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Can they make this a game I think not!If you were betting $1,000 per game with my picks this season you would be up approx 14,000 dollars this season. Good luck on your ideas too.Thomas NFL Mikee Moreland.. Ethics Panel Probe Finds Stem Cell Board Member Violated Ethical Standards;Warning Issued to Burnham Institute's John Reed After Consumer WatchdogComplaintSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ California's ethicscommission has found that a member of the state stem cell agency's oversightboard violated ethics rules when he intervened with agency staff members inattempt to win a research grant for his institution, the Burnham Institute forMedical Research.In a three-page warning letter for Burnham President John Reed, the FairPolitical Practices Commission (FPPC) found that "Dr. Reed intended toinfluence a decision that had the potential to affect his economic interests." In the letter FPPC Enforcement Division Chief Kourtney C. 7.Readthe FPPC letter here: http:// .The FPPC investigation began after John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's StemCell Project director, filed a complaint with the FPPC.Documents obtained bythe California Stem Cell Report's David Jensen, showed that after the staff ofthe California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) had determined thata researcher affiliated with Burnham institute did not meet qualifyingrequirements for a particular research grant, Reed improperly intervenedseeking to get the staff to change their ruling.When he wrote a six-page letter asking CIRM staff to change their minds, Reedwas a member of the stem cell board, the Independent Citizens OversightCommittee (ICOC).Members of the 29-person board cannot be involved in grantdecisions directly affecting their institutions.When the FPPC announced it would investigate Reed's action in December 2007,Reed voluntarily recused himself from all ICOC activity until a decision wasreached."I filed the complaint more than a year ago to ensure that the ICOC maintainsthe highest ethical standards," said Simpson "I hope Dr. Reed and all membersof the board have learned from this.Assuming they have, Dr.

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