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NIH's budget is under the microscope as it tries to overcome challenges in the current R&D model. [Natalia Merzlyakova - Fotolia.com]
While industry R&D spending reached a record high of $67.4 billion last year, the biggest spenders will likely cut back over the next few years. That raises the very real possibility of at least a short-term decline in R&D funding by industry. As that happens, who will pick up the slack?
NIH says it can shoulder some of the burden through the $700 million National Center for Advancing Transitional Sciences (NCATS), which it plans to open in October. NCATS is meant to accelerate translation of basic research discoveries into new drugs and devices.
"The intent is not to assume a role more appropriate for the private sector; rather, through the marshalling and concentration of expertise, technologies, and resources, to fill gaps in the early developmental phases that biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations are not equipped to fill, and to de-risk projects for future commercial investment," NIH wrote in its Congressional Justification for the proposed budget.
NIH is working out funding details and the rest of the FY 2012 budget. It expects to submit those details to Congress later this spring, Kathy L. Hudson, Ph.D., the institutes deputy director for science, outreach, and policy, told GEN.
Working with therapeutics developers to overhaul the traditional model of moving their discoveries through reviews and clinical trials to the market, will be key to fulfilling the mission of NCATS, Dr. Hudson noted. NIH officials will talk in April with industry representatives to discuss these details, she said.
"We would want to have strong relationships with pharma and biotech in a couple of directions. We would want to be able to re-engineer this process in an open-access way and hopefully have folks share data, because it's only by looking at data about how well various steps in the process are working that we'll be able to understand how to work around the failures.
"Secondly, we will want to be able to work with companies in bringing in compounds that are either being abandoned because they're not working for their intended use or because there's not enough investment and move them down the pipeline," Dr. Hudson added.
She pointed out that making the appropriate deal will be important. "As soon as those compounds are advanced to a point where an outside interest would be willing to pick them up, we would want to do the negotiations and make a deal to get that back out again."
NCATS is needed because high failure rates and staggering costs have emerged as strong disincentives to increasing R&D spending by biotech and pharma companies, the NIH asserted. Based on research in 2004 and 2008, the institute said that 90% to 95% of all new compounds entering clinical testing fail. The failures have helped the cost of developing a new drug balloon to between $500 million and $2 billion, it continued.
NIH also noted that the number of FDA-approved NMEs excluding new biologic approvals has tumbled in recent years from an average of 37 per year between 1995 and 1999, to an average of 21 per year between 2000 and 2010.
NIH has already detailed the programs that will be moved from existing centers into NCATS. They include: the Molecular Libraries Program, the Chemical Genomics Center, the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases program, the Rapid Access to Interventional Development (RAID) program, the NIH-FDA partnership announced last year, the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program, and the Cures Acceleration Network (CAN), created to advance development of high-need cures through the reduction of barriers between research discovery and clinical trials.
NCATS funding will include $100 million originally intended for CAN, created last year by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The translational center will also use at least part of the $485 million now spent on the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), which is expected to be abolished.
NCATS is at the top of NIH's list of priorities for FY 2012. The rest of that list includes research into Alzheimer disease, autism, cancer, type 1 diabetes, and HIV/AIDS; administrative cost reductions; sustainability; and even reducing the cost of sequencing a human genome to $15,000.
"Where our new initiatives are being focused are around translational science and therapeutics development and specifically how we can partner with biotech and pharma and nonprofits and patient advocacy groups around trying to make the therapeutic development process work more smoothly," Dr. Hudson explained.
A key barrier to NCATS and the rest of NIH's priorities, Dr. Hudson acknowledged, is continuing uncertainty over federal budgets this fiscal year and next. During FY 2009 and '10, NIH benefited from the $814 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. It was given $10.4 billion over two years as part of the stimulus measure.
In the era of trillion-dollar federal budget deficits—partly caused by the stimulus bill—adding to NIH funding will be easier said than done. Furthermore, given that the House of Representatives is now controlled by Republicans, many elected on pledges to tame Washington's fiscal appetite once and for all, the institute may have to fight to get a bigger budget.
Back in January President Obama proposed an increase of roughly 2.4%, or $745 million, in NIH's budget for FY '12 to $31.987 billion from the $31.242 billion budget last approved for the agency in 2010. Obama's increase was smaller than that of lame-duck House Democratic leaders, who a month earlier approved an FY '11 spending plan with a 3.2% hike in NIH funding.
The House reversed that last month by approving HR1, a bill that sliced $1.6 billion from NIH for the rest of the 2011 fiscal year. The measure reduced the agency's budget to $29.6 billion, the same as in FY 2008. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted down HR1 56–44, entirely along party lines. But the Senate also turned down 58–42 a budget amendment by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) that would have kept NIH funding flat.
"There's not much appetite for increasing funds in FY 2011," Jon Retzlaff, managing director of science policy and government affairs for the American Association for Cancer Research, told GEN. "What we're trying to head off is any cut and to try to convince policy makers that for the health of our country, for the health of our economy, we should at least stay at level funding." Even flat funding would effectively cut NIH's spending power given annual inflation, he noted.
Congress has yet to approve any agency budgets for what remains of FY '11 but has approved six continuing resolutions maintaining spending at FY '10 levels. The last continuation expires April 8. "It remains to be seen whether they can come to an agreement this week," Jennifer Zeitzer, director of legislative relations for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), told GEN.
FASEB has disagreed with NIH on details of NCATS. The federation argues that NCRR and its programs not being shifted to the translational center should both be spared from cuts. FASEB also suggests folding NCRR's Division of Comparative Medicine, which oversees management of animal models, into NCATS since it aligns with the RAID program.
Despite that disagreement, FASEB continues to press for increased NIH funding and has criticized the House's proposed budget cut to the agency. One argument FASEB makes is how much the agency's ability to fund basic research has eroded in recent years.
NIH funded 9,408 competing grant awards for new and renewed funding in FY '10, totaling more than $3.9 billion, compared with 10,411 totaling $3.5 billion in FY 2003. So far in FY '11, 8,734 competing grants have been awarded totaling $3.7 billion. Fewer grants are likely to be approved than a year ago, since there's no longer any stimulus funding available, Retzlaff stated.
Absent a resolution of the FY 2011 budget, no action will even begin on the FY 2012 budget for any agency, let alone NIH. This leaves the fate of NCATS and basic research funding up in the air.
"This is investment in the future, this is about innovation, this is about turning our economy around, so that we will have a stronger tax base to offset those potential deficits," Retzlaff concluded.
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A Japanese enclave within a large North American city. Used in the same manner as "Chinatown" or "Little Italy."
"You have to go to J-Town to get the best sushi."
بواسطة Fontleroy سبتمبر/أيلول 24, 2006
A so-called institute of learning. Basically a place to go for people who don't want to work but aren't smart enough to attend a real university. Densely populated by GAA heads and the like.
Fuck it mammy, i didn't get into queen's, i suppose i'll have to go to j town instead.
بواسطة Mick إبريل/نَيْسان 18, 2005
another name for Little Tokyo (Los Angeles). Also, Japan Town or Japantown.
Let's check out the roller derby in j-town tonight. We can grab some sushi and sake bombs before the bout.
بواسطة mattb (white meat) إبريل/نَيْسان 5, 2007
Nickname for Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a dying former steel-mill town with no future whatsoever. The only thing Johnstown is relatively famous for is the disastrous flood of 1889 that killed over 2,200 people.
Hopefully in 50 years J town will be DEAD.
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LISBON - The village solicitor believes cemetery workers should do a better job of securing burial sites to prevent the living from falling into open graves.
Virginia Barborak raised the issue at Monday's council meeting, which was attended by cemetery board president Barry James to update them on development of job descriptions for new cemetery employees.
Barborak questioned the practice of placing sheets of plywood across dug graves the day prior to burial, saying the plywood needs secured in some fashion to prevent someone from climbing or falling into the grave.
"Is there a better way to secure it?" she asked, adding her concern is about the potential liability to the village since the plywood can easily be moved. Barborak suggested placing "something heavy" on the plywood.
James said sometimes they secure the plywood, depending on the circumstances, but most of the time they do not. He said the policy is to dig the grave the day before burial rather than do it the same day "because it's easier on us."
"Some cemeteries leave the hole open. Some cemeteries dig the grave up the day of the burial. We don't think that's the best thing to do," James said.
As for any potential liability associated with anyone moving the plywood and falling or jumping in the open grave, James said the cemetery hours are posted and anyone there after dark assumes that risk. He said they lack the resources to monitor the cemetery for pesky juveniles during the daylight hours.
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David Cook
- 2000s
A Budding Idol
After graduating from Blue Springs South High School – where he played with his band, Axium – Cook studies graphic design at Central Missouri State University. Upon graduation, he relocates to Tulsa, Okla. "He's the real thing," Jeff Martinson, the owner of the Blank Slate complex of clubs in downtown Tulsa, where Cook bartends and performs, tells the AP. "He's gone out and actually played hundreds of gigs in bars in front of, sometimes, five people."
- 2007
American Idol Audition
Cook accompanies his brother Andrew to an audition for the seventh season of American Idol in Omaha, Neb. Saying that he "brings something a little different to the table," the 24-year-old bartender sings Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer." Although judge Simon Cowell says it was "a bit worthy," all three judges send him to Hollywood.
- 2008
Always Be My Baby!
With his ailing brother in the front row, Cook delivers his "most brilliant performance yet" – according to Randy Jackson. Performing a rocked-out rendition of Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby," Cook breaks out of the Idol pack, and his brother Adam, who is undergoing chemotherapy for brain cancer, says he was ''blown away.'' A year later, Cook loses his brother to a brain tumor.
Then There were Three
After Jason Castro's elimination, Cook makes the coveted Top Three with 17-year-old wonder David Archuleta and blossoming diva Syesha Mercado. Cook performs Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," with Paula Abdul saying she'd see him in the finals and Cowell declaring him the night's winner.
Idol's Dueling Davids
With Mercado's elimination, all that's left are the Davids: Archuleta and Cook. They battle it out in the American Idol finale. "I get to do the real intimate stuff, I get to do the rock song, and I get to do everything in between," Cook tells USA Today. "I'm stoked." But it's Archuleta whom Cowell declares the evening's winner after his rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine."
Cooks Wins Idol Crown!
With more than 97 million votes cast, Cook is chosen as the seventh American Idol. "I started this season – much to Simon's chagrin – as the word nerd and I'm absolutely at a loss for words," Cook tells the crowd. "Thank you guys. This is amazing. Thank you."
Idol Romance
After Cook asks out American Idol season two alum Kimberly Caldwell during an interview on the TV Guide Network, the two begin dating. "She's a nice break from the chaos," Cook tells PEOPLE. "I think she just gets that this is all nuts." But right before the holidays, the pair calls it quits.
David Cook
"I got to show some different aspects of who I am as a person," Cook tells PEOPLE of his self-titled debut album. "I just think this record is me," he adds to EW. "I want to try to prove the 56 million people who voted for me right.''
- 2009
Brotherly Love
After battling cancer for more than a decade, Cook's brother, Adam, dies the morning before the Race for Hope 5K in Washington, D.C., where the American Idol winner serves as grand marshal and raises $98,000 with his team. "I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor and couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now," he tells the crowd. The singer cancelled two shows to be by his ailing brother before his death.
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The Planets with NASA Film Manfred Honeck leads a celebration of Pittsburgh composers. Five composers contributed movements to a world premiere suite inspired by the classical "elements" earth, water, air, fire, and metal. NASA video footage accompanies The Planets. From bellicose Mars to mystical Neptune, Holst's iconic musical portrayal of the planets and their astrological significance delights audiences with its richly-colored orchestration and memorable melodies.02/07/2014
Halfway to Somewhere 2013 PGC resident artists Granite Calimpong of Seattle and Brent Rogers of Chicago came together to experiment, try new ideas and make art in a nonlinear way using different materials and new approaches and processes. Calimpong's work is typically blown and cold-worked glass that is simple and clean with a focus on the form and surface. Rogers' work focuses more on content rather than form. He uses imagery, lamination and painting on glass to convey various concepts.02/07/2014
6 Artists Six solo exhibits of selected artists from the region represent some of the cutting edge concepts being navigated in contemporary art today and were curated by Adam Welch. The solo artists are: Ian Brill, Keith Lemley, Daniel Luchman, Jennifer Myers, Meghan Olson, and John Sanders.02/07/2014
Robert Qualters: A Life This retrospective features more than 60 paintings, prints, and drawings, plus photographs of commissioned murals and installations by the Pittsburgh-based artist who was PCA's 1985 Artist of the Year. Qualters' style features the artist's commentary - as cursive text - in the borders of his work. This show is curated by art historian and independent curator Vicky A. Clark, who authored the new book, "Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies."02/07/2014
Dora the Explorer Live! Dora's Pirate Adventure Dora, her best buddy Boots the Monkey, and the rest of their friends embark on an exciting trip to Treasure Island. Help them navigate over Dancing Mountain, through Silly Singing Bridge and confront the Pirate Piggies to successfully help Dora reach the treasure.02/07/2014
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Onward to Mars If NASA could send you to Mars but it was only a one-way trip, would you go? Dan Wilcox's "Onward to Mars" is a live, audio/visual astronautical rock opera that takes you on a journey to discover the music of the Red Planet. Part of the Community Supported Art (CSA) series.02/08/2014
Celestial Fantasy The program includes Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini featuring pianist Igor Lipinski, Aaron Jay Kernis' Musica Celestis, and Richard Strauss' Death and Transfiguration.02/08/2014
PYCO Concert Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato for Cello and Orchestra; Britten: Simple Symphony; Meredith Wilson: Symphonic Impressions of (the musical) The Music Man; directed by Guest Conductor Edward Leonard.02/09/2014
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Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble Featuring Carrie Vertin, horn, 2013 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition winner, in James Beckel's The Glass Bead Game (nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, 1997); also, Marilyn Taft Thomas: Snapshots of a Great City and Edgard Varese: Ionization 02/09/2014
Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra Jeffrey Turner conducts Bernstein's Candide Overture, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe Suite #2, and Holst's The Planets.02/09/2014
A Classical Cabaret Songs and Arias of classical composers strongly influenced by jazz sung by Desiree Soteres and Kelly Lynch.02/09/2014
Adam Liu, cello Cellist Adam Liu is joined by pianist David Allen Wehr in a recital celebrating Mr. Liu's 10th anniversary in Pittsburgh, and welcoming the Chinese Year of the Horse. The program includes works by Boccherini, Saint-Saens, Chopin, Faure and Brahms, plus the evocative Chinese erhu showpiece Sai Ma (The Horse Race) played by Mr. Liu. Free admission.02/10/2014
Helene Cooper Helene Cooper is White House correspondent for The New York Times, with a unique perspective on America's first African-American president. Her memoir The House At Sugar Beach, is the story of an idyllic childhood in Liberia--until it became a nightmare.02/10/2014
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Swan Lake with the Orchestra One of Tchaikovsky's most famous ballets, Swan Lake symbolizes more than 100 years of tradition and some of the most revered roles in classical ballet. In a performance of emotional intensity and technical mastery, the ballerina captures the essence of both eternal love and deception in the coveted dual role of Odette and Odile.02/13/2014
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G Joey MacDonald asks for trade
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If You Need Roster Help or Predictions, Don't Hesitate To Ask!
The Red Wings Need Pugnaciousness...
Posted 03 July 2012 - 02:04 AM
Columbus is fielding a roster of goalies to overload the crease...
Same with NYI.
With Mason gone from WPG, they need someone behind Pavelec
And then there was Chicago, with their goalie rotato in much higher RPMs than ours usually is.
"Hit em with your purse, ya *****!" - Random Wings fans shouting at Franziska
Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:54 AM
nor that Joey himself is a solid regular backup. sure he want's a trade to have a chance to play in the NHL once in a while, I wish him luck with that, but let's not think
that he was a super-important asset in Wings organization.
best of luck, Joey, nevertheless!
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I can actually think of worse scenario - like Lebda back form Columbus
In true Holland fashion, he will probably trade Joey Mac to Winnipeg for Derek Meech... Please don't!
Posted 03 July 2012 - 02:33 PM
I know that the easy comeback to that seems to be "The Monster" has no track record as an effective NHL goalie either, but I think that's unfair. Toronto is one of the worst teams in the NHL, and moving to a good defensive system for a goalie is similar to a pitcher who moves from the NL to the AL (or from a really bad defense to an elite defense). In other words, there are external factors that play into those statistics like GAA and SV % that we assume to be objective indicators of a goalie's skill.
A wrister from the blue line into the glove and a one-timer on a 2-on-1 are both a "shot" statistically, but one is a sure save, while the other is rarely a save. And on a bad defense, you have little trust in your teammates to cover passing lanes, and there's going to be more of those "difficult" shots than on a good team. Long story short, I would not be surprised if Gustavsson ends up with a GAA closer to 2.50, and as a 20-35-game starter, he could be a pretty effective backup for the Wings if he does that.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:15 PM
Posted 03 July 2012 - 05:24 PM
lol Was that a serious attempt at spelling Auf Widersehen?
Aufiderzein Joey !
I think there is a spot for Joey in the NHL somewhere. If he stays healthy he really isn't a bad backup and can get hot.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 06:18 PM
Joey MacDonald
To DET:
2014 7th rd pick
I'm getting good at this... Look out Eck, I'm coming for you!
All I have to say about Holland and our off-season:
and finally
Holland is a damn good GM. period.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 06:25 PM
Winnipeg does look like the only place that makes sense right now, though it's possibly VAN or LA could use a back up if they trade their current ones and don't receive another in return. But there are still other serviceable back-ups available as UFAs, so it could be a tough go for him.
Also, I'm not sure if a source has been included in this thread, so just for the record:
Holland also addressed the rumor that Joey MacDonald had asked for a trade—and this is more or less an inevitability because, as Pleiness points out, MacDonald's contract is a one-way, NHL-only deal for the 2012-2013 season, which means he'd have to clear re-entry waivers if he was sent to Grand Rapids and then recalled:
"His agent called and wanted to know what was the plan for him," Holland said. "He doesn't want to be in the AHL. If we can find Joey an opportunity in the NHL, we will."
"His agent called and wanted to know what was the plan for him," Holland said. "He doesn't want to be in the AHL. If we can find Joey an opportunity in the NHL, we will."
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:04 PM
I could see the Islanders or Coyotes looking for some depth at goal. Possibly TOR / VAN depending on what happens with Luongo. Even Chicago might look for a little security on the back end, a third option to Emery and Crawford if needed. Maybe Detroit could swing a guy like Montador out of Chicago for MacDonald, apparently he is on the block, and I'm assuming they want to shed his salary.
None of those options would be likely to keep him in the NHL straight away, but *might* put him closer than we can...
Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:23 PM
Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:42 PM
Why not Philly? Out of conference and they got rid of Bobrovski
pretty sure they re-signed leighton to be their back-up who is a pretty decent plan B guy IMO as he has cup final experience. dont think many teams are going to be all that interested in joey to be an everyday nhler but more so for the same role that he already has here.
he had his linsanity / 15 minutes... (macsanity?) but in reality he is a career ahler with no real future in the big league as tough as that is to hear for a lot of people around here.
requesting a trade may just result in him being waived if there are no suitors
Posted 09 July 2012 - 02:49 PM
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Katharine McPhee
- mid 1980s
An Idol is Born
McPhee is born to Peisha, a vocal coach and cabaret singer, and Dan, a TV producer. She begins singing at the tender age of two, but falls in love with performing in grade school. "I loved singing ever since the second grade when we had a Christmas show," she tells L.A.'s Daily News in 2006, "and I remember being so proud and wanting my teacher to come hear me and see all the stuff she taught me.''
- 2003
Aspiring Thespian
With acting ambitions, McPhee attends the Boston Conservatory and majors in musical theatre. After three semesters, the sophomore drops out to audition for TV pilots in her native L.A. and soon nabs the title role in the musical Annie Get Your Gun in March 2005 at the Cabrillo Music Theatre in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The following summer, she stars in the musical The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
- 2005
McPhee's Older Man
McPhee, 21, begins dating stage performer-turned-producer Nick Cokas, 40. Although he is nearly 19 years her senior, McPhee tells Stuff, "When I turned 21, I thought it was a good age to explore. You're no longer a teenager, so it's OK [to date older guys]. I gravitated toward them, and I love them. They're just wiser, and they're less about themselves and more about you." In February 2008, McPhee marries Cokas in Beverly Hills. "(Nick) is the love of my life," McPhee gushes to PEOPLE. "This is a once in a lifetime occasion and everything is just perfect."
Auditioning for Idol
On the urging of her boyfriend, McPhee auditions for the fifth season of American Idol in San Francisco, where she sings a soulful rendition of "God Bless the Child." Judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson give her a ticket to L.A., where she gives her devotees the ''McPheever'' with her stunning brunette looks and stellar voice. Eventually, McPhee makes it to the finals, battling gray-haired blues singer Taylor Hicks for the title.
- 2006
Running Up to Hicks
With 63.4 million people casting their vote, McPhee loses the title of American Idol to Hicks. But McPhee doesn't leave empty-handed: she wins a Ford Mustang convertible, releases her best-selling double-A sided single "Over the Rainbow" / "My Destiny," and signs a record deal with music mogul Clive Davis.
Secretly Fighting Bulimia
McPhee opens up to PEOPLE about her five-year struggle with bulimia. "I'd been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself," she tells PEOPLE. "Food was my crutch; it was how I dealt with emotions and uncomfortable situations." After qualifying for American Idol in October 2005, she enrolled at L.A.'s Eating Disorder Center of California, where she spent three months undergoing therapy and healthily learned to lose a reported 30 lbs.
- 2007
McPhee's Debut Disc
McPhee signs on to pitch hair products for Sexy Hair Concepts and releases her self-titled debut album. In it's first week, it sells more than 115,000 copies and reaches No. 2 on Billboard's 200. Rolling Stone says, "McPhee's debut doesn't render her halfway interesting." Although her singles "Over It" and ''Love Story'' don't make strong statements, her sexy album cover does. "People made a big deal out of that," she tells Stuff. "They said, 'She's a slut, blah, blah, blah, blah.' But I'm really not showing that much skin. It's all suggested."
Showing Her 'Stuff'
After appearing in PEOPLE's Most Beautiful issue without makeup, McPhee graces the cover of men's magazine Stuff. "I want to have, like, 15 babies," she tells the magazine. "I've always wanted to be pregnant." In 2008, McPhee plays a knocked up sorority girl opposite Anna Faris and Rumer Willis in the hit comedy The House Bunny.
- 2009
Going Platinum
McPhee trades in her brunette locks for a platinum shag on the eve of the release of her sophomore album, Unbroken. "My music is a little more edgy so that inspired me to be adventurous," she tells PEOPLE. "I've never dyed my hair before so this was a pretty drastic change."
- 2012
A 'Smash' Hit
Nearly six years after American Idol, McPhee returns to TV starring in NBC's new musical drama Smash, which follows the staging of a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. She plays struggling actress Karen Cartwright, a role McPhee snagged after auditioning for legendary director Steven Spielberg, who serves as the series's executive producer. "Mr. Spielberg, when you meet him, he is not intimidating at all," the singer-actress tells MTV. "He's the most lovely, wonderful, gentle man."
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- Los Angeles, Calif.
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Dear Readers…
Sorry about the little delay in posting, but like so many others lately I have been – if you'll pardon the ubiquitous pun – a little "pre-occupied".
In this pre-"occupation" I am seemingly in good – and teaming – company. Whether one counts themselves among the under-employed, debt-ridden and under-insured members of the 99% of the "Occupy the–Fill-in-the Blank Movement", the over-worked and over-taxed 53%, the 18th Century Costume Wearing over-regulated Tea Party Movement, or even the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace at the Vatican in Rome; it seems that just about every-body lately is pre-occupied thinking and talking and complaining about the dismal state of the global financial system. While there is no unanimity amongst those complaining about the state of the world's finances on how to best fix what is wrong, there definitely seems to be a consensus that things are seriously awry and that we need corrective action – sooner as opposed to later.
I actually went down a number of weeks ago with a friend to visit Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan and see for myself the goings on at the "Occupy Wall Street" Movement's (or OWS) ground zero as it were. I had been reading a lot about the protests for several weeks from various sources, and I wanted to see for myself exactly what was going on that was sparking so much interest across the globe. What I witnessed there was a collection of people – from various walks of life and different age groups – who felt significant alienation from the direction that their society was taking, as well as a certain inability to control the powerful forces that were shaping society in what they felt to be very detrimental ways. To a certain extent, these "Occupiers" – although politically far removed from the conservative Tea Party Movement – were united with that other movement in a spirit of disenfranchisement: feeling that the world is changing in fundamental ways that are beyond the abilities of ordinary people – the 99% if you will – to control. This is certainly a feeling that I in my more despairing moments could commiserate with, and because of this feeling I – for one – was not surprised when the "Occupy Movement" sprouted legs and wings and spread to over 900 cities across the globe.
I will blog more about OWS and the events in Zuccotti Park in future posts, but for now I'd actually like to tell you a bit about another place in lower Manhattan – one of my favorite spots in the city actually, and a place only about 4 or 5 blocks west of where OSW is located – on the banks of the Hudson River in a small park located in Battery Park City. It is there that you will find New York City's memorial to the great Irish famine that occurred from 1845 to 1852 – which began with a blighted potato crop and was exacerbated by a confluence of political inaction that increased an already desperate situation. Fully one-third of the people living in Ireland at that time – one half million – died of starvation, and another third – of whom I am a living descendant – emigrated in a great diaspora out to any ports that would welcome them all over the world. The memorial itself is beautiful: a rugged half-acre of cantilevered landscape thickly planted with native Irish flora and plants growing in fallow fields, along with the remains of an authentic, famine era Irish cottage; beneath is a stratified base of glass and fossilized Irish limestone that creates a space where accounts of historical and contemporary sentiments about hunger world-wide are etched in the glass and broadcast from an audio installation overhead. All in all, this space does what memorials at their best are supposed to do: it raises public awareness about an event that happened long ago that led to the Irish Famine of 1845-52, while encouraging its viewers to address the causes of current and future hunger world-wide.
Hunger has been in my thoughts a lot lately, primarily because for the past week I – along with our Executive Director Msgr. Kevin Sullivan and several of my colleagues here at Catholic Charities – have been participating in "The Food Stamp Challenge", an annual campaign sponsored by the "Fight Poverty with Faith" Mobilization – of which Catholic Charities USA is a partnering organization – which ran between October 27th to November 6th; the goal of the Food Stamp Challenge is to encourage participants to live for one week on the average national benefit given to those who are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which roughly translates to approximately $31.50 per week, or $4.50 a day. Let me tell you – that's not a lot of money…especially here in New York City, and its not easy to restrict your shopping budget for a week to what many of us might pay for a single meal in a restaurant. Being on such a restricted budget certainly presented it's challenges, but armed with a shopping list and a calculator, I set out to the supermarket to plan out my meals for the week returning with staples that consisted mostly of oatmeal (store variety), brown rice, frozen vegetables and on sale chunk light tuna (in water of course!) These were the mainstays of my diet & accept for a Saturday night treat of a 10-piece McNugget (no fries or soda); I pretty much stayed to the challenge, winding up with just under $5.00 by weeks end. During the challenge – while I have to admit that I was not REALY every truly "pangs in the stomach" hungry – what I can tell you is that the cuisine I was eating left me definitely uninspired. While oatmeal (made with water and no milk), dry canned tuna, brown rice and frozen chopped carrots, beans, corn and peas might be healthy, they are not the tastiest things to eat on a daily basis. In fact, to give myself a little flavor, I used to use packets of soy sauce I had saved from Chinese take-out and add it to the brown rice and vegetables – that definitely gave it a flavor, with all that sodium, I shudder to consider what my blood pressure must be now!
All in all though, I am glad that I have taken the challenge, and I certainly do not want to complain: it seems to me that there is something unseemly about complaining about a situation that you voluntarily take on in order to attempt to understand the reality that others live but have little choice about. In fact, the past week's experiences reminded me a little of the time that I spent in Africa last September, when we were staying in some of the guest houses with larger groups of people back in Tanzania. Often, the dinner meals that were served were put out at one time to feed all who were staying there, and we would all line up cafeteria style to serve ourselves from whatever was being prepared. I almost always found myself at the end of the line, and sometimes when I got to the front, whatever the meat that was being served was gone, and all that was left was white rice and sauerkraut (not a favorite), which I would combine on my plate and eat because I was hungry. Then – as with last week – I found after eating such a meal that I definitely was not hungry, but also not fully satisfied either; and yet – then as now – I did not complain about my meal because having been in Ethiopia in the days before – to witness first-hand the tremendous work that Catholic Relief Services does to provide food assistance to that drought ravaged region in the Horn of Africa – it would have been not only unseemly but obscene to do so.
The Food Stamp Challenge this year comes at a time of great challenge to our financially-strapped nation and its historic moral commitment to feed the hungry at home and abroad. As many of you are aware – in an effort to address the burgeoning budget crisis here at home, the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is working on producing a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion dollars; the day that this deficit reduction plan is due is – ironically – the day before Thanksgiving. Many anti-hunger advocates are concerned that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that provides food stamp assistance to those struggling to put a meal on the table might be a target for massive funding cuts. In addition, another area that appears to be ripe for budget cutters is slashing financing for the State Department and its related agencies – this at a time of desperate humanitarian crises across the world; life saving, poverty-focused international assistance that fights hunger, disease and poverty makes up less then 1% of the U.S. Federal Budget, and yet the Unites States Senate is currently looking to drastically cut this funding. Sadly, it seems clear that reducing the federal deficit by 1% will not balance the federal budget; in fact, the one thing that such action seems certain to do – at a time that 12 million people in East Africa are facing malnutrition and starvation – is cost lives.
Through my work, I have been blessed to witness how such U.S. government assistance helps Catholic Relief Services and other similar agencies quite literally save live overseas, and how back home similar assistance helps Catholic Charities ensure that the families of those trying to make ends meet don't have to literally skip meals as they struggle to pay their bills from month to month. In a recently published book "Three Famines: Starvation and Politics" about three of the greatest famines in history: the Irish Potato Famine of 1845, the Bengal famine in India in 1943-44, and the Ethiopian famines of the 1970s & 80s, author Thomas Keneally writes persuasively about how politics helps to turn a crop failure into a famine. As Keneally notes, famine is caused less by a failure to produce food then it is by a failure to distribute food correctly – mostly because those in power feel they are not accountable to the starving. Unfortunately today, the hungry do not have a large and vocal constituency: and that's where we come in!
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services are both now currently advocating with both houses of Congress and the Administration to ensure that needed hunger-related assistance – both international and domestic – is not compromised in the current deficit reduction debate; to add your voice to these efforts please press the links here and follow the related instructions; in this way you can help to ensure that the words of the Lord in the Gospel are made manifest when he said to "give the people something to eat". After all, for Christians feeding the hungry is not some peripheral "nice thing" that we should do if we've got the time – its literally part of our "final exam" that Jesus told us about on the Sermon on the Mount, along with clothing the naked, welcoming the stranger and caring for the ill. Since we already know what we are to be graded on, there is really no excuse for us to get this one wrong. In fact, no less an authority then the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in his message for World Food Day back on October16th went so far as to say that "liberation from the yoke of hunger is the first concrete manifestation of the right to life, which – despite its having been solemnly proclaimed – is often very far from being fulfilled effectively." Its up to us to remedy this situation – to ensure that what has been solemnly proclaimed is fulfilled effectively…….While the rest of the world's attention is focused on the 99% fighting the alleged evils of the top 1%, with the 53% somewhere in the middle, lets be sure that our attention is focused on the 15% who live here below the poverty level – and the much larger percentage of our brothers and sisters who do across our world.


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The Humanities CouncilSC is pleased to announce that three extraordinary South Carolina individuals are the recipients of this year's annual Governor's Awards in the Humanities, presented at a gala that was held Oct. 17 at the Palmetto Club in Columbia. The three recipients are: Ron Rash, award-winning author who is the John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University; Dr. Stephen Wise who is director of the Parris Island Museum; and Dr. Mary Ann Kohli, English instructor at Trident Technical College.
Established in 1991, the Governor's Awards in the Humanities recognize outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship; institutional and individual participation in community-based programs that promote public understanding of ideas and issues related to the humanities; excellence defining South Carolina's cultural life to the nation or world; and exemplary support for public humanities programs. From 1991-2012, sixty-two awards have been presented. The Humanities CouncilSC is completing its 40th year as the state-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Dr. Mary Ann Kohli is founder and director of the Charleston Clemente Course, hosted by Trident Technical College. This course offers two free college-level humanities courses to the homeless and disenfranchised. She is also founder of the Charleston Socrates Café, a public Socratic dialogue that meets twice a month, and of the Southern Artists Celebratory Series, an annual Piccolo Spoleto event that celebrates a different southern artist each year.
With degrees from Winthrop University and the University of South Carolina, Kohli has taught at Trident Technical College since 1999. She has also taught at USC, Voorhees College and The Citadel. Kohli is a member of the Charleston Rotary Club, the MUSC Humanities Committee and the Humanities Book Club at MUSC. In 2008, she won the Service Learning Award from the South Carolina Commission of Higher Education, and she has been named the South Carolina Technical Education Association's Educator of the Year.
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12 Things to Watch in Sunday's Colts-Seahawks Game
Oooh. I'm so scared.
Last week, the Colts curb-stomped Jacksonville on their way to their third win of the year. This week, they take on arguably the second-best team in football. Seattle comes to the Luke in search of a perfect 5-0 start. Here's what to watch for…
1. Watch for the stretch. It's here. While the path to 3-1 wasn't quite what everyone expected, the fact is that the Colts are exactly where most of us figured they would be. Sunday opens the second, and most difficult, quarter of the season for the Horse. The second half of the year has five or so wins in it. If the Colts can go 1-3 over their next four games, they have a decent shot at making the playoffs. If they can split, they'll win double-digit games. Of course, they could also go 0-4 very easily, even if they play good football. This stretch is so difficult that Sunday's game is probably the most winnable of the four. If the Colts are a good team, or at least a playoff team, they have to find a way to put victories in the difficult games.
2. Watch for the excuses. People have been making excuses for Trent Richardson since he came into the NFL last year. He had hurt ribs. His line didn't block. He's new to the offense. That last one will likely hang over him for awhile. It's been a while since a good runner was traded mid-season, but it happened a few times in the 80s. Herschel Walker and Eric Dickerson were both instant hits in their new cities. Basically, excuse time is done. If Richardson really is a dynamic elite runner, he needs to start showing it. Seattle is a tough run defense, however, so if he has another sub-4.0 yards per carry week, watch for some to keep coming up with reasons why. There's a need to justify this trade in the minds of fans and analysts because of the price Indy paid. Had he been traded for a fifth-round pick, people would already be talking about how badly he sucks.
3. Watch for the master. As good as the Seahawks pass defense is, they are inexplicably bad against number one wideouts. That works out nicely for the Colts who happen to feature on of the great ones. Reggie Wayne could well go over 1,000 career catches this week, and he's on pace for another killer 90 catch, 1,200 yard, eight-score year. Wayne has had at least three catches every game of Andrew Luck's career, and at least five in 16 of the 20 games they've played together. Look for 100 yards from Reggie this week.
4. Watch the slogan. The Indy secondary has adopted the slogan #NoFlyZone as their motto, and they'll get a great chance to test it this weekend. Seattle's corners are generally considered the league's best right now, but the Indy crew has held their own. The Colts have been especially effective against extra receivers. Vontae Davis has been solid, and Greg Toler has been up and down, but Darius Butler (who I interviewed this week) and Cassius Vaughn have been lock down against guys in the slot. The Colts have the best DVOA in football against third and fourth receivers. Shutting down Doug Baldwin (third in the NFL in DVOA) will be the challenge, but beyond him, the Colts should have success.
5. Watch for the comparison. With Colin Kaepernick struggling and RG3 limping around, the "next great quarterback" competition has narrowed for the moment from four to two. Luck and Wilson stand head and shoulders above their peers. I voted for Wilson for Rookie of the Year in the PFWA awards last year, but would have ranked him second to Luck heading into this year. By DVOA the two are nearly identical, but Luck holds a big edge in QBR thanks to his legs and his fourth-quarter exploits. Luck is the better player, but it's very close. It's a privilege to watch these two up close at this stage of their careers. Both figure to be relevant for a long time.
6. Watch the seam. As noted last week, Coby Fleener is having a nice season. He's on pace for 48 catches, 660 yards, and eight scores. All would be better than the numbers Dwayne Allen put up last year. That kind of production will be hard to replicate against the best defense in the league against tight ends. The good news is that Owen Daniels put up six for 72 against Seattle last week, and he's used in a similar way to Fleener. The bad news is that the Seahawks have picked off five passes intended for tight ends. Luck is going to have pick his spots to target Fleener.
7. Watch the Game Script. I love the work of Chase Stuart at Footballperspective.com on game scripts. This comes from the idea of tracking not only run/pass ratio, but doing so with the actual score in mind. Teams that have a big lead run more than teams that are behind, so when calculating run-pass balance, we need to control for that. The only game the Colts have run more than they passed was Week 3 against San Francisco, a game in which they lead throughout. It was also balanced against the Raiders, but again, Indy led most of the way, and the run plays were bolstered by six Andrew Luck carries. Even in the San Fran game, the ratio was balanced until Indy ran on 12 of the final 14 plays to put the game away. All this to say, the Indy O is playing very well right now, and they are passing more than they run. On the year, counting Luck scrambles as passes, Indy is throwing around 57 or 58 percent of the time. That's just not that far off from what I would consider ideal, and given the fact that they've played from ahead, it's pretty good.
8. Watch for beast mode. Marshawn Lynch has had some sick runs, and containing him will be difficult for the Colts. Indy's run defense is suspect no matter how you measure it (26th DVOA, 4.2 YPC), but Lynch has had his own struggles (negative DVOA, 3.9 YPC). Indy can't allow him to cut loose. They have to bring him down early in the carry and not allow themselves to get pushed around on the ground. Also, I think robots that transform into animals is almost as dumb as robots that transform into guns, jukeboxes and Volkswagens. I want a robot that transforms into something cool, like a spaceship, or a bigger robot.
9. Watch for grunge. You may have noticed a distinct lack of wit in this week's column. That's because you haven't gotten to the joke point. This week's joke point is all about grunge music and disaffected youth and how Seattle is too cool for school and there's something about Kurt Cobain, and it's all very hip and relevant, or at least it would be if we were still in 1995. That's because for me, it is 1995. It always will be 1995. Jim Harbaugh is still quarterbacking the Colts (I know, right?), Reggie Miller is still playing, I still wear flannel shirts and Seattle is all about garage bands and mid-90s disaffection. The point is that I'm old, and Seattle is a dang hard place to make fun of. Oh yeah, and it rains a lot there! Zing!
The previous point reinforces the tried and true rule of comedy in 2013: if you can't be funny, be meta. Most people can't tell the difference anyway. Lord knows I can't.
10. Watch the scramble. Luck and Wilson are two of the best running quarterbacks in the game, precisely because neither guy is trying to be a running quarterback. The Colts struggled with Pryor against Oakland, but held Kaepernick down by keeping him in the pocket and forcing him to throw. That won't work against Wilson. He actually can throw. Indy will have bring him down behind the line of scrimmage. With a sack rate of almost 12 percent, it should be possible. Whichever QB makes more back-breaking plays with his legs will likely come out on top.
11. Watch Walden. Eric Walden has not looked good on tape. He has four tackles in four games and has been woefully out of place against the running quarterbacks. With Bjoern Werner likely out, Walden has to play and contribute. He's been a disaster most weeks, picking up a negative pass rush score in every game. Of course, he's augmented that with bad run defense. The only thing he does with any proclivity is drop into coverage. Robert Mathis is doing all the heavy lifting, so watch for Walden to either pick up the slack or for Mathis to face an unceasing stream of double teams.
12. Watch for the tension. I've flipped on this game a dozen times. On one hand, I think Indy has a lot of flaws, and it's difficult to get past how they played the last time I saw them up close. On the other hand, the NFC isn't a fantastic as it first appeared and this is a 1 PM game for Seattle on the road. My head tells me Indy gets beat, but my gut keeps saying this is a game they pull out. Colts 24 Seahawks 21.


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For a long time now, I have been wondering why the social justice teachings of the Catholic Church are so frequently described as our "best kept secret." And I am not alone in this.
Not long ago, I taught a course on Catholic Social Justice doctrine to some coordinators of religious education who are in our Catechetical Office Advanced Catechetical Leadership Program. One of the participants asked me why she had never heard about this before. Another person said the connection between social justice and Scripture, most especially to Christ himself, was clear as crystal. "Why don't we hear more about this in Church?" I was asked. Why indeed?
It is not as though Catholic Social Teaching is some new age phenomenon. Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum (Of New Things), a foundational social justice encyclical, dates from 1891. Practically every pope who followed him, right up to Pope Francis, has contributed to this doctrine. Francis been teaching it almost from the first day of his pontificate. He's giving lessons in Rio de Janeiro to young people right now.. But we should all know this. It is our heritage.
Apart from its importance as Church teaching, however, Catholic Social Justice is a powerful instrument of evangelization, calling people to the Catholic faith or calling them back to the faith in ways that not even the finest homily can match. It enables people emulate what Jesus taught of in the parables and beatitudes and what he did himself.
Just this afternoon, my colleague, Oscar Cruz, director of the Catechumenate, got an e-mail from a woman who was so moved by the images and gestures of Pope Francis among the immigrants and today among the poor people of the Rio slums, that she is interested in becoming fully initiated in the Catholic Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Just think of all the people who, in recent years, have been turned off by the scandals in the Church. Finally, they have something noble and pure and selfless to look at again. They might just want to have an opportunity to do something to alleviate the suffering in this world. The local church can provide this.
Let's make this "secret" known.
Tags: Catechetical Office, Catholic Social Teaching, Pope Francis, World Youth Day


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Three Charleston County schools made enough improvement to come off the list of the state's lowest-performing schools, but five county schools still are on it.
The list of the state's Palmetto Priority Schools is significant because the state could consider taking over any of them.
The three schools that improved their rating from "at risk" were Hursey Elementary, Morningside Middle and St. John's High. The progress means the schools no longer will be part of the Palmetto Priority Schools initiative.
"I'm absolutely encouraged by the progress that (those schools) made, and I think it's going to continue and get better," Charleston County School Superintendent Nancy McGinley said.
Two of the five Charleston schools that are among the lowest-achieving in the state, Burke High and North Charleston High, faced the possibility of state takeover last summer, but the state Board of Education allowed the school district to maintain control and continue improvement efforts.
Both schools still are on the state's priority list, as well as three others locally: Burns Elementary, Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts School and Stall High. No Berkeley or Dorchester County schools were in this group.
The improvement was based on schools' ratings on the 2012 report card, which was released in November and evaluated schools' performance for the 2011-12 school year. Report card ratings and test scores for the 2012-13 school year will be released this fall.
Changing accountability
None of the 20 Palmetto Priority Schools in 2013-1024 will have to meet with the state board this summer. State officials say they're trying to be more consistent with state law on holding schools accountable for performance, and they're hopeful new legislation will be in place next year to create a turnaround district for the state's failing schools.
"This is positioning schools to move into a statewide district whose sole purpose is to serve and turnaround persistently low-performing schools," said Jay W. Ragley, the state Department of Education's deputy superintendent for legislative and public affairs.
The state created the Palmetto Priority Schools project in 2007 in lieu of taking over 16 "at-risk" schools that had failed to make expected progress. Schools rated "at risk" for three consecutive years have been added to the project since then, and the state provided extra funding and training for some.
The state didn't add any schools to that initiative this year because it plans to discontinue the program after the 2013-14 school year. Once report cards are released in November, low-performing schools that would've qualified for the project instead will receive visits from external review teams, which is what state law requires, Ragley said.
The teams review documents, interview school staff and observe school procedures and classrooms, and the intention is to highlight problem areas and recommend ways to improve.
McGinley said she's fine with the state doing away with the Palmetto Priority Schools project, which required principals to make trips to Columbia to meet with state officials. The review teams are helpful in pointing out what schools are doing wrong, she said.
"I like my principals in the building, and it's important that they're there as much as possible," she said. When principals had to make trips to the state department, "there's a whole day shot where the school doesn't have its instructional leader."
Expecting results
Of the preliminary results McGinley said she's seen, she's hopeful North Charleston High and Stall High will move up from "at risk." Both, as well as Morningside Middle, St. John's High and Burke High, have benefitted from receiving federal School Improvement Grants, which infused the schools with hundreds of thousands of dollars to help boost students' performance.
The $2.3 million, three-year grant that was split between North Charleston High and Morningside Middle will run out in September, which means the schools could lose as many as a combined 12 staff members.
District officials have asked permission to spread some of the remaining funds throughout the 2013-14 school year, and they've also asked the school board to give each school $400,000 for 2013-14 to keep some of those 12 staff. Continuing contract teachers could be placed at other schools in the district.
"We are stepping the schools down in order to try to sustain what are the critical elements (of the grant)," McGinley said.
McGinley said it's too early to say whether Burke High is moving in the right direction, and she wants to allow the school to finish its School Improvement Grant before considering major changes.
"We don't ever want to be back before the state board for that reason," she said.
Both Burns Elementary and Sanders-Clyde are part of the district's four Renaissance schools initiative, which meant all educators had to reapply for their jobs, and those rehired will have an extended school year with more training and team-building.
Because of incorrect information provided to The Post and Courier, previous versions of this story incorrectly stated the number of Palmetto Primary Schools for 2013-2014.
Reach Diette Courrégé Casey at @Diette on Twitter or 937-5546.


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A 32-year-old Clymer woman was charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday night in the Town of Clymer, after her car crossed the center line on Route 474 near Bakerink Road and hit another vehicle head-on, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office reported.
Laura M. Graves was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, as well as third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and failure to keep right after the crash at about 7 p.m.
Graves had two children age 15 or under in her vehicle at time of the crash, sheriff's deputies said. She was issued tickets and released to a sober family member. The driver of other vehicle was taken to Corry Hospital and released after treatment.
Graves will answer the charges in the Town of Clymer Court at a later date.