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Vienna, Virginia Intellectual Property Lawyers
Robert Franklin Powers
Vienna, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
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Darrin A. Auito
McLean, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
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Lee E. Berlik
Reston, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
(703) 722-0588American University Washington College of LawRochester Institute of TechnologyU.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 4th Circuit, Virginia, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme CourtMartindale-Hubbell and Virginia Business MagazineLoudoun County Bar Association, Fairfax County Bar Association...Employment Law, Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation and Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee's Quarterly Newsletter
Erik Michael Pelton
Arlington, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
(703) 525-8009The Catholic University of America Columbus School of LawBoston UniversityDistrict of Columbia and New JerseyBest of Falls Church 2017New Jersey State Bar
Ryan Edward Alley
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Michaela Barry
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Daniel M. Press
(703) 734-3800Georgetown University Law CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityDistrict of Columbia, Maryland and VirginiaVirginia State Bar and Maryland State Bar Association
Jason Cody
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Ralph Marion Tener
Fairfax, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
(703) 273-2288University of Virginia School of LawMichigan State UniversityCalifornia, District of Columbia and VirginiaVirginia State Bar, Computer Law Association...Assistant Instructor, Computer and Intellectual Property Law, University of Virginia Continuing Education Center, 1999-2000, Author: "Who Owns the Hyperbot? Applied Intellectual Property Rights," Acquisition Issues, April 1992...
Clifford Daniel Hyra
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Jonathan D. Frieden
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Dirk McClanahan
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Daniel Ki-Hee Kim
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Matthew Swyers
(800) 906-8626Virginia and District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Bar
Dr. Barbara Villamar
(703) 973-9566District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Bar
Wenye Tan
David Ludwig
Leesburg, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
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Jeffrey Weaver
Ashburn, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
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The deadline for families to submit information to the IRS for advanced payments of the Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) is November 15. To assist in ensuring that eligible families receive this credit, the American Public Human Services Association is hosting a webinar series for state agencies to discuss the CTC tools they are using.
Opportunities for Early Childhood Programs to Support the Well-Being of Families During COVID-19 and Beyond
The second of a three-part series, this April 20, 2021 webinar from the Center for Health Care Strategies reviews challenges faced by families with young children in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftermath. Presentations covered opportunities to support families and connect them with community resources; strategies to increase parents' knowledge of child development and communications skills while reducing their social isolation; mindfulness practices among staff at a supportive services agency; and the development of a virtual maternal-infant home visiting program.
Policy Matters: Reflections on the Past and Future of Apprenticeship
The Urban Institute will host a webinar on November 13, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss apprenticeship policies and practices and ways to utilize apprenticeship programs in the future. Speakers include representatives from the Urban Institute, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Oberg Industries, CareerWise Colorado, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the House Committee on Education and Labor, New America, and Jobs for the Future.
OFA Webinar: Intimate Partner Violence in the Time of COVID-19: TANF's Vital Role in Prevention
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office of Family Assistance hosted a webinar on October 28, 2020. A subject matter expert and a TANF program practitioner shared insights and recommendations for leveraging TANF to provide support to intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 and beyond. In this webinar, speakers highlighted a variety of IPV topics, including the four types of behavior associated with IPV. Speakers answered audience questions to assist other state and tribal programs in developing and improving their own TANF responses to COVID-19 and IPV.
Gamechangers: What Are 2Gen Coordinators and Why Is Their Role So Important?
The two-generation (2Gen) approach to building stronger families is gaining momentum in several states, including Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Washington. In these states, a 2Gen coordinator has been identified to work with frontline staff, families, community partners, and across statewide departments to advance 2Gen strategies. On July 28, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. ET, Ascend, an Aspen Institute initiative, will host a webinar which will cover how these states are working toward systems change to help families experience more equitable and positive outcomes.
OFA Webinar: A Necessary Pivot: Virtual Case Management and Coaching Amid COVID-19
As a part of continued support to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs and their endeavors to serve individuals and families virtually during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Family Assistance recorded a PeerTA webinar on June 24, 2020. TANF staff and those they serve had to retool quickly to adapt to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
NAWRS Virtual Workshop: TANF Responses to COVID-19 – Voices from the Field
The National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) held the first session of the NAWRS 2020 Virtual Workshop Series on April 29, 2020. This session brought together four state TANF representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Vermont, and Washington State to discuss TANF programs and the persons they serve. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the panelists discussed changes in caseloads and policy changes, the transition to a virtual environment for operations and service delivery, and the key challenges that TANF clients now face.
OFA Webinar: Considering Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies to Improve Paths to Self-Sufficiency
To support Child Support Awareness Month, the Office of Family Assistance, in collaboration with the Office of Child Support Enforcement, will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET on state pass-through and disregard policies. By attending the webinar, participants will deepen their knowledge of pass-through and disregard policies and identify factors to consider when adopting a programmatic change like a pass-through option.

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Food Tools - Part 3
Fruit Lifters / Corkscrew Copycats? by Bob Roger
1870 - Wanted: A tool that can be pushed down, twisted, and pulled to remove a barrier to a container's contents. You say the corkscrew has already been invented? Hmmm.
Dried apples, dates, figs, apricots, peaches and many other varieties of fruits, sugar, and meats including pork and fish (in brine or dried) were packed into wooden barrels, and the contents were tightly compacted when the barrel head was pressed into position with a large screw-driven one-sided vise. Then the barrels were shipped via sea, rail, and wagon to the local mercantile, where the heads were removed and the contents offered for sale. The shipping of dried fruits in barrels had ended by 1900, although sugar continued to come in barrels for a short time after that (Reference: "Fruit Lifters", Laurence A. Johnson, The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, March 1957).
What you never saw in any "Western" movie was how the grocer got the tightly-packed contents out of the barrel. What he did was pick up his trusty fruit auger, turn it into the center of the mass a little way, and pull it out - just like pulling a cork out of a bottle with a corkscrew. In fact, most of these implements resemble cork pullers but are somewhat larger. With a small core removed, the sides of the hole could be loosened by pushing them into the space vacated by the core. Other designs just loosened the contents without pulling a core out.
Fruit lifter, dried fruit loosener, sugar devil, fruit auger - all of these names were used by patentees to describe food-handling implements that were prominent in mercantiles and general stores throughout the Victorian era, but which became obsolete around 1900. Strangely, they are also missing from many museums and implement collections.
The Patents
There were at least eleven U. S. patents for these tools, spanning about 25 years, and all but two of the patentees were from the mid-West.
Raymond Patent
Ragan Patent
Schmeltzer Patent
The first patent was number 112,959 issued on March 21, 1871 to Ennis A. Raymond of Waterloo, Iowa. His lifter was a helix with gradually increasing spiral diameter from point to top. To make his lifter he starts with about a five foot half-inch rod and bends it into a 9" long spiral with a four inch diameter at the basis.
The next patent was number 137,622 issued on April 8, 1873 to Cornelius Ragan of Waterloo, Iowa. He used a pointed 3/8 inch square bar to form his helix with his spiral diameter changing from 3 1/2 inches at the tip to 3 inches at the shank. His overall length was 18-20 inches.
Patent number 144,147 was issued on October 28, 1873 to John F. Schmeltzer and Joseph M. Roberts of Winona, Minnesota for a double-helix lifter. They also had their spiral diameter gradually change, being greatest at the tip.
Holman Patent
White Patent
Patton Patent
Patent number 144,542 was issued on November 11, 1873 to Harry W. Holman of Waterloo, Iowa for a lifter without a helix. He has a spear with pivoted wings at the tip. When pushed into the barrel the wings fold into the body of the spear, but when it is pulled up the wings pivot out, grabbing and loosening the contents. Notice the similarity of Holman's design to that of the cork pullers of Alexander (1860), Wyckoff (1861), and Williamson (1868) shown at the end of this article.
Patent number 166,171 was issued on July 27, 1875 to Henry J. White of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He has a central guide-rod and one or more spiral prongs. His handle may be either wooden or metallic. His drawing illustrates a twisted guide-rod but the patent description is silent on that matter. White assigned his patent to James V. Hiddleson of Chicago, Illinois. An advertisement in The American Grocer, November 10, 1881 illustrated White's lifter with the correct patent date and labeled as HIDDLESON's DRIED FRUIT AUGER. Its guide-rod is straight, and S. W. Sheldon of 93 Reade Street, NY is listed as the sole agent for it. So apparently White sold the patent to Hiddleson who manufactured it and contracted Sheldon to market it.
Next was patent number 172,278 issued on January 18, 1876 to Henry F. Patton of Appleton, Wisconsin. He assigned one-half to Albert S. Dean of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His design consists of a pointed guide-rod that supports a bracket. Pivoted to the bracket is a two-pronged curved claw. The claw is placed in alignment with the guide-rod and the ensemble is pushed into the fruit near the edge of the barrel. The claw handle is then raised, swinging the claw through the fruit and loosening it.
McCormick Patent
Chesbro Patent
Patent number 177,863 was issued on May 23, 1876 to William McCormick of Blair, Nebraska. His concern was that existing lifters become clogged, and the design of his "flattened" double helix provided a more open 'core' between the arms and fewer turns than did Schmeltzer & Roberts.
Patent number 252,738 was issued on January 24, 1882 to Ernest P. Chesbro of Willimantic, CT for his device for breaking up sugar, salt, etc. It is pressed into the food while twisting, breaking it up so that it can be removed. Although his device has four arms of teeth and the teeth point straight down, it is quite similar to the two-armed ENTERPRISE Dried Fruit and Sugar Auger that has its teeth at an angle. The ENTERPRISE auger was advertised in the 1899 catalog of The Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, PA. That advertisement is illustrated below, and the auger in the illustration is marked ENTERPRISE M'F'G CO PHILA.
1899 Enterprise Catalog Advertisement
Coles Patent
Patent number 352,736 was issued on November 16, 1886 to John E. Coles of New York City. Coles refers to a previous patent of similar design but doesn't name it. Probably he is referring to White's patent. However, Coles' design is slightly different, having a larger diameter of twist for two or more turns in the center guide-rod and forming blades at the tips of the two coiled arms. He also places the tip of one arm lower than the other so that it engages the fruit first. Each arm then "shaves" layers off the fruit or sugar, much like a double-bladed twist auger cuts a hole in wood.
Elliott Patent
Swartz Patent
Patent number 365,247 was issued on June 21, 1887 to William P. Elliott of Shelbyville, Indiana. His guide-rod has a screw-point and twisted shaft, like a carpenter's wood bit but having sharp longitudinal edges instead of a cutting blade behind the screw-point as in the bit. He then fastens a wing to the shaft. The wing is shaped horizontally like a shallow "S", and in the vertical plane the top edge of the wing is approximately semicircular.
Design patent number D 31,896 was issued on November 28, 1899 to Francis Marion Swartz of Newark, Ohio. His design has a circular head and four downward-projecting tapered teeth arranged around a center guide-rod.
Variants of the Ragan & Schmeltzer patents
Pictured above are two forged examples of patent variants. The small unmarked double-helix on the left is a variant of Schmeltzer & Roberts 1873 patent (it was probably made earlier) and is well-sized for apricots and dates. It is 8 inches ling overall and the diameter of the prongs' sweep at the tip is 1 1/2 inches. That diameter reduces toward the handle, as the patent requires.
The unmarked single-helix lifter on the right is made of 3/8 inch round stock and has a coil diameter of 3 inches at the tip, reducing in size toward the handle. Overall length is 15 1/2 inches. This appears to be a variant of Ragan's 1873 patent, although Ragan used a 3/8 inch rod of square cross-section.
White's pre-patent (lower left) & White/Hiddleson
Above are two examples of White's 1875 patent. The example at the lower left with the twisted guide-rod appears to be a pre-patent example of White's patent, having the guide-rod as illustrated in the patent drawing but broader, more abbreviated arms. Each arm is marked PAT AP'D FOR. The overall length is 12 1/2 inches and it is 4 3/4 inches between the tips of the arms.
The example at the upper right is marked 'PATD JULY 27 75' and is the version of White's patent that was manufactured by Hiddleson and marketed by Sheldon. The tip of the guide-rod was bent by accident on this example. It should be straight to the point. The overall length is 16 1/4 inches and it is 4 1/2 inches between the tips of the arms. This version is the most common of all lifters and normally sells for $125 - $175.
Two views of McCormick's lifter
McCormick's 1876 patent marked PATD MAY 23 1876. The overall length is 14 3/4 inches and the arms are 6 inches apart.
Marked example of Coles' lifter
The photo above shows the business end of a Coles' lifter marked PAT NOV 16 86. It is 14 3/4 inches long and 8 inches between the tips of the arms. One arm extends 1/4 inch longer than the other, as stated in the patent. This is the second most common lifter, although not nearly as common as the White/Hiddleson lifter.
Coles' lifter (top) and an unmarked variant
Above is an example of Cole's lifter along with a rare unmarked variant that is identical except that the guide-rod is straight rather than a helix as called for in the patent.
If these tools were "necessary equipment" in every general store during the Victorian era, where are they today? That is a very good question. I have been looking for them for at least 25 years, and Table 1 gives the approximate number of times I have seen each design as an existing example, either physically or in photographs. The table below lists the designs in the same order as they were discussed in the patents above. As noted from the entries in the table, lifters other than White/Hiddleson and Coles are extremely rare
Patent / Design Marked Example Unmarked Example Unmarked Variant
Raymond 0 0 0
Ragan 0 0 1
Schmeltzer & Roberts 0 0 1
Holman 0 0 0
White 1 0 0
White/Hiddleson 50+ ?* 0
Patton 0 0 0
McCormick 3 0 0
Chesbro 0 0 0
Enterprise 0 0 0
Coles 8-12 0 1
Elliott 0 0 0
Swartz 0 0 0
*Not all examples seen were examined closely for marked vs unmarked
Alexander Patent
Wyckoff Patent
Williamson Patent
Notice the similarity of Holman's design to that of the cork pullers of Charles Alexander (No. 29,539 issued August 7, 1860), William Wyckoff (No. 32,394 issued May 21, 1861), and David Williamson (No. 74,966 issued February 25, 1868) shown in Figure 3.
Editor's Note: Bob Roger is a collector of corkscrews and a wide variety of tools. He is the author of A Guide to Gimlets published in 2003 and Patented Ice Reducing Tools: An Identification Guide for Hand-Held Picks, Chippers, Crushers, and Shaves published in 2007. Anyone wishing to acquire the books or a marked McCormick's Patent Fruit Lifter should contact Bob Roger.
Next Week: Quirls and Potato Follow-up


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Twitter reacted as BCCI finally released the schedule for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019.
After thorough planning — battling the pressure of avoiding a hectic schedule which could hamper with the fitness of the cricketers ahead of the ICC World Cup, and the potential obstruction due to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections — the BCCI ( The Board of Control for Cricket in India ) have finally announced the complete schedule for the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) schedule.
All the eight participating teams will be playing seven home matches at their respective home venues. As the ICC World Cup will commence just days after the IPL, there was a need for balance and that has been obliged by the board as the updated schedule is well-balanced in terms of afternoon matches, weekend matches, and travel.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai in a much-anticipated IPL opener, which will commence on March 23.
The schedule for the upcoming IPL campaign has been released in parts by the BCCI in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls that would be a staggered process in seven phases stretched across April and May.
After the announcement of the schedule, fans all across the country could not contain their excitement to support their favourite teams in the cricketing extravaganza. The cash-rich IPL is seen as a festival in India and cricket enthusiasts long the season. The tournament will also be a great platform for youngsters to make a name for themselves in a bid to make it to the Indian cricket team some day.
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Benjamin is three-going-on-four, and he is going on four hard. He stands with one hand on baby and another on boy and is pushing hard in either direction. He wants to fit in with the big boys. He bursts with enthusiasm when his brother's friends include him and howls with frustration when the older children leave him behind. But for all his protestations of maturity, he wiggles deep into babyhood, only to find himself stuck there and screaming to get out.
Much of his anger flies at me. I am the primary caregiver, and he is a middle child, angry that his sister gets babied and his brother gets grown-up time. Of all our children, he is the only one who needs someone to lie down with him at night. He simply cannot bring himself down from the highs and lows of the day without another heartbeat to help him find a steady rhythm. Sometimes he snuggles in, pressing his muscular little body into us, but other times he kicks, fights, and punches.
It has worked, and evenings have gotten calmer. But he is a tough cookie, all bluster and bravado on the outside, despite the deeper need and sensitivity. He just wears himself out sometimes, fighting to be a five-and-a-half year old and a nineteen-month-old all at the same time.
Saturday, he needed a nap, although he has long given up a regular naptime. One of his brother's friends was coming over for dinner, and there was no way Ben was going to make it through the night. I took him upstairs to lie down with me, whereupon he tried every technique he could come up with to avoid falling asleep. Wiggling, hitting, general noisiness. He also tried talking, which is his absolute favorite hobby.
Of course, he talked about his favorite topic – other than weapons and violence – Lucy.
"Lucy is really, really strong," he told me.
"She's as strong as a tree. She's as strong as a grown-up tree," he went on. And there it was. His very first simile.
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My oldest was like this in some ways. When he was that age, he just wouldn't calm down. Seemed to be fretting all the time. And there were numerous bear hugs needed to help him chill.
Now, he's 16, and those techniques don't work so well. But he knows I won't leave . . .
My middle child was the tense one, couldn't unwind her little spring for the life of her. She's still tense, and intense, but life is bigger now for her and it's easier. Interestingly, she was also the one who clung to childhood the hardest and the longest until, with an amazing suddenness, she let go and grew up all in a matter of months.


This past Tuesday, sophomore Patricia Adams was shocked to find that after just 2 weeks of making small talk with classmate Avery Hart, she had accidentally granted Hart permission to follow her finsta. Our reporters found Adams in the Student Union where, according to eyewitnesses, she fell abruptly to the floor. "I think I'm going to go into cardiac arrest," said Adams as she was fanned by EMTs taking her blood pressure.
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Adams was still dumbstruck for several hours after the incident and was escorted by UCFPD safely home, where she immediately filed a restraining order against Hart.


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Put it on the back burner
Whoever would be so kind as to explain to me what that means?
"Mettre en veilleuse"
Example: "Because her English is not as good as she want it to be, she had to put her trip to England on the back burner"
Hi, English guru!
"Mettre en veilleuse" Example: "Because her English is not as good as she want it to be, she had to put her trip to England on the back burner" Hi, English guru!
You made it crystal clear to me, Hortence. Your French translation sounds delightful.
In fact I was using a back burner on a daily basis without knowing it was called a back burner. In my kitchen there a gas cooker which is fit with a tiny burner where a pan can be put on hold waiting for further completion (full cooking, serving, or whatever else..). Even though that small burner is not spotted at the back of the cooker, I guess it goes by the name of "back burner".
Now I wonder to which extend "to put on the back burner" is synonym of "to shelve". Booth seem to mean "to delay, to postpone, to suspend, to defer, to put on hold" but the context for use could different for avery expression . Do you know?
By the by, Hortence, I've been pleased to learn you were still alive. Maybe you had put your pen/keyboard on the back burner for a while. Or should you have shelved your GymGlish workout?
You made it crystal clear to me, Hortence. Your French translation sounds delightful. In fact I was using a back burner on a daily basis without knowing it was called a back burner. In my kitchen there a gas cooker which is fit with a tiny burner where a pan can be put on hold waiting for further completion (full cooking, serving, or whatever else..). Even though that small burner is not spotted at the back of the cooker, I guess it goes by the name of "back burner". Now I wonder to which extend "to put on the back burner" is synonym of "to shelve". Booth seem to mean "to delay, to postpone, to suspend, to defer, to put on hold" but the context for use could different for avery expression . Do you know? By the by, Hortence, I've been pleased to learn you were still alive. Maybe you had put your pen/keyboard on the back burner for a while. Or should you have shelved your GymGlish workout?
CS: Please read both instead of booth! What a bug!
And also "every" instead of avery. Tex could be angry!
CS: Please read both instead of booth! What a bug! And also "every" instead of avery. Tex could be angry!
Hi Gee!
Thank you for the reply.
In my mind, "to shelve" mean to store permanently. Like in this sentence: "As soon as the research was completed, they shelved it." (To mean they didn't take further actions.)
I was wondering if the expression "to put it on ice" has the same meaning as "to put it on the back burner?
I think we could say: "Because her English is not as good as she want it to be, she has put her project to go to England on ice". What do you think?
Hi Gee! Thank you for the reply. In my mind, "to shelve" mean to store permanently. Like in this sentence: "As soon as the research was completed, they shelved it." (To mean they didn't take further actions.) I was wondering if the expression "to put it on ice" has the same meaning as "to put it on the back burner? I think we could say: "Because her English is not as good as she want it to be, she has put her project to go to England on ice". What do you think?
Oh yeah, Hortence, "to put on ice". That's an idiom I had no idea about, even though it goes as the French 'mettre (un projet, une idée..) au frigo'. The Robert & Collins backs you on that point.
I guess it particularly suits to Canadians in winter when snow and ice are widespread rifing over the countryside. (lol)
About to shelve, I made an investigation.
You're right thinking that shelving a research might be to store it permanently, if not forever. Researchers might waive the problem.
But to shelve also means to postpone, to defer. In the Webster's it's reading "to shelve: a) to remove from active service; b) to put off or aside (to ~ shelve a project)"
By copy and paste here is the second definition given by the online Answers.com : "To put away as though on a shelf; put aside: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis)." As synonyms: To put off until a later time: defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive. Informal: wait. Idioms: put on ice."
Thank you, Hortence, for your pleasant lesson. Have a nice week-end.
Oh yeah, Hortence, "to put on ice". That's an idiom I had no idea about, even though it goes as the French 'mettre (un projet, une idée..) au frigo'. The Robert & Collins backs you on that point. I guess it particularly suits to Canadians in winter when snow and ice are widespread rifing over the countryside. (lol) About to shelve, I made an investigation. You're right thinking that shelving a research might be to store it permanently, if not forever. Researchers might waive the problem. But to shelve also means to postpone, to defer. In the Webster's it's reading "to shelve: a) to remove from active service; b) to put off or aside (to ~ shelve a project)" By copy and paste here is the second definition given by the online Answers.com : "To put away as though on a shelf; put aside: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis)." As synonyms: To put off until a later time: defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive. Informal: wait. Idioms: put on ice." Thank you, Hortence, for your pleasant lesson. Have a nice week-end.
Thank you for these details.
See you soon in the forums!
Thank you for these details. See you soon in the forums!
Anything that keeps learning English on the front burner is good.
Thanks for the nice portrayal of your kitchen, Gee.
Till now I mistakenly supposed that a back burner was one of the hot plates or ceramic hobs at the back of the burner. But in addition to that your backburner seems to have wonderful qualities.
If I weren't so scared of gas cookers I would certainly buy one.
(CW)
Thanks for the nice portrayal of your kitchen, Gee. Till now I mistakenly supposed that a back burner was one of the hot plates or ceramic hobs at the back of the burner. But in addition to that your backburner seems to have wonderful qualities. If I weren't so scared of gas cookers I would certainly buy one. (CW)


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Alabama MC says media has distorted what flag symbolizes.
Actress says "thanks" for song mention, two years later.
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Do you wonder how any good can come out of the world you live in?
In the Old Testament book of Isaiah, you'll discover that trouble and suffering are nothing new to God's people. But the prophet Isaiah raises a loud cry for revival in this midst of a rotting society. Isaiah firmly believes that God can triumph even in the worst of times.
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Today at church, our pastor shared one of my favorite sermons he has ever preached. It was simple and straightforward and he had us stop to pray several times in the middle. He spoke about a Barna survey on Christians today and how the results of the survey should challenge us. I won't give you the full run down, but will share just what I got out of it. I haven't taken the time to write down my other goals for the year yet, but these will be the most important.
– Read the Bible, every day.
– Listen to what it is saying to me.
– Let it shape my life.
– Make a difference in the lives of others.
This may sound overly simple, but based on my past experience they are in fact huge goals. I hope to focus on these and not let busyness run my life. I'm hoping for joy, peace, and contentment this year for our family, and for yours.
What is your spiritual goal this year?
Wonderful goals! And yes, not as easy as they seem! True!
I guess for me….to spend time in prayer each day. Not just a moment, but give some time to the Lord, daily.
Thank you for posting this and making me think my spiritual goals.
Being more thankful for what God has provided!
wishing you a wonderful 2011. filled with happiness and blessings!


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ACE Ceres-Merced Extension Project – EIR
SoCo Rail Study
Station/Facilities Development Committee
SJJPA
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ACE RAIL
Elk Grove Station Project draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
PRESS RELEASE December 6, 2021
Contact: Katie DeMaio
Email: kdemaio@aimconsultingco.com
Elk Grove Station Project draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Now Available for Review
Virtual Public Meeting for the draft EIR on January 11th, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Elk Grove, CA) – The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) has released a draft EIR for the Elk Grove Station Project. Interested parties are encouraged to review the draft EIR on the project website: https://sjrrc.com/elk-grove-station/. The 45-day review period begins on December 3, 2021 and ends on January 18, 2022. Printed copies are available for review at: City Hall, the Elk Grove Library, the Franklin Library, and SJRRC. Formal comments for the Environmental Impact Report process should be in writing and either mailed to SJRRC (Attn: Regional Initiatives, 949 East Channel St., Stockton, CA 95202) or sent to elkgrovestation@gmail.com.
SJRRC is hosting a Virtual Public Meeting for the proposed Elk Grove Station Project draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) via zoom:
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Register at ly/SJRRCElkGrove
This public meeting will provide an opportunity for SJRRC to share additional details on the proposed Elk Grove Station and present key highlights of the draft EIR.
The proposed Elk Grove Station is located along UPRR's Sacramento Subdivision in the vicinity of Dwight Road & Laguna Blvd. and would be served by future ACE and San Joaquins passenger rail services as part of the Valley Rail expansion program. Interested parties are encouraged to learn more information on the project website:
https://sjrrc.com/elk-grove-station/.
Questions about the public meeting can be directed to Katie DeMaio via email at kdemaio@aimconsultingco.com and by phone at (916) 442-1168.
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About the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA)
Since July 2015, SJJPA has been responsible for the management and administration of Amtrak San Joaquins. SJJPA is governed by Board Members representing each of the ten (10) Member Agencies along the 365-mile San Joaquins Corridor. For more information on SJJPA see www.sjjpa.com. Amtrak San Joaquins is Amtrak's 6th busiest route with 1.1 million annual riders and 18 stations providing a safe, comfortable and reliable way to travel throughout California. Prior to service modifications due to the COVID-19 crisis, Amtrak San Joaquins ran 7 daily train round-trips and its Thruway buses provided connecting service to 135 destinations in California and Nevada including Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Napa Valley, Las Vegas and Reno. To book your next trip, visit www.AmtrakSanJoaquins.com or call 1-800-USA-RAIL.
About the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission and ACE Train Service
The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) owns, operates, and is the policy-making body for the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE®) service. SJRRC is governed by a Board of Directors which consists of six full-voting members from San Joaquin County and two special-voting members from Alameda County. Ex-officio members represent Caltrans District 10, the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (SJRTD), SJCOG and StanCOG.
Started in 1998 and serving over 1.5 million riders annually, the ACE train runs four daily round-trips starting at the Cabral Station in Downtown Stockton with stops in Lathrop/Manteca, Tracy, Vasco Road, Livermore, Pleasanton, Fremont, Great America, Santa Clara, and San Jose's Diridon station. For more information on ACE, please visit www.acerail.com.
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Ethics Quote Of The Month: Secretary Of State John Kerry
January 8, 2017 January 8, 2017 / Jack Marshall	/ 7 Comments
"…I'm proud of all the efforts we made to try to lead people to a peaceful resolution."
—John Kerry, in an interview on MSNBC, when asked if he had any regrets about the Administration's handling of Syria;
The Sec. of State's full answer:
Well again, Andrea, I'm going to have a lot of opportunities to be able to look back and digest what choices might have been made. I'm not going to do it now… Except to say to you, very clearly, that I'm proud of all the efforts we made to try to lead people to a peaceful resolution. And in fact, the only solution to Syria will be a peaceful agreement along the lines of what we laid out… and the several communiques that we issued, and the United Nations resolution that we passed. 2254. Those will be the basis for whatever happens, if they get there.
No, I'm not going to call Kerry's statement an unethical quote, even as close as it came to making my head explode. Fortunately my expectations of John Kerry are basement-level low, from long experience. However, the latest fatuous sentiment from this veteran doofus is provocative and instructive.
In many pursuits, as we discuss here often, whether someone has done the right thing, made the ethical choice, should be evaluated on the basis of whether the conduct was competently considered and arrived at according to facts and ethical considerations before the conduct commenced. Judging its ethical nature afterwards, when factors the decision-maker could not have foreseen or controlled have affected the result, is a fallacy: "It all worked out for the best" and thus the decision must have been ethical. This is consequentialism, and "the ends justifies the means" in its most seductive form.
A very recent example was the Republican leadership's decision not to consider President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. No, the tactic wasn't unconstitutional or illegal. It was unethical, however: obstructive, partisan politics defying tradition and fairness. It was also, as I pointed out at the time, stupid. When Obama, knowing of the GOP's intent, appointed not a flame-breathing left-wing zealot but a moderate-liberal judge of impressive credentials, the GOP majority in the Senate should have rushed to confirm him, knowing well that a nomination by Obama's presumed successor, Hillary Clinton, would unbalance the Court to a far greater degree.
The GOP lucked out, as we now know. Now President Trump will fill that vacancy on the Court, with major impact on important legal disputes for decades to come. That's all moral luck, however. The ethics verdict on the conduct still stands. It worked, but it was wrong.
Success is not irrelevant to ethics, of course. Many jobs are ethically complex because getting a desired result is part of the mission. The result and the manner of achieving it are important. If your job is to win the war, you can't say you did an excellent job if the war was lost. Competence is still an ethical value. A successful CEO's company does not go belly-up by definition. Government is often analogized to sailing a ship to a destination, or flying a plane, with good reason. Part of the responsibility a government leader has is to make choices that work to the benefit of those governed, and others as well. A captain whose ship sinks cannot say afterwards, "I did one hell of a job." Continue reading →
As Republican Ethics Heroes And Dunces Board, Dodge Or Drive The Donald Trump Presidential Candidacy Ethics Train Wreck
May 6, 2016 May 6, 2016 / Jack Marshall	/ 27 Comments
The Donald Trump Presidential Candidacy Ethics Train Wreck is so deadly that the nation will be forced to board the Hillary Clinton Presidential Candidacy Ethics Train Wreck to survive it, as a broken back, a smashed face and need for multiple organ transplants are still more survivable than a damaged brain and a crushed heart.
Like all political Ethics Train Wrecks, however, it does allow us to learn a great deal about various pundits, politicians and public figures. Here are some early results from the wreckage once known as the Republican Party:
Ethics Heroes: The Bushes (Jeb, George H.W. and George W.) Mitt Romney, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Republican U.S. Senators Lindsay Graham, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Jeff Flake of Arizona, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner; Conservative columnist Erick Erickson, Republican strategist and operative Mary Mat Weekly Standard founder and editor William Kristol.
There will be more. To reject the apparent nominee of your own party is a nearly unprecedented step for party leaders and ex-Presidents. I can't find any vaguely similar example since Teddy Roosevelt split the GOP with his Progressive Party in 2012. Sasse has called for a third party alternative. Eventually, we will have a more definitive list, and some of these will fall into perdition. Continue reading →
Ethics Observations On An Ugly–But Entertaining!—GOP Debate
February 14, 2016 February 14, 2016 / Jack Marshall	/ 7 Comments
I knew this time would come, and it came the same week for both parties: I'm getting sick of the debates, and it's harder and harder to find new illumination and conclusions with each one. For some reason, however—the effect of the unsettling news of Justice Scalia's sudden death. perhaps?—last night's Republican debate (transcript here) was nastier and more personal than any of the debates this cycle, and Charles Krauthammer may be correct that that it was the most ugly Presidential candidates debate ever.
1. This was 100% the fault of Donald Trump. I keep reading that the Republicans should be embarrassed—-what control does the party have over Trump? He's in the race, and that means that he will drag down the conduct in the race. Arguing with him is like arguing with a 12-year-old—I was reminded of Erma Bombeck's line that it is impossible to argue with a six-year-old without sounding like a six-year-old. Sometimes I think all the debaters should agree to turn their backs on Trump when he's ranting, like all the jurors do in "Twelve Angry Men" when the racist finally lets it all out.
I wrote months ago that Republicans should have told Trump he wasn't a Republican and thus wasn't welcome in the debates, the nomination race or the party. They had neither the foresight, principles nor guts to do that, and now they are stuck with him polluting the debates and the race, engaging in the equivalent of belching and farting, as the juveniles supporting him cheer and snicker. Good job, everybody.
2. That was excellent, fair, competent moderation by John Dickerson. You know the debate has been a mess when the moderator is the star.
3. I have really come to resent Ben Carson's sleepy, arrogant, useless statements and observations, wasting precious time, blathering platitudes, appealing only to those ignorant souls, like him, who really think the most challenging and consequential job on Earth should be handed to a proud amateur. In that respect, he is the most unethical individual on the stage. Continue reading →
Ethics Dunce: Jeb Bush
February 8, 2016 February 8, 2016 / Jack Marshall	/ 13 Comments
Poor Jeb.
I do sympathize. It must be so humiliating to enter a race for President as a presumed frontrunner, after both your father and brother have won the office, only to fail spectacularly. These people thrive on admiration; rejection is death to them. "Please applaud," Jeb had to plead with a recent sluggish crowd. To make it worse, there is Donald Trump, someone Jeb has no respect for at all (nor should he), insulting him, mocking him, denigrating him like a schoolyard bully. It has to hurt. It has to make him furious.
Sinking to Trump's level, however, is not the answer. Trump may get away with it because his supporters are cretins, but name-calling and twitter pissing-matches are not suddenly civil, ethical, responsible or right. It degrades the process and coursens the culture. "He started it" and "He deserves it" are rationalizations for emotional retaliation that shows weakness, not strength. I assumed that Jeb Bush understood this, and if he was going to lose, and he is, then at least he could hold his head up high at the end knowing that he didn't violate his principles just because a boor like Donald Trump goaded him into it.
Then today, Jeb tweeted this:
Guess not.
Ethics Observations On The GOP New Hampshire Debate
Two ethics controversies occurred before the ABC debate (transcript here) even began.
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz really is a shameless and audacious hack. Does anyone seriously defend her? After being justly criticized in the news media for unabashedly hiding the Democratic candidates debates, staging them on weekends and against football games to smooth the road for Hillary, she actually had the epic gall to accuse the GOP of doing the same thing in a tweet yesterday, which read:
"Hmmm, wondering why @GOP trying to hide their #GOPdebate on the Saturday of #SuperBowl weekend no less?!"
Is she that lacking in self-awareness? Was she mocking herself? Is she an idiot? After she was blasted left and right for the tweet, she either revealed her real objective or concocted a face-saving retort:
".@TheDemocrats debates set viewer records. Both parties' broadcast network debates on wknds. Replies to SuperBowl #GOPdebate make my point,"
Whether this was her original intent of a U-Turn, it was also her trademark, a ridiculously transparent lie. "TheDemocrats debates set viewer records" is deceit: all the debates by both parties have exceeded previous viewer levels, but the Republican debates have significantly out-drawn the Democrats. There is no doubt that the Democrats would have drawn more had they avoided weekends like Republicans did, and that the fact that they did not was entirely intentional.
Why do Democrats tolerate a sleaze like Wasserman Schultz? It is natural to judge a party by its leadership, and she is neither bright, nor honest, nor effective, nor appealing.
The other issue was the unfairness of leaving Carly Fiorina out of the debate. I don't pretend to understand the formula used to demote the candidates, but since all of the other potential debaters–Gilmore, Graham, Huckabee, Santorum, Paul—had dropped out, either Fiorina should have been given a chance to debate herself for two hours, which would have been fun, or be in the main debate. Her New Hampshire poll numbers are equivalent to several who debated last night.
Debate observations: Continue reading →
Eleven Ethics Observations On The Fox GOP Presidential Debate In South Carolina
January 15, 2016 January 15, 2016 / Jack Marshall	/ 2 Comments
The moderators…
1. Last night's Fox News debate was the most ethical, and generally the best of them all so far, in either party.
2. Rand Paul's boycott of the so-called "undercard" debate reveals his arrogant nature. Chris Christie was demoted for one round, didn't complain, participated, did well, and came back to the main event. Rand thinks he's more qualified to be President than Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. Well, then, show us. Paul, in one complaint, proudly pointed to the fact that he's the only GOP candidate who wants to legalize drugs and return the U.S. to isolationism as the world burns. Yes, and this is why you're not on the main stage, Senator. This is called "answering your own question."
3. A group of Paul supporters started chanting his name at one point, causing Neil Cavuto to pause and look bemused. Oddly, Donald Trump did not command that their coats be confiscated.
4. Early on, both Bush and Marco Rubio pointed out—since the news media is still trying to soft-peddle it—that Hillary Clinton's legal problems are serious, and that her lies about her e-mail and Benghazi should disqualify her for national leadership. Good. Continue reading →
Observations On Obama's Executive Orders On Guns And The Golden Dancer Presidency
January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 / Jack Marshall	/ 51 Comments
Before I begin, here are the orders, which almost none of the news media are explaining or in most cases, even mentioning. The list is from Forbes:
Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions:
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
11. Nominate an ATF director.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to developinnovative technologies.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
1. I want to get this out of the way first, because it annoys me even more than other things connected with the announcement and its coverage. Jeb Bush was ready for the Obama orders with a signed op-ed titled, "Barack Obama's executive orders trample on the Second Amendment." Trample? They barely nick it. Maybe the orders infringe on the Amendment's personal space. Bush wrote (or, more likely, had someone write for him) the essay before Obama's measures were known. It's obvious: Bush never mentions any of them. This is exactly the sort of idiocy from gun rights supporters that Obama, Democrats and anti-gun zealots are counting on, so they can say—with justification!—"See? Republicans don't want to do anything to make us safer! They oppose measures before they even know what they are! How can anyone expect the President to work with these people?"
Jeb is an embarrassment, especially to himself. He should do everyone a favor and get out of the race.
2. Nicely timed to the orders is an excellent article in Reason called "You Know Less Than You Think About Guns: The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence." It would be nice, even responsible, if those clapping their hands like trained seals to Obama's cynical grandstanding here actually read it. A brief highlight: Continue reading →


Lip Heng Chew is a consultant at Opstar Singapore. He specializes in crisis management with special interests in culture, systemic failures and high reliability organizations. He has over ten years of operations experience in emergency and healthcare. During the Indonesian Crisis in 1998, he organized and led security evacuation flights and in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, he dispatched relief teams for Red Cross and was a member of an assessment team sent to Aceh.
Chew is a member of the Disaster Management Committee and Vice Chairman (Operations) of the Disaster Management Working Group at the Singapore Red Cross. He holds a M.Sc. in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management from the University of Leicester, is a fellow of the Security Institute in the UK, and serves as a consultant with Lien Aid in Singapore.
Capt. Gu is a Certified Emergency Manager. He identifies himself as a bridge between the academic researcher and practitioner communities in Taiwan. He commanded four frigates and destroyers when he served in the Republic of China Navy. During the missile crisis in 1996, he was forward deployed to Pescadores Isles as part of the front line response forces. Following the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, he was tasked as the Chief Coordinator by the Ministry of National Defense for the US US&R Team. He was also in charge of the Port Security Assessment Program with the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency in 2002 as part of the counter-terrorist program. Capt. Gu completed 28 years of active duty, retiring from the Navy in 2004. Capt. Gu is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. His research interests include modeling and simulation, Software Architecture, Space Technology and Defense Analysis.
Junji Okuzono is an assistant professor in the Department of Maritime Police, Japan Coast Guard Academy. He was at the top of the graduating class at the Japan Coast Guard Academy. Before he took up researching in 2008, he served on the Patrol Vessel KUZURYU as the 2nd Officer On Deck. This experience forms the basis for his research interests and activities. He received his MPA from the Kyoto University School of Government in 2008 and a Ph.D. in Law from Kyoto University in 2011.


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Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia By Reuters
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© Reuters. A man waves Brazil's flag as supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside Brazil's National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Supporters of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the Supreme Court, the Congress building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia, according to television images.
In an echo of the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Several thousand protesters broke into the buildings and were seen on television smashing furniture inside the Supreme Court and the Congress. Local media estimated about 3,000 people were involved.
Many of the protestors dispute the result of the Oct. 30 election in which leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat Bolsonaro. The former president repeatedly questioned, without evidence, the credibility of the country's electronic voting system, and many of his hardcore supporters believe him.
Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida 48 hours before the end of his mandate.
Lula was in Sao Paulo for the weekend and on a trip to the interior of the state.
Lula's Workers Party asked the office of the top public prosecutor to order public security forces to act in containing the demonstrators.
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Germany-Based Evonik Opens Advanced Biomaterials Complex in Birmingham, Alabama
Frontline: 21st Century Cures Act May Spur Pharma/ Medical Device Expansions in U.S.
Life Sciences' Quest for a Future-Friendly Real Estate Strategy
Practical Considerations for Expanding into the U.S.
U.S. Governors' Strategies to Attract FDI
Workforce Strategies for Projects Generated by FDI
Germany-based specialty chemical company Evonik reported it successfully commissioned an advanced biomaterials facility in Birmingham, Alabama. The project will support global demand for the use of its RESOMER-brand bioresorbable polymers with implantable medical devices and parenteral drug products.
The expansion will also allow Evonik to provide contract manufacturing services to customers seeking to outsource production of their own proprietary biomaterials.
According to company officials, the new 30,000 square foot facility in Jefferson County is equipped with multiple clean rooms, numerous reactors, specialized purification and micronization systems and other ancillary equipment.
Together with an adjoining facility in Birmingham, Evonik said it can now provide an integrated range of biomaterial services at a single U.S. site to support projects from initial feasibility through to the commercial production of RESOMER standard or custom products.
The adjacent CDMO site, which has been successfully inspected by US-FDA and EU health authorities, also offers a range of formulation development and GMP manufacturing services for parenteral drug products, and application development and scale-up services for implantable medical devices.
Because Evonik has harmonized the equipment and processes utilized at both Birmingham and its other main biomaterials facility in Darmstadt, Germany, pharmaceutical and medical device customers can also benefit from a range of dual-sourcing options, officials said.
Dr. Andreas Karau, Global Head of Biomaterials for Evonik's Health Care business line said: "With the commissioning of our new state-of-the-art biomaterials facility in Birmingham, medical device and pharmaceutical customers have even more flexibility in the supply of standard or custom RESOMER bioresorbable polymers at virtually any clinical or commercial scale. We can also now offer an expanded range of CMO services to support customers in the scale-up and commercial supply of their own proprietary biomaterials and other excipients."
John Daly, Site Manager of Evonik Birmingham Laboratories, said, "Birmingham is now a global centre of excellence for the design, development and supply of biomaterials. Regardless of the tightness of a customer's product specifications or batch volume requirements, we have the technical expertise, operational flexibility, and regulatory track record to deliver the highest levels of quality and supply security."


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Generic Testosterone Defendants To Seek Dismissal of Claims on Pre-Emption Grounds
The impact of a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court Decision governing generic drug injury cases could soon be felt by some plaintiffs pursuing testosterone treatment lawsuits in the federal litigation underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. According to a Joint Status Report filed with the Court on April 16th, a number of generic drug defendants will soon seek to have claims involving their products dismissed.
The Joint Status Report notes that testosterone lawyers representing plaintiffs and defendants are currently conferring on a proposed schedule for the submission of briefs pertaining to the possible dismissal for the generic drug cases. They've also asked the Court for guidance regarding a hearing date for oral arguments on the matter.
Generic Drug Lawsuits and FDA Regulation
Most of the testosterone lawsuits currently pending in the Northern District of Illinois involve name-brand drugs like AndroGel, but a certain number of cases were filed on behalf of men who were allegedly injured by generic brands. Unfortunately for plaintiffs, a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case called Pliva vs. Mensing barred consumers from bringing state law failure-to-warn claims against generic drug manufacturers. In doing so, the Court's majority reasoned that such claims were preempted because generic drug makers had no control over their products' labels.
Generic medications are required to bear labels identical to their name-brand counterparts. As it stands now, FDA rules do not allow generic manufacturers to initiate changes to their drug's labels, even if they become aware of new risks or side effects associated with the products. Instead, the makers of generic medications must wait until the FDA orders a label modification before any such updates can be made to those drugs.
In 2013, the FDA proposed new regulations that would allow generic manufacturers to alter their labels whenever new safety information becomes available, a change that could finally eliminate the current pre-emption on failure-to-warn claims. However, The New York Times reports that the industry is pushing back aggressively against the proposal. The final date for public comment on the matter is April 27th.
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Intel Macs Rule
Wednesday, February 07 2007 @ 02:57 PM EST
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I am soooo happy that Apple switched to Intel CPUs. Not because I care about x86 vs PPC, but because the new chips kick ass in general, and because they make one very cool thing possible.
First of all, Intel's Core Duo line is great. Having two cores in a laptop is incredible. I never thought I would see that kind of performance in a portable.
Secondly, the chips are great, period. I have a dual-G5 (2 GHz) and a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. Both have two cores and both are around 2 GHz so you might think that most things should perform similarly--but that's not the case. Using HandBrake to rip DVDs, the MacBook can convert a 22-minute Simpsons episode (H264, 2-pass encoding) in about 20-25 minutes compared to the G5's 60-80 minutes. That's an incredible difference. Performance on my 1.83 Core Duo MacBook is almost as good. (The MacBook is mine, the MacBook Pro is from work.) I can't wait to see what a Mac Pro desktop does. (I plan to buy one this summer--after new models are introduced--the 2.66 GHz Pro looks great, but it's a little pricey--and after new versions of OS X and iLife are out.)
The third and final great thing about Intel Macs is Parallels. Parallels is a program that lets you run other operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) on a Mac. Unlike Virtual PC, which had to emulate an x86 CPU, Parallels simply "pokes a hole" in the OS and lets guest OSs have direct access to the hardware. OK, maybe it isn't quite that simple, but the fact is that the CPU itself doesn't have to be emulated and there is a world of difference between running Windows in Parallels on Intel and running Windows in Virtual PC on PPC.
OSs in Virtual PC were always somewhat nonresponsive. Running XP on a dual-1.42 GHz G4 felt like you were using a 300 MHz computer at best. Parallels, on the other hand, feels like a 1- or 2-year old PC--surely not as fast as a 3 GHz+ gaming rig with a great graphics card, but every bit as fast as, say, a nice 1.0-1.5 GHz computer. Running Parallels on my MacBook in full-screen mode feels every bit as good as a recent Centrino laptop.
Also, having Parallels means I no longer need to keep a few old PCs around for playing with new Linux distros. I don't even have to burn CDs to test out the new distro-of-the-month--Parallels lets me install right from the downloaded ISO CD image.
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Onikah moved to Tulsa in 2013 as a Teach for America Corps member. After her service, she worked on various state level criminal justice policy initiatives under the office of Senator Mike Johnston in Denver, Colorado. After moving back to Tulsa, she helped launch the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa, an initiative of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, focused on creating a cycle of opportunity for Tulsa's most vulnerable families.
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I am originally from Lawton, OK, but I can call many places home after growing up in a military family. My father, retired Army and Physician's Assistant, and mother, Special Ed Teacher and Speech Pathology Assistant, still reside in Lawton while my older sister, Nurse Practitioner and Midwife, is in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. I have three young kids, Moses, Madison, and Marshall McNeil, my wife Jessica, and two dogs named after Ninja Turtles (Leonardo and Raphael).
I am a second year Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at OSU Medical Center, strength and conditioning coach/personal trainer at the YMCA, founder of the nonprofit Youth Medical Mentorship, and the current Zone 2 Union School Board Member. I enjoy coaching wrestling as a former OSU Cowboy Wrestler, and I also started a mentoring chapter in Oklahoma of Black Men in White Coats to help more minorities get into the medical field and have more positive experiences within medicine. I love being a Father/Husband, serving my community through my own spiritual gifts, and finding ways to bring the best performance out of teams, individuals, and myself!
Ashley Jackson
My name is Ashley Jackson and I graduated from TU with a BSBA in Accounting and Business Law Management as well as an African American Studies certificate and Sociology minor. I received my MBA from Baylor University and I currently work for Oklahoma State University - Tulsa as the Director of Fiscal Affairs. Prior to my current role, I worked for General Electric for a decade and RectorSeal in various roles ranging from accounting/finance, commercial negotiations, and mergers and acquisitions.
Dr. Elizabeth Smith
Dr. Elizabeth Smith is Assistant Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Education at the University of Tulsa. Her research focuses on equity in school-university partnerships and education policy. Smith completed an interdisciplinary PhD program in Public Policy with a focus on Education Policy and also has a Master's degree in Higher Education and Bachelor's degree in Political Science, all from the University of Arkansas. She was a low-income kid whose life was changed because of all she learned and did in college and now she hopes to improve the lives of those in her community through teaching, research, and policy change.
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Rob Howard is a statistical programmer that provides data analysis services to pharmaceutical companies that conduct clinical research trials. In 2007 he started his own consulting business, Veridical Solutions, and while he continues to operate his own business, he co-founded and launched a new business, Emanate Biostats, in 2020. He serves on the executive committee for PharmaSUG (a global non-profit with a mission to provide in-person and online forums to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and promote best practices for those working with analysis software in the pharmaceutical industry) and was the Co-Chair for the US event in Baltimore, MD in 2017 as well as the inaugural PharmaSUG Japan event in 2018. He is an avid runner and uncle to five amazing nieces and nephews. He lives in San Diego with his partner, Rafael and their dog, Diego.
Jenny Briggs
Jenny Briggs (she/her) serves as Director of Learning & Impact with Amplify Youth Health Collective. Jenny is a lifelong Tulsan who brings a strengths-based, systems-oriented approach and passion for youth voice to her work with Amplify. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma in 2014 and is licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers at the LMSW level. Jenny has over a decade of experience at the intersection of public health and community-based social work. In her current role, Jenny guides the strategic vision for Amplify's capacity-building programs, supporting program staff and external partners to advance youth sexual health and well-being in Tulsa. In addition to working as a sexuality educator for four years, Jenny's experiences include positive youth development, trauma-responsive care, team management, program development and evaluation, and leveraging community partnerships to achieve long-term goals.
RPC Perez Chamu
RPC Perez Chamu (they/them) is a non-binary, queer person who is a passionate advocate and community organizer working across social justice advocacy and immigrant rights organizing spaces. They currently are working at Dream Action Oklahoma, a queer, youth, and immigrant-led organization that is empowering local immigrant communities through advocacy and education to ensure justice for all immigrants. As a native of Tulsa, RPC also managed the Peer Health Educator Program at Take Control Initiative and strategically developed the core group of college students, expanded partnerships with local colleges, and increased funding for the program. Interested in improving the quality of life for communities of color in North and East Tulsa, RPC organized extensively with local organizations to advocate for increased access to resources, visibility, and equity within all levels of government. After high school, RPC served in the United States Army as a Transportation Specialist. After their military service, they earned their Associate in Sociology and an additional Associate in Business Administration at Tulsa Community College. They graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and obtained their Master of Science in Human Development and Family Science in 2021. RPC was a member of the Hispanic Student Association and the Presidential Leadership Society at OSU-Tulsa. During their time at OSU, RPC presented their research over immigrant detention policies and their thesis "Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Trauma: An Examination of Family Separation at the Southern US Border" at local conferences in Oklahoma.
Through grassroots organizing and relationship building, RPC has advocated for the advancement of BIPOC individuals in leadership and advanced the call for justice. While working full-time and studying full-time, RPC served on the board for Martha's Foundation, a non-profit working to provide transitional living for pregnant teens. RPC has volunteered with the El Centro's Power of Families Project that specializes in connecting Latinx families with resources, and in other capacities for organizations like, Terence Crutcher Foundation, Justice for Greenwood, El Centro, & Padres Unidos de Tulsa. As someone with family directly-affected by the social issues that they are advocating for, RPC understands the crucial need to address disparities for underrepresented and underserved communities. They aim to create and implement policy changes and increase public awareness for immigrant communities in Tulsa.
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Rachael Lorenzo (They/Them)
Indigenous Women Rising, Co-Founder & Abortion Access Lead; Assistant Commissioner of Engagement, New Mexico State Land Office
Rachael Lorenzo (Mescalero Apache/Laguna Pueblo/Xicana) is a queer parent of two and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They were born in Las Cruces, New Mexico to young parents and were raised on their father's ancestral land in Laguna, New Mexico. Rachael graduated with a BA in political science and a Masters in public administration, focusing on public health; both degrees are from the University of New Mexico. Rachael studied political campaigns, participated in policy analyses, and has been consulted for their expertise in public health policies that could impact Indigenous communities. Rachael was not only raised on traditional values but also on politics. Throughout their academic career, Rachael volunteered for political campaigns, ranging from city council elections to presidential campaigns. Rachael was selected as a fellow for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, Obama For America (OFA). Currently, Rachael is not only part of Indigenous Women Rising but also serves as an appointee: Assistant Commissioner of Engagement and Tribal Liaison at the New Mexico State Land Office, under the first Latina and woman to serve as Land Commissioner, Stephanie Garcia Richard.
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