| Makah whaling case postponed; no judge
A trial date was supposed to be set this week for five Makah Indians accused of illegally killing a gray whale last year, but the tribal court had to postpone the hearing because there's no judge to conduct it. Jean Vitalis, the tribe's former chief judge, was expected to hear the case but left the bench after her contract was not renewed. The new top jurist, former Associate Judge Emma Doulik, recused herself, citing "strong emotions" about the case. The tribe asked the Quinault Tribe's chief judge to hear the case, but she declined, citing health reasons. The whalers are charged with violating the tribe's Gray Whale Management Plan, breaking state and federal laws and reckless endangerment for firing a high-powered rifle at the whale.
Doomsday plan would close 2 Cook hospitals
(Crain's) — Cook County would close two of its three hospitals and a center that treats one-third of the area's HIV patients under a doomsday budget scenario officials put forth Friday. Provident and Oak Forest hospitals and all 12 of the county's neighborhood clinics would close if the Cook County Bureau of Health Services is forced to cut $108 million, or 13% of its fiscal 2008 budget, to help fill the county's overall $238-million budget shortfall. Under that scenario, “There's no way you could take care of all the people . . . who have no insurance and no other means," interim health chief Robert Simon told commissioners at a Finance Committee hearing Friday. “That's the price." County Finance Chairman John Daley had asked each county department to outline plans to cut 13% of its budget in case County Board President Todd Stroger and commissioners can't agree on how to erase the deficit.
'Sidelining the paper'
All of which is very pleasant and well meant. Yes, I like to think I was a good journalist but the fact Watford and the Watford Observer do not have a good relationship is not a reflection on the journalists who followed me. They may have approached certain issues from a different direction and may have opted not to go too hard on certain aspects in the early days after I left, but their intentions were good, being Watford fans by heritage who would have preferred to have maintained the coverage at the old levels - levels that were established more than 120 years ago. .
VAP Cholesterol Test Covers 90 Percent Of Arizona Insured
Largest private insurers in Arizona as well as Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program now cover the VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Test, the most comprehensive cholesterol test available. That means almost 90 percent of all insured lives in Arizona now have insurance coverage for the VAP Test, which finds twice as many people at risk than the standard cholesterol test."The state of Arizona is extremely progressive in preventive health," said Atherotech Chief Medical Officer James Ehrlich, M.D. "The highly accurate VAP Test allows the clinician to target high-risk patients for specific therapy that could help prevent millions of future heart attacks and strokes. I am confident that the VAP Test will continue to be regarded as the best and most cost-effective laboratory method to precisely identify vulnerable individuals who may be at risk for the nation's leading killer, cardiovascular disease."People with a family history or an existing condition of diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease -- or who are already taking cholesterol lowering medication -- are candidates for the comprehensive VAP Test.
TheStar.com | News | More black-focused schools?
Hundreds of people were speaking in favour. And I realized multiculturalism isn't about having a standard system for everyone, but working together to make sure we don't leave any group behind. It's about understanding the cultural challenges some students face, not suspending them. You know, some people think the community is being demanding, but people have been waiting 30 years for this kind of school. Actually, I think we've been pretty passive." Stephnie Payne "I voted against it because there was a process in place from four years ago, where the board began an Africentric committee to look at an inclusive, Africentric curriculum, the whole Africentric way of teaching. ... The committee members and myself did not think having a black school was appropriate for the reasons that it's not just the schools, it is the community and the parents and it starts in the home.
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An ability to anticipate the future is perhaps the single most important skill that a manager or an investor can possess (which is kinda like saying that an ability to know the final score is the single most important skill required of a gambler). So where do you go to learn about the future? In the days of old, you might have visited a fortune teller and, for a princely sum, learned that something bad is going to happen to someone you know somewhere down the line. These days, you go to Harvard Business School when you want to see what the future has in store. With this in mind, Fool co-founder David Gardner sat down with Harvard's Clayton Christensen, a professor and consultant who uses innovation to predict business growth and industry change. When being disruptive is a good thing ...
Cloned milk and meat: What's the beef?
Milk and meat from cloned cows could hit grocery shelves in a few years if the FDA approves the process soon, as is expected. But would the products be safe? Scientists and consumer advocates disagree on the answer. The Food and Drug Administration has been wrestling for more than five years with the question of whether or not to allow the use of milk or meat from cloned cows, swine and sheep, with a voluntary ban on such products in place for now. Cloning companies and many scientists say the products are safe to eat, while consumer advocacy groups argue there are unaddressed concerns. .
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