Authors of a scientific abstract that has been banned for discussion at meetings of the Geological Society of America are holding two news conferences next week to release their banned research on dinosaur carbon-dating, and a new book, Giants Against Evolution.

As they can’t present at the Geological Society of America 46th annual North-Central Section meeting, they plan to do it on the street outside the Dayton Convention Center.

Banned Abstract

The banned abstract on carbon dating of dinosaur bones, written by an international team of ten distinguished scientists and researchers is to be released by Joe Taylor and Hugh Miller.

Joe Taylor, the author of a new book, Giants Against Evolution will be at the Akron Dinosaur and Science Museum, to give a presentation for the public at 7 p.m. on April 23, “Blind Dating a Dinosaur.”

Evidence of Soft Dinosaur Tissue?

Taylor is director of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum in Crosbyton, Texas, and Hugh Miller is the coordinator of the Paleochronology (Paleo) Group of Columbus, Ohio.

Taylor and Miller say most participants at the Geological Society of America’s North-Central Section meeting in Dayton next week will be unaware that important scientific research has been banned from discussion at the conference.

As they did last year, conference organizers rejected inclusion of an abstract on direct carbon dating of dinosaur bones from international scientific teams on three continents. The papers’ authors, are affiliated with the Paleochronology (“Paleo”) Group, and several of them plan to be at the Geological Society’s Dayton meeting to talk to participants.

The Paleo Group posted their abstract and supporting documents at http://bit.ly/HWN3Qz, click on “view submission”

“Banning of well-researched data by scientists and professional researchers is unacceptable for any honest scientist or scientific organization.”
- Joe Taylor

The banned abstract, “14C in Dinosaur Bones from Texas to Alaska, China and Europe, Suggest a Much More Recent Extinction,” was written by an international team of ten distinguished scientists and researchers from around the world, several of whom have been working on this research for almost 30 years.

“Mounting evidence confirm that large biomolecules in some dinosaurs and other fossils still exist,” explains the abstract. “Presented here are results of investigations showing that collagen and other dinosaur bone fractions also contain significant amounts of 14C which explains why some collagen has survived!”

Dinosaur bones from central Texas, Montana, Colorado, and Alaska were studied at prestigious labs internationally, as well as a Psittacosaurus and Rhino from the Gobi desert of China and a Mosasaur from a Belgium museum.

A major purpose of the presentation of this evidence was to inspire a joint effort by GSA members to cross check the data by C-14 dating other dinosaur bones and fossils.  The group says this response is mandated by GSA standards and by the scientific method when reproducible data of this kind is reported for ancient fossils after contaminant removal.

“Exclusion of important data is simply not the way legitimate scientific research should be conducted,” said Joe Taylor, director of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum in Crosbyton, Texas. He and Hugh Miller of the Paleo Group hope to make an impact on some of the attendees at the Dayton meeting. In December, they attended the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, which also did not allow discussion at the meeting of their groundbreaking research.

A Travesty of Science

“Both the American Geophysical Union and the National Academy of Scientists claim that open communication is their policy. Sharing of important scientific discoveries and transparency in research and throughout the educational system must be reinstated and maintained. Failure to do so makes a travesty of science and is a great disservice to the public that relies on scientists to tell it the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

According to the Paleo Group, direct 14C (carbon dating) of bone collagen and/or other bone fractions of eight dinosaurs from Texas to Alaska has yielded ages ranging from 22,990 ±130 years to 39,230 ± 140 years for 22 samples.

The team will continue to urge fellow scientists from across the globe to use C-14 testing of bone collagen and other fragments from other dinosaurs and marine reptiles to see if this discovery continues to be a consistent worldwide phenomenon.

Most significantly, this data shows that dinosaurs appear to be 2000 times younger than the standard figure of 65 million that is taught to students and used in the popular media. “If this is confirmed by other researchers then the cataclysm that may have taken out most dinosaurs by the asteroid impact at Chicxulub Mexico also could have caused the Daccan Flood Basalt deposits in India as suggested in this extensive reference (Schulte, P. et al. 2010, Science) but only 1000’s of years ago,” Hugh Miller said.

These data also explain why expert scientists are correct in asserting that residual collagen and soft tissue found in dinosaurs by lab experiments should only last 1000’s of years not 65 million or more. Intimidation by elitist groups has apparently cowered some researchers into ignoring the obvious and most simplistic experiments – 14C dating of the collagen and soft tissue to see if such unusual survival could be due to their actually being 2000 times younger than the assumed 65 Ma.

Some dinosaur bones contain tissues that are elastic, have collagen, and traces of hemoglobin in them.

In addition to C-14 ages for U.S. dinosaurs, a Psittacosaurus tail bone and Rhino skull fragments from the Gobi desert of China yielded ages of 22,020 ± 50 and 22,830 ± 90 14C years respectively in 2011. Even bone fragments from a marine reptile, a Mosasaur from a Belgium museum yielded an age of 24,600 14C years (Lindgren et al. 2011. PLoS ONE).

“Thus, similar 14C ages in the 1000’s of years on three continents suggest a more recent world-wide cataclysm and can not be ignored. Shouldn’t the new data be cross checked to determine if the current computer modeling of potential hazards needs considerable tweaking to help forestall another possible cataclysm on Earth,” Miller asked.

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Ohio advertising, public relations and brand strategy agency, RMD Advertising, was selected agency of record for Le Tour de France world-renowned event’s racing bicycles. Le Tour de France bicycles promise consumers the opportunity to ride like an expert, and are sold online and in certain retail stores across the country,

As part of RMD’s campaign, consumers will earn the chance to win a trip for two to France to see Le Tour de France first hand.The agency will greate stories with tips, videos and contests, through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.

RMD Advertising clients are mostly in the food industry, including Panera Bread, Allens, Inc., T.G.I. Friday’s, Rudolph Foods, Klosterman Baking Company, Bil-Jac Foods, Tandoor Chef, Dei Fratelli and Henny Penny.

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The Council of Smaller Enterprises received a $50,000 grant to provide energy efficiency assistance to small businesses, from the State government, their third energy grant in two years.

The grant runs until September 2012. The council must coordinate with qualified energy auditors to provide educational, audit, technical and financial resources to small businesses, with the aim of identifying opportunities for energy savings across the State

50 small businesses will access the resources, on a first-come first-served basis. The resources and educational programming specifically target Ohio non-residential, small businesses that spend less than $150,000 per year on their energy costs.

After the energy audit is completed, the small businesses could be eligible for Advanced Energy Funds or other incentives.

Identification of small business that could participate should begin soon, assisted by Ohio Small Business Development Center network and local chambers of commerce.

“COSE is proud to have been recognized for its impact on small business and selected by the State to once again deliver these timely resources and education to small business in Ohio,” says Steve Millard, executive director of COSE. “Lowering energy costs is important for small businesses and it will be even more important down the road as energy efficiency mandates start to take effect or rates increase.”

COSE is committed to helping small businesses save money by making them more energy efficient and more competitive. COSE was selected for the grant from a competitive pool of applicants based on their ability to provide energy efficiency services, demonstrated success and experience with previous energy grants and the ability to respond to the rising needs of small businesses to develop greater energy efficiency.

The council told is that last year, they coordinated 85 energy audits, 25 energy upgrades, several energy workshops and technical assistance to small businesses in becoming energy efficient.

See more at  COSE Awarded $50,000 Energy Education Grant from State

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The American Electric Power has started commercial operations for the Dresden natural gas-fired power plant, a nominal 580-megawatt combined-cycle generating unit, located near Dresden, Ohio. It provides 25 permanent jobs and employed 300 workers at the peak of construction.

With the the Dresden plant in full operations, AEP has added more than 4,800 megawatts of natural gas-fired capacity to its generating fleet in the past decade. Natural gas accounts for 24 percent of AEP’s total generating capacity.

“This is another step in the transformation of AEP’s generating fleet as we continue to diversify our fuel mix to improve our environmental footprint and provide economical electricity for our customers.” – Nicholas K. Akins President and CEO AEP

“Natural gas will become an increasing part of AEP’s generating portfolio in the coming decades as a result of the development of shale gas reserves and new environmental regulations, but we continue to believe our company and our nation need a diverse electricity generating portfolio that also includes investment in cleaner coal technologies, nuclear and renewable power,” he added.

AEP purchased the partially constructed Dresden plant in 2007 for approximately $85 million from Dresden Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Dominion. AEP accelerated construction of Dresden in January 2011. Total costs for the plant were approximately $366 million.

The Dresden plant will supply electricity to AEP’s Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee.

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Cheviot Financial Corp., the stock holding company for Cheviot Savings Bank, announced that Cheviot Financial Corp., a Maryland company, which is the proposed successor stock holding company for Cheviot Savings Bank in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Cheviot Mutual Holding Company, expects to sell 4,675,000 shares of common stock.

The shares are to be sold at $8.00 per share, grossing $37.4 million. Orders for a total of 2,489,488 shares of common stock have been accepted in the syndicated community offering, for which Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as sole book-running manager. New Cheviot received orders for 2,185,512 shares of common stock in the subscription and community offerings, for which Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as selling agent.

All orders properly executed in the subscription and community offerings will be filled in whole, including the order by New Cheviot’s employee stock ownership plan.

At the same time, shares of Cheviot Federal common stock owned by the public will be exchanged for shares of New Cheviot common stock so that Cheviot Federal’s existing stockholders will own approximately the same percentage of New Cheviot’s common stock as they owned of Cheviot Federal’s common stock immediately prior to the conversion.

This means stockholders of Cheviot Federal will receive 0.8570 shares of New Cheviot’s common stock for each share of Cheviot Federal common stock they own immediately prior to completion of the transaction. Cash in lieu of fractional shares will be paid at a rate of $8.00 per share. As a result of the offering and the exchange of shares, New Cheviot will have approximately 7,596,896 shares outstanding after giving effect to the transaction.

Subject to the receipt of final regulatory approvals, the transaction is scheduled to close on January 18, 2012, at which time Cheviot Mutual Holding Company and Cheviot Federal will cease to exist and New Cheviot will become the fully public stock holding company of Cheviot Savings Bank. The shares of common stock of Cheviot Federal will cease trading under the trading symbol “CHEV” on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the close of business on January 17, 2012. The shares of common stock sold in the offering and issued in the exchange are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on January 18, 2012 under the trading symbol “CHEVD” for a period of 20 trading days and will thereafter trade under “CHEV.”

Stock certificates for shares purchased in the subscription offering and community offering are expected to be mailed to subscribers on or about January 18, 2012. Stockholders of Cheviot Federal holding shares in street name will automatically receive shares of New Cheviot and cash in lieu of fractional shares within their investment accounts. Stockholders of Cheviot Federal holding shares in certificated form will be mailed a letter of transmittal on or about January 23, 2012 and will receive stock certificates for their shares of New Cheviot common stock and a check representing cash in lieu of fractional shares after submitting their Cheviot Federal stock certificates and a properly completed letter of transmittal to New Cheviot’s transfer agent.

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The Council of Smaller Enterprises, one of Ohio’s largest small business support organizations, will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 18, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the State Theatre at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland.

The organization will transition from outgoing Board Chair Eric Tolbert of Eric Tolbert & Associates to new Board Chair, Sharon Toerek of Licata and Toerek.

At the meeting, the small business members who volunteered their time through the recent Strategic Planning Process, and attended the first Small Business Summit held in February last year, will be recognized.

“COSE will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012 and we have always been a member driven organization. That was never more evident than in 2011 and we want to thank all those small business members who help us lay the groundwork for the next 40 years of small business support from COSE.”

- Steve Millard, president and executive director

The organization relocated offices from The Higbee Building at Public Square to their new location at 1240 Huron Road on Star Plaza at Playhouse Square, in July last year, to be part of the Playhouse Square downtown neighborhood.

In addition to a brief Business Meeting, the event is a major networking opportunity, with 300-plus attendees, from 5 – 8 p.m. The cost for the Annual Meeting is $25 for members and $40 for nonmembers. For more information and to register, log on to www.cose.org/events and click on the Annual Meeting listing or call COSE Member Services at 216-592-2222.

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2011 rate cuts make a bad situation worse. In 2009, skilled nursing facilities were underfunded by $262 Million;

According to a new report, there are massive financial challenges for nursing facility providers across Ohio, in the next year.

Medicaid is the health program for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Ohio skilled nursing facilities were underfunded by $14.31 per patient per day, in 2009. Projected forward to 2011 that is now underfunded by $18.23 per patient per day, a total of $330 million.

It would have been bad enough, but it gets worse – those calculations were for Fiscal Year 2011, which did not take into account the Medicaid rate cut of nearly $10 per day imposed by the state budget bill, House Bill 153. This cut took effect for Fiscal Year 2012, which began July 1, 2011.

“The widening gap between the cost of providing the quality skilled nursing care that Ohio’s seniors deserve and what Medicaid actually pays the providers who deliver that care puts our most vulnerable seniors at risk. This report underscores the need for policymakers to consider the impact additional cuts to either Medicare and Medicaid funding for skilled nursing facility care will have on Ohio’s seniors and people with disabilities.”
- Peter Van Runkle, Executive Director of the Ohio Health Care Association

Released by the American Health Care Association (AHCA), A Report on Shortfalls in Medicaid Funding for Nursing Home Care, compiled by Eljay, LLC, a national research firm, reveals a bleak outlook for both Ohio and the nation. Nationally, skilled nursing facility care was underfunded by $6.3 billion in 2011, or $19.55 per patient per day.

State underfunding leaves care providers with a shortfall of almost $20 each day for those who rely on Medicaid. Consistent underfunding of Medicaid only harms those most at-risk.

According to the survey, the 385 responding facilities eliminated more than 3,000 jobs to cope with the cuts in both Medicare and Medicaid. Although costs have been reduced, the gap between costs and payments is still growing. The really bad news is the survey only covered 40% of facilities.

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By Stevie J. Stevenson Jr.

AKRON, Ohio – According to court records Richard Beasley, the suspect in the craigslist murder and a Texas parolee was in an Ohio jail but was released after Texas officials said they only wanted him if he were convicted on a drug charge. Beasley asked to be released on bond, and on July 12, Akron Municipal Judge John Murphy granted his request.

Richard Beasley according to authorities is now linked to a recent plot to run fake Craigslist wanted ads in an attempt to lure robbery victims.

Texas Officials say they never authorized Beasley’s release and filed two additional warrants for his arrest after the Texas Parole Authority learned he’d been freed.

The legal problems facing the 52-year-old Richard Beasley who is a self-styled chaplain and youth mentor, are mounting: His attorney said a prostitution case involving Beasley and a 17-year-old boy would be upgraded with a racketeering charge Friday.

A 15-count count indictment returned Wednesday charges Beasley with promoting prostitution.

“To call me a con man when I sacrificed for others is wrong,” wrote Beasley, “To turn their back on me is not following Christ’s example…”

Beasley, in a four-page handwritten letter to the Akron Beacon Journal, said he has been miscast as a con man when he had helped feed, house and counsel scores of needy families, drunks, drug addicts, the mentally ill and crime suspects for years.

Aimlessly sending your resume to unknown emails from craigslist gives a potential predator all the tools he/she needs to locate an unsuspected victim.

Use caution when making email appointments to meet some place unfamiliar to you.

If after you email your resume and you get another email requesting you to fill out and email back a background check form that asks you for private information such as social security number, DOB and addresses. Identity theft is real.

Stevie J. Stevenson Jr. is a freelance writer and business owner. Contact him at NewsBlaze.

Published with permission, from NewsBlaze.com Current News – Ohio

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The Columbus Prostate Cancer Center (CPCC), a partnership between AKSM/Oncology and Central Ohio Urology Group, is the first ever prostate-only treatment center in United States to be awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology.

This accolade was bestowed upon CPCC as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

The ACR-ASTRO seal of accreditation represents the highest level of quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting specific Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards developed by ACR and ASTRO after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified radiation oncologists and medical physicists.

“Delivering the highest quality of care has always been a priority for the urologists within Central Ohio Urology Group.”
- Paul Kaufman, MD., practice president

“We firmly believe being recognized with such distinction demonstrates our commitment to quality and excellence, not only to our patients, but to the greater community as well,” he explained

The aspects of on-site survey, patient care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs were assessed.

CPCC received an unqualified recommendation which means there were no deficiencies that needed improvement.

AKSM/Oncology manages CPCC and is the market leader providing radiation therapy services in conjunction with urologists throughout the United States. It spent years planning and creating prostate-only treatment centers in partnership with urologists and radiation oncologists.

This  ensured that the highest clinical standards and protocols were adopted and implemented.

“Clinical quality is an ongoing process that requires diligence and commitment of all the parties,” said AKSM/Oncology National Clinical Director Donald Jackson. ”

Jackson also stated that CPCC is the first of numerous AKSM/Oncology-operated centers that will be seeking ACR accreditation.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 34,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists.

It has programs that focus on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services. ASTRO is a professional organization serving more than 10,000 radiation oncologists, medical physicists and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of cancer patients.

AKSM/Oncology has earned distinction for its radiation center expertise. It is a subsidiary of AKSM, Ltd. a national provider of technology and services for urologists since 1986.

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American Electric Power (AEP), headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has been named one of the most adoption-friendly workplaces by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. This is the fifth consecutive year the company has won the award.

AEP reimburses employees up to $3,000 per child for eligible adoption-related expenses and provides up to 40 hours of paid leave for new adoptive parents. Since early 2007, AEP has assisted its employees with more than 60 adoptions.

“We recognize the value of offering family-friendly programs to our employees and support them by helping defray the costs of adopting children,” said Curt Cooper, AEP’s director of employee benefits.

Information from nearly 500 employers nationwide was used to compile the foundation’s annual rankings of adoption-friendly workplaces. Rankings are based on the maximum amount of financial reimbursement and paid leave per adoption.

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit, public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in North America’s foster care systems. The late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s Restaurants and an adopted child, created the foundation in 1992. More information is available at www.davethomasfoundation.org.

American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. It ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. The company owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765-kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines all over the country.  The transmission system serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states as well as Eastern Canada. it also covers 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas.

AEP’s utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas).

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