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By BRENNA SWIFT
The Union Democrat
When the Yosemite Community College District passed a $326 million bond measure in 2004, one of the largest school bond measures in California that year, Columbia College culinary students hoped to get new digs out of the deal.
Nine years later, the college plans to spend $9.2 million in bond money renovating the top floor of the building where the hospitality management program is housed — the floor that contains, among other things, college administrators' offices.
The college district's Board of Trustees in March budgeted another $325,000 for the renovation of Manzanita's Academic Achievement Center, a tutoring center also on the top floor.
The well-regarded hospitality management program, which has trained the chefs at many local restaurants and beyond, will remain in its tight space on the bottom floor of the Manzanita Building until Columbia College is able to give it more room.
"It was kind of a shock to hear that nothing was going to the hospitality program," said Jason Romano, of Sonora, a Columbia graduate and culinary instructor. "It would have been nice … We catered all the ribbon-cutting events for the other (new) buildings."
Culinary classes occupy some of the most valuable real estate on the Columbia College campus. The 31,183-square-foot Manzanita Building, overlooking the San Diego Reservoir, has always been the school's centerpiece. It's also front and center in the college's plan to spend the $17 million that remains from its share of Measure E, the 2004 bond measure.
The top-floor redesign will start in spring 2014, after staff members scatter to other buildings and make room for construction. Another outdated structure, the Sequoia Building, will get a $1.3 million overhaul for math classes.
Design work on Manzanita hasn't finished yet, and project plans still need approval from the Yosemite Community College District Board of Trustees, said district spokesman Nick Stavrianoudakis.
But the Manzanita renovation's estimated cost to Columbia has more than tripled over earlier projections of $2.8 million.
The economic downturn ruined plans to get state funding, so more bond money is being used instead, said Judy Lanchester, Columbia's assistant director of Facilities Planning and Operations.
If the Manzanita and Academic Achievement Center renovations end up using their entire budgets, which Lanchester said is unlikely, their combined cost for each square foot in the building will be about $307.
College officials are pitching the plan as a way to create a "one-stop shop" for student services like counseling, registration and financial aid, all typically found in a student center.
Many of those functions are already in Manzanita but difficult to locate because of the building's complicated layout.
Opened in 1969, the circular building has been partitioned and re-partitioned into administrative space. Columbia history professor Ted Hamilton described it as a "rabbit warren" of tiny offices.
"When it's finished, we're going to have a much nicer experience for students in a lot of ways," said John Leamy, a Columbia College math professor and president of the school's Academic Senate.
Romano said the hospitality program, which serves about 250 people a week through catering and the Cellar Bistro restaurant, still lacks a walk-in refrigerator and could use another classroom.
But that's not currently in the cards for Measure E money, even though a renovated space for the culinary program was described in a district "Facilities Master Plan" drawn up in 2004.
Also on ice is the Columbia College center in Calaveras County that appeared on the 2004 ballot proposition for the bond measure.
College officials said plans for the center are still up in the air because bond money can only pay for construction, not staffing, and state funding is too uncertain.
"To build something that we can't staff or maintain is pretty short-sighted," said Leamy, who described faculty as heavily involved in the planning process for bond money.
So the main focus for Measure E money remains on the Manzanita renovation, which is set to give the college president and other administrators new offices. That counts as "student services" too, Lanchester said.
And therein lies the rub for some of the project's critics. The most vocal has sent emails to the entire Columbia College staff, calling it a "wasteful disaster" that will benefit college officials rather than students.
She signed the mass emails as "Tami Grandstaff," but The Union Democrat's efforts to locate her were unsuccessful.
The idea that Manzanita renovation is about "administrative palaces" is a misconception, Hamilton said.
Columbia art professor Laurie Sylwester said other Measure E projects have gone well, but that she was "no fan" of the Manzanita plans, chiefly because the buildings' central rotunda may shrink.
"Many cultural exhibitions which have influenced students for the past 40 years have been staged here," she said.
Students have argued for keeping the rotunda at three-fourths of its original size rather than shrinking it even more, said Matthew Christman, vice president of the Associated Students of Columbia College.
Some college employees said the renovation is badly needed, especially since the building's mechanical systems are antiquated.
"We're happy to see something being done about this," said Wendy Hesse, an accounting technician who works on the top floor. "I am a little disappointed that it looks like they're not doing much with the downstairs … those areas have a lot of student impact."
Cost is the reason the bottom floor can't be gutted, Lanchester said. She said moving culinary classes with all their equipment would be "very difficult and expensive to do while renovation is being done."
Former Yosemite Community College District trustee Pat Dean said she had "no objections" to the Manzanita renovation, which she thinks will help Columbia retain first-year students.
Meanwhile, Calaveras County residents seem resigned to the fact they won't get a satellite campus soon, though the college plans to offer courses in existing buildings in Angels Camp.
"Do I think it would benefit the students and community? Yes, I do," said Bret Harte Union High School District Superintendent Mike Chimente, who voted for Measure E in 2004. "However, I understand the rationale behind not moving forward with this. I think Columbia College is doing everything they can to provide service to our communities."
All but one of Columbia's earlier bond buildings came in under budget, in part because the recession lowered the cost of construction, Lanchester said. The savings are helping fund the Manzanita renovation.
The 33,661-square-foot Sugar Pine Science and Natural Resources building finished at $17.9 million, $4.5 million under budget.
The Laurel Child Development and Family Services Center, which has five integrated buildings, finished at $8.9 million when its budget was $9.2 million.
Still, Columbia would have needed more than twice its $52.5 million share of the bond funds to build all the projects proposed in the 2004 master plan, including a performing arts center estimated at $30.6 million.
Most of the money — about $220 million — is going to Modesto Junior College, which is also part of the Yosemite Community College District.
Another $73.6 million is earmarked for the college district's "Central Services," a total that got a $20 million boost from interest earned on bond proceeds, according to Stavrianoudakis.
"Central Services" projects include a new Yosemite Community College District office in Modesto, technology infrastructure and maintenance on each college campus.
"I am happy with what they've done so far with the money," Christman said. "I know there's only so much and it can only go so far."
It remains to be seen whether students will be as happy with the top-floor Manzanita renovation, but that's all they're going to get — for now.
"A new building would cost more," Dean said. "In my opinion, it will be years if we have another bond (measure) to build more buildings."


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Music fans are in for a lively song-and-dance journey through decades of American music at the Fallon House when Sierra Rep presents Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano."
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Music fans are in for a lively song-and-dance journey through decades of American music at the Fallon House when Sierra Rep presents Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano."
The captivating showcase celebrates the musical master's legacy, from ragtime and dance halls to Hollywood and Broadway.
As Irving Berlin's fellow music legend Jerome Kern famously said, "Irving Berlin has no place in American music – he is American music."
A stand-out cast of six guest artists and a live band will sweep audiences through seven decades of Berlin's masterpieces in a show that has charmed audiences across the country.
It plays at the Fallon House through Oct. 7.
Audiences will be amazed at the range of songs that kept this iconic composer at the forefront of American music decade after decade. Versatile performers will serve up dozens of Berlin's ballads, dance numbers, love songs and novelty tunes with hits such as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Cheek to Cheek," "God Bless America," "Blue Skies," "How Deep is the Ocean," "Anything You Can Do," and many more.
"I Love a Piano" plays at SRT's Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park.
Friday performances begin at 7 p.m. Saturday evening performances are at 8 and Saturday and Sunday matinées begin at 2.
Ticket prices range from $24 to $30 depending on the day of the performance.
For more information on content and show dates or to make reservations call Sierra Rep's box office at 209-532-3120 visit Sierra Rep at sierrarep.org.

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Hearts plotting Ghana FA action against referee John Atikese following Medeama loss
By Ameenu Shardow
Hearts of Oak are considering reporting referee John Atikese to the Ghana FA for poor performance in their 2-1 defeat at Medeama last Wednesday.
The Phobians have accused the centre referee of robbing them off what would have been a famous win in the outstanding Premier League match played at the Tarkwa T&A Park.
Coach Mohammed Polo stormed onto the pitch after the game to register his displeasure to refereeAtikese.
The club is now considering lodging an official complaint to the Ghana FA over what they believe was a clear act of biased refereeing by the match officials.
"Officiating was the reason Medeama won the game," Hearts' spokesman Muheeb Saheed told Metro FM.
"If you strike and average, officiating was 70 percent and Medeama's effort was 30 percent.
"Management will meet over this issue and then decide on whether to report it to the Ghana FA."
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Two Camera Field Sequential 3D Circuit Design for use with Stereo Microscope
By Gerald Heine
Since I saw my first 3D movie, "It Came From Outer Space", in 1953 I've been interested in making my own 3D movies. I got my first 3D camera in 1954, a Bell and Howell Three Dimension Company Colorist, which I still have.
I was interested in taking 3D pictures through a Stereo Microscope, but have not seen anything that could do this. The Field Sequential system of 3D movies has brought a new interest in 3D movies. Many of the films originally shown in IMAX theaters are now available in the Field Sequential 3D format.
The Field Sequential method of 3D works only on TV screens that use cathode ray tubes (CRT) for the display. It utilizes the two interlaced fields used to display the picture. The TV picture is made up of 525 scanned lines. The screen is scanned twice, once for the odd numbered lines and again for the even numbered lines. These two fields can be separated and one used for the right eye and the other for the left eye of a 3D picture pair.
Designing the Circuit:
In setting out to build a device for taking 3D video through a microscope I looked for resources on-line. Here are some of the sources I found very helpful:
Easy PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Fabrication, Using Laser Printer Toner Transfer
Robot Room - Making Printed Circuit Boards
ExpressPCB - Free PCB layout software - Low cost circuit boards
Stereo Video
Razor3D - Video Gear
Jameco Electronics
Radio Shack
The primary integrated circuits used are the LM1881 sync separator and the CD4066 switch. The LM1881 has an output that will go high or low depending whether an odd or even numbered scan line is being received. This information can be used to separate two video signals for the left and right stereo images using the CD4066 to switch the odd and even video scan lines.
To download a high resolution view of the circuit click the above image.
A left/right manual switch is needed because there is know way to control which (left or right) image will be the odd and which will be the even scanned lines.
Parts List:
Item Quantity Ref Source
LM78L05 1 U1 Jameco 51182
LM1881 1 U2 Jameco 107140
CD4049 1 U3 Jameco 13055
CD4066 1 U4 Jameco 13186
Electrolytic Capacitor 100uF 1 C1 Jameco 29963
Ceramic Capacitor .1uF 2 C2-C3 Jameco 15270
Resistor 680K Ohms 1 R1 Jameco 31501
DPDT Switch 1 S1 Radio Shack 275-614
Power Jack 1 J1 Radio Shack 274-1563
Phono Jack 3 J2-J4 Radio Shack 274-346
1/8" Stereo Jack 1 J5 Radio Shack 274-249
Project Box 6x4x2 1 Radio Shack 270-1806
9V Battery Holder 1 Radio Shack 270-326
Hook-Up Wire 22 Gage Solid 1 Radio Shack 278-1215
9V Battery Connector 1 Ispyvideo.com
Making the Circuit Board:
I have made many printed circuit boards before, but not by the method used for this project. I used the Laser Printer Toner Transfer Method. See the links above for more information on this method.
Etched side of circuit board.
Etched side of circuit board mirror reversed for use in the printed image transfer to copper clad board.
Click the above image to download the large image for printing.
I used 32% image size in Paint Shop Pro to print the image.
Component side of circuit board
Component side of circuit board mirror reversed for printing
Click the above image to download the large image for printing.
I used 32% image size in Paint Shop Pro to print the image.
The board I made using the Laser Printer Toner Transfer Method.
Completed 3D Video Sync Box
Microscope Setup:
The video cameras I used for this project were a Sanyo VCC-3972 which is capable of using external sync and a Sanyo VCC-6574A. One camera must be capable of using external sync, so that the scan lines of the two cameras are in sync. I adjusted the back-focus adjustment on the two cameras so they will focus at the same distance. I used a camera lens and infinity focus on an object to do this.
The two cameras are connected to the microscope using a telescope adapters the ScopeTronix C Mount for Video Cameras, which has an inside diameter that I found would just fit over the eyepiece of the microscope for eyepiece projection. I used a 5mm CS to C mount adapter between the ScopeTronix adapter and the video camera. One source for this is SpyTown. A rubber-band was placed around the two cameras to help stabilize them.
The external sync of one camera is connected to the video output of the other camera through the use of a T-connector and a short cable. The video output of each camera is then connected to the 3D Video Sync Box constructed here. The output on the Sync Box is connected to a DVD recorder and monitor. 3D shutter glasses are connected to the input provided on the Sync Box. While observing the monitor the switch on the side of the Sync Box is set to correct the picture for the left and right eye. The microscope ocular separation is then adjusted for the proper convergence of the images.
I adapted a mechanical stage for use on my microscope so that I could motion scan the image being observed.
I used a microscope with a 2X objective and a 20X eyepiece. The microscope, mechanical stage, and eyepieces were purchased from the SurplusShed.
Microscope Setup
The Results:
To download a sample of a 3D movie I made with this system click below:
You will need 3D shutter glasses and a 3D converter box to view these files. A good source for this is Razor3D. They offer a package deal that includes one DVD movie. I recommend "Encounter in the Third Dimension" or "Ultimate G's". These movies were originally shown in IMAX theaters. This system only works with CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) type TV sets, it will not work on LCD TV sets.
I also made a short video with the two cameras set for normal 3D (non-microscopic). The cameras are just set side-by-side and fitted with 12.5mm lenses.
Microscopic 3D Movie - 36mb - This file is in DVD format for burning direct to DVD with Nero or other DVD burner program.
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If so, any references to point to? Either a place that had done it, or an explanation of how to do it.


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This past weekend I attended a grand wedding (congrats again, Joey and Megs!) at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. Part of the historical Union Station, this black tie optional, evening event was nothing short of opulent and amazing! Truly, it was a dream :)
I could go on and on with things I found interesting and appealing, but rather than bore the blogosphere with my rampant ramblings, I'll focus on one trend that really stood and has been supported by the likes of David Tutera and Martha Stewart… and that's to bring the outside world into your indoor celebration!
With outdoor and rustic weddings becoming more and more popular with each coming year, it's no wonder that this kind of decorating detail is nothing short of HUH-UGE to winter wedding settings. Sure, every one loves the extravagance of crystal chandeliers and dazzling icicle designs for winter's wedded bliss, but there is a warmth and richness that comes from bringing in the beauty of nature to your big day!
While the Crowne Plaza in Union Station – a majestically reformed old train station – is already a ahhh(to the)mazing setting in and of itself… see for yourselves below :)
Joey and Megan did a spectacular job at bringing the outside in with grand scaled centerpieces and rustic details, which paried perfectly with the old train station charm. It was the kind of eye-catching beautiful that you would normally see in the movies. And I mean that in the most literal sense possible: my eyes were caught and feverishly dancing from detail to detail in mad procession.
While J & M decided to bring the outside in with rustically matched decor, that's not the only way winter brides can exploit this trend!
Consider dangling icicle lights to create either an outdoor crystallizing effect or rather, a wintery starlit sky, like below…
Bring in branches, and create a look that has storybook fairytale written all over it. You can even do it in HD color like a David Tutera dream…
…orrr keep it simple, sleek and chic in all white…
Combine one of the looks above with lots and LOTS of candles, and you'll create a wintery look that is both merry, bright and bound to delight!
Fill your space wisely with snowflake lighting that not only looks spectacular, but also functions seamlessly:
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wants pity. Perhaps he loves in you the unmoved eye, and the look of eternity.
Let your pity for your friend be hidden under a hard shell; you shall break a tooth on it. Thus it will have delicacy and sweetness.
Are you pure air and solitude and bread and medicine to your friend? Many a one cannot loosen his own chains, but can nevertheless free his friend.
Are you a slave? Then you cannot be a friend. Are you a tyrant? Then you cannot have friends.
Far too long have slave and tyrant been concealed in woman. On that account woman is not yet capable of friendship: she knows only love.
In woman's love there is injustice and blindness to all she does not love. And even in woman's conscious love, there is still always attack and lightning and night, along with the light.
As yet woman is not capable of friendship: women are still cats and birds. Or at best, cows.
As yet woman is not capable of friendship. But tell me, you men, who of you is capable of friendship?
Oh! your poverty, you men, and your sparingness of soul! As much as you give to your friend, I will give even to my enemy, and will not become poorer for it.
There is comradeship: may there be friendship!
Thus spoke Zarathustra.


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The lighthouse at Gibraltar Point is the city's earliest landmark and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Toronto. Built around 1808 the lighthouse originally operated as a fixed white light by burning sperm whale oil. From 1863 coal oil was used, and in 1872 a revolving mechanism was installed so that the light rotated once every minute and 48 seconds. Electric lighting was first used around 1916, and the current lighting system was installed in 1945.
The lighthouse was originally built at the water's edge but over time sand has built up so that it now stands some distance inland. In 1958 the building was transferred to the city's parks department and no longer operates as a lighthouse. For more information on the history of the lighthouse check out the City of Toronto's website.
The Haunted LighthouseLocal legend has it that the Gibraltar Point lighthouse is haunted. In 1815 the first keeper, J.P. Radan Muller was murdered. The usual tale told is that Muller was murdered by either two or three soldiers from the Fort at York. They evidently called on him late in the evening and asked him to produce his beer keg. This he did, but when he saw his friends were having more than was good for them, he refused a further supply. The refusal ended in a fight and the fight ended in the death of Muller.Muller was buried west of the lighthouse near the lagoon and many believe that his ghost haunts the lighthouse to this day. Some have reported that the sound of moaning can be heard on misty nights and others claim to have seen an apparition wandering the grounds that is believed to be Radan Muller's ghost.The Lighthouse TodayAlthough no longer operating as a lighthouse and locked, the building is occasionally opened to the public to have a look inside. Keep an eye on our website for upcoming Lighthouse events.


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BOSTON - OCTOBER 25: Curt Schilling #38 of the Boston Red Sox tips his hat to the crowd as he comes out of the game in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies during Game Two of the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series at Fenway Park on October 25, 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's retiring from baseball.
The 42-year-old right-hander who won World Series championships with Arizona and Boston announced on his blog Monday that he's leaving after 23 years with "zero regrets."
Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury. He had surgery last June and had said he might come back in the middle of this season. He made no reference to his injury on his blog, saying only he was very grateful.
Schilling won a World Series with Arizona in 2001 and with Boston in 2004 and 2007. For his career, he has the 14th most strikeouts in baseball history. He leaves with a 216-146 record and 3.46 ERA.
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Stark County Prosecutor John D. Ferrero, Canton Law Director Joseph Martuccio and members of the Canton Municipal and Stark County Common Pleas courts asked county commissioners Tuesday for help to revive the direct indictment program that would get those inmates out of the Stark County jail quicker.
One-third of the inmates charged with a felony crime this year sat in the Stark County Jail for more than a month before a grand jury reduced the charge or set them free.
Stark County Prosecutor John D. Ferrero, Canton Law Director Joseph Martuccio and members of the Canton Municipal and Stark County Common Pleas courts asked county commissioners Tuesday for help to revive a program that could get those inmates out of jail within 10 days.
"The ultimate goal is to save bed space at the jail," Ferrero said.
Officials said the direct indictment program also will save money for police departments that must pay their officers overtime when the officer is required to appear in court to testify.
Currently, inmates wait an average of 40 days in jail from the time they are arrested on a felony charge to when a county prosecutor presents the case to the 14-member grand jury. The grand jury decides whether there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial.
Under the proposed direct indictment program, an assistant county prosecutor works with the municipal courts to sort out which cases should be presented to the grand jury, which cases should be dropped and which cases should have the charges reduced to misdemeanor crimes. The felony cases that remain are then presented to the grand jury within 10 days after the arrest. Those later convicted are transferred to the state prison system or an alternative facility, serve out their jail sentence or are put on probation.
Ferrero expects to start the direct indictment program in Canton Municipal Court starting Oct. 1 and hopes to expand it to the Alliance and Massillon municipal courts next year. Commissioners pledged to set aside next year an additional $80,000 for an assistant prosecutor and an additional $30,000 to hire a part-time investigator for the program. Ferrero believes his budget has enough funds this year to cover the expense.
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Variable expression of clinical arthritis at the level of a single joint. The development of clinical arthritis (mild soft tissues swelling = clinical score 3) post induction day (PID) at the levels of single joints (proximal and distal interphalangeal joints and metacarpal region) is indicated in red. If the swelling was inconclusive, this is indicated with a dashed red line (see right foot and index finger, PID 32). Black arrows point to the variable swelling of the indicated joints. CIA, collagen-induced arthritis.
Vierboom et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010 12:R200 doi:10.1186/ar3172


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Idaho boaters given the power to choose
Brent Renneke
December 18, 2012
Filed under Features, Top Stories
What would happen if boaters – absent of lawmakers – had the power to decide the dispersal of boater registration funds?
It is a question that has been answered in Idaho, where its residents, upon registering their boat, designate two lakes where they would like to see 85 percent of their money go. It is what the state calls its "Pay Where You Play" program.
According to Idaho Boating Program Manager Dave Dahms, the idea is that boaters direct those dollars to their favorite, most frequented boating locations, which in turn fund boat improvement projects and law enforcement activities.
Upon registering, boaters can designate one primary and one secondary county to receive their funds. Those funds are then given to that county's Waterways Advisory Committee, which is typically made up of boaters in the region. The committees in turn designate what projects to fund.
"I think this program has been extremely effective because it is in the hands of the boaters to tell the state where they want their money spent," Dahms said.
In Idaho, nearly every boating-related facility and service is the responsibility of the county, including county sheriffs who are responsible for patrolling the lakes. Therefore, it is logical for counties where those facilities are most used receive the most funding, Dahms said.
Upper Idaho counties Bonner and Kootenai are often home of up to 30 percent of boater registrations; therefore, it receives a large portion of funding from the system, according to Dahms.
Idaho uses a similar system for its snowmobile registrations as well, he said.
The system has not caused a shortage of funding in less popular lakes, according to Dahms, who has been with Idaho Parks and Recreation for nearly seven years.
Funding from boating registrations makes up only part of funding made available to counties, however. Dahms said funding is also generated through a state fuel tax, as well as grant programs like the Waterways Improvement Fund and the Recreational Boating Safety Grant.


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Health research is critical to the institutional mission of the Makerere College of Health Sciences (MakCHS). Optimizing the alignment of health research capacity at MakCHS with the health needs and priorities of Uganda, as outlined in the country's Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP), is a deliberate priority, a responsibility, and a significant opportunity for research. To guide this strategic direction, an assessment of MakCHS's research grants and publication portfolio was conducted.
A survey of all new and ongoing grants, as well as all publications, between January 2005 and December 2009 was conducted. Research, training, and education grants awarded to MakCHS' constituent faculties and departments, were looked for through financial records at the college or by contact with funding organizations. Published manuscripts registered with PubMed, that included MakCHS faculty authors, were also analyzed.
A total of 58 active grants were identified, of which 18 had been initiated prior to 2005 and there were an average of about eight new grants per year. Most grants funded basic and applied research, with major focus areas being HIV/AIDS (44%), malaria (19%), maternal and child health (14%), tuberculosis (11%), mental health (3%), and others (8%). MakCHS faculty were identified as Principal Investigators (PIs) in only 22 (38%) active grants. Grant funding details were only available for one third of the active grants at MakCHS. A total of 837 publications were identified, with an average of 167 publications per year, most of which (66%) addressed the country's priority health areas, and 58% had MakCHS faculty or students as first authors.
The research grants and publications at MakCHS are generally well-aligned with the Ugandan Health Ministry priorities. Greater efforts to establish centralized and efficient grants management procedures are needed. In addition, greater efforts are needed to expand capacity for MakCHS faculty leadership of grants, as well as to continue to expand the contribution of MakCHS faculty to lead research publications.
The Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) has a mandate to provide training and quality services, as well as to conduct research for improving the health of the people of Uganda and beyond. Health research is a critical part of the historic and institutional mission of the MakCHS. Therefore, strengthening research capacity, as well as optimizing the alignment of health research at MakCHS with the health needs and priorities of Uganda, as outlined in the country's Health Sector Strategic Plans (HSSP) is a deliberate priority, a responsibility and a significant opportunity [1,2].
In order to guide MakCHS in this strategic direction, an assessment was conducted to determine the range and impact of basic and applied research currently conducted by MakCHS. The assessment indentified the number of MakCHS grants and publications, as well as the extent of involvement of MakCHS faculty in their leadership and management. Identifying opportunities to optimize health research impact and relevance is valuable to MakCHS, as well as other institutions in Africa and around the world.
Assessment of research grants at MakCHS
An assessment of all new and ongoing grants for research, training, and education awarded to MakCHS' constituent faculties and departments between January 2005 and December 2009 was conducted. The authors developed a data collection instrument that included: the principal investigator, sponsors, grant duration, funds awarded, the school/department receiving the grant, and the name of the grant. Based on the description and information available on the grants, they also categorized them into one of four areas: basic and applied research, training, capacity building, and educational administrative support. Grants were also examined for alignment with HSSP priority areas. A primary topic from a list of HSSP priority areas was assigned to each grant, based on an assessment of the major scope of the grant. These topic areas included malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, environmental health, and mental health [2].
MakCHS initial list of past funding sources were obtained from the accounts office that handles its funding. The list was subsequently expanded by the Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library librarians who conducted searches of additional potential sources of funding for MakCHS in the last five years. Lastly, funding agencies were directly contacted regarding grant information. These included: African Malaria Network Trust, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency, Carnegie Corporation, Department for International Development, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Pfizer, the Rockefeller Foundation, Swedish International Development Agency, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Discretionary Grant Information System, and U.S. National Institutes of Health. Each of these funding sources were contacted via e-mail to confirm funding amounts for projects or research at MakCHS in the study period. Local and international collaborating institutions were also contacted for grants that might have been provided during the same time period. Additional in depth internet searches were done to clarify information about the grants identified to determine the type, amount and the status of such grants, and the principal investigator.
In this study, the grants analyzed included basic and applied research grants, as well as educational and capacity building grants to the College. Individual fellowships where the funding was not accessed through MakCHS institutions were excluded. A grants database was then developed which was updated until 10 February 2010, when the data were locked.
Assessment of research publications at MakCHS
To determine the range and impact of research publications, a list of MakCHS faculty was generated and an online author search was performed using the following databases: PubMed, Medline, African Indicus Medicus, African Journals Online, Biomed CINAHL, and EMBASE. All articles published between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2009, were included in these analyses.
A data collection instrument was designed to capture information about the publications, such as names of authors, authorship position, title, journal, date of publication, and HSSP area that the publication addressed. Publications were assigned a primary topic area, based on a list of HSSP priorities that included malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child health, environmental health, and mental health.
These data were entered into formatted Microsoft® Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets and analyzed. Descriptive analyses were performed on both the grants and publication data to generate frequencies, percentages and means. The results were then displayed as tables, bar graphs, and pie charts, or described in text.
Research grants
A total of 58 active grants at the MakCHS were identified between 2005 and 2009, including17 ongoing grants that were awarded before 2005 and 40 new grants awarded during the period of 2005 – 2009, giving an average of 8.0 (SD=2.2) new grants per year. The number of new grants and the overall number of grants per year did not significantly change during the five-year period (Figure 1). The majority of grants funded basic and applied research (36, 62%). Of the remainder, 11 (19%) were training grants and eight (14%) were capacity building grants with research training components. Three (5%) grants were for educational administrative support. Figure 2 shows that the principal focus areas of the 36 research grants awarded to MakCHS were HIV/AIDS (16, 44%), malaria (7, 19%), maternal and child health (5, 14%), tuberculosis (4, 11%) mental health (1, 3%) and other (3, 8%)
Figure 1. Number of grants at MakCHS by year (2005-2009)
Figure 2. Major research focus of grants awarded to MakCHS 2005 – 2009. TB: Tuberculosis; MCH: Maternal and Child Health, Other: socio-cultural, animal and natural products studies.
North American and European funding agencies were the most common sponsors of grants to MakCHS. Figure 3 shows that the U.S. National Institute of Health provided more than one third of all grants (38%), typically for basic and applied research. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on the other hand, provided over half of all grant money identified. Other grant sponsors included the African Malaria Network Trust, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency, Carnegie Corporation, Department for International Development, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, the Ford Foundation, the Millennium Science Initiative , Netherlands Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Norwegian Agency for Development, Pfizer, the Rockefeller Foundation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). MakCHS academic staffs were identified as Principal Investigators (PIs) for only 22 (38%) of the grants. Twenty-four grants (41%) had foreign PIs and data were not available to identify the PI for 12 (23%) of the grants. Budget information was available for only 18 (31%) of the 58 grants. Based on the available data, this study captured a total of US$126.2 million in grant support, of which US$37.5 million were new grants awarded between 2005 and 2009.
Figure 3. Major grant sponsors of MakCHS for new and ongoing grants between 2005 -2009. 'Other' Funding agencies included: USAID, Carnegie, EU, and MSI.
Research publications
A total of 837 publications authored by MakCHS faculty were identified during the study period, with an average of 167 publications per year. Figure 4 demonstrates that the number of publications per year did not significantly change during the study period. Almost all of the publications (817, 97.6%) were original research journal articles. These publications appeared in journals with a median impact factor of 2.72 (range of 0.96 to 28.4, impact factors being available from all but two of the journals). In addition to original research, the publications included 17 editorial reviews, two letters to the editors, and one comment. As illustrated in Table 1, the majority of publications (66%) addressed priorities of the Ugandan HSSP. One third or 295 of the papers (35.2%) related to HIV/AIDS, 114 (13.6%) to malaria, 85 (10.2%) to maternal and child health, 43 to tuberculosis, and 24 (2.9%) to mental health issues. More than half (485, 57.9%) of the publications were first-authored by MakCHS faculty (see Figure 4).
Table 1. Focus Area of 837 publications from MakCHS from 2005-2009
Figure 4. Research publications per year and MakCHS first authors per year from 2005-2009
Of the 837 articles the top 10 most productive first authors included five from Makerere and five from outside Uganda. All of the authors outside Makerere wrote articles related to HIV/AIDS research based on the grants implemented at Makerere. Of the five authors from MakCHS two described research in malaria, one in community interventions, one in primary care and mental health, and one in cancers associated with HIV/AIDS. These Makerere authors better reflected the diversity of the HSSP priorities. Of the top 10 most productive last authors only 2 were from Makerere, and, again reflecting the grants, the majority described research in the areas of HIV/AIDS and malaria. Based on the country location of the corresponding author it is clear that MakCHS has many foreign partners. About half (431 articles) of the corresponding authors are from outside Uganda: four countries in the Americas, 12 countries in Europe, three in Asia, Australia, and 8 in Africa. The largest number (157 articles) coming from the US.
Our analysis of MakCHS' research grant and publication portfolio highlighted a number of key findings which can inform future strategies for optimizing the College's research capacity. Our methods and finding may also be helpful to other African research institutions. In general, our study found that MakCHS has a diverse scope of health research activities that are productive and contributing significantly to the peer reviewed health literature that informs health policy and future research. In addition to a large number of research grants, MakCHS was particularly productive in the number of peer-reviewed research manuscripts published.
The study also found that grants and publications at MakCHS over the past five years were generally well-aligned with Uganda's HSSP priorities. However, the major focus of MakCHS research activities, reflected by the number of grants, amount of money and publications, is HIV/AIDS. There are twice as many grants for HIV as for malaria. However, malaria is the most commonly reported disease in Uganda; clinically diagnosed malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality [1-3]. Malaria accounts for 25 to 40% of outpatient visits, 15 to 20% of hospital admissions, and 9 to 14% of hospital deaths. Almost half of all deaths among child under 5 years is attributed to clinical malaria [3]. In 2009 there were 64,000 death from HIV and 116,800 deaths from malaria of which 100,000 were children under 5 [2,3]. Our analyses demonstrated that the priorities and opportunities for research may not reflect completely the relative impact of health issues. While HIV/AIDS may only be at best second to malaria in terms of health priority in Uganda, MakCHS has twice as many research grants for HIV/AIDS research as for malaria research.
MakCHS has collaborations with several institutions both internationally and locally. A number of key international MakCHS collaborations identified in this study have specific research areas of interest, such as the Case Western Reserve University collaboration focused on TB, the Johns Hopkins University focused on HIV/AIDS, and the University of California at San Francisco on malaria [4,5]. As such this may influence the funding and publication from MakCHS faculty.
In addition, it is may be that the focus of research at MakCHS, to some degree, may be donor-driven and reflect the expanded opportunities for research grants in areas such as HIV/AIDS. The major sponsors of grants at MakCHS were found to be the North American and European funding agencies, with United States funding agencies leading in both number of grants and total funding. In the past five years, these and other foreign donors have directed large amounts of money to MakCHS, while at the same point in time, public funding for medical and health-related research in Uganda has remained very low at 0.4% of GDP for all government research funding with only a portion of this for medicine and health [6]. At the same time, foreign sponsors and collaborators are not supporting local PI leadership, probably because the grants are initiated in the funding countries. The current arrangement harbours increasing risks for the research priorities and activities at MakCHS to become skewed towards external, foreign interests. The kinds of research most valuable to external agents may not be those most valuable to the Ugandan public, as stipulated in the HSSP. The conflict of interest may arise from the fact that funding agencies, through the exercise of strategic funding, are able to exert controlling influence in various fields of endeavour, and international health provides no exception to this general rule. For example, currently, international health professionals are confronted with two contending conceptualizations of health: 1) a broad health oriented concept reflected primarily as a social product and hence leads to social-oriented solutions, and 2) a disease oriented concept which leads to a biotechnical, individual-oriented disease treatment solution. If MakCHS is to be responsive to the HSSP selection of health priorities then the wider definition of health needs be selected, and this frequently does not match with external funders' interests. This choice represents a particularly difficult dilemma to international health professionals who are dependent on external funding agencies for their support [7]. However, despite the fact that the major sources of grants at MakCHS are external agents, it is reassuring to find that most grants fund activities are in line with the Uganda's HSSP. This may be attributed, in part, to the call by the Global Forum to address the 10/90 gap [8] to shift health research priorities from problems of industrialized countries to those affecting populations in developing countries, which has led to redirection of international research priories to try to correct this gap, and to build capacity in the countries of greatest need [9].
Our analysis identified more than US$ 126.2 million in grant support was provided to MakCHS between 2005 and 2009. However, because of the difficulties in obtaining complete data on all grants, this is clearly an underestimation. We were only able to access amount of grant support on 18 of the 58 grants. Our analysis demonstrated that key information, including even the name of the PI were often not available for a large number of grants provided to MakCHS. It was easiest to access funding information on grants that were channelled to MakCHS directly. We observe here that as a result of the fragmented management of research funds at Makerere [4] retrieval of information on grants was problematic.
Although the number of grants and publications at MakCHS may look high it is not possible to draw any conclusions on these as there is no standard of comparison. However, in both the grants and publications, the role of the MakCHS faculty in the leadership and management of these grants and publications can be improved. Our analyses demonstrated that the majority of grant PIs were not MakCHS faculty members, but the majority of publications were first-authored by MakCHS. The findings that key budget information was lacking and that the majority of PIs were foreign is consistent with a prior report on research collaborations between Makerere University and Swedish Universities where it was observed that grant management was weak due to a lack of a central grants management system [5]. Our findings support their recommendation for establishment of an efficient, reliable, centralized MakCHS grants management administrative structure. To increase the number of grants lead by MakCHS faculty, a grants management office would also need to provide mentorship and support of junior academic faculty.
MakCHS research capacity is broad and has been highly productive over the past five years. The research grants and publications at MakCHS are generally well-aligned with the Ugandan Health Ministry priorities. Greater efforts to establish centralized and efficient grants management procedures are needed. In addition, greater efforts are needed to expand the MakCHS faculty's capacity for leadership of grants, as well as their contribution to lead research publications.
List of abbreviations used
MakCHS: Makerere University College of Health Sciences; HSSP: Health Sector Strategic Plan; USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development; PI: Principal Investigator
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
ZN was involved in the conceptualization of the assessment, analysis of the data and writing of the manuscript. PK, DK and JK were involved in the conceptualization of the assessment and data analysis. SG was involved in the data analysis and drafting the manuscript. RB and CO were involved in the conceptualization of the assessment, data analysis and helped in drafting and final approval of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The team is grateful for the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for funding this work through the "Partnership for Building the Capacity of Makerere University to Improve Health Outcomes in Uganda", a Collaborative Learning Initiative with Johns Hopkins University (Grant # 49504). We acknowledge the help of two research assistants, Sarah Joy Carlson and Pammie Crawford, from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in identifying grants and journal articles of MakCHS authors.
This article has been published as part of BMC International Health and Human Right Volume 11 Supplement 1, 2011: An innovative approach to building capacity at an African university to improve health outcomes. The full contents of the supplement are available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/11?issue=S1.
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Cherry Grove, by the late 1920s, was taking a decidedly gay turn as more bohemian types and artists began to flock there. In the '50s, development in the Pines set up a cultural axis of 'have more' and 'have less' among the residents. The lots were bigger and the Pines's community, although very gay, was more quiet and conservative. Tensions built, even though many of them were worked out in the outdoor sex area known as the meatrack, a patch of woods that lies between the two communities.
Then one day in 1976, in a Rosa Parks-inspired moment, Teri Warren, in full drag, went to the Boatel restaurant in the Pines and was promptly refused service.
This did not sit well with some Cherry Grovers, including Thom Hansen, who as Panzi had just been crowned Homecoming Queen of Cherry Grove (pictured left). Taking the duties of the crown seriously, Panzi and a handful of supporters all donned their most confrontational drag, boarded a water taxi and headed for a showdown in the Pines.
No slapping or wig pulling ensued. The Pines residents, shocked at first, were dazzled by the activists and soon all were drinking cocktails together at the Blue Whale. A tradition was born. Now, on July 4th every year for 35 years, hundreds of men and women put on their best drag and glam. They board water taxis and head for the Pines, only to be met by the equally outrageously dressed Pines residents. And with that, the largest Fire Island party of the summer ensues.
Let the world take note that this is the way to work out differences of class and culture.
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|911 call that landed Terrell Owens in hospital has been made public. (US PRESSWIRE)
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Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens was rushed to the hospital on October 6, though the reasons he was there weren't made public at the time. Now, three weeks later, TMZ.com has obtained the 911 call, made by Owens' assistant.
According to the female caller, who identified Owens as her boss, the former NFL star took "four prescription pain pills -- I just don't know how many he's taken but he took them about 30-45 minutes ago."
When the 911 operator asked if Owens was awake, the caller said, "Barely … we talk to him and he understands what we're saying." She also describe his breathing as "kind of shallow."
Later during the call the operator asked if this was a suicide attempt. "Yes, I believe so," the caller said.
Neither Owens nor his agent Drew Rosenhaus have commented on the matter, and other than what his assistant told the 911 operator, it's not clear Owens was trying to kill himself.
On Tuesday, Owens, 37, held a workout for NFL teams. Rosenhaus later confirmed that there hasn't yet been any interest in Owens, who spent the offseason recovering from ACL surgery.
Five years ago, Owens was taken in an ambulance a Dallas-area hospital. The police report included words like suicide, overdose and depression. T.O., then with the Cowboys, called it a misunderstanding.
"It was just an allergic reaction," he said. "It's very unfortunate for the reports to go from an allergic reaction to a definite suicide attempt."
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HOW TO RULE THE WORLD: The Coming Battle Over the World Economy
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"How to Rule the World was written before the crash, but Mark Engler's analysis holds up to today's events. The financial collapse is part of a long-term waning of U.S. world power, and anyhow, the author predicted it. Engler's critical insight is that the two dominant approaches to U.S. foreign policy are in trouble…. [He] shows that both neoliberalism and neoconservatism are in disarray. This opens possibilities for new international relationships based on democratic values and aimed at increasing equity and sustainability. The possibility is there, but it will take a movement – a ramped-up global justice movement, for example – to assure that the next U.S. president doesn't try to re-establish an old, failed pattern – or create still more chaos in the attempt."
—Sarah Van Gelder, YES! Magazine
Right now a debate is taking place over what values should define our international order. For global elites, it is a debate about how to rule the world. Laying out a new and original framework for understanding globalization politics in the Obama years, Mark Engler describes the evolving conflict over America's role in the world. Past visions include the Clinton-era model of an expanding, corporate-controlled global economy and a Bush-era "imperial globalization" based on U.S. military dominance. How to Rule the World explains how these visions overlap and also how, at critical moments, they clashed with one another. It is written, however, in the hopes that neither will prevail. Even as Wall Street CEOs and Washington militarists argue among themselves, citizens' uprisings in the United States, in an increasingly progressive Latin America, and beyond are bringing to life a vibrant "democratic globalization" based on economic justice, human rights, and self-determination.
Engler, a journalist, activist, and policy expert, details the conditions at the root of the current global economic crisis and explains how the globalization debate has profoundly shifted since the days of the Seattle protests: Countries are rebelling against deregulated market fundamentalism. The roles of international institutions like the WTO, IMF, and World Bank are dramatically changing. U.S. unilateralism and the disastrous war in Iraq deepened international divisions. As a result, the stage is now set for a critical new debate about the global economy.
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Capitol rally draws union supporters, opponents
Wisconsin public workers at center of controversy
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A noisy noon gathering at the state Capitol Tuesday drew around 1,000 union supporters, who rallied in solidarity with Wisconsin public workers who are protesting at their state Capitol to keep collective bargaining rights.
The rally, on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol, faced a much smaller group of around 150 Tea Party and anti-union supporters, who were restricted to the public sidewalk along Lincoln Street because they didn't have a permit to be on the capitol grounds.
Anti-union supporters rally at the state Capitol in support of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose budget proposal calls for eliminating most of his state's collective bargaining for state and municipal workers.
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Union supporters voice solidarity for those in Wisconsin.
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Jim Cushman of Teamsters Local 455 signs a statement urging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to stop a bill abolishing public workers' collective bargaining rights and decreasing their benefits.
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House Democratic members show their support for a pro-union rally at the Capitol Tuesday. They were unable to join the rally because they were working on a lengthy second reading calendar.
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Phil Hayes, political director of the Colorado AFL-CIO, surveys the activity from the middle of the rally crowd.
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Homemade signs were in abundance. Here, Laura Meixell proudly proclaims support for her sister, a Madison public school teacher.
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Colorado AFL-CIO Director Mike Cerbo stands on the Capitol's west steps moments before the start of the rally.
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Following the speechmaking, Denver mayoral candidate Doug Linkhart and his son Nathan do some campaiging, while District 7 Congressman Ed Perlmutter gets involved, at left.
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Communication workers protest on the west steps of the Capitol, which soon are jammed with rally supporters.
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Carina Tennessen of Denver offers support via her presence with her handmade sign, the back side of which reads "Bag the Tea Party."
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"Public workers are better paid, have better job security and get better benefits, and that's a situation we can no longer afford," state Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield said. In the background holding the American flag is Lesley Hollywood of the Northern Colorado Tea Party.
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Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colo. Springs, said, "We will not continue to protect this new elite class that believes their jobs are a civil right."
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Those in support of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker rally near the Colorado state Capitol on Tuesday and show their disdain for the larger crowd of protesters nearby at the steps of the Capitol.
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John Wiens plays the fife and Brandon McLaughlin beats the drum at the counter rally near the Capitol. The musicians frequently play at events for the Northern Colorado Tea Party.
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Speaker Greg Golyansky called public employees "storm troopers of communism. We must defeat them. I never realized there was that much scum on the government payrolls."
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker last month submitted a budget proposal to the Wisconsin State Legislature that seeks concessions on pension and health care costs from public employees, as well as eliminating most of the state's collective bargaining rights for its state and municipal employees. The bill, Senate Bill 11, is stalled in the Wisconsin Senate because the body's 14 Democrats fled the state to Illinois last week, depriving the 34-member Senate of a required 3/5 attendance needed for a quorum to vote on budget bills. And in Indiana on Tuesday, House Democrats fled their state Capitol to avoid voting on a "right to work" bill, and reportedly also headed to Illinois.
At least five Colorado Senate Democrats and one House colleague joined the Tuesday rally, which was organized by the Colorado AFL-CIO and supported by members of at least 10 other private and public union groups, including Colorado WINS; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Colorado Education Association and the Teamsters.
House Democrats were unable to join the rally because of a lengthy House second reading calendar, but a dozen briefly appeared on the balcony outside the House that overlooked the rally, to wild cheering by the crowd.
Separating the pro-and anti-union groups Tuesday and keeping the peace was a thin blue line of Colorado State Patrol and Denver police officers — all union members — who faced the Tea Party crowd that waved Tea Party flags and signs and shouted that union members are "thugs" and "scum." The rally was frequently marked by shouting matches between the two sides.
Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, had high praise for public employees while he criticized the unions to which they belong. "This is not an attack on public workers," he said, more than once. "We value all workers, whether in the field, office or hospital. But it's a tough economy, and respect is a two-way street, the public unions do not respect our wallets or our intelligence when they ask to be protected from the ups and downs of the economy… Public workers are better paid, have better job security and get better benefits, and that's a situation we can no longer afford," Mitchell said, to the cheers of the anti-union crowd.
But Greg Golyansky, vice president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, drew boos from his own crowd when he called public employees "storm troopers of communism. We must defeat them. I never realized there was that much scum on the government payrolls." Mitchell was heard exclaiming "No! No!"
"Colorado belongs to us, not them," said Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. "We will not continue to protect this new elite class that believes their jobs are a civil right. Governor Walker is doing what's right. John Kasich (Ohio governor) is doing what's right. I hope John Hickenlooper will do what's right for Colorado."
Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp, R-Littleton, later issued a statement decrying Golyansky's remarks, saying they did not represent the views of Senate Republicans and that his caucus values "the hard working state employees who serve the people of this state." Kopp said Senate Republicans are concerned about the costs associated with state employee unions but that they also "cannot let the careless remarks of one individual take peoples' attention off of the huge price tag public sector unions cost the taxpayers."
Those standing with the union Tuesday included Congressman Ed Perlmutter, home from Washington on a President's Day break, who wore a union t-shirt to Tuesday's rally. He said he attended "to show my support for people in Wisconsin, [who are] hard working just like those in Colorado." Perlmutter said organized labor has helped people get ahead, and for that state's governor to go after labor, "and to do it on the backs of the middle class, is wrong, and the governor is wrong."
One political science teacher, who had the day off, said she attended the rally because she believes what is happening in Wisconsin will come to Colorado. Bonnie Hutchins told The Colorado Statesman that "there is a war on public employees and we're being scapegoated" for what's going on around the nation and the economy, which she said is the fault of Wall Street, not public employees. "Removing collective bargaining is the first step," she said, the next is to take away everything else: pensions, health benefits and other protections that help create a middle class society. And once public employees lose them, those in the private sector will, too, she said.
Doris Gonzales, a staff member with the Denver Classroom Teachers' Association, said she also believes the same could happen to unions in Colorado. While she said it's less likely now, "it's only another election before it could happen" here.
Dwayne Stephens, president of Colorado AFL-CIO, said that for his generation, Wisconsin "is the shot heard round the world. Collective bargaining across the country is under attack, and it's a core principle of unionism."
While police were on hand to keep the peace, there were a few verbal and physical skirmishes between the two sides. In one, two people got into an argument that resulted in an anti-union man heatedly calling a union member a thug. That echoed remarks made by anti-union supporters in the days leading up to the rally. Mitchell's Facebook announcement of the counter-rally drew this comment from Rafael Robles, who wrote that "any Union thug that gets on my face will be met with an elbow to their face UFC style." And a union supporter claimed he was assaulted by three Tea Party members and thrown over a railing adjacent to the sidewalk on Lincoln Street, just as the rally was starting. Mike, who did not want to identify his last name, said there were no police present at the time of the assault. He later reported the incident to a Denver police officer.
In a statement Tuesday, Rep. B.J. Nikkel, R-Loveland, said "Governor Hickenlooper and Republicans in Colorado and across the nation are standing up to make the tough, but necessary decisions, to spend less now, balance state budgets, and put our state and nation back on track for economic recovery. It is unfortunate that the labor unions, along with many of our Democrat colleagues from the President to the state legislature, have chosen to bury their heads in the sand and ignore the economic reality of what is happening in our country."
"For our economy to grow, employers can no longer afford to foot the bill for an ever increasing amount of spending. Public employee unions must be willing to share in the same sacrifices that have been made by Colorado's families and job creators" said Joint Budget Committee member Rep. Jon Becker, R-Fort Morgan. "When the protest is over and the signs are put away, we welcome our friends in the unions and across the aisle to join us and Governor Hickenlooper in providing the necessary leadership to get our economy back on track and begin creating private sector jobs."
House Democrats claimed they were unable to attend the rally because the Republican majority was filibustering bills, including their own, to keep Democrats on the floor. "We're giving fair hearing to all the bills," said House Assistant Majority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs. Rep. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, pointed out that when Democrats were in the majority they filibustered their own bills at times. "We can recognize when the majority is filibustering," he said. That claim was angrily denied by House Majority Leader Amy Stephens, R-Monument, who told The Statesman that she is responsible for running the House floor efficiently, and pointed out that the House is on track and even ahead of schedule from last year, when Democrats were in charge. The House was on the floor until 3 p.m., and the committee hearings that followed ran late into the evening.


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Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing - This summer marks the 25th Anniversary season of Midsummer Night Swing. Midsummer Night Swing takes place Tuesdays through Saturdays, today, June 25-July 13, on the elevated dance floor in Damrosch Park on West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues http://midsummernightswing.org/.
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