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Sequential Cystatin C Levels and Renal Impairment in Acute Heart Failure
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Renal Compromise after treatment of decompensated heart failure with diuretics is not uncommon. The purpose of our study is to investigate the relationship between cystatin C and worsening renal function in this setting. Cystatin C is a biomarker produced at a constant rate by all cells that is a sensitive biomarker of renal function.Cystatin C and Plasma amino terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels will be obtained at baseline and daily. Our goal is to enroll 100 subjects with an estimated 5 samples per each subject. The time course of changes in cystatin C in relation to serum creatinine levels over time will be plotted.
Our hypothesis is that sequential changes in cystatin C levels following initial treatment with diuretic therapy in the setting of acute decompensated heart failure may provide early insight into cardio-renal compromise. Understanding the natural history and time course of the changes in sequential cystatin C levels may facilitate further studies to guide the judicious use of diuretic therapy in acute decompensated heart failure, and to predict the risk of subsequent development of worsening renal function. If serial testing of cystatin C can provide accurate assessment and prediction of worsening renal function, clinical applications of these observations can be evaluated in future prospective studies.
Acute Heart Failure
Renal Failure
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Sequential Cystatin C Levels and Renal Impairment in Acute Heart Failure
- To examine the natural history of cystatin C levels during diuretic therapy in ADHF [ Time Frame: 7 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To determine the predictive value of changes in sequential cystatin C levels to subsequent development of WRF [ Time Frame: 7 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- The combined outcome of either death in hospital or death within 90 days after discharge or readmission to the hospital facility for heart failure within 90 days [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Patients admitted to the hospital with decompensated heart failure
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hospital admission within 48 hours for ADHF, with an expected stay over 24 hours.
- Evidence of fluid overload, including jugular venous distention, pulmonary rales, peripheral edema, and/or ascites receiving diuretic therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Heart failure due to congenital heart disease or critical aortic stenosis (potentially different cardio-renal pathophysiology)
- Acute myocardial infarction or unstable acute coronary syndromes
- End-stage renal insufficiency on renal replacement therapy (already has underlying advanced renal failure).
- Patients with active cancer (cystatin C has been shown to be produced by some tumors)
- Known exposure to nephrotoxic agents (such as contrast dye) or planned surgery during hospitalization at the time of enrollment
- Hemoglobin < 9 mg/dL or clinically significant active bleeding.
- Unable to comply with protocol or unable to have informed consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00561483
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|Responsible Party:
|Dr W H Wilson Tang, Cleveland Clinic
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00561483 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 20, 2007
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2011
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by The Cleveland Clinic:
Acute heart failure
cystatin C
renal failure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Renal Insufficiency
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on December 09, 2016


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#120678 - 01/21/04 02:43 PM Elision
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I mentioned this thread at court this morning and one of the clerks related a wonderful example, only one degree off the definition of elision. In her family, they refer to a common dish as "chick and noodle soup." Faldage prolly likes that, too.
#120679 - 01/21/04 02:53 PM Re: Chick and noodle soup
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Sounds kinda like anti-elision, what with the added d and all.
Attualy® I think it's more what they call reanalysis.
#120680 - 01/21/04 03:14 PM Re: Chick and noodle soup
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Dear Faldage: Now that you've got Father Steve infringing on your patented triple elision (prolly) what's your name
for it?
#120681 - 01/21/04 03:20 PM Re: Chick and noodle soup
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He's free to use it. It ain' mine. Mine is Parbly® Simple elision cum metathesis.
#120682 - 01/21/04 03:38 PM You guys are more entertaining
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than TV!
(not to be fainting with damn praise or anything)
#120683 - 01/21/04 04:12 PM Re: prolly
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>He's free to use it. It ain' mine.
well, I can lay claim to being the first to use it locally; i.e., here in AWADtalk. so you're not free to quit claim in this case.
but he's still free to use it.
#120684 - 01/21/04 08:57 PM Re: You guys are more entertaining
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fainting with damn praise
#120685 - 01/26/04 06:28 PM Anticlimactic
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#120686 - 01/26/04 06:32 PM Elision
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There are people all over the world who study elision in different languages; they are all in elision fields, of course._________________________
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elision fields
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This recall involves the Husqvarna Grass Trimmer Model 122C with serial numbers that range from 2011 17 00001 to 2011 52 99999. "Husqvarna" and the model number are written on top of the tool. The serial number is located on a black plate on the bottom of the muffler side of the tool. The recalled Husqvarna Hedge Trimmers are Models 122HD60 and 122HD45 with serial numbers that range from 2011 17 00001 to 2011 52 99999. "Husqvarna" and the model number are written on top of the tool. The serial number is located on a black plate on the gear box, which is on the lower portion of the tool.
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Foods and the way we eat them may say a lot about us. Lately they've been screaming a lot about me from just above my belt.
Some recipes, concoctions and combinations are specific to extended families and maybe even certain areas. You know what I'm talking about. Every family has a few delicacies they were raised enjoying that tend to raise eyebrows if not turn stomachs of others.
I thought a lot of these odd food cravings were specific to just my immediate family but then I've found out that cousins know and enjoy the same pleasures.
A few of those things that may be specific to my family include:
• Catsup on our eggs — Fried or scrambled they're best covered in catsup. The combination is also colorful on the plate.
• Cornbread and sweet milk — For those who don't know any better, sweet milk is just regular whole milk as opposed to buttermilk. Cornbread and sweet milk is prepared using leftover cornbread that is crumbled into a glass. Mayonnaise — a tablespoon or two — is added, milk is poured over the cornbread and then you salt and pepper to taste. Mix it up and it's like a country milkshake.
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Pour dressing over, and turn to coat fillets.
Cover and marinate at least 2 hours in refrigerator.
Arrange fish with thickest portions to out side of dish.
Cover tightly with plastic wrap.
MICROWAVE 5 MINUTES on HIGH, or until fish flakes.
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% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17 g26.3%
Saturated Fat 1.8 g9.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 75 mg25%
Sodium 371.7 mg15.5%
Total Carbohydrates 5 g1.7%
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Sugars 5.2 g
Protein 20 g40.5%
Vitamin A 3% Vitamin C 1.9%
Calcium 6.8% Iron 1.4%
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John Mayer has scored a second week at the top of the U.S. albums chart, despite selling only 65,000 copies of "Born & Raised" last week.
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6 + 6 +6 = 18 = 1+8 = 9
The equation above has confused and delighted mankind for thousands of years, for with numbers, the meaning you attach to them, as well as the equations which result from breaking apart their constituent parts, are both arbitrary. But one thing is for certain—it is the number of beast, and we all shall have it tattooed upon our foreheads! God have mercy as the fires of hell rain down upon the evil doers…for in the end, those deafened to the words of the Almighty shall be enslaved by the devil himself!
Since numbers are arbitrary, the only reliable method for understanding their meaning is to turn to the Mystery Schools of the time and discover the meaning behind those numbers as Paul's peers understood them. The writer of Revelations was soaked in the knowledge of the Mystery Schools, all of which were created thousands of years prior after the flood by Noah's sons who, instead of destroying the Writings of the Watchers (or the Emerald Tablets, or the Books of Hermes, or the Books of Enoch--depends on culture) took them instead to Chaldea and formed the world's Secret Societies in which the likes of Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato (and Jesus?) spent years learning from them. And what do they have to say of those fateful numbers?
666 is a beautiful number. From every angle, it screams meaning. It doesn't actually matter how you break it apart, the numbers in which it becomes, to the mystic, speak volumes.
6 represents harmony, of which it is written 3 times. The Father is 1, the Mother is 2, and the Son is 3. Three forms of harmony within the divine trio = 666!
But what happens when you add the numbers together? You get a new number: 18. What does that mean?
1 represents the supreme power, the primordial male force which invented this place by having an ego and inserting itself within 2, Mother Earth. 1 is the active state of the universe, utility, the verbs. 2 is the passive state of the universe, existence, the nouns. The two combined to form a third: regeneration and rebirth—Jesus Christ.
8 represents infinity, which is the playing field of the divine. When the supreme power (1) and infinity (8) get together, what it is that they create? 1+8 = 9.
9 is the number of man, because man is said to exist in the womb for 9 months before giving birth. 9 is the number of man because man would not be here without the 666..it takes both the father and the mother to make the son, and the three create a fractal representation of the regenerative process of life itself, mankind. 9 is also the number of man because 9 is one number less than 10, the greatest of all numbers, for it contains all other numbers in itself. 9 has thus "fallen short" by one, through the absence of the father within himself.
Oh, but everything has its opposite, my dear friends, for 9 also is an inverted 6, thus representing disharmony and discord, which is what man brings to the universe through the finite utilization of his own consciousness. He looks out at what he sees, and seeks to become the missing gear, the thing which no one else gets right. If only there were more priests, man says, if the universe does not have enough. If only there were more people concerned about the environment. If only there were more laws, more food, more money. Less poverty, less government, less guns!
More more more!
Less less less!
Man seeks to correct this imbalance that he sees, without realizing that man himself is that which is imbalanced as his consciousness seeks purpose, and he does so through the perception of imbalance. Nature does not need man! But man is afraid to know this. Therefore 9 is also the number of the beast--discord, disharmony. The father of lies, the bearer of false gifts. The beast signifies the end of the sequence (9) before God (1+0) returns.
666 is thus the number of the beast, and the beast is ourselves, created by the trio (666). You did come from your father and mother, did you not? So fear not the movement of the tides, that is how it works here, you see? And in the end (9), rebirth shall occur as we return to the father (1+0). If you go to the East, they have encapsulated this entire process in a symbol of their own untainted by invalid dogma and indoctrinated priests. You should thus remember it next time you hear someone proclaiming we shall all be burned alive and branded by it in hell with the number 666, for the dynamic nature of opposites swinging to and fro creates a balance all its own, despite the damage we may cause during our short stay. In the end, all wrongs shall be righted, just as all rights shall be wronged. Creation through destruction.
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Template:Infobox US Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. He is considered to be part of the "conservative wing" in the current American court system. He is the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court, having replaced Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thomas was the youngest of the justices with whom he served from the time of his appointment to the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts in 2005.
Clarence Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia, a small community outside Savannah. His father abandoned his family when he was only a year old, leaving his mother Leola Anderson, to take care of the family. At age seven they went to live with his mother's father, Myers Anderson in Savannah. He had a fuel oil business that also sold ice; Thomas often helped him make deliveries.
His grandfather believed in hard work and self-reliance and would counsel him to "never let the sun catch you in bed in the morning". In 1975, when Thomas read Race and Economics by economist Thomas Sowell, he found an intellectual foundation for this philosophy. The book criticized social reforms by government and instead argued for individual action to overcome circumstances and adversity. Thomas later said that the book changed his life.
Raised Roman Catholic (he later attended an Episcopal church with his wife, but returned to the Catholic Church in the late 1990s), Thomas considered entering the priesthood and briefly attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, a Catholic seminary in Missouri. Thomas later attended College of the Holy Cross, where he co-founded the school's Black Student Union and received an A.B., cum laude. He received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale Law School in 1974.
Thomas has one child, Jamal Adeen, from his first marriage. This marriage, to Kate Ambush, lasted from 1971 until their 1984 divorce. Thomas married Virginia Lamp in 1987.
Thomas performed, at his home, the wedding ceremony for conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's third marriage, to Marta Fitzgerald. [1]
Early career
He served as Assistant Attorney General of Missouri from 1974-1977, an attorney with Monsanto from 1977-1979 and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth from 1979-1981.
In 1981, he began his rise through the Reagan administration. From 1981-1982, he served as Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office of Civil Rights in the US Department of Education ("DOE"), and as Chairman of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") from 1982-1990.
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. At first, the nomination appeared to be stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee, until a copy of a "documents request" from the committee (which at the time was controlled by the Democrats and chaired by Senator Joe Biden) was leaked to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reprinted the documents request, taking up one-quarter of the op-ed page. Shortly thereafter, Thomas's nomination was discharged from the committee. Thomas was confirmed by the Senate in March 1990.
On July 8, 1991 President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall who had recently announced his retirement.[2] Marshall had been the only black justice on the court. While the selection of Thomas preserved the existing racial balance of the court, it was seen as likely to move the ideological balance to the right. While most recent Supreme Court nominees have been deemed "well-qualified" by the American Bar Association, the rating for Justice Thomas was split between "qualified" and "not qualified."
Organizations including the NAACP, the Urban League and the National Organization for Women opposed the appointment based on Thomas's criticism of affirmative action and suspicions that Thomas might not be a supporter of Roe v. Wade. Under questioning during confirmation hearings, Thomas repeatedly asserted that he had not formulated a position on the Roe decision.
Some of the public statements of Thomas' opponents foreshadowed the confirmation fight that would occur. One such statement came from noted feminist Florence Kennedy at a July 1991 conference of the National Organization for Women in New York City. Making reference to Robert Bork and the successful campaign against his Supreme Court nomination in 1987, she said of Thomas, "We're going to bork him." [3]
The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Thomas about his political opinions and constitutional interpretation over several days. Toward the expected end of the confirmation hearings, based on a leaked Judiciary committee FBI report[4], NPR's Nina Totenberg reported that a former colleague of Thomas, University of Oklahoma law school professor Anita Hill, had accused him of sexually harassing her when the two had worked together at the DOE and EEOC. However, seemingly contradictory statements by Anita Hill and additional testimony for Thomas by former female associates weakened the case against him. In the end, the Committee did not find sufficient evidence to corroborate Anita Hill's claim. Hill's supporters later insisted that relevant testimony from Angela Wright, a PR director for the EEOC and a witness to the alleged offensive conduct, was suppressed, even though the Democrats controlled the Senate.
Of the Committee's investigation of the Hill claims, Thomas said:
...as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the US Senate rather than hung from a tree. [5]
The content of the hearings, particularly Senator Orrin Hatch's questions "[D]id you ever say in words or substance something like there is a pubic hair in my coke?" and "Did you ever use the term Long Dong Silver in conversation with Professor Hill?" rapidly became fodder for the nation's comedians.
The Committee sent the nomination to the full Senate without a recommendation either way. Thomas was confirmed by the Senate with a 52-48 vote on October 15, 1991, making it the closest confirmation vote for a Justice in the 20th century. The vote was not strictly by party line; he received "yea" votes from 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats and "nay" votes from 46 Democrats and 2 Republicans.
Thomas took his seat on October 23, 1991.
Judicial philosophy
On the Court, Thomas has argued for an originalist or "textualist" view of the Constitution faithful to that document's text and history. Especially early in his term on the court, critics often suggested that Thomas lacked a judicial philosophy of his own, and that he unreflectingly signed on to the opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia. Although Thomas has frequently voted with Scalia, his opinions have sometimes diverged from Scalia's based on Thomas's alternative readings of Constitutional history. Scalia appears much more willing to be guided by precedent in his decisions, even when he disagrees with the precedent in question. He has said that Thomas "doesn't believe in stare decisis, period." Although both Thomas and Scalia are considered the court's conservative wing, originalism does not inherently or intrinsically favor conservative political views or liberal political views. Consequently, Thomas's originalism occasionally leads him to some surprising decisions, as discussed below.
In general, Thomas has been a proponent of an expansive First Amendment interpretation, arguing that anonymous speech, money donated to political campaigns, and commercial speech attempting to sell products all qualified for protection. In McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission (1995), Thomas agreed with a majority of the Court that a law banning anonymous campaign literature violated the First Amendment. Scalia disagreed. He argued that the evidence was insufficient to conclude there was an original understanding and noted the wide popular support for laws against it. But while the Court majority based its decision on the fact that anonymity has "played an important role in the progress of mankind", Thomas filed a concurrence arguing that protection of anonymous speech was part of the original understanding of the amendment, noting that The Federalist Papers were published anonymously.
He has also taken the point of view that the Commerce Clause should be narrowly interpreted, covering only actual interstate commerce, not things related to it; he thus concurred with the Court's decisions in United States v. Lopez invalidating a federal law prohibiting possession of a firearm in a school zone. In the same vein, Justice Thomas's judicial philosophy does not encompass the Dormant Commerce Clause, the negative implication of the Commerce Clause, which is often employed to strike down protectionist legislation. See Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison (Thomas, dissenting).
Thomas also has suggested that he favors the personal right (as opposed to collective right) interpretation of the Second Amendment, suggesting that the Brady Act's background checks may have violated it. See Printz v. United States (Thomas, concurring).
In 1992, eight months after being appointed to the court, Thomas joined a dissent in Planned Parenthood v. Casey authored by Justice Scalia, also joined by The Chief Justice (Rehnquist) and Justice White, which concluded "that a woman's decision to abort her unborn child is not a constitutionally protected "liberty" because (1) the Constitution says absolutely nothing about it [...]." Thomas (along with Scalia and White) also concurred with a separate dissent authored by Chief Justice Rehnquist which stated "We believe that Roe was wrongly decided, and that it can and should be overruled consistently with our traditional approach to stare decisis in constitutional cases."
Thomas has followed a narrow construction of the Eighth Amendment. In Hudson v. McMillian (1992), he dissented, arguing that the beating of a Louisiana inmate by three prison guards was not cruel and unusual punishment. Thomas wrote that the beating, which left Hudson with minor bruises, facial swelling, loosened teeth, and a cracked dental plate, did not cause sufficient harm to meet the constitutional standard; however, he left open the option of a criminal charge or a tort claim, just not a constitutional claim. "In my view, a use of force that causes only insignificant harm to a prisoner may be immoral, it may be tortious, it may be criminal, and it may even be remediable under other provisions of the Federal Constitution, but it is not 'cruel and unusual punishment.' In concluding to the contrary, the Court today goes far beyond our precedents."
Thomas has carved out a distinctive voice for himself on the highly-charged racial issues before the Court. In Missouri v. Jenkins (1995), the Court overturned a lower court ruling forcing the city of Kansas City, Missouri to spend more money on their predominantly black school system to attract white suburban children. Thomas filed a separate concurrence where he argued "'Racial isolation' itself is not a harm; only state-enforced segregation is," and that integration assumed that blacks could not get ahead on their own.
In Adarand Constructors v. Peña (1995), Thomas commented on affirmative action: "I write separately...to express my disagreement with the premise...that there is a racial paternalism exception to the principle of equal protection...That these programs may have been motivated, in part, by good intentions cannot provide refuge from the principle that under our Constitution, the government may not make distinctions on the basis of race. As far as the Constitution is concerned, it is irrelevant whether a government's racial classifications are drawn by those who wish to oppress a race or by those who have a sincere desire to help those thought to be disadvantaged. There can be no doubt that the paternalism that appears to lie at the heart of this program is at war with the principle of inherent equality that underlies and infuses our Constitution. See Declaration of Independence ('We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness')."
In United States v. Fordice (1992), he agreed that Mississippi had not done enough to desegregate its colleges and universities. But he added that increased integration could hurt historically black colleges. "It would be ironic, to say the least, if the institutions that sustained blacks during segregation were themselves destroyed in an effort to combat its vestiges," he wrote.
In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), he voted to uphold an Ohio school voucher plan. "While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their children, who will certainly need it to function in our high-tech and advanced society," he wrote. "As Thomas Sowell noted 30 years ago: Most black people have faced too many grim, concrete problems to be romantics."
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Thomas dissented from the Court's decision striking down Texas's sodomy laws, stating that although he felt the laws were "uncommonly silly" and deserved to be repealed, these matters would be best left to the legislature or the public, not the courts.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), Thomas was the only justice who sided with the government and the Fourth Circuit's ruling, based on his view of the important security interests at stake and the President's broad war-making powers.
Thomas is frequently at odds with the majority of the court, often found at the dissenting end of many a 7-2 or 8-1 opinion. In 2003, for example, he was on the dissenting side of 21 of the 41 contested (non-unanimous) cases, making him the most frequently dissenting justice of the term, followed by Justice Scalia with 16 dissents. (Source: New York Times, 7/1/03)
Unexpected Rulings
In some cases, Thomas's commitment to a textualist and originalist philosophy leads him to take a position some find surprising. His supporters say this proves Thomas is not an ideologue or a results-oriented Justice.
For example, in United States v. Hubbell (2000), the Court heard a case involving Webster Hubbell, who had been indicted for various fraud charges based on his own documents that the government had subpoenaed. Even though the Fifth Amendment provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself," the Supreme Court has, since 1976, applied the so-called "act-of-production doctrine." Under this doctrine, a person can invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against the production of documents only where the very act of producing the documents is incriminating in itself. Thomas wrote a separate concurrence, however, examining a wide range of historical materials on the original meaning of the Fifth Amendment. He concluded that the Constitution should protect against the "compelled production not just of incriminating testimony, but of any incriminating evidence." In other words, the government should not ever be allowed to subpoena a private person's papers and documents in order to build a criminal case against him.
Another example is Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000), in which the Court considered whether New Jersey's hate crime statute was unconstitutional. Under this law, once the jury had decided guilt for the underlying crime, the prosecutor could obtain an increased sentence merely by proving the "hate" motive to a judge at sentencing (where the standard of proof was merely "preponderance of the evidence"). The Supreme Court held that this practice was unconstitutional, because the Constitution's right to trial by jury requires that any factor which increases a defendant's sentence beyond a statutory maximum has to be proven to a jury "beyond a reasonable doubt". Again, though, Thomas wrote separately. In his concurrence (which was joined by Scalia), he argued that any facts that might increase a sentence (not just those that increase it beyond the statutory maximum) should have to be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt".
Another example is United States v. Bajakajian (1998), in which Thomas and four other justices wrote the first opinion ever to strike down a federal statute as violating the Eighth Amendment's "excessive fines" clause. The Court decided that it was an "excessive fine" under the Eighth Amendment for the government to seize $357,144 in cash from an airport traveler on his way to a foreign country. The man was not a drug courier or a money launderer, and his only crime was that he failed to report to the government that he was carrying more than $10,000 out of the country. Thomas looked to the history and origin of the Excessive Fines Clause, along with 18th-century congressional enactments and 17th-century English cases, in order to conclude that the fine was excessive in proportion to the harm that the government sustained.
Then, in Indianapolis v. Edmond (2000), the Court struck down a police program that stopped drivers and searched for drugs. The Court, however, took pains to distinguish this case from earlier roadblock cases in which it had upheld police stops to search for drunk drivers and illegal aliens. While Thomas joined Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissent (as did Justice Scalia) on the grounds that the case was controlled by the earlier roadblock cases, Thomas also wrote separately; in his short dissent, he stated that he was "not convinced" that the precedents had been correctly decided, but that since the respondents did not argue for overruling them, he was "reluctant" to overturn them. As for the roadblocks, he stated that "I rather doubt that the Framers of the Fourth Amendment would have considered 'reasonable' a program of indiscriminate stops of individuals not suspected of wrongdoing."
Approach to oral arguments
Thomas is well-known for listening rather than actively participating during oral arguments of the Court. He has offered several reasons for this, but the most strongly-supported of which is that he developed a habit of listening as a young man. Thomas comes from the Gullah/Geechee cultural region of coastal Georgia and is a member of this distinct African American ethnic group; he grew up speaking the Geechee dialect, which is a hybrid of English and various West African languages. Thomas acquired an enthusiasm for his heritage, writing about it in the December 14, 2000 issue of The New York Times:
- "When I was 16, I was sitting as the only black kid in my class, and I had grown up speaking a kind of a dialect. It's called Geechee. Some people call it Gullah now, and people praise it now. But they used to make fun of us back then. It's not standard English. When I transferred to an all-white school at your age, I was self-conscious, like we all are... So I...just started developing the habit of listening."[6]
Thomas has stated that he wishes to write a book about the culture. [7]
Though Thomas is silent during most arguments before the Supreme Court, he has spoken a few times each term [8]. During the oral argument for NASA v. FLRA, 527 U.S. 229 (1999), Thomas engaged in a seven minute long, uninterrupted colloquy - it is almost unheard of in recent years for this to happen without interruption by another justice. In Apprendi, Thomas raised an issue which would become important in the opinions ("the distinction . . . between an element of the offense and an enhancement factor"); in Virginia v. Black, [538 U.S. 343] (2003), Thomas presaged his eventual dissent with comments at oral argument, and similarly, in Capitol Square Review Board v. Pinette, 515 U.S. 753 (1995).
- Foskett, Ken (2004) Judging Thomas : The Life and Times of Clarence Thomas, William Morrow, ISBN 0-060-52721-8
- Thomas, Andrew Peyton (2001) Clarence Thomas: A Biography, Encounter Books, ISBN 1-893-55436-8
- Supreme court official biography (PDF format)
- Supreme Discomfort
- An Outline of the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas Controversy
- Out of Scalia's Shadow
- U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
- Transcripts of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court
- A Conversation with Justice Thomas
- Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson (1994) Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-452-27499-0
- Brock, David (1994) The REAL ANITA HILL, Touchstone, ISBN 0-029-04656-4
- LookSmart - Clarence Thomas directory category
- Yahoo - Clarence Thomas directory category
- Angela Onwuachi-Willig, "Just Another Brother on the SCT?: What Justice Clarence Thomas Teaches Us About the Influence of Racial Identity"
- "So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia says..."
External links
- October 11, 1991 evening session of U.S. supreme court confirmation hearings, referring to Long Dong Silver and pubic hairs.
- Biography Clarence Thomas - Cornell Law School
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On Saturday, October 5th, as part of Hispanic Heritage month, the Tierra de Mis Raíces Dancers will perform dances from a number of Latin American countries—and then they will teach us how to dance with them. That's at 1 p.m. in the library lobby.
At LSC-Tomball Community Library, requests for help in mastering the English language are ongoing. People attempting English for the first time and veterans who want to improve their grammar, reading, writing, or accent keep inquiring; so we try to match these eager adult learners with a volunteer tutor.
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer tutor? You don't need skills in another language and you don't need to be an expert. We're having a training day on Saturday, September 28, from 9 a.m. to 12:30, at the Barbara Bush Library on Cypresswood. So now would be a good time to sign up. Call us at 832-559-4200.
Every spring and fall the Tomball Art League puts on an Exhibition and Show in the Tomball Community Center. For those of you who missed it, many of the winning paintings are displayed this month in our meeting room, room L-129. If the room happens to be locked when you come, just ask a librarian at the reference desk to open it for you.
If you're 50 or over, come on a free bus trip with other library customers! The next bus trip for people 50 and over will be leaving the front door of LSC-Tomball Community Library on Tuesday, October 1 at 8:45 a.m. This bus will be going to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for the day, returning at 4:30 p.m.
You can register by clicking on this link, which will take you to the Events Calendar on our website. You'll have to click on 'next' arrow beside the month to advance the calendar to October. Then click on October 1st's "8:45 AM-50+ Bus Trip to Houston Museum of Natural Science" to go to the sign-up form. Fill that in, click 'Complete Registration', and you're registered. You should receive a confirmation email.
The bus trip is free, courtesy of Harris County Precinct 4 Senior Adult Program, but you must pay admission to the Museum. Please bring exact change with you so that you can be eligible for a corporate discount. This will save you from having to stand in the museum lineup for tickets. Please call the library at 832-559-4200 for the admission to the various exhibits.
Also, bring money for lunch, if you're interested in buying lunch. Inside the museum there is a McDonalds and within walking distance is a Bodegas Taco Shop. Thanks to Harris County Precinct 4 Senior Adult Program!
"Better luck next year!" she mused when, at the end of last summer, she discovered that she hadn't won any HCPL Summer Reading Program prizes. Better luck indeed: LSC-Tomball Community Library customer Brandi Henri's name was randomly drawn as one of the e-reader winners in this year's Summer Reading Program prize draw. The Harris County Friends Council awarded her with a Kindle Paperwhite. She is delighted that she won't have to borrow her husband's iPad anymore; now she has an e-reader of her own—which ironically, we presented to her on her wedding anniversary. Good fortune all round.
Brandi and her 3 year old daughter, Olivia, are prolific readers. They were thrilled that during one visit to the library this summer they hit the 75-item HCPL checkout ceiling. Brandi keeps track of what she reads on Goodreads and checks their book ratings for recommendations. Her personal summer favorites? The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, There's No Place Like Here by Cecelia Ahern, and Elizabeth Joy Arnold's The Book of Secrets.
Our Tomball branch prize, a $30 Amazon.com gift card, was won by Carolyn Austin of Lufkin, TX. Ms. Austin has a personal tie with this library branch in that her daughter Jennifer is one of the librarians here. Her summer favorite was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Learn how to use Google Tools to market your business! HCPL, in partnership with Lone Star College Tomball and the Lone Star Small Business Development Center, is offering three Friday sessions to improve profits in your business. The first one, this Friday, September 6th, will teach you how to use Google Tools to perform market research, create business listings, advertise locally, analyze website traffic, manage documents, and more. Lead by Doug Mansfield of Mansfield Marketing, it will be held in the library's meeting room, L 129, at 1:30 p.m. No registration is needed; just drop in and profit!
Here's what our book clubs are reading in September:
Afternoon Book Club (1st Tuesday, 3 pm): Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Paranormal Book Club (2nd Monday, 7 pm): Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Inspirational Book Club (2nd Thursday, 7 pm): Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
Homeschool Book Club (3rd Monday, 1 pm. Because space is limited, pre-registration is required): The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Non-Fiction Book Club (3rd Tuesday, 3 pm): The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr
After Austen Book Club (Last Monday, 7 pm): Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mystery Book Club (4th Thursday, 1 pm): Defending Jacob by William Landay
A couple of notes: sadly, we have retired the History Book Club. We have also changed the name of the Tweens Book Club to the Homeschool Book Club. And because it has proved to be so popular and our space is limited, we've had to require a first-come first-served pre-registration for that club alone. Registration opens August 27th. To register, phone the main library number, 832-559-4200,and ask for the YA Librarian.
If you haven't been to our free business seminars, consider this as advance notice of a good thing. HCPL, in partnership with Lone Star College Tomball and the Lone Star Small Business Development Center, are offering three more Friday sessions to improve profits in your business. This fall they will be held in the library's meeting room, L 129, at 1:30 p.m. after the Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting the first Friday of September, October, and November. (The Chamber meets in the Beckendorf Center in the East Building of the College.) No registration is needed; just drop in and profit!
Here's our exciting line up:
Hello Everyone! Some of our awesome book clubs are meeting over the summer and some have taken a vacation until September. The History Book Club, one of the latter, is considering a new day and time more convenient for its members, so if you are considering joining, now is the time to talk to its convener, Charity Martin: 832-559-4220). Here's what the clubs are reading this month:
Do you have a favorite book? Would you like to share that book with a new friend? Are you interested in finding out what someone else's favorite book is? If so, then join us at the LSC-Tomball Community Library this Saturday, August 3 from 2-4 p.m. for Speed Friending - With books! It's like speed dating, but to find friends who share your love of books and literature. Just bring your favorite book with you and be prepared to tell someone in 2 minutes why it's your favorite.
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Stuffed With Shrimp Italian Shells
|Jumbo macaroni shells
|Liquid butter buds/Fat-free chicken broth
|1 Tablespoon
|1 Small, diced
|Celery ribs
|1 Medium, diced
|Minced garlic
|1 Teaspoon (In A Jar)
|Canned tiny peeled shrimp
|9 Ounce, drained, rinsed (2 Cans, 4 1/2 Ounces Each)
|Nonfat ricotta cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Fresh ripe tomato
|1 Large, diced
|Spaghetti sauce
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (Hunt's Light Brand)
|Wine vinegar
|1 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Grated non fat mozzarella cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped parsley
|2 Tablespoon
In a deep 4-quart saucepan over low heat, bring 2 quarts hot tap water to a boil.
Add shells and cook about 8-10 minutes stirring occasionally until tender.
Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a non stick frying pan over medium heat cook onion, celery, and garlic in liquid Butter Buds, or chicken broth; about 2-3 minutes.
Stir and cook until crisp and tender.
Add shrimp, ricotta, half diced tomatoes, 1 cup spaghetti sauce, vinegar, thyme, and pepper; cook 2-4 minutes until heated thoroughly.
Remove from heat.
Spoon shrimp mixture into shells.
To a cleaned out skillet, add remaining spaghetti sauce and diced tomatoes; stir to mix well.
Arrange stuffed shells filling side up in a casserole dish that has been sprayed with a non-fat cooking spray.
Pour remaining sauce over shells and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Sprinkle chopped parsley if desired.
Bake at 350°F.15-20 minutes or until cheese melts.


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By Dave Wagner
Armando Quiroz wasn't looking to change jobs.
A month or so ago, Eastern New Mexico University wasn't preparing to change softball coaches.
The 55-year-old Quiroz, who has won three Arizona prep state championships in a four-year span at Tucson's Flowing Wells, is ENMU's fourth head softball coach in just over two years.
Quiroz, who worked as a movie key grip for 20 years before suffering a back injury, was in town Monday to begin his new duties with the Zias, who open the season Feb. 4-5 in a tournament at Angelo State.
He spent eight years at Flowing Wells, the last six as head coach. The Lady Caballeros won a 4A championship in Arizona in 1999 and Class 5A titles in 2000 and 2002.
"College (coaching) has been my dream," he said. "I went back to school and got into coaching, and some people have been very nice to give me opportunities.
"I want to make the most of this opportunity."
He got into softball partly because he coached a daughter, Rebekah, as a youngster. She went on to play at the University of Arizona and last summer competed professionally in the sport.
The Zias reached the NCAA Division II national tournament in 2001, but co-coaches Kathleen and James Rodriguez left just before the start of the 2003 season to take over a new program at Division I Texas-El Paso. Interim coach Ron Landschoot led ENMU to a 24-29 record that spring and was replaced by Kevin Blaskowski, whose team went 11-36 overall and 1-19 in the Lone Star Conference South Division in 2004.
Late last month, Blaskowski was hired at West Texas A&M, which will begin competing in the LSC South in softball in 2006.
"Every year you just have to prove yourself again," said ENMU junior second baseman Tracy Jordan, who has been around long enough to be a part of each coaching change. "It was tougher my freshman year, but it's weird because we were used to the way 'Coach B' did things."
Still, Blaskowski brought in some new talent this season and Jordan said things should still be in place for a solid season.
"We still have the same team (as in the fall)," she said. "It's nice he doesn't have to put a team together. I think this is the first time since I've been here that the team has really come together."
Quiroz, who has close friends coaching at Baylor University, said Blaskowski contacted him after he called Baylor coaches seeking recommendations for a replacement. Amber Daniel, a graduate assistant who has been running practice in the interim period, also came from Baylor.
"Everybody I've talked to has raved about (Quiroz)," ENMU athletic director Mike Maguire said. "The kids met with him and they liked him.
"He loves softball. He got into it because his daughter played, and he's been successful at it."
While Quiroz said he wasn't sure what to expect when he got here, he was impressed with what he saw.
"The girls are fantastic," he said. "When I came out for my first practice I said, 'Just do what you've been doing.' I was very impressed with their work ethic and the whole attitude."
The Zias were picked for last in the South in the LSC's preseason poll. While each of the other five teams earned at least one first-place vote, ENMU had one vote for fourth place, two for fifth and 13 for sixth.
"Judging from our record last year, I could understand that, but we had a pretty good fall," Jordan said. "But it's OK. It's just another motivating factor for us."


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Horses and Riders
Devon is a rural county with numerous equestrian activities along its network of country lanes. Many owners rely on their horses and stables to provide their livelihood and each year they make considerable contributions to Devon's rural economy.
Horses also provide a sustainable means of transport which generate minimal pollution and give a good quality of life and health for those who ride. However, we recognise that it is not enough to encourage people to travel in this way without trying to make the environment safer. The challenge is even greater as a result of increasing population and high dependency on the car for those who travel longer distances in rural areas.
What Devon County Council is doing to help
- When working on new speed reduction schemes we consult with residents and road users about the best ways to optimise the safety and well being of our more vulnerable road users - horse riders, pedestrians and cyclists.
- We are committed to reducing the number of casualties on Devon's roads and in conjunction with local council representatives, listen to people who have real concerns about road safety issues in their community. We then work with other agencies (e.g. the Police) to consider ways in which these concerns may be reduced.
- An example of this type of partnership working is outlined in the Higher Hulham Road Safety Working Group Case Study (389KB - pdf help).
Summary of the Higher Hulham Road Project:
The Project
- An analytical and problem solving exercise to help to improve the safety and quality of life of horse riders, residents and cyclists in Higher Hulham Road, Exmouth.
Who was involved?
- Representatives of local residents, horse riders and cyclists
- Devon County Council – Eastern Road Safety Officer, Area Highway Management Office and Political representatives
- Lympstone Parish Council
- Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Why was this project initiated?
- Following a visit by the Safer Travel Officer and initial discussion with about 15 horse riders about their individual concerns and sense of danger locally, it was agreed that the "Higher Hulham Road Safety Working Group" should be formed. This would be led by the Safer Travel Officer and result in the production of a document providing evidence from a variety of sources in a systematic way which would be issued to Devon County Council's decision makers for consideration.
- Representatives from Horse Riders, Residents and Cyclists would be invited to join.
Content of Document
The document should include :-
- results of a consultation process with horse riders, residents and cyclists who use Higher Hulham Road
- details of diary entries made by horse riders each time they felt at risk on the road.
- details of speed check information collated by the Police in this area
- data relating to road casualty incidents over the past 5 years
- a realistic and achievable action plan
The outcomes
- Based on the document of evidence presented to decision makers at Devon County Council, Lympstone Parish Council and Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, a reduction in speed limit from 40 mph. to 30 mph. has been agreed from King's Garden Centre towards Dinan Way, Exmouth.
- The speed limit will be supported by a vehicle activated sign near the Garden Centre to warn drivers travelling south, that they must slow down near the bend and horse crossing point.
- Some of the solutions highlighted by residents in the consultation are not achievable currently, but the situation will continue to be monitored by the Higher Hulham Road Safety Group.
How you can help
- THINK! Speed of vehicles is one of the biggest safety concerns of all road users and contributes towards a high percentage of crashes in Devon. If you hit someone at 40 mph, chances are that person will die.
- Always drive at an appropriate, lower speed, particularly when approaching bends which could obscure the presence of horses, walkers, cyclists or slow moving farm machinery.
- Give horse riders consideration and courtesy, passing them wide and slow when the road is clear and never use the horn as horses may become nervous and unpredictable.
- NOTE: The Highway Code permits horse riders to travel two abreast to aid their safety when escorting young or inexperienced horse riders.
Horse Riders
- Try not to use busy roads when exercising horses, unless you have no alternative quieter or "off road" route
- Give drivers consideration and courtesy, anticipating that many drivers do not ride and may not understand a horse rider's perspective on road use
- Always take the British Horse Society's road proficiency test before using roads and make sure that you (and your horse if possible) wear items which are fluorescent, reflective and easily seen by drivers.
- Never ride more than two abreast on roads - and ride in single file where the road narrows or near bends.
The Highway Code provides comprehensive guidance for horse riders and drivers on what steps they should take to maximise their safety. An information leaflet and poster can be downloaded from the government's Think! website and you can find the Highway Code online.
By arrangement, novice riders may use the Devon Drivers' Centre's tarmac circuit for training. The centre is based at Westpoint, Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter. Telephone (01392) 444773 or email them for more information.
The British Horse Society
The British Horse Society promotes on going improvement in horse and rider safety and campaigns for safer conditions for riders on Britain's roads. For more in-depth information and their advice for horse riders and drivers who share roads you can visit their website. This gives details of their Riding and Road Safety test and contact details for all their road safety trainers in the UK.


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Al Qaeda, Obama And Victory In Afghanistan
Yesterday, President Obama told ABC News that he was uncomfortable using the word "victory" in relation to Afghanistan.
The two questions that have bothered me most since coming to Afghanistan have been "What is victory" and "What are we (the US, Europe, etc.) doing here?" I even wrote a feature for New York's Village Voice about the trouble I had finding anyone who could answer these questions.
That Obama realizes the complexity of the situation on the ground here is refreshing. But his statement still leaves us with a big, black hole as to the end game in Afghanistan. Obama told ABC that, "We're not dealing with nation states at this point. We're concerned with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, Al Qaeda's allies. So when you have a non-state actor, a shadowy operation like Al Qaeda, our goal is to make sure they can't attack the United States."
Sounds great.
But how can you judge that? When can you draw the line and say, "Yup, Al Qaeda and all of their non-state actor pals are licked. Time to pack it in." In many ways it is already impossible for AQ to plan large-scale attacks from here. Those terrorist training camps that dotted the Afghan landscape in the 90's are long gone. Any group of AQ planners that meet in groups of more than three are likely to get a hellfire missile where the sun don't shine.
Does this mean that the soldiers can all come home now?
My point is that any benchmark you set for success in Afghanistan (if success is defined as eliminating groups like AQ) is going to be imprecise in definition and very difficult, if not impossible, to measure for. The obvious exception to this is fighting. If success is defined as "a reduction in the number of insurgents shooting at or blowing up coalition soldiers," that would be easy to measure (though I think difficult to achieve.) But would it really be success? If the goal is to eliminate terror groups and they're not shooting at us here, but rather have relocated to Pakistan, what have we won?
I applaud the president's attempt to be realistic with the American public about the mission here. But I'm still waiting for him to tell us just how this thing is going to end.
Of course, I have my own theory.
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Match Report
After a week of steady rain today's game against Nantlle Vale went ahead on a wet surface with valuable points needed in the basement battle for both teams.
Vale's Aled Rice had a glorious opportunity to put the visitors ahead early on when he found himself clean through only to miskick at the vital moment and screwing the ball wide. Chris Byast then came close to scoring at the other end only to see his effort hit the side netting.
The opening goal came midway through the half when Vale's Gavin Davies attempted clearance fell to Steve Parry on the edge of the area who fired the ball past Vale keeper Brian Page.
Adrian Jones came close to doubling the lead only for the ball to go wide before Rice came close twice to equalising in similar fashion at the near post only to his both efforts deflected wide for corner kicks.
Byast eventually doubled the lead after 34 minutes in spectacular style when he brought the ball down on the edge of the box and then fired the ball over Page. Byast added a third goal only a minute later when Dan Jones' strike was palmed away by Page but only to the feet of Byast who tapped home.
With Vale now finding themselves three goals down, a shuffle of their formation caught Amlwch cold with Davies clawing one back five minutes before the break.
Vale scored another five minutes after the interval when Peter Bridges found himself all alone in the penalty area to slot home after a free kick.
Amlwch substitute Ryan Folksman came close to scoring with his first touch of the game but put the ball wide before Byast went on to complete his hat-trick after 69 minutes after rounding a defender and keeper Page to slot into an empty net.
Amlwch's Jamie Jones fired wide when through on goal before Vale's Davies did likewise the other end which was followed up by a couple of long range effort's by Vale's Paul Thomas which never really troubled home keeper McKean.
With five minutes remaining, Amlwch put the game out of reach when substitutes Folksman, Steve Lloyd and Jamie Jones combined to put Jones through to fire past Page for Amlwch's fifth goal and more importantly the first league win of the season which ensured Amlwch finished the day only a point behind Vale in the table with three game in hand on the Penygroes outfit.
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Fayette accepts $1 million grant for emergency operations center
Fayette County officials formally announced Dec. 15 that the county won a $1 million grant to construct a new emergency operations center.
The existing EOC is located on the second floor of the county's administrative building in downtown Fayetteville and is widely seen as being susceptible should a disaster strike in the area. Ideally, the EOC should be located on ground level for safety purposes, officials said.
The county plans to build the emergency operations center on land it already owns at the corner of Lee Street and Melear Way, just off Ga. Highway 85 South. Part of the project will include a new county fire station for downtown Fayetteville.
The grant award to the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency was announced by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Nov. 4.
While the EOC is designed to be used in the case of a disaster, it often has been activated in advance of potentially extreme severe weather, such as the tornados earlier this year that ultimately missed Fayette County.
Prior to applying for the grant, a third party assessment of the current EOC determined that it did not meet a number of criteria established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to Public Safety Director Allen McCullough.
The assessment criteria included sustainability, survivability, security, communications and interoperability, officials said.
The new EOC will enhance the safety of emergency management personnel and also significantly improve the coordination of response and interoperability to incidents in the community and throughout the region, county officials said.
Replacing the emergency operations center has been in the county's capital budget for about 10 years, County Manager Jack Krakeel has said.


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'The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us', so said the French author, thinker and essayist Francois de La Rochefoucauld. And, incredibly, he said it round about 400 years ago. Clearly then, it wasn't after hearing Kansas City's The Browning, but if he had have heard them, he probably would have said it again.
The band formed in 2005, initially as a solo outlet for former As Blood Runs Black front man Jonny McBee. After releasing a couple of EP's and their debut album (Burn this world) in 2011, and a few shuffles in line up that meant McBee was left as the only constant, then band has settled into writing and recording their second album, Hypernova, due out on October 17th. The band line-up now sees McBee as vocalist and electronics, with Colin Woroniak on Guitar, Drew Ellis on Rhythm Guitar and Coy Stewart on Drums,
But it's the style of the music that catches you (along with me Rochefoucauld) by surprise. It's a mixture of electronics, from new rave to dubstep and just about everything else in between, with elements of extreme metal – metalcore/deathcore specifically. It sounds like it won't work, but, incredibly it does. Take the new song released by the band ahead of the release of Hypernova, called Gravedigger. Starting out with a sort of standard new rave keyboard riffs, and drum machine, its soon enveloped by the guitars, and McBee's unholy howl, with both drums as well as the keyboards and guitars fighting for supremacy for the rest of the track.
The band have announced tour of both Europe and the US in the last few days. Beginning in Chemnitz, Germany on November 22nd. Support is provided for the tour by Upon this Dawning and Shoot the girl first.
The US tour precedes the European leg, kicking off on September 20th in Portage, Indiana. The support for this leg of the tour features This or the Apocalypse, Honour Crest, Tear out the heart and Myka Relocate.
I hope I haven't spoiled the surprise?