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Police decked in riot gear moved into Zuccotti Park in the pre-dawn hours Nov. 15 after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg authorized the eviction of protesters-two months after they began camping out there round-the-clock, launching a national phenomenon protesting economic disparity and unemployment, among other things. Police arrested about 200 who were unwilling to leave the park, and another 175 or more the next day, when thousands took to occupying New York's streets and subways, shutting off entrances to the New York Stock Exchange. Though they promised to continue citywide action, public frustration with blocked streets-making it difficult for those working instead of protesting to get to work-made tough police enforcement more likely. As violence and frustration with the movement grew, Kalle Lasn, co-founder of Adbusters, the Canadian magazine that issued the initial call to "occupy," admitted, "Somehow we lost the high ground, we lost the narrative."
Not a jobs bill
In a move analysts say will cost about 20,000 jobs and billions in lost revenue, the Obama administration announced that it will delay construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700-mile project designed to bring oil from Canada to Gulf Coast ports in Texas.
The U.S. State Department on Nov. 10 delayed for at least a year granting a license to TransCanada Corp., the company funding the project, to allow the EPA and Nebraska environmental authorities time to study an "environmentally sensitive" area of the pipeline crossing. Environmental groups have long protested the project, citing the risk of an oil spill contaminating a large aquifer in Nebraska. But TransCanada already has improved safety standards in that region to alleviate the risk.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quickly responded to the decision, saying the oil that was to be delivered to the United States via the pipeline would instead go to China and other parts of Asia. Ironically, points out Douglas Gregory of the Cornwall Institute, the diverted oil to China faces lower safety requirements there, "resulting in greater risk of spills in transport and greater CO2 and other emissions from the less efficient and less regulated uses in those countries."
Big kill
Colombian soldiers killed Alfonso Cano, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in a gunfight Nov. 4 that followed a bomb attack. FARC is the oldest and largest insurgency in Latin America, and has waged war on successive governments since 1964. Colombians hope Cano's death deals a fatal blow to the communist guerrilla group, which has kidnapped and killed citizens also, including three U.S. missionaries killed in 1999.
Bombing runs
For South Sudanese citizens fleeing violence along the country's northern border with Sudan, finding safety is growing more difficult: As UN workers unloaded food at a camp for more than 20,000 refugees in South Sudan on Nov. 10, a military plane swooped overhead, dropping an estimated four bombs. Local officials reported at least 12 deaths.
Aid group Samaritan's Purse reported that its workers in the camp were safe after the attack. The relief agency manages distribution of food and other supplies in the sprawling refugee settlement, and reports severe shortages.
Three days earlier, Sudanese military planes bombed the South Sudanese town of Queffa, killing at least seven. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said he fears Sudan's government is planning an invasion of South Sudan less than five months after the country declared its independence from its northern counterpart and won international recognition. An estimated 230,000 residents have fled violence along the country's disputed north-south border since July.
Covertly conscious
Three hospitalized, brain-damaged men who were unresponsive and apparently unconscious of their surroundings caught observers by surprise when they repeatedly responded to commands by researchers. Although the men, diagnosed as vegetative, couldn't physically move or speak, a headset of electrodes measured their brain activity after neurologists asked them to imagine wiggling their toes or clenching a fist. One of the patients responded over 100 times, the researchers reported in The Lancet, a British medical journal. Roughly 20,000 Americans are living in a persistent vegetative state-a condition of being awake but presumably unaware. That condition led to a national outcry over the late Terri Schiavo, whose feeding tube was removed in 2005. The results of the new study suggest one-fifth of these patients might actually retain consciousness. A brain scanning system could enable them to communicate with their families.
Mandate challenge
The Supreme Court on Nov. 14 picked its biggest case of the coming year in agreeing to hear several challenges to the healthcare overhaul this spring, meaning the court will render some kind of decision before the 2012 presidential elections. The court, scheduling a modern record of 5½ hours for the case, will focus on the law's mandate that individuals buy health insurance, potentially deciding the extent of the federal government's power in such areas. The justices also agreed to hear a challenge from states that objected to the law's Medicaid requirements, another potentially watershed issue that could determine the requirements the federal government can impose on state spending.
The high court is anything but predictable on this case, and the circuit courts haven't been politically predictable, either: In both the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Circuit, Republican-appointed judges were the deciding votes upholding the law. The Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals from the one circuit court that deemed the individual mandate unconstitutional, the 11th Circuit (where a Democratic appointee joined the decision). The justices could strike or uphold the entire law, strike or uphold the individual mandate, or they could simply rule that no one can contest the law until taxpayers have paid penalties, which will be due in 2015.
Personhood loss
More than 55 percent of Mississippi voters rejected a November ballot initiative that would have legally defined life as beginning at fertilization. Despite this defeat, Personhood USA, the pro-life group behind the ballot measure, vowed to continue pushing for similar personhood initiatives in other states. "We are prepared for a long journey," said the group's Keith Ashley. "Changing a culture-and changing a country-will not happen with one election." The group has mounted efforts to place similar initiatives on 2012 ballots in California, Florida, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, and Oregon. Colorado voters defeated similar proposals in 2008 and 2010. Ultimately, a successful personhood initiative would prompt a legal challenge that likely would reach the U.S. Supreme Court, forcing justices to reexamine the legality of abortion.
Energy and elections
Solyndra executives may have "pleaded the Fifth" before a House committee this fall, but Energy Secretary Steven Chu could not: Chu tried to answer a string of tough questions Nov. 17 about the $535 million loan to the bankrupt California solar company. The House Energy and Commerce Committee released more documents related to the loan, including emails in which Department of Energy officials asked Solyndra's chief executive to delay announcing layoffs until the day after the 2010 midterm elections. The executive had planned to announce layoffs on Oct. 28. DOE officials "did push very hard for us to hold our announcement of the consolidation to employees and vendors to Nov. 3rd-oddly they didn't give a reason for that date," wrote a Solyndra investment adviser on Oct. 30, 2010. "I would not have been in favor of that decision," Chu told the committee. "I don't think it's a proper way to do business."
The fallout from the Solyndra loan is coming from various quarters: Hoover Institution scholar Peter Schweizer's newly released book, Throw Them All Out, is one. The book-which gained attention in November for its accusation that members of Congress engaged in insider trading-also alleges that 80 percent of alternative energy loans through the DOE went to companies either run or owned by financial backers of President Obama or the Democratic Party.
Shredded again
A potential political scandal in Kansas grew wider on Nov. 9 as prosecutors revealed that former state Attorney General Steve Six in 2009 destroyed copies of records important to the prosecution of abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Six is now under investigation in Kansas to determine whether his actions violated state law and the retention policy of the attorney general's office.
The documents were copies of abortion reports that Johnson County District Attorney Stephen Howe had sought as evidence for 23 felony counts of falsifying client records against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment had shredded the original records in 2005 during what it called a "routine" destruction of documents. Both instances of shredding happened while Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, a Planned Parenthood ally, was governor of Kansas, and Six's destruction of his copies came during the April 2009 Senate hearings on Sebelius' nomination to be U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, a post she now holds.
With neither the originals nor the copies, the "legal hurdles are insurmountable" to move forward with the case, Howe told Johnson County District Court Judge Stephen Tatum on Nov. 9. Tatum dismissed the 23 felony counts and 26 related misdemeanor counts against Planned Parenthood. The abortion provider faces 58 additional misdemeanor counts of failure to determine the viability of unborn children and unlawful late-term abortions. A Feb. 22, 2012, hearing in Johnson County will involve those charges.
After the Nov. 9 hearing, current Attorney General Derek Schmidt asked Shawnee County Sheriff Dick Barta to investigate Six's actions, a request Barta granted. (A representative from the firm where Six now practices law said he was not available for comment.) Mary Kay Culp of Kansans for Life has called on the Kansas Legislature to review the case in its entirety: "Guilty people destroy evidence," she said. "Really guilty people destroy evidence twice."
Cain falling
The campaign of Herman Cain came out fighting on Nov. 8 against accusations of sexual harassment dating back to when he led the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. "The charges and the accusations I absolutely reject," Cain said at a news conference. "They simply didn't happen." Six days later, Cain's wife, Gloria, who has not had a high-profile role in the campaign, came to her husband's defense on FOX's On the Record: "I know the person that he is, and I know that the person that they were talking about, I don't know who that person is."
But whether it was fallout from the accusations, a series of gaffes during interviews, or a combination of both, Cain began to see his stock fall in the polls. He dropped to under 20 percent in the RealClearPolitics averages of national polls for Nov. 6 to Nov. 15, putting him third behind Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
Stemmed research
The California company behind the first government-approved human trials using embryonic stem cells announced Nov. 14 that it is halting its tests. Geron Corp. cited costs as the reason behind the decision to shut down its embryonic stem-cell projects. The company will now devote all of its resources to cancer research. Many analysts, however, doubted that financial limits were to blame and suggested instead that embryonic stem-cell research was not getting the results in medical breakthroughs its advocates had expected. Dr. Daniel Salomon, associate professor in the department of molecular and experimental medicine at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, sounded a skeptical note to ABCNews.com: "This company would not walk away from this trial in the absence of an unexpected complication or safety concern, if there was any evidence that it was working."


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WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - February 03, 2014) - Between February 1 and February 9, six students from the British School of Washington will embark on an amazing journey to Tanzania where they will work directly with the Huruma Orphanage and the Maua School in addition to having opportunities to experience the Global Classroom, a Nord Anglia Education initiative. British School of Washington students will be joined by more than 100 students from Nord Anglia Education Schools around the world.
Nord Anglia Education, parent company of the British School of Washington and 26 other schools globally, developed the Global Classroom to provide opportunities for students in its schools to come together, explore global issues and provide much needed help and support to communities; creating a learning experience for everyone involved.
Students will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities, both in the local community and in the Global Classroom camp. They will have a three-day expedition to the Ngorongoro Crater; they will spend two days teaching at the Maua School and renovating the Huruma Orphanage. They will learn about broader issues such as the local environment and the history of slavery where relevant and finally, celebrate their diverse cultures with an International Day before heading back to Washington, DC. When they return, students will be required to share their experiences with their school and the Nord Anglia Education Global Classroom. Experiences like this enhances the education students receive at the British School of Washington and ensures that all of its students understand the global environment they will be facing upon graduation. To that end, Nord Anglia happily underwrites the primary costs of these trips, and the students participate in fundraising activities to assist with the overall cost.
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The British School of Washington is a co-educational college preparatory day school offering an international education for children from Nursery through 12th grade. The School offers the International Primary Curriculum, the International Middle Years Curriculum, the IGSCE, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at each level of learning. The school has more than 425 students and boasts a diverse international community, with students from more than 40 countries. British School of Washington is part of Nord Anglia Education, the world's leading premium school organization. Founded in 1972, the Nord Anglia Education family of 27 schools extends to 11 countries, providing opportunities for students to collaborate with their peers around the world. (Find out more at www.nordanglia.com)
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Hi, I have a few questions about this knife so here goes: 1. What material is the tank banger made from? 2. Is it a full tang knife? 3. Can the knife be disassembled for cleaning (I know it wont rust, but if sand etc. gets trapped in it I would like to clean it thoroughly)? Thanks
The cap is made of another metal alloy. I do not understand what you mean by a "full tang" knife. Give us a call about this. You cannot disassemble the knife.
I love the knife but the red lock has broken and the knife falls out! Can I get a replacement part or sheath and if so, how much?
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Welcome to the forum we'll find all kinds of great info and meet some knowledgeable people
Thought i'd better introduce myself. I live in southern Az. and have a huge pashion for the outdoors and hunting. I was reading an article out of the Eastmans bow hunting magazine and found this forum and it looked like something i needed to be a part of. Hopefully i can find some new friends in the hunting indistry and maybe learn of a few good areas to hunt in other states. I don't know all of Az. but am willing to help with what info. i have. I know a few Northern units for Elk and a few Southern units for deer. I look forward to talking and sharing what i know with you all,
Welcome to the forum we'll find all kinds of great info and meet some knowledgeable people
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Welcome to the forum!! I am fairly new myself. I think you will enjoy it!
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welcome to the forum. tons of great people with a ton of experience. not many questions go unanswered here. happy new year
Welcome to the forum.
welcome my friend!! Ill give ya a word of advice dont call horns horns in front of old hunter you must say antler or youll confuse him. other than that youll be fine!!


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DELICIOUS! I did make some changes though. Tomato sauce instead of vinaigrette and I used the minute rice quinoa/wild rice medley instead of plain. They turned out GREAT though with a nice flavor and super easy.
Next time I might try tilapia instead, just because I don't care as much for the texture of flounder personally.
TERRIBLE!!! First off the "sauce" that is supposed to form from the cream cheese and dressing...did not form. The spinach didn't cook enough. The fish was not done enough and the rice had NO flavor. My husband wouldn't even try it. I don't blame him. I just hate wasting money on an expensive ingredient like fish and not like it. Try something else!!!
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Philosophy of Patience. Hence the Astronomer
Posted 27 January 2013 - 12:50 PM
After 2 years in this hobby I believe astronomers are a breed of individuals who have learned to tap into that will and incredible patience the world today seems to be lacking. At least from my perspective.
I for one have never been a "short attention span" person. I like to know more about what I see on TV and about the world around me. The 24 hour barrage of information on the Internet and the TV are all becoming background noise. If one gets caught up in the sound bites and snippets we will be no expert at anything. Only slightly educated on many subjects. But with no real supporting foundation for such "knowledge".
Since my dive into the world of Astronomy, I have had to slow down, breathe, and take a good long look before I would "see" what was up there. The longer you look and contemplate the more you will actually "see".
I strongly believe that this notion is something which can, and should, be applied to our everyday lives. If we took the time to stop, look, listen, and render an informed opinion before running off to the next task or action we would be so much better for it.
Astronomy and it's learned skills at slowing the pace, tease out each and every photon of information and then get a good picture of what exists thru the eyepiece, has reinforced my belief that we all are able to do better. Not just at our hobby, but in life in general.
Take what you have learned at the scope and apply it to your life. It has opened my eyes and widened a desire for knowledge which is the best weapon of all.
As they say knowledge is power. But use that knowledge for the good of all!
Human, Earth, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe.....we are all here together. So much to see and experience if we take the time to "observe"....not just up but all around us.
Clear skies and Peace!
Posted 27 January 2013 - 01:42 PM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 03:24 PM
- the process of starhopping, ever get lost and have to start a 10-min star-hop all over again?
- Seeing detail on planets. I often find outreach events unsatisfactory because so many folks do not see the detail I see because they only want to look for 3 sec or so. I have been treated to amazing views, but often they are fleeting in moments of good seeing.
- Trying to see faint objects. I remember viewing the asteroid Toutatis last month. It took me a few tries to locate the somewhat faint asteroid that at first glance was 'just another faint star" and then a little bit of time to detect movement.
- Waiting for the physical universe: objects to rise or transit, objects to move out of the glare of the sun, eclipses or transits & other transient events to happen, skies that are transparent, steady or (heavens) both.
These are just the ones that come to mind. I'm sure there's a lot more examples.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:04 PM
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Posted 28 January 2013 - 02:49 PM
Astronomy also teaches humility, in many different ways.
For me anyhoo, i get this. Spend any time at all contemplating a Hubble "Deep-field" photo, particularly a hi-res version where you can "zoom-in" to inspect a few of the faint fuzzies... ya just can't come away from that feeling very big! A similar experience can be had at the eyepiece, too, more or less depending on what's displayed.
On the *patience* note, i can't help but wonder if some of this is pre-wired into personality types... some more, some less. This, and also thru nurture- the activities our parents engaged us with, or didn't... the time they spent with us as youngsters- or didn't. Or couldn't.
In today's instantaneous & electronically enhanced culture, calm, contemplative, non-digital pursuits are not nearly as popular... so the kid who (like i did) yearns many months for a 60mm 'fractor is swamped with a deluge of kids who want an i-pad or i-____ (fill in the blank)... "months" probably not sufficing as a time-frame!
Maybe it's good, maybe it's not... is certainly "different". I just know that my own astro journey, and typical nightly journeys, typically involve precious little speed or hurry... or electronic enhancement. And i'm quite happy to keep it that way.
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Astronomy also teaches humility, in many different ways.
Dave Mitsky
I feel humble, but I also feel extremely proud to share species-being with folks who can study and understand the Universe. Takes some nerve to look creation square in the face, and use our reasoning to decipher its workings. I have to say that of all the wonders I have seen in the heavens, the Aurora Borealis are the most awe inspiring, and even sometimes terrifying.
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lugging hugh dobs around makes you a patient........
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Ever noticed how walking tends to induce patience?
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No question, at least in my mind, that patience is the most important personal attribute needed in amateur astronomy.
Patience, determination and curiosity...
One might try year after year to see a particular object and never see it.
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They both hold my attention in the same ways. With your eye pressed to the eyepiece (viewfinder), taking great pain to achieve perfect focus, seeing subjects in a whole new light (pardon the pun), and getting lost in those moments that become minutes... and before you know it, you've spent an hour or two immersed in this other world, having achieved a degree of separation from the more common world around you and all of its entanglements.
In both cases, the best results seem to come from patience, and practice. The more you look, the more you really see. The more you see, the more you appreciate what it is you're seeing. And, when you get in that zone, where you've pretty much separated yourself and your thoughts from everything else, and you're just lost in that eyepiece or viewfinder, it's pretty therapeutic. Either in the form of stress relief, or the appreciation of how small we really are. Viewing the heavens has a lot in common with taking a macro view of the world beneath our feet. Both are amazing, and both are humbling.
I *thought* I would enjoy this hobby. I expected as much. What I didn't expect was the striking, and welcome similarities to macro photography.
This is a great outlet for that part of me that likes that sense of isolation and disconnect I get when peering through the lens, or eyepiece, and paying painstaking attention to what I'm viewing. Very different outcomes, of course, photographs vs. visual memory, but the process for obtaining them is very much alike for me.


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At one point, doing about 65 mph, I was tempted to throw Ethel out of the car. Ethel had steered my wife and I very wrong. During a trip that was supposed to take us past Washington, D.....
a very good article with humor attached and and very true for many of us. hey truth don't you ever have a good thing to say about anything?
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wow lots of people seemed to have missed the point and go to cashier wait till they ring up sale then say I have the .03 cents and see what happens. I went to large chain around here that is closing the Benwood store and guy told me I cant do that I already put in the amount, tried to explain it to him and was told I can"t do math to which I replied why the*****are you running cash register
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Shoulda named it Gladys, Gladys is never wrong ! Right Gladys?
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Mike. Would you have commented about your distain for Ethel as loudly if you would have been steered on a tour of Northwest D.C. where most of the white folk live as opposed to the Northeast quadrant which is largely composed of African Americans? You're thinly veiled reference is telling.
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Mike, please! You're supposedly the editor of this large metropolitan newspaper. That's what you call it, don't you? Then why, oh why, do you make such a glaring grammatical error in just the second sentence of your article? "Ethel had steered my wife and I (gasp!) very wrong." Would you say "Ethel had steered I very wrong"? Didn't think so. If reading a newspaper is an intellectual exercise, one that our children should engage in, then I suggest that you take a remedial course in grammar so that you don't set such a horrendous example in the future.
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acquaintance of the family, who asked to remain unnamed, described Ramundo as a
gentle, bright and mild-mannered young man with good social skills.
Ramundo formerly
worked up the street at Bruegger's Bagels, where current CityBeat arts & culture editor Jac Kern worked with him from
2007-2008. "I always knew him to be a kind, gentle person," she says, recalling
his fondness for discussing politics and attentive listening skills.
to Kern, Ramundo was in a car accident years before that left him with
debilitating vision and hearing problems. He had also been diagnosed with
bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, both of which he'd been
prescribed medications for.
But nobody,
it seemed, suspected he'd be the type of person to be involved in a deadly
police shootout. The Cincinnati Police Department today held a press conference
on the incident, during which Cincinnati Police Interim Chief Paul Humphries described
the actions of the five officers involved in the shootout as by-the-book, even
What Humphries
accounts began as an argument between Ramundo his mother at their home on
Thrall Avenue, a few blocks from Arlin's, which escalated shortly after Ramundo
refused to go to his doctor's appointment, according to a 911 call made by a
health care representative from the medical facility where Ramundo's
appointment was scheduled. According to the health care representative, Ramundo's
mother called her looking for help, explaining he'd become belligerent
following her requests to go to his appointment. She said he had been willfully
not taking his psychiatric medications, although it's unclear for how long.
In the 911
call, the health care representative says Peggy told her Ramundo had begun
threatening her, saying that if she called the cops, there would be a
"bloodbath." She saw him take off up Ludlow Avenue and said on the phone call
she believed he was carrying his registered gun, a Sig Sauer .40 caliber pistol,
and guessed he might be on his way to his go-to hangout spot.
Officers Jayne Snelling and William Springer followed the mother's tip and found him sitting on the back patio at Arlin's.
An Arlin's
bartender named Jocelyn was working that day and recalls Ramundo coming in
somewhat agitated. "He was asking about his glasses," she says. "He seemed
frustrated about losing them, and he had me call another bartender to see if
they were here somewhere. After that, he asked for a glass of water, walked
outside and that was that."
continued: "I'm in total shock. He was just a sweet kid," she said, although
she couldn't remember seeing him in the bar for about three months prior.
In total, five
CPD officers were dispatched to the scene, two of whom have had past positive
experiences with Ramundo, including Officer Snelling and Officer Bryan Gabel,
who later fired the shots that killed him.
The physical struggle began after peace-making efforts failed, Humphries says. Officers reported they saw Ramundo reaching toward his waistband, where he held his pistol.
Gabel was the first to make physical contact with Ramundo, trying to "control his arm," according to Humphries. That led the other officers to become involved in a scuffle that shortly thereafter prompted Officer Kelly Jackson to deploy a five-second Taser sting to Ramundo's back, which they say sent Ramundo to the ground.
Jackson again deployed her Taser onto Ramundo's back, which, according to Humphries, had little to no effect after the initial five-second deploy. On a third attempt, the Taser failed to work, according to Humphries, at which point Jackson signaled another officer to deploy another Taser.
attempted to do so, but mistakenly Tased another officer in the struggle, who
was on top of Ramundo's back. Gabel allegedly saw Ramundo raise his gun, when he fired his first and
shot. Officer Reginald Lane had taken the Tased officer's spot on top of
Ramundo, attempting to subdue him and retrieve his gun. That's when
Humphries says all five officers saw him trying to bring the gun up
again, this time aimed toward the officers.
Gabel fired two shots into Ramundo's lower left back. He died in the hospital three hours later.
says Ramundo was also carrying two magazines, mace and a folding knife.
His mother, the acquaintance says, is an outspoken advocate on mental health issues, particularly Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), on which she's published a book. Peggy "always spoke preciously" of Jeremy, the acquaintance notes.
Bipolar disorder, when untreated, can cause those affected to experience "mood episodes," which, in severe cases, sometimes result in impulsive, violent behavior. An estimated 2.3 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder.
A unanimous City Council vote on Wednesday to pass a resolution officially representing Cincinnati's opposition to the proposed H.B. 203, Ohio's own version of controversial "Stand Your Ground" laws, is part of a statewide advocacy effort to oppose loosening restrictions on the use of deadly force.
The vote puts Cincinnati in the middle of a national dialogue that's been ongoing since the death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., in 2012.
The bill, introduced by House Republicans on June 11, contains several revisions to the state's gun laws, the most controversial of which is the proposal to expand the circumstances in which a person has no duty to retreat from a threatening situation before using force in self-defense. Those in opposition to the bill worry that change will encourage vigilante justice and give gun owners a false sense of entitlement in using their firearms in otherwise non-violent situations.
The bill's language also loosens restrictions on concealed carry permits and would make it easier for individuals subject to protection orders to obtain handguns.
State Rep. Alicia Reece spoke at a Wednesday press conference at City Hall to support Cincinnati's formal opposition to the bill. Reece, also president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, is part of its statewide campaign to garner enough opposition to H.B. 203 to present to Gov. John Kasich and other legislative leaders.
She says OLBC has already collected about 5,000 petitions and hopes to obtain more than 10,000 by the time the Ohio House of Representatives resumes regular sessions on Oct. 2.
Reece and Councilwoman Yvette Simpson, who sponsored the resolution, insist that Ohio's self-defense laws are already strong enough to protect those who face physical threats from others. In 2008, then-Gov. Ted Strickland signed Ohio's "Castle Doctrine" into law, which stripped homeowners of the duty to try to retreat in threatening situations and gives them the "benefit of the doubt" when they injure or kill a person who enters their residence or vehicle.
"While many states around the country which have Stand Your Ground laws are looking at ways in which they can repeal those laws, or change those laws, unfortunately Ohio is moving backwards by trying to implement Stand Your Ground laws, which has become one of the most polarizing issues not only in the state of Ohio, but in the country," said Reece at Wednesday's press conference.
The efficacy of stand-your-ground laws to reduce violence is widely debated; several researches insist that the laws actually cause an increase in homicides. Mark Hoekstra, an economist with Texas A&M University, published a study that found homicides increase 7 to 9 percent in states that pass stand your ground laws, compared to states that didn't pass laws over the same period. His study found no evidence the laws had an effect on deterring crime during the time period. Those statistics are difficult to gauge, however, because some homicides are legitimately considered "justifiable" while others may just be the result of the "escalation of violence in an otherwise non-violent situation," he told NPR in January.
H.B. 203 is currently waiting to be heard in front of the Policy and Legislative Oversight committee. See an analysis of the bill below:
Supporters of a stand-your-ground law claim
the measure would make the public safer by making it easier for people to defend themselves from criminals, but the
research so far shows the law might weaken public safety in a few key areas and actually increase the amount of homicides.
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled Ohio House passed sweeping gun legislation that would impose a stand-your-ground law in the state. The bill now requires approval from the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate and Republican Gov. John Kasich to become law.
Stand-your-ground laws remove the duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense in places in which a person is lawfully allowed. Current Ohio law only maintains a traditional "castle doctrine," which removes the duty to retreat only at a person's home or vehicle.
The laws have grown particularly controversial following the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida, where a stand-your-ground law exists but supposedly played a minor role in the trial that allowed Zimmerman to go free.
Regardless of what drove Zimmerman to his actions or allowed him to go free, three major studies found stand-your-ground laws might increase violence and widen racial disparities in the U.S. justice system.
A June 2012 paper from National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Texas A&M University researchers concluded, "Results indicate (castle doctrine and stand-your-ground) laws do not deter burglary, robbery, or aggravated assault. In contrast, they lead to a statistically significant 8 percent net increase in the number of reported murders and non-negligent manslaughters." The study looked at FBI Uniform Crime Reports from 2000 to 2010 for 21 states, including 17 states with stand-your-ground laws and four states, including Ohio, with castle doctrine laws that only apply to a person's home and vehicle.
Another June 2012 paper from NBER stated, "Our results indicate that Stand Your Ground laws are associated with a significant increase in the number of homicides among whites, especially white males. According to our estimates, between 28 and 33 additional white males are killed each month as a result of these laws. We find no consistent evidence to suggest that these laws increase homicides among blacks." The study looked at monthly data from U.S. Vital Statistics to gauge the effect of stand-your-ground laws on homicides and firearm injuries, with supplemental analysis of data from FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports and the Health Care Utilization Project.
A July 2013 study from the left-leaning Urban Institute found "homicides with a white perpetrator and a black victim are ten times more likely to be ruled justified than cases with a black perpetrator and a white victim, and the gap is larger in states with Stand Your Ground laws." According to the findings, stand-your-ground states are more likely to legally justify white-on-white, white-on-black and black-on-black homicides but not black-on-white homicides. For the study, the Urban Institute used FBI Supplementary Homicide Report data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C., dated between 2005 and 2010.
When confronted with such statistics, supporters of
stand-your-ground laws typically note that violent crime rates dropped in the states that adopted the laws. But, as PolitiFact Florida pointed out in response to Florida Rep. Dennis Baxley, violent crime began dropping before stand-your-ground laws were passed.
The nationwide violent crime rate dropped from 757.7 to 386.3 between 1992 and 2011, with more than half of the drop occurring between 1992 and 1999, according to FBI crime data. The June 2012 paper from NBER found more than 20 states passed traditional castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws between 2000 and 2010, after the violent crime rate began to drop.
The research could show correlation instead of causation. Perhaps some unnamed factor in states that adopted stand-your-ground laws makes it more likely that they'll see increases in homicides or racial disparities, even as violent crime declines. But, at the very least, it doesn't seem supporters of stand-your-ground laws have the empirical evidence on their side.
The new chapters, in Cleveland and Columbus, are part of Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS), which Giffords and her husband, retired Navy Captain and astronaut Mark Kelly, launched in January.
"People in the Buckeye State know the terrible toll gun violence takes on communities," ARS Executive Director Pia Carusone said in a statement. "We're excited about what the 18,000-plus Ohioans for Responsible Solutions will accomplish because they represent a rich cross-section of the community: gun owners and non-gun owners alike, law enforcement officials, victims of gun violence, faith leaders, moms and voters of all political stripes from every part of the state."
Giffords' organization says it is not anti-gun — Giffords and Kelly are both gun owners — instead arguing that the gun lobby's influence has kept legislators from passing common-sense legislation that most Americans support.
A Gallup poll conducted April 22-25 found 65 percent of Americans believed the U.S. Senate should have passed a measure to expand background checks for gun purchases and ban some semi-automatic weapons, which the Senate failed to pass April 17 because of procedural steps requiring 60 votes to pass. The final vote was 54 in favor and 46 against. Twenty-nine percent of Americans agreed with the Senate's failure to pass the measure, and 6 percent had no opinion. The poll had a margin of error of +/-4 percentage points.
In January — just a month after the shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults — Gallup found 91 percent of Americans support required background checks for all gun sales. The poll asked respondents about each of nine key proposals included in President Barack Obama's plan to reduce gun violence. The two least-supported proposals still had majority support, but these issues turned out to be at the center of the legislation that failed to pass the Senate four months later: reinstating a ban on assault weapons (60-percent support), and limiting the sale of ammunition magazines to those with 10 rounds or less (54-percent support).
Giffords has become one of the nation's highest-profile gun violence prevention activists since a shooting in 2011 that left her partially paralyzed. Giffords survived the assassination attempt on Jan. 8, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz., when a mentally ill man shot her in the head at a political event outside a grocery store. The man then fired on other people, killing six and wounding 12 total.
Giffords and Kelly participated in the Northside Fourth of July parade early this month as part of Americans for Responsible Solutions' "Rights and Responsibilities" cross-country tour promoting the organization's goal of advocating for candidates that support responsible gun policies that protect both the public and the rights of gun owners. CityBeat covered the event here.
"Stopping gun violence takes courage. The courage to do right, the courage of new ideas," Giffords told the Northside crowd during a press event before the parade. "I've seen great courage when my life was on the line. Now is the time to come together to be responsible. Democrats, Republicans, everyone. We must do something. Fight, fight, fight."
Americans for Responsible Solutions announced this week that its super PAC has raised $6.5 million so far this year and more than 500,000 members. At this point it has not announced any plans for a Cincinnati chapter.
The Republican-controlled Ohio House on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow school boards to designate some school employees to carry concealed firearms and prohibit school boards from releasing the names of those employees.
As part of the designation, school employees would have to participate in "active shooter training" established by the state attorney general. School boards and employees could also consult with local law enforcement to establish stronger standards and training.
If a gun-toting teacher injures or kills someone, the rules exempt the school board and employees from liability "unless the injury, death or loss resulted from the employee's reckless or wanton conduct."
The bill would also allow off-duty officers to carry firearms in schools.
There are some restrictions: A school board could not force an employee to carry a gun, and gun-carrying rights could not be part of a collective bargaining agreement.
While a Republican majority supports the rules to increase safety in schools, some research indicates the plan could backfire.
A review from the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found states and countries with more guns tend to have more homicides. Specifically, men and women in places with more firearms are exposed to a larger risk of gun-related homicide.
University of Pennsylvania researchers found similar results in a 2009 study.
"On average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault," the study concluded. "Although successful defensive gun uses occur each year, the probability of success may be low for civilian gun users in urban areas. Such users should reconsider their possession of guns or, at least, understand that regular possession necessitates careful safety countermeasures."
A 2009 ABC News special found even trained gun-wielders fail to properly react in the event of a shooting. In multiple simulations that placed trained and armed students in a classroom, none of the participants succeeded in stopping an unexpected shooter from landing fake rounds that would have been deadly in a real shooting.
Local state representatives split along party lines on the bill. Democrats Denise Driehaus, Connie Pillich and Alicia Reece voted against it, while Republicans Peter Stautberg and Louis Blessing voted for it.
The bill now needs to move through the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate and Republican Gov. John Kasich to become law.
Heads of the Cincinnati Police Department testified in front of City Council's Law and Public Safety Committee Monday to address the local increase in homicides.
The city's homicide rate hit 25 per 100,000 residents in 2013, compared to the U.S. rate of 4.7 per 100,000 in 2012, following a spike in homicides in Over-the-Rhine, downtown and the west side of Cincinnati, according to police statistics.
"The concern has been the sheer number of homicides we experienced in 2013 and the number of juvenile victims we had this year," said Assistant Chief Dave Bailey.
Councilman Christopher Smitherman also highlighted the high levels of black-on-black crime, which Chief Jeffrey Blackwell agreed are unacceptable across the country.
"My fear is that my son, who's African-American … is going to be killed by another African-American," Smitherman said. "That's what those stats are saying."
The key driver of the increases, according to police, is gang-related activity, particularly activity involving the Mexican drug cartel that controls the heroin trade.
"If our theory is correct, most of these homicides involve narcotic sales, respect and retaliation," Bailey said.
Chief Blackwell explained the increase in homicides appears to be particularly related to disruptions in criminal organizations and their territories.
"Criminal territories have been disrupted, and we've seen an increase in turf wars and neighborhood situations between young people," he said. "Most of the homicides are personal crimes between two known victims. Very rarely are they random in nature."
Councilman Kevin Flynn asked what council could do to help remedy the situation.
"We are significantly short of police officers, so we desperately need a recruit class," Blackwell responded. "We need to improve our technology platform here in the police department."
Blackwell cautioned that there's not a direct correlation between more police officers and less homicides, but he said another recruit class could help the city meet basic needs.
Flynn claimed council is very willing to meet those needs, given the importance of public safety to the city's prosperity.
"If we're not safe and we don't have the perception that we're a safe city, none of the rest of the great things we do as a city are going to help," he said.
How council meets those needs while dealing with fiscal concerns remains to be seen, considering Mayor John Cranley and a majority of council members ran on the promise of structurally balancing the city's operating budget for the first time in more than a decade.
City officials have vowed to avoid raising taxes and cutting basic services, which makes the task of balancing the budget all the more difficult. Advancing promises of more spending for the police department further complicates the issue, even if it's politically advantageous in a city seriously concerned about public safety.
Cincinnati Police will hold several town hall meetings in
the next week to hear concerns from citizens. The meetings will span
across all local districts:
• District 2: Jan. 7, Medpace, Inc., 5375 Medpace Way.
• District 3: Jan. 8, Elder HS Schaeper Center, 3900 Vincent.
• District 1 and Central Business District: Jan. 9, River of Life Church, 2000 Central Parkway.
• District 5: Jan. 13, Little Flower Church, 5560 Kirby Ave..
• District 4: Jan. 14, Church of the Resurrection, 1619 California Ave.
Correction: The local homicide rate for 2013 was 25 per 100,000 residents, contrary to the 15.5 per 100,000 rate cited by police officials to City Council.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald selected State Sen. Eric Kearney of Cincinnati as his running mate for his bid against Gov. John Kasich in 2014. Although Kasich is widely perceived as a favorite as the incumbent, recent polling found the race is tied. (The poll was commissioned by Ohio Democrats, but the firm behind it was deemed the most accurate national pollster of 2012.)
Republican State Auditor Dave Yost's long-awaited audit of JobsOhio found no substantial conflicts of interests at the privatized development firm established by Gov. Kasich and
Republican legislators to replace the public Ohio Department of
Development. But the audit found 113 items totaling
nearly $69,000 in inadequately documented expenditures financed through the state's leased liquor profits and insufficient safeguards to identify
potential conflicts of interest. In a statement, John Patrick Carney, the Democratic candidate for state auditor running against Yost in 2014, claimed the audit was "a whitewashed attempt that fails to give taxpayers a full accounting of JobsOhio" and touted it as evidence the state auditor's office needs change. CityBeat previously wrote about criticisms towards JobsOhio in further detail here. (Updated at 10:45 a.m.: Rewrote paragraph to add Carney's comments.)
The Ohio House yesterday approved sweeping gun legislation that would impose "stand your ground" rules in the state and automatically recognize concealed-carry licenses from other states. "Stand your ground" rules remove a duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense when a person is in areas in which he's lawfully allowed; current Ohio law only removes the duty to retreat when a person is in his home or vehicle. The bill is particularly controversial following Trayvon Martin's death to George Zimmerman in Florida, where a "stand your ground" law exists but supposedly played a minor role in the trial that let Zimmerman go free. The bill now requires approval from the Ohio Senate and Gov. Kasich to become law.
Commentary: "False Equivalency Confuses Streetcar Debate."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio says it opposes new early voting limits that would shorten the in-person early voting period from 35 to 29 days and remove a "golden week" that allows Ohioans to simultaneously register and vote in person. The Ohio Association of Election Officials claims the limits are necessary to establish uniform voting days across all counties without placing too much of a burden on smaller counties. But Democrats claim the limits aim to suppress voters. The Ohio Senate yesterday cleared the new early voting limits, which now require approval from the Ohio House and Gov. Kasich to become law.
If property and business owners along the planned streetcar line sue over the cancellation of the $133 million project, legal experts say they have a very slim chance of winning. The threat of litigation is one of the potential back-up options discussed by streetcar supporters if Mayor-elect John Cranley and the incoming City Council agree to cancel the project, as CityBeat covered in further detail here.
Hamilton County commissioners agreed to increase the tax return local property owners will get as part of the deal funding Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ball Park. The deal boosts the rebate to $13 million in 2014, up from $10 million in 2013 but still below the $20.5 million promised to property owners after voters approved a sales tax hike to fund the stadiums. Commissioners estimate property owners will receive nearly $46 for each $100,000 of property value from the boosted rebate, up from $35 this year, but Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes told CityBeat that the exact number is unclear until the tax commissioner approves new tax rates.
College campuses generally struggle with too-frequent cases of sexual assault, but one lawsuit from an alleged victim is targeting Miami University for supposed negligence and a breach of the student code of conduct. The female student claims she was raped by former Miami University student Antonio Charles, but she says that multiple red flags could have prevented the alleged incident. Charles was eventually expelled from Miami University for "sexual misconduct" in response to the incident involving the plaintiff, but that was after he was investigated for multiple other accusations related to sexual misconduct. Miami University Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Rebecca Getson defends some of the university administration's actions regarding sexual assault cases as a strict adherence to protocol and blames some of the public perception on the administration's lack of awareness about the atmosphere.
Cincinnati's economy will grow more slowly than the nation's economy next year, according to Cincinnati USA Partnership for Economic Development's panel of five regional economists.
Al Neyer plans to build a $22 million luxury apartment tower in downtown Cincinnati.
Cancer research done on mice might get screwed up by standard laboratory temperatures.
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The speaker of the Ohio House is asking a local state representative to resign after he was indicted on 16 counts of fraud. State Rep. Peter Beck, a Mason Republican, already faces a maximum of 43 years in prison if he's convicted on all the counts, but Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says the ongoing investigation might produce more charges. The charges are a result of Beck's alleged actions involving an Ohio software company called Christopher Technologies, which investors claim bilked them out of $200,000.Claiming discrimination, a newlywed same-sex couple is suing the state of Ohio for failing to recognize their marriage. Jim Obergefell and John Arthur were married in Maryland, but the couple lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where same-sex marriage is banned by the state constitution. The couple's attorney claims the state should be forced to recognize the marriage because of Fourteenth Amendment protections extended to gay couples by the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Arthur was diagnosed in 2011 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurological disease that causes muscles to rapidly deteriorate, and he's currently bedridden as a result. Given Arthur's health, the couple will argue for an expedited ruling at a hearing at 1:30 p.m. today in front of U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black.
The Buckeye Firearms Association is raising money to buy a gun for George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of second-degree murder in the murder trial of black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's gun is currently being held by the U.S. Department of Justice as it investigates further charges.
Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld and 100 members of the Children's Defense Fund will meet at Washington Park at 1 p.m. today to rally against gun violence in Cincinnati. The group plans to march to City Hall, where they will listen to students' suggestions for making the city a safer place to visit and reside.
A state representative introduced a bill that would allow some public university students to forgo traditional tuition and instead pay for their college education through a percent of their income for 24 years after they graduate.
An Ohio health aide is being sent to prison for Medicaid fraud.
Ohio gas prices are down this week.
In a desperate bid to save the endangered Sumatran rhino, the Cincinnati Zoo is attempting to breed a brother and sister.
If you think the recent heat has been bad, Popular Science has a humbling list of the 10 worst places to live in the universe.
Ever since the Cincinnati streetcar has been envisioned, the mass transit project has been mired in misrepresentations driven largely by opponents and politicians. CityBeat has a breakdown of the misrepresentations here, showing some of the silliest and biggest falsehoods claimed by opponents and supporters.
The national battle over gun control came to Cincinnati on July 4 when former Rep. Gabby Giffords stopped at the Northside parade to call for new restrictions on firearms. Giffords is part of a slew of national leaders calling for stronger regulations and enforcement for background checks — a policy more than nine in 10 Americans support. Still, the call seems to be politically unheard so far: Federal legislation is stalled in Congress, and Ohio legislators are working to loosen gun restrictions.
Facing city budget cuts, public access media organization Media Bridges is shutting down by the end of the year. The city picked up Media Bridges' funding after the organization lost state funding that had been provided through an agreement with Time Warner Cable. But city officials claim the local funding was supposed to act as a one-year reprieve and nothing more — a claim Media Bridges was apparently never made aware of until it was too late. To justify the cut, the city cites public surveys that ranked budget programs in terms of importance, but a look at the citizen surveys shows the demographics were skewed against low-income people who make the most use out of programs like Media Bridges.
Check out CityBeat's editorial content for this week's issue:
• German Lopez: "Meet Daniela," the hypothetical victim of Republican policies at the state and national level.
• Ben Kaufman: "'Enquirer' Takes Questionable Approach to Covering Meyers Ordination," which analyzes the questionable apathy to a supposedly "illegal" ordination of a woman Catholic priest.
• Kathy Wilson: "Until It's Time for You to Go," a look at the life story of South African leader Nelson Mandela and the hurdles he faced as he helped end discriminatory apartheid policies.
If you're headed to Fountain Square today, expect to see some images of bloodied fetuses and fetal limbs. An anti-abortion group is showing a video with the gruesome visuals as part of a protest against what it sees as "the greatest human rights injustice of our time." The group defends its tactics by citing its First Amendment rights. The U.S. Supreme Court has so far refused to rule one way or the other on the issue, but, barring some restrictions for airwave broadcasts, the court typically protects all kinds of political speech as long as it's not pornographic.
The Cincinnati Police Department is changing how it responds to calls to focus on what it sees as the most important issues, such as impacting violent crime, youth intervention efforts, long-term problem solving projects, traffic safety and neighborhood quality-of-life issues. The biggest change will come with how the department reacts to minor traffic accidents: It will still respond, but it may not file a report.
The so-far-unnamed Greater Cincinnati coalition working to reduce the local infant mortality rate set a goal yesterday: zero. It's a dramatic vision for a region that, at 13.6, has an infant mortality rate more than twice the national average of six, as CityBeat covered here.
Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld announced in a statement yesterday that he will be gathering local leaders and health officials to encourage the state to expand Medicaid. The expansion, which CityBeat covered in further detail here, would save Ohio money and insure half a million Ohioans in the next decade, according to an analysis by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.
Fish oils may increase the risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study.
A measure that would disallow employers from discriminating against gay and lesbian individuals made it through a U.S. Senate committee yesterday.
Cadillac's Super Cruise could have the features to making self-driving cars viable.
A device trains blind people to see by listening.
John Deatrick is taking over as project executive of the Cincinnati streetcar project, moving on from his previous work as project manager of The Banks. Deatrick's hiring announcement happened in April, but it was delayed while City Council fixed the project's budget gap. Deatrick and his team previously won an award for their work at The Banks, and he says he will bring the same scrutiny and success to the streetcar project. A new project manager for The Banks is set to be hired in August. Since the streetcar project's inception, it has been mired in misrepresentations and political controversy, which CityBeat covered in further detail here.
Local business leaders are calling on the city government to change its contracting policies to target minority- and women-owned businesses. Advocates argue the city's inclusion rates have greatly dropped since Cincinnati did away with its inclusion program in the 1990s, but the city administration points out the rates are likely understated because women- and minority-owned businesses are no longer required to report themselves as minorities or women. The business leaders say the figures are too low regardless, which could have big implications since minority-owned businesses are more likely to hire minorities, who have twice the unemployment rate as white residents. As a result of court rulings, Cincinnati needs to first conduct a disparity study before it makes any changes that specifically target minorities or women.
Gabrielle Giffords's anti-gun violence organization is opening an Ohio chapter to promote legislation that intends to protect both the public and the rights of gun owners. Giffords, a former U.S. representative who survived an assassination attempt, has been touring around the country — at one point coming to Cincinnati — to speak out against gun violence. Gun control legislation failed in the U.S. Senate in April after it fell short of getting 60 votes to overcome procedural hurdles, even though polling shows a clear majority of Americans favor such legislation.
Local government funding may be further reduced as a result of recent tax cuts because the Local Government Fund traditionally gets a percent of state tax revenue. Specifically, critics are concerned less state tax revenue will slow down "natural growth" in funding to cities and counties. Last week, an analysis from Policy Matters Ohio found the recently passed two-year state budget already reduces local government funding, following even steeper reductions in the previous budget. The cuts since Gov. John Kasich took office have cost Cincinnati more than $22 million.
A traffic camera ban would cost Ohio cities and counties millions of dollars in revenue.
Ohio gas prices are starting down this week.
Home-schooled and private-school students have a right to play on public school teams because of a provision in the recently passed state budget.
When Columbus' parking meters were upgraded to accept credit cards, revenue jumped by 13.2 percent. Cincinnati's meters will be upgraded as part of the parking privatization plan.
Ohio air bases are undergoing review this week as part of Congress' attempts to gauge whether the nation's Air Force is prepared for current and future missions and homeland defense.
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Florida researchers found "fat shaming" actually perpetuates obesity.
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Jamie Beyer
About Me
- I am from New Jersey and I'm not so great at pumping my own gas.
- I live on campus in the GLC.
- I am currently working for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on a Revenue Cycle project.
- I worked for a year as a business analyst for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan.
Apparently I'm not very good at oragami!
Julia Jones's Interesting points:
- A certificate of need is required for a regulatory review process of the state to build a hospital.
- Evidence based design to impact experience
- Center for healthcare design - designing for efficiency - patient focused - philanthropic - "universal room" - Flexible for future expansion - Centers of Excellence
- Most doctors not employed by the hospitals, and have poor handwriting!
- self propelled beds
- COW - Computer on Wheels
- Abulatory = outpatient treatment
- General Inpatient = diagnostic
For more clarification: What are we doing for Hughes Spaulding? What have they not planned yet?
Craig Zimring - Environments of Healing
Evidence based medicine -> evidence based practive -> EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN physical design variables that support decision making www.healthdesign.org/research/reports Principles:
- Improve quality and saftey
- Patient and Family centered
Hospitals are too noisy!
3 zones in a room: 1. family zone 2. patient zone 3. care giver zone
hospital contruction costs ~ $300 per sq. ft
- incorporate nature, art, music
- moving control from the institution to the individual
- decentralized nurses stations
- sound absorbing ceiling tiles
- acuity adaptable rooms
- flexible spaces
- oversized, windowed single rooms
- computerized order entry
- PDAs
= fewer falls, fewer patient transferes, less infections, reduced nurse turnover, reduced drug costs
8/28/07 Hughes Spaulding Visit
5 Observations
- Low ceilings feel oppresive
- Entrance area is small and not welcoming
- Poor way finding. Nothing in addition to the signs
- ED is extremely cramped and a sheet is used to divide one large room- no privacy! It is also L shaped which makes visibility and communication difficult from one side to the other.
- Patient bracelets activate alarms and lock doors - Infant Protection System is a great idea.
5 Ideas
- More lighting, preferably natural, to make smaller areas appear larger
- New paint and updated artwork including elements of nature to appeal to the children
- Color coding pathways to make it easier for way finding
- Motorized golf cart to transport patients through the tunnel
- Stored comfort preferences for repeat patients
3 Conversations
- Leslie the HKS Clinical design architect - One of the biggest challenges he is facing is keeping the hospital 100% operational while building the new areas, moving, and destroying the older parts.
- Roscoe Simmons the security manager - There is no morgue in Hughes Spaulding. So the deceased patients are transported through the tunnel to the basement of Grady while other patients and staff are going through the tunnel as well. This demonstrates the importance of front of house vs back of house areas, processes in keeping the patients more comfortable and lower stress.
- A woman who works as an orderly at Hughes Spaulding - She said that even though the hospital is in really bad shape and the transition will make her job challenging, she loves working there because Children's treats their employees great. A true testament to employee satisfaction and loyalty. This is necessary in periods of major change.
Gerri Lamb
Gerri gave the patient's point of view of healthcare. This discussion will be valuable when writing my paper for HS 6000 on patient-centered care. I really liked the demonstration she did with the students. It made me think about how I'd do it differently, and how I'd want a doctor to treat me. After the class I had a discussion with a friend of mine in PA school about the lack of classes teaching how to talk to the patients. The PA students think that this type of education is takes away from their serious studies. I feel that patient centered care needs to begin in the education of everyone working in a healthcare setting. Shared decision making is not a part of med or pa school, why is this? How can we change it?
Perkins + Will
- It is interesting to me that often the hospital won't allow the patients and community to take part in the design of the hospitals.
- Adopt-A-Room is a remarkable undertaking and would be great in any children's hospital
- "Sometimes perfect is the enemy of good"
- Workaround = a way around a current process that doesn't work well
- Common ED process problems
- Surgeon capacity - space - lack of flexibility - Problems downstream - nurse to patient ratio - slow to expand room for clients
- Important to redefine operations in the beginning of the design process
- Universal layout of floors
- Single handed vs mirrored rooms
- neumatic tube system for labs, records, meds etc?
- pod vs modules
- Acuity flexible ED rooms
Professor Ellen Do - Computational Environments
- Digital Fingerprinting
- Flex M
- Navigational Blocks
- Espresso Blocks - window, door, bench
- Energy Cube
- Body responsive furniture
- Smart kitchen counter
- Music under pressure couch
- Window seat
- Smell wall
- Analog hypertext
- Jungle room
- Alphabet paint space
- plant tiles
DJ Feather, CHOA - Clinical Involvement in Hospital Design


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|Local volunteer gives back
|Written by Darci Tomky
After having grown up in Holyoke and investing so many years in this community, Nelda O'Neal and her husband Dale are finding ways to give back.
Volunteer jobs are keeping this retired couple busy, whether it's Meals on Wheels, the Melissa Memorial Hospital information desk or the hospital foundation's annual fundraisers.
Dale's mom Grace O'Neal inspired the couple to begin volunteering with Meals on Wheels over 20 years ago.
Grace and her sister Sylvia, in her old Chevy car, began delivering meals when the program first began years ago. Nelda said Grace lived to be 94, and she was still volunteering for things like Meals on Wheels at that age.
After her death, Dale and Nelda continued her work, delivering meals in and around Holyoke. Over 20 years later they are still regularly donating their time and car for this government program through the local SunSet View facility.
"There is a need for this," said Nelda, who has delivered as many as 23 meals in a day, averaging around 12-15 meals each time she volunteers.
She said there are no restrictions on the meals, so anyone can request the home delivery. For a lot of community members, it's a great way to receive a hot meal during the cold winter months or simply when they can't leave the house for health reasons.
"Sometimes you are the only one they've seen all day," said Nelda. The lunch deliveries are good opportunities for the volunteers to check on those receiving the meals to make sure they haven't fallen or need help in some way.
"It's a nice program, and we always need volunteers."
One of the volunteers is blind, noted Nelda, but he still finds ways to help and "never makes a mistake!"
"Someone like that, it would be so easy to stay home," said Nelda, but he likes to give back and can help prepare the food during the delivery route.
When Nelda's not busy with Meals on Wheels, she donates her time at Melissa Memorial Hospital's information desk.
"As long as you can walk and talk, they hire you!" said Nelda.
Serving as a volunteer there since the new hospital opened in 2008, Nelda simply helps people when they arrive at the hospital by showing them where to go or assisting with wheelchairs.
Even though it's only for a couple hours at a time, Nelda loves being able to see people she normally doesn't get to see.
She noted there is a big need right now for volunteers on the weekends.
Additionally, the Holyoke native helps with Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation's annual garage sales. Dale helped out with the construction of the hospital's new clock tower, and of course the O'Neals stay busy with activities at the Methodist Church and Dragon ball games.


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Bill Sylvester has been connected to Butler University athletics for nearly his entire life. He closely followed the Bulldogs as a youngster growing up in Indianapolis. He competed for the university as a quarterback on Butler football teams from 1946-49, and he later became the second most successful grid coach in the institution's history. And he served for 15 years as director of athletics at the university, before assuming the position of director of athletics emeritus in October of 1989.
Sylvester accepted appointment as Butler's director of athletics in 1975, after having served the institution as a coach for 12 years. Among his first duties as athletic director was organizing a civic group which ultimately persuaded the NCAA to bring the 1980 Division I basketball championship to Indianapolis. Butler has since had a hand in hosting NCAA first and second round tournaments in 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1996, and the Final Four in 1991.
The veteran administrator was further instrumental in the formation of and Butler's admission to the Midwestern City Conference (now Midwestern Collegiate Conference), and he was a key figure in the reorganization of the Indiana Collegiate Conference into the Heartland Collegiate Conference, as well as the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference. He also helped with the development of the North Star Conference for women's athletics. He served as the first permanent commissioner of the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference, and filled that position for five years. The MIFC championship trophy is named the William L. Sylvester Trophy in his honor.
Well-respected in the collegiate athletic realm, Sylvester served as a president of the MCC, and of the Indiana Intercollegiate Coaches Association. He was chairman of the NCAA Division II Football Committee, and he's served on the American Football Coaches Association All-American selection board. He's also served as district chairman for the AFCA rules committee. During the spring of 1990, Sylvester was named "Man of the Year" by the Indianapolis Old-Timers Club.
Sylvester first joined Butler athletics in the late 1940s as a quarterback on Bulldog football teams under legendary coach Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle. He gained a starting berth as a freshman and helped lead Butler to a 7-1 record and a championship in the ICC. He closed out his grid career as a four-year starter and four-year letterwinner.
Following his graduation in 1950, Sylvester enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps, where he served as an athletic officer. He began his civilian coaching career in 1953 as head football coach and athletic director at Scecina Memorial High School in Indianapolis, and he later held assistant football coaching positions at Indianapolis Cathedral High School and Purdue University.
Sylvester returned to Butler as an assistant football coach under Hinkle in 1964, and he became head coach in 1970. Bulldog teams under his direction captured six conference championships and one NCAA Division II playoff berth, and he was named conference "Coach of the Year" three times and NCAA regional "Coach of the Year" once. He stepped down as head football coach in the summer of 1985, closing out a 15-year coaching tenure with an 84-65-2 record.
Sylvester earned his master's degree from Butler in 1960, and he gained the rank of associate professor in Butler's College of Education. He and his late wife, Dorothy, have six children, Jill, Bill, Jody, Ann, Katy and P.J. Bill, who served as an assistant football coach at Butler, Jill, Jody, Ann and Katy each are Butler graduates.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- While Metro is working on the tracks this weekend, their lawyers may be working on putting one light-hearted critic on blast.
It's WMATA's latest dustup with its disparagers.
First, Metro blocked prolific Twitter critic and, to many riders, valued communicator @FixWMATA, now, we're hearing that they're not finding a joke site funny.
To be clear, this is more than a story about a cute website, it's the perception by many that Metro doesn't care about riders' issues.
Kyle Conrad is a creative design type based out of Northwest D.C. He got the idea for his website, MetroHotCars.com, and rolled with it.
He says the thought just came to him, "That would make such a terrible dating website, like the cheesiest dating website name, and then when the news came out that Prague was doing a singles car, I thought now I have to make this real." So, he did.
To be clear, it's a parody dating site: it's not real. It's a tongue-in-cheek dig at Metro, offering love opportunities amidst the minor commuting inconveniences of life.
He tweeted about it once. It took off, "The first night I had 870, and that was just one tweet and then yesterday I think I had 21,000 unique hits." That's a lot of love for Conrad's latest bit of creativity. Why? "I think everyone relates. Everyone's been on the hot car, everyone's waited 40 minutes on a train."
With faux-services like the "patented LoveDelays™ system" or promises like "Our broken escalator system and failing AC ensures a sweaty encounter with your match,"You could say Conrad's site is snarky yet clever. And, I know what you're thinking, could Conrad just have too much time on his hands? His answer, "It didn't take me that long." That's because this is what he does. He's a creative type.
But, Metro has been quoted as reviewing their legal options. After a recent fire, an employee arrest, and trip-extending weekend trackwork Twitter lit up:
@nucgirl82: "#WMATA needs to worry about real things, like fires, and not fun websites."
@vxgxn: "parodies are typically difficult to take effective legal action against. How abt spend that legal money on repair?"
@PatLahrDC: "they were dumb and used the logo. Done right there."
The logo are strikingly similar. Conrad says he doesn't think he's crossed any legal lines, "As far as I'm concerned I think it's fair use parody. I definitely looked up some stuff on copyright infringement before I put it out there."
We'll leave that to the lawyers.
But as far as love, looks like no one's getting any. Not Metro. Not riders, because some say they wished the site was real. And while Conrad's site is getting lots of hits, he hasn't gotten any love from Metro, "Nothing, They haven't tweeted, called, I mean my email address, phone number are all out there, so I've heard nothing from anybody at Metro. "
Metro says they don't consider this to really be news. To be fair, they are focusing on many more important issues than this. But, it's the perception that riders think they're focusing on shutting down the little guy versus fixing real problems that may be the real story here.
What do you think Metro can do to make riders think they care?
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MPI report release with Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Luzviminda Padilla, Jeni Klugman, and Kathleen Newland, which examines the Philippines' large and sophisticated system of overseas labor deployment.
April 30, 2014
The 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development: Setting the Agenda for International Cooperation
A discussion focused the 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD): its agenda, the policy areas that seem ripe for action, and what impact the discussions will have on the post-2015 development agenda.
March 20, 2014
This MPI event, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), discusses the critical issue of climate-related displacement in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the vulnerability of environmental migrants and how the international legal framework can better ensure their protection.
September 18, 2013
The Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, along with the Special Advisor to the UN Special Representative for International Migration discuss what is expected from The UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in October 2013 and what impact it may have on the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
September 17, 2013
Diaspora engagement has become a key and accepted component in the arsenal of development strategies. The question of how to effectively and efficiently harness the force of a country's diaspora through government intervention and policy remains one that many governments and international organizations must grapple with.
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