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Barborak: Didn't know investments violated law
March 15, 2013
LISBON — State Rep. Nick Barborak said he was unaware the firm hired to invest county funds while he was Columbiana County treasurer had made investments that violated state law....
County Commissioners wrote up Dillard for changing the security code in her EMA building and not getting Halleck's permission. The director hasn't been heard from since hired. Funny this paper decides it's not a story. Information is power.
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Barborak knows ignorance is no excuse. This is wrong. Don't let them sweep this under the rug.
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"Nothing like having control over the media."
What control ts1227? Those quotes are statements made by Barborak and Bolon themselves.
Or does this mean your disappointed that this wasn't covered up and kept from the public?
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The only reason Johnson is even mentioned in this article is because his lapdog at Odgen wrote the article. Nothing like having control over the media.
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Truth101 states: "No, the investment board had a responsibility for oversight and they failed."
So it would be your opinion that the Board violated the law and permitted to allow Barborak to do it?
Let's assume you are correct Truth101. That being the case is why there should have been an investigation into this and it should have been immediately initiated by Bolon and handed over to the State.
It is clear...these investments violated the law.
Or do we continue with the same rhetoric...violating the law doesn't matter anymore. Just find someone to dump it on, run damage control and move along.
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Wow better put on my glasses,
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In this case the investment board ok 'd the WV BANK.Who in turn made sopme wrong investments,
Apparentlt this was brought to Bolon's attention ,who turn notifyed the investment.
There is nothing here to indicate a cover up.
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In the case of Strabala.The investment borad didn't do it's job.
The elder Strabala consquencely went around the board ,giving his son the chance to invest in high risk area's
Losing 10 million.
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Truth101 , I hope some one else is teaching your kids about responsibility and accountability , cause you don't get it either.
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Truth says" "He had a responsibility for oversight and he failed. No, the investment board had a responsibility for oversight and they failed." Just a question here, first I want it made clear that I am not saying anyone did anythig intentional here. But when Strabala was in office and invested county money improperly, who was it that went to jail? Mr. Stabala or the investment board? To my knowledge Mr. Strabala and his son were the only ones that did time. Where was the investment board then??
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dr122: He had a responsibility for oversight and he failed. No, the investment board had a responsibility for oversight and they failed. You and others really need to learn how government works before you go making your partisian comments.
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stofit: Why are we Ohio people investing in a West Virginia Bank. The same reason your are reading the story in a ohio newspaper owned by a West Virginia company.
free enterprise
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A small question no one has asked. Why are we Ohio people investing with a West Virginia bank? I am sure there are a few in Ohio that employ Ohioans.
Any time money is lost due to a lower interest rate, it is still money taken from the tax payers. Maybe not a crime, but it's a darned shame.
Folks need to elect new politicians, not recycle them regardless of political party.
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Bottom line is that Barborak didn't do his job. He had a responsibility for oversight and he failed. Now the County Commissioners need to cut $118,000 from the budget to cover for Bardorak's incompetence . I love all the Barborak sympathizers. It's a fact that he didn't do the job he was paid to do. It's about responsibility and accountability , two words that Barborak needs to understand.
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We all know information is power. That is if anyone is paying attention. Corruption at it's best. We have professionals working in our county. BWD, DTF, EMA, are played and delivered by the local media as whatever the politicos deem as feedable to the area. Bolon was a failure after the "No mailing of tax statements and everyone must come to pay in person" debacle. We just recycle failures here. Teachers, Superintendents, they move from area to area unto unsuspecting people who pay them, again.
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Barborak: Didn't know investments violated law?
Ignorance of the law holds merit to what? NOTHING.
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Did Bolon work this hard quickly to insure she didn't take the heat for what Barborak had done in case it went south? Why is Bolon investigating this herself? Why didn't Bolon immediately hand this over to the State for immediate investigation when she allegedly found these violations of the law? Why should the public trust that Bolon is not covering up for State Rep Barborack and producing this result that would protect her and Barborack?
There appears to be to many questions with this incident. Don't play "I need to get to the bottom of this"…hand it immediately to the State and DEMAND and investigation now. The public has a right to know the truth NOW.
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Who is protecting whom here? Is this corruption? Is this dirty politics?
Is it possible that if this story would have broke before the election the probability of odds would have been Barborak would not have been elected State Representative and Bolon would not be this county's treasurer?
Did they keep this quiet to protect the Democrat party and nominations? When Bolon took office, was she exceptionally good? Or did she know exactly where to look and just exactly how to conceal and cover-up to get this result? Was this a plan to make it appear she was going to be good at her job in the eyes of the public even if Barborack is held accountable Bolon remains untouched?
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Don't blame Johnson for huffing and puffing. That's how he keeps his job. Otherwise every one would notice he doesn't do any thing but whine! There's no wrong doing,no money missing and no fines to pay. Barborak gave the job to a firm who was supposedly responsible and new what they were doing. And he went on to do other things. They dont get paid to baby sit. And Johnson you could take an example from this. Quit worrying what others are doing and do something your self. Your not a king! Your a hired servent to us! Get off your throne!
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Thankfully this was noticed by Ms. Bolon, promptly reported, and there don't seem to be any penalties for the violations. One would expect that a multi-state bank holding company from WV would be aware of OH laws. As Rep. Barborak said, "We relied on their professional advice", which they should have been able to do, as long as they checked out the company ahead of time. I only hope someone in Salem has done their due diligence in checking out Mr. Cahill before putting him in charge of their downtown. All might be fine, but it would be foolhardiness not to check out prior accomplishments, prior businesses he's had or been involved in, his background, references, etc.
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I guess drw that you think we have lost this money when it turns out to be wrongly stated by the investment company. There is no money lost the general fund will have to be adjusted. I am glad to hear you that you are so perfect, you must sit up there with the high and mighty David, who cries foul for every mistake the democrats make. How about Milliken who over states every year the ending balance before she pays the year end bills.. she has been doing it for years, I don't see you criticizing her for her mistake.. But I forgot your perfect. what you should be thankful for is the fact THIS WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE AND NOT AN EMBEZZELMENT, LIKE BEFORE.
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no monies where lost...information was disclosed to the individuals on the committee...it was reported to the state..everyone had full disclosure, Mrs Bolon was able to get the issue contained due to her level of expertise, let's move forward. With Bolon in office, as her prior years of service shows, she is the most qualified and will continue to protect our monies. I have faith in her abilities. Mr. Johnson, get a grip! If the state was made aware of the situation, the committee made up of commissioners, etc why do we need to continue to spend tax payers dollars on situations not needed? I believe we're paying enough lawyer expenses on the coroner's lawsuits, why not complain about all that? Thank you Mrs. Bolon-continue to move ahead for our county!
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drw122 im glad you are so perfect that you never took bad advice off someone and made a mistake before. Before I judge someone, I look at the intent of their actions. I see no intentional action to defraud the county here.
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Who cares about Strabala anymore. The debt reduction is still on my property tax statement and all the spin on commissioners being fiscally responsible is just that. We pay their debt/criminal activity down. They just continue as nothing ever happened. Bread and circuses. Welcome to the big top.
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Uh oh. Here comes Lil' Davey Johnson. Huffing and puffing and trying to politicize this. Let an independent panel do the investigation Davey and stay out.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. � In a state that has a long history of maple syrup production and fiercely protects the purity of its brand, Vermont producers are proud of their �fancy,� �grade A dark amber� and �grade B� syrup.
But the terminology has the potential to perplex consumers, particularly as Vermont�s syrup production, which has boomed in the past decade, reaches broader markets.
So Vermont is considering joining with other syrup-producing states and Canadian provinces in selling a product with one grading standard, triggering fears by some producers that the state�s vaunted brand will lose its reputation if it doesn�t stand out from the rest � as they say it should.
�You�re lumping Vermont syrup in with all the rest of them,� said Kevin Bushee of the Bushee Family Maple Farm in Danby.
Vermont�s syrup, which forms a state industry that nets about $130 million a year, is in fact not the same as others. The state requires that its syrup be slightly denser than other syrups because it thinks it tastes better, requiring that more sap be produced.
Some states already use current USDA standards to grade their syrup, while others, including Vermont, have their own standards. But maple states and provinces are considering getting on board with one system, for consistency�s sake.
�Most of the states are watching Vermont to see what we do,� said Henry Marckres, a maple specialist with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture.
The new standards would not affect the density, which in Vermont would stay the same. And producers can do their own marketing on labels, such as calling it fancy, in addition to the tiny grading labels.
The four international classifications would be golden color, delicate taste; amber color, rich taste; dark color, robust taste; and very dark color, strong taste, all grade A.
The change will help, not hurt, Vermont syrup sales, supporters say.
�If a jug is on a shelf and if you put maple syrup from different states on the shelf, the most obvious thing is the name of the state it comes from,� said Jacques Couture, a Vermont sugar maker near the Canadian border and director of the board of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association. �So I don�t worry at all about that distracting from Vermont�s. Vermont�s brand is what it is, and I don�t think that anybody�s going to take away from that.�
The flavor descriptions are a big plus for consumers who might get confused by Vermont terms like �fancy� or �grade B,� which imply that one is better than or inferior to others but really refer to strength, color or other characteristics, experts say.
The ultimate choice varies from consumer to consumer, experts say.
�When we talk to new customers in our case on a daily basis, we almost always have to explain the difference between the grades and why the grades are called such as they are,� Couture said.
People in Vermont take their syrup seriously. The state has even gotten complaints from people who bought �fancy� syrup but then complained about its delicate flavor.
�It was just a beautiful fancy light flavor, and they were used to something strong and they thought it was a fake,� Marckres said.
One apparent advantage of the new international standards for Vermont producers is the fourth grade � very dark color, strong taste � which would include some of the syrup that now is sold only in bulk for processing because of the strong flavor.
But that bothers Bushee, too.
�I don�t want to see our markets get downgraded by using the commercial syrup,� he said. But Jacques any others say the strong maple flavor is growing in popularity among chefs.
The change is not expected to cost producers, who have to buy labels anyway. They cost about $6 for a roll of a thousand.
The USDA plans to adopt the new terms in 2013. Neighboring New York is working with the industry to propose new regulations to incorporate the international standards, said Joe Morrissey, a New York Department of Agriculture spokesman.
Vermont will hold a series of public hearings this month. Depending on the feedback, the state agriculture secretary will decide whether or not to go ahead with rule changes to adopt the standards.

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They penned the final chapter of the 2012 Cross Trojans' Class A Division II football state championship with the handing out of the championship rings during ceremonies at the school last Wednesday night.
"This is a fitting way to close the book on the story of the Cross state championship," said Coach and Athletic Director Shaun Wright. "We can't close the door without the rings."
In an awards banquet at the school, Wright and his coaching staff paid homage to their family, their team, the school, the community and to those who paved the trail before them.
"You may not have won a state championship but you have played a major part in the winning of this one, and we could not have accomplished this without you," Wright said to longtime Trojans Coach A.E. Ravenell. "I am so thankful you are here to see this."
Cross won the 2012 Class A Division II State Championship in Columbia by virtue of a 38-26 victory on Nov. 23 over McCormick.
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Former Cross Assistant Coach the Rev. William Wrighten delivered the message to the team and guests during dinner, speaking of the significance of being a champion over being part of a championship.
"A championship is one moment in time," he said. "Being a champion is where you continue to live by what you did to earn that championship. The champion is what's on the inside.
"Here stands a championship team, better than any other team in the state from the tiny community of Cross, South Carolina. The lessons you learn here will carry you long in life. Enjoy this moment, but live like a champion, not just for a championship moment."
Some of the awards handed out during the ceremony included an appreciation award to Courtney Johna, the ball girl for Cross for the past eight years.
"One of the first things referees ask me when they come onto the field is, 'Where is my ball boy?'" Wright said. "I tell them we don't have a ball boy, we have a ball girl and Courtney was voted the top ball girl in the state, not by the coaches, but by the referees."
The Trojans placed six players on the Class A All-State Team. Junior running back Devontae Shepherd was named Class A Player of the Year and was joined by Branford Halls, Dionte Evans, Malik Gooding, Olin Pinckney and Diamonte Evans.
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Wando head coach David Eaton said that Tuesday would be a telling game for his team. Eaton wanted to see how his Warriors responded after their first region loss Friday.
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Something didn't seem quite right at the finish of the 31st annual Donner Lake Triathlon on Sunday.
Aside from the finish line itself, which was moved from near the mouth of the Donner Creek inlet closer to the main strip of West End Beach, five-time defending champion and modern course record-holder Steven Sexton was nowhere in sight. The Team USA triathlete from Davis did not show, leaving the door wide open for a new champion.
Brandon Nied took full advantage.
The 21-year-old from Reno used a strong run around Donner Lake to capture the overall win in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes. Multi-time champion Scott Young, 46, of Reno finished runner-up in a time of 2:12:58, while Finland native Sami Inkinen, 37, of San Francisco, who was second to Sexton last year, was third in 2:14:55.
"I was leading at the start of the run, but this guy who won, he was just amazing," Inkinen said of Nied, who ran the 6.5 miles around the lake in 37:27, compared to Young's 39:31 and Inkinen's 42:11. "It looked like he had wings. He was just floating on the road."
Nied, a former collegiate runner, said he was careful not to expend too much energy on the first two legs of the race — a 0.9-mile swim off of West End Beach and 24.8-mile bike up Old Highway 40 to Kingvale and back.
"I really had to try to gauge my effort, especially on the bike. It's one of those things where you really have to think about that run, because if you go into oxygen debt, you're done," said Nied, a first-time participant of the event's International course.
Both Rob Laurie and Peter Hanson represented Incline Village well, as Laurie finished 26th overall and seventh in his 45-49 age group in 2:34:13, while Hanson was 28th overall and eighth in the same age group in 2:34:57. Gary Saunders of Incline Village posted a time of 3:13:17, and Bill O'Connor finished in 3:44:09.
As top athletes streamed in to the finish chute, something still didn't seem quite right.
Three-time defending women's champion Shannon Rahlves of Truckee was not celebrating a win.
She instead settled for second place behind Elizabeth Lyles of Reno, who returned to the race for the first time since 2007 after having two children. Lyles won it in 2007 and owns several of the top-10 fastest times.
"It was so awesome," Lyles said of the race. "The water was amazing, so warm. And the bike was great. I trained a lot on the Mount Rose summit, so I was ready for it. And the run was good too; I love running."
Lyles returned in impressive fashion. The 34-year-old set a new women's course record while finishing 10th overall in a time of 2:22:19, which bumped Holly Nybo's previous record of 2:24:51, set in 2000.
"I'm back," Lyles said. "Every year. This is a great local, challenging race."
Rahlves was not shabby herself. The 37-year-old sister of Olympic alpine skier Daron Rahlves posted a runner-up time of 2:29:40, which was good enough for 18th place overall.
The next woman finisher, Joanne Gilchrist of Chico, placed 41st overall in a time of 2:41:08. Heather Lyman of South Lake Tahoe was the fourth woman in 2:42:28, and Jami Min of Truckee rounded out the top five in 2:46:14.
Among the top men, Tim Sheeper of Menlo Park was fourth in 2:17:56 and was followed by Darren Baker (2:18:06) of Lafayette, Andrew Grant (2:18:20) of Folsom, Michael Ingardia (2:19:56) of San Jose, Eliot Drake (2:20:42) of Reno, and Thomas Taylor (2:20:55) of Brentwood.
Truckee's Chris Cloyd was the top local, finishing 12th in a time of 2:24:43.
"It was a great race — great support from the volunteers, and it's great to compete in a hometown race. It's a lot of fun," said Cloyd, who helps coach Truckee's Wild Cherries Junior Triathlon Team, which was well represented in both the sprint and International fields Sunday.
Cloyd, a competitive cyclist and manager at Truckee's Performance Training Center by Julia Mancuso, posted the second-fastest bike leg behind Inkinen, in 1:09:50 to Inkinen's 1:08:40.
"I'm a competitive road cyclist, so the bike is my favorite because I actually feel like I'm an athlete out there. I just hold on on the swim and pray on the run, but if I can do well on the bike, it's a lot of fun," said Cloyd, who said he reached a top speed of 57 mph coming down Old 40. "No brakes. That was only the second time ever done it with no breaks. The first time was last year's race."
A total of 258 people participated in the International-distance triathlon.
Nothing was out of place atop the leaderboard of the sprint triathlon.
Michael Smith, 48, of Santa Barbara claimed the overall victory for the ninth consecutive year. Smith, who owns the top five fastest times in the sprint, took the win again with relative ease, posting a time of 39:25 to runner-up Jake Rollo's 41:37. Andrew Clusserath, 15, of Soda Springs took third in 42:04.
Another young local, 16-year-old Danielle Nivinski of Truckee, captured first place among women and was eighth overall in a time of 46:28. Eleanor Velez, 15, of El Dorado Hills was the second woman and ninth overall in 46:41, while Mirella Terada of Redwood City was third (18th overall) in 51:16.
Nivinski, a to-be junior at the Sugar Bowl Academy, said she felt like she held a slight advantage over much of the field based on her local status.
"Definitely," she said, "with the elevation and just knowing the course."
Among the Incline Village contingent, Johanna Koch was the 18th woman and 69th overall in a time of 58:58 — she was first in her 55-59 age group by nearly three minutes — while Devon Peterson was the 23rd woman and 88th overall in 1:01:44, Courtney Hamilton posted a time of 1:08:09, Heather Hall 1:17:23 and Ali Marriner 1:29:45.
There were 236 finishers of the sprint triathlon, which consists of a 1/4-mile swim, a 6-mile bike and a 2-mile run.
Find a photo gallery from the race at www.sierrasun.com/2012DonnerTri.
For complete results, go to www.bigblueadventure.com.


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About 260,000 adult Oregonians have already been screened for the Oregon Health Plan and do not have to apply through Cover Oregon for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, officials advised Tuesday.
Oregon will be opening the Oregon Health Plan to more adults as allowed by federal health reform. People can begin enrolling next week for coverage to start January 1.
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Fast-track enrollment is available to resident Oregonians who meet qualifications for OHP and have already qualified for food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or health care benefits for children through Healthy Kids/OHP.
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The Nordic Sound: Music by Sibelius, Nielsen, et. al.Chatham's Faculty/ Guest Artist Recital series presents violinist Roger Zahab and pianist Walter Morales in works by Scandinavian composers in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's "Year of Europe: Scandinavia."10/28/2012Time: 3:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Piano RecitalPianist Maciej Grzybowski plays Chopin and more.10/28/2012Time: 5pmLocation: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oaklandwebsite
Kenneth Burky, pianoPianist Kenneth Burky plays solo works: Haydn's Sonata #50in C major, Brahms's 3 Intermezzi, Op.117; and Debussy's Images, Book 1. He'll also be joined by his former student, Anoush Tchakarian in Russian music: Stravinsky's Sonata for 2 pianos (Pgh. Premiere); Khachaturian's Suite for 2 Pianos (US premiere); and the Armenian Rhapsody for 2 pianos by Arutiunian and Babadjanian.10/28/2012Time: 3:00 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Cuidado & Sotiri Tsourekis Greek OrchestraCuidado is Pittsburgh's most dangerous tango band. Their extensive backgrounds in tango, classical, jazz, and pop music fuse to create a fresh and unique sound. Sotiri Tsourekis and his orchestra have been entertaining audiences with Mediterranean melodies and Grecian grooves for 20 years.10/29/2012Time: 7:30 pmAndrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Robin HoodThe 1922 silent film Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role10/30/2012Time: 7:00 pm27 E. Main St., Uniontown, PAwebsite | map
StompThe international percussion sensation Stomp has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews, and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.10/30/2012 - 11/04/2012Location: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Fahrenheit 451On the heels of Ray Bradbury's death this summer at 91, Prime Stage Theatre gives the regional premiere of Fahrenheit 451 in the author's own stage adaptation directed by Justin Fortunato. In this dystopian future, firemen burn books and hunt down anyone who takes the risk of reading them. Free thought and intellectualism are discouraged; to question authority puts you in danger.11/02/2012 - 11/11/2012New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
ConversationsThe Trillium Ensemble, a trio of flute, clarinet and piano dedicated to producing concerts that are accessible, intimate and fun, presents a concert titled "Conversations." This program features super-virtuosic music from living composers including Derek Bermel, Adam Silverman and John Adams, and a Radiohead tune orchestrated Christopher O'Riley, the host of NPR's From the Top.11/02/2012 - 11/03/201211/02 - 2:00 pm11/03 - 2:00 pmLocation: Sat. @ Frick Fine Arts Auditorium; Sun. @ St. Maurice Churchwebsite
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Shame Creeps Through Guilt and Feels Like Retribution
Jeffrie G. Murphy
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Law & Phil., Vol. 18, p. 327, 1999
The stories of William Trevor often contain, near the end, a single sentence that captures – in one crystalline moment – a core insight toward which the story has been building all along. Near the end of his recent novel Death in Summer, the following sentence occurs:
"Her compassion faltered: shame creeps through guilt and feels like retribution." I believe that my ability to understand the profundity of this sentence, and thus the story in which it occurs, was aided enormously by my reading of the essays of Herbert Morris. And thus, in my essay, I will reflect on the themes present in this sentence and thereby follow, in my own limited way, a path familiar to all those who have read Morris: drawing philosophical inspiration from literature, trying to be open to the moral and spiritual insights latent in dark and mysterious stories and sayings, reflecting on the inter- twined emotions of guilt and shame, and seeing – in all of this – implications for punishment and forgiveness, both of self and of others. In Morris's own work, of course, these perspectives are all employed with great human sensitivity – employed by a person
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I've been a fan of Circa products for years! The versatility allowed by the easily interchangeable discs that hinge the "book" you want is exactly what I need. Traditional organizers force you to follow their idea of the order in which things should be organized, but Circa allows for creativity and options. This 9 part organizer has several key benefits over any project oriented business organizer I've seen. First, it has Scheduler pages that are task oriented, so you can split up parts of each task by day, & plan a week that makes accomplishing all of them feasible because you see all on the same page. In addition, this uses muted pleasant colors to distinguish between projects, which color coordinates with your To Do lists that also have all five projects on one page. By combining these pages together, you have a quick look at what you want to accomplish that week & what you need to do to get it done. You get Message pages that are perforated squares to write a memo & take with you or to delegate & give someone else a reminder! There also are pages with two Lists per page, perforated for convenience. These are nice for everything from shopping to making a step by step list of a process with which you're grappling to giving directions to an intern.Of course, you get Meeting pages which can work for recording thoughts in & after a meeting to detailing information from important phone calls as well. You could choose to keep Contact pages in front of all phone Meetings pages like I do.There are Doodle pages for when you need to relax or brainstorm; I leave them in the back of my book, then pull one out & relocate it to where I'm at when I need it. It's interesting to see that I doodle after every phone meeting with a certain person or when I get to a certain part in some of my projects. My favorite set is the Ideation pages, which are based on the book the Accidental Creative. Essentially they are a way to brainstorm through problems and come up with creative solutions from connections between unrelated free flow ideas. You have to see it & try it! Finally, there are pages to keep track of Travel. Because I don't travel on a regular basis, they aren't as useful for me, but they look like they cover all the bases for someone who flys the friendly skies often.Note: The only reason I gave this 4 stars for function is because, like me, you may find that one of the nine sets of pages doesn't help you as much. However, you'll notice that I gave the product overall 5 stars, & I believe it deserves it! My mom works part time, wants to clean out 30 years of "stuff" that has accumulated at our house including things from both grandmother's after passing, and she has a new puppy to train. Plus when I'm overloaded, she does a lot for me like making calls & paying bills. She found a use for every one of the organizer's pages except 2, & she was thrilled to poach some of my pages from each to make her own book & happy I had purchased both 1/2" discs as well as 3/4", so she could take the former. Circa works for everyone in one way or another! Just another reason to LuvLevenger!
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Brussel Sprouts - Chorizo. Manchego. Dates. Almond. Piquillo Vinaigrette
Belgian Endives - Coppa. Apples. Pecan. Goat Cheese. Truffle Vinaigrette
Frisee Aux Lardons - Oeuf Pane. Bacon. Bleu Cheese
Bouchot Mussels - Fava Beans. Tomato. Chorizo
Seared Foie Gras - Frisée. Rhubarb. Pomegranate. Speculoos
Basil Risotto - Escargo. Lemon. Tomatoes
Sunchoke Risotto with Truffles
Taglierini Neri - Maine Lobster. Cherry Tomatoes. Basil
Lamb Papardelle - Tomato. Olives. Onetik Goat Cheese
Bucatini Carbonara - Slow Poached Egg. Pancetta. Parmesan
Truffle Spaghetti - Wild Mushrooms
Pea Ravioli - Ricotta Cheese
Rabbit Garganelli - Leffe. Mustard. Prunes. Tarragon
Hand Cut Maltagliati - Pork Ragù. Scallion. Gruyère
Seared Daurade Royale - Braised Endives. Orange. Black Rice. Farro
Seared Scallops - Cauliflower Puree. Roasted Cauliflower
Crispy Loup de Mer - Sunchokes Soubise. Crosnes. Salsifi Mushrooms. Bordelaise
Duck Confit - Farro. Black Rice. Wild Mushroom. Baby Spinach
Braised Beef Cheeks - Celery Root Puree. Horseradish Gremolata. Barolo Sauce
Truffle Burger - Onion Fondue. Boschetto. Truffle Aioli. Egg
Soft Polenta - Wild Mushrooms. Slow Poached Egg
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Manjari Chocolate Pot De Crème. Chestnut Tiramisu
Pistachio Creme Brulee - Apricot Sorbet. Rosemary Crumble
Panettone Bread Pudding - Gianduja. Hazelnut. Mascarpone Gelato
Chocolate Coulant - Toffee. Peanut Butter Ice Cream
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Key Lime Tart - Grapefruit Sorbet
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Scientists have developed a completely new way of delivering extremely high concentrations of gene-silencing siRNAs to target cells, based on nanoscale microspheres composed entirely of tightly packed, double-stranded RNA. The RNAi-microsponges developed by a multidisciplinary team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are constructs of long RNA polymers comprising repeating sequences of the designated siRNA. These RNA strands self assemble into incredibly dense crystalline microspheres, which resist degradation, are efficiently taken up into cells, and then are simply chopped up by the cell's own enzymes into vast numbers of active siRNAs.
The investigators, headed by Professor Paula T. Hammond, at MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and Department of Chemical Engineering, say the technology enables delivery of more than half a million copies of an siRNA to a cell in a single RNAi-microsponge. They report their achievement in Nature Materials, in a paper titled "Self-assembled RNA interference microsponges for efficient siRNA delivery."
Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) represent a promising therapeutic option for gene silencing, but one of the major hurdles to their clinical success is the difficulty in designing an efficient delivery method. siRNA carrier or encapsulation vehicles such as lipids or inorganic nanoparticles have shown some promise, but drawbacks with these techniques include the inability to load large amounts of siRNA into the carriers, because the short siRNA strands don't pack tightly, professor Hammond and team report. Moreover, producing the carriers is often costly, encapsulation isn't necessarily very efficient, and the large amounts of carrier required can lead to toxicity or immune response issues in vivo.
The ideal siRNA delivery approach would instead use the host cell's own oligonucleotide processing machinery to generate polymeric RNAi that could then be folded into dense particles representing both the carrier and the cargo, and which would be cleaved into its siRNA subunits within the target cells, the researchers suggest.
With this concept as their goal, the MIT researchers applied an enzymatic RNA polymerization technique, known as rolling circle transcription (RCT), to generate elongated polymers of pure RNA that could self assemble into organized nano- to microstructures. For their proof of principle work the team designed the RNA polymer to encode repeating units of an anti-luciferase siRNA, which they could then test in experimental models.
The construction technique first involved preparing long linear single-stranded DNA encoding complementary sequences of both the antisense and sense sequences of anti-luciferase siRNA. This long strand was then hybridized with short DNA strands containing the T7 promoter sequence, to form circular DNA. The circle was closed using T4 DNA ligase, and the circular DNA then used to produce RNA transcripts by RCT, which encode both antisense and sense sequences of the anti-luciferase siRNA. This effectively generates nanoscale pleated sheets of hairpin RNA that self-assemble into sponge-like microspheres. Critically, once internalized in cells, the RNA is split up into the 21 nucleotide-long RNA component units by activity of the enzyme Dicer, and then converted to active siRNAs by the RNA-induced silencing complex.
When the MIT team analyzed their RNA-microsponges, they estimated that each spherical particle contained about half a million tandem copies of Dicer-cleavable RNA strands. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showed that as the RCT polymerization process progressed, the products first formed fiber-like structure, then a sheet-like structure, which subsequently thickened and started to exhibit a densely packed internal organization. By 12 hours the sheet structures began to develop wrinkled and semi-spherical constructs, and after 16 hours the RNA polymer continued to morph into interconnected globular superstructures. These spherical structures then start to separate into individual particles, and at about 20 hours the finished spherical 2 μm sponge-like structures were seen. These were confirmed by polarizing optical microscopy to have a crystalline structure.
Because the RNAi-microsponges are essentially highly concentrated balls of nearly 100% interfering RNA (RNAi), they should be an effective means of delivering siRNA to target cells. Analyses of Dicer enzyme-treated RNAi-microspheres confirmed that they yielded 21-bp products, and about 21% of the cleavable double-stranded RNA was actually chopped into siRNA. "With these results, we estimate that each individual RNAi-microsponge can yield about 102,000 siRNA copies," the authors write.
To boost cellular uptake of the RNA particles, the basic RNAi-microsponges were wrapped in polyethylenimine (PEI), which generated a net positively charged outer layer. The polymer coat also resulted in the RNA compacting down even further, so the particle size actually shrank from 2 μm down to just 200 nm, resulting in even higher RNA density. "To the best of our knowledge, this represents the highest number of siRNA molecular copies encapsulated in a nanoparticle," Professor Hammond et al state.
To test whether the particles were efficiently taken up by cells and could silence their target genes, the team incubated fluorescence-labelled RNAi-microsponge/PEI constructs with T22 cancer cells. They found that compared with the uncoated RNAi-microsponges, the compacted PEI-coated constructs were much more efficiently taken up by the cells, and reduced firefly luciferase expression down to 42.4%, at a concentration of 980 fM. In contrast, at the same concentration the uncoated RNAi-microsponges were only capable of slightly reducing firefly luciferase expression, while naked siRNA demonstrated very little gene silencing even at concentrations of up to 100 nM siRNA.
The investigators then tested the level of gene knockdown in vivo by imaging firefly luciferase expression in tumors injected directly with RNAi-microsponge/PEI. Encouragingly, they found that even extremely low numbers (2.1 fmol) of RNAi-microsponge/PEI particles were capable of significantly silencing firefly luciferase gene expression. "Roughly three orders of magnitude less carrier was required to achieve the same degree of gene silencing as a conventional particle-based vehicle," they claim.
The authors believe their RNAi-microsponge could represent a more cost-effective and efficient means of delivering high concentrations of siRNAs to target cells for therapeutic applications. The crystalline form of the polymeric RNA protects the RNA itself from degradation during delivery, while the polymerization approach can easily be modified, which means multiple RNA species could be included in the constructs for combination therapy. "The RNAi-microsponge presents a novel materials system in general owing to its unique morphology and nanoscale structure within the polymer particle," the team concludes, "and provides a promising self-assembling material that spontaneously generates a dense siRNA carrier for broad clinical applications of RNAi delivery using the intrinsic biology of the cell."
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"I think he has zero career fights in his career," Kesler said. "If you're going to continue to hit like that, I think you've got to answer the bell."
Kesler delivered a thigh-on-knee hit on Henrik Zetterberg's left leg, though Kesler denied doing so. "I have no idea what you're talking about," Kesler said when asked by a Detroit reporter.
Why? Why does Kesler magically think because Kronner wants to dish legitimate hits that stop plays dead in their tracks, ending what could be a potential odd man rush/scoring chance, he needs to drop the gloves? No less you come back later in the game and knee someone back? Please, someone get this 13 year old he isn't playing bantam anymore.
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Taxpayers pour nearly $9 million a year into salaries for central office administrators in the Buffalo Public Schools – the very people deemed by the district's distinguished educator to be largely responsible for the consistent failure of the system.
Teachers have long complained that district administrators isolated themselves in City Hall, growing increasingly out of touch with the realities of the classroom.
Now, teachers aren't the only ones complaining that central office staff are inaccessible, unresponsive and out of touch with the schools – so, too, is Judy L. Elliott, the distinguished educator appointed by state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to recommend ways to improve the district.
"Practices that have not demonstrated effectiveness continue to be implemented," Elliott wrote in her recent report to King. "There is an overall lack of coherent leadership at the central office as it pertains to [the 28 schools considered among the worst 5 percent in the state]."
For years, many of the same faces have populated City Hall, most of them products of the system, having spent their entire careers in the Buffalo Public Schools.
There were 104 central office administrators in 2010-11, the most recent year for which a comprehensive payroll was available for the district. Each administrator had been in the district an average of 15 years, The Buffalo News found, although most had spent a number of years teaching before being promoted to City Hall.
In addition to the more than two dozen non-union administrators on the payroll – including assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, the chief financial officer, chief of staff and others – there are dozens of union administrators, including directors and supervisors.
Average pay for central office administrators in 2010-11 was just over $85,000.
Union administrators work year-round, including summers. They are entitled to 24 vacation days a year, per their contract, and are off on legal holidays and during winter and spring recess – for a total of about 23 additional days off each year.
Each non-union administrator has an individual contract with the district, but their paid time off generally mirrors that of the union administrators.
Union administrators generally earn tenure protections after three years in a particular job. Exempt administrators, on the other hand, each have a personal one- to three-year contract, with no guarantee of renewal.
In her report to the state, Elliott did not point to specific individuals as being responsible for the dysfunction of the district. Rather, she referred repeatedly to central office as a whole.
"There is a lack of coherence and consistency for the central office's implementation of role, function and accountability for results," she wrote. "The current culture of the central office is one of compliance, rather than support to schools. Departments are siloed, and incoherent practices exist within each silo."
For years, the district has continued doing things largely the same way it always has, generating largely the same results, observers say.
Buffalo spends more than any other district in the state, at $23,000 per student, yet it remains unable to get more than a third of its students reading or doing math at grade level, or much more than half its students graduating from high school.
As a percentage of the district's overall budget, central office salaries are minuscule – only about one penny of every dollar the district spends goes to pay City Hall administrators.
But the district is not getting a good return on that money, Elliott's report suggests.
Under former Superintendent James A. Willliams, the size of the non-union administrative staff – those at the top of the chain of command – more than doubled, from 13 to 28.
Williams defended the appointments, saying he saved taxpayers money because those administrators worked long hours without getting paid for overtime.
"I wish I could make everyone exempt, because I wouldn't have to pay them overtime," he said in an interview last year.
Several of his appointees failed to meet the minimum job qualifications posted for their positions. He said that while they might not have met specific requirements, they were smart and capable.
"There's no one on my staff who is not qualified," he said. "Our kids deserve the best and the brightest. That's how I operate."
School Board members expressed surprise and even outrage when The News reported last year that Williams had doubled the exempt staff. Several said he failed to inform them of the additions as he made them.
Similarly, many of his appointments to union administrative positions snuck under the radar, as well.
After serving in an administrative position for three years in a probationary period, union administrators are supposed to be formally presented to the board for consideration for tenure.
Williams failed to present at least three of them to the board for tenure; in the months after he left, then-interim Superintendent Amber M. Dixon failed to present five more for tenure. As a result, all automatically received tenure – unbeknownst to the School Board at the time – through a stipulation in state law that grants the benefit of the doubt to employees in such cases when a district fails to adhere to the rules. That came to light a few weeks ago, when the executive director of human resources – who has served in that role for less than a year – recognized the problem and formalized their tenure.
When Williams left a year ago, Dixon vowed to pare the size of the exempt staff – and she did. By the time she stepped down in July, Dixon had downsized the non-union administrators to fewer than 20.
Some resigned, taking jobs in the private sector or elsewhere in public service. Others saw their positions eliminated and accepted lower-paying jobs within the district.
In contrast, one of Superintendent Pamela C. Brown's first major acts was to add another person to the ranks of the exempt administrators, filling a position that had been vacant about a year. She appointed former Bennett High School principal David Mauricio as a community superintendent, making him the only one of three community superintendents with high school experience.
Brown points to his appointment, as well as a restructuring of the dozens of City Hall administrators, as her first major step toward improving the Buffalo Public Schools. She has organized three academic support teams, each with a dozen instructional specialists, to work with the community superintendents to help respond to schools better and more quickly, she said.
She says she believes she can get different, better results from the longtime central office staff.
"Yes, we are utilizing the services of mostly the same people," she acknowledged. "But I believe leadership makes a difference. I believe doing the right kind of work with the right kind of focus and monitoring the impact of what you're doing makes a difference."
During her first three months as superintendent, Brown did not appoint anyone from outside the district to any non-union positions. But she says she plans to exercise that discretion soon, once she has had the chance to fully assess the staff that's already in place.
She rebuts speculation that School Board members – some of whom worked as administrators in the district – will block her from bringing in outsiders.
"I will exercise that authority in the next couple of months, to bring in my own people," Brown said.
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MARTINSBURG — Growing up, Kristi Cotter was not in poverty for lack of money, but she found herself in an abusive home lacking love, but overflowing with despair....
So, what other legislators were there? If the Journal is not going to do complete reporting, at least those who were there!
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Did someone suddenly tell the folks in Charleston that 1/4 of the kids in West Virginia live in poverty. That many of them live within shouting distance of the Governors mansion. That the educational system is the WORST in the US. That poverty will continue until they fix education and quit hold their hands out for welfare from Washington. That government welfare programs are poverty programs.
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Sorry Rev, that's not Ms Cotter in the photo. It's Mrs Lawrence.
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I have no idea what this story or these people are trying to say. None.
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Snick: "Sorry Rev, that's not Ms Cotter in the photo. It's Mrs Lawrence."
I'm really confused. I thought she was the one holding the sign.
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This is one of the most important issues being discussed this session in Charleston, you can follow it online when Sen Unger has his committee hearings, WV Legislature.gov, listen live to senate finance committee on Wednesday's.
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Kristi is an amazing woman, wife and mother who broke that bondage of generational poverty! She experienced in a very young age what most of us never will our entire life! God is the reason she is out of that bondage! Please stop with the sterotypes that everyone one welfare wishes to be there. Some were born into and truly have no knowledge of anything else. Others faced a loss of job, illness ect. Doesn't matter why they are there! What matters is we, as a community, not knock them down more but be there to say we care and help them back up. This is done between programs, churches, outreaches and us laying down our differences and being decent human beings. Kristi can help shed a light and she should be praised for having the courage to share something that was so hurtful. She did and will continue to do an amazing job being a voice in this community!!!!
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Poverty is a community problem that requires local resources. No government bureaucracy is going to fix this, that's why the governments "war on poverty" has been such a failure. Everyone looks to the government for solutions, but we need to look to each other to help out our community.
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Thank you for the support deanddan,that truely encourages me to keep stepping out of my comfort zone in effort to reach kids and bring the gospel to the community. I was so nervous standing up there giving part of my dark testimony in front of people I never even seen before, but I hope I was able to make a impact about what is really going on in the streets and how many children are falling through the cracks. Im glad I survived, and rejoice that the Lord pulled me thorugh. I know people are going to hate and try to jump at me, but if the Lord if for me who can be against? Im so excited to see how he is going to have those involved carry out His divine plan for revival of this community. Yes, I have done some very ugly things in my past, but there is hope for the future and hope for the children we can reach with that message....hope! Mr.Gramcracker...that is not me, just to clarify...it is not nice to assume without knowing.Jesus looked upon the flock and had compassion on them.
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We need to lift people up, not condemn them. Jesus felt compassion on them because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd. People need love...
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His art, mainly parodies on famous stories, films and superheroes, was additionally present in the weekly youth paper Primeras Noticias, that was primarily distributed between schools. In the mid 1970s he drew the 'Candy Floss' comic for the British market.
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