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In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
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will be live tweeting, and Councilman Chris Seelbach will be on-hand to discuss this year's key issues. Even if you can't come, make sure to live tweet during the
presidential debate using the hashtag #cbdebate. More info can be found
at the event's Facebook page.
A new study found redistricting makes government even more partisan. The Fair Vote study says redistricting divides government into clear partisan boundaries by eliminating competitive districts. In Ohio, redistricting is handled by elected officials, and they typically use the process for political advantage by redrawing district boundaries to ensure the right demographics for re-election. Issue 2 attempts to combat this problem. If voters approve Issue 2, redistricting will be taken out of the hands of elected officials and placed into the hands of an independent citizens commission. The Republican-controlled process redrew the First Congressional District, which includes Cincinnati, by adding Warren County to the district. Since Warren County typically votes Republican, this gives an advantage to Republicans in the First Congressional District. CityBeat previously covered the redistricting reform effort here.
Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel will face off in another debate for Ohio's seat in the U.S. Senate today. The two candidates met Monday in a feisty exchange in which the men argued over their records and policies. Brown and Mandel will face off at 8 p.m. The debate will be streamed live on 10TV.com and Dispatch.com. Currently, the race is heavily in Brown's favor; he is up 5.2 points in aggregate polling.
Cincinnati is moving forward with its bike sharing program. A new study found the program will attract 105,000 trips in its first year, and it will eventually expand to 305,000 trips a year. With the data in hand, Michael Moore, director of the Department of Transportation and Engineering, justified the program to The Business Courier: "We want Cincinnatians to be able to incorporate cycling into their daily routine, and a bike share program will help with that. Bike share helps introduce citizens to active transportation, it reduces the number of short auto trips in the urban core, and it promotes sustainable transportation options."
Cincinnati's school-based health centers are showing promise. Two more are scheduled to open next year.
Echoing earlier comments by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, Ohio Senate Republicans are now talking about using the lame duck session to take up a bill that would set standard early voting hours and tighten voting requirements. Republicans are promising broad consensus, but Democrats worry the move could be another Republican ploy at voter suppression. Republicans defend the law by saying it would combat voter fraud, but in-person voter fraud isn't a real issue. A recent study by the Government Accountability Office found zero examples of in-person voter fraud in the last 10 years. Another investigation by News21 had similar results. Republicans have also justified making voting tougher and shorter by citing racial politics and costs.
A Hamilton County judge's directive is causing trouble. Judge Tracie Hunter sent out a directive to hire a second court administrator because she believes the current county administrator is only working for the other juvenile judge. The county government is trying to figure out if Hunter has the authority to hire a new administrator.
This year's school report card data held up a long-term
trend: Public schools did better than charter schools. In Ohio, the
average charter school meets slightly more than 30 percent of the
state's indicators, while the average traditional public school meets 78
percent of the state's indicators, according to findings from the
education policy fellow at left-leaning Innovation Ohio. The data for
all Ohio schools can be found here.
Some in the fracking industry are already feeling a bit of a bust. The gas drilling business is seeing demand rapidly drop, and that means $1 billion lost in profits. CityBeat wrote in-depth about the potential fracking bust here.
Ohio student loan debt is piling up. A report by Project
on Student Debt says Ohio has the seventh-highest student loan debt in
the nation with an average of $28,683 in 2011. That number is a 3.5
percent increase from 2010.
What if Abraham Lincoln ran for president today?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind could soon be reality. Scientists are developing a drug that removes bad memories during sleep.
Gov. John Kasich's school funding plan may not be so progressive after all. In his initial announcement, Kasich promised the program will be more progressive by raising funding to poorer schools, but this fact from StateImpact Ohio seems to contradict that claim: "Under the projections released by the state, a suburban district like Olentangy that has about $192,000 of property value per student would get a more than three-fold increase in state funding. Meanwhile, Noble Local, a small rural district with about $164,000 of property wealth per student sees no increase in state funding." The Toledo Blade found Kasich's education plan favors suburban schools. The Akron Beacon Journal pulled numbers that show rich, growing school districts will do fine under the plan. According to The Columbus Dispatch, 60 percent of Ohio schools will not see increases in funding from Kasich's plan.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is now shying away from statutory guarantees for northern Ohio in the Ohio Turnpike plan. Originally, Kasich promised 90 percent of Ohio Turnpike funds will remain in northern Ohio, albeit with a fairly vague definition of northern Ohio. Now, even that vague 90 percent doesn't seem to be sticking around. But the plan would still be a massive job-creating infrastructure initiative for the entire state. The Ohio Turnpike runs along northern Ohio, so changes to fees and the road affect people living north the most.
WLWT published a thinly veiled criticism of local teacher
salaries. The article pointed out Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) pays
45 of its employees more than $100,000 a year.
Of those people, 42 are administrators and three are teachers. In
comparison, the highest paid Cleveland school teacher makes $86,000. The
article also glances over the fact CPS is "the number one urban-rated
school district in the state" to point out the school district is still
lacking in a few categories. As CPS Board President Eileen Reed points
out, a school district needs to attract better educators with higher
salaries if it wants to improve. Paying teachers less because the school
district is performing worse would only put schools in a downward
spiral as hiring standards drop alongside the quality of education.
County commissioners seem supportive of Kasich's budget. Republican commissioners Chris Monzel and Greg Hartmann said the budget could be "revolutionary" by changing how county governments work. Democratic Commissioner Todd Portune highlighted the Medicaid expansion in the budget. As "revolutionary" as the budget could be, it's not enough to make up for Ohio and Kasich's troubled past.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital was ranked the third best pediatric hospital in the United States by Parents magazine.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments is looking for comments on updating the region's bike map. Anyone who wants a say should leave a comment here.
The upcoming Horseshoe Casino is partnering up with local hotels to offer a free shuttle service that will seamlessly carry visitors around town.
One courageous grandma stood up to an anti-gay pastor. During a sermon, the pastor outed a gay high school student and told everyone they would "work together to address this problem of homosexuality." At that point, the grandma snapped at the pastor, "There are a lot of problems here, and him being gay is not one of them." She then apologized to the boy and walked out.
Music has a lot of effects on the brain. Here is an infographic that shows them.
Bonus science news: Earth-like planets could be closer than most people think.
Hicks drove the mile and a quarter and arrived behind the first dozen police officers. She started taking photographs through her windshield and captured her image of a line of children being led away from the slaughter. "I'm conflicted," Hicks said about her photo. "I don't want people to be upset with me, and I do appreciate the journalists, especially, who have commented, saying 'We're just documenting the news.' It's harder when it's in your hometown and these are children we're gonna watch grow up, the ones who made it. I know people are gonna be upset, but at the same time I felt I was doing something important."
Fellow editor John Voket explained what was behind that image. "Police and school system have a protocol" for evacuation. "Children get into a conga line, shoulder to shoulder, and the only person that's allowed to keep their eyes open is the locomotive at the front of the line, usually an adult. And every other kid has to keep their eyes closed from the minute they were exiting the classroom to when they got about a couple hundred yards into the parking lot."
• Voket arrived about 20 minutes later and colleague Hicks "passed the baton" to him. Hicks also is a volunteer firefighter. The firehouse is next to the school. "I literally put on my firefighter gear . . . I was there as a firefighter probably for not even more than 20 minutes before my editor said he wanted me back in the office to work with him to coordinate coverage from there."
• Voket continued reporting, but "We operate a little differently because our job is to take care of the community so we were inside helping to comfort victims and trying to provide human support without necessarily making reporting the No. 1 priority. The publisher came down to comfort some of the families a little later in the day." R. Scudder Smith has been Bee publisher since 1973; he is the fourth member of his family to run The Bee since they founded it in 1877. The paper, which has a full-time editorial staff of eight, circulates to about two-thirds of the community of about 29,000.
• It was Friday and the weekly Bee front page was ready to print. It couldn't be changed. "We've been putting everything on our website," publisher Smith told AP.
Voket added that the traffic surge repeatedly crashed the website until the Bee acquired "an intermediary service to supersize our bandwidth . . . We got back up and running this (Saturday) morning." The staff used social media to spread information about school lockdowns, re-routed traffic, and grief counseling. "Facebook and Twitter accounts have been a lifeline to our community and it shows because 20 percent of the community are following us." The Bee also was "looking at doing a special extra to be on the newsstands Monday."
• For those of us outside Newtown, Conn., we can turn to the renewed duel over gun control. If it were a song, tired and familiar gun control lyrics would be among "Worst Hits Ever." It didn't take long for gun control advocates to embrace the Sandy Hook massacre and the bellicose NRA to opt for rare silence. Obama renewed his unredeemed calls for gun control although he and Mitt Romney dodged the issue in the just-ended campaign. It was a hornets' nest neither man opted to kick and reporters apparently were unable to raise with the candidates.
• After the Sandy Hook slaughter, fair and balanced Fox News banned discussion of gun control from the cable network. Maybe Fox News feared we really would decide if they really reported. New York magazine said the ban spotlights the "growing chasm between Rupert Murdoch and [Fox News president] Roger Ailes." Ailes reportedly is a gun enthusiast. Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., which owns Fox News, had tweeted a call for stricter gun control, imploring for "some bold leadership action" from Obama.
• Let me be churlish when everyone else is sympathizing with families, survivors and first responders. Slaughtering 20 children is awful, but reporters and editors are familiar with how badly Americans treat urban, suburban, small town and rural children every day. In Obama's Chicago and many other urban areas, gunfire is an omnipresent fact of childhood. Possibly one-fourth of all American children live in poverty as defined by federal guidelines. For these kids, federally funded school meals might be more than a complement to home meals. Health care for poor and malnourished children isn't much better than their educations. Medicaid is among the anti-poverty programs high on the GOP priorities for absolute cuts and/or reduced annual increases. And let's not even get into continuing coverage of physical and sexual child abuse, trafficking minors and lifelong handicaps from poor or nonexistent prenatal care or maternal drug and alcohol abuse.
• Only foolish or ignorant reporters credit pious assertions that legislation can prevent disturbed individuals from obtaining guns and killing as many people as they can. There are more than 310 million people in this country. Some are or will become seriously mentally disturbed and obtain one or more of the hundreds of millions of firearms Americans own. A Columbine or Sandy Hook could happen again any day.
• Focusing on the shooting victims rather than shooters might reduce any copycat effect. Stories and photos elevating killers to celebrity have been blamed for further rampages. Even though the killer never was identified, that was the inference drawn from Tylenol poisonings 30 years ago; copycats tried to poison Tylenol capsules. When coverage began to fade, so did copycat crimes.
• NRA leaders realized years ago that traditional (and valuable) Eddie Eagle gun safety comics and courses were insufficient to motivate and keep members and their dues. Fear and anger would be more effective. Real and imagined government controls became NRA's cause. Few modern American movements have been as durable and effective as the NRA.
• NRA is powerful because we are a democracy. It can mobilize more than 4 million members and fellow travelers as voters, donors and voices in the news media. Elected representatives who want to keep their jobs quite reasonably try to avoid the NRA's opposition. Gun control advocates evince nothing like this single-minded devotion to their cause.
• In 1994, the Clinton administration won a10-year limit on the sale of assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines for their ammunition. I went to a gun store in Hamilton to cover a rush to beat the ban. Chinese assault-style rifles and curved high-capacity magazines were selling as fast as staff could pry open crates. As I watched, the price rose $10 with each new crate: demand and supply. Men who talked to me said they were buying because of the imminent controls on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. A few admitted fear of civil unrest or some undefined federal assault. Most said they wanted a military-style rifle for shooting targets or empty beer cans and this might be their last chance.That 10-year ban died in 2004 when Republicans owned all three branches of federal government and didn't seek renewal. However, recent killings that required assault-style weapons with large-capacity magazines might prompt reconsideration of the ban. Adam Lanza reportedly carried hundreds of rounds of ammunition in high-capacity magazines. No one knows why he didn't use them.
• Any gun control measure that's not DOA will have to respect millions of long guns — rifles and shotguns — used by hunters, farmers and others. That distinction is an important part of this story already handicapped by the paucity of journalists who hunt or otherwise own firearms.
• In addition to an unfamiliarity with firearms, partisan hyperbole also handicaps writing about guns and gun control. It can be hard to find neutral sources who share reporters' interest in accurate coverage. Stenographic reporting giving "both sides" isn't good enough; journalists must know enough to challenge obvious partisan misstatements. We are not obligated to report what we know to be untrue or to label it as such.
• Unfamiliarity with gun control cropped up in a recent Enquirer story about a failed armed robbery attempt inside a suburban Sunoco station. Employees with a handgun and a shotgun fatally wounded the would-be bandit. The Enquirer story said it was unclear whether the employees had conceal-carry licenses for those firearms. Unless someone somehow cloaked a shotgun's 18-28" barrel, no conceal/carry permit is required. Unless the other Sunoco clerk carried the pistol under his clothes, he didn't need a permit. Wearing it openly or storing it under the counter does not require a conceal/carry permit. So what was the point of that line in the story? Just because a cop might have said it doesn't mean the reporter had to share it. That's what I'm talking about.
• Missing in much gun control coverage is Congress' inability to craft sensible, workable bipartisan gun control specifics that can survive NRA opposition and Supreme Court scrutiny. Firearm confiscation is out of the question. So is universal registration which raises NRA-orchestrated fear of confiscation — by ATF, the UN or some other demon de jour — to hysteria. Moreover, the court affirmed an individual Second Amendment right to own guns in 2010 but it did not rule out federal, state or local regulations governing firearm use.
• Reporters faced with new rage over shootings should remind partisans that we have gun control already. Forty nine states issue conceal/carry permits but specify where those handguns may not be carried. Illinois — State No. 50 — is under court order to replace its ban with a conceal/carry permit system. Many if not most municipalities bar gun owners from firing their weapons within city limits with the exception of self-defense. States commonly limit when hunters can use rifles and/or shotguns and they can require a certain size bullet for large-game hunting. Landowners may bar hunters from their property during state-sanctioned hunting seasons.
There are federal limits on how short a "sawed off" shotgun or rifle barrel may be. There are laws limiting ownership of silencers and fully automatic machine guns and submachine guns. Federally licensed firearms dealers must run background checks on prospective buyers and turn away those who fail or won't comply. Dealers can deny convicted felons a gun under federal and many state laws. A legal purchaser may not buy a firearm for someone who would fail a federal background check. Mentally-ill customers can be turned away by dealers.
• Few of the roughly 12,000 Americans shot to death annually are killed with shot with shotguns or rifles. They're shot with pistols. So when gun control is promoted, reporters should press advocates to say what they mean: handguns.
• Before reporters share the lunacy of arming teachers, ask local cops how many rounds typically are fired from their handguns in an armed encounter . . . and how many of those bullets hit their target. Not many. It's very, very difficult for someone trained even at the level of police to accurately fire when adrenaline is pumping. The teacher might end up shooting more students than the intruder. Better to count on the low probability of an armed intrusion. Think about how rare this is. Awful when it happens, but very, very rare, even in communities where other shootings are far more frequent.
A Purcell Marian High School administrator was fired for declaring his public support for same-sex marriage. Mike Moroski, who was the assistant principal at the Catholic school, wrote about his support for LGBT equality on his personal blog. Following the blog post, Moroski claims he was given an ultimatum by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to resign or recant his statements. CityBeat covered same-sex marriage and the amendment that could bring marriage equality to Ohio here.
A board vote failed to remove State Board of Education President Debe Terhar from her position. In response, Ohio Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking access to her cell phone and other records. Terhar has been receiving heavy criticism for a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. CityBeat wrote about Terhar's ridiculous Facebook post here.
Cincinnati Public Schools and Winton Woods City Schools were among nine city school districts found to be scrubbing attendance data by the state auditor. The school districts claim most the errors were simple mistakes, not intentional manipulation of data. Both the auditor and schools agree state policy is too confusing and must change.
The city of Cincinnati is beginning the process of sorting through construction bids for the streetcar. Three bids ranging from $71 million to $87 million have already come to light, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The bids could push up the price tag on the streetcar, but Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, cautions the process is barely starting. CityBeat covered the streetcar and how it relates to the mayor's race here.
Cincinnati is speeding up the demolitions of condemned buildings this year, particularly buildings near schools and family zones.
A new report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services found employment in the shale industry was up 17 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Critics caution the jobs aren't worth the risks — pointing to a number of environmental and health concerns related to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." CityBeat wrote about fracking and its extensive problems here.
One in 25 students in Columbus schools are restrained or secluded. The state's lax seclusion policies have been under heavy criticism in the past year following the discovery that school staff were using seclusion for convenience, not just to restrain students.
On Wednesday, Metro staff will be holding a security exercise meant to gauge counterterrorism capabilities. Metro bus service will not be affected.
The Horseshoe Casino pays homage to Liuzhou, China — Cincinnati's sister city of 25 years.
The chief curator resigned from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A Cincinnati woman was charged with helping her daughter beat up a student during a classroom brawl.
Curiosity is officially the first robot to drill another planet.
A new analysis suggests that tax revenue from Ohio's new casinos will not be enough to make up for state spending cuts to cities and counties. The findings of the Oct. 1 analysis, by left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio, apply even to casinos and big cities that get extra casino tax revenue. They still lose twice in state aid what they get in new taxes, according to the report.
Overall, the analysis found that new casino revenue will provide $227 million a year to counties and cities. In total, state aid to counties and cities has been cut by about $1 billion. That means the tax revenue isn't even one quarter of what cities and counties will need to make up for cuts.
The cuts also won't be enough to make up for state cuts to schools. When casino plans propped up around the state, governments promised that revenue from casinos would be used to build up schools. However, state aid to K-12 education has been cut by $1.8 billion, and new tax revenue will only make up 0.5 to 1.5 percent of those cuts in most school districts, according to the Policy Matters report.
In 2013, Cincinnati will become the fourth Ohio city with a casino. Cleveland and Toledo have casinos, and a new casino opened in Columbus Oct. 8.
Currently, the system is set up so each casino is taxed at 33 percent of gross revenues. That revenue is split into many pieces with approximately 34 percent going to the school fund. Each city with a casino also gets an exclusive 5 percent of its casino's revenue.
For Cincinnati, that means about $12.1 million in new annual tax revenue. But even with that revenue, Cincinnati will still be losing about $17.7 million in state funding, according to calculations from Policy Matters.
In past interviews, Rob Nichols, spokesperson for Gov. John Kasich, has repeatedly cited the constitutional requirement to balance Ohio's budget to defend any state budget cuts: "The reality is we walked into an $8 billion budget deficit. We had to fix that."
Cuts Hurt Ohio, a website showing cuts to state aid, was launched by Policy Matters earlier this year. That website found $2.88 billion in cuts to state aid with $1.8 billion in cuts to education and $1.08 billion in cuts to local governments. In Hamilton County, that translated to a $136 million cut to education and a $105 million cut to local government.
The report does caution that its findings are "necessarily tentative": "Projected revenues have come down significantly since the 2009 campaign for the casino proposal, and the expected opening of numerous gambling facilities makes it hard to be sure what revenues will be. We estimate casino tax revenue based on several sources, including state agencies, casino operators, and former taxation department analyst Mike Sobul. Our numbers reflect a comparatively optimistic assessment."
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
Issue 2 is getting outraised quite badly. Protect Your Vote Ohio, the group opposing Issue 2, has raised $6.9 million, while Voters First Ohio, the group supporting Issue 2, has raised $3.6 million since July. If Issue 2 is approved by voters, it will put an independent citizens commission in charge of the redistricting process. Currently, the process is handled by elected officials, who have used the process in politically advantageous ways. Republicans redrew the First Congressional District, Cincinnati's district, to include Warren County. The move put more emphasis on rural and suburban voters, which tend to side with Republicans, and less on urbanites, which tend to side with Democrats.
Not only will Ohio play a pivotal role in the presidential election, but RealClearPolitics, a website that aggregates polling, says Hamilton County is among two Ohio counties that will play the biggest role. In light of that, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will be in town this week. Obama will visit Oct. 31, and Romney will be here Nov. 2. Currently, Obama leads in Ohio by 2.1 points, while Romney leads nationally by 0.9 points.
A partnership between the University of Cincinnati and U.S. State Department is going to Iraq. For the third year, UC will be working with Salahaddin University in Iraq to help redesign the Iraqi school's curriculum and establish a career center.
The Ohio Board of Regents and Ohio Department of Education (ODE) may merge soon, says Board of Regent Chancellor Jim Petro. The Board of Regents is already moving to ODE's building later this year. Petro said the building move will allow the Board of Regents, which focuses on higher education, to cooperate more with ODE, which focuses on elementary, middle and high school.
The Ohio legislature could be getting a big ethics overhaul in the coming weeks. Specifics weren't offered, but Senate President Tom Niehaus said disclosure and transparency will be priorities.
Cincinnati's United Way beat its fundraising goal of $61 million in 2012. The goal was originally seen as "a stretch."
The nationwide meningitis outbreak is forcing some Ohio officials to take a look at the state's compounding pharmacies. Compounding is when pharmacists make custom preparations for patients under special circumstances. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy has already taken action against the New England Compounding Center, whose compound was connected with starting the meningitis outbreak.
The FBI will join an investigation into fraudulent
attendance data reporting in Ohio schools. Previously, state Auditor
Dave Yost found five school districts were scrubbing data in his first
interim report, but a second interim report cleared every other district
checked so far, including Cincinnati Public Schools.
Ohio Democrats are moving to sue the state if it continues blocking access to texts from State Board of Education President Debe Terhar, a Republican from Cincinnati. The school board leader has been facing criticism for making a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The post was a picture with the caption, "Never forget what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.' — Adolf Hitler." There is no historical evidence Hitler made that quote.
Despite ongoing litigation questioning its constitutionality, JobsOhio intends to move ahead with plans to sell liquor-backed bonds. The Supreme Court agreed to take up ProgressOhio's challenge of JobsOhio last week. JobsOhio is a nonprofit private agency set up by Gov. John Kasich to drive economic growth, but bipartisan questions have surrounded its legality and constitutionality since its conception.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel wants to change the county's mission statement. His proposed changes would remove references to equity and add conservative language about the county government living within its means. The county is already required to balance its budget.
Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million a year due to wind power. The university signed a 20-year agreement in October to buy 50 megawatts annually from Blue Creek Wind Farm, the state's largest commercial wind farm.
The city of Cincinnati is tearing down hundreds of blighted houses. The demolitions, which are being funded by a grant, are meant to make neighborhoods safer.
A Cleveland man was the first to benefit from a law that expedites payouts to those who were wrongfully imprisoned. After being imprisoned for 16 years, Darrell Houston will receive a partial judgment of nearly $380,000.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is looking at removing 34 positions. One of the potentially affected jobs is a counselor position that helped apprehend a man suspected of kidnapping two teenaged girls.
Ohio may soon require the replacement of old license plates.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is assisting eleven companies in investing more than $51 million across Ohio. In Hamilton County, Jedson Engineering will spend an additional $2.8 million to create 30 full-time jobs.
StateImpact Ohio has an in-depth look at Nate DeRolph, one of the leaders in school funding equality.
A new gun shoots criminals with DNA tags, which lets cops return to a suspect during less confrontational times. The guns will be particularly useful during riots, when attempting an arrest can result in injuries.
Cincinnati Public Schools seems to be playing a big role in reforming Ohio's school funding formula. Superintendent Mary Ronan got a call from Gov. John Kasich's office about the per-pupil funding formula CPS uses to distribute funds to its schools. It seems the state might adopt a similar method, but Ronan is cautious: "I do think it's one of the ways you could do it, a per-pupil funding, but I have to say, we were always tweaking every year ... because sometimes those formulas can be a bit off and any time we saw one school getting a lot more than another ... we tried to refine it every year over probably the 15 years we have used it." She also notes schools are getting "bare minimum" funding right now. CityBeat covered budget problems at CPS here.
In general, state budget cuts have led to fewer teachers in Ohio schools. Gov. Kasich previously urged schools to focus on classroom instruction, but it seems the words aren't being followed up with proper funding.
Southwestern Ohio judges are clashing over double-dipping. The practice involves government workers retiring and getting rehired so they can collect pensions and a paycheck at the same time. At a meeting, Hamilton County Judge Melba Marsh said she wants to allow Magistrate Michael Bachman to retire and then be rehired so he doesn't lose a 3-percent increase to his retirement, which is otherwise being eliminated by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System after 2012. But the move has been met with resistance from other judges.
For Cincinnati hospitals, Medicare changes mean some loss and some gain.
The online campaign urging Macy's to dump Donald Trump circled a "Dump Trump" billboard around Macy's headquarters. The anti-Trump movement has gained about 680,000 signatures since it started.
On Christmas Eve, some spent time with family, while Butler County Deputy David Runnells helped deliver a baby in the back of a car during an emergency call.
Ohio will use $20 million out of $200 million in casino funds to train incumbent workers. Gov. Kasich says the program could help avoid layoffs.
It seems Mitt Romney's presidential campaign really thought they were going to win. In campaign memos leading up to the election, campaign staff said the race was "unmistakably moving in Mitt Romney's direction," and the campaign ridiculed the possibility of losing Ohio due to the Romney campaign's "better ground game." But President Barack Obama had a much larger ground game for one-on-one interaction, which is one of the factors former Romney staff now say led to their demise. But whatever. Romney didn't want to be president, anyway, says son Tagg Romney: "He wanted to be president less than anyone I've met in my life. He had no desire to ... run."
Fiscal cliff talks aren't going well. President Obama cut his vacation early to work out negotiations. If Republicans and Democrats can't work out their problems, a series of spending cuts and tax hikes dubbed the "fiscal cliff" will kick in throughout 2013. But it's looking more and more likely the nation will head off the cliff, considering U.S. Speaker John Boehner can't even pass tax hikes on people making more than $1 million a year.
Ever wonder what dinosaur meat would taste like? Well, Popular Science has that covered.


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Caldwell-Pope to enter NBA Draft
ATHENS, Ga. - University of Georgia sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has declared for the 2013 NBA Draft, head coach Mark Fox announced Monday. He will also hire an agent and remain in the draft, effectively ending his career as an amateur.
Caldwell-Pope, a 6-5 guard from Greenville, Ga., became the first Bulldog since Dominique Wilkins in 1981 to sweep the major Southeastern Conference Player-of-the-Year awards this past season. He led Georgia and ranked second in the SEC in scoring at 18.5 points per game. In what became his final collegiate game, he scored a career-high 32 points against LSU in the SEC Tournament. That total made him the 43rd player in UGA history to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career.
"I want to thank the University of Georgia for all it has done for me," Caldwell-Pope said. "I want to thank my coaches, teammates and fans for the love and support."
Caldwell-Pope also led the Bulldogs in rebounding, steals, minutes played, as well as field goals, 3-point field goals and free throws made. He ranked among the SEC's leaders in nine of the 13 categories for which individual stats are kept. In addition, he was one of just nine players in all of NCAA Division I to have scored in double figures in each of his team's games in the 2013 season.
"It's been a pleasure to coach Kentavious and to see him grow as both a player and a person," Fox said. "I wish him nothing but success as he pursues his dreams. He will always be a part of the Georgia family."
The 2013 NBA Draft is scheduled for Thursday, June 27.
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Altec Lansing Octiv Stage Review
[rating: 3.5/5]
- Great bed side companion to the iPad
- Dock rotates 90 degrees left and right
- Aux input for non iProducts
- Sonic abilities just ok in this price range ($149.99)
- Dock connector has a tendency to disconnect when jostled
- Remotes additional menu buttons are pretty much useless
Altec Lansing's Octiv Stage is a simple as pie speaker dock system for the iPad. The base of the dock contains two 2-inch full-range neodymium drivers hidden behind a mesh grill. A set of buttons (power, volume +/-) along with a power indicating LED light runs along the trim of the Octiv Stage. On the back you'll find a power port and Aux input for other devices that don't sport a 30-pin dock. While intended for use with the iPad – there is an oversized cradle that rotates 90 degrees to accommodate the tablet device – iPhone's and iPods will also work.
Unlike some recently reviewed docks this one doesn't include an accompanying app, at least not one that is specific to the device. However, Altec Lansing does offer two iPhone apps (Alarm Rock and Music Mix) that if one so chooses could be used with the Octiv Stage. With that said, the feature set of the device doesn't extend beyond the already mentioned buttons (it power/recharges any docked devices), which depending on your penchant for complexity may be a good or bad thing. That leaves me with little to review; sound and build quality.
While the Octiv Stage is far from a bass thumping system – the iA100, Sound Platform and Tango TRX all outperformed the device in sonic abilities – the Octiv Stage does pull enough weight to provide some convenience in your every day life. For instance, me and some family members sat about 6 feet away one morning and listened to the morning news using the iPad's NPR app. The Octiv Stage's sonic capabilities might be best described as sufficient, but most certainly won't serve as an appropriate device in the event of a 20+ person party.
The design of the Octiv Stage probably best plays to that as a bed side companion. It's foot print measures only slightly wider than the iPad and is heavy enough to prevent the whole system (iPad docked) from toppling over even from the most heavy handed of users. The cradle is your basic ABS plastic and has been molded to perfection to fit the iPad – inserting the tablet takes little effort. Occasionally the dock's connection can be a bit iffy and any sudden jolts, such as relocating the device and placing it down, can result in a disconnection, though physically the iPad was still very much be docked. Slightly removing and reinserting the iPad resolved this problem and since most people won't be moving the device with the iPad in place I don't see this as a concern.
Altec Lansing includes a pocket sized infrared remote for controlling both the volume and power of the device, as well as the iPad's iPod from afar. The additional iPod controls (menu up/down/left and menu) worked to navigate to a song but that's it. Hitting the actual Menu button did nothing while playing a track, and unlike the other controls these functions were slow to respond, which is more a result of the iPod player than the Octiv Stage. The other controls, power and volume, worked with no issue, provided of course I had line of sight to the device.
At $149.99 the Octiv Stage is no drop in the financial bucket. Sonically it lacks the gusto we've seen from other comparably priced docks, though on the flip side (pun intended) it accommodates the iPad in ways others haven't, such as the ability to rotate the iPad from landscape to portrait mode.
The Altec Lansing can be bought from Amazon for $149.95 or from one of the vendors below.
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Introduction | 291 Gallery | Anderson Galleries and Intimate Gallery | An American Place
An American Place
In the fall of 1929 Stieglitz opened An American Place on the seventeenth floor of a building at 509 Madison Avenue in New York. Continuing the tradition established at the Intimate Gallery, each year until his death in 1946 Stieglitz presented monographic shows, almost always of his three "core" artists--Dove, Marin, and O'Keeffe--interspersed with exhibitions of works by Demuth, Hartley, Strand, and occasional shows of his own photographs. Yet with the onset of the Depression, and the political and economic upheaval it created, the strong sense of community that had characterized the years of the Anderson Galleries and the Intimate Gallery dissipated and An American Place began to feel less like a communal meeting place than a sanctuary. As each of these artists turned inward, they created their most mature art. All of them refined their techniques and purified their compositions, looking for strong simple iconic forms as in Demuth's My Egypt and Dove's That Red One. With their direct, frontal presentations of monolithic structures, bathed in a crystalline light, their work acquired spiritual overtones. Their purpose was not just to present an American vista but to suggest something more universal: Demuth's Egypt was the industrial landscape of his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, whereas for Dove the essence of life was found in the humble structures of Long Island Sound; O'Keeffe, Strand, Marin, Hartley, and Stieglitz found the universal in the desert of the Southwest, the rugged coast of Maine, or the skyscrapers of New York.
To a great extent, Stieglitz was responsible for this flowering of American art. For more than thirty years he had orchestrated one of the most influential dialogues ever created in American art and culture. All "Seven Americans" drew profound support from the community that he had fostered and deep inspiration from his own art. The vision of a photographer had liberated, enlightened, nurtured, and perhaps ultimately defined their world.
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Fair worker built cart, career, lifestyle with a gypsy theme
The gypsy wagon parked on the midway at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo is as colorful as the man selling wooden roses in front of it.
Johnny Mayne, 62, originally from Detroit, began traveling with the carnival circuit at age 22.
"Back then, being a 'carny' was a way of life," he said. "Nowadays, no one stays; no one has the same heart."
Mayne began working as the booth attendant for a shooting gallery, where, for a small amount of money, someone could try to win their sweetie a stuffed animal by showing off their shooting skills. Then he ran a duck pond for children, who would laugh with delight as they caught a floating duck. Later, Mayne ran rides.
"Back then, we had real prizes," he said. "For a buck, you had the chance to win items such as a toaster or clock radio -- not the plastic stuff they have now."
He now sells scented wooden roses for a dollar among the booths on the midway. He also has a wide selection of wind chimes hanging from the sides of his handcrafted (from the wheels up) gypsy wagon.
Mayne designed his wagon from the models of two different gypsy vehicles -- the broom wagon and the vardo wagon.
The vardo version has a challis-type frame. The broom has a house-like porch that people sat on as horses pulled the wagon.
Mayne put his porch on the back of his wagon.
Inside, he lives and sleeps. He created detailed woodwork and hand-painted craftsmanship that glows in the candlelight.
Tasseled curtains enhance a stained-glass window circled in wood, painted gold, above the bed. Lanterns hang on either side of the bed. Above is a banjo, which Mayne is learning to play.
He at one time used Clydesdale horses to pull his wagon in all the fair parades but has now retired the horses to his son's farm in Michigan.
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Father Blessed Junipero Serra
1713 - 1784
Serra was born on November 24, 1713 to Antonio Serra and Margarita
Ferrer, his wife, in the village of Petra on the Island of Mallorca
off the east coast of Spain. He was baptized the same day at the
Gothic Church, Saint Peter's, and given the name Miguel Joseph.
He attended classes at the Friary of San Bernardino in Petra but
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habit in the Convento de Jesus in the city of Palma, capital of
Mallorca. One year later he made his profession and took the name
the years 1731 and 1737, Serra continued to study philosophy and
theology at the royal Friary of San Francisco at Lulana University
in Palma. Serra preached in many towns of Mallorca before he journeyed
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Early in 1749 Serra and his friend,
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applied for permission to serve in this field. Many weeks went by
without a reply to their request. On Palm Sunday 1749, Father Palou
received word from the father Commissioner General of the Indies
that they had been accepted. Palou quickly made his way to Petra,
informing Serra of the decision. At the age of 35, Serra left Mallorca
with his friend, Father Palou, headed for Mexico and his new responsibilities.
Mexico Serra worked diligently to convert the Indians to Christianity.
As Father President of Franciscans, his missions in Northern Mexico
became models of the mission system. Father Serra founded his first
mission in Alta California, Mission San Diego in 1769. In 1776 he
founded Mission San Juan Capistrano as the seventh in a chain of
21. The Serra Chapel at this mission is the only remaining church
in California in which Father Serra is known to have celebrated
Mass. Father Serra died in 1784 and is buried at Mission San Carlos
Borromeo de Carmelo near Monterey. California. Today the Catholic
Church is going through the lengthy process of establishing sainthood
for Father Junipero Serra and he was given the title of "Blessed"
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The CCRN office was established in 2007 with the goal of providing support and facilitating communication with cancer clinical trial units across Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD), whom otherwise operated autonomously. To date, the CCRN has promoted integration across 13 diverse clinical trial units, facilitating efficient conduct of cancer clinical trials throughout Hunter New England (public & private settings).
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The CCRN is well established, with positive relationships existing between all 13 CTUs. The impact of establishing the CCRN office can be seen in the following three main, interrelated areas.
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All CCRN trial coordinators and Investigators complete Good Clinical Practice training conducted by a leading external QA consultancy firm, Caledonian Clinical Training. Refresher GCP courses are held bi-annually.
Webinars and face to face education/information sessions, coordinated by the CCRN office, are held on a regular basis with invitations to all CCRN members. Sessions include;
Pathology and treatments of disease states such as ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, rectal cancer
Data management, including investigator site files, delegation logs
Safety Reporting: SAE/AEs, SUSARs
Ethics and research Governance: responsibilities of lead sites
Radiation safety requirements
Other areas of training and development regularly coordinated by the CCRN and attended by most members of the CCRN include;
Ethics & regulatory training
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Magan (civilization)
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Magan (also Makkan[1]) was an ancient region which was referred to in Sumerian cuneiform texts of around 2300 BC and existed to 550 BC as a source of copper and diorite for Mesopotamia.
The location of Magan is not known with certainty, but most of the archeological and geological evidence suggests that Magan was part of what is now Oman.[2] However, some archaeologists place it in the region of Yemen known as Ma'in,[3] in the south of Upper Egypt, in Nubia or the Sudan, and others as part of today's Iran or Pakistan.[4]
Ranajit Pal holds that Oman and part of Iran was Magan. In his view king Manium of Magan who, according to Poebel, was also known as Mannu, was the famed Manu, the first sacrificer in the Indian sacred text Rigveda. The name Oman may, in fact, be a memory of Ooumi Manu, one of the several Manus. Pal also states that Magan is the ancient Magadha of the Indian texts.[5] The Indian texts name the Sishunaga and Kakavarna kings of Magadha who have no trace in the Patna area but in the Magan area Elamite kings named In-Susinak and Kak-siwe-Tempti etc. are known.
With the disappearance of trade from the Indus region, the copper from Magan was later replaced by copper imports from ancient Cyprus.
Trade was common between Magan and Ur before the reigns of the Gutian kings over Ur. After they were deposed, Ur-Nammu of Ur restored the roads and trade resumed between the two nations (c. 2100 BC).[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Boats of the World
- ^ M. Redha Bhacker and Bernadette Bhacker. "Digging in the Land of Magan". Archaeological Institute of America.
- ^ F. Hommel, Ethnologie und Geographie des alten Orients, (Handbuch der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft von W. Otto, III. Abtl. I, Teil, Bd. I, Munich 1926), 550, 578 ff.
- ^ John Lawton. "Oman - The Lost Land". Saudi Aramco World (May/June 1983): 18–19.
- ^ Ranajit Pal, Non-Jonesian Indology and Alexander, New Delhi 2002, p.37.
- ^ Hamblin, William J. Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. New York: Routledge, 2006.
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Open House Star Mia Riverton Welcomes a Baby Girl!
Celebrity Moms Sep. 6, 2010 AT 5:29PM
Congratulations are in order for actress Mia Riverton, who gave birth to a baby girl August 26!
PHOTOS: Star moms & their babies
The Open House star and her husband David Alpert, executive producer of AMC's The Walking Dead, welcomed baby Hollyn Meiwen after Riverton underwent 42 hours of unmedicated labor.
"What was I thinking?" Riverton, 31, jokes to UsMagazine.com.
PHOTOS: Hollywood's trendiest tots!
Weighing 8 pounds, 13 ounces, baby Hollyn measures 20.5 inches long. "[She] seems to be freakishly strong!" Riverton tells Us. "She's already turning herself over from back to front -- yikes for me!"


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Intestine Team
Dr. Langnas received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and medical education at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He began his internship at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1982. In 1987 he began his transplantation fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital and completed a second year of fellowship training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. On completion of his fellowship in 1989 he joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Langnas is currently a Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has been Chief of the Section of Transplantation Surgery and the Director of the Transplantation Fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 1997.
Awards & Honors
- Alumni Achievement Award Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (2004)
- Transplant Fellows teaching award (1995)
- Merck Sharp and Dome - Annual Resident Achievement Award (1986-1987)
- Alvin Yarrow's Award - Certificate of Excellence (1986)
- Integrated Therapeutics, Mukherjee (PI), 2006-Present
PROTECT- Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2B and Ribavirin after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Efficacy and Safety in Hepatitis C Recurrence Therapy
The major goal of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Pegylated interferon alfa-2b in combination with ribavirin in patients whose hepatitis c virus has recurred after liver transplantation.
Role: Co-Investigator
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, Mukherjee (PI), 2006-Present
A Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label Study to Compare the Development of Liver Fibrosis at 12 Months After Transplantation for Hepatitis C Cirrhosis in Patients Receiving either Neoral or Tacrolimus
The major goal of this research study is to see if the time to recurrence of liver fibrosis is longer with Neoral than Tacrolimus.
Role: Co-Investigator
- Genzyme Corporation, Grant (PI), 2005-Present
Investigator Initiated
A Randomized, Single-Center Trial Comparing Thymoglobulin Induction Therapy and Delayed Initiation of Tacrolimus to No Induction with Immediate Initiation of Tacrolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients to Assess the Impact on Renal Function
The major goal of this research study is explore Thymoglobulin induction and its impact on renal function in liver transplant patients.
Role: Co- Investigator
- NIH/NIDDK, Langnas (PI), 2005-Present
Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
The major goal of this project is to compare health-related quality of life of children who have had liver transplants to that of children in the general population.
Role: Principal Investigator
- NIH/NIDDK, Langnas (PI), 2004-Present
SPLIT (Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation), A Multicenter, Prospective Study to Collect Scientific Data on Pediatric Liver Transplantation
The major goal of this research is designed to characterize and follow trends and indications for transplant, transplant techniques, and outcomes of pediatric isolated liver transplant recipients into one registry.
Role: Principal Investigator
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Langnas (PI), 2004-Present
A Facilitated Access Program to Provide Everolimus (RAD) for Maintenance Patients Completing Therapy in RAD Trials in Solid Organ Transplantation
The major goal of this research is to continue to monitor long-term safety and efficacy of Everolimus in recipients of solid organ transplants.
Role: Principal Investigator
- Wyeth Research, Grant (PI), 2002-Present
A Randomized, Open-Label, Comparative Evaluation of Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitor (CI) Treatment to Sirolimus Treatment versus Continued Calcineurin Inhibitor Treatment in Liver Allograft Recipients Undergoing Maintenance Therapy
The major goal of this research is to determine whether kidney function can be protected through the use of Sirolimus maintenance therapy alone without increasing the risk of rejection.
Role: Co-Investigator
Publications, Most Recent:
- Cytomegalovirus viremia in solid organ transplantation: does the initial viral load correlate with risk factors and outcomes?
Levitsky J, Freifeld AG, Puumala S, Bargenquast K, Hardiman P, Gebhart C, Wrenshall L, Langnas A, Kalil AC.
Clin Transplant. 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):222-8.
PMID: 18339143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Comparison of intestinal lengthening procedures for patients with short bowel syndrome.
Sudan D, Thompson J, Botha J, Grant W, Antonson D, Raynor S, Langnas A.
Ann Surg. 2007 Oct;246(4):593-601; discussion 601-4.
PMID: 17893496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Role of an intestinal rehabilitation program in the treatment of advanced intestinal failure.
Torres C, Sudan D, Vanderhoof J, Grant W, Botha J, Raynor S, Langnas A.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 Aug;45(2):204-12.
PMID: 17667717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Calprotectin: a novel noninvasive marker for intestinal allograft monitoring.
Sudan D, Vargas L, Sun Y, Bok L, Dijkstra G, Langnas A.
Ann Surg. 2007 Aug;246(2):311-5.
PMID: 17667511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Mild donor liver steatosis has no impact on hepatitis C virus fibrosis progression following liver transplantation.
Botha JF, Thompson E, Gilroy R, Grant WJ, Mukherjee S, Lyden ER, Fox IJ, Sudan DL, Shaw BW Jr, Langnas AN.
Liver Int. 2007 Aug;27(6):758-63.
PMID: 17617118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- A novel approach to generate host antitumor T cells: adoptive immunotherapy by T cells maturing in xenogeneic thymus.
Zhao Y, Sun Y, Niu Z, Li Q, Peng J, Wang J, Langnas AN.
J Immunother. 2007 Jan;30(1):83-8.
PMID: 17198086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: an update.
Botha JF, Langnas AN.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2006 Sep;4(8):762-7. Review.
PMID: 16948954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Isolated liver transplantation in infants with end-stage liver disease due to short bowel syndrome.
Botha JF, Grant WJ, Torres C, Iverson AK, Sudan DL, Shaw BW Jr, Langnas AN.
Liver Transpl. 2006 Jul;12(7):1062-6.
PMID: 16710856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Inflammatory bowel disease after liver transplantation: risk factors for recurrence and de novo disease.
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Verdonk RC, Dijkstra G, Haagsma EB, Shostrom VK, Van den Berg AP, Kleibeuker JH, Langnas AN, Sudan DL.
Am J Transplant. 2006 Jun;6(6):1422-9.
PMID: 16686766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Hepatobiliary cancers. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
Benson AB 3rd, Bekaii-Saab T, Ben-Josef E, Blumgart L, Clary BM, Curley SA, Davila R, Earle CC, Ensminger WD, Gibbs JF, Laheru D, Langnas AN, Mulvihill SJ, Nemcek AA Jr, Posey JA, Sigurdson ER, Sinanan M, Vauthey JN, Venook AP, Wagman LD, Yeatman TJ; National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2006 Sep;4(8):728-50. No abstract available.
PMID: 16948952 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of everolimus in de novo liver transplant recipients: 12- and 36-month results.
Levy G, Schmidli H, Punch J, Tuttle-Newhall E, Mayer D, Neuhaus P, Samuel D, Nashan B, Klempnauer J, Langnas A, Calmus Y, Rogiers X, Abecassis M, Freeman R, Sloof M, Roberts J, Fischer L.
Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov;12(11):1640-8. Erratum in: Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov;12(11):1726.
PMID: 16598777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Speaker: Managed Clinical Networks, Liver & Small Bowel Transplantation. "Innovations in Liver Small Bowel Transplantation, What Will the Future Hold?" Kings College, London, England (November 5-8, 2008)
- Speaker: Grand Rounds, Lahey Clinic. "Renal Insufficiency in Liver Transplantation" Burlington, MA (October 16-17, 2008)
- Speaker: The 17th Annual National Clinical Conference, Optum Health. "Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Where are we now?" Minneapolis, MI (September 21-23, 2008)
- Speaker: Nebraska Medicine/Optum Health Care Solutions', Extraordinary Innovations in Transplantation and Oncology. "Organ Transplantation at Nebraska Medicine: Innovations, Challenges and Trends". Omaha, NE (July 22, 2008)
- Speaker: Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association, 2008 Midwest Surgical Update. "Surgical Options in the Treatment of Intestinal Failure: No Place for a Procrustean Bed". Des Moines, IA (May 2-3, 2008)
- Speaker: 9th Annual: Management of Transplantation and Other Complex Medical Conditions. Boston, MA (April 29-May 2, 2008)
- Speaker: Dallas Baylor University. "Liver Transplantation Colon Post Operative Renal Function and Role of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyle Globulin ". Dallas, TX (April 23, 2008).
- Speaker: ASTS 8th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium: The High Risk Recipient. "Won't Get Fooled Again": Liver Retransplantation for Hepatitis C. Marco Islands, FL (January 23-27, 2008)
- J.H. Lowe Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Capetown. Capetown, South Africa (October 22-26, 2007)
- Speaker: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Society of South Africa Congress and operative workshop. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. (October 12-19, 2007)
- Speaker: 16th Annual National Clinical Conference, United Resource Networks. "Clinical Outcomes Following Intestinal Transplantation". Minneapolis, MN (October 2, 2007)
Professional Organization Memberships:
- American Surgical Association
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- The Society of University Surgeons
- American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American Society of Transplant Physicians
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Association for Academic Surgery
- International College of Surgeons, Fellow
- International Liver Transplantation Society
- The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- The Southwestern Surgical Congress, Fellow
- The Transplantation Society
- American Osteopathic Association
- Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc


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A Farmhaus Dinner Menu
Apr 2, 2010 missouri, restaurants, St. Louis
If you're thinking of going out for dinner this weekend, and you're jonesing for a little taste of Spring, and you're not yet sure where it is you should go, may I suggest you head to Farmhaus to order the beautiful bowl-of-Spring they're calling: Pappardelle w/ local baby bok choy, Missouri pecans, black garlic, sous vide pearl onions, local sorrel and herbs.
Where most of the time you see black garlic as big, whole clove chunks, in this dish the black garlic is mixed in meaning that if you're like me, and you forgot exactly what you ordered, it might leave you wondering, "what the heck is that unusual but delicious flavor?" That's black garlic my friend, and you need to go eat it before it's gone.
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"An outspoken Ugandan gay activist whose picture recently appeared in an anti-gay newspaper under the headline "Hang Them" was beaten to death in his home, Ugandan police said on Thursday", the International Herald Tribune reports.
The paper says "David Kato, the activist, was one of the most visible defenders of gay rights in a country so homophobic that government leaders have proposed to execute gay people. Mr. Kato and other gay people in Uganda had recently warned that their lives were endangered, and four months ago a local paper called Rolling Stone published a list of gay people, and Mr. Kato's face was on the front page."
It wasn't always this way in Uganda. Homophobia has been whipped up by an American hate preacher who runs anti-gay rallies where murdering gays is openly encouraged.
Local thugs (that's the police), who offered Kato no protection, claim his murder wasn't homophobic - they'd previously said he could bring his death upon himself by flaunting his evil ways.


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Full of sticky themes and thick power chords, the stoner band's fourth outing is a mixed bag, as Josh Homme and his boys dabble in punk, rockabilly, waltz, funk, blues and country. From the primal beats of "Burn the Witch" and the Black Flag guitar of "Medication" to the angular "Someone's in the Wolf," the album is surprisingly experimental. The Queens may have been searching for another "No One Knows," their 2002 radio hit, but ultimately they stumbled on something fresher and more appealing.
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Jed Kim Environment Reporter
Jed Kim is an Environment Reporter for Southern California Public Radio.
Before joining KPCC, Jed was a producer at WNYC's "The Takeaway" and an associate producer for the HBO documentary "Birders: The Central Park Effect." His work has been featured on NPR and Marketplace.
Jed graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002, with a biology degree. After a few years of working in a laboratory, he decided that he'd be much happier as a radio reporter. He graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 2008.
Stories by Jed Kim
County kicks in $5.2 million to buy James Cameron's land
The land is 703 acres of mostly untouched Santa Monica Mountain property. It's the largest privately-owned parcel of the mountains in Los Angeles County.
Are brown pelicans forecasting an El Niño?
California brown pelicans have largely abandoned nesting attempts for the year. Scientists say an incoming El Niño may be to blame.
EPA tells Exide its lead emissions violated federal law
A troubled lead battery recycling facility in Vernon violated the Clean Air Act's emissions standards on more than 30 occasions, according to a notice of violation released Thursday by U.
California Drought News: Weak credit, weaker food and stronger fires
Today's drought news begins with a "dryku."
Massive fish die-off in Marina Del Rey no cause for concern
A glittering sea of fish bodies made for gruesome images over the weekend, but scientists say the cause of the death was natural and not uncommon.
California Drought News: Fuel for fire and other songs of the drought
Taking a break from making up drought synonyms. Instead, I offer you a little soundtrack to listen to while reading today's drought news.
California Drought News: Fires burn San Diego; Feinstein burns enviros
Friday's drought news looks at an already devastating fire season and other effects that sound almost like Biblical plagues.
10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets
Crews have vacuumed up most of about 10,000 gallons of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets after a high-pressure pipe burst.
California Drought News: Other states caught in drought too
Wednesday's drought news roundup has us looking outside our state and realizing that we're not the only ones hurting. Time to go "Lost" and talk about the Others.
How to stay cool in the heat wave
Looking to beat the heat? Most people think of three methods: cooling centers, swimming pools and cranking the AC. Here's a status update on all three.
The fight over the Santa Monica Mountain wine industry
No one knows exactly how many vineyards exist in the mountains. Some estimate there are about 50. About half would close under a new coastal land use plan.
California Drought News: A Song of Ice and Fire
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Bacon-Wrapped Hamburgers Recipe
Since South Dakota summers are so short, we grill out as often as we can when the weather is warm. By mixing the cheese into the burger, I know I'll get a little cheese in every bite. —Dana Matthies, Parker, South Dakota
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 6 bacon strips
- 6 hamburger buns, split
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Add beef; mix thoroughly. Shape into six patties. Wrap a bacon strip around sides of each patty; secure with a toothpick.
- 2. Grill burgers, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat 5-6 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 160°. Discard toothpicks. Serve on buns. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 burger equals 428 calories, 26 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 98 mg cholesterol, 823 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 23 g protein.
Wine Pairings
Full-Bodied Red Wine
Enjoy this recipe with a full-bodied red wine such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Syrah.
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Electrorheological Fluids
The Non-aqueous Suspensions
- Tian Hao, Cambridge, MA, USA
An electrorheological (ER) suspension is made from an insulating liquid medium embodying either a semi-conductive particulate material or a semi-conductive liquid material (usually a liquid crystal material). Since its mechanical properties can be easily controlled over a wide range (almost from a pure liquid to a solid), the ER fluid can be used as an electric and mechanical interface in various industrial areas, for example, in the automotive industrial for clutch, brake and damping systems and in robotic arm joints and hands. In addition, the ER technique can be used to fabricate advanced functional materials such as photonic crystals, smart inks, and heterogeneous polymer composites. The major objective of Electrorheological Fluids is to present a comprehensive survey on the ER suspensions in term of screening high performance ER materials, physical mechanisms of the ER effect, and the applications of ER technology.View full description
For those working in the ER fluids area/related application fields and informing those interested in non-aqueous systems including polymer and polymer composites
Book information
- Published: November 2005
- Imprint: ELSEVIER
Table of Contents1. Colloidal suspensions and electrorheological fluids.
2. Viscosity of liquids and colloidal suspensions with and without an external electric field.
3. The positive, negative, photo-ER, and electromagnetorheological (EMR) effects.
4. The electrorheological materials.
5. Critical parameters to the electrorheological effect.
6. Physics of electrorheological fluids.
7. Dielectric property of non-aqueous heterogeneous systems.
8. Dielectric properties of ER suspensions.
9. Mechanisms of the electrorheological effect.
10. Applications of the electrorheological fluids.