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Brian M. Shuch, MD
Associate Professor Adjunct
Departments & Organizations
Urology: Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy
Office of Cooperative Research
Dr. Brian M. Shuch's decision to study urologic oncology was a personal one: he wanted to help others defeat cancer after watching a member of his own family succumb to the disease. "I wanted to be a surgeon in a field where patients have excellent outcomes with surgery," he explains. "I also wanted to be involved with systemic therapy and cutting-edge research." At Yale, Dr. Shuch runs the urologic oncology cancer research bank, where all tissue, urine, and blood is stored for future research within the Yale Cancer Center.
Dr. Shuch completed his urology residency and surgery internship at the University of California, Los Angeles and played a key role in its Kidney Cancer Program. After his residency, he completed a three-year urologic oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), focusing on clinical trials, drug development, and the comprehensive management of patients with kidney cancer. He holds a joint appointment from the Yale School of Medicine in the Urology and Diagnostic Radiology departments.
In addition to his clinical interests, which include open and robotic surgery, systemic therapy, percutaneous kidney tumor biopsies and cryoablation—the use of extreme cold to kill cancer cells—Dr. Shuch is committed to limiting over-treatment of non-aggressive urologic cancers. When appropriate, he prefers a strategy of active surveillance and the integration of genetic testing in cancer care.
Dr. Shuch is a member of two oncology clinical trial groups, the Society of Urologic Oncology and SWOG, formerly the Southwest Oncology Group, which receives support from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He helps run the multidisciplinary Yale Kidney Cancer Tumor Board and is part of the kidney cancer clinical trial team. These trials involve treatment of the disease at all stages, from small localized tumors to advanced metastatic disease. "Our improved understanding of the genetics of kidney cancer will allow the integration of molecular markers into treatment algorithms," he explains. Studies show that molecular markers can be useful in many ways, including measuring the progress of disease and evaluating the most effective therapy for a particular cancer type.
Education & Training
|New York University School of Medicine (2004)
|University of Michigan/Ann Arbor (2000)
|National Cancer Institute
|UCLA School of Medicine
|University of California - Los Angeles
|University of California - Los Angeles
Honors & Recognition
ASCO Foundation Merit AwardASCO (2013)
ASCO Foundation Merit AwardASCO (2012)
NIH General Loan Repayment Program Awardee (2010-2013)NIH (2010)
ASCO Foundation Merit AwardASCO (2009)
Longmire Surgical Society AwardLongmire Surgical Society (2009)
Guy Della Riva AwardUCLA Urology (2008)
ASCO Foundation Merit AwardASCO (2008)
Longmire Surgical Society AwardLongmire Surgical Society (2008)
Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society- NYUAOA (2004)
Valentine Mott Award for Excellence in Urology (2004)
Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society (2004)
Joseph Collins Foundation/Augustus Landis Packer Award for most outstanding graduating 4th year NYU Medical Student (2004)
Presidential Service AwardNew York University (2001)
Class Honors (1998-2000)University of Michigan (1998)
O'Leary Scholarship for Excellence in Natural Sciences (1998-2000) (1998)
Second Place Essay Contest WinnerPhillips-Magnavox Laboratories (1996)
Professional Service
National Cancer Institute PDQ Cancer Genetics Board (2014 - 2016) Board Member
Society of Urologic Oncology (2013 - Present)
NCI (2013) Coordinator
"Management of Kidney Cancer in Young Patients" Chicago, United States (2014 - 2014)
Presentation at the 2014 Kidney Cancer Symposium
"Surgery in the Setting of Metastatic Disease" Chicago, United States (2013 - 2013)
Presentation at the 2013 Kidney Cancer Symposium
"Defining Early-Onset Kidney Cancer: Implications for Age-Based Genetic Counseling" Orlando, United States (2013 - 2013)
Presentation at the 2013 ASCO GU Cancer Symposium
"Adrenal Hyperplasia as part of the Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer Phenotype." Bethesda, United States (2011 - 2011)
Presentation at the Society of Urologic Oncology Winter Meeting 2011
"Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer and Sarcomatoid Histology." Orlando, United States (2009 - 2009)
Presentation at the 2009 ASCO GU Cancer Symposium
"Histologic Evaluation of Metastases in Renal Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Transformation and its Implications for Systemic Therapy." Los Angeles, United States (2009 - 2009)
Presentation at the UCLA Longmire Surgical Society
"Brain Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Presentation, Recurrence, and Survival." Los Angeles, United States (2008 - 2008)
Presentation at the UCLA Longmire Surgical Society
"Brain Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Presentation, Recurrence, and Survival." San Francisco, United States (2008 - 2008)
Presentation at the 2009 ASCO GU Cancer Symposium


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But when speculating about the past, "might" is often more appropriate, though increasingly speakers seem to prefer "may" for such uses.
I just heard an newscaster say that the death of an infant "may have been prevented if it had been vaccinated against pertussis." "May have been prevented" sounds as if there were some doubt about whether the infant died. "Might have been prevented" would be much clearer and more appropriate.
Here's an extract from my "may/might" entry on p. 145 of the book:
Most of the time "might" and "may" are almost interchangeable, with "might" suggesting a somewhat lower probability. You're more likely to get wet if the forecaster says it may rain than if she says it might rain, but substituting one for the other is unlikely to get you into trouble—so long as you stay in the present tense.
But "might" is also the past tense of the auxiliary verb "may," and is required in sentences like "Chuck might have avoided arrest for the robbery if he hadn't given the teller his business card before asking for the money." When speculating that events might have been other than they were, don't substitute "may" for "might."
When you are uncertain what has happened and are making a guess, then you may want to use "may": "I think he may have thought I would really like an oil change for my birthday."
These days I rarely hear "might" used by people reporting events from the past. Newspeople and politicians seem to vastly prefer "may." Why is that?
My theory: teachers and parents have insisted for years that in asking permission to do something it is more polite to say "may I?" than "can I?" This may have led people to think that "may" is a "nicer" word in all contexts. Or it might not have.
Anyway, sometimes "might" makes right.

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Inject a Chloé attitude to your life this season, by adding stylish and elegant designs to your wardrobe. You will feel feminine and 'très-chic' by wearing a signature piece from the new collection, as it is as sleek as it is sophisticated. This fashionable black silk scalloped short dress from Chloé features short sleeves, a fitted silhouette, a round neck, a rear zip fastening, scalloped sleeves and a scalloped hem.
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WebSphere Peformance - Alexandre Polozoff's Point of View
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WebSphere Application Server v8.5 redbook
If you're looking at the v8.5 release of WebSphere Application Server you will want to check out this redbook.
-Xgcpolicy:balanced for really large Java heaps
With WebSphere Application Server v8 the IBM JRE provides a new garbage collection policy known as balanced. One should consider trying the balanced policy if running on the 64-bit JVM using a Java heap size over 4GB and still experiencing occasional long pauses with the gencon policy. It does impose a slight performance hit but based on how some applications are written or coded it may be necessary for the runtime operations team to try this policy in an attempt to avoid large pause times. The balanced policy can also take advantage of non-uniform memory access (NUMA) hardware architecture available on System x® and System p® using current versions of AIX®, Linux® or Windows®.


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Millions of Unneeded Antibiotics Are Prescribed to Kids Every Year
A new study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that pediatricians write more than 10 million prescriptions for unnecessary antibiotics every year.
In the two-year study, 65,000 kids were profiled to determine the type of diagnosis they were given during doctor's visits as well as the type of of drugs, if any, they were prescribed. The research revealed doctors prescribed antibiotics during one of every five visits.
While some of those drugs were appropriately prescribed for bacterial infections, almost 25 percent were given to kids with respiratory conditions that typically aren't helped by antibiotics, such as bronchitis, the flu, asthma and allergies.
Dr. Adam Hersh, a researcher attached to the study, said some of those antibiotics "kill more of the good bacteria in our bodies and can set the child up for infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria down the road," and doctors may prescribe them because a diagnosis is murky. "The decision is made to prescribe an antibiotic… just 'to be on the safe side,'" he said.
Dr. Aditya Gaur, who studied antibiotic prescribing at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, said parents shouldn't by shy about asking doctors the reasons behind prescriptions, adding that parents should also know "not to expect an antibiotic every time an infection is diagnosed."


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Unfortunately for the obscure series, Stephen King is just about the only horror scholar or reviewer (besides me!) who actually remembers Tales of the Unexpected at all! This obscure Quinn Martin venture ran for just eight hour-long episodes in February, May and August of 1977, airing on Wednesday nights at 10:00 pm. It then disappeared...never to be rerun, never to be seen on the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S., never released on VHS (save for a two-hour episode called "The Force of Evil," released by Worldvision in 1987) and not yet released on DVD. Call it Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unremembered.
Narrated by the late William Conrad, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected is a color genre program that offers a different tale of the macabre each week, one that almost universally culminates with a shocking (or not so shocking...) twist or "sting." Many of the stories deal explicitly with the vicissitudes of human nature, but many of the episodes also rely on "stock" genre elements and therefore lack a necessary element of originality or freshness. Sometimes, the series seems as slow as molasses...
At an hour in length, the derivative nature of each of the tales combined with the snoozy pacing actually made them somewhat less than unexpected. More like Tales of the Predictable. Ironically, a low-budget show from Australia - The Evil Touch (1973) - in syndication a few years earlier than Tales of the Unexpected aired - boasted a deeper understanding of horror, not to mention better pacing, and covered virtually identical territory in terms of narrative and themes. Still, I'd like to see a release of this series on DVD for the simple historical value of the show.
Among the eight episodes in the canon here is a re-write of The Invaders' opening story ("Beachhead"), now re-named "The Nomads" and featuring David Birney in the Roy Thinnes role. The plot follows a Vietnam veteran who witnesses an alien race landing on Earth and preparing an invasion. Naturally, he has trouble convincing anybody that his story in true.
Another episode, the aforementioned "The Force of Evil," is a diluted 1970s TV version of the 50s' feature, Cape Fear, with a character named Teddy Jakes (William Watson) assuming the stalking duties of an ostensibly unavailable Max Cady. Lloyd Bridges (in the Gregory Peck role) watches helplessly as Jakes terrorizes his family, kills the family pet (a horse), and creepily befriends his daughter, The Brady Bunch's Eve Plumb. One confrontation scene even occurs on a house boat(!), as if the other story similarities to Cape Fear aren't obvious enough. What the long-winded "The Force of Evil" adds to the Cape Fear mix is the notion that the stalker villain may be supernatural, a kind of "walking dead" back from the grave and ready to party.
"A Hand for Sonny Blue," another Tales of the Unexpected episode, recounts the misery of Dodgers pitcher Sonny Blue (Rick Nelson) when his right hand is crushed in a car accident, and he receives a transplant (one that narrator Conrad informs us does not originate from God, but from [presumably evil] science!!!). Turns out Sonny boy's new right hand is pretty darn bad. It oncebelonged to a criminal (a murderer who robbed a liquor store...) and is now up to its nasty old tricks.
Based on the short story "The Hand That Wouldn't Behave" by Emile C. Schurmacher, "A Hand for Sonny Blue" was directed by the great Curtis Harrington (Who Slew Auntie Roo? and The Dead Don't Die) but even his remarkable talent couldn't bring much originality to the oft-told tale of a transplanted limb possessed by evil. The story's surprise climax (presaging Bobby Ewing's appearance in the shower by the better part of a decade), was the ultra-annoying revelation that the entire story was...a dream. D'oh! "There is no present, no future...only the past...and it happens again and again," suggested our omnipotent gravel-voiced narrator in a closing commentary that made no sense and seemed to bear no empirical connection to the tale that preceded it.
During it's brief spell on network television, Tales of the Unexpected also featured a story about a reporter (Roy Thinnes) undercover on death row, called "The Final Chapter," as well as the tale of a man (Bill Bixby) caught in a time warp, entitled "No Way Out." Other stories included "Devil Pack" (about hell hounds) starring Ronny Cox, "The Mask of Adonis," about the eternal quest for youth, and "You're Not Alone," which pitted Joanna Pettet against a stalker.
I pretty much love anything that aired on television in the 1970s for nostalgia's sake, but I can't really make a very powerful critical argument in favor of this particular anthology. More tedious than thrilling, Tales of the Unexpected is a perfect example of what can happens when a non-horror guy (Quinn Martin) produces a horror show without really understanding the terrain. The plots are familiar and hackneyed, the twists aren't really twists at all, and the scares are few and far between.
That said, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected features a great opening credit montage and pulse-pounding theme song.
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I'll admit it from the get-go: I'm an Elton John nut. I love the man, his music, his melodies, his voice. So let me start not at the beginning, but at the end of last night's concert at the packed Verizon Center in Washington.
When the show was over, I started replaying the highlights of the concert in my head. And I began thinking of the songs that he didn't play. I wasn't dwelling out of regret or disappointment, but rather out of amazement. He could have played another three-hour concert of the songs that he didn't perform.
Indeed, his gift is his song.
Last night, the "Rocket Man" offered up nearly three hours of piano-pounding hits -- 27 songs from his vast catalog that spans across 43-plus years.
And as this year marks the 40th anniversary of his pièce de résistance, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the concert was chockfull of songs from the legendary album. He performed eight tunes, in fact, from the 17-song album. He began the show with "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," the 11-minute opening epic instrumental/rocker from the album. True to the original and with delightful flourishes from Elton and his longtime guitarist Davey Johnstone, the song was a thrilling starter. Elton and band then went on to perform the rest of the entire first side of "Yellow Brick Road" in order.
Throughout the night, Elton pulled out some rare gems from the album, including the dazzling piano number "Grey Seal," the rollicking "All the Girls Love Alice," and most shocking of all, the fast-paced and fun "Your Sister Can't Twist."
Of added significance was the fact that three of the men on stage were also in the recording studio and in the band in 1973 when "Yellow Brick Road" was produced. Elton, Davey (guitars, mandolin, banjo, vocals) and Nigel Olsson (drums, vocals) were a part of the Elton John Band then and for the better part of the last four decades.
The rest of the band (Matt Bissonette on bass guitar and vocals, Kim Bullard on keyboards and John Mahon on percussion, drums and vocals) are as tight as a band can be. The five musicians – along with Elton – gel deftly onstage.
Yes, Elton's voice has changed over the years. No longer able to offer that sweet '70s tenor and pristine falsetto, he's become a baritone. His rich voice now seems best suited for his newer songs, but he's able to deliver all the hits from his heyday, just with a different vocal sound. The piano-playing, however, is as crisp, fluid and innovative as ever. In fact, his prowess has improved with age: His technical skills on the keys have sharpened and his improvisation have continued to stun.
On songs such as "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," "Levon" and "The One," his playing shined like a beacon on the bay. It's during some of those songs – as well as "Tiny Dancer," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and "Your Song" -- that as a listener, you realize you're in the presence of one of the greatest pop songwriters of this day. That ability to write a hook, a catchy lick, a melody that will stick in your brain – and then the ability and agility to recreate those songs live and captivate 20,000 people at one time – is what legends are about.
Elton played two thoughtful piano-based songs ("Home Again" and "Oceans Away") from his new album, "The Diving Board," and pulled out some great surprises from the past four decades – several songs he doesn't perform much at all, such as "Holiday Inn," "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," "Believe" and "Sad Songs Say So Much," as well as "All the Girls Love Alice" and "Your Sister Can't Twist" from "Yellow Brick Road."
On a personal note, any show in which he does "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the simple yet extraordinary title track from the album of the same name, is a great show in my book. In recent years as well as at last night's show, the song, because of Elton's deeper vocal register, features the band and three amazing female backup singers handling the falsetto parts of the chorus, while he harmonizes in a lower register. The timeless melody still pleases.
Clad in a sparkly navy jacket with the "Madman Across the Water" album lettering across the back, overtop a simple button-down blue shirt, Elton seemed ever-relaxed. And this tour's set design, featuring a mammoth chandelier-type light fixture hanging over the stage, as well as video screens that showed clips, close-ups of the show (and often Elton's hands on the piano), and what seemed like a "yellow brick road" surrounding the stage set-up, was simple and non-obtrusive.
All night long, Elton could easily get the audience on its feet with the playing of a familiar intro ("Crocodile Rock") or even the striking of a single chord ("Bennie and the Jets"). Yep, he had us from the beginning. And how wonderful life has been while he's been in the world.
Set list:
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Bennie and the Jets
Candle in the Wind
Grey Seal
Tiny Dancer
Holiday Inn
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Philadelphia Freedom
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rocket Man
Hey Ahab
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
The One
Oceans Away
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Sad Songs Say So Much
All the Girls Love Alice
Home Again
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
I'm Still Standing
The Bitch Is Back
Your Sister Can't Twist
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Your Song
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Annual Report 2005
History Goes High Tech
Podcasts—audio interviews downloadable from Colonial Williamsburg's websites—are the Foundation's newest outreach tool. Former NBC newsman Lloyd Dobyns (left) interviews colonial gardener and arborist Wesley Greene (right) while producer Robyn Eoff, director of internet, oversees the recording.
Through vivid photography and lively text, Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future: Colonial Williamsburg's Animals offers a delightful account of the Foundation's Rare Breeds program. It tells the story of each rare breed, emphasizing its importance in 18th-century Williamsburg.
Through podcasts, Electronic Field Trips, books, DVDs, CDs, and television broadcasts, the Productions, Publications, and Learning Ventures Division took Colonial Williamsburg to a global audience in 2005. Moreover, it wrote, and California approved, a next-generation history-social studies curriculum and textbook published by Pearson Scott Foresman, extending the institution's educational reach.
Five hundred thirty instructors attended the on-site Teacher Institute, 818 more participated in off-site workshops, and seven Electronic Field Trip broadcasts reached about five million students.
The division published the books Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future by John P. Hunter and Something from the Cellar by Ivor Noël Hume. It released the video-enhanced CD Encore! Music from the 18th-Century Theater with a documentary and interactive introduction. Jefferson & Adams: A Stage Play, now available on DVD, aired on 51 Public Broadcasting System stations.
Podcasts—weekly audio interviews with interpreters, tradespeople, scholars, and others, downloadable from Colonial Williamsburg's websites—became the newest outreach tool. By year's end, audio downloads averaged 90,000 a month. Another website attraction was Kids Zone, an assembly of interactive games and educational materials for preschool and early elementary pupils. Colonial Williamsburg logged more than 11.5 million website visits and launched a Historic Triangle website in collaboration with the America's 400th Anniversary/Jamestown 2007 Host Committee.


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Step 1, Step 2 – Two easy steps for a healthier you
October 1, 2016
By: Stephanie Zeiber, PA, Sentara Family Medicine Physicians
In today's digital world, there are so many sources of health information available right at our fingertips.
However, there is someone you should be listening to for reliable health information instead of always trusting what you read online – your primary care provider! Your primary care provider not only knows your health history, but is also a trusted source for overall health tips and information.
So before jumping onto Google to find out how to be healthier this fall, take a minute to read these two tips a primary care provider recommends.
- Put down the cigarettes: Smoking not only increases your risk of lung cancer, but also increases your risk of COPD, cardiovascular disease and even death. Smoking is actually the leading cause of overall death in the United States. According to the American Lung Association, more than 480,000 people die every year from tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke. That is more than 1,315 people every day! Smoking contributes to 80 percent of cancer deaths in women and 90 percent of cancer deaths in men, according to the American Lung Association. Talk to your primary care provider for tips and suggestions for quitting today. They can provide you with a personalized plan to have you smoke free this year.
- Get up and get moving: Exercise is a critical part of your overall health and well-being. Engaging in regular exercise decreases your risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer. Adults should engage in moderate exercise 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Don't have time to work-out? Don't worry. Counting your steps is an easy – and fun – way to fit exercise into your daily routines. Try to reach 10,000 steps and day. You can track your steps through tools like Fitbit or apps on your smart phone. Grab your spouse or best friend and challenge them to see who can get the most steps daily.


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Fast food gets a bad rap. The industry is actively cutting back on calories, sodium, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, and other ingredient components that are detrimental to nutrition, but consumers and watchdogs alike are still quick to point fingers when the nation's health woes come under debate.
Of course, the industry isn't blameless. Until recently, large portion sizes and indulgent ingredients were the name of the game. And health data over the past four decades show alarming trends: The percentage of overweight adults ages 20–74 rose from 47.4 in 1970 to 68.5 in 2010, while the percentage of obese adults more than doubled from 15.1 percent to 35.3 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) "Health, United States, 2012" report. In addition, heart disease continues to be the No. 1 killer of American men and women, despite significant declines over the years reflected in the CDC report.
Statistics like these have made consumers more conscious of what they eat, especially when they eat out, and restaurants have changed with the times.
"I think the industry has done a good job, but we can't rest on our merits," says Joy Dubost, director of nutrition and healthy living at the National Restaurant Association (NRA).
Pointing to research published in the Nutrition Journal in 2013, Dubost says that "burgers coming from quick-serve restaurants only contribute … up to 2 percent of calories in the diet at its highest point. That's for the age group of 12–19-year-olds. So that's pretty low." The ever-popular french fry contributes even less, she says.
But in an industry landscape that's moving in the direction of better-for-you foods, traditional quick serves still have room for improvement, especially in their most classic offerings. Here, we examine five of the most popular menu items—burgers, fries, pizza, sandwiches, and chicken—and what can be done to improve their nutritional profile.
Perhaps the most ubiquitous menu item in quick-service restaurants, the burger is a mainstay of the American diet, and it isn't going away. While fast casuals and better-burger joints have enhanced the burger's image with premium ingredients and better sourcing practices, operators are still struggling to figure out a successful way to make the burger healthier.
"In terms of the nutritional culprits, it's really the calories and saturated fats that can add up very quickly in a burger," says Nicole Ring, director of nutrition at Healthy Dining, an organization that offers nutritional analysis and menu development assistance to the restaurant industry and maintains an online resource guide for consumers. "We've seen, when we do nutritional analysis at quick-serve restaurants, the bun alone can have upward of 300 calories. That's before you've added any of the protein and the toppings." Many restaurants will also add butters to enhance the flavor of a bun, which can be a hidden source of extra calories and fat, she adds.
At fast-casual chain Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes, founder Rich Hicks tackles the problem of a highly caloric burger bun with a staple menu item known as the Iceburger. Wrapped in lettuce rather than sandwiched between bread, the Iceburger eliminates as many as 200 calories and 4.5 grams of fat when compared with the brand's white and wheat buns.
"We're seeing an uptick in the Iceburger," Hicks says. "It's something our customers really want because it addresses a lot of dietary needs."
A few Mooyah locations also serve smaller buns, at 2 ounces instead of 2.5 for regular white and 2.7 for regular wheat. The smaller buns have only 140 calories. The brand also goes beyond beef, offering both a turkey patty and a black-bean veggie patty. Hicks says he sees more turkey burgers carving into beef purchases year over year at the chain, and the popularity of the veggie burger has risen, too. While the turkey and veggie patties may not be significantly lower in calories compared with Mooyah's beef patty, both have less fat—the veggie burger has less than half of the beef patty's 18 grams of fat.
"I think [quick-service restaurants] have a big problem with what they're putting between the bun," says Jayne Hurley, a registered dietitian with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit advocacy group that focuses on improving the health and safety of food. "The problem with lean ground beef is that a 3-ounce cooked patty is going to have a third of a day's saturated fat."
McDonald's 2.9-ounce beef patty, the size (after cooking) offered on Quarter Pounder burgers, has 16 grams of fat, accounting for 25 percent of a daily serving, and 7 grams of saturated fat, accounting for 35 percent.
"Restaurants may be hesitant to provide a leaner cut of meat because … that fat is going to provide a really nice mouthfeel and taste," NRA's Dubost says. However, that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities for improvement in the meat. Dubost suggests chains consider beef patties that are at least 93 percent lean.
Frequently acting as the burger's sidekick, the french fry has the ability to drive up calories, fat, and sodium. But Dubost says they aren't as bad as one would think.
"Frankly, french fries get a bad reputation," she says. "Potatoes in general, even if they're prepared fried, are the best source of potassium of all the vegetables, and Americans don't consume enough potassium in their diet. They're also high in fiber."
That said, there are still things quick-serve owners and operators can do to lighten the load of this staple side dish. Looking at fresh versus frozen or pre-cut potatoes is one place to start, Ring says. "A lot of pre-packaged frozen fries have a coating added to the potato, so there's likely extra fat, sodium, and carbohydrates depending on what's in the coating," she says.
Some fast-casual concepts, like Five Guys Burgers & Fries, are offering hand-cut fries as a healthier, more premium version of the side dish.
"Leaving the skin on adds to the nutritional value," says Don Odiorne, vice president of foodservice for the Idaho Potato Commission. "The cost is worth it if you want to make [fries] a signature item and if you can charge a little more to cover the labor costs. It is not unusual at a Five Guys or Cheeseburger Bobby's, for example, to dedicate one to two people full-time to cutting, blanching, storing, and finish frying."
But Odiorne says he wouldn't always bet against pre-cut, pre-packed potatoes. In fact, he says, some suppliers offer fries with a coating intended to help the potato absorb less oil during frying.
Less oil absorption is reported to be the trick to Burger King's game-changing Satisfries. The new alternative offers 30 percent less fat and 20 percent fewer calories than the brand's normal fries; compared with McDonald's fries, they have 40 percent less fat and 30 percent fewer calories. As the first mainstay quick serve to focus on the french fry so intently, Burger King set out to prove that change is possible.
While pizza has the potential to be healthy, there is arguably less innovation in the segment in regards to nutrition.
Dubost says it's often hard to control pizza's nutrition. "Pizza can be a very healthy dish to have, but portion size can be hard to control because people will just eat so much of it," she says.
There are, however, ways to improve the nutrition of individual ingredients. CSPI's Hurley says crust should be of particular concern to those who are serious about offering healthier options. She says a thinner crust is the way to go.
At Pizza Hut, a slice of a 12-inch cheese Pan Pizza has 240 calories, 10 grams of fat, and 540 milligrams of sodium. A slice from a 12-inch cheese Thin 'N Crispy pizza has 190 calories and 8 grams of fat, but 580 milligrams of sodium, perhaps to enhance taste. The brand's new Hand-Tossed Style Pizza, arguably inspired by the growing list of fast-casual options available, has 220 calories, 8 grams of fat, and only 480 milligrams of sodium per slice.
At Domino's, the stats are similar: A small Crunchy Thin Crust has 330 less calories than its small Hand Tossed Crust, and the thin crust option has only 85 milligrams of sodium, compared with 930 milligrams in the latter option. The brand also offers a gluten-free crust as a healthier alternative.
Healthy Dining's Ring says quick serves could learn a lot about different flour from their fast-casual counterparts. "We work with a pizza chain, RedBrick Pizza, that puts wheatberries in its crust to offer more nutritional impact," she says. It wouldn't be too far-fetched for Domino's, Pizza Hut, and the like to offer something similar, she adds.
In fact, Domino's already has a model for healthier pizza within its system—the company's Smart Slice pizza, which is offered to schools, has 24 grams of whole grain per serving and 35 percent less sodium than its traditional pizza. It's also made with pepperonis that have 33 percent less fat and 50 percent less sodium than its traditional pepperonis, and the lite Mozzarella has half the fat of the brand's regular Mozzarella.
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The Sacramento Semester Program
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Active Learning at Its Best
The Sacramento Semester Program, established in 1976 at California State University,Sacramento, is active learning at its best. As the most populous state in the U.S., California has a large and complex state government that deals with public policy on virtually all the issues that confront the nation as the new century begins.
|"I worked in the State Capitol, in a legislative office, for a legislator. This alone is reason enough to become part of this program."
The Sacramento Semester Program offers you, as a student at one of the 23 California State University campuses or other college or university, the opportunity to work with members of the legislature, departments in the executive branch, or with political associations and lobbyists during a four and one-half month internship. Typically, Sacramento Semester students conduct legislative research, monitor bills, correspond with constituents or grassroots membership, prepare press releases and newsletters, and participate in budget work and campaign planning.
|"This program is quite simply the best and only way to learn about state government. The time spent in class reinforces the lessons of the work-place by adding background and depth."
Sacramento Semester alumni are found in top positions in all facets of state government. You'll meet many of them along with other political practitioners from inside and outside of government, including legislators, lobbyists, members of the press corps and constitutional officers at regular seminar/guest speaker sessions. The seminars, held on the CSUS campus and also in the Capitol building, provide background and depth to your internship experience.
Students will also benefit from activities of other programs of California State University, Sacramento-California's Capital University-including the Center for California Studies, the master's program in public policy and administration, and the department of government. The CSUS campus, home to more than 29,000 undergraduate and graduate students, is located just five miles from the Capitol.
The Sacramento Semester Program helps you:
- Acquire valuable skills, experiences and contacts that will enhance your career prospects.
- Balance and complement your academic preparation with practical experience.
- Meet leading personalities in California government and politics.
- Understand what's behind the news headlines about state government.
- Contribute to the formation of public policy in California-the seventh largest economy in the world.
Academic Credit
You receive 6 semester units (Credit/No credit) for working 25 hours per week in your intern placement. An additional 6 semester units (letter graded) are awarded for successful completion of the seminar.
|"I learned more during the Sacramento Semester than in any other term during my college years."
Academic units are transferred through the CSU IntraSystem Visitor program to your home campus. Additional courses may be taken.
Sacramento Semester & Fellowship Recognition
Financial Aid
If you are a student at one of the 23 California State University campuses, you are eligible for one of 10 state-funded scholarships of $4,000 to help cover costs of relocating to Sacramento for the program. The award is made based on the excellence of your qualifications and demonstrated financial need. Scholarship applications, as well as the program application, are available on-line at this site.
|"The personal contacts that I developed in and around the Capitol helped me land my first job. I was present when my legislator telephoned my future employer on my behalf."
If you are a student at a college or university other than a CSU campus, you are eligible to apply for a smaller amount of assistance from the Sacramento Semester Endowment. Students from San Jose State University may apply for the Truax Scholarship; contact the political science office at San Jose State for details. Most financial aid grants may be transferred from the home campus to California State University, Sacramento for the program.
Application Criteria
Students from all majors are encouraged to apply; state government has need of and opportunity for students with training in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Undergraduate Sacramento Semester students must be in their junior or senior year. Graduate students may also apply. Among selection criteria are grade point average, strong writing skills, employment history, and extra-curricular activities.
|"In my member's office, I learned how to work a bill through the whole process...it was fantastic."
Applications are initially screened on your home campus by the program's faculty representative, and then sent to Sacramento for final acceptance. There is a representative in the political science department on your campus who can help with questions and application procedures.
Application deadline is the first Friday in November. Turn in your completed application to the program's faculty representative in the political science department on your campus.
You will receive notification of acceptance into the program in early December. This will be followed by preliminary information about course registration, housing, the Sacramento area, etc.
The program begins with the start of the Spring semester in late January. An orientation is held Wednesday through Friday the week before classes begin. Placement interviews also begin this week.
The program ends in late May.
For more information you may contact the political science department office on your home campus, or the program director at CSU Sacramento. Applications are available on-line at this site.
Maria Sampanis, Director
Sacramento Semester Program
(916) 278-6673
Department of Political Science
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6089


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VIDEO: Kevin Love talks to the media after the Timberwolves' loss to the Suns
Burdened by a failure rate in close games that soon might wrap itself constrictor-style around the team's entire season — 0-10 in games decided by four points or less, 1-18 going back a full calendar year — the Minnesota Timberwolves might want to try something daring the next time they have a comfortable late lead:
If they find themselves up six or seven points and the game clock under, say, five seconds, they use a timeout to lay a red carpet around the 3-point line. Invite the other guys to hoist one final bomb, uncontested from long range, in the hope that they'll hit it. Ideally, there won't be enough time for the opposition to turn that last gasp into a serious comeback and the Wolves will let some air out of what's becoming a burdensome dark cloud over their season.
It's bad enough that Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and the rest of coach Rick Adelman's squad have been spinning their wheels like a Camaro in a Minnesota snownami – they're 0-8 in their attempts to push over .500 since slipping below on Nov. 27. Now these repeated failures at winning the sort of tight games wannabe playoff teams need come April is threatening to fray more than just some postseason ambitions.
After Kevin Martin's veering layup dropped off the front rim Wednesday night at Target Center in the 104-103 loss to Phoenix, a cranky Love called out some teammates for their demeanor:
"We can't have two guys sitting at the end of the bench that play good minutes just sitting there and not getting up during timeouts," Love said, referring to the poor body language exhibited by veterans J.J. Barea and Dante Cunningham in the fourth quarter. "We all need to be in this together. That kind of [ticks] me off. We're supposed to be a team."
The Timberwolves (17-18) are anything but a team right now. They are a collection of individual agendas tripping each other up as the franchise pursues its first playoff bid since 2004.
"It's two guys that we expect more from them," Love said. "I think they expect more from themselves. I'm not trying to single anybody out and I don't want to make it bigger than it is, but it's just a team that we needed to beat tonight and we needed everybody in there, even guys that didn't play any minutes. We need to have a team and a bench that's really in it together."
The tension is mounting. After the two-point home loss to Dallas on Dec. 30 – the game in which Shawn Marion's foul on Love's game-tying shot wasn't whistled until the following morning – the All-Star power forward criticized the bench for its five-point, 2-of-12, nine-turnover performance in 58 combined minutes. Five days later, it was Love bricking four free throws at the end of their 115-111 loss to the Thunder (with the bench again chipping in five points).
On Wednesday, the Wolves' second unit won its matchup 29-27 but Love had a poor game (15 points, 4-of-20, 12 rebounds but just one assist). Minnesota got outscored 7-0 over the final 1:51 to yank that one out of its 17-8 "split" in games decided by five points or more.
So what is behind all the late-game gaggery? It's dicey to allege that the Wolves are choking because "choke," like its flip side "clutch," are oft-challenged concepts these days in the sports world.
Another reason to tread lightly on what might be a mostly random occurrence is the belief that, if this were diagnosable, it would be correctable. An operation (like Minnesota or any NBA squad) deep in basketball wisdom and financial resources would find a fix before racking up this 0-10 mark.
What's left, then, are largely theories, several of which the Wolves probably will poke and prod in search of answers. Such as:
- Inexperience in such circumstances. Uh, 1-18 over a 12-month period seems like ample opportunity to learn something.
- No proven go-to guy. Seriously? With Love and Martin on the floor?
- Predictable play-calling in such situations. This is Adelman we're talking about, folks, a Hall of Fame-bound coach with 1,019 victories and fat stack of kudos for his offensive wiles.
- Nervous ballhandling. Minnesota did have four of its 12 turnovers vs. Phoenix in the fourth quarter, two in the final 46 seconds. Rubio threw the ball recklessly while in the air headed out of bounds with 24.9 seconds left. But as the Wolves' primary ball handler, Rubio is not worse late in games (15.6 of his turnovers and 16.9 percent of his minutes come after the third quarter) or in close ones (51 percent of his turnovers, 50.1 percent of his minutes with margins of five points or less).
- Lack of referee respect. Well, yeah, that one night. And the Wolves don't have a glamour rep or, depending on what you think of Love, a marquee name like James, Durant or Anthony. But Martin merely dealt with the usual end-of-game traffic in the lane Wednesday.
- Leadership. That's it, the Wolves just need another traffic cop pointing and growling directions when everyone else's heart is in his throat. Come to think of it, Love might need to seize that role more.
More likely, at this stage, they need something cool, the way Joe Montana lifted pressure off hjis 49ers teammates late in Super Bowl XXIII when they trailed Cincinnati 16-13 with 3:20 left in the game.
Longtime Minnesota sports fans might recall what the MLB Twins went through in the mid-1980s, when alleged closer Ron Davis got into an ugly run of pouring gasoline on ninth-inning leads. A collective mental block seemed to develop, certainly a bad case of group pessimism, and after blowing a 10-run lead to Cleveland in late September 1984 to crater out of a division race, third baseman Gary Gaetti famously said: "It's hard to throw with both hands around your neck."
That ball club was a frazzled mess by the end, unable to exhale. This Wolves team is headed that way, with six of its next nine on the road and 29 rivals convinced that, when facing Minnesota, merely staying close is the surest path to victory.
VIDEO: The Suns rally to overtake the Timberwolves in Minnesota


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Eco Solutions will be talking to explorer Robert Swan live from the Antarctic on Monday, March 23
(CNN) -- Robert Swan's life reads like a boy's own adventure tale with a modern eco-twist.
Robert Swan was the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles.
Inspired by the daring age of Antarctic exploration, Swan followed in the footsteps of his heroes; the men who risked, and lost, their lives to reach the South Pole.
At the age of 29 he embarked on an expedition to the South Pole that was unsupported -- a trek that required him to pull his own sleigh and that lacked medical support crews.
By the time he was 33 he had become the first man to walk to both the North and South poles unsupported.
But for Swan, the epic journeys to the Poles, and the sailing and overland adventures that have followed, unearthed more than just a spirit for adventure.
He experienced firsthand the impact of humanity on the environment when under the hole in the ozone layer at the South Pole, the harsh ultraviolet rays from the sun burned his skin and permanently changed the color of his eyes.
It firmed a desire to preserve the fragile natural world and to educate and inspire others, particularly the next generation of decision-makers to do the same.
"As the last unspoiled wilderness on Earth, Antarctica is currently protected by the treaty prohibiting drilling and mining until 2041. Decisions made by today's youth will impact our entire planet's ecosystem and the future of life on earth," he says on 2041.com.
His polar icewalks gained international attention and in 1992 he was asked to speak at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, later gaining an OBE and being appointed Special Envoy to the Director General of UNESCO in recognition of his work.
At the Earth Summit in Rio he committed to a "global mission" to remove 1,500 tons of waste from Antarctica. Swan and a team of young people from across the world were successful in cleaning up the Russian Antarctic base of Bellinghausen by 2000, making it inhabitable for wildlife again.
Foresight, planning and determination then are not alien to a man who spent five years sourcing the funding for his first Antarctic expedition, and Swan's latest project is taking an even longer-term view.
Swan founded his organization "2041" in 2003 in order to further his mission of action and education.
Named after the year in which Antarctica's protection against mineral exploitation ends, Swan regularly takes business people, teachers and students on expeditions to Antarctica to impress on those with the capacity to enact change that preservation of the environment is essential and achievable.
Continuing the green mission on the continent by minimizing the human footprint in the region, his international teams have helped design and build the world's first education station in Antarctica that is run solely on renewable energy.
Add to the expeditions, ocean voyages on a boat with sails made from recycled plastic bottles, and it's clear that the veteran polar explorer is a man who is doing all he can to protect and preserve the Antarctic.


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Feb. 4, 2006
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Yale men's tennis team dropped its opening match of the season today to No. 49 NC State at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Three Bulldogs picked up wins in singles, but it was not enough to stop the Wolf Pack, who improved to 6-0 on the season with the 4-3 victory.
The Bulldogs' No. 1 doubles team of Brandon Wai and Josh Lederman fell to Val Banada and Will Shaw, 8-2, and Michael Caldwell and Jeff Dawson were set back by William Noblett and Ben Zink in the No. 3 slot, losing 8-5. Rowan Reynolds and Rory Green, playing at No. 2, handed NC State's Nick Cavaday and Chris Welte their first doubles loss of the season, winning a hard-fought match, 9-7.
"Rowan Reynolds played an amazing doubles slot at No. 2," Cary Leeds Head Coach of Men's Tennis Alex Dorato said. "He hadn't competed in three matches. I really wasn't expecting too much from him, and he played unbelievable."
Despite Reynolds' efforts, however, the Bulldogs headed into singles play trailing 1-0, and quickly fell behind 2-0 as Banada defeated Milosz Gudzowski 6-4, 6-1 in the No. 2 slot. Caldwell defeated Welte in straight sets at No. 4, 6-4, 6-4, to pick up Yale's first point of the season, but Shaw then beat Reynolds 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 to give NC State a 3-1 lead.
The Elis then mounted a comeback, led by Brandon Wai, currently ranked No. 33 in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, and freshman Jeff Dawson. Wai took down Cavaday in straight sets in the No. 1 slot, 7-6, 7-6, to make the score 3-2. Dawson, after dropping his first set 6-1 to Noblitt, stormed back to take the final two sets, 7-5, 7-5, to tie the score at 3-3.
"We needed [Dawson's] match to stay in it at that point," Dorato said. "That was huge."
The Bulldogs, however, came up just a bit short, as freshman Jay Weinacker downed Rory Green, 6-2, 6-1, to win the match for the Wolf Pack.
Yale continues its southern road trip tomorrow, when they take on No. 30 North Carolina in Chapel Hill at 1 p.m. Dorato stated that today's well-played matches bode well for tomorrow's contest against another top-tier tennis school.
"Everyone competed well today," he said. "It was our first match of the season, and we almost beat a top-50 team playing less than our best."
No. 1 Brandon Wai (Y) def. Nick Cavaday (NCST), 7-6, 7-6
No. 2 Val Banada (NCST) def. Milosz Gudzowski (Y), 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Jeff Dawson (Y) def. William Noblitt (NCST), 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 4 Michael Caldwell (Y) def. Chris Welte (NCST), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Will Shaw (NCST) def. Rowan Reynolds (Y), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Jay Weinacker (NCST) def. Rory Green (Y), 6-2, 6-1
No. 1 Banada/Shaw (NCST) def. Josh Lederman/Wai (Y), 8-2
No. 2 Green/Reynolds (Y) def. Cavaday/Welte (NCST), 9-7
No. 3 Noblitt/Ben Zink (NCST) def. Caldwell/Dawson (Y), 8-5
Report filed by David Sherfinski '08, Yale Sports Publicity


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Editors need to be more vigilant in vetting photographs. The most useful tool in an editor's bag is a healthy skepticism. They also need respect for the work that photographers produce.
This appeared in News Photographer magazine in August 2009.
By John Long
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," is the old adage. Given the enormous clean-up costs following an ethical transgression, you might think editors would be more vigilant in vetting the images they handle. There have been a string of cases, the most recent happening a few weeks ago when The New York Times had to withdraw a series of photographs from their Web site after the photographs in question were discovered to have been digitally manipulated. These were a series of photographs that accompanied a story on the American real estate bust that ran in The New York Times Magazine on July 5. They ran for a few days after this on the Web site but were withdrawn when the problems surfaced, too late to rescue them from being printed in the magazine.
Brian Walski embarrassed the Los Angeles Times when he combined two good war photographs in Iraq to make one great photograph. Allan Detrich made a career out of adding and subtracting objects from photos until he was discovered. Reuters had a major headache dealing with the aftermath of Adnan Hajj's deceptions in photographs he made in Lebanon. The consequences in all these cases were huge: Walski was fired, Detrich left the business, Reuters had to delete all of Hajj's images from their library. The cost of the cure far exceeded what the ounce of prevention would have cost.
You could say that photography editors need more training in detecting manipulation. You could say the vetting process is not stressed enough in colleges that train editors. You could say editors need more of a technical background in order to be able to see the lies before they publish them.
But I do not see this as a technical issue or a photographic issue. This is a human issue. Photographic training will probably not help photography editors do the technical work needed to unravel some of the digital deceptions possible today. Bloggers seem to have the forensic thirst to find the details that give deception the light of day. I have little use for bloggers but they serve a small but useful purpose in discovering situations such as the recent New York Times problem.
The most useful tool in an editor's bag is a healthy skepticism.
When you look at the four situations I have mentioned, there is a common thread: editors trusted photographers to do the right thing. The editors may not have been skeptical enough in that they took their photographers on face value. Friendship and a belief in the goodness of their fellow man led them into a laxity that resulted in a disaster.
There were other pressures at work here too, pressures that effect all editors' judgment in this day and age.
The economics of the newsroom have forced editors to work too fast and have eliminated many of the safeguards that have protected the editorial process. Witness the Reuters case. By eliminating editors and centralizing picture editing, they had no control over their freelancer in Lebanon and they had little time to pour over his images one by one for possible deceptions.
When you buy photographs, either from a freelancer or from a wire service, you do not have control over the photographer. If you are paying someone a weekly salary, you have power to demand the photographer live by your ethical standards. The Times has very high ethical standards, and yet they were burned. Of course, using freelancers saves the company money.
Friendship can blind you. Walski and Detrich were trusted employees. It is normal for an editor to trust his friends. It is hard to be suspicious of your friends, but a good editor is like a good teacher – friendly with the students to a degree but never forgetting who is in charge. It is the editor's job to make sure the ethical rules are followed. It hurts to call out your friends.
Then there is the insidious temptation faced by some editors: If the shooter is winning contests and bringing praise to the newspaper, do you overlook the hints there might be a problem? You close your eyes. You might not want to challenge the shooter or look like you are making a mountain out of a molehill, so you look the other way and hope it does not come back to bite you on the ass. Detrich was enabled, as long as he kept winning. He was allowed to edit his own work and to do so in private.
The editors I hate are the ones who do not get it, who arrogantly look down on photojournalism as being inferior to written journalism and think all pictures are just eye candy. These editors come from the world of words and somehow ended up in charge of the photography department and have no respect for the in the integrity images they handle: People magazine removing body parts of a victim in a cover photo from the Virginia Tech shootings, Time magazine and the O. J. cover, Time magazine and the added tear in the President Regan cover photograph, Men's Fitness magazine and the beefed up arms of Andy Roddick. This list is endless; the arrogance is mind boggling.
It is not easy being an editor. There seems to be enough education among the majority of editors who come from the ranks of working photojournalists but not enough willingness to be the hard ass in the office. It is important for picture editors to keep the mantra before their eyes that they are the ultimate gatekeeper for the integrity of their publication, and even though the editor must be able to pick the right photograph and know something about design and be able to manage a staff of highly creative photographers, this dedication to integrity has to be their ultimate responsibility.
It is even more important that dedicated photojournalists move into positions of power over photographs and become the picture editors who make the final decisions. We need to replace the know-nothing pseudo-photojournalistic editors who a control our work and manipulate it with distain and total arrogance with people who respect the photographic Moment.


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COLUMBUS -- Gov. John Kasich and other Statehouse Republicans answered lots of questions in 2012.
Most recently, the administration unveiled its plans to use the Ohio Turnpike to leverage billions of dollars to pay for road and bridge projects that otherwise would have taken decades to complete.
That announcement drew mostly praise from groups that were worried the governor might sell or lease the toll road to a private party that would reap untold fortunes while northern Ohio communities suffered.
But there are still plenty of questions that will require answers in the new year -- what will the governor propose for school funding and reform, will the next biennial budget require steep spending cuts, how will federal health care changes ultimately affect Ohioans?
Here are a few others:
Will Kasich get his severance tax hike and income tax cut?
For months, Kasich has called for an increase in the tax rates on oil and gas production, given the growing oilfields tapping eastern Ohio's shale deposits.
His comments have become more pointed as of late, with much ire directed at energy companies that bring in out-of-state workers for jobs that many believe should be filled by Ohioans.
The fact that Carroll County and other areas are booming as a result of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is beside the point.
Kasich believes the state's severance tax is way too low and the state's income tax is way too high. He's going to offer a tax reform package in the new year that will address those two and likely other issues.
Republican lawmakers balked at his frack tax proposal in 2012. Will they continue to do so in 2013?
Which issues will make it onto the November ballot?
There are three groups that have received permission from the secretary of state and attorney general to circulate petitions to place proposed constitutional amendments before voters.
Ohioans didn't hear much from any of them during the busy presidential campaign of 2012, but they're likely to resurface in the new year.
Leading the way could be a right-to-work initiative that would ban mandatory dues payments and membership.
Another would legalize marijuana for medicinal uses, while a third would pave the way for gay marriage.
All three are hot-button issues that have been addressed in other states in recent months. In an off-year election, they could draw much attention and campaign spending to Ohio in 2013.
What about the Republican super majorities in the Ohio House and Senate?
Republican legislative leaders and Kasich aren't talking about citizen-led initiatives or other issues that could make their way to the ballot, with assistance from GOP super majorities in the Ohio House and Senate.
Republicans already controlled both chambers, but they required a few Democratic votes to place issues before voters. That's no longer the case, with House Republicans picking up enough seats and the Senate maintaining its majority.
Reporters have asked Kasich repeatedly whether he would support a right-to-work effort or other ballot initiatives. He's declined to give definitive responses to such questions in the past, though he could be forced to take sides if lawmakers decide an issue requires immediate voter attention.
Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at email@example.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.


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The chandelier photograph of the bear, which symbolizes innocence in the "Losing Innocence'' project Samantha Panzera is doing for her advanced placement photography class at Algonquin Regional High School, was awarded the contest's grand prize.
The bear with no name has gotten into some jams.
He's found himself in debt. He has hit the bottle. He's been separated from a parent serving in the military, and recently went to visit a snow-covered grave.
But it was the teddy bear's time stuck in a chandelier in an empty room that caught the judges' attention at the 2013 Youth Art Month at the Worcester Art Museum exhibit and Massachusetts Art Education Association competition.
The chandelier photograph of the bear, which symbolizes innocence in the "Losing Innocence'' project Samantha Panzera is doing for her advanced placement photography class at Algonquin Regional High School, was awarded the contest's grand prize.
"I'm not really sure'' what made the work stand out to judges, said Northborough resident Panzera.
"We kind of picked random pictures'' to submit, and the 18-year-old thought the one taken in her former house had good composition.
"People can see pictures in so many ways.''
For Panzera, "photography has been an outlet. It's been a safe place for me to go and be creative.''
She began taking photography at Algonquin in her sophomore year. Now a senior, Panzera and her classmates are tackling a concept series, following a theme through pictures taken over a period of months.
"It was hard to figure out a topic,'' but the pieces started to fall together thanks to the subtitle of Stephen King's novella, "The Body: Fall From Innocence.''
"I did lose some innocence early, losing a parent at 9,'' said the daughter of Cynthia and the late Joseph Panzera, who died in 2003, but "no one has an easy time in high school.''
She decided she would "put the teddy bear in situations where children or teenagers lose innocence before they should.
"Some of the pictures are dark, because they are dark topics,'' such as teen drinking, losing a parent, feeling isolated or alone, "but some of them can be viewed in happy ways. The bear is always photographed in light. The bear is always the focus of the picture.''
In that respect the bear is special, but it's "just one I found in my room, no sentimental connection'' to the teddy with no name.
While she's happy to have received the prestigious award for a single work, and the opportunity to have the photograph exhibited with about 600 other pieces of art created by students throughout the region, she's looking forward to an upcoming display at Algonquin where a number of her photos in the series can be seen together.
"I hope some of my pictures will catch kids' eyes.
"My idea is to show it does happen to a lot of people, that people are in situations that make them lose their innocence, but it's OK, they make it through.''
While Panzera took the top prize in this year's Youth Art Month competition, several other local students earned honors as well.
Kira Segenchuk, a student at Miscoe Hill in Mendon, won the middle school division, and Northbridge High School student Aubrey Plante took first place for the high school level.
As for whether the bear will accompany Panzera to college in the fall, that's not a sure bet; but she is sure she wants to continue photography as a hobby and a passion.
"I decided not to go to art school. I'm going to go to school for (early childhood) education,'' but her top choices do offer photography courses, she said.
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Being named one of the 50 best physics blogs should probably serve as inspiration for writing a bit more frequently again, I suppose.
Still, you'll have to bear with the current blogging pause a little longer: I have spent each of the past five weekends in a different place, and have two papers to finish, a couple thousand lines of code to rewrite and a bunch of new data to analyse, all before the Christmas break. But you may look forward to a new series of posts on a group of related topics in the spirit of the "lattice quarks" series.


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(Reuters) - The 140th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs on Saturday and the early favorite has American race fans giddy with excitement.
California Chrome has been installed as the short-priced favorite to win the annual Run for the Roses after demolishing his opposition back in the Golden State.
The three-year-old has romped to victory in each of his past four starts, including the Santa Anita Derby, by a combined margin of more than 24 lengths.
His performances have raised hope this year's race will produce another champion to emulate the likes of Secretariat and Seattle Slew by winning the Triple Crown.
California Chrome's jockey, Victor Espinoza, has already won the Derby before, with War Emblem in 2002, while his 77-year-old conditioner Art Sherman is bidding to become the oldest winning trainer.
"He's feeling good and he's doing good," a confident Sherman said, "He's coming up to this race right."
It has been 36 years since Affirmed, in 1978, became the last horse to complete the Triple Crown so the odds are still heavily stacked against California Chrome.
But bookmakers have been impressed by what they have seen so far from the chestnut, initially listing him at odds of 5-2 after he drew perfectly in barrier five for the 20-horse race.
But he could start even shorter on race day after the second favorite, Hoppertunity, was scratched on Thursday because he had a sore foot and replaced by the first alternate, Pablo Del Monte.
"Unfortunately, the timing is horrible because we don't have enough time to work on the foot," Hoppertunity's trainer Bob Baffert said. "It's tough, this close to the Derby but the horse is fine."
The second pick now is the 6-1 chance Wicked Strong, named in honor of the victims and survivors of last year's Boston Marathon bombing. A surprise winner of the Wood Memorial, he will be ridden by Jamaican-born jockey Rajiv Maragh but drew badly in barrier 19.
"The one positive is that he's not in the gate very long," said trainer Jimmy Jerkens. "I'm trying to convince myself that it's not a bad post, but I don't know if I can."
Danza and Intense Holiday share the third line of betting at 8-1. Both are trained by Todd Pletcher, who won the race in 2010 with Super Saver and has four starters this time.
Danza moved into calculations after winning last month's Arkansas Derby while Intense Holiday earned his trip with a second-place finish in the Louisiana Derby.
Trainer Mike Maker has three runs in the race, including the Louisiana Derby winner Vicar's in Trouble, which will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik, who is bidding to become the first female jockey to win the Derby.
Napravnik won the Kentucky Oaks two years ago but her hopes of success on Saturday dampened when her mount drew the inside gate, which has not produced the race winner in over a quarter of a century.
Because of the unusual position of the starting gates for the 1-1/4 mile (2000 meters) journey, horses drawn in the inside are invariably cut off as they approach the rails and shuffled back through the pack but Napravnik was hopeful she could avoid early trouble.
"It's not ideal. I don't think anyone wants the one hole," she said.
"But if I had to have any horse to come out of the one hole, it would be Vicar's because he's real sharp out of the gate and I think we'll be able to get into a good position anyway."
An expected crowd of 160,000 will cram into Churchill Downs while tens of millions of people will watch on television as the race, steeped with tradition including the singing of My Old Kentucky Home and the drinking of Mint Juleps, unfolds.
Reporting by Julian Linden in New York


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Having the easiest possible delivery experience takes preparation. Here's what you can do, starting today.
The words "easy labor" may seem like an oxymoron, but there are steps you can take, both throughout pregnancy and during labor, to make your experience less stressful and more comfortable, less clinical and more joyful. And although the following tips won't guarantee you'll have a sweat-free, pang-free birth, they can help make your labor and delivery more manageable.
1. Start preparing now. When you're in the grip of labor, it's too late to crack open that self-hypnosis book or locate a birthing ball. Preparation counts. Case in point: Squatting increases the size of the pelvic opening by about 28 percent. But if you wait until you're in labor to try it for the first time, your squatting stamina won't add up to … well, squat.
2. Seek higher education. Take a childbirth class, and enroll as early as possible: Not only do classes fill up fast, but some, such as Bradley courses, run 12 weeks, which means you need to start them in your second trimester. Learn about the different stages of labor so you know what to expect. Ask tough questions—and "stupid" ones, too. Find out your doctor's philosophy on epidurals vs. nondrug ways of managing pain, as well as on Cesarean sections. "The better prepared you are, the more choices you have during labor," says nurse practitioner Lynette Miya, M.N., R.N.P., co-owner of Bright Beginnings & Beyond, a childbirth and family resource center in Redondo Beach, Calif. "You don't want to arrive at the hospital without any idea of what's going to happen." Once labor starts, no surprise is a good surprise.
3. Take a prenatal yoga class. "The most important thing women learn through yoga is how to focus," says Carmela Cattuti, L.P.N., founder of Yoga for Pregnancy & Fitness in Boston. "Yoga also strengthens the entire body, increases flexibility and gives you stamina. But maybe more importantly, it helps your mind relax." This, in turn, leaves your body free to go about the business of birthing.
4. Hire a certified doula. Doulas are nonmedical professionals trained to provide emotional and physical support as well as information to women during pregnancy and labor. Studies have found that with a trained doula's continuous support, epidural use decreased by 60 percent; C-sections, 50 percent; oxytocin use for induction, 40 percent; forceps use, 40 percent; and average length of labor, 25 percent. To locate a certified doula in your area, visit dona.org.
5. Give yourself options. During my first labor, breathing exercises gave me a massive sinus attack. Worse, I was out of tricks—no alternative pain-coping techniques, no weapon handy to beat my husband for getting me pregnant. Don't let this happen to you. Learn several techniques to manage pain, such as self-hypnosis, position changes, heat packs and different breathing methods; bring music to play for relaxation. "If you don't know what your options are, you don't have any," says Tracy Hartley, a certified doula and owner of BEST Doula Service in Southern California.
6. See no evil, hear no evil. Some childbirth educators believe graphic images, catastrophic tales and words of discouragement ("You'll never be able to get that monster out without a C-section!") can affect your subconscious and create a mental block during labor. At best, negative thoughts make labor stressful; at worst, they'll actually intensify pain. Change the channel, cover your eyes, tune out or walk away when the subject matter makes you uncomfortable. Bonus: Being able to do this will help you ignore all the unwanted advice you'll get after the baby is born.
7. Set the mood. For most women, a dark, quiet environment is ideal during labor, so ask your nurse or partner to dim the lights and minimize noise. Little touches make a difference: a favorite pillow, pair of socks or soothing scent. "Aromatherapy, especially the scent of lavender, is very calming in labor," says nurse practitioner Miya.
8. Don't take labor lying down. Upright positions, such as standing, walking, kneeling, slow dancing, sitting and squatting, allow gravity to help move the baby down and out. "Sometimes, getting the baby into the pelvis is like fitting a key into a lock," Hartley says. "You need to do a little jiggling. Rocking back and forth on your hands and knees may get the baby into position."
9. Get wet. Early in labor, a warm bath is a blessing. Later, the sustained warmth and weightlessness that water provides can feel more like a miracle. If you have access to a warm tub during labor, run—OK, roll, if you have to—and take the plunge. (Be sure to get your doctor or midwife's green light before doing so; there's a risk of infection if your water has broken.) If a soak isn't possible, take a shower.
10. Stand your ground. Labor transforms you, but it won't make you suddenly love lime Jell-O, New Age music or the sight of your in-laws as you breathe through a contraction. People may press all kinds of suggestions on you during labor; listen but don't feel you have to go along with them. It's your body, your baby and your labor, so stick to your guns. Consider it practice for when your baby is a teenager.


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The Struts 2 framework provides built-in support for processing file uploads that conform to RFC 1867, "Form-based File Upload in HTML". When correctly configured the framework will pass uploaded file(s) into your Action class. Support for individual and multiple file uploads are provided. When a file is uploaded it will typically be stored in a temporary directory. Uploaded files should be processed or moved by your Action class to ensure the data is not lost. Be aware that servers may have a security policy in place that prohibits you from writing to directories other than the temporary directory and the directories that belong to your web application.
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The Struts 2 framework leverages add-on libraries to handle the parsing of uploaded files. These libraries are not included in the Struts distribution, you must add them into your project. The libraries needed are:
Struts 2.0.x
Struts 2.1.x
If you are using Maven then you can add these libraries as dependencies in your project's pom.xml.
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<dependency> <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId> <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>commons-io</groupId> <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency>
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<dependency> <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId> <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId> <version>1.2.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>commons-io</groupId> <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId> <version>1.3.2</version> </dependency>
Basic Usage
org.apache.struts2.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor class is included as part of the
defaultStack. As long as the required libraries are added to your project you will be able to take advantage of of the Struts 2 fileUpload capability. Configure an Action mapping for your Action class as you typically would.
Example action mapping:
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<action name="doUpload" class="com.example.UploadAction"> <result name="success">good_result.jsp</result> </action>
A form must be create with a form field of type file,
<INPUT type="file" name="upload">. The form used to upload the file must have its encoding type set to multipart/form-data,
<FORM action="doUpload" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">. The standard procedure for adding these elements is by using the Struts 2 tag libraries as shown in the following example:
Example JSP form tags:
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The fileUpload interceptor will use setter injection to insert the uploaded file and related data into your Action class. For a form field named upload you would provide the three setter methods shown in the following example:
Example Action class:
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package com.example; import java.io.File; import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport; public class UploadAction extends ActionSupport { private File file; private String contentType; private String filename; public void setUpload(File file) { this.file = file; } public void setUploadContentType(String contentType) { this.contentType = contentType; } public void setUploadFileName(String filename) { this.filename = filename; } public String execute() { //... return SUCCESS; } }
The purpose of each one of these methods is described in the table below. Notice that if you have multiple file form elements with different names you would be required to have another corresponding set of these methods for each file uploaded.
Method Signature
setX(File file)
The file that contains the content of the uploaded file. This is a temporary file and
setXContentType(String contentType)
The mime type of the uploaded file
setXFileName(String fileName)
The actual file name of the uploaded file (not the HTML name)
Uploading Multiple Files
As mentioned in the previous section one technique for uploading multiple files would be to simply have multiple form input elements of type file all with different names. This would require a number of setter methods that was equal to 3 times the number of files being uploaded. Another option is to use Arrays or java.util.Lists. The following examples are taken from the Showcase example application that is part sample applications you can download at http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi. For the Action mapping details see
struts-fileupload.xml in the sample application download.
Uploading Multiple Files using Arrays
multipleUploadUsingArray.jsp Notice all file input types have the same name.
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Uploading Multiple Files using Lists
multipleUploadUsingList.jsp Notice all file input types have the same name.
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Advanced Configuration
The Struts 2
default.properties file defines several settings that affect the behavior of file uploading. You may find in necessary to change these values. The names and default values are:
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struts.multipart.parser=jakarta struts.multipart.saveDir= struts.multipart.maxSize=2097152
Please remember that the struts.multipart.maxSize is the size limit of the whole request, which means when you uploading multiple files, the sum of their size must be below the struts.multipart.maxSize!
In order to change theses settings you define a constant in your applications
struts.xml file like so:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd"> <struts> <constant name="struts.multipart.maxSize" value="1000000" /> ... </struts>
Additionally the
fileUpload interceptor has settings that can be put in place for individual action mappings by customizing your interceptor stack.
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<action name="doUpload" class="com.example.UploadAction"> <interceptor-ref name="basicStack"/> <interceptor-ref name="fileUpload"> <param name="allowedTypes">text/plain</param> </interceptor-ref> <interceptor-ref name="validation"/> <interceptor-ref name="workflow"/> <result name="success">good_result.jsp</result> </action>
File Size Limits
There are two separate file size limits. First is
struts.multipart.maxSize which comes from the Struts 2
default.properties file. This setting exists for security reasons to prohibit a malicious user from uploading extremely large files to file up your servers disk space. This setting defaults to approximately 2 megabytes and should be adjusted to the maximum size file (2 gigs max) that your will need the framework to receive. If you are uploading more than one file on a form the
struts.multipart.maxSize applies to the combined total, not the individual file sizes. The other setting,
maximumSize, is an interceptor setting that is used to ensure a particular Action does not receive a file that is too large. Notice the locations of both settings in the following example:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd"> <struts> <constant name="struts.multipart.maxSize" value="1000000" /> <action name="doUpload" class="com.example.UploadAction"> <interceptor-ref name="basicStack"/> <interceptor-ref name="fileUpload"> <param name="maximumSize">500000</param> </interceptor-ref> <interceptor-ref name="validation"/> <interceptor-ref name="workflow"/> <result name="success">good_result.jsp</result> </action> </struts>
File Types
There are two ways to limit the uploaded file type, declaratively and programmatically. To declaratively limit the file type a comma separated list of allowedTypes can be specified as a fileUpload interceptor param as shown in the following example:
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<action name="doUpload" class="com.example.UploadAction"> <interceptor-ref name="basicStack"/> <interceptor-ref name="fileUpload"> <param name="allowedTypes">image/jpeg,image/gif</param> </interceptor-ref> <interceptor-ref name="validation"/> <interceptor-ref name="workflow"/> <result name="success">good_result.jsp</result> </action>
When the uploaded file type does not match one of the MIME types specified a field error will be created as described in the next section entitled Error Messages. Programmatically limiting the file type means using the information passed in to your Action class via the
setXContentType(String contentType) method. The benefit to this type of approach would be that it's more flexible and no interceptor configuration would be needed if file sizes are keep under 2 megs.
Error Messages
If an error occurs several field errors will be added assuming that the action implements
com.opensymphony.xwork2.ValidationAware or extends
com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport. These error messages are based on several i18n values stored in struts-messages.properties, a default i18n file processed for all i18n requests. You can override the text of these messages by providing text for the following keys:
Error Key
A general error that occurs when the file could not be uploaded
Occurs when the uploaded file is too large as specified by maximumSize.
Occurs when the uploaded file does not match the expected content types specified
Occurs when uploaded file has disallowed extension
Occurs when the upload request (as a whole) exceed configured struts.multipart.maxSize
struts.messages.upload.error.<Exception class SimpleName>
Occurs when any other exception took place during file upload process
Temporary Directories
All uploaded files are saved to a temporary directory by the framework before being passed in to an Action. Depending on the allowed file sizes it may be necessary to have the framework store these temporary files in an alternate location. To do this change
struts.multipart.saveDir to the directory where the uploaded files will be placed. If this property is not set it defaults to
javax.servlet.context.tempdir. Keep in mind that on some operating systems, like Solaris,
/tmp is memory based and files stored in that directory would consume an amount of RAM approximately equal to the size of the uploaded file.
Alternate Libraries
struts.multipart.parser used by the fileUpload interceptor to handle HTTP POST requests, encoded using the MIME-type multipart/form-data, can be changed out. Currently there are two choices, jakarta and pell. The jakarta parser is a standard part of the Struts 2 framework needing only its required libraries added to a project. The pell parser uses Jason Pell's multipart parser instead of the Commons-FileUpload library. The pell parser is a Struts 2 plugin, for more details see: http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/pell-multipart-plugin.html. There was a third alternative, cos, but it was removed due to licensing incompatibilities.


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Former HealthSouth CFO Aaron Beam delivers ethics lecture to Smeal students
Former HealthSouth CFO Aaron Beam delivers ethics lecture to Smeal students
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Last month, a former chief financial officer who spent three months in federal prison for fraud spoke to Penn State Smeal College of Business students about his ethical mistakes. As part of the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture Series, former CFO of HealthSouth Corp. Aaron Beam described for students the series of events that left him pleading guilty to criminal charges in the early 2000s.
On this visit to Penn State — Beam's fifth since beginning his speaking career — he spoke to a group of Penn State Smeal MBA students as well as undergrads enrolled in Management 451W: Business, Ethics, and Society.
"You have to train people how to be ethical. Business students need to be trained to deal with the ethical dangers they will face."
-- Aaron Beam, former HealthSouth CFO
Beam's message in the evening presentation to undergraduates was that "if you get involved in a work environment where cheating is okay, your tolerance for that kind of behavior will increase."
What started for Beam as a few bad accounting practices led to falsifying numbers in order to meet investor expectations.
"I should have had the courage to stand up and say no," he told students.
The fraud took its toll on Beam; despite never speaking up about HealthSouth's missteps, he retired from the company in 1997.
It was nearly six years after his retirement that news of the $2 billion HealthSouth scandal broke, but Beam and each CFO after him were held accountable for their actions.
Today, Beam talks to business students all over the country about learning how to behave ethically.
"You have to train people how to be ethical," he said. "Business students need to be trained to deal with the ethical dangers they will face."
More information on Aaron Beam can be found on his website, www.aaronbeam.net. His book, "HealthSouth: The Wagon to Disaster," was published in 2009.
The Shoemaker Lecture is the centerpiece of the Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics, established in 1985 through a $100,000 gift from the late G. Albert Shoemaker and his wife, Mercedes, to support ethics education at Smeal.
About Honor and Integrity at Smeal
Integrity and ethical behavior are fundamental to the Smeal College of Business culture. Commonly referred to as "honor and integrity," these values underscore who we are and what we do as a leading business school community, both in and out of the classroom. The college's foundation of honor and integrity lies in the Honor Code, drafted in partnership with master of business administration students in 2006 and adopted by undergraduates in 2007. Honor and integrity are infused into courses across the Smeal curriculum, and the G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics supports ethics lectures and related scholarly research. For more information on honor and integrity at Smeal, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/about/honor.