several other stories about this subject this week and a letter the bishop wrote about the closing and the parish members intentions was quoted from. This story can be seen here: http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2010/04/bishop_richard_lennon_cautions.html
St. Peter is at E. 17 and Superior Avenue.
There are only four cases. That sentenced was indicating that the cases were unrelated, not different.
Some of the admissions were based on plea deals. But these teens had lawyers and would not have been forced t take plea deals.
However, I do have to take issue with some of your framing of the issue. Research over decades has showed that very few of the rapes or sexual assaults are reported. Even fewer actually garner convictions. I do agree that any innocent person going to prison is a travesty but I'm not sure it can be responsibly said that it is happens routinely.
Some of the admissions were based on plea deals. But these teens had lawyers and would not have been forced t take plea deals.
However, I do have to take issue with some of your framing of the issue. Research over decades has showed that very few of the rapes or sexual assaults are reported. Even fewer actually garner convictions. I do agree that any innocent person going to prison is a travesty but I'm not sure it can be responsibly said that it is happens routinely.
I of S,
You know that I am always keenly paying attention to interests in public contracts. That is not the case here. The Mokita Center is a contractor of the court, not Floyd specifically. The center's educational arm, Play By The Rules, also does work in local school districts to educate kids on issues related to sex.
Just so it's clear, the teen boys in these cases had already admitted and/or found delinquent when these polygraphs were ordered.
Thanks for your comment.
I think we explained this in an earlier article but the court in Johanna Orozco's case did tell her ex-boyfriend to "stay away" from her. But that type of admonition does not go into the police computer system like a protection order does. The order, to be enforced by police, needs to be entered into their data system so that if a victim calls police they can see that order is in effect and can act immediately by arresting a person who violates the order. Juvenile judges under Ohio law did not have the power to issue those protection orders. This law should accomplish that.
Hope this helps.
If you have any more questions I'd be happy to answer them.
There are some traffic cases and some civil liens but no criminal cases, I just checked. http://www.sccjis.co.summit.oh.us/SearchResults.aspx
However, just so it is clear, this was not an issue in the trial this story is about. I was just trying to correct the misconception that was stated.
thanks observerjam
I appreciate your comments. You are correct in that I didn't review Parmadale's confidential records. I always refer to records but I can be more explicit. I reviewed children and family services files from summit county and talked to officials there. The mother did indeed make the first call to children and family services and she had no record of being a drug abuser and social workers there never made that accusation. She also did not have a criminal record for any drug-related crimes.
I do think that Parmadale had a policy of rejecting no child. That seemed to lead to a situation where a variety of children with very different types of issues -- from being in foster care, to having emotional and family problems to having committed crimes -- all ended up in the same place. Parmadale official since say they have changed that approach and are now focusing on children with psychiatric problems more exclusively.
I agree. It's great to see a juror commenting and helping us understand how a verdict was reached.
I do have to caution however, that there is nothing in the record to indicate Faith's mother was a drug addict.
Also, to clarify some misconceptions by others, Faith was in Parmadale because she had some emotional problems and was being treated for depression. She had not committed any crime. Her mother also was not accused of abusing her children. The mother initiated the original calls to childrens' services.
I did include the argument of the defense attorney Kevin Spellacy above. His client is the only one that testified. None of the defendants or their attornies denied that there was a restraint or that it contributed to Faith Finley's death. Their argument was that they did not intentionally cause her death and that while they may have made mistakes in judgement or failed to follow agency procudres, their actions were not criminal. That is summarized above by Mr. Spellacy.
Yes, the contracts are with Joseph O'Malley in his name.
As a reporter, I am trying to differentiate for readers --and commenters -- between people who have been accused of wrongdoing and who have been formally charged with wrongdoing. Also, there are people whose names are on subpoenas and search warrants, which means the federal agents are seeking information from them or about them. It would be unfair for me to insinuate that they have done something wrong because in some cases they may have and some cases they may not have. That is for investigators to decide. I will just continue letting you know what we know as we find out.
I of S and ourcountry,
If I knew where the mobile classroom was than you would know where it was. I just don't. Sorry.