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John Bruce "Jack" Thompson is an American activist who was an American attorney often cited in the media for his extreme views on the effects of obscenity and violence in popular media.
A native of Florida, he is a 1976 JD graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law and has been practicing as a medical malpractice attorney in Florida since 1977, and was permanently disbarred by the Florida Bar Association on September 25, 2008.
- Sims 2, the latest version of the Sims video game franchise...contains, according to video game news sites, full frontal nudity, including nipples, penis, labia, and hair.
- 'EGM: You once compared Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association, to Saddam Hussein.
JT: If I did, I want to apologize to Saddam Hussein. Doug is a propagandist to whom the facts don't matter.'
- Are you, crazy? ... People are threatening to kill me. Either report what I have said, having been provided the emails, or stop bothering me.
- Thompson to GameSpot.[5]
- You know, there are sociopaths everywhere. Some of them are in government, some of them are at TakeTwo. In fact, we got a bunch of sociopaths in Edinburgh, Scotland, sittin' around in kilts sippin' their single malt whiskey spreading racial, hurtful stereotypes in this country.
- The Bible doesn't promote killing innocent people, Grand Theft Auto does. Islam does. Islam promotes the killing of innocent people. The Quran requires the infidel, whether Jew or Christian, to be killed. ... That's a core essence of the religion. ... Muhammad was a pirate who killed infidels and who advocated the killing of infidels. Not a nice guy. Osama bin Laden is in keeping with his fine tradition.
- You just watch. There is going to be a Columbine-times-10 incident, and everyone will finally get it. Either that, or some video gamer is going to go Columbine at some video game exec's expense or at E3, and then the industry will begin to realize that there is no place to hide, that it has trained a nation of Manchurian Children.
- William Vitka (2005-02-25). "GameSpeak: Jack Thompson". CBS News.
- ...Or else
- Video gaming is an escapist activity and you're being exploited by these companies. It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.
- Why don't you go buy a suicide game, practice that, and get real good at it.
- (said to prank caller) [11]
- We don't need to play the game; it's irrelevant to the subject.
- Rick Healey (2006-01-11). Interview with Jack Thompson. Archived from the original on 2006-01-13.
- posed question: "Considering that Bully hasn't yet come out, do you think it's fair to protest the game before its release?"
- These flowers were sent to harass me.
- Listen up, Joystiq Jackasses!
- Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer.
- "This idiot illspirit apparently can't read. The lawsuit will be on behalf of the "surviving" family members. That means the victims are dead. Duh. Yet he says the victims are still alive. Of course, what do you expect from a crazed gamer?"
- The reason why CBS chose not to edit Stern is that Stern's Arbitron ratings remained high and were arguably even enhanced by people tuning in to hear daily about Stern's running feud with CBS and his move to Sirius, In other words, CBS actually used Stern's discussion of his move to Sirius to make more money for CBS.
- I am counsel for all of the plaintiffs, they are still my clients, I was the one who won the First Amendment argument in the hearing on November 3, 2005, which trial record was what was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, and I fully expect to be in the courtroom trying the case when it is tried.
- I'm a little too busy to care about pissant t-shirts right now. Please note the below:
- Actually, "destroy" means destroy. My methods of choice have been numerous television exposes of the Grand Theft Auto games, in the US (60 Minutes, Today Show), in the UK (BBC, etc/), Canada, and elsewhere; preparing Hillary Clinton for her severe hit on Rockstar in July 2005 re Hot Coffee; and litigation. As to the latter, the Alabama Supreme Court said this past week that GTA is not First Amendment speech. I am working with the various law firms suing Take-Two on behalf of shareholders over the Hot Coffee matter.
I am also working with the LA District Attorney. All of these efforts have resulted in a diminution in the value of Take-Two's stock and a real possibility that government and private action will drain the company of all its assets.
Only a bunch of gamers would think that the only way to destroy a company is with an explosive device.
Grow up and wake up. I'm on the verge, with God's help, of destroying the most out of control video game company on the planet, which even Warren Spector recognizes. Jack Thompson
- Oh, and what was the previous image? Do I have to get a subpoena issued to find out?
- Hey, how about a video game depicting the killing of the people who run Joystiq? Bet they'd be real interested in doing something about a certain game then. Maybe then they'd feel how cops and women feel about GTA. Oh, but that would require some actual thought, and I forgot: You're all gamers!
- Kids took guns to school for 200 years in this country without turning them on one another. President Clinton understood that if we want to do something about gun violence, we need also to look at the stimuli to use those guns. 3000 gun laws on the books. Not a single law on the books to stop the sale of murder simulators to kids. Idiotic.
- It breaks my heart to realize that the culture has basically transformed the church rather than the church confronting the culture and trying to transform it," "You've got a generation of boys in this country who are spending sometimes dozens of hours a week blowing away people, Now they're going to have the opportunity to do it in a Christian setting and, you know, where does it stop?
- There's direct link between violent video games and the kind of incident we almost had in Riverton, Kansas,""They took that affidavit and went to the homes of some of the suspects and found some of the games I suggested they would find,""These games are murder simulators used by the military to teach new recruits how to kill,
- Lets say you make a kid feel angry; he is going to act out what he has spent hundreds of hours doing. He has spent hundreds of hours hurting people in virtual reality. And the thing that is doubly troubling now is the graphics are so crisp and so virtually real that the brain can literally not differentiate between real violence and virtual violence, I'm a lawyer who for 20 years did medically related work. As a citizen, I entered the violent video game arena with the Paducah, Ky., shootings,
I had represented abused women and children, and that album ("As Nasty as They Wanna Be") was totally inappropriate for minors,
Killing is such an incredibly dramatic thing to do. But I quickly became disabused of that skepticism. Now it's a whole body of thought that is very, very troubling. And we are seeing these instances with incredible frequency. Here we had one in Kansas and a day later in Alaska, Playing the games desensitizes the person to the act of killing, because there is no guilt. It's a game. You are winning the game, and it's a pleasurable thing. You can get a gamer's high killing people. And there's no need to feel guilty about it -- that's how you win the game. In the Civil War, for example, soldiers were found dead on the battle field with loaded muskets. It wasn't because the guns were malfunctioning. The soldiers were young men who had been trained by their parents to go hunting with guns -- not use them to kill others. And they couldn't do it, even in the face of hostile fire. So time and again these men would load their guns, raise them and pretend to fire. Those soldiers had not been trained to overcome their inhibition to kill, If somebody else's kid plays a video game and puts my kid in harm's way in school or someplace else, I have a legitimate interest in that, The Grand Theft Auto games immerse you in a lonely world of violence, cheap sex, and pixelated nihilism, Most experts say it takes more than 100 hours to complete all of GTA: San Andreas just once.
It shows you how to -- by bullying -- take over your school. You punch people; you hit them with sling shots; you dunk their heads in dirty toilets. There's white-on-black crime in the game. You bludgeon teachers and classmates with bats. It's absolutely nuts. This is the most knuckle-headed thing I think any entertainment entity in the history of American entertainment has ever done. The word 'Columbine' means something. Everybody viscerally understands that you don't want to teach kids to bully one another. Suspects in the Kansas and Alaska incidents have bullying components just as Columbine's Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris did. Then you give them a simulator on how to exact their revenge and settle scores? It's crazy.
- His parents let him sit in his bedroom 12 or 13 hours a day on weekends, He had a bucket between his legs to urinate in. He had food and beverages on either side of the television screen. He did that because he couldn't pull himself away from the game.
"He's in his room. We don't hear anything and he not in the streets, But that's lazy parenting. Companies are making a product they know is problematic, but parents bear a responsibility.
- Two predictions:
1. E3 will once again turn down my offer to appear on any stage and debate anyone about the harmfulness of violent games, and
2. There will be discussion of the following story that appears today in South Florida:
- By the way, I was just watching G4 with my son. Who in the world watches this garbage? People with no lives, obviously. Pathetic.
- There's a lot of parental angst over the fact that these games are coming at out kids, and there must be some way to keep them away from our kids," "there's more evidence of that than there is that smoking causes cancer." "leave it up to a jury to find that the material is harmful to minors because of sex or violence. Don't have a statute defining what is harmful.
- "It's a murder simulator,"
"It is not a game," Thompson told lawmakers. "It is to teach you to kill, to enjoy killing."
- We're going to push this game at Christian kids to let them know there's a cool shooter game out there," "Because of the Christian context, somehow it's OK? It's not OK. The context is irrelevant. It's a mass-killing game.
- The video game industry gave him a cranial menu that popped up in the blink of an eye in that police station," "And that menu offered him the split-second decision to kill the officers, shoot them in the head, flee in a police car, just as the game itself trained them to do.
- "It's a murder simulator, it's not a game." "The U.S. military literally uses modified versions of these games, as well as their own video games, to do one thing: to break down the inhibition to kill among new recruits,
- Jack Thompson on Free Talk Live debating his viewpoints. Thompson becomes so angry he hangs up on the hosts Ian and Mark. There are plenty of good quotes here.
- Wow, the level of comments here indicates why it is a good thing that gamers' standards are not the community's standards for discourse and entertainment.
Looks like the profanity in GTA has filtered into the pixelante subculture.
Anyway, we got the law passed unanimously in Louisiana and Video Game Nation got nothing passed, so is this a great country or what?!
I'm working with the Louisiana AG's office, and we expect to have the law held constitutional as it is not like the other laws that have been passed. But you all here wouldn't know, because you haven't read the federal court rulings, I have, and then I drafted the law, which deals with the rulings.
God bless Louisiana! Hooah!
Jack Thompson
- The corrupted and corrupting video game industry will, of course, challenge this law once it is signed by Governor Blanco. The reason is that this industry, through the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), its developers' lobbyist, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association), and the retailers' lobbyist, IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) are involved in ongoing fraudulent conduct in marketing video games that contain adult material to children.
- This would be a great idea if only the ESRB had the sense to hire an outfit whose principals had real talent.
Additionally, not real smart to hire a crew that has put out a t-shirt featuring a Jesus Christ who says "Don't be a dick."
That shows how totally out of touch the coquettish Patricia Vance is with mainstream America.
I love it. Boy, am I going to have fun with the "Dick" t-shirt.
Jack Thompson
- Radical, fascist Islamists recruit to their cause partly with the cry that American pop culture is raw sewage flowing to the rest of the world from a corrupted West. Take-Two helps cut the legs off the rebuttal to that argument. That is precisely why your corporate legs must be cut off
- You want to play hardball…? You want to try to throw me in jail? You have no idea what you are unleashing in doing this. You're at the brink…
If this court in any fashion proceeds toward issuing a show cause order, given its utter baselessness and the bad faith goo in which it slithers, then Thompson will add whatever judge should do so as a defendant in the aforementioned federal civil rights action…
- Bully contains homosexual activities between Jimmy Hopkins and other male students. Is this a great country or what?
- I've got more Bar complaints than Judge Friedman has reversed opinions.
- Are y'all threatening CBS and ABC and Rolling Stone and every gaming site and magazine in the universe, or just my college debate booking agent because you and your bullying company think they can get away with it?
… I am going to have an absolute ball pointing out to the world that Take-Two, the self-righteous, great defenders of "freedom of expression," simply CANNOT abide Jack Thompson's agent using allegedly protected trademarks of Take-Two. Freedom of expression my butt.
- Take-Two is also stating that the sun does not rise in the east because Take-Two makes no money from its rising in the east.
- This is not rocket science. When a kid who has never killed anyone in his life goes on a rampage and looks like the Terminator, he's a video gamer.
- Winda Benedetti (2007-04-20). "Were video games to blame for massacre?". MSNBC. Retrieved on 2014-11-18.
- Grand Theft Auto IV is the gravest assault upon children in this country since polio. We now have vaccines for that virus... The 'vaccine' that must be administered by the United States government to deal with this virtual virus of violence and sexual depravity is criminal prosecutions of those who have conspired to do this.
- Letter to US Attorney R. Alexander Acosta, quoted in Ben Kuchera (2008-04-28). "GTA IV sex video gives Thompson, other critics fresh ammo". Ars Technica. Retrieved on 2014-11-18.
About Jack Thompson[edit]
- I'm only interested in virile men. That's why I'm not attracted to you.
- Janet Reno, quoted on "The Virtue Vigilante", Nightline, 2006-12-13
- in response to Thompson, her opponent for prosecutor, handing her a letter at a campaign event that asked her to check a box indicating whether she was homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual


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Domestic sales by Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling and their Buick and Wuling brands all reached all-time highs as well in January.
Shanghai GM sold 171,856 vehicles in China, an increase of 11.4 percent year on year. SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 172,852 vehicles, as domestic demand for its products increased 13.9 percent on an annual basis. Demand in China for FAW-GM's products dropped 26.1 percent on an annual basis to 3,319 units.
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Chevrolet sales in the domestic market dropped 0.2 percent year on year to 65,988 units in January. The brand's most popular model was the Cruze, which sold 22,621 units. Demand for the Sail family also remained strong, with sales of 21,989 units.
Cadillac luxury vehicle sales in China jumped 265.7 percent to 5,741 units in January. Sales of the SRX jumped 96.1 percent to 2,812 units, while sales of the XTS totaled 2,365 units in the nameplate's first January on the market.
Wuling sales in China reached 163,886 units in January, which was up 13.2 percent from the same month last year. Its best-selling model was the Hong Guang family, whose sales grew 69.9 percent to 81,153 units. Baojun, GM's entry-level passenger car brand in China, had sales growth of 27.8 percent to 8,966 units.
General Motors traces its roots back to 1908. GM has 11 joint ventures, two wholly owned foreign enterprises and more than 58,000 employees in China. GM and its joint ventures offer the broadest lineup of vehicles and brands among automakers in China. Passenger cars and commercial vehicles are sold under the Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jiefang, and Wuling brands. In 2014, GM sold more than 3.5 million vehicles in China. More information on General Motors in China can be found at GM Media Online.

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posted Mar 7 2013 4:37PM
As a lifelong Western New Yorker, I sometimes get the feeling there is a sector of this community that wants to save everything, remember everything and live in the past. While I don't want to come off as someone with no regard to history, preservation and our roots, it's simply not rational or economically feasible to save every structure in this area that has a page of historical significance.
As a frequent traveler of Route 5 along the Lake Erie shoreline, I pass the century-old Bethlehem Steel Administration building often. Most times I don't even notice it. It's surrounded by the decaying remnants of a historically-significant steel mill and some second-life industry that's occupying the completely industrial zone. To the north the building is bordered by the rejuvenated Buffalo waterfront and to the south by Woodlawn Beach State Park. Imagine if we could connect the two with additional public use waterfront acreage and not have to divert visitors attention as we drive them by the old steel mill and hope they won't notice what an eyesore it truly is.
I'll take the preservationists word that the building has some historical significance. So too did the churches that have been demolished and other real estate in the region that simply doesn't make geographic or economic sense to save. I'm guessing Lackawanna's future would be better bolstered by a rejuvenated waterfront industrial or recreational redo than a shell of a building that will be home to a historic marker out front.
We have a rich and treasured past here in Western New York. And we should celebrate it. But, at the same time, with limited resources we should be pretty darn choosy about what we save and spend money on to invest in the future.
With no disrespect to those who disagree and have protested at the building, my bet is that most who read this won't truly miss the building, if they even knew it was there to begin with.
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You are. We have lost the majority of downtown Buffalo to demolition. Where is the hope, the pride happening in Buffalo? Canal Side, Larkin, Lafayette, West Side, Black Rock, Elmwood Village, near East Side, South Buffalo, etc. What do all these havein common? They are being anchored by adaptive reuse projects. Meanwhile, vacant, shovel-ready sites abound....not progressing, not contributing to the tax rolls.
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These people that want to keep the old buildings should be made to repair them & make them safe, other wise knock them down & move on ! Take a picture & post it !
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I couldn't of said it better myself. It is time to think about the future and stop living in the past. Most people including my father don't have good memories of that building. It's where they received a slip of paper telling them they no longer had a job. Many before it was time to retire. Time to go forward
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Along with Michaela and Carina, I'm working in cemetery C at Amara West, currently in the western chamber of Grave 201.
This tomb has a central shaft and two chambers to the east and the west. It had already been partially excavated in 2009, but this year we removed the alluvium from above the western chamber, to avoid the possibility of it falling in while we were excavating.
A lot of the bones had been crushed by earlier collapse, but five articulated burials were found at the rear of the space. As they lay one on top of the other, I had to be very careful to separate them – finding a place to stand was the first issue, and then I could remove the more recent burials at the front, after recording them.
From the way the skeletons are arranged, it is possible to tell that some of the individuals had been tightly bound for burial. They were buried in an extended position, laid out with their hands beneath them and their feet crossed. In some cases, however, the binding was tight and thick, leading to bodies being placed face down, perhaps accidentally.
I didn't find any traces of cloth, although some of the individuals had wood pieces associated with their remains, which may once have been a coffin or funerary bed.
In addition to wood fragments, three scarabs have been found in the grave – one individual had two faience scarabs associated with them, clutched in the left hand, and lying under the crushed skull.
One scarab bore the prenomen cartouche of Thutmosis III, a pharaoh of the mid-18th Dynasty, which is much earlier than the use of this cemetery for burials. However, objects like these were kept for long periods of time, and scarabs with this royal name were still being made centuries later.
The final task in this grave is drawing a cross-section of the chambers and shafts, and I have already started work in the eastern chamber of Grave 234, which is a similarly constructed chamber tomb.
Though the bones are again crushed, there is a large amount of relatively intact wood along the back of the chamber, and ceramic jars and bowls are visible at the sides and centre. One burial seems to have been placed in the chamber after it had already partially collapsed. It appears that there are at least 10 individuals in the chamber, so the excavation of Grave 234 will likely occupy the remainder of the season for Carina and I.
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We would like to take this opportunity to address the letters which were put in last week in the Emery County Progress. We are happy that open conversations are beginning here in Orangeville. We are happy to read letters that don't have our same views. That is what it is all about, isn't' it? Why do people hate other people reaching out to help others? Why do people hate at all? We should not have hate and animosity for one another, but rather love and care for one another, be kind and giving with ourselves and our time to others within our community. We need to address issues not attack each other because of different view points. We have all had different life experiences, so how can we judge one another? How can any of us stand and judge others when we have not had the same experiences within our community that others might have had? We are grateful for the honest view points of others. We do not hold any animosity toward anyone in our community. Yes, we have had our own experiences, not all bad and not all good, but we have learned to grow from these experiences and try to rise above them.
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My mother taught me as a young girl to love the evening hours, that is when I ask Carl to come and go for a ride with me to enjoy the evening and to look at the beautiful yards that we have here in Orangeville. We love the beauty that we are surrounded with. We enjoy our time together since Carl worked away from home for so many years and we could not spend a sunset together, but now we can.
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Croc by Turbo Ion flat irons feature patented safety features and advanced ceramic and ionic technologies for salon quality styling. Croc transforms your style with a host of inventive technologies including the Automatic Temperature Reserve, an energy saving technique that reduces working temperature in between uses and activates when you pick your Croc back up. Get the latest technology for a safe, quick and easy styling.
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Croc 2 Worked ButterI purchase this iron back in late December, absolutely loved everything about it. With in 6 months I managed to break it from storing it in a high place and constantly dropping it. Folica sent a brand new slightly remodeled Croc 2! The old metal plates would scratch easily, now the newer model has a smooth black surface which seems more resistant to scratching. The power cord is much more thicker and sturdier.. overall it just seem to be built better ensuring me that this iron will last longer. It also came in cool box that you can more safely store your iron.
Because I'm always like trying out new things I purchase a Sedu Revolution sadly it does not out preform the Croc 2. My hair started to revert to its natural state with in a few hours. In super humid Louisiana my Croc 2 almost always fights against humidity for my hair! I must add that Croc 2 is an amazing iron in getting your hair straight and sleek with out damaging it.Aug 11, 2011ElleHAIR TYPEBlack / Curly Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Best Flat Iron Man Has Ever Created!I just go this flat iron today and I have 4a natural hair. I blow dried my hair about a week ago so you can imagine that it was shrunken by today especially with South Florida humidity but I tested the flat iron today and it took that shrunken mess and it was flat! I was so shocked. After using a CHI that burned my hair and made it smell horrible even with a heat protectant the Croc 2 is definitely the way to go!
As for everyone that says it's broke and is stuck at 230... if you read the directions if it says 230 that means it's on Celsius. Read the instructions as to how to turn it to Fahrenheit. 230 is close to the equivalent of 450 that's why it's so hot.
This is definitely an amazing flat iron. It took my fine tightly curly natural hair to silky, shiny and it definitely blew in the wind! Get this over ANY flat iron. It's better than the CHI and better than anything else I've ever tried and don't forget to turn on the infrared, it definitely makes a difference.Aug 3, 2011Iesha / Ft. Lauderdale, FLHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Curly Hair / Fine or Thin Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Led Light Broke Within 2 WeeksAlthough I thought this was a relatively decent product the LED light on mine started to go within 2 weeks.
I have my doubts that it was just the particular one I got. I plan to return this item and continue using my previous one until I decide on a new flatiron. Don't know about the hype that it removes smells from hair. It does do a nice job straightening however mine was also brand new and I would expect top performance from a new item anyways.
Its when you have something for over a year that you can start to judge durability and all those finer points.
Aug 2, 2011Courtney / Boston MAHAIR TYPEBlonde / Dry Hair / Curly Hair / Chemically Treated Hair
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Great Producti have owned quite a few flat irons in my day and this is one amazing product - i didn't believe all the posts that said their hair was straight for dayand i was wrong -- it's my new favorite go to.Jul 14, 2011Kathy M.HAIR TYPEAuburn / Color Treated Hair
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Piece Of CrapLoved it -- while it was working. Stopped working after two days of use. In fact, I started smelling something strange and realized that it was this flat iron that was smoking.Jun 30, 2011Laurie B.HAIR TYPEDark Brown / Normal Hair
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It's A Keeper!I was so excited to try this because I was getting very discouraged with
every flat iron I tried. I return everything I don't like. This one is fantastic.
My hair is silky straight just the way I like it!Jun 10, 2011Janice / Ft. Washington,Pa.HAIR TYPEBlonde / Oily Hair / Color Treated Hair / Fine or Thin Hair
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Amazingly Shocking!I was completely amazed with this is every way I have ridiculously thick hair and a lot of it and its frizzy and untamed but this hair iron is outstanding! I�¢����ve been trying hair iron after hair iron searching for one that would save me time and last long and heat up fast this one does all of that! In seconds its already hot enough to work usually with all hair irons I�¢����ve tried it takes at least 5 hours to make my hair half straight this only takes an hour and a half to do my hole head WITH BETTER RESULTS!! THANK YOU!!!!Jun 5, 2011Amanda S.HAIR TYPEDark Brown / Normal Hair / Curly Hair / Color Treated Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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You'll Look Gorgeous - Dahhrling!I decided to treat myself after many years of using the local drugstore brands. I have very thick and course hair (African-American) and have been using chemical relaxers since the age of 8. I have never learned to use a hand-held hair dryer. I roller-set. When choosing a flat-iron I wanted to be sure that I got similar results at home as when I visit my hairstylist (Dominica Hair Salon): My hair always ends up looking and feeling silky and shiny for several days. I tried (and did not like) the Sedu Sedu Revolution Tourmaline Ionic Styling Iron 1". I tried the Croc 2 Infrared Flat Iron (1"). It did a faboulous job of giving me the salon-smooth, shine and silkiness that lasted all week.May 14, 2011Minerva / New YorkHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Thick or Coarse Hair / Relaxed Hair
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Phenomenal Flat Iron, But Temperature Malfunctioned After 2 Months!This really is, hands down, the best flat iron I've ever used. It's really unfortunate that Croc hasn't fixed the temperature problems, however. I've read numerous reviews of the Croc, and many people seems to have the same experience I had. After owning the Croc for 2 months, the temperature setting stops at 230. It won't go any higher. I'm not acutally sure if the temperature is able to go higher or not - it seems like it does, because it still straightens my hair very quickly and easily - but I have no idea what the actual temperature the flat iron is really on, because it just says 230 on the display.
That being said, I still used my Croc for 2 years before deciding to replace it - I did so only because I wanted more control over the heat setting. I replaced it with a Solia, which I also really like, but the Croc does straighten a bit faster, and it also leaves my hair super shiny. I can honestly say that no flat iron did what the Croc did. It straightens SO fast, 1-2 passes tops, leaves hair super straight, no smell, and leaves hair super shiny. I never had any hair damamge from the Croc either. I just wish it was more reliable!May 8, 2011Nickie / Chicago, IL
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"love" Just Doesn't Begin To Explain My Feelings...about my Croc 2. I read about it on someone's blog first and thought, "Well, gosh! I need to try that." Of course, Folica had it. It was only a matter of time (well almost no time at all with Folica's shipping)...
I have a Chi wet-to-dry and I have used my cousin's Sedu and they pale in comparison to the straightness I've gotten with the Croc. It truly makes my hair (natural 4 a/b - dry, porous, kinky, fragile) FEEL good, as well as look good. I also love that I can use it with Keratin treatments. What's really amazing about it is that it doesn't leave your hair with that "burned" smell that some irons leave behind.
I was confused about a few things though. 1) It says that you shouldn't use any heat protectants with this iron, but then I think the tip on the page says to use one. I didn't use any oils or other silicone type heat-guard products, but did use a lightweight leave-in. The hair smells cleaner when you use nothing at all though. 2) What is the difference between the Croc 1 and the Croc 2? I really want to know because I wish this came in a 1 1/2 inch plate width like the Croc 1, but I wanted to have the latest version...
But as it turns out, they've now come out with the Croc Greenion flatiron and blowdryer. Hope they eventually make some wider versions though. But I'll be scheming to get my hands on these as well.Apr 29, 2011Tuere / Harlem, USAHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Dry Hair / Fine or Thin Hair
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Cleveland Clinic is one of the nation's best overall hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016-17 "America's Best Hospitals" rankings. This year, Cleveland Clinic ranked No. 2 in the country. The Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute also ranked 2nd in the country, and Cleveland Clinic is also recognized for excellence in most of the other medical specialties ranked by the magazine.
Cleveland Clinic kidney transplant program is a member of the United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS), meeting all their requirements for kidney transplants.
If you or a loved one would like a second opinion from a top specialist at Cleveland Clinic, but may be disabled or find it too difficult to travel, we offer MyConsult. The MyConsult program is an online medical second opinion that connects you to our physician experts who will review your medical records and diagnostic tests to assess your suitability for transplant.
2013 marked the 50th Anniversary of Cleveland Clinic's first kidney transplant. Cleveland Clinic performed Ohio's first kidney transplant in January 1963. During that same year, Cleveland Clinic also launched its pediatric kidney transplant program. Affiliate programs have also been established at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia (1987) and at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital in Indiana (2008).
Cleveland Clinic kidney transplant program is an essential component of a broad medical and surgical strategy to manage all patients with kidney disease with the therapy most appropriate to that patient, up to and including kidney transplants.
129 kidney transplants in 2015 (Cleveland location), including:
Please contact our pre-transplant office for additional information on kidney transplantation:
Phone: 216.444.6996
Toll-free: 800.223.2273 ext. 46996
Patients must meet certain basic criteria in order to be considered a potential transplant candidate. These criteria are different depending upon the type of organ(s) needed. These basic criteria are just the initial indicators. All patients must be fully evaluated by the transplant team to determine if transplantation is the best treatment option.
The following patients may be considered potential candidates for kidney transplantation:
There may be times when transplantation is not the best treatment option for patients. Patients will be considered on an individual basis to determine whether the benefits of transplantation will outweigh the risks.
If you have any questions regarding whether you or one of your patients is a potential transplant candidate, please contact our pre-transplant office locally at 216.444.6996 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext. 46996.
Cleveland Clinic has designated facilities and support services to assist patients and their families throughout the entire transplant process. Transplant patients at Cleveland Clinic receive the highest-quality medical and nursing care.
The transplant process begins with the patient's referral to the kidney transplant program. Patients may be referred by their nephrologist or dialysis unit, or they may contact the pre-transplant office themselves.
Contact the pre-transplant office to begin the referral process locally at 216.444.6996 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext. 46996. Patient referrals can also be faxed to the kidney transplant program at 216.445.8141.
Our secure online service, Dr.Connect, provides referring physicians access to patient's treatment progress with streamlined communication from Cleveland Clinic physicians to your office, allowing continued participation in the ongoing care of patients. With the best possible treatment plans and coordinated care, our team approach benefits both the patient and the referring physician.
Patients will complete a medical interview over the phone with a member of the pre-transplant department staff.
A letter will be sent to the patient and referring physician indicating the routine health maintenance testing necessary prior to beginning the evaluation process. The most efficient way to progress through the evaluation is to have this testing completed prior to the initial evaluation appointments. Testing completed within the past year is acceptable (PAP test & colonoscopy may be longer depending upon results/recommendations).
Patients that are actively smoking will be offered a screening visit with one of the transplant nephrologists and a referral to Cleveland Clinic's smoking cessation program. Patients will be considered for a full transplant evaluation following program completion. Patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 38 will be offered a screening visit with one of the transplant nephrologists and a referral to the Bariatric Institute for development of a weight reduction program. Patients will be considered for a full evaluation once their weight loss goals have been met.
Patients will be scheduled to see the transplant team to assess their transplant candidacy.
The evaluation will consist of:
Based upon the physicians' findings during the evaluation appointments, additional testing and consults may be needed. Once the evaluation is complete, the patient's chart will be reviewed by the physicians and then the patient will be presented at the selection committee. The selection committee may approve the patient for listing, require additional information prior to making a decision, or determine that the patient is not a candidate for transplantation. The patient, referring physician, and dialysis unit (if applicable) will receive letters notifying of the committee's decision.
Once a patient has been approved for transplant listing, insurance authorization will be obtained if needed prior to being placed on the national transplant waiting list.
Once patients have been placed on the transplant waiting list, it is important that the kidney transplant program be notified of any changes in the patient's condition such as:
It is also important for the transplant program to receive any updated testing results that have been performed on the patient, such as stress tests, cardiac catheterization, carotid ultrasound, CT scans, etc. These results should be faxed to the transplant program at 216.445.8141.
It is very important that patients waiting for transplant contact our office with any changes in their address or phone number. Patients must also contact our Financial Coordinator at 216.444.9806 with any changes in their insurance coverage.
The Kidney Transplant Team at Cleveland Clinic is specially trained in meeting the needs of kidney transplant patients. The team is committed to providing comprehensive care in a compassionate setting.
The Kidney Transplant Team members include:
Additional consultants may also include:
The following Cleveland Clinic Transplant Center doctors and staff specialize in Kidney Transplant:
Organs for kidney transplantation come from two sources: living donors and deceased donors.
A deceased donor is an individual who has recently passed away of causes not affecting the organ intended for transplant. Deceased donor organs usually come from people who have decided to donate their organs before death by signing organ donor cards. Permission for donation also may be given by the deceased person's family at the time of death.
A deceased donor kidney transplant occurs when a kidney is taken from a deceased donor and is surgically transplanted into the body of a recipient whose natural kidneys are diseased or not functioning properly.
There are several different types of deceased donor kidneys. These names are used to describe certain anatomic, biological, and social features of the donor organs. You may decide not to receive any or all of these organs, and you may change your mind at any time.
All of these kidneys supply suitable organs for transplant, and all are expected to provide good outcomes with good organ function. However, the outcomes may be 5-10% less than that achieved with Standard Criteria organs. Accepting a kidney that is not considered Standard Criteria may substantially reduce your waiting time.
A living donor transplant is a procedure during which a kidney is removed from a healthy donor and surgically placed in an individual with kidney failure. The living donor often is an immediate family member (parent, sibling, or child). The living donor can also be an uncle, aunt, cousin, or even a spouse or friend. Living donor kidneys can also come from strangers, Good Samaritans that want to help someone in need of a kidney.
A living donor transplant has many advantages over a deceased donor kidney transplant, the most important being a significantly higher success rate. Additional reasons include:
Biological siblings generally make the best living donors due to matching. However, with the advancements in drugs and treatment for rejection prevention, anyone can be considered a donor if they have a compatible blood type. Most healthy individuals between the ages of 18 and 60 are potential donors. All living donors are evaluated individually. You should discuss donation with immediate and extended family members, friends, co-workers, and friends of friends. The success of kidney transplants using unrelated living donors is nearly as high as living related donors.
All potential kidney donors must demonstrate that the decision to donate is made freely, electively and without coercion or valuable compensation.
The recipient and donor teams function separately. Living donors will have their own coordinator, physicians, and social worker. The Living Kidney Donor Office is unable to answer recipient questions about their living donors. Recipients should contact the pre-transplant office locally at 216.444.6996 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext. 46996 with questions regarding this process.
If you are interested in being evaluated as a potential living donor, please contact the Living Kidney Donor office for additional information locally at 216.445.3150 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext. 53150. More information is also available in the Living Donor section of this website.
Throughout the entire transplantation process, the Cleveland Clinic transplant team ensures that you receive the best possible care. Team members are there each step of the way.
Your length of stay and recovery in the hospital will depend on a few factors including: type of transplant procedure, your body's acceptance of the new organ and your overall health. Remember, each patient has a different rate of recovery. You will be discharged only after your Transplant Team has determined that you have regained your strength and your health is stable.
Transplant team members are available after patients have returned home to provide additional information and answer questions. The team also can help with follow-up care, including routine blood testing, medication evaluation and adaptation, and visits to ensure that patients are doing well. Your transplant team will give you instructions on how and when to contact the post-transplant office following your discharge.
Soon after surgery and during your stay in the hospital, your Transplant Team will teach you more about taking your new medicines. You will learn when to take your medicines, how to take them, what happens if you miss a dose, and what side effects the medicines might cause.
A daily record of your health is kept during your stay at the hospital, and you will need to continue monitoring your health when you go home. Before you leave, a nurse will teach you how to accurately measure both your liquid intake and urine output. To ensure that your kidney is functioning well, you will need to measure and record how much you drink and the amount you urinate for at least six weeks after the transplant surgery. You will also need to record your daily temperature, blood pressure, and weight.
Our goal is to help you feel comfortable and confident about taking care of yourself before you go home. Before going home, you will need to be able to:
The Transplant Team will be monitoring your health closely after the transplant and during your follow up appointments. Therefore, it is very important to keep your scheduled lab and follow-up appointments.
Once you are discharged home, you will need to continue recording your daily temperature, blood pressure and weight in a notebook. It is also very important to keep your list of medications updated.
Remember to keep the records in your notebook for at least six weeks, or longer if you have complications. The Transplant Team will let you know when it is okay to stop recording this information. Remember to always bring your post-transplant notebook and medicines to each Transplant Clinic visit.
It is important to make sure you have each of these before you go home:
To decrease the chance of infection, you must avoid people with colds or flu for at least three months. By avoiding illness now, you will be able to return to an active life within a few months.
One of the most common complications following a kidney transplant is rejection. Rejection is your body's way of not accepting the new kidney. Although rejection is most common in the first six months after surgery, it can occur at any time.
Fortunately, the Transplant Team can usually recognize a rejection episode before it causes any major or irreversible damage. It is very important for you to continuously take your medications as prescribed and have your blood work drawn as scheduled.
It is vital for you to be aware of the possible signs of kidney rejection. If you think you are experiencing any of these symptoms, contact the Transplant Team immediately:
The Transplant Team will be able to determine if your body is rejecting your kidney by completing routine tests of kidney function. If the Team thinks you may be experiencing any problems with your new kidney, the following tests may be completed:
If rejection develops, your physician may prescribe medications to treat rejection and prevent continued complications. In order to control the rejection, you may need to be admitted to the hospital, or you may receive care in the outpatient setting.
The medications used to treat a kidney rejection episode are strong drugs. The first few doses may cause the following side effects:
To help control these symptoms, you may receive a pre-medication of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and diphenhydramine hydrochloride (Benadryl) before each dose.
Cleveland Clinic's pediatric transplant program began in 1963 with the goal of providing the most normal life possible for young patients. Pediatric and adolescent patients receiving a kidney transplant are admitted to Cleveland Clinic Children's. Cleveland Clinic Children's provides state-of-the-art care in a homelike setting. In addition, because the family is recognized as an important part of a hospitalized child's recovery, our hospital rooms are designed to enable a parent to spend the night in the room with his or her child.
For more information on Cleveland Clinic's pediatric transplant program, please call 216.444.6123.
A living donor transplant is a procedure during which a kidney is removed from a healthy donor and surgically placed in an individual with kidney failure. The living donor often is an immediate family member (parent, sibling, or child). The living donor can also be an uncle, aunt, cousin, or even a spouse or friend. Living donor kidneys can also come from strangers, Good Samaritans, that want to help someone in need of a kidney.
A common question from a donor candidate is: "What if I get kidney disease later on in life?" A person with one kidney is no more likely to get kidney disease than someone with two kidneys. Even if the most common forms of kidney disease were to occur, a person with one kidney has no major disadvantage because medical kidney disease attacks both kidneys simultaneously. After surgery, the donor's remaining kidney will increase in size and function. The donor's chance for a long, normal, and healthy life remains the same with one kidney.
Once the donor has healed from the surgery, the person should not experience a difference in energy level, ability to work, life expectancy, susceptibility to illness, sexual function, or feeling of health. Also, donation should not affect fertility. Many female kidney donors have had normal pregnancies after donation. Donors also might receive a certain amount of satisfaction knowing they were able to help save another person's life. In addition, by giving one of his or her kidneys, the living donor has also made a deceased donor kidney available to another who might not have any other options.
Kidney donor surgery is a very safe operation. As with any surgery, there is a risk of bleeding and infection. The most advanced surgical technique, laparoscopic nephrectomy, has reduced the hospital stay to one or two days, resulted in less pain and scarring, and has reduced full recovery time from eight to 12 weeks down to two to four weeks.
A donor candidate will undergo a complete evaluation to determine if he or she can safely donate a kidney. The recipient's insurance company will pay for these costs. All costs associated with the donor's operation and recovery will also be billed to the recipient's insurance company.
Once a donor has recovered, he or she will be required to have a follow-up appointment at six months, one year, and two years. A donor also might incur costs of travel, lodging, meals, and other non-medical expenses. Donating an organ is covered by the Federal Medical Leave Act. However, the donor candidate should determine the impact donation will have on his or her work situation before committing to the operation.
If you are interested in being evaluated as a potential living donor, please contact the Living Kidney Donor office for additional information at 216.445.3150 or 800.223.2273 ext. 53150.
Generally, any normal, healthy adult with two normal kidneys can be a kidney donor. Your blood type will be the main factor in determining who can receive your kidney.
ABO blood type
First, a simple blood test is performed to determine your blood type and that of the recipient. Here's how your blood type should be compatible with the recipient's blood type:
Tissue typing
Tissue typing is a blood test that evaluates the compatibility, or closeness, between your tissues and the recipient's. A human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) blood test is used to determine tissue type and help ensure that you're a good genetic match for the recipient. In an HLA blood test, the tissue typing lab can identify and compare information about you and your recipient's antigens (the "markers" in cells that stimulate antibody production) so they can match your kidney to the recipient.
While biological siblings (brothers and sisters) have the best chance of being a perfect match (six of six antigens), advancements in anti-rejection medicines have greatly reduced the occurrence of rejection in kidneys from unrelated donors. Researchers are also making strides in the development of treatments that will significantly increase the donor success rate when tissue doesn't closely match.
In crossmatching, your blood and the recipient's blood are placed together in a test tube and examined to see if there is cell damage. If all your cells survive, there is a negative crossmatch, which is considered a good result. If your cells begin to die, a positive crossmatch results and gives a preview of what might happen with a transplant. In this case, it may be determined that the risk of proceeding with the transplant would be too high.
If the initial blood tests indicate you are a suitable match, and you decide you would like to proceed , we will arrange an extensive donor evaluation to ensure you are in normal physical and emotional condition, and to inform you about the risks and procedures of being a kidney donor.
The evaluation generally consists of two days of outpatient appointments and testing. The evaluation will consist of:
Based upon the physicians' findings during the evaluation appointments, additional testing and consults may be needed. You will also be asked to update your health maintenance testing if needed:
Minimally Invasive Kidney Removal
There is an ever-increasing demand for living kidney donors. Until recently, kidney donation from a living donor could only be accomplished through a surgical procedure called open nephrectomy (kidney removal). This procedure requires a large, muscle-cutting abdominal incision; removal of a rib; and a relatively longer hospital stay and recovery period. However, advances in laparoscopic surgery have made an advanced surgical procedure called laparoscopic donor nephrectomy possible. This procedure has significant benefits over the traditional open surgery for kidney donation.
Laparoscopy—also known as "keyhole surgery"—is a minimally invasive surgical procedure during which a special camera, called a laparoscope, is used to produce an inside view of the abdominal cavity. Surgeons use the laparoscope, which transmits a real-life picture of the internal organs to a video monitor, to guide them through surgical procedures. The laparoscope magnifies these images many times their actual size, providing surgeons with a superior view of the abdomen.
Laparoscopic nephrectomy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a laparoscope to remove a kidney for donation. Laparoscopic kidney removal is considered minimally invasive because it only requires three or four small non-muscle-cutting incisions rather than one large muscle-cutting incision in the abdomen. (See figures 1 and 2.) During the procedure, carbon dioxide is passed through one of the incisions into the abdominal cavity to lift the abdominal wall away from the organs below, creating more operating space to perform the surgery. The pencil-thin laparoscope and surgical instruments are then inserted through the other incisions.
At the end of the procedure, the kidney is removed through a 7cm, non-muscle-cutting incision in the bikini area.
Figure 1: Positions of small incisions for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy surgery. No muscle is cut for any of these incisions.
Figure 2: Muscle-cutting incision (6- to 10-inches long) used in traditional open nephrectomy surgery.
Because laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is a minimally invasive procedure, donor patients experience significantly less discomfort; have a shorter recovery period, and return to work more quickly than donors who had traditional open surgery. Because the incisions are small, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy causes reduced post-operative pain and shorter hospital stays, and patients experience a quicker return to normal eating habits and daily activities.
Most people who are eligible for open nephrectomy are also eligible for laparoscopic nephrectomy. However, you might not qualify for the procedure if:
The surgeon will complete a pre-operative evaluation to ensure that laparoscopic nephrectomy is appropriate for you. However, in a small percentage of cases, even approved laparoscopic procedures might be converted to open procedures.
Donors that are not matches to their intended potential transplant candidate have the option of participating in a paired donation program (where your donated kidney goes to a different recipient, and in return your recipient will receive a living donor kidney from another individual). Cleveland Clinic Kidney donors also have the option to donate to a stranger via our altruistic program.
Cleveland Clinic currently works with National Kidney Registry (NKR) to facilitate paired donor transplants. Altruistic living kidney donors can also be entered into the NKR program. National Kidney Registry is a nonprofit organization based out of Long Island that was established to expand the opportunities for living donor kidney transplants through paired donation. More information can be found at kidneyregistry.org.
If you are interested in learning more about the paired donation or altruistic donation programs, please contact the Living Kidney Donor office locally at 216.445.3150 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext. 53150.
Cleveland Clinic has developed an innovative program called Donor Win (short for Donor Wellness Initiative) to monitor and foster wellness in living kidney donors. This program was launched in November 2009 and provides living kidney donors with support, testing, counseling, and care for the rest of their lives if they so choose.
The program includes scheduled follow-up appointments for the living donors at six months, 12 months, and two years after surgery, and then annually thereafter.
During their follow-up appointments at Cleveland Clinic, donors receive a complete physical exam, as well as extensive lab testing, blood pressure monitoring (including ambulatory blood pressure monitoring) and other cardiovascular physiologic testing that measures their vascular health.
Donors are also counseled by their nephrologists on how to maintain the health of their remaining kidney and stay well, in general, through diet and exercise. Their physicians, who are specially trained to understand the risks and needs of living donors, also counsel patients on how to deal with any health-related issues that may arise.
Cleveland Clinic's transplant center chose to offer living donors a comprehensive program because it wanted to reward and honor those people who are, essentially, saving and improving the lives of people with end-stage renal disease. Donor Win is also unique in that it focuses on maintaining the wellness of patients throughout their lifetime, instead of treating donors as though they have a disease.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, please contact the Living Kidney Donor office locally at 216.445.3150 or toll-free 800.223.2273 ext 53150.
To find a transplant specialist for your needs, contact the Transplant Center at 216.444.2394 (or toll-free 800.223.2273, ext. 42394)
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Even when we know that waiting too long will create a lot of challenges, getting started can still seem impossible. Unfortunately, when procrastinating affects your job-related tasks, it can have a negative impact on your professional career as well.
So how can you kick this annoying tendency to put things off and start getting them done instead?
Try these strategies:
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With a constant inundation of big & bad brands hitting us face first via inbox/RSS feed every day, we can't like everything. But it's true that even lines of questionable cool-caliber have something to offer. Some hidden gem. For Italian brand Rare, it's the denim overalls in their Spring 2011 lookbook. They're well-proportioned, perfectly creased, grunge-inspired, and ready to rock. The rest of the lookbook feels like it's chocked with too many overlapping design details and (gulp…faux-necklace floral detail over a denim workshirt), but for this awesome one-piece release, we'll forgive them this season.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) today announced grants totaling $122.7 million to add 1052 additional law enforcement officers to walk beats in the nation's schools. These grants are being awarded to 501 law enforcement agencies in 47 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Today's grants were awarded under the COPS In Schools program, which funds the hiring of community policing officers assigned to schools. The grants provide a maximum of $125,000 for the salary and benefits of each new officer over three years. COPS also provides school safety training for the officer and an administrator from the school where the officer will be assigned.
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"We're very pleased to support the needs of local communities by providing funding to hire additional SROs," said COPS' Director Carl R. Peed. "Law enforcement, educators, students, and parents all want our schools to be safe and secure environments that are conducive to learning. SROs are an integral part of establishing and maintaining such an environment."
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"We did what we're paid to do and what the law requires", says Chairman in new interview
heavy criticism from Microsoft
Corp. (
), Yelp Inc. (
), and a slew of other online service firms, the
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
's Chairman
Jon Leibowitz
is firing back in a
new interview
Talking Points Memo
(TPM). In the interview, he defends the decision to
reach a
[PDF] with online search and services giant Google Inc. (
) which called for big changes, but allowed Google to avoid a full blown antitrust lawsuit brought by the federal government (which was the approach Microsoft,
et al.
I. FTC Claims That Its Google Ruling Was Fair
Responding to his critics, Chairman Leibowitz comments, "We did what we're paid to do and what the law requires. We went after a company [Google] where the law required us to do so, and forwent bringing a case where the law required us not to bring one."
He points out that the decision was unanimously approved by the FTC's
five commissioners
, including Leibowitz. He remarks, "Under facts we found, all five of us, from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican, agreed that the evidence militated against an antitrust case. The fact that we managed to have both Google and Google's rivals unhappy, in an odd way that's maybe unique to Washington, that puts us in the right place substantively."
U.S. FTC Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz is defending his Commission's settlement with Google against critics like Microsoft. [Image Source: UPI]
He argues that the settlement is significant as it not only pushes Google to change certain search/data-mining practices its critics considered unfair, but it also pushes the company to pursue patent peace in the mobile space. The FTC voted 4-to-1 to adopt a settlement demand that forces Google to pursue arbitration with smartphone rivals, before taking them to court and eating up judicial resources.
Explains Chairman Leibowitz, "We took a pretty meaningful step forward to stop one of the most drastic abuses in patent litigation. [Google] won't be able to engage in patent holdup, where the threat of an injunction is used as a 'Sword of Damocles.'"
He was pleased to note that Google had responded already,
withdrawing two key patent assertions
in its
nearly finished legal battle against Microsoft
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
. The FTC did allow Google to sue in cases where a rival is
looking to ban its products
(so Google may be able to still pursue action against Apple, Inc. (
)), but the Chairman calls such applications "exceedingly limited defensive uses."
He argues that the FTC's approach is consistent with both Google and its rivals in the smartphone space, commenting, "We don't want them [smartphone makers] to be able to get injunctions, and we prohibit that except in the one-in-a-million hypothetical. If someone makes a FRAND commitment and reneges, we will go after them."
II. Google Still Faces Antitrust Threats
In regards to media commentary that the settlement was a "win" for Google, he responds, "Reporters think of this in some ways as a horse race. [I]t's really about doing the right thing. Perhaps to some extent we helped to build up expectations [by the
length of the probe
], but I also think complainants created great expectations of their own. I think that as time goes on, more and more people will recognize we did justice."
The Chairman also rejected the notion that the tens of millions of dollars that Google
poured into lobbying officials
in the federal government on both sides of the political aisle impacted the Commission's vote. He comments, "My sense is that the lobbying makes the companies feel good and lobbyists feel good. At the end of the day, whether you want to say lobbying had any influence, or canceled itself out because there was lobbying on both sides, if you're going to do what lobbyists want you to do in a regulatory agency, you're not doing your job."
The decisiveness of the ruling (5-0) may be enough to placate the
U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ), but an FTC ruling does not necessarily preclude an antitrust lawsuit by the DOJ. For example, in 1991 the FTC probed Microsoft, in an investigation that wrapped up in 1993 with a deadlock -- 2-2 vote -- effectively closing the investigation. Despite that the DOJ would go on to independently investigate and sue Microsoft in a court battle that was considered a milestone in modern U.S. antitrust enforcement.
The EU says it won't go as easy on Google as the FTC did. [Image Source: AFP]
And meanwhile the EU has indicated it will be
substantially stricter
in its settlement demands from Google.
"We can't expect users to use common sense. That would eliminate the need for all sorts of legislation, committees, oversight and lawyers." -- Christopher Jennings
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Gameday Preview: Detroit Red Wings
Kent Wilson
November 03 2010 09:48AM
The last time these two teams met, the script went about how we predicted: Calgary's depth played well enough to make things interesting but in the end the Wings top-end talent prevailed. What wasn't expected, however, was just how vulnerable the Wings bottom-end would be. That's a weakness the Flames will likely hope to exploit in the second meeting tonight.
Calgary outplayed Detroit in the first period previously, spurred by the utter dominance of the Glencross-Backlund-Morrison trio. The rookie scored his first (and only two) goals of the season and the three of them probably could have had more besides.
While we've become used to the Flames third line creating havoc over the last year or three, it was somewhat eye-opening to see just how soft Detroit's soft underbelly is. Daniel Cleary has been a quality player since he revived his career in the motor city and the return of Jiri Hudler was supposed to add another weapon to an already stocked arsenal, but things haven't turned out for whatever reason. Cleary, Hudler and Modano have all struggled relative to their teammates, despite being fairly sheltered. In the case of Modano and Hudler, both guys have a zone start at about 60% thus far and yet are underwater in terms of possession. That's remarkably bad given the fact that Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Franzen do all of the heavy lifting on the club.
What's more, the Wings have a fairly suspect bottom defensive pairing in Jakub Kindl and Doug Janik. The former is a 23-year old rookie still trying to compete at the NHL level while the latter is mostly an AHL journeyman who has bounced around the league for the last decade or so. Kindl in particular is getting hammered, as sometimes happens to guys taking their first steps in this league.
In order to exploit these issues, the Flames will need their top-end guys to saw things off with the big guns at the other end. It's a tall order, particularly with the Red Wings top-six depth: Detroit's aforementioned "big three" are some of the best forwards in the league and it means Babcock can send two hard minutes lines over the boards on any given night. Which is the reason, despite their underwhelming bottom-six, the Red Wings continue to be one of the best in Western Conference (it also helps that Lidstrom is apparently immortal).
In short, the Wings are excellent but there's a chink in the armor. If the likes of Iginla and Jokinen can fend of Datsyuk et al, Calgary has a good chance to prevail.
Datsyuk scares me.
I've noticed a trend of Kipper having a knockout game after getting knocked out the game before, so hopefully that gives the Flames a boost tonight, but I would look to see some secondary scoring from Bourque/Hagman tonight, and another point from Morrison. I'm also going to go out on a limb and say that Jackman will be on the boxscore tonight as well.
Otherwise this is most likely a blowout.
If the likes of Iginla and Jokinen can fend of Datsyuk et al, Calgary has a good chance to prevail.
True, but just reading it makes me hang my head and think..."Oh crap."
November 03 2010, 11:09AM
Which Flame gets the McGuire McLovin treatment tonight ? Giordano ? Bourque ? or Chuckwagon Curtis Glencross ? Tune in to TSN to find out.
@Kent Wilson
Kinda surprised that Moss is going to start out on a line that will be expected to log at least middling minutes. I'd have thought that he'd start out with Conroy and Jackman until we know that he has his game legs back.
Disappointed to see Glencross seemingly in the dog house... prior game deadheaded penalty aside he's been probably our best overall forward.
November 03 2010, 12:27PM
Janik is not in tonight, instead Ericsson does get back into the lineup. Shameless plug: all the details in Wednesday's edition of FGD.
@Kent Wilson
You really think Backlund's going to have a different role tonight? Are you thinking BBM will be the tough minute unit? Regardless, if Moss is able to play at full capacity and is as willing to continue to be the garbage collecting front-of-net guy I could see that line working out in the O-zone.
At any rate the keys to the game are the same as last time and always. Play the wings top 6 to a draw at EV and let the lower half of the line-up make up the winning difference, that and stay out of the sin bin.
It seems to me that Brent may be smarter than we give him credit for.
Oh Red Wings fans, please don't laugh in my face for saying this if you win 6-0, but is it possible that Brent is just going for balanced lines, protecting the three exploitable players, and trying to...gulp..."out depth" the Wings?
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By By GARY ARRINGTONSports Writer
The Emery High wrestling team had their final home match of the season on Jan. 25 and lost to Richfield 48-36. It was also senior night for the Emery squad. Four Emery seniors were honored for their dedication prior to the match beginning. The fans, coaches, parents and teammates honored Tyson Stout, Chet Funk, Brett Sorensen and Brandon McCandless.
Emery forfeited the 106-pound weight class while Richfield forfeited the 132-pound weight class. Every match ended in a pin, as Emery had five wins and Richfield had seven wins.
The following wrestlers won for Emery. Chet Funk at 170 pounds continued his hot streak and pinned his man in the second round. Ryan Cox at 126 pounds and Cole Guymon at 145 pounds each pinned their opponent in the first round while Cezly Collard at 120 pounds and Brett Sorensen at 182 pounds pinned their opponents in the second round.
Emery wrestlers that lost included Jason Anderson at 113 pounds, Taven Miller at 138 pounds, Dakota Curtis at 152 pounds, Stout at 160 pounds, Zach West at 195 pounds, McCandless at 220 pounds and Kenden Huff at 285 pounds. Emery wrestles Altamont on Feb. 1 to prepare for the 2-A divisionals at the Sevier Valley Center on Feb. 10-11 in Richfield.


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Mine's waiting at my house... Five hours until I can get it.
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Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008
Victoria Ivashina
Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
David S. Scharfstein
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
July 30, 2009
EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
This paper documents that new loans to large borrowers fell by 47% during the peak period of the financial crisis (fourth quarter of 2008) relative to the prior quarter and by 79% relative to the peak of the credit boom (second quarter of 2007). New lending for real investment (such as working capital and capital expenditures) fell by only 14% in the last quarter of 2008, but contracted nearly as much as new lending for restructuring (LBOs, M&A, share repurchases) relative to the peak of the credit boom. After the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 there was a run by short-term bank creditors, making it difficult for banks to roll over their short-term debt. We document that there was a simultaneous run by borrowers who drew down their credit lines, leading to a spike in commercial and industrial loans reported on bank balance sheets. We examine whether these two stresses on bank liquidity led them to cut lending. In particular, we show that banks cut their lending less if they had better access to deposit financing and thus they were not as reliant on short-term debt. We also show that banks that were more vulnerable to credit line drawdowns because they co-syndicated more of their credit lines with Lehman Brothers reduced their lending to a greater extent.
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Keywords: Bank Lending, Financial Crisis
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