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Apotex, Samsung, Fujifilm, Lady Gaga: Intellectual Property
Apotex Inc. agreed to delay selling a generic version of the osteoporosis drug Boniva until a judge rules on the validity of a Roche Holding AG patent on the medicine that expires in March 2012.
Apotex, based in Toronto, is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to sell a copy of Boniva. In 2007, Roche sued in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, claiming its patent is valid and enforceable, and that Apotex infringed it.
Boniva, which is administered once a month, is the anti-bone loss drug endorsed by actress Sally Field. An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency call for clarification on the appropriate length of time patients should take this class of drug. Some patients who have taken the drug have experienced atypical fractures of the thigh bones, the FDA has said in a safety announcement.
Under an accord filed in court Oct. 11, Apotex agreed it wouldn't sell its copy until U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler rules on the validity and enforcement questions or the patent expires, whichever comes first. Roche agreed to post a $1 million bond.
The case is Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2:07-cv-04417, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Newark).
Samsung's Dutch Patent Lawsuit Against Apple Rejected by Court
A Dutch court rejected Samsung Electronics Co.'s claims that Apple Inc. infringed patents, preventing the South Korean manufacturer from blocking the sale of some of its U.S. rival's products in the Netherlands.
Samsung, as holder of a standard-essential patent, is obliged to provide third parties with a license for production under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, the Hague District Court said in a decision that denied all four of the South Korean company's claims.
Samsung, the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, filed four lawsuits against Apple in the country, claiming the Cupertino, California-based manufacturer's iPhone and iPad devices that use 3G technology infringe Samsung patents. The court said patent terms require Apple to apply for a so-called FRAND license, and Samsung to make an appropriate offer in response.
"If parties cannot reach an agreement, Samsung can still file a claim," the court said.
The two companies have been locked in a global legal battle since Apple claimed in an April lawsuit that Samsung's Galaxy devices copied the iPad and iPhone. Samsung has tweaked a photo-browsing feature on Galaxy models for sale in the Netherlands to bypass a Dutch injunction won by Apple in August.
The manufacturers are competing for dominance of the fastest-growing segment of the $207 billion mobile-phone market, where the iPhone is competing with devices powered by Google Inc.'s Android system.
Samsung filed motions this month seeking bans on Apple's iPhone 4S in France and Italy, claiming the U.S. company infringed its patents related to mobile technology.
Fujifilm Sues Eastman Kodak Over Digital Camera Patents
Fujifilm Corp. sued Eastman Kodak Co., alleging that it infringed patents for digital cameras.
Fujifilm, based in Tokyo, sued Eastman Kodak over four digital-camera patents after talks between the companies were unsuccessful, according to a complaint filed Oct. 14 in federal court in Manhattan.
Kodak manufactured and sold products in the U.S., including the EasyShare C340 and EasyShare M530 digital cameras, that violated the patents, Fujifilm alleged in the complaint. It seeks damages and a jury trial.
Christopher Veronda, a spokesman for Rochester, New York-based Kodak, didn't immediately return messages seeking comment on the suit.
The case is Fujifilm Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 1:11-cv-07247, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
United, Delta, Alaska Air Sued Over Mobile Check-In Patents
United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Alaska Air Group Inc. were sued by a patent holder over wireless transaction technology for mobile check-in and boarding passes.
Aeritas LLC, a Dallas-based wireless software maker, contends the air carriers are using its inventions protected by patents awarded in 2007 and 2011, according to four complaints filed yesterday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware.
"Aeritas has suffered monetary damages in an amount adequate to compensate for defendants' infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty," wrote the patent holder, which is also seeking a jury trial and a halt to the airlines' use of the inventions.
Continental and United are units of United Continental Holdings Inc., based in Chicago. Delta is based in Atlanta, and Alaska Air is based in Seattle.
"We haven't been served and are still assessing the claims of the lawsuit," Bobbie Egan, an Alaska Airlines spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement.
Trebor Banstetter, a Delta spokesman, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on the lawsuit. Representatives of United Continental weren't immediately available for comment.
In dispute are patents 7,209,903, issued in April 2007; and 7,933,589, issued April 26.
According to a statement on the Aeritas website, Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Lufthansa began using a check-in and boarding process in 2001 that was based on the company's technology.
The cases are Aeritas v. United Airlines Inc., 1:11-cv-00970; Aeritas v. Continental Airlines Inc.; Aeritas v. Delta Air Lines Inc.; and Aeritas v. Alaska Air Group Inc., U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).
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Intel Sues Intelspec, Claims Company Name Infringes Trademarks
Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, sued a Utah engineering company for trademark infringement.
The Santa Clara, California-based company objects to the company name and website of Intelspec International Inc. of Salt Lake City. According to the company website, Intelspec works mainly in the Middle East, East Asia, and Oceania on projects in the $1 million to $10 million range, "that are too small to attract the attention of the giant multinational firms."
The chip company claims that given the "overwhelming and distinctive association the public makes between the term 'Intel' and Intel Corp., a likelihood of confusion exists.
Intel is known for its zealous defense of its intellectual property rights, and has filed at least 20 trademark infringement cases since 2002, according to Bloomberg data.
In the complaint, filed Oct. 12 in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, the chip company lists the wide range of categories for which it holds registered trademarks involving the "Intel" name. Among them are clocks, piggy banks, playing cards, fanny packs, infant rompers, Christmas tree ornaments, gold ball markers and towels, in addition to computer chips, software and semiconductor processing cartridges.
One of the reasons Intel says it is harmed by Intelspec's actions is that the engineering company's website mentions "communications infrastructure for public and private entities."
The company said that "given Intel's involvement in communications, the vast use of Intel's products and services by the military and in other engineering applications and the similarity of the marks, there is a likelihood that those customers will attribute the quality and content of the defendants' offerings to Intel." This potentially risks damaging the chipmaker's reputation, according to the complaint.
Intel asked the court to order the engineering company to stop using the Intelspec name or any other name that is confusingly similar to its trademarks. It also seeks a court order for the destruction of all allegedly infringing promotional materials and requested it be transferred the intelspec.com domain name.
Additionally, the chipmaker asked for awards of money damages, Intelspec's profits, attorney fees and litigation costs. The company also requested that the damages be tripled and that extra damages be added to punish the Utah company for its actions.
Intelspec "disagrees with Intel's claims and, if necessary, will defend the case brought by Intel," company spokesman Shawn Teigen said in an e-mail. "Intelspec does not compete with Intel in any space and does not believe that its trade name causes consumer confusion anywhere in the world, nor does Intelspec's use of its trade name weaken the Intel Trademark."
Intel is represented by Bobby A. Ghajar and Neil Vohra of San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Jack B. Blumenfeld and Paul Saindon of Wilmington's Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP.
The case is Intel Corp. v. Intelspec International, 1:11-cv-00962-UNA, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).
Lady Gaga Gets Court to Order Bye Bye to Lady Goo Goo
Lady Gaga, the pop singer known for her outrageous clothing, won a court order barring a parody character from performing a number called "The Moshi Dance" in Mind Candy Ltd.'s Moshi Monsters social-networking online game for kids, the U.K.'s Guardian reported.
A U.K. court barred Mind Candy from promoting of selling to the public any music work or video that purports to be performed by a character named Lady Goo Goo, according to the Guardian.
Mind Candy Founder and Chief Executive Michael Acton Smith told the Guardian he was disappointed in the court ruling and said it was "pretty obvious" that kids would tell the different between Lady Gaga and the parody character.
The parody "was all done in the name of dun and we thought Lady Gaga could have seen the humor behind this parody," Smith said and the Guardian reported.
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Australia Seeking Comments on Streamlined Copyright Enforcement
Australia's government is seeking comments on whether judges or magistrate could issue orders authorizing Internet service providers to give a content owner information about a specific subscriber, the Australian reported.
Presently, under that country's Privacy Act and Telecommunications Act, ISPs are barred from disclosing customer information unless it is required to do so by law enforcement or required under law, according to the newspaper.
Australia's Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland, speaking at a symposium on copyright issues, said the government is considering expanding its definition of Internet service providers to include companies that operate online services, such as Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc., the Australian reported.
The present system under which copyright holders must apply for the details of an ISP's individual customer is cumbersome and expensive, and needs to be streamlined, McClelland said at the conference, and the Australian reported.
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IP Moves
Oblon Spivak Hires Marybeth Peters, Former Copyright Register
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP hired Marybeth Peters for its trademark and copyright group, the Alexandria, Virginia-based IP specialty firm said in an e-mailed statement.
Peters was the U.S. Register of Copyrights for 16 years. Before that, she served as policy planning adviser to the Register, as acting general counsel of the Copyright Office, and chief of both the examining and reference divisions.
She has an undergraduate degree from Rhode Island College and a law degree from George Washington University.
IIPI Names Former Head of Mexico's Patent Office Vice Chairman
The International Intellectual Property Institute, a Washington-based organization focused on international IP issues, hired the former head of Mexico's patent office.
Jorge H. Amigo Castaneda will serve as vice chairman and member of the board of directors, according to an IIPI statement.
Amigo was appointed the first head director of Mexico's Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial in 1994 by then-President Ernesto Zedillo. He led this office for 17 years.
He served as Mexico's lead delegate for intellectual property during free-trade agreement negotiations and for the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement completed in 2010.


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Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey, shown Dec. 27, 2012, advocated cutting nonunion workers pay by 10% rather than the 20% the administration wants. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free Press
Detroit City Council members voiced support this morning for proposed wage reductions for nonunion city workers, which will be voted on later today, but there was disagreement about how much pay should be cut right now.
Mayor Dave Bing has asked the council to approve a plan for workers in the executive and legislative branches to take unpaid furlough days equivalent to a 20% pay cut. Bing also wants the councils approval for a one-year freeze of city workers pension credits and contributions.
The council previously decided to vote on the cuts this afternoon. But at a public hearing this morning to discuss the proposals, Councilman Andre Spivey advocated for an alternative that would cut nonunion workers pay by 10% rather than 20%.
The furloughs for mayoral and council employees are expected to save about $250,000 a month. The pension freeze would save about $25 million, according to the mayors office.
The reductions along with a 70-30 health care plan the council approved Tuesday are part of the mayors plan to stem the citys cash crisis and persuade Gov. Rick Snyder and state Treasurer Andy Dillon that Detroit doesn't need deeper outside intervention to resolve its problems.
Nonunion employees of the executive and legislative branches of city government would face the furloughs first, but negotiations are expected with the unions to spread the plan to the rest of the city's work force.
The expedited nature of some of the cuts, however, could lead to hasty reductions in city services, Spivey said. A 10% wage reduction with the possibility of further cuts in the near future would force the administration to find other ways to save money.
I trust the process to move forward together, but we also have to keep a watchful eye on the administration, as well, and this is one way for us to do that, he said. Lets push them to find some alternative savings by giving them 10 right now.
But council leadership did not seem to favor the alternative. Council President Pro Tem Gary Brown said the 10% reduction would not provide a long-term solution. City workers would likely have to deal with further cuts in the near future, he said.
To keep coming back, time and time again, I think we need to pull the Band-Aid off and be done with it, Brown said.
At this mornings public hearing, Spivey made a motion to put his 10% plan on this afternoons council agenda. But council rules prevented a vote on the motion, so it remained unclear whether the plan would be voted on later today.
Several members of the public, including city workers, appeared at this mornings hearing to oppose the pay cuts.
June Nickleberry, a city worker since 1988, said the pension freeze would unfairly put off her retirement an extra year. She said city workers cant take another round of cuts.
Im making now the same thing I was making as a bus driver in 1988, she said after addressing council.
The pension freeze would apply to all employees eligible for pensions through the city's General Retirement system, including police and firefighters. The pension proposal would allow the city to defer a $25-million payment to the pension system -- to a later, unspecified date -- by making employees ineligible to accrue credit for time served from Feb. 1 through Jan. 31, 2014. The savings presume the city can negotiate the cut with employee unions.
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North Hills Hospital is committed to providing expert cardiovascular services to the Northeast Tarrant County area. As one of the area's leading provider of cardiovascular services, we are extremely proud to be the first hospital in the United States to be named a Cycle 4 Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. This distinction ensures North Hills Hospital is in direct contact with local Emergency Management Services (EMS), and care begins in the field before the patient ever reaches our Emergency Room. This collaboration with EMS is the factor that drives our average door-to- balloon time of 45 minutes or less. This measurement begins with the patient's arrival in the Emergency Department and ends with appropriate treatment in the Cardiac Cath Lab. The national standard established by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association is 90 minutes and North Hills Hospital is proud to be at half of the national standard.
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Whatever your goals are, our nursing and exercise physiology staff are on hand to assist you in developing a safe and healthy program. We also cater to cardiac rehab graduates and those simply looking for a sound exercise program.
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CLEVELAND -- Cell-free fetal DNA testing is a new screening test that indicates if a woman is at increased risk of having a fetus with Down syndrome (trisomy 21), Edward syndrome (trisomy 18), and Pateau syndrome (trisomy 13).
MetroHealth Medical Center is using it on high risk women based on age, abnormal ultrasound or other factors.
With this test, a sample of the woman's blood is taken after 10 weeks of pregnancy. The test measures the relative amount of free fetal DNA in the mother's blood.
The test determines the chance that the fetus has Down syndrome, Edward syndrome, or Pateau syndrome based on the relative amount of DNA from chromosomes 21, 18, and 13.
The results are usually available within two weeks of the blood draw.
Results are estimated to be greater than 99% of all Down syndrome pregnancies and greater than 98% of all trisomy 18 pregnancies. It detects about 65% of all trisomy 13 pregnancies.
Women who are found to be at increased risk can have definitive testing with chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis. If they choose to have the Cell-free test and receive a positive result, amniocentesis is recommended.


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The four Hawaii soldiers who died in Thursday's Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan have been identified, Stars and Stripes reported.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas S. Johnson, 27, of San Diego Calif., Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Don C. Viray, 25, of Waipahu, Army Spc. Dean R. Shaffer, 23, of Pekin Ill., and Army Spc. Chris J. Workman,33, of Boise, Idaho, died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when their helicopter went down in Helmand province, the newspaper said.
At least two of the soldiers, Shaffer and Workman, were previously identified by family and friends as being Hawaii-based.
All were with the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment out of Wheeler Army Airfield, Stars and Stripes said.
The newspaper had a reporter at a combat memorial for the four soldiers at Kandahar Airfield today and said it drew hundreds of soldiers who filled the seats inside and spilled out of a fabric clamshell structure.
Viray was described as a native Hawaiian and "push-up king" who entered into a competition with another soldier to do 1,000 push-ups in the shortest amount of time.
"Funny enough, he didn't like the ocean," Stars and Stripes reported friend and fellow chopper pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Justin Neal saying.
"Once again, the tragedies of war have taken four from our Tropic Lightning Division, all of them Hawaii heroes; one of them, Hawaii born. These brave Army airmen must never be forgotten. Their contributions to our nation and to our world's security are beyond measurement. Having watched the death and injury of my brothers in arms, I understand, too well, what this loss means to their fellow soldiers and families. My thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time," said Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby said on Friday it appeared that bad weather was the principal cause of the accident.
He added that as with all such incidents, the crash remains under investigation until all possible details are determined.
"They're going to look at all factors, but right now it appears that weather was the principal cause," Kirby said.
He said defense officials are not aware of any enemy fire reported in the area where the crash took place.
The four deaths are the first for the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, whose 2,600 Hawaii soldiers deployed in January for a year in Afghanistan.


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Millions of dollars in White House money has helped to fund New York Police Department programs that placed entire American Muslim neighborhoods under constant surveillance, The Associated Press reported.
According to the news outlet, the money is part of a little-known grant that was initially intended to help law enforcement combat drug crimes. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the President Barack Obama and Former President George W. Bush Administrations have provided $135 million to the New York and New Jersey region.
The AP reported that part of this funding was redirected to help pay for the NYPD's wholesale surveillance of places where Muslims eat, work, shop and pray.
The New Jersey Star-Ledger reported that this surveillance was initially done in 2005 with the permission of then-Governor Richard Codey, according to the State's records. The NYPD was given open-ended authority to operate in New Jersey in limited circumstances.
According to the newspaper, a letter was filed by several lawmakers in the State of New Jersey to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, calling for a probe of the surveillance.
"I am deeply concerned by reports that the NYPD's law enforcement efforts focused on individuals who were not suspected of any criminal activity," wrote Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Representative Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). "While I strongly support credible efforts to prevent terrorism, I have grave concerns about any program that targets communities with no credible law enforcement intelligence."


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A search continues for a man that is believed to be trapped in an avalanche in Utah. Two men were high up in Utah's Provo Canyon Saturday when the slide hit. One of the men, who was traveling on snow shoes is missing, and authorities believe him to be still trapped in the snow. The other man, Jeff Frederick, was able to ride out the avalanche and go for help. Frederick's friend, who authorities have not yet identified, could not be found.
The search was temporarily suspended because of heavy snow and wind, but search and rescue crews were back out looking Sunday morning.
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The Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week is expected to get even bigger as more than 100 boats has already made their entries with still three and a half months to go before the 2013 edition of the fastest growing regatta in the United States for the past six years.
PHRF B Class start - Charleston Race Week
Though it's still three and a half months down the road, Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week is firmly on the radar for sailors across the country. As of early New Year's Eve, over 100 entries had registered for this annual event – the fastest growing regatta in the U.S. for the past six years.
'We're really excited to see so much interest so early,' explained Event Director Randy Draftz. 'The number of entries is now roughly double what we saw at this time last year, and that definitely validates all the planning and work that we've been doing in the off season.'
In part, the increase in entries can be ascribed to the popular new J/70 one-design. 'At the moment, 20 percent of our registrants are J/70s,' said Draftz, 'and we definitely expect that number to continue growing in the coming weeks.'
He also credits the ongoing work of race week's steering committee, which has been pursuing a deliberate plan for event expansion created several years ago. In addition, he cited Charleston's continually rising popularity as a top tourist destination, along with the strong commitment of the event's sponsors.
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'We've had over 200 boats at the regatta for two years now, so it's safe to say that the word is out among sailors regarding how fun it is to sail here, and how great a place Charleston is to visit.'
Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has evolved to become the No. 1 event in the country for trailerable one-design sailboats. Though it was established in the mid 1990s as a regatta for larger boats, smaller sportboats have come to make up over half of the entries. In recent years, however, the owners of larger offshore racing boats have gravitated to the event in increasing numbers. Draftz and his co-organizers expect to see entries among larger boats grow in the next few weeks as teams across the country cement their regatta plans for the coming season.
'Given the rate of registrations we've seen so far, it wouldn't be surprising if we surpassed 300 boats this year,' said Draftz. He added that the $50 discount for early registration will expire on January 31, and said that additional information and registration details can be found online at www.charlestonraceweek.com!Charleston_Race_Week_2013 You can also follow Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week on Facebook and Twitter.
Charleston Race Week is expecting a significant growth in participants this year
Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week runs from April 18 through April 21 and is open to all monohull sailboats 20 to 80 feet in length. The event is owned and managed by Charleston Ocean Racing Association, and is supported by Sperry Top-Sider, the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, Vineyard Vines and Gosling's Rum. Additional sponsors include the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Gill, Coral Reef Sailing Apparel, North Sails, B and G/Simrad, Board Sports ETC, Dimension Polyant, Torqueedo Outboards and Charleston Community Sailing, along with West Marine, Pierside Boatworks, College of Charleston Sailing Association, and Azalea Moving and Storage.


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Domina Brown, of Quincy, has 1-year-old twin daughters: Ca'lyciah, left, and Ca'lyiah. She had an advantage some young moms don't — good advice from older Gadsden women. / ROB DAVIS/Special to the Democrat
If you're a pet lover in Gadsden County, you're in luck: Five animal hospitals and four veterinarians are listed. Expectant mothers aren't so fortunate.
Gadsden has no hospital for people. And no full-time doctor specializes in obstetrics or gynecology.
So expectant mothers have those and other obstacles that most Leon County moms don't. Lack of transportation. Poverty rates that exceed the state's average. Low literacy rates.
Making sure those Gadsden moms get the proper neonatal care is a challenge. The county has a chronic black infant-mortality problem, but it also has a growing network of government and community groups — including church women — working for better births.
Gadsden is one of eight counties featured in a state bill addressing infant mortality. In June, Gov. Charlie Crist approved $1 million for the state's Department of Health to study racial disparities and find ways to decrease deaths among black babies.
In the meantime, the state director of minority health likes what Gadsden's health department is doing for expectant mothers.
"They are so proactive in their approach," said Dr. Emile Commedore, "patients have better outcomes."
No hospital since 2005
Tracking the infant-death rates of low-population counties can be difficult because percentages rise and fall so easily. Gadsden's rate for black infant deaths has see-sawed during the past 10 years, from nearly twice the state average to below the state and Leon County averages to, now, roughly even with Leon. In both counties and in the state, the death rate for black babies remains much higher than for whites.
Kelly Williams, executive director of Gadsden's Healthy Start Coalition, said for the numbers to truly change, a community-wide effort must take place. That hasn't fully happened yet, she said, but it's getting closer. One thing Healthy Start is doing, she said, is seeking out area doctors to see more of Gadsden's expectant moms.
Certainly a hospital would help.
"We are pushing every button investing in the return of the hospital," he said. But when asked to estimate when it might reopen, he got no more detailed than "soon."
The state closed the hospital in 2005, saying it posed a risk to public health. So most Gadsden women go to Tallahassee (nearly 30 miles from Quincy) to give birth. For those without transportation, that's another challenge.
To get to Tallahassee without a car, a pregnant woman has to leave about 6 a.m. by bus. Then she has to stay in Tallahassee until midafternoon before the return bus trip.
"That's really hard for a young mother," said Sylvia Byrd, the health department's administrator.
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Dixon said a Gadsden hospital isn't the only solution. Ensuring babies thrive beyond their first birthday will take good prenatal care, outreach from community organizations and a good health department, he said.
"All of those things are beginning to play a role," he said.
The current Healthy Start Coalition, which gives prenatal care to low-income mothers and follow-up care to their children, has existed in Gadsden since 2005. An earlier version closed in 2002 because its former executive director was convicted of embezzlement.
So Gadsden is playing catch-up.
"The biggest (problem) is access to care," said Commedore, state director of minority health. "The problem is that patients who do not go to the health department are having to go outside of Gadsden for their prenatal care. Sometimes they don't have transportation. Sometimes they aren't getting in (to a doctor) as they should."
Commedore works at the health department once a week to provide health care to expectant mothers. He and Byrd said they've studied the needs of expectant mothers in the area.
"We don't have that many (women) coming in (during) the third trimester (or seventh month) anymore," Byrd said. "But we certainly would like to aim for the early first trimester. We don't quite reach that mark."
Commedore said the women's "health literacy" is often pretty low. So they need to be taught: "You shouldn't drink, smoke. You have to take prenatal vitamins and folic acid. Drink plenty of water and be mindful of your weight gain."
'Mother wit'
Maurine Jones is co-director of the Center for Health Equity in Gadsden — a program that teaches women from ages 14 to 44 how to take care of themselves.
"In the last five years, we have really made a collaborative effort to (work together) among providers," Jones said. "We see the mothers of the church being a powerful vehicle (covering) the risks affecting black infant mortality."
One way church mothers have come together to help is through the Mother Care Network.
When Ari Battle retired in 2001 from the Department of Juvenile Justice after 33 years, she figured she'd enjoy retirement. Then she had a dream: "I was dreaming that I had these mothers of the church and they were just taking over the community."
Battle started the Mother Care Network in 2003 and now has about 35 volunteers. The faith-based organization tours area high schools to prepare expectant mothers. Battle joked that half the county calls her "Aunt" or "Mama."
"We don't have bachelor's, master's degrees or Ph.D.s, but we have mother wit," Battle said. "I want to see the day when we won't have any numbers in the infant-mortality rate."


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Assemble small, diverse teams Putting together employees from different departments promotes a variety of ideas and perspectives.
Keep it loose Establish some guidelines to keep contestants on track, but keep the rules short and simple to avoid stifling creativity.
Give specific feedback Explain why each idea works or does not work, while emphasizing the positive attributes of each one.
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Recipe: Cherry Muffins
This is another slightly different muffin…. the batters on these muffin recipes are very similar… what makes each unique is either the fruit used or additions into the batter… for this recipe you can use frozen cherries if you don't have canned. Thaw them and drain them before using them.
Varieties and possibilities are limitless… all you have to do is experiment… start out by using different fruits… and move on from there… I'm sure your family will have no complaints from the taste testing department… and who knows… you may invent a new family recipe.
In any case… enjoy this terrific muffin recipe!
Cherry Muffin Recipe:
All you need:
1 cup canned cherries, drained
2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
¾ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup milk
¼ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
All you have to do:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease muffin tins generously.
In a small bowl combine ¼ cup sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
Cut cherries in half.
Combine flour, baking powder, ¾ cup sugar and salt in a medium bowl.
Add the cherries to the flour mixture and toss lightly.
In a small bowl beat the eggs.
Add the milk and butter to the eggs, beat until well mixed.
Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix lightly to blend the ingredients.
Batter will have small lumps.
Fill muffin cups ¾ full. Makes approximately 12 muffins.
Sprinkle sugar-cinnamon mixture over batter in muffin cups.
Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.


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The man dubbed "the Twilight Rapist" is on trial in Huntsville for a home invasion in Marquez back in 2009. Billy Joe Harris has already been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault of a disabled woman in South Texas. Evidence from three separate crime scenes link Billy Joe Harris to Leon County and the first victim gave an emotional testimony Monday afternoon.
You could hear a pin drop on the third floor of the Walker County Courthouse Monday afternoon as an 80-year-old widow, burglary and assault victim, recalled the vivid memories from July 2, and July 20, 2009 – two days that she says -- changed her life forever.
Harris is accused of burglarizing the woman's Marquez home twice in one month. The first burglary on July 2nd occurred while the victim was sleeping. "I woke up because I heard a noise, and then didn't see anything so I went back to bed," she said.
Her husband of what would be 64 years today, died in 2006. She claims every night since his death, she hangs her purse on the same chair, and every morning when she wakes up, she picks up her purse from the chair and then takes it into her bedroom. However, when she woke up the following morning, it wasn't in the same place she had left it. In fact, her son found it in the front yard, with her address book and several hundred dollars of cash missing. The woman also learned her phone line was intentionally cut and the phone jack intentionally unplugged from the box located in the back of her home.
Due to the evidence recovered from the scene – investigators believe both burglaries were pre-meditated.
During the burglaries, Harris allegedly stole an address book, hundreds of dollars in cash and took a tower computer that was filled with important financial information regarding the family's mineral rights.
One of the significant arguments in Monday's courtroom was the main "point of entry" into the home during the burglary. A key was found lodged inside the doorknob of the front door of the home – a door that the victim claims she never uses for entry.
Evidence taken on the morning of July 20th proved the suspect entered the home through an unlocked window located on the west side of the house. Investigators believe Harris unlocked the window during the first break-in with the intent of coming back in the future – and he did. A footprint was located on the windowsill. This window was located in a room that, at the time, was used for storage during the home remodel. Since the room was packed with belongings, Harris' attorney argued it would be impossible to enter through this very window without being heard.
While Harris was allegedly breaking into the home around 6 that morning -- the victim says she was taking a bath. "I heard a nose while I was in the bath and it sounded like, ice breaking up in the freezer," she said.
She got out of the bath tub and got dressed -- as soon as she came out of the bathroom, "Someone came up from behind me, grabbed me, and all I can remember is that it was a man and he was really sweaty. He put his right arm across my chest and he covered my face and nose with his left arm and I couldn't move my head or anything. He threw me on the bed and we just struggled. He slapped me in the face twice, really, really hard and I just screamed, 'Why are you doing this to me? I'm an old woman, I have a heart condition and I will probably die here if you keep doing this to me,' he then told me 'Give me all of your money or else you're going to get it.' "
She says he walked out of the room and she attempted to call police, but her phone was disconnected. She was finally able to run across the street to her neighbor's home and call police.
While on the stand Monday afternoon, the victim was forced to relive those painful memories all over again. Prosecutors presented pictures from her injuries she sustained after being slapped in the face and smothered by Harris before he pushed her on the bed and attempted the assault.
For two years, the woman who was beat, burglarized and left a victim of attempted rape -- the man responsible had moved on to other victims including Edna, Texas. However, he got caught in the midst of a sexual assault in Edna – and the Twilight Rapist was finally apprehended. Harris' arrest gave Leon County Investigators the break they were looking for. They obtained a search warrant to obtain DNA from Harris. His DNA matched the DNA found in the 80-year-old victim's urine that morning he attempted to sexually assault her.
The trial will resume Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. News 3's Nicole Morten will be sitting in the trial and will bring live updates during the newscast throughout the day.


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What is one academic accomplishment about which you feel particularly good? Early on, I realized the benefit of taking classes during the summer and advanced coursework throughout the school year while earning 23 credits in three years. This chosen route has enabled me to participate in the Youth Options Program at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, thus earning college credit while still in high school.
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Ralph Wade Skaggs, 61, of Proctor, Texas, passed away in his home Tuesday, December 24, 2013. He was born on June 11, 1952 in Dublin, Texas, to Charles and Katie Sims Skaggs.
He married the love of his life, Delores "Lorrie" Jean (Langdon/Hale) Skaggs on March 26, 2005 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She preceded him in death on May 13, 2012. Also preceding him were his parents, Charles and Katie Skaggs, who both passed in 2008, and his beloved nephew, Michael Talbot in 2010. Ralph served in the United States Air Force and in the early 1980´s he began a life-long love of working with computers and electronics. He was a voracious reader, but he also loved to be outdoors. He enjoyed working with his hands and if there was anything he couldn't fix, then it just wasn´t broken to start with. He had a dry sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes, primarily on his sister.
He gave his life to Christ and was baptized when he was 16 years old. He loved to sing the old shaped-note hymns, because those were the ones he grew up hearing and they touched his heart the most.
He is survived by his much loved children of whom he was very proud; son, Rendell Skaggs of Austin and daughter, Justina Skaggs of Brownwood. Also surviving him are his step-children, Mandy Longoria and husband, Daniel, David Hale and wife, Kaylyn, and Cindy Pecina and husband, David; sister and partner-in-crime, Pamela Skaggs Talbot and brother-in-law, Gene Talbot; niece, Lisa Talbot Groover and husband, Robert; great-niece, Taylor Talbot; great-nephews, Hayden Groover, Chase Talbot and Spencer Groover; aunts, Joyce Sims Marks and husband, Bobby, LaVerne Sims Melcher and husband, Harvey, Ona Mae Odom and husband, Jay, and Francis Howard; uncles, Bobby Skaggs, Gene Skaggs, and Harold Dean Skaggs and wife, Shirley; and numerous cousins and friends. He was a quiet man, but he leaves a big hole in our hearts.
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So, what is the deal with Toyota?
You cannot turn on the news, read a newspaper, go to your favorite news website or listen to a late night monolog without hearing the words "Toyota" and "recall." It is – perhaps – the biggest non-bailout automotive story of the century.
What makes it so significant?
Well, you can say it is the numbers…2.3 million Toyotas recalled so far, the largest in that company's history. You can say it is the money…more than a billion estimated dollars already lost by Toyota due to the cost of the recall and the lost sales. Or you can say it is the shock…a company with a reputation built on quality being forced to recall various years of eight different models is unprecedented.
So the question from most people we speak to is, "how does this affect me?"
There are a number of ways this can affect you:
- If you are in the market for a Toyota
- If you are in the market for a car, period
- If you own a Toyota
The bottom line, according to TrueCar.com's in-house guru, Jesse Toprak, is if you want to buy a Toyota and it isn't on the "stop sell" list (Camry, Corolla, Rav-4, Matrix, Avalon, Highlander, Tundra and Sequoia), you should probably wait a few weeks. If they have the car in stock, there will be less flexibility in the pricing, as dealers will be trying to make maximum revenue to make up for the money they are already losing.
In a short time, says Toprak, Toyota will very likely be offering more incentives to get Toyota customers (and non-Toyota loyalists) back in the door. This is going to translate to a lot of discounts and – therefore – a lot of savings.
If you can't wait, or can't see yourself buying a Toyota, then you will want to check out our new Toyota Recall page. We will tell you all about comparable cars to the "stop sell" Toyotas. For instance, if you are in the market for a Camry, why not consider a Hyundai Sonata or a Chevrolet Malibu, instead?
Look here for more recall information and incentives targeted towards worried Toyota owners.
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what is your thinking on buying a 2010 Toyota Corolla after recall item is repaired? Will there be good deals offered? Is this a good idea?
Recalled vehicles will be excellent deals once sales resume because Toyota will be trying to bring customers back into the show rooms. Though some vehicles are already available for sale, your best bet is to wait until march, when there may be even more attractive offers.
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Is it safe to buy a Toyota now? Has the root cause of the accelerator problem been identified and fixed? There was story out here in San Diego that involved a Prius and a stuck accelerator. It was under investigation a feew weeks back and I never heard any results from it. I'd like to make a purchase in the next month so any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Toyota has announced a repair for the stuck accelerator anomaly that caused the recall and has installed the fixed version in all newly manufactured vehicles. Per Toyota, "the condition is rare and generally does not occur suddenly. It can occur when the pedal mechanism becomes worn and, in certain conditions, the accelerator pedal may become harder to depress, slower to return or, in the worst case, stuck in a partially depressed position." What this means is, it is more likely to happen in an older vehicle that has not been fixed as opposed to a new vehicle that has the fix manufactured in.
Having said all of that, we believe that Toyota vehicles are safe to purchase.
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It occurs to me that the most important question is will a runaway Toyota, Honda, Ford or whatever cause deaths or injury to my or anybody's family? And vehicles stalled out on the side of the road, of any make, represent a significant hazard to all of us. Something as simple as a low battery can create conditions likely to produce much injury. Does anyone know the numbers for injuries from stalled vehicles on the side of the road? Vehicle manufacturers should be urged to reveal the problems immediately upon discovery, and take more immediate steps to complete repairs.
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A new Reuters article reports that China's Sohu.com, is in the process of refocusing on its search services after neglecting the area for several years.
Sohu, whose name literally means "search fox", started off as a search specialist but later neglected the field in favour of other pursuits, most notably mobile phone-based services...
The company rededicated itself to the search area last year with the launch of its Sogou.com Web site, and now expects the business to grow at double-digit rates for the rest of this year on a quarter-to-quarter basis, said Chief Executive Officer Charles Zhang. At that rate of growth, sponsored search revenues, which totaled $2.73 million in the first quarter, could go from a current contribution of about 11.5 percent of total sales to possibly 20 percent by the end of the year, he added.
"Our (search) traffic has tripled in the last six months," Zhang told Reuters in an interview in Shanghai. "In the next two months, we'll focus a lot on Sogou."


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As for the who's good and who's bad, I think it was a little ambiguous at first but last night's episode really cemented the answer, at least to me, within the final scene. Given what the writers told us in the scene with Jacob and Richard and the wine bottle only to have MiB break it in the final scene pretty much put a stamp on where Jacob and MiB are on the scale of good and bad, although they do tend to blend into shades of gray every so often.
At the risk of sounding dumb, can you -- or someone -- explain to me that wine bottle scene and the metaphor of which you speak? LOL
We were given a story by a character that is believed to be true, i.e. Jacob's metaphor with the bottle of wine. However, the writers then gave the audience a reassurance that the said metaphor was true by having another character illustrate the metaphor, to a degree, without knowledge of the metaphor, in this case MiB smashing the bottle.
Maybe when I first watched it I was too tired to grasp the full meaning. Either that, or I'm a bit dim (I'm sure my wife would choose the latter).


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Complete buffet dinner in the forest, non-alcoholic drinks, and live entertainment. *Two (2) alcoholic beverages included in General Ticket price. Additional wine and beer will be available with premium raffle ticket purchase at the event.
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FELTON April 23, 2014 -- Mountain Parks Foundation has been selected for the 2014 Best of Felton Award in the Environmental Protection Organization category by the Felton Award Program.
Each year, the Felton Award Program identifies organizations that they believe have achieved exceptional success in their local community and business category. These are local organizations that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Felton area a great place to live, work and play.
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The Felton Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.
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UK writer STEVE ADAMS is touring California in a motorhome for a feature that will appear in Camping & Caravanning magazine later this year. Here's his final report from the road.
Redwood trees are the tallest (300 feet and more) – as well as the oldest (2,000 years and more) – living things on the planet, and are a constant companion on a road trip near the California coast, thriving in the damp and foggy conditions that prevail through much of the year.
There are umpteen parks with the name 'redwood' in them dotted from California up to Oregon, and all offer the chance to get up close to the magnificent trees in dense forests that are as moody as they are beautiful.
The Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains is one such location, and we combined a stroll around its gentle Redwood Grove Trail with a ride on the narrow-gauge steam railway at Roaring Camp Railroads. The family-friendly tourist train, complete with good ol' boy conductor-cum-commentator, takes a winding route into the mountains pulled along – at least on our visit – by 'Dixie', a 102-year-old steam engine originally used on the Smokey Mountain Railroad.
The 75-minute round-trip is just about right, and allows time at the top ('Bear Mountain') to explore the forest and take a few snaps of the steaming engine – though you'll have to wait your turn as everyone wants the same picture.
It was much the same when we continued on to the Municipal Wharf at Santa Cruz, where tourist paparazzi clambered for the best images of seals basking in the sun next to the jetty. The area is a great place for a stroll, including the lively Boardwalk amusement park, which is the oldest on the west coast. It's suitably retro – even the new rides have been made to look old – and the various food (anyone for deep friend Twinkies?) and sideshow stalls made for great visual entertainment in the best traditions of Blackpool promenade.
Our next and last stop after Santa Cruz saw us returning to our starting point of San Francisco, which I deliberately omitted at the start of the blog because I knew we'd be coming back to see some more.
The fantastic city – voted the best city in the US by Condé Nast Traveler magazine for 16 years in a row – is a fabulous place to visit, and is home to a range of iconic sights familiar to millions. We took them all in – from the fog-covered Golden Gate Bridge to cable cars clanging up steep streets of townhouses, colourful Chinatown (the largest in the US), to the historic island prison of Alcatraz. We had clam chowder at Fisherman's Wharf and took in the sights of Union Square, the Mission District, North Beach, Sausalito and more.
There's so much to see in the city but the good news is that it's really easy to navigate and get around. But realistically not in the motorhome (even our little Euro Tourer) - leave it at the campsite (San Francisco RV Resort is one of the nearest and ideally located for public transport) and ride the subway, bus, ferry or cable car. We used all of them, and they provided not only a means of transportation but a great chance to see the city from a variety of angles. We chose an additional vantage point too, splashing out for an aerial tour with San Francisco Helicopters, which was an undoubted highlight of our entire trip. The views were incredible and gave a brilliant overview – in every respect – of the city's landscapes (from coast to downtown to bay), neighbourhoods, attractions and sights. We even flew UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Sadly it rained heavily on our last day, so we ditched plans to cycle across the Golden Gate Bridge in favour of a visit to the California Academy of Sciences, a stunning natural history museum in Golden Gate Park. The eco-friendly building is home to a range of exhibits, plants and animals, and its main attractions include an aquarium, planetarium and four-storey rainforest. We found it as entertaining as it was educational – which I guess is the purpose (porpoise?) – and especially enjoyed the penguins' feeding time.
Our own feeding time included ice-cream at the world-famous Ghirardelli's, hot dogs during a San Francisco Giants baseball game at AT&T Park right on the bay, burgers at In 'n' Out Burger – a brilliant fast food chain and (largely) Californian institution definitely not to be missed – and drank local beer in bars frequented by Jack Kerouac and other beat generation writers. One barman looked like Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead, which only added to the whole experience.
At this point I should come clean about one aspect of our trip - we had help in San Francisco, in the form of two great friends who not only advised us where to go and what to see but on a couple of days actually took us there. Getting the locals' take on the city added even more to our experience, and for that I'd like to dedicate this last blog to Scott and Mihaela – I hope we'll get to show you our part of the world again soon.
Thanks to anyone who has read and enjoyed these blogs, which have been a great way to help record a great trip. You'll also be able to read more about our trip in Camping & Caravanning magazine
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Instagram Snapshot "#SCWildflower" Photo Contest!
To celebrate spring, wildflowers and our beautiful Santa Cruz Area California State Parks, @VisitSantaCruz is running a photo contest on Instagram
so we can share the wildflower love!
WHEN: Contest begins Saturday, April 5, 2014 and ends Monday,
April 28, 2014
WHERE: Any Santa Cruz County State Park
HOW: Simply snap a picture of some wildflowers while you are out
and about and share your photo on Instagram using #SCWildflowers!
At the end of the contest a winner will be chosen and will receive a
$25 gift certificate to the Nature Store at Henry Cowell Redwoods
State Park, a $25 gift certificate to any Friends ParkStore, 2 tickets
to ride a steam train at Roaring Camp Railroads and some awesome
Santa Cruz swag!
Contest brought to you by the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council in partnership with the Mountain Parks Foundation & Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. For visitor information logon to santacruz.org.
Discover more about local wildflowers at Rancho del Oso's annual Wildflower Weekend April 26 & 27 from 11am to 4pm. For more information call (831) 427-2288 or visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=26539. Located 17 miles north of Santa Cruz, at 3600 Highway One, Davenport, California 95017.
Sponsor a Tree in memory of a loved one, as a unique gift, or to celebrate a special occasion.
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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is making the news in Ireland! Travel writer, Fergus McDonnell, visited our park last October and wrote a lovely article about his visit that was recently published in the Irish Sunday Independent.


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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Waupun Public Library Patron Not in Pleasant Holiday Mood
Waupun man arrested for gun threat at library. (Fond du Lac Reporter, 12/22/2012)
Excerpt: Waupun Police Department officers responded to the Waupun Public Library for a man threatening to return to the library with a gun Friday afternoon.
The 46-year-old man was found and arrested on Walker Street in Waupun and was taken to the Dodge County Jail on charges of threat to a department of commerce or department of workforce development employee, according to Waupun Police Deputy Chief Scott Louden.
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Oh my. I'll definitely ask Brett (Waupun Director) about this event.
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Samsung rumored to launch Gear Solo at Unpacked event
updated 07:34 am EDT, Fri August 8, 2014
Standalone Samsung smartwatch could be unveiled next month
The Gear Solo, a rumored standalone smartwatch in the Samsung Gear range, may be announced next month before the IFA tradeshow, according to a report. It is believed the company will use its Unpacked event on September 3rd to show the watch alongside other expected smartphone launches, including the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Alpha.
According to sources of Yonhap News, the watch will retain the rumored Gear Solo name, and though it will be able to connect to a cellular network and accept a SIM card, it apparently won't have LTE access, instead using a slower 3G cellular connection. The Gear Solo will also allegedly work as a typical smartwatch, connected wirelessly to a smartphone and not using its own SIM.
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|The Impact of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reporting on Nephrology Referral Pattern, Patient Characteristics and Outcome.
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|Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health problem worldwide. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) has been advocated as a means to detect CKD. In January 2006, community laboratories in Ontario, Canada, began to report eGFR values along with every serum creatinine result. The present study sought to investigate the impact of eGFR reporting on nephrology referrals and patient outcome. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of referrals to an adult general nephrology clinic 24 months before and after eGFR reporting took effect. Results: eGFR reporting was associated with a significant rise in the number of referrals (1,330-1,496, p = 0.009), a 33% rise in patient waiting time (from 75 to 100 days, p < 0.001), and an increase in nephrologists' workload. Patients referred after eGFR reporting were older, but suffered from fewer comorbidities such as hypertension and vascular disease. There was an increase in the number of patients referred with stage 3 CKD, but a drop in the proportion of stage 4 and 5 CKD referrals and no change in time to renal replacement therapy. Conclusion: Laboratory reporting of eGFR increased nephrology referral volume, patient waiting times, and nephrologists' workload, without a demonstrable benefit in terms of detection and referral of severe (stage 4 and 5) CKD, nor in the reduction of end-stage renal disease frequency.
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Eternal Storms on Friday launched the full version of its Flickr image client for the Mac, Flickery. Originally released in May 2008 as a public beta, the finished product comes complete with several added features and bug fixes. New functions include the ability to browse and add to groups, to view contact's favourites and photosets, and support for multiple photosets or groups at once. In addition, fixes have been made to performance and memory issues when adding photos for upload, and to a variety of bugs. Performance improvements have also been made that were mentioned by public beta testers.
Flickery is a photo editing and organization application that allows users to upload photos, organize them into groups and photosets, to browse and add to favourites, and to view other contact's photos, photosets, and favourites. Editing capabilities include resizing, cropping, rotating and running filters on the pictures. Flickery also has the ability to take pictures within the program by using the Macs built-in iSight.
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Like a banker who draws from a limitless vault of gold coins, God's creation counts out the Creator's infinite wonders for all to see. And God placed a knowledge of Himself within all men—inside their minds, in their hearts, in the very core of their being.
Not just God's truthfulness but the whole gamut of His qualities convinces sinners about the truth of His Word. In fact, one of the most profound character traits of the Author of the Bible—love—is critical when we can testify about Him.
What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for the answer where He has the names of God, the attributes of God, and the authority of God; He does the works of God; and He is worshiped as God.
When you think about it, how much do we really know compared to our Creator—who is infinite in knowledge and wisdom? When you compare our finite knowledge to God's infinite knowledge, in essence, we know "nothing." After all, how much is something compared to an infinite amount?
Mystery, superstition, and intrigue surround the topic of angels and demons. The Bible, however, dispels these shadows and myths with clear truth.
The Bible says, "In the beginning God." Does this God really exist? Or is He just the creation of the pre-scientific imagination?
Jesus Christ is God incarnate, the Second Person of the Trinity, our resurrected Savior and Redeemer, and the only means of salvation for sinners.
How should Christians understand the origin of sin? Why did God create man if He knew we would sin? What else does the Bible teach about sin?
How can an all-powerful, loving God allow suffering and death?
How can people be made right with God? And how can Christians please God in both the seemingly mundane decisions and in the serious choices of life?
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A Christian K–12 school in South Carolina, with dedicated and highly qualified Christian teachers, has come under vicious attack by atheists.
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As you can see, they don't really stain. This is on my arm too so bear in mind the lips are used a lot more, eating, drinking, even talking! I find the Glossy Stains from YSL properly stain my lips for 24 hours but these take a few top ups during even the 10 hours it claims. They're also not quite as glossy as the YSL ones, but I do like the finish they give.
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By now, I know whether or not my short story "Amaryllis" won a Hugo. But since I'm posting this a week in advance, I really don't know. I probably won't be able to update with the news because I'll be flying to Michigan for a signing. Whichever way it goes — went, rather — I'm incredibly happy about the nomination. It's one of those external benchmarks that ends up meaning a lot because this is such a crazy business that doesn't always give us concrete feedback. I think this is one of the reasons we have so many writing and book awards: it's a way to provide concrete feedback, or to impose some kind of order on the mass of books and writing that appears every year. That may be a discussion for another time.
I've been reflecting a lot on my writing and the progress I've made in the 22 years since I sent out my first short stories. Because I think "Amaryllis" is the kind of story I tried to write in high school and college and couldn't. A thoughtful, solid science fiction story like the kind I grew up reading. As a teenager, I didn't have the experience — the emotional experience, the raw life experience to draw on (John Scalzi touches on this in in his advice to teenage writers). I didn't have the ability to write about several threads and plotlines at once, which is one of the things that makes for good stories. (I could barely write one at a time then.) I didn't have the ability to craft, to take the feedback I got on the story from a very trusted reader and use it to shape the story into something more powerful.
It's been a startling revelation, that I actually seem to have learned something, or internalized something. I mean, of course I have, I should hope one wouldn't work at an art or craft for twenty years and not learn something. But I felt a strange time dilation, considering that I have written something, without really realizing it, that my teenage self aspired to write.
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LAS CRUCES -- Texas' senior senator, Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, referred to the bullets from Juárez gunfights that have strayed across the international border this summer when framing her remarks Wednesday to a crowd at New Mexico State University.
And following close behind Hutchison was a look by former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., at a more global threat: nuclear arms.
The speakers were part of the first-day lineup of the 2010 Domenici Public Policy Conference, an event that honors former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico.
In addition to the bullets, Hutchison highlighted the murders of 72 migrants killed en masse, the assassinations recently of two Mexican mayors and the death toll of 28,000 in Mexico since that country's president began a drug war four years ago.
Juárez, she said, is "ground zero" for that battle.
"We should be alarmed by this escalation," she said.
The U.S. government is taking steps on this side of the border to combat the violence, including boosting Border Patrol numbers, technology and equipment; funding a program that intercepts weapons being smuggled into Mexico; and creating "strike forces" of agents to "focus on areas with greater need" along the border.
"When you close down one area, another one pops up," she said.
Hutchison said more and better-trained manpower is the key to tackling the problem of border security. She said she changed her stance because of the increasing violence and now supports stationing the National Guard along the international border to back up the Border Patrol.
In response to a question from the audience, Hutchison said that U.S. officials have helped train Mexican law enforcement, but that there's only so much the U.S. officials can do to change conditions in Mexico, an autonomous nation. Still, she said she believed that Mexico was taking the steps needed to solve cartel problems.
NMSU student Max Haake, 22, a sophomore studying accounting, said the speakers were "motivating."
"I was impressed with how knowledgeable the speakers were and how well they conveyed their ideas," he said. "They made it to where everybody understood and everybody felt that something needs to be done."
Nunn, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit seeking to reduce nuclear weapons and other big threats, told attendees that the odds of a global nuclear war have declined greatly since the Cold War. But he said the chances of nuclear terrorism, a mistaken deployment of a nuclear wea pon or a regional war have spiked since that time.
"A terrorist nuclear attack on one of our cities could kill hundreds of thousands of people, shatter our economy, begin to erode our civil liberties, give blackmail power to that particular terrorist group," he said.
Nunn said the world should work toward a goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons, while still allowing countries to use nuclear power. "I call it a race between cooperation and catastrophe," he said.
The conference, in its third year, continues today at the Corbett Center Student Union and will end at 1:30 p.m.
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