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Commissioners met with County Clerk Tina Spencer in closed session for 40 minutes Monday discussing possible changes in employees' salary schedules.
April 30 during a special payday meeting, Rebecca Crowder of the Austin Peters Group presented a market wage study reviewing all county positions for proper placement within the current pay plan. Overall, she said the county's wages are nearly 9 percent behind those of its market peers.
The study estimated it would cost the county about $189,000 per year to implement recommendations.
"The pay plan hasn't been consistent," Chairman Roger Fleming said. "That's why we're trying to figure a new way to do things."
No decision was made out of the closed session, but commissioners continued to discuss different ideas dealing with department budgets and promotions.
"We still don't know," Fleming said.
In other business:
- Letters and certificates of appreciation were sent to Peabody-Burns Elementary School for help with the countywide community service day Sunday.
- Linda Ogden and Patty Carter were re-appointed for a second term on the Harvey/Marion County Community Develop-
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mental Disability Organization, effective through June 30, 2016.
- Commissioners approved the purchase of a $2,388 HP computer for the clerk's office and a $2,689 HP LS Enterprise copy machine for the health department.
- Commissioners approved a bid from Community National Bank and Trust for two motor graders for five years of use in the road and bridge department. The bid came in at 2.28 percent interest. The graders cost $348,700 together.
April 30
The commission had a special meeting April 30 for payday and other items of discussion.
- A request of proposals will be drafted for installation of a new parking area including two van accessible spots, new steps at the south entrance of the courthouse, and replacement of a section of sidewalk on the southwest corner.
- Sales tax in the county for February was received at $51,748, while special county half-cent sales tax distribution for repayment of jail bonds was received at $45,161.
- Commissioners approved Susan Mayo to have a fireworks display May 10 at her home near Peabody for a graduation party, as long as conditions are favorable and no burn ban is in place.


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Celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson has settled a legal battle with a woman who alleged the star's pitbull killed her dog.
Farnouche Kamran claimed the DJ's pet, called Cadillac, pounced on her pooch Tiger during an encounter in the hallway of their Los Angeles apartment complex in 2010.
Tiger later died and Kamran sued the star, demanding $750,000 in damages.
Ronson has now settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum, according to TMZ.com.
Kamran 's lawyer, Ronald Richards, says, "(This case) was all about vindicating the death of Tiger, my client's beloved companion, and nothing more."

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I'm not a huge Willys fan, but this one looks pretty good. I dig the color.In August, the air in New Jersey is as hot and thick as a dirty-water dog sauna, but that's never stopped the boys of the Dead Man's Curve club (DeadMansCurveCarClub.com) from throwing their annual summer shindig on the 40-acre Hot Rod Farm, a tract owned by Radir Wheel (RadirWheels.com) proprietor and Gasser guru Richie Conklin. The members of the DMC are a band of hot rod brethren and street-freak rod builders--guys who like their rides traditional, their horsepower on the abundant side, and many of whom like the noses of their iron steeds pointed skyward. Conklin is a founding member, and the garage on his property is a den of diabolical distortions. Rides come in stock only to leave as if they were cast in metal from a circus-mirror stencil--all stretched, lifted, and sprung into proper Gasser proportions.
It's the perfect stage for the show in which well-lubricated attendees line the entrance way, sacked out in front of their favorite street machines and eagerly anticipating the surge of new arrivals to fill the eclectic mix of participant's rides. Rat rods sat next to Boyd-like chariots, while mega-muscle cars lounge with workaday farm rods, all of them in a fight for attention only one car will win. All eyes are on this jade-hued jewel. It's the '40 Willys coupe owned and built by Dead Man's Crew member Mario Colasuonno.
Mario had been looking for a Willys to build ever since the late '90s, and he came to receive the project '40 coupe indirectly through Conklin. After spotting an ad for the dormant car at the Hershey Swap Meet in 1999, Conklin took the name and number of the owner and stuffed it in his wallet, then forgot to tell good friend Mario about his discovery for a week. Once he handed over the info, a fervent Mario raced to contact the owner, Jerry Haney.
When Mario first saw the Americar, it was sitting in the midst of an 88-acre farm in Maryland, still wearing some of hardware from race days long passed: Racemaster slicks, Plexiglas windows, and a four-piece 'glass race nose. A steel decklid and rear fenders were still present on the shell. It was believed to be one of two original KS Pittman '40 coupes, though this was never proven. The whole inside was gutted: no firewall, floors, sill plates, trunk floor, or wheeltubs. It was hollow ride--a Jell-O car--cored and battered but still cool. Exactly what Mario wanted. It came with a much-needed '40 sedan parts car.
Mario had a good idea of his mission from the start: To build a custom gasser like a '60s show car. The Nov. '67 issue of HOT ROD, featuring Gary Burgin's '42 Gasser, inspired him to dream up the ultimate street freak Willys. Through Gasser magazine, Mario met Bruce Caswell, a skilled fabricator and Willys salutatorian. Bruce took the spineless coupe into his New Hampshire shop and gave it some backbone. He laid down new floors and wheelhouses, then installed the stock firewall out of the donor sedan. This brought the coupe to the cusp of born-on-date specs, and one of Bruce's own '41 'glass tilt noses made it onto the rejuvenated coupe for the trip home.
Back in Jersey, Mario decided that a blown 392 Hemi would sit between the 'rails, so some metal messaging was needed. Assisted by good friend and fellow DMC-er Mike "Hickey" Thompson, Mike cut out 10 inches of stock firewall, then compound-curved in another 2 inches, recessing the wall deeper into the cowl.
Hickey also made the custom ladder bars, the brackets that hold a Mario-designed back bumper, and a center-frame section with 38 holes, all drilled and sleeved. The front axle is an original-issue '40 Willy's, custom-drilled to perfection by Mario. Out of Idaho came a complete '54 Olds chromed rear straight from Bo Huff's Olds Custom of the same vintage. The rollbar was salvaged from a shoebox Nova and modified to fit. This Willy's runs on vintage 15x31?2 Fentons up front, while big 15x10 Halibrands, shod with meaty MT Radir 10.00 slicks, put the power to the pavement out back.
Inspired by Gary Burgin's Gasser, Mario decided that a custom shade of candy-apple green would cover the Willys. In 2008, while attending Lead East, he met Rob Pilone of Dynamic Body Works in Roxbury, New Jersey--the man who would eventually smooth the bumps and lay down the House of Kolor BC-02 basecoat with five coats of custom-blended kandy and five coats of clear. The schizophrenic new skin behaves in accordance to different lighting situations, each scenario giving the green hue a mind of its own.
Next up was the drivetrain. The '58 392ci Chrysler Hemi was located and built from the bottom up by DMC buddy "English" Rich Greene, while Mario himself handled the GMC 6-71 blower and twin Edelbrock carbs. Friend Larry "Fatscos" Fisher built the three-speed 727 TorqueFlite with a Lokar shifter. The headers were custom built by S&S Headers with the help of Mike Nordahl of Willy's Replacement Parts WillysReplacementParts.com, who also supplied some of the hard-to-find parts. Mario's brainstorm came to fruition with those trash-can header collectors.
The extensive chrome and polish was done by Jeff Ackerman of USA Wheels in Fairfield, New Jersey, and the interior work was done by Roger Wagner in Wharton, who's been stitching seams in homemade rods since the '60s. All the panels were made from scratch, then button-stitched together. The white-and-green metalflake trim brings the exterior and interior hues into a rhapsody of color. Mario added the set of 13 interior gauges, while Nick Herino installed the E-Z wiring harness, sending all the wires through the frame for a spotless look.
The last 35 years of Mario's life have been spent building street-freak, cartoony, wild rides and custom rods with mucho attitude for himself and for his comrades; it's been an all-out obsession of his since childhood. They say that, over time, owners start to resemble their favorite pets, and vice versa. Sometimes we think the same pertains to hot rods and their master builders. Just like his main ride, Mario is stout, brash and bold. Then again, he's definitely not green--especially when it comes to crafting street-freak gems like this jewel right here.


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There are six new faces way down south at Whitehorse High School and Montezuma Creek Elementary. Marne Connell was hired in the Special Education Department replacing David Pugh.
Pugh went up to San Juan High School and Mary Gudgel moved to Eastland and is building a house.
Joann Posey was hired in Salt Lake City and her position is still open.
James Lewis is hired as the Social Study teacher. He came from Navajo Mountain to replace Marvin Johnson, who retired after 30 years.
Johnson has been hired as the football coach at Rock Point, AZ. "We are going to beat Whitehorse," were his parting words.
Deann Forbes came from Montezuma Creek Library and took the position of Librarian Gerry Nielson. He was hired by Rough Rock High School in Rough Rock, AZ.
His wife Janice was also hired as the "pernament substitute," and will teach English until an English Teacher is hired.
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(Of course this is hypothetical as there are no places in the US where the only Orthodox parishes are Western Orthodox.)What would you do?
...my former Metropolitan, His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Blessed Memory, might very well have prefered that I attend an Eastern Catholic Parish, or possibly even a Latin Rite Catholic Parish, to one of the Antiochian's Western Rite Parishes...
...he did, in one of his Encyclicals against the Western Rite forbid his Clergy from Concelebrating with Western Rite Priests, and strongly discouraged the laity from having any commerce with them.
Landon,But are there any Eastern Rite Catholic Parishes in Tyler, TX?
I have never heard something so brazenly outlandish in my life.
The hellenic axe-grinding against canonical western Orthodoxy continues in the GOA, I see... >:( :'(
So if people want to be Eastern Rite Catholics or Western Rite Orthodox in 2005, who cares? It's their choice, and we shouldn't worry about them.
To me this smacks a bit of "McOrthodoxy" or "Burger King Orthodoxy." Should the Western Right also be introiduced to Russia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria etc. in order to give people more choice?What will it be today? Sarum Rite? Do you want fries with that?
GiC, you're unsuitable for the priesthood because of your attitude, not because of your opinion about Western Orthodoxy. I suspect (and hope) that the reason you weren't ordained upon your graduation from seminary was that the 'powers that be' in the GOA know of your unsuitability for the priesthood. Regardless, I believe that your sojoun in Thessaloniki will do you much good. BTW, I too am glad that I'm not your metropolitan. I wouldn't want to explain your 'prickly' personality to a parish.ÂÂ
GisC,How many Western Rite people are you personally friends or acquaintances with, to the extent that you have realized that some people simply cannot get past the Byzantine Rite, but have an Orthodox faith, and their parish en masse converted to Orthodoxy, retained its liturgical rite, and thus brought in hundreds of people into Orthodoxy? It seems you are adept at theoretical argumentation but short on the pastoral implications.  To me, the several thousand Orthodox who are Orthodox because of the WR far outweighs the problem of having "reverse uniatism."It seems to me uniatism is only wrong insofar as it is forced.  So if people want to be Eastern Rite Catholics or Western Rite Orthodox in 2005, who cares? It's their choice, and we shouldn't worry about them.Anastasios
Are you saying that if a parish of people place themselves under an Orthodox bishop, they should be made to conform to the liturgical norms of the bishop that they are under, even if their own liturgics are perfectly orthodox?
I've been told that the practices of some parishes in this situation (e.g., former Carpatho Russians under Rome) have even more ancient practices than the Church under which they have placed themselves. So by what right do we make them chuck their liturgy and everything they've known for decades as individuals, and centuries as families, and force them to use liturgical practices alien to them?
I think you are seeing this from the wrong side of the issue. It's not about choice, it's about the exact opposite: it's about continuity.
Slightly more too it than that, like my graduating with an M.T.S. instead of an M.Div., but I'm sure that you wish to hear the details of my personal life just about as much as I like discussing them...I never claimed to be anything more than an academic (possibly a partial answer to your question Anastasios). And keep in mind, my style of debate is designed to provoke, it's just my style that I developed over the years; if someone is upset they are less likely to think rationally and more likely to make a rhetorical mistake that can be exploited; but as a lawyer, I'm sure you've spent much time studying and practicing this art, as it would probably be even more useful before an impressionably jury or passionate opposing lawyer than in an academic context.
I think you are seeing this from the wrong side of the issue. It's not about choice, it's about the exact opposite: it's about continuity. I don't think that people should have to make a choice in such situations. There should be no choice allowed. They should keep their liturgical practices, minus any small unorthodox deviations that crept in (e.g., kneeling on Sundays). Forcing someone to change to meet some subjectively perceived Orthodox standard would be the real scandal, not a bunch of Carpatho Russians (or whoever) using the same practices that their families have been using for centuries.
This is an example of your current 'unsuitedness' for the priesthood. A priest should not employ a particular 'debating style' with his parishioners or other Orthodox Christians. The faith is not a debating society.ÂÂ
BTW, this has nothing to do with your opinion of Western Orthodoxy. Rather it has to do with your way of expressing your opinion of Western Orthodoxy. Your underlying contempt for those who disagree with you is apparent.
Last I checked, this is not a Parish, rather it is a forum for debate and discussion, this is an academic context, and I conduct myself accordingly. I dont debate in a parish setting, it serves no point and only causes damage; in an academic setting, however, it is the best and most healthy type of discourse.
Actually I am quite tolerant of disagreement, perhaps you could ask SonofAslan about that, despite the fact that he disagrees with nearly every one of my ideas about Hellenism and the Church, and we have debated the issue for endless hours, I'm quite confident that even he'll give that to me. I think you confuse two things with a contempt for those who disagree with me. First of all, while I do have a contempt for the absurd, I do believe that you confuse my stylistic preference for reductio ad absurdum with contempt. Reducing someone's argument to absurdity, inorder that it may be dismissed as absurd, is not a demonstration of contempt for a person, but rather an effective style of debate that both sides should appreciate, allowing everyone to see the argument in a different light.
And keep in mind, my style of debate is designed to provoke, it's just my style that I developed over the years;
I'm reminded of your comment about how people who believe that all women should cover their heads in church would be happier as Muslims. That was an absurd statement and extremely insulting to all traditional Christians. And, btw, to clarify, I know the comment was not personally directed at me. But it was offensive because it demonstrated a disdain for traditional Christians.
I'm also reminded of your assertions that those in the GOA who want a vernacular liturgy hate their ethnicity.
Now you 'rush in' to assume you know why Western Orthodox became Orthodox. You minimize their reasons for becoming Orthodox to being "political disgust." You can't even give them the benefit of the doubt. Then you go on to question their Orthodoxy. It's very obvious that you have a real contempt for these people.ÂÂ
The Tradition of the west lead to heresy, as so many here are happy to point out, so why would we encourage a Liturgical Rite, which, as we can see from Historical Example, lead to Heresy?
If someone is unwilling to convert to Orthodoxy if they must accept the Liturgical Traditions of the Orthodox Church, can they be said to have truly Converted? Ultimately, how strong is their conviction of the truth of the Orthodox Church?
If some are unwilling to accept those who believe in the Orthodox faith fully but still wish to maintain their own ancient and venerable and orthodox traditions, can they be said to be truly Orthodox, or have they made an idol out of a particular rite and culture?
My ancestors were Germans and Scotts-Irish, the vast majority of whom were protestant by the end middle of the 16th century, in short, they were heretics, why would I possibly wish to maintain their liturgical customs?
I would love to just speak the truth simply, 'The Western Rite intorduces a Liturgical Rite that is foreign to the Body of Christ, and is inconsonant with the Liturgical Traditions of the Orthodox.' However, this forum, like most forums, require more than a simple statement of truth, it also requires a defence thereof.
So please, defend this statement of "truth". With, you know, actual argumentation, not just handwaving and rhetorical wankery.
But if you go back and read my posts, you will see that I have.
It is simply that people seem to prefer to criticize my rhetorical style instead of the meat of my argument.
No you haven't. You've simply made an assertion, and when called on it, essentially said you were right because you were right. If you disagree with this characterization and wish to point out where you've made an actual argument in this thread against the validity of the western rites, please do so.
I have only argued that they are liturgically foreign and inconsonant with the liturgical tradition of the Orthodox Church, that they are, at best, pastorally problematic, and that they are nothing more than 'Orthodox Unia.'
Ah, yes, and I asked the question, if one is unwilling to Convert to Orthodox on account of our Liturgical Traditions, how convicted of the Truth of Orthodoxy can they truly be? Which, while yet unanswered, seems to me to be a very fair and legitimate question that is most relevant to the discussion at hand.
They are liturgically foregin to the East
Sarum Rite is also liturgically foreign to the West.
Well, many of us knew we wanted to be Orthodox before we even knew about the WR. But I guess they are no more convicted of Truth than those that convert to Orthodox because of the exoticness of the eastern liturgies- and we know that happens far more often, don't we.
And to get back to something you were talking about earlyer, I want to know the difference between Anglicans in mass converting and keeping their western liturgies and a few parishes converting and keeping their western liturgy. What is the difference? I honestly don't see it. It's like you're saying, "as long as X amount of people are on board it's OK."
It's about Living Tradition vs. re-inventing tradition.
What about the Ambrosian rite? We (scholars at least) have full manuscripts of this rite and it's quite similar to the Roman rite at that (mind you, there are some minor Romanizations after the Council of Trent).
Back to the Roman rite: it is basically the same as the Roman rite of Gelasius. The reforms of the Council of Trent removed the additions that came in from the Middle Ages, especially the additions from Gallic and Spanish rites.
I do confess that, try as I might, I cannot possibly conceive of a reason for which it would be difficult to 'get past the Byzantine Rite,' it is the Universal Rite of our Church and an inseperable element of our Faith, if one is convinced of the Truth of the Orthodox Faith, why would they not also embrace the Tradition in which this truth was preserved? The Tradition of the west lead to heresy, as so many here are happy to point out, so why would we encourage a Liturgical Rite, which, as we can see from Historical Example, lead to Heresy?
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Column: Late to the party but Selig finally takes a stand in the steroid fight
If you believed Ryan Braun's first alibi — and a lot of Milwaukee baseball fans did — then maybe his tale about showing up in the records of a Miami anti-aging clinic because his lawyers needed more expertise on performance-enhancing drugs isn't so implausible after all.
Alex Rodriguez's claim that he only used steroids while employed by the Texas Rangers seemed pretty convincing at the time, too. He went on national television to blame his drug use on being young and naive, saying he didn't even know what he was taking.
There was a day when baseball would have taken both at their word, thanked them for their cooperation, and made sure they signed up for the next Home Run Derby. Bud Selig and the owners who pay his salary weren't terribly interested in busting superstars for steroid use, not when new stadiums were going up everywhere and television money kept pouring in.
Just why that has changed is debatable. The fact that it has, isn't.
Investigators are going after the biggest stars of the game, and they've reeled in a big catch to get them. The same snake oil salesman in the Miami area that Braun claimed his lawyer hired as a consultant has agreed to cooperate with Major League Baseball, a development that has to be making a lot of players nervous.
Among them should be Braun, who took the day off Wednesday not because of all the headlines, his manager insisted, but because of a sore thumb. The night before, Braun refused to talk about the investigation, declaring it little more than the kind of distraction all ballplayers face.
"The truth has not changed," he said.
On that, we can all agree. And the truth is that Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone in October 2011, only to have a 50-game suspension overturned after his attorneys blamed it on a hapless sample collector who didn't understand FedEx schedules.
No one declared him innocent of doping, though he acted as if that's exactly what happened. He got off on a technicality, something so infuriating to baseball that the arbitrator in the case was later fired by management.
The truth is also that A-Rod scammed his way to not one, but two, huge contracts that made him rich beyond belief. He's both an admitted juicer and a liar, and the fact he remains the highest-paid player in baseball at $28 million this year is something that's wrong on so many levels.
Their day of reckoning may still come, though. MLB investigators now have persuaded clinic founder Anthony Bosch to talk, and there are reports that some 20 players could face possible suspensions for either using performance enhancing drugs or lying to baseball about them.
Whether any player ultimately is punished will depend a lot on the credibility of Bosch, the records he kept of transactions at the now-defunct Biogenesis of America clinic, and how hard the union representing baseball players will fight what may be the most widespread steroid scandal in the history of a sport long tarnished by drug use. Union chief Michael Weiner served notice Wednesday that there could be a fight ahead if baseball tries to impose suspensions on players who haven't tested positive for drugs.
"Every player has been or will be represented by an attorney from the players' association," Weiner said. "The players' association has every interest in both defending the rights of players and in defending the integrity of our joint (drug) program. We trust that the commissioner's office shares these interests."
Unfortunately for the players and the union, the commissioner's office appears to have its own agenda. Selig seems determined to win a big battle in the steroid fight, and his investigators have done everything from going to court to buying documents from the Biogenesis clinic to do just that.
It might be out of anger of the Braun decision, or the embarrassment of no big stars being elected to the Hall of Fame this year because of steroids. Or simply that Selig, in the twilight of his career, finally understands that his legacy will forever be tied to the steroid era and he needs a major score.
Whatever it is, it's a major turnaround for a commissioner who for years was more concerned with making owners money than making sure the playing field was level. Selig stood by silently as players made a mockery of the game, even going so far as congratulating Barry Bonds on breaking Henry Aaron's career home run mark in 2007.
"I'm not passing judgment — nor should I," he said when asked at the time about the legitimacy of the record.
Actually that's exactly what he should have done, but he's not alone. His owners keep rewarding players with big contracts — see Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon — on the basis of numbers skewed by steroid use. And fans forgive and forget with each home run, as evidenced by the 45 percent of Brewers faithful who responded affirmatively to an online poll in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel asking if they still had faith in Braun.
The slugger may wiggle out of this one, too, though he'll need a better excuse this time. Maybe he'll throw a clubhouse attendant or someone else under the bus the way he did the poor sample collector.
As for A-Rod, who really cares? He's an unpleasant reminder of everything that is wrong with baseball and pretty much washed up anyway. Even Yankees fans would rather see him leave and not return for any old-timers days.
The bottom line is baseball finally is doing something proactive, and for that some applause is in order. Selig and his minions could easily have ignored the Biogenesis reports or made only a token effort to investigate them, but they didn't. It's part of a seismic shift in attitude that goes hand-in-hand with last year's implementation of blood testing for human growth hormone and the commissioner's call in spring training for increasing the 50-game penalty for first offenders.
The fact that some 20 current players are under investigation shows we still can't trust what we see on the field. Players have been using PEDs for at least a quarter century and they'll continue to try to outwit the testers because the rewards that come with big numbers are big themselves.
Just maybe, though, this is a step toward regaining that trust again one day. This could be the turning point of a battle baseball joined far too late.
And if that ends up being part of Selig's legacy, too, then more power to him.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg


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Earlier this month, 40-year-old Matthew Green left hospital and headed back home to his family after having his heart replaced with an artificial device made of plastic – the first UK patient to be discharged after having both sides of his heart replaced.
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Energy transmission
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Ultrasound is used because it can monitor the flow of blood without having to be in contact with it.
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Although the Abiomed heart is designed to have as few moving parts as possible, those that it does have are made from Angioflex and are tested to ensure that they are safe for contact with blood and capable of withstanding beating 100 000 times a day for years on end.
Materials scientists can develop substances with specific properties by manipulating the constituent elements and the way in which they are processed. Materials are characterised using various techniques from condensed-matter physics including electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction.
Because they were still quite large, the first devices produced were limited to around half the male population – those with the largest chest cavities. A newer, smaller, model is intended to extend their availability to smaller people.
An artificial heart being produced by the French medical company Carmat and expected to be available by 2013 will use chemically treated animal tissue to help avoid rejection by the host's immune system. Aerospace engineers from Airbus were also involved in its development.
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The Health and Human Services Commission's top official, executive commissioner Kyle Janek, and the agency's inspector general answered questions on the future of Medicaid Monday at a Senate nominations committee hearing Monday.
Janek, a Republican and former state representative and senator, was appointed last September by Gov. Rick Perry. At the hearing, the first step of confirmation for governor's appointees, Sen. Jane Nelson asked Janek how he'd solve the state's "Medicaid problem" if he could "wave a magic wand."
"I'd like to look a little deeper into the business model of how we conduct managed care functions of Medicaid," said Janek, an anesthesiologist. "Can we envision a business model where we go to the accountable care organizations and contract directly with them?"
Contracting directly with providers rather than a managed care organization, a group of providers that is managed by typically an insurance agency, would could cut out "service fees" charged by managed care organizations and could also decrease time-consuming and costly confusion, he said.
Nelson said Medicaid has grown from 11 percent of the state's total budget in the early 1990s to about 30 percent now.
Janek seemed to be aware of the controversial nature of his post, although he received broad support from members of the committee including chair Glenn Hager, vice-chair Donna Campbell (an emergency room doctor), Nelson, and Sen. Kirk Watson, the lone Democrat on the panel.
"I really don't have remarks but happy to answer any questions," Janek said. "At this point, the best thing I can do is take a knee, run out the clock and get out the door but obviously that's not the purpose."
Douglas Wilson, who heads the investigative unit of the agency, was also vetted by committee members. He acknowledged the problem of Medicaid fraud. Wilson said the agency is improving its investigation techniques but said his agency needs more resources.
The Health and Human Services Commission conducted just 12 fraud investigations in fiscal year 2011 compared to 108 in fiscal year 2012, he said. The agency currently has about 400 open cases with some of them dating back four years. Each case takes an average of 10-12 weeks, he said.
"My office is all about compliance, making sure the dollars in the system are used for the intended purposes," Wilson said. "We do have a problem but we are trying to get at it."
Wilson said he has shifted priority of investigations to their dollar value rather than a first-come-first-serve approach, which has helped alleviate some of the building numbers.
Both appointees received "whole-hearted" support from Nelson and the committee voted unanimously to recommend their appointments to the full Senate for confirmation.


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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Treveon Graham scored 26 points and Rob Brandenberg added 15, including two late 3-pointers, and VCU beat No. 19 Memphis 78-65 on Thursday night In the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
The Rams used their frenetic style of play to take a 16-point lead in the first half only to see the Tigers pull to 63-61 with 4:05 to play. VCU then went on an 11-0 run with all the points scored by Graham and Brandenberg. Brandenberg hit two 3s in the run and Graham one as the Rams finished 13 for 22 from behind the arc.
VCU ( 3-1) will meet No. 5 Duke in Friday's semifinals. The Blue Devils beat Minnesota 89-71.
Adonis Thomas had 19 points for the Tigers (2-1), who committed 22 turnovers that the Rams turned into 33 points.
The Rams weren't perfect, committing 19 turnovers that Memphis turned into 23 points.
The difference turned out to be 3-point shooting. Memphis outshot VCU from the field making 27 of 51 (52.9 percent) while the Rams were 26 of 54 (48.1 percent).
While the Rams were making 13 of 22 from beyond the arc, the Tigers only made 2 of 7.
Memphis trailed 42-28 at halftime and managed to get within three points four times before making it a two-point game.
Graham started the deciding run with a rebound basket and Brandenberg hit 3s on the next two possessions and Graham added another to make it 74-61 with 1:20 to play.
VCU calls its style ``havoc'' and coming into the game the Rams had forced 19.7 turnovers per game while leading the nation with 14.1 steals per game. The Rams had 14 against Memphis.
Memphis started a lineup of all city natives for the third time this season. The Tigers are now 134-42 all-time with that type of lineup.


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1:54 a.m. — Marion ambulance made a transfer from St. Luke Hospital to Via Christi-St. Francis in Wichita.
1:55 a.m. — A man who cut his foot on glass in the 400 block of Grandview Street in Florence refused transport. Peabody ambulance and one Florence EMT responded.
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10:52 a.m. — Peabody fire, Florence fire, and Marion fire were paged to a false alarm at Westview Manor in Peabody.
2:32 p.m. — Tampa ambulance, Durham first response, and Tampa fire responded to an overturned farm truck on Limestone Road between 280th and 290th roads. No transport was made.
7:35 p.m. — Marion ambulance made a transfer from St. Luke to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
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11:09 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman with dizziness and abdominal pain from the 300 block of North Ash Street to HCH.
11:20 p.m. — Marion ambulance, responding because Hillsboro ambulance was busy, took a man in his 20s who was having a seizure from the 200 block of East Kansas in Lehigh to HCH.
2:11 a.m. — Marion ambulance, rescue, and fire responded to a rollover at U.S. 56 and 77 and K-150. A man and two children were taken to St. Luke.
3:54 a.m. — Hillsboro fire extinguished a smoldering object in the 300 block of North Lincoln Street.
11:51 a.m. — Marion ambulance took a pregnant woman in her 20s from USD 408 Sports and Aquatic Center to St. Luke.
12:07 p.m. — Peabody fire extinguished a brush fire near Peabody Country Club.
4:52 p.m. — Hillsboro fire and Goessel fire extinguished a field fire at 120th and Eagle Roads.
11:10 a.m. — Florence ambulance responded to 20th Road near Yarrow Road for a woman who had food lodged in her windpipe. No transport was made.
12:37 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a woman in her 80s who wasn't feeling well from the 1500 block of East Main Street to St. Luke.
9:19 p.m. — Peabody ambulance made an advanced life support transfer from St. Luke to Via Christi-St. Francis.
9:24 p.m. — Marion ambulance responded to the 300 block of West Santa Fe Street for a woman who had a seizure, headache, and vomiting. It was unclear whether the patient was taken to a hospital.
1:17 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance made an emergency transfer from HCH to Newton Medical.
6:10 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance, Durham fire, and Durham first response responded to a pickup on fire in a wheat field along K-15 south of Durham.
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Khaira Arby, Singer from Timbuktu, Mali, the "Nightingale of the North"
Democracy Now, april 9, 2012
As we recently reported, Tuareg rebels in the West African nation of Mali have declared the independent state of Azawad after seizing Timbuktu and other major cities in the north. Renowned Malian musician Khaira Arby was was born and raised in Timbuktu, where she studied under the legendary guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré. Her 2010 album Timbuktu Tarab received international acclaim for her strong vocals and lyrics exploring spiritual and sociopolitical issues in Mali. In September of 2010, Arby performed live in the Democracy Now! studio, where she spoke with Amy Goodman about the struggles of female musicians in Mali and the potential impact of music in times of conflict. Arby, often called the "Nightingale of the North," begins a tour in the United States later this month.
KHAIRA ARBY: [translated] For me, all my life has been about struggle. I have struggled to be an artist, and I have struggled because I am both father and mother to my family. I was born in Timbuktu, grew up in Timbuktu, I went to school in Timbuktu, I made music in Timbuktu. Timbuktu is not far, and it's not the end of the world. There are those who don't know Timbuktu is a real place in Mali. Timbuktu had the first university in the world.
I started to become a singer because I loved singing. And I continue to sing. I am a slave to my work. A woman needs to do something, if she wants to have something. I loved music, and so I chose music. I did face obstacles, beginning with my parents, who did not approve of my singing. When I hear of war, I sing so that the war may cease, because in the case of war it is women who suffer. Therefore, it is better for us women to sing against war and conflict between men and between countries.
One of the living legends of Malian music, Khaira Arby is widely hailed as the queen of Malian desert soul, and with good reason. Shrouded in regal colors, she presides over a small army of brilliant African musicians, who create a hypnotic backdrop for her gloriously swooping vocals. It feels a little silly to think of her as a frontwoman — the mere lead singer of some band — on the live stage, she's all showmanship and command.
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Why Research Matters
Saba Farbodkia
Imagine a machine capable of transmitting a signal directly to someone's brain, allowing them to see, hear, or feel. Conversely, consider manipulating a machine with nothing more than a thought. This may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but in fact, for over forty years, researchers around the world have been working on devising communication pathways between the brain and external devices. One such researcher is Saba Farbodkia, a 3rd year PhD candidate at the Centre for Neuroscience Studies (CNS), who hopes to dedicate her career to helping create such brainmachine interfaces.
As computational power continues to grow alongside our understanding of the human brain, the production of such cognitively controlled devices becomes increasingly attainable. According to Saba, "Such an advancement is not simply about convenience. Especially for those severely disabled, the development of brain-machine interfaces could be life changing. This could be one of the most important technological breakthroughs in decades."
Saba first entered neuroscience at the master's level after completing a bachelor's degree in biology. Completing both degrees at the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran, she began her academic career at Queen's University starting her PhD. Having been fascinated with the applied aspect of science her entire life, the prospect of building a cognitively controlled brain-machine interface had been an extreme motivator for her transition to neuroscience. "Brains have electrical activity. Much like a machine, they can actually record that activity and transmit it. To connect the two however, we need an interface able to translate the code used by the brain to that used by a machine," Saba explains. "Deciphering the code used by the brain is the first step. This is a giant feat. One I am actively working towards."
At CNS, Saba is a member of Professor Martin Paré's research team – a team focused on mapping the physiology of cognitive processes. Saba specifically works towards determining the physiology of visual working memory in the parietal lobe, an area of the brain important for the integration of sensory information. In "essentially a simple version of a video game," Saba monitors brain activity in response to assigned behavioural tasks, such as determining whether the various colours of a "light show" have changed between a first and subsequent presentation – a measure of working memory.
Determining how working memory is represented in the parietal lobe is an important first step in understanding how to influence and modify it. Once elucidated, Saba plans to apply her acquired signal isolation and recording experience to investigate other areas of the brain. She hopes her research, both current and future, will serve as key stepping stones in one day making cognitively controlled brain-machine interfaces a reality.
In addition to her stimulating research, Saba is also an active member of the Queen's community. Since beginning her studies, Saba has been heavily involved in activities across campus, including sitting on several internal educational review committees. Her most current appointment is as student ambassador for "Research Matters," a campaign run by the Council of Ontario Universities.
The campaign is a collaborative project between Ontario's 21 publically-assisted universities, which aims to connect the public directly with Ontario's researchers and their work, and demonstrate the large-scale impact of research. As an ambassador, Saba's main role has been engaging the student body as well as the larger Kingston community in campaign events and special initiatives. For example, in February 2014, Research Matters hosted a 21-day virtual scavenger hunt in which participants received a daily email clue about a particular research group at an Ontario-based university. The clues varied in discipline and difficulty, yet were designed to encourage people to spend a few minutes scouring the websites of various university research groups for answers and learn a thing or two along the way.
Saba believes that the campaign is making great strides towards breaking down barriers and building bridges between Ontario researchers and the public. "Every day university researchers are producing new, useful and fascinating knowledge that affects industry, government and community life in a multitude of ways. Research enables not only leaders in industry or government but also average citizens to make smart, informed decisions regarding a range of issues important to all Ontarians and those around the world."
On May 3, Research Matters came to Kingston with their "Curiosity Shop" – a travelling pop-up venue that allows people across the province to ask questions to be answered by some of the tens of thousands of researchers at Ontario universities.
The booth was exhibited at the Rogers K-Rock Centre at Science Rendezvous – a free national one-day public festival of events that takes place annually, and showcases the passion and importance of science and research, primarily for a younger audience.
The Kingston event met with resounding success, with over 3500 visitors. Queen's staff and graduate students, who managed the booth, channeled hundreds of questions in the form of shared photos and written post-its, such as "why is my baby sister's hair curly?" and "where do fruit flies come from?"
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Your iPad Can Now Have a Fleshlight Attachment
For iPad users, their tablet is likely they're everything — it's a book, a gaming platform, a computer and a sexual partner. Not kidding.
Perhaps depressingly, one lonely pornography enthusiast has mocked up a Fleshlight attachment for the iPad. If you know how these, erm, plastic companions work, well, you can do the math yourself as far as how they apply to the Mac world's beloved digital slab.
If this somehow sounds appealing to you, you can make room for the designer's website amongst your several tabs of queued up adult films.
Just don't expect to see these in the Apple store anytime soon.
They only want you getting screwed by Apple approved products.
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