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A two-seater, single-engine, experimental aircraft crashed Tuesday at the Animas Air Park south of Durango.
Two passengers, Robert and Louise Pavicic of Prescott, Ariz., were uninjured in the crash.
The accident occurred at 12:35 p.m. as Robert Pavicic was attempting to land from the south end of the runway.
Pavicic said he was going too slow and was too high and he missed the middle of the runway and skidded off the right side into a grassy area.
The Pavicic�s were en route from Prescott. They planned to visit Durango for a couple of days before returning home.
The Lancair Legacy broke apart in several locations, including the tail.
Both Robert, 65, and Louise Pavicic, 67, walked away from the crash uninjured.
Louise Pavicic was good-humored about the bad situation.
Not only were they uninjured, but Louise Pavicic said the jostling may have aligned her spine.
�People do have good crashes,� she said.
Louise, who is not a pilot, said she was just beginning to feel comfortable flying with her husband, who has been flying since 1967.
The red-and-white plane was named �Little Lady in Red.�
She used to tell her husband it was the only other lady he was allowed to mess around with.
On Tuesday, she said: �Bob, you know you just lost your plane, don�t you? And your passenger.�
She added: �My heart breaks for him. We�re going to cry it out later.�
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified of the crash.
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5 Jobs Everyone in the World Should Have at Some Point
I don't think I'm the smartest guy in the room. I've never claimed to have all the answers.
I just think that I know exactly what to do to make the world noticeably better, in the span of a year or two. That's all. I'm proposing that every person on the planet spends one or two years doing all five jobs on this list. I'm not saying it'll solve everything, just almost everything.
#5. Waiting Tables
Every waiter reading this article is quietly saying. "Fuck yes" at this moment, because everyone who has ever waited tables at some point has had this realization: If everyone was forced to wait tables for one year, the world would be so much better!
"And Mondays should be part of the weekend, and dogs should vote!"
Everyone has that realization because it's totally true. I've waited tables at shitty, poorly run diners; expensive, fancy restaurants; and a Ruby Tuesday (to me, the exact middle on that spectrum of restaurants), and all I could think was "Damn, everyone should have to do this awful, awful thing."
Why Everyone Should Have This Job:
You learn a whole lot about people by serving them. How a person behaves to the guy fetching his drinks says a lot about that person. And you, as a waiter, start to figure out what kind of person you want to be. Are you the guy who makes eye contact with your waiter and speaks to him like a human, or are you the guy who hisses when he wants to catch a waiter's attention (happened to me)? Everyone on the planet should know what it's like to have to serve someone else. It's humbling, and sometimes terrible, and some other times mostly OK.
#4. Something With Kids
Teacher. Camp counselor. Parent. Any one of those jobs works for this one. I was a camp counselor for a few summers, but that was when I was 17 and thus incapable of learning anything that wasn't related to chasing girls or eating French fries. But I'm older now and every once in a while, I work with children. I don't want to get into the specifics, so let's just say I moonlight as the foreman of a very successful nunchuck factory that exclusively employs white children between the ages of 6 and 11. I got into it a few years ago and just fell in love with it.
Their little hands are good at pressing the elaborate series of buttons I've installed.
I've picked up a few important lessons in my time as a stern but fair toddler-wrangling nunchuck-peddler, and not just that using free labor is an incredibly smart business decision (although oh my God yes). I didn't learn anything from the kids themselves (children are lying little shitboxes), but I learned plenty from the experience. For example, after work one day, we all went to a nearby playground to unwind. One of the boy-kids thought it might be cool to see how many kids could fit on a tire swing, and he asked me for permission. I thought about it, agreed that it seemed very cool in theory, but I wasn't sure if it would be particularly safe to load 23 children onto a rickety old tire swing. But they weren't my kids, and safety wasn't really my call, so I just shrugged.
"Absolutely," I said. "I'm sure if this was unsafe, one of the adults would stop us." I trusted the vague concept of the ever-present adult person who always kept me safe when I was doing dumb shit on playgrounds. The grown-ups would never let us do something if it was unsafe.
And when the eighth kid got on and a dangerous situation was clearly underway, I had a startling realization: I am the adult!
"But no one told me!"
Without realizing it, I had become something that resembled a grown-up authority figure to a bunch of stupid fucking kids, which was weird, because in my head I was still a stupid fucking kid. Being the only thing standing between children and the death that they seem to so desperately crave with their manic recklessness is sobering, to be sure. When I realized these kids trusted and unknowingly depended on me, I never took my position lightly again.
Anyway we could only get 11 kids on that swing.
Why Everyone Should Have This Job:
It's important to, for at least a little while, be the person on whom little kids rely for their safety. Obviously parents don't need to do this job, but anyone else, like me, who is on a direct path of relaxing selfishness and childless leisure should have to understand the pressure and stress of trying not to ruin children. The quickest way to feel like a grown-up is to have a little kid hate you for keeping them safe.
Also, you'll learn to have more empathy for absolutely anyone who does have children, because kids are the worst people on the planet. Sticky little liars who can't even hunt, that's what all of them are, and anyone who dedicates their lives to raising them deserves slack, all the time, from everyone.
#3. Tech Support of Any Kind
I've never had a job working in tech support, but I have called it, and I am an idiot, so I have a pretty good idea of what they have to deal with. Tech Support, as a concept, sounds impossible to me: You get on the phone with someone who has a problem they can't articulate that they want you to fix, and then they yell at you if you don't do it.
I'm not very tech savvy, but I certainly know more than my parents, so I try to help them over the phone whenever something goes wrong with their computer or Blu-ray player or the attack robot I bought them for their last anniversary. It's really tough for someone to talk about computers if they didn't have them growing up, because there's a language barrier; they just don't have the vocabulary. Everyone who has ever had to help their parents fix a computer knows this. And, if you work in Tech Support, you have to deal with the computer illiterate parents of the entire world. And other just general, run-of-the-mill idiots. Like me. As I said, I know more about computers than my parents, but not a lot. I still have to call a professional when something goes wrong with my computer. This is what one of those calls typically looks like:
Me: Hey, my computer's not how it usually is.
Tech: Alright, sir, I'm happy to help. Why don't you tell me what's wrong with it?
Me: It's just broken. And it's usually not. That's the weird thing.
Tech: OK, what's ... Tell me what you're doing, describe what things look like.
Me: I'm talking on a phone, things are looking good.
Tech: Talk about your computer.
Me:I hate it!
Tech: Sir, look at your computer screen at the parts that aren't working, and tell me what you're doing and what you see when they don't work.
Me: Well, I want to open a browser, but when I use the browser and click on the browser, the browser doesn't come up. What do you think it means?
Tech: I think you're calling too many things "Browser." I would like you to pick one thing to call "Browser." Doesn't matter which, just decide one of the things on your computer is the browser, and then give different names to anything that isn't that.
Me: I'm going to call the clicky thing that fits in my hand the "browser," because I use it when I browse the brows- Oh, shit. I'm still doing it.
Tech: That's fine. Why don't you just restart your computer?
Me: Help me! The screen is different now.
Me, doing my best.
Tech: That's fine. Are you seeing a blue screen?
Me: I don't know that I'd call it "blue," exactly.
Tech: Well, what color would you call it?
Me: Doesn't really feel like my place to say.
Tech: Sir, please tell me what color your screen is currently.
Me: I'll give you this: It's definitely in the blue family. It's, like, a cousin of blue.
Tech: That's fine, sir, thank-
Me: Like a second cousin of blue, I misspoke.
Tech: That's very good, sir. Now, if you-
Me: Ah! My phone's in my mouth now! Can you do anything about that?
Tech: Sir, I can't hear you.
Why Everyone Should Have This Job:
Tech Support is about teaching someone who doesn't speak the same language as you to fix their problems just by talking to them. Imagine how much better we, as a global community, would be at communicating with each other if we all had to spend a year in Tech Support. In the way that a lawyer trains her mind for organizing thoughts and building arguments, a Tech Support employee trains his mind for pleasantly and efficiently communicating with people who are much, much dumber.


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"It was important for us to be there to advocate on behalf of our patients and fight to sustain the innovative research conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)," says Meghan Buzby, IMF Director of U.S. Advocacy. She was joined in Washington D.C. by fellow IMF advocacy team members Tiffany Kaszuba and Jennifer Leib.
"With devastating cuts to its budget, the NIH will face a decline in important scientific advances in cancer treatment," says Meghan Buzby. "This will impact all cancer patients, including myeloma patients. Without funding for research we cannot keep moving forward in the fight against cancer."
The rally coincided with the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Over 200 organizations were represented at the rally, which was organized to protest the 5% cut to the NIH's $31 billion budget imposed by Congress last month through sequestration.
Myeloma patient Victor Slootsky, of Ashton, Maryland, says what drew him to attend the rally was the threat the cutbacks pose to cutting-edge cancer research. "I was diagnosed with myeloma in 2008. The fact that I am able to attend a rally like this is because of advances made in myeloma treatment. Cancer patients want to see research speeded up – not slowed down by funding roadblocks."
Research aimed at improving the life of myeloma patients is at the core of the IMF's mission, notes Meghan Buzby. "The IMF's research arm, the International Myeloma Working Group, is actively engaged in myeloma research around the world. Just last month we were excited to launch the IMF's groundbreaking Black Swan Research Initiative™."
One after another, for more than two hours, lawmakers, patient advocates, and celebrities addressed the importance of research for patients and society. All agreed that the nation's health is at stake. As the Dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine, put it, "Today's scientific discovery is tomorrow's medical advance."


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What Is Biblical Stewardship?
from R.C. Sproul Sep 30, 2016 Category: ArticlesThe concept in the New Testament that describes and defines what it means to be a servant before Christ is the word stewardship. Economics and the ethical and emotional issues that surround it are frequent topics of discussion and front-page news items. This is particularly true in an election year... Keep Reading
Deathbed Repentance
from R.C. Sproul Aug 28, 2010 Category: R.C. Sproul"Can you repent at the moment of death and still have the same salvation as someone who's been a Christian for many years?" Read Dr. Sproul's response. Keep Reading
The Problem of Pleasure (pt. 6)
from John Gerstner Aug 27, 2010 Category: ArticlesToday we come to the second-to-last section from John Gerstner's The Problem of Pleasure. He has already written of The Non-Problem of Pain, he has shown that The Real Problem is Pleasure, he has suggested Why Pain is Not the Problem and has answered the question Why Do the "Righteous" Suffer? In this article he asks, "Why does God permit pleasure?" Keep Reading
Celebrate Friday with these $5 Specials
from Karisa Schlehr Aug 27, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsToday's $5 Friday sale runs from 8 a.m. through 8 a.m. Saturday EST. Find resources on worship, Islam, the person and work of Christ and more. Click here to view today's $5 Friday specials. Keep Reading
The Frozen Chosen
from Tim Challies Aug 26, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineReformed Christians are sometimes accused of being cold and callous, people who are Christian stoics or even fatalists. We are, to some, "the frozen chosen." In this article from the August issue of Tabletalk, Keith Mathison suggests that we may have earned this unfortunate nickname. He takes grief as an example of an area in which we may lack biblical balance, unintentionally offending others as we allow our sense of God's sovereignty to trump our understanding of the reality that death is an unnatural state. He goes on to encourage Christians to grieve well. "Here and now, we grieve with those who grieve, not as unbelievers with no hope of the resurrection, but as believers who know death cannot defeat us, but who still hate this enemy of God and the pain and loneliness it causes to our brothers and sisters. We grieve as those who cannot wait to see death destroyed once and for all." Keep Reading
Misrepresenting Darwin?
from Chris Larson Aug 25, 2010 Category: EventsDr. Albert Mohler has responded to critics claiming he misrepresented Charles Darwin's views as he set sail on the Beagle. Keep Reading
The Problem of Pleasure (pt. 5)
from John Gerstner Aug 25, 2010 Category: ArticlesThis article continues Dr. Gerstner's look at The Problem of Pleasure. Here he answers the age-old question "Why do the 'righteous' suffer?" He concludes that "in spite of all the intellectual agonizing about the problem of pain, the only problem is explaining why pain is a problem. In a sinful world pain is axiomatic." It is the absence of pain that would prove a real problem for those who honestly seek answers. The better question, one formed in light of God's revelation is this: "Why is there so little pain and suffering?" Keep Reading
Updated Ligonier App Now Available
from Karisa Schlehr Aug 24, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsNew updates and features are now available for the free Ligonier App for iPhone and iPod Touch. With the Ligonier App, you can listen to or watch broadcast archives, read a daily Bible devotional, and enjoy thousands of free messages, articles, and devotionals. The updated features include background audio, fast app switching, advanced audio download, and more. Keep Reading
Martin Bucer: A Reformer and His Times
from Keith Mathison Aug 24, 2010 Category: ArticlesWriting in 1539, John Calvin described Martin Bucer as a man "who on account of his profound scholarship, his bounteous knowledge about a wide range of subjects, his keen mind, his wide reading, and many other different virtues, remains unsurpassed today by anyone, can be compared with only a few, and excels the vast majority." Calvin wrote these words during his three year stay in Strasbourg (1538–1541), where Bucer was a prominent Reformer. After his arrival in the city, Calvin lived for a time in Bucer's house before moving into a house with a back yard that abutted Bucer's back yard. During this time the two Reformers became close, and Bucer greatly influenced his younger colleague. Yet in spite of the close connection between Bucer and Calvin, Bucer remains something of an unknown for many Reformed Christians, relegated to the role of a secondary Reformer. Keep Reading
Tell Us Your Stories
from Collin Hansen Aug 23, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineCollin Hansen has a word for older believers. Asking you to overlook the pride of younger Christians, he asks you to do us one big favor: tell us your stories. "Your stories give us the perspective we haven't yet gained with experience. We don't yet understand how much we don't know. Our youthful bluster masks insecurity. We stand tall against withering attacks from our peers, but we've hardly been tested. We fear that when harder times come our faith will prove ephemeral. But your stories gird us against these doubts. So look underneath our confident exterior. You'll find that younger Christians actually want to hear from older believers about how God demonstrated His faithfulness in their generation." Keep reading to find how stories have influenced Collin, how they have led him to praise God for what he has done in the past, and how they have encouraged him to ask God to do great things in the future. Keep Reading
Discerning Between Joy and Happiness
from R.C. Sproul Aug 22, 2010 Category: R.C. Sproul"Don't worry—be happy!" From popular music to a cultural slogan, this adage is stated in the form of an imperative. It reflects the idea that happiness can be evoked by an act of the will. Yet the prevailing assumption among us is that happiness is something that happens to us or in us. It is a passive experience. We may be active in seeking it, as its pursuit is considered to be an inalienable right of Americans. But the thing itself, as elusive as it may be, is often regarded as something involuntary. Keep Reading


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on January 25, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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Recently, I had some very attractive hardwood floors installed in my bedroom, and as always I took the opportunity to talk to the gentlemen performing such tasks. For a long time now, I have been convinced that our perceptions about education have gotten us on the wrong track in the way we view those who work with their hands.
It seems that whenever we engage in discussions about the value of learning, we rarely give time in reverence to those who have become so important to our societal existence. To many of us who have degrees, it seems to go to the notion that we are more intelligent than the people who do not have degrees; or who simply have chosen to work in occupations that require the wearing of jeans in the outdoors, instead of the wearing of slacks in the office. How often society looks down upon those working in what might be considered the least attractive of occupations.
What brought this to mind was a conversation I overheard in an elevator just before the holiday break. It occurred between two students, both seniors, who were discussing their possibilities for employment after graduation.
The female said she was willing to work anywhere, do anything, as long as she could make some money. The male, a bit strident, said he was not willing to work just "any ole where," because he was getting his degree, and he expected to make a lot of money sitting behind a desk, and certainly not in an occupation that required him to work with his hands. She wanted to know what was so wrong with engaging in physical labor. "That's for peasants," was his reply.
Now, I am not naive by any stretch, but I was taken aback by the quite insensitive and indelicate response by one so young and generally thought to be well-educated. How pleased I would have been to tap him on the shoulder and to ask if he was comfortable or even a little thankful for the clothes he was wearing, or even enjoyed the elevator that was taking him to the ground floor – both, by the way, having been made by strangers of many, many pairs of hands.
I wondered if he had been to a bakery lately, or had his car repaired, or his clothes cleaned, or savored a meal in a fine restaurant? Somewhere, somehow, someone was using those "uneducated" little hands to render him a bearable existence.
I would never have thought to mention such a discussion to Chris and his brother, Allen, who are following in the flooring business that was established by their father some 35 years ago. But speak we must of Chris, who one might say is going against the grain. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering, a master's in science and he worked in a professional field for 12 years before deciding to return home and to work in the family business. He gave up his shirt and tie to become a professional at laying those marvelous floors. So good are these men that there seems no end to demands for their services.
How fortunate for us that we have yet to discover a means for outsourcing the plumber, the electrician, the garbage collector and the man who cleans the septic. Because of their perceived occupational indignity, there are jobs that people will refuse to do, making our class structure an intricate part of our educational problems.
Character, then, lies not so much in the job to be done but rather in one who has chosen to do it.
Wes Carter, a retired UB professor who lives in Clarence, thinks our perceptions about education are misguided.


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Oh, Miley. Miley! Why? Why did you take over the Internet this week? Every time I went online, there was another Miley meme that sprouted up. There was nary a cat video in sight – unless someone digitally inserted Miley twerking on a cat.
Commentary and jokes focused on Miley (and not Robin Thicke, it's interesting to note) were everywhere, so it would be egregious to not talk about her in a column about the biggest things online. So, here it is: The best (or worst, depending on how you feel about it) of Miley's Internet takeover.
Miley Cyrus Twerking on Famous Paintings
But is it art? (NOPE.)
Miley #twerking on famous paintings. Cc: Grandtheft https://t.co/HxCrrjkbgP— DJ FIVE (@djfive) August 26, 2013
A Thousand (or So It Seemed) Twitter Accounts in Honor of Her Tongue Sprung Up
Welcome to the Internet, @Mileys_Tongue_, @Mileystongue, @CyrussTongue and the rest of you. You guys have all killed novelty accounts.
Robin Thicke's Suit Inspired Creative Theories into the Creation of Mythical Creatures
If you say his name three times he won't appear. Sorry, RT fangirls.
How Beetlejuice was born. pic.twitter.com/0DijPf8rfv— Jamie Kennedy (@JamieKennedy) August 26, 2013
Following an In-Depth Look on "Twerking", #ABCreports Trends on Twitter
The Jeffersons and Diabetes. How "Finally getting a piece of the pie" led to their demise tonight at 10:03 pm eastern on #abcreports— Tony J (@tonetigre10) August 28, 2013
Is He Brandy's or Monica's? Fifteen Years Later, The "Boy" Speaks Out. #ABCreports— lauren ashley smith (@msLAS) August 27, 2013
And Then There Was the Whole "Miley Looks Like…." Trend
Remember Angelica's doll from the Rugrats? She looks like Miley Cyrus. pic.twitter.com/fDcc0bCcZb— miguel pilarta (@miggoww) August 26, 2013
Miley Cyrus and Jim Carrey from In Living Color. Same person? (via @JColeWrld) pic.twitter.com/2liFZ4vWei— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) August 26, 2013
And, of Course, Memes About Miley's Parents Spread
There was even a hashtag, #StayStrongBillyRayCyrus
Miley's mom at the vmas pic.twitter.com/TI4c8L3mYs— Halie (@halie_thomas) August 27, 2013
this was Billy Ray Cyrus during Miley's VMA's performance last night #staystrongbillyraycyrus pic.twitter.com/qTFHBle4dd— Common White Girl (@girlposts) August 26, 2013
So to sum up the week: We are all the baby cat in need of a hug.


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Overpopulation and Electric CarsPosted Thursday, February 7, 2008, at 10:10 AM
Finally I have discovered a valid reason to support electric cars, and it's not to reduce greenhouse gases. Yesterday Cooper Patterson enlightened me with his thoughts on the subject and, with his permission, it goes like this.
Every parent's nightmare is having their children finally reach the age of 16, and get behind the wheel. Why not pass a federal law that mandates that all first time drivers can only legally drive an electric car with special features such as: Max. speed 55 mph, 2 seats, GPS monitored, breathalyzer activated ingnition, super front and side air bags, etc., etc. Well, you get the idea. Teenage drivers are going to have accidents, so why not limit the danger they pose to themselves and the rest of us with a small, slow, specially designed (to be wrecked) car. Cooper, you are a genius. And even though it won't do a thing to alleviate carbon emissions (electricity is produced by burning coal for the most part) the majority of Americans (and Congress) don't know that, so it will be a very "Green" and politically correct idea to sell. Cosmetically it will have to be "very cool" and "sporty" designed to attract "babes", but that should be very doable. We'll just get Hannah Montana to drive one for a commercial spot, maybe for Pepsi in the next Superbowl commercials.
Now, on a much more serious subject (not that teenage traffic accidents aren't), we also need to address the number one problem facing our planet: OVERPOPULATION !
For China and India it's too late, but here in the USA there's still time. Here's the plan, and it was first proposed by Edward Abbey, a great author and environmentalist, back in the 1970's.
Every female (and male, my suggestion) should have the option of undergoing a free, reversable, tubal ligation (or vasectomy) upon reaching the age of puberty. To encourage this option, our government would give them, at no charge, the automobile of their choice (see above for details). Later in life, after receiving a college degree, providing proof of employment, and paying the government the original purchase price of their first automobile, their reproductive surgery would be reversed, allowing them the privelage of giving birth to their first child. Any further children would be optional, but costly, as each additional child would increase the family's tax burden by a fair and reasonable amount.
Sound Orwellian, maybe, but I believe anything voluntarily offered, and utilized by society, that affects a positive outcome can't be bad. Just look at the lottery (albeit, a tax on the stupid) and how much money it has generated for education. How just is that? Stupid people (who can't figure odds and probability) paying to eradicate the production of more stupid people. Oh well, I feel lucky today. I think I'll go buy a lottery ticket. I love this country.
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The whole concept of the teen driving issue is pointless because no matter what rules or regulations that are passed they will be broken. So it would be best to just keep everything the way it is.
The idea of reversable tubal ligation or vasectomy is not bad at all. I think it would help the world population issue decrease, but the whole give away a car thing is kind of stupid.
-- Posted by Taylor on Thu, Feb 7, 2008, at 1:08 PM
The whole concept of the teen driving issue is pointless because no matter what rules or regulations that are passed they will be broken. So it would be best to just keep everything the way it is.
The idea of reversable tubal ligation or vasectomy is not bad at all. I think it would help the world population issue decrease, but the whole give away a car thing is kind of stupid.
Morton Taylor
-- Posted by Taylor on Thu, Feb 7, 2008, at 1:11 PM
All I have to say is that anything that Hannah Montana drives would definitely be sold to Americans! The fascination of "famous" people in this country is unreal. I think we all desire to live better lives and spontaneously live through those that have it all, like Hannah Montana! On a more serious note though concerning overpopulation; our planet has more than 6.5 billion humans on Earth and 137 million are added every year, even though this a lot of this is added because of natural growth, the majority of population growth is because of in migration. Most of the migration that occurs today is because of the search of the world's people for a desire for a better life in wealthier regions of the world. Millions migrate because of civil unrest, political persecution, and environmental disasters. I don't necessarily believe that the vasectomy of young adults is going to make a drastic change on the overpopulation of the world.
-- Posted by Emilee Peery on Thu, Feb 7, 2008, at 1:16 PM
Good point Emilee, it may not work as well as I think it would here in other parts of the world.
-- Posted by kennethjones on Thu, Feb 7, 2008, at 4:11 PM
Perhaps the U.S. government can stock up on the $2,500 car being manufactured by Tata in India - it has a lot of the characteristics you describe.
Regarding overpopulation, it may be an issue in the long run, but my view is that in the short run, with birthrates at all-time lows in Europe, Japan and North America, we need the children being born in the developing world. Living in the Northeast, it's very apparent that immigrants are sweeping our streets, cleaning restaurants, hotels, and doing the jobs American's often won't do.
-- Posted by LJW_NYC on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, at 7:33 AM
I want a vasectomy now, but you know you have to already had a kid to get it! how crazy is that?
And I like electric cars soley for the idea of getting off Saudi oil. There is someting upsetting about buying stuff from mass murderers and leaders that hate us. The Air Car sounds better to me tho
-- Posted by jonboon on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, at 9:58 AM
This sounds pretty good to me, but I think you might sweeten the deal by having the car you get with your vasectomy come equipped with an extra-large back seat.
-- Posted by kenteutsch on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, at 11:19 AM
I think the whole car thing is a overall good idea but teenagers are going to find ways to break the rules. So I don't think that idea would work well, but it might.
I think the vasectomy idea is a good idea as well.
Ashley Haycraft
-- Posted by ashleyh07 on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, at 12:52 PM
I agree with the electirc car for teens idea. I know several people who have died or been injured because of the stupidity of most teen drivers. Mandating safer cars would be a great alternative to raising driving age (which will never happen). As for the overpopulation, it would also help to reduce poverty and abortion rates by keeping teenagers from getting pregnant.
(Meridath Taylor)
-- Posted by meridath on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, at 5:08 PM
This is too extreme to ever get passed in Congress - but a toned down version could stand a chance.
In regards to the "electric" cars for teens, why not offer HUGE insurance and tax breaks for anyone driving a car with speed and power restrictions. Instead of giving cars away after high school, give paid lease options for anyone attending college with no payments due if college is completed.
In regards to the overpopulation, require all public assistance to be accompanied by birth control. Make birth control options free.
-- Posted by bsmeme on Sun, Feb 10, 2008, at 2:25 PM
In the US, the highly educated, and members of upper socioeconomic classes are too self-centered to devote their time to raising children......... we need welfare babies to maintain the population..................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sun, Feb 10, 2008, at 5:24 PM
I think the population idea is a great idea. It is just getting everyone to agree with it would be hard.
-- Posted by Audrey Gilliam on Sun, Feb 10, 2008, at 6:45 PM
I like the idea of offering insurance and tax breaks but I also like the ability to pull a trailer or just be the dominant vcehicle on the road. It costs me $65 to fill up but I wouldn't go back to a car!
"In the US, the highly educated, and members of upper socioeconomic classes are too self-centered to devote their time to raising children......... we need welfare babies to maintain the population.................."
If only the welfare babies were being RAISED instead of just allowed to grow wildly...
-Diana Maddox-
-- Posted by dinana1 on Mon, Feb 11, 2008, at 5:49 PM
I like the idea about the vasectomy and about the electric car. Janica Humphrey
-- Posted by Janica on Mon, Feb 11, 2008, at 10:16 PM
I think that having those electric cars for new drivers is an excellent idea. i believe there would be less accidents and death caused by unexperienced drivers. I also like the idea of the tubal ligation and vasectomy. I think it would greatly have an effect on the population and decrease the amount of unwanted pregnacies for young women!
-- Posted by ShelbyB on Tue, Feb 12, 2008, at 10:32 AM
I believe in the your and Cooper Patterson's electric powered car
theory. Yes teenagers have the tendency of wrecking their first car, I crashed my first car six months after I had it. The electric car having convenient air bags
would provent teens from getting seriously hurt. The car not being able
to go over 55 is also good idea because, what teen doesn't want to go race their new car and show out? The electricity produced from burning coal powers the car, but how could you go about doing that?
I don't believe in your over population theory. Teens don't know what they want to do at that age. It is to early for them to make that kind of choice. Something could also happen during the surgery to harm their
reproductive organs to were they could have children. Children are the last thing on a teens mind. It's basically bribing teens with a new car of their choice to do it. If I was told I could get a new car, yeah I probably would have done it when I was a teen, no matter what the situation be. I don't think that this theory would go over so well with the government. They want to make money not spend it.
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-- Posted by JeccaLeigh on Fri, Feb 15, 2008, at 12:40 PM
in this day and age we really need to consider this you must be at least 25 years old to receive a valid drivers license in the country
-- Posted by hobbys on Sun, Feb 24, 2008, at 8:41 AM
Orewellian? That is straight out of "1984". No way would I support that. It's kind of like communism nice idea in theory but utter chaos in practice
-- Posted by theartfuldodger on Wed, Mar 12, 2008, at 10:55 AM
The thing we need to remember is that it is a right to drive given by the state and parents to 16yr olds. It is not something that they have to do. Nor is it a necessity that parents buy their children (and yes I'm insinuating anyone at that age is a child) a new car that is a sports car or the monster SUV on the road that can run well over 100mph. Parents have just as much involvement in this as anyone else. I know it's my opinion and I'm entitled to it and many may not agree with my opinion. But I do think laws need to be stricter on anyone who has had their license for less than 5yrs. A probation period of sorts. You get a speeding ticket you get restrictions, you get two tickets, you lose it until you can prove you're more responsible. Kids period are going to want to drive whatever is fashionable, in this area they all love trucks that are jacked up in the air, that no one can in and out of sensibly, other parts they love the imports, some people love classic muscle cars. But it's all fashion to them. The parents clearly need to have more control and be able to say no to their children, and remember who's in charge, and that they as parents are intended to protect their kids and give them the best chances possible
-- Posted by miked on Fri, Mar 14, 2008, at 10:13 AM
Nathaniel, that was pretty much my point it comes down to the parents not the government. It seems like everyone wants to have a bigger government, what everyone needs to do is read the communist manifesto and realize that's where we are going if we aren't careful and where a majority of us don't want to be.
-- Posted by miked on Fri, Mar 14, 2008, at 10:23 PM
I find in reading those sites that say that population problems are a myth that their evidence is very sparse and inconclusive. Recently I read Book 1 of the free e-book series "In Search of Utopia" (http://andgulliverreturns.info), it blasts their lack of evidence relative to their calling overpopulation a myth. The book, actually the last half of the book, takes on the skeptics in global warming, overpopulation, lack of fresh water, lack of food, and other areas where people deny the evidence. I strongly suggest that anyone wanting to see the whole picture read the book, at least the last half.
The outdated fertility replacement rate of 2.1 is also clarified.
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Deciding whom to invite to your wedding can be a daunting task, particularly if you're getting input from both families, your conscience and your budget! Finalizing the guest list can result in flaring tempers and headaches. But with a little finesse and a few guidelines, you can create a guest list that will satisfy you and smooth any ruffled feathers.
First, think about how many people you envision at your wedding, and discuss it with your fiance. Is it small and intimate, a blowout bash or somewhere in between? This exercise should allow you to focus on the ideal number of guests.
Next, start listing family and close friends - both sides, please - to get a sense of who absolutely must be invited. Consider your chosen venues for ceremony and reception and how this number fits into those decisions.
Once the bare bones list has been decided, talk about who is not welcome. Do you want to invite children? A plus-guest option for the singles? How about ex-boyfriends/girlfriends? What about business acquaintances or people you don't get along with? Now is the time to sort it all out.
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Products such as wooly pockets (www.woollypocket.com) are fuzzy fabric planters that can easily be attached to a wall, and Succulent Gardens (sgplants.com) sells components to assemble a living picture with succulents. While these are just a few quality products, most can be assembled by an industrious do-it-yourselfer. We decided to use a pallet for our vertical garden.
Nowadays, you see pallets repurposed as lounge chairs, tables, walls, shelves and art. Pallets are constructed with low-quality wood with the sole purpose of transporting heavy items, such as 11/2 tons of sod. Most of the time, contractors are just looking for a way to get rid of them. If you're in the right place, you can have a vertical garden planter for free.
The first step is to attach a backing to one side of the pallet. This will contain the soil during the establishment phase. A thin square of plywood is sturdy and reliable. We took the inexpensive route and stapled a sheet of plastic to the back and along the sides.
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It took about two large bags of potting soil to fill the pallet. Native soil from the ground will be too heavy and could have drainage issues.
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The winds of change will blow through West Seneca's recreation department again to start the New Year.
Embattled director of youth, recreation and senior services Mary E. Josefiak is expected to return to her former post running the West Seneca Senior Center, and town officials are poised to create a part-time recreation director position during a regular Town Board meeting Thursday afternoon.
The board is scheduled to hold a 2 p.m. reorganization meeting that will be followed by a regular board meeting at 2:30 p.m. in Town Hall, 1250 Union Road.
"We had a study done by a private consultant," said Councilman Eugene P. Hart. "We're pretty much following all the recommendations."
The recommendations by Public Sector HR Consultants LLC of Albany included splitting up the trio of departments that the town had consolidated just two years ago as a way to save the town money. The consulting firm also recommended running its recreation department with a part-time staff.
Josefiak, who was appointed from the Senior Center to the consolidated post overseeing the youth, recreation and senior services departments, had continuously petitioned the Town Board for an assistant in early 2012 to help with her duties that she said took up to 100 hours per week. The Town Board, however, continuously balked.
Then, Josefiak drew criticism from some town officials and members of the public after it became public that she had been paid $84.90 an hour in overtime double pay by chaperoning monthly dances at the West Seneca Senior Citizens' Center early last year on top of her $83,796 annual salary.
The board sought the consultant's independent study for recommendations as to how best to administer its personnel in youth, recreation and senior services.
Josefiak's salary, Hart said, is expected to decrease by about $20,000 as she returns to her former position. Her union membership status, which also arose as an issue in 2012, is also expected to be ascertained by town officials, Hart said.
Meanwhile, the duties of managing both the youth and recreation departments would be handled by the to-be-hired part-time director. The salary for that post has yet to be set by the town board.
Hart said he expects the town to about break even or possibly save some money. The town expended nearly $120,000 for part-time help in the recreation department in 2012, according to Hart's estimates.
"I think $119,000 is way overboard for part-time help," he said. "I expect we'll cut down on that significantly."
In other developments expected Thursday, the Town Board is expected to appoint West Seneca attorney John Fenz as its new town prosecutor. Fenz would replace Shawn P. Martin, who would stay on as the town's attorney.
At least one board member, at last year's reorganization meeting, suggested the town should seek a new prosecutor to allow Martin time to dedicate full attention to his regular duties as town attorney.
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WASHINGTON – Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.
Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Fla., where he had lived in retirement, according to a U.S. official.
A much-decorated combat soldier in Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was known popularly as "Stormin' Norman" for a notoriously explosive temper. He served in his last military assignment in Tampa as commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters responsible for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly 20 countries from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan.
Schwarzkopf became "CINC-Centcom" in 1988 and when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait three years later to punish it for allegedly stealing Iraqi oil reserves, he commanded Operation Desert Storm, the coalition of some 30 countries organized by then-President George H.W. Bush that succeeded in driving the Iraqis out.
At the peak of his postwar national celebrity, Schwarzkopf – a self-proclaimed political independent – rejected suggestions that he run for office, and remained far more private than other generals, although he did serve briefly as a military commentator for NBC.
While focused primarily in his later years on charitable enterprises, he campaigned for President George W. Bush in 2000 but was ambivalent about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying he doubted victory would be as easy as the White House and Pentagon predicted. "What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind. It really should be part of the overall campaign plan," he said.
Initially Schwarzkopf had endorsed the invasion, saying he was convinced that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had given the United Nations powerful evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. After that proved false, he said decisions to go to war should depend on what U.N. weapons inspectors found.
He seldom spoke up during the conflict, but in late 2004, he sharply criticized then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the Pentagon for mistakes that included inadequate training for Army reservists sent to Iraq and for erroneous judgments about Iraq.
"In the final analysis I think we are behind schedule. ... I don't think we counted on it turning into jihad (holy war)," he said in an NBC interview.
Schwarzkopf was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, N.J., where his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police, was then leading the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap case, which ended with the arrest and 1936 execution of German-born carpenter Richard Hauptmann for stealing and murdering the famed aviator's infant son.
Although reputed to be short-tempered with aides and subordinates, he was a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who didn't like "Stormin' Norman" and preferred to be known as "the Bear," a sobriquet given him by troops.
Young Norman followed in his father's footsteps to West Point, graduating in 1956 with an engineering degree. After stints in the United States and abroad, he earned a master's degree in engineering at the University of Southern California and later taught missile engineering at West Point.
In 1966, he volunteered for Vietnam and served two tours, first as a U.S. adviser to South Vietnamese paratroops and later as a battalion commander in the U.S. Army's Americal Division. He earned three Silver Stars for valor – including one for saving troops from a minefield – plus a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and three Distinguished Service Medals.
After Saddam invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Schwarzkopf played a key diplomatic role by helping to persuade Saudi Arabia's King Fahd to allow U.S. and other foreign troops to deploy on Saudi territory as a staging area for the war to come.
On Jan. 17, 1991, a five-month buildup called Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm as allied aircraft attacked Iraqi bases and Baghdad government facilities. The six-week aerial campaign climaxed with a massive ground offensive on Feb. 24-28, routing the Iraqis from Kuwait in 100 hours before U.S. officials called a halt.
Schwarzkopf said afterward that he agreed with Bush's decision to stop the war rather than drive to Baghdad to capture Saddam.
But in a desert meeting with vanquished Iraqi generals, he allowed a key concession on Iraq's use of helicopters. It backfired by enabling Saddam to crack down on rebellious Shiites and Kurds. After retiring from the Army in 1992, Schwarzkopf wrote a best-selling autobiography, "It Doesn't Take A Hero."
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Reaction to the death of retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf:
"With the passing of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, we've lost an American original. From his decorated service in Vietnam to the historic liberation of Kuwait and his leadership of United States Central Command, Gen. Schwarzkopf stood tall for the country and Army he loved. Our prayers are with the Schwarzkopf family, who tonight can know that his legacy will endure in a nation that is more secure because of his patriotic service." — President Barack Obama.
"Barbara and I mourn the loss of a true American patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation. A distinguished member of that 'Long Gray Line' hailing from West Point, Gen. Norm Schwarzkopf, to me, epitomized the 'duty, service, country' creed that has defended our freedom and seen this great nation through our most trying international crises. More than that, he was a good and decent man — and a dear friend. Barbara and I send our condolences to his wife, Brenda, and his wonderful family." — former President George H.W. Bush.
"With the passing of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, America lost a great patriot and a great soldier. Norm served his country with courage and distinction for over 35 years. The highlight of his career was the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm. 'Stormin' Norman' led the coalition forces to victory, ejecting the Iraqi Army from Kuwait and restoring the rightful government. His leadership not only inspired his troops, but also inspired the nation. He was a good friend of mine, a close buddy. I will miss him. My wife, Alma, joins me in extending our deepest condolences to his wife, Brenda, and to her family." — former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
"The men and women of the Department of Defense join me in mourning the loss of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, whose 35 years of service in uniform left an indelible imprint on the United States military and on the country. The son of a decorated Army officer, Gen. Schwarzkopf followed his father's legacy of service by enrolling in West Point in the 1950s. His bravery during two tours in Vietnam earned him three Silver Stars, and set him on the path lead our troops into battle in Grenada, and then to take charge of the overall allied effort in the first Gulf War as commander of United States Central Command. Gen. Schwarzkopf's skilled leadership of that campaign liberated the Kuwaiti people and produced a decisive victory for the allied coalition. In the aftermath of that war, Gen. Schwarzkopf was justly recognized as a brilliant strategist and inspiring leader. Today, we recall that enduring legacy and remember him as one of the great military giants of the 20th century. My thoughts and prayers are with the Schwarzkopf family in this time of sadness and grief." — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
"I was saddened to learn today of the passing of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, a fellow West Point graduate, former CENTCOM commander and one of the 20th century's finest soldiers and leaders. I join the civilian and military leaders of our country, and servicemen and women, past and present, in mourning his death. Gen. Schwarzkopf embodied the warrior spirit, serving with distinction in three conflicts over his 35 years of dedicated service. The hallmark of his remarkable career was the swift and decisive victory over Saddam Hussein's forces after they invaded Kuwait. The thoughts and prayers of the Joint Chiefs and the Joint Force are with Gen. Schwarzkopf's family and friends." — Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


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Friday, March 15, 2013
In less than 30 days Rotarians from District 7770 will converge on Myrtle Beach for their annual district conference. The district, more than 4,100 Rotarians strong, is comprised of the eastern portion of South Carolina and is represented by 79 clubs, 10 of which are located in the Myrtle Beach area.
According to Rotary District Governor Ed Duryea, the choice to host the conference in Myrtle Beach was an easy decision. "Not only is Myrtle Beach a beautiful area, but there are numerous activities which will provide a great atmosphere for those Rotarians who wish to bring their families.
Slated for March 22-24 at the Marriott Resort, conference planners led locally by chair, Dr. William Fox of the Carolina Forest Sunrise Club, have been at work for more than a year selecting the theme, venues and working with officials throughout the area to ensure that the Rotary experience is a positive one.
The purpose of the District Conference is to provide opportunities for networking, inspirational addresses and discussions of Rotary-related matters. It recognizes the service programs, projects and public relations achievements in the district in order to inspire Rotarians to become more involved in service above self.
According to District Governor Duryea, "Many Rotarians have said that they were never truly enthusiastic about Rotary until they saw an inspirational presentation at a District Conference."
This year's theme, "Rotary Roundup," offers numerous opportunities for Rotarians to not only network and learn more about Rotary, but to work hand-in-hand on a district-wide service project. Partnering with Help 4 Kids (Backpack Buddies), the group expects to prepare 2,400 - 3,000 backpack meals for needy children in Horry County. "While this may sound like a lot of meals, it actually only fulfills about a week's worth of needs," Duryea said.
"It is through projects such as this that our clubs continue to make their communities stronger and make me, along with my fellow Rotarians, proud to be part of this great service organization," he concluded.
Rotarians may register for the conference at www.rotary7770.org or are encouraged to inquire through their home club.
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A collaborative effort between students at Marshall University, WVU, UK and OU has led to the organization of the first annual Appalachian Regional Cell Conference (ARCC). The goal of this scientific symposium is to foster interaction and future collaboration among students. Miranda Carper, former President of the GSO, calls the event a "a dynamic and interactive opportunity for research students to present their work to their peers." The conference will host poster and oral presentations.
The event will be held on October 12, 2012 at the Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV. A grant received from the American Society for Cell Biology will provide the funding.
Dr. Vinay Pathak, who has worked with the National Cancer Institute since 1999 as a Senior Investigator, will deliver the keynote speech. Dr. Pathak's lab focuses mostly on research projects relating to HIV drug resistance.
According to Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Vice President, Johannes Fahrmann, "one of the biggest advantages to a student run conference is the fact that it takes out some of the intimidation factor that may be involved with a larger scale meeting that is run by mostly established individuals." GSO secretary Ben Owen adds that, "because this meeting is a smaller conference, as compared to national conferences sponsored by societies, students will have a better chance of networking with others in a more relaxed atmosphere."
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I just returned from a walk and, as usual, encountered innumerable "land mines." I wonder, why would someone choose one of the most beautiful places on earth to live and not think twice about marring the environment by leaving their dog's poop roadside?
How can an environmentally conscientious population like ours be so blind to this eye- and nose-sore that's unavoidable on many neighborhood and trail walks?
I sincerely thank you dog owners who take your responsibility of pet ownership seriously to the unpleasant end. If more people followed your lead, perhaps the smell of spring, when it comes, would be more fitting for the glory in which we live.
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For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the more than three-year-old legal wrangle over the patenting of breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA 1 and 2—this time, most likely to settle the issue once and for all.
At issue is the validity of the seven patents issued to Myriad Genetics for BRCA 1 and 2 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In 2009, 20 medical associations and individual doctors led by the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) sued Myriad and USPTO over the patents, as well as Myriad's method for analyzing sequences of those genes for mutations associated with breast cancer.
"Myriad devoted more than 17 years and $500 million to develop its BRACAnalysis® test. The discovery and development of pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics require a huge investment and our U.S. patent system is the engine that drives this innovation," Peter Meldrum, Myriad's president and CEO, said in a statement. "This case has great importance for the hundreds of millions of patients whose lives are saved and enhanced by the life science industry's products."
AMP and co-plaintiffs have said that the patents on BRCA 1 and 2 are unconstitutional and invalid, arguing that human genes are unpatentable "products of nature, laws of nature and/or natural phenomena, and abstract ideas or basic human knowledge or thought."
"Myriad did not invent human genes, and has no right to claim ownership of them just because they removed them from the body," Daniel B. Ravicher, PUBPAT's executive director, said in a statement. "The government does not have the right to give a corporation the exclusive power to control what we know about our own genetic makeup."
The Supreme Court is only taking up the first of three questions it asked both sides in the case to answer in written briefs—namely whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit applied court precedents correctly in 2011 and again on Aug. 16 when it concluded the BRCA gene patents were defined and isolated by human inventors, and thus were "product[s] of human ingenuity 'having a distinctive name, character [and] use.'"
The latter decision came after the Supreme Court in March remanded the case to the Federal Circuit's appellate court. That same month, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled separately against Prometheus Laboratories, saying its methods of dosage calibration for thiopurine drugs for gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal autoimmune diseases merely recited a law of nature, and thus were patent-ineligible. However, the high court in Mayo v. Prometheus rejected reviewing whether claims directed to the methods of screening for compounds using a genetically engineered cell line are patent-eligible.
"It's likely that the Supreme Court is going to say that Prometheus should be read more broadly than the Federal Circuit indicated in its opinion, that it's not limited necessarily to method claims, that one should look whether the genes are simply laws or products of nature or something more," Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr., a partner in the Intellectual Property practice of law firm Paul Hastings' new York office, told GEN. "The Supreme Court's going to take a hard look at that, and it's going to be very interesting to see where they come out."
That "something more" could lead to a broad ruling that sets precedents beyond the Myriad case.
"What concerns me is, if that's the basis for the Supreme Court taking up the case, this is going to go a lot further than gene patents, since the court's decision could affect anything that could be isolated from the body and then be used in a particular way," Lisa A. Haile J.D., Ph.D., a partner with DLA Piper U.S. and co-chair of its global life sciences practice, told GEN.
"The obvious ones would be genes and proteins. But proteins also include antibodies. The patent office doesn't make a distinction between whether you make an antibody recombinantly, or whether you isolate it, for example. It doesn't matter. It's still the product that matters. Just because someone is using recombinant methods and, say, making antibodies in CHO cells, those are still naturally occurring antibodies. Those patents will be invalidated if this is the line of thinking," Dr. Haile said.
Also vulnerable, she added, are patents like those for chimeric antibodies and humanized antibodies, where products are either isolated from the body, or even if they're made in the lab, they're still basically identical to what is in the body: "Potentially, any sort of what would have been a naturally occurring product is going to be affected. I do have a little bit of concern there."
"The court will have to review the arguments and Section 101 case law supporting Myriad's position that the isolation of DNA transforms the material to create a new chemical entity, irrespective of the fact that the information contained in the isolated DNA sequences remains the same. This is countered by AMP (ACLU, et al.) arguing against patent eligibility on the basis that the material exists in nature as do leaves on a tree or minerals in a mountain," William L. Warren, partner at law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and chair of its Life Sciences team, told GEN.
Warren thinks a decision against Myriad "would not be devastating to the industry, because most patents include claims to isolated DNA and vectors for host cells, including that DNA."
"Most patents have a variety of claims, so that the entire patent wouldn't fall if only claims to the DNA were found to be patent eligible. But certainly there are some that would, and that would present some issues for certain specific products," Warren said. "It would be relatively straightforward to avoid the problem by just making sure that there are many new molecular biology or gen-seq patents. You include claims more specifically related to the additional components of compositions that include the DNA—[for example,] genetically modified organisms carrying the DNA."
Myriad has contended that a Supreme Court decision would have repercussions throughout biotechnology beyond human genes, and that the question should be decided by Congress rather than the courts.
"Altering the expectations that these useful developments will be patent-protected is the role of policymaking, not adjudication," Myriad stated. "Many biotechnology companies' intellectual-property endeavors, and the investors on which those companies rely, depend on patents covering isolated DNA corresponding to nonhuman genes. Advancements in these other areas allow, e.g., beverages to be clarified, food starches broken down, paper recycled, clothes cleaned and softened, and agricultural waste reduced to fuel."
Given the potential impact, gene patent holders can be expected to sit tight as they await the case outcome: "The Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari creates a cloud of uncertainty over isolated DNA claims that read on human genes, at least until the Court renders its decision, which could come before the end of the Court's current term, in June 2013," Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, a partner with Foley & Lardner, said.
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At present time, we don't go trick-or-treating with our boys and are still not sure how we want to approach the celebrating or not of Halloween. Ah, but I'll save that for another post!
In the meantime, enjoy these pictures of me at about 3 & 4 years old dressing up as a really cute witch? (What was I, Mom?)
And Strawberry Shortcake. I found this before & after pic. Weren't we too cute? I don't think they make costumes with tiny eye slits like that anymore- isn't it, like, a hazard? I have no idea what my brother was dressing up as here either! Was he a Shirttail? Mom?
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Released yesterday along with a new, third-generation Apple's set-top box, Apple TV software update 5.0 (9B179b) is now available worldwide for all Apple TV 2 users. The update brings new, redesigned, icon-based user interface, support for buying movies on Apple TV and playing back purchased movies from iCloud, new National Geographic photos built-in for screensaver and on-device sign up for content partners on Apple TV using your Apple ID (like Netflix).
As always, stay away from this update if you don't want to lose your jailbreak. Although @nitotv has already been able to jailbreak and restore the new firmware and he's working with FireCore on the new version of Seas0npass, there is a lot of work to be done until the untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 5.0 is released, so don't expect it soon.


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Each year, the checkoff-funded B2B Marketing team and state beef councils work to identify and recognize independent and chain retailers and foodservice operations that exhibit a strong commitment to menuing and marketing beef to their customers through checkoff initiatives. Entries for the 2012 National Beef Backer Awards program, now in its final year, were collected through October and a panel of judges selected the foodservice and retail winners based on the award criteria. The winners will be unveiled and recognized at the 2013 Cattle Industry Annual Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Tampa, Fla.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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2 medium organic tomatoes, diced
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1/2 cup green onions, finely chopped
3 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
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Kings of Leon kick off hugely anticipated U.S. summer tour this week.
(July 31, 2014) – Multi-platinum selling rock band KINGS OF LEON will embark on a major U.S. headlining tour this week in support of their critically acclaimed album Mechanical Bull that will travel through 30 plus cities, beginning in St. Louis, Missouri with headlining sets at Lollapalozza and Made in America festivals.
Consistently ranked as one of the top live bands in the world, Kings of Leon are taking a new approach including new staging, lighting and creative elements that take their arena act to amphitheaters for a more intimate fan-focused experience.
"We have some of the most amazing, supportive fans in the world. So this time around on tour, we want to be close. We want to give them an awesome show, but with a more intimate inclusive feel. We just want to thank them and play for them," said the band.
For the first time ever, Kings of Leon will let the fans in on their set list selection – one song, one city, one time only – a guaranteed unique experience at each show. The band will give fans the opportunity to choose a song of their choice to be performed live as part of their concert. The "Song For The City" program kicks off this week and fans can go to www.nachovision.com to help the band brainstorm and choose the song. Fans can also let the band know what song they want to hear by tweeting @kingsofleon with #kol [songname]. For more information, visit www.kingsofleon.com.
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Amherst police are seeking public help in their search for a man who stole more than $1,500 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store at Main Street and Union Road about 7:15 p.m. Feb. 2. The suspect, who is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds was wearing a blue coat, a black baseball cap with no logo, blue jeans and tan work-style boots. Based on store surveillance tapes he might have a moustache.
The suspect may have been with a woman who is about 5 feet, six inches tall with red hair, based on the store surveillance footage. Anyone with information is asked to call the Amherst Police Detective Bureau at 689-1319 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LISBON - The driver of a dump truck, which overturned onto the side and killed another man more than a year ago will serve at least 45 days in jail, but will not get his license back for two years.
Michael Bair, 32, of Poland, had faced a first-degree misdemeanor vehicular homicide charge after David Mayfield, 35, Annesley Road, East Liverpool, was killed on March 13, 2012 by a dump truck overturning onto his Dodge Durango off the side of state Route 7. Bair, the driver of the dump truck, was hauling gravel for Sebastian Trucking Inc. at the time of the accident.
Bair pleaded to a lesser vehicular manslaughter charge in mid-April and appeared for sentencing Wednesday in Columbiana County Municipal Court.
Judge Mark Frost fined Bair $500 and sentenced him to 90 days in jail to start on Friday evening. However, Frost set a review hearing after 45 days, stating he will consider letting Bair out at that point and set up the terms of his probation then.
"I think when you are a commercial driver, you have additional responsibilities," Frost said as explanation of his decision to suspend Bair's license for two years instead of the 90 days recommended in the plea agreement. Although Bair may be granted limited driving privileges during that time, he will not be eligible to use that in order to drive commercially.
Assistant County Prosecutor Don Humphrey Jr. had noted he knew Mayfield. Not only had Mayfield served as a bail bondsman for those in the court system, he also had been a victim in another case so Humphrey said he had worked with him several times in the months prior to his death.
"These cases are always difficult because of their nature," Humphrey said. "It's not a case where Michael Bair got up that morning and intended to kill someone. The impact of that will last for many years to come and possibly all the years of his life."
However, Humphrey also pointed out those getting behind the wheel of a "giant behemoth dump truck" also assume the responsibility to operate it safely. Bair had reportedly clipped one vehicle which was stopped in traffic in front of him, drove into oncoming traffic before overturning and instantly killing Mayfield.
In this case Humphrey said evidence would have shown there was factors which led to the accident, which could have included speed, assured clear distance, the weight of the vehicle and a braking system which was not in compliance. Humphrey said Bair had already hauled a load through that area earlier in the day and knew there were issues of traffic having to stop because of a truck entrance.
Bair's defense attorney, Colleen Hall Dailey, called what happened a "series of unfortunate events" noting her client attempted to avoid the first accident using "his best evasive tactics." However, that attempt caused the second accident to occur.
A large number of family members and friends of Mayfield wrote letters to Frost and were in the courtroom Wednesday.
Diana Mayfield, his widow, made a statement in court and described the trauma that losing their father has caused for her children, noting the 5-year-old has nightmares and is afraid of semi trucks, while the 7-year-old has been prompting calls from school due to his problems dealing with the situation.
Through tears, Mayfield noted she has four children who will not know what it is like to have their father at their baseball games, holidays, graduations and weddings.
"I will never forgive him for what he has done to my son," said Tammy Mayfield, David Mayfield's mother.
Mayfield's family members contended Bair has not apologized, lied to investigators which has slowed up the insurance claims and will now be free to move on with his life after 45 days.
Bair also had several supporters in the courtroom.
Travis Brown, the brother of Bair's girlfriend Christina Brown, said Bair is a good man who helps his sister care for her children. Both he and Christina Brown relayed that Bair has shown remorse for what happened in their presence, but had been told by attorneys not to speak directly to them.
Anita Brown, Christina Brown's mother, said she cried for Mayfield and his family when she heard about the accident.
"Everybody has their healing process," she said. "I do look toward the Lord. If you ask him he will give you his strength ... I have prayed for your family and your children."
Anita Brown said Bair and Mayfield were both going to work that day and nobody meant for this to happen. She noted after the accident Bair ran up and physically was digging in the gravel trying to get it off Mayfield's vehicle.
"Please find forgiveness in your heart," she said.
Before passing sentence, Frost urged the family to look for a way to forgive, not for Bair's sake but for their own.
Bair, who at first declined to speak, decided to do so just before sentencing. Turning to the Mayfield family, Bair said he wanted to "express my deepest sorrow." He added he has been trying to put that day behind him.
"There's nothing I can do," Bair said. "There is no time machine on either end of this."
A civil lawsuit has already been filed in the case by Diana Mayfield.