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Last Thursday, the Utah Labor Commission announced the state agency's intentions to adopt the new federal minimum wage law.
The United States minimum wage law will become effective on July 24.
The federal and Utah minimum wage rate was increased in 2007 for the first time in 10 years.
In July 2007, the rate went from $5.15 an hour to $5.85, indicated the state commission.
On July 24, 2008, the second of three scheduled 70 cent hikes became effective, effectively raising Utah's minimum wage to $6.55 per hour.
Effective July 24, the rate will move to the third scheduled increase to a rate of $7.25 per hour.
"Utah statute requires the labor commission to review the state minimum wage law whenever a change occurs in the federal minimum wage law," explained Commissioner Sherrie Hayashi. "Because of this mandate and the federal minimum wage law, the Commission promulgated changes to the Utah minimum wage rules through the state administrative rule-making process in 2007."
"Utah will continue following the pay scale set forth by the federal legislation," indicated the commissioner.
The new federal and Utah laws leave unaffected the cash wage obligation of $2.13 an hour that is owed to tipped employees and the training wage rate of $4.25 an hour for minor employees during the first 90 days of employment with a single employer.
A "tipped employee" is one who customarily and regularly receives tips, who is not a chef, janitor or dishwasher, and who receives at least $30.00 a month in tips.
The new Utah minimum wage rates will apply to a tipped employee's wages where the employer is permitted to credit the employee's tips toward the effective minimum wage rate after paying the employee the cash wage obligation of $2.13 an hour.
If the cash wage obligation, plus tips, falls short of the minimum wage level over a pay period, the employer must pay the difference.
Employers may choose to pay more than $4.25 an hour to minor employees during their first 90 days of employment, but after the 90 days, minor employees are entitled to be paid wages at the new minimum wage rates.

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Online Searches as a Labour Indicator
My intention with this blog is to look at tools, techniques and resources that I think you will find useful if you are specifically studying European labour markets or more generally looking to research new markets or economic conditions for your firm. Going forward I would be very interested to hear about those resources you value; you can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or you can add a new comment below.
Today I want to look at an article that recently crossed my desk from the Quarterly Bulletin of the Bank of England (Q2 2011). Entitled Using internet search data as economic indicators it focuses in part on using online searches as an indicator of the health of the UK labour market.
The study highlights the increasing work in this field and provides a useful short bibliography of ten works. The pro's and con's of using internet search data are briefly discussed including the fact that internet users tend to come from specific age and income groups, which may skew your results
Google and more specifically Google Insights the authors believe is the most useful tool given sites 85% share of the UK internet search market. Insights are also available for France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. However, the authors noted problems with the Google data itself, particularly the fact that it only provided percentage changes in the relative popularity of a given search term, but did not give the actual number of searches.
Citing the works of Choi and Varian, Zimmerman, D'Amuri and Suhoy. The team analysed the data for a range of terms against the Labour Force Survey. Searches for "unemployment" and "JSA" (jobseeker's allowance) rose markedly in line with the unemployment rate during the 2008-09 recession. Surprisingly, searches for the term "jobs" did not seem to vary much with changes in employment.
Although the results provided a good leading indicator of the jobs market, they were not significantly better than some existing indicators, such as the Jobcentre claimant count. However, the report highlights the sources use for analysing issues that arise unexpectedly such as the recent rise in VAT. Insights are also very useful (although this is not covered in the article) as it suggests related searches and indicates which searches are "rising" significantly in a given time period, with respect to the preceding period.
The future use of online searches as an indicator is best summed by the conclusion of the article
The Bank will continue to monitor these data as part of a range of different indicators it considers in forming its view about the outlook for the economy of the United Kingdom. As further developments are made in this area, and the backrun of the data increases, these data are likely to become an increasingly useful source of information about economic behaviour.


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Enrique Peña Nieto
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News about Enrique Peña Nieto, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 10, 2015
International report challenging Mexican government's formal explanation of 2014 disappearance of 43 student teachers in town of Ayotzinapa has fostered both hope and cynicism in citizens and engendered calls for government to respond; officials have been accused of ignoring country's security issues in favor of spin campaign focused on economic growth, and apparent willingness of some within Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's office to admit failings marks significant attitude shift. MORE
Sep. 2, 2015
Pessimism over economy is widespread in Mexico despite efforts of Pres Enrique Pena Nieto to point to changes in economic policies as a way of distracting public from corruption scandals plaguing administration; current growth is forecast at less than 2.3 percent, and poverty and income inequality have worsened. MORE
Aug. 22, 2015
Virgilio Andrade, Mexico's comptroller, reports that seven-month investigation into real estate dealings of Angelica Rivera, wife of Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, finds no wrongdoing; conflict-of-interest scandal has cost Pena Nieto politically, and is likely to continue to shadow his administration. MORE
Jul. 31, 2015
Plan to raze over 90 acres of protected forest in Mexico in order to pave new highway to Mexico City airport has triggered protests from those who hold land sacred and raised concerns that administration of Pres Enrique Pena Nieto remains tainted by corruption; company building highway is owned by Juan Armando Hinojosa Cantu, longtime close affiliate of Pena Nieto who has secured at least $2.8 billion in government contracts. MORE
Jul. 14, 2015
Prison escape of Mexico's notorious drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera damages Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's image as reformer; many Mexicans are questioning how much credibility he has left with his vow to stamp out ills of past. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
Mexican government of Pres Enrique Pena Nieto is giving away free televisions in effort to bring country into digital age, but opposition parties say it is just way to buy votes. MORE
Mar. 29, 2015
Public anger over firing of Mexican radio journalist Carmen Aristegui is rising, causing Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's popularity and credibility to plummet; many believe Aristegui's firing is part of Mexican government's effort to control aggressive news coverage; Aristegui was dismissed following broadcast of report on possible conflict of interest concerning construction of mansion for Angelica Rivera, Mexico's first lady. MORE
Feb. 4, 2015
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto says new federal comptroller will head investigation into purchase by him and his wife of two houses from government contractors. MORE
Jan. 31, 2015
Mexico's government, responding to global decline in oil prices, announces $8.3 billion in budget cuts, including suspension of high-speed rail project championed by Pres Enrique Pena Nieto; leader is under fire for favoritism regarding bids for rail project. MORE
Jan. 7, 2015
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto meets with Pres Obama at White House; lauds Obama's plan to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Mexico is facing ever-widening breach between political class and demands for change from a public that is exasperated by rampant corruption and feeling increasingly less confident about Pres Enrique Pena Nieto. MORE
Nov. 28, 2014
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, facing protests, proposes broad plan to revamp policing after local officials and police are implicated in disappearance and presumed murder of 43 college students; more than 1,800 municipal police forces would effectively be disbanded and come under control of state governments; federal government would have power to dissolve corrupt municipal governments. MORE
Nov. 20, 2014
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto announces he will disclose details of his assets, following agreement from his wife Angelica Rivera to give up opulent home in Mexico City; Pena Nieto's decision comes amid mounting criticism against his government's unwillingness to rein in corruption and appears to be attempt to quiet scandal that erupted after house's existence was revealed to public. MORE
Nov. 16, 2014
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto faces question of how to address case of 43 missing college students who are now presumed killed, and their bodies burned to ashes; case has galvanized public anger against corrupt politicians and police officers, with thousands of demonstrators pouring into streets of Mexico City and blocking major highways. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
Teachers and students set fire to the headquaters of Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's party in Guerrero State; action comes amid protest of the abduction and apparent murder of 43 college students in September. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
Editorial asserts that disappearance and presumed murder of 43 students in Mexico, as well as protests about their disappearance, are latest example of breakdown of law and order in the country; argues that whatever limited progress Pres Enrique Pena Nieto has been made still has not repaired criminal justice system unable to properly investigate crimes, end corruption or stop killings. MORE
Oct. 10, 2014
Op-Ed article by GlobalPost correspondent Ioan Grillo contends mass grave containing charred corpses of 28 student protesters in Iguala, Mexico, shows how drug cartels have taken over chunks of government apparatus; maintains case highlights deep problems in Mexican institutions needed to uphold laws, and is embarrassment for Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, who has been working to change country's violent image. MORE
Oct. 2, 2014
Authorities in Mexico say Hector Beltran-Leyva, leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels, has been captured, giving Pres Enrique Pena Nieto another high-profile victory against organized crime. MORE
Sep. 3, 2014
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto is announcing construction of new international airport for Mexico City; new facility will have six runways and support 120 million passengers a year at a cost of $9.2 billion. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto swears in new gendarmerie for Mexico, offshoot of federal police aimed at quelling outbreaks of violent crime; criminologists have panned idea, saying that it continues tradition of reinventing forces without attacking fundamental and chronic problem of weak local and state police institutions. MORE
Jul. 23, 2014
Memo From Guadalajara; Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's public approval rating has fallen to 37 percent, from 54 percent; many voters in Guadalajara, where Pena Nieto launched his presidential candidacy, wonder whether they were deceived by his promises. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Francisco Goldman criticizes administration of Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto for holding important negotiations over national oil company Pemex during World Cup soccer fervor, when much of population is distracted; holds that timing may be designed to mask power grab, and that such an action would have past precedent in country's telecommunications reforms. MORE
Feb. 20, 2014
Pres Obama meets in Mexico with Pres Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Min Stephen Harper for economic and trade summit; three men promise enduring cooperation, but the show of friendship does not mask stress points that have divided the leaders. MORE
Jan. 14, 2014
Officials in Michoacan, Mexico, vow to restore authority to the region, even as armed men calling themselves self-defense forces have promised to seize the region's main city Apatzingan, which is the stronghold of a powerful drug gang; turmoil in the region is one of the biggest security challenges for Pres Enrique Pena Nieto. MORE
Sep. 9, 2013
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto proposes sweeping overhaul of country's tax system, intended to collect billions of dollars to finance new social programs. MORE
Sep. 7, 2013
Pres Obama, speaking at news conference at Group of 20 summit meeting, says that he is seeking to ease tensions with leaders of Brazil and Mexico over reports that the National Security Agency had spied not only on their nations, but on them and their inner circles as well. MORE
Aug. 19, 2013
Mexico City Memo; Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto has overseen the capture of two top drug bosses over past month, suggesting he is no longer quite so opposed to the American-led strategy of taking down cartel kingpins. MORE
Aug. 18, 2013
Editorial praises Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's proposed constitutional reforms, which will allow foreigners to invest in Mexico's nationalized oil industry for the first time in 75 years; contends the proposal could help revive the country's energy sector and give its economy a much-needed lift. MORE
Aug. 13, 2013
Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto proposes opening his country's historically closed energy industry to foreign private companies so that they might pump for oil and natural gas; plan aims to recharge Mexico's economy by tackling areas, like its creaky energy sector, that hinder expansion. MORE
May. 3, 2013
Pres Obama and Pres Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico avoid topics of immigration overhaul in United States and Mexican efforts to confront drug violence during hourlong news conference after private meeting; choose instead to focus on economic relationship between nations. MORE
May. 2, 2013
Pres Obama plans to discuss delicate topic of immigration, among other issues, in meeting with Pres Enrique Pena Nieto during state trip to Mexico. MORE
May. 1, 2013
United States and Mexico's once-close relationship in their joint battle against drug traffickers has experienced friction after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto took office; recent policy changes by Pena Nieto's government, which has been triggered by political sensitivities over involvement by United States in Mexico, has rattled American officials used to far fewer restrictions. MORE
Apr. 26, 2013
Members of teachers' union in Guerrero State, Mexico, attack local offices of four major political parties and stage other demonstrations in response to Pres Enrique Pena Nieto's plan to overhaul education system; teachers' actions demonstrate difficulty of carrying out proposed reforms, particularly in volatile states with poor academic performance. MORE
Apr. 1, 2013
Editorial commends proposals made by Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto that could make monopolistic industries in country more competitive; holds while they could also improve government's finances, success is far from guaranteed. MORE
Feb. 19, 2013
Memo From Mexico City; unabated violence in Mexico City, including gang rapes and killing of nine police officers, has left the nation's new President Enrique Pena Nieto grappling with how to move forward with his prevention initiative. MORE
Feb. 5, 2013
Obama administration officials met with senior aides to Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto before Pena's inauguration to express alarm at indications that Gen Moises Garcia Ochoa, suspected by United States to have links to drug traffickers, might become Mexico's next minister of defense; back-channel communication provides rare glimpse into US government's deep involvement in Mexican security affairs and highlights tensions and mistrust between the two governments. MORE
Dec. 18, 2012
Mexico's Pres Enrique Pena Nieto promises to modify strategy of unleashing military on narcotics organizations. MORE
Dec. 2, 2012
Enrique Pena Nieto begins his six-year term as president of Mexico, promising big spending and sweeping changes to bring peace and prosperity to country troubled by drug violence and uneven economic growth. MORE
Nov. 28, 2012
Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president-elect, highlights fact that high-skilled jobs are multiplying in his increasingly prosperous country, during meeting with Pres Barack Obama; Nieto hopes to shift relations with United States toward improving economy and loosening up trade. MORE
Jul. 20, 2012
Mexico's conservative National Action Party says it has strong and conclusive evidence of the use of illicit funds in the campaign of the winner of the presidential election, Enrique Pena Nieto; the party is joining with the country's leftist parties to demand that electoral authorities investigate accusations of excessive campaign spending by Pena Nieto. MORE
Jul. 13, 2012
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the runner-up in Mexico's presidential election, says that as part of a formal complaint he will hand over to electoral officials evidence of widespread vote buying and excessive campaign spending by Enrique Pena Nieto, who won by six percentage points; he also calls for the election results to be invalidated. MORE
Jul. 7, 2012
Election officials in Mexico confirm that Enrique Pena Nieto, candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, won the nation's presidential election; according to the final count, Pena Nieto received 38 percent of the vote, compared to 32 percent for leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; conservative Josefina Vazquez Mota finished third with 25 percent. MORE
Jul. 6, 2012
Mexico's electoral authority says an official count of votes in the presidential election confirms the victory of Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. MORE
Jul. 4, 2012
Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president-elect, may be hobbled by a slim victory, a lack of majority in Congress and a revitalized grass-roots opposition; some analysts doubt that Nieto will be able to fulfill his campaign promises of quelling drug violence and restoring economic stability. MORE
Jul. 3, 2012
Mexico's president-elect, Enrique Pena Nieto, faces a critical test of whether he represents the old ways of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, marked by cronyism, or a new, more humbled version of it, as he reassured voters during the campaign; during news conference in Mexico City, Pena Nieto vows to continue the country's fight against crime and offers some insight into how he became involved with politics. MORE
Jul. 3, 2012
Editorial questions whether Mexico's Pres-elect Enrique Pena Nieto can separate himself from the Institutional Revolutionary Party's corrupt old guard and take on the near-monopolies that backed his party's return to power after 12 years; asserts that Pena Nieto has a chance to restore his party's reputation and do a lot of goof for Mexico if he can deliver on his promises to make reforms, increase accountability and end the bloodshed. MORE
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(a) In addition to the Centers program created under section 278k of this title, the Secretary, through the Director and, if appropriate, through other officials, shall provide technical assistance to State technology programs throughout the United States, in order to help those programs help businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses, to enhance their competitiveness through the application of science and technology.
(b) Such assistance from the Institute to State technology programs shall include, but not be limited to—
(2) workshops and seminars for State officials interested in transferring Federal technology to businesses; and
Source(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 26, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5121(a),Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1435.)
Technology Extension Services
Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5121(b), (c),Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1436, 1437, as amended by Pub. L. 102–245, title I, § 105(d),Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 12, provided that:
"(b) Technology Extension Services.—(1) The Secretary shall conduct a nationwide study of current State technology extension services. The study shall include—
"(A) a thorough description of each State program, including its duration, its annual budget, and the number and types of businesses it has aided;
"(B) a description of any anticipated expansion of each State program and its associated costs;
"(C) an evaluation of the success of the services in transferring technology, modernizing manufacturing processes, and improving the productivity and profitability of businesses;
"(D) an assessment of the degree to which State services make use of Federal programs, including the Small Business Innovative Research program and the programs of the Federal Laboratory Consortium, the National Technical Information Service, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, and the Small Business Administration;
"(E) a survey of what additional Federal information and technical assistance the services could utilize; and
"(F) an assessment of how the services could be more effective agents for the transfer of Federal scientific and technical information, including the results and application of Federal and federally funded research.The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, at the time of submission of the organization plan for the Institute under section 5112(d)(1) [of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as a note under section 272 of this title], the results of the study and an initial implementation plan for the programs under section 26 of the Act of March 3, 1901 [15 U.S.C. 278l], and under this section [enacting sections 278k to 278m of this title]. The implementation plan shall include methods of providing technical assistance to States and criteria for awarding financial assistance under this section. The Secretary may make use of contractors and experts for any or all of the studies and findings called for in this section.
"(2)(A) The Institute shall enter into cooperative agreements with State technology extension services to—
"(i) demonstrate methods by which the States can, in cooperation with Federal agencies, increase the use of Federal technology by businesses within their States to improve industrial competitiveness; or
"(ii) help businesses in their States take advantage of the services and information offered by the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology created under section 25 of the Act of March 3, 1901 [15 U.S.C. 278k].
"(B) Any State, for itself or for a consortium of States, may submit to the Secretary an application for a cooperative agreement under this subsection, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary. To qualify for a cooperative agreement under this subsection, a State shall provide adequate assurances that it will increase its spending on technology extension services by an amount at least equal to the amount of Federal assistance.
"(C) In evaluating each application, the Secretary shall consider—
"(i) the number and types of additional businesses that will be assisted under the cooperative agreement;
"(ii) the extent to which the State extension service will demonstrate new methods to increase the use of Federal technology;
"(iii) geographic diversity; and
"(iv) the ability of the State to maintain the extension service after the cooperative agreement has expired.
"(D) States which are party to cooperative agreements under this subsection may provide services directly or may arrange for the provision of any or all of such services by institutions of higher education or other non-profit institutions or organizations.
"(3) In carrying out section 26 of the Act of March 3, 1901 [15 U.S.C. 278l], and this subsection, the Secretary shall coordinate the activities with the Federal Laboratory Consortium; the National Technical Information Service; the National Science Foundation; the Office of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation; the Small Business Administration; and other appropriate Federal agencies.
"(4) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this subsection $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991.
"(c) Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.—Nothing in sections [sic] 25 or 26 of the Act of March 3, 1901 [15 U.S.C. 278k, 278l], or in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed as limiting the authorities contained in the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–502) [see Short Title of 1986 Amendments note set out under section 3701 of this title]."
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Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad
By KATE ZERNIKE and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: August 20, 2004
After weeks of taking fire over veterans' accusations that he had lied about his Vietnam service record to win medals and build a political career, Senator John Kerry shot back yesterday, calling those statements categorically false and branding the people behind them tools of the Bush campaign.
His decision to take on the group directly was a measure of how the group that calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has catapulted itself to the forefront of the presidential campaign. It has advanced its cause in a book, in a television advertisement and on cable news and talk radio shows, all in an attempt to discredit Mr. Kerry's war record, a pillar of his campaign.
How the group came into existence is a story of how veterans with longstanding anger about Mr. Kerry's antiwar statements in the early 1970's allied themselves with Texas Republicans.
Mr. Kerry called them "a front for the Bush campaign" - a charge the campaign denied.
A series of interviews and a review of documents show a web of connections to the Bush family, high-profile Texas political figures and President Bush's chief political aide, Karl Rove.
Records show that the group received the bulk of its initial financing from two men with ties to the president and his family - one a longtime political associate of Mr. Rove's, the other a trustee of the foundation for Mr. Bush's father's presidential library. A Texas publicist who once helped prepare Mr. Bush's father for his debate when he was running for vice president provided them with strategic advice. And the group's television commercial was produced by the same team that made the devastating ad mocking Michael S. Dukakis in an oversized tank helmet when he and Mr. Bush's father faced off in the 1988 presidential election.
The strategy the veterans devised would ultimately paint John Kerry the war hero as John Kerry the "baby killer" and the fabricator of the events that resulted in his war medals. But on close examination, the accounts of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth' prove to be riddled with inconsistencies. In many cases, material offered as proof by these veterans is undercut by official Navy records and the men's own statements.
Several of those now declaring Mr. Kerry "unfit" had lavished praise on him, some as recently as last year.
In an unpublished interview in March 2003 with Mr. Kerry's authorized biographer, Douglas Brinkley, provided by Mr. Brinkley to The New York Times, Roy F. Hoffmann, a retired rear admiral and a leader of the group, allowed that he had disagreed with Mr. Kerry's antiwar positions but said, "I am not going to say anything negative about him." He added, "He's a good man."
In a profile of the candidate that ran in The Boston Globe in June 2003, Mr. Hoffmann approvingly recalled the actions that led to Mr. Kerry's Silver Star: "It took guts, and I admire that."
George Elliott, one of the Vietnam veterans in the group, flew from his home in Delaware to Boston in 1996 to stand up for Mr. Kerry during a tough re-election fight, declaring at a news conference that the action that won Mr. Kerry a Silver Star was "an act of courage." At that same event, Adrian L. Lonsdale, another Vietnam veteran now speaking out against Mr. Kerry, supported him with a statement about the "bravado and courage of the young officers that ran the Swift boats."
"Senator Kerry was no exception," Mr. Lonsdale told the reporters and cameras assembled at the Charlestown Navy Yard. "He was among the finest of those Swift boat drivers."
Those comments echoed the official record. In an evaluation of Mr. Kerry in 1969, Mr. Elliott, who was one of his commanders, ranked him as "not exceeded" in 11 categories, including moral courage, judgment and decisiveness, and "one of the top few" - the second-highest distinction - in the remaining five. In written comments, he called Mr. Kerry "unsurpassed," "beyond reproach" and "the acknowledged leader in his peer group."
The Admiral Calls
It all began last winter, as Mr. Kerry was wrapping up the Democratic nomination. Mr. Lonsdale received a call at his Massachusetts home from his old commander in Vietnam, Mr. Hoffmann, asking if he had seen the new biography of the man who would be president.
Mr. Hoffmann had commanded the Swift boats during the war from a base in Cam Ranh Bay and advocated a search-and-destroy campaign against the Vietcong - the kind of tactic Mr. Kerry criticized when he was a spokesman for Vietnam Veterans Against the War in 1971. Shortly after leaving the Navy in 1978, he was issued a letter of censure for exercising undue influence on cases in the military justice system.
Both Mr. Hoffmann and Mr. Lonsdale had publicly lauded Mr. Kerry in the past. But the book, Mr. Brinkley's "Tour of Duty," while it burnished Mr. Kerry's reputation, portrayed the two men as reckless leaders whose military approach had led to the deaths of countless sailors and innocent civilians. Several Swift boat veterans compared Mr. Hoffmann to the bloodthirsty colonel in the film "Apocalypse Now" - the one who loves the smell of Napalm in the morning.
The two men were determined to set the record, as they saw it, straight.
"It was the admiral who started it and got the rest of us into it," Mr. Lonsdale said.


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wow - thanks for this tidbit Coltrane. Freaking lawers are MS's only hope.
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Use Linux and you will be sued, Ballmer tells governments
By John Lettice
Asian governments using Linux will be sued for IP violations, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said today in Singapore. He did not specify that Microsoft would be the company doing the suing, but it's difficult to read the claim as anything other than a declaration of IP war.
According to a Reuters report (which we fervently hope will produce one of Ballmer's fascinating 'I was misquoted' rebuttals), Ballmer told Microsoft's Asian Government Leaders Forum that Linux violates more than 228 patents. Come on Steve, don't hold back - what you mean 'more than 228' - 229? 230? Don't pull your punches to soften the blow to the community. "Some day," he continued, "for all countries that are entering the WTO [World Trade Organization], somebody will come and look for money owing to the rights for that intellectual property."
This reference is possibly more interesting than the infringement number scare itself, because it suggests that Microsoft sees the wider implementation of corporation-friendly IP law that is part of the entry ticket to the WTO as being a weapon that can be used against software rivals. More commonly, getting WTO members to 'go legit' is viewed as having a payoff in terms of stamping out counterfeit CDs, DVDs and designer gear, but clearly Microsoft's lawyers are busily plotting ways to embrace and extend this to handy new fields. It could be used to throttle emergent OSS companies, and it could conceivably be used to take the new generation of US (and maybe EU too) anti digital piracy and IP laws global.
The venue for Ballmer's menacing claims was nicely judged. Microsoft's Government Leaders Conferences are pitched as select events where chosen senior representatives and influencers from target governments are wined, dined, schmoozed and impressed by the cream of the Microsoft high command (We've explained them before.) They'll be intended to take away the message from this dynamic, hospitable and successful company that OSS is dangerous and will make you poor.
But if countries who want to join the WTO and get developed and rich should consider the dangers inherent in OSS, what about all of those countries who're already members of the WTO? They should perhaps also get the message about how Microsoft sees IP law being used in the future. Which might well have a helpful collateral damage effect in Europe, if Europe's leaders are paying attention. Yesterday the Polish Government backed out of support for the EU patents directive, in a move which threatens to derail it (because the directive may not now achieve a qualified majority in the council of ministers).
This on its own may be no more than a temporary setback for the patents lobby (prominent members in Europe include Microsoft and Sun), but the sound of Microsoft threatening all-out IP war really ought to strengthen the opposition's hand, and make the European Parliament, which opposes software patents, more determined to fight. So well done, Steve, we look forward to the rebuttal.
wow - thanks for this tidbit Coltrane. Freaking lawers are MS's only hope.
bahahahahaahahahahahaha ;D ;D ;DBallmer said the security fears some governments had about using Microsoft software were overblown.
"We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," he said.
linux is far less secure, i guess thats why they hid behind it during those DoS attacks. :
anyway, i think that microsoft has other issues to worry about.
so... I guess this means my mono programming days might be over, even if we are in our right to use the ECMA standardised parts, if MS decides to go SCO then it will set us back..
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Boone Police and the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office worked together to make the arrest of a Boone man on numerous felony charges this week. The charges stem from crimes committed in both Boone and Forest City, according to the police release, which says that on July 17th,
Boone Police discovered that convicted felon Timothy James Patrick McQueen had sold a firearm to a local pawnshops. McQueen, 19, of North Street in Boone, was interviewed, the investigation revealing that a firearm, coins, and gold jewelry were stolen from a family member in Forest City and then sold to the Boone pawnshop. On July 25th, Boone Police arrested McQueen, charging him with one count of Felony Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, one count of Felony Possession of a Stolen Firearm and one count of Felony Obtaining Property by False Pretense. Boone Police also served warrants from Rutherford County on Mr. McQueen charging him with one count of Felony Breaking and Entering, one count of Felony Safecracking, one count of Felony Larceny after Breaking and Entering, one count of Felony Larceny of a Firearm and one count of Felony Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. Mr. McQueen was taken before a Watauga County Magistrate and assigned court dates of September 8th for the Rutherford County charges and September 17th, for the Boone Charges. The teen was placed under a secured bond of $45,000.
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18 U.S. Code § 3504 - Litigation concerning sources of evidence
(a) In any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the United States—
(1) upon a claim by a party aggrieved that evidence is inadmissible because it is the primary product of an unlawful act or because it was obtained by the exploitation of an unlawful act, the opponent of the claim shall affirm or deny the occurrence of the alleged unlawful act;
(2) disclosure of information for a determination if evidence is inadmissible because it is the primary product of an unlawful act occurring prior to June 19, 1968, or because it was obtained by the exploitation of an unlawful act occurring prior to June 19, 1968, shall not be required unless such information may be relevant to a pending claim of such inadmissibility; and
Source(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title VII, § 702(a),Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 935.)
Congressional Statement of Findings
Pub. L. 91–452, title VII, § 701,Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 935, provided that: "The Congress finds that claims that evidence offered in proceedings was obtained by the exploitation of unlawful acts, and is therefore inadmissible in evidence, (1) often cannot reliably be determined when such claims concern evidence of events occurring years after the allegedly unlawful act, and (2) when the allegedly unlawful act has occurred more than five years prior to the event in question, there is virtually no likelihood that the evidence offered to prove the event has been obtained by the exploitation of that allegedly unlawful act."
Applicability to Proceedings
Pub. L. 91–452, title VII, § 703,Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 936, provided that: "This title [enacting this section and provisions set as notes under this section] shall apply to all proceedings, regardless of when commenced, occurring after the date of its enactment [Oct. 15, 1970]. Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) ofsection 3504, chapter 223section 3504, chapter 223, title 18, United States Code, shall not apply to any proceeding in which all information to be relied upon to establish inadmissibility was possessed by the party making such claim and adduced in such proceeding prior to such enactment."
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New Fast-Charging Standard Released for Electric Vehicles
October 24, 2012
Cars like the Chevy Volt could recharge more quickly because of a new rapid-charging standard.
A newly published technical standard could cut charging time for plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) from eight hours to as short as 20 minutes. SAE International, a global industry association, announced on October 15 that its long-awaited voluntary standard, which was developed in a consensus with industry experts and Energy Department national laboratories, was approved and published.
The standard represents the future of charging technology and Smart Grid interaction, according to SAE International. The standard will help reduce the amount of time a consumer spends at public charging stations and enable consumers to travel greater distances in their PHEVs and EVs before needing to charge. Ford Motor Company, which participated in developing the standard, issued a statement praising the standard because it augments and is compatible with the existing electric vehicle charging standard employed by all automakers in the United States. See the SAE International press release, a standards summary , and the Ford Motor Company press release.


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April 1840
A bunch of six drinking buddies (William Mitchell, John Hoss, David Anderson, George Steers, James McCurley and Archibald Campbell) in Chasels Tavern at Baltimore, started a total abstinence society.
They took an oath "not drink any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider" and decided to call themselves the Washington Temperance Society (in honor of George Washington). They became known as Washingtonians. They looked for new members ("hard cases") and had weekly meetings in the bar. Eventually the owner's wife complained about the increasing loss of all their best customers. They charged a 25-cent joining fee ($5 today) and monthly dues of 12 ½ cents per month ($2.50 today).
April 29, 1896
Edwin (Ebby) Thatcher was born in Albany, NY.
April, 1913
Bill W was failing at Burr and Burton, and moved to Boston to live with his mother, Emily.
April 6, 1917
US enters war with germany
April, 1922
Bill W and Lois started their one-year motorcycle/camping trip to evaluate businesses around the country. Including visits to GE in Schenectady, NY. By winter, they reached Florida, then went north to Canada. This made Bill an early "market analysts.â€
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POTSDAM SUNY Potsdam met with local officials Thursday to talk about Start-Up NY, the statewide initiative that puts major tax breaks for entrepreneurs in the hands of colleges.
Representatives from the St. Lawrence County Industrial Agency and the town and village of Potsdam joined other local officials and college representatives to discuss the plans implementation.
Its an exciting new initiative, and the campus is excited to move this forward, said John M. Wicke, college director of strategic alliances.
Mr. Wicke has been a development officer at the college since 2011, and was given the new title last week and charged with overseeing SUNY Potsdams Start-Up NY efforts.
Start-Up NY will let new businesses operate almost completely tax-free. Employees will not have to pay income tax, while the companies will be exempt from property, sales and business taxes for 10 years.
It gives us an opportunity to hopefully create more jobs in the north country, interim college President Dennis C. Hefner said.
The college has identified several spaces, including offices in Carson Hall, vacant land on campus and the IDAs Potsdam Commercial Business Park, to serve as tax-free zones for startups.
The program officially begins next month, but the college probably will not be ready to take applications from business owners until March. SUNY Potsdam is still working to finalize its guidelines for the program and get final approval for its tax-free zones.
Feedback at Thursdays meeting was mostly positive, but village Mayor Steven W. Yurgartis said he was worried about the potential for abuse.
I think theres a lot of great potential, he said. I want to support Start-Up NY, but lets all remember the Empire Zone program, he said.
The Empire Zone program, which began in 2000, has been criticized for providing large tax breaks without having a measurable impact on job creation. Mr. Yurgartis said he was worried that under Start-Up NY, colleges have been made the linchpins for a communitys economic development, without any financial support and little preparation from the state.
These economic development programs are gamed by businesses in ways we cant predict, he said.
Others expressed concerns that companies would take advantage of the tax breaks to compete against existing firms, but officials assured that the law makes such a situation illegal. The college cannot accept applications from businesses that would compete with established local entrepreneurs.
Were not going to accept a competing firm; clearly thats not a level playing field, Mr. Wicke said.
SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton, which also is participating in the program, will depend on a large list of local partners to make it a success, Mr. Hefner said.
Start-Up NY will persist until 2020, at which point it can be renewed or disbanded. Colleges can create or eliminate tax-free zones at any time until this point. The application period for businesses will end in 2020, although those that have been accepted will continue to receive tax breaks for up to 10 years.
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Peter explains why the gospel is preached to the dead—Saints should speak as the oracles of God—The righteous will be tried and tested in all things.
1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same
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3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts,
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves:
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10 As every man hath received the gift, even so
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12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery
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15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
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Fritzi Harmsen van Beek was a Dutch writer, poet and artist. She was born in Blaricum as the daughter of artists Eelco Harmsen van Beek and Freddie Langeler. Her father was the artist of the 'Flipje van Tiel' comic books, that were published by jelly factory De Betuwe. When her father died in 1953, Fritzi finished 'Flipje' series 46 and she made series 47, but with little success.
When she and her brother had spent all of her parents' heritage, Fritzi squatted the villa Jagtlust in Blaricum, that became a breeding ground for the Amsterdam art scene. The villa was frequented by people like Simon Vinkenoog, Ed van der Elsken, Rijk de Gooyer, Gerard Reve and Cees Nooteboom. She was married to writer Remco Campert from 1954 to 1957 and engaged to several other men men in the years that followed.
De Bezige Bij published the first collection with her poetry in 1965, and several others followed in the 1960s and 1970s. During this period, she also made small drawings for magazines like Vrij Nederland.
Villa Jagtlust was evacuated by the Amsterdam city counsil in 1971. Fritzi Harmsen van Beek then moved to the village of Garnwerd, Groningen, where she spent the rest of her life in reclusion.


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A frustrated Hammels brings up the issue of the Blue Jays stealing signs at home, not the normal way, but by someone stationed out in centerfield, or perhaps the hotel. It's been brought up before by others.
Someone else looked up the numbers and found:
At home
Jays OPS: .803
Opponents OPS: .712
On the road
Jays OPS: .660
Opponents OPS: 772
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Comment Re:so, basically they are saying... (Score 1) 203
Sometimes there are multiple cases which offer similar questions but different facts. If they pick one case that has a lot of complicating factors, where they might not even be able to get to the main question they want to answer because an "easier" solution comes up to get rid of the problem, that's an ineffective use of the court's time. Better to take the case that gets to the heart of the question and ensure that they can actually be effective.


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12 U.S. Code § 2295 - Authority or responsibility under other provisions of law not to be affected or impaired
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Source(Pub. L. 93–224, § 17,Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 942.)
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Edna Aizenberg and Margalit Bejarano, Eds. 2012. Contemporary Sephardic Identity in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
The following review and interview were done by Aviad Moreno, Ph.D. candidate and teaching fellow in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University and adjunct lecturer at Achva Academic College. His current research observes the role of migration networks in the emigration of Spanish Moroccan Jews to Israel and Latin America. His forthcoming book deals with European-oriented modernity in the Minute Book of the Jewish Junta of Tangier. He may be contacted at aviad.moreno[at]gmail.com.
Contemporary Sephardic Identity in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Approach offers a comparative and interdisciplinary overview of contemporary Sephardic identities in the Americas. The book is interdisciplinary not only in the narrow sense of combining studies from a variety of academic disciplines (from history to musicology). Furthermore, thanks to the rather pioneering decision made by the editors, it binds together case studies from Canada to Argentina, passing through the phenomenon of internal migration within the Americas. By so deciding, they have presented a fresh attitude towards Sephardic studies altogether, which disposes of traditional academic and regional barriers and invites new audiences to view the Sephardic Diaspora through a more universal perspective. The exceptional decision to publish the book entirely in English, despite its extensive focus on Latin American communities, both reflects and contributes to this important mission.
Another chief factor making this book unique is its focus on the twentieth century, during which the centers of Jewish Diaspora have shifted westwards from Europe, Africa and Asia to the Americas, producing a new spirit among the entire Jewish nation. Consequently, the Americas are today home to the largest number of Sephardic Jews living outside of Israel. Despite the fact that several communities in this vast region have been left untouched by the editors, the book succeeds well in giving voice to a largely silent (or silenced) Sephardim throughout its historical evolution over the last 100 years in the Americas. Subsequently it may well contribute, from an unexpected standpoint, to the ongoing re-evaluation of traditional Ashkenazi-centered narratives that still predominate much of the academic literature in Jewish historiography.
Aviad Moreno: How has the idea for the book evolved?
Edna Aizenberg: For a full explanation, see bottom of p. xiii and top of xiv in the introduction to the book: "The idea for the book emerged, etc." There was a symposium that began to look at certain imbalances in Sephardic Studies in the Americas, with an abundance of works on Crypto-Jews in Latin America, for instance, and almost nothing on the last hundred years; what there was tended to be atomized by community or language. We wanted a contemporary and global approach.
Margalit Bejarano: The Division for Latin America, Spain and Portugal at the Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University conducted a study on Sephardim in Latin America that demonstrated the far reaching impact that the communities of origin in the Middle East and North Africa had on their descendants. We organized a symposium with scholars studying Sephardim in different countries in North, Central and South America, with the objective of comparing the experiences of Sephardim of different origins in different environments. The interesting exchange of ideas brought us to the idea of publishing that book.
Moreno: The time frame of the book is confined mainly to the last 100 years. Why does this specific period in the history of the Sephardim in the Americas merit unique scholarly attention?
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MASSENA - Two Massena women pleaded guilty to harassment charges for their roles in separate incidents last fall at a Massena nightspot.
Massena Village Justice Eric J. Gustafson fined Amanda M. Terrance, 27, of 42 Grant St., Massena, $200 and a $125 surcharge for a second-degree harassment conviction. She was also placed under a one-year conditional discharge with a stipulation she abide by an order of protection directing her to stay away from Melissa Shampine.
Terrance reportedly struck Melissa Shampine in the face several times during a confrontation outside of Friar Tucks. Ms. Shampine told police she was standing outside Friars at 1:45 a.m. Nov. 20 when Terrance, also known as Bundy, started yelling at her. She said Terrance was upset about an incident that had occurred approximately a year earlier involving Ms. Shampines husband, Corey.
She kept saying she was going to get Corey, and it didnt matter if my daughter was there, Ms. Shampine said in the statement she provided police.
We got in an argument that ended up in Amanda Terrance punching me in the face and head numerous times. She threw me into a car, and I fell to the ground, Ms. Shampine added, noting she had been knocked to the ground three times during the altercation and suffered several bumps to her head.
In other recent court action before Judge Gustafson:
■ Margaret A. Perkins, 40, of 228 Barnhart Road, Massena, was fined $200 and a $125 surcharge for a second-degree harassment conviction. She was also placed under a one-year conditional discharge with a stipulation she abide by an order of protection directing her to stay away from Hayley Bradley.
Ms. Bradley told police she was standing next to the railing looking out at the dance floor at approximately 2 a.m. Sept. 2 when she was attacked by Perkins. She told police Perkins had threatened her in the past.
She said without warning Perkins approached her without warning and punched her on the side of the face. Ms. Bradley said she was knocked to the floor and said Perkins kicked her in the face and head.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- There aren't two teams in the NBA as easy to make fun of as the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers.
The former can't seem to escape being the laughingstock of professional basketball, even after Washington rid themselves of the notorious knuckle-headed threesome. Recently, a Wizards ticket holder even paid fans to go to the game in his place. And the Lakers this season feel like a combination of the failed 2011 Philadelphia "dream team" Eagles mixed in with season three of the CBS hit soap opera Bold and the Beautiful. They just can't escape drama.
Quick things you need to know about the Lakers sloppy 102-96 win on Friday:
Sadly for basketball fans in attendance, Cartier Martin (21 points, 8 rebounds) was arguably the second-best player on the floor, showing how dire the Lakers current roster situation really is. In more important news, six Redskins, one Raven and the Nationals new center fielder, were in attendance. Now on to some overall broad observations.
1) The Lakers struggles give hope to small market teams
Let's remember, that at this point last season there had been a grand total of ZERO games played. Still, their lack of domination is alarming yet exciting for the rest of the NBA. When Dwight Howard and Steve Nash were originally acquired, it was a not a matter of if, but how many championships Los Angeles would win with their core four superstars.
If the Lakers are eliminated from the first round of the playoffs, a failed "super-team" would be a gigantic win for the smaller market NBA franchises. The more parity in a sport (ie the NFL) the more compelling each season becomes. Maybe larger market teams in the future will think twice about becoming a "super-team" if the Lakers implode.
Plus, who doesn't enjoy watching a sports train wreck? If the Lakers were thriving, the early NBA season would be as boring as baseball can get in the month of August. Because it's a storyline most basketball fans never saw coming, the shock value and frustration from the Lakers has been riveting for the NBA in December.
2) Lakers fans have not embraced Dwight Howard
In fact, he may officially possess the "NBA's most hated player" title, obtaining it from LeBron James. Every one of Howard's mistakes -- missed free throws, bricked shots, inadvertent goaltending calls -- were mocked by the crowd on Friday, and majority of them were wearing purple and gold. As fragile as Howard has been in the past, you know this losing skid and negativity is eating away inside his head. If the Lakers don't make a deep playoff run, I'll bet you Howard will get a lashing from both the media and fans as the scapegoat.
3) When Kobe Bryant finally does retire it will be a gloomy day for the NBA
Has a superstar ever remained relevant for this long in professional basketball? Michael Jordan had that season long break. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's careers were both brilliant, but short lived. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for 20 seasons, but big men don't do nearly as much on the court as guards. His longevity is Brett Favre impressive. As the years drag on after Kobe's retirement, I think even his biggest naysayers will come to appreciate how rare of a career he's produced. Even if he goes without another title, I still say he's the second best player of all-time.
4) The Wizards should take a page out of the Nats book
The crowd split was an easy 60/40 in favor of the Lakers; not a surprise at all. You can't blame season ticket holders for either hooking up their friends who are Lakers fans or jacking up the ticket prices online. Next season when the Lakers come to town, the Wizards organization needs to up the ante for Wizards fans to attend. I'd start with giving away a free t-shirt and Chipotle burrito to every fan not wearing purple or gold. The few loyal fans left need something to rally around and the Wizards marketing brass should satisfy that need.
5) Will the Wizards make any mid-season changes?
Does Ted Leonsis have a breaking point? Is there something that will push the owner over the edge and cause him to make more major changes?
Team president Ernie Grunfeld has become enemy number one in Washington D.C., even ahead of Daniel Snyder. Leonsis would get an overwhelming amount of support locally if he ended the Grunfeld era. But if he immediately hires a new general manager, will that guy in charge want to bring in his own head coach over Randy Wittman? Probably. Add in the NHL lockout, and the Wizards organizational structure situation is a highly complex one. I wouldn't expect any type of resolution in the near future.


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|Boone Calls Special Meeting on Suit Threat
The latest in the dispute between the Watauga County Commission and Boone Town Council has led to a called special meeting for late Wednesday afternoon, that for the town to discuss the ongoing issues with Watauga County, according to a Town of Boone notice released Friday.
The notification says the board plans to meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Council Chambers at 1500 Blowing Rock Road. The meeting notice cites N.C. General Statute 143-318.11(3)(a), the town said it would consult with the town attorney to "consider and give instructions concerning the handling and settlement of threatened judicial and administrative actions by the Watauga County Commission Chairman against the Town." The meeting will come after the county's change in sales tax collection will have been sent to Raleigh, a move that will cost the town of Boone $2 million annually, but, according to County Manager Deron Geouque, two weeks before the due diligence period ends on the old Watauga High property on which the dispute is centered. A change on the towns' part might save the deal, even though high bidder Phil Templeton has said he planned to pull out of the deal due to the town's actions. Various Watauga Commissioners have threatened to sue the town over their change in housing standards, coming amidst the process toward a sale of the old High School property.
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I have the power!!! No, it's not just He-Man; everyone in the world uses power in their everyday life. In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby discuss the idea of power and it's cousins, work and force. As Tim and Moby lift weights, they'll show you the difference between these three concepts. You'll learn about formulas for calculating power, and you'll see a few simple examples that will teach you how to find out the power of any moving object. That's some pretty powerful stuff!
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Barry Manilow describes his excitement over news that his Broadway musical Harmony, co-written by Bruce Sussman, is returning to the stage in a monthlong run at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta. MORE
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After Hours | The Origin Story of Midler and Manilow, in Music and Words
The Bette Midler impersonator Donna Maxon paid tribute to the diva's early days when she performed at a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, with Barry Manilow accompanying her on piano.
September 23, 2013, Monday
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"Harmony," which tells the story of the Comedian Harmonists, a vaudevillian German sextet, will return to the stage, much to the delight of Barry Manilow, one of its creators.
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Anti-TF Antibody (ALT-836) to Treat Septic Patients With Acute Lung Injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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This is a prospective, randomized (1:1), double-blind, multi-center, Phase II clinical study to test the safety and efficacy of a recombinant chimeric anti-tissue factor antibody (ALT-836) versus placebo in patients with sepsis and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). This study was divided into two parts and the first part of the study has been completed. In the first part of the study, sixty patients were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive one dose of the study drug or placebo. In the second part of the study, ninety patients will be randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive a multi-dose treatment regimen of single doses every 72 hours up to a maximum of 4 doses of the study drug or placebo, provided there are no safety concerns.
Acute Lung Injury
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Drug: ALT-836
Drug: Placebo
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of ALT-836 in Patients With Sepsis and Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Safety profile of the study drug [ Time Frame: Throughout the 28 days following treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Number of ventilator-free days at Day 28 [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 28 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Mortality at Day 7, 14, 21, 28 and 60 [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 7, 14, 21, 28 and 60 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Length of hospitalization at Day 28 [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 28 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Length of ICU stay at Day 28 [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 28 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Number of Non-pulmonary organ failure free days at Day 28 [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 28 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Changes in physiological variables of lung injury [ Time Frame: Throughout the 28 days following treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Changes in disease severity and lung injury scores [ Time Frame: Throughout the 28 days following treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Effects of the study drug and the etiology of the disease (i.e. pulmonary or extra-pulmonary origin) [ Time Frame: Determined at Day 28 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics [ Time Frame: Throughout the 28 days following treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Immunogenicity [ Time Frame: Throughout the 28 days following treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Participants will be randomized to receive ALT-836.
Drug: ALT-836
In the first part of this study, recombinant chimeric anti-tissue factor antibody ALT-836 was administered as a single dose (0.06 mg/Kg) via intravenous infusion over 15 minutes. In the second part of this study, up to four doses (0.06 mg/Kg) of ALT-836 will be administered via intravenous infusion over 15 minutes.
Other Name: Formerly TNX-832; Sunol-cH36
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Patients will be randomized to receive placebo.
Drug: Placebo
In the first part of this study, a single dose of Placebo was administered via intravenous infusion over 15 minutes. In the second part of this study, up to four doses of Placebo will be administered via intravenous infusion over 15 minutes.
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Tissue factor (TF)-dependent procoagulant activity and associated inflammatory processes may play a role in the severity and progression of ALI/ARDS. Recent studies demonstrated that TF levels were elevated in plasma and pulmonary edema fluid of ARDS/ALI patients compared to control patients with hydrostatic pulmonary edema. These higher plasma TF levels were correlated with increased mortality, fewer ventilation-free days, the presence of disseminated intravascular coagulation and the presence of sepsis in patients with ALI/ARDS, suggesting that systemic activation of coagulation may be clinically important in ALI/ARDS. Moreover, the pulmonary TF levels in patients with ALI/ARDS were found to range between 0.5 and 2 nM, approximately 100-fold higher than simultaneous plasma levels, suggesting an intra-alveolar source of TF. Thus, anti-TF antibody blockage of TF activity may therefore provide an effective therapeutic mechanism for the treatment of inflammatory disorders such as ALI and ARDS. This study will test the hypothesis that administration of anti-TF antibody (ALT-836) to septic patients with ALI/ARDS will improve the clinical outcome by shortening the duration of mechanical ventilation for these patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Suspected or proven infection
- Hypoxemia: PaO2/FiO2is ≤300 mm Hg
- Bilateral infiltrates consistent with pulmonary edema
- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal tube
- No clinical evidence of left atrial hypertension to explain bilateral infiltrates
- Presence of at least three of the four SIRS criteria. If only two criteria are evidenced, one must be temperature or WBC
Criteria 2 and 3 must occur within a 24-hour interval. The 48-hour enrollment time window begins when criteria 2, 3, and 4 are met.
- <18 years
- Inability to obtain consent
- Patient, surrogate, or physician not committed to full support
- Moribund state in which death was perceived to be imminent
- Morbid obesity
- Malignancy or other irreversible disease or condition for which 6-month mortality is estimated to be >50%
- Known HIV positive with known end stage processes
- Prior cardiac arrest requiring CPR without fully demonstrated neurological recovery; or New York Heart Association Class IV
- Pregnant or nursing
- ALI/ARDS induced by mechanical or chemical injury directly to the lung (including burns, trauma, and near drowning)
- >48 hours since all inclusion criteria are met
- Neuromuscular disease that impairs ability to ventilate without assistance
- Severe chronic respiratory disease, severe pulmonary hypertension, or ventilator dependency
- Chest wall deformity resulting in severe exercise restriction, secondary polycythemia, or respirator dependent
- History of organ transplant (including bone marrow)
- Severe chronic liver disease, as determined by a Child-Pugh Score >10
- Hemoglobin persistently < 7.0 g/dL
- Platelet count <50,000/mm3
- Prolonged INR >3
- Bleeding disorders unless corrective surgery has been performed
- Active internal bleeding
- Major surgery within 24 hours before study drug infusion, or evidence of active bleeding postoperatively, or plan for any major surgery within 3 days after study drug infusion.
- Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage from vasculitis
- Known bleeding diathesis
- Presence of an epidural catheter or lumbar puncture within 48 hours before study drug infusion or anticipation of receiving an epidural catheter or a lumbar puncture within 48 hours after study drug infusion
- Stroke within 3 months of study entry
- Trauma with an increased risk of life-threatening bleeding
- A history of severe head trauma that required hospitalization, or intracranial surgery within two months of study entry
- Any history of intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, cerebral aneurysm, or central nervous system mass lesion
- Uses of certain medications or treatment regimens such as chemotherapy, unfractionated heparin, low-molecular-weight heparin, Warfarin, antithrombin III, acetylsalicylic acid, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists, thrombolytic therapy, and activated Protein C are restricted.
- Participation in another experimental medication study within 30 days of study entry.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00879606
|United States, California
|Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|UC Davis Medical Center
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
|Stanford University
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|West Suburban Hospital Medical Center
|Oak Park, Illinois, United States, 60302
|Illinois Lung and Critical Care Institute
|Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61606
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52246
|United States, Kentucky
|Kentucky Lung Clinic
|Hazard, Kentucky, United States, 41701
|University of Louisville-Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
|Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
|United States, Massachusetts
|Baystate Medical Center
|Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01199
|United States, Missouri
|Saint Luke's Hospital
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64111
|Mercy Hospital St. Louis
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
|Saint Louis University
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Mount Sinai Medical Center
|New York City, New York, United States, 10029
|United States, North Carolina
|Carolinas Medical Center
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203
|Piedmont Respiratory Research Foundation
|Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27310
|Wake Forest University
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|United States, Oklahoma
|University of Oklahoma
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
|Study Chair:
|Hing C Wong, PhD
|Altor Bioscience Corporation
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|Responsible Party:
|Altor Bioscience Corporation
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|NCT00879606 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 8, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 20, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Altor Bioscience Corporation:
Acute Lung Injury
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lung Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acute Lung Injury
Lung Injury
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Infant, Premature, Diseases
Lung Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Thoracic Injuries
Wounds and Injuries
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Jason and Kyle become embroiled in the adventure of their lives when they discover a mysterious airplane at the local small-town airport. The boys sneak aboard the plane for a look, but are forced to hide in the luggage compartment when two strange men show up. Soon Jason and Kyle unexpectedly find themselves airborne over the open Arizona desert. After hours in the air, the boys unwittingly uncover a bomb in the luggage compartment. Everyone on board has bailed out. The boys must take the controls and land the plane themselves. But their troubles are only beginning as Jason and Kyle realize that they've foiled a heist to steal millions of dollars from the mob in this high-action, coming-of-age film.
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