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G.G. Anderson Cheerio Lyrics
Cheerio SongtextLet's go to the party and join me tonight
Let's have the glass of champain;
Take off your shoes
let's go side by side
And bare-footed walk in the rain.
Gimme your glass
fill it again
Tonight you're my lover and I am your man
till then.
Cheerio - Cheerio
My lovely dreamer
sweet dream believer.
Cheerio - Cheerio
Let's greet the morning
don't leave me tonight.
We walk in the park and I look in your eyes
And I feel your heart beatin' fast
The place in the meadow so warm and so nice
Can't tell what we did there at last.
Let people say that we must be insane
I do what I want
for me it's the same
till then.
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May 19, 2009 | Philip Bourne (UC San Diego), winner of the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award presented by the Bioinformatics Organization, championed "open science" in his laureate lecture, while admitting there had to be a business model around it. "Someone has to pay for it," said Bourne.
Academic research was breaking out of the traditional cycle of grants/posters/papers/journal articles, thanks to database curation, blogs, wikis, even multimedia (see p. 5). The distinction between knowledge and data is merging, Bourne said, with journals publishing more supplementary information, and databases increasingly curated. Bourne has even helped form a society for biocuration.
Bourne pointed to the value of semantic enrichment to papers, with web service calls to various databases for associated data. Another goal revolves around disambiguation. "I want the Bourne Identity!" he said—the equivalent of a DOI (digital object identifier) for authors. Initiatives such as Open ID and the NCBI's MyBibliography are helping.
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
case in which the Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review in finding that the congressional statute extending the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional
authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in any particular case
original jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These are the courts that determine the facts about a case.
appellate jurisdiction
The power vested in particular courts to review and/or revise the decision of a lower court
civil law
codes of behavior related to business and contractual relationships between groups and individuals
constitutional courts
Federal courts created by Congress under Article III of the Constitution, including the district courts, courts of appeals, &specialized courts such as the U.S. Court of International Trade
legislative courts
courts established by Congress for specialized purposes, such as the Court of Military Appeals
a document containing the legal written arguments in a case filed with a court by a party prior to a hearing or trial
a prior judicial decision that serves as a rule for settling subsequent cases of a similar nature
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in court rulings, a reliance on past decisions or precedents to formulate decisions in new cases
senatorial courtesy
process by which presidents generally defer selection of district court judges to the choice of senators of their own party who represent the state where the vacancy occurs
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a request for the Court to order up the records from a lower court to review the case
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at least four justices of the Supreme Court must vote to consider a case before it can be heard
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The fourth-ranking member of the Department of Justice; responsible for handling all appeals on behalf of the U.S. government to the Supreme Court.
amicus curiae
"Friend of the court"; amici may file briefs or even appear to argue their interests orally before the court
judicial restraint
A philosophy of judicial decision making that argues courts should allow the decisions of other branches of government to stand, even when they offend a judge's own sense of principles.
judicial activism
an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)
strict constructionist
an approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes the Framers' original intentions


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1934 New York Yankees Team-Signed Baseball with Ruth, Gehrig, and Grimes
Starting Bid - $1,000, Sold For - $7,638
Spalding "Babe Ruth Home Run Special" ball signed in black fountain pen by the following twenty-four members of the 1934 New York Yankees: Ruth (sweet spot, grading "8"), Gehrig ("8"), Sewell, Gomez, Grimes, Ruffing, Dickey, McCarthy (Mgr., clubhouse signature), Chapman, Rolfe, Fletcher (coach, clubhouse signature), Saltzgaver, Murphy, Crosetti, Hoag, DeShong, Byrd, MacFayden, Heffner, Broaca, Walker, Allen, Van Atta, and Jorgens. Signatures range from "4" to "8," averaging "7." The signature of Hall of Fame pitcher Burleigh Grimes on this ball not only conclusively dates it to 1934 (Grimes only played with the Yankees in that one season), but also makes it a very rare 1934 Yankees team-signed example. Grimes began the year with the Cardinals before being traded to the Yankees early in the season. His stay in New York was quite short, as he appeared in only ten games with the club before being traded once again to the Pirates. This is the only 1934 Yankees team ball dating to Grimes' brief tenure with the club that we can ever recall seeing. This ball has been in the family of our consignor since 1934 and is therefore new to the hobby. According to oral history, the ball, which has always been carefully preserved and considered a family heirloom, was personally obtained by our consignor's grandfather at a Yankees practice held in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Interestingly, this family history regarding the ball is consistent with a little known fact regarding the Yankees: unbeknownst to many, the Yankees occasionally practiced and played exhibition games in Fort Lee and it was at one of those practices that this ball was signed. This is a beautiful ball with a particularly outstanding Babe Ruth signature, in addition to an extremely strong and bold Lou Gehrig signature. The ball displays two small areas of age toning (one of which touches upon the Ruth signature) and is in Excellent condition overall. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $2,000/$4,000+. SOLD FOR $7,638
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UNIVERSITY?PARK?- More so than his size - he appears surprisingly small for the 6-foot-3, 286 pounds he's listed on the roster - the thing that first catches your attention when you see Doug Klopacz is a huge tattoo covering about half of his left arm.
"It's just good vs. evil. I have an angel outside,'' Klopacz said of the meaning of his ink. "I had part of it before I got here as a freshman, and then I added on through the years.''
The tattoo might be symbolic of Klopacz's Penn State football career, coming in as an undersized lineman and battling back from knee surgery to be projected as the Nittany Lions' starting center his senior year.
The art on Klopacz's arm, though, could just as easily be a reflection of Penn State's offensive line this season. The Nittany Lions enter the campaign - which kicks off on Saturday at home against Youngstown State - with proven playmakers at receiver and running back. They have several highly regarded albeit inexperienced quarterbacks.
As so often seems to be the case, the key piece to the puzzle will be the offensive line. It could very well be the difference between Penn State going 6-6 or to a BCS bowl game. And, to hear Nittany Lion coach Joe Paterno at media day, there are a couple of pieces missing.
"We're not very good right now, our offensive line,'' Paterno said, expanding on a comment earlier in the press conference when he said "we've got troubles there.'' "We've got two or three guys that I think can play right now. The others we're going to have to work hard with, and they're going to have to work hard in order to be good enough to handle some of the people we have to play.''
There is some good news up front. Stefen Wisniewski was an All-American at center last season and seems a likely high-round NFL Draft pick in the spring - he'll return to the right guard spot at which he feels most comfortable this season, if things play out the way the Penn State coaches would like. Fellow senior Lou Eliades, who also has a chance to play on Sundays, is sliding over to right tackle after starting every game in 2009 at guard. Eliades is no newcomer to the position, having seen action in all 13 games there backing up Nittany Lion mainstay Dennis Landolt as a sophomore.
Johnnie Troutman emerged as a steady force at left guard last year, starting eight games there after taking over for Matt Stankiewitch before being sidelined by a strained calf against Ohio State. During that stretch, Penn State's sacks allowed per game was cut in half.
Troutman, however, got himself into Paterno's doghouse in the offseason for missing classes and not maintaining his weight - the 6-4, 323-pound junior entered fall practice third on the depth chart, although he's reportedly responded to make it a battle with DeOn'tae Pannell, who started the last three games, for the starting spot.
"He's going to be OK,'' Penn State tailback and Troutman's roommate Stephfon Green said.
The biggest questions surround two players that have been around for awhile but are still looking to make their mark: Klopacz and Quinn Barham, a redshirt junior until-now utility man who has been penciled in as the probable left tackle, where Landolt was first-team all-Big Ten last year.
"We've both been through a lot just to get to this point now, especially Doug, with the knee surgery,'' Barham said. "To go from a backup to at least be able to compete for a chance to start is a great feeling.''
To say Barham has bounced around is putting it mildly. He came to Penn State from North Carolina in 2007 as an under-the radar recruit - in fact, some Lion fans still regard his scholarship offer as an enticement to get prep All-American running back Greg Little to sign with the Lions. Barham started off as a tackle, switched to guard, then to center, then back to guard last year before coming full circle and returning to tackle.
Barham thinks all that movement actually has helped in his development.
"By playing each position, you learn all the other ones. You learn the responsibilities of what the center has to do, or what the guard has to do,'' Barham said. "Just by playing center, I know the whole offense.
"With tackle, you're on an edge all by yourself. I like that responsibility role.''
At 6-3, 298, though, Barham lacks the prototypical size of Big Ten behemoths at the position. There are those skeptical of Barham's ability to handle the role.
Barham acknowledges that, but believes he has other attributes that will make up for it.
"I think I'm quicker. I'm smart. I'm ready. I've worked hard. I've trained,'' Barham said. "I'm not 350 pounds, but I'm going to do a good job.''
Barham's ability to at least hold his own looks very important. Currently, he's being backed up by unproven Mike Farrell and redshirt freshman Nate Cadogan.
Klopacz's development might even be more vital, though, because, if he can't maintain the starting position at center, it would cause ripple effects throughout the line.
While Stankiewitch and Pannell get mentioned as possibilities to start if Klopacz doesn't, the strongest possibility is that Wisniewski would be moved back there. That, in turn, means Paterno would either have to shift Eliades back inside or risk playing a redshirt freshman like John Urschel or Mark Arciadiacono.
However, moving Eliades back to guard creates the same issue of relying on an unproven player at right tackle. The same would happen at left tackle if the coaches would opt to bring Barham back to center.
There seems to be a cautious optimism - a negative person might call it "hope'' - that Klopacz can pull it off.
"He's been a center his whole career here, so he knows the position,'' Eliades said. "He's doing a good job for us.''
Paterno said he thought Klopacz had the ability and was a hard worker but needed to become more consistent.
Klopacz, though, gave the impression of a confident young man who was itching for a chance to show what he could do.
"It feels great to finally know and feel that my time here and the all the work I've put in - the regular workouts, the knee rehab, everything - have finally paid off,'' Klopacz said.
It's been a long road back for Klopacz. He played in six games last year after tearing the ACL in his right knee in a practice early in the 2008 season.
"Everyone has their doubts at some points. But it's those that have the power to push through and say, 'This isn't going to keep me down. This isn't going to stop me,' that's the mindset I had when I was feeling down. That's the mindset I had when I was going through my knee rehab,'' Klopacz said, "and I came out all right.''
Just like Klopacz's tattoo. Now, if only the line play itself follows suit.
"In terms of days into camp and where we're at with time, we're progressing pretty well,'' Klopacz said. "We still have a ways to go to determine the offensive line that we want to become, but I think we're well on our way.''
"As a guy running behind them,'' Green said, "I'm pretty confident that they're going to get the job done.''


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To reduce the size of company by firing employees, usually with the intention of compromising for something else.
The bastards fired me because they plan to downsize just to increase profits.
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corporate euphemism for "let's save a little money by firing half our staff and making the other suckers work twice as hard."
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When your ex starts dating someone that is or looks much younger than you are , similar to downgrading when your ex dates someone of lesser value than you
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Native FLAC in iTunes/QuickTime
I feel a bit guilty about not publishing this before. But, you know, it was kind-of working, I had some time so I thought I'd re-write it in a way similar to OggImporter. Then I stopped having time. Thus, I accept those e-mails asking about native FLAC support as a deserved punishment.
The FLACImporter.component I'm writing about is actually a slightly modified importer component from Damien Drix's QuickTime FLAC Plugin. Basically I removed the decoder part (which stopped working properly in QuickTime 7), changed codec IDs to match those found in XiphQT and made a Universal build. As it is, it parses and imports native FLAC files and then the decoding part is done by CAFLAC component, part of XiphQT.
You can find the binary files and source patch here. But read on, because it's not all that rosy…
The component used to work when I first played with it, and it still does - in QuickTime Player (and a number of other QuickTime-based apps) that is. It doesn't have all the functionality of the OggImporter, and performance could be better, too. But it works, it plays the FLAC files.
But… you guessed it right: iTunes. iTunes is something else. On my machine iTunes plays native FLAC files fine, yes, but they need to be in iTunes Library already. That is - it won't (easily) accept new files with the .flac extension.
During my tests I discovered, however, that iTunes will accept .flac files if you set their FSTypeCode to something popular and openable with QuickTime, like 'MooV' (original FSType of .mov QuickTime Movie files) or… 'OggS'! Which is the FSType used by OggImporter component to denote .ogg files. And that's quite an intriguing discovery, since both components use nearly perfectly identical steps to register with the OS! How come?! To test, I created a copy of OggImporter that only uses different FSType and file extensions - and it doesn't work. So, how's that? Does iTunes have the '.ogg' and 'OggS' hardcoded somewhere? Is my machine's OS going slightly crazy? Am I missing something? I'll try to investigate that…
But for now, the summary. The FLACImporter should work in QuickTime (you'll need the XiphQT package, as well). It should work in iTunes, but there may be problems with adding .flac files to your library. If you can't add them, and don't mind a bit of cheating, you can set the FSType of you FLAC files to 'OggS' (or 'MooV', but 'OggS' should work). You can set it with SetFile tool from the developer packages (/Developer/Tools/SetFile). On the FLACImporter page you can also find a simple python script I wrote that should work on a machine without dev packages installed. Setting slightly-not-true FSType should be harmless and is reversible (set FSType to 0). In case I/someone finds a better solution…
Note on the Intel part of the binary: it's untested. Let me know if doesn't work. No Win32 binaries either, since I don't have a machine to compile it at the moment.
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The forearm is composed of many muscles. Some people work some and not others. My index finger, middle finger and thumb were stronger in my right hand (manipulating art stuff) and my ring and middle finger were stronger in my left (carrying). It's probably that your natural way of using your hands doesn't call your middle finger in to work too much. Get some grip-trainers and do lighter farmers' walks to build the muscle up. Also consume animal tendons and ligaments (in sausage-form, if you're ridiculously squeamish) to give your body materials to strengthen your own tendons.
Perfection is entirely individual. Any philosophy or pursuit that encourages individuality has merit in that it frees people. Any that encourages shackles only has merit in that it shows you how wrong and desperate the human mind can get in its pursuit of truth.
I get blunter and more narcissistic by the day.
I'd apologize, but...
If you are trying to give your heart a workout without doing cardio then dont worry about %s. heavy walks, pushes and pulls all work the entire body including the heart and lungs. I am very anti cardio in that i dont see it having much benefit and many negatives. I think you can get very impressive results with just strength endurance work alone.
Things like high rep work, complexes, intervals, walks, pushes, pulls, will accomplish this nicely.
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This week we bring you a special edition "Five on the Black Hand Side" for your 4th of July listening pleasure. Supreme La Rock is on the East Coast and has blessed us with his 5 45s that are always in his case and he can rock a party with. Check out his picks and even listen to them after the jump.
River Park – Girl
Wow so killer, a modern soul/funk masterpiece easily in my top favorites. I love the hand claps that fall off beat all over the place…
Nina Dunn – Stay and Dance
This one really does it for me. The strings are incredible, the horns, the entire production and then those sweet vocals come in. Good lord this is it. If you're not feeling this you have no soul.
Project – Won't You Serve Him
A keyboard lead gospel praise to Jesus? Yes please!
The Fun Company – Zambezi
I flipped the first time I heard this one. Wow, wow, wow. I need to loop this up immediately and get Ghost Face on it… Where you at Tony?
James Mason – Sweet Power Your Embrace
On 45?! Yep. Not only that it's a slightly different mix too.
Supreme La Rock on the East coast this week.
7.5.12 "Get BK Funk" @ Tandem Bar (Brooklyn)
7.6.12 "Dust and Grooves" Gallery party @ Tropicalia Infurs (NY)
7.6.12 "ACE" Hotel (NY)
7.7.12 "More Than Enough" @ The Gallery Le Poisson Rouge (NY)
7.8.12 "Sundae" @ Silk City (Philadelphia)
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FLINT, Michigan -- Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown is holding his final three community meetings this week.
The first is at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1083 E. Stewart Ave., alongside 3rd Ward Councilman Bryant Nolden.
The next is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Neithercut Elementary, 2010 Crestbrook Lane. The last meeting will be 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 Ballenger Highway.
More than 550 residents have attended the six meetings that have been held since Feb. 2, according to Brown's office.


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February 18, 2013
"Life Is But a Dream" put me to sleep and.....
I had no idea Beyoncé Knowles (Carter) was coming out with a self produced documentary chronicling [in an extremely monotone and superficial way] what it's like to be, who else, Beyoncé. The documentary included no interviews of other family members. I mean this extremely successful entertainer has a mother, father, sister, husband, former Destiny's child group members, and others in her inner circle that we're oblivious of that could have shared a more real world account of what it's been like for her, at least through their eyes. She thanked her family members for certain things they'd given her. Her mother for tirelessly praying for her and being there for her. Her father for teaching her the shrewdness required to be a no nonsense business woman and her insatiable drive to achieve her goals and dreams.
Still when she spoke of her father there was a hint of sadness in her voice. Their split was a lot messier than the "daddy-it's-time-for-me-to-grow-up-and-make-my-own-decisions" that she attempted to pawn off on the millions (I'm sure) that viewed her documentary.
I won't spend a lot of time on Beyoncé. I would hate for anyone to mistake me being nosey and having nothing else to blog about this morning for a fanatical Bey lover obsessed with her every move - NOT!. One thing that I did notice was how she looked directly into the camera and spoke with such conviction, emotion and candidness........until the little exert about the rumors about her using a surrogate to carry her and Jay-Z's baby was brought up. Her eyes diverted left....then right...rarely did she look into the camera. All tell tell signs of deception. Does she think she'll lose her legion of fans simply because she chose to use a surrogate. They're not the only couple who've used this as an option, if this is truly the case.
I enjoyed my pregnancies but if I had the hush money to pay off an incubator.... I can't say that I wouldn't have done it too. Honey you can have these swollen ankles, full bladder, big(ger) nose and post-baby body...that it takes more than 4 weeks to be absolutely perfect again...if you were perfect in the first place.
I enjoyed your performances Beyoncé. You're a dynamic entertainer....but your documentary was just more hype and exposure..... .....
oh...but the baby was cute :-))


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Sacramento woke up to breezy conditions Thursday, but stronger winds with gusts up to 40 mph in the Valley are brewing.
Watch Tamara's forecast: How long the winds will last
A Red Flag warning is in place as north winds pick up through the Valley. The California Highway Patrol issued an advisory in Yolo County for high winds, as well.
The strongest winds will develop in the Valley, including on the west end especially Solano County. Wind speeds up to 30 mph are likely, with gusts pushing into the 40 mph range.
The winds will begin to subside by Friday.
Sacramento is expected to see a high of 81 degrees Thursday, slightly below average for this time of year.


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Kyle Miller is a succesful diamond broker who lives in his luxury villa with his wife Sarah and daughter Avery. Not all is as great as it seems, though. Kyle's marriage is under strain due to his work, and his teenage daughter is quite the rebel. When a bunch of masked men invade the house to get the content of Kyle's hi-tech safe, the tension within the family starts to pop and the burglars quickly find out that this won't be such an easy job as they thought it would be.
Trespass starrs Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman, and is directed by none other than Joel Schumacher. With such names on the cover, you expect an original take on the home invasion story that's been used for movies so often already, but sadly enough the expectations get far from fulfilled. The story doesn't really make much waves and follows the usual plot twists and cliches while also the characters don't really manage to stand out.
Kidman doesn't really make much of an impression and the plot twists regarding her character with some partial flashbacks do little more than prolong the movie while at the same time breaking the (already slow) pace even more. The same regarding daughter Avery who's sole purpose seems to be to get the viewer to feel sympathy for the family, but this unfortunately fails. The home invaders have a hidden agenda, but the twists here can be seen coming from miles away and the only thing they do is make you wonder how these people can be so stupid that they didn't see it coming. The only mildly positive point is that Cage actually manage to retain himself and acts in a less over-the-top way than he usually does. There's only one scene where he goes berserk and even during that brief moment he's slightly reserved.
Entertainment One delivers this Blu-ray with decent image and sound quality but there are no extras and the movie itself is as standard and generic as it can be. If you're looking for a home invasion movie, then you may want to check out Mother's Day instead. Although low-budget and Rebecca DeMornay as biggest name on the bill, Mother's Day at least does have some original twists that make it worthwhile.
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AKRON, Ohio, April 13, 2011-You can do a lot with your phone these days : surf the Internet, download games and even keep tabs on what's normal during your pregnancy. Summa Health System launched a text messaging service today that delivers weekly health-related messages to pregnant women based on their due date and stage of pregnancy.
"The idea is to help women understand more about their baby's growth and development and what they should be expecting along the way," said Jennifer Doyle, RN, maternal outreach education coordinator at Summa. "Pregnancy is a very exciting time, and it can be reassuring to know that the way your body is changing is normal, and if there are problems, find tips for coping along the way."
The brief texts span numerous topics including the woman's health and well-being, baby development and how to plan for delivery and motherhood. There are insightful tips about dealing with morning sickness, avoiding heartburn while pregnant, and managing diabetes and other chronic conditions.
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Famous Short Memory Poems. Short Memory Poetry by Famous Poets. A collection of the all-time best Memory short poems
Blossoms will run away,
Cakes reign but a Day,
But Memory like Melody
Is pink Eternally.
When Memory is full
Put on the perfect Lid --
This Morning's finest syllable
Presumptuous Evening said --
No Passenger was known to flee --
That lodged a night in memory --
That wily -- subterranean Inn
Contrives that none go out again --
To the
happy memory of five Franciscan Nuns
exiles by the Falk Laws
drowned between midnight and morning of
Dec. 7th. 1875
To flee from memory
Had we the Wings
Many would fly
Inured to slower things
Birds with surprise
Would scan the cowering Van
Of men escaping
From the mind of man
Memory of you is . . . a blue spear of flower.
I cannot remember the name of it.
Alongside a bold dripping poppy is fire and silk.
And they cover you.
O Friends! meet together [after my death]. Once reunited,
rejoice in being together and, when the cupbearer
takes in his hand a cup of old wine, remember poor
Khayyam and drink to his memory.
To be forgot by thee
Surpasses Memory
Of other minds
The Heart cannot forget
Unless it contemplate
What it declines
I was regarded then
Raised from oblivion
A single time
To be remembered what --
Worthy to be forgot
Is my renown
Enumerate my good qualities one by one; my faults,
pass by in tens. Pardon each sin committed for the love
of God. Fan not the fire of hatred by the breath of
passion, pardon, rather, in memory of the tomb of the
Prophet of God [Mohammed].
There is a pain -- so utter --
It swallows substance up --
Then covers the Abyss with Trance --
So Memory can step
Around -- across -- upon it --
As one within a Swoon --
Goes safely -- where an open eye --
Would drop Him -- Bone by Bone.
O my soul! drink this limpid nectar which has not
been stirred; drink it in memory of the charming idols
which ravish the heart. Wine is the blood of the vine,
my friend, and the vine says to thee: Drink of me,
since I render it lawful to you.
The memory of my father is wrapped up in
white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day at work.
Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits
out of his hat, he drew love from his small body,
and the rivers of his hands
overflowed with good deeds.
Since at this moment there only remains to you the
memory of pleasure passed away; since for a perfect friend
you have only a cup of wine; finally, since that is all you
own, rejoice at least in this possession and let the cup
not slip from your hands.
Become not a prey to sorrow in this world of iniquity;
recall not to thy soul the memory of those who are no
longer here; give up thy heart only to a friend with sweet
lips and fairy-like in form and never be deprived of
wine, or throw life to the winds.
"Do you remember me? or are you proud?"
Lightly advancing thro' her star-trimm'd crowd,
Ianthe said, and lookt into my eyes,
"A yes, a yes, to both: for Memory
Where you but once have been must ever be,
And at your voice Pride from his throne must rise."
'Do you remember me? or are you proud?'
Lightly advancing thro' her star-trimm'd crowd,
Ianthe said, and look'd into my eyes.
'A yes, a yes to both: for Memory
Where you but once have been must ever be,
And at your voice Pride from his throne must rise.'
I am the faythfull deputy
Unto your fading memory.
Your Index long in search doth hold;
Your folded wrinkles make books olde:
But I the Scripture open plaine,
And what you heard soone teach againe:
By mee the Welchman well may bring
Himselfe to Heaven in a string.
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory -
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory --
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
MUSIC when soft voices die
Vibrates in the memory;
Odours when sweet violets sicken
Live within the sense they quicken;
Rose leaves when the rose is dead 5
Are heap'd for the belov¨¨d's bed:
And so thy thoughts when thou art gone
Love itself shall slumber on.
After a hundred years
Nobody knows the Place
Agony that enacted there
Motionless as Peace
Weeds triumphant ranged
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone Orthography
Of the Elder Dead
Winds of Summer Fields
Recollect the way --
Instinct picking up the Key
Dropped by memory --
We shall not ever meet them bearded in heaven
Nor sunning themselves among the bald of hell;
If anywhere, in the deserted schoolyard at twilight,
forming a ring, perhaps, or joining hands
In games whose very names we have forgotten.
Come memory, let us seek them there in the shadows.
I am in continual war with my passions, but what can
I do? The memory of my deeds causes me a thousand
regrets, but what can I do? I admit that in Thy clemency
Thou mayest pardon my faults, but the shame of
knowing that Thou knowest what I have done, that shame
will remain, and what can I do?
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are forever lost to me
Had I but further scanned
Had I secured the Glow
In an Hermetic Memory
It had availed me now.
Never to pass the Angel
With a glance and a Bow
Till I am firm in Heaven
Is my intention now.
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!
- Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?


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The classical explanation for breaking a glass at the end of the wedding is to recall the destruction of Jerusalem. As the glass is broken, everyone screams out, "Mazel Tov!" There is something peculiar, not only about recalling an historic tragedy at that exact moment, but also shouting for joy just as it is recalled.
Yet the message is the same as bitter herbs on Passover. We do not only eat bitter herbs, we make a blessing over them. Then we dip them into charoset, which is sweet. The duality of life is symbolized by the historical memory wrapped in a wedding, and the bitter herb mixed with the charoset. Bitterness is not incidental and not fleeting, but it is also not final. In defiance of hundreds of years of slavery (bitter herbs) or national catastrophe (the broken glass) we affirm the essential goodness of life that can be so painful.
It is tricky to be optimistic without being simultaneously in denial. Judaism manages the delicate balancing act: pain is real, even at our most celebratory moments. But final victory belongs to the sweetness, the embrace, the promise that one day all weeping will give way to joy.
Rabbi David Wolpe is spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Follow his teachings at www.facebook.com/RabbiWolpe.
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Thank you so much. I will read this at my Seder and it will be such a special addition.
since the chuppah represents the home of the new couple, the breaking of the glass represents the breaking of the bride's maidenhead. the symbolism about jerusalem was added later when people became more prudish about acknowledging marital relations.


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Easter egg hunt set at Phillips Christian
SALEM - An Easter egg hunt for preschool children through sixth grade begins at 1 p.m. April 12 at the Phillips Christian Church, 35459 Salem-Grange Road. The annual event will be held, rain or shine, and includes prizes for the golden egg. Refreshments will be served following the hunt. For information call 330-332-4467.
Super Bingo Sunday planned at St. Jude
COLUMBIANA - "Super Bingo Sunday" begins at 2 p.m. April 6 at St. Jude Parish, 180 Seventh St. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $25 for a package containing cards for all regular games. Specials are sold separately. All players receive a free dauber, coffee and pop. A total of $3,400 is available in cash prizes, including a $1,000 guaranteed coverall. Also featured is a lunch counter, bake sale, and "goodies" sale.
Anniversary of ham dinners celebrated
COLUMBIANA - The First United Methodist Church at 210 S. Main St. is celebrating its one-year anniversary of its monthly drive-thru ham dinners. The next dinner will be served at 4 p.m. April 8 and includes ham, potatoes, green beans, applesauce and dessert. Cost is $7. The dinners have been a very successful fundraiser for the church, allowing it to pay its shared ministry expenses.
Christ in Passover Seder scheduled
SALEM - A "Christ in the Passover" Seder will be presented at 6 p.m. April 12 at First Friends Church, 1028 Jennings Ave. The Passover Seder will be conducted by Mark and Cheryl Kholos of Shofar Shalom Ministries. During the program, participants will be able to taste symbolic foods and learn about their meaning for the seder. Admission is free, however, reservations are requested by calling the church at 330-332-0001.
Women's Rally in Valley set April 26
COITSVILLE - Women of His Vision presents "Women's Rally in the Valley" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.April 26 at Victory Christian Center in Coitsville. Registration starts at 8 a.m.
All women are invited. Lunch will be served and vendors geared toward women's interests will be present. Pre-purchase bracelets are available for $15 at locations throughout the valley such as Lion and the Lamb Christian Resources in Salem and Warren. For a full list of the locations or to register visit womenofhisvision.com Registration the day of the event is $20.


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From the Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Drs Kang and Han), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University (Drs Min and Lee), Seoul, Korea.
Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct in adults is rare, and the management of this condition should resolve the primary pathologic lesion.
Retrospective analysis of 11 patients who were diagnosed as having nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct.
A public university medical center and a private university medical center.
Five men and 6 women (median age, 64 years) with nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct were treated between September 1993 and May 2003.
Two patients with common bile duct (CBD) stones, who were initially diagnosed as having mediastinal abscess and subcapsular biloma, respectively, were treated by nonoperative management, ie, endoscopic sphincterotomy and percutaneous abscess drainage. The remaining 9 patients were treated surgically, which included an exploration of the CBD, placement of a T tube, and a liver resection.
Main Outcome Measures
Initial manifestation, primary disease, perforation site, management, surgical morbidity, and mortality.
All patients had acute abdominal pain, which was caused by intraabdominal abscess in 7 patients, diffuse bile peritonitis in 3, and subcapsular biloma in 1. Their primary diseases were CBD stones in 7 patients, intrahepatic duct stone in 2, a choledochal cyst in 1, and phytobezoar with food stuff in the CBD in 1. Perforations occurred at the left intrahepatic duct in 9 patients, the CBD in 1, and the cyst wall in 1. All patients recovered, except 1 patient who expired owing to multiorgan failure because the operation could not be performed in time.
Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct should be suspected if perihepatic abscess or peritonitis is combined with biliary stone disease. The management of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct should include the eradication of the primary pathologic lesion and the control of abscess or peritonitis.
Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct is a disease entity in which the extrahepatic duct (EHD) or intrahepatic duct (IHD) is perforated spontaneously without traumatic or iatrogenic injury. It has also been described as spontaneous perforation of the bile duct.1- 15 Although most bile duct injury is iatrogenic, it sometimes occurs after invasive procedures such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and cholecystectomy.15 Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct is rare in adults.5
Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct is initially manifested as an acute abdominal pain requiring surgical intervention, but usually the diagnosis is not made preoperatively owing to the rarity of this entity. The prognosis depends on the severity of the illness4 and the time taken for definite operative management. High morbidity and mortality rates have been reported despite postoperative intensive care in cases of delayed management.4,6
The pathogenesis of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct has not been established and may be related to a single or multiple factors. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct in adults is usually a result of acquired conditions, whereas a congenital malformation may be involved in infancy. In adults, it has been suggested that any disease increasing the intraductal pressure, stasis, dilatation of the bile duct (ie, distal obstruction of the common bile duct [CBD]11 or a spasm or disease of the sphincter of Oddi), diverticulum or abnormal glands in the bile duct wall,16 infection of bile duct,4,12 a connective tissue defect, or ischemic compromise may result in perforation of the duct wall. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct is uncommonly associated with a tumor because the slow rise of intraductal pressure caused by a tumor is much less likely to cause rupture of the duct than a sudden increase in pressure, such as that associated with stone disease.14
To date, nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct in adults has been reported in only 70 cases in the English literature since its first description by Freeland in 1882.4,5,13,17 In 1984, Chu18 reported 7 cases, which still remain the largest series of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct. During the last 10 years, we have treated 11 cases of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct in adults, and we undertook this study to address the characteristic findings of bile duct perforation and to discuss the results of its management.
We treated 11 patients with nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and at Ewha Woman's University Mokdong Hospital between September 1993 and May 2003 (Table 1). These patients represented 0.32% of 3464 patients managed for biliary tract disease in the Department of Surgery during the same period. Patients' ages ranged from 28 to 75 years (median age, 64 years), and there were 5 men and 6 women. Five patients (patients 2, 3, 8, 10, and 11) had a previous history of operation on the hepatobiliary tract, ie, cholecystectomy, left lateral segmentectomy, or choledochoduodenostomy. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct was diagnosed with the observation of bile-tinged peritoneal fluid or abscess or the drainage of bile into the perihepatic space in a patient with biliary tract disease without traumatic or iatrogenic injury.
All patients had acute abdominal pain, which was diffuse with distension due to bilious ascites in 3 patients or localized due to abscess in 8 patients. Eight cases were febrile. Serum bilirubin was elevated in 4 patients, and 3 of these were icteric in appearance. Preoperative ultrasonography or computed tomography revealed an obstructive lesion of the biliary tract in 10 patients and perihepatic fluid collection in all patients. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct was diagnosed by laparotomy in 9 patients, and in 2 of these patients, preoperative aspiration of peritoneal bilious fluid showed the biliary leakage (patients 5 and 8). The remaining 2 patients (patients 3 and 11) had stable vital signs; they were diagnosed as having bilious fluid and abscess after a percutaneous drainage, and they were managed nonoperatively.
Emergency operations were performed immediately with a diagnosis of diffuse peritonitis in 3 patients (patients 1, 5, and 8), which revealed bilious peritoneal fluid intraoperatively. The other 6 patients (patients 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10) were operated on electively for a localized abscess associated with biliary stone disease. In these 6 patients, the loculated collection of thick dark green fluid was seen in the abscess cavity contacting the left lobe of the liver. These abscesses were in the subhepatic area in 5 patients and in the space between the peritoneum and the anterior surface of the left lobe in 1 patient.
The perforation occurred on the left IHD in 9 patients. It was difficult to locate the perforation site on the left IHD owing to inflammation around the abscess cavity and the embedded position of the duct in the liver parenchyme. We tried to confirm the perforation of the bile duct by recognizing the collection of bile and identifying a persistent bile leak in the cavity after draining any perihepatic abscess. The other 2 patients had a perforation at the cystic wall of the choledochal cyst (Figure 1) or the anterior wall of the CBD, both of which had diffuse bile peritonitis.
Patient 5 showing perforation of the choledochal cyst, which had diffuse bile peritonitis. In the schematic diagram, the black dot indicates the perforation site, and multiple arrows represent diffuse bile peritonitis.
The primary diseases of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct were CBD stone in 7 patients (pure CBD stone in 5 and CBD stone combined with IHD stone in 2), IHD stone in 2 patients, choledochal cyst in 1 patient, and phytobezoar with food stuff in the CBD in 1 patient.
Two patients with stable vital signs were managed by CBD stone extraction by endoscopic sphincterotomy and percutaneous drainage. Patient 3, who had a previous history of a left lateral segmentectomy because of IHD stones, was initially diagnosed as having mediastinal and subphrenic abscess combined with CBD stones. He had a large amount of bile-stained fluid drained by percutaneous drainage (Figure 2). Patient 11 was diagnosed as having subcapsular biloma associated with CBD stones; the biloma was drained percutaneously (Figure 3).
Patient 3 showing perforation of the left intrahepatic duct due to a common bile duct stone, which had an abscess pocket in the resection bed of the left lateral segmentectomy of the liver (white arrow) and in the anterior mediastinum (black arrow). H indicates heart; L, liver; and P, pleural effusion.
Patient 11 showing perforation of the left intrahepatic duct due to common bile duct stones, which were manifested as subcapsular biloma in the liver (arrow). L indicates liver; St, stomach; and Sp, spleen.
The remaining 9 patients were operated on for bile duct exploration. Intraoperative choledochoscopy was used to locate the pathologic lesions and rule out distal obstruction in all patients. Intraoperative cholangiography was performed to confirm bile duct perforation in 4 patients. Excision of the choledochal cyst and hepaticojejunostomy were performed in the patient with a choledochal cyst. Removal of phytobezoars in the CBD and T-tube drainage were performed in patient 8. This patient had a history of open cholecystectomy with choledochoduodenostomy owing to biliary stone disease 18 years earlier and subtotal gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy owing to a benign gastric ulcer 25 years earlier (Figure 4A and B). Additional procedures, 3 left lateral segmentectomies and 1 left lobectomy, were performed in the 4 patients with multiple impacted stones and/or strictures of the IHD (patients 4, 6, 7, and 10). Laparoscopic CBD exploration was performed in patient 9.
Patient 8 showing the perforation of segment 2 due to phytobezoars in the common bile duct; choledochoduodenostomy had been performed 18 years previously. A, Abdominal computed tomography showing phytobezoars (arrow) in the common bile duct. B, The perforation site of the left intrahepatic duct (arrow). L indicates liver; LK, left kidney; RK, right kidney; St, stomach; and Sp, spleen.
Drains were inserted near the area of perforation in the peritoneal cavity after irrigation with a large amount of physiologic solution. Postoperative T-tube cholangiography showed no filling defect in the CBD and no evidence of leakage on postoperative day 7. The T tube and the drain were removed after we confirmed the drainage of bile into the duodenum after a 24-hour clamping of the tube.
One patient (patient 1) died of multiorgan failure on the first day postoperatively. She had been transferred to our hospital without a proper diagnosis or treatment for 1 week, during which time her clinical course deteriorated owing to septic shock. At laparotomy, concomitant biliary cirrhosis with CBD stone was observed, and the peritoneal cavity was contaminated with bile. Morbidity occurred in 3 cases, involving pneumonia, acute pancreatitis, and bile leakage around the T-tube site. These complications were resolved by conservative treatment. All patients have been well and without disease recurrence for a mean duration of 58 months on follow-up (range, 37-95 months).
We have treated 11 patients with nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct during the last 10 years, and the present study is the largest study about this entity to date. A MEDLINE search revealed that the most common site of perforation is the CBD in 42 patients, followed by the hepatic duct in 28 patients. While the majority of studies on nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct have involved the EHD, perforations of the IHD were more frequent in our study. It is difficult to locate the perforation site in the IHD because it is imbedded in the parenchyma of the liver, and severe inflammation or the presence of abscess obscures the anatomy around the liver. This study shows that perforation of the left IHD occurs commonly. However, perforation of the right IHD was not found in the present study. It is presumed that the liver parenchyma surrounding the right IHD is too thick to be perforated easily by increased ductal pressure. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct of the IHD should be suspected if a perihepatic abscess or peritonitis is combined with biliary stone disease. We encountered nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct due to phytobezoars in the CBD, which occurred in a patient with a previous choledochoduodenostomy. Therefore, nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct could be taken as a cause of peritonitis or intraabdominal abscess in patients with a history of biliary bypass surgery.
Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct is difficult to diagnose before an operation,3,6 and in most cases, surgical intervention is performed for diffuse peritonitis or unstable vital signs.4,19 Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct may also be diagnosed as a perforated acute appendicitis preoperatively.20 Some authors have reported that, in infancy, radionuclide imaging is the most reliable method of visualizing the extravasation of bile into the peritoneal cavity from the biliary tract.4,11 In the present study, abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography were very informative for detecting the pathologic primary lesion and perihepatic fluid collection. However, a definite diagnosis of nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct was made while we explored the presence of bilious ascites and the bile-tinged abscess. When a physician is confronted with a nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct, a careful search for the source of leakage is vital, and the entire extent of the common hepatic duct and the bile ducts must be investigated. An operative cholangiogram or choledochoscopy could delineate the location of the perforation and exclude distal obstruction or anomalies of the pancreaticobiliary junction.3
Surgical management of the biliary-tree perforation remains controversial, but the goals of such surgical management are to halt continuing abdominal contamination with infected bile by means of peritoneal drainage,10 ie, surgical closure of the perforation,8 and T-tube drainage20 and to treat the associated biliary pathologic features. The specifics of the operation should be tailored according to the patient's general condition, the severity of the peritonitis, the operative exploratory findings, and the intraoperative cholangiographic findings. The conservative approach of draining the abdomen and decompressing the biliary tree is recommended unless there is distal biliary tract obstruction,21 and spontaneous closure usually occurs once the biliary tree has been decompressed.3,6,10,11 Two patients recovered by nonoperative management in this study. A localized abscess or subcapsular biloma can be managed with percutaneous drainage, and CBD stones can be extracted by endoscopic sphincterotomy, if the vital signs are stable and the patient is without symptoms of peritonitis.
In this study and in other studies, primary repair of the perforation site could not be performed because of severe inflammation around the perforation site. Most patients recovered after external decompression and treatment of the primary pathologic lesion. Nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct induced by a choledochal cyst in an adult is extremely rare.20 Two-stage biliary reconstruction has been recommended because the cyst wall is friable owing to severe inflammation. Here, we performed a single-stage operation involving a choledochal cyst resection and a hepaticojejunostomy, and the patient had a good recovery. Segmental resection of the liver was also performed successfully for IHD stone or stricture. Although CBD exploration carries the risk of significant damage during manipulation of the inflamed duct,11 we performed CBD exploration without adverse events. Therefore, we believe that definite operations, such as liver resection or CBD exploration, can be safely performed if the patient's condition permits.
In this study, 1 patient died of multiorgan failure after her treatment was delayed for 7 days without proper diagnosis and her clinical course worsened owing to septic shock. As shown by other reports,4,6 nontraumatic perforation of the bile duct has a high mortality and complication rate, despite adequate surgical therapy, if definite treatment is delayed.
Correspondence: Ho-Seong Han, MD, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Korea (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for publication March 16, 2004.
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Controlling Abuse of Sick Leave
By Dwayne Orrick, Chief of Police, Cordele, Georgia
The majority of police employees use sick leave in the manner in which it is intended. Normal use of sick leave is considered in developing the department's budget and the department's manpower deployment and scheduling program. It is the abuse of sick leave by a few employees that creates problems for many departments. The few employees who use sick time in a manner that violates the agency's policy or collective bargaining agreement hurts the entire organization-its management, its other employees, and its service to the community.
Organization Impact: Abuse of sick leave reduces the effectiveness and efficiency of the department. The department is less effective because supervisors have to reassign duties of the absent employee to other staff. This results in less time being available to answer citizen calls for service or to focus on proactive and preventive duties.
Financial Impact: The unnecessary use of sick leave costs the department at least an additional 150 percent over the budgeted amount to cover the vacancies with overtime pay. To illustrate the financial impact of misused sick leave on the organization, multiply the total leave taken by the employee's hourly salary. When other officers were paid overtime to cover the missed work, factor in that overtime cost also. This total can provide a sobering realization of the cost for abusing sick leave.
Interpersonal Impact: Continued abuse can lead to interpersonal problems with the employees who have to cover the abuser's job responsibilities in addition to their own. Knowing that a person is abusing the sick leave and that no supervisory action is being taken can diminish employee moral.
Homeland security needs are not only stretching many departments' overtime budgets, but the additional work is also stretching the endurance of the officers. Like everyone, police officers enjoy their days off. Officers do expect to work holidays and reasonable overtime to cover assignments. The extra pay is well received. But there comes a point when even the extra pay is no longer considered a reward. Today with additional homeland security overtime on top of the expected and scheduled overtime, officers are working about all that can be expected. Add additional time to cover sick abusers' absences, and non-abusing officers are feeling the effects of being overworked. This will affect morale and cause interpersonal problems in the agency.
Ethical Impact: When employees repeatedly misrepresent themselves as being sick, it reflects on their integrity and diminishes the confidence fellow employees and supervisors have in their ability. Because of this, abuse of sick leave is also an ethical issue.
The Trouble EmployeeThe National Institute of Ethics has found abuse of sick leave can be a symptom of a trouble employee. The NIE found that some employees, driven by feelings of entitlement, justify their absence as being deserved because of perceived mistreatment by the organization. This willful violation of the department's policies is considered an administrative commission. That is, the employee knows the policy requirements but chooses to intentionally violate them anyway. If the employee's attitude is not replaced with a sense of accountability the conduct may continue to erode into even larger problems. Because of this, some departments have begun to consider making excessive sick leave usage an indicator in their early warning system.1
Establish Clear PoliciesTo effectively control unauthorized sick leave, a department must have a clear policy regulating leave, track each employee's use of sick leave, and take corrective actions when abuses occur.
Most agencies have a policy regulating sick leave. This policy should outline what constitutes acceptable leave, how time is accrued, the steps necessary for an employee to make a claim, and when a doctor's excuse may be required. In addition, some departments require employees to remain at their homes, except for travel to their physician, in order to be eligible for payment of leave.2 In some departments, verification of sick leave is done by a home visit by the supervisor. Also, many agencies require a written medical certificate if certain circumstances exist, including the supervisor's wishing to verify the absence.3
The policy should also include provisions for the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. FMLA requires employers to "provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to 'eligible' employees for certain family and medical reasons."4 This may include caring for a child after birth, or placement for adoption or foster care; caring for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent who has a serous health condition; or dealing with a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform their job.5
Finally, every employee in the department must be familiar with this policy and the possible penalties for noncompliance.
Tracking AbusersIn order for an agency to effectively manage sick leave and ensure compliance with their policy, good records are essential. The information gathered from these records is critical to demonstrate a policy violation. Several off-the-shelf police scheduling software programs are available with leave-time tracking features.
At a minimum, the records system should track when the employee takes leave and the reasons for the absence. This system does not need to be elaborate to be able to collect this information. One easy way is for the supervisor to develop a table with the officer's names and blocks for the amount of leave taken during each of the preceding 12 months and the total for the year. This chart makes patterns of abuse easily recognizable.
Another technique to identify employees who may be abusing leave on a regular basis is to total the amount of leave taken by the entire unit. Identify the average amount by dividing the total sick leave taken by the number of employees in the unit. Then a determination must be made of the level that the organization considers to be excessive, such as 25 percent above average. Assuming 25 percent is chosen as the threshold overage for review, the average is then multiplied by 1.25. Any person who has used more than the established threshold should have their leave use reviewed for policy compliance.
Patterns of AbuseWith the policy in place that establishes the standards of conduct and a records system that measures usage, supervisors can easily watch for compliance. Realistically, an agency cannot expect to stop every isolated instance of abuse. Rather, supervisors should routinely look for patterns of abuse. These patterns can evolve in many ways. For example, the offending employee may routinely take leave in conjunction with regular days off, vacation, or holidays. Some will call in sick in response to having their vacation requests denied. Others' sick days may coincide with their spouse's off-days. A more difficult pattern to track is when an officer takes off during a specific time each year.One of the more obvious patterns is for the employee to use their leave as soon as it is accumulated. In these instances, employees with an extensive length of service, such as 10 years, will have accumulated only a few days of leave.
It should be noted, it is not necessary for the employee to establish to a pattern of abuse before corrective action can be taken. Rumors of an officer taking sick leave for unapproved purposes should be investigated.
Corrective ActionEnforcing leave policies requires discretion and good judgment on the part of the supervisor. Once a problem has been identified, it is incumbent upon the supervisor to meet with the employee to discuss the reason for the absences. During this meeting, the goal is to have the employee to change their behavior. This will not occur unless the employee assumes responsibility for his or her conduct. During the session, the supervisor should explain that the purpose of the meeting is to discuss the use of sick leave, the problem or pattern that has been identified, and the impact of the behavior on the organization.
Sometimes, the subordinate may have a legitimate explanation that was not previously known and no further action is needed. In other instances, the employee's problems may exceed the supervisor's ability to address them. In these cases, the supervisor should recognize his or her limitations and refer the employee to the department's employee assistance program.
The most successful corrective action plans occur when the subordinate takes part in developing the solution. In some cases, the supervisor may need to guide the officer through the process of exploring their alternatives. Before the meeting is concluded, the supervisor should write a corrective action plan outlining the problem, what the employee is going to do to reduce the use of leave, and adverse administrative action to be taken for noncompliance.6
Disciplinary procedures vary from one community to the next and depend upon governing laws and collective bargaining agreements. However, most realize the need for progressive discipline. Many agencies require officers who continue their abusive behaviors to provide a doctor's statement for a specific time (that is, six months) to verify all claims of sickness.
Incentives to Combat AbuseToo often organizations focus enormous amounts of energy and resources trying to control a few poor performers and fail to reward their exemplary employees. It is interesting to note the different approach between the private and public sectors in providing leave to employees. In the private sector there is a growing trend to stop distinguishing between types of leave and provide an established amount of leave each year. The employee can use the time for any reason they desire.
In the public sector, the trend has been to keep the different types of leave. As such, in an effort to reward loyal employees for not taking leave unnecessarily, many communities have developed incentive programs. Although compensation practices vary widely across the country, incentive programs serve to reduce leave use and in the long run save money for the community.
In some agencies, employees are allowed to accrue sick leave to an established level. The department provides the employee with a cash payment for a percentage of all unused sick leave above a base rate at the end of the year. In many communities, the reimbursement coincides with the holiday season and serves as a nice bonus.
Other communities take a long-term perspective and reward longevity by allowing employees to accrue a specific amount of leave. Any leave earned beyond this limit is forfeited and credited toward years of service upon retirement.
A few departments allow officers to accrue unlimited amounts of sick leave throughout their career and pay the officer for a percentage of the unused leave, up to a specified dollar amount. This serves as a substantial bonus upon retirement.
Obviously, this list is not exhaustive, but it does illustrate the wide variation of incentive programs. Also, these incentives are not without problems. For example, officers who are paid out at a lesser rate may "burn the time" they have over the set amount before retirement. This would represent a budget problem and a staffing problem also.
Sick leave is an essential part of the employee compensation package. However, efforts must be taken to ensure that some employees do not abuse this privilege to the detriment of the organization and fellow employees. These efforts should include a fair but firm policy that is communicated to all employees. The use of leave should be monitored for patterns of abuse. When abuse is determined to have occurred, the leave is denied and corrective action is taken. Officials should work with the governing authority to support an incentive plan rewarding employees for using leave in accordance with the department's policy. These actions will serve to ensure high morale and efficient operations in the department.
1 National Institute of Ethics, "The National Law Enforcement Officer Disciplinary Research Project," by Neal Trautman, 1997.2 For a legal discussion, see Mary Claire McNaught and Daniel L. Schofield, "Managing Sick and Injured Employees," FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, January 1998.3 The medical certificate is a written statement signed by a registered practicing physician certifying the period of disability of the patient while under professional care. These forms are usually readily available in doctor's offices. The medical certificate is helpful when the employee has been hospitalized and serves as notice that the employee can return to work. Other circumstances can include when an employee has been absent for consecutive days (usually three); when the employee may have a contagious disease; or when the absence needs verification.4 U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, WH Publication 1420, June 1993.5 Ibid.6 Ibid.
The Ottawa, Ontario, Police Service received the 2003 Webber Seavey Award for its Attendance Enhancement Program (AEP). The department created the program to reverse a continuous increase in the use of sick leave over a five-year period.
The AEP represents a multifaceted approach to prevent, minimize, and control the risk of economic and human resource loss due to absenteeism. The program's primary objective was to improve officer attendance, as well as raise awareness about attendance issues. In 2000 the cost to the department of use of sick leave equaled the expense of 57 full-time employees.
To kick off the AEP in 2001, the police service launched two high-profile pilot initiatives. One involved offering officers monetary rewards or recognition or both for demonstrating perfect or strong attendance. The other focused on arming supervisory staff with the information, procedures, and tools they needed to monitor officer attendance. After minor modifications, the pilot initiatives officially became part of the program.
Year-end 2002 results confirmed that the program was a success. Specifically, the use of sick leave dropped by 1.6 days per employee, 740 officers and staff had perfect or strong attendance, approximately 2,500 days of productive work were gained for the year-equivalent to adding nine full-time employees to the workforce-and $540,000 in increased productivity was realized along with a significant decrease in expenses related to the disbursement of sick leave benefits.
The Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement presented by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Motorola.
From The Police Chief, vol. 71, no. 3, March 2004. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Induction of CYP enzymes increases the metabolism of a drug, resulting in a reduction of efficacy of the intended therapy. For example, certain antibiotics like rifampicin can increase the metabolism of birth control drugs, rendering them ineffective.
As with inhibition DDI, induction potential must be assessed prior to exposure in patients. Human hepatocytes are the gold standard for determining induction potential. However, the commonly used 24-well format limits the number of wells per plate and the cost per well. Therefore, a migration to 96-well and 384-well induction models would offer a higher capacity to generate the required data with the same resources.
Though hepatocytes in 96-well format have been shown to be an appropriate model for induction, the 384-well format has not been reported in the literature. A second poster, presented by the group at "ISSX", described validation of a 384-well format. The 96- and 384-well formats were compared to ensure that miniaturization of the system did not impact the function of the hepatocytes or the derived values. To increase the quality of the data, a triplex system was developed to measure CYP1A and -3A4 activities along with viability from a single well.
In doing so, the efficient use of hepatocytes and dosing solutions reduced potential variability from inter-well and inter-plate cell culturing and multiple drug-dispensing steps. That is, from a single dispensed dose, functional data was obtained for two induction endpoints and a viability endpoint. The CYP1A family was measured by the fluorescent substrate ethoxyresorufin, CYP3A4 by the luminogenic substrate P450 Glo™ CYP3A4 IPA (Promega), and viability by the luminogenic assay CellTiter-Glo®.
The authors presented a 384-well system with robustness and consistency that meet HTS criteria while retaining the induction mechanism of human hepatocytes. In addition, the viability assessment allowed for normalization of the data as well as the potential to explain differences in the EC50 curves.
For example, rifampicin showed lower induction at the high end of the curve while the viability remained constant, which may be interpreted as a suppression of the induction process or the inhibition of CYP3A4 enzyme (Figure, A).
In contrast, lansoprazole showed a lower induction at the higher doses along with lower viability, allowing for the interpretation that toxicity of lansoprazole was responsible for the lower induction (Figure, B).
The combination of an HTS platform and triplex methodology with human hepatocytes creates a powerful new technique for pharmaceutical scientists to assess induction potential. In addition, triplex methodology provides for efficient use of resources such as hepatocytes and dosing solutions, for reducing variation in responses compared to combining separate data points, and for normalization of data by viability parameter. The latter provides a critical value to explain a deviation from a sigmoidal response curve due to cellular toxicity or other cellular events.
The responsibilities of pharmaceutical scientists have increased to meet a variety of challenges. The pharmaceutical industry is being pressured by regulatory agencies to provide extensive preclinical data to assess drug safety issues, such as DDI, before embarking on clinical development of new drugs. In addition, pharmaceutical scientists have internal pressure to screen more compounds with limited resources while producing clinically relevant and actionable information.
New technologies and integrated platforms must be developed to meet these evolving needs. Two such platforms, HTS induction and inhibition systems using human hepatocytes, offer the potential to meet the challenges of today's drug discovery programs by merging formerly separate technologies and reagents in order to provide new and potent techniques.
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These education leaders highlighted the fact that the Senate budget did not worsen the funding cliff that public schools will face in 2011-12 when federal stabilization funds end. At that time, public schools will face a sobering funding cut – or cliff – of $900 million. How the loss of these federal dollars will impact districts varies. In the case of Wake County Public Schools, $85.6 million in funding will be lost or the equivalent of 1,700 teachers in addition to what has already been cut by that school district. (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding loss by district is available online at www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs under What's New.) If North Carolina cannot find the means to fill in the funds from the federal stabilization dollars, this will mean an even more debilitating level of cuts in 2012.
There are positives in the Senate budget, including the additional flexibility tools local school district leaders can use to make decisions about funding cuts at the local level. The Senate budget also left the discretionary reduction – also known as a negative reserve or flexibility adjustment – at the $304 million level already written in the 2010-11 budget rather than increasing it. The flexibility adjustment is a requirement for local school districts to return a specific amount of state dollars as a part of the budget. State education leaders noted that an increase in this required return likely would result in teacher cuts and larger class sizes in grades four through 12.
The state House is currently deliberating its budget and is expected to release its budget plan this week.
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Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> I finally managed to find a *reproducible* setup and way to trigger
> random corruptions using a sata sil 3114 controller connected to 4
> seagate drives
> port 1: ST3400832AS sda
> port 2: ST3400620AS sdb
> port 3: ST3750640AS sdc
> port 4: ST3750640AS sdd
> sda & sdb form md0 via a raid1 setup followed by an additional
> devicemapper layer ( root ). sdc and sdb are separate and also have an
> additional device mapper layer ( public ) and ( backups ).
> Now when I write large files of zeros to root(sda&sdb) and read the file
> back in it contains a few nonzero entries:
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/foo bs=1M count=2000
> # hexdump /foo
> 0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> *
1GB random parts, within large blocks of zeroes>
> I can reliably trigger this on the md0 / devmapper-root setup when I
> write about 2GB of data (note that this machine has 1.5G of memory - and
> still 1GB is often enough to see this problem). Here it does not matter
> where in the filesystem I do these writes.
Thanks. I'll try to reproduce the problem here. What's your motherboard?
> Now promise_sata is converted to new EH, so I simply gave it a go, i.e.
> I attached ST3400832AS and ST3400620AS to the promise controller and
> rebooted and redid the experiments from above.
> No data corruptions whatsoever. I even ran the dd on all three devmapped
> mount points simultaneously with a size of 30GB each, still no
> corruption. However the error messages I've seen a year ago are back for
> the ST3400832AS and ST3400620AS attached to the promise controller (see
> below).
> ata1.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x100 action 0x2
> ata1.00: port_status 0x20200000
> ata1.00: cmd 25/00:00:c0:b6:74/00:01:20:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 131072 in
> res 51/0c:00:c0:b6:74/0c:01:20:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
> ata1: soft resetting port
Yeah, still the same. Your drives don't like the way promise controller
speaks to them (e.g. promise generates signals which are ) but now that
sata_promise has proper EH. It can recover from those errors. As long
as nothing worse happens, it should be okay.
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