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For the second time in three months, the Joint Criminal Apprehension Team was embroiled Tuesday in an attempted arrest that devolved into a deadly shooting, shining a spotlight on a group that its Salt Lake City commander said typically captures violent fugitives without such fatal consequences.
According to JCAT commander Jim Phelps, of the U.S. Marshals Service, the team makes an average of 3,000 felony arrests every year. Incidents like Tuesday's fatal shooting of 37-year-old Ronnie Manuel Ontiveros are an exception, he said.
JCAT is the statewide, multi-agency task force comprised of U.S. Marshals and officers from local police agencies that arrests wanted violent offenders.
"The majority occur with no incident," Phelps said.
Ontiveros was killed Tuesday afternoon by multiple JCAT officers after he allegedly shot at least one round at them. The Salt Lake City Police Department, which is no longer a member of JCAT, is investigating the shooting.
Salt Lake Sgt. Shawn Josephson said his agency was not aware of the Tuesday JCAT operation inside its jurisdiction until the shooting was reported. JCAT is not required to notify Salt Lake police of their operations, he said.
"There's nothing that says that it has to be done, but we do like to know what's going on in our jurisdiction," he said.
According to Phelps, JCAT's policy is to notify local police about operations by broadcasting over the shared public safety radio. Phelps maintains that was done on Tuesday.
After the shootout, Ontiveros was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Neighbors, including some children, were evacuated after the shooting, which led to a brief standoff between the wanted fugitive and others inside the house the officers were targeting.
The JCAT team descended on 1149 S. Foulger St. (35 East), to apprehend another man, James McIff, who was wanted on a parole violation by the state Board of Pardons and Parole. According to Phelps, both McIff, 30, and Ontiveros were known gang members but police are uncertain at this point if or how the two men were connected.
McIff and a woman in the house, Amber Zinda, were arrested on warrants. Another woman found in the garage and a man inside the house were later released.
Phelps said that at least 10 armed JCAT officers surrounded the house on Tuesday standard protocol in such operations. Phelps said that in most cases, the overwhelming show of force convinces fugitives to surrender peacefully.
But that didn't happen in January, when a South Salt Lake Police officer involved with JCAT shot Kelly Fay Simons after she allegedly tried to run down the officer with her pickup. Simons was wanted for several robberies and a previous shootout with police. That shooting, which also took place in Salt Lake City, was found to be justified after a joint investigation by Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.
Phelps said more than 120 officers from about 50 agencies in Utah are members of JCAT. Some are full-time officers who, while still employed with their local agencies, work as special deputy U.S. Marshals every day. Others work only on a part-time basis. The Salt Lake City Police Department was among the original participating agencies when the task force was formed in 2000, but recently dropped out, according to Josephson.
Phelps said the recent departure of Salt Lake City is temporary and due to the department investigating the fatal Simons shooting. Phelps said Salt Lake City wanted to avoid any conflict of interest.
Ontiveros had a criminal history dating back more than a decade. In May 2002, he was sentenced to a prison term of five years to life for first-degree felony burglary. He also was found guilty of class A misdemeanor assault in November 2010, and of misdemeanor counts of intoxication and lewdness in February 2012.
McIff was sentenced to a term of one to 15 years in prison in June 2001 for second-degree felony robbery. According to the Board of Pardons and Parole, he served six years of that sentence before being paroled in 2007. In 2008, McIff was paroled for a second time after serving six months for drug possession. He was paroled for a third time in 2009 after serving three months on a misdemeanor assault conviction.
The state parole board issued an arrest warrant for McIff on Feb. 14. JCAT's Ogden unit took up the case and tracked McIff to Salt Lake City, according to Phelps.
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Neuropsychology Fellowship: Faculty Bibliography
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Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G.M., Mullin, B.C., Langenecker, S.A., Ladouceur, C.D., Almeida, J.R.C., Phillips, M.L., Abnormal anterior cingulate cortical and putamen activity distinguish bipolar from unipolar depression in females, Psychological Medicine, 42, 1417-1428 2011, DOI: 10.1017/S003329171100242X
Briceno, E.M., Weisenbach, S.L., Rapport, L.J., Hazlett, K.E., Bieliauskas, L.A., Haase, B.D., Ransom, M.T., Brinkman, M.L., Pecina, M., Schteingart, D., Starkman, M.N., Giordani, B., Welsh, R.C., Noll, D.C., Zubieta, J-K, & Langenecker, S.A. (In Press). Inferior frontal laterality in women with major depressive disorder is related to emotion processing deficits.
Considine, C. Wright, S.L., Walker, S.J., McFadden, M., Franti, L.M., Bieliauskas, L.A., Maixner, D., Giordani, B., Berent, S., Langenecker, S.A. (2011). Auditory memory decrements, without dissimulation, among patients with major depressive disorder. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 26, 445-453.
Drag, L.L., Bieliauskas, L.A., Langenecker, S.A., Greenfield, L.J. Cognitive Functioning, Retirement Status, and Age: Results from the Cognitive Changes and Retirement among Senior Surgeons Study, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 211:303-307. 2010.
Festa, J.R., Schwarz, L., Pliskin, N.H., Cullum, C.M., Lacritz, L., Charbel, F., Matthews, M., Starke, R., Connolly, E.S., Marshall, R.S. and Lazar, R. M. Neurocognitive Function in Adult Moyamoya Disease. Journal of Neurology, 257(5), 806-815, 2010.
Gaviria, M., Pliskin, N. and Krey, A. Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Its Implications on Decision-Making Capacity. Congestive Heart Failure Jul-Aug; 17(4):175-9, 2011.
Geary, EK, Kraus, MF, Pliskin, NH and Little, DM. Verbal Learning Differences in Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16(3), 506-516, 2010.
Hsu DT, Langenecker SA, Kennedy SE, Zubieta JK, Heitzeg MM. FMRI BOLD responses to negative stimuli in the prefrontal cortex are dependent on levels of recent negative life stress in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 123(3), 202-208. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.12.002.
Iverson, GL, Brooks, BL, Langenecker, SA, Young, Allan. Identifying a Cognitive Impairment Subgroup in Adults with Mood Disorders, Journal of Affective Disorders, 132 (3), pp. 360-36. 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.03.001
Langenecker, SA, Kennedy, SE, Guidotti, LM, Briceno, EM, Own, L., Hooven, T, Young, EA, Akil, H, Noll, DC, Zubieta, JK. Frontal and limbic activation during inhibitory control predicts treatment response in Major Depressive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 62(11), 1272-1280. 2007.
Langenecker, S.A., Saunders, E.F.H., Kade, A.M., Ransom, M.T., McInnis, M.G. Intermediate Cognitive Phenotypes in Bipolar Disorder, Journal of Affective Disorders, 122, 285–293. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.018.
Langenecker, SA, Weisenbach, SL, Giordani, B, Briceno, EM, Guidotti-Breting, LM, Schallmo, M-P., Leon, H., Noll, D.C., Zubieta, JK., Schteingart, DE, Starkman, MN. Chronic Hypercortisolemia and Affective Dysfunction, Neuropharmacology, 62 (1), pp. 217-225. 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.07.006.
Little, D.M., Kraus, M.F., Joseph, J., Geary, E.K., Susmaras, T., Zhou, X.J., Pliskin, N.H. and Gorelick, P.B. Thalamic integrity underlies executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury. Neurology, 74(7), 558-564, 2010.
Loeher, K.E., Rapport, L.J., Vangel, S.J., Hanks, R.A., Lequerica, A., Whitman, R.D., & Langenecker, S.A.. Impulsivity and Traumatic Brain Injury: The Relationship between Behavioral Observation, Performance Measures, and Rating Scales. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23(2):65-73, 2008.
Maki PM. Prospective Assessment Of Estrogen Replacement Therapy And Cognitive Functioning: Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Oct 15;156(8):785.
Maki PM, Rich JB, Rosenbaum RS. Implicit memory varies across the menstrual cycle: estrogen effects in young women. Neuropsychologia. 2002;40(5):518-29.
Maki PM, Resnick SM. Effects of estrogen on patterns of brain activity at rest and during cognitive activity: a review of neuroimaging studies. Neuroimage. 2001 Oct;14(4):789-801.
Maki P, Zonderman A, Resnick S. Enhanced verbal memory in nondemented elderly women receiving hormone-replacement therapy. Am J Psychiatry. 2001 Feb;158(2):227-33.
Maki PM, Bylsma FW, Brandt J. Conceptual and perceptual implicit memory in Huntington's disease. Neuropsychology. 2000 Jul;14(3):331-40.
Maki PM, Resnick SM. Longitudinal effects of estrogen replacement therapy on PET cerebral blood flow and cognition. Neurobiol Aging. 2000 Mar-Apr;21(2):373-83.
Pliskin , N.H., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Law, R.T., Malina, A.C., Kelley, K.M. and Lee, R.C. Neuropsychological Symptom Presentation Following Electrical Injury. Journal of Trauma, 44(4), 709-715, 1998.
Pliskin , N.H, Fink, J, Malina, A.M., Moran, S., Kelley, K.M., Capelli- Schellpfeffer, M. and Lee, R.C. The neuropsychological effects of electrical injury: New insights. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 888,140-149, 1999.
Prigatano, G.P. and Pliskin, N.H. (2002). Clinical Neuropsychology and Cost Outcomes Research: A Beginning. Brighton: Psychology Press.
Ramati, A. Pliskin, N., Keedy, S. Erwin, R., Fink, J. Bodnar, E., Lee, R., Cooper, M. and Sweeney, J. Alteration in Functional Brain Systems After Electrical Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 26(10):1815-22, 2009.
Ramati, A., Rubin, L., Wicklund, A., Pliskin, N., Ammar, A., Fink, J., Bodnar, E., Lee, R., Cooper, M. and Kelley, K. Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity Following Electrical Injury and Its Effects on Cognitive Functioning. General Hospital Psychiatry, 31(4):360-6, 2009.
Resnick SM, Maki PM Effects of hormone replacement therapy on cognitive and brain aging. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001 Dec;949:203-14.
Ryan, K.A., Vederman, A.C., McFadden, E.M., Weldon, A., Kamali, M., Langenecker, S.A., McInnis, M.G. Executive functioning components change across phases of bipolar disorder, Bipolar Disorders 2012: 14: 527–536. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01032.x
Schwarz, L., Schrift, M., and Pliskin, N. Forensic neuropsychological evaluations in a university-affiliated medical center. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 24, 99-103, 2009.
Vederman, A.C., Weisenbach, S.L., Rapport, L.J., Leon, H.M., Haase, B., Franti, L.M., Schallmo, M-P, Saunders, E.F.H., Kamali, M.M., Zubieta, J-K., Langenecker, S.A., McInnis, M.G. (2011). Modality-specific alterations in the perception of emotional stimuli in Bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls and Major Depressive Disorder. Cortex, doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.03.017.
Votruba, K.L., Langenecker, S.A., Factor Structure, Construct Validity and Age- and Education-Based Normative Data for the Parametric Go/No-go Test. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, in press.
Weisenbach, S.L ., Boore, L.A., & Kales, H.C. (2012). Depression and cognitive impairment in older adults. Current Psychiatry Reports, doi 10.1007/s11920-012-0278-7.
Wright, S.L., Persad, C. (2007) Distinguishing between depression and dementia in the elderly: Neuropsychological and neuropathological correlates. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 20, 187-188. Review
Wright, S.L. , Langenecker, S.A., Deldin, P.J., Rapport, L.J., Nielson, K.A., Kade, A.A., Own, L.S., Akil, H., Young, E.A., & Zubieta, J-K. (2009). Gender specific disruptions in emotion processing in younger adults with depression. Depression and Anxiety, 26, 182-189.
Wright, S.L., Kay, R.E., Avery, E.T., Giordani, B., & Alexander, A. (2011). The impact of depression on dual tasking among patients with high fall risk. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 24, 142-150.
Vassileva, J., Gonzalez, R., Bechara, A., Martin, E. M. (2007). Are all drug addicts impulsive? Effects of antisociality and extent of multidrug use on cognitive and motor impulsivity. Addictive Behaviors, 32 (12), 3071-3076.
Vassileva, J., Petkova, P., Georgiev, S., Martin, E. M., Tersiyski, R., Velinov, V., Raycheva, M., Marinov, P. (2007). Impaired decision making in psychopathic heroin addicts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 86, 287-289.
Vassileva, J., Georgiev, S., Martin, E. M., Gonzalez, R., Segala, L. (2011). Psychopathic heroin addicts are not uniformly impaired across neurocognitive domains of impulsivity. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 114 (2-3), 194-200.
Liu, R. T.,Vassileva, J., Gonzalez, R., Martin, E. M. (in press). A comparison of delay discounting among substance users with and without suicide attempt history. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Paxton, J.,Vassileva, J., Gonzalez, R., Maki, P., Martin, E. M. (in press). Neurocognitive performance in drug dependent males and females with PTSD symptoms. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
Gonzalez, R., Schuster, R., Mermelstein, R. J., Vassileva, J., Martin, E. M., Diviak, K. R. (in press). Performance of young adult cannabis users on neurocognitive measures of impulsive behavior and their relationships to symptoms of cannabis use disorders. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
Neuropsychology Fellowship: Faculty/Listing
Postdoctoral Residency in Clinical Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology Faculty
Scott A. Langenecker, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Center (Marquette University, 2001). Professional Interests: Adult Attention Deficit, Mood Disorders, Disorders with Dysfunctional HPA axis function (e.g., Cushing's disease). Research interests: Functional imaging, task development, mood disorders, predicting treatment response.
Pauline M. Maki, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Research interests: neuropsychology of aging, with a focus on interventions, particularly, hormonal therapy, and their effects on both age-related cognitive change and dementia.
Neil H. Pliskin, Ph.D., ABPP/CN Professor and Division Chief of Neuropsychology, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School (1988). Clinical and research interests: Medical neuropsychology, including renal disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia, electrical injury and the cognitive effects of somatic treatments.
Sara L. Weisenbach, PhD. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois-Chicago, Clinical Psychologist, Jesse Brown VA (Colorado State, 2005). Professional Interests: mood disorders, neurodegenerative disease. Research interests: geriatric mood disorders, Alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging, gender differences
Neuropsychology Fellowship
The Neuropsychology Service also offers training programs at the externship, internship (http://www.psych.uic.edu/internship/trainOppr.htm), and residency levels. The Neuropsychology Program within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (UIC) is recruiting one new position in its two-year residency program in clinical neuropsychology. The program is a member of the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) and conforms to the Houston Conference guidelines for training in clinical neuropsychology. We have 5 faculty neuropsychologists, 1 of whom is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP). Fellows receive broad clinical training with diverse adult neurologic, psychiatric, and neurodevelopmental populations and clinical rotations are flexible. All residents participate in a variety of didactic activities including a Neuroanatomy review course and Behavioral Neurosciences seminar, teaching/supervision of interns and graduate students, and contribution to or initiation of research programs under the mentorship of faculty. Research programs are ongoing in the following areas: Mood Disorders, Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Electrical Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Pain, Hormones and Cognition, and Epilepsy. Rotations in other medical clinics such as Memory and Aging Clinic, Neurosurgery Clinic, EEG Lab, and Neuroradiology may also be arranged as individual candidate interests dictate.
Trainees interested in applying for the upcoming academic year beginning in July can obtain more information from our web-based program description. Most interviewing of candidates will take place at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) in February although phone/onsite interviewing is available to select applicants. Please note that our residency program participates in the APPCN match system. Application should include a letter of interest, CV, and three letters of recommendation. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 15. Additional information may be obtained at the APPCN website (http://www.appcn.org/departmentofpsychiatryuniversityofillinois). All inquiries regarding this information as well as application materials should be addressed to:
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Training Director, Postdoctoral Residency in Clinical Neuropsychology
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Phone: (312) 996-6217
Postdoctoral Residency in Clinical Neuropsychology:
Program Overview
Program Mission: To provide advanced level clinical, didactic and academic training to produce competent psychologists in the specialty of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Entry Requirements: Successful completion of an APA accredited doctoral education and training program as well as an internship program that includes substantial training in clinical neuropsychology. No candidates who are ABD at the beginning of the Residency will be considered.
Program Components:
1. Development of advanced skill in the neuropsychological evaluation and treatment of patients, and consultation to patients and professionals sufficient to practice on an independent basis;
2. Development of advanced understanding of brain-behavior relationships; medical neuroanatomy course.
3. Scholarly activity, e.g., submission of a study or literature review for publication, presentation, and submission of a grant proposal or outcome assessment.
4. Pedagogical activities, e.g. teaching contributions to Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar, Neuroanatomy Review, facilitation of monthly Journal Club and opportunities for supervision of a psychology intern or extern.
Program Structure:
This is a two-year residency. Three days (60%) of the postdoctoral resident's week will be spent engaged in providing clinical service, including assessment and treatment activities. The remaining two days (40%) will be spent in research and educational activities.
The Neuropsychology Program provides neuropsychological assessment of adult and pediatric inpatients and outpatients drawn from the medical center's Departments of Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Neuropsychiatry, Rehabilitation, Neurology, Geriatrics, and Medicine, as well as from outside referral sources and school settings. These referrals span the entire list of neuropathological conditions such as dementia, cerebrovascular disorders, tumor, HIV, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, degenerative disorders, ADHD, learning disabilities, developmental disorders, and traumatic brain injury.
Year 1:
• Major focus in adult neuropsychology
• Support the Neuropsychology Inpatient Consultation Service
• Medical Neuroanatomy course with concurrent half-time major rotation over 3 months
• Twenty-four hours of assessment per week are required. These will typically consist of three outpatient evaluations and one inpatient evaluation per week although this requirement will be reduced to 12 hours/week during the 3 months of the Neuroanatomy course
• 2 minor elective rotations over the course of the year (see below) can be arranged
• Submission of a small study (e.g., archival or part of faculty members' research program) or literature review for presentation and publication in the first year. Outline of original research project, grant proposal or outcome assessment written in first year and carried out in second year. Presentation at national or international meeting is encouraged.
Year 2:
The composition of this year will depend on the resident's clinical interests and career trajectory. This additional year could be utilized for further clinical subspecialization.
• Continued major focus in adult neuropsychology
• Continued support of inpatient consultation service
• Two minor elective rotations over the course of the year
• Conduct and complete original research including paper submitted for publication
• Devote more time to the neuropsychological consultation service.
Major Rotations:
Adult Neuropsychology Clinic
Inpatient Consultation Service
Elective Rotations:
Neurology Bedside Rounds
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Neuropsychiatry Consultation Rounds
Memory and Aging Clinic
EEG Clinic
Neuroradiology Clinic
Epilepsy Surgery Clinic
Research is an important component of this residency, with residents expected to devote a minimum of 20% of their time in order to take advantage of the rich research opportunities provided within the educational and research programs of the Department of Psychiatry. This can be accomplished through a variety of means including archival studies and involvement within current research protocols. Some of the research opportunities are detailed below:
Multifaceted Explorations of the Neurobiology of Depressive Disorders
This is a research program in mood disorders, including those directed by Dr. Langenecker, by junior colleagues, mentees and students, as well as those of close collaborators. These investigations are designed to span from basic to applied research with the overarching goal to better understand to more effectively treat mood disorders. Neuropsychology and neuroimaging techniques are used in these studies.
Vascular Brain Aging
Melissa Lamar, Ph.D. leads a program of research investigating the impact of subclinical cardiovascular disease on brain structure and function across the lifespan. Dr. Lamar's VITAL (Vascular Integrity To Advance Longevity) Studies employ clinical standards and novel advances in neuropsychology and neuroimaging (DTI, SWI, fMRI and myelin mapping). The primary focus is on older adults and minority populations at great risk for coronary heart disease and stroke. Additional studies involve dietary and exercise interventions to determine the impact of improving cardiovascular health on brain structure and function in at risk individuals as well as larger community-based studies of root causes of disease. This work is done in close collaboration with faculty in Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Radiology as well as Nursing and Genetics.
Hormones and Cognition
Pauline M Maki, Ph.D. leads a program of research into the effects of hormone therapy on cognition and brain function, using both neuropsychological and neuroimaging (fMRI, PET) outcomes. The primary focus is the effects of estrogen therapy on age-related changes in cognitive abilities. Other studies involve assessments of cognitive function across the menstrual cycle, following hormone suppression, and following other hormone and alternative treatments for menopausal symptoms.
Neuropsychological Effects of Electrical Injury
This research program is devoted to clarifying the biologic mechanisms that underlie neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric changes seen following electrical injury. Clinical, psychiatric and neuropsychological data have been collected on over 250 electrical injured. Residents are welcome to engage in archival studies of this database or become involved in the current clinical-research protocol.
Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar
Neurology Grand Rounds
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Neuroradiology Rounds
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Neuroanatomy Review Series
Required Medical Neuroanatomy (January - March daily during Year 1)
The resident will make regular teaching contributions to the weekly Neuropsychology Seminar and facilitate the monthly Neuroanatomy Review series. There will also be opportunities for supervision of psychology interns or advanced externs.
The resident will meet weekly with the residency director and will also meet regularly with a research supervisor and/or rotation supervisor. There are also at least five hours of structured educational activities per week, including group supervision as outlined above.
1. Formal evaluation of competency at the end of the residency indicates advanced skill in neuropsychological evaluation, treatment and consultation.
2. Eligibility for state licensure or certification for the independent practice of psychology.
3. Eligibility for board certification in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Julie Janecek, PhD
Melissa Lamar, PhD
Scott Langenecker, PhD
Pauline Maki, PhD
Neil Pliskin, PhD, ABPP-CN
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White car parked in front of a house at night.
Pickup truck parked in front of duplex building at night.
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San Francisco street at night.
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African-American men, women, and child at bus stop.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:24 am
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I also agree that we need to follow all stated rules every time.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:37 am
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Pear Head:
Go to Hawk ridge in mid September. Show me where caching has ever had that kind of impact anywhere in the state.
Do you think for a second that MNDNR would get away with even holding discussions about banning birding on state lands? Not a prayer.
The resources of the state belong to us, not MNDNR. They have no basis whatsover in fact to ban any type of cache on any lands. While there are very sensitive areas on state lands that need protection, those areas known are already protected by simple trespass law, and by banning of all access at certain times of the year or completely.
If MNDNR can permit ATV use (like up by Grace Lake) logging, snowmobiling and hunting and horse trails, then they damn well can explain how we can do any harm unless we start caching with stuff made by Caterpillar.
The reason (and the only reason) for them to ban it is to make their life simple, in that if it's banned enforcement is simple. This is *not* their personal fiefdom. It is our lands and waters. There is no way in heck we could possibly impact a boat launch in a year as much as is normally done in a single day by boat launching activity. Allowing MNDNR to regulate based on ignorant speculation of what *might* happen is not how we improve the situation in the future. It is not a rational path to future betterment. It is not rational management of the resources.
At best, it's allowing a usurper to have their way with us in hopes that they go away at some time in the future.
Until and unless MNDNR can show us that the state of Minnesota has suffered measurable damage or nuisance from caching they have no more (or less in appropriate circumstances) basis to ban it than hiking or birding.
They allow climbers in state parks. The local county sherrif gets to come and scrape them off the rocks on a regular basis. The ropes, the climbers and their permanent attachments all mar the beauty of the cliffs. And this is done on an organized, often commercial basis.
This regulation is dead wrong. We need to stand up and say it's dead wrong. We *can* be polite about it. We can help draft responsible regulation based on broad experience and understanding of what is and is not involved in caching.
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King Boreas
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:55 am
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Indiana DNR/State Parks
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Oneied Cooky
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 453
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:13 am
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What a JOKE!!! Ive been a hunter a lot longer then a cacher! and have always felt the MnDNR was looking out for the state lands. Back in 2001 I spent the summer trying to hit all the state parks and do some camping and exploreing. Explore Mn. was there selling phrase. $20 for a yearly sticker $12 a nite camping fee Firewood, Ice. all things that were bought through the park. Then I started hunting tuppeware. And listening to the all the BULLSH#T! and again I say WHAT A JOKE!! The money they make on my hunt and fishing lic. is suppose to go to help keep Mn. land open to the public. But the DNR shot itself in the foot!! I WILL NOT SPEND 1 RED CENT on anything concerning Mn. State parks. In my year of travel I saw a lot of cool parks in the state! NONE were worth the sticker price and I will not PAY to enter somewhere to be told that I need a permit to tell the world about the history there! I guess the DNR has so much money that they don't need us Geocachers to stay at there parks! I'm with the rest of you that think the DNR can SHOVE IT!! If that is the best they can do then they are better off doing NOTHING! at least they are good at that!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:23 am
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Tell us how you really feel, Oneied!!!!
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Oneied Cooky
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:54 am
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If I did that SB would be editing and deleteing half of what I think!!
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:22 am
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First off, there is not a unified opinion from the MnGCA Board. The following are my personal thoughts:
I believe that any negative or unproductive action against the DNR is not appropriate and I won't support it. It will make things worse for everyone.
The MnGCA had nothing to do with this policy. The MnGCA President did not have any meaningful communication with the DNR, nor was any serious attempt made. There was a minor attempt by the Vice President to establish bidirectional communication with the DNR but I wouldn't consider it successful. The Treasurer, Secretary and Member at Large were not involved. Paklid, as far as I am aware, has been the only person directly communicating with the DNR from our membership.
I think the policy the DNR created is interesting at best. It's clear they do not understand geocaching. In my opinion, it seems like they're getting most of their information from Groundspeak, Inc. in their lobby to push Earth Caches, which in on track for them trying to control all aspects of the sport. Some may disagree with me and that's fine. It's my opinion.
It's too bad they don't understand how a policy like
Duluth's Policy
would actually reinforce existing laws while making very clear that geocaching should never interfere with the park or other park visitors' experiences. This includes preventing any and all damage that could potentially be created by hiding or finding a cache. Additionally the parks can have cache placers notify the park when a cache is placed so they always know where they are if they feel they want to track them. It also reinforces the authority of the parks to remove or ask to have removed any caches they feel violate the policy. It holds geocachers accountable for creating caches that don't violate the park, the rules and the law. Everything else would be unnecessarily restrictive opinion. I would like them to look down that road, which I feel is the opposite direction of the policy of the Three Rivers parks which I think is poor.
On a small and IMHO a humorous aside, what is stopping me from creating a website that has 15 interesting, informative, educational, beautiful and fun waypoints in every State Park in Minnesota? Wonder if on that website I allowed people to log online when they went to these waypoints? This would be no different than the DNR and Groundspeak, Inc.-specific implementation of this. I say this only to show how "interesting" this non-geocaching geocaching policy is.
As for the future from here: Instead of talking about the feelings of the current policy which we can't do much about, talk about what the policy should be a year from now after the DNR reviews the policy potentially changes it with input from people like you.
We, as members of the MnGCA, can be the primary and not-for-profit voice of geocachers in the state. If we are interested in helping the DNR create a policy that makes sense for both the parks and geocachers, let's be productive about it. My opinion is that we take the conversation in that direction.
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Pear Head
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:26 am
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miles58 wrote:
The resources of the state belong to us, not MNDNR. They have no basis whatsover in fact to ban any type of cache on any lands. While there are very sensitive areas on state lands that need protection, those areas known are already protected by simple trespass law, and by banning of all access at certain times of the year or completely.
While the resources of the state DO belong to us, MNDNR is charged with protecting those resources so they will be here for years to come. Debating how they have protected them in the past or present isn't the issue. While they may have done a bad job in the past doesn't mean that they should continue to do a bad job.
While I agree that caching is a fairly low-impact sport, we've all found caches that have trails that lead over 100' through the woods right to them. These side caches are created by cachers and cachers alone.
Most of us have found poorly placed caches that are promoting erosion on hillsides. I for one have found numerous caches like this.
I'm not saying MNDNR is choosing the right path here, I'm saying that they are taking their time (which is hard for anyone to debate
) in choosing the path.
Have they thrown us a bone in hopes that we'll quit pestering them? Maybe.. I'm not involved in the discussions with the DNR so it's hard to say. Those that are involved will be able to answer this question pretty quickly I would think.[/quote]
miles58 wrote:
This regulation is dead wrong. We need to stand up and say it's dead wrong. We *can* be polite about it. We can help draft responsible regulation based on broad experience and understanding of what is and is not involved in caching.
THAT's what I'm saying we need to do. We can't just ignore the regulation because we think it's crap and not enforcable. We need to help the DNR to fix it, and do it politely.
I don't look at the regulation as wrong as it doesn't address most other parts of caching. If this regulation banned traditional caches then I'd agree, it's wrong. This regulation only addresses two types of caches however. Omitting the other types of caches doesn't make it wrong to me. It leaves room for future regulations to OPEN the way for traditional caches.
Many of us know that cachers make government people nervous. They don't entirely understand what we're up to. If I were the DNR, wanting to see how we'd react, I'd start by issuing some rules that affected the lowest impact part of the sport. Then I'd give it a year or so, see how we did, and then go on from there. I think of this regulation as a test more than anything.
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sui generis
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:48 am
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We can't just ignore the regulation because we think it's crap and not enforcable.
However, someone with an existing virtual in a state park (I have one posted on Navicache.com) would arguably have standing to seek injunctive relief prohibiting the enforcement of this regulation based upon the constitutional violations (free speech). This regulation seeks to silence, or at least severly limit, the voice and method by which we are entitled to report a place of interest we are legally entitled to be with threats of criminal liability. There are no regulation prohibiting writing a paragraph describing the location, nor are there regulations prohibiting the posting of pictures of the locations. Just prohibiting the posting of geographical coordinates of the locations.
I am amazed by how many people harp on the need to speak and write English in this country while exhibiting a fundamental lack of skills in the areas of spelling and sentence composition. Would this be irony, hypocrisy, or both?
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:03 am
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I agree that you possibly could seek injunctive relief prohibiting the enforcement of this regulation, but I also think that the time and effort spent there could be better used to help the DNR understand geocaching better and help them correct their policy to be more fair and legal in a more helpful manner.
It is going to be reviewed anyway. The MnGCA is the most logical body to help them review it. Let's talk about how they can have a better policy, and help them understand and fix the potential legal problems they may have with it as well.
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Oneied Cooky
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:22 am
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s4xton, you are absolutly correct in saying that we need to focus on a year or 3 down the road. I've always said "You can't teach stupid!" and who ever is in charge in the DNR sounds like they don't want to learn anything about Geocacheing. If they did the MnGCA would have been involved from the start. THEY would have contacted some one on the board and tried to come to an agreement or at least tried to learn more about it! I don't think anyone said anything about doing negitive things to the DNR! I said I will not spend MY money at a state park! there is nothing there that is worth the sticker price to enter! Even if they allow virts and earthcaches I still won't spend the money! But that is MY opinion.and if the VP of MnGCA is the only one that has even spoke with the DNR I guess I don't get it! Whats stopping you from getting together and going to the DNR and tell them This will not do please try and come up with something better! I'm not saying to go and fill a bag with dog poop and light it on fire on the DNR door step But stay on them and keep on them if for no other reson so they learn something about the sport!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:29 am
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Members of the 2002/2003 MnGCA board (first year) did reach out to the MN DNR regarding their ban. It was the main reason there is an MnGCA.
At that time the DNR was polite but not willing to discuss it with us.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:51 am
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sui generis wrote:
There are no regulation prohibiting writing a paragraph describing the location, nor are there regulations prohibiting the posting of pictures of the locations. Just prohibiting the posting of geographical coordinates of the locations.
There is nothing that MNDNR can do to me for publishing the coordinates of anything inside a state park. Under this reg they can whack me on the pp for doing so if I do it as part of geocaching.
Because I am, and only because I am doing it as part of geocaching.
Should I do so as part of some commercial enterprise and publish it to an audience however wide I am perfectly free to do so, I could even as I read the reg do it and charge for the information and require the same conditions be met as on geocaching.com. Just so long as I don't do so as part of geocaching and call it an earth cache or virtual cache.
This is the discrimination, what anyone else can do we cannot.
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Moe the Sleaze
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:01 pm
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Pear Head wrote:
we've all found caches that have trails that lead over 100' through the woods right to them. These side caches are created by cachers and cachers alone.
I totally disagree with this statement. The only obvious volunteer trails to caches that I have found are when the cache is within a few feet of an established trail which, ironically, is what many of the park districts require! When caches are well off of established paths, if there are trails to the cache they generally appear to me to be game trails that the hider made use of when placing the cache.
"Hi, I'm Moe, or as the women know me - Hey! You in the bushes."
-Moe, The Simpsons
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:11 pm
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I have no issues with people expressing their questions, comments, concerns, or praises over this (or any other) particular issue. I do ask, however, that we remain family friendly and above comments referring to genetalia and feces even if they are in their most juevenile forms.
Sad state of affairs.
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11. Let's spell Valentine music sheet
12. Two Crazy Crafters have lots of vintage valentines
13. Of course my own Valentine Tags
Thanks for all the Valentine links. I am enjoying creating my own Valentine tree, using some of your ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the links! I just added a few more pins to my Pinterest boards. :)
You always find the best ideas. There are several I can't wait to try. Love the heart cinnamon rolls but wondered how they would work with icing on them. Then I thought how neat they would be served with a bowl of pink icing. Everyone could add their own. The hair clips, envelope and pink gun and holster. I think I love them all!
Wow, what a lot you've given us to play with here. Thanks so much for these and for coming by my blog too!
I am blown away! I need not look any further for inspiration, that's for sure! Thank you for all of it! I can't pick a favorite...I just need to breathe....and figure out which one to pick first! Happy Valentine's season!
Thanks for all of the fabulous ideas--and for your printables! :) It's so nice of you to share the love around blog land! I'd like to share some with YOU--I've got a blog award for you over at my piece of blogger, if you'd like to come and accept it. :) Happy crafting!!!
Wow! What a list.
WOW! thank you so much I don't know which one to start with first.
Oh my gosh - these are SO fun! thanks for all the links - wonderful ideas for craft sales at my church!
Gee thanks for featuring my valentine mints! Love your blog!
How cute!! Love it all! Thank you for featuring my ornies :)
Have a great week~Stacy
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A Mighty Maze: Charting the Future of American Higher Education
The National Association of Scholars
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM - Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 9:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Keynote speaker: Tom Wolfe
Conference: Friday, March 1, 1:30PM-7:30PM, Saturday, March 2, 8:30AM-4:30PM
Dinner: Saturday, March 2, 5:30PM-9:00PM
American higher education has become a maze of the meaner things: illiberal ideologies, broken promises, and intellectual default. Our conference will summon a larger, liberating view of what higher education can do. We have a plan. We will convene to address important issues in higher education today and to celebrate NAS's twenty-fifth anniversary.
"Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man;
A mighty maze! but not without a plan."
-Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
Register before February 15, 2013 to purchase your tickets at the early-bird reduced price.
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The other day I ran across the following passage while reading a physics paper:
"Two particularly useful books for readers who want to acquaint themselves with the vast subject of SQA testing are by Beizer and by Kaner, et al. The differing viewpoints in these books add interesting nuances to a subject as seemingly dry (to practitioners of computational physics) as SQA testing." (Oberkampf, Trucano, and Hirsch, page 27)
"...a subject as seemingly dry (to practitioners of computational physics) as SQA testing"?
Computational physicists think software testing is dry? Wow. That's bad news. I mean, I don't wish to point the fickle finger of dullness at another profession; but the last time I checked, computational physics was not listed anywhere near the top ten exciting jobs in the world. So, when computational physicists think software testing is dull, testers have a real problem.
Perhaps we need to embrace Tester Pride and let the world know about the contributions we make. Do your friends and neighbors know what you do for a living? Do they know of the contributions you make? Probably not. As far as I know, the only tester in the world who advertises his profession to total strangers on the street is James Bach with his well-known "TESTER" license plate.
James's license plate got me thinking. What can we say about our work that would fit comfortably on the fender of a car? Here are my suggestions for bumper stickers that just might rock the industry.
We could start by hijacking existing bumper sticker mottos:
- Ask me about my latest bug.
- Honk if you love to crash software.
- My other car is a bug.
- Have you hugged your software tester today?
But those seem too lame and tame. How about emphasizing the unique mental attitudes of testers?
- Software Testers: Always looking for trouble.
- Software Testing is Like Fishing, But You Get Paid.
- Software Testers: "Depraved minds...Usefully employed." ~Rex Black
- Software Testing: Where failure is always an option.
Or, we could emphasize the often-unnoted contributions testers make:
- Software Testing: When Your System Actually Has to Work
- Software Quality: Don't ship without it.
- I don't make software; I make software better.
- Improving the world one bug at a time.
- We could even support both sides of the "making and breaking" question:
- Software Testing: You make it, we break it.
- Software Testers don't break software; it's broken when we get it.
- Software Testers: We break it because we care.
Not bad for a start, but perhaps we'd like to get in a few digs at development while we are at it:
- To err is human; to find the errors requires a tester.
- If developers are so smart, why do testers have such job security?
- My software can beat up your software.
- A good tester has the heart of a developer...in a jar on the desk.
But maybe that is too hard on our poor developers, and we are all in this together. What I'd like to see is developers' cars sporting the following:
- Test is my copilot.
If your software works, thank a tester.


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Kate curated the Sportsworks exhibition at Scienceworks.
Some of the athletes who feature in the Sportsworks exhibition at Scienceworks are heading off to represent Australia in the Olympics in London. When we developed the exhibition in 2005, we interviewed 40 Victorian athletes to show inspiring people from a wide range of sports.
Sportsworks gymnastic exhibit featuring Ashleigh Brennan aged 14.Image: Kate PhillipsSource: Museum Victoria
Ashleigh Brennan, a gymnast we filmed when she was 14, is now 21 years old and is competing in her second Olympics. At the time we filmed her she was a promising young gymnast – but we had no idea that she would go on to compete at the highest level. We filmed her and five other gymnasts aged 7 to 14 for an exhibit where visitors have to be judges and give each athlete a score for their routine on the beam. This is a popular exhibit, particularly with aspiring gymnasts.
Gymnast Ashleigh Brennan, aged 14.Image: Jenni MeaneySource: Museum Victoria
Even at 14 Ashleigh looks very strong, confident and skilful. During the time we spent with the girls and their coaches at the gymnasium, I was impressed by the effort and the hours they put in to their training. It was a big commitment for those children and their parents. But I also saw the joy they felt in learning to do some amazing things and the challenge of continually mastering new skills.
A visitor balancing on the beam interactive exhibit.Image: Kate PhillipsSource: Museum Victoria
One of the main messages of the exhibition is that no matter if you are short or tall or what your abilities are there is a sport that you can enjoy. Visitors can test themselves and measure a range of abilities in the exhibition then complete a questionnaire to match themselves with a sport.
At 147cm, Loudy Wiggins (Touky) is the shortest athlete on the Australian team. She is competing in the 10 m synchronised diving at her fourth Olympics. Again, I was delighted to discover that someone we featured in the exhibition seven years ago was still competing at this level and I can't wait to see her diving.
Rowie Webster, now aged 24, is competing in the water polo. When we featured her she was already a great competitor in the under-17 age group and told us 'My formula is hard work, plus focus, mixed with water, equals success!'
You can measure your proportions and compare your handspan with an outline of Drew Ginn's hand.Image: Kate PhillipsSource: Museum Victoria
One measurement in the exhibition includes an outline of Drew Ginn's hand. As a rower you can bet that his hands, arms, shoulders and back are all very strong! He is competing in his fourth Olympics in the rowing fours. He was a member of the famous 'Oarsome Foursome' crew that won gold at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. Ginn went on to win two more gold medals at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Best of luck to all the athletes – we hope all your hard work is rewarded. Your skill and dedication inspire us.
Athlete profiles on the official London 2012 AOC site:
Ashleigh Brennan
Loudy Wiggins (Tourky)
Rowie Webster
Drew Ginn
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Breaking up can be tough, but be prepared with these sex terms to refer to your ex and subsequent activities.
-Libby Keatinge
1. Zipless F*ck: After a breakup, you may choose to engage in a "zipless f*ck" or sexual intercourse which has no emotional meaning, just purely for the physical pleasure of the act.
2. Wrist Aerobics: When one is left alone after a breakup, they may begin to engage in wrist aerobics, or masturbation.
3. X-it: A play on the word "exit," it means to leave a relationship.
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LONG BEACH - Long Beach residents who move into multifamily properties built after next year may have to keep their water usage in check - or watch their wallets get sucked dry.
City officials are considering creating a water submetering ordinance while completing a triennial building code update in 2013. Regulations would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, if passed.
More than 50 percent of Long Beach residents live in multifamily properties and together account for 36 percent of water usage citywide, according to the Long Beach Water Department.
The department's general manager, Kevin Wattier, said a submetering ordinance is an essential tool to have in order to manage the city's future water supply.
"Like every other customer, it's important to send a price signal to a person so they know how much water they're using," Wattier said. "When people know they're paying for something, they tend to conserve it."
Though the idea may be resisted by residents accustomed to thinking of water as a predictable part of their monthly rent, a 2004 report studying the issue found a double-digit percent drop in water consumption in properties with submeters.
The National Multiple Family Submetering and Allocation Billing Program Study showed that submetering decreased water use by 15.3 percent. The study was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, municipal water utilities and two national apartment associations.
Changes to Long Beach code would be based on a San Diego ordinance passed two years ago and would affect only new construction with three or more dwelling units due to the difficulties and cost of retrofitting existing buildings, according to officials.
Leaving existing buildings out of the updates was a key goal of an industry group involved in early vetting of the LBWD's goals.
Apartment Association of California Southern Cities Executive Director Nancy Ahlswede said installing submeters in new buildings would cost $150 to $300 per unit.
The price to put the devices in older buildings can be up to $2,000 for each unit, she said, if they can be fixed to the plumbing at all.
"Even if you repipe the buildings, the bones of where the water enters and exists still don't allow for submetering the way some of these older buildings were built," Ahlswede said.
If the law is passed, Wattier said bills will not be sent to residents in individual units because the LBWD has no ability or legal authority to control what happens to water beyond a property line's master meter.
"We're still only going to bill as we do today, but the building manager is now going to be required to divvy up the master bill amongst (their) tenants," said Wattier.
Landlords must bill each customer at the same rate as charged in the master bill, but can add up to $4 for administrative costs and up to maximum $10 for late fees per billing cycle, according to the proposal.
Bills would also include detailed information, including a cycle's beginning and ending readings and a payment due date.
The City Council is expected to vote Dec. 18 on referring the submetering issue to city staff for inclusion in the building code update next year, according to Broc Coward, Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal's chief of staff.
LBWD officials said they expect to hold a series of informational meetings on the topic in early 2013 if they are permitted to proceed.
While the discussion has not yet started in earnest, there have been few objections so far, with Ahlswede saying apartment owners realize the region has an at-times precarious water supply.
"I think it's a situation where we don't want to fight something that's going to be good for the community as long as it's structured correctly," Ahlswede said.
The LBWD estimates that water conservation efforts to date have lowered water consumption to the same annual amount that was used in 1966, despite the city's population increasing by about 100,000 residents.
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Patient Education
- Diverticular Disease
- Definition of Diverticular Disease
- Diverticulosis
- Diverticulitis
- Meckel Diverticulum
- Diverticular Disease of the Stomach and Small Bowel
Diverticulosis is the presence of multiple diverticula in the colon, probably resulting from a lifelong low-fiber diet. Most diverticula are asymptomatic, but some become inflamed or bleed. Diagnosis is by colonoscopy or barium enema. Treatment varies depending on manifestation.
(See also the American College of Gastroenterology's practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of diverticular disease of the colon in adults.)
Diverticula occur anywhere in the large bowel—usually in the sigmoid but rarely below the peritoneal reflection of the rectum. They vary in diameter from 3 mm to > 3 cm. Patients with diverticula usually have several of them. Diverticulosis is uncommon in people < 40 but becomes common rapidly thereafter; essentially every 90-yr-old person has many diverticula. Giant diverticula, which are rare, range in diameter from 3 to 15 cm and may be single.
Diverticula are probably caused by increased intraluminal pressure leading to mucosal extrusion through the weakest points of the muscular layer of the bowel—areas adjacent to intramural blood vessels. Diverticula are more common among people who eat a low-fiber diet; however, the mechanism is not clear. One theory is that increased intraluminal pressure is required to move low-bulk stool through the colon. Another theory is that low-stool bulk causes a smaller diameter colon, which by Laplace's law would have increased pressure.
The etiology of giant diverticula is unclear. One theory is that a valvelike abnormality exists at the base of the diverticulum, so bowel gas can enter but escapes less freely.
Symptoms and Signs
Most (70%) patients with diverticulosis are asymptomatic, 15 to 25% have symptomatic disease resulting from diverticulitis (inflammation of a diverticula), and 10 to 15% can have painless bleeding. The bleeding is probably caused by erosion of the adjacent vessel by local trauma from impacted feces in the diverticulum. Although most diverticula are distal, 75% of bleeding occurs from diverticula proximal to the splenic flexure. In 33% of patients (5% overall), bleeding is serious enough to require transfusion. Rarely, a patient may need surgery (colectomy or partial colectomy) for refractory bleeding.
Asymptomatic diverticula are usually found incidentally during colonoscopy, barium enema, or even CT of the abdomen. Diverticulosis is suspected when painless rectal bleeding develops, particularly in an elderly patient. Evaluation of rectal bleeding typically includes colonoscopy, which can be done electively after routine preparation unless there is significant ongoing bleeding. In such patients, a rapid preparation (5 to 10 L of polyethylene glycol solution delivered via NGT over 3 to 4 h) often allows adequate visualization. If colonoscopy cannot visualize the source and ongoing bleeding is sufficiently rapid (> 0.5 to 1 mL/min), angiography may localize the source. Some angiographers first do a radionuclide scan to focus the examination.
Treatment of diverticulosis aims at reducing segmental spasm. A high-fiber diet helps and may be supplemented by psyllium seed preparations or bran. Low-fiber diets are contraindicated. The intuitive injunction to avoid seeds or other dietary material that might become impacted in a diverticulum has no established medical basis. Antispasmodics (eg, belladonna) are not of benefit and may cause adverse effects. Surgery is unwarranted for uncomplicated disease. Giant diverticula, however, may require surgery.
Diverticular bleeding stops spontaneously in 75% of patients. Treatment is often given during diagnostic procedures. If angiography was done for diagnosis, ongoing bleeding can be controlled in 70 to 90% of patients by intra-arterial injection of vasopressin. In some cases, bleeding recurs within a few days and requires surgery. Angiographic embolization effectively stops bleeding but leads to bowel infarction in up to 20% of patients and is not recommended. Colonoscopy allows heat or laser coagulation of vessels or injection of epinephrine. If these measures fail to stop bleeding, segmental resection or subtotal colectomy is indicated.
Key Points
Diverticulosis is the presence of multiple diverticula in the colon; diverticulitis is inflammation of a diverticulum.
Diverticulosis is rare in people < 40 and becomes increasingly common with age, particularly among people who eat a low-fiber diet.
Painless bleeding develops in 10 to 15% of patients, and painful inflammation (diverticulitis) develops in 15 to 25%.
Treat asymptomatic patients with a high-fiber diet.
Bleeding stops spontaneously in about 75% of patients; control the remainder during angiography with intra-arterial vasopressin or during colonoscopy with coagulation or epinephrine injection.
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Our approach is supported by substantial evidence from internal and external evaluation studies as well as testimonials from students, teachers, program staff, and experts in the field.
Over the past two decades, NFTE has pioneered research in the area of youth entrepreneurship. In particular, NFTE has commissioned research on program impact with Brandeis University (1993-97, and 2006-08), the Koch Foundation (1998-99), and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2002-2004). The following are some highlights of these studies.
Harvard Graduate School of Education Research
Research Focus: Academics/Career
Read more about this research in the full report, "Initiating, Leading, and Feeling in Control of One's Fate [1]" and "Expanded Explorations into the Psychology of Entrepreneurship [2]."
Koch Foundation Research
Research Focus: Business Knowledge/Formation
The following findings are taken from a study of NFTE's NYC alumni; similar findings were found among Washington, DC alumni.
Read more about the results of this research from our programs in New York [3] and Washington DC [4].
Brandeis University Research
Research Focus: Business Knowledge/Alumni Follow-up
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Francis Marion University Physics Professor Derek Jokisch is the recipient of the Roberts Prize for best paper issued by Physics in Medicine and Biology, and IOP Publishing, in association with the journal owners, the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).
The group jointly awards an annual prize for the best paper published in PMB during the previous year. The Roberts Prize for 2011 was officially awarded to Matthew Hough et al from the University of Florida, Francis Marion University (Jokisch) and the National Cancer Institute, USA for their paper on a comprehensive electron dosimetry model of skeletal tissues in the adult male. The award will be presented to on behalf of the group in Oxford, England on Sept. 11.
This work will be important for both the assessment of skeletal doses in radiation protection and nuclear medicine, and also for following external photon irradiation in medical imaging and radiotherapy.
Celebrated in his field, Jokisch recently received the national Elda E. Anderson Award for his research contributions to the health physics community. He was also selected the J. Lorin Mason Distinguished Professor for the 2010-11 year at FMU.
A native of Carlinville, Ill., Jokisch has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1999. Jokisch received his bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in health physics from the University of Florida as a Department of Energy fellow. He is certified in comprehensive practice by the American Board of Health Physics and a leader of the Health Physics Program at FMU, which has consistently ranked as one of the top undergraduate programs in the nation.
Jokisch helps coordinate internships for his students at nuclear facilities such as the Savannah River Site and nuclear power plants. He has served on the Health Physics Society Academic Education Committee as a member, co-chair, and chair. He has collaborated with University of Nevada (Las Vegas) and the University of Florida on multiple research grants, authored or co-authored 23 peer-reviewed journal articles, and serves as a corresponding member on the International Commission on Radiological Protection Committee 2-dose calculation subgroup as an expert on internal dosimetry. For his work, Jokisch received the Award for Excellence in Research at FMU in 2006.


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Waters: TBDBITL no "Animal House"
NEW YORK, New York (WSPD) --The former director of the Ohio State University Marching Band says the report of characterizing the band as some sort of "Animal House" fraternity is inaccurate.
Jon Waters, making his first public statements on the scandal, appeared on a number of local and national news shows Tuesday, saying the University's report that found a culture of sexuality within the band was one-sided.
And Waters told ABC's "Good Morning America", "When you're dealing with a culture that has been entrenched since the 1930's, you're not going to change it overnight".
Waters, on NBC's "Today" show, said as Assistant Band Director, he moved to change certain behaviors, but says he "couldn't affect total policy at that time."
"Respect, camaraderie and discipline--all those things you see on the field? They're also happening in the hearts and souls of our band members", Waters said.
Asked if he would fight to get his job back, Waters told the "Today" show he would like the chance to continue the work he started.


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LG Electronics (LGE)'s new LG-GW620 features a 3-inch full touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad and adopts Google's Android OS.
The LG-GW620 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2009 in select European markets.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Kriya-Yoga is a practical, preliminary yoga, and it is composed of austerity, self-study and surrender to God.
The practice of Kriya-Yoga reduces misery, and leads towards samadhi.
Miseries are caused by: lack of awareness, egoism, attractions, repulsions, clinging to life and fear of death.
Whether they be in the states of dormancy, attenuation, alteration or expansion, it is through lack of awareness that the other causes of misery are able to operate.
The ordinary humanity can be divided into two basic types: one is the sadist and the other the masochist. The sadist enjoys torturing others, and the masochist enjoys torturing himself. The sadist, of course, is attracted towards politics. There, there is the possibility, the opportunity to torture others. Or, he is attracted toward scientific research, particularly medical research. There, there is the possibility, in the name of experiment, to torture innocent animals, patients, dead and alive bodies. If politics is too much and he is not so certain about himself, or not intelligent enough to move into research, then the sadist becomes a schoolmaster - to torture small children. But the sadist always moves, knowingly or unknowingly, toward a situation where he can torture. In the name of country, in the name of nation, society, revolution, in the name of truth, discovery, in the name of reformation, of reforming others, the sadist is always in search of an opportunity to torture someone.
Sadists are not very attracted towards religion. The other type is attracted toward religion, the masochists. They torture themselves. They become great mahatmas, they become great saints, and they are revered by the society because they torture themselves. A perfect masochist always moves directly toward religion, just as a perfect sadist moves toward politics. Politics is the religion of the sadist; religion is the politics of the masochist. But if a masochist is not too certain, then he can also find some other sub-paths. He can become an artist, a painter, a poet, and can allow himself to suffer in the name of poetry, literature, painting.
You must have heard the name Vincent van Gogh, the great Dutch painter. He was the perfect masochist. If he had been born in India, he would have become a Mahatma Gandhi; but he became a painter. He had not much money. His brother used to give him only enough to survive. So, out of the seven days of the week he would eat only on three days, and the other four days he would fast in order to paint.
He was in love with a woman, but the father of the woman wouldn't allow him to see her. So he forced his hand on a burning flame and he said, "I will keep my hand on the burning flame until you allow me to see her." He burned his hand.


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The optimism about Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson playing on Sunday is dwindling. Although Johnson didn't practice all week, head coach Jim Schwartz indicated the absences weren't too much of a big deal and that Johnson needed to rest his injured knee so he could play versus the Jaguars. But sources have told Pro Football Weekly that Johnson is a true game-time decision and if is he active, Johnson may be on the field for third downs only
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We have a new top story for tomorrow morning. I thought Jordy Nelson's playing status would be the lead in tomorrow's actives and inactives report, but this news is definitely alarming. The problem being, obviously, that if Johnson plays, he may see only 15 snaps or so. You can't start him if that's the case, even against the Jaguars' injury-riddled secondary. Titus Young , Ryan Broyles and Brandon Pettigrew would definitely see more targets, but we'll know a lot more in about 12 hours. Don't forget to visit FFToolbox tomorrow at about 11:30 a.m. Eastern as we'll have all of the details regarding injured players who are suiting up or sitting out of the early games.


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Manning Match-Up Week Seven - October 17
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Three games this week feature Manning Award Watch Listers facing each other, but the selection for this week's Manning Match-Up is No. 20 Oklahoma (3-2) at No. 3 Texas (5-0) to be played at 11 a.m. (CT) on ABC. This game, known as the Red River Rivalry, will be played on neutral ground at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. This match-up features two of the nation's best quarterbacks as the Sooners' Sam Bradford is last year's Heisman Trophy winner, while the Longhorn's Colt McCoy finished second in that race.
After missing three games with a shoulder injury, Bradford returned last week to lead his team to a 33-7 victory over Baylor as he completed 27-of-49 passes for 389 yards with one TD and no interceptions. He is backed by the Big 12's 2nd-ranked scoring defense only allowing an average of 8.4 points per game.
McCoy leads the Big 12's top-ranked offense and leads the nation in completion percentage at 73.4 percent. This season, he has completed 135-of-184 passes for 1,410 yards with 10 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Other Week Seven Manning Match-Ups
Manning Award Stars of the Week
From the players selected to the preseason Watch List for the Manning Award, here are some of the standout stars from week six:
Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan (16-of-22, 318 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT)
Thaddeus Lewis, Duke (40-of-50, 459 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT)
Todd Reesing, Kansas (37-of-49, 449 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT)
Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green (44-of-63, 505 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT)
Riley Skinner, Wake Forest (24-of-33, 360 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT)
Manning Award Players to Watch
Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee (20-of-27, 310 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT)
Ryan Mallett, Arkansas (24-of-37, 274 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT)
Josh Nesbitt, Georgia Tech (4-of-8, 131 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
Christian Ponder, Florida State (26-of-36, 359 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT)
Steven Sheffield, Texas Tech (33-of-41, 490 yards, 7 TDs, 1 INT)
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that takes into consideration the candidates' bowl performances.