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John Mertz, Denny's franchisee owner, and John Schnatter, Papa John's CEO, are among those who intend to make customers and employees pay for requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Both lament that keeping employees healthy, boosting morale, lowering turnover, and reducing absenteeism due to illness hurts business. It's peculiar logic considering the long-term cost savings to business, if an investment is made on the front end.
Opponents to the Affordable Care Act plan to lay off employees, reduce their hours to get around part of the law, and of course pass along costs to customers. Mertz, restaurant franchisee owner, has an unethical yet legal approach to fighting Obamacare. As reported by Janean Chun in the Huffington Post, he intends to list a 5 percent surcharge on customer bills. He told the Huffington Post, "… customers have two choices. They can either pay it and tip 15 or 20 percent, or if they really feel so inclined, [or] they can reduce the amount of tip they give to the server, who is the primary beneficiary of Obamacare" (emphasis added).
It's not the best way to show employees you care and expect maximum productivity.
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter believes he'll have to raise the price of his pizzas by 10-14 cents and cut the hours of some employees to put them below the eligibility threshold for health care. According to Forbes writer Caleb Melby, however, the actual cost of the Affordable Care Act, based on revenue and operating expenses generated by the international pizza company, will be .4% to .7%. Under one percent.
If this calculation is accurate, Schnatter gives new meaning to cheap.
The fuss, shortsightedness, and inability to see the long-term savings is surprising. Joan C. Williams, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, wrote turnover and absenteeism can cost an employer "30 percent to 75 percent of an hourly worker's annual salary to replace." There are many reasons for absenteeism, but health is one of them.
According to a 2008 Mercer study, the direct costs of non-union, hourly, unplanned, incidental and extended absences exceeded 2.8 percent. A 2005 study conducted by Circadian found that "(u)nscheduled absenteeism … conservatively cost(s) $3,600 per hourly employee per year." These figures would include illness and family matters.
There's another issue here. Greed. Assuming only for discussion purposes there is a slight reduction in profit, being part of the Affordable Care Act can save lives and improve the quality of life for many people. Is that so wrong? Isn't it the ethical thing to do?
Paul Jesep is an attorney, policy analyst, and author of Lost Sense of Self & the Ethics Crisis: Learn to Live and Work Ethically.


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on January 29, 2013 - 7:02 PM
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man, who fired a shotgun blast at a Genesee Street home Christmas night and later broke a police officer's thumb, pleaded guilty to two felonies Tuesday.
Kenneth W. Houghton Jr., 31, of Walnut Street, could be sentenced to as long as 11 years in prison on his guilty pleas to first-degree reckless endangerment and attempted second-degree assault.
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said she would only be speculating when asked who Houghton was shooting at when he fired a 12-gauge shotgun at 107 Genesee St. Police said at the time they believed the incident was drug-related. Detective Kevin Schrader was injured trying to subdue Houghton early on Dec. 26.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ordered Houghton, a second-time felon, held in lieu of $250,000 bail pending sentencing April 24.

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SACRAMENTO - California's leading children's advocates today congratulated Governor Brown on signing key legislation that moves health care reform forward in California, and sets the stage for improving access to health care coverage for children. By signing AB 1296 (Bonilla), AB 922 (Monning) and SB 51 (Alquist), the Governor allows the state to continue to move forward on implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California.
On behalf of California's children's health advocates, Kristen Golden-Testa, Director of Health Programs for The Children's Partnership, hailed the adoption of AB 1296 and other health care legislation. "Health reform is about the promise of providing affordable coverage for all, and these bills are important first steps toward realizing that long out-of-reach dream for California children. Currently, our state has more than 7 million uninsured people, including over one million children. The majority of these uninsured children are eligible for coverage through Medi-Cal or the Healthy Families Program. The modernized, integrated enrollment system envisioned in AB 1296 will help reach these children by ensuring that they obtain the coverage for which they are eligible and enabling them to obtain the care they need to grow up healthy and ready to learn. By beginning the hard work of creating a seamless, coordinated, "no wrong door" system for accessing health coverage, California will continue to lead the way as health reform becomes a reality. More importantly, a modernized enrollment system will enable us to reduce the number of uninsured children in California."
In addition, the Governor signed AB 922 (Monning), which creates a new consolidated Office of the Patient Advocate that will protect the interests of California health consumers and provide a place where parents can receive answers to questions about their children's health coverage and help resolving problems. This is another important step toward simplifying and coordinating access to health coverage information for families and children," Golden-Testa said. SB 51 (Alquist) ensures that the percentage of insurance premiums spent on medical care complies with federal minimum standards.
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Pope Bids Faithful a Farewell In Emotional, Historic Exit
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy—For the first time in the past six centuries of Roman Catholicism, a pope appeared at his balcony—high above the throng—not to greet the faithful, but to bid them farewell.
Benedict XVI renounced his office as supreme pontiff of the Catholic fold on Thursday, taking a step that few popes have dared in the 2,000-year life of the Church. His departure was characteristic of a man who thought in terms of centuries, but whose papacy was often swept up in the tumult of daily headlines.
Now, attention shifts to the cardinals who will forge Catholicism's future through one of its oldest traditions: a secret conclave to elect a new leader.
"You know this day is different than my previous days," a smiling Benedict XVI told a crowd gathered before the facade of the papal summer residence in the medieval town of Castel Gandolfo. "I will simply be a pilgrim on the last stop of my pilgrimage on this earth."
The pope departed Vatican City in dramatic fashion, whisked by a white helicopter over the sun-kissed dome of St. Peter's basilica. At the striking of 8 p.m., the official hour of the papacy's end, Church officials sealed the papal apartments and elevator. The papal ring, which bears the image of St. Peter as a fisherman and the seal of his authority, was broken. Bells tolled.
"How do you invent a ritual for the pope leaving the Vatican and the pope leaving office? That's new for us. But it had to happen," said Rev. Jeremy Driscoll, a theologian at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome.
Stefania Miscoli, a 50-year-old nurse, had gone to church in the evening to pray for the departing pontiff. "As long as he's alive, he will always be my pope," she said.
The pope's decision to resign was based on practical reasons: an admission that he didn't have the physical and mental strength to endure the papacy to his end. This recognition of frailty will have a ripple effect on the conclave to come.
For hundreds of years, a pope left his position only in death. The mourning rituals long served as a cathartic event that both shaped the conclave and opened the door to spiritual and administrative renewal within the Church. By resigning, however, Benedict XVI has transformed papal succession from a matter of life and death into one of administration.
"It's a game-changer," Father Driscoll said of the decision to step down. "It changes how the next pope will be elected. It changes what we will look for in the pope."
Today, the Church seeks a renaissance. Its flock is dwindling in Europe, its historic home, shifting the center of gravity of Catholicism to Latin America, Asia and Africa. The Roman Curia, the decision-making center of the Vatican, is deeply divided after scandals and infighting. A widespread sex-abuse crisis has hurt the credibility of Church leadership world-wide.
Upon Benedict XVI's resignation, the Vatican declared the seat of St. Peter "vacant," paving the way for cardinals from around the world to hold a series of daily consultations, known as the General Congregation.
Held inside Vatican City walls, the General Congregation is a forum where all cardinals, including those over the voting age limit of 80, will discuss the most pressing issues facing the Church.
One of the cardinals' most urgent tasks will be setting a date for cardinals to hold a conclave—the secret papal election that takes place behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel.
For Benedict, his renouncement of the papacy brings changes both great and small. The pope emeritus will give up the red shoes of his papacy and will instead wear brown leather loafers made for him in Mexico.
But Benedict will remain near. The man who for three decades has been the Church's top theologian will be living in a former convent a garden lane from St. Peter's.
Addressing cardinals for the last time early in the day on Thursday, the soon-to-be emeritus pope tackled the potential conflict straight on: He promised to "obey" the new pope. But in the same speech, he also urged the cardinals to act harmoniously, "like an orchestra" in guiding the Church.
Benedict XVI's last meeting with cardinals and the rest of the day's events were carefully choreographed to convey the gravitas of the end of a papal era. The cardinals were televised clasping hands with the pontiff, who was wearing a red and gold embroidered vestment that he had donned in the earliest days of his papacy.
Just before 5 p.m., Benedict XVI was televised exiting his apartments, accompanied by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, his longtime personal secretary, and passing into a courtyard packed with Vatican staff. One by one, tearful priests bowed before the pope, kissing his hand.
Benedict XVI's driver wept as he said goodbye before helping the pontiff into the black sedan that ferried him to the helipad. A young girl in a pink hat clapped as he sped off.
The helicopter rose from behind the cupola of St. Peter's and quickly became a speck in the horizon as it flew toward Castel Gandolfo. People on rooftops across the city waved goodbye.
"The loss is great," said Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, a prelate based in Houston, Texas, watching from St. Peter's Square. Msgr. Steenson heads a body created under Benedict's papacy, called an "ordinariate," which has brought thousands of estranged Anglicans into the Catholic fold. The entity, initially criticized by some as an attempt to poach faithful from a rival Christian church, aims to bridge divisions between Roman Catholicism and the Church of England dating to the reign of King Henry VIII.
Awaiting Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo were scores of faithful jammed into the small square in front of the papal residence. A banner, bearing Benedict's coat of arms, draped over an empty balcony.
Christian Dieckmann, a taxi driver from Freiburg, Germany, had taken a last-minute flight to Rome for Benedict XVI's farewell. Scanning the radio for the schedule of events, he realized the balcony of Castel Gandolfo was his best shot of catching a glimpse of the man. "I knew here I could get the last blessing of a German pope," Mr. Dieckmann said.
Angelo Di Santo, a 34-year-old doctor, carried his year-old son who was waving a tiny flag with "Viva il Papa!" inscribed on it. When Benedict XVI appeared on the balcony, the boisterous crowd fell silent, and Mr. Di Santo held up his son with outstretched arms.
"Wave your flag. Let him see you wave your flag," Mr. Di Santo told his son.
Benedict XVI delivered a blessing to the crowd, his last. Then he pronounced the final words of his papacy: "Thank you, good night."
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Terry Achane, a US Army drill sergeant, is fighting for the return of his 21-month-old daughter, Leah Frei, after his former wife gave their child up for adoption without his knowledge or consent. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Utah judge, Darold McDade has given the adoptive couple, Jared and Kristi Frei, 60 days to return the child to Achane, her biological father.
Attorney Mark Wise told the newspaper the adoption is actually a case of human trafficking. He added that unmarried biological fathers have been victims, but it is "new territory" for an agency to take away a child from a married father who wants his baby.
The adoptive parents are raising money on a website to appeal McDade's decision. Achane says he is not a religious person, but cited the Bible, saying "Thou shalt not steal," in reference to the Frei's resistance to returning his daughter. He says it has been a year and a half since he started the process and precious time with his daughter can't be recovered.
Tira Bland, the child's biological mother, and Achane are now divorced. They married in 2009 and lived in Fort Hood, Texas, along with Bland's daughter from a previous relationship. Bland learned of her pregnancy by Achane in June 2010.
Early in the marriage, the couple sought counseling, and during the pregnancy Bland said she felt abandoned by Achane. Per a Salt Lake Tribune report, Bland said, "It wasn't anything like 'I love you' or 'I will be back for you and the baby.' It was just like he didn't care." During the pregnancy, Bland considered an abortion and adoption, but Achane objected.
Achane's tells a vastly different story which the judge believed. He said he left Texas on Jan. 17, 2011, prior to beginning his drill sergeant assignment, in search of a new home for his family in Fort Jackson, S.C. Because Bland preferred to give birth in Texas, Achane said he planned to return for the delivery and expected Bland to later join him in South Carolina.
Ten days after Achane left, Bland made the decision to pursue adoption for her and her then husband's child. Unaware of her decision, Achane continued paying the mortgage and household bills. He reports that Bland had access to money for groceries, pregnancy and living expenses. She counters she had little money and didn't believe Achane had an interest in their baby.
Meanwhile, Bland located the Adoption Center of Choice, in Orem, Utah which arranged for her to come to Utah and give birth. She said she was honest with the adoption agency and the Frei's about her marital status but believed the Frei's would be good parents because of their Christian beliefs. Bland, who had been a single parent prior to marrying Achane, said she feared she would have two children to raise on her own and did not believe she was able to provide necessities. Despite Achane's desire to father his child, Bland tearfully said in a recent CNN interview, " . . . I would rather see her with me struggling first, before she goes with him."
The major culprit in this case is the Adoption Center of Choice. Agency officials knew that Tira Bland was married, that her husband refused to relinquish his parental rights, and that he was pursuing legal recourse once he learned his daughter's adoption was pending.
The Freis were advised on the details before accepting the baby into their home. They are currently appealing McDade's decision which would likely result in them keeping Leah for another two years during the appeals process. She is now nearly two, but in two years, she'll be about four. Her bio dad reports seeing her twice, for a total of six hours.
I agree with McDade, who, in a 48-page ruling, said the adoption is "utterly indefensible." The Adoption Center of Choice should face criminal charges for its failure to disclose requested information to Terry Achane and human trafficking. Utah is known for pushing through adoptions swiftly and playing fast and loose with its already lax adoption laws. However, the Freis are not without fault either; they were informed by the agency that Achane would likely contest the adoption but chose to follow through with it. Now that the judge has ruled in Achane's favor, they still hold on to "Leah" -- a child who is no longer their legal daughter.


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The " Dunkadelic Generation " craze of the 90's helped define the hip hop boom era, that introduced the lifeform as a part of popular culture.
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on December 21, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Compassionate people help animals, humans
In response to a writer's request that we rethink our priorities when it comes to animal welfare – specifically, to contribute to and provide veterinary care to animals who were victims of cruelty and abuse – I must nod my head in disbelief. I do care and will continue to do so. I thank the people who took care of these animals.
A recent study has shown that people who care and contribute the most to animal groups are also the ones who do the same for human welfare groups. It is called compassion.
The recent abuse of these dogs has brought people together to see these animals' gradual road to recovery, and to bring to light the need for more harsh punishment to these crimes. It was the humane thing to provide care, treatment and love to these suffering animals.
It also points to the hardships of other animals in shelters waiting for a good home. Between 3 million and 4 million animals are euthanized in shelters each year, due to lack of adoptive homes.
This holiday season and into the new year, let's remember empathy, care and concern for all creatures, human and animal.
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President Obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change. After successfully passing his green stimulus package, he did nothing to defend it when Congress decimated its funding....Without presidential leadership that focuses intensely on making the public aware of the reality we face, nothing will change.
Many political advisers assume that a president has to deal with the world of politics as he finds it, and that it is unwise to risk political capital on an effort to actually lead the country toward a new understanding of the real threats and real opportunities we face. Concentrate on the politics of re-election, they say. Don't take chances.All that might be completely understandable and make perfect sense in a world where the climate crisis wasn't "real." Those of us who support and admire President Obama understand how difficult the politics of this issue are in the context of the massive opposition to doing anything at all — or even to recognizing that there is a crisis. And assuming that the Republicans come to their senses and avoid nominating a clown, his re-election is likely to involve a hard-fought battle with high stakes for the country....But in this case, the President has reality on his side. The scientific consensus is far stronger today than at any time in the past. Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real. It is time to act.
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on February 12, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Country needs to take better care of veterans
This past week, I spent time in the Buffalo VA hospital where my daughter was having surgery. I have always been a very strong supporter of the VA and everything it does for our veterans. Unfortunately, this was not one of those days. I was appalled at the amount of cold, freezing air that was coming through the windows on the fifth floor, Wing A, the Ambulatory Surgical Wing. The blankets that were rolled up and placed on the bottom of the windows did little to dampen the cold air flow.
I find it unconscionable that our veterans, as well as staff members, are subjected to this type of environmental condition. Our country spends billions and billions of dollars propping up a corrupt government in Afghanistan, yet we cannot provide proper windows that do not leak in a VA hospital? This is outrageous!
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|Frazier has the better wins. I rate Frazier higher.
|Marciano has the better wins. I rate Marciano higher.
|Frazier has the better wins. I rate Marciano higher.
|Marciano has the better wins. I rate Frazier higher.
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Frazier V Marciano
I see it all the time, Marciano hovering around number 6-8 on ATG lists, Frazier at 7-10. Usually lower than Marciano.
But how does one justify putting Marciano above Frazier?
Let's look at their resume of wins, off the top of my head (if I forget any, please prompt me to add them)
Bonavena x2
Quarry x2
Ellis x2
Machen (past his best)
Walcott x2
Charles x2
La Starza x2
Louis (far past his best, about the same quality fighter as Machen was at this stage)
The best win in either list is far and away Muhammad Ali. Louis was shot to pieces at that stage.
Marciano and Frazier both went undefeated for 7 years. Frazier was far quicker to step up in competition and overall I would say had the better competition and the better single win (by a significant margin).
Just to wander into the completely subjective, I believe Frazier is also the better fighter H2H. I think FOTC Ali would've decisioned Marciano and Foreman would bounce both Frazier and Marciano off the canvas until the ref stepped in, on the same night if he had to.
Let's try keep this civil. I know some ****tards entertain the idea that if you choose a black fighter over a white fighter, you're a racist. But this section is almost always better than that.
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Its a solid argument.
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Very solid justification for your argument. Clearly Frazier had better quality wins.
The undefeated record is what gives Marciano the edge, and it's not simply because he never lost. Certainly the 49-0 record stands out and helps his legacy. Losses also give us perspective into what type of fighter or strategy a fighter is vulnerable to. Frazier for example, we saw what Foreman did to him and we saw a post prime Ali outbox him twice.
Marciano is in a position where a further level of speculation is needed to determine what potential flaws could be exploited to beat him. Gun to my head, I'd agree that Marciano loses to 1971 Ali and gets knocked out by Foreman. However, you can't actually bring up specific fights in which he was knocked out early or lost a decision. It creates a less solid basis in which to speculate on Marciano losing.
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That's my problem, Marciano seems to benefit from being given the benefit of the doubt, so to speak.
Frazier proved his mettle against better fighters, and in the process lost against two of the greatest heavyweights ever (beating one of them however). I don't think the latter half justifies ranking him lower.
For arguments sake I would also bring up that Marciano was very nearly (some would say he was) outboxed by Roland La Starza.
I have not seen the fight, I am not saying it should have gone to La Starza, but he is nowhere near the level of the men Frazier has losses to in the book.
I also do not think that fight should take away from his ranking.
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Very solid point,
I admit to have rated Marciano above Frazier in my list, but I can entirely see your point.
In short, Frazier fought a far better opposition and lost a few fights, while Marciano dominated a rather weak division.
Frazier has the misfortune, in a sense, to have lived in the same era as Alì and in one of the best periods ever of the HW divison.
Not many people would rate Frazier above Marciano, simply because Frazier was the second (possibly the 3rd, if we include Foreman) of his times.
As a side note, I'd love to see at least one HW fight somewhat like Smokin' Joe, I was recently watching Alì-Frazier I . It was astonishing to see how Joe would keep on coming forward, bobbing and weaving, throwing body shots with utter determination, no matter how often he got hit.
I love his "Yes, I'm crazy" attitude.
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Definitely not a role model. Nor is he a very good fighter. But he's the closest you'll see for a loooong time.
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I feel as though if frazier had retired after that first ali fight and been undefeated with a win over the GOAT this would be a non debate, but because he went on and lost to guys miles and miles above anything that rocky ever fought and would also have lost to, he ends up being ranked below him.
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What a great fight that would be.
Both slowish starters who really brought the heat in the middle rounds and had a great work rate to the final bell.
Both showed great heart in come from behind victories.
Both hated to be held in close in so would be great inside war.
Suspect that Joe's left hook may be marginally the best punch of the two (just), but that Rocky had the greater all round 2 handed artillery.
To close to pick, but this would be in my top 3 HW fantasty fights ever.
Agree that Joe's CV is better, but Rocky built his legend on fighting guys around Joe's dimensions,
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Teachers unions oppose cutting employee benefits
April 22, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — With some teachers' benefits set to be cut as Jefferson County Schools officials prepare next year's budget, representatives from the state's two largest teachers unions believe......
Majoritarian and his ilk care about one thing ---themselves. Oh and his facist brethren in red China who with the aid of multinational corporations are destroying this country. I vote Repuklican because I hate democracy
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My Grandmother taught in Berkeley Co. schools for 52 years..and never missed a day. I lived with them so I know from which I speak: teachers of today are NOT of the SAME MINDSET AS TEACHERS OF OLD. Many are the reasons for this, as have been eluded to in other posts. Dicipline is non-exsistant today, in and out of the home. Parents:guilty ---- schools: hands tied by Law on correcting children. 80% of every tax dollar goes to the school board,no reason to believe that 81% will harvest better results, so more money isn't the answer, either. It actually starts with the lawyers and bill makers. Everything we're witnessing today in forms of "failures" in the school system can be DIRECTLY related to past litigations and bills from legislators. Why can't teachers punish those who disrupt? because the liberals who pamper their kids don't like that, and made darn sure it was illegal to do!! too bad..be a PARENT..not a champion of a lost cause. Let the teachers do their jobs.
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Maj, Don't pretend you care about the kids.
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As society continues to accept the "anything goes" philosophy that is handed down to the children, I realize what an impossible task teachers face to do the jobs in which they are hired to do.
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I've been talking with many of my friends who have been teaching for years and they all tell me lack of discipline in the classroom is the biggest obstacle to getting the results we should expect. The teachers are powerless to try and maintain control of the environment of unruly and undisciplined students. The students know it. The parents know it. Therefore chaos is rampant and the few that actually want to learn cannot. We can throw all the money in the world at the problem (and we've been doing that) and give teachers all the benefits they ask for, but until a plan is developed that allows the educators to maintain control of the classroom effectively, unsatisfactory results will be the norm. Yes, proper behavior begins at home, but when that doesn't happen and those problems are moved to the classroom, there needs to be a way to deal with it properly and that is not happening.
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The only reason that Master's Degrees are required is because the teachers themselves (and their unions) have required it in order to control supply and up their pay scale...
It doesn't take a Master's Degree for almost anything taught in primary or secondary education.
So, it is their own fault for requiring it. And, lest we forget they DO NOT (despite their claims) work as many days in a year as private-sector counterparts for comparable pay. I know many teachers, too, and I know the reality!
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Realityck: That's a legitimate observation. One expects a defense atty to advocate for the guilty defendant. That's his job.
Happy: That violin playing is old. Teachers choose whether they will work and where they will work. They choose whether they will seek a graduate degree or not seek one. You make it sound as if they weren't involved in the decisionmaking, as if their job was forced on them. ANYONE who doesn't put his family first is not worth much in my book.
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Many of you know that I am considered a conservative Republican and will hit the disagree button as soon as I post. Since I was a Union member for 21 years I believe it is the Unions job to PROTECT members benefits and this Union is doing what it should be doing. I have many issues on the role that Unions play in today's politics, but this is a role they should be playing
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Minoritatian: I have friends (teachers) with Masters Degrees working for 45K per year & 'benefits'. Benefits awarded ONLY if they deny their OWN families (yes, they have to deny their own children & family in times of illness (even death) to prove they care about other people's kids. How about the community/parents start to invest (time, attention and money) in their own children. Prove to their own children they are worth paying the people who care for them throughout the day as much as they would pay the plumber. Any teacher would love to make $150++ per hour! Instead they make $150 per day (with a masters degree). How much more sacrifice should the teachers demonstrate when their students' own parents won't sacrifice? Children are the priority-NOW PROVE IT! Honor the teaching profession and invest in it. Weed out the top of the six figure administrators and let the money trickle down to the people actually doing the work.
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When most of us see the word benefits in relation to a job, we think of health care, dental, vision, 401K. What we do not think of is a bonus for showing up for work! And that's the benefit that the union is upset about being cut? Cut it.
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Majoritarian needs to change his name to Minoritarian - to reflect what he really knows. It is NOT teachers who are vastly overpaid, it is the board office employees - making 6 digit salaries - and most are there because they couldn't make it in the classroom. Just like big business, the most waste is at the top of the ladder. Teachers care deeply about students, but the board doesn't put their money toward teaching, rather it enriches the elite with the tax payer monies - meanwhile home owners are bled for MORE money.
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Hard to tell what will happen since they moved 11 years into the past.
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BEDFORD - Amanda Winters sobbed in a Bedford courtroom Tuesday as District Attorney Bill Higgins recounted her 5-year-old son's early-morning death last year on a Bedford Township highway.
Ten months after he drunkenly swung his Chevrolet Malibu into oncoming traffic and slammed into Winters' car, Cory Childers of Bedford pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing the deadly crash that claimed the life of Julyen Winters, 5, of Hagerstown, Md.
Childers, 23, appeared to avoid eye contact with Winters' family as he acknowledged his guilt in the April 29 crash, which state police attributed to drug use and a blood alcohol level around 0.2 percent.
Under a plea deal, Childers is set to be sentenced for vehicular homicide by driving under the influence, aggravated assault by DUI, vehicular homicide and drunken driving. A dozen other charges were dropped; Judge Travis Livengood acknowledged Tuesday that some of the four remaining charges may be merged during sentencing.
Each of the two most serious convictions could lead to a maximum 10-year sentence and $25,000 fine.
"It's not enough. It's not enough," Winters said with tears in her eyes as she stood outside the Bedford County Courthouse. "A vehicle is the same as a gun. It's a weapon."
Winters and other relatives wore T-shirts emblazoned with photos of a smiling Julyen. Each read: "Safety first - Julyen - taken too soon."
Police said Childers, who suffered serious injuries in the crash, angrily threatened to "end" officers and denied being behind the wheel as ambulance workers rushed him to Altoona Regional from the wreck on U.S. Route 220 Business.
"Is that what happened?" Livengood asked Tuesday.
"Yes, sir," Childers replied before looking to the ground.
He was still recovering from a broken leg the last time Julyen's family saw him, Amanda Winters said. The next time will be his March 22 sentencing - six days before Julyen's sixth birthday.
"He's going to be 5 for the rest of his life," his mother said.
Amanda Winters said relatives from Maryland plan to address Childers before his sentencing. They haven't been in contact with him or his family since the crash, she said.
Winters said she and her 3-year-old child, also hurt in the crash, still suffer nightmares. Relatives left the courtroom in tears as Higgins explained Julyen's ejection from the car and death at the scene.
"I said, 'I'll see you soon,'" his grandmother, Jacquelyn Lida, recalled as her last words to Julyen. "And I never got to see him again."


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May 11, 2013
City officials said they want to see what happens with a second housing inspector in place before considering the expense of a curbside citywide cleanu....
watchdog how can they can afford to pay more on their water bill if they can't afford to hire someone to take their junk? In some areas of the country garbage pick is included in their taxes and handled by the county, but there again you have to pay. That is the way it always works there are no free rides. Someone has to pay somewhere along the way. That is the main problem with socialism and why it fails, sooner or later you run out of other peoples money.
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concerned this is what I am saying. The city can utilize the water bill and include charges for a one or two times a year city wide street cleanup. Many cities do this.
Just a couple months ago. My husband cleaned up his "man cave" garage. He put out in the trash, 3 paint cans. One was empty, the other two had a maybe a 1/4 inch of dried paint in the bottom of them. Imagine our surprise when we out the next morning to retrieve the empty trash can and the paint cans were still sitting there!
My husband and I don't own a pickup truck to gather everything up and haul off to some dump.
It doesn't always have to be about use of taxes. Everybody gets a water bill and the city can contract the service out. It isn't always about enforcement concerned, it about solutions!
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concerned let's do this. Try and get past the mindset, that there is only Rich or Trashy people living in Salem shall we? Nobody in between. As if income levels define the quality of person you are or how you live!
I know folks that have lost their jobs and suffering financial hardships. I know neighbors that are splitting the cost of trash pickup between other neighbors and use one home for the billing and pickup. As for larger items, yep, I just don't see that once a month, one large item working out well do you? It doesn't make them trashy people concerned, it makes them doing what they have to do to make ends meet. PERIOD.
concerned, this is my point. Why do we always assume that because some can afford the costs associated to having their trash and unwanted goods properly taken care of, that it means everybody can afford to do the same. Just because this bad economy has not affected you, there are plenty of families in Salem that it has happened too.
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Watchdog I am being serious. Do you know people that do not have garbage service? I can't imagine what their homes look like. If they could live like that I doubt a city wide clean up would do anything to get them to throw anything out. The majority of those that put stuff out for the city wide clean up last time had regular garbage pick up. So they could have put the crap out for their garbage man but no the taxpayers have to pay to have their junk hauled off. I personally think our tax money could be put to better use.
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concerned, ugh, are you being serious? Really? Please tell me that I don't have to answer that question for you? Take a wild guess and I bet you get it right the first time!!
Think about it. Take into consideration of the makeup of this community.
Enforcement costs money! Solutions SAVE MONEY! For everyone and the entire city.
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watchdog says "As if, every single resident of Salem has a trash pickup service" If they don't have trash service what do they do with their everyday garbage???
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You poor lost souls! If you can't figure out away to incorporate a city wide clean up effort and use the USELESS utility department and a water bill to ask all residents to pay a small clean up fee once a year, AS IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MONEY at the WATER DEPT to cover the cost of a city wide cleanup effort every year, and charge the residents a small fee to absorb those costs, then I THINK ALL OF YOU NEED FIRED. My God, you know how many other city's contract out for these services???
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Mr. Apple, if the City of Salem can use my tax dollars to HIRE a second housing inspector, then you could have easily afforded a city wide cleanup. Which was cheaper? Unless of course your motive is to see how many low-income families that may not be able to afford to hire somebody to come clean up or take away his or her trash and junk as you obviously can afford to do. As if, every single resident of Salem has a trash pickup service. As if everyone has the luxury of owning a pickup truck. As if every single resident has family members to rely on to help them. What the hello is wrong with you people?
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Maybe, just maybe, someday these geniuses will stop looking at everything through the eyes of their own personal INCOMES when it comes to what all residents of Salem should be able to afford and do. Oh my, never a day goes by that this bunch not cease to amaze me with those self righteous attitudes!!
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Volunteers at Davis Memorial Hospital give all year, so they were honored for their service with a volunteer luncheon where honorees received pins, plaques and certificates for their valuable work.
DMH volunteer Betty Rohr, of Elkins, was awarded a diamond service pin, plaque and certificate by Davis Health System Board Member Tom Felton and Davis Health System CEO Mark Doak. Rohr, who has volunteered since 1996, has donated 22,063 hours of service to the hospital.
DMH Volunteer Coordinator Valerie Bright thanked all the volunteers at the luncheon Friday for their many hours of dedicated service.
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Davis Memorial Hospital honors volunteers during an appreciation luncheon Friday. Volunteers received certificates and pins for hours of service. Betty Rohr, center, receives a diamond pin, certificate and plaque recognizing her for donating 22,063 hours from 1996 to 2013. Presenting the award are Davis Health System board member Tom Felton and Davis Health System CEO Mark Doak.
"You are the ones," Bright said. "We appreciate what you give - your time and your dedication."
Jon Steen, Davis Health System director of human resources, extended thanks for all the volunteers do.
"I spent 15 years as an attorney on the outside of hospitals and have been working within hospitals for 16 years in human resources, and have worked in many states," Steen said. "When I go to hospitals, I show up 45 minutes before my meetings. I spend the time in the hospital gift shops and talking to the hospital volunteers. This is the single best barometer of the organization."
Steen said when he first came to DMH last year he followed his standard rule.
"When I went into the Davis Memorial Hospital Gift Garden, I was wowed," Steen said. "I have been in hundreds of hospital gift shops, but the one here is phenomenal. I was also impressed while talking to the volunteers. They are wonderful and make a good impression on those coming into Davis Memorial Hospital. Thank you - you are the heart of Davis Memorial Hospital."
Doak agreed with Steen.
"You can see the heart and health of an organization through its volunteers," Doak said. "The mission of Davis Memorial Hospital is to provide quality, patient-friendly health care. The extra touch volunteers add sets the tone of the hospital and that is deeply appreciated. Volunteers are the first people patients see, and usually the last as they are discharged. I just want to thank you for all you do."
Other volunteer appreciation activities through the week included bingo on Monday, an ice cream social on Tuesday, a scavenger hunt on Wednesday and a spin for a prize on Thursday.
Volunteers donated 9,887 hours of service during 2012. Those honored included Lillian Agnew, Bonnie Allen, Karen Arbogast, Vicki Aucremanne, Donna Auvil, Gerri Bennett, John Campbell, Richard Chambers, Sharon Chenoweth, Stephen Cross, Cheryll Deaner, Jane Dillon, Greg Fenters, LaDonna Frost, Carolyn Gola, Janice Gongola, Vallie Goots, Shelia Gregorie, Jan Hagarty, Doris Harner, Donna Hommema, Carol Hudnall, Betty Jones, Diana Kerr, Beverly Kessler, Mary Kisner, June Larkin, Sue Manning, Michael McLeod, Thersa Motta, Kathy Moreno, Alice Neitzert, Carl Neitzert, Pat Nestor, Jean Newman, Bobbi O'Quinn, Betty Patton, Wanda Price, Betty Rohr, Betty Ross, Mary Lou Roy, Debbie Simmons, Zona Simmons, Linda Sprouse, Eva Stalnaker, Cindy Stemple, Wahneta Streets, Judy Vandenbergh, Diana VanNoy, John Wetzel, Sarah White, Nancy Williams and Margaret Winans.
New volunteers included Joy Hostetler, Mikki Summerfield, Joann Poling, Millie Bennett, Joan Williams, Sarah Fyock, Barbara Dilley and Judith McCauley. Volunteer chaplains are Barry Moll, Stephen Pyle, Ann Fretwell, David Fisher, Jim Murphy, Sue Farrar, Timothy Glaser, Joanne Glaser, Douglas Lewis, Delane McDaniel, Harold Langevin, Eli Hostetler, Anthony Dcruze and Lisa Boehm.


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JCESA seeks needed funds
February 15, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — Of all the firefighters in Jefferson County, none of them are paid for their live-saving work....
Fire & Rescue is a profession--not a hobby! The population growth in Jeff Co will make it an eventuality anyway. Those that now scream the loudest were also the ones who helped create that situation in the first place twenty plus years ago. Please, if you don't like higher taxes for professional fire and rescue service by all means, please feel free to move further into the hinterlands where that won't be an issue. JMO......
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Nothing wrong with Volunteers as long as they're getting out for every call and have proper staffing on the apparatus....if JC hires X amount of firefighter/emt's...they could be used to supplement the volunteers on any given day they don't have sufficient amount of volunteers to man the equipment..
The area is growing and so won't the demand for service....if the volunteers cam get out 24/7..then no need for help, however, it seems some of the stations are asking for help....so why wait till someone dies...fund whatever they need...
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If you look at the gentlemans flag from your rear view mirror..it looks normal
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Enable comments for all articles stop the Censorship,maybe we have something to say about our flawed justice system.God forbid we have a opinion thats not the same as everyone else.
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When your home catches on fire and burns to the ground dont complain....cause there arent any staff at the fire stations, free help must provide for their family as well.....This area needs more paid fire services to prevent personal loses that could other wise have been prevented if only they had the help. I would much rather pay a fire fee then for free abortions, or other publicly funded programs
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Just MORE taxation on the backs of the citizen...How much are we to afford? High real estate and property taxes, building fees, etc, etc. Admin positions? ...To build a hiearchy that WILL get out of control as we'll hear more and more, as time goes by of add'l positions to support the previous positions. I think Jeff Co needs to grow a bit more in the commercial area for a better tax base than dumping on the citizens. Put an end to this nonsense!!!
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Maybe he put it on in the mirror.
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Forget it, another bureaucracy we don't need. Look at 911 and how they have grown, wasting our tax dollars. JCESA presented a draft of its proposed Emergency Services Fee or our tax dollars for wnother $1,672,102, which would include nine additional emergency services positions and two administrative positions. TOO MUCH! They don't need the adm positions, thats how the bureaucracy starts and perpetuates itself. If you want these services, move to Fairfax County and pay for them.
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interesting catch on the picture and the patch's, I never knew that, thank you for pointing that out.
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The fellow with the gray hair is wearing the US flag patch backwards. When worn on the right shoulder, the flag is to appear as if it were on a pole moving forward. The other fellow's patch is on correctly, even though it looks to many as wrong. It isn't.
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What will be the cost of the pensions? Take a look at Huntington.
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at what time point the patents are published? once when the technology ready on paper or once is is physically ready?
Well, there go the sales on the 1dx .
Well, there go the sales on the 1dx . Except for the pro's of course to shoot the olympics and the European championship soccer.
Quote from: Peerke on January 23, 2012, 12:25:19 PMWell, there go the sales on the 1dx . Yep, just like everyone stopped buying 1D IV's after Canon announced their 120 MP APS-H sensor...
I always though patents where applied for once you had a working prototype?
Is it written anywhere that the 1DX isn't using this technology?
Quote from: dilbert on January 23, 2012, 12:42:50 PMIs it written anywhere that the 1DX isn't using this technology?Nor is it written that the 1D X doesn't use clairvoyance technology to pre-focus exactly where the action will take place. If it had a BSI sensor, Canon's marketing department would make sure everyone from the president of the USA to the rats in the sewers of Calcutta knew about it...
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SPOKANE, Washington - Kevin Pangos made seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points to lead No. 13 Gonzaga past Baylor 94-87 on Friday night.
Kelly Olynyk added 21 points, Elias Harris had 17 and Gary Bell Jr. added 12 for the Bulldogs (12-1), who shot 52 percent from the field (31 of 59). Pangos went 10 for 13 and finished two points shy of his career high.
Pierre Jackson led Baylor (8-4) with 26 points, Isaiah Austin had 20 and Cory Jefferson added 13. The Bears also shot 52 percent, but attempted 21 fewer free throws than Gonzaga.
Gonzaga didn't hold a lead until 4:53 remained in the first half but never trailed after halftime, leading by as many as 12.
The Bulldogs drew two quick fouls on Austin - a 7-foot-1, 220-pound freshman - after halftime and he went to the bench with three fouls. Harris then completed a three-point play to give Gonzaga a 47-38 lead.


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quote: I would normally say something to the effect of "nobody wins when patent trolls go to war", but in this case I am very much behind Google. Why not fight fire with fire? SteveO wanted nuclear war; lets see how his ghost reacts to an all out Apple ban?Do I think a ban will happen? No, but what is good for the goose is certainly good for the gander.
quote: because we all know that wikipedia is the canonical source for accurate information...................sigh.
quote: that Googlerola started the patent war with Apple - can somehow be dismissed.
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Timothy E. Murphy, 54, of Tiffin, was charged with criminal trespass Thursday evening.
A 300-block Benner Street man reported Thursday afternoon his girlfriend assaulted him.
A 100-block South Monroe Street man reported Thursday afternoon a man walked into the house. His son told him he was at the wrong address and he left.
A first-block Colony Avenue caller reported early Friday morning a man and woman were fighting and they heard the sound of glass breaking. Anthony J. LeGrant, 33, of Tiffin, was charged with criminal damaging and assault, according to the report.
A 300-block Benner Street caller reported Friday morning someone had gone through mail and a check was missing.
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A man reported early Friday morning someone yelled and threatened him while delivering papers on Loudon Drive.
Items were reported missing from a garage in the 2000 block of CR 26 Thursday.
A first-block East SR 18 woman reported Friday morning she found a letter in her chain link fence.
A 7000-block North TR 82 woman reported Friday afternoon money had been stolen from her house.
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Cody W. Love-Whitmer, 21, of Alvada, was charged with selling cigarettes to a minor for an incident Aug. 21.
A caller from Dollar General, 1515 N. Countyline St., reported Thursday evening a man was trying to use a bad check. Two men were arrested on warrants, according to the report.
An assault was reported Friday afternoon in the 400 block of South Town Street. The caller didn't wish to file charges.
A person reported Friday afternoon someone removed copper from a property in the 600 block of North Poplar Street.
A theft was reported Friday afternoon in the 300 block of West Center Street.
County accident
A one-vehicle accident was reported Thursday night in the 1000 block of North TR 109. A caller had reported a vehicle was in a ditch. According to reports from the Seneca County Sheriff's Office, a person was taken to Mercy Tiffin Hospital by a family member.
Tiffin fire
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FDA has decided not to follow its advisory panel's recommendation to approve the anti-obesity drug Contrave, which is being developed by Orexigen Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical. The agency issued the companies a complete response letter voicing concern about the cardiovascular safety profile when used long-term and asking for an additional clinical trial. Orexigen stock lost about 70% of its value in early morning trading today. It opened today at $2.57 after closing yesterday at $9.09.
The complete response letter specifies, "Before your application can be approved, you must conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of sufficient size and duration to demonstrate that the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in overweight and obese subjects treated with naltrexone/bupropion does not adversely affect the drug's benefit-risk profile."
Contrave, an investigational combination therapy of naltrexone HCl and bupropion HCl, was studied for its ability to help people with obesity initiate and sustain weight loss of at least 5% of their starting body weight in one year. The NDA submission was based on clinical trials that evaluated Contrave in more than 4,500 patients, Orexigen and Takeda note.
Takeda signed on as Orexigen's North America partner in September 2010 with $50 million up front and a deal to pay $1 billion in sales-related milestones plus tiered double-digit royalties. "In terms of cost sharing for any additional studies, the first $60 million will be borne by Orexigen," note Adam Cutler and Manisha Narasimhan, Ph.D., analysts at Canaccord Genuity. "Further costs will be split 75:25 between Takeda and Orexigen for some studies. Overall, Orexigen expects to foot about 50% of the bill for any cardiovascular outcomes study."
Joshua Schimmer, M.D., and Steve Y. Yoo, biotech analysts at Leerink Swann, state, "Unless Orexigen can convince the FDA that the trial can wait until postapproval, the company faces a cloudy future, particularly since Takeda does not assist in pre-approval cardiovascular (CV) study costs. The pre-approval CV outcomes trial requirement would delay approval potentially until around 2014 timeframe or beyond.
"Orexigen had $100 million in cash as of September 30, 2010, which translates to a little over $2 per share in cash. We believe that Orexigen will need to raise additional funding to operate the company and complete the outcomes trial, which will be very dilutive at the current share price."
In December 2010, FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13 to 7 in favor of allowing Contrave on the market. They concluded that the potential benefits of Contrave outweigh the potential risks when used long-term in a population of overweight and obese individuals and support approval. To assess the risk of major adverse cardiac events, the committee voted 11 to 8 that approval be given with a REMS plan in place.
While the FDA is not mandated to follow the recommendation of its advisory panels, it is rare that it doesn't. The decision to require Contrave to undergo another clinical trial before approval is not surprising, however, when you consider that the agency has taken an overall cautious stand with approving therapies for weight loss.
In October 2010, FDA issued complete response letters to the other two anti-obesity NDA filers. Arena and Eisai were asked to provide additional clinical and nonclinical data as well as conduct another clinical trial with their candidate, lorcaserin. Vivus was the second firm up for approval of their weight loss therapy, Qnexa. The agency asked for clinical, labeling, REMS, safety-update, and drug-scheduling data, but no request was made for further clinical studies at the time.
"The approvability of Arena's lorcaserin remains unchanged by the FDA's decision today as its major concern is addressing preclinical tumor risk," Dr. Schimmer and Yoo point out. "For Vivus' Qnexa a potential avenue of concern opens up. Currently, the company is in discussions with the FDA to identify ways to conduct a healthcare database study to clarify teratogenicity signal. However, Qnexa does raise the heart rate by about 1.4–1.7 bpm so the specter of the pre-approval CV outcomes trial re-enters the picture."
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A worrying wave of misconduct revelations is currently sweeping science (see this excellent article by Alok Jha for an overview, and Neuroskeptic's 9 circles of scientific hell). Psychology seems to have borne the brunt of these thus far, but it's unlikely to only be a problem there. A number of great suggestions as to how science can get its house in order and improve the quality of research have been suggested recently, in particular by Chris Chambers and Petroc Sumner,... Read more
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Durango got a runner-up and a lot of lessons at the Western Slope Open this weekend.
Jamie Wanzek, the Durango High School girls tennis team�s No. 2 singles player, took the runner-up spot in her bracket after she beat Montrose 10-6, then lost to Denver East 7-5 on Saturday at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.
�One of the Denver East coaches ran out to the court in front of me and said something like �I want to get to your player first. She had such a great match; I just love her spirit,�� DHS first-year head coach Laura Ehlers said.
No. 1 singles Erin Neale lost to Montrose in a 7-5 tiebreaker after playing to a 9-all tie.
Kit Hackett lost 10-2 to Heritage in the No. 3 singles spot.
�Just a really great learning experience for our girls,� Ehlers said. �Just really great tennis, great opponents.�
As the Demons� doubles teams well know.
�It was just extremely challenging for all four,� Ehlers said.
No. 1s Rachel Redders and Meredith Nass lost to Columbine 10-0.
No. 2s Hannah Liberman and Eva Eckstein lost to Columbine 10-0.
No. 3s Rachel Cooper and Jenni Snowberger lost to Montrose 10-5.
No. 4s Charlotte Piquet and Audrey Morris lost to Grand Junction Central 10-4.
One of the brightest points of the tournament, Ehlers said, was when an opposing coach told her that the Durango tennis girls were the nicest of the 16 schools that competed.
�That was huge,� Ehlers said.
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Hackett was on a roll Friday.
She won all three of her matches at No. 3 singles Friday in Day 1 of the Western Slope Open.
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MILL HALL - The most explosive charge to come out of Thursday's Keystone Central School Board meeting was a statement by the mother of Victim 1 - the person who sparked a national inquiry into child abuse in the now infamous case against former Penn State University assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
Dawn Daniels, of Lock Haven, claimed she had proof the district's administrators illegally delayed reporting the abuse to authorities after her son approached the school about the situation.
The claim was diametrically opposed by a following statement by former school board member Steve Murray, who offered a lengthy rebuttal and ardent defense of school administration actions in the aftermath of the initial report.
By now, anyone who follows the national, state or local news stories knows about Dawn Daniels and her son, Aaron Fisher.
Local high school graduate Aaron Fisher, also known as "Victim 1," sparked the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of young boys.
After the accusations, investigation, prosecution and trial, Sandusky was sentenced last month to at least 30 years in prison - in essence a life sentence - in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.
Local officials have said if the Sandusky situation sparked one positive trend it was highlighting the human cost of child abuse - a heightened awareness that has increased public concern, one that is being translated into new programs designed to combat the scourge and decrease the number of criminal acts.
For Daniels, however, that impact is arriving too little and too late, and she said the negative impact on her family, caused in part by what she claimed were a series of failures on the part of the school district, continue today.
The meeting was highlighted by several residents, including Daniels, speaking to a subject related to child abuse - bullying, which is essentially abuse of one child by another.
"My son was Victim 1 ... He suffered terrible bullying at Central Mountain High School, so much so that I had to move him in his senior year," Daniels said.
She also noted that her other children have faced abusive situations in the school system after the allegations came to light and her son was identified as one of the victims of Sandusky's evil.
"I've heard about kids being turned away" after reporting such abuse, she said. "I'm asking for a thorough investigation ... I have proof that (the mandated reporting law) was not done in a timely fashion ... I feel as a community, everything would have been fine if the people handling our children were there to keep them safe."
Another former school board member, Jerry Swope, also addressed the subject, using his own grandchild as an example. As he has done in several previous board meetings, Swope noted that his grandson was the victim of bullying at school and again used the occasion to argue that the administration was not following its own policies or protecting the youngsters from such abuse.
As for any official response to either the Sandusky episode, to child abuse or to bullying in general, it was virtually nonexistent.
Board President Jack Peters begged off any official reply to the public statements, saying legal considerations prevented the board from comment or specific members from directly addressing specific situations.
Peters said he suspected that some residents might want to talk about specific employees, and the board couldn't publicly deal with such questions, which are commonly handled as "personnel matters" in executive sessions and behind closed doors.


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Just two decades ago we were only beginning to recognize the potential of automated technologies to enhance throughput in drug discovery research. Today, it is difficult to imagine a modern laboratory without robotic equipment.
"We see continuous trends toward increased reliability of robots, partially driven by the introduction of new types of motors," reports Malcolm Crook, Ph.D., CTO, Process Analysis & Automation (PAA). "Another trend is toward smaller targeted systems, that still flexibly accommodate peripherals as needed."
PAA will be presenting the "automate.it harmony," its user interface for software integration, at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting later this month.
Conventional small molecule discovery is driven by high-throughput screening (HTS) centers, complete with expensive robotics designed to move microplates between various stations for compound dispensing, assay dispensing, incubation, and optical screening.
The federally funded Molecular Libraries Program supports nine comprehensive screening centers, with the hub at the NIH Chemical Genomic Center—a large-scale ultra-high throughput operation capable of generating over 2 million datapoints per week. The NIH Center was set up to work on lesser known targets implicated in rare and neglected diseases.
"We routinely need to adapt our assays for targets with limited availability," says Anton Simeonov, Ph.D., chief of the chemical genomics branch. "Working with a unique enzyme or primary cells from a patient with a rare disease calls for conservation of resources at each step."
The center introduced multiple innovations in designing assays and in adapting them to their fully integrated GNF/Kalypsys robotic system. The system is capable of storing over 2.2 million compound samples, performing multiple assay steps in 1,536-well format, and measuring custom output signals. Three high-precision robotic arms circulate between peripheral units.
"Because we run dozens of protocols, each with its own sophisticated screening logic, our robotic engineers work closely with vendors to modify the source code in real time," says Dr. Simeonov. The team fully redesigned the traditional dose-response screening protocol to conserve precious starting material. Instead of creating dilution series on the same plate, dilution series are created across plates, meaning that each plate had only one concentration of a given compound. This strategy helps to generate custom data curves and minimizes the potential errors stemming from liquid handling or equipment malfunction.
To further conserve the reagents, the center continuously develops companion assays of matching throughput. "The initial hits typically require confirmation by labor-intensive biophysical and biochemical counterscreens. We miniaturize secondary screens to run in a high-throughput format," says Dr. Simeonov.
A screen for inhibitors of FEN1, a key DNA repair enzyme, combined a primary fluorogenic screen with a secondary chemiluminescent bead-based assay, both reliably deployed in 1,536-well format. The team continues to change the screening paradigm by adapting other technologies to HT format, including microscale thermophoresis and acoustic dispensing.
"High-throughput screening is still a costly and risky endeavor," says Brian M. Paegel, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of chemistry, the Scripps Research Institute. "Sophisticated robotic systems are expensive to run and maintain, and the compound library capacity does not scale."
Dr. Paegel envisions a miniaturized, fully automated HTS instrument that can operate in any laboratory. "We are pursuing a new paradigm in compound screening," he says. "Just like DNA sequencing evolved from being concentrated at a few large-scale sequencing centers to being available at the benchtop and by the bedside, HTS could also become distributed. Distributed sequencing resulted in an explosion of sequencing data of all sorts of organisms. Similarly, distributed HTS would radically transform the drug discovery field."
To achieve this vision, Dr. Paegel's team pursues a two-prong approach. First, the method for creating million-compound libraries uses prefabricated building blocks. The resulting compounds mimic natural products. The compound synthesis occurs on beads, and each step of the synthesis is coded in a DNA tag attached to the same bead.
"We are aiming to create a straightforward and robust synthesis process that can be simple enough to execute at the benchtop," continues Dr. Paegel. "Next, the beads are screened in biological assays using our ultra-miniaturized and integrated microfluidic platform that supplants the need for robotics, microplates, and all of the associated costs."
The bead library is manually pipetted into this microfluidic circuit, which then separates individual beads into picoliter droplets, already containing all assay reagents. If a compound on a bead produces a positive hit in an assay, the bead is separated from the rest, and the DNA tag is sequenced to determine the synthetic history of this compound.
"We see HTS campaigns of tomorrow to be as distributed and inexpensive as DNA sequencing is today," concludes Dr. Paegel. The team is currently adapting this technology to screen for new antibiotics and antiretroviral agents.
Industrial laboratory operations depend on robotics to perform routine, repetitive tasks at large scale. But robotics may also be extremely useful in a more dynamic research environment—if only the robots could adjust to a new procedure on the fly.
"It may take longer to program a new robotic procedure via a manufacturer-provided graphical user interface than to go into a lab and pipette yourself manually," comments Nathan J. Hillson, Ph.D., fuel synthesis division, Joint BioEnergy Institute.
"Moreover, protocols from a given robotics vendor cannot be simply transferred to a robot from another vendor. Because of that, robotics are largely under-utilized in basic and translational research laboratories." If all experimental protocols were written in the same language, and this language was easily translated into instructions for all laboratory robots, it would provide a tremendous boost for academic science.
Gregory Linshiz, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Hillson Synthetic Biology Lab, compares this idea with the way programming languages are used for consumer electronics. A general-purpose programming language, called "C", maps efficiently to instructions accepted by multiple electronic devices. This capability propelled it to be one of the most widely used programming languages of all time.
"Using this analogy, one can imagine a programming language that maps to all lab automation devices," continues Dr. Linshiz. "We developed PR-PR (Programming Robots; http://prpr.jbei.org) as an easy, user-friendly, high-level programming language that could interface with any existing robotic platform. Any biologist could learn to program basic procedures in PR-PR in under an hour."
Furthermore, it is possible to further develop existing software packages to output PR-PR, thus enabling the interface between the software and robotics. The team tested a DNA assembly software (j5) for output of PCR-setup protocols into PR-PR scripts. It takes less than a minute to program a Tecan robot using the j5-generated PR-PR script. The team continues conversion of other protocols into PR-PR to enable greater sharing between research teams.
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