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-- Robert Preidt
WEDNESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Bystanders judge
same-sex parents more harshly than straight parents, according to a
new study.
Researchers examined people's responses to the actions of gay
and straight parents, and found that gay parents were much more
likely to be viewed negatively in identical situations involving
poor parenting behaviors.
"We noted that when parents displayed favorable parenting behaviors like comforting an upset child, gay and straight parents were judged in a similar, positive manner," Sean Massey, of the interdisciplinary research group for the study of sexuality and gender at Binghamton University, in New York, said in a university news release.
"However, if parents got frustrated -- raised their voice or slapped their child on the hand -- the gay parents were judged more negatively than the straight parents," said Massey, a research associate professor.
The findings, published in the March issue of the
Journal of GLBT Family Studies, are important because
holding gay parents to a different standard adds additional stress
to the already stressful job of being parents, Massey said.
This type of attitude may also harm same-sex couples' chances of
adopting or becoming foster parents, Massey said in the news
"We feel that it is very important for social workers and adoption counselors to be made aware of the effects of modern anti-gay prejudices and they need to educate themselves and develop policies that help protect against these potential biases," Massey said.
He noted that hundreds of thousands of children in the United
States are waiting to find a foster or adopted family, but there is
a shortage of people willing to take them into their homes. Gay
parents can provide homes for these children, but this study
suggests they may be at a disadvantage.
"Raising awareness of these attitudes is a critical step in being able to utilize a potentially valuable pool of prospective adoptive and foster parents, but it is also vital to improving the day-to-day lives of our families and our children," Massey said.
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement
Sunday supporting same-sex marriage and restating its support for
the adoption of children by gay families.
More information
The U.S. Health and Human Services Administration has more about
gay and lesbian adoptive parents.
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World Oceans Day is today, June 8th
The 8th of June is World Oceans Day, our annual chance to celebrate all things marine! Coordinated by The Ocean Project and The World Ocean Network, World Oceans Day encourages us to consider everything that the oceans provide us with – from oxygen to climate regulation, food to pharmaceuticals and of course, the breath taking beauty of this underwater wonderland.
By raising awareness of the resources that the oceans provide, World Oceans Day hopes to encourage us to do our bit to protect this valuable environment, especially in these challenging times when factors like climate change, plastic waste, over-fishing and environmental disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill all threaten to damage our oceans beyond repair.
Wherever you are in the world there are loads of ways to get involved, whether you want to get together with friends or colleagues to organise an aquatic clean up, take the Seven C's
Pledge to reduce your environmental impact, or simply host your own celebration of the seas. If you are stuck for ideas, the World Oceans Day website has plenty of suggestions as well as a list of organised events around the globe, as they say, there's an "ocean of opportunities" to help and celebrate!
Photo shows Sea Anemone and Coral Banded Shrimp. Credit: Roger Greenway, ENN
Article continues: http://blog.arkive.org/2011/06/world-oceans-day-8th-june-2011/


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In Response: The FASP Letter of Sept. 19, 2013
Sep 20, 2013
Yesterday FASP sent out another note to the community containing many of their familiar attacks on NYU's direction. It ended with this comment:
"We conclude by adding that we represent the faculty, not only as opponents of the Sexton Plan per se, but----far more important----as professors, bound always by our ethical duty, and our intellectual responsibility, to distinguish fact from error, truth from lie."
--FASP Letter of Sept 19, 2013
So, it seems only fitting to point out that many of their core assertions contain errors of fact and conflation of issues.
On Loans
FASP claims that the University loan program favors the University administrators and drains the budget. Here's a key problem with what they imply: the loan program does not cost the University. In fact it earns NYU a small return.


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First lady pumps up crowd at Colonial
PITTSFIELD -- In a rousing campaign speech before a pumped-up capacity crowd of 780 at the Colonial Theatre on Friday afternoon, first lady Michelle Obama exhorted the audience to spread the word about her husband's record in office and to recruit "just one" new supporter for a Nov. 6 election she predicted would turn on "just a few thousand votes."
In a 30-minute, largely off-the-cuff speech interrupted more than 50 times by applause, cheers and whoops, Mrs. Obama reminded listeners that, among many other priorities, "this election is also about keeping our country safe." She saluted "our heroic men and women who have served, sacrificed and given their lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"After 10 long, hard years Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country," she declared, urging supporters to spread the word that "Barack kept his promise and brought our troops home from Iraq and he's working hard to get them the support they've earned. Today our troops no longer have to lie about who they are after serving the country they love."
Outside the theater, there were about 100 people who did not have tickets, but who were just excited to -- possibly -- get a glance of the first lady.
"It's a unique opportunity to see a piece of history," said Evelyn Barstow of Cheshire. "It's an exciting day."
"I'm just here to see if I can get a glimpse of the first lady, and maybe a picture," said Ann Kunce of Pittsfield. "I'm excited to have the first lady of the United States in Pittsfield. I think it's a great honor for the city."
A number of onlookers fondly remembered the last time a first lady visited the city, when Hillary Clinton stood in front of the Colonial Theatre and spoke in 1998.
"There was a huge crowd," said Kunce. "It was wonderful."
Then there were folks who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Sarah Hlavachek, her husband, John, and their two children were visiting the Berkshires from Holden, in central Massachusetts.
"We just walked out of the Berkshire Museum," said Sarah Hlavachek.
When they discovered the first lady was going to visit the theater, they decided to stick around in hopes of getting a glimpse.
"Not too often you have a chance to see the first lady," said Hlavachek.
Glimpses of the first lady outside were ultimately hard to come by. Mrs. Obama, under tight security, was whisked into and out of the Colonial.
Emphasizes president's vision
Inside, the first lady emphasized the president's support for women's choices in health care, as well as equal pay for equal work.
"We're here because of the values we believe in," she said. "The vision for this country that we all share, that everyone in this country should have a fair shot."
The first lady hit on the populist theme of supporting the middle class.
"We believe teachers and firefighters shouldn't pay higher tax rates than millionaires," she said to prolonged cheers and whoops. "After a lifetime of hard work, you should be able to retire with dignity and security ... these are basic American values that many of us were raised with, including myself.
"When people ask you what this preaident has done for our country, I want you to tell them how many jobs he's created, tell them how much money he's put back into the pockets of the American people," she urged the crowd.
Mrs. Obama credited her husband with having created more than 4.5 million private-sector jobs, cutting personal taxes by $3,600 on average, and reducing taxes on small businesses 18 times.
"Remind folks how Barack passed historic health reform and stood up for our most basic fundamental rights again and again and again," she declared.
"But all of this is at stake this November," she warned. "It's all on the line, and that's the choice we face."
"Are we going to watch and let everything we've fought for just slip away?" she demanded. "Who are we? What are we going to do? We can't turn back now, we need to keep moving this country forward."
Taylor serenades crowd
Her high-energy speech, passionately delivered with many off-the-cuff personal references, followed a one-hour performance by James Taylor and his group of singers and musicians. Mrs. Obama thanked Gov. Deval Patrick, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, and Mayor Daniel Bianchi for being on hand.
She also described James as "one of our biggest supporters, one of our dearest friends. He's a wonderful gifted man with a sweet soul."
Sharing her personal experiences as first lady, Mrs. Obama said, I've seen what it's like to be president, up close and personal. There's no margin for error. You get all kinds of advice from all sorts of people, but at the end of the day, what I've learned is that when it comes time to make that decision, as president all you have to guide you in the end are your life experiences, your values, your vision for this country."
"It all boils down to who you are and what you stand for," she asserted. "And we all know who my husband is, don't we!"
"Barack had the back of American families," Mrs. Obama declared as she listed the benefits of the health-care reform law. "Millions of people can finally see a doctor when they're sick and get the treatment they need, thanks to your president."
"When we need a president to stand up for the middle class, protect our most basic rights, no matter who we are, what we look like or where we're from, or who we love, you know what Barack Obama's going to do, because that's what he's been doing every single day as president," she said.
Grass-roots effort
But on a more somber note, she observed that "he cannot do this alone, this election is going to be even closer than the last one, that's a guarantee. In the end, it could come down to those last few thousand votes. This journey is going to be long, it's going to be hard, with plenty of twists along the way, but that's how change always happens in this country."
"If we keep fighting that good fight," she added, "then eventually we'll get there, because that's what we do in this country, we always move forward."
That led her to exhort the crowd to join a grass-roots effort as volunteers -- "with one new voter you register in your precinct, that one neighbor you get to the polls Nov. 6, that could be the one that makes the difference, that puts this election over the top, the difference between waking up on Nov. 7 and asking, 'could I have done more,' or feeling the promise of four more years."
Winding up her speech and preparing to depart for a private dinner and discussion at Gov. Deval Patrick's country home in Richmond, she asked the crowd: "Are you in? I mean, are you really in? Passionately and actively engaged in this election, are you that kind of in?"
As the crowd roared back affirmatively, Mrs. Obama declared: "If you haven't noticed, I'm pretty fired up, so I'm going to be doing my part."
Eagle Staff writer Derek Gentile contributed to this story.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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White House Briefing On Cardiovascular Health
Eisenhower Physician Invited to Participate
In 2012, Eisenhower Cardiologist Charlie Shaeffer, Jr, MD met with senior White House officials as part of a discussion with community leaders who are actively involved in the prevention, treatment and research of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
"The Obama administration hopes to energize health care advocacy at the community level. The topics they covered included the tobacco/smoking policy, access to quality cardiovascular care, reducing health disparities in women and minorities and cardiovascular research," says Dr. Shaeffer. "Tobacco control has been a huge victory and a great example of how public policy influences the outcome of health care."
Break-out sessions at the briefing included Promoting Healthy Eating and Reducing Childhood Obesity through Nutrition Policy; Clean Air Policy to Improve Cardiovascular Health; Promoting Physical Activity through Policy and the Built Environment; and Tobacco/Smoking Policy.
Invited to participate in the White House briefing on behalf of the American Heart Association®, Dr. Shaeffer has volunteered more than three decades of service to the American Heart Association with invaluable contributions toward tobacco control, obesity prevention, and heart disease and stroke research funding. He has been recognized with the American Heart Association Gold Heart Award, Volunteer Advocate of the Year Award, and the Jefferson Award Certificate, among many other awards.


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Posted at 9:44 AM
American manufacturers are saying that business is booming, but many of them also say that banks aren't keen to provide the loans necessary to hire more workers, buy new equipment, and ramp up production. According to Biz2credit, a New York firm that matches borrowers with lenders, a recent analysis found that loan approvals at large banks (those with $10 billion plus in assets) fell in April for the second straight month.
Banks are saying that they're willing to lend but also admit that they are proceeding with caution, especially with loans to smaller, or contract manufacturers. Recent articles note that "the slow pace of the economic recovery is causing both borrowers and lenders to proceed with caution" and " the slowdown in small-business lending is due to the March expiration of a temporary 90% guarantee on SBA loans and the reinstatement SBA loan fees that had been temporarily waived to stimulate lending."
However, I would like to suggest that the continued tightness in business lending may be a reflection of banking strategies employed by different sized banks. Big national banks are much more likely to have been affected by the mortgage backed security mess and the subsequent increase in bank oversight and regulation has encouraged them to reduce risk and tighten lending. Smaller banks, meanwhile, which have traditionally made their living off of smaller loans that they carry on their own balance sheets, seem to have increased their small business lending.
Some people have characterized the situation as one of institutional fit— Small Businesses, Big Banks: Good Fit? . In other words, in the current lending environment, size apparently matters. For example, a recent article by CNN/Money "Manufacturers to banks: We need money now" cited the difficulty of one small firm with booming sales to secure a loan of $140,000 for hiring new workers and increasing production. Unfortunately, this company is not alone in its experience; for many small companies, loans in the range of $150,000-$250,000 are more difficult to secure these days. A 2011 report commissioned by MEP, "Connecting Small Manufacturers with the Capital Needed to Grow, Compete and Succeed," found that there was a varying degree of availability of capital by geographic location, and a gap in working capital loans in amounts ranging from $150,000 to $500,000. For the nation's very largest banks, the current low interest environment also makes loans of this size not particularly attractive to carry on their balance sheets.
The decline in loan approvals are leading many small firms to explore cultivating relationships with the smaller community banks whose practices may focus less on formula-based lending practices that many national banks have adopted in recent years. Other companies are looking toward alternative lenders like credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions, micro lenders, and even alternative online lenders. Companies are finding that while rates and fees may not be significantly less than at some of the larger banks, these types of lenders may be willing to offer different terms in exchange for risk premiums to provide loans to smaller companies.
Having said that, one aspect of the current lending environment that may be fairly widespread, regardless of the size of the lender, is the requirement that small companies provide personal guarantees to the lender. Given that most small manufacturers, especially machine and job shops are organized in a way where income is passed and taxed at the individual shareholder level and not at the corporate level, this is not surprising. At the end of the day, for most banks it still comes down to the Five C's of Credit: character of the borrower; capacity of the borrower to take on new debt; capital that the borrower has invested in the business; current economic conditions, and collateral from the borrower.
Original posted at http://nistmep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2012/05/21/finding-the-right-fit-small-companies-and-banks/


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Bertling currently serves as CEO of Eurocopter, a subsidiary of Eads, which he joined in 1999. Between 1993 and 1999, Bertling worked for Adtranz, now part of Bombardier Transportation, where he held several positions of increasing seniority. Bertling holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
"I am extremely pleased to welcome Lutz Bertling, a leader with a proven track record of managing complexity in organisations with global workforces," said Bombardier, Inc. President and CEO Pierre Beaudoin. "His wealth of experience and achievements in the transportation and defense industries will reinforce Bombardier Transportation's leadership position."


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Our friends in Atlanta received one of the coveted invitations to the "Watch The Throne" listening party in New York, days before yesterday's exclusive worldwide release on iTunes; which was also the date tickets for Jay-Z and Kanye West's tour go on sale. In case you missed it, here's a peak behind Jay-Z and Kanye's curtain. Check out the review, trailer and glorious album art now.
Take in the experience for yourself…
The inferences were immediate.
Two superstars of hip-hop hosting a listening party at a planetarium.
Not just two superstars, mind you, but one who has more No. 1 albums (11) than [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Elvis Presley[/lastfm], and another who encites at least as much excitement when he opens a microphone as Elvis when he swiveled his hips.
And not just any planetarium, but the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (The same city one of these said superstars has created a modern-day anthem for, "Empire State of Mind.")
The only thing missing was[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Jay-Z[/lastfm] yelling that line from his wife [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beyonce[/lastfm]'s "Crazy In Love" hit when you entered…
"History in the making!
Part Two!
So crazy right now!"
Wonerfully enough though, the soundtrack of the beginning of the listening party for the Jay-Z and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kanye West [/lastfm]collaboration "Watch The Throne" was classic soul. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The O'Jays[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Nina Simone[/lastfm] played as hundreds were served Armand de Brignac champagne (or as Jay-Z refers to it in song,"that gold bottle," Ace of Spades), mini lobster rolls, truffle macaroni and cheese squares and sweet potato crepes with carmelized pecans.
It was such a great start.
Then the same uniformed staff serving up the champagne and sweet potato crepes started whispering to the pockets of people scattererd around the Willamette Meteorite that "the presentation" was happening at 7:30, and the guests should make their way to the stairs or glass elevator.
And seemingly as soon as people started heading up the staircase, security stopped them from going up. Then the crowd was redirected to the elevator bank, where only one of three was operating. Then once the still relatively-relaxed crowd made it to the entrance of the theater, everyone STILL wasn't allowed in. Many were stopped, again, in front of four closed silver doors with security personnal standing in front of them.
Word was that they had to make sure "the V.V.I.P." were seated before the mass attired in everything from tennis shoes and shorts to heels and suits were admitted.
Busta Rymes had to push his way through. Then members of West's Island Def Jam Record label. And yes, even West himself.
More minutes passed and finally the security announced that the just under 500-capacity venue was full, and those outside the silver doors would have to wait until the next "presentation" in an hour.
So back to the open bars the remainder went.
And if there was any consolation in having to wait three hours to finally hear an album, it might have been that standing in the front of the line for the last session was none other than Jay-Z's sister-in-law, Solange.
It might have been that once inside, in the roped-off V.V.I.P area, was Gayle King.
(Hey – if Oprah's best friend was in this number…)
But in the end, probably the best thing about finally getting to hear "Watch The Throne" was "the presentation" of "Watch The Throne."
With all of the lights off, and all of the phones confiscated upon your arrival, all of the focus was on the ceiling, where stars and planets streaked, flickered and zoomed in illustration of the stadium-sized, barely-commercial, occasionally-fantastic, heavily-synthetic, percussive rhythm of "Watch The Throne."
No one introduced it. No on offered the song titles for it. It just played start to finish. From "No Church in the Wild" (featuring Frank Ocean) to "I Love You So" (featuring Mr. Hudson and a wickedly sped-up sample of Gladys Knight & The Pips' "I Feel A Song In My Heart.")
From Jay-Z citing the simplistic "'Racks' on 'Racks' " to making a case for "a celebration of black excellence."
From the compellingly gutteral West ("That's My [Expletive]") to the compellingly vulnerable West.
Then the lights came up. There was mild applause. And the finale – perhaps the strangest occurrence of an often-peculiar night: Kanye West got up and basically had nothing to say; except "Thank You."
Watch the trailer now:
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Danny Jackson (50) -In his great 1988 season he threw 15 complete games; only a few years later it's hard to imagine the Reds as a team having that many. Acquired with Ted Power for Kurt Stilwell and Angel Salazar in a pretty darn good deal for the Reds.
Ron Kittle (54) -A hometown boy from Gary who came out of the steel mills to become a fan favorite for the White Sox. Currently runs a business making furniture out of old bats, balls and bases.
Jim Gantner (59) -With Yount, Molitor and Cooper he was part of one of the greatest infields in history. Not as good as the BRM's of course...
Charlie Hough (64) -The last active player to be born in the 1940s. When he was 43 he was pitching for the White Sox to a batterymate, Carlton Fisk, who was also 43. Started the first game in Florida Marlin history.
Riggs Stephenson -Born too soon; he would have been even better as a DH. Suffered a shoulder injury playing college football that left him unable to throw well. Part of a Cub outfield, with Kiki Cuyler and Hack Wilson, in which all three drove in 100 runs; the only time that's happened. Career a bit too short for HOF consideration.
Benny Kauff -"The Ty Cobb of the Federal League", he had some nice years in the majors as well. A character; known among his teammates for his ability to smoke a cigar, chew tobacco, and drink a beer all at the same time. His alleged involvement in an auto theft ring led Judge Landis to ban him for life from baseball; the only player to be banned for reasons other than gambling.
Bill Dahlen and "Parisian Bob" Caruthers -If the Veteran's Committee all gets drunk one night and decides to induct a bunch of forgotten 19th-century stars into the Hall, these two would be a good place to start. I expect we're just about done with the old-timers, though; Bid McPhee just slipped in under the wire...


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Damn my neighbors fence across the street from me got completely ****ed up! My front yard and the streets are filled with leaves due to the massive wind and trees have fallen as well. I live right by the East River but thank god I live on a hill. I'm going to take a look by East River/Astoria Park strip later, it should be a mess right now cause I remember it was after Hurricane Irene.
This was a weird storm. It didn't even rain that much yet there was massive flooding. Cuomo said it was global warming and I tend to agree the weather has been very bizarre.
I was without power for 4 days, my neighborhood in the Bronx got hit pretty hard. Street lights were out cold, no hot water, heat...pretty much like living in Dominican Republic for a little bit.
It's been historical what's been happening...survival of the fittest.
still without power in my area of Bronx since Monday eve. finally checking internet today from a friend's house. can't get to city due to transportation nightmare. 2 block lines for gas. no heat/electric/internet. yet still better off than many who lost homes and lives nearby. prayers out to my friends in New Jersey, Long Island, Queens and Lower East Side of Manhattan. peace.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 18, 2013, 3:32 PM
Town Square
Editorial: Council follows risky strategy to set aside space for compost plant
Original post made on Jan 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 18, 2013, 3:32 PM
Comments (8)
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm
Bob Wenzlau is a registered user.
This editorial offers more smoke than necessary, and clouds the encouraging progress Council made. The city staff has been working with these various agencies and informed them of the course. Each of these agencies is excited about the vision of a project for green energy and compost. CalRecycle, the agency with the greatest stake in enforcement, and program elements that encourage just the types of project's our community is considering. Enforcement is discretionary, and the choice is balanced with benefit that aligns with the purpose of CalRecycle -- promoting waste reduction and creative reuse. CalRecycle would observe that the landfill in its current state is well maintained, and their is little doubt about the city's ability to complete the closure. They would collaborate on the design of any facility toward sealing the buried waste, but also creating in the same footprint a modern facility that symbolizes how communities can deal with their waste in ways that minimize its environmental footprint. I am a bit saddened that the vision and position that the Weekly accords projects like this is waste in such a tired editorial. Precarious - not.... Bold, innovative and leading - YES!
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 18, 2013 at 2:49 pm
>If a bid were to be accepted, the city hopes to have a system to export biosolids, food scraps and yard trimmings in operation by 2017....
"Biosolids" is a euphemism for human sewage slude. The term was the result of a national contest, run by the EPA, to take away the negative conotation of "human sewage sludge". The promise of the Zero Waste fanatics, like Bob W., was that human sewage sludge would be processed by anaerobic digestion schemes, using 10 acres of parkland. Now they are arguing for much more, because they finally realized that human sewage sludge cannot be added into the 'compost' mix, as they promised...it will need to be handled independently. Even if possible, it will require the full 10 acres, thus a much larger footprint for development.
The Zero Waste crowd simply cannot explain what they will do with the human sewage sludge, other than to truck it away, or to continue incineration. To put it another way: They did a bait and switch. Now they want an ever expanding footprint on our parklands.
This entire issue is about green politics, not real solutions.
a resident of Professorville
on Jan 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Perhaps a petition needs to be drawn up to put this up for the vote again. There do not seem to be enough pros as opposed to cons for it
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 18, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Remember that bob is one of the leaders behind the bait and switch that we voted on in 2011 . Anything they say now needs to viewed as an attempt to further fool the public. We would like to see Peter weigh n on this, but we know that he will not make the effort
a resident of Barron Park
on Jan 20, 2013 at 10:47 am
It doesn't seem like the editorial writer attended or reviewed Council proceedings Monday night. The deliberations are all there on the Media Center site, judge for yourself. Web Link
Clearing the 10-acre site to build any envisioned compost facility requires moving stuff from the prospective site to the dump. Not capping all 51 acres of the dump provides maximum flexibility for repositioning this material. Once done, and contoured to optimize future park use, capping material will be brought in to finish the job.
This is by far the most efficient and cost-effective way to go. It is not a close call, as the 7-2 Council vote indicates.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jan 21, 2013 at 5:30 pm
"This is by far the most efficient and cost-effective way to go."
It is also the most efficient option to maximize the greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions from the former dump. First, postpone the cap and allow methane (a ghg 30 times as potent as its famous cousin CO2) to flow freely into the atmosphere. Next, dig up the whole mess and spread it around to really get that methane flowing.
I think city hall is more interested in building expensive toys, like this one, than it is in combating global warning, pious words notwithstanding.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 21, 2013 at 6:06 pm
The church of al gore is dead
Gore sold his company to the PR department of a major oil state -Qatar
Nothing wrong with that in a free market-but the blatant hypocrisy of gore and his acolytes in Palo Alto
Has now ended the scam and their pantheistic cult.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jan 26, 2013 at 7:49 pm
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
I have a few criticism of this editorial.
1. "Council decided Monday to take a precarious path that will delay transfer of any acres of landfill to Byxbee Park for more than a year and risk fines of up to $10,000 a day for not capping the old dump."
The city is not currently risking fines, the current deadline has not yet been reached and the city will try for an extension of that deadline before it is reached, such that fines should never come into play. Further, Staff was clear in the meeting with Council that they plan to line up contractors to do the cap, just in case they are not able to get an extension.
2. "... the council passed up a recommendation from staff to cap 34 acres out of the 51, which in our view would leave plenty of space — 17 acres — if the council were to decide next year to build an anaerobic-digester plant on 10 acres as laid out in Measure E."
This is incorrect. The staff recommendation to cap 34 acres would have only made 5 acres available for a facility. Under that plan, to get the full 10 acres of the measure E site, the additional excavated fill would need to be placed on parts of the landfill which would have been capped already, causing the cap to need to be redone at a cost of up to $3M, and risking that the regulatory agencies would not permit this.
3. "Capping is a state requirement to prevent harmful gases from escaping."
This is true but not the whole truth. The editorial should clarify that the existing temporary cap currently prevents harmful gases and leachate from escaping. Surface-level measurements show no detectable levels of methane.
The temporary cap consists of semi-compacted soil (I say semi compacted because vehicles have driven all over it, but there wasn't a specific compacting plan to make sure every square foot was compacted to a specific degree), with vertical perforated pipes descending from the surface to the bottom of the landfill to suck leachate and methane travelling through the landfill volume at any depth, and bring these up to the surface where a manifold of pipes collect the liquids and gas. (I think the surface pipes are probably under the soil.)
A permanent cap would be the same, except that there would be a geotextile fabric (like a rubber or plastic membrane/sheet). While it could be argued that this membrane would help trap methane until it could be sucked out by the vertical pipes, in practice they monitor methane at the surface of the landfill and there are no detectable levels of methane.
The whole uncapped area is being hydroseeded such that come spring time, it will look like the rest of the park with native grasses, just no trails on it yet.
4. "[The RFP] would provide vendors until August to submit proposals to develop an anaerobic digester facility..."
To be clear, the RFP allows for not just anaerobic digestion but also gasification, which could have a smaller footprint than composting, and, depending on the type of gasification, could produce biochar which can improve soil fertility while sequestering CO2.
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Hi everyone,
Well we have exciting news about the McLaren Disc Golf course. San Francisco Parks & Rec Department & the San Francisco Disc Golf Club have agreed upon a preliminary layout for the McLaren Park Disc Golf Course. This is an amazing layout that includes a full 18 hole course with a wonderful variety of holes. There are a few wide open 500+ foot holes, a few tight and technical holes, lots of elevation changes and great views of San Francisco. This is a course that will challenge even the best players and is sure to become one of the premiere courses in the bay area.
Before we can move on to drafting an MOU with the city and start the actual construction of the course, we need to present the layout to the community. There is a general misunderstanding of disc golf in the community surrounding McLaren Park and thus there is a small but vocal opposition to the construction of the McLaren Disc Golf Course. Therefore these meetings will be very important to demonstrate to the city that there is a strong demand for disc golf in San Francisco. Up to this point, they have only been hearing opposition to the course. I have done my best to convince them that there are hundreds of disc golfers that are very excited to see the McLaren course completed. Now is the time to prove this to them.
April 10th 1pm at the parking lot of the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park: Course Walkthrough - We will have a walkthrough in McLaren Park of the purposed layout. This is a great chance to come out and see the planned course layout. But also, this is a meeting that will be attend by many members of the community who are opposed to the course and thus we need to have a large contingency of people who are excited by the layout.
April 20th 6:30-8pm at Crocker-Amazon Clubhouse (In McLaren Park near the corner of Italy & Moscow): Community Meeting - This is the big meeting. This is a meeting to discuss Disc Golf in McLaren Park. I will give a presentation about Disc Golf in San Francisco and the course in McLaren park. We will then hear from the community about reaction to the purposed plan. It is important that the Parks Department hear many more positive responses than negative ones. Thus it is extremely important for the future of disc golf not just in McLaren Park but in all of San Francisco, that there are a huge number of disc golfers at this meeting. If you play disc golf in San Francisco, this meeting is a must attend event.
Since it is so important to have a big attendance to these meetings, it is critical for us to have an idea of who plans to attend. Please take a few minutes to answer the survey below. (Only 5 questions) Also please forward this to anyone you know who plays Disc Golf.
We will also be doing phone trees before the events to remind members to attend. If you can help make 10 calls in the days leading up to each of these meetings, please let me know and I will add you to my list.
Assuming we get an excellent turnout at both of these events, I believe we will be starting construction on McLaren Park by the end of the summer.
Extremely excited,
Jeffery Bowling


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Abreu shrugs off sore left ankle
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There doesn't seem to be much worry coming from Jose Abreu concerning his sore left ankle, even though the minor injury got a little worse during Friday's game against the Indians.
"Actually, it got better on the games right before yesterday," said Abreu, through translator and White Sox manager of cultural development Lino Diaz. "Then, yesterday went backwards again.
"It's not anything big. It's soreness. It's something I can control, I can play with it. I want to play. If I knew it was something worse than that, I probably would sit. It's nothing but soreness."
Abreu, who started against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw Saturday night at Camelback Ranch and knocked out a single to center, thinks the soreness might be coming from the arch support he's using or from the extra amount of activity. But the first baseman isn't sure.
The problem creeps up the most when Abreu stops when he's running and puts weight on it.
"That's psychological," Abreu said. "It's something that you can get through. It's not a concern for me."
Replay upholds fifth inning play at second
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Expanded instant replay upheld a call at second base in the fifth inning of Saturday night's game between the White Sox and Dodgers at Camelback Ranch, where Scott Van Slyke was ruled safe on Juan Uribe's grounder to short. Alexei Ramirez made a great play in the hole to get a glove on the baseball, but his throw to Marcus Semien was just a bit late to force Van Slyke with runners on first and second and one out.
Semien's ensuing throw to first hit off of Van Slyke's helmet and sailed into right field, allowing a run to score.
White Sox manager Robin Ventura challenged that Ramirez's throw actually beat Van Slyke. But replay showed otherwise.
Gimenez could be in the catching mix
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Four catchers remain in camp for the White Sox, with Tyler Flowers still holding the edge for the team's Opening Day starter. But even with Hector Gimenez standing as a non-roster invite, the switch-hitting backstop might have an edge as the No. 2 or at least finds himself on equal footing with Josh Phegley and Adrian Nieto.
Phegley has options left, and the White Sox might choose to have him play every day at Triple-A Charlotte if he's not starting in the Majors. Nieto, the Rule 5 selection, has impressed, but has to make a jump from the Carolina League to the big leagues.
That leaves Gimenez, who hit .191 with the White Sox before being designated for assignment on July 5 last year and outrighted to Charlotte on July 9. Gimenez, 31, feels comfortable handling the White Sox staff in his second year with the team.
"I feel really comfortable even though I'm not on the 40-man roster," Gimenez said. "I feel comfortable with the team and I feel comfortable with the organization and I'm pretty sure they know me and I know what I have to do to help this team win.
"All I can say is that I'm working pretty hard to be ready for whatever they want me to do. I don't know what they want to decide or where they want to send me."
If Gimenez breaks camp with the team, the White Sox would enter 2014 with the same catchers they had at the start of 2013. But it's more the comfort level that brought Gimenez back to the White Sox on a Minor League deal, despite having other options, as opposed to the specter of a big league chance.
Flowers' throwing improves after rehab
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Tyler Flowers hasn't had much of a chance to test his throwing arm against would-be basestealers, the area that was most affected last season by the surgically corrected soreness in his right shoulder. But Flowers has been pleased with how his shoulder feels and has been trying to play things "live" with his throws in between Cactus League innings.
"It's something I've typically always done anyways," Flowers said. "I'm getting six or seven game throws in the course of those six or seven innings I catch.
"I've had Bernie [White Sox bench coach Mark Parent] and Chief [White Sox bullpen catcher Mark Salas] watching me as much as I could and taking times, to make sure everything looks good. I've been pretty pleased with it, and I've been pretty accurate, which is a big part of it.
"This is not about just throwing the ball as hard as you can, but being accurate helps," Flowers said. "But it has been good. It has brought in a couple of other things as well."
One of those things realized by Flowers is that he can be quicker with his feet then he thought. Of the opposing players who have run against him, Flowers remembers one good throw, one throw off the mark and two where the team was out of position so it didn't matter.
He was 13-for-65 in nailing basestealers last year, but feels strong after the September debridement of his rotator cuff and labrum.
"Time-wise I've been just as good as I was in the past, if not a little bit better on average," Flowers said. "There are certain throws that are a little bit more of a challenge. The arm strength still isn't quite what it was.
"I can make up for it in other areas. Some throws down and away, it's more arm. Those are more of a challenge right now. They have gotten better. I'm sure as we continue, I'll continue to get better."
May, DeMichele know Australian baseball
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- If the Dodgers or Diamondbacks want to know a little bit about baseball in Australia for their regular season contests there next weekend, they need look no further than White Sox Minor Leaguers Jacob May and Joey DeMichele. Both players took part in the Australian Baseball League this past winter and can agree upon the fans' fervor for these upcoming games.
"That's all they talked about when I was out there and how excited they are," said May, an outfielder who is the 15th ranked White Sox prospect per MLB.com. "It's going to be a great atmosphere."
"It's a big deal, and they are promoting it like heck," DeMichele said. "They might experience a little bit different than what we did."
Beckham out at least one week with strained oblique
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Gordon Beckham was taking some light swings in the White Sox batting cage following Friday's 2-2 deadlock with the Indians.
On one of those swings, the White Sox second baseman felt something grab in his left oblique area.
"I could tell once I took the swing, something was wrong," said Beckham before Saturday night's game with the Dodgers. "So I picked up the balls, came in and started getting treatment."
Beckham was diagnosed with a strained left oblique and will have no baseball or weightlifting activity for seven days. The strain is termed a mild one, but Beckham and the White Sox understand how tough and ongoing this injury can become.
Relief pitcher Matt Lindstrom mildly strained his left oblique a few days before he was scheduled to make a Cactus League debut in the White Sox Feb. 28 opener, and he could be appearing in a game for the first time next week. The White Sox feel as if they caught the injury early enough with Beckham but certainly won't force anything with his return.
"It's going to be how he feels in eight to 10 days and then we'll reevaluate where we are at," said White Sox general manager Rick Hahn of Beckham. "At this point, just shutting him down is the most conservative route and the best one to getting him back to 100 percent.
"If you try to fight through these things, they can really grab you and linger for an extended period. We feel we caught it soon enough that hopefully if it does drift into the season, it hopefully won't be too long into the season."
Marcus Semien and Leury Garcia will receive more playing time over the final two weeks of Spring Training with Beckham out for at least one of those. One of those two already was in line to make the Opening Day roster as a utility player, with Jeff Keppinger still unable to throw due to a tight and sore shoulder and quite possibly headed to the disabled list.
Ironically, Keppinger might have been the one to step in for Beckham at second when this injury took place. Micah Johnson, who topped the Minor Leagues with 84 stolen bases in 2013, also will get a slightly more extended look.
"He's continuing to improve and he's getting better as you see him up here," said manager Robin Ventura of Johnson. "It's good to see him get introduced to this, but making the team right now is probably a longshot."
"This is an opportunity to see some young kids over the next 10 days or so," Hahn said. "Then we will reevaluate where we are at."
Beckham, 27, is set to begin his sixth big league season and fifth as the White Sox second baseman. He hit .267 last season, with 22 doubles, five homers and 24 RBIs, but was plagued by injuries from start to finish.
On April 9, Beckham fractured the hamate bone in his left hand on a swing against the Nationals and was out from April 10 to June 2 after having surgery to remove the bone. He was hampered by another left wrist injury after the All-Star break, although in a different area, and left the game on Aug. 15 at Minnesota with a strained right quad that pretty much bothered him for the rest of the season.
Despite five hits in 30 at-bats this spring, Beckham has felt in a good place offensively since early last season. He hopes this injury stands as only a temporary setback.
"The beginning of the season will come a lot quicker now. You hate to get hurt, but I'd rather it happen this week than next," Beckham said. "That's why we're taking seven days off.
"Matt Lindstrom just had something very similar, and from the looks of it, it's the exact same spot. Talking to him and telling him what my plan was, he felt confident. He's like, 'You should be fine.'
"Everybody's different, but I usually respond pretty well to this kind of stuff," Beckham said. "So I think if we're giving seven days off, I really feel like it will be gone. We won't know until it happens."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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U.S. freight carload volume rose 0.2% for the week measured against the comparable week in 2012. U.S. intermodal volume continued its strong trend, up 9.7% for the week compared with last year.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups AAR now posted increases compared with the same week in 2012, perhaps not surprisingly led by petroleum products, up 69.5%. Among declining commodity groups, grain, down 22.2%, dropped significantly.
Canadian freight carload traffic rose 5.3% during the week ending March 2 compared with the same week last year, while Canadian intermodal did even better, up 13.1%. Mexican freight carload traffic advanced 15.6% for the week compared with last year, while Mexican intermodal completed the straight-across win for North American markets, up 15.6%.
Combined North American freight carload traffic for the nine weeks of 2013 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads totaled 3,274,238 carloads, down 2.3% compared with the same point last year. Combined North American intermodal volume was up 7.2%.
Noting the overall mixed results for U.S. freight traffic so far this year, extending through February, AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray said, "Rail intermodal traffic continues to grow. In February, year-over-year intermodal volume on U.S. railroads rose for the 39th straight week, and February saw the first double-digit year-over-year increase in two years. "
Gray added, "Shippers find intermodal appealing for a lot of reasons, including fuel savings, higher trucking costs, and service that has become much better in recent years."


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God's love was expressed through His compassion for His people. God felt pain when His love was rejected by them and He feels that same pain when we reject Him for a sinful life; a lifestyle that we know is contrary to the word of God.
Hosea was the last prophet that God raised up trying to get Israel to repent. Hosea was told by God to take a wife that was unfaithful to him as Israel was unfaithful to God. Hosea was to manifest God's patience and love for His people.
Hosea 1:2-3 says, "When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the LORD.
By telling Hosea, a righteous, godly man who was the Lord's prophet, to take a harlot as a wife, God is depicting the nature of His love and patience toward us. Thus, God wants us to understand, through His word, that just as Hosea took a wife to himself in her repulsive condition, so God takes us to Himself in our repulsive condition.
Hosea was put in a position to see how idolatry and rejection of the LORD feels to God, it doesn't feel good. When we put anything in front of the LORD, it hurts Him like unfaithfulness hurts the victim of an adulterous marriage.
Gomer, Hosea's wife led a life of harlotry before her marriage to Hosea, which depicts lifestyles of some prior to acceptance of Jesus Christ. He married a prostitute, no doubt hoping she would give up her sin and be devoted only to him, but she stayed a prostitute. Lifestyles will change when we become part of the bride of Christ. If a person is truly born again, and truly seeks to be part of the bride of Christ, their whole desire will be to become an imitation of Christ. It will not be a desire to fulfill the lust of the flesh but to walk in the holiness of the Spirit as it says in Galatians 5:16, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
I believe that most people accept Christ to avoid hell, but the fear of hell can wear off over a period of time and boredom sets in, church programs don't fulfill the hunger within, only truly experiencing the love of the Father can satisfy. It is the same as in any family, if your children or spouse truly feel loved; they don't search for fulfillment somewhere else.
I know that in my relationship with my Heavenly Father, no matter what mistake I make, it has no effect on His love for me, His love never changes. It is a simple statement, but so many don't know that love because they have been beaten down with the wrath of God, when the scripture is very plain, that God put that wrath on His son as stated in Galatians 3:13, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law.
In loving forgiveness Hosea bought his wife back; that's God's forgiveness and that is what He was trying to show Israel, which he shows us through this story. That through His death Jesus paid the price, He purchased us. The picture of God in Hosea is that God desires to have a loving, faithful bride, satisfied in the loving arms of a loving Father, no longer wandering about in search of the unknown.
We are His bride, that's you and me, but that is only if you are a born again believer in Jesus Christ.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Drug deaths nationwide are on the rise, but not in Florida.
The state is bucking the trend through targeted police work and a prescription drug monitoring database.
Not long ago, Florida was known as the pill mill capital of the world. Drug dealers from across the Southeast would drive to the Sunshine State to score piles of pills.
Now the state is on the fast track to shed the title. A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows drug deaths nationwide up 3 percent, but in Florida drug deaths are down -- a fact Gov. Rick Scott is boasting about.
"We have had a dramatic impact by arresting individuals involved in the illegal selling of legal drugs," Scott said.
Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi created the Statewide Drug Enforcement Strike Force in 2011.
Since then, more than 4,000 people have been arrested in connection to pill mills -- 73 were doctors. The strike force has seized more than 850,000 pills and shut down 250 clinics.
"We still have a long way to go," said Rep. Mike Fasano. "We still have a lot of people who are addicted to these narcotics."
Fasano left his mark on Florida's pill mill war. As a state senator, he passed legislation creating a prescription drug monitoring database.
"Every pharmacist in the state has to use it when they add the information to that database," Fasano said.
But getting doctors to use the database has proven challenging. Less than 2 percent right now in Florida are logging on and checking out their patients. There's legislation that is moving in the House that would change that.
"We have a piece of legislation that would require every doctor that writes out a narcotic prescription to use that prescription drug monitoring program," Fasano said. "The bill only has one more committee before it goes to the floor."
As the state continues its war on pills, people in legitimate pain say they're being treated like criminals. Some say they can't get the medication they need.
Scott said he's open to listening to their concerns.
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New For 2014
Like the Jeep Grand Cherokee with which the Durango shares its platform, mechanicals, and technology, the three-row Dodge received a comprehensive update for 2014. Most noticeable are the revised front and rear fascias, which now use copious amounts of LEDs, including hockey-stick-shaped front running lights and Dodge's "racetrack" taillights. Inside, the Durango has a new gauge cluster with a seven-inch TFT screen and a cleaner center stack with larger buttons and an optional 8.4-inch touchscreen (a five-inch touchscreen is standard). Under the skin, the Durango loses its antiquated five-speed automatic in exchange for a new eight-speed unit found elsewhere in Chrysler's lineups; the new transmission is controlled through a rotary knob on the center console, like that found in the 2013–2014 Ram 1500. There is also a new trim level — Durango Limited — which includes standard heated leather seats, a heated steering wheel, and the larger touchscreen.
Vehicle Summary
The Dodge Durango debuted for 1998, just ahead of the curve of its peers on the three-row SUV craze of the late 1990s. Both the first- and second-generation Durangos shared their underpinnings with the mid-size Dodge Dakota pickup truck, which, along with the third row, helped to differentiate the Durango from its Jeep Grand Cherokee corporate cousin. V-6 and V-8 powertrains have always been available, as has rear- and four-wheel drive. Unfortunately, the second-generation Durango shed the simple, toned lines of the 1998 model for a puffed-up, steroid-fed look. We noted that the new truck, which debuted for 2004, seemed "deceptively light on its feet" and that the Durango's appearance "strikes fear into commuters stuck in econoboxes." We also felt that the interior was "gloomy," despite being of higher quality than the first-gen truck. The second-generation Durango also offered a short-lived hybrid version along with V-6 and V-8 engines.
However, it was in 2011 that the Durango re-emerged as a class leader. Based on a stretched version of the also-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee (itself riding on a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class platform), the 2012 model moved the Durango from truck to car underpinnings. All for the better, too, as the 2012–13 Durango is well-composed over paved and unpaved roadways, has a reasonably well-packaged interior, and has more powerful and efficient powertrains than before. The exterior styling — which was just updated for 2014 — has a heavy dose of machismo, which works well on the large crossover. Some people, though, may find the chrome on the top-level Citadel model to be too bling-y.
Despite the major cosmetic overhaul for 2014, much of the Durango stays the same. Behind the signature cross-hair grille is Chrysler's fuel-efficient 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine; a 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 is optional. Both engines now use a new eight-speed automatic transmission. Rear- and all-wheel drive is available with either engine; tow ratings are anywhere from 6200 pounds to 7400 pounds, depending on engine and drivetrain configuration.
The Durango's unibody construction is similar to that of the Mercedes-Benz M-class and the Jeep Grand Cherokee and is a welcome contrast to the old body-on-frame chassis that punished occupants of the previous Durango. Thanks to the underpinning swap, the Durango has surprisingly good body control. Add nice brake-pedal feel and accurate steering, and you have a 5000-pound SUV that feels remarkably light on its feet. That said, the Durango does not exist in a vacuum, and when driven back-to-back with its competition the Dodge's overall mass is noticeable. As we found out in our comparison test of eight three-row crossovers, the Durango is "the right vehicle to take to Home Depot, but [not] around town."
The interior features three rows of seats with room for seven, but second-row captain's chairs are also available and reduce maximum occupancy to six. Outward visibility is only OK due to the high front cowl, but the Durango still successfully combines SUV capability and crossover versatility. It also continues to offer a slew of safety technology, like blind-spot warning, active cruise control, and rear cross-path detection. The 2013 Durango is rated as a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, although the revised 2014 model has yet to be tested.
You'll like:
- Powerful V-6 and V-8 options/li>
- Capable tow vehicle
- Macho exterior design
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- Feels as huge as it is
- Turckish ride despite crossover roots
- Poor outward visibility
Key Competitors
- Ford Explorer
- Hyundai Santa Fe
- Nissan Pathfinder
- Toyota Highlander


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Point Park University inducted 73 new members into its Alpha Chi National College Honor Society chapter for 2011 on Thursday, March 24.
At the ceremony, held in the Third Floor Ballroom in Lawrence Hall, new inductees signed the permanent roll book, and received a pin and medallion to wear at graduation, as well as a certificate and diploma sticker. Honors Program Director Helen Fallon welcomed the newly inducted members.
"We hope to induct even more members in the years to come. Hard working students should always be honored, and this is an excellent opportunity to recognize their commitment to their studies and the university's commitment to academic excellence," Fallon said.
Chapter co-advisers Laura Frost, Ph.D. and Donald Keller, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Karen McIntyre, Ph.D. and Dean of the School of Art and Sciences Charles Fox, O.D., Ph.D. were present to congratulate the students.
Founded in 1922, Alpha Chi consists of the top 10 percent of students in each institution's junior and senior classes. Students in Alpha Chi's 300-plus chapters are recognized for their academic excellence through the opportunity to apply for Alpha Chi scholarships and fellowships. Point Park inducted its first students into its chapter in 1982.
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While she may not be able to buy Heidi Klum's maternity designs yet, that isn't stopping Amy Adams from looking fabulous during her pregnancy, thanks to designer Carolina Herrera! InStyle.com reports that the designer is reworking pieces from her current collections to create a custom-made wardrobe for the lucky mom-to-be. The Leap Year star tells InStyle.com that "They made my clothes for the entire press tour. They're amazing. They did such a great job." And the actress is wasting no time debuting her new sophisticated maternity pieces. On Jan. 4, Amy wore an aqua wool crepe dress for an appearance on Good Morning America. One day later, she stylishly stepped out in a gray mélange belted coat with red satin trim paired with a silk mulberry dress for a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman. Last night, the Leap Year star looked ravishing in a 'lava red' silk georgette dress at the movie's premiere. What a fashionable baby bump! Tell us: What do you think of Amy's red carpet maternity style?


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The skills that make us a good partner make us a good parent
Being a good partner may make you a better parent, according to a new study. The same set of skills that we tap to be caring toward our partners is what we use to nurture our children, researchers found.
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Pleasanton school board expected to approve 2013-14 budget of $115 million tonight
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 18, 2013 at 11:06 am
Just wow. Class sizes still at 30-1 for K, 2 and 3 and no reading specialists, but 1.3 million for new stipends, bonuses and other compensation (in addition to the usual step and column increases) + 500k for medical insurance that was never covered in the past.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 18, 2013 at 12:32 pm
The Governor and legislator is giving the schools a lot more money according to all their press releases, and we are deficit spending in our district? That will only get us into more trouble should the income in the future not go up as expected.
Hasn't the district learned that deficit spending should not be done? Or is the district now teaching our students in class that deficit spending is the new way of doing things.
I am sure the administration will be getting some raises (like the HUGE raise that Luz received earlier this year) and it is being financed by deficit spending.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Jun 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm
We can liken this deficit spending to a small tremor emitting from a deeply submerged volcano at the bottom of the ocean's floor. Increased deficit spending, compounded by increasing salaries/pensions for public workers, will ultimately have a tsunami-like effect upon our community. Just look at Calpers and Calstrs if you don't believe me.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 18, 2013 at 6:29 pm
99k a year, full benefits and retirement for about 7 months of work a year. unreal?????
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Tim writes: 99k a year, full benefits and retirement for about 7 months of work a year. unreal?????
Tim, do you realize teachers pay for their own benefits, the district does not pay, they also pay for part of their retirement each month. Do you have any idea what teachers do? You have no idea all the work a teacher does, before school even starts, taking classes during the summer (paid by the teacher), working at home on school work during the week and on weekends, attending before and after school meetings, paying out of pocket to make the educational experience better for the students. Have you been in a classroom? The classroom environment is paid for out of pocket by the teacher. I know this is not going to do anything to convince you (or others that will answer) that teaching is a noble profession and should be treated that way.
Because we all went to school, people think "they can teach", it isn't so and if it is go back to school and get a teaching credential, simple as that, if it is such an easy job, you become a teacher!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Pro teacher parent, It needs to be pointed out that the then teacher leadership (quite a few years ago now) negotiated having benefits rolled into the salary schedule precisely to boost their annual income which is used to calculate their pension payouts when they retire. And because about half (at last report) have benefits through a spouse, the money is actually income. I don't think you can negotiate that change and then complain about it later. Teachers do contribute to their pension fund (CalSTRS), but so does the district.
I would otherwise agree that being a teacher is only getting more difficult. I also think the best of teachers should be paid more than they receive now.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:43 pm
The budget is less than last year. That 's step in the right direction...
I have two kids at Vintage Hills and I will not compromise when it comes to their education. I believe I follow PUSD issues closer than most. I don't have the utmost confidence in district leadership. That said, I'll never forget Back to School Night. I was looking to find fault. Instead, what I found were two teachers who were very qualified in their craft, and two people who cared deeply about children. I left that night thinking that my kids were going to be just fine for at least one more year. That year has just wrapped up, and my kids are better than fine, they are doing great! If there is a better option for elementary school education within 25 miles, I would love to hear about it.
If you want to bash the district, go ahead and bash the district, but leave the teachers out of it. The teachers (and staff) at Vintage Hills are good people doing great work...
a resident of Stoneridge
on Jun 19, 2013 at 5:27 pm
The teachers in Pleasnton have it VERY good, too good in fact. EVERY job requires that you put in extra time. The only difference is that in the private sector it is expected for l/t employees and it is uncompensated. At 99k a year, full benefits + unheard of job security in this still lousy for private sector employees economy and a promised bloated pension at retirement for about 7 months of work a year sounds liek a great deal for these priviliedge teachers of PUSD. This is unreal when compared to what private K-12 school teachers get and also for the mediocre performance by and large CA public teachers 'deliver'.
Source: Forbes says CA teachers are on average 3rd highest paid in the nation and deliver 49th worst results. Again, $$ out = 3rd highest, results in, 2nd worst. Id this were a private company, massive amounts of public school teachers annualyl would be pounding pavement looking for a new job instead of complaining about unheard of bennies and $$ they already get.
Nowhere in the private sector would these teachers find this gold mine called their current pay and pension schedules.
And about these pensions, CA cities are going broke already - those Democrat promised 'pensions' will not be there when all these armies of teachers begin retiring at early ages. The ##s don't come close to adding up.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jun 19, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Teachers R Overpaid. Nice twist in your argument. From PUSD to all CA rankings. PUSD ranks high in CA, nationally our high schools rank in the top 2% which would appear to support the idea that our Elementary and Middle Schools are doing a great job at preparing them. Wonder why housing values are recovering in Pleasanton? Uhhhh, schools might have something to do with it? You pay for what you get- good teachers cost money, and not only do our kids benefit so do unappreciative people like you.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jun 19, 2013 at 8:08 pm
And Teachers R Overpaid, get your facts straight on compensation. Teachers pay their own benefits (averages about $1500 month.) Thanks to a math teacher you should be able to work out what that costs per year....
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jun 19, 2013 at 8:08 pm
And Teachers R Overpaid, get your facts straight on compensation. Teachers pay their own benefits (averages about $1500 month.) Thanks to a math teacher you should be able to work out what that costs per year....
a resident of Birdland
on Jun 19, 2013 at 9:59 pm
But most teachers have a spouse that has insurance already so the teachers voted to have a higher salary instead of the insurance. And like stated above, this adds to their pension benefits. Plus they do have free medical insurance if they retire before age 65 for 5 or 10 years. This is something they pay nothing for; the taxpayers pay 100%. Pretty sweet deal!
If you are paying $1500 per month for medical insurance, you certainly have a cadillac plan. You can get a more cost effective plan on your own (like I do since I have to pay for my own insurance since I am self-employed). But you can wait a bit since Obama says his new plan will bring the cost of medical insurance way down.. Holding my breath now.
a resident of Stoneridge
on Jul 1, 2013 at 10:01 am
Private sector employees pay a portion fo their benefits too. What kind of specious lame argument is that? Like many of other private employees, I pay $500 a month for my private company provided insurance plan for my family, I also pay a $1000 deductible before any insurance kicks in too, I have 10% of my salary taken out to fund MY retirement in the stock market at MY risk. Teachers have none of this. They bear no market risk for their pensions - when CALPERS and CALSTRS has a bad investment year or decade (like the last ten years) they insanely think it's up to the taxpayers to make up the difference (that fight is coming). In many cases, they also contribute less than 10% towards their pension and they expect to retire at age 60 with a pension that is worht $50K - $100K+ depending on time served every year for the rest of their life + free med and dental bennies all for not working any longer. You would ned a 410K worth $3Million to get that kind of ROI but teachers will fight tooth and nail for this lotto prize set up with this corrupt system. If any Californian wonders what is bankrupting the state, there is your answer. Armies iof pensioners are already milking the state now and more armies of teachers are coming into that plan. The #s don't add up for solvency. Fact: $99K for ~8 months of work. Pro-rate that to a full year of work like private sector employees have and you are talking $120K which is really overpaid. Summers off too = sweet deal. I see neither of you argued against my assertion that teachers are overpaid so be inference I'll assume you agree with it.
a resident of Bordeaux Estates
on Jul 1, 2013 at 10:23 am
So...why don't you go get a job as a teacher? Sounds like you'd be very happy with the compensation
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 1, 2013 at 10:56 am
@Teachers R Overpaid
If you had read the article carefully, the 99k salary is only for the longest tenured senior teachers. Most teachers don't make 99k; the median pay for a teacher in Ca is ~47k according to Payscale.com.
Have you seen the API scores for Pleasanton schools? We have friends and coworkers from Fremont and Union City who are looking to move to Pleasanton. Why? The uniform excellence of the schools. Ask any realtor if you don't believe me.
So I'd say the vast majority of teachers here in PUSD are earning their pay, whatever it may be.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 1, 2013 at 11:38 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
dude, PUSD teachers have a starting pay of $60K. 2012-13 salary schedule: Web Link
We also have a very senior staff, with the majority at the top end of the scales. You can read the 2011 discussion board about the scattergram the district had posted at one time. Unfortunately, when they rolled to the new web site, this link was eliminated and I was unable to find a new scattergram.
So while I believe the best teachers should be able to earn more, at least in bonuses, our teachers are nowhere near the median (a good thing). Also, using API scores and looking at those districts with lower scores will always make PUSD look great by comparison. We should be looking at those with better scores to determine what we might be able to do better (acknowledging there are many factors you can't change, like demographics).
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OCEAN CITY – Although current economic conditions have prompted concerns about the upcoming summer, Ocean City finally got a bit of good news this week.
April's demoflush numbers were released on Monday, showing that the resort enjoyed its best April since 1992, and 2009's year-to-date numbers showed that Ocean City is well ahead of last year's pace.
Since the fall, it seems that anytime numbers "get crunched" around the resort, the outlook and the projected future looks nothing but bleak, as perfectly shown by the town's shrinking budget and revenue stream, but this set of numbers have finally led some in the resort toward the optimistic side of the argument concerning the upcoming summer season.
Perhaps the record could be attributed to what Mayor Rick Meehan called the "perfect storm of circumstances." Meehan cited nice weather and a month of popular events, including last weekend's Maryland International Kite Expo and Ward Museum's Carving Competition. Together, they helped tip April's demoflush numbers to the highest point since the numbers began being recorded in 1992.
More than 493,000 people were estimated to have visited Ocean City in April based on the town public relations office's demoflush numbers, which measures the number of visitors based on the volume of wastewater used, for an average of over 123,000 per week, which is also the highest April ever.
In comparison, April 2008 demoflush numbers recorded just over 452,000 monthly visitors for an average of slightly more than 113,000.
April 2003 and 2007 were previously the best on record which saw over 488,000 visit the resort in 2003, for example, and an average of 122,156 in April 2007. What makes those numbers especially notable is that both years went on to be what was considered successful summer seasons, as both 2003 and 2007 welcomed over eight million people to the resort.
It should also be noted that 2008 was widely considered to be a disappointment from a numbers standpoint, as yearly visitors dropped below the eight million mark (roughly 7.8 million) for the first time since 1999, to its lowest point since 1993, and saw the lowest amount of visitors from Memorial Day to Labor Day (3.9 million) since 1986.
Town officials have been cautiously optimistic about the upcoming summer season, citing the fact that the town will be spending more money than ever before (over $3 million) on tourism advertising, and that Ocean City will more than likely fare well based on its "drive-to" geographic location to several major markets.
In 2009 to date, demoflush numbers cite that the resort has welcomed over 1.5 million people through April, compared to 1.4 million to this point last year.
"These stellar numbers add to our optimism for the 2009 summer season," said Meehan, who called Ocean City a "practical and economical vacation destination in this uncertain economy."
Area merchants, especially those on the Boardwalk, cited solid numbers in the past few weeks, including the Kite Loft, which had a successful annual kite exposition last weekend, bringing large crowds of onlookers and spectators to an already buzzing Boardwalk.
"Not only did we do well at The Kite Loft but several merchants told me how they had a record weekend and noted that it was due to the kite event," said Knerr via email. "Of course, the great weather certainly had an impact but the bottom line is that vacationers love to come to Ocean City when various events are taking place."
Knerr said that he is being inundated with job applicants, his summer housing for his employees is completely booked and his sense of optimism for the season remains strong.
"I am certainly an optimist, but I firmly believe that Ocean City will have an outstanding season regardless of the state of our national affairs, said Knerr. "We are definitely off to a fantastic start for the 2009 season."


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Biden told thousands of students, faculty and staff, law enforcement officials from across the nation who had gathered Wednesday to pay respects at Briggs Field on campus that no child should predecease their parents.
School President L. Rafael Reif told those gathered that Collier not only had a job at MIT, but also had a life at MIT.
As many as 10,000 people were expected on campus for the memorial. They had to make their way through tight security, including metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs ahead of the service.
MIT Police Chief John DiFava and members of Collier's family also spoke at the service.


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The last 31,556,926 seconds (that's a year for you non-pendulum peerers) have provided some cracking stats.
From the world's tightest parallel park to the amount of pasta consumed by the F1 grid, we've compiled the best big numbers, small numbers and ridiculous numbers for your pleasure in the gallery above. Be warned: if you're arithmophobic, we wouldn't go any further.
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2013 in numbers
The last 31,556,926 seconds (that's a year for you non-pendulum peerers) have provided some cracking stats.
How many inches John and Alastair Moffatt left either side of an original Mini Mayfair's bumpers to secure the world record for the tightest parallel park. Watch it here.
The top speed, in kilometres per hour, achieved by a P Zero Formula One tyre this year. It was attached to Esteban Gutierrez's car during the Italian Grand Prix. Onlookers confirmed it was spinning "very, very fast."
The views (at the time of writing) Jean Claude Van Damme and his BALLS OF STEEL have achieved for his 'Epic Split' Volvo commercial.
Number of seconds it took Red Bull's pit crew to put a new set of boots on Mark Webber's car during the US Grand Prix, achieving the fastest pit-stop in history. Seems they really wanted to get rid of Mark.
Estimated amount America's NASCAR tracks saved as a result of the US Senate averting the fiscal cliff in early January.
Number of cars set on fire in France last New Year's Eve. A rise from 2008, where just 372 cars were torched.
The total length in miles of all roads (paved and unpaved) in America. We drove most of them in the Ford Focus ST…
The amount spent on building and maintaing UK roads this year. That equates to 2,366,666,666 Tesco Meal Deals.
Number of Ferraris damaged in this massive crash in Japan. We're sure a few more than six tears were shed.
How many Tikes Cozy Coupe have been produced since 1979. 63,040 of the legendary human-powered red and yellow coupes were bought just in the first six months of this year, hugely outselling even the Ford Fiesta.
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Height of the world's smallest street-legal car. Austin Coulson's baby 'Hummer' makes even Jeremy's P45 look suitably supertankerish.
The cost of Grid 2: Mono Edition, making it the most expensive game in history. It did come with a free BAC Mono, though.
Marc Lieb's lap time in the Porsche 918 around the "The Green Hell". Which is astonishingly quick. Don't forget, we're still waiting on confirmation of McLaren's 'under seven minutes' time.
How many pound coins you'd have needed to buy Fangio's 1954 F1 car at auction this summer. The Mercedes W196 became the most expensive car ever sold at auction, smashing the piffling £10.8m paid for a 1957 Ferrari 250 in 2011.
The number of horsepowers per litre the punchy A45 AMG makes from its two-litre turbo engine. That's the highest horsepower-per-litre output of any production engine.
The number of new cars registered in the first 11 months of 2013, 200,000 more than last year.
Number of hysterical Benedict Cumberbatch fans that fainted in the TGTV studio when the Sherlock star appeared on our poxy telly show.
Speed, in miles per hour, Brian Gillespie was doing when his Honda Insight decided to, erm, massively reengineer itself. And through the power of the internet, his wife has been in touch with Top Gear to say that he's recovering well, which is great news.
Amount of pasta, in kilograms, cooked by Pirelli during this F1 season. Those F1 drivers sure do like carb loading.
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So I think I've come as far as I can with design by teaching myself. I really need to polish my graphics up and even look at better understanding fundamentals of design, as I have no formal training. So for someone like me without a formal education in design, what would you guys suggest in terms of online classes, books, and good tutorial sites for becoming better at PS, Illustrator, and overall a better designer (including typography, layout etc). Basically the closest to earning a degree without going back to college.
Thanks guys!
Obvioulsy practice is essential, but see if these help:
I understand the concept of practicing - but practice only makes perfect when done correctly. I can golf and golf and golf, but if my swing is horrible and never corrected, it won't do you any good. I'm at that point where I'd like constructive feedback, and would appreciate the formalities of proper art design education, short of going back to another degree of course
I was thinking about joining Tuts Plus and take all their online courses and tutorials. Also live by one of the biggest universities in the US, see what kind of night classes they have.
Are the books not of any interest?
It is a tricky question Bades, because there are so many aspects wrapped up in design. Certainly learning to use the software is a part of learning, but there are many more aspects to good design that are independent of a computer.
If you want to hone your craft I would start by reading anything that interests you and take note of those things you really like. Some people love working with illustrations but aren't so fussed on Photoshop work. Others are the complete reverse. Others like to be familiar with both and use them together.
You are right though that practice can only take you so far. Real world experience is where the tools of the trade meet the harsh reality of deadlines, complaints, restraints, budgets and boards. (Sounds appealing right?). If you want to get some experience ask around your friends and make yourself available for some freelance work. Work with charities and mock up products for them, logos, letterheads. Treat it like a real job and take the time to learn as you go. There will be no shortage of sports clubs, community groups etc that would love to use your current skills. Offer them a few hours for free.
Here at the office we often get approached by new grads. Their portfolios are great and full of wonderful examples of what they've done. But often they lack the speed of being tied to a deadline with a budget. Or they lack the refinement of a client's demands to use only 3 colours. Design is a fantastic craft but it rarely operates in a vacuum. There are few people who get to work at the top tiers where the magic of endless revisions can occur.
There are tons of ways to improve your design, but ultimately unless you have some goal you are working towards there is no incentive to do endless tutorials.
One of the simple ways I improved my photography was by reading art books on perspective. Don't be averse to trying avenues you may not think have immediate relevance.
No, books are great, and I plan on picking a bunch up. Just trying find something a bit more substantial. I feel like I need that environment where I can receive constructive feedback from seasoned designed folk. Perhaps online classes, local university classes? Stuff like that
Just expose yourself to a lot of perspectives and find time to really dedicate some time to practice whatever you learn. Online classes are also great, except that most of them are not for free.
Things that helped me:Learn about visual heirarchy - very important in designLearn about white space in designDo as many photoshop/illustrator tutorials as possible (one a day if possible)Look at blog posts which contain site inspiration - expose yourself and pick out things you like and try to emulate themDownload as many fonts/textures/brushes as possibleDesign as many sites as possibleTry designing in loads of different styles - if you always design sites with drop shadows and gradients, do something minimal with only black and white, if you only use flat colour, try and use texturesExperiment with different mediums to achieve effects (scanning, photographs, different themes)
Practice practice practice! If you're committed you'll get there in the end
Hope this helps
Practice, be confident.
Appreciate, don't immitate.
Teach yourself and let others teach you.
The best way to really get up to speed on your design skills is to refresh your vision and imagination. You should look around and see what is being done now a days with other people. Check out their work to see the quality level you need to match. Of course doing some tutorials will also help you get back that skill set.
Yes, that's very worthwhile, especially as you can also look under the hood and see how they did it. It's like a painter learning from other artists—essential, really.
I think you'll always have to be learning something yourself. If you feel you've hit a wall, find a way to push harder If you want to get back to basics, focus on Typography, Layout, Proportion, Alignment etc. They will do wonders for your work over the latest photoshop tutorial teaching you how to apply fancy effects or gradients.
For typography I recommendhttp://informationarchitects.net/blog/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period/http://webtypography.net/
And of course, just keep working on new projects, comparing with other designs and constantly asking 'how can I make this better?'.
You need to look around at tutorials and garner the basic skill set first. I also recommend looking at the trendy techniques now. Design now is different than design 2-3 years ago even. Times have changed and you need to know what effects and what trends are popular for NOW.


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DETROIT - It's a language teens know, their friends know, even online pedophiles know. Only the parents are in the dark. Children are using acronyms to communicate with online predators and the predators know how to manipulate kids in a game of secrecy that can be very dangerous.
Glenn Clark is with the Cyber Safety Initiative of the Attorney General's office and Tuesday night he'll be giving a special talk and workshop to parents to discuss this secret language and other internet pitfalls. Parents will learn what to look for, as well as valuable hands-on tools to help keep their children safe.
Clark gave Local 4 a glimpse into the world of teens and predators by sharing glossary of acronyms used to keep parents in the dark.
Top 20 must-know lingo:
1. ADR -Address
2. ASL- Age/Sex/Location
3. GYPO - Get Your Pants Off
4. IWSN - I want sex now
5. KFY - Kiss For You
6. KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
7. LMIRL - Let's meet in real life
8. M OR F- Male or Female
9. MOOS - Member(s) of the opposite sex
10. MOSS or MOTSS - Member(s) of the same sex
11. NALOPKT - Not a lot of people know that
12. NIFOC -Nude in front of computer
13. P911 - Parent alert!
14. PAL - Parents are listening
15. PAW - Parents are watching
16. PIR - Parent in room
17. POS - Parent over shoulder
18. S OR g - Straight or Gay
19. TDTM - Talk dirty to me
20. WYCM - Will you call me?
The stats are shocking. According to the Michigan Attorney General's Office, 69 percent of teens online get unsolicited messages from people they don't know, yet 80 percent of households have no real rules or set boundaries for internet usage.
Gameboys, Paystations, X-boxes, Wii consoles even DSS handheld games give children unfettered access to the internet and more importantly online predators' unfettered access to them.
Learn More:
Clark will walk parents through everything they need to know and even give them hands-on tools to make sure they know how to keep their children safe during a special For Parents Only workshop (FPO ) on Tuesday at the Rochester Hills City Hall Auditorium.
The building is on 1000 Rochester Hills Drive and is just west of S. Livernois Road, off of west Avon Road. The workshop starts at 7 p.m. and all are welcome.
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AMNews: Jan. 5, 2009. Supreme Court asked to examine Texas peer review case … American Medical News
The U.S. Supreme Court could be the next stop for a lawsuit that peer reviewers have followed closely. A Dallas cardiologist is asking the high court, which only takes up a small number of cases it is requested to consider each year, to review his lawsuit claiming unlawful peer review.
The case has led physicians serving on peer review panels and hospital officials to worry that peer review immunity could be eroded. And it has given physicians who believe they were improperly peer reviewed hope for retribution.
Interesting. I only know of peer-review inside my own division, and don't know anything about this case other than what's in the news. I can understand a need for checks and balances in any system, but wonder if tearing peer review apart is the right answer.
Updated: I should clarify the basic problem with peer review, and what's at stake.
Peer review is meant to be just that, a review of a doctors' work viewed through the eyes of their peers, i.e., docs who do the same work. Ideally, they're the perfect people to throw the flag when there's a foul, and as far as I know (and, lawyers, that's all I know) it works like it's supposed to.
Nearly without exception those subjected to discipline will complain of personality conflict, or business conflict, and there's the rub: determining whose complaint about their discipline is meritorius and those who are covering their troubles with obfuscation. It doesn't help that peers who do the review in the non-hospital based disciplines are nominally colleagues but are also competitors with egos and agendas. It is a given that those ase motives are left at the closed door of peer review, but there's always going to be friction over an adverse decision.
I'd like to point out here that just because peer review is unhappy with someone doesn't automatically result in adverse action, there's usually the hospital Medical Board or Credentials Committee that has to actually impose a discipine, so there is some outside oversight (which relies on the peer review for the nuance of whether care was appropriate for their discipline). If this sounds incestuous it's not supposed to, nor is it supposed to be in practice.
Again, all I know of this case is what I've read in the papers, and so far (knock wood) I haven't fallen afoul of a peer review action, but I (and everyone else in my position) has recourse in the event of an adverse review.
So, again I hope peer review is left intact as a tool for self-policing.


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