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City Council may vote today on the controversial plan to lease the city's parking assets to fund economic development and temporarily balance the deficit. On Friday, Councilman Chris Seelbach put forward Plan S, which would redirect $7.5 million in casino revenues, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or increase the city's admissions tax by 2 percent. Previously, City Manager Milton Dohoney unveiled Plan B to the parking plan, which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other changes. In response, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed his own plan, which would use casino revenue, parking meter revenue and cuts to "non-essential programs" to tame the deficit. Plan B, Plan S and Cranley's plan all fix the structural deficit in the city's budget, while the parking plan only fixes the deficit for two years. The parking plan was unanimously approved by the Cincinnati Planning Commission Friday, and it appears five council members are ready to give the plan the go-ahead.
Members of Gov. John Kasich's own party are beginning to show skepticism toward the governor's budget proposal, which would expand the sales tax to apply to more services, increase the oil and gas severance tax and make more Ohioans eligible for Medicaid — mostly at the cost of the federal government. Republicans are likely to propose alternatives before a mid-April vote. In a Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of Ohioans approved of the Medicaid expansion but not Kasich's tax plan. CityBeat covered Kasich's budget plan in detail here.
Police are taking measures to prevent traffic problems at the Horseshoe Casino's grand opening tonight. Meanwhile, Indiana casinos are preparing for downturns as the Horseshoe Casino promises a major alternative to tri-state gamblers. During the soft opening last week, Ohio's casino regulator found the Horseshoe Casino would have to fix its security and surveillance before the grand opening. Previous studies found casinos bring job growth at the cost of crime, bankruptcy and even suicide, and a Dayton Daily News report also found the state's casinos are falling short of job projections.
On Friday, the sequester, a series of across-the-board federal budget cuts, kicked in, and it could mean big funding reductions for Ohio's schools. The blunt cuts are largely because Republicans refuse to negotiate with President Barack Obama and Democrats — to the point that Republicans don't even know what the president is proposing.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio is asking the state's Department of Education to expand its seclusion room rules to apply to charter schools. Previous reports found seclusion rooms, which were originally intended to hold out-of-control kids until they calm down, have been largely used for convenience by educators, leading to stricter policies from the Ohio Department of Education. But the regulations currently apply only to traditional public schools, not charter schools.
Reminder: On top of putting everyone around you in danger, texting while driving will now result in a fine up to $150.
The Cincinnati Zoo has confirmed it has terrible taste in names with its choice for the new four-week-old gorilla: Gladys Stones. Still, the zoo does have that whole environmentally friendly thing going on. Maybe the pros outweigh the cons.
U.S. researchers are claiming they have "functionally cured" an HIV-infected infant after extensive treatments left the virus's presence in blood at such low levels that it can no longer be detected by standard clinical tests.
Scientists are ostracizing what Popular Science calls the "world's sexiest octopus."
If you can watch BigDog, the four-legged robot, toss cinder blocks with ease and not fear the robot apocalypse, you're not prepared.
The White House released a list of what cuts will be made in Ohio as part of mandatory spending cuts set to kick in March 1, which are widely known as the sequester. Among other changes, 26,000 civilian defense employees would be furloughed, 350 teacher and aide jobs would be put at risk due to $25.1 million in education cuts and $6.9 million for clean air and water enforcement would be taken away. President Barack Obama and Democrats have pushed to replace the sequester with a plan that contains tax changes and budget cuts, but they've failed to reach a compromise with Republicans, who insist on a plan that only includes spending cuts.
Community Council President David White told WVXU that the streets and sidewalks of the long-neglected neighborhood of Pendleton were previously crumbling, but the Horseshoe Casino's development has helped transform the area. With Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds, the city has budgeted $6 million in neighborhood development that has led to new trees, expanded sidewalks and the potential for further developments that will appeal to new businesses.
A surprise inspection of the private prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) on Feb. 22 revealed higher levels of violence, inadequate staff, high presence of gang activity, illegal substance use, frequent extortion and theft, according to the report from the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (CIIC), Ohio's nonpartisan prison watchdog. The CIIC report found enormous increases in violence, with a 187.5-percent increase in inmate-on-inmate violence and 305.9-percent in inmate-on-staff violence between 2010 and 2012. Many of the problems are being brought on by inadequate staff, according to the report. The findings echo much of what privatization critics have been warning about ever since Gov. John Kasich announced his plans to privatize the state prison in 2011, which CityBeat covered in-depth here.
Kasich has highlighted funding increases in the education plan in his 2014-2015 budget proposal, but the plan also includes looser requirements for Ohio's schools. The plan will remove the teacher salary schedule from law, which sets a minimum for automatic teacher pay increases for years of service and educational accomplishments, such as obtaining a master's degree. It would also change the minimum school year from 182 days to 920 hours for elementary students and 1,050 for high school students, giving more flexibility to schools. CityBeat took an in-depth look at the governor's budget and some of its education changes here.
Ohio Democrats want to change how the state picks its watchdog. The governor currently appoints someone to the inspector general position, but Democrats argue a bipartisan panel should be in charge of making the pick.
Mayor Mark Mallory is in Spain to meet with CAF, the company constructing the cars for Cincinnati's streetcar project. Streetcar opponents, including mayoral candidate John Cranley, say the cars are being built too early, but the city says it needs the time to build the cars, test them, burn the tracks and train staff in the cars' use. CityBeat covered the streetcar and how it relates to the 2013 mayoral race here.
The amount of Ohio prisoners returning to prison after being released hit a new low of 28.7 percent in 2009. The numbers, which are calculated over a three-year period, indicate an optimistic trend for the state's recidivism statistics even before Gov. John Kasich's sentencing reform laws were signed into law.
Cincinnati's real estate brokers say the city manager's parking plan will revitalize Downtown's retail scene by using funds from semi-privatizing Cincinnati's parking assets to renovate Tower Place Mall and build a 30-story apartment tower with a parking garage and grocery store.
The University of Cincinnati was the second-best fundraiser in the state in the past year. On Feb. 20, UC announced it had met its $1 billion goal for its Proudly Cincinnati campaign.
On Saturday, Bradley Manning, the American citizen accused of leaking a massive stash of diplomatic cables and military reports to WikiLeaks, went through his 1,000th day in U.S. custody without a trial.
Popular Science has seven ways sitting is going to kill us all.
John Cranley is calling for the city to halt progress on the streetcar after a report from The Cincinnati Enquirer revealed the city's construction bids are $26 million to $43 million over budget. City Manager Milton Dohoney says the city might throw out the bids and start the bidding process again, but no final decision has been made yet. But Cranley argues the city has no leverage over bidders because it already bought the streetcars. In CityBeat's in-depth look at the streetcar, Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, said the cars had to be bought early so they can be built, tested and burned into the tracks while giving staff enough time to get trained — a process that could take as long as two and a half years. The city also cautions that sorting through the bids will take a few more weeks.
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) landed a $2.5 million grant to purchase seven new buses. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, yesterday announced SORTA had won the competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The new buses will replace old ones that are no longer good for service.
The Horseshoe Casino got approval from the state yesterday despite fears of bankruptcy surrounding the casino's parent company. As a precaution, the Ohio Casino Control Commission is requiring Caesar's, the troubled company, to undergo annual financial reviews and notify the commission of any major financial plans, including any intent to file bankruptcy. Caesar's is currently $22 billion in debt.Ohio legislators have a lot of questions about Gov. John Kasich's new school funding formula. Kasich claims his formula levels the playing field between poor and wealthy schools, but Rep. Ryan Smith, a Republican, pointed out his poor Appalachian district is getting no money under the formula, while the suburban, well-off Olentangy Schools are getting a 300 percent increase. In a previous glimpse at the numbers for Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), CityBeat found the funding increases aren't enough to make up for past cuts — largely because of the phaseout of tangible personal property reimbursements.
Another report found low-performing schools could be forced to outsource teaching. The new policy has aggravated some local officials.
Kasich's budget will apparently benefit the state's mentally ill and addicted. Mental health advocates said the budget will expand treatment, housing and other services. Most of the benefits will come from the Medicaid expansion.
CPS says it will not lose any funding over the state auditor's attendance scrubbing report. The report, released Tuesday, found CPS had been scrubbing attendance data, but the school district claims errors were not intentional.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel will give the State of the County address later today.
Ohio Third Frontier approved $3.6 million in new funds to support Ohio innovation. About $200,000 is going to Main Street Ventures, a Cincinnati-based startup accelerator.
Cincinnati Art Museum named an interim curator: Cynthia Amneus.
Covington is getting a new city hall.
New evidence shows lab testing on mice may not be helpful for humans. Apparently, mice and human genes are too different for treatments to be comparable.
New casino revenue numbers are well below 2009 estimates. State officials previously estimated Ohio's casinos would bring in $1.9 billion a year once they were built and functional, but the latest state budget cuts that prediction by half. The new estimates are due to competition with racinos and lower-than-expected performance at casinos that are already up and running.
Gov. John Kasich announced his 2014-2015 budget, unveiling a few pleasant and unpleasant surprises for progressives. As part of the budget, Ohio is going ahead with expanding Medicaid to meet Obamacare's financial incentives, despite Kasich's past criticism of the national health care program. But the budget also directs higher revenues to cutting taxes, instead of making up for past spending cuts enacted by Kasich.
A Miami University fraternity's $10 million lawsuit has been dismissed. The lawsuit accused the university of "malice, hatred and ill will" for the suspension of Phi Kappa Tau after it had a fireworks battle with another fraternity. The battle led to police discovering marijuana inside the fraternity.
Looks like Ohioans are returning to school. Some universities, including Miami, have seen a spike in the number of applications recently, despite Ohio having fewer high school graduates in the past few years. The spike is likely due to out-of-state recruiting.
City Council will vote tomorrow on whether to provide tax breaks for neighborhood projects in Walnut Hills and Linwood. The projects are focused on buildings that are apparently uninhabitable, according to the developer.
PNC Bank is set to announce a "major gift" to Smale Riverfront Park. The gift would continue a stream of private contributions to the park. Last year, Procter & Gamble donated $1 million to fund the P&G Vibrant Playscape.
Cincinnati's tree fee will not change this year. The tree fee is paid by homeowners so the city can take care of trees in public rights of way.
Cincinnati was awarded the Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award from the National Community Development Association for contributing to the renovations of the Villages at Roll Hill.
An unhappy defendant punched his own lawyer in court.
The 3-D print revolution has taken an unexpected turn: Scientists can now print human embryonic cells. The researchers hope to use the cells as ink for printed organs and tissues.
Despite challenges to its constitutionality, JobsOhio is moving forward with a bond sale. The agency, which is meant to create jobs, is holding a bond sale Jan. 23 to raise money for economic development. But ProgressOhio, which is suing Gov. John Kasich's administration over JobsOhio, says the governor should halt the sale until legal issues are resolved: "There are serious legal questions about the funding of JobsOhio. Gov. Kasich's own commerce director said his duty to uphold the Ohio Constitution was stopping him from moving JobsOhio forward until these questions were resolved."
Ohio will give schools $37.9 million in casino profits. When casinos were approved by voters, one of the caveats was that some of the tax revenue raised would go into improving the state's education system. Cincinnati will get its own casino in March 2013.
To avoid rules regarding how to properly seal a case, charges have been dropped in the rape flier case.
That's despite the fact the student who allegedly posted the "Top Ten
Ways to Get Away with Rape" previously pleaded guilty. Judge Robert Lyons,
who was presiding over the case, was previously criticized by The Enquirer
for not following proper procedure, but dropping the charges and
letting the student withdraw his guilty plea may put the judge in the
legal clear. Lyons says he regularly seals cases for students.
The old building for the School for the Creative and Performing Arts will be converted into 170 apartments.
Northern Kentucky University could soon ban smoking on campus. Several other schools in Kentucky are already tobacco-free. The Ohio Board of Regents encouraged Ohio campuses to ban smoking on July 23.
Applications for Gov. Kasich's worker training vouchers are going fast. The program is meant to improve Ohio's business climate. It reimburses businesses for eligible employee training expenses in an effort to make Ohio companies more competitive and improve workers' skills.
A portrait of Jesus will remain in an Ohio school after 300 people showed up in support at a school board meeting. An atheist group is already planning on suing the school over the portrait. In a letter, Freedom from Religion Foundation claims that "if a district were to promote a religion over non-religion, it would impermissibly turn any non-believing student, parent, or staff member into an outsider."
With former governor Ted Strickland dropping out of the governor's race, The Washington Post posted an early look at whether Gov. Kasich can survive re-election. At this point, Kasich's most likely opponent is Ed FitzGerald, former mayor of Lakewood and Cuyahoga County's executive.
Apparently, Australia is so hot meteorologists had to add two new colors to heat maps to properly show the country's temperature. Americans can probably relate, considering 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded for the United States.
The cure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria may be panda blood. Will pandas abuse their newfound powers to take over the world?
School report card reform is about to head to Gov. John Kasich, who is likely to sign it. The bill, which places higher grading standards on schools, passed the Ohio Senate yesterday with some minor tweaks. The Ohio House is expected to approve the bill again, and then Kasich will need to sign it for it to become law. In an early simulation of tougher report card standards in May, Cincinnati Public Schools dropped from the second-best rating of "Effective" under the current system to a D-, with 23 schools flunking and Walnut Hills High School retaining its top mark with an A.
The governors of Ohio and Kentucky agree tolls will be necessary to fund the Brent Spence Bridge project. The governors also said there will be a financing plan by next summer and construction will begin in 2014. Kasich and Ky. Gov. Steve Beshear met yesterday with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to discuss funding for the bridge project.
The Horseshoe Casino will open in Cincinnati on March 4. What can Cincinnatians expect? According to one Washington Post analysis, casinos bring jobs, but also crime, bankruptcy and even suicide.
Sewer rates in Hamilton County will go up next year, but not as much as expected.
Cincinnati has 1,300 properties awaiting demolition.
With same-sex marriage likely coming on the ballot in 2013, a Quinnipiac University poll found Ohio voters thinly oppose its legalization 47 percent to 45 percent, but it's within the margin of error of 2.9 percent. A Washington Post poll in September found Ohioans support same-sex marriage 52 percent to 37 percent — well outside of the poll's margin of error of 4.5 percent. CityBeat recently wrote about the same-sex marriage legalization in Ohio here.
The same poll found Ohio voters deadlocked on whether marijuana should be legalized with 47 percent for it and 47 percent against it. The results are slightly more conservative than the rest of the nation. Washington state recently legalized marijuana and same-sex marriage in the same day, and the world didn't end.
Ohio gained approval on a coordinated Medicare-Medicaid initiative that will change funding for low-income seniors who qualify for both public health programs. With the go-ahead from the federal government, the plan will push forward in coordinating Medicare and Medicaid more efficiently to cut costs.
But on the topic of a Medicaid expansion, Ohio will not make a final decision until February. As part of Obamacare, states are encouraged to expand their Medicaid plans to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. If they do it, the federal government will pick up 100 percent of the tab through 2016. After that, federal funding drops annually, eventually reaching 90 percent for 2020 and beyond. Previous studies found states that expanded Medicaid improved lives. Another study found Obamacare's Medicaid expansion saves states money in the long term by reducing the amount of uncompensated health care.
Cleveland's The Plain Dealer says Gov. Kasich will not privatize the Ohio Turnpike, but he will ask for a toll hike to help finance new projects. Kasich will officially announce his plans later today.
With opposition from law enforcement, a Senate committee is pushing ahead with a bill that lessens restrictions on gun-carrying laws.
Redistricting reform will soon be taken up by the Ohio Senate. The measure passed committee in an 8-1 vote. Redistricting is often used by politicians to redraw district borders in politically beneficial ways.
Gov. Kasich signed into law a measure that cracks down on dog breeders in Ohio. The measure has long been pushed by animal advocates, who say lax regulations for puppy mills have made the state a breeding ground for bad practices. CityBeat previously wrote about how these bad practices lead to abusive dog auctions in Ohio.
Homosexuality may not be in our genes, but it may be in the molecules that regulate genes.
The city of Cincinnati and its largest city employees union have reached a deal regarding the privatization of the city's parking assets. Under the deal's terms, the city will give raises and not lay off anyone for three years, but only if the city's parking assets are privatized. However, the head of a Clifton community group is still not happy with the privatization plan. He says the plan is bad for business because it limits the amount of affordable parking in the area. But would laying off 344 city employees be better for business?
The identity of the Miami University student who put up
the infamous "Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape" flier may soon be revealed. The Ohio Supreme Court
will decide by Dec. 14 whether the case should be unsealed and open to public view. Robert Lyons, the Butler County part-time judge who sealed the case, has faced scrutiny in the past few months for conflicts of interest regarding drinking-and-driving cases.
Revenue from casinos in Toledo and Cleveland is dropping. The numbers paint a bad picture for Cincinnati and Hamilton County officials expecting budget problems to be solved by casino revenue.
A proposal mandating drug testing for welfare recipients in Ohio resurfaced last week. Republican legislators claim the requirement will save the state money, but a similar proposal in Florida added to budget woes as the state was forced to pay for drug tests.
Ohio's ultra-wealthy population is growing. About 1,330 Ohioans are worth $30 million or more, an increase of 2 percent since 2011, according to a report from Wealth-X. The news could shape Gov. John Kasich's plan to cut the income tax using revenue from a higher oil-and-gas severance tax, perhaps encouraging state officials to make the cut more progressive.
Gov. Kasich is ending the practice of giving so many tax credits to keep businesses in Ohio. The move could potentially cost the state jobs as businesses move to other areas with bigger, better incentives, but state officials and the business community don't seem too worried for now.
If the Ohio government agencies were forced to cut their budgets by 10 percent, the results would not be pretty. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction would have to close prisons, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources would have a tougher time enforcing new regulations on fracking.
Ohio's exotic animal law is facing a challenge in federal court today. Exotic animal owners claim the law violates their First Amendment and property rights by forcing them to join private associations and give up their animals without compensation. They also do not like the provision that requires microchips be implanted into the animals. The Humane Society of the United States is defending the law, which was passed after a man released 56 exotic animals and killed himself in 2011.
An Ohio court said a business tax on fuel sales must be used on road projects.
Ohio gas prices are still dropping.
The cure for leukemia could be a modified version of the AIDS virus.
A new analysis suggests that tax revenue from Ohio's new casinos will not be enough to make up for state spending cuts to cities and counties. The findings of the Oct. 1 analysis, by left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio, apply even to casinos and big cities that get extra casino tax revenue. They still lose twice in state aid what they get in new taxes, according to the report.
Overall, the analysis found that new casino revenue will provide $227 million a year to counties and cities. In total, state aid to counties and cities has been cut by about $1 billion. That means the tax revenue isn't even one quarter of what cities and counties will need to make up for cuts.
The cuts also won't be enough to make up for state cuts to schools. When casino plans propped up around the state, governments promised that revenue from casinos would be used to build up schools. However, state aid to K-12 education has been cut by $1.8 billion, and new tax revenue will only make up 0.5 to 1.5 percent of those cuts in most school districts, according to the Policy Matters report.
In 2013, Cincinnati will become the fourth Ohio city with a casino. Cleveland and Toledo have casinos, and a new casino opened in Columbus Oct. 8.
Currently, the system is set up so each casino is taxed at 33 percent of gross revenues. That revenue is split into many pieces with approximately 34 percent going to the school fund. Each city with a casino also gets an exclusive 5 percent of its casino's revenue.
For Cincinnati, that means about $12.1 million in new annual tax revenue. But even with that revenue, Cincinnati will still be losing about $17.7 million in state funding, according to calculations from Policy Matters.
In past interviews, Rob Nichols, spokesperson for Gov. John Kasich, has repeatedly cited the constitutional requirement to balance Ohio's budget to defend any state budget cuts: "The reality is we walked into an $8 billion budget deficit. We had to fix that."
Cuts Hurt Ohio, a website showing cuts to state aid, was launched by Policy Matters earlier this year. That website found $2.88 billion in cuts to state aid with $1.8 billion in cuts to education and $1.08 billion in cuts to local governments. In Hamilton County, that translated to a $136 million cut to education and a $105 million cut to local government.
The report does caution that its findings are "necessarily tentative": "Projected revenues have come down significantly since the 2009 campaign for the casino proposal, and the expected opening of numerous gambling facilities makes it hard to be sure what revenues will be. We estimate casino tax revenue based on several sources, including state agencies, casino operators, and former taxation department analyst Mike Sobul. Our numbers reflect a comparatively optimistic assessment."
Cincinnati City Council plans to move $29 million in funds to avoid further delays for the streetcar
project, but the city is still looking at a 2015 opening date. City officials announced Wednesday that a council
committee will vote Monday on three pieces of legislation to keep the
$110 million project in line with the recently announced delayed opening.
One measure would front $15 million to help Duke Energy move underground utility lines from the path of the proposed streetcar route. That money comes from the recent $37 million sale of land near the former Blue Ash Airport.
The city thinks it will get this money back once a dispute with Duke is resolved. The city contends that Duke is responsible for moving the lines, which the utility estimates will cost $18.7 million. Duke counters that the lines only have to be moved because of the streetcar construction, so the city should foot the bill.
"We're fronting money for the Duke work until we can work out who pays for it with Duke," city spokeswoman Meg Oldberding said. "It's to keep the project on time and on budget. Delays would escalate the cost."
Another ordinance would change the municipal code to "confirm the city's existing rights" and clarify that utilities pay for the cost of relocating facilities unless otherwise negotiated, according to a news release.
Oldberding said Cincinnati has always maintained that it is the utility's responsibility to relocate their facilities, so it is not a change in the city's position.
The final ordinance would change the funding source that is repaying $25 million in bonds sold as part of the original plan to fund the streetcar.
Those bonds were originally being repaid with money coming into city coffers from southern downtown and the riverfront area.
That area wasn't bringing in as much cash as expected, so the ordinance would have $14 million of the bonds repaid from a 1995 fund set up to collect service payments from the Westin/Star, Hyatt and Saks.
Oldberding said once the downtown district rebounds — it includes the Banks and the casino — it would repay the other fund.
The ordinances would not add to the project's cost. Construction is scheduled to begin early next year.
We Are Ohio, the organization that helped repeal SB5 last year, says it will team up with nonpartisan Ohio Voters First to help put on the November ballot a constitutional amendment that would change the way legislative and congressional districts are drawn. The effort is in response to Republican-drawn redistricting maps that attempted to create 12 solidly GOP districts and four Democratic districts. The proposal calls for a nonpartisan commission to redraw legislative and congressional boundaries rather than letting politicians and anyone who gives them money do it.
The University of Cincinnati has released a study showing a considerable economic impact from construction of The Banks. Between construction contractors, new residents and visitors to the area's restaurants, the development reportedly will impact the local economy by more than $90 million a year.
The parent company of Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino will host two informational sessions this week to offer local vendors information on how to bid on contracts for supplies and services the entertainment complex will need. The first takes place 6 p.m. tonight at Bell Events Centre near the casino site at 444 Reading Road, and the second is 9 a.m. Thursday at Great American Ball Park.
The Enquirer on Tuesday reported that the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University have agreed to move the Crosstown Shootout to U.S. Bank Arena for two years in response to last year's massive brawl. NBC Sports today reported that the presents of both universities issued a press release in response, stating that no final decision had been made.
The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University were both surprised to see today's announcement concerning the future of the Crosstown Shootout. While both schools are committed to the future of the Crosstown rivalry, specific discussions are ongoing and no details have been finalized. We look forward to sharing our plans with the community at an appropriate time in the coming weeks.
If it does happen, The Enquirer's Bill Koch says it's reasonable, while Paul Daugherty says that's fine but kind of dumb.
President Obama is finding it rather difficult to even win primaries against nobodies in the South. Not that it's surprise or really matters, though.
Of course, there are reasons for these kinds of returns. Few Democrats are voting in these primaries where Obama faces only token opposition; only protest voters are truly motivated.
There's also the fact that Obama is an underdog to Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the states of Kentucky, Arkansas, and West Virginia; Obama lost all three in 2008 to John McCain.
Another potential factor: Race.
Just when you thought Sarah Palin was super reliable, she goes and backs a Utah Republican incumbent over a tea party supported candidate.
The John Edwards jury entered its fourth day of deliberations today because they need to see more prosecution exhibits.
A white supremacist was sentenced to 40 years in jail by a federal judge for a 2004 package bomb attack that injured a black city administrator in Arizona.
researchers say they can figure out if Bigfoot really existed, if
they can just get one of his hairs.
The film version of On the Road premiered at the Cannes Film Festival today, 55 years after Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation-defining novel was published. London's The Guardian says the "handsome shots and touching sadness don't compensate for the tedious air of self-congratulation in Walter Salles's road movie."


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ENTRANCE HALL Stairs to first floor. School radiator. Parquet flooring.
GROUND FLOOR CLOAKROOM Obscure glazed window to the side elevation. A two piece suite comprising of a low level flush WC and a wash hand basin with tiled splashback. Vinyl floor covering.
STUDY 14' 4" x 11' 10" (4.37m x 3.61m) Windows to both front and side elevations. Coved cornice to ceiling. Parquet flooring. Radiator. Feature brick fireplace.
LOUNGE 16' 0" x 13' 0" (4.88m x 3.96m) Window to the side elevation. Open fire with tiled surround. Plate rail. Parquet flooring. Radiator. Open plan to:
DINING ROOM 11' 1" x 9' 5" (3.38m x 2.87m) Double glazed sliding doors to the garden. Plate rail. Parquet flooring. Door to:
KITCHEN 13' 1" x 8' 10" (3.99m x 2.69m) Windows to the rear and side aspects. Laminated roll top working surfaces. Inset stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap. Base and eye level units. Space for cooker. Tiled surround to working surfaces. Radiator. Larder. Glazed door to:
UTILITY ROOM 9' 1" x 7' 8" (2.77m x 2.34m) Double glazed door to the side aspect. Double glazed window to the side aspect. Radiator. Floor standing boiler. Laminated roll top working surfaces. Inset sink unit. Space for washing machine. Vinyl floor covering. Space for tumble dryer.
SPACIOUS LANDING Window to the front aspect. Access to the loft. Storage cupboard. Radiator.
BEDROOM ONE 20' 2" x 10' 2" (6.15m x 3.1m) Windows to side and rear aspects with fabulous views of fields. Pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback. Built-in wardrobe unit. Radiator.
BEDROOM TWO 11' 8" x 10' 0" (3.56m x 3.05m) Window to the side aspect. Built-in wardrobes. Radiator.
BEDROOM THREE 13' 5" x 8' 2" (4.09m x 2.49m) Window to the side aspect. Built-in cupboard. Radiator.
BEDROOM FOUR 13' 4" x 8' 3" (4.06m x 2.51m) Window to the side aspect. Built-in cupboard. Radiator.
BATHROOM Window to the rear aspect. A two piece suite comprising of a wash hand basin and panelled bath with shower screen and shower unit. Shaver point. Vinyl floor covering. Airing cupboard.
SEPARATE WC Obscure glazed window to the side aspect. Low level flush WC. Radiator.
EXTERIOR The property is approached via a long driveway and is situated on a plot approaching one acre. The grounds are mostly laid to lawn with established shrubs and trees. The property backs and flanks fields. Outside tap. DETACHED GARAGE 18´ x 13´ Power and light.
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I wonder if you're seeing similar symptoms to the problem one or 2 others are having? I'm no expert on Sandboxie at all, but can you confirm what happens if you give Internet Explorer at least 1.5 minutes to load i.e. is it really failling to start or just taking a long time (>1.5 mins)? I ask because I have had that snag. It also affected Outlook Express but not, for example, the Firefox browser. So could you also confirm you have this problem with all applications or is it just I.E. and one or 2 others e.g. O.E.?
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To my knowledge, it affects all programs that I try to run, even if I give it 10+ hours to try and start. (Basically overnight) I've let Firefox, IE, Thunderbird, and the Sandboxie browser (The Function>Run Sandboxed>Any Program\From Start Menu thing) try to run sandboxed overnight a few times with no success.
I do know what issue you're talking about though.. it's happened to me on an older computer in which there was a <30 sec delay in launching programs. I've never quite resolved that issue either. |
In case this further helps to solve my issue, here's a Sandboxie trace (IpcTrace=ad + PipeTrace=ad) Note: I'm using Internet Explorer 7 to acquire these since it's a widespread program. I have the same issue with all programs I try to run sandboxed.
Also, technical information on the two threads of IEXPLORE.EXE when loaded that I screencapped. This is after letting it sit for 10 minutes+ (See the Uptime column). The two thread states explain why they're not launching, but I can't see why not. (Wait Execution Delay/Wait User Request) http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3022/sandboxie01hh1.png http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4610/sandboxie02qb1.png As a side note: Yes, I've disabled Kaspersky AV and tried it. I've also unloaded everything else and tried it to no avail. This leaves me quite stumped... [edit] I think the following might help: Summary of some processes that are running... some might seem out of place since most of these are usually run on my file server, which hasn't worked for over two months.
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I saw this in your trace:
This is probably a Kaspersky-related resource, and it is being sandboxed. I am just guessing here... But let's say Kaspersky is waiting for the app to connect to the resource: \BaseNamedObjects\KAV_INPROCESS_DLL_LOADED But because of Sandboxie, the app actually tries to connect to: \Sandbox\Administrator\DefaultBox\Session_0\BaseNamedObjects\KAV_INPROCESS_DLL_LOADED So as a first step, I suggest, you add to your Sandboxie.ini:
(Note the stars.) Then relod configuration and retry. |
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I added:
to the config, reloaded it... and still nothing. Here's another trace with that config modification.
The new trace shows no mention of KAV_INPROCESS_DLL_LOADED. Why is that?
But since this hasn't helped, do you remember which, if any, of the programs you listed, you have installed in the last month, around the time Sandboxie stopped working? |
Well.. I'm not sure why it didn't show up in the trace, but I followed your advice to add that one line to the configuration. Adding that one line resulted in "KAV_INPROCESS_DLL_LOADED" disappearing from the trace.
Removing that one line from the configuration adds "KAV_INPROCESS_DLL_LOADED" back.
According to the "Created on" info in my program directory... Sandboxie was installed on April 28th, 2007 (So it was actually half a month ago.. seemed longer.) Here's the list of programs installed after that date that have a system-wide effect or run constantly.
I disabled them all via services.msc or their respective administrative consoles... but it's still a no-go. The only other thing that could contribute to this issue is Windows Update. I've been keeping up with recent patches/hotfixes. At the moment, I'm updating the Windows Update software to be able to access my update history. I'll post back right after. [edit] Here ya go: The ones that might've affected Sandboxie are the bottom two in the nested quote-code thing below. I am certain that this issue started way before May 12th.
Dumb question, but have you tried uninstalling and then re-installing Sandboxie? Also you keep doing a IpcTrace=ad & PipeTrace=ad trace, but have you tried a FileTrace instead, im starting to think this might be a problem with some file(s).
_________________ Windows 7 SP1 x64, Sandboxie v3.70 x64 with Experimental Protection, GnuPG, OTR (Off-The-Record), Sticky Password, My Brain. |
Whoops... seems I failed to mentioned that, but I re-installed Sandboxie again anyhow with no positive results. (I set the option to delete the config files)
Upon re-installing Sandboxie, I applied the following changes to the configuration:
and I did another trace... but this one happens to be 1931 lines long and 235.25KB worth of text. Since it's rather unreasonable to post it here... I've uploaded it externally and linked it here. |
It still shows a bunch of third-party DLLs (other than Microsoft DLLs and the Sandboxie SbieDll) being loaded into Internet Explorer.
Can you try getting your IE to load without any such DLLs? For example I've seen PowerMenuHook, Kaspersky DLLs, sizer (?) and IWM (?), and mySQL and GTK+ stuff. |
Issue resolved.. sort of.
After I closed every unnecessary program, service, and whatever... Sandboxie started working again. So, I loaded up program by program, service by service, until I found the problem. It happens to be that a global hook in which I use to log my actions causes the applications to hang. (It's basically in effect a keylogger that I've had running since I've installed the operating system) What's strange though, is that if I stop the unload the hook and restart the Sandboxie service, and then re-load the hook... everything works again. My actions are still logged, the Sandboxed programs run fine, et cetera. I can't quite figure out why Sandboxie didn't work since the start. The global hook is installed as a system service that's been running since I've installed the OS. Sandboxie worked for the first one or two weeks and then stopped working. What I can't figure out is *why* it stopped working. If this doesn't make sense, it's because I'm in a confused state at the moment. Albeit unlikely, I'll report back if I find out anything new. I hope this helps other people. :) [edit]In case you're wondering, it's the "IWM" dll/exe that are run by the service[/edit] |
cant you give services higher priority? if so, then try giving sandboxie service a high(er) priority.
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Deputies Investigate Jail Death
By: Karoline Wightman
Updated: March 19, 2013
LITTLE ROCK- A Pulaski County inmate dies in jail and now the sheriff's office is investigating.
34-year-old Erik Canada was found unresponsive in the infirmary while on suicide watch, but investigators and the family do not suspect foul play. According to Canada's mother, her son was arrested and in jail on a DWI parole violation. Jackie Winn says her son was an alcoholic, and she believes he died from withdrawal. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the death and waiting for the state medical examiner to determine the exact cause of death.
Winn says she talked to her son on the phone in jail and says he sounded distressed and confused. Deputies say they don't believe his death is suspicious. Lt. Carl Minden says deaths happen behind bars no different from the outside world. "The higher the population, the more likely some body could die of natural causes or anything."
Two other families are also grieving the loss of loved ones behind bars. Debra Porschia's 24-year-old son Kendrick collapsed on the basketball court while incarcerated at the Arkansas Department of Correction Ouachita River Unit in Malvern. Nellie Rufus says her nephew, 31-year-old Roy Parham also died playing basketball at the Tucker Unit. All three families are waiting for answers.
Lt. Minden says it's standard protocol to look into inmate deaths. "We call in our investigation team any time there is a death in the jail."
Until the medical examiner determines cause of death, Jackie Winn, Debra Porschia, and Nellie Rufus are left wondering why. It could take days, weeks, or even months for the medical examiner's report to determine an official cause of death.


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LG THINQ Smart Appliances – Cutting Edge Technology Of The Future
Posted by Kieran Ball on Wednesday, 9th February, 2011.LG's latest range of home appliances features a fridge with THINQ technology, which could make it one of the coolest fridges you can buy. The LG fridge includes a LCD screen that tells you what's inside, what sell-by dates are coming up and can even connect to your phone to tell you what you need to buy when you're at the shops. And that's just the beginning for LG's newest home appliance technology.
Home Economics Meets Home Bionics with LG THINQ
It's part of the LG brand's new Smart technology, which will eventually allow users to operate household appliances wirelessly via a home network. From what was on display at this year's CES 2011 show, it really does look like LG's Smart technology is pioneering home appliance control.
It's not just refrigerators that get the THINQ technology work-over, it's ovens, washer machines & dryers and even a robot vacuum cleaner known as a HOM-BOT. That's right, through the inclusion of a camera, infra-red sensors and ultrasonic technology, you can now vacuum your home from your Smartphone.
LG THINQ Be The Master Of Your Home
The five main features of the LG THINQ technology system include
- Smart Grid
- Smart Diagnosis
- Smart Access
- Smart Adapt
- Food Management
And it all comes together on a control panel known as a Smart Meter that you can connect to over your home wireless network. The Smart Meter allows you to monitor electricity consumption and cost, direct the robot vacuum cleaner and even identify what foods are running low in the fridge. All you need to do is connect to your home network from your Smartphone or tablet device while you're out and about.
For example, Smart Diagnosis lets you know when something has gone wrong with a home appliance, instantly directing a technician or a repair-person to the source of the problem. It can even let you know that you left the fridge door opened. Downloading updates and new apps for the technology can be done at a touch of a button via the Smart Adapt function.
LG THINQ: The Future Of Your Home In Your Hands
It looks like LG's THINQ technology could be on the market as early as this year (2011). So, in the not so distant future you should be able to vacuum your living room, put on a dinner, make ice for your drinks and even wash your clothes for the following day, before you've even left the office. Could it be that the clichéd 60s image of the futuristic home you can control from anywhere in the world is actually becoming reality?
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Location: Tucson, AZ
Satisfaction Rating:
"Love My Trane... 17yo in Hot Tucson AZ"
Had my Trane dual compressor installed in '96. Has worked great and always did what it was purchased for. Keep the home comfortable. It was hit by lightning a few years ago and ever since, the compressor turns on when called to, runs a few seconds. Turns off, then turns back on to fully complete the cycle. Again, even with this issue, it always keeps my home very comfortable. Very pleased with the purchase and longevity of this heat pump in Arizona. It runs a lot as I like to be comfortable. As for the issue, 3 companies have checked and unsure of prob.
Location: Mount Airy, NC 27030
Satisfaction Rating:
"Very satisfied with my unit"
Very satisfied with my unit. Suggestion: I live in an area where the theft of copper and/or entire units happens too often. I have just installed a CPI security system since all outdoor compressor units require, by code, an outside disconnect consider developing an application. That would require a code to be entered before shutting down the power to help deter theft. ??? Or is there one now?
Location: Washington- WA
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My heatpump was installed during house construction in 1991. Other than cleaning the outside unit and changing the thermostat, I have done nothing. I have paid nothing. What scares me is that I know it's due to go and I want to be ready but given the reviews not one model is free of negative reviews. I really am leaning toward buying another Trane but............. look at the reviews.
Location: Lancaster, PA
Satisfaction Rating:
"XL20i does the job!"
Early on in the installation. Second month of unit in operation (Feb) and electric bill is $100 less than last year's bill. The average temp is 10 degrees colder than last year as well. Pleasant surprise. I will try to remember to update in six months and a year.
Location: Sherrills Ford, NC
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Unit still going strong..... We replaced our old Carrier unit with a Trane in 1995. Our present service company has kept our unit running great. We have it serviced/checked in the spring and fall for a reasonable fee. Yes, we have had a few breakdowns common for it's age, such as replacing the refrigerant valve in the summer and occasionally adding the necessary freon when it gets low, but overall after 18 years, the unit still runs fine. If it finally breaks down tomorrow, we will buy another one. (this model was the cheapest one that was sold at the time in 1995,the seer rating being at 13.35)
Location: Leesburg, FL
Satisfaction Rating:
"Great Product"
My Trane is 15 years old. Had it serviced the first 2 years and then never again. This winter (2013) it ran very low on Freon. Cost me $340. If it keeps running I'm going to keep it. After reading so many bad reviews on Trane, Carrier, etc I'm afraid to buy a new one. I know mine is not as efficient as a new one but I'd rather pay foe electric than have constant repairs.
Location: ASHEVILLE, NC
Satisfaction Rating:
"Will Last the LONGEST"
I've worked on every make for years and knew I wanted Trane when I replaced mine 9 years ago. The issue I believe is that Trane is selling their equipment to just about anyone with a license and, as we all know, or should know, the installation is critical. If installed correctly by trained technicians, Trane equipment will outlast the competion hands down. Trane engineers and manufactures their own compressors, use all aluminum coils (both indoor and outdoor), and have the least call back/warranty repair. The bad reviews are either bogus or from individuals dealing with a poor installation.
Location: Lubbock, TX
Satisfaction Rating:
"Dual fuel heat pump"
I had my house built in 1993 with a Trane Dual Fuel heat pump system installed. I have had no problems with the system but the thermostat just went out. Ridiculous price to replace a simple thermostat --- $250.00. Since it is only a 10 seer rating, I am considering replacing the unit. The only drawback is the cost versus reviews. With the reviews I have read, any and all systems are only worth about 10% of what is charged.
Location: Flippin, Arkansas
Satisfaction Rating:
"Great service life"
A 2 ton Trane was installed when I built my home in Arkansas in 1996. I first had a problem this year July, 2012. The condenser fan failed. I guess this post speaks for itself. It has worked flawlessly for 16 years, both heating and cooling. I am replacing the unit this year for a higher seer to save on operating costs. Am looking into both Trane and Carrier units.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Years owned: 24
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"trane heat pumps"
I bought my house 24 years ago with builder installed Trane xe900 split system heat pumps. They worked very well for the entire period with only minor repairs and were still working this winter. While they still worked, I figured I was living on borrowed time with 24 year old systems and when they did breakdown it would likely be one of those 115+ days in the summer. So I decided to replace them this winter which I did. All of my research said that the quality of the contractor was at least as important as the maker of the heat pump. So I reached out to several contractors with top grade reviews on Angie's List and the BBB for estimates. The one I chose was not the cheapest but offered a detailed analysis of my system and a solution for one cooling problem I had (two additional rooms off my garage that were not planned for in the original build and struggled to stay as cool as the rest of the house) who added two returns into the new rooms and closed other returns and built new sealed returns to replace them. I also received and highly recommend getting the extended warranty from Trane on parts and labor. My contractor offered his own parts and labor and satisfaction guarantee as well. I ended up replacing my old units with top of the line XL20i heat pumps, Hyperiod TAM8 air handlers and communicating XL900 thermostats. So far the new system is working very well (although only time will tell). One thing all of my contractors proposed to do was to replace the horizontal discharge top with the optional vertical discharge top. Unless you have a lot of room around all four sides of your system, I would insist on that replacement (and probably not choose a contractor who didn't include that in his estimate). By choosing the contractor I did, and having extended warranties from both the contractor and Trane, I am confident that if I should have any problems down the road, they will be taken care of quickly and at no cost to me (at least for ten years). One more thing. Many people buy the super "efficient" pleated air filers thinking they are good. While they are good, if changed regularly, at filtering out contaminants, they reduce air flow into the air handler and unless you size the system to account for that, the so called "good' filters can stress your system and reduce the heating cooling capacity. My contractor suggested the fiberglass filter; I found a company on-line that sells a Merv 7 fiberglass filter which I will be changing monthly that should do the trick.
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I know this deviates from what the blog is about, but my GOD I'm so upset right now, and I need to let it out somewhere.
0/4. That's how many UC Schools i've been accepted to so far. 3.84 GPA, 1960 on the SATs, and Not one school has accepted me so far. Not Santa Cruz,not Los Angeles, not Davis, and Santa Barbara waitlisted me. It's ridiculous. My family pays their taxes to keep the schools afloat, and I work my ass of in high school to rank 20th in my class, because all I ever wanted to go for college was a UC School. And i'm pretty sure that if those schools didn't accept me, Berkeley and UCLA aren't going to, either. I feel so frustrated, annoyed, upset, mad, hurt, and cheated out. I live in California, those schools are supposed to be there for me. It's not like I'm a bad student, in fact, I made the honor roll and the honor's society at school. I'm in the top quarter of my graduating class, and still, I'm getting nothing out of it. What is happening?


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Earn your MFA in Fine Arts in the capital of the art world—New York City.
- Develop artistic self-expression through exploration and experimentation
- The faculty comprises many internationally renowned artists—most prestigious art faculty in New York City
- The visiting artists program—for lectures, studio critiques and visits—invites critics, artists and curators from the City's diverse art world
One of the fundamental natures of the MFA Fine Arts program is that it is an essentialization of the art world, a distillation of the dynamics of the art community in which artists—both faculty and students—function as professionals. The principal thrust of the program's structure is to encourage students to make consummate work and to enhance their sensibilities and achievements in order that they might engage their skills and their artistic individuality in the system of galleries, museums and collectors.
Like some other schools, we accentuate the primacy of craftsmanship and proficiency. However, we accentuate more incisively the compelling development of self-expression and the realization of the innate creative spirit. We also accentuate the need for explorative experimentation that can induce students to discover new aspects of their creative abilities.
These goals are effected in close relationship between faculty and students, a relationship that fosters an ideology of stylistic pluralism and a diversity of artistic persuasions. The only dictamina ordained in the program are those that galvanize the students to produce as much as they can and to follow a personal course of intellectual and expressive evolution.
The faculty stands among the most prestigious in the art world. They are internationally celebrated artists whose works are highlighted in the most noteworthy public and private collections and in the most distinguished galleries. Leaders and innovators, they constitute an encompassing spectrum of taste, styles and philosophies. Also, the MFA Fine Arts program possesses a visiting artists program, a series of lectures and studio critiques delivered by predominant figures of the art world: artists, critics, curators and others involved in cognate areas of the art community.
Like the faculty, the students embody a richness of variety in their artistic endeavors and aesthetic directions. A premier group of individuals with high levels of accomplishment, they come from many different countries and reflect a plenitude of different experiences. In their resolute commitment to art as a profession, they also provide a significantly edifying environment to one another. The College provides for them during their two-year tenure in the program a host of different sites to showcase their work. They not only have the opportunity to display their talents in its numerous galleries, but many also have the opportunity to display their work in New York City's galleries.
New York City is, in fact, a vital source of cultural fervor and a fountainhead of inspiration to the students, with its nonpareil wealth of artists, museums and galleries. The College itself occupies one of the most productive and prepossessing sections of the City—Chelsea, a hotbed of artistic activity. Thus, the students of the SVA MFA Fine Arts program are an international community of artists producing, creating and living in the larger community of the international art world of New York City, a community of both their present and their future.
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Exhibitions by Carol Fabricatore, Bradley Castellanos and Elektra KB
The Trask Gallery in conjunction with the National Arts Club presents "Carol Fabricatore: Kykuit, My Secret Garden," a collection of landscapes capturing real life images and sensory...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
SVA's Steve DeFrank Awarded Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant
Steve DeFrank (MFA 1990 Fine Arts), a faculty member in the BFA Fine Arts and BFA Visual & Critical Studies departments, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Lillian Orlowsky and William...
Thursday, April 18, 2013
SVA Faculty Members and Alumni Win 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships
Seven members of the SVA community were recently named 2013 Josh Simon Guggenheim Fellows in the Creative Arts. Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are...


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The future belongs to companies that bring more variety to the marketplace and do it faster than their competitors. Improving capability and infrastructure in developing countries is an emerging force that is increasing pressure on established companies to compete. Companies in the United States and Europe—with their high cost structure—must innovate faster to maintain their market position. The challenge is to implement faster, yet it must be cost-effective innovation. This means they need to create a strategically aligned innovation process that brings to market more differentiated and sophisticated products, thus increasing variety for the customer while reducing complexity and cost. Our Rapid Innovation Program provides the strategies and techniques to shorten the innovation cycle through lean development and launch management. Rapid innovation is a customer-driven approach to reduce parts, cost, and complexity, while increasing speed, flexibility and variety (where valued by customers), embedded in a lean development process.
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Posted March 26, 2013
For Spring semester EAST has awarded eight internships in Computer Science, Environmental Science, Technology, and Biology. Jason Smith, a senior in Environmental Science, is developing protocols for using Plant Canopy Imager technology to measure cover and closure of the forest canopy. Smith's mentor is Dr. Joseph Staples.
Posted November 2, 2012
Photo galleries of some of the seventeen EAST Undergraduate Research Fellowships from Summer 2012 are now available as a Quick Link on the EAST website, including Matthew Shultz's project on Recording the Underwater Behavior of Loons. The mentor for this project was Dr. Jim Paruk, Biology Department, and Director of the Loon Center for Conservation at BioDiversity Research Institute.
Posted November 2, 2012
EAST High School seniors are participating in three evenings designed to help them apply to college: Essay Night; Common App Night; and FAFSA Night. EAST High School juniors are participating in four events geared toward helping them aspire to college: College Student for a Day; Transition to College and Support Services; Special Interest in a Major; and Thinking Matters.
- ESP 233 course, 1 to 3 credits - Students work together and with professors and experts to explore STEM majors and careers, create a community of STEM learners, gain skills, learn about USM, and more
- Undergraduate Research Fellowships - 15 URFs are awarded each year
- Internships - College students and high school juniors and seniors are eligible for paid internships
- Tutoring - Peer and expert tutoring is available for STEM students
- High School STEM Experiences - School year collaboration and a Summer Research Institute are offered in conjunction with high schools in southern Maine


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Premature Infant
Delivery of Your Premature Infant
A premature delivery may happen suddenly or after days or weeks of waiting and worrying. If you know you may deliver early, you, your partner, and your doctor can prepare for a premature birth.
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You and your Reference premature infant Opens New Window (preemie) are considered high-risk during preterm labor. This means that you will have less freedom, both to make birth-related decisions and to move about freely. You can expect the following:
- You may need to adjust your birth plan and birthing choices during this birth. You can refuse medicines such as painkillers during preterm labor. But other treatments such as antibiotics or corticosteroids can be important to ensure your infant's chances of good health after birth. Be sure to ask as many questions as you can think of about your medical care. The more you understand about your doctor's decisions, the less anxious you will feel.
- You will be on constant Reference fetal heart monitoring. You also will be checked regularly for changes in heart rate, body temperature, and uterine contractions.
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During the first hours and days, your infant will adjust to living outside of the maternal "life-support system." This is a time when birth defects and complications of prematurity often become apparent.
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While the neonatal staff attends to your infant, the obstetric staff will care for you. Depending on your condition, this will take at least a few hours. Meanwhile, your birth partner may want to go with your infant to the NICU.
Before your breast milk comes in (3 or 4 days after childbirth), you will be asked to decide whether you plan to Reference breast-feed or bottle-feed your premature infant. Formula does not give your infant added protection from early infection, so strongly consider pumping milk for your infant for at least the first weeks of life. If you decide to breast-feed, expect at first to pump milk for feedings until your infant is mature enough to feed orally.
- Breast milk contains Reference antibodies Opens New Window that help protect your vulnerable infant against early, serious infections, including Reference sepsis and Reference necrotizing enterocolitis Opens New Window, as well as ear and upper respiratory infections during early childhood.
- The benefits of breast milk over formula include better nutrient absorption, digestive functioning, and nervous system development.
- Both specialized formula and breast milk can offer your infant excellent nutrition.
- Pumping and breast-feeding can be one of the most beneficial and rewarding things you do for your premature infant. But it may also be hard and exhausting. If you cannot breast-feed, decide not to breast-feed, or find that you have to discontinue doing so, formula feeding will meet your infant's nutritional needs.
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Topic Contents
- Overview
- Health Tools
- FAQs
- Delivery of Your Premature Infant
- Taking Care of Yourselves
- The Premature Newborn
- The Sick Premature Infant
- Getting to Know the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Taking Your Baby Home
- The First Weeks at Home
- Looking Ahead to the Childhood Years
- Other Places To Get Help
- Related Information
- References
- Credits