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Oil spill doomsday debunked. Did peer review journalism fail or succeed? | Opensource.com
Oil spill doomsday debunked. Did peer review journalism fail or succeed?
If the news hasn't reached you, the world's going to end in about six months. Hug your children, get your affairs in order. Well, scratch the affairs. Nobody's going to be around to care.
And if you haven't seen that article that's spreading across the Internet faster than the methane it describes in the Gulf, let me summarize. The media blackout in the Gulf has mostly prevented the news from spreading, but Terrence Aym (the author of the article) wants everyone to know the truth. A massive undersea methane bubble has been disturbed by the Gulf oil spill. Add in a cracked ocean floor and elevated seabed, and you have the recipe for Instant Doomsday, which will be ready for delivery within the next six months or so.
Fortunately for your holiday party plans, there are plenty of other journalists, both traditional and new media, debunking this theory:
- ABC News -- Oily Rain and Cracks in the Earth: Busting Gulf Oil Spill Myths
- io9 -- Methane bubble "doomsday" story debunked (supported by Discover magazine)
- Business Insider -- Scientist Denies He Ever Predicted BP Oil Spill Would Cause Extinction Of Mankind
Where the open source way comes in is Aym's publishing medium. Helium, a "knowledge cooperative" that pays writers to contribute to its citizen journalism site. It's a collaborative take on journalism. Content is rated up or down by the other writers--it's a meritocracy. And more highly rated articles get their writers more money. Old media is suffering. Journalists are losing jobs. Helium is using open principles to create a potentially viable model for profitable journalism. This should be a success story.
And maybe it still is. Traditional journalism has had its share of failures on the part of journalists. Steven Glass. Jayson Blair. And those are just cases of outright lying or plagiarism. Aym may simply be a poor researcher. As Time puts it, "The problem with journalists is that most of us are trained as journalists and not, say, economists or physicists. To a certain extent we need to take experts' word for it that they are correct."
Or maybe in six months, we'll all find out the hard way that he was the only good researcher.
But assuming we're still here to discuss this when the fireworks ring in 2011, is this a failure of that particular journalism model? The site has found large new audiences who had never heard of Helium. The article alone has more than 30,000 Facebook "likes." Did the peer review model fail? Or was it actually successful because of researcher journalists like Annalee Newitz at io9 publishing their own results?
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I think articles like the one this article talks about will keep happening because usually journalists who report science news aren't smart enough to understand the science they're reporting. Just as Time says there. But it's more than taking experts at they're word, it's also understanding the words being taken.
Ultimately, it is "gossip". And I think it is human nature to spread gossip and not even bother with "researching the truth."
It reminds me of the rash of stories touting that "Colony Collapse Disorder is linked to cell phones". It got debunked once and everyone calmed down. Then a couple folks from a university in India did an experiment that had the rigorousness of a grade school science project... and the stories again flooded the internet.
It's human nature, which is then exacerbated by a world population with a nearly universally poor science education.
So, to answer your question, yes, I believe peer review failed in this case, and it will from time to time. And it will happen more often with "sciency" articles.
Not all is bad though. I found the methane article ripe for humor and used it as such. :)
>>>>What it really means is that the new face of journalism, which is likely to include amateurs and part-time journalists, is going to have to be even more careful about whom they cite.
For those with a sense of morality this might work but it appears that there are large numbers of so-called journalists who are really either editorialists masquerading as journalists or are simply looking to make a buck any way they can.
There are few, if any consequences to behaving otherwise unless one works for someone who does have a sense of what is right and will enforce it. Most news companies appear to only be interested in the bottom line and hence their employees model that behavior.
This type of talk always catches my attention:
whether a study was done well and should actually be considered science
Science either means "knowledge" as the ancients meant it almost exclusively, or it refers to a method of arriving at knowledge, as the moderns have almost always meant. The problem is not the journalists who cannot deem some study as true science or not. The problem lies in their confusion over whether they are referring to a method or a knowledge. Unfortunately, most want to mean both or simply confuse the two. They refer to the method, or the "way", of modern science but, at the same time, they also identify science with knowledge. This is a real problem. For the modern scientific method has left behind the search for true causes and settled on describing nature mathematically. Here is a physical example: a physicist can describe, mathematically, the motions of one billiard ball colliding with another, and all of the collateral motions occasioned by the first collision, but he has no way of telling you what happened to the energy from the arm of the player in its transfer to the balls. In other words, he can draw you a nice diagram of the motions and can repeat those motions under a controlled environment, but he can never tell you the cause of the billiard ball's motion when the player strikes it. Does his energy transfer to the ball? What is the nature of that transfer? Is my account of the motions true always or is it just the most likely case?
Did peer reviewed journalism fail? Yes and no. Yes, because all the peers have lost track of what science originally, and still, claims to be able to do. And no, because it is not the fault of any one person lacking in "science" education.
As a small conclusion to my lengthy rant, consider for a moment all the theories that we have come to accept without a thought and almost always without working through the mathematical edifice that has brought about the theory. 1. Sun-centered universe. How do you know, exactly? 2. Atomic view of the universe (i.e. the world is made up of atoms and molecules). Again, how do you know? Do you know these things the same way you know that if you pick up a barely manageable rock and drop it on your foot, it will hurt?
Some food for thought.
>>> And no, because it is not the fault of any one person lacking in "science" education.
If you are writing for publication you are obligated to understand what you are writing about and to know enough to check the facts otherwise it's nothing but gossip represented as truth and thereby a lie and a negative impact on society.
I suspect that a poor science education strongly correlates with an inability to reason and properly research.
That being said, science journalists *do* often subject themselves to peer review. Plus science journalists can understand science related topics far quicker and more deeply. But... there are so few of them anymore.
"you are obligated to understand what you are writing about" -- when most publications have since layed off their science writers... they still have to write about it. Example, the oil leak fiasco. Ultimately, that story is a story of science and engineering. By your reasoning, no one is qualified to report on accident with any depth. And I would agree with that. Most publications don't have the expertise on hand to report with any depth of understanding.
Another example, the recent renewed breathalyze over cell phones and colony collapse disorder. Total journalistic failure. It wasn't about the dollars, except in the sense that they canned the science guy so they have no one on staff that could see the otherwise glaring holes in the science.
Anyway... easy subject to over comment on.
Since when has there ever been peer review in journalism. Journalism is a for-profit venture (even in this instance the journalists are paid) and the pressure is high to get the headline and the most eyeballs. Our media proves it everyday. We don't see the most important stories we see the most sensational stories. It happens everyday. And, when one writer (I hesitate to call all of them "journalists") latches on to or creates a juicy story large numbers of other writers pick it up and turn it into a feeding frenzy regardless of the facts.
This can and does happen everyday because there are no consequences to doing such thing. Writers seldom get sued, peers seldom rebut such things publicly, and the public simply forgets who started the "gossip" in the first place.
Serious problem. If we really could find a way to ensure comprehensive peer review that would be the single most important contributor to our quality of life and personal freedoms I can image. Few things are more important than honest and unbiased reporting.
I wonder if science is ever affected by profit. I suppose that ultimately the truth of a matter will be borne out, but I wonder if there are times when theories, discoveries and techniques that are not vigorously pursued because of who provides the funding, or how much funding is provided. I wonder if there are scientists who don't pursue a particular path because it's "not what they are being paid for."
My hypothesis is that commercial science is affected as much as commercial journalism by the need to focus on specific outcomes. I suppose that could be reflected in some cases of peer review as well.
Wasn't much of the pure science from our history actually achieved by dedicated amateurs?
Today the WHO (World Health Org) officially declared that the swine flu epidemic is over. I don't know what the death toll from it was, but it couldn't have been all that bad, or someone would have reported it by now. Another crisis, like the oil spill crisis, that wasn't. All that swine flu we had to hurry up and make is now being burned.
A crisis isn't all that bad... if it is prevented or averted.
Oil leak crisis... the damage has not been tallied yet. So far, it's only cost mere billions. If they didn't stop the leak, the devastation was expected to be vast, and BP would probably have gone under at some point (neglecting the possibility of a bailout).
Influenza has killed bazillions of people in the past. No one knows exactly how severe a new strain will be until it takes it's toll. And the death toll for swine flu was reported: roughly 11,000 people with an estimated 50 million sickened (American's only).
If people sat on their hands... it would have been far worse. And if no measures are taken each time a significantly new strain of flu comes around... well, I suppose the economy would eventually recover from 1/2 the population being wiped out in a worst case scenario. Yeah, probably worth spending the cash. Sometimes, it is probably a good idea to be proactive.


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The fifteenth annual Young Masters exhibition, presented by the O'Donnell Foundation continues through February 17 at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Concourse. The exhibit features 56 pieces of 2D art, 3D art, art essays and musical pieces, which were selected by a panel of respected judges.
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W.Va. Senate fast-tracks pilot program, sends to House of Delegates
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MARTINSBURG — The West Virginia Senate fast-tracked its version of a bill to continue the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program through July 1, 2019, passing it unanimously Thursday. State Sen....
WOW,this story kind of relates to tax and spenders like Charles Town City Council members that are not from here and push their socialist agenda. Council members Bringewatt, Paonessa and Slover recruited another liberal spender to run for City Council that has only lived here a few months and is not from Charles Town. This hurts our City because all of them are not from here, moved here, and immediately ran for office and did not take the time to get to know the people or our issues. They try to block growth and fail to improve our infrastructure such as sidewalks and our terrible drinking water. Paonessa nominated a new liberal resident that had only lived here for a few weeks and put him on the CT Planning Comm. Bringewatt, Slover and Paonessa want to increase their voting block on Council to stop growth. There is nothing wrong with being from somewhere else, but soon no one on Council would be from West Virginia or Charles Town. We don't need another no growther on Council.
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Snyder again, better watch your pockets because at sometime, someplace he will raise our taxes. Don't trust him.
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As I read this article, I cannot help but think that the idea of term limits for public servants should not only apply at the federal government level but should also be applied to the state level. Serve your constituency, then move on.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Time is of the essence when it comes to surviving traumatic injuries. Medivacs, ambulances, lights, sirens and fast-responding health care professionals can be the difference between a recovery or a funeral.
But even when the ailment is of a more insidious nature, benefits come with having help nearby.
With the imminent opening of the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center — the 34,000-square-foot, $32.6 million, Measure C-funded facility on Pine Avenue — area residents fighting cancer will no longer need to travel far to receive top-of-the-line treatment.
The center will treat all types of cancer — save for pediatric cases — and administrators expect to see almost 2,000 patients per year within the next six years.
The Gene Upshaw facility, named for the humanitarian and former NFL athlete who was a member of the Tahoe Truckee community for 35 years until his death from pancreatic cancer in 2008, replaces the Tahoe Forest Cancer Center.
The Tahoe Forest Cancer Center had been treating and diagnosing the illness since 2006 from its nearby location on Donner Pass Road, but its abilities were hampered by a lack of radiation equipment, officials have said. For treatments such as those, patients had to travel to Reno, Sacramento or elsewhere, upward of four times a week.
Tahoe Forest's cancer program is led by Dr. Larry J. Heifetz, medical director; and Dr. Ahrin Koppel, medical oncologist and hematologist.
In addition to equipping the new center with forefront radiation oncology technology such as a PET CT (positron emission tomography - computed tomography) machine and a Varian TrueBeam Linear accelerator — the latter machine designed to target tumors with precision — the Gene Upshaw center has invested in a state-of-the-art video conferencing room.
The conference room allows doctors to collaborate with other specialists within the UC Davis Cancer Care Center network, an organization that combines the expertise of five hospital-based cancer centers.
The "virtual tumor board," as administrators call it, meets several times a week.
"It looks a lot like Hollywood Squares, with each conference table taking a square," said Paige Nebeker Thomason, marketing and communications director with Tahoe Forest.
She described how doctors in one conference room can interact "face-to-face" with doctors at several other hospitals, all the while viewing a display of a patient's medical file. This feature allows patients and doctors to get a second, third and even fourth opinion without the burden of extensive travel.
If treatment is not working, patients at the Gene Upshaw facility will have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials offered by the UC Davis network.
In the conference room at the new center, one of Keoki Flagg's Squaw Valley rescue dogs photos hangs on the back wall. The photograph is not just decoration; it is visible in the background during the "tumor board" meetings, so other hospitals can easily distinguish which hospital is speaking.
Design and art are not overlooked as tools at the new cancer center. Throughout the building, the colors are muted and soft; the lighting is mellow and natural, and in every detail the center is designed with the patient's experience and sense of well-being in mind, Thomason said.
Those receiving chemotherapy infusions will do so from the comfort of an overstuffed massage chair. Patients can choose to sit inside, chatting with other patients and nurses, or have their chairs rolled outside onto the patio to enjoy the Sierra sunshine and fresh mountain air. A large, glass-encased fireplace is in the center of the room, providing ambiance.
"It's a healing atmosphere," said Thomason.
A healing atmosphere was the look and feel volunteers with the Cancer Advisory Council were going for, Thomason said, when they advised the building's designers.
The council was formed in 2006 and is directed by local resident Pam Hobday. It is a group of 19 local business leaders whose mission is to "shape the future" of health care in the region. The group has been responsible for organizing the annual cancer fundraiser, Best of Tahoe Chefs, as well as performing outreach activities for the cancer center.
After the council researched 12 regional hospitals, volunteers brought what they learned back to Truckee and, in essence, created a cancer center based on the creme de la creme of care facilities.
— Bonanza Managing Editor Kevin MacMillan contributed to this story.


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quote: If I sell 100 lollipops at a dollar each, and it takes a dime to make them, I make 90 dollars.If next year, I sell 115 lollipops at a dollar each, but it takes 20 cents to make them, I'm only making 92 dollars. I've experienced growth (15%), but I'm hardly making any more money. Growth is great for market share, but it means nothing for profits if manufacturing costs offset it.


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Inauguration '13 Social Media Guide
By Elana Zak
Here are ways to follow and participate in President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
Twitter and Facebook
For a sense of what general politicos are saying about the inauguration, see The Wall Street Journal's Politics Twitter list.
For all the latest updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and helpful tips, check out the inaugural committee's official Twitter account, @obamainaugural or Facebook page.
Similarly, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, responsible for the planning and execution of the president's swearing-in ceremony, is also very active on Twitter, @jccic2013 and Facebook.
The president's official Twitter accounts, @BarackObama and @whitehouse may also send out messages and pictures on the big day.
For a broader take on what's being said on Twitter, the official hashtag is #inaug2013. Another popular one to follow is #inauguration. For tweets about the National Day of Service, the hashtag is #iserve.
For a more political take, see what top conservatives on Twitter are tweeting under #tcot. For the other side, look for #p2.
Social networking site Foursquare has partnered with the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) to recognize those participating in the National Day of Service on Jan. 19. Users can unlock an Inaugural Service badge by "checking in" at any participating National Day of Service events.
Inaugural 2013 App
If you aren't near a computer to watch the inauguration, you may want to download the official inaugural 2013 app. It will stream the beginning of the ceremonies live. The app also provides attendees with detailed maps, schedules of events and links to the Obama Inauguration Twitter account.
Here's are directions for how to download the app: iOS |Android
If you're looking for photos from the event, take a look at the official Barack Obama Instagram account. (As of today, the account hasn't posted a new photo since November but that might change come inauguration day.)
You can also try following Pete Souza's Twitter account. An official White House photographer, Mr. Souza has taken some of the most iconic photos of President Obama.
Finding a Signal
One potential headache if you are at the inauguration itself: connection problems. As WSJ reported, carriers admit there could be network congestion — in 2009, networks were overloaded and some people had trouble getting a signal. They have built out more capacity but are encouraging people to send a text message instead of calling—phone calls use more of the network—and upload photos after the festivities or over a Wi-Fi connection.
Related: Watch highlights from past presidential inauguration speeches. Plus celebrity ball fashion and First Lady gowns. And sleeping with the political enemy–when Democrats wed Republicans.


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King Farm Dairy Mooseum to be Part of Montgomery County (MD) Heritage Days
King Farm Dairy Mooseum to be Part of Montgomery County Heritage Days
There's been a King family farming in Montgomery County for more than 200 years. Now, the current generation of the King farm family will be featured, along with their farm, at Montgomery County's unique King Barn Dairy MOOseum as a featured part of the county's Heritage Montgomery celebration during the weekend of June 25-26.
Douglas, Jane, and Mary King of Kingstead Farm in Damascus will be on hand to meet visitors on Sunday afternoon, June 26, at the historic dairy barn located in the South Germantown Recreational Park, 18028 Central Park Circle, off Md. Route 118. The MOOseum showcases the history of local dairy farming, when more than 300 dairy farms operated in Montgomery County to serve the Nation's Capital.
The Kings were one of the first farm families to join the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association and shipped fresh milk to the dairy cooperative for more than 75 years. They are known worldwide for their breeding of registered Holstein dairy cattle and own one of the top 10 cows in the world.
The MOOseum's educational exhibits have been designed to be of interest for all ages and include a life-size milking Holstein cow, a scale model replica of the King farmstead, as well as exhibits and tours related to the production, processing and marketing of milk and milk products. The collection includes milk coolers, cream separators, milk bottles and cans, butter churns, milking machines and other dairy industry artifacts.
Open hours during Montgomery County Heritage Days are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 26. Special features at the MOOseum include a life-size replica of Astronaut, one of the world's most famous dairy bulls, that was purchased by Montgomery County agricultural interests in 1968 and became internationally acclaimed for dairy breed excellence and productivity, a milkable replica of a Guernsey cow, a bulk milk tank and pipeline demonstration and a Civil War anniversary display. A separate children's craft room provides educational materials.
The MOOseum has become one of the most visited attractions in the Germantown area and sits in the South Germantown Regional Park. Admission is free, although contributions are welcome.


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"On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right?" ― Martin Luther King Jr.
As the commemoration and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth approaches, many people, especially black Americans, like to think of President Obama as the fulfillment of Dr. King's famous "dream." They see Obama's presence at the pinnacle of American power as the ultimate victory of our protracted struggle for freedom within this nation-state.
For far too many of us, President Obama has assumed the role that Dr. King presumably held – the H.N.I.C. (Head Negro In Charge). That "position" had been first developed, assumed, shaped and perfected by the great abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass; then Booker T. Washington (the first great "compromiser," conciliator, and accommodationist). Following Washington's death, the black "separatist" Marcus Garvey took up the mantle in the 1920s until the 40s.
In the 1960s, Malcolm X picked up where Garvey left off, and as a contemporary of King, challenged the whole notion of racial "integration" as a worthy objective for America's "22 million Afro-Americans." And then came Dr. King. (Other, lesser lights, have flickered on and off over the years, of course. But ever since 1865, it has been primarily, if not only, these five "great men" who have, for the most part, defined, determined, and directed the "black agenda" of America's now 40 million-plus black people.)
And now? Again, what would Dr. King say about President Barack Hussein Obama?
Would he agree with most black folks today that Obama is the embodiment, the personification of his "dream"? Or would he side with Dr. Cornel West and others who argue that the president has subverted and perverted all that King lived and finally died for?
King would answer these questions based not on the president's rousing and articulate rhetoric – but on his actual policies and practices. Have Obama's policies and practices, he would ask, helped the poorest of the poor, the "least of these"? Or has his obsession with "the middle class" allowed him to ignore these people? That is, has Obama provided the methods and means for those who constitute America's now permanent "underclass" to achieve middle class status? If, King might say, full and complete social, political, and economic integration of all citizens is the ultimate goal of the "beloved" society, why at all does "social class" persist in defining and determining one's "station" in American life?
To be sure, Dr. King would celebrate right along with the rest of the country the fact that just enough Americans came together to overlook "color," or the absence of color, as the main qualifier for the presidency. He would also be gratified to see the many other black and brown faces in high places peppered throughout the American socio-political and economic milieu.
But, again, he would also condemn and decry Obama's obvious refusal to directly address the plight of the poor – of whatever color. He would charge that Obama's constant political calculation of "the peoples'" rights versus his insistence on "bipartisanship" and "compromise" with evildoers and reactionaries – he would see these as a direct betrayal of all that he lived and died for. Recall, if you will, that Dr. King was assassinated while trying to bring a modicum of economic justice to garbage workers in Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did not compromise with evil. And he called out and identified evil wherever and whenever it appeared. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed, understood, knew that racial discrimination and segregation were evil twins. Dr. King believed, understood, and knew that poverty's mere existence in a top-heavy affluent America was an unmitigated evil. And, Dr. King needed no "soul searching" moments in which to not just decide, but to act against evil.
Indeed, many thinkers argue that it was Dr. King's final and very public stance against the evil that was America's war against the people of Vietnam and elsewhere that finally got him killed. By contrast, although both men were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama has embraced America as a militarized "national security state," and conducted and expanded with an unseemly gusto the very same wars and foreign "incursions" he once decried as a candidate for the presidency. His "ending" of the Iraq War has turned out to be in name only, while the Afghanistan debacle continues to take both American and Afghani lives. Obama's continued "droning" of Pakistani civilians as "collateral damage," and his unconscionable forays into the African continent itself would dishearten Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "The Man" has now even re-authorized the surveillance and detention of American citizens without charge or trial.
So, I am certain that Dr. King would not be pleased with President Obama. Indeed, he would be leading a movement perhaps not against him personally, but certainly against his policies.
As a boy, I kept a picture of both President John F. Kennedy and Dr. King above my bedroom mirror. Now, as a "senior citizen," I have no images of President Obama anywhere in my home.
Peace to all on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.


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COLUMBIA — South Carolina's starters didn't get a chance to pad their stats Saturday, but coach Steve Spurrier is just fine with the result.
The Gamecocks exited their blowout win over Coastal Carolina with a clean bill of health. Part of that was a refusal to play star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles and running back Mike Davis in a game that was sure to be a blowout. But Spurrier also made sure to yank key starters like quarterback Connor Shaw from the game in the first quarter once the score was out of hand.
Shaw only played the first three possessions Saturday.
"We probably do it a little differently than a lot of schools," Spurrier said. "I notice a lot of schools let their guys stay in there until they get 50 or so, maybe."
Not every team was so lucky.
Georgia lost senior quarterback Aaron Murray for the season Saturday when he tore his ACL with 2:17 left in the first half at Kentucky. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring touchdowns on its first three possessions, just like South Carolina.
Unlike South Carolina, Georgia kept its starting quarterback in the game.
Murray was injured on an interception, ending a drive that could have given the Bulldogs a 35-10 lead in the second quarter. The misfortune wasn't lost on the Head Ball Coach when he had his weekly teleconference Sunday.
"It was sad that Aaron Murray got hurt," Spurrier said, continuing the quote above. "I don't know what time of the game he got hurt, but it always doesn't make sense if you get one of your best players hurt when you've got a comfortable lead."
Biggest key: time of possession
Spurrier didn't hesitate when asked about the biggest key leading to South Carolina's current four-game winning streak over Clemson.
In each game, the Gamecocks have controlled time of possession. It's allowed them to play at their tempo and, more importantly, keep Clemson's powerful offense off the field.
"If you look at all four of the games, our offense has moved the ball pretty well and stayed on the field, which has kept the Clemson offense over there (on the sideline)," Spurrier said. "I think that's happened in just about all of them, so hopefully that'll happen again — although there's no guarantee of anything, of course. When you play against an offense that is really good like theirs, you hope not to give them so many possessions.
"You hope. Everybody hopes that. Doing it is a different thing."
It's become cliche to label time of possession as an overrated stat. Not in this rivalry.
In the past decade, the team that won the time of possession between South Carolina and Clemson has won the game every time. During the Gamecocks' four-game winning streak, they've had the ball for 148:29 compared to Clemson's 91:31.
Small senior class prepare their goodbyes
Spurrier said he expects juniors Jadeveon Clowney and Kelcy Quarles to "go out with the seniors" and be recognized before USC's final home game Saturday. Fellow junior Victor Hampton may be in the pregame ceremony, too.
Even with a few underclassmen joining the Gamecocks' senior day festivities, there won't be many in the group. USC has just four scholarship seniors who will play their final home game against Clemson.
Spurrier said Sunday quarterback Connor Shaw, guard Ronald Patrick, defensive end Chaz Sutton and cornerback Jimmy Legree have been crucial to his program.
"They've achieved some accomplishments that obviously never happened before with 17-game home winning streak, got 31 wins the last three years, 40 total now," Spurrier said. "Hopefully they can add to that, hopefully.
"We don't have any seniors, so it's sort of interesting that we're going to parade about seven out there."


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It is a scientific fact that the life of every human being begins at conception, by the union of a sperm and an ovum, resulting in the formation of a viable zygote.
Even though the zygote does not appear any more human than the subsequent early developing embryo within the womb, it is complete human life containing all the genetic ingredients that constitute, determine and regulate the biological attributes and anatomical features of a human being at birth.
Nothing is added to a developing human from within the womb, except the life-sustaining nutrients absorbed through the vascular system in the placenta, and as such, a human life within the womb is a separate entity and is not integrated into a woman�s anatomy.
This negates the false claim that human life developing in the womb is a woman�s body � the womb is; the life within is not.
Holy scripture declares that a God-given immortal spirit is present within a human life at conception. On the same day Jesus Christ was conceived in Mary�s womb, she proclaimed, in her visit, the good news to her cousin Elizabeth, who was six months pregnant.
The fetus of John the Baptist, present in Elizabeth�s womb, �leaped� for joy in response to the holy spirit of Christ, who was �present� in Mary�s womb. Therefore, if you believe that the spirit of Christ was present at his conception, it is reasonable to believe that a God-given spirit is also present in every human life at conception.
Whereas science proves that the life of every human being begins at conception, scripture supports the rationale that every conceived human life is infused with an immortal spirit by our loving God and is declared as �the fruit of the womb.�
In essence, the truth of conception, revealed from scientific and scriptural viewpoints, should be very seriously considered before a final decision is made to terminate a God-given human life within the womb.
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Elwin puffed the madak from his bamboo pipe until he could no longer feel his bones and his body seemed to roll up on itself. Later, Elwin was discovered dead, having choked on his own vomit while sleeping.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. — One of Lake Tahoe's older properties is up for sale for the first time in more than 40 years.
The River Ranch hotel and restaurant/bar located on the Truckee River at the base of Alpine Meadows Road is listed with Boice O'Neal Reality for $5 million.
"We have a handful of Tahoe properties that everyone — from residents to second-home owners and even first-time visitors — frequents and knows about, and the River Ranch is one of them," said Mark Moore, one of the Realtors who holds the listing.
The listing price includes two parcels — a roughly half-acre employee parking lot and a 2-plus acre site where the 19-room hotel, restaurant and bar sits — a liquor license, all fixtures and equipment.
There has been "tremendous" interest in the property since being listed on Sept. 23, said Moore. While some offers have been made, he said additional details could not be released.
"We're just looking for the right person," he said.
Bric Haley, operating partner for the River Ranch and one of three owners, said he and the other owners are ready to retire.
"It's time for a younger person to come in and operate this," he said. "... I hope (the) new operator will come in with a vision, passion and enthusiasm and maintain this relic as it should be."
Built around 1925, the lodge has been upgraded over the decades. In the 1980s, a second 50-seat indoor dining room around the bar and an outdoor dining patio offering views and access to the Truckee River were completed. In the '90s, the guest rooms were remodeled and new carpets were installed in the lobby and dining rooms.
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Susan Carty, biology professor at Heidelberg University, said she had been pushed into science and began her love of studying plants as far back as grammar school.
Carty has been a part of Heidelberg's biological and environmental science department for 25-years. She is retiring as the longest-tenured female biology professor in the university's history.
Carty earned a master's degree in science from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in botany from Texas A&M University.
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Originally from New York, Carty worked as an assistant professor at A&T University in North Carolina before coming to Heidelberg.
Carty said when she first moved to Ohio, several people sent her sweaters.
"I didn't think I would make it through the first winter," she said.
Carty said she believes in pushing her students to do research and to always write well.
"Several of my students come back to me and say 'thank you for making me become a better writer,'" Carty said.
Carty has had several accomplishments during her time at Heidelberg. She was one of the founders of the school's student research conference, "Minds at Work." She also served as the conference's first keynote speaker.
"I wanted something that would promote students using their brains. It is not just about the content, but teaching students how to think," Carty said.
As an expert in freshwater dinoflagellates, or algae, she has published a book, titled "The Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America." She said she will be working on a new edition this summer.
Carty said that she receives emails from around the world, seeking her help with identification of algae and requests to collaborate on research and writing.
Carty will keep an office on campus for the next two years. She said she will have more time for her research, tending her garden and time for her two dogs, Sera and Aster.
"I have really enjoyed changing my students' lives and letting them see plant material with different eyes," Carty said. "I want to encourage students to have that fire in their belly and find something that they can never get tired of doing."
She said she believes in serendipity.
"My research has taken me all over the world and has opened up many opportunities for me and I have met many amazing people," she said. "I don't have any plans and I don't expect to be disappointed and I hope it all continues."


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It's puzzling to me why more people don't buy local shrimp.
I don't buy the imported-are-cheaper argument. When you can get fresh shrimp from South Carolina waters for $5 to $10 a pound, depending on the size and heads on or off, you are getting an incredible bargain. J
ust ask someone in, say, Des Moines, Iowa, what they would pay for the most delicious wild-caught shrimp in the country, if not the world.
That's not just my opinion. Chef Mike Lata of The Ordinary restaurant recently expressed the same sentiment.
And just think of what people are willing to pay per pound for premium beef ... double or triple.
Maybe some people don't know where to get local shrimp. Thankfully, many more grocery stores now carry them than in the past. And there's shrimp to be had at any one of our many local seafood stores.
If you're the type who appreciates a closer look at the source, then go to one of the local docks. Often the prices are better than anywhere else.
At my house, we tend to buy in bulk thanks to a freezer and weekly consumption of shrimp. So we stock up, 20 to 30 pounds at a time, at the start of shrimping season and then once or twice more before the season closes in the winter.
We've purchased shrimp from the docks in McClellanville, on Shem Creek, in Rockville and Folly Beach. Sometimes we take the pretty drive (S.C. Highway 26) to Bennett's Point in Green Pond, in the heart of the ACE Basin.
Find a good list of places to buy local shrimp on the website of the South Carolina Seafood Alliance, www. scseafood.org.
Anyway, we came back with some nice-sized shrimp from the latest excursion to Bennett's Point. The larger shrimp, about 21 count per pound, are especially good for grilling.
Which brings us to today's recipes, after a West Ashley reader asked for variety of grilled shrimp dishes to try.
Joanne Alexander, who also lives west of the Ashley, stepped up to the plate.
"My favorite recipe for grilling shrimp is to marinate peeled large shrimp in the following marinade for several hours:"
Joanne's Grilled Shrimp
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup snipped parsley (in a pinch, 2 tablespoons dried)
1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
1 tablespoon dill weed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 to 11/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled except for tails and deveined
Mix ingredients for marinade and place in a sealable bag or container. Marinate for a couple of hours or longer.
Thread shrimp (five or six per) on two parallel bamboo skewers that have been soaked in water for about 30 minutes so the wood won't burn. (The reason for the two is to keep the shrimp from spinning around as they would on a single skewer!)
Grill shrimp over hot coals until done (until they turn pink and the meat is opaque). Place on serving plates on skewers and guests can push shrimp off the skewers to eat.
It's fun to find new recipes in unexpected places.
Here are a couple courtesy of Kingsford charcoal and its website, www.grilling.com.
Barbecue Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp With Basil Stuffing
Yields: 6-8 servings
For shrimp:
30 basil leaves, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
30 large shrimp (21-25 count per pound), peeled with tail shells on
15 thin bacon slices, cut in half
6 bamboo skewers soaked in water 1 to 2 hours
For sauce:
¼ cup apple juice
¼ cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1¼ cups barbecue sauce, bottled or homemade
Mix together the basil, cheese and garlic. Remove shrimp shells, leaving only the tail. Butterfly the shrimp by cutting down the back of each shrimp and remove the vein. Fill the cut with ½ teaspoon of the basil stuffing. Wrap each shrimp with ½ slice of bacon and tuck the loose end or secure the bacon with a toothpick, leaving only the shrimp tail exposed.
Each skewer can hold a full serving of 5 shrimp.
Build a fire (wood or a combination of charcoal and wood) for indirect cooking situating the coals on only one side of the grill, leaving the other side void. When the grill temperature reaches 400 degrees, place the shrimp on the grill away from the coals and with the tails pointing up. Close the lid and cook the shrimp for 14 minutes. Drain the shrimp on a paper towel-lined platter.
Stir the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Holding the shrimp by the tail, dip each into the sauce, and return it to the grill away from the coals. Close the cooker lid and allow the sauce to caramelize (about 3 minutes). Serve hot.
Skewered Shrimp Stack
Yields: 4 servings
For the marinade:
1 teaspoon minced garlic
8 bamboo or metal skewers
¼ cup chopped cilantro (about half of a bunch)
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup lime juice
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 pound extra large shrimp (21-25), peeled and deveined
Assemble marinade ingredients in a large food storage bag, seal, and toss to mix. Add the shrimp and toss to coat. Marinate the shrimp for 30 minutes.
If using bamboo skewers, soak them in water while the shrimp is marinating to prevent them from burning on the grill. When the shrimp are finished marinating, spear three shrimp per skewer. Discard remaining marinade.
Grill shrimp on the outer edges of the grill over a hot charcoal fire (approximately 400 degrees) for 2-3 minutes on the first side and 1-2 minutes on the second side. Serve on the skewer or remove shrimp from skewer and serve on a platter.
Who's got the recipe?
Fudgy Brabham of Mount Pleasant remembers the fried shrimp served by the old LaBrasca's restaurant, and would love to have the recipe. He says they were not heavily battered and somehow seem to have been imparted with a lemon flavor. "Sensational," he says.
Maria Link of Ridgeville fondly recalls the "best Greek potatoes" served at the former North Towne restaurant in North Charleston and also would love to have the recipe. The potatoes included a touch of tomatoes.
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Local bluegrass band Waiting on Trial took a break from pickin� tunes during Taste of Durango on Sunday afternoon to welcome a surprise guest to the stage.
Band member Ryan Zernis chanted, �We got the guv, we got the guv,� before changing his tune and introducing Gov. John Hickenlooper by announcing, �Ladies and gentleman, the governor of the great state of Colorado.�
The crowd � a big one typical for this annual favorite event � cheered and clapped, as Hickenlooper took the stage wearing a button-down shirt and blue jeans.
�Thank goodness they�re a lot better at playing music than they are at making introductions,� Hickenlooper said, teasing back at the band before briefly addressing event-goers.
He thanked Durangoans for welcoming him and for supporting Manna Soup Kitchen, the beneficiary of Taste of Durango, before mentioning ProStart, a national career-building program for high school students interested in the culinary industry. He enthusiastically congratulated Durango�s ProStart team for winning this year�s state championship and taking ninth place at the national championships in Baltimore.
�Restaurants are, I think, the epitome of small business,� said Hickenlooper, a Denver Democrat, who was joined for much of the afternoon by Peter Meersman, the head of the Colorado Restaurant Association who also came from Denver for the event. �They help us see what, what small businesses are like,� the governor said.
This was Hickenlooper�s first visit to the Taste of Durango, and he seemed to try something at nearly all 37 booths as he chatted with those in line around him, occasionally stopping to shake hands or pose for pictures with supporters, before eventually taking the stage.
He closed the two-minute speech with a few comments about the local economy.
�You guys really are a national model of how a town over the last 20 years can reimagine itself and create a diverse economy that�s got big companies and little companies, all based around exercise and fitness and music and culture,� he said. �I mean Fort Collins is looking at what happens here, Colorado Springs looks at what happens in Durango. You have the lowest unemployment of any town in Colorado.�
One segment of the diverse economy, as demonstrated by booths up and down Main Avenue, including Steamworks Brewing Co., Carver Brewing Co., Durango Brewing Co., and Ska Brewing Co., is Durango�s contribution to the fast-growing market for craft beer.
�Craft beer, it only supplies 5 percent of the total beer that�s drunk, and yet it supplies almost 56 percent of the jobs, isn�t that cool?� Hickenlooper said. He was in town to attend a fundraiser for state Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, who is currently running against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, for Colorado�s 3rd U.S. Congressional District.
At the fundraiser, held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the roof of the Crossroads building, Pace supporters shook hands and exchanged introductions over the buzz of the festival below. Pace planned to head downstairs after the fundraiser to check out Taste of Durango with City Councilor Christina Rinderle.
Hickenlooper is currently on a whirlwind bill-signing tour, driving to at least 15 locations around the state and signing 13 bills over five days. After Durango, Hickenlooper and his entourage planned to travel to Delta and then Grand Junction, where the governor was going to visit St. Martin�s Place, a housing complex for homeless veterans, to present the homeless initiative, �Pathways Home Colorado.�


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WAILUKU - The mother of two children who reported being repeatedly sexually assaulted by a Wailuku man testified that she and her underage daughter were forced to participate in sexual acts with the man in a bedroom of their Pukalani home.
On the witness stand Thursday in the 2nd Circuit Court trial of William Barrios, the mother said the incident occurred in 2007 when Barrios "pretty much forced her and I to participate."
"We weren't able to leave the room until we both participated," the mother said. "She didn't want to do it. I was embarrassed. I was ashamed. I was upset. We were both miserable."
The mother said the incident followed numerous other times in 2006 and 2007 when she saw Barrios having sexual contact with the girl in the bedroom while pornography was playing on the television.
Barrios, 46, has pleaded not guilty to 180 charges alleging he sexually assaulted the girl and her younger brother from August 2004 to December 2009. Both were under age 14. The counts against Barrios include first-degree sexual assault, attempted first-degree sexual assault, kidnapping and third-degree sexual assault.
During her testimony that began Tuesday, the mother said Barrios' actions escalated as their weekend "recreational" use of crystal methamphetamine became more frequent. She said Barrios obtained the drug and provided it to her, dictating when they would snort it.
The mother said she was at work when Barrios began exposing the girl to pornography at the home within about six months after they moved in in August or September 2004, when the girl was 8 years old.
After confronting Barrios about letting the girl watch pornography, the mother said Barrios said "it was educational . . . that she would know what to do in case she was ever attacked by a male so she doesn't get raped."
"I couldn't do much," the mother said. "It would happen, definitely, when we were on drugs. Things got worse as the drug use got worse."
At times, the mother said, she would leave the bedroom after Barrios called the girl in while pornography was on the television. At times, she testified, she returned to see Barrios having sexual contact with the girl.
The mother estimated that happened twice a week in 2006 and 2007.
She also described acts of violence by Barrios.
He punched her daughter in the face, with her teeth puncturing the inside of her mouth, in 2008, the mother said. "I don't even know what provoked it, but to me it came out of nowhere," she said.
The punch caused the girl to fall, in the process chipping 3 inches of paint from a corner of the hallway wall, the mother said. Barrios took the girl to the emergency room, where she received stitches and Barrios reported making up a story about how the girl was injured, the mother said.
She said she went to the emergency room for two fractured ribs after Barrios punched her in September 2008.
The mother also said she had a black eye from a punch by Barrios and still has a scar above her eye from a laceration and one on her lip from a punch.
Once, when he was on the phone and she interrupted by asking a question, "he stabbed me in the thigh with a pencil," the woman said. "I still have the lead mark from that."
She said Barrios pulled her hair and her daughter's hair often.
The woman said she saw a gash on her son's head after Barrios reportedly hit the boy with a screwdriver.
Judge Rhonda Loo is presiding over the trial, which enters its third week Monday.
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Chad: "How did you win that poker tournament?"
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Thirteen-year-old Anastasiya Walk loves horseback riding, playing basketball and coming home from school to greet her parents.
The term family has been defined at long last for Anastasiya and other Ukrainian children who came to America through Truth Quest Ministries in Tyrone.
Anastasiya, who lives with her parents, Russell and Lori Walk, and two other adopted siblings from the Ukraine, was the first to be adopted through the ministry that has placed orphans, ages 7 and older, in permanent American homes.
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Members of the Hilling family of Hollidaysburg are (from left) Vlad, Lindy, Doug, Jamie and Jericho. Missing from the photo is Erin who is attending college. She encouraged the family to adopt Vlad, Lindy Hilling said.
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Vlad, Erin and Jericho Hilling of Hollidaysburg enjoy some time together at the beach.
The Walks, owners of the Quest Haven Lodge and leaders of the ministry, traveled to the Ukraine in 2010 to adopt Anastasiya, who is affectionately known as "Ana."
They saw the need for adoptions - especially among older children - and decided to add a camp at Quest Haven Lodge where children's camps have been held since the late 1990s.
Because the Ukraine has closed orphanages, children are usually adopted after visits to the United States, Lori explained. The hosting program allows families to meet perspective children for adoption, she said.
The Walks learned about this process from a group in California that brought Ukraine children to America for two weeks visits.
The Walks began their ministry to focus on international adoptions in 2008 after Lori and her daughter, Heather, helped at an orphanage during a missions trip to Guatemala. Heather is one of the Walks' five adult biological children, three of whom are married with children.
Through research, Lori said the family discovered the lack of parents for children in the Ukraine. She said 100,000 children live in orphanages in the former Soviet republic, not including those living on the streets.
Lori said she and Russ decided they to offer host the children by providing a camping experience before a visit in an American home.
"We decided to bring them to the camp first for a week," Lori said, to help them get acquainted with the English language and to be with other Ukrainian children.
Potential adoptive parents spent the week volunteering at the camp so the children could interact with them before they went to their homes for two weeks. If the child and family were comfortable with moving toward adoption, the child returned to the Ukraine for adoption proceedings.
Since their first experience with adopting Ana, the Walks have added Lena (pronounced Leanna) 16, and Erik, 14, to their family in 2011.
Russ and Lori also have grandchildren adopted from the Ukraine. Their oldest son, Russ Jr., and his wife, Cheri, have adopted two teenage biological sisters along with raising four biological children, ages 2 to 7.
Since July 2010 Truth Quest has placed 30 children in homes locally and out of state.
The biggest challenge for the children has been adjusting to the English language, Lori said.
"The first thing you do is understand the language. Then you speak it and then you learn to read and write it," she said.
Lori said the English as Second Language team of educators in the Tyrone School District where the Walk children attend have made that adjustment a bit easier.
"They are absolutely amazing," she said. The Walk children enjoy taking part in extracurricular activities at school, something that they could not do in the Ukraine.
Erik plays on the school's football team and Lena enjoys cross-country and soccer.
Lena's greatest passion, however, is painting. One of her works was purchased by former Ukraine Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma who led the country from 1994-2005.
These outlets help the children release their hidden emotions, Lori said.
"These kids have a stability now that they never had before. It is not temporary. They can open up, trust and have a relationship," Lori said.
Communication has not been an issue for 11-year-old Dema Noel, adopted son of Eric and Cindy Noel of Warriors Mark.
Eric describes Dema as talkative, but it took him awhile to understand the concept of family.
"He never knew what a family was. He had been used to caretakers in the orphanage, and I think he saw us as another set of caretakers," Eric said.
Dema had been in the orphanage system from ages 4 to 10 and lived in one of the worst facilities in the Ukraine, Cindy said.
For instance, the educational system was lacking and Dema needed glasses which the school did not provide and he had no help understanding lessons, she said.
This is not rare in the Ukraine, Cindy said, as many orphaned children are academically and /or socially behind U.S. children by two to three years.
He is in the fifth grade but requires specialized classes to keep up with his peers.
"He is a bright child," Cindy said, who needs some extra guidance.
Doug and Lindy Hilling of Hollidaysburg adopted Vlad, 13, a year ago in July. The couple also have three biological children, Jamie, 26, Erin, 19, and Jericho, 16.
Lindy is a business teacher in the Tyrone School District and had come in contact with the Walk children at school.
"We felt like we weren't done parenting," Lindy said, even though Jericho is still at home.
"[Jericho] always wanted a brother," Lindy said.
The Hillings found that the Ukrainian boy wanted to be a part of their family as much as they wanted him.
"He really wanted to have a family," Lindy said, "He told us he prayed for a mom and dad for a long time."
Vlad is also an athlete who enjoys football and wrestling and is active at his church, Williamsburg Christian and Missionary Alliance.
He speaks four languages - English, Russian, Italian and Ukrainian. His orphanage experience is less common.
"He came from one of the more progressive orphanages in the Ukraine," Lindy said. It is in Kherson, Ukraine, which is a bit more progressive and has less poverty.
He learned Italian by spending six weeks in the country through a school-sponsored program, and English was part of the school curriculum.
Each of the families credit the work of God in bringing the children to their homes.
It is a miracle in Cindy's mind that Dema is part of their family because the couple was not planning to adopt when they offered to help with the camp.
"We fought it," Cindy said, "It was something we were not prepared to do. My kids were grown. But Dema's name was clear in our minds. God wanted us to do this."
She said Dema is aware of God's intervention as he told the family he prayed for a long time for a family like the Noels.
"He knows it. He knows God rescued him," Cindy said.


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(DETROIT) – The Rainbow PUSH Detroit Chapter will host an event entitled, Crusade For America: The Future of Democracy in the Wake of Municipal Financial Crisis, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012, and Friday, March 30, 2012, at Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park, Mich. and Wayne County Community College Downtown Campus. This event explores some of the major issues surrounding the social and economic trajectory of Detroit and other cities across the nation as citizens, elected officials and business interests seek to balance the value of democracy and financial responsibility. The event also will consider the effectiveness of emergency managers in a larger context of urban divestment. Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. will deliver the keynote address during this event. This address will be given at WCCCD Downtown campus at 2 p.m on Thursday, March 29, 2012. The full event schedule is available at the end of this release.
"The Rainbow PUSH Detroit Chapter and Michigan affiliates are proud of the fact that Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. stands as a champion for democracy," said D. Alexander Bullock who is president of the Detroit Chapter and State Coordinator. "It is critical for us to recapture the momentum of the civil rights movement and fight for freedom and fiscal responsibility. Here fiscal responsibility doesn't just mean emergency management, it means urban policy – it means emergency reconstruction."
In addition to Jackson, Pastor Frederick Haynes, Dr. Delman Coates, and Bill Wylie- Kellerman will participate in the event. The event will consist of three sessions on Thursday and three sessions on Friday. Some KEY HIGHLIGHTS include: The 9:30 a.m. opening session will be a planning meeting to develop a strategy and message for a national youth and parent march in Detroit on August 25, 2012. Amid the many violent murders of young people in Detroit, the failing public education system and the need for hope in the next generation this community in action session will attempt to plot a course of action for animating and empowering youth leadership. Also, on Thursday there will be an 11:30 a.m. session featuring Wells Fargo on financial literacy and foreclosure relief. The main session on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. will feature Pastor Delman Coates. He will talk about the connection between civil rights and the fight for marriage equality. Bill Wylie – Kellerman will respond to his talk.
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ROARING SPRING - On Friday, toward the end of a presentation designed to show why things can't stay the same for Nason Hospital, CEO Garret Hoover held up a sheet of paper representing the supplies the hospital needs to do business.
Hoover had just finished making a case to a Mirror reporter that Nason is efficient, in the black, with good patient satisfaction and compliance with core medical protocols.
But the small community hospital can't keep going on its own, after 113 years, he said.
Instead, it needs to continue pursuing an affiliation course that began in 2010 with Altoona Regional Health System - which in turn is pursuing an affiliation with Pittsburgh health care giant UPMC.
"We need the economies of scale that UPMC can bring," Hoover said. "They're a $10 billion organization. We're $35 million [annual net income]."
Who gets the better price, he asked rhetorically.
An Altoona Regional spokesman declined to comment for this story, and a UPMC spokesman didn't reply to an invitation to comment sent Friday afternoon.
The little hospital can't keep going long term as an independent because the federal government continues to squeeze the excess out of health care with cuts in Medicare reimbursement, an expansion of Medicaid - which is a losing proposition for providers - and reimbursement incentives for vertical integration.
Only large organizations that can provide a "continuum of care" - ultimately, perhaps, cradle to grave, can compete.
Payments are trending away from "fee for service" to bundling for whole ranges of services, which may ultimately mean insurance companies paying health care institutions a sum of money for providing medical care to a group of people based on the actuarial likelihood of their incurring medical costs.
Only larger organizations can handle such an environment.
What if Nason tried to go it alone anyway?
"Not an option," Hoover said. "We would be unable to sustain."
It's not necessarily what Cove residents want to hear, because there's uncertainty.
Most people in the Cove are in two camps, according to Nason emergency room doctor John Baker. The minority thinks Nason and Altoona have already merged. The majority "hope what happened to Bon Secours won't happen here," Baker said.
Bon Secours Hospital merged with Altoona Hospital in 2004 to form Altoona Regional, amid controversy and angst among advocates of the smaller institution.
Bon Secours closed last year.
In Nason's case, Hoover said he could not guarantee the long-term existence of Nason.
"I'm not going to speculate," he said. "I really don't know."
The goal, however, "is to continue to provide services through this facility," he said.
Baker thinks Nason has a better chance than Bon Secours for long-term survival, because while Bon Secours and Altoona were in the same city, Nason is 16.5 miles distant.
It's thus less redundant.
"For now, I don't think we're in danger," Baker said.
An affiliation will likely mean a streamlining of operations at Nason, and maybe loss of some duplicate services, but not a loss of basic patient care and doctor services, Baker predicted.
Actually, "hooking up with a major system" - likely an actual merger, according to Hoover - "could present opportunities that the region doesn't presently have," he said.
That could mean specialist services in the Cove or Altoona that are currently not available in Blair County, he said.
"But [jobs] could be lost whether we're part of an integrated system or not," he said. "It's more likely to happen if we remain independent."
Nason has demonstrated efficiency statistically, with operating expenses, salaries and personnel levels below the national median, relative to size, Hoover said.
The hospital also scored well over the national average on key questions in mandatory patient surveys, according to Hoover. Seventy-seven percent gave Nason an overall score of nine or 10 - compared with 69 percent of hospitals nationally getting those kudos from customers, he said.
Similarly, 78 percent of Nason patients said they'd recommend the hospital to others, compared to 70 percent nationally, he said.
Nason also has a positive operating margin. But that margin for fiscal 2012 was only 0.5 percent on $33 million, which is "weak," Hoover said.
And a 2 percent Medicare cut is coming at the end of March.
"That's a big deal," Hoover said, noting half of Nason's business is Medicare.
Medicare payments in this area are already low, according to Hoover.
The Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania estimates that hospitals in the region lose an aggregate $70 million a year because the Medicare wage index here is too low, according to Hoover.
The Medicare cuts are a major incentive for consolidation, because consolidation is one of the surest ways to become more efficient.
"It's the economy of scale," Hoover said. "It's all about size."
He can't find any more efficiencies on his own, he said. But he said he intends to find them now through "partnerships [with] powerful players" that can get better prices, tend to have the best practices, can attract and retain staff and have better access to less expensive capital, he said.
Nason has plenty of company in its financial weakness. More than half the nation's 2,000-plus rural hospitals are in the red, according to an article in Healthcare Finance News provided by Hoover.
Nason has plenty of company in its eagerness to merge.
For 2012, the number of merger deals was up 18 percent, and the number of hospitals involved in those deals was up 66 percent - an indication that previously merged multiple-hospital systems are combining with other such systems, Hoover said.
"It's staggering," he said. "It's happening in every market."
Few independent community hospitals will remain in the nation within five years, Hoover predicted.
Altoona and Nason agreed to discuss an affiliation because together they believed they could attract the interest of a larger health system like UPMC, which runs the local hospital in Bedford County.
Nason and Altoona have already joined together in some exploratory initiatives involving a supply contract, pharmacy services, tele-radiology, a county needs assessment and information technology.
Nason supports Altoona's affiliation push with UPMC, Hoover said.
"We want to be part of that," he said.
The public wants to know more, Hoover conceded, and he said he'd like to tell them.
"But I don't have a clear picture," he stated. "We're going to try to do the right thing."
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Pablo Erebia Sr.
June 28, 1944-Nov. 16, 2012
Age: 68
Residence: LaSalle
Pablo Erebia Sr., 68, of LaSalle, died on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at the North Colorado Medical Center.
He was born June 28, 1944, in Big Springs, Texas, to Trinidad and Amaila (Sanchez) Erebia.
Survivors include his children, Pablo (Annette) Erebia, Joseluis Erebia, Virginia (Thomas) Montelongo, Fernando (Victoria) Erebia, Freddie (Kristina) Erebia, Marylou Jordan, Benjamina Erebia and Freddie (Bertha) Hernandez; 33 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
A memorial reception will be from 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 8, 2012, at the Greeley First Assembly of God Church, 3000 16th St.
Memorial donations made to the family are greatly appreciated.
Alma Elizabeth Linnebur
Dec. 29, 1932-Nov. 30, 2012
Age: 79
Residence: Roggen
Alma Elizabeth Linnebur, 79, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2012, at her home in Roggen. She was born Dec. 29, 1932, in Roggen, to Joseph and Magdalena (Eble) Elpers. She attended school in Strasburg and later attended Loretto Heights College in Denver.
She married Ivan Joseph Linnebur on June 11, 1955, in Strasburg. They began their life together, farming and living in the Roggen area. At the time of her death, Alma and Ivan had lived on the same family farm for 57 years.
Alma was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roggen, where she served on the Altar & Rosary Society and taught CCD for numerous years. She most enjoyed working on the yearly CCD Christmas program — planning and directing the story of the birth of Jesus. In their later years, Ivan and Alma attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Wiggins. Alma was also a member of the Jane Jeffersons and she served on the alumni board at Loretto Heights College for several years. She enjoyed reading, sewing and helping with church activities. She was a woman of great faith, known by her family for her dedicated prayer life. Her dedication to the Blessed Mother and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was known to all who knew her.
Alma is survived by her husband, Ivan Linnebur of Roggen; four children, Diane Sauter and her husband Tom of Bennett, Patricia Musgrave and her husband Jim of Wiggins, Beth Gerkin and her husband Rick of Eaton, and Joseph Linnebur of Eaton; her sister, Mary Elpers of Denver; her brother, Urban Elpers and his wife Virginia of Strasburg; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Elpers of Strasburg, and Betty Elpers of Sun City, Ariz. Alma is also survived by 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her siblings, Albert, Joseph, Dennis, Frank and Inez Elpers, Ann Jeffrey and Teresa Doherty; her son-in-law, Carey Gettman; and her beloved daughter, Jacqueline Carol Gerkin.
A Rosary vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roggen.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, also at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Linnebur Family Cemetery in Roggen.
Memorial donations may be made to Sacred Heart or Our Lady of Lourdes Altar & Rosary Society, 38044 Weld County Road 16, Roggen, CO 80652.
Linda McEwan
Sept. 24, 1950-Nov. 29, 2012
Age: 62
Residence: Greeley
Linda McEwan, 62, of Greeley, passed away Nov. 29, 2012, at North Colorado Medical Center. She was born Sept. 24, 1950, in Wellington, Texas, to Kennith and Billie Jean Downs.
She is survived by her three sons, Danny (Diana) McEwan, Chad (Tiffany) McEwan, Jason McEwan; one daughter, Heather McEwan; seven grandchildren; and two sisters, Connie (Allen) Coatney and Shirley (Rusty) McReynolds.
Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at Adamson Chapel. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at Adamson Chapel.
Condolences may be sent to the family and her life story read at www.adamsonchapels.com.
Joseph Daniel Moralez Jr.
July 3, 1936-Nov. 30, 2012
Age: 76
Residence: Greeley
Joseph Daniel Moralez Jr., 76, of Greeley, passed away Nov. 30, 2012, at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born July 3, 1936, in Gill, Colo., to Jose and Delphina (Gonzalez) Moralez.
Joseph was raised in Gill and graduated from Gill High School. He attended University of Northern Colorado before enlisting in the Navy. Joseph was a land surveyor with Weld County and many private companies. He enjoyed farming, gardening and volunteering as a baseball coach. He loved his grandchildren and going to their sporting events. Joseph was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church in Greeley, going to bible study every Wednesday and services every Sunday. He was a member of the Old Timers.
He is survived by one daughter, Annette (Paul) Erebia of Greeley; two sons, Joseph (Lori) Moralez III of Greeley, and Mike (Stacey) Moralez of LaSalle; grandchildren, Telly Daniel Euresti, Brandon Michael Euresti, Jayce Tappy, Madison Moralez, Rachel Moralez and Sterling Moralez, all of Greeley; two great-grandchildren, Darren Joseph Euresti and Gracie Euresti; five sisters, Ruth Gomez of Greeley, Martha Benevadez of Greeley, Mary Macias of Denver, Irene Chacon of LaSalle and Angie Foos of Denver; one brother, Steve Moralez of Aurora; and one special friend, Valtin Perez of Greeley.
Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Mary Lou Moralez.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Adamson Chapel. Funeral service will be held at 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the First Assembly of God Church, 3000 16th St., Greeley. Interment will be at Linn Grove Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.adamsonchapels.com.


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