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James Hamilton

St. Paul, MN
Commenter for
4 years 8 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 05/03/13 at 12:33 pm in response to Vänskä threatens to resign if Orchestra lockout lingers

There is so little data on the claimed correlation between between nurse-to-patient staffing levels and patient outcomes that we need to spend $250k to look at it some more? Dozens of studies have been performed, with no clear consensus.

See, e.g.,

http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/...

Posted on 05/02/13 at 03:45 pm in response to Miss Minnesota is junior prom date for young man with Down syndrome

http://stmedia.startribune.com/documents/Senser+COA+Brief.pdf

Posted on 05/02/13 at 11:33 am in response to St. Paul ponders future of Dorothy Day Center for needy

until there's no longer any need for it.

Posted on 05/02/13 at 11:30 am in response to Thissen: No vote on gun control this year

Cowardice.

Posted on 05/01/13 at 01:38 pm in response to Hunter mistakes a county cop for turkey

They are an acquired taste.

The opening paragraphs of Don Quixote:

He was cordially welcomed by the goatherds, and Sancho, having as best he could put up Rocinante and the ass, drew towards the fragrance that came from some pieces of salted goat simmering in a pot on the fire; and though he would have liked at once to try if they were ready to be transferred from the pot to the stomach, he refrained from doing so as the goatherds removed them from the fire, and laying...

Posted on 05/01/13 at 01:41 pm in response to Hunter mistakes a county cop for turkey

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/01/kentucky-5-year-old-gets-rifle-as-...

Posted on 04/30/13 at 05:17 pm in response to Brodkorb's Thursday pre-trial hearing comes with a twist

been dragging his feet getting this to trial, particularly in federal court, where cases normally move ahead much faster than in Minnesota district court. Then again, maybe he doesn't really want it to get there.

Posted on 04/30/13 at 11:42 am in response to St. Paul Superintendent Valeria Silva gets national leadership role

ambition, we could use all of her efforts here at home.

As a tutor in a St. Paul middle school, I see evidence of systemic failures every week, whether they be students who've never mastered basic arithmetic skills struggling to learn algebra and geometry, students being subjected to intensive, weeks long teaching to thetests as it comes time for MAP and MCA testing, or students to whom no one has ever spoken about such fundamentals as the importance of completing work on time or...

Posted on 04/30/13 at 11:19 am in response to Hostile reception greets Dayton at first metro-area ‘Meet with Mark’ session

for stopping in Scott County at all.

Posted on 04/30/13 at 10:59 am in response to New Vikes stadium will be 100 feet taller than Metrodome

can be exempt from Federal labor law requring overtime after 40 hours? Far more than you might think.

http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/minwage.htm

The Act applies to enterprises with employees who engage in interstate commerce, produce goods for interstate commerce, or handle, sell, or work on goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for...