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Luxury Pet-Friendly Suite Accommodation with Cozy Fireplace near Pescara, ItalySanto Stefano di Sessanio, Abruzzo (Italy)
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Accommodation Description
· Pets allowed
This accommodation comes with a king-sized bed and a wool mattress on an iron frame. The bed also contains four pillows, cotton sheets and a blanket with the designs and patterns of the region. Guests also receive shampoo/soap, a hairdryer, towels and daily housekeeping. This suite also has access to a living room stocked with liquor. Children at the age of two or younger can stay for free but an extra bed is $39 per person per night (baby cots on request). Read More
Accommodation Features
- Towels
- Bathroom
- Private Lounge/Living room
- Shower
- King-size bed
- Running water
- Hairdryer
- Linens
- Toiletries
- Wi-Fi/Internet
- Fireplace
This property contains a luggage room, parking, concierge, and complementary Wi-Fi.Read More
Guest Services
The property offers many services to guests:
General services: bookable business area, baby-sitting services, on-call medical service, mountain bike and snow shoes for rent, and a limousine-car rental.
Exclusive services:
Wellness Spa: a very relaxing and tranquil environment where guests can unwind and spell the many perfumed oil and regenerate the mind and body.
A picnic where a local craftsman makes a wicket basket which contains; wine, bread, cheese, salami, oil, water, fruit, honey and mint.
The Bottega dell'Artigianato Domestico gives guests the opportunity to buy artisan products to decorate rooms as well as handwoven cloth. Read More
Location + Surroundings
This incredible luxury property is situated in a fortified medieval village, perfect for those wishing to explore Italy's history. Using the original identity stamp which runs through every aspect of the project, it stays respectfully true to the culture and customs of its ancestors. The style recreates the traditions of a medieval village, from how the villagers lived their lives to the food they ate and the crafts they practiced with the skills they possessed. Over ten years of research, with the help of the museum "Genti d'Abruzzo," has been dedicated to recreating a true to life experience of being there hundreds of years ago. Read More
- Wine tasting
- Horseback riding
- Biking
- Winter sports
This property offers many activities that are exclusive to its guests, they include:
On the Pastures with Mimi:
The farm which Mimi has been working on as a child as a shepherd, hidden secrets of the land can be discovered on this activity.
Cooking Class:
During this two hour class, guests will get face-time with the Chef and learn all of the cooking utensils. Guests will also be cooking several dishes ranging from ravioli to "ferrartelle," and using local ingredients and a tasting session.
Bread Making:
Similar to the cooking class but with a more focus on bread items. Working with a local housewife, guests will prepare pizza and bread using the old traditional utensils and cook the food in the authentic wood-burning oven.
Pastry Making:
Guests will spend a couple of hours learning how to make different pastries including cakes, cookies, and milk biscuits, all cooked in an authentic wood-burning oven.
Weaving Course:
After receiving a short lesson on the art of weaving, guests will try making cloth with traditional techniques and instruments.
Soap Making Class:
Passed down from generations, the recipe to soap making has been kept alive at the property and guests will learn this recipe from a trusted artisan perfumer.
Accommodation Rules
- Check-in: 3:00 p.m.
- Check-out: 11:00 a.m.
- Pets allowed
- No parties
Cancellation policy
- You will receive a full refund if you cancel 24 hours or more prior to check-in.
Additional Information
Pets are allowed at this property and all bookings are charged on double occupancy.


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CHICAGO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The times they are a-changin', again.
Auto Data Corp. which keeps track of automotive statistics from sales to promotions, said the Toyota Prius has become the bestselling vehicle in California, the nation's single largest vehicle market.
That includes all other passenger cars, light trucks and SUVs purchased in the Golden State from January through September. Toyota sold an estimated 46,380 hybrids in California -- a quarter of all Prius sales in the United States -- in nine months, AutoCount, a division of Experian Co. said.
Sales of the Prius family of vehicles, the standard gas-electric hybrid, the v wagon, the less expensive subcompact c and the all-electric, rose 26.3 percent in California, compared to a 14.5 percent sales gain nationwide. Prius was 12th on the list of top-selling vehicles in the United States through September.
"It's one of the only non-luxury cars, that if you're a wealthy person, it's acceptable to own," Truecar.com analyst Jesse Toprak told CNN.
California, which requires automakers to sell zero-emission vehicles, allows properly stickered plug-in electric and natural gas-powered cars to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes on freeways, even if the driver is the only one in the vehicle. Hybrids no longer qualify for the stickers. State officials expect half 1 million zero-emission vehicles to be on California roads by 2025.
But the buying habits of Californians may be unique to a state where regular gasoline averaged $4.399 a gallon in mid-October, the second highest pump price after Hawaii, compared to $3.648 nationwide. The fuel prices are from the AAA Fuel Gauge Survey.
Hybrids became a common sight in California long before they were more than an oddity in the rest of the nation. Initially, West Coast motorists were more willing to take a chance on new battery technology in a warm weather environment than were drivers in the Midwest rust belt and Northeast where winters are long and harsh.
The 1.1 million Priuses sold in the United States in the last 15 years represent more than half of all hybrids sold. Toyota hopes to sell 220,000 Prius brand vehicles in the United States in 2012.
Newly released data tracking the habits of hybrid and all-electric car owners found many plug-in hybrid owners worry about running low on battery power. A survey by ECOtality, a startup installing 13,000 charging stations in 21 U.S. metro areas with Energy Department backing, found Chevrolet Volt owners plugged in about 1.5 times a day while drivers of the all-electric Nissan Leaf recharged an average one to 1.1 times a day.
Nissan sold only 5,212 Leafs through September, 27.8 percent fewer than the first nine months of 2011. Chevy sold 16,348 Volts through September but had to offer big incentives.
Generally, ECOtality indicated, plug-in hybrids stay plugged in much longer than required to recharge their batteries for the mileage an average driver expects to go.
The behavior is called "range anxiety," The New York Times said. But for Volt drivers it's "gas anxiety" because they typically don't want to run the gasoline engine that powers a generator to move the car and recharge the batteries.
"We never anticipated that a 40-mile-electric range plug-in hybrid would charge more than a 100 percent electric car," ECOtality vice president for corporate development Colin Read told the Times. "You have that gas engine that you're paying an extra premium for for a reason."
General Motors last week upgraded software on about 4,000 2013 plug-in hybrid Volt sedans to fix a computer glitch that could shut down the electric motor without warning while driving. A Volt owner's website indicated the problem affects Volts that were set up to use the delayed charging function and the car could be restarted after turning it off and waiting 2- to 5 minutes before powering up again.
"We're asking owners to bring their vehicles into their local Chevy dealer for a re-flash of the vehicle's control system, which should take less than an hour. Until then, we're recommending that customers switch to immediate instead of delayed time charging to avoid this inconvenience," a GM spokeswoman told The Detroit News.
The Honda Accord was the best-selling sedan in California while nationally consumers kept the Toyota Camry No. 1. Both companies have their U.S. headquarters in southern California.
Californians also prefer German luxury vehicles -- large and small. U.S. upscale brands Cadillac and Lincoln had less than 1 percent of California auto sales, the Los Angeles Times said.
However, California motorists made the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang the best selling performance cars, and the Ford F-Series truck the state's top-selling pickup followed by the Chevrolet Silverado.
By brand, top sellers in California were Toyota, Lexus and Scion, Honda, General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia and Chrysler.
H-P employees joining GM
In this brave new world where some cars have as much computer software as a personal computer, it's no surprise automakers are beefing up their ranks of information technology specialists.
General Motors last week said in the next six months it would hire about 3,000 mostly U.S.-based Hewlett-Packard Co. IT specialists currently working on GM projects.
For some joining GM will be a sort of homecoming. GM bought Electronic Data Systems Corp. from Ross Perot in 1984 and spun it off in 1996. H-P bought EDS in 2008. GM remained a big customer all that time.
GM plans to open four IT technology innovation centers employing about 2,000 employees as it moves 90 percent of its information technology work in-house from outside contractors, the Detroit Free Press said.
"General Motors is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in our corporate history, and ... IT is an important part of that transformation," GM Chief Information Officer Randy Mott told The Detroit News during a conference call. Mott was chief information officer at H-P when he joined GM in February.
Chevy to show off 2014 Corvette
Chevrolet unveiled a new crossed-flags logo for its rollout of the seventh-generation Corvette at the North American International Auto Show in January.
The Kentucky-built C7 Corvette will wear new crossed-flags on its nose, trunk lid and inside the cabin when the sports car debuts for the media in Detroit.
The logo can be viewed on the promotional website, http://www.chevrolet.com/one13thirteen.html.
"The flags are much more modern, more technical and more detailed than before -- underscoring the comprehensive redesign of the entire car," GM vice president of design Ed Welburn said in a statement.
The current C6 Corvette has been around since 2005. The next generation 2014 Vette goes into production in the third quarter of 2013.

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|2012-09-07, 22:18
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Location: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Lime Bell's powers apparently involves only reversing the target's personal time, not hastening it. This is due to her "mental scar" of wishing to go back in time to the point where she, Haru, and Taku were together for the first time.
I never knew that kind of mental scar could give such an overpowered skillset. Add LB's insane damage potential (Level 1 LB took only 3 hits to reduce Level 4 SC to critical HP!) and a boyfriend and a boy friend who could teach you a lot of gaming sense, and you got a time master who could kick butt when she needs to.
|2012-09-08, 05:58
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Join Date: Sep 2012
I personally really dislike Chiyu in this series purely over how she treats taku.
The 3 of them were friends when younger, then as they grow up chiyu starts to want to date haru who is not interested as he has such low self esteem so she settles for dating taku.
Then continually goes on and on about wanting to go back to when the 3 of them were just friends, effectively telling taku " lets just be friends" and yet she continues to date him only adding to his confusion.
Its this main reason I dislike chiyu, she continually states she wants to go back to the 3 of them just being friends and yet goes way out of her way to try and make haru into something more than a friend ( often without caring how she hurts taku in the process ).
Shes aware taku has feelings for her and yet:-
-Insists on using a short cable with Haru and not Taku when the 3 network
-References haru as her future husband when taku is in the room
-Spends her evening when becoming a burst linker with Haru and not taku who was her accel world mentor ( I thought inviting someone was meant to create a deep bond according to the series but havent seen anything like that yet between taku and chiyu )
-Lets haru see her naked in the shower.
-Takes off her top and tells haru he can touch her if he wants ( does that sound like something friends do?? ) Im also confused she didnt want haru to tell taku about the shower scene but didnt say a word about the shirt off scene...
So all in all, I dislike Chiyu!
|2012-09-09, 01:15
|Link #67
❤Ichigo 100%❤
Join Date: Jan 2011
I liked this character at first and hated Taku, but now the roles are reserve, except for liking Taku, I feel bad for the guy. He should just take off his glasses and make an harem of his own.
|2012-10-24, 08:23
|Link #72
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Australia
It could be a lot of things I imagine, since haru is all about speed which could turn into many things - in this case it turns into a 'lightning fast sword'.
Does the LN mention any of it? I'm reading it now.
|2012-10-24, 11:11
|Link #73
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 16
4 types of IS attacks: Range Agumentation, Movement Agumentation, Attack Agumentation and Defence Agumentation.
Your IS is used to fill your holes in your heart. So to know her IS, we must first delve into her emotional scar that created her avatar, which is that of wishing to turn back time to when she, Haru and Taku were still friends. She doesn't want to go faster or run from anything, so Movement Agumentation is out, leaving 3.
This can also be seen as trying to protect their friendship, so Defence Agumentation is one of them. Quite possibly slowing down time in an area around her to stop projectiles or various attacks.
Attack Agumentation is also a possibility, as it's been said that the best defence is the best offense, so perhaps something like
Spoiler for Grande:
Not too sure about Range Agumentation, seeing as how she is only really concerned with the 3 of them rather than anyone else.
|2012-10-24, 23:26
|Link #74
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Seems her IS only makes Chiyu more like the Accel World's equivalent of Orihime Inoue, huh?
AFAIK, enhanced defense is one of Orihime's buffs, and later on, she gained the ability to reflect attacks.
EDIT: About Range Augmentation, how about making her Citron Call able to heal more than one ally?
|2012-10-25, 09:01
|Link #77
Pleased to Meet You
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Philippines
At least, she useful not only as a "healer" but also a power level buddy.
|2012-10-25, 11:16
|Link #78
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Australia
And she is a GREEN color, so she'd definitely have defence augumentation and maybe range - she wants to extend her relationship with haru / taku? Pretty big stab in the dark but...
|2012-10-25, 11:35
|Link #79
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 16
Mmmm, maybe I shouldn't have phrased it as "the best defence is the best offense" but rather, her emotional scar is a way of protecting the relationship that she, Haru and Taku share. And to be able to protect, one must be adept at both defence and offense.
|2012-10-26, 02:12
|Link #80
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
I'm guessing this:
Range Augmentation: Area-wide Citron Call
Defense Augmentation: HP Regeneration buff
Offense Augmentation: Slow debuff
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The MLS playoffs may be at odds with the single-table format that dominates world soccer, and critics might argue that they devalue the regular season, but hot damn, can they deliver the thrills.
As this past weekend's conference semifinals demonstrated, there's nothing quite like a playoff game for creating heightened atmosphere, sharpened focus, and great theater.
We saw a surplus of all three this round. Let's get right to it.
Raging Bull
To put the case for the playoffs another way: Do you remember when (and how) the Galaxy clinched the Supporters' Shield as the team with the best regular-season record this year?
For most fans, the immediate answer is no.
But everyone is going to remember the Galaxy's semifinal first leg against New York this past Sunday. For a long time.
Seconds after the final whistle blew on LA's riveting 1-0 win, Red Bulls midfielder Rafa Márquez hurled the game ball at Landon Donovan, setting off what hockey announcers (and possibly Robbie Keane) would call "a good old-fashioned donnybrook."
LA's Adam Cristman was the first to confront Márquez. The Mexico captain responded with an attempted head butt and roundhouse right, both of which missed, as players from both benches beelined to midfield.
After everyone had been escorted to their neutral corners, the referee issued red cards to Márquez and LA's Juninho, who had piled into the fray and clipped New York defender Stephen Keel in the mouth (inadvertently, replays showed).
Juninho and Márquez will sit out Thursday's second leg.
The Undercard
The melee will grab more headlines, but the game that preceded it was wildly entertaining stuff, as both teams got after it right from the opening whistle.
Twelve minutes in, Keane corralled a sliding clearance by Keel, cut the ball back at the top of the box and curled a shot toward Frank Rost's far post.
The big German stood was rooted to the spot, as if he were certain the ball was headed wide, and the stadium seemed to relax with him—until, thwack, Keane's shot struck Rost's far post like a wake-up call. Only Rost didn't answer it: He waved feebly at the rebound while Mike Magee, on the doorstep, headed it just over the bar.
It was a sign of things to come: Just three minutes later, Magee controlled a curling pass from David Beckham on the left side of the box, and with Keane standing in a passive offside position (and distracting the New York defense), Magee lashed a shot past an unresisting Rost and into the far side netting.
The Galaxy weathered a furious second half charge from the Red Bulls—with Rost's counterpart, Josh Saunders, making several big saves—and held on for the 1-0 win.
The series shifts Thursday to the Home Depot Center, where LA are unbeaten (12-0-5) this season.
Houston, No Problem
There was no postmatch brouhaha, but the Philadelphia–Houston match at PPL Park had quite a bit in common with the thriller at Red Bull Arena.
It was an emotional affair, with one shoving match, six yellow cards and some controversy. There was also an early goal from the visitors (Andre Hainault's fifth-minute header off a Brad Davis free kick), and a second-half surge by the hosts thwarted by some excellent goalkeeping.
Two minutes after Hainault's opener, Sébastien Le Toux brought the home crowd back into it, volleying in a deflected chip from Michael Farfan to make it 1-1.
But the Dynamo went ahead again in the 30th minute, Calen Carr speeding onto Brian Ching's through ball and slotting home inside the near post just ahead of Philly defender Carlos Valdés' tackle.
That proved to be enough for Houston, as the Union had a penalty shout denied in the 55th minute (the ball may have contacted Davis' arm in the box), and Tally Hall made 10 saves to preserve the win, putting the Dynamo in the driver's seat heading back to Robertson Stadium for Thursday's second leg.
Rough-Luck Rapids
So much for homefield advantage: Sporting Kansas City made it a clean sweep for the visitors on Sunday, beating Colorado 2-0 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the third game of the day.
US international Teal Bunbury scored both goals for SKC, who are not only headed back to Livestrong Sporting Park, where they are 9-2-6 this season, but will also be facing a heavily depleted Rapids side in the return leg.
Colorado began the game without Conor Casey (ruptured Achilles), Pablo Mastroeni (concussion), and Jamie Smith (torn ACL suffered in the wild-card game just three days earlier). Incredibly, before an hour had passed in the match, they were down three more.
Striker Caleb Folan, defender Kosuke Kimura, and defender Drew Moor—the current MLS iron man, who had gone the distance in a record 69 consecutive games—all had to leave the match with injuries.
Rio Bravo
For all the wins by road teams this week, it was a victory by a home side that turned the most heads. Real Salt Lake entered their first leg with Seattle on Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium in the midst of a six-game winless streak. Sounders FC, on the other hand, had won five of their last six.
RSL did have Javier Morales, Kyle Beckerman and Will Johnson reunited in midfield for the first time in a while, and the trio helped remind everyone why Salt Lake were widely acknowledged as the top side in MLS during their CONCACAF Champions League run last spring. They won the midfield battle, and Morales helped create two goals as Salt Lake rolled to a dominating 3-0 win.
The Claret-and-Cobalt's second goal came off a bit of magic from striker Álvaro Saborío, who flicked Morales's 53rd-minute cross inside the far post with his backheel as Seattle defender Jeff Parke clambered all over him.
The third goal came from Morales's replacement, Ned Grabavoy, and it was huge: CenturyLink Field is an intimidating place to play, but even the raucous sellout crowds there may not be enough to help Seattle overcome a 3-0 deficit.
Then again, RSL saw both of their centerbacks, Jámison Olave (quadriceps) and Nat Borchers (knee), hobble off early, and could be without them for the Seattle trip.
As coach Jason Kreis said after the game (and promised to repeat up until the second leg): "It's only halftime."
That goes for all four series—and there are some entertaining second halves lined up this week.


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My Mom's best friend has a terrier mutt named Robbie. Whenever the two of them travel together, Robbie stays with us. They just returned from 11 days in Florida, and the house seems kind of empty without the sweet little doggie.
The last time I dog-sat for Robbie, I used him as my inspiration to take more walks. At least once a day, I'd grab the leash and go for a walk with him. Things worked out differently this time. I got sick a couple of weeks before he came, and the coughing and fatigue are still lingering. I simply haven't had the energy to take walks daily, especially not with the cold weather we've been having.
I took a walk with him to the corner mailbox the first day he came. My daughter needed me to mail some important letters and I didn't want to leave him home alone the first day he came. I also wanted to take him for a walk to help him get settled in. That's the routine we developed the first time I dog-sat; his "Mommy" left, he was sad, we went for a walk together, and he came home feeling happier and more settled in. Between the brisk weather and my state of health, that short walk to the corner was quite a workout for me!
I was simply too worn out to go for a walk the next day. Jack took him around the block a few times during this visit, but the only other time I took Robbie for a walk was Saturday afternoon. All 3 kids were away for Shabbos, so it was just me and Robbie in the house. I enjoyed the quiet time, but I still figured it would be good for me to get outside at least once that day, so I made sure to take him for a walk around the block.
Instead of walks, I usually put him on the cable in the backyard when he needed to go out. While that setup gives him far more exercise than it gives me, I'm still required to walk down the steps, bend down to hook him up to the cable, go back upstairs, and then repeat the process when I hear him barking to come in. Sometimes I'd go down the stairs before he was ready to come in and have to repeat it all a few minutes later. Sometimes I could get one of the kids to do this, but I still found myself up and down the stairs several times each day. Additionally, he needed his harness taken off at night and put on again in the morning. He resists getting the harness on, and it usually required two of us to get on- one to hold him and one to actually put the harness on. I got one of the kids to help me, but I never got two of them to do it without me!
Plus there's the activity that's part of my life even when Robbie isn't here: grocery shopping, carrying items up and down stairs, doing laundry, and cooking and cleaning. I haven't done any formal exercise for a while, but I'm certainly staying active!


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We have posted on the meanderings of the Norex case in federal court (e.g., here). After dismissal from federal court, Norex sued in state court. Norex Petroleum Ltd. v. Leonard Blavatnik, et al., Index No. 650591/11 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 2012).
In a decision that addresses several international litigation issues, the trial court dismissed at least one major action between the parties. The Court relied on the statute of limitations as imposed by virtue of New York's Borrowing Statute. A brief reminder of the power of that statute is warranted. See the general discussion of borrowing statutes in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and Trends.
In the Norex case, Norex, though a Cyprus entity, has in principal place of business in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The gravamen of the complaint related to alleged misappropriation of Norex's majority interest in oil fields in Russia that are owned by Yugraneft, a non-party to the suit. The defendant in the case, BP, allegedly took control (through a joint venture) of the oil assets that Norex claims were taken from it.
In moving to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds, Defendants relied on CPLR Section 202, which provides as follows:
CPLR § 202 Cause of action accruing without the state
An action based upon a cause of action accruing without the state cannot be commenced after the expiration of the time limited by the laws of either the state or the place without the state where the cause of action accrued, except that where the cause of action accrued in favor of a resident of the state the time limited by the laws of the state shall apply.
Because Norex was not a New York resident, the Court needed to determine where the cause of action accrued. Finding that the cause of action accrued in Canada, "where the[] damages were felt", the Court applied the Alberta two-year statute of limitations in tort cases. On this analysis the action in state court was time-barred.
The tricky part of the analysis, however, was whether the statute of limitations had been tolled. The federal action brought by Norex was, it claimed, timely filed even under a two-year statute. And Norex relied on CPLR 205(a), which provides in pertinent part:
New action by plaintiff. If an action is timely commenced and is terminated in any other manner than by a voluntary discontinuance, a failure to obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a dismissal of the complaint for neglect to prosecute the action, or a final judgment upon the merits, the plaintiff, or, if the plaintiff dies, and the cause of action survives, his or her executor or administrator, may commence a new action upon the same transaction or occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences within six months after the termination provided that the new action would have been timely commenced at the time of commencement of the prior action and that service upon defendant is effected within such six-month period.
The state action was commenced within six months of the dismissal of the Norex federal action. However, the Court found that there was no similar tolling provision in the Canadian statutory scheme. The Court ruled that the fact that the Alberta law was "substantive" and not "procedural" didn't matter; the Borrowing Statute required reliance on that non-New York law in any case.
Finally, the Court considered (arguendo) and rejected Norex's reliance on 28 U.S.C. Sec 1367(d), a federal statute that provides:
d) The period of limitations for any claim asserted under subsection (a), and for any other claim in the same action that is voluntarily dismissed at the same time as or after the dismissal of the claim under subsection (a), shall be tolled while the claim is pending and for a period of 30 days after it is dismissed unless State law provides for a longer tolling period.
The Court determined that this federal statute was binding on it. The Court however also found that New York's six-month tolling provision, being longer than the federal 30-day, meant that the federal statute didn't apply. And "State law", the Court found based on a definition in Section 1367(e), meant only states of the U.S., not a non-U.S. jurisdiction.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
If you've heard Carrie Underwood's new song "See You Again," you know it's yet another reminder that her faith is strong. In People magazine's new country special issue, she talked about the day she wrote it with David Hodges and Hillary Lindsey. "Everybody in the room — myself, Hillary and David — believes there is something greater out there, so we wanted this positive, comforting message," Underwood said. While the song is about saying goodbye, they tried to portray it in a happy way. And she does try to make her faith a theme throughout her albums, but not in a calculated way. "It's not a conscious effort, like, 'I need this many Jesus songs on my album!' but it fills a gap for me," she said. "Songs like this will mean a lot even after I'm gone." So while Underwood doesn't have a quota to fill, per se, I think her approach so far — with "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2005, "So Small" in 2007, "Temporary Home" in 2009 and now this new one — keeps that faith alive.


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Although raising money for needy families is always meaningful, this year's annual Ronald McDonald House Ride is going to have a special significance as motorcyclists start roaring from New York Mills on June 8. After this year's totals are factored in, participants are likely to have raised a total of over one million dollars during the twelve years the ride has been held to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Fargo-Moorhead.
"We're the world's largest benefit ride for the Ronald McDonald House," said organizer Scott Anderson. "It helps a lot of families."
Anderson said the ride first came about as a means of supporting a fellow biker whose child was seriously ill and whose family frequently stayed at the Ronald McDonald House when the child was being treated. Since then, the ride has grown into a regional event that drew 1507 motorcycles last year. According to the 2010 census, that's more people than the entire population of New York Mills, where the event is organized.
Anderson said last year's ride also assembled 3,476 pounds of pop tabs that took up 54 thirty-gallon barrels and equaled $2,008 in aluminum when they were turned in.
Suzi Karvonen, a member of the ride's board of directors, said the ride was one of the major funding sources for the Ronald McDonald House in Fargo.
"We're very proud of what we do," she said.
The event starts out with two live bands performing at the New York Mills VFW on June 7. The ride leaves from there at noon the following day and goes to the Wolf Lake before motoring to the Wadena Elks Lodge and finally returning to New York Mills for camping and concerts by two more live bands. For more information, visit the ride's website at www.rmhride.com.


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Chris Brown's Valentine's Day has been shattered by another legal woe – the R&B star is at the center of a new assault accusation.
Malcolm Ausbon has filed a lawsuit against the troubled singer, who is currently in rehab tackling anger issues, claiming the star and members of his entourage put him in hospital when a basketball court spat turned ugly last summer.
The plaintiff claims Brown bragged that he was a member of the Bloods gang and then charged him as he tried to back away from trouble after the court altercation.
Ausbon claims Brown and three others began to "strike, punch, kick, pull and stomp" on his "head and body".
In court papers obtained by TMZ.com, Ausbon alleges he ended up in the emergency room with injuries to his face, head, neck, back, legs and ribs, and he claims he now suffers from embarrassment, fear, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder.
Ausbon is suing Brown and 24-Hour Fitness, where the fight took place, for unspecified damages.
According to TMZ.com, a source close to Brown has acknowledged an "incident" on the court but insists there were no punches thrown.
The suit is the latest in a long line of legal woes for Brown – he narrowly avoided jail time earlier this month when prosecutors argued that his violent behavior during an alleged fight outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. last year proved the singer was an "increasing danger to society".
Brown is still on probation for his 2009 assault conviction following an attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Chris Brown's Valentine's Day has been shattered by another legal woe – the R&B star is at the center of a new assault accusation.


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The acclaim for chef Ludo Lefebvre is vast: Classically trained in his homeland of France, Lefebvre studied under some of that country's best chefs before moving to Los Angeles in 1996. After his move to the U.S., Lefebvre was the head chef of a top-rated L.A. restaurant by the age of 25; helped two restaurants become Mobil Five Star–rated; was nominated for the James Beard Rising Chef Award; and appeared on both Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef.
So it seemed only natural that the chef would want to open … a food truck?
"It's definitely another challenge for me, but food is food—why not cook good food on the street?" Lefebvre says. "What really excites me is to cook for the masses, to cook for everybody with a truck."
LudoTruck, Lefebvre's venture into the food truck world that was supported by food truck consultant Mobi Munch, soft launched in June before hitting the streets regularly in August. The truck is part of a grander strategy from the French chef: Growing his "pop-up restaurant" concept LudoBites, which operates only for a short time in various locations.
But Lefebvre's new vehicle is also part of a bigger food truck trend that is turning the entire foodservice industry on its head. Fine-dining and quick-service concepts alike are adapting to the fact that good food can arrive on four wheels, and increasingly, the general public is embracing it.
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Having lived in France until he was 24, Lefebvre didn't exactly grow up surrounded by street food.
"In France, you can eat a sandwich on the street; you go to the bakery and you buy a sandwich," he says. "Or you have some crêpes. But that's it in France. So I was really introduced to street food more here in America with the food truck."
The fact that Lefebvre moved to Los Angeles, the capital of American street food if ever there was one, didn't just introduce Lefebvre to the food truck scene—it threw him into the fire. More than 100 trucks cruise the streets of L.A., dishing out everything from tacos to banh mi to grilled cheese.
Lefebvre says he didn't invest too much in the thoughts of opening his own truck until this year, when he was invited to take his LudoBites pop-up concept to February's L.A. Street Food Fest. It was there that Mobi Munch offered to sponsor him, and the wheels just started to spin.
"When Mobi Munch approached me to do the truck, I thought, 'Why not?'" Lefebvre says. "I can bring gastronomic food to the streets."
It didn't hurt that Lefebvre had already seen skilled chefs successfully take their culinary expertise on the road.
"I really admire Roy Choi," he says, referring to the chef behind Los Angeles–based Kogi BBQ, one of the best-known players in the food truck business. "He was really the first chef to … put good food on the street."
The rise of "celebrity" food trucks is not lost on Mobi Munch, an upstart food truck business that provides operators with the infrastructure necessary to get their trucks up and running. Ray Villaman, the cofounder and president of the company who was once executive director of the California Restaurant Association and has worked with national quick-service chains such as Boston Market, started the company with fellow food businessmen Josh Tang and Aaron Noveshen in 2009.
Villaman says "high-visibility chefs" are the perfect match for creating popular food truck brands. In Lefebvre, the Mobi Munch team saw the perfect opportunity to get its project into the public eye fast.
"He saw the space of mobile gourmet food fit along the lines of what his goals were," Villaman says, "which was getting his food out to the masses in a convenient, mobile, flexible manner. So we decided to partner with him. We run the truck; he does the food."
The process of transitioning Lefebvre's skills and experience into a truck-based concept took about five months. From the beginning, though, there was never a question about what food would be served out the truck window. And it had nothing to do with Levebvre's French culinary background.
"At that time I was looking to do a fried chicken concept," Lefebvre says. "At Ludo Bites, I started to work on some preparation with fried chicken. The first one I did was a fried chicken on the bone fried in duck fat. We evolved the dish into a street-friendly version with no bone, always thinking how to make it easy to eat for people in the street."
Lefebvre says his chicken is "hand food," essentially a chicken nugget that is brined, dipped in buttermilk and flour, then tossed in spices before hitting the fryer.
He adds that just because it's fried chicken from a truck doesn't mean it's low in quality. Using his fine-dining expertise and combining it with what he says are "fresh" and "natural" ingredients, Lefebvre says LudoTruck ultimately provides the same kind of top-notch experience that a sit-down restaurant might.
"You know the thing is, on the truck, I'm cooking fried chicken, but I'm still using the same technique I do at the restaurant," he says. "All of the best techniques I learned in France with all of the best chefs. I don't jeopardize on the quality."
The beauty of LudoTruck, Lefebvre says, is that it accomplishes both of his goals of quality and reaching the masses. And it's delivered in a format that can stretch the entire city of Los Angeles.
"Now I reach a different customer: foodies, people who don't have too much money but want good food, people who have a lot of money but still want to come to the truck because of our fried chicken," Lefebvre says. "It's pretty amazing to just serve in the street and to put people together. That's what food is."
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As if social media wasn't already, well, social enough, a relatively new open protocol for securely sharing information between web sites, called OAuth, has received a major boost for broad adoption. Developed collectively by a variety of web giants and independent experts, every party involved has signed a covenant not to sue anyone who uses OAuth in a product.
Until OAuth, there wasn't much of a standard for allowing websites to exchange information or users to move their data from one site to another. The tools that sites like LinkedIn and Twitter have employed for sniffing your Gmail contacts for friends who may already use their services often require entering your Google credentials into a non-Google site. While many of these sites may arguably be trustworthy, a number of efforts collectively called "data portability initiatives" have launched to solve the problems of how to let users move their data between services, and grant secure access in the process.
OAuth is just such an initiative, and it has had the developmental backing of individuals and employees of companies like Google, AOL, Yahoo, Twitter, Pownce, Six Apart, Blaine Cook (formerly of Twitter, now at Yahoo), and Mark Atwood. Conceived in November 2006 with a 1.0 draft formalized nearly a year later, OAuth has been incorporated very recently by a handful of companies, with Google contributing to the movement by adding OAuth to all of its APIs last month. Yahoo also incorporated OAuth this month for the launch of Fire Eagle, its location-aware data arbitration service for social applications and services.
The OAuth protocol works by providing secure tools for one site (referred to as a "Consumer") to make a secure request to another site (called the "Service Provider") for a specific set of data without ever requiring the user to hand over their name and password. "While OpenID is all about using a single identity to sign into many sites," OAuth's site explains, "OAuth is about giving access to your stuff without sharing your identity at all (or its secret parts)." With such a widely supported protocol like OAuth gaining steam, it isn't hard to imagine a not-too-distant web where users can more securely allow Facebook to pull one's collection of Flickr photos tagged with "party," or Brightkite to scan one's Gmail contacts for friends who may be in the neighborhood. These kinds of data exchanges can be highly granular, customized by the user, and revoked at any time.
That hasn't been possible previously, though, as Eran Hammer-Lahav, one of OAuth's frequent contributors, explains on his blog: "The problem is that in order to implement specifications, the developer usually has to write code that uses some existing patents. It is practically impossible," Hammer-Lahav continues, "to know which patents are involved, but at a minimum, the developers need to know that the people who wrote the specification are not going to sue them."
Thankfully, a signed covenant to not sue over OAuth implementations is exactly what all of OAuth's contributors have provided. Exhibited in the new License section of the OAuth 1.0 specification, OAuth has been sanctioned for use by any developer or company, which opens the doors for a lot more secure data access and portability.


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Doris Wilkinson, Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky is best known within sociology for her pioneering work on critical race theory and the sociology of health and illness.She has a long and distinguished career of service to the discipline, personal and professional achievements, and public education outreach that together make major contributions to the public understanding of Sociology.She has served as President of the Eastern Sociological Society, Vice President of the American Sociological Association, President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems and President of the District of Columbia Sociological Society. While serving as Executive Associate at the ASA, she was awardeda grant from the National Institute of Education to establish a Research Skills Institute for women and minorities.In addition, she has served on the board of scientific counselors of the National Cancer Institute and was awarded a contract from the Southern Education Foundation to study black colleges and universities.
Professor Wilkinson was a pioneer in the desegregation of the University of Kentucky, enrolling as a freshman a few months after the historic Supreme Court Decision in 1954 and becoming the first African-American student to graduate in 1957.In 1967, she became the first full-time African-American female faculty member at the University.She earned a M.A. in sociology from Western Reserve University in 1960 and a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from Case Western Reserve University in 1968.In 1985, she earned a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.Professor Wilkinson became the founder and first director of the African American Studies and Research Program at the University of Kentucky and founded a Forum for Black Faculty, the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series and the Black Women's Conference.
For over 40 years, Professor Wilkinson's research and writings havehelped to bring to a broad public audience a sociological understanding of race and ethnic relations, class and gender, occupations and professions, and social change and social movements on university campuses and in the society at large.She co-edited Race, Class, & Gender: Common Bonds, Different Voices with Esther Chow and Maxine Baca Zinn, one of the first readers to examine the intersectionality between race, ethnicity, and gender.She edited one of the first works on The Black Male in America and Black Male-White Female. Her work is contained in Imagine a World: Pioneering Black Women Sociologists.With Marvin Sussman, she co-authored Alternative Health Maintenance and Healing Systems for Families. This book emphasizes that alternative health customs and practices do not have to be in conflict with modern medical practices.
Professor Wilkinson creatively uses "social and cultural history exhibits" as a public education tool to convey an understanding of sociological processes. While thumbing through a Lexington City directory from the 1920s Professor Wilkinson became interested in the subject of black physicians in Kentucky. Her curiosity led her to an historical analysis that included studying minutes from meetings of the National Medical Association, the black counterpart of the American Medical Association.This ground-breaking research culminated in a popular 1988 public exhibitionon "Forgotten Pioneers in a SouthernCommunity" that explains how, little more than 30 years after Emancipation Proclamation ten black doctors were able to establish practices in Lexington, Kentucky.In 1989 this social history exhibit was made into a semi-documentary by Kentucky Education Television and also became a much sought after display at local, state and national libraries and museums. Additionally, her research produced two general education reference resources, the 1998 Directory of African Americans in Lexington, Kentucky, and a Guide to the African American Heritage Trail in Downtown Lexington, Kentucky.
Professor Wilkinson is recognized for the "application" of her writings and research outside of sociology. In the mid-1990's, she joined the widely publicized U.S. Census racial identity debate.Her 1990 Society article on "Americans of African Identity" and 2000 Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare article, "Rethinking the Concept of Minority" have often been quoted in the print media.Her opinions have also been sought on "who should decide how a population should identify itself?"
Professor Wilkinson's accomplishments are particularly compelling when viewed from the exclusionary educational, economic, legal, social, and racial context in which they occurred.Her research connects with historical and contemporary issues of great public interest making her findings easily engaging to a broader audience.Professor Wilkinson represents both excellence in sociological scholarship and also in the "promotion of the public knowledge and understanding of sociology."


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Yet another big NFL star is undergoing back surgery, raising doubts about his readiness for the season.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday morning that New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul will undergo back surgery Tuesday. He is not expected to be ready for the start of training camp, but he hopes to be ready for Week 1.
The Giants later confirmed that Pierre-Paul underwent surgery, saying his recovery period is projected for 12 weeks. It's not hard to do the math: Pierre-Paul will have to hustle to be ready for the regular season.
In an interview that will air during Tuesday's edition of "NFL Total Access," Giants safety Antrel Rolle told NFL Network that a hampered Pierre-Paul still is better than most defenders.
"Eighty percent of JPP is better than 100 percent of a lot of guys in this league," Rolle said.
But just like with New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, there's no such thing as "minor" back surgery. Pierre-Paul clearly wasn't planning on this surgery or he would have done it earlier in the offseason to recover faster for the season.
Pierre-Paul was listed on the injury report late last season with a back injury, but it never was reported as overly serious. NFL.com's Albert Breer reported that Pierre-Paul had injections last year to deal with his pain. The Giants said Pierre-Paul was experiencing pain this offseason.
Pierre-Paul played all 16 games and was active in offseason work over the last few months, reportedly looking "slimmer" at organized team activities. With Osi Umenyiora gone, the Giants already had moved Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end. Kiwanuka looks like a starter now opposite Justin Tuck until Pierre-Paul gets healthy. Rookie Damontre Moore also might play more snaps initially than expected.
UPDATE: Pierre-Paul underwent a microscopic lumbar disectomy Tuesday at Marina Del Rey Hospital in Marina Del Rey, Calif., according to a statement released by Dr. Robert Watkins, who performed the surgery. The statement said Pierre-Paul is expected to make a full recovery, though his return to football will depend on how the defensive end responds to his rehabilitation regimen.
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The Bay of Eldamar was a wide bay in the coasts of Aman, on the western shores of the Great Sea. It was here that the island of Tol Eressëa finally came to be anchored, and for many years the Teleri dwelt on that island. Eventually, Ossë guided them across the windless surface of the Bay to its shore, where they dwelt in the haven of Alqualondë.
The Bay of Eldamar was visited long afterwards by one of mortal race, none other than Eärendil the Mariner. He anchored Vingilot his ship in the Bay while he entered the Blessed Realm on his embassy to the Powers who dwelt there.


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A dog belonging to a professional dancer touring with Madonna was shot and killed by police officers while they were issuing an arrest warrant in Brooklyn Tuesday, police and friends say.
The officers went to a home on Montauk Avenue in East New York in the early evening to serve a warrant to a 29-year-old man wanted in an open complaint, police said.
There, the suspect had a pit bull loose, and the dog bit one of the officers in the arm. His partner opened fire on the dog, killing it, police said.
"They came into the gate. He had the dog loose and the dog came out," said witness Micky Burgos.
The cop who was bitten was treated for minor injuries.
The dog belonged to a friend of the suspect, who was watching it while the owner -- a professional dancer named Stanley "Sheik" Mondesir -- wraps up his tour with Madonna in Los Angeles, friends said.
A witness said the officers had no choice but to shoot the animal, but friends said the dog was well-trained and cops should have tried to avoid it.
"The dog is a good dog," said Peaches Simmons, a friend of Mondesir. "I feel like if they really needed to get in the house -- that's why the need animal control."
Simmons called Mondesir to let him know his dog was killed, and said he was distraught.
"He started crying 'cause he had Stonnie since he's a baby," said Simmons.
The dog, named Stonnie Boy -- an apparent slang term for "get wild" and something Madonna yells onstage -- was about 3 or 4 years old.
People in the neighborhood said the dog was well-behaved and never seemed aggressive. But Burgos said the officers did what they had to do.
"I told the police officer, 'I'm sorry, it wasn't your fault,' 'cause the dog came at him," said Burgos.
Police would not describe the nature of the warrant that was being issued against the suspect.
Mondesir is a so-called "bone-breaker" dancer who has been touring with Madonna over the past year, friends said. He was also part of a popular dance crew, RingMasters, that appeared on MTV.


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The Hollywood Reporter via UsWeekly is reporting today that the Kardashian family made over $65 million combined in 2010! It gets even worse better as that amount is more than talented celebrities Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock and Tom Cruise made combined.
And just how did Kim, Khloe and Kourtney make $65 mil? The report states that amount was made from their reality shows, endorsements, product lines, public appearance fees and more. In fact, momager/pimp Kris Jenner is being credited for the girls' staggering fame and financial success.
"My job was trying to take my kids' 15 minutes and turn it into 30," said Kris to THR. Khloe Kardashian, 26, tells the mag: "My mother has just always been this 'Let's make water into wine' person…She knows how to take one small talent or ability and grow it into something huge."
Yes indeed, in 2007, Kris, 55, shopped around a new reality series when daughter Kim Kardashian, now 30, became the star of a sex tape with then-boyfriend Ray J. E! programming executive Lisa Berger admits the network almost passed on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but was convinced otherwise by Ryan Seacrest. "It has changed the face of E!" she told THR.
So does Mama Kardashian ever turn down any endorsement for the girls? Kris reveals she said "hell to the no" when a sex toy company that wanted to sign Khloe and husband Lamar Odom with a line of "vibrating panties, nipple rings and vibrators."
These days, Kim can charge up to $100,000 to $250,000 to appear at an event — and even $1 million abroad. She also commands as much as $25,000 to mention a brand in a tweet… All because of a sex tape.
In other Kardashian news, UsWeekly & E! News report that Kim and former BFF Paris Hilton finally buried the hatchet this weekend after years of feuding. It all went down during a Grammys after party on Sunday, when "Paris came up to her and apologized, and said she didn't want to fight," a source explains. "Paris said she was happy for Kim's success despite what reports have said — Kim was sweet and accepted her apology."
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Workforce Initiative
As the primary funder of long-term services and supports (LTSS) under the Medicaid program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicers (CMS) maintains a vital interest in the paid and informal direct service community workforce. In the past 10 years, CMS has committed substantial resources to improving the recruitment and retention of direct service workers (DSW) through its Real Choice Systems Change grants, Direct Care Community Workforce Demonstration grants and national evaluations of them, and the National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center. The Direct Service Workforce Resource Center, under the guidance of CMS, developed many resources related to workforce development including:
- PHI State Data Center - provides data and statistics about the DSW in every state.
- Coverage of Direct Service Workforce Continuing Education and Training within Medicaid Policy and Rate Setting - A Toolkit was developed to help states better understand and utilize the CMS guidance provided in a July 13, 2011 bulletin.
The DSW Core Competency Project
- Phase IIIB of the Road Map of Core Competencies for Direct Service Workforce Project Validation serves as the final report for the project and includes the fully validated core competency set. The full report includes:
- The DSW Core Competencies Companion Guide is designed to assist stakeholders in applying the core competencies to DSW development efforts.
- Phase I and II of the Road Map of Core Competencies for the Direct Service Workforce provides an inventory and overview of competency sets used across and within LTSS sectors.
- Phase IIIA of the Road Map of Core Competencies was conducted in collaboration with stakeholders to synthesize results of the competency analysis and reach consensus on a set of core competencies for direct service workers.
Overviews of Workforce Challenges and Effective Improvement Strategies
- A Synthesis of Direct Service Workforce Demographics and Challenges presents an overview of direct service workforce challenges and practices across intellectual and developmental disabilities, aging, physical disabilities, and behavioral health. It includes recommendations for action steps that could be taken in partnership across these different sectors to address workforce challenges.
- Strategies for Improving DSW Recruitment, Retention, and Quality: What We Know about What Works, What Doesn't, and Research Gaps provides examples of efforts that have demonstrated positive impacts in these areas by summarizing key findings from several national studies that reviewed the research on efforts to strengthen the direct service workforce.
- Finding Direct Service Workforce Information and Resources Online is a one-pager of helpful websites for people looking to learn about the DSW.
- Funding Direct Service Workforce Development Activities is a one-pager and checklist of funding sources to consider for DSW development activities.
- 2013 CMS Direct Service Workforce Resource Center Summer Webinar Series White Paper summarizes some of the common themes that emerged across the 2013 summer webinar series, "Celebrating Success in Direct Service Workforce Development," highlights successful strategies and recommendations made by presenters and commitments to action from participants.
- Building Capacity and Coordinating Support for Family Caregivers and the Direct Service Workforce: Common Goals and Policy Recommendations Emerging from the CMS Leadership Summit on the Direct Service Workforce and Family Caregivers is a white paper developed following the 2010 Summit on Building Capacity and Coordinating Support for Family Caregivers and the Direct Service Workforce sponsored by CMS, the Office on Disability, and the Administration on Aging.
- 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Direct Service Workforce Discussion Summary highlights main themes from small discussion groups at this 2008 symposium hosted by the DSW Resource Center (RC) with the support of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor. This event provided a forum for showcasing best practices in direct service workforce development, highlighted federal and state workforce initiatives, and disseminated research findings.
- Two short documents, were developed to provide easy access to basic information on DSW issues: Direct Service Workforce Background Information Handout and DSW Demonstration Fact Sheet
- The Need for Monitoring the Long-Term Care Direct Service Workforce and Recommendations for Data Collection recommends a standard minimum data set that states should collect across LTSS settings and different sectors of the workforce, including three basic elements: volume, stability, and compensation.
- Strengthening the Direct Service Workforce in Rural Areas contains a summary of the challenges of the direct service workforce in rural areas and strategies that rural stakeholders can use to provide high-quality long-term care services and supports.
- Cooperatives: A Growing Strategy for Strengthening the Home and Community Based Services Direct Service Workforce provides background on cooperatives. It examines examples of worker cooperatives in the DSW and considers the potential for their expanded use to improve recruitment, retention, and quality.
Workforce Development through Money Follows the Person
- Using the Money Follows the Person Demonstration to Develop Direct Service Workforce provides an overview of state-experience using MFP to develop DSW infrastructure and provides helpful tips for state MFP programs to advance efforts to improve recruitment and retention of direct service workers who help people with disabilities.
- Best Practices for HCBS Ombudsmen was prepared for the Connecticut Department of Social Services as part of DSW RC TA to MFP states. It contains an explanation of roles and responsibilities of Ombudsmen within HCBS, a state comparison of these roles, and best practices for advocacy and fiscal considerations.
- Quick Tip Sheet: Using the Money Follows the Person Demonstration to Develop Direct Service Workforce Infrastructure provides helpful tips to state MFP programs to advance efforts to improve recruitment and retention of direct service workers who help people with disabilities and older adults to live independently and with dignity.
Workforce Development Through NWD Systems/ADRCs
- Two starter kits were published to the DSW RC and Administration for Community Living Aging and Disability Resource Center Technical Assistance Exchange in 2013:
- These were accompanied by two summary documents:
- Issue Brief: Opportunities for No Wrong Door/Single Entry Point Systems to Strengthen the Home and Community-Based Direct Service Workforce
- Issue Brief: Connecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities with Personal Care Assistance: The Potential of NWD/SEPs at Hosts for Publicly-Funded Matching Service Registries.


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Review of Teacher Education in Scotland
Scotland's educational institutions have a long tradition and are among the best schools in the world. This clearly reveals that teacher education in Scotland is on a very high level and that it meets the highest quality standards. However, it is also true that the quality of educational institutions in Scotland varies greatly from one school to another. As a result, there is a lot of room for improvement in order to create a better consistency throughout Scotland and facilitate access to quality education to all young people in the country.
In order to be able to make improvements and elevate teacher education in Scotland to a higher level, it is necessary to review the existing system and both its strengths and weaknesses. The world has changed dramatically over the last few decades in both social and technological aspects, while the pace of change requires a continuous learning in order to adapt to the changes in all segments of life and to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to function in the society. And in order to enable the Scottish population to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in today's rapidly changing world, the Scottish schools should prepare young people on today's world and yet unknown future. This, however, requires appropriate changes in teacher education as well as the educational system as a whole because teacher education must not end at the Standard for Full Registration (SFR).
In addition to achieving greater flexibility in order to provide young people with up-to-date knowledge and skills, teacher education should also make proper adjustment to the latest scientific discoveries in respect to learning and education. For instance, the newest research has revealed that the knowledge and skills acquired during the first three years of life has a major influence on the individual's later life. This means that pre-school education should receive more attention than it did in the past considering that the youngest children were often left with staff who did not necessarily had a degree. Lowering of the age of puberty and adolescence is another important thing the educational system will have to pay more attention to in the future, especially in respect to the transition stages.
Lastly, the role of a teacher has changed dramatically in the last few decades as well. Teachers are still looked up to by young people as experts in their field who have the highest level of knowledge, training and qualification. However, they role as educator has been extended to that of a carer, psychologist, social worker and in a way, the second parent. As a result, teacher education should involve more cooperation with parents and carers. Many schools in Scotland have become more integrated into the community but the amount and quality of teacher-parent cooperation varies greatly from one school to another as well as from teacher to teacher. In order to achieve consistency in regard to the new role of a teacher throughout the country as well as to provide a "21st century" education to young people between 3 and 18 years of age, schools and universities are urged to establish closer collaboration.


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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jennifer Ludden.
The giant retailer Target continues to feel the fallout from a massive security breach at its stores. The latest revelation: Hackers who stole credit and debit card numbers also collected encrypted personal identification numbers.
NPR's Sam Sanders has the latest.
SAM SANDERS, BYLINE: Forty million, that's how many Target customers had their card information hacked. The breach took place over 19 days in November and December. In spite of this news, Brigitte Clark had no worries as she left a Target in Los Angeles Saturday morning, a cart full of groceries.
BRIDITTE CLARK: I feel about as safe as any - as we can be.
SANDERS: Clark says things like Target's security breach just happen. She says she'll keep shopping.
CLARK: I mean, I'm going to check my accounts like I always do on a daily basis, which is what everybody should be doing. I have not changed. I have always checked my accounts daily. The hackers are on it. So we have to be on it.
SANDERS: Clark's got a point. Those hackers were on it. Target recently acknowledged that on top of card numbers, customer's PIN numbers were also stolen. Those are the four-digit codes used to verify purchases on debit cards.
In a statement, Target says the PINs were encrypted, so they're safe. They say the only people that could decrypt the PINs are at Target's external, independent payment processor.
STUART MCCLURE: To me that's fantasy. I'm not quite sure what makes them think that.
SANDERS: Stuart McClure is the CEO of Cylance, a computer security company. He says those stolen PIN numbers can be decrypted by the hackers. They can conduct what's called brute-force decrypting, says Stuart, if they've got the right tools and the time.
MCCLURE: It just depends on how determined the adversary is and how committed they are to performing the fraud. You're probably talking about weeks or months.
SANDERS: Stuart does have some advice for people who shopped at Target during the dates in question.
MCCLURE: Either change your PIN now or just be hyper vigilant about your account and all the withdrawals that are coming out of your bank.
SANDERS: Outside of that Los Angeles Target, shopper Sam Choi says he feels safe shopping at Target. He only uses a credit card, which doesn't require a PIN. Choi does think someone should be punished, though.
SAM CHOI: Is this Target's fault? You know, somebody in their IT department probably needs to get fired, but that's about it.
SANDERS: Target stock's been down since news of the hack. And to keep customers in stores, it instituted a 10 percent sale on all items the weekend before Christmas. The company's quarterly results should come out in February. Those numbers might offer a clearer view into just how much this episode will affect the company's bottom-line.
Sam Sanders, NPR News.
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Of all the Practical Futurist columns I've written over the last four years, last week's piece on " Turning Books into Bits " attracted the very least amount of reader feedback. I'm not sure whether that's because people aren't that interested in libraries, or if the enormous transition described in the piece just didn't provoke many reactions.
Several writers, however, said that I should have noted Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/, which indeed I will. The oldest book digitizing project around, and entirely non-profit, Project Gutenberg now offers over 16,000 public domain books in electronic form, free for the downloading. And it's doing well: according to the site, over one million e-books were downloaded from Project Gutenberg in just the past 30 days. Not surprisingly, at the moment, "War of the Worlds" is the most popular title.
It was the idea of digital books, rather than the notion of new types of libraries, that brought the most reader reactions:
Mike Mustin, Richmond, IN: It is interesting to note that the printed book will have lasted about 500 years. Back in 1500 books were very expensive — and now we're on the way to ensuring that a real, bound volume will be as rare and expensive as it in that long ago year. Somehow, I think the experience of curling up with a phosphor screen (or equivalent LCD) will not be the same as doing so with a printed book. Time marches on, however, and we likely will have to bow to the inevitable. Only the eyestrain will remain the same.
Coincidentally, just last week I was on a panel at Yale, at the New Haven Festival of Arts & Ideas, called "Coroner's Inquest: The Death of the Book." The topic — rather overstated for dramatic effect — grew out of a National Endowment for the Arts study in 2004 called "Reading at Risk," which showed that literary reading — fiction, poetry, plays — was on the decline in the United States, particularly among younger readers.
The panel covered far too much territory to cover here, but the issue of e-books came up several times. I pointed out that the problem with e-books thus far is that we really haven't invented any decent reading devices — no e-book equivalent to the iPod. Such a device, however, is just a matter of time — and will probably arrive along with a new generation of adults who are as accustomed to the screen as paper.
Another issue that arose during the panel was that electronic searching tends to focus on isolated facts rather than analysis; Google or its competitors produce the exact fact you need, eliminating the need to page through a printed book, as well as seeing the fact in context.
Ironically, the next day at the American Library Association conference in Chicago, a fascinating Silicon Valley firm called Ebrary announced some new products for public libraries based on its Ebrary Reader. The biggest advantage to the Ebrary technology is that users can access electronic books one page at a time. Previously you had to download an entire e-book to see one page — Ebrary lets libraries deliver just one page, or a few pages, if that's all that is relevant to the search. And then you can link from that page directly to relevant pages in other books.
It's an incredibly powerful technology that opens up the world of books in a way that was never before possible. But it also fundamentally redefines the nature of books, fulfilling exactly a fear of the panel at Yale: that electronics will ultimately break the concept of the book down into much smaller units. As in so other traditional media, the addition of technology will mean that something is lost and something is gained. Those of us with feet on both sides of the transition can only hope that the latter will always outweigh the former.
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By Jessica Sayre, County extension agent for Horticulture
Springtime in Kentucky is a great time to get outside and enjoy the home garden. Every aspiring gardener should do a few things to have a successful season.
• Plan your garden on paper before you begin. Think about the things you want to grow and when they will be ready to harvest. Draw it out on paper so you can get a visual of what the garden might look like at planting and harvesting times.
The Harrison County Homemakers select a country to study each year. This year they chose to study the Philippines. The International Dinner committee has scheduled the dinner for Friday, March 28 at 6 p.m. at the Harrison County Extension Office.
Josh Shepherd, a Cynthiana resident who once lived in the Philippines, will be the guest speaker. The public is welcome to attend this dinner and hear about Josh's experiences and the culture and people of this country. Traditional Filipino cuisine will be served.
This hot and dry summer has affected our lawns badly. Most are wondering if the grass will ever return and in many cases it probably won't. It is evident that we have lost some of our grass in areas where the soil is shallow or was in direct sunlight during those hot afternoons. The big concern now is what should we do to insure a beautiful lawn for next year?
For the last few years the Central KY Area of Extension has held a Stocker Conference in Lexington. This year the conference will be held Monday, Oct. 1 at the Fayette County Extension Office. During the session programs will deal with health programs, marketing issues, and the upcoming winter feeding program.
The Harrison County Fairboard is sponsoring the Community Gospel Sing at the fairgrounds on July 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in participating should contact Barbara Yearsley, 1146 Ky. Hwy. 1842 N, Cynthiana, Ky. 41031 or 859-234-2963, Betty Stoner at 234-3794, or Kevin Strausbaugh at 859-608-6826 before June 30.
Letters are not being sent to churches this year.
Research studies show that the rates of physical inactivity are highest in the southern region of the United States. Men's Health in the state of Kentucky is quickly becoming a serious concern. Physical inactivity is a major reason for poor physical health for men. Kentucky is greatly affected by this lack of physical activity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that in 2009, 34.6 percent of Kentuckians were overweight.
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O'Brien leaves Penn State for NFL's Texans
HOUSTON (AP) – The Houston Texans have announced that they've hired Bill O'Brien as coach.
O'Brien leaves Penn State less than two years after replacing Joe Paterno. He returns to the NFL to coach the team with the league's worst record this season.
The Texans made it official Thursday. Penn State picked defensive line coach Larry Johnson as interim head coach while the search for a replacement goes on.
A former offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, O'Brien took on perhaps college football's toughest job in January 2012, joining a school rattled by the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Despite a lack of scholarships, a bowl ban, an overall sense of doom and player defections from the late Paterno's roster, O'Brien led the Nittany Lions to two winning seasons while restoring some tempered enthusiasm in Happy Valley.


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A local example of the move to using Google mail and apps in the university setting:
Notre Dame's Office of Information Technologies has teamed up with Student Government to provide current students with a new e-mail system though Google Apps.
"We are hoping the system will be up and ready for students to migrate in the middle of the summer, so we can e-mail students and get them to migrate their accounts before they get back this fall," said Katie Rose, project manager of the OIT's latest initiative.
Graduating students will also be allowed to migrate to the new system and OIT will eventually open Google Apps at Notre Dame to all alumni. Rose said that the timeline for allowing alumni to use the service is uncertain at this point.
"Right now we are working to create incoming first year student accounts within the Google system, and after we are done with that, we will be working to integrate existing accounts into the new system," Rose said.
According to Rose there is currently a team of about seven OIT professionals who are working to implement the new e-mail system.
"We know that students have not been satisfied with the existing system and have been asking for systems more like Google," Rose said. "Student Government has been voicing the same concerns."
The transition is happening quickly. Notre Dame announced this last week that it would shift to Google Apps over the summer while maintaining current student e-mail addresses. Other schools like Clemson, Arkansas State, and UNC Greensboro have already made the switch, as have international institutions like Hebrew University, Universidad Panamericana, and Nihon University.
Google's services, built on its worldwide network of data centers, can scale with little marginal cost, and as such represent a far cheaper alternative to having every school in the world host its own e-mail servers and hire the technical help needed to keep them operating. But, as the University of Washington announcement reminds us, those decisions can have a human cost, just as car-building robots affected the auto industry. Critics also wonder about the possible dangers of outsourcing so much information to one company and about potential liability surrounding education records, but such concerns aren't in danger of derailing the Google Apps express.
From a student perspective, the move makes sense, at least if campus IT operates with the same sort of "efficiency" and "uptime" that characterized my own school's in-house efforts. With another collegiate year behind us now, are those of you in campus IT worried about the impact that hosted apps could have on your jobs? Or is this a necessary shift that will simply eliminated IT grunt work and free people up for more interesting work?


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BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott football team now finds themselves at 4-2 (2-1 NEFC Boyd) after handing Nichols a 56-7 defeat at Endicott Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Gulls racked up 254 yards with six touchdowns in the running game while the defense held the Bison to 176 total yards of offense with just one touchdown.
After two weeks straight at home, Endicott hits the road for a 2:00 pm kickoff against Plymouth State on Saturday, October 13th in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Nichols, who dropped to 0-6 (0-3 NEFC Boyd), hosts UMass Dartmouth next weekend at 1:00 pm in Dudley, Massachusetts.
Endicott senior tailbacks Jared DiBiase (Cranston, R.I.) and Mike Wheeler (Hanover, Mass.) combined for 182 yards on the ground and five of the Gulls' six running touchdowns. Junior Cody Sinnott (Rocky Point, N.Y.) added 61 yards on nine attempts with a 15-yard score in the fourth quarter.
Through the air, Gulls sophomore quarterback Drew Frenett (New Bedford, Mass.) finished 14-of-23 with 164 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Both of his touchdown strikes were to senior wide out Mike Murphy (Chelmsford, Mass.) on 15 and 37-yard connections. Wheeler now has five touchdown receptions on the season.
Defensively, Gulls senior captain and linebacker Craig Lussier (Dracut, Mass.) totaled six tackles, four solo, with 2.5 going for a loss of yardage and 1.5 sacks. Endicott totaled 11.0 tackles for a loss in the game with 4.0 total sacks. In coverage, the Gulls intercepted Nichols quarterback Pat Viencek (Bernardston, Mass.) four times. Starters Peter Kallas (Beverly, Mass.) and Davas Wright (Fall River, Mass.) had one pick with minimal gain while interceptions by Jake Cox (Wrentham, Mass.) and RJ Lynch (Bellingham, Mass.) were brought back 26 and 15 yards, respectively, to give Endicott good field position on offense.
The Nichols offense was held in check for much of the game, but a 49-yard shoe string catch by junior Joe Lambert after the ball was tipped into the air by Gulls linebacker PJ Bandini (Waltham, Mass.) was returned 49 yards to the Endicott end zone to get the Bison on the board. Lambert finished with six catches for 71 yards.
Defensively for the Bison, senior linebacker Peter Curto (Braintree, Mass.) and sophomore linebacker Julon McCoy (Gardner, Mass.) tied for a game-high nine tackles. Early in the game, Curto and McCoy combined to force an Endicot turnover deep in Nichols territory as Curto jostled the ball loose from the Endicott ball carrier and McCoy recovered on their own eight yard line.
A 49-yard touchdown run down the left sideline by Wheeler put Endicott on the board first just 3:50 into the game. On Nichols' next possession, Gulls linebacker Andrew Holfinger (Sterling, Mass.) forced a fumble which was recovered by Gulls nose guard Marcell Cooper (Dorchester, Mass.). Endicott then drove down the field and went up 14-0 after DiBiase ran up the middle 10 yards for his first touchdown.
Kallas' interception set up the Endicott offense on the Nichols 19-yard line with 4:44 remaining in the first quarter. DiBiase rushed for 11 yards to get Endicott inside the 10 and then scored for the second time on an eight-yard dash over the goal line.
After Nichols scored to make it 21-7, Endicott's next possession was a four-play, 54-yard drive capped off by a 16-yard run by Wheeler to make it 28-7. Later in the second quarter, Frenette connected with Murphy for the first time in the game, a 15-yard completion with 1:24 left in the first half.
The Gulls received the first kickoff of the third quarter and on their opening drive of the half that went 73 yards, Frenette passed for 61 yards including a 37-yard strike to Murphy to put the Gulls up 42-7.
DiBiase's third touchdown run at 6:33 in the third quarter followed by Sinnott's 15-yard dash early in the fourth quarter capped off the scoring in this game.
On special teams, Gulls junior punter Dylan Rushe (Palos Verdes, Calif.) set a school record with 67-yard punt that started at the Endicott 25-yard line and rolled all the way down to the Nichols eight-yard line.


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Writing to his sister Phebe, Larry describes a soldier who died of illness and the difficulty of getting his body returned to Maine.
He comments on a skirmish with Confederate cavalry and the "unpleasent sight of the shooting of a deserter" near Fairfax Station, Virginia.
Larry wrote, "he had deserted 3 times and once he went over to the enemy and told them where our trains laid so that they might capture them, he was escorted to his grave by a band of musick playing the sad strain of the death march..."
After further description of the execution, Larry adds, "life is sweet but we know we must all of us die then why not die a glourious death wen there is so many chances to do so."
He wrote of the war, "...If the Rebs do not trouble us I think the Dogs of War will be put in their kenels this winter some where in this vicinity."
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