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News & Events
Influenza Vaccine Needs
Statement of
Jesse L. Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
the Senate Committee on Government Reform
February 10, 2005
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am Dr. Jesse Goodman, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and also a practicing Infectious Diseases specialist. I appreciate the opportunity to update you on FDA's recent and ongoing efforts, in collaboration with other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies and with the private sector, to address influenza vaccine needs for the current flu season and to do what we can to prevent such problems from recurring. These efforts should also help better prepare us for the next global influenza pandemic.
FDA is responsible for the regulation and oversight of vaccines in the United States. Vaccines are among our most important and cost-effective medical interventions, preventing disease in those who receive them and reducing the spread and risk of infections through our communities. I want to assure the American public that the safety, effectiveness and availability of vaccines are among FDA's highest priorities.
The 2004-2005 INFLUENZA SEASON
As you know, influenza vaccine is unique because its active ingredients – the virus strains used to develop the vaccine – change almost every year. Therefore, manufacturers must produce millions of doses of a new vaccine each year. While promising new technologies such as cell culture and recombinant protein and DNA-based vaccines are in the research and development stages and we are working with our HHS colleagues to advance their development, the most efficient vaccine production methods currently available involve the use of millions of live, non-sterile eggs to grow three different strains of influenza viruses annually. This is a complex process that spans several months where manufacturers cultivate the appropriate strains to make the vaccine. These factors present an enormous challenge for manufacturers and create uncertainty for vaccine supply.
Each year, FDA begins working with manufacturers at the earliest stages of vaccine development, and we continue to assist them throughout the production phase. We do this not only through our regulatory evaluations, but also by providing needed influenza strains that can be used for efficient manufacturing. Specifically, we provide reagents to assure that the vaccine is potent and further evaluate the vaccine through the use of laboratory tests that help assure the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. Throughout this process, FDA frequently discusses technical issues with manufacturers.
Influenza vaccine is highly cost-effective and beneficial to the public. Over the last decade, health care providers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and others have been very successful in expanding the number of Americans who receive the vaccine. However, as we have emphasized in previous testimony before Congress, the influenza vaccine market is very fragile because the increasing demand has been coupled with a decline in the number of U.S-based and U.S. licensed manufacturers. Importantly, the market returns for producing this and many other vaccines are usually minimal while the financial and other risks involved are great. Further, vaccine manufacturing requires careful and comprehensive controls, a complex manufacturing process and highly specialized facilities that can be expensive to maintain and update. For the 2004-2005 season, only three U.S. licensed manufacturers began production of influenza virus vaccine: Chiron Corporation and Aventis Pasteur (renamed sanofi pasteur in December 2004) produced inactivated vaccine, the form currently used for most high-risk individuals, while MedImmune, Inc. manufactured FluMist, a recently approved live attenuated (weakened and safe) influenza vaccine.
As you know, on October 5, 2004, the British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) suspended Chiron's license to manufacture influenza vaccine due to sterility failures in filled vials of the vaccine. FDA and MHRA's review of Chiron's investigation of the root causes of the company's sterility failures and our own review and inspections of their facility pointed to general problems that led FDA to the conclusion that the sterility, and therefore safety, of the vaccine Chiron produced for the 2004-2005 influenza season could not be assured.
The loss of Chiron's planned contribution to the U.S. influenza vaccine supply posed serious challenges. FDA worked with urgency, aggressiveness and in close coordination with CDC and other components of HHS and the private sector to explore all viable options to secure additional doses of influenza vaccine. FDA worked with sanofi pasteur and MedImmune to secure approximately five million additional doses of U.S. licensed vaccine. Sanofi pasteur increased production to 58 million doses of Fluzone, and MedImmune scaled up to produce three million doses of FluMist. FluMist is currently recommended for healthy individuals 5 to 49 years of age, and therefore provides an option for those who would not receive vaccine under CDC's priority guidelines, such as the U.S. military. Therefore, to expand further the supply of vaccine to those with the greatest need, Secretary Thompson, in cooperation with the Department of Defense, announced that the military would maximize its use of FluMist as a substitute to the inactivated vaccine, making an additional 200,000 doses of injectable vaccine available to HHS for high-risk civilian populations. Because sanofi pasteur produces pediatric dosage forms of vaccine for the U.S. market, the supply of vaccine available for high-risk children was, fortunately, not reduced. Through these collaborative efforts, manufacturers increased the available supply of licensed influenza vaccine for the U.S. population to 61 million doses for this influenza season, compared with approximately 83 million doses distributed in 2003-2004 and in 2002-2003, 77 million doses in 2001-2002 and 70 million doses in 2000-2001.
Because there was a concern that the need and demand could still outstrip supply, particularly if we face a severe influenza season, we sought additional doses of vaccine that could be safely used in an emergency. Thus, in addition to enhancing the supplies of vaccine approved for use in the U.S., we were able to rapidly identify suppliers of approximately five million doses of additional vaccine, licensed in other countries, that could potentially be made available under an FDA investigational new drug (IND) application. With remarkable cooperation from several companies and from other regulatory agencies (including the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany; Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia; Swiss Medic and Health Canada) FDA immediately sent inspectors and scientists to the manufacturing facilities of potential IND sponsors to evaluate their manufacturing processes. Coupled with these efforts, we also reviewed a large volume of manufacturing and clinical data, all within in a few weeks. These efforts resulted in FDA approving INDs that permitted the potential use of approximately four million doses from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and one million doses from Berna Biotech, if needed. Of the five million doses potentially available under an IND, FDA understands that CDC has purchased approximately 1.5 million doses. HHS and FDA's coordinated interactions with these and other influenza vaccine manufacturers and regulatory agencies also provided valuable information and strengthened relationships that we hope will help stimulate interest by additional influenza vaccine manufacturers and potentially lead to successful U.S. licensure. This is one constructive outcome of the challenges we faced this flu season. I am very proud of the efforts and accomplishments of more than 50 FDA employees, from multiple offices, as well as our HHS and CDC colleagues, working collaboratively for long hours to help meet this public health challenge.
Following the loss of the Chiron vaccine, FDA contacted manufacturers worldwide in an effort to identify additional supplies of antiviral medications that could be used, if needed, for treatment of millions of influenza cases and for prevention in high-risk individuals in epidemic settings.
Serious morbidity and mortality from influenza is often due to the complication of bacterial pneumonia. In particular, pneumococcal pneumonia is one of the most important and common serious complications of influenza in high-risk individuals. This complication is, itself, preventable through use of an inexpensive, yet underutilized, vaccine. The influenza vaccine shortage provided an impetus to increase use of vaccine against pneumonia. In cooperation with HHS, Merck & Company tripled its production of its pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine from 6 million to more than 17 million doses, and the availability of this expanded supply will help physicians and public health officials reduce the risk of this complication. The beneficial effects of pneumococcal vaccine last for five to ten years, and CDC and other public health agencies strongly encouraged its use.
At the same time that we have addressed this past year's shortage by facilitating the availability of additional vaccine, antivirals, and pneumococcal vaccine, we are doing everything we can to improve supply for future years. We are taking a dual-track strategy.
First, the most important single factor that will determine the adequacy of the U.S. influenza vaccine supply for the coming year will be whether Chiron can correct its manufacturing problems at the Liverpool facility and supply vaccine for the U.S. market. To succeed in this, Chiron is proceeding with extensive improvements that must satisfy both FDA and the U.K. regulatory authority. MHRA would also have to lift its license suspension and allow export of vaccine, which it can do whenever Chiron's compliance with MHRA regulatory requirements is satisfactory. Therefore, FDA continues to interact intensively with Chiron as the company institutes its remediation plan. FDA and MHRA have collaboratively reviewed this plan and provided extensive feedback to the company, and we are continually evaluating Chiron's progress.
FDA and MHRA have also improved their respective information sharing, which has led to an enhanced ability for both regulators to monitor Chiron. We have come a long way since October 5, 2004, when MHRA could not legally communicate with FDA about its pending enforcement actions. FDA and MHRA now have an agreement with Chiron that allows full sharing of information between FDA and MHRA, as the company works to address the problems in Liverpool. MHRA and FDA are in frequent communication, conducting frequent conferences by video or telephone to collaboratively share and review information and to evaluate and discuss Chiron's remediation activities. FDA and MHRA are also working together and actively communicating on inspectional activities. For example, FDA accompanied MHRA on a preliminary inspection of Chiron's Liverpool facility in late December. FDA will participate in the next MHRA inspection and continue to coordinate with and accompany MHRA on future inspections. FDA will continue to provide MHRA and Chiron with feedback and information. In the spring, at an appropriate time when all critical stages of manufacturing are in full swing, FDA plans to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Chiron's Liverpool facility to verify that Chiron has adequately addressed its problems. Only after passing MHRA and FDA inspections will Chiron be able to provide vaccine for the U.S. market. As the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccine is FDA's overwhelming concern, Chiron's vaccine will have to meet all required standards, including sterility and other safety testing, prior to distribution to the public. While it is too early to predict the outcome of Chiron's ongoing remediation activities, or MHRA's and FDA's regulatory decisions, Chiron appears to be making progress.
While working hard to facilitate Chiron's efforts to correct manufacturing problems, FDA is also simultaneously working on a second track to facilitate greater diversification of the U.S. influenza vaccine supply. It is important to recognize, however, that demand for vaccine and other economic factors are, and will remain, the primary factors that determine whether a manufacturer will seek and maintain licensure, the strength of the manufacturing infrastructure in the U.S., and the amount of vaccine that manufacturers produce for the U.S. market. One important strategy is to encourage flu vaccination throughout the flu season, including January and February. To increase the total doses available, manufacturers can produce vaccine that becomes available during these months. Because influenza cases usually continue or peak well after the November-December time period when most people seek immunization, continuing vaccination is beneficial to recipients and should be encouraged. Also, while not a substitute for the protection of the following year's flu vaccination, this strategy may help provide added protection.
MedImmune has indicated that it is performing studies that, if successful, may support future use of its vaccine in additional age groups. They have also stated they have the capability to potentially produce as much as 40 million doses by 2007. Sanofi pasteur has indicated that it has the capability to produce the same or more doses of Fluzone for the 2005-2006 influenza season as it did in 2004-2005 but has not finalized its plans. Greater influenza vaccine production capacity and an increase in vaccination rates are critical for improving our preparedness for a global pandemic. In the event of a pandemic, we would need the capacity to rapidly produce a new vaccine and make it available to all who need it.
While greater production by currently licensed manufacturers will enable us to meet some of these needs, recent events highlight the potential benefits of having more U.S. licensed manufacturers. In recognition of this, FDA has been doing everything possible to stimulate interested foreign licensed manufacturers to provide or, where needed, develop the safety and effectiveness data required to pursue U.S. licensure. FDA has interacted constructively with several interested firms in this regard. Where appropriate, FDA has informed manufacturers that it is willing to consider approaches to licensing such as accelerated approval based on likely surrogate markers (e.g. the degree of antibody response to the vaccine), followed by post-licensure clinical effectiveness evaluation. GSK has stated that it would like to use this approval mechanism and, thanks in part to clinical studies supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the company may be ready to seek accelerated approval of a new licensed influenza vaccine for the U.S. market in time for the 2005-2006 season.
Finally, we are doing all we can to have Chiron's and GSK's vaccines available to meet next year's needs. If difficulties arise, they should become apparent by summer and the experience and relationships built this year through reviewing and obtaining vaccines licensed by other regulatory authorities will be helpful if needed to obtain additional vaccine for use under an IND.
We have challenged ourselves to identify other lessons learned from this year's influenza season and to examine how we can use our recent experience to help prevent similar problems in the future. For example, we have identified the need to share more information with our international regulatory counterparts, and vice versa. We have now completed confidentiality commitments that allow information sharing with regulatory agencies in Australia, Canada, the European Commission, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Singapore, and South Africa. We are also in final negotiations on agreements with the U.K. and New Zealand. In addition, we are conducting an ongoing inventory of foreign manufacturing to identify any additional needs for information sharing, and we plan to seek agreements with other national regulatory authorities, where necessary. These commitments help assure that legal barriers do not inhibit critical communication between these agencies and FDA.
CBER has also initiated a vulnerability analysis of foreign manufacturing of U.S. licensed products that are critical to U.S. public health. This analysis will cover influenza and other vaccines and help identify areas where consideration of actions to support supply may be needed, such as stockpiling or seeking additional licensed manufacturers. In addition, in the hope that more vaccines can be licensed and available to multiple regions of the world, FDA has been working with our foreign regulatory counterparts and with manufacturers to encourage internationally harmonized and more efficient product development, and the development of scientific and regulatory standards for safety, potency and effectiveness that will help achieve these goals. FDA serves as a designated Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO), and we work closely with our sister agencies at HHS and WHO on pandemic preparedness and responding to other emerging infectious diseases.
Under FDA's Critical Path initiative, we are working collaboratively with HHS agencies and the private sector to facilitate the rapid development, evaluation and availability of medical products; and related manufacturing, safety and effectiveness standards. A good example of the effectiveness of this type of a collaborative public-private approach to public health product development to meet the threat of emerging infections was the rapid development and implementation of West Nile Virus screening for the blood supply.
As in past years, FDA will work closely with CDC, WHO and others to develop materials for standardization and evaluation of influenza vaccine for the 2005-2006 flu season. FDA will continue to identify and evaluate influenza virus strains suitable for manufacturing purposes, and provide the high growth reassortant viruses to manufacturers that they need to help to facilitate efficient production of vaccine and a timely and adequate supply.
Recent events highlight the importance of FDA's technical support for the U.S. and global vaccine manufacturing infrastructure and the need for manufacturers to invest in more efficient, reliable and modern methods for producing influenza vaccine. With adequate supply and widespread immunization, we will be more likely to meet the challenge of annual influenza epidemics and future pandemics.
To help manufacturers overcome challenges such as the problems Chiron is experiencing, FDA, under its current Good Manufacturing Practice for the 21 st Century initiative, is working with industry to encourage the use of advanced technologies as well as quality systems and risk-based approaches that build quality into the manufacturing process. FDA is also using the same quality systems and risk-based approaches to modernize its manufacturing-related regulatory responsibilities.
Recent experiences, particularly those of the past six months, have taught us important lessons about manufacturing and inspectional activities with respect to influenza vaccine. Although FDA has always interacted extensively with influenza vaccine manufacturers throughout the vaccine production cycle, the annual changes in the flu vaccine and the increased dependence on a smaller number of manufacturers highlight the risks of unexpected manufacturing difficulties. For these reasons, in 2005 and the future, we plan to conduct inspections of influenza vaccine manufacturers on an annual basis, with additional interactions with manufacturers and, in the case of foreign facilities, their regulatory agencies where appropriate, based on findings or events that raise concerns.
HHS is working together to help transform the influenza marketplace and reinvigorate influenza vaccine infrastructure by investing in promising new technologies, securing additional licensed vaccines and medicines and preparing stronger response plans and capacity. Furthermore, the lessons we have learned and insights gained from recent experiences with influenza vaccine are critical in preparing for an influenza pandemic. This is something that FDA and others in the public health community are very concerned about, given the eventual likelihood of a pandemic and the recent outbreaks of avian influenza in Asia. More widespread vaccination during periods between pandemics not only has direct health benefits but also will increase vaccine production capacity and help America and the global community better prepare for an influenza pandemic.
In response to the threat of an influenza pandemic, the continuing importance of influenza as a threat to public health, and the potential to continue to reduce illness and death from influenza and its complications, the Administration made an initial pandemic preparedness investment of $50 million in fiscal year (FY) 2004. Congress provided $99 million for this activity in FY 2005. The President's budget for FY 2006 proposes a $21 million increase for this program, to $120 million. The Administration is making the largest investment ever made by the Federal government to protect against influenza. We welcome the continued support of Congress for this work, and view influenza preparedness as a critical responsibility as well as an important opportunity.
In August 2004, the Department released its draft Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan. This draft document contains the basis for a coordinated national strategy to prepare for and respond to a pandemic.
Consistent with the draft plan, HHS continues to make progress in preparing to respond effectively to the next influenza pandemic. As one component of this preparedness, the Department has announced two Requests for Proposals designed to encourage U.S.-based influenza vaccine manufacturers to have both the capacity and raw materials necessary to produce large quantities of vaccine using current egg-based methods, which are efficient and have a long and generally successful history. In November 2004, HHS awarded a contract to sanofi pasteur to help ensure year round availability of an increased egg supply in case it is needed for a pandemic or for future vaccine shortages. These contracts and other research supported by HHS through NIAID will also help us move from dependence solely on egg-based production technology to the development of domestically-produced U.S. licensed cell-culture based and/or recombinant protein and DNA-based vaccines. While work remains to obtain sufficient vaccine yields and evaluate cell-based vaccines for their safety and effectiveness, moving from an egg-based production to a cell-culture production can potentially shorten the time needed to produce vaccine as well as decrease the risk of contamination inherent in egg-based production.
In an important new development, HHS is supporting development of vaccines against potential pandemic strains. Through this effort we hope to obtain experience in the formulation and use of such a vaccine and to prepare in the event that these strains become pandemic. As part of HHS' efforts to support pandemic preparedness, NIAID contracted for the production of pilot lots of potential pandemic vaccines from the two licensed U.S. manufacturers of inactivated influenza vaccine. HHS contracted for the production of two million doses of vaccine against H5N1 avian flu, the influenza type of current concern in Southeast Asia. NIAID is preparing to initiate clinical studies of the first H5N1 vaccine under INDs that FDA oversees, and both agencies will be working together to evaluate the results. While much work remains, these steps to produce and evaluate pandemic influenza vaccines are a critical component of our preparedness efforts.
In addition, studies supported by the National Institutes of Health and FDA will try to develop vaccine strategies that could lead to longer lived immunity and to vaccines that help protect against multiple strains of influenza. FDA is actively engaged with sponsors and manufacturers that are interested in developing such new technologies and has approved cell-based and recombinant vaccines for prevention of other infectious diseases such as chicken pox, mumps, measles and hepatitis.
FDA's goal is to establish a process to produce pandemic influenza vaccine in the shortest amount of time possible and protect the largest number of people, using a vaccine that is safe, effective and easy to deliver. The full details of the draft Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan are located on the HHS website. Through all these efforts, and with enhanced global surveillance by CDC and its partners, we have the unique opportunity to effectively intervene and potentially blunt a global pandemic, should one occur.
HHS has announced that it plans to spend $439 million Department-wide on influenza related activities in FY 2006. This amount is an increase of nearly $400 million over the FY 2001 level of $41 million, and represents the Administration's commitment to addressing this important public health concern.
Although we may never completely prevent influenza outbreaks, with an adequate vaccine supply supplemented by effective antivirals we can greatly decrease our vulnerability and provide protection against influenza. FDA recognizes the need to work with multiple partners, including manufacturers, to increase supply and to support progress toward more modern, dependable methods of production. All of the steps we have discussed will not only help protect Americans from flu every year but will help prepare us for future influenza seasons or in the event pandemic strikes. We welcome the opportunity to work with manufacturers and Congress to accomplish these important public health goals.
Once again, thank you for inviting me to testify on this very important issue.
I am happy to respond to your questions.


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Jim Tressel is back on the practice field. The former Ohio State coach is spending Tuesday observing Cleveland Browns camp along with former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr.
At times during the practice, Tressel was speaking to Carr and other times the two were on opposite sides of field.
Tressel also was seen speaking with Browns president Mike Holmgren.
Tressel resigned as Buckeyes coach on Memorial Day and spent last Friday appearing before the NCAA's committee on infractions to address rules violations he committed.
His departure was termed a retirement by the school. But Bill Livingston of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported via Twitter that Tressel would like to continue coaching at some point.
"I hope so. I'm taking it 1 day at a time," Tressel said.
Asked if he would consider being a Browns consultant, Tressel said, according to Livingston, "Oh no, not right now. I'm a fan. I've always been a fan."
Carr and Tressel last coached against each other in 2007 before Carr retired as Michigan coach. They met seven times between 2001-07 with Ohio State winning six of those meetings.
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ATLANTA - A measure that would temporarily shield economic-development negotiations from public view was abruptly yanked from the Senate floor Thursday, after Republicans sponsors of the bill began to doubt the proposal would pass.
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The bill in question, House Bill 218, would exempt from the state's open-records laws ongoing negotiations about incentives offered to bring companies to Georgia until the deal is complete. It easily passed the House earlier this month.
State Sen. Jeff Mullis, the Chickamauga Republican who sponsored the bill, said the measure would be brought back to the Senate for a vote, but it wasn't clear when that might happen. He said it was unlikely the bill would return today.
"We don't use those arm-twisting methods to get our votes," Mullis said. "We want to make sure everyone's comfortable."
Democrats were crowing over the victory, though they conceded that they didn't know how many Republicans were against the bill and whether that opposition would hold.
The surprise delay in voting on the bill, which hit the floor even though Senate GOP leaders acknowledged uneasiness in their own ranks earlier this week, came after a series of speeches by supporters of the measure, who said it is important for economic development.
Some also slammed the "Atlanta media," accusing reporters of using their outlets to lobby against the bill.
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ATLANTA - Efforts by Republican state lawmakers to redraw the boundaries of Georgia's 13 congressional districts will move closer to reality today when two competing redistricting maps come up for preliminary votes.
Senators and representatives are pushing separate proposals on how to recraft the state's congressional lines.
Committees in each chamber originally planned to vote Thursday on their own versions of the map but decided to postpone any action so several legislators could go to Lavonia to attend the funeral of former governor S. Ernest Vandiver Jr., who died Monday.
Republicans, who control both chambers of the Georgia legislature, have said they want to make new maps because the current boundaries drawn by Democrats in 2001 have bizarre shapes, break up communities of interest and were gerrymandered to hurt Republicans.
The two redistricting maps now pending before lawmakers differ radically in how they divide the state.
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PartyPerfect Catering & Kapiti Business Projects are delighted with ticket sales so far to attend their Visa Wellington on a Plate event, Ocean to Table Kapiti Style, on Saturday 23 August and Saturday 30 August 2014.
More than half of the 120 available tickets have sold. The Waikanae Boating Club is supporting this event which the Organisers' are thrilled about. On the day you will hear about Kapiti fish varieties and availability, and see how to fillet and best prepare fresh fish. There will be other demos including knife sharpening by BCE Catering Equipment and fish smoking. Artel Gallery of Waikanae will be sprucing up the venue with a rockpool theme.
Jeanine van Kradenburg of PartyPerfect says "lunch will be good honest fishy treats with local Kapiti fish being the hero of the day". Helene Judge of Kapiti Business Projects goes on to say that "other locally sourced products will also be included in the menu as Visa Wellington on a Plate is a festival to showcase and celebrate regional food and beverage – we are very lucky to live in Kapiti, historically known as the foodbowl to Wellington, as we have wonderful food choices on our doorstep".
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"We see ourselves as connecting classical music with all of Colorado," Colorado Symphony Orchestra director Jerry Kern told the Denver Post. "Part of our goal is to bring in a younger audience and a more diverse audience, and I would suggest that the patrons of the cannabis industry are both younger and more diverse than the patrons of the symphony orchestra."
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CULLOWHEE Western Carolina Universitys teacher education program remains at the head of the class after receiving designation as exemplary for the second consecutive year, according to a report card issued Thursday, Dec. 12, by the N.C. State Board of Education.
Western earned a score of 133 out of a possible 140 in the Performance Report on Teacher Education Programs for 2001-02, placing WCU among the top three programs of the 48 institutions of higher education in North Carolina that offer teacher education.
Western was founded as a teacher education institution, and preparing highly qualified teachers has always been among the hallmarks of this university, said Chancellor John W. Bardo. It is quite an accomplishment for our teacher education faculty and staff to continue to receive such recognition for their outstanding efforts. Teacher education remains one of the primary pillars on which we will build the future of this university.
The report, required by the Excellent Schools Act, was issued by the State Board of Education during its December meeting in Raleigh. It represents North Carolinas primary effort to hold colleges and universities accountable for their role in preparing classroom teachers to work in the states schools. Each program is evaluated in a variety of categories, including graduate and employer surveys, test scores of prospective teachers and teacher education graduates, and the percentage of teachers employed.
Institutions receiving 126 or more points are designated exemplary, while those earning 97 points or less are designated low-performing and are required to submit plans for program improvement, said A. Michael Dougherty, dean of Westerns College of Education and Allied Professions.
Institutions also rated as exemplary are Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elon University, and University of North Carolina campuses at Greensboro, Pembroke and Wilmington.
It is truly an honor to again be selected as an exemplary teacher education university, Dougherty said. We have a wonderful teacher education faculty and staff, and I am delighted they have been recognized in this manner for their outstanding efforts in educating teachers.
Dougherty attributed Westerns exemplary ranking to widespread institutional support at the university, including not just faculty and staff within the College of Education and Allied Professions, where the teacher education program is housed, but also from the College of Arts and Sciences. He also pointed to a growing number of partnerships with public school systems.
Those partnership efforts include the Model Clinical Teaching Program, in which practicing public school teachers co-teach several courses with WCU faculty to bring a real-world perspective to the classroom, and the placement of interns and student teachers in public schools from Cherokee County to Transylvania County, Dougherty said.
Leaders of two Western North Carolina school systems said they were not surprised to learn of the high rating of Western Carolinas teacher education program.
We always enjoy meeting with teacher education candidates from Western, as we are well aware of the quality of their preparation, said Cliff Dodson, superintendent of Buncombe County Schools.
The conceptual framework of Westerns College of Education and Allied Professions, A Community of Learners Based on Knowledge, Skills and Experiences, prepares their students to effectively teach our young people of today, said Robert Logan, superintendent of Asheville City Schools.


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Published: May 27, 2010 at 7:57 PMYay!! I'll be there Friday too! Although judging from employee reviews from todays employee preview...I'm not holding my hopes too high.
Published: May 28, 2010 at 4:45 AMNice idea on the retro pool area. The sign is welcome. As for the "monorails," hopefully the execution will surpass the questionable "sketch" that really wasn't ready for prime time. In its current form, it's either a disgrace to the original Monorail or a commentary on Monorail safety.
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Aggregation is a special form of association. It is also a relationship between two classes like association, however its a directional association, which means it is strictly a one way association. It represents a Has-A relationship.
For example consider two classes Student class and Address class. each student must have an address so the relationship between student and address is a Has-A relationship. But if you consider its vice versa then it would not make sense as an
Address doesn't need to have a
Student necessarily. Below example shows this theoretical explanation in a sample java program.
Student Has-A Address
class Address { int streetNum; String city; String state; String country; Address(int street, String c, String st, String coun) { this.streetNum=street; this.city =c; this.state = st; this.country = coun; } } class StudentClass { int rollNum; String studentName; Address studentAddr; StudentClass(int roll, String name, Address addr){ this.rollNum=roll; this.studentName=name; this.studentAddr = addr; } public static void main(String args[]){ Address ad = new Address(55, "Agra", "UP", "India"); StudentClass obj = new StudentClass(123, "Chaitanya", ad); System.out.println(obj.rollNum); System.out.println(obj.studentName); System.out.println(obj.studentAddr.streetNum); System.out.println(obj.studentAddr.city); System.out.println(obj.studentAddr.state); System.out.println(obj.studentAddr.country); } }
123 Chaitanya 55 Agra UP India
The above example shows the Aggregation between Student and Address classes. You can see that in Student class I have used Address class to obtain student address. Its a typical example of Aggregation in Java.
Why we need Aggregation?
To maintain code re-usability. To understand this lets consider the above example again. Suppose there are two other classes
College and
Staff along with above two classes
Student and
Address. In order to maintain Student's address, College Address and Staff's address we don't need to use the same code again and again. We just have to use the reference of Address class while defining each of these classes like:
Student Has-A Address (Has-a relationship between student and address) College Has-A Address (Has-a relationship between college and address) Staff Has-A Address (Has-a relationship between staff and address)
Hence we can improve code re-usability by using Aggregation relationship.


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Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of entecavir 0.5 mg/d + adefovir 10 mg/d for treatment experienced chronic hepatitis B patients.
|Chronic Hepatitis B
|Drug: oral entecavir 0.5mg daily and adefovir 10mg daily for 144 weeks
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
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|A 3-year, Open-lable, Multi-center Extension Trial of Entecavir Plus Adefovir Combination Treatment for Patients Previously Treated in EXPLORE, EXCEL and EFFORT Ex Study
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Percentages of patients achieving HBV DNA< 300copies/mL at week 144 [ Time Frame: Week 144 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Percentages of patients achieving HBV DNA <300copies/mL at week 48/96 [ Time Frame: Week 48 & 96 ]
- The log10 reduction in HBV DNA from baseline of DRAGON study at week 48/96/144 [ Time Frame: Week 48 & 96 &144 ]
- Percentage of patients with HBeAg loss or HBeAg seroconversion at week 48/96/144. [ Time Frame: Week 48 & 96 & 144 ]
- Percentage of patients with ALT normalization at week 48/96/144 [ Time Frame: Week 48 & 96 & 144 ]
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|Drug: oral entecavir 0.5mg daily and adefovir 10mg daily for 144 weeks
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Experienced Treatment
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Hepatitis, Chronic
Hepatitis B
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Adefovir dipivoxil
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Mrs Tersa Cornelys was a unique figure in 18th-century Europe. A Venetian-born opera singer well known on the stages of Vienna, Bayreuth and Holland, she came to London in 1759 aged 36, and opened the capital's first real concert venue and nightclub - Carlisle House in Soho Square. Her private life and professional dealings were to scandalise society for the next 20 years. Outrageous, ingenious and indomitable, Mrs Cornelys enjoyed immense wealth and success during her lifetime, but although she earned a small fortune from carlisle house, she borrowed extensively, in common with many Londoners of the time, seldom paying her debts. After her imprisonment for bankcruptcy, her children turned their backs on her. Undaunted, Mrs Cornelys made a series of spectacular comebacks - at one point as a purveyor of asses' milk in Knightsbridge, in a salon entirely decorated with fragments of coloured looking-glass. She remained a working businesswoman well into her 70s. She died as a result of breast cancer in the Fleet Debtors' Prison in 1797.
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Islanders 5, Devils 1: John Tavares recorded his fourth career hat trick and Matt Moulson collected a goal and three assists as New York posted just its second home victory of the season.
Michael Grabner also tallied and Evgeni Nabokov turned aside 30 shots for New York, which went 3-for-5 on the power play to improve to 2-5-1 in its last eight home games versus New Jersey.
Defenseman Marek Zidlicky spoiled Nabokov's bid for his 53rd career shutout and Ilya Kovalchuk picked up an assist to record his 800th point. Johan Hedberg finished with 28 saves for the Devils, who fell for just the second time in eight outings.
Tavares opened the scoring with 3:14 remaining in the second period after cleaning up a rebound off Brad Boyes' wrist shot from the right faceoff circle. Tavares' tally extended his goal-scoring streak to five games.
Tavares struck again by knocking the puck out of the air and Moulson gave the Islanders a 3-0 lead after sweeping Boyes' centering feed past Hedberg. Tavares completed the hat trick with 5:15 remaining in the third period by rifling a shot from the right faceoff circle. He has 11 goals this season, tying him with Buffalo's Thomas Vanek and Pittsburgh's James Neal for the NHL lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hedberg, who fell to 2-1-1 on the season, kept the game scoreless late in the first period after denying countryman David Ullstrom on a penalty shot. The Swedish netminder was able to get just enough of his glove on Ullstrom's backhander, which then banked off the crossbar before resting in the crease. ... Tavares' last hat trick came during a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Oct. 15, 2011. ... Moulson recorded his second career four-point game.


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Laura Kennedy is a volunteer for Action on Hearing Loss set on completing the Great North Run in September 2015 for this year.
In our blog, Laura shares with us the motiviations for getting involved not just in a large running event, but also how hearing loss personally affects her.
Kathleen Hill is a hearing aid wearer with mild to moderate, high frequency hearing loss. Kathleen has worn digital NHS hearing aids for the last eight years. In this blog Kathleen explains how they have transformed her life and the impact they have had on her and those around her, whilst wondering how she ever coped without them.
Amy Handley discovered just before Christmas that she had hearing loss in both ears and tinnitus. Amy wanted to explain how she felt before she found out about her hearing loss and how she feels now.
Since the diagnosis Amy has also decided to run the Great North Run in order to raise money for Action on Hearing Loss.
December was a busy month for the Local Engagement South East team, with celebratory launches taking place in two of their new service areas.
The first took place in Sutton House, Hackney in which service users were invited to come and hear about the hard work Action on Hearing Loss have been doing in the area, supported by Barts Health NHS Trust. 'Hear to Help' services in City and Hackney have been running since September, co-ordinated by Community Support Officer, Stefan Kimonos. The launch was a great opportunity to celebrate the drop-in clinics, with the Speaker of Hackney and Paul Breckell himself also attending.
When hearing aid user Linda Parton found out about proposed cuts to NHS hearing services in North Staffordshire she was horrified to think that in future people who develop hearing loss may not be able to benefit from hearing aids in the same way she has.
Yesterday Linda took a stand against the cuts in her area by joining our protest outside the Clinical Commissioning Group's board meeting. She tells us about her experience on the day and why this cause is so important.
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She tells us more about the event and why she wanted to 'give something back' to Action on Hearing Loss, for helping her overcome some of the challenges she's faced.
By day Ben Hallman is a Community Support Worker at our Poolemead base in Bath, but by night he plays in the band Pavlov and the Dogs.
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text: Intuit (INTU) is expected to report Q4 earnings after the market close on Tuesday, August 21, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 pm ET. The consensus estimate is 6c for EPS and $652.54M for revenue, according to First Call. Intuit is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago. On the top line, the company is looking to build on four-straight revenue increases heading into this earnings announcement. Guidance for Q4 EPS is 5c-7c on revenue of $647M-$662M. Goldman believes Intuit will meet its estimates, of 6c ex-ESO on revenue of $658M, as the company's ability to cross-sell and improve conversion rates drives execution in the SMB segment -- which is 67% of revenues -- in Q4. Goldman expects the initial guidance for FY13 to represent the biggest catalyst for the stock and anticipate an outlook, adjusted for discontinued operations, to be consistent with last year of up 9-11% year-over-year overall. Consensus for Q1: (8c) on $653.12M in revenue. Consensus for FY: $2.97 on $4.21B in revenue.


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Easter Bunny sandwiches recipe
This fresh and easy novelty sandwich will stave off the chocolate overload on Easter weekend - and it's cute enough to be eaten up before the kids even notice it's healthy!
What you'll need:
- 3 slices of bread
- 1 tub of cream cheese, left out to soften for easy spreading
- 1 small cucumber
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 strawberry
- 1 punnet of snow pea sprouts
You will also need:
- 4 scone cutters: 95mm, 75mm, 45mm and 40mm
Cut the largest circle using the 95mm cutter from one slice of bread, the second largest circle using the 75mm cutter from another slice of bread and two 45mm and two 40mm from the final slice of bread.
Generously spread all bread circles with cream cheese, smoothing it to finish with the flat of the knife.
Cut four discs of cucumber and stick to hands and feet of bunny.
Slice remaining cucumber in half lengthways, then slice again into thick lengths and shape into pointed ears.
Cut carrot into a few discs, halve one and use for eyes and cut another couple into matchsticks for claws.
Cut top off strawberry and add to the face for the little triangle bunny nose.
Arrange snow pea sprouts for whiskers and some "grass" for the bunny to hide amongst.
- This fresh and healthy novelty sandwich is an excellent way to get some goodness into your little ones before the frenzied unwrapping of coloured foil on chocolate and the resulting over-indulged tummies …
- You might also like to include a thick matchstick of carrot for the bunny to munch on, some additional pieces of strawberry or cherry tomato as flowers on the grass or so on … get creative.
- And don't throw out the scraps – eat them Mama, they're good for you too!
- An extra dollop of cream cheese on the plate makes a cute fluffy bunny tail.
What are you eating for lunch on Easter Sunday? Do you make something healthy to break up the chocolate?
Find more clever Easter recipes on Kidspot:
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'X-Factor'…Now The 'F-Factor'
Something has happened to me. Suddenly, 'X-Factor' has lost me.
Just weeks ago, I was enthralled. Now I'm disinterested!
I was mesmerized by the audition process of the new hit Fox talent competition. I felt it fresh, glossy, and innovative.
But that was then. Ever since the live shows have kicked off, I've found myself unable to tolerate the incessant grand-standing. It's almost nauseatingly bad. And for me it has a lot to do with judge Nicole Sherzinger. I loved her as a Pussycat Doll, but as a talent mentor? She's either condescendingly annoying or annoyingly condescending. I've yet to decide which. She's a beautiful girl, a humble singer whom I once sat with on the floor of a meeting room in Borgata. But Sherzinger's 'X-Factor' personna has turned her cold and unfriendly. If she calls a contestant 'honey' one more time I'll vomit I swear.
The song choices are bad, I'm pretty sure some of the performances are being lip-synched, and its all just turned to cheese. I couldn't even stomach a run through on my DVR last night. I just deleted it and went to 'Iron Chef' reruns on Food Network.
Because, who cares? Really, who cares? Because I don't. But good luck to the winner.


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Faculty and Staff Parking Permits
Saint Mary's College parking regulations require that all faculty and staff obtain and properly display a current year parking permit.
** PERMITS ARE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED** Please do not reapply if you were issued a parking permit during the 2015-2016 academic year.
If you were a faculty or staff member last academic year and had a 2015-2016 parking permit, your permit will be automatically renewed. You can pick up your permit at the Public Safety Administrative Office in Assumption Hall West, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9am - 5pm or at the Front Gate when the office is closed and on the weekend.
If you are new to Saint Mary's and/or did not have a parking permit for 2015-16 please complete the on-line application:
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Vehicles not displaying a permit are subject to citation, immobilization or tow away, California Vehicle Code Section 22658.
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text: Dustin Alan Whitehair and sister Cortney Erin Whitehair completed requirements for their college degrees in December.Dustin earned a bachelor of arts degree in business and history at Muskingum College. He was a member of the colleges track and cross country teams, earning all OAC recognition and participating in regional competition with the cross country team.Cortney received an associate degree in applied design in fashion at Fairmont State University, Fairmont, W.Va.Both are graduates of John Glenn High School. Their parents are Jeffrey and Cathy Whitehair, Boliver. Grandparents are Delton and Kathryn Whitehair, Cambridge, and Charles and Joan Woolf, Norwich.


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Sony recalls Playstation adaptors
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Sony Computer Entertainment is recalling adaptors issued with more than 3 million Playstation 2 units due to safety concerns, a company spokesman said.
Adrian Christie of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia said the adaptors issued with the black slimline version could overheat and injure consumers.
He said there were roughly 960,000 of the units in North America, 60,000 in Japan and 2.3 million in Europe.
The AC adaptors were manufactured between August and December last year, and issued with the models SCPH70002, 70003 and 70004.
They have the product identification code HP - ATH048H03 and one of the following date stamps: 2004.08, 2004.09, 2004.10, 2004.11 or 2004.12.
The company said the problem was caused by a component that had been dropped from models made after December 2004.
It said a small number of cases of overheating and melting had been reported in North America.
In Europe, the Middle East, Africa or Australasia, the company had received four reports of overheating, but Christie said he could not specify where, as each region reported directly to SCE Europe.
He said Sony would soon embark on a newspaper advertisement campaign to alert users, and would contact those who had registered with the company by mail.
Free replacements will be supplied to purchasers of models with faulty adaptors. A detailed FAQ about the problem is here.
In March this year, Microsoft was forced to recall over 14 million Xbox units due to a faulty cable which led to some units catching fire.
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FDR and the Supreme Court
James Truslow Adams
Historian, Businessman, Author
Auspices, National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government, over Mutual Broadcasting, March 8, 1937
The question which I have to discuss tonight should be entirely non-partisan. What I have to say I would say in the same words if Mr. Landon had been elected and if he were attempting to do what Mr. Roosevelt is, because it is a question not of temporary policies but of the fundamental form of our government itself. It is a question not to be settled by President or Congress or the Democratic or Republican Parties but only by the American people. The question is of the freedom of that Court which in the last resort is the sole bulwark of our personal liberties.
These are guaranteed to us in the Constitution. A century and a half ago we thought a great deal about them because we had had to fight for them. We thought so much about them that we insisted on passing ten amendments to the original Constitution, to make sure that we should always have them. Among them were freedom of religion and worship, of the press and speech, of the right of assembly, and many others. Read, I beg of you, those first ten Amendments carefully, and then consider what might happen to your private lives if at any time an administration could pass laws taking away those liberties and if there were no independent Courts to defend you.
We take these liberties too much for granted today. We have not felt personally what it means not to have them. They are like the air we breathe. We give no thought to it, but let us not be deceived. The Europe of today tells a different story. Even under our present general form of government if we make the Executive or Congress, or both, supreme over the Constitution, with no check by the Courts, our safety and liberty are gone. We shall have placed our necks in a noose.
Why do we have a written Constitution and a Supreme Court to decide, as only one of its many functions, on the constitutionality of legislation? When states unite, as our thirteen did, to form a union, some written agreement must be made as to the relations between them and the central government. Our Constitution is practically made up of two parts, one of which settles what powers the Federal government shall have, what the individual states shall have, and the form of government in Washington with the powers delegated to each of its three sections. The other part of the Constitution details the liberties of the individual citizen already mentioned. All powers not given to the federal government or the states, including the power now in question to alter the Constitution, are reserved to us ourselves, the American people. No one can constitutionally change our fundamental law but ourselves.
But what is that law? It is the Constitution, and in any complex state there must be some body which is the umpire when the problem arises as to what is constitutional and what is not. Who will the umpire be? If a President tries to take away our freedom of speech, if a Congress takes away our property unlawfully, if a state legislature, as in the recent case of Louisiana under the dictatorship of Huey Long, takes away the freedom of the press, who is to save us except the Courts? The Anglo-Saxon race in the British Empire and the United States has been the most successful in the difficult art of self-government, and everywhere it has given this power of interpreting the constitution to a Supreme Court. Canada and Australia each has a Supreme Court which performs the same function as ours. The Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council in England acts as the same sort of Supreme Court for the Empire, and has only lately declared certain Canadian Acts unconstitutional. Our written Constitution and our Supreme Court are not peculiar to the United States. They have been found essential in every federal union. Such a government needs an umpire somewhere just as much as baseball does. It is obvious that an umpire must be impartial. What good would an umpire in a ball game be if he were to be bought by one side or the other, or physically threatened, or told that if he did not give the desired decision he would be chucked out in the middle of the game, or that two other umpires would be put in to vote with him who would give the decision as ordered?
No man in infallible and it is true that our opinions on even the most abstruse matters are to some extent colored by our general outlook but I think too much is made of the five-to-four decisions (a small minority after all of the Supreme Courts' total Constitutional decisions). Much is heard of these, but the N. R. A. decision was nine to nothing, and the A. A. A. decision was six to three. But take even the five to four decisions. I see that the Senators who have so far announced their stand on the question of packing the court are thirty-seven to thirty-eight. If the President's all-important, and in my view revolutionary Bill, should be finally passed or defeated by one vote in ninety-six is that any improvement over five to four? In running a democracy we have concluded that it is better to count ballots in boxes than bodies on a battlefield even if there is a majority of only one. In the ordinary running of government we consider that to be the least painful and most efficient method. We accept such decisions with good spirit and go about our daily work and make the best of it when defeated. But we have done so in the past because we have known that all the rights of a beaten minority cannot be trampled under foot. We have known that there were certain fundamental rights as to property, freedom of speech and press, from unwarranted searches and seizures, and so on, that were guaranteed and that, in the last resort, the Supreme Court would uphold them for us. But if the Court were to be made the puppet of an administration we could no longer have confidence that when beaten on a political issue we might not lose also some or all of our constitutional rights. The minority might then find itself without the right to organize or to express itself freely in speech or press, and without democratic weapons against the majority.
It is often said that the fathers who drew up the Constitution could not foresee all the changed conditions of today. True, but they did see that they could not foresee, and so they provided means for change by amendment by the people. They were careful not to give this power of change to the President or Congress or Court but kept it, where it belongs, in the hands of the nation at large. As Washington said in his Farewell Address; "if in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designated. But let there be no change by usurpation; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
Why then this now attempted usurpation, this request that the Executive and Legislative departments shall control the Court by threatening to pack it? When the Bill was first sent to Congress the impression given was that it was an incidental reform in administration for the sake of efficiency. That obvious misrepresentation has since been torn to shreds. It has been shown that the Supreme Court is not behind with the cases which have come to it. If there has been delay it has been in the lower Federal Courts in which for more than a year the President has failed to fill eight vacancies. It has also been shown that a Court of fifteen would be less expeditious and efficient than a court of nine. As every Justice has to study each case there can be no division of work, but after each has done so, more time will be taken to talk it over between fifteen men than between nine, as any one knows who has served on committees. As to age, the most liberal and one of the most efficient of the justices is Mr. Brandeis who is the oldest on the Court. No one, I think, would object, as the present Justices retire, to have new ones accept office under an age retirement arrangement. But we need not go on. The President has practically admitted that the object of the Bill is to pack the Court so as to get certain decisions.
The people have had no voice in this matter. It is said that they, or the 60 per cent of them who voted for Roosevelt in November, gave him a mandate. A mandate for what? It is true that this 60 per cent was evidently for various reasons in favor of the President and his general policies. But although he apparently had this packing of the Court in mind he said nothing to the voters. On the contrary he ran on a platform which distinctly affirmed that if desired legislation (for purposes with which most of us agree in the main) could not be secured "within the Constitution" the necessary "clarifying amendment" would be sought. This is what the people voted for and this was the mandate they gave. If the President had anything else in mind, he did not take the people into his confidence though he asked them for theirs. I do not see how anyone can believe that a Bill to pack the Supreme Court is within the Constitution. It is true that Congress has the power to alter the number of Justices but that power has never been considered as having been given to it for the purpose of controlling and subordinating to itself the decisions of the Court.
On the other hand, it is claimed that the amendment which it was promised would be submitted to the people, if necessary, cannot be for two reasons. First, that it would take too long. Administration spokesmen point to the Child Labor Law. This has not passed yet after a dozen years but they say nothing of the Amendment repealing Prohibition which took only ten months from start to finish. It depends solely on the unification of public opinion. The American people overwhelmingly waited Repeal and they got it in quick order. Many want a Child Labor amendment but also many do not like the form in which the present amendment was submitted.
It is also said that an amendment which would validate all that the New Dealers want in legislation would have to be so broad in its terms that the people would not pass it. But if the people would not support these changes if they were put up to them, is it fair to bring them about without putting them up to them? To take in by the back door what the people would not let in by the front? Is this making democracy work? Have the American people sunk so low that they can no longer govern themselves or decide for themselves or be trusted but must be made to conform to what a group thinks is best for them? This is the method of dictatorship and not of democracy. I speak of the method and not of the man, and I would say the same whoever the man was. I concede the best of motives to the President and I do not believe and have never said that he personally wished to become a dictator of the European type.
But what of others? If the people yield up that power reserved to them alone to alter the Constitution, what may happen in other circumstances and under other leaders? Has not Mr. Roosevelt himself warned us? Did he not tell us months ago that already such instruments of power had been built up by the government in Washington as, in the wrong hands might shackle the liberties of the people? Think of some of the powers already conferred upon him. He can again devalue the dollar when he pleases. With the Secretary of the Treasury he can manipulate the Stabilization Fund of $2,000,000,000 "not subject to review by any other officer of the United States." He can have issued $3,000,000,000 in greenbacks; can decree free and unlimited coinage of silver overnight; can rule how gold may be acquired, held, transported, imported or exported. He can raise or lower any tariff by as much as 50 per cent. He can spend, almost at his own discretion a sum practically twice as large as the entire Federal budget in 1913. He can determine the rates of pay of about 2,000,000 people. A publicity plant for controlling public opinion such as we never saw before has been built up in the Departments. These are only some of the powers he has which no other President has had, and now we are asked to allow him and Congress to control the Supreme Court.
These are some of those powers he must have had in mind when he said that in the wrong hands they might shackle our liberties. In whose hands will these and perhaps more power be in five years, ten years? Obviously not in those of Mr. Roosevelt. It is utterly impossible for him or us to say in whose. Especially since the war American elections have been subject to wide swings. Roosevelt got just over 60 per cent of the popular vote last year but the Republicans got nearly 64 per cent in 1920 under Harding, and Coolidge got over 65 per cent in 1924. A hundred years and more ago we had what was called the Era of Good Feeling, and Monroe polled all but one of the entire Electoral Vote in 1820. But by 1824 his party had been split into four factions each with a candidate for President in the field. Who can say what the next few years may bring, and in whose hands may rest these powers the President has warned us of?
Do we want to give up any more to the unknown men of the future? Do we above all, want to give up our inherent right to have a voice in the changing of the Constitution and of our fundamental law? Remember that the Constitution as originally drawn and with all its amendments is a single instrument. The method of changing one part may be used on all. If the people are not to pass on amendments but if the Constitution is to be changed by packing the Court, then that same method might some day be used to alter those parts which guarantee us our religious and other liberties as well as those relating to commerce and other matters. The only thing which we can do now is to make ourselves heard as loudly as possible in Washington. (Would that we had with us today, on the anniversary of his ninety-sixth birthday, that great Liberal, the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who retained to the end his patriotism, his Liberalism, his broad interpretation of both life and law, and that vision which enabled him to see, like Washington, not merely what might be desirable for the moment but what would build solidly for the future.)
As an ordinary American, as a fellow citizen, I plead with you in closing not to allow the independence of the courts to be sacrificed to the changing moods of an electorate as reflected in even the best legislature, or subject to control by one man no matter how benevolent or wise.
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Wraps and lettuce-A A +A
Saturday, March 29, 2014
WE WERE squeezing in a quick light dinner after a graduation and an evening meeting. Squeeze in, really, and so there was just me and Miggy again, who happens to be the easiest to drag along. (Friends are getting more stuck in their work, they are very difficult to yank off at a moment's notice).
The destination was pre-set, as our curiosity had already been sparked by this new place in Deng's neighborhood – Crazy Wraps.
Crazy Wraps is a deli type of food place tucked at a tiny corner of Tiresmart building along Tiongko Avenue at the corner of Araullo Street (better described as the last corner along Tiongko before City High, if we were to abide by the Dabawenyo's habit of not memorizing street names).
It's quirky, all right. The first that you will notice are the mismatched chairs and couches.
The waitress approaches and hands us a menu….
"Where are your wraps?" I asked, because the menu only lists down "meals," that are good for two to three people, no wraps. "Ay, ma'am, doon po sa counter," she said.
She meant the menu posted overhead at the counter.
So, we went there, Miggy and I, to check on the wraps.
Being a pescatarian, Miggy only had one choice, the seafood wrap.
I chose the beef because I really don't like chicken nowadays (except Shakey's chick 'n chips and KFC's hot and spicy), and the other choice was pork.
You have three choices of wraps, but I forgot what they were since the attendant said they only have the chapatti for that night. And so, we got the chapatti for our wraps.
As we were pondering on what other add-ons we can order, the young counter attendant butted in, "Excuse me, sir (she mistakenly addressed Miggy although Miggy doesn't mind), nagde-deliver po ba kayo ng lettuce?"
We were caught unaware by that. It took me a second or two to say, "Yes, siya yun!" and left Miggy mumbling, "Mukha na ba akong lettuce?" FYI, Miggy's an organic farmer.
The counter attendant asked for Miggy's number and also asked if they can just call in their orders. Definitely yes, although we were still a little dazed by how things turned around in front of that counter where the attendant is now asking my companion if they can order lettuce.
We still managed to get our wits together and order cheese flavored French fries and Greek Salad to go with our wraps.
The seafood wrap was very good. But the beef had this awful very sweet white sauce in it. It practically wiped out the taste of the beef and the greens. I still couldn't get over the taste of that sauce, or whatever it was. It was like eating icing with your beef. Not the best experience. I swear.
As if to make up for it, the Greek salad's dressing was good. It had the distinct taste of… burong mangga. I'm not sure what it was, since they just put in some dribbles of it, but it really tasted like burong mangga and sent my culinary imagination running wild, all set to try something at home. The serving size, however, was a bit too small for P155, considering that all it had were greens and some julienne slices of carrots and a tiny sprinkle of parmesan. I still liked the dressing.
The fries were so-so. Fried potatoes with cheese flavored powder, the stuff you nibble on when you're not doing anything.
They have more in their menu, but there were just two of us and we promised ourselves a very light meal, and… I was already late for a meeting. Tough life.
The place looks okay to hang out in, quiet, clean, and with ready food to choose from. Just one request to the Crazy Wraps management though: Please, do something about that super-sweet sauce; wraps, after all are associated with healthy eating. Sugar isn't.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on March 30, 2014.
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Gaga…Banned In Lebanon?
Lady Gaga's new album has been banned from sale in Lebanon, according to a U.K. report.
The pop superstar released "Born This Way" last month and topped charts across the world, even breaking digital sales records in the U.S.
However, the record has reportedly been stopped from going on sale in Lebanon after officials in the conservative Middle Eastern country impounded a shipment of the CDs on moral grounds, according to Britain's The Sun.
The publication reports the disc was deemed "offensive" by officials, just weeks after her track "Judas" was taken off air in the mostly-Muslim country.
Gaga's "Judas" has previously come under fire from a number of Christian groups, who have been angered by the lyrics and her use of religious imagery in the video.
From wenn.com.


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Trunk LTD T Shirts
Well, being that I'm a rock star underneath this fashion writing persona, I adore the vintage T-shirts from Trunk LTD, they have these great concert tees from bands I wish I could tour with. It's like wearing your iPod but you'll look hotter and you won't need to recharge.
Still drooling over Victory Ford's amazing multicolor sandals from this week's Lipstick Jungle? They can be yours - and they're even 20% off at Bluefly. Now that's what I call Balenciaga on a budget!
Tunics will continue to be hot, you can pair them up with leggings or just mini dress and you are set for a night out