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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Tennessee State football team scored its most points in nearly 15 years and defeated the Marauders of Central State, 73-6, in Saturday's Gateway Classic.
The Tigers tallied a season-high 539 yards in the rout, including 311 yards on the ground. TSU's 539 yards were the most for the team since its 76-0 drubbing of UT Martin on Oct. 24, 1998.
CSU, meanwhile, only managed 180 yards, the second fewest yards TSU has allowed all year.
Tennessee State scored touchdowns on 10 of its 13 possessions and its longest drive lasted a mere 4:08.
TSU got on the scoreboard early, as a mishandled punt by CSU on its opening possession set up the Tiger offense at the Marauder four-yard line. Two plays later, Broughton found the end zone to put TSU up, 7-0.
The Marauders had more trouble on special teams during their next possession as Big Blue blocked a punt to give its offense great field position, this time at the CSU 41. It took TSU three plays to score a touchdown on its ensuing drive, and German ended it with a 31-yard pass to Wesley Samuels.
TSU led 14-0 after just 5:21 of game time and would not look back.
The Tigers had a total of four touchdowns during the first quarter including a 20-yard run by Broughton and a 15-yard wide receiver reverse to Ryan Mitchell.
Broughton finished the day with 108 yards on 13 carries – all of which came in the first half.
Tennessee State averaged 11.8 yards per play during the game's first 15 minutes and led 28-0.
CSU finally found the end zone on its first series of the second quarter as Michael Wilson capped off a 15-play drive with a touchdown. However, Steven Godblot III broke up the ensuing two-point conversion, making the score 28-6 in favor of the Tigers.
The Tigers marched right back down the field on their following possession and Mitchell scored his second touchdown of the game, this time via a 25-yard pass from German. German's second touchdown put Big Blue ahead, 35-6, with 9:17 to go before halftime.
A perfectly executed naked bootleg on TSU's next series had German rolling to his right and finding A.C. Leonard wide open for a 30-yard touchdown. Tennessee State faked a kick on the ensuing point after and Holt Claiborne completed a pass to Samuels for two points, making the score 43-6.
TSU drove 46 yards down the field on its last possession of the first half, but German fumbled the ball going into the end zone. CSU recovered and ran out the remaining 28 seconds and went into halftime trailing, 43-6.
Tennessee State had 289 yards of total offense during the first two quarters and held CSU to 106 – 87 of which came on the Marauders' lone scoring drive.
German was a perfect 8-for-8 during the first half for 159 yards and three scores. German hit five different receivers during the first 30 minutes, but his favorite target was Leonard who hauled in three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown.
Ronald Butler came into the game at quarterback to start the third period and he orchestrated a 5-play, 53 yard drive that ended in a 30-yard touchdown to Mitchell. On the scoring play, Mitchell beat his man, but Butler's pass was underthrown. Two CSU players touched the ball in the air, but Mitchell came down with it, making the score 50-6.
Mitchell had a career-day, scoring a personal-best two touchdowns. The junior finished the game with two catches for 63 yards.
After CSU was forced to punt, a 32-yard punt return by Weldon Garlington set up the Tennessee State attack at the Marauder 44-yard line. Eight plays later, Adam Davenport scored his first career touchdown off of a 14-yard pass from Butler. The play made the score 57-6 with 6:39 to play in the third quarter.
TSU got on the board again before the third quarter ended as Chris Sanders-McCollum scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard pass in the back of the end zone with a pair of defenders draped all over him. Butler's third touchdown of the period put TSU up 64-6 to begin the fourth.
Butler finished the day 5-of-8 for 69 yards and three touchdowns. Butler and German combined to complete 13-of-16 for 226 yards and six touchdowns
The two coaches agreed upon a 12-minute fourth quarter, but it didn't slow down TSU.
The Tigers added nine points during the final period – a 63-yard rushing touchdown from Darion Hall and a safety.
With his nine points, Godfrey moved past TSU legend and current coach Mike Jones for third on the school's all-time scoring list with 260 career points.
TSU will return home and to conference play next weekend when the club squares off against Southeast Missouri on Oct. 5 at LP Field at 6 p.m.


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A lot has happened in the power meter marketplace since my last review a few years ago. The advent of the ANT+ wireless transmission standard has opened a whole new world of possibilities in head unit selection and some exciting new power meters are on the horizon. Other products have failed and been taken off the market, which is mostly a good thing in those cases.
Power meters are still expensive, but they are also still the most effective tool you can add to your arsenal if you're looking to improve performance. By providing a complete record of your effort on every ride, you can measure your fitness level in the different physiological systems, determine your strengths and weaknesses in races, and track your overall training stress over longer periods of time. Power meters can also be used prescriptively, to ensure a precise workout and harness correct pacing in time trial and solo efforts.
When shopping for a power meter, it's best to start by determining your budget. Then, consider the equipment you have – how many and what type of bikes do you want to use with your PM, and what kinds of wheels do you have? No matter which PM you choose, you will have to make sacrifices in equipment choice. Getting a PowerTap locks you into using that wheel (although you can move it between bikes) while getting an SRM lets you use any wheels, but locks you into one bike. Unless PM prices fall dramatically there is just no way around these compromises. So after determining how much money you have to spend, take a little time to decide which equipment sacrifices you are willing to make. Just remember, the data from a power meter (when analyzed correctly) are far more valuable in improving performance than a few grams of weight or some carbon wheel.
One thing that cannot be compromised, however, is accuracy. I hear a lot of people say (regarding certain cheaper PMs that are not accurate) "well, even if it's not accurate, as long as it is consistent it should be fine." First of all, absolute accuracy is very important because it allows you to make comparisons across individuals, and also within an individual's data set over time. If you buy one PM today and another one two years down the road, you need to be able to compare your data from your first PM with that of your new one.
Secondly, and more importantly, these PMs that are not accurate are also not consistent. This is very important because changes in fitness over the course of a season can sometimes be very small, on the order of just a few percent or sometimes even less than that. If your power meter is not sufficiently accurate, it is impossible to determine whether the changes you are seeing in the data are due to changes in your fitness, or just the capriciousness of your PM. If you don't have confidence in your data, then the PM is not an effective tool because you have no concrete connection between the training stress you've applied and the changes in fitness you are attempting to measuring. An inaccurate PM, therefore, is a useless PM. PMs are not like race wheels or bike frames, where you can buy a less expensive product that delivers a large percentage of the performance of the higher-end model for a fraction of the cost. In the world of PMs, there is an accuracy threshold below which the products are not worth buying. Unlike a lot of other publications in the cycling industry, I've actually performed my own extensive testing on many of the products in the marketplace, and I'm not afraid to point out the ones which have failed these tests.
Without further ado, here is a rundown of the PMs now available:
PowerTap is still the industry leader in PMs as they continue to provide the best combination of accuracy, affordability, reliability, ease of use, and user serviceability. At +/-1.5%, PowerTaps remain the most accurate factory-rated PM on the market. CycleOps hasn't changed too much about the PowerTap line since I last wrote, but they have updated all of their wireless models to the ANT+ standard for use with the next generation of head units such as Garmin GPS computers. They've made their top of the line hub lighter and added ceramic bearings, and they've also introduced more affordable low- and mid-range models. At $600, the wired Comp model is the most affordable PM on the market and the go-to choice for the cyclist on the budget.
Featureing great realiability, PowerTaps also have user-serviceable batteries; both hub and head unit batteries can be changed in minutes for a cost of about $5.
PowerTap hubs are available in road, track and MTB configuration. Here's a quick breakdown of all the PowerTap models and the differences between them (Prices are for hub only):
ANT+ Wireless Hubs:
SLC+ $1849, 15mm Alloy Axle + Freehub Body, Carbon Hub Shell, Ceramic Bearings 402g
SL+ $1349, 15mm Alloy Axle + Freehub Body, Carbon Hub Shell, 412g
Pro+ $949 , 15mm Alloy Axle + Freehub Body, Alloy Hub Shell, 466g <— Best Wireless Value
Elite+ $849, 15mm Steel Axle + Freehub Body, Alloy Hub Shell, 583g
Comp $599, 15mm Steel Axle + Freehub Body, Carbon Hub Shell, 576g <— Best Overall Value
Equipment tradeoffs: The PowerTap locks you into one wheel, but by getting a PowerTap laced to a rim strong enough for training but light enough for racing, such as a carbon clincher, you can have a wheel that does it all and won't hold you back on race day. Add a WheelBuilder.com wheel cover and you also have a disc wheel for TTs that tests faster in the wind tunnel than many disc wheels .
Buy a PowerTap if: You want to use a PM on multiple different bikes.
Since our last edition, SRM has also gone wireless with their crank-based power meter, joining the ranks of ANT+ transmitted PMs. The most expensive PM on the market, SRM is in the same class of accuracy as the PowerTap, rated at +/-2%. With ANT+ data transmission, you can use any ANT+ head unit including SRM's own PowerControl 7 or third-party units such as a Garmin or even the CycleOps Joule 2.0.
SRMs are accurate and reliable, but they are also the most expensive PMs on the market and have a few small drawbacks. One annoying fact is that most of them come from the factory calibrated with the wrong slope value, and must be user-calibrated after installation to give truly accurate readings. The slope value must also be re-calibrated when changing the chaingrings. They are also not user-serviceable and must be sent back to the SRM Service Center in Colorado when the batteries die, for a hefty servicing fee of $100+.
The SRM is also available in Road (Standard or Compact), Track and MTB configurations. For road cranks, it is available built into a variety of popular crank choices (SRAM, FSA, Shimano, Cannondale and Specialized) and ranges from $1895-$2945 for the crank only
Equipment Tradeoffs: As a crank-based PM, the SRM locks you into using just one bike, unless you are sufficiently mechanically competent and confident to switch cranks between bikes frequently. For some crank varieties (such as Cannondale) this is easier than others.
Buy an SRM if: You have plenty of money to spend and only one bike you want to use your PM with, or if you are comfortable enough mechanically to frequently switch cranks between bikes.
One of the newer PMs on the marketplace, Quarq is a crank-based unit like the SRM, but is much less expensive. With ANT+ wireless transmission, the Quarq is also compatible with all ANT+ head units. While factory rated with +/-2% accuracy my own research has shown multiple Quarq units to have accuracy no better than 5%, which is not sufficient for use as a PM. Quarq has insisted it has remedied the accuracy issue but I have not been able to re-test any units since the improvements were announced. Additionally, because the Quarq auto-zeroes its torque reading when the crank is pedaled backward, some of our clients have had issues with their Quarqs auto-zeroing while in the start house for a TT, leading to inaccurate power readings during the TT.
While it is a promising product, until Quarq adequately resolves these accuracy issues I do not recommend purchasing one.
Garmin "Vector" Pedal-based PM
Announced to much fanfare in late 2009, the then-MetriGear Vector was to be the first pedal-based power meter. This product created a lot of buzz because, if sufficiently affordable, a pedal-based PM could potentially avoid many of the equipment compromises demanded by other PMs currently on the market. However, publicized release dates of Q1` and Q2 2010 came and went without so much as a public working prototype and despite being purchased by Garmin in late 2010, the Vector is still vaporware. While its purchase by Garmin suggests a viable product is actually in the works, the length of time the Vector has been in production and the lack of any pre-release prototypes has convinced me that the Vector is at least a year from reaching the marketplace, if not more.
Additionally given the track record of numerous bugs in the first batches of other PMs, even if the Vector is released in the next year I wouldn't recommend buying one until after the first production run has been in the marketplace for a period of time. Therefore, my advice to those waiting on the Vector is: stop waiting. Buy an SRM or a PowerTap now, start reaping the benefits of using a PM, and in two years when the Vector has been out for a while and all the kinks have been worked out, THEN think about getting one.
Polar Pedal-Based PM
Basically the same thing goes for the Polar pedal-based PM as for the Vector. This thing is a long way from the market and it does not make sense to wait for it when there are solid products already on the market. I hope to be writing about this product in a couple years' time after it comes out, but until then get a real PM that already exists.
The iBike calculates power by measuring all of the forces acting against the motion of a cyclist: aerodynamic drag, gravity, and rolling resistance. Unfortunately there are so many measurements necessary to make these calculations that the iBike is not accurate enough (except on hills) to be considered a true power meter. Additionally the calibrations necessary before initially using the iBike, and those necessary before each ride are so numerous and cumbersome that they make using one an exercise in frustration. Lastly, the user-interface is extremely non-intuitive and very difficult to use.
However, because the iBike can now function as an ANT+ head unit for a regular PM, it can act as a very useful training tool. When paired with a regular PM, the iBike's wind-measuring sensors give it the ability to calculate aerodynamic drag, essentially turning your bike into a portable (and very cheap compared to the real thing) wind tunnel. Using the iBike as a wind tunnel, you can test time trial positions and equipment, and also determine your most aerodynamic position on your road bike.
I owe iBike an apology: when I wrote my first PM review I mentioned some customer service issues one of our clients had with the company. After getting some more information, it's become apparent that iBike provides some of the best customer service in the industry and is extremely responsive in resolving any issues their customers have.
Buy an iBike if: You already have an ANT+ PM and would like to perform aerodynamic testing
Ergomo is now out of business, which is great because their PMs were not accurate, due to the fact that they only measured power from one crankarm. If you come across one of these in the secondary market (i.e. eBay, a friend selling one, etc.) run far away and don't even think about buying it.
Stay tuned for Part II: Head Units
Questions about Power Meters or Training with Power? Contact Coach Lang at email@example.com.
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Google's Jason Spero and Millennial's Mollie Spilman Talk Dollars at Dive Into Mobile (Video)
There's no question that people are spending more time staring at their phones. However, there are still lots of questions about how to turn those eyeballs into dollars.
Not surprisingly, those in the mobile ad business are quite bullish. At our recent D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Google's Jason Spero and Millennial Media's Mollie Spilman made the case for why the small screen is a real and present opportunity.
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Should you have a strong social media presence? I am
going to give you ten reasons why I think you need one.
Social media provides an opportunity to publish your
thoughts and ideas and to share your experiences
without having to go through a middleman. And many
people are taking advantage of this. Globally half a billion tweets are posted every day. (1) Surely it must be possible
to find something of value that could make it worthwhile
for a doctor to start exploring these spaces? It is not
nearly as difficult as you might think, because these
pieces of information are not just floating unconnected
to each other; they are disseminated and linked to
through networks of your peers. Developing networks, and figuring out who and what to pay attention to, are some of the key learning skills we need in the twenty-first century. (2) I will convince you that it is worth
developing these skills.
Why does a twittering doctor tweet? - 10 reasons for a social media presence from Anne Marie Cunningham
These are the slides I used when giving my talk on this at #Dotmed13 in Dublin last December. You can watch a video of the talk below.
10 Reasons to have a social media presence
To connectThe landmark report on 'Health professionals for a new century' suggested that we need 'locally responsive but globally connected teams' 3 but lamented that 'most institutions are not sufficiently outward looking to exploit the power of networking and connectivity for mutual strengthening'.(3) But this is changing. It is now rare to attend a forward-thinking event without being encouraged to tweet with the conference hashtag. We are our institutions, and we are leading the way; we are making the connections.
To engageSocial media is not just about getting your message out. It is also about listening. We can learn with patient leaders.( 4 )As Gilbert and Doughty, co-directors of the Centre for Patient Leadership, describe '[w]hen patients can both manage their own health and go on to develop the confidence and skills to lead and influence others, something special happens: new collaborative systems of healthcare take shape and positive solutions emerge to healthcare problems, locally and nationally.' (4) Through their blogs and tweets you can engage with them.
To informIf you are trying to do things differently, changing the way you and your team work, where can you tell people about this? Consultant endocrinologist Partha Kar uses his blog, NHS Sugar Doc, to communicate how an award-winning team is involving patients in redesigning their service, meeting the challenges of modern healthcare.(5)
To reflectElin Roddy is a respiratory consultant. She also tweets (@elinlowri). During 'dying matters' awareness week, and prompted by discussions of end-of-life care on Twitter, she decided to write her first blog post: a reflection on how, during her working life, she has 'been involved with death in many different guises and in many different ways.' (6) Thirty eight people – health professionals and patients – left comments to say how they had been moved by her eloquent writing. She is now lead for end-of-life care in her trust and says this would not have happened without her learning through social media.
To shareIn a hospital in London a patient has the wrong foot operated on because they put a compression stocking on the wrong side. The checks and balances which the nominally implemented surgical checklist should have provided did not happen. (7) Fortunately the other foot needed operating on too. After investigations were completed the medical director of the trust gave permission for an account to be shared through social media. The story 'Wrongfooted' by anaesthetist Helgi Johnannson has been viewed more than 17,000 times. (7) When surgeon and medical director, Dermot Riordan, read the story he wrote on his blog that he felt 'déjà vu, sadness and even anger'. (8)
.@traumagasdoc This make me both sad & cross. We had near identical case. Reported externally but no learning dissemination by @NHSEngland
A year ago nearly exactly the
same mistake had occurred where he works. He
describes the transparent and open approach that his
team took to learning about this incident but he
personally regrets that he did not share this learning
with others in the way that 'Wrongfooted' showed it
could be done. Social media is changing how we conceive
of dissemination.
— Dermot O'Riordan (@dermotor) October 19, 2013
To be challengedOften the best way to learn is to be challenged. Earlier this year people who had experienced mental health care started tweeting their experiences using the tag #DearMentalHealthProfessionals. (9) Along with appreciation and thanks there were also tweets which expressed how it felt to be let down by a system that is supposed to help. To be able to change systems for the better we need to work towards understanding, and that starts with shifting our perspectives. Social media can help us to do this.
To be supportedSometimes we just need to know that we are not alone. #TipsForNewDocs are short messages of advice for newly graduated medics from doctors, other health professionals and patients. Like many social media activities it is hard to say who started this trend but Guardian healthcare(10)and the GMC(11) have both used the tag to support this important transition.
To leadHow much impact can you achieve through social media? NHS Change Day has been lauded as the 'biggest ever day of collective action to improve healthcare that started with a tweet'. (12) A conversation between some junior doctors on Twitter was the catalyst for a project which saw 189,000 people take action on 13 March 2013 to improve the care of the patients they served. (12)
To learnFree open access medical education – otherwise known as FOAMed (13) is on the rise. In the past we used databases to store and find these resources, but now we are increasingly depending on the power of distributed networks to help filter the best content for our needs. New educational initiatives are starting every week in social media. The case-based discussions of ECGclass (14) and Gasclass for anaesthesia (15) can give you a flavour of what is achievable.
To inspireKate Granger is a doctor training in elderly medicine; she is also terminally ill with a rare aggressive abdominal sarcoma. During a recent hospital admission (16) she noticed that too many of the staff she met did not introduce themselves. She decided that something needed to be done, so she wrote a blog post with a simple idea – when health professionals meet patients they should say 'hello, my name is'. (17) People started talking about her idea and doing what she asked. The campaign has reached so many people that it is mentioned in the Government's response to the Francis Inquiry. (18)
ConclusionIs social media a professionalism quagmire? Could your professional reputation hang on as few as 140 characters? Yes, norms are still being established but that means you can shape them. The truth is that if you respect your patients and your colleagues, like these pioneering physicians, you have little to fear. Instead, you should be feeling optimistic and excited that you can now easily tap into a global community who can help you to be a better doctor in a better system with your patients.
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2 Rheingold H. Net smart: how to thrive online. Cambridge: MIT Press; 2012.
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4 Gilbert D, Doughty M. Quality: why patient leaders are the new kids on the block. Health Serv J2012; 122:26–7.
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8 O'Riordan D. Failure to learn[Internet]. Dermot O'Leary 2013 Oct 20 [cited 2013 Nov 27]. Available from: http://oriordan.co.uk/blog/ files/Failing%20to%20learn.html
9 Betton V. #DearMentalHealthProfessionals[Internet]. Victoria Betton 2013 Aug [cited 2013 Nov 27]. Available from: http:// storify.com/VictoriaBetton/dearmentalhealthprofessionals
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18 Department of Health. Hard truths: the journey to putting patients first. Volume one of the Government response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry[Internet]. London: Department of Health; 2013 [cited 2013 Nov 27]. Available from: https://www. gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ file/259648/34658_Cm_8754_Vol_1_accessible.pdf


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The Journal had an article today titled, "Sprint Looks to Power Gadgets Beyond Cellphones" where it is reported that Sprint is talking to companies such as GPS device maker Garmin Ltd., Eastman Kodak Co. and SanDisk Corp. about delivering 3G/EV-DO service for their products. This won't be the first time – if you have not been living in another planet, you probably know that Amazon is leasing Sprint's 3G network as an MVNO to provide connectivity to its popular ebook, the Kindle.
There are some interesting statistics in the article:
Wholesale currently makes up about 3% of Sprint's revenue and 16% of its total subscriber base of 49.3 million. While Sprint's overall subscribers have declined nearly four million since 2006, its number of wholesale subscribers has risen 27% to 8.1 million in the same period.
I am assuming the subscriber count includes voice subscribers as well. Virgin Mobile (Sprint's biggest MVNO) has roughly 5.8 million subscribers. The numbers seem to indicate that a Sprint retail subscriber has an ARPU that is ~13 times that of a Sprint wholesale subscriber – somewhat consistent with the fact that it apparently it takes about 11 — yes, eleven — Virgin customers to equal the revenue generated from just one Sprint customer.But according to the article, while wireless wholesaling generates lower revenue than retail sales, carriers can hold down costs and maintain good profit margins. But all these numbers may be valid only for voice subscribers – data wholesaling charges may not be that bad.
Looks like the first salvo is Sprint's press release yesterday touting its agreement with the Ford Motor Company. From the press release:
Beginning this spring, 2009 Ford F-Series and E-Series vehicles – and later in 2009, Transit Connect vehicles – will offer an in-dashboard PC with internet connectivity via the Sprint Nationwide Mobile Broadband Network. This capability provides the opportunity to leverage productivity application solutions via the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, including real-time labor and material-cost capture, inventory updates, invoice generation and work-order edits and completion.
The interesting aspect of these arrangements is that the application is not web browsing – instead, it is book and newspaper downloads in the case of Kindle and vertical workflow applications in the case of Ford. I am sure Amazon is paying Sprint based on the amount of bytes downloaded in addition to a per-subscriber fixed charge. Probably the reason why Amazon makes it difficult to use the Kindle as a browsing device!


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Should impact evaluation be justified by clinical equipoise or policy equipoise?
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Yet before I get to my main point on the ethics of a control group in policy evaluation research, first are two asides on other aspects of the "The Unprincipled Randomization Principle":
- Ziliak and Teather-Posada (henceforth ZTP) make great hay of the randomista meme. A randomista is apparently defined as someone who only accepts evidence derived from randomized trials and rejects all other evidentiary sources – balanced observational studies, historical analysis, etc. As I have yet to encounter one, please tell me on which continent or planet does the genus randomista reside. Here I echo Berk's previous call: "could someone please point out their [randomistas] identities, provide a quote from one of these scapegoats?"
- ZTP reviews the formative debate around inferential reasoning with statistics held between Fisher and Student in the1920s. They contrast Fisher's randomized experimental design with Student's stratified observational design and they criticize randomized studies as often subject to the confounding imbalance of key characteristics (with practitioners simultaneously unaware of such confounding). This is a bizarre characterization given contemporary practice. Many, if not most, randomized designs are stratified random designs; some take Student's adviso to the extreme with pair-matched randomization. The overriding motivation for randomized evaluations is to control for imbalance of influential unobserved characteristics. Hence RCTs are typically very concerned with the balance of possibly correlated observable characteristics. Standard balance tables may now be occasionally excluded from the final published version of selected studies but that does not mean these checks aren't conducted.
OK to the main point. According to ZTP, the "Unprincipled Randomization Principle" is unprincipled due to the existence of a leave-out observational control group, while the treated group receives a benefit. [Note: a leave-out control is not unique to RCTs, but… hmmm… randomistas and all.]
ZTP's example of this unethical practice is the 2012 paper by Glewwe, Park, and Zhao, which measures the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of providing corrective lenses to rural Chinese students. Behind ZTP's stance is the sentiment that – here I'm paraphrasing –"students in need of corrective lenses will obviously benefit from their provision, so why on earth do we need a study to demonstrate this?" This sentiment engages the principle of clinical equipoise – the principle that justifies a leave out control only when there is uncertainty over the benefit of a treatment. ZTP's stated belief is that the eyeglass study does not meet the standard.
But as both David and I have previously written, it is far from clear that clinical equipoise should constitute the guiding ethical principle in the design of social policy research. From the standpoint of policy, the salient question is not whether an intervention produces any benefit, but how much benefit and delivered at what cost. While clinical medicine is chiefly concerned with the improvement of health, the motivation for all economic inquiry comes down to the founding observation that resources are finite. The question is not "does it work" but rather "should public resources be utilized in this way at the expense of alternative uses"? Perhaps we need a parallel principle, call it "policy equipoise", to guide the ethical assessment of socio-economic field trials.
Let's leave aside the particular question of whether you or I believe the eyeglass study is ethical or not – maybe there are ways to assess the cost-effectiveness of this program without a leave-out control group. Although let's be clear: this other, non-existent, study would have to explicitly consider or model the behavioral responses and investments that vision-challenged students and their families undertake in the absence of freely provided glasses (so this non-existent observational study would face rather severe challenges).
Rather let's focus on the existing ethical governance of field research – after all, such a force does exist in the world, namely the Independent Review Board (IRB). I presume the eyeglass study underwent independent ethical review, as is the norm.
One main task of an IRB is to consider precisely these questions of equipoise. As the Ethical Guidelines for Medical Research as published by the Indian Council of Medical Research phrases, the IRB must determine whether the proposed research is "Essential" as well as ensure the "Non-Exploitation of Study Subjects". So the decision to conduct the study comes down to whether the research question has been deemed essential by at least one accredited peer group. A critic may feel that the requirements of equipoise have not been met in the eyeglass study, but clearly the body tasked with this assessment did feel this threshold was met.
Framing the discussion in this fashion shifts the point of contention in a productive direction. Let's no longer deal with the inert question of the ethical validity of one particular method. Let's review the existing governance structure that is meant to ensure the ethical conduct of research. This would entail considering the following (non-exhaustive) questions:
- Is the current IRB accreditation system sufficient to provide proper guidance for researchers?
- If not, how should IRBs be accredited and governed?
- How should IRBs be financed? (Note that some IRBs are paid fees directly by the projects reviewed, thus raising the possibility of conflict of interest.)
- Does social science need to develop guidelines on "policy equipoise" as opposed to adopting the principle of "clinical equipoise"?
- Are too many studies that a professional consensus might deem unethical being allowed to go forward?
- Should "professional consensus" even constitute the proper threshold to assess ethicality? What about professional unanimity? Or majoritarian view?
- Should the IRB system be centralized, i.e. do we want something like a global clearinghouse for ethical review?
- Or should we maintain the decentralized system we have now?
I have opinions on some of these questions, but I can't answer many of them with full certainty at the moment. In my mind though, these are the critical questions of practice, not those taken up by ZTP.
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Thanks for the comments,Jed. Ziliak and Teather-Posadas reply here:
- Steve Ziliak
Thanks for a good post, with lots to think about, including traction for 'policy equipoise'. I do have an immediate question. On this point (and with Jeff Hammer's recent comments about 'our' ability to answer questions about opportunity-cost (in Lahore) in mind), 'The question is not "does it work" but rather "should public resources be utilized in this way at the expense of alternative uses'?"... This strikes me as an argument for testing 2 interventions (or variations on one) against each other rather than leave-out(?).
Hi Heather, great comment, thanks! I completely agree - in the studies I know in the field, a policy related intervention (or several) is tested against at least the "business-as-usual" approach, which constitutes a policy already in place.
Thanks for this, it echoes the frustration that so many people working in the randomized trial space feel at the straw man critiques repeatedly dredged up. One small note: The author of the CGD rebuttal to Casey Mulligan was Jessica, not Penelope, Goldberg.
Aha, a true randomista! Thanks for the comments - and the correction, I will modify right away.


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Stephen McKenzie is the manager of the Newark Museum's Arts Workshop.
Tell us about your background and how you found yourself at the Newark Museum?
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Manny just got a half standing 'O' and half standing boo in his first at-bat before flying out to center field on the first pitch. But one thing is hard to debate…this place is a pretty unique and as a fan of the history of the game, you can't help but be impressed.
The Green Monster is massive and certainly looks like you could hit one over it yourself, though obviously it's not that easy. Definitely have to take a trip inside it tomorrow.
The bomb that David Ortiz hit past the 420 sign gives you a pretty good idea of just how far you have to hit it to go out to right-center.
There's a lot of media here for Manny…everyone was curious whether or not he would speak to the media, but I'm more curious to see what he does in the batter's box this weekend.
A good amount of Celtic green in the crowd and while I feel bad for them, well…no I don't. Go Lakers.
More importantly, there's a lot of Dodger blue in the crowd, so thanks for showing up here to support your team.
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a brand new game!!!!!!!!!!!!
New ball game is right, OBF!
Sorry guys, but, Carlos isn't very good. We really need for Frank and Ned to get us a pitcher.
Josh, you are so right about Manny. He needs to do his talking with the bat but from his first two at bats he certainly is in a hurray not to say anything.
Getting out of the 3rd without giving up a run, is good news, I'd say.
Nice 3rd inning by the Blue: Greedy Reed, Jamey the sacraficer, The Tripling Bison and MartyFrohawk. Even with a shaky Monster Stereo, we gotta brand new ballgame already!
PHEW, and I know we all sighed in unison at the end of the 3rd inning, right? Bases loaded 2-outs rally, Carlos should be on a short leash tonight…
Alright, CarMon settling in, nice 1-2-3 inning kid… 11 pitches too. If we can score some runs here, Carlos could have a nice decision opp pitching another scoreless inning…
Stick a fork in the kid, CarMon is done.
Geez, Kemp sure f'ed up out there… TWICE. What he heck is he doing in Center tonight?!?
And why does JT continue to bring in RamTron with runners on in jam situations? Didn't he learn from one of Troncoso's bad innings similar to this one a week ago?!? Weaver does way better with runners on base pressure – we all know this!!!
This why I hate when the Dodgers play teams on the east coast.
I hope the Dodgers forget about the score and the offense shows some life.
I hate to see them look helpless.
I still blame this on Torre overusing him.
LONEY's 45th team leading RBI.
I think it a curse Troncoso was terrible in Torre 1st year pitching for us good last year and got worst this year. Wade pitch well as a rookie and was bad last year. I miss the good Wade maybe just maybe both of these guy would have a great year next year with a new coach and I have a feeling Torre won't be back.
Oh just great Loney with 2 rbi's and we have runners on 1st and 2nd with no out.
Oh you can put Sherrill on that list and where was Weaver? I would had him over Troncoso and to think they was consider him for the 5th starting job in ST.
Damn it Torre leave Johnson in why used Anderson my god I don't think Johnson would had did worst in that situation than Anderson.
Career vs. BOS 126 499 47 154 34 2 17 89 24 65 4 4 .309 .338 .487 .825
I love those numbers but still Anderson is done.
Go figure we didn't score more.
10-5, not bad so far, pretty respectable.
Gosh I hate WP.
Urgh not Sherrill
Time to send Troncoso on the phatom DL and keep Travis up. lol wow Garza 49 pitches in the 1st inning?
I see Sherrill owned Ortiz 1/11 with 5's now.
lol who's this SF Giants rejected 5k's in 3 innings. If this game were over than he would had the rare 3 inning saves.
I notice the Dodgers always have trouble hitting pitches that throw strikes consistently.
lol really Torre? Come on what is Belasario doing in this game? You could've sent out Sherrill back out there or even let Loney pitch lol.
Troncoso should take notes Belasario getting those grounded ball. I want the old Troncoso back from last year.
With the exception of Troncoso the bullpen was sound tonight.
What do you know? We got 3 grounded ball.
Well damn Anderson where was that with runners on bases?
Oh my if Ethier walk Manny would come up with the bases loaded down by 4
That was Anderson 18th career homeruns and 90 rbi's vs the Red Sox.
To bad Troncoso won't get the lost because of that mlb rules. If it was hockey and the backup gave up the winning goal while we trail by alot the lost goes to him.
Not a bad game after all, better luck tomorrow.
Swell…..the Dodgers might make Vargas the 5th starter. How the heck is that going to make things better?
I rather have Weaver at 5th
Me too, Shad. I would really like to get Oswalt or Lee but, I'd take Weaver over anyone else we have right now. He has a little bit of pitching savvy.
Oh heavy sigh!!! Another t*rd in the old punch bowl. What a stinker!!! It's no mystery that pitching is where its at and with estranged Frank, we're freaking toast as far as spending to get quality pitching.
Hi'Ya Trumom!!! I have to agree with you on Weaver!!!
The same old story most likely ending up with the same result………… "We gave it our best shot, but it just wasn't a right fit."
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Why not try something new Frank and Ned? When Dodger fans and the rest of the baseball world are screaming for you to get "real" pitching in the off season, maybe you should listen to them for a change. It would be nice to once not have to have the "let's wait and see what surfaces and hope for the best" mentality every June/July before the deadline.
What a pisser of a game. Kept hating Frank for going cheap on starting pitching. Kemp, Ethier, Manny, Loney, Blake, Martin…they know the owner went cheap on starting pitching, too. Dodgers are bobbing in the water with flotsam like the Padres, Gnats and Rox. That this team had to throw Monasterios, Troncoso and Schlichting as the opening act to Fenway is ridiculous.
Vargas is about what I expected out of Ned & Frank.
I haven't been posting lately because I finally came to the conclusion that if Frank doesn't care about his team, why should I? He ought to look at the Lakers organization and be ashamed of his, but as the saying goes, "some men you just cain't reach…"
So it must be painfully obvious to everyone by now, we need a pitcher. Vargas? Get real. Have we not experimented with the scrap heap enough this year. Perhaps Ely can adjust, but it has become apparent the league has his number, from what I've read. Padilla can help, but more than likely we'll need more. We can win the division with what we have, but as we ALL KNOW, we'll need more later. With Billz down, we have got to have more than the Kid and Kuroda to send out there. Colletti is supposed to be looking and there is time to put something together, but if this does not happen this year, then I think we just being told to be satisfied being a also-ran. We're waiting.
The Dodgers scored 6 runs yesterday. A team with GOOD PITCHING will win with that many. We're waiting.
I totally agree with you, Knouff! Six runs should be plenty to win a ball game. I am getting to the point where BPB1 is…..not having much good to say, I may take time off too. I do support the players who have given their all to try and win but, they have to be feeling no matter what they do it won't be good enough.
Greetings from Beantown ITD!
Anyone know where OBF and TRue are sittinhe g?
Don't care for the seats that we got with the i Dodgerlife event. We are in RF box 88 section 2 seats in TT. Other than the loss last night, we are having a great time. Like I said a couple of days, they should have given the start to Weaver.
Forgot my computer adaptor but I am borrowing my friends so will post pics soon.
Is humid here and the sun in our eyes so today is going toh be worst with earlier game.
Our luncheon at the hotel was with Tommy, Ellis and Steve Lyons. Tommy was funny as usual telling his stories.
Rats!!!®. Nothing 'Musing about this series so far!!!!
Frank, you got some 'slaining to do!!! We are not ah'mused!!!!!
Too bad Manny didn't do that last night.
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Health-care bills taking a swipe and President Obama's health-care program passed the Missouri legislature this week. One allows employers to refuse health insurance for birth control; the other would let voters decide whether to allow the creation of a health-insurance exchange.Enlarge
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Legislators sent the governor a bill stating that employers can refuse to provide?health?insurance for birth control ? a measure meant as a slap against an Obama administration policy requiring insurers to cover contraception at no additional cost to women working at certain religious-affiliated institutions.
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Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon noted many of his budget priorities prevailed but expressed disappointment that lawmakers failed to expand incentives for businesses that supply parts to automobile manufacturers.
When the session began, some Republican legislative leaders outlined an aggressive education agenda to overhaul the state's school funding formula, expand charter schools, pare back teacher tenure protections, authorize tax breaks so children in failing schools could attend private schools, and eliminate a two-year waiting period before the state could intervene in unaccredited schools such as the Kansas City School District. The charter school bill was the only item to pass.
The Legislature's pro-business agenda also was left partly unfulfilled. Lawmakers sent the governor a bill prohibiting employees from suing co-workers for injuries covered by the workers' compensation cases. But Nixon vetoed other workers' compensation changes, as well as a Republican-backed bill that would have made it harder for employees to win workplace discrimination cases. Divisions between the House and Senate again scuttled bills to create new incentives for businesses or scale back the state's existing tax credits.
By Friday, several major bills either already had passed or been effectively declared dead. That led to any easygoing mood underscored by a series of legislative pranks. In the Senate, food mysteriously appeared on the desk of an unsuspecting senator, a flagrant violation of chamber rules. In the House, one lawmaker arrived to discover his desk wrapped in tin foil, while another lawmaker attempted to dangle objects from an upper gallery over the head of the person presiding over the chamber. Some House members threw paper wads at each other before reveling in an end-of-session tradition of tossing suddenly useless bills and amendments into the air when the final gavel fell.
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Nixon declined to say whether he supports the?Missouri?measure, adding that he backs both a woman's access to contraception and the right of people to practice their religious beliefs.
"We already have a strong religious exemption on the books, but we'll review this?carefully," Nixon said.
Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis County, said the legislation was "attacking women's reproductive choices."
"This is wrong and I dare you to go home and talk to your daughters ... and say, 'Look, what we're going to say is that your employers' religious beliefs matter more than your own,'" Newman told colleagues.
Under a separate bill passed Friday, voters would get the final say on whether to enact a state law prohibiting the governor from establishing a state?health?insurance exchange. The federal?health?care?law signed by Obama requires states to create such online markets by 2014 or have the federal government run one for them. The?Missouri?measure would allow a state-created insurance exchange only if specifically authorized by a state law or a subsequent vote of the people.
Both?health?care?measures are part of a continuing effort by the?Missouri?Legislature to stand up to Obama'shealth?care?policies. In 2010, lawmakers referred a measure to the statewide ballot prohibiting the government from requiring people to have?health?insurance, a challenge to a federal provision that most people must have insurance by 2014 or face penalties. Voters approved the measure by 71 percent.
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SubdivisionVail Heights Condo
Listing Date05/07/19
Year Built1973
AreaWest Vail North
Lot Size0.04 Acres (1,742 SqFt)
Parking1 Car Assigned, Surface
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LOCATION!!! Rarely listed in this well run complex. Updated 1 bedroom1 bath condo located on free TOV bus route only minutes to Vail Village. Vaulted cielings and tons of light. Views of Vail mountain and Beaver Creek from the deck. One assigned parking spot and guest parking. Short walk to Buffer Creek Park and excellent mountain biking on the North Trail. New dishwasher, and oven. Separate storage locker. Low HOA dues include utilities except electric.
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SANFORD, Fla. – After a one-day break for the Fourth of July holiday, the mothers of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin both testified that the screaming heard in the background of a 911 call was their respective son.
[Chat recap: Tony Pipitone inside courtroom]
The state rested its case against Zimmerman on Friday after testimony earlier in the day from Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton. The defense, meanwhile, started its case by calling Zimmerman's mother, Gladys Zimmerman.
Gladys Zimmerman listened to the 911 call and defense attorney Mark O'Mara questioned her about the voice in the background.
"That's my son, George," she said.
O'Mara then asked how she knew whose voice it was on the call.
"Because he's my son," she replied.
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda asked Gladys Zimmerman if she heard her son screaming before.
"Not for help," she said, but added that she is "sure that is George's voice."
[FREE: Zimmerman App | PICS: Murder Trial | VIDEO: Skype fail | Sybrina Fulton]
Gladys Zimmerman was then excused from the courtroom.
The defense's second witness was Jorge Meza, an Orange County Courthouse deputy and Zimmerman's uncle.
Meza also testified that the voice was that of his nephew. Meza said he heard the 911 calls on the TV, unaware the news was on and immediately recognized the voice as Zimmerman.
"It hit me the way that I heard that, but more than I heard that, it hit me inside my heart, I said, 'That is George,'" Meza said.
Meza said he has heard George Zimmerman scream while playing with Meza's sons and called his scream "unique."
De la Rionda cross-examined Meza, questioning him of how much he knew about the case when he heard the calls on TV. He also asked if Meza had heard Zimmerman scream for help before.
"Not the way I did that day," Meza said, referring to the call.
Judge Debra S. Nelson then recessed court for the weekend. Court will be back in session at 9 a.m. on Monday.
Earlier Friday, prosecutors started the day by calling the mother of Martin, the teen shot and killed by Zimmerman, to the stand.
"My youngest son is Trayvon Benjamin Martin. He's in heaven," a very composed Sybrina Fulton said as she was questioned by de la Rionda.
Fulton said Martin was right-handed and described tattoos on Martin's body.
The state then played the 911 call, which included the sounds of screams in the background and the fatal gunshot, for the jurors while Fulton was on the stand.
"Who do you recognize that to be?" de la Rionda said.
"Trayvon Benjamin Martin," Fulton said.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara cross-examined Fulton, starting off by saying, "I apologize for your loss." The state objected and Nelson instructed O'Mara to only ask questions.
O'Mara then asked where Fulton first heard the 911 call. She said she heard the call in the Sanford mayor's office. When asked, Fulton said Tracy Martin, who is Trayvon Martin's father, along with Trayvon Martin's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, Stephanie Sands, Darian Sands and attorneys Benjamin Crump and Natalie Jackson were in the office when the call was played.
O'Mara asked her if anyone had listened to the 911 tape alone and she said Martin's father had, but added that he never told her that he had listened to the recording previously. Tracy Martin initially told Sanford police that he didn't think the screams were his son's voice.
"I heard my son screaming," Fulton said upon further questioning.
"You certainly had to hope it was you son screaming in the 911 call?" O'Mara asked Fulton.
"I didn't hope for anything. I just simply listened to the tape," Fulton responded. Fulton said she was the first in the room to react.
Fulton said no one told her before the playing of the 911 call that she would be listening to screams to prepare herself for any possible "trauma."
During redirect, de la Rionda asked about the "hope" she was questioned about by the defense.
"Were you still hoping he would still be alive?" de la Rionda asked.
"I was hoping he still was alive," Fulton said.
"Did you enjoy listening to that?" de la Rionda said.
"Absolutely not," Fulton said.
O'Mara then asked, "You certainly were hopeful that your son that did nothing that would have lead to his own death?"
"What I hope for is this would have never happened and he would still be here. That's what I hope," Fulton said.
Later, de la Rionda showed Fulton the button Trayvon Martin was wearing when he was shot and she confirmed it was her son's.
The state also called Martin's 22-year-old brother, Jahvaris Fulton, to testify. He said Tracy Martin wasn't his biological father but he was "the only dad I knew."
Jahvaris Fulton said he and Trayvon Martin were "very close." He identified his brother's screams in the call.
He said he's heard his brother yell, but "not like that."
O'Mara cross-examined Jahvaris Fulton, asking him if he told a reporter on March 31, 2012, "I think it was my brother's screams, but I'm not completely positive."
"I guess I didn't want to believe it was him and I guess that's why during that interview I said I wasn't sure," Jahvaris Fulton said when questioned about it by O'Mara, adding that he was clouded by "shock, denial and sadness."
The defense noted the TV interview was nearly two weeks after he initially listened to the calls. O'Mara wanted to play the TV interview in court, but the state objected.
Nelson heard the matter outside the presence of the jury and ruled that it would not be omitted into evidence.
O'Mara asked Jahvaris Fulton if he had listened to the call between hearing it the first time at Sanford City Hall and the TV interview. Jahvaris Fulton said he didn't recall and when asked why, he said it was "emotional" and didn't want to listen to them again, although he said he has since listened to them.
O'Mara asked Jahvaris Fulton when Tracy Martin left his Miami home in regards to him considering Tracy Martin his father figure. Jahvaris Fulton said he was 9 or 10 years old. O'Mara asked if Trayvon Martin was spending more time with Tracy Martin than his mother. Jahvaris Fulton said both he and Trayvon Martin spent a lot of weekends at his father's house.
During redirect, prosecutor John Guy asked if it was "emotionally difficult" to hear the 911 calls with the screams in the background and how many more times he's listened to the calls.
"Do you now believe it's Travyon Martin's voice on that tape?" Guy asked.
"Yes," Jahvaris Fulton said.
Prosecutors then called the medical examiner, Dr. Shiping Bao, who completed Martin's autopsy to testify.
Bao explained what an autopsy consists of to the jury. He then described Martin's autopsy in particular.
Bao said Martin didn't die immediately and his heart was still beating after the shot was fired.
"He was still alive. He was still in pain," Bao said. The defense objected to Bao giving his opinion and Nelson sustained the objection after a sidebar with attorneys.
Bao said Martin was 5 feet 11 inches and 158 pounds when he died. Jurors were then shown a picture of Martin's body when it arrived at the medical examiner's office. Both Sybrina Fulton and Jahvaris Fulton then left the courtroom, but Tracy Martin remained as the photos were shown.
Bao told jurors about the pictures and said other than the gunshot that Martin was healthy. He said Martin had a small abrasion on his fourth and fifth left finger, adding that they could have occurred two hours before the autopsy, during a struggle or after the shooting.
Bao also said there was a zero chance for survival with Martin's gunshot wound.
"His heart was beating until there was no blood left," Bao said. "I believe he was alive for one to 10 minutes."
Bao said Martin was shot from intermediate range, defined as the muzzle being between 0.4 inches to 4 feet away from the target. Bao said the muzzle had loose contact with clothing.
When asked by de la Rionda about the positioning of Zimmerman and Martin, Bao said, "I have no fact and zero opinion."
Defense attorney Don West cross-examined Bao about who helped him with the autopsies, and Bao said two technicians assisted him.
West focused on how Martin's body was transported from the crime scene. Martin's hands were not bagged to preserve evidence as they should be, Bao said. West asked what time the medical examiner's office got to the scene. Bao responded by saying that the office arrived about two hours after the shooting occurred.
West then asked when the ME officer representative left. Bao said he didn't have that information. Bao then said he didn't remember the exact autopsy without his notes and he must rely on his report.
Bao also said the clothing should have been put in a paper bag and not a plastic bag.
"There is no plastic bag other than the bag that carries the body," Bao said, adding if someone from his office put wet clothes in plastic bag, "They'd be fired the next day."
The defense requested to see Bao's notes that he was using from the stand. Bao, getting upset, said they could not see the notes. Nelson ruled that the defense had a right to see the notes and attorneys read through several pages when one attorney laughs.
"Something funny here?" Bao asked from the stand, seemingly offended. West asked Nelson to copy the notes.
"No, you cannot. It's my work," Bao said before Nelson allowed it.
After lunch break, a limited inquiry was held. Bao changed his opinion for how long Martin was alive, originally saying in his November 2012 deposition that Martin was alive from one to three minutes after the shooting.
But Bao added that an autopsy three weeks ago in a "similar case" has changed his opinion about how long Martin may have lived.
Also, in his November deposition, Bao said the marijuana in Martin's body would have had no effect the night of the shooting. Now, however, he says it could have. Nelson ruled, however, that Martin's previous drug use would still be barred from being brought up at trial.
Before the day began, Sybrina Fulton tweeted, "Day 19 -- I pray that God gives me strength to properly represent my Angel Trayvon. He may not be perfect, but he's mine. I plead the blood of Jesus for healing."
Zimmerman, 29, has pleaded not guilty and says he shot the 17-year-old in the chest to protect himself as Martin reached for his gun during a fight.
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Puerto Rico conference draws top NY leaders
November 9, 2013
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of New York leaders gathered Friday in Puerto Rico at a legislative conference to discuss Latino issues and meet with candidates vying for top political positions in the largest U.S. city.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito were among the 500 people attending the Somos El Futuro conference, an annual retreat for New York City and state Democratic leaders in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan. A reception was held late Thursday for Mark-Viverito, one of several politicians seeking to become the next city council speaker.
Conference chairman and New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz of Brooklyn said it was no coincidence that 122 elected officials and party powerbrokers were attending the event.
"Most of the people at the end of the day come to make the deals they think they can accomplish to get somewhere," he said. "That's the reason you see (Mayor-elect) de Blasio here. We can no longer continue to take our Hispanic vote for granted."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not attend, but de Blasio, the first Democrat to be elected mayor of New York City since 1989, spoke late Friday at the conference, indicating that diversity will be a priority as the new administration takes shape.
"We want to make sure that we have a government that looks like New York City, and that means a strong Latino representation," he said, stressing that it did not mean he was seeking a particular person as speaker and that it was too early for such conversations.
De Blasio also said that while he has mentioned two names in the search for a new police commissioner — Chief of Department Philip Banks and former commissioner Bill Bratton— nothing has been decided yet.
"That does not mean that's the end of the list," he said, adding that the vetting process has not begun and no interviews have taken place.
De Blasio also said he would reform stop-and-frisk policies amid concerns that minorities are unfairly targeted.
"There is no contradiction between keeping the city safe and respecting people's rights and civil liberties," he said.
Ortiz said he hopes the city reaches another milestone in January regarding the appointment of a new city council speaker.
"It should be someone of Hispanic descent," he said, noting that Hispanics represent 27 percent of New York City's population. "That will be another historic moment that we should not let pass by."
The conference also focused on social, political and economic issues, with Puerto Rico government officials seizing the opportunity to reassure people that the U.S. territory would not default on its debts amid concerns about its ongoing economic crisis.
The island is expected to soon enter its eighth year of recession as it faces $70 billion in public debt and a 13.9 percent unemployment rate, the highest compared with any U.S. state.
Eduardo Bhatia, president of the island's Senate, said the government is working hard to pay its debts.
"Puerto Rico has never been close to not paying its bonds," he said. "We have always honored the debt."


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Artist Imagines Darkwing Crew as Humans July 13, 2011Posted by John D. Moore in Fan Art.
Imagine if St. Canard weren't populated with ducks and dogs and all manner of animals. What if Darkwing Duck was people? An artist named E.D. Thweatt asked himself this question, and designed human versions of the Mallards and Muddlefoots, and several other Disney Afternoon characters.
Pretty keen! I especially like how Launchpad and Gosalyn turned out. I gotta say, Drake/Darkwing doesn't look quite right to me. His design doesn't seem to preserve the same character traits and expressiveness as many of the others do. Still, I think this is a bang-up job.
You can see more (including takes on Scrooge McDuck, Gadget Hackwrench, and Baloo) at Comics Alliance or the artist's DeviantArt account.


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- Effective virtual tools for virtual corporate trainings.
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You will learn to kick off a project and how to train your workers, how to organize the team and how to prepare it for the training process.
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At the end of the course you will have the skills and tools to give virtual worker training, and you will know how to direct the session to be its most effective.


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A-Rod rep denies legal PEDs report
NEW YORK -- A representative for Alex Rodriguez has denied a published report that the Yankees third baseman is planning to claim that he believed he had been supplied with legal supplements by the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic.
Rodriguez appeared at Major League Baseball's New York headquarters for a third consecutive day on Wednesday. The three-time American League Most Valuable Player is appealing a 211-game suspension that was levied by MLB on Aug. 5, as part of the league's investigation into Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic that formerly operated in Coral Gables, Fla.
"We cannot provide any details of this hearing as the chair of the arbitration panel has issued an order prohibiting all parties from commenting publicly on the confidential proceedings, but what is being reported is not true," Rodriguez's spokesman, Ron Berkowitz, said in a statement.
Citing a source, the New York Daily News reported on Wednesday that Rodriguez's attorneys "have presented a case based partly" on the claim that the substances Rodriguez received from Biogenesis and its founder, Anthony Bosch, were believed to be legal.
Bosch, who is cooperating with the league's investigation into the clinic, is expected to testify that Rodriguez knowingly received illegal performance-enhancing drugs from his operation.
Rodriguez has said that he plans to be present for all of the proceedings taking place within MLB's Park Avenue offices and estimated that the process should take five days.
Fredric Horowitz, an independent arbitrator who is based in Southern California, will review the case and has the options to completely uphold, reduce or dismiss Rodriguez's suspension. Horowitz is expected to issue a ruling within 25 days of the opening of the hearing.
In August, MLB stated that it was disciplining Rodriguez due to "use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone, over the course of multiple years," as well as "attempting to cover up his violations of the program by engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the Office of the Commissioner's investigation."
The Yankees have said that they are continuing to plan as though Rodriguez will be available to play third base next season, pending Horowitz's decision. Rodriguez is set to earn approximately $25 million in 2014, plus a possible $6 million bonus if he hits six home runs to tie Willie Mays' career total of 660.
"It's not something that's in our control, so I'm not focused on it," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said on Tuesday. "I have Alex plugged in, unless I'm told something different."


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Skyfall star Berenice Marlohe has told how Daniel Craig kept his pants on during their shower scene - until she persuaded him to take them off.
Actress Berenice said that the 007 star, who won over millions of female fans with his blue swimming trunks in the beach scene in Casino Royale, was shy about stripping off.
The Sun quoted her as saying: "He was very shy and when he saw me entering the shower, he was like, 'Oh my God'.
"He tried to keep his underpants on for the shower scenes but I said, 'No, come on, don't be shy. I will do anything to make you feel comfortable."
Daniel, who appeared at the Bond premiere with his wife Rachel Weisz, was apparently carrying out practical jokes on his co-stars behind the scenes of the movie.
But French actress Berenice said: "Daniel didn't do any jokes on me. He was afraid of me. He didn't dare!"
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Friday, September 28, 2018
Italian Soup
Fall is finally in the air on Beaty's Creek and I am so glad it is. I love soup when it starts to cool off and this one is perfect on a crisp Fall evening. All enjoyed this soup and that is a big plus for a family of 5. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek today.
5 Italian sausage links- sliced and then browned
1 onion-chopped
6 garlic cloves-minced
2 quarts chicken broth
2 cans Italian tomatoes-undrained
1 package Barilla's cheese tortellini
2 bags Fresh Express baby spinach
3 T dried Italian Seasoning
3 t fresh basil-minced
1 T black pepper
1 T crushed red pepper
Shredded Parmesan cheese
Brown sausage in a deep heavy bottom soup pot with onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Once browned, pour in chicken broth, tomatoes, Italian seasoning and red pepper. Cook over medium heat for 1 hour. Now add add in tortellini and spinach. Cook for 20 more minutes over medium heat but not boiling. The last few minutes put in the basil. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and hot crusty bread.
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* Syria's problems "none of our business," 65 percent say
* Only 35 percent approve of Obama's handling of crisis
By Gabriel Debenedetti
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Americans support efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria through an international agreement to control chemical weapons, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows steady opposition to U.S. military action.
The poll of 776 Americans, conducted over three days this week, indicates that just 25 percent of Americans oppose diplomacy to deal with the crisis that was ignited by the Aug. 21 chemical attack in a Damascus suburb that U.S. officials say killed more than 1,400 adults and children.
The survey reflects the anti-war sentiment that has shadowed President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for a military strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in light of the chemical attack.
The United States has blamed Assad's government for the attack, while Russia and Assad say it was the work of rebel forces.
An offer by Russia, an ally of Syria, to help put Syria's stock of chemical weapons under international control has raised the possibility of an agreement that could help Obama avoid an embarrassing rejection from a skeptical Congress, or an unpopular military action.
The U.S. Senate, led by Obama's Democrats, has postponed a vote on a military authorization measure while the administration pursues a diplomatic course on Syria. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have been meeting in Geneva. More talks involving the United States, France and Britain are scheduled next week in Paris.
The poll found that Obama's speech to the nation on Tuesday had virtually no effect on Americans' reluctance to engage in Syria's civil war after a decade of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In polling of 1,386 Americans conducted Monday through Friday, about 62 percent said the United States should not intervene in Syria, virtually the same percentage as a week earlier.
Reuters/Ipsos pollsters also found that most Americans were not swayed by Obama's argument that the United States had a compelling interest to get involved in Syria to stop the spread of chemical weapons and protect U.S. national security.
About 65 percent of Americans said Syria's problems were "none of our business," the same percentage that said so two weeks earlier.
Only 33 percent of the 776 people surveyed in the three-day poll said that responding to the use of chemical weapons in Syria was "in the national interests of the United States." About 47 percent said it was not.
When it comes to intervention in Syria, public support is "pretty well stabilized right under 1 in 5" Americans, Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said.
Obama has been criticized by people in both parties for what some have called a muddled policy on Syria. This week's polling suggested the president's approval ratings had taken a hit during the crisis.
Only about 35 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with how Obama and the U.S. government had handled the situation, while 65 percent were dissatisfied. Two weeks ago, 41 percent had been satisfied and 59 percent had been dissatisfied.
Obama's overall approval rating has dipped during the past month as well.
Reuters/Ipsos tracking polls found last Sunday that nearly 57 percent of Americans disapproved of the job Obama had done as president, up from nearly 53 percent on Aug. 18, just before the chemical attack in Syria.
Some analysts say the talks over Syria's chemical weapons are unlikely to succeed, likely leaving Obama - who ran for president as an anti-war candidate - with an increasingly difficult decision on whether to launch a military operation in the face of a reluctant Congress and a disapproving nation.
"This initiative is not going to get very far," said William McCants, director of the Brookings Institution's Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World.
"It's going to be very difficult to pull off in a way that will satisfy the Obama administration's desire to ensure that the Assad regime never uses chemical weapons again," McCants added.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll's questions about a possible diplomatic solution to the Syria crisis and on national security interests had a credibility interval, which is similar to a margin of error, of 4.1 percentage points.
The questions about U.S. intervention, whether Syria's problems are the United States' business, and satisfaction with Obama's handling of the situation each had a credibility interval of 3 points. The poll on Obama's overall approval rating also had a credibility interval of 3 points. (Editing by David Lindsey and Peter Cooney)
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Lily Fierman
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I had taken classes at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania, but when I came to Moore, I knew it was the right fit.
I wanted to study women's artwork and also have the opportunity to take liberal arts and fine arts courses and do the Curatorial Studies program. I wanted to feel well-rounded when I graduated. I had the experience of making art and I understood the artistic process. The Moore community was fantastic and accepted me.
I was accepted to Moore in high school but didn't go at the time because I was wary of attending an all-women's college. I later learned that I would have no problem meeting people outside of the College.
I was fascinated that all-women's colleges still existed and I wanted to see what output came from it. It put me in a place where now if I see women artists exploring the themes that I learned at Moore, I want to help them and mentor them with their practice. I'm also very in debt to the idea of sticking together as women – being kind and helping people out. I learned that at Moore.
After graduation, I studied at Sotheby's Institute of Art and then became assistant director at a small art gallery. Today, I'm a sales associate at C24 Gallery in NYC, which sells contemporary art with a conceptual bent.
It's for artists who aren't necessarily established in New York City. I do lots of traveling, networking and finding artists… Right now my goal is to stay here as long as possible. I want to help people engage in the art world, when there are so many barriers to entry, and help them engage in contemporary art.
Attending Moore made me more vocal and assertive – it just came naturally to a group of strong women in the same room together.
It also made me more focused. There were still distractions, but as soon as you walked in the door you were there to work. I definitely learned a good worth ethic from Moore. There are skills I learned about women evolving and taking a more active role in society that still apply today. You just have this proclivity to be your own person, an individual, and speak up.