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PITTSBURG — Synergy, the first charter school to operate in Pittsburg, will have a lot more students attending when the school year resumes next month.
Planning commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved the use permit Synergy Charter School had sought to expand the campus to accommodate up to 300 middle-school students, up from the 100-maximum limit allowed when the school first opened a year ago.
"The need in the community has been established and we are getting larger," said Cheryl Townsend, co-founder of the school, which offers a project- and technology-based curriculum to help students learn.
Synergy opened its doors for the 2012-13 school year in a former Social Security office in Centurian Plaza on East Leland Road.
Under the use permit approved Tuesday, the school will redesign the space it now occupies while expanding into adjacent vacant office space to accommodate 11 classrooms, a multipurpose room and office space. An existing outdoor grass area that is used for physical education and elective course work would also be expanded.
Synergy expects to open Aug. 21, but that date may have to be adjusted slightly to accommodate the construction work that is going on to ready the school for more students, according to Townsend.
Synergy has about 250 pre-enrolled new and returning students at all grade levels, she said. About 80 percent of the first group of about 100 students who attended Synergy during the 2012-13 school year will be returning for the 2013-14 school year, she said. About 50 of the returning students will attend ninth-grade classes and represent the school's first group of high-school students.
Synergy expects to open a separate high school campus at a different location in the fall of 2014, along with a fully enrolled middle-school population of 300 students at the East Leland Road location by the fall of 2015, said a staff report that recommended approval of the use permit. The location for Synergy's separate high school campus has not been determined.
Contact Eve Mitchell at 925-779-7189. Follow her on Twitter.com/EastCounty_Girl.


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|Wear your heart on a stick
This Saturday Laura invited all of her students to a spaghettata. We were all asked to bring a contribution and the idea was that we would try out our best Italian phrases on each other. I decided to make a few nibbles to add to the antipasti plate. Both of these recipes make ideal finger food or canapés. The hearts on a stick could be what Franski is looking for for her wedding next May.
Biscotti di parmigiano
These are simplicity itself, although one or two seconds too long in the oven can ruin a whole batch. All you need is a pile of finely grated Parmesan, a flat baking tray covered with Bake-o-Glide or equivalent, a 2" (50ml) round biscuit cutter and a palette knife.
Place the cutter on the tray and sprinkle in ¼ inch (12ml) of parmesan - make sure it covers the whole area before you remove the cutter. The parmesan should retain its shape but you don't need to be too tidy about it. Repeat, leaving a good space between each as they spread as they melt.
Taking care not to jog the tray place it into an oven heated to 220 degrees C or Gas 7. This is the tricky part- the cheese will quickly melt and bubble and you want it to very slightly change colour but not too much as this will make the biscuits bitter. Remove the tray from the oven and leave the biscuits to cool and set hard. Carefully remove with a palette knife.
You can store the biscotti for a few days in a tin but I find that they never last that long.
You can make them into lollipops for a party or heart shaped for a wedding by placing a wooden lollipop stick into the centre of the parmesan shapes before you cook them, adding a little more parmesan to cover up the stick. Cook as above.
Another simple starter- Mix one large egg with 40g of finely grated parmesan and 2 tablespoons of cream, plus salt and pepper. Take a sheet of bought puff pastry and cut small squares just big enough to fit shallow bun tins (I find muffin tins too deep). Add 2 pitted green olives and a good spoonful of the mixture. Place in a hot oven (about 220 degrees C) until the pastry is golden brown and the filling has puffed up.

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Yet except for the Cervelo, all of these frames seemed to encounter resistance from riders on the teams using the brands. What was up? The frames were heavier, typically around 250-300 grams heavier than a frame designed without consideration for aerodynamics other than fork shaping, but with the UCI mass limit at a relatively beefy 6.8 kg, with carbon-rimmed wheels there's still plenty of room for heavy frames for bike at the rule-limited mass. And even with Cervelo, many of the riders chose the R3 (or R3-SL) over the SLC-SL, despite Cervelo super-engineer Gerard Vroomen's claims the SLC-SL was the far faster bike on virtually all terrain, even without a weight limit to equalize mass. The epitome of this was the 2008 Tour de France, where team leader Carlos Sastre flaunted the wind tunnel by riding the R3. He then won the yellow jersey.
The issue, obviously, was the feel of the bikes. Aero frames have a reputation for a poor trade-off between ride quality and stiffness. The Kestrels have a reputation for smooth ride, but poor stiffness. On the other side, the Ridley was said to be super-stiff, but an uncomfortable ride.
In the 2008 Olympics Cervelo released the S-series, with the pro-level frame being the S3. Now even more of the riders on Cervelo-sponsored teams were using this over the R-bike. It was the first aero-optimized frame to get relatively wide acceptance among pro riders.
But this was just the start. Scott revealed the F1 (later called Foil) at the 2010 Tour. The entire HTC-High Road team road the bike, with the exception of Mark Cavendish who switched back to his customized (extra beef) Addict bike after the first few stages. After the switch, Mark went on to win five of the final 15 mass-start stages.
But this year saw some of the biggest brands in cycling deliver the goods. First Specialized debuted the Venge at Milan San Remo, and the bike promptly won that epic classic with a rider, Matt Goss, who wasn't a favorite. All about the bike, right? Then Cervelo came out with the impressive R5, which looks a lot like a Felt AR but with a skinnier head tube.
Cervelo S5 from its most flattering view
Both frames showed impressive success in the Tour this year. Mark Cavendish rode his Venge to five stage wins, while Thor Hoshovd rode his S5 to two stage wins and a remarkable seven-day run in the yellow jersey (he started the Tour on an S3, but switched to a yellow S5 when he got the jersey). Hoshovd's reign seemed to validate Vroomen's claim of the benefits of aerodynamics on hilly terrain, as he against hope managed to twice cling onto lead groups of GC favorites to defend his GC lead against eventual winner Cadel Evans by just a few seconds.
So it seems the revolution was finally being won by the aero frames. After years of wind tunnel data showing that only a fool would take a round-tube bike into anything more competitive than a friendly bike commute, the pros were finally coming to their senses and the aero road frames were rising to a position of permanent dominance.
So when the dust had settled on the final sprint into Paris, how did they do in the final GC? In the Tour, top 20 is generally considered a noteworthy result: below that and a large number of the riders were burdened with other priorities, like team duties or focusing on stage wins, so actual placing is far less meaningful. So I'll focus on top 20. How many of the top 20 were on aero-optimized frames? Here's the result (from CyclingNews):
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 86:12:22 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:34 3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:30 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:20 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:57 6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:55 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:06:05 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:23 9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:08:15 10 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:11 11 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:43 12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:29 13 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:16:29 14 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:18:36 15 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:21:20 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:26:23 17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:27:12 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:27:14 19 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:28:54 20 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:32:41
The answer: none of the top 20 riders were on aero-optimized road frames (reference). Sure, the Garmin-Cervelo riders had the option of the S3 or S5, but Tom Danielson, Ryder Hesjdal, and Christian Vande Velde were all on R5's. And taking these riders as the prime contributors to their team's win in the team general classification, none of the top 3 teams in GC got there aero road frames. The team GC podium teams, Leopard-Trek and Europcar (on Colnagos) were on round-tube frames.
So what do you conclude from this? Two choices:
1. The fools! Every one of the top twenty would have been even faster had they seen the light of science and ridden aerodynamically optimized bikes. Wind tunnel data do not lie!
2. There's a lot more to bike racing than wind tunnel data.
It's remarkable, really. Every single test shows these bikes a substantial (on order 5%) reduction in wind drag from riding an aerodynamically optimized frame. Even if this is less important during crunch time on the climbs, the advantage, even while drafting, should be enough that it leaves riders fresher to deliver power during these critical periods. But the results simple don't show it.
Word is Cannondale and Trek will both enter the game soon. Maybe the aero-optimized frames will finally show their advantage. Or maybe the advantage is less than simple analysis suggests.


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Beem is a Windows Phone music app that allows users to tap into the Digitally Imported music site and stream various EDM radio stations to your Windows Phone. The popular DI.FM client has been recently updated to version 1.4 and has added Skydrive support to allow you to upload recorded MP3 streams to the cloud. Recording streamed music has been a Beem feature for sometime and with Skydrive support you can now use Skydrive to back up your recordings.
There's also been a slight name change with Beem. Beem Donate is now Beem Plus and has the full gambit of features. There will also be a free version of Beem that will have the standard listening features but not as feature rich as Beem Plus. The free version of Beem will continue to be supported and developed but will be more of a scaled back version.
Beem is a well laid out music app for your Windows Phone that delivers a healthy selection of tunes. The free version of Beem (currently version 1.3) can be found here at the Windows Phone Store. Beem Plus is currently running $1.29 and you can find Beem Plus here at the Windows Phone Store.


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In an April 7 e-mail, Robert Rangel, special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gave all Bush holdovers until the close of business on Friday to sign the agreement, which puts restrictions on post-government employment.
Politicos who refuse to comply will be required to leave their position by the end of April.
"Those who choose not to sign the ethics pledge and leave before April 30, 2009 (or those who choose to sign the pledge and are replaced after April 30, 2009), will be asked to submit their resignations, and the department will treat their separations as involuntary," Rangel wrote.
In December, Rangel asked political appointees to remain at the department until the new administration made a decision regarding their status. But in a Feb. 27 e-mail to those appointees, he recognized that some might be unwilling to abide by the ethics pledge.
"While Secretary Gates continues to encourage you to stay if possible, it is also understood that the post-government employment restrictions imposed by the executive order may result in a reassessment of your decision," Rangel wrote. "Whatever your decision, your willingness to serve and contribute to the continuity of the operation of the department will be honored and appreciated."
In his most recent e-mail, Rangel noted, "Individuals who decide to leave prior to April 30 will not be penalized by being placed in a disadvantaged position simply because they agreed to voluntarily stay beyond Jan. 20."
About 250 political appointees worked at the Pentagon as of December and many were asked to stay on past the inauguration. A Pentagon spokeswoman did not know immediately how many appointees have agreed to sign the pledge.
The pledge was required by a sweeping ethics executive order Obama signed as one of his first acts as president. Among the biggest changes are restrictions on the "revolving door" between government service and the private sector.
Internal guidance prepared by the Defense Department general counsel's office stated, "Once you leave federal service, if you were a senior official you may not communicate with, lobby back to, or represent another before your former DoD agency for two years."
The rule also applies to new political appointees who, for two years after taking a position in the Obama administration, will not be allowed to participate in any matter involving their former employer or clients. Similar restrictions apply to appointees who previously served as registered lobbyists. The pledge does not affect perfunctory or administrative duties, or social interactions with former employers or clients.
The agreement also states that with few exceptions, appointees cannot accept gifts from registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations for the duration of their government appointment.
Among those exempt from the pledge are career officials acting temporarily in the absence of an appointee to a noncareer position, those designated as special government employees, uniformed service commissioned officers, and certain Schedule C appointees who have no policymaking role and have been properly exempted from filing a public financial disclosure report, the guidance said.
The general counsel's office can waive any of the pledge restrictions. But, the guidance stated that "waivers will be granted sparingly with as limited a scope as possible."
Megan Scully of CongressDaily contributed to this report.


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[Produced by Bink! and Mike Dean]
[Intro: Kanye West]
Uh, uh
I love it though
I love it though, y'know?
[Chorus: Kanye West]
Put your hands to the constellations
The way you look should be a sin, you my sensation
I know I'm preaching to the congregation
We love Jesus but you done learned a lot from Satan
I mean a nigga did a lot of waiting
We ain't married but tonight I need some consummation
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
May the Lord forgive us, may the gods be with us
In that magic hour I seen good Christians
Make rash decisions, oh she do it
What happened to religion? Oh, she lose it
She putting on her make up, she casually allure
Text message break ups, the casualty of tour
How she gon' wake up and not love me no more?
I thought I was the asshole, I guess it's rubbing off
Hood phenomenon, the LeBron of rhyme
Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron
I'm looking at her like this what you really wanted, huh?
Why we argue anyway? Oh, I forgot, it's summertime
[Chorus: Kanye West]
Put your hands to the constellations
The way you look should be a sin, you my sensation
I know I'm preaching to the congregation
We love Jesus but she done learned a lot from Satan
(Satan, Satan, Satan)
I mean a nigga did a lot of waiting
We ain't married but tonight I need some consummation
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
When the sun go down it's the magic hour, the magic hour
And outta all the colors that'll fill up the skies
You got green on your mind, I can see it in your eyes
Why you standing there with your face screwed up?
Don't leave while you're hot that's how Mase screwed up
Throwing shit around, the whole place screwed up
Maybe I should call Mase so he could pray for us
I hit the Jamaican spot, at the bar, take a seat
I ordered the jerk, she said you are what you eat
You see I always loved that sense of humor
But tonight you should have seen how quiet the room was
The Lyor Cohen of Dior Homme
That's "Dior Homme", not "Dior, homie"
The crib Scarface, could it be more Tony?
You love me for me? Could you be more phony?
[Chorus: Kanye West]
Put your hands to the constellations
The way you look should be a sin, you my sensation
Haven't said a word- Haven't said a word to me this evening
Cat got your tongue?
[Instrumental Interlude: Mike Dean Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: Rick Ross]
Lookin' at my bitch I bet she give your ass a bone
Lookin' at my wrist it'll turn your ass to stone
Stretch limousine, sipping Rosé all alone
Double-headed monster with a mind of his own
Cherry red chariot, excess is just my character
All black tux, nigga shoes lavender
I never needed acceptance from all you outsiders
Had cyphers with Yeezy before his mouth wired
Before his jaw shattered climbing up the Lord's ladder
We still speeding, running signs like they don't matter
Uh, hater talking never made me mad
Never that not when I'm in my favorite papertag
Therefore G4's at the Clearport
When it come to tools fool I'm a Pep Boy
When it came to dope I was quick to export
Never tired of ballin' so it's on to the next sport
New Mercedes sedan, the Lex sport
So many cars DMV thought it was mail fraud
Different traps, I was getting mail from
Polk County, Jacksonville, rep Melbourne
Whole clique appetite's had tapeworms
Spinning Teddy Pendergrass vinyl as my J burns
I shed a tear before the night's over
God bless the man I put this ice over
Getting 2Pac money twice over
Still a real nigga, red Coogi sweater, dice roller
I'm making love to the angel of death
Catching feelings never stumble, retracing my steps
Produced by Bink, "Devil In a New Dress" finds Kanye using familiar religious imagery in contemplating all kinds of nasty thoughts about his girl
It's perhaps an ode to Amber Rose, Kanye's (now ex-) girlfriend and recent muse, whose figure could have only been forged in the Depths of Hell by The Evil One (in a good way…)
The title, of course, is a pun on the famous Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels song "Devil with a Blue Dress On", as well as being a reference to the 1995 Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle film Devil in a Blue Dress.
Fresh off of the success of his Teflon Don album, Miami rapper Rick Ro$$ spits what is often regarded as one of the finest verses of his career.
I got a call, they wanted me to be a part of that record. It was actually the last day before Kanye had to turn the record in, and I think that pressure just made it that much more special to me. So I just sat there, approached the record openly and as straightforward as I could. When I laid the verse, 30 minutes later, I was extremely happy. I sent it to him, and he was too. I think it was one of the dopest verses I did this year."


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Saturday morning, I power-breakfasted at the hotel restaurant, said hi to Caroline Pointer and a few others, and then was off to a full day of sessions. Caroline, Tonia Kendrick and I started out at Elyse Doerflinger's "Conquering the Digital Monster" session, which she rocked. I came away with several useful tips and apps to try.
Next, I attended Lisa Alzo's very informative "Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Immigrant Passenger Lists." Her presentation was excellent and I'm quite jealous of the records she's been able to find for her ancestors. I also attended a rather interesting session by Michael John Neill on a probate case with several unusual aspects.
I stopped by the exhibitor hall to have Megan Smolenyak sign a copy of her new book, Hey America, Your Roots are Showing! We chatted about Easton for a bit as she has visited friends here before. She's soooo nice! And such a rockstar. I attended her afternoon session on "Reverse Genealogy" — one of the best talks that I attended at the conference.
After that, I was a bit sessioned out though and could be found once again in the bar (imagine that!) with the usual crew. Amy Coffin and I went out to dinner at the Greek restaurant across the street. We ended up sharing a table with Stephen Morse and his wife — they're such a great couple. I can't say enough how much I enjoy getting to know everyone at these events.
Oh! I forgot to mention that on the first day of the conference, I also met Gena Philibert-Ortega and picked up a copy of her new book From the Family Kitchen, which she was nice enough to give me as a thank you for hosting a guest post from her on finding heirloom recipes and cookbooks.


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Srlsly. In what world are we living?
And spare me the "think of the children" bull. The problem is twofold in my opinion.
1) WTF are 12-yo doing unsupervised on the web with apparently no clue whatsoever? Surely they don't have their own connection, nor can they afford computers or smartphones by their own means whithout the parents knowing?
2) WTF can lead 40-yo men to such behavior? I mean they clearly weren't pathological "paedos", one even went on to post the images on the web. Are we really leaving in such a ridiculously prude society dominated by image that the only way for a (presumably/preferably overweight and social misfit) man to get his rocks off is to trick sub-teens into sending him webcam-standard "nude" (read "bare chest", probably) pics? (this is a rhetorical question.)
Also, how come that you get 20 years behind the bars plus a big red stamp on the rest of your life for getting tittie pics from a teen, when you get away with a mere slap on the wrist and a job for the feds for stealing a few thousand identities and emptying families' bank accounts? Would this guy have even been prosecuted if he had obtained a credit card number and expiry date instead of bare chest pics?
Will the girl be considered as a victim by her parents, and pampered even more, or will she get the spanking she (and her parents) rightly desserve? In the latter case, where can I get the vid? (erm, sorry).
Lastly, amongst the crowd of horrified parents who will no doubt ask for the guy's nuts, how many will actually learn the lesson and monitor their sprog's online activities? Or at least try and educate them? I'm guessing not too many.
This is pathetic from start to finish. The offenders are pathetic, the "victim" girls are pathetic, their parents are even below pathetic, and the way it's being handled is pathetic. Don't even get me started on the right-wing nutters who will take this as a reason to ban cameras on beaches or around schools, and to jail any male who happens to lay their eyes on their precious offspring in the street.


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Bulls exercise options on Butler and Teague
Both players will be under contract with the Bulls for the 2014-15 season
October 30, 2013 -- The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has exercised its fourth-year option for the 2014-15 season for guard/forward Jimmy Butler, and its third-year option for the 2014-15 season for guard Marquis Teague. By exercising the respective player options, both players will be under contract with the Bulls for the 2014-15 season.
Butler (6-7, 220), appeared in all 82 games last season and posted averages of 8.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 1.4 apg in 26.0 mpg. He also shot .467 from the floor, .381 from beyond the arc and .803 from the line. During the 2013 Playoffs, Butler started in all 12 games and averaged 13.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 2.7 apg in 40.8 mpg. In Chicago's first game of the 2013-14 season (against the Miami Heat), Butler posted 20 points, five steals, three rebounds and three assists in 29:55 of action.
Teague (6-2, 190), saw action in 48 games last season and averaged 2.1 ppg, 1.3 apg and 0.9 rpg in 8.2 mpg. He also appeared in eight playoffs games for Chicago last year.


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Get Your Polyester Power Hour Tickets!
The chance is now for you to trade in your points for tickets to the Polyester Power Hour Party FRIDAY 2/17/12, at Nitetown, Downtown!
Just click the link (this link will only work today) and trade 999 points in for the tickets. You have to be a member, but it's easy to sign up! Just click the Winner's Club link above. There are 10 pairs of tickets available for trade in today and ten tomorrow, and that's it! So quick, trade in your points and get your tickets now!
The 2012 Polyester Power Hour Party, sponsored by Moss Motors features the one and only Krossfyre! Also a Retro Costume Contest, Jingles the Clown, Kenny Champagne Photography. Doors open at 8pm, Krossfyre at 9pm.
More chances to win tickets on air all week and you can also buy tickets at Nitetown Downtown during their normal operating hours.
See you there!


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Pre-Application Meeting
Prior to submitting an application, an owner interested in the Mills Act should schedule a pre-application review meeting with City staff. The purpose of the pre-application review meeting is to confirm that the property qualifies for the program and to ensure that the application submittal requirements, and the mandatory terms of the Mills Act Contract are understood. The Pre-Application Meeting includes a site visit to review the conditions on the property.Contact the City's Urban Designer, William Crouch, at email@example.com to schedule a pre-application meeting.
IMPORTANT: Before the meeting, download and fill out the Estimated Property Tax Adjustment Worksheet.
Application Submittal
Mills Act applications are submitted to the Community Development Department. The application requires a "pro forma" regarding the proposed Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Maintenance Plan; drawings; samples; cost estimates; photographs; and any other materials or studies needed. City staff is available to assist with the application process.
Review for Completeness
City staff will review the submitted materials and determine if the application is complete. In order to be scheduled for a hearing, applications must be complete and include all attachments and required information, and fees. City staff may schedule a meeting with the applicant to discuss details of the preservation plan and any proposed new construction. Once the application has been determined complete, City staff shall schedule it for review at a noticed public hearing.
Public Hearing
The Mills Act Application will be considered during a public hearing and a recommendation will be made to the City Council regarding the preservation plan, any restrictions that should be added to the agreement, and whether the application for a Mills Act contract should be approved or denied. Applications will be docketed for the earliest available meeting or a specific date that is not sooner that the first available meeting if requested by the applicant.
City Council
Once per year, the City Council will consider entering into Mills Act Contracts as part of its consent calendar (no public hearing). The City Council may factor the estimated fiscal impact on the City as part of its consideration. The City Council may approve or disapprove a Mills Act contract request.
Contract Execution and Recordation
If approved by the City Council, the City will execute the contract and forward it to the County Recorder's office for recordation. The recorded copy will be returned to the City for submission to the County Tax Assessor's office for implementation. The Los Angeles County Assessor is responsible for calculating tax savings. The County Assessor reassesses Mills Act properties once a year.


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Sri Lanka is Still Young! Join us at World Bank Sri Lanka's Youth Open House!
Are you between 18 – 30 years of age?
Are you interested in a career in development practice?
Are you engaged in or would like to engage with a youth network working on Youth related development issues?
If yes, join us at the World Bank Sri Lanka Youth Open House, interact with World Bank staff and learn more…
Date: September 1, 2011
Venue: First Floor Conference Room, World Bank Colombo Office, 1st Floor- DFCC Bank building, 73/5, Galle Road Colombo 3
Please note: space is limited and admission will be on first come first serve basis. If you plan to attend, please send a request with a brief introduction to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. on Monday August 29, 2011. Please clearly indicate the session/sessions you would like to attend. We will then send you a gate pass to attend confirming your participation.


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My grandfather filmed Central & South America during a trip he and my grandmother made in 1960. It was his first trip back since leaving Argentina as a boy for Switzerland in 1911.
I was just informed today that We're Not Broke will be featured in year's Sundance Film Festival lineup. As I dream one day to have my own film at Sundance, it fills me with great pride that at least one family member is being recognized this year. Bravo Henri!


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Greece, Italy, Albania reach pipeline deal for Caspian natural gas
Greece, Italy and Albania have signed an agreement backing a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea to western Europe, intensifying the rivalry with a competing project.
The 800-kilometre (500-mile) Trans-Adriatic pipeline system, or TAP, would have an initial annual capacity of 10 billion cubic meters (353 cubic feet) of natural gas from Azerbaijan. The venture is run by consortium comprised by Germany's E.ON Ruhrgas, Norway's Statoil and the Swiss-based Axpo group.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the project would provide €1.5 billion ($2.02 billion) of private investment in his country, which is suffering through a sixth year of recession.
"This will change Greece from a second-tier energy destination to a significant transit point," Samaras said. "It will create 2,000 Greek jobs in the early stages of the project in regions that are suffering high rates of unemployment."
TAP is widely seen as a competitor of the Nabucco West pipeline, a separate proposed project that would transport gas to Austria via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. Both are vying for the right to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field to western Europe by 2019.
The Shah Deniz gas producers will decide in June which route to use to export their gas to Europe.
TAP officials said they did not yet have an estimate of the total cost of the project and added that, if selected, construction of the pipeline would start in 2015. The pipeline's annual capacity could be doubled to 20 billion cubic meters, they said.
Wednesday's agreement was signed by Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, along with Albanian Finance and Energy Minister Edmond Haxhinasto and Italian Development Minister Corrado Passera, while representatives of the Azerbaijani government also attended the ceremony.
"This is an important step for the diversification of Europe's energy supply and access by Azerbaijan to Europe's market," Passera said.
European governments are keen to bring Azeri gas to their markets, and ease current domination by Russia.
Kjetil Tungland, TAP's Managing Director, argued the venture would also spur other badly-needed growth-boosting projects in Greece.
"Projects like TAP signal confidence for other investors," he said.
The TAP route would connect with a pipeline in Turkey and cover 478 kilometres (297.03 miles) in Greece, 209 kilometres (129.87 miles) in Albania, and include a 105-kilometre (65-miles) undersea section before reaching southern Italy. It would run as deep as 810 metres (2,650 feet) below the surface of the Adriatic Sea.
The Nabucco pipeline, which would only run across land, would extend for 1,300 kilometres (808 miles).


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Title 30 TAC 116.716 - 760, April 7, 1998
Subchapter G Flexible Permits§ 116.716 Emission Caps and Individual Emission Limitations
§ 116.717 Implementation Schedule for Additional Controls
§ 116.718 Significant Emission Increase
§ 116.720 Limitation on Physical and Operational Changes
§ 116.721 Amendments and Alterations
§ 116.722 Distance Limitations
§ 116.730 Compliance History
§ 116.740 Public Notice and Comment
§ 116.750 Flexible Permit Fee
§ 116.760 Flexible Permit Renewal
116.716 Emission Caps and Individual Emission Limitations
(a) Emission caps. Each emission cap for a specific pollutant will be established as follows:
(1) emissions will be calculated for each facility based on application of current Best Available Control Technology at expected maximum capacity;
(2) the calculated emissions will be summed.
(b) Individual emission limitations. An individual emission limitation will be established in the same permit for each pollutant not covered by an emission cap for facilities covered by the flexible permit. In addition, an individual emission limitation may be established for a pollutant covered by an emission cap when the expected capacity of a facility is less than the expected maximum capacity to prevent a facility from exceeding emission levels appropriate for the proposed controls.
(c) Readjustment of emission cap. If a facility subject to an emission cap is shut down for a period longer than 12 months, the emission cap shall be readjusted by lowering the emission cap by an amount that the shut down facility contributed to the original calculation of the emission cap. If a new facility is brought into the flexible permit, an emission cap shall be adjusted by modifying the emissions cap accordingly.
(d) Insignificant emission factor. The emission caps and individual emissions limitation calculated pursuant to this section may include an Insignificant Emissions Factor which does not exceed 9.0% of the total emission cap or individual emission limitation.
(e) An emission cap will be readjusted downward for any facility covered by a flexible permit if that facility becomes subject to any new state or federal regulation which would lower emissions or require an emission reduction. The adjustment will be made at the time the flexible permit is amended or altered. If an amendment to a flexible permit is not required to meet the new regulation, then within 60 days of making the change, the permittee must submit a request to alter the permit and include information describing how compliance with the new requirement will be demonstrated.
116.717 Implementation Schedule for Additional Controls
If a facility requires the installation of additional controls to meet an emission cap for a pollutant, the flexible permit shall specify an implementation schedule for such additional controls. The permit may also specify how the emission cap will be adjusted if such a facility is taken out of service or fails to install the additional control equipment as provided by the implementation schedule.
116.718 Significant Emission Increase
An increase in emissions from operational or physical changes at an existing facility covered by a flexible permit is insignificant, for the purposes of state new source review under this subchapter, if the increase does not exceed either the emission cap or individual emission limitation. This section does not apply to an increase in emissions from a new facility nor to the emission of an air contaminant not previously emitted by an existing facility.
116.720 Limitation on Physical and Operational Changes
Neither operational nor physical changes authorized under this subchapter may result in an increase in actual emissions at facilities not covered by the flexible permit unless those affected facilities are authorized pursuant to § 116.110 of this title (relating to Applicability).
116.721 Amendments and Alterations
(a) Flexible permit amendments. All representations with regard to construction plans and operation procedures in an application for a flexible permit, as well as any general and special provisions attached, become conditions upon which the subsequent flexible permit is issued. It shall be unlawful for any person to vary from such representation or flexible permit provision if the change will cause a change in the method of control of emissions, the character of the emissions, or will result in a significant increase in emissions, unless application is made to the executive director to amend the flexible permit in that regard and such amendment is approved by the executive director or the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC). Applications to amend a flexible permit shall be submitted with a completed Form PI-1 and are subject to the requirements of § 116.711 of this title (relating to Flexible Permit Application).
(b) Flexible permit alterations.
(1) A flexible permit alteration is for any variation from a representation in a flexible permit application or a general or special provision of a flexible permit that does not require a flexible permit amendment.
(2) All flexible permit alterations which may involve a change in a general or special condition contained in the flexible permit, or affect control equipment performance, must receive prior approval by the executive director. The executive director shall be notified in writing of all other flexible permit alterations within ten days of implementing the change, unless the permit provides for a different method of notification. Any flexible permit alteration request or notification shall include information sufficient to demonstrate that the change does not interfere with the owner or operator's previous demonstrations of compliance with the requirements of § 116.711 of this title, including the protection of public health and welfare. The appropriate TNRCC Regional Office and any local air pollution program having jurisdiction shall be provided copies of all flexible permit alteration documents.
(3) Flexible permit alterations shall not be subject to the requirements of Best Available Control Technology identified in § 116.711(3) of this title.
(c) Changes not requiring an amendment or alteration. The following changes do not require an amendment or alteration, except that an amendment is required if the change will cause a change in the method of control of emissions, the character of the emissions, or will result in a significant increase in emissions:
(1) a change in throughput; or
(2) a change in feedstock.
(d) Standard exemption in lieu of permit amendment or alteration.
(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) or (b) of this section, no permit amendment or alteration is required if the changes to the permitted facility qualify for an exemption under Subchapter C of this chapter (regarding Permit exemptions) unless prohibited by permit provision as provided in § 116.715 of this title (relating to General and Special Conditions). All such exempted changes to a permitted facility shall be incorporated into that facility's permit at such time as the permit is amended or renewed.
(2) Emission increases authorized by standard exemption at an existing facility covered by a flexible permit shall not cause an exceedance of the emissions cap or individual emission limitation.
No flexible permit may be issued unless the distance and location restrictions found in § 116.117 of this title (relating to Distance Limitations) are met.
As part of a flexible permit review, or the review of an amendment of a flexible permit, or renewal of an existing flexible permit, the provisions found in the undesignated head regarding Compliance History in Subchapter B of this chapter shall be applicable to the facility, group of facilities, or account being permitted, amended, or renewed.
116.740 Public Notice and Comment
Any person who applies for a flexible permit or an amendment to a flexible permit shall comply with the provisions in the undesignated head regarding Public Notification and Comment Procedures in Subchapter B of this chapter.
(a) Fees required. Any person who applies for a flexible permit or for an amendment to an existing flexible permit shall remit, at the time of application for such permit, a fee as set forth in subsection (b) of this section. Fees will not be charged for flexible permit alterations, changes of ownership, or changes of location of permitted facilities.
(b) Fee amounts. The fee to be remitted with a flexible permit application shall be based on the total annual allowable emissions from the permitted facility, group of facilities, or account for which the flexible permit is being sought. The fee shall be $25 per ton with the minimum fee being $450 and the maximum fee $75,000. For flexible permit amendments, the fee shall be calculated based on $25 per ton for the incremental emission increase with the maximum fee being $75,000.
(c) Payment of fees. All permit fees for a flexible permit shall be remitted in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) and delivered with the application for flexible permit or flexible permit amendment to the TNRCC Office of Air Quality New Source Review Program. Required fees must be received before the agency will begin examination of the application.
(d) Return of fees. Fees must be paid at the time an application for a flexible permit or flexible permit amendment is submitted. If the applicant withdraws the application prior to issuance of the flexible permit or flexible permit amendment, one-half of the fee will be refunded, except that the entire fee will be refunded for any such application for which a standard exemption is allowed. No fees will be refunded after a deficient application has been voided, denied, or after a flexible permit or flexible permit amendment has been issued by the agency.
116.760 Flexible Permit Renewal
Flexible permits will be renewed in accordance with Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Permit Renewals).
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Authorities from around Northern California are searching for two Contra Costa County men charged with stealing more than $1 million in historic gold jewelry and artifacts from a county courthouse display case in Yreka.
Detectives from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office traveled to the Bay Area searching for the men, David Dean Johnson, 49, of El Cerrito and Scott Wayne Bailey, 51, of El Sobrante, wanted on separate $1 million arrest warrants.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office assisted in the search of addresses in El Cerrito and El Sobrante that turned up more evidence but did not lead investigators to either man.
Authorities say they stole nearly $1.3 million worth of gold and other items from a display case in the courthouse lobby in Yreka, the Siskiyou County seat and once a bustling Gold Rush town, during the Jan. 31, 2012 heist.
"These thieves stole a part of Siskiyou County history, which represents the hard work, sacrifice, traditions, and pioneer spirit which characterizes the personality of Siskiyou County and its citizens — past and present," Sheriff Jon Lopey said in a statement released Friday.
The entire collection was valued at $3 million and investigators believe some of the stolen goods have already been used to buy "high-value items," according to Lopey.
Authorities also searched a residence in Redding and one in Shasta Lake.
"They're not in custody. We are still looking," Siskiyou County spokeswoman Allison Giannini said.
She asked anyone with further information to call Det. Yves Pike at 530-842-8354 or the 24-hour dispatch line at 530-841-2900.
In March, authorities filed federal charges against a Hayward man suspected of stealing a Gold Rush-era jewelry box valued at $805,000 from the Oakland Museum of California on Jan. 9. He is also suspected of stealing gold nuggets and Gold Rush-era pistols from the museum in November.


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Dylan Alito took the win at this years San Francisco Downtown Throwdown. With a ton of shredders waiting for Tahoe to get blanketed with snow, San Francisco was a perfect spot for a fall rail jam to celebrate snowboarding and get stoked for winter. Lib Tech and Snowboy Productions have been firing up the snowboard fans for the past 6 seasons by throwing the Downtown Throwdown in Seattle and this year they also brought it south to the Golden State. The event was free, companies were handing out free drinks, there was a ton of free product. But most importantly, there was snowboarding. People definitely came out to support the event as many snowboard fans gathered around to enjoy the perfect weather and hot snowboard action. As one might expect with a downtown San Francisco contest, lots of interesting characters were lurking. It seemed as if quite a few of the fans vying for free product along with the kids were homeless or perhaps slightly mentally ill. Crowd watching was definitely worthy here and the homeless seemed to mingle harmlessly with the children. It was a warm, sunny day, and pretty much everyone had a good time.
The event was held in the shadows of city hall and a few museum looking buildings. It was a scaffolding affair with the options being a down rail, a pole jam or down flat down box into a wall ride/quarter pipe with a butter box set up in the flat. A two hour jam with a few breaks for course maintenance was the format used to determine the victors. Some of the riders were so amped that they were running back up the steps to get in their share of runs. The panel of judges included Sean Genovese, Chris Grenier, Zac Marben, Tim Eddy and Darrell Mathes; it's safe to say those guys know good rail tricks.
Dylan Thompson did an impressive cab 270 over the gap on the down flat down, a front flip off the pole jam and other goodness to get into third place. Nick Visconti got super tech with tricks like a hard way front 180 to switch 50-50 to back 360 out on the down rail and good combos on the rail and down flat down into the quarter pipe. Nick was hitting the whole course and got second for his efforts. It's entirely possible that Dylan Alito's Halloween attire scared the judges into winning, but his all out attack on the rails did not hurt either. According to Dylan "I tried to do every trick in the book I knew, switch and regular, went through the tricks and tried not to do things twice" Some of his tricks included a cab 270 on the downrail, back 270 over to frontside off the down flat down, back 270 on the downrail, switch back 270 on the down rail, some tricks on the butter box and a few tricks on the wall ride that involved juggaling his hatchet. When the event was done everyone was smiling and conspiring as to what kind of mayhem to get into on a Saturday night in San Francisco. You could say the event was a success.


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The World Health Organisation has backed the use of experimental Ebola drugs in West Africa, as the deadly virus continues to spread in Nigeria. Joel Flynn asks what limited supplies of the vaccine could mean for further containment and how stretched health services can handle further spread.
It's already the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola. The deadly virus has now killed a third person in Nigeria and there are ten confirmed cases. President Goodluck Jonathan holding more meetings with regional governors and health officials about how to limit the spread of the disease. SOUNDBITE: Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, saying (English): "Where they lack, the federal government will support the state to make sure that they have what it takes to contain the Ebola; it's unfortunate that one mad man brought the Ebola to us but we have to contain it." He's referring to Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer - who brought Ebola to Lagos from Liberia. He's one of the thousand people who've died - the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organisation now says unproven drugs can be offered to infected people. That includes U.S. drug ZMapp, which has had reports of success. Canada has also offered to donate a small quantity of its experimental vaccine for use in Africa. Marie-Paule Kieny is from the WHO. SOUNDBITE: WHO Assistant Director-General, Marie-Paule Kieny, saying (English): "There are some potential therapies and vaccines which look promising but which have not yet been tested or if they have not thoroughly in clinical trials." There are only limited supplies - just 10 to 12 doses of ZMapp, says the WHO. It's appealed for funds and medical staff to bolster health care in one of the world's poorest regions. The suffering made worse by health services that are struggling to cope, says the Secretary General of humanitarian organisation IFRC. SOUNDBITE: IFRC Secretary General, Elhadj As Sy, saying (French): "There will be no acceptance if stigmatisation increases, so we have to work on two points: more respect and more protection for the infected and affected people, which will lead to more acceptance." Preventative public health measures are crucial. Some countries issuing their own orders - regional economic powerhouse Ivory Coast has banned air travellers from the three worst-hit countries. And in Nigeria, bloggers and activists are trying to raise awareness about transmission. SOUNDBITE: Hexavia Logistics General Manager, Babajide Fadoju, saying (English): "The most important aspect of all viruses, of all problems has got to do with talking about it, because you need to know what's happening in order for you to tackle it." Outside Africa, countries from Peru to the Czech Republic have high security labs for Ebola. While a Taiwanese airport has held containment drills. The disease seems unlikely to spread in developed countries - but there's no sign of an end to the outbreak.


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So the Baltimore Ravens coach chuckled Monday at the notion that he and his brother, San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh, will be making history in Super Bowl XLVII when they become the first sibling coaches to face each other in a major professional sports championship.
"I guess it's pretty neat," Harbaugh said. "Is it really going to be written about? It's not exactly like Churchill and Roosevelt or anything. It's pretty cool. That's as far as it goes."
A year after the Ravens and 49ers fell short in their respective conference title games, both came from behind Sunday to win on the road. The Ravens won at New England, the 49ers at Atlanta.


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Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) has submitted to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) a draft request for proposals (RFP) for at least 200 MW of renewable energy projects.
The draft RFP, which is targeted to be finalized and issued by March 31, 2012, proposes the parameters for projects to deliver renewable energy to the Oahu grid no later than Dec. 31, 2018.
In accordance with PUC requirements, the RFP is open to any commercially viable renewable energy technology that can generate electricity on Oahu or on another island from where energy can reasonably be transmitted to Oahu via an undersea cable system.
HECO is seeking a total of 600 GWh to 800 GWh annually, which is equivalent to approximately 8% to 11% of the total annual electricity usage on Oahu.
For off-Oahu renewable energy to be delivered to the Oahu grid, HECO is also seeking proposals for an inter-island transmission cable system, interconnection facilities and other power transmission infrastructure. According to the draft, bidders may submit proposals for an independent undersea cable system or an undersea cable system together with renewable energy generation.
To provide the basis for evaluating all proposals on a competitive basis, any proposal for renewable energy to be generated off Oahu must include or be partnered with a proposed undersea cable system. The cable transmission capacity also would serve the proposed Lanai wind farm being developed by Castle & Cooke. HECO and Castle & Cooke have reached a preliminary agreement for the Lanai wind farm, but a power purchase agreement must still be negotiated and submitted to the PUC for review and approval.
The draft RFP will be reviewed by the PUC, the state consumer advocate, prospective bidders and other parties wishing to comment. The PUC is expected to appoint an independent observer to oversee the competitive bidding process.
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|Executive Summary (Stand-Alone)
|Preface: A Vision of e-Health Benefits for All
|Executive Summary
|Chapter 1. Introduction
|Chapter 2. Mapping Diversity to Understand Users' Requirements for e-Health Tools
|Chapter 3. Assessing the Evidence Base for e-Health Tools for Diverse Users
|Chapter 4. Strategic Factors in Realizing the Potential of e-Health
|Chapter 5. Partnerships for Meaningful Access
|Appendix 1. Environmental Scan of 40 e-HealthTools
|Appendix 2. Project Interviewees, Experts Consulted, and Reviewers
|Appendix 3. Chapter 3 Literature Review Summary
|Appendix 4. A Comparison of Internet Use and Health Status of Populations That Experience Health Disparities
Chapter 1. Introduction
The economic pressures of ever-increasing healthcare costs and suboptimal health outcomes are driving the search for new approaches to health management. Policymakers and the President now speak of the National Health Information Network and interoperable electronic health records as important and necessary instruments of health care for the entire population (Bush, 2004a; NCVHS, 2001; Thompson and Brailer, 2004). The President has also called for universal, affordable access to broadband technology by 2007 (Bush, 2004b).
Consumer-controlled electronic health records, or personal health records, are an element, likely a cornerstone, of evolving "personal health record systems" (NCVHS, 2005a). These emerging systems signify the growing momentum of the consumer e-health phenomenon, in which consumer engagement, decisionmaking, and tools come together to support and enhance health (Tang and Lansky, 2005).1 The Internet, in particular, facilitates the spread of consumer e-health and has become a popular public channel for finding health and healthcare information and communicating with peers and health experts (Fox, 2005b).
The idea behind much of the current policy interest in e-health is what is commonly called "personal health management." This term is used by an increasing number of organizations, thought leaders, and policy documents to describe individuals' responsibility for their own health (Connecting for Health, 2004; IOM, 2001; NCVHS, 2001; Thompson and Brailer, 2004). Although many, if not most, consumers already do much of their own coordination to cope with a fragmented healthcare system, the underlying assumption of personal health management is that individuals both want and will have to take even more responsibility for and control of their own health and health care.
The concept of personal health management refers to individuals' orientation toward their health, information, and healthcare services as well as their capacity to engage in tasks that require ongoing attention. Personal health management implies that everyone has at least some capacity, no matter how limited, that can be applied to decisions and actions about health. For example, highly "activated," capable consumers would regularly seek out health information, maintain or cultivate a healthy lifestyle, participate in shared decisionmaking with providers, monitor health conditions, maintain personal health records, and compare healthcare cost and quality. Less activated persons might perform these tasks less frequently, less systematically, or with less precision; or they might ask someone else to do it on their behalf.
This report focuses on the electronic tools that offer many consumers a broad range of integrated, interactive functions to enable personal health management. For those consumers who are least able to cope with the volume of health information, decisions, and care coordination, these tools—if designed and disseminated appropriately—could potentially ease the burden. The functions include the following:
Most e-health tools support several of the above functions, generally structured around a primary purpose such as disease management. The linking of functions makes it possible, for example, for Medicare enrollees who log on to the Beneficiary Portal not only to view their claims history but also to search the National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus for information on a health condition or to use a search engine to find a commercial e-health product to help with smoking cessation. Migrant farmworkers who keep family health records online with the MiVIA program (see Preface) could also use that service to e-mail the doctor, download nutritional information, or participate in a Spanish-language online community. The discussion of the attributes, strengths, and limitations of e-health tools continues in Chapter 3 as part of the review of current research.
Now that many e-health tools are available in the marketplace and public policy is increasingly interested in promoting their use, key questions arise: How much demand is there for these tools? How appropriate are available tools for a diverse public? Who will serve those consumers who are uninsured or are part of the healthcare safety net if the market does not perceive sufficient financial opportunity?
The purpose of this report is to identify and analyze the critical factors influencing the reach and impact of consumer e-health tools for this country's diverse population, including those traditionally described as "underserved." The report follows the concept of diversity proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM): diversity is a sociocultural process that represents the collection of life experiences, attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, sociocultural conditions, and capacities associated with an identifiable group (IOM, 2002).
The report addresses questions about what motivates and engages different users, reviews the research literature, examines e-health dissemination models, and identifies gaps and opportunities in policy, tool development, research, and dissemination. The report is based on review and analysis of the scientific literature; published and unpublished studies and reports on health communication, consumer e-health, health information seeking, Internet access, and health information issues for minority groups; publicly available survey research; field reports; expert input, including one-on-one interviews, group conference calls, in-person meetings, and document review; environmental scans of publicly available consumer-oriented e-health tools; and interviews with e-health tool developers.
This study found that, even as more consumers become comfortable with the Internet as a health resource, questions remain about the utility of e-health tools for this country's diverse population. The report proposes that not enough tools are yet designed and disseminated with end users' experiences, requirements, and capacities in mind. It concludes that extending the impact and benefits of these technologies requires public leadership, robust public-private partnerships, and consumer-centric research, analysis, and strategies. The entire effort must be connected to the disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the nation that are articulated in Healthy People 2010 (HHS, 2000), as well as to the Government's goals for the emerging National Health Information Network (Thompson and Brailer, 2004).
There is little doubt that all Americans need good resources to help them manage their health, along with the skills and support to use the resources effectively. Powerful forces and trends are converging in health care, employment-based insurance, and public policy to create challenging conditions for all users of the healthcare system. Healthcare costs are growing, and more and more costs are being shifted to consumers. Americans are more likely to live with multiple chronic diseases and less likely to have adequate health insurance. Meanwhile, healthcare providers increasingly expect patients to use Internet-based technologies, including PHRs, and to engage in sophisticated health management activities. Any one of these forces can be challenging for consumers; in combination, they can create financial, technological, and informational demands that for many could be overwhelming.
e-Health technologies are meant to help consumers confront these demands; indeed, it will be difficult to confront some of them without e-health tools. Some segments of the population, however, are not ready or able to perform the personal health management roles into which they are being cast. Especially vulnerable are those who are not yet persuaded of the value of e-health, often because they do not see it as relevant to their lives or they have serious concerns about the privacy of personal information; those who do not have meaningful access to technology solutions; those who do not yet have the capacities to use information or technology effectively; and those for whom available technology solutions are currently inappropriate. The concern of many Americans about the privacy of their personal health data imposes a serious barrier to adoption (California HealthCare Foundation, 2005).
Appropriate and effective tools are not yet available to many Americans, either because the tools have not yet been developed or because dissemination mechanisms are inadequate. Research indicates that, at present, the health information system—both print and digital—is inadequate to serve many Americans (IOM, 2002, 2004). Available health information is often needlessly jargon-filled, dense and complex, and in many cases not in the right language, style, or format for the intended beneficiaries of the information (HHS, 2003). The limited literacy skills of many segments of the population make it difficult for them to find and understand basic health information, engage in informed decisionmaking, and manage the consequences of their decisions (IOM, 2002, 2004; Shaller, 2005).
The reliability of health information available to the public has also been questioned; the quality of Internet-based health resources, as well as health information in the mass media, has been a major preoccupation of health professionals (Eysenbach, Powell, Kuss, et al., 2002; Seidman, Steinwachs, and Rubin, 2004).
Furthermore, the need for technology skills to use Internet-based e-health tools, such as PHRs and disease management and behavior change applications, will potentially challenge the public's capacities and further expose the limitations of current approaches.
Taking all these challenges into consideration, this study identified four requirements for a population-scale strategy for e-health tools.
The intended audiences for this report are all the stakeholder groups discussed in the report, including policymakers, healthcare providers, public health professionals, health services and social science researchers, community-based organizations, consumer advocacy and voluntary health organizations, developers and funders of e-health tools, and consumers. This report will be successful if it draws fresh attention to the challenges of e-health as a population strategy; motivates stakeholders to contribute to the realization of the vision; stimulates collaboration and agenda-setting by stakeholder groups; and creates support for the linkage of research, dissemination, and evaluation.
Foundations of the Present Study
The elements of the vision informing the present study have emerged over the last decade. The process has accelerated in the last few years with the release of major reports from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (NCVHS, 2001, 2005b; Thompson and Brailer, 2004). New efforts focused on the promotion and deployment of PHRs as potentially transformative tools for consumers have created additional momentum (Connecting for Health, 2004). In general, these reports call for combinations of more research and joint action in the public interest. Today, the potential recognized by the earliest reports and the conditions conducive to a population-scale vision for e-health are more promising than ever. Still, many gaps remain.
McGinnis, Deering, and Patrick made the case for the public health interest in emerging information and communication technologies for prevention more than a decade ago (1995). They challenged the public health sector to contribute to building a national infrastructure that would benefit all Americans and serve primarily health, rather than commercial, interests. They described the information and communication components of prevention and connected the investment in these components to the achievement of Healthy People goals. The role of Government, they proposed, is to ensure that everyone has the ability to get reliable information in a way they can use. These issues became embodied in the first-ever national health communication objectives as part of Healthy People 2010. The Healthy People 2010 Health Communication Focus Area includes objectives on Internet access, the quality of health Web sites, health literacy improvement, the quality of provider-patient interactions, and research and evaluation of communication programs and interventions (HHS, 2000). The communication objectives also inform and support achievement of many other objectives in Healthy People 2010, which number more than 400.
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of HHS and the Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health followed this call to action with an assessment of the interactive health communication field. The Panel defined interactive health communication as the "interaction of an individual—consumer, patient, caregiver, or professional—with or through an electronic device or communication technology to access or transmit health information, or to receive or provide guidance and support on a health-related issue" (HHS, 1999, p. 8). The Panel found that national policy debates mainly focused on healthcare providers and their use of information technologies in healthcare delivery. Discussions of how consumers, patients, and caregivers would use interactive technologies to manage and improve their health were far less common.
The Science Panel identified several groups of stakeholders that, in their words, "need to participate in . . . application development, evaluation, and quality assurance if meaningful evolution and quality improvement . . . is to occur" (HHS, 1999, p. 61). Each of these stakeholder groups has its own perspectives and responsibilities as part of the process. The Panel acknowledged that, in many cases, consumers were the most "vulnerable" of the stakeholder groups because they have no common base of knowledge and abilities for using interactive health communication applications. Also, consumers typically do not have ready access to the policymaking and technology development processes, although the American Health Information Community, an advisory body to HHS, includes consumer representation and solicits consumer input.
Three years after the Science Panel issued its report, the IOM Committee on Communication for Behavior Change in the 21st Century found that although there had been rapid growth in the availability of new media, little reliable research on consumer, patient, and caregiver use of interactive health communication technologies existed in the published literature (IOM, 2002). The Committee also concluded, as had the Science Panel, that there is little solid information about how diverse users will engage with the Internet and other new technologies for behavior change or other purposes. This same theme was echoed in 2003 in the introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Health Psychology on e-health. The editors noted that e-health was still more promise than reality. They challenged health communication and public health professionals to use e-health technologies "to do better" than in the past to create meaningful health communication interventions that successfully change behavior and improve health (Neuhauser and Kreps, 2003). "Doing better," they said, entails creating e-health tools that are "participatory, deeply meaningful, empathetic, empowering, interactive, personally relevant, contextually situated, credible, and convenient" (Neuhauser and Kreps, 2003). This list of attributes provides an important frame of reference for the present study.
About This Report: Questions and Findings
This report considers "diversity" to be a key concept in the analysis of the e-health tool phenomenon. Diversity- and consumer-centered analysis suggests that in a population, there will be a range of attitudes, beliefs, values, expectations, and experience with information, technology, and health management. Methods for assessing the role of diversity engage consumers in the research process and probe those factors that shape attitudes, beliefs, values, expectations, and experiences.
In contrast, most research and funding to date have focused on individually and medically oriented technologies that emphasize individual behavior change and chronic disease management (Eng, 2004). Little attention has been paid to units of analysis—such as audiences, communities, or populations—that might be more revealing on questions of diversity, communication, and technology use.
Meanwhile, as discussed above, an environment is evolving in which most Americans will be expected to manage their health using sophisticated tools. Market and research environments are offering a host of resources, and digital technology has made possible an unprecedented level of attention to individual and community needs and interests. These developments translate into potential for improving health on a population scale using targeted e-health tools. This potential is not likely to be realized, however, if market forces or fragmented public-sector efforts are allowed to drive the e-health phenomenon.
The goal of a serious consumer e-health initiative, therefore, would be to create the conditions to enable the use of appropriate technologies to accommodate diversity, focus on end users, and promote population health. The impact and benefits of consumer e-health tools can be enhanced through a combination of creative visioning, strategy development, resource targeting, and collaboration. All efforts in this direction should take a consumer-centric approach and leverage the many interests to be served by enabling more Americans to use e-health tools.
Questions Addressed by the Report
The present study was animated by five major questions relating to e-health access, availability, appropriateness, acceptability, and outcomes for diverse consumers. These dimensions for assessing the e-health phenomenon are identified in other reports (IOM, 2002; HHS, 1999). This study explored the following questions:
The project team took a critical approach to these questions in order to get below the surface of e-health to examine gaps between promise and reality. The study identified or confirmed several encouraging trends in the consumer e-health space, many of which are familiar to observers. These trends include mounting evidence of the effectiveness of specific e-health tools, a dynamic commercial and research enterprise, a wide variety in the types of e-health tools, and creative initiatives to connect diverse communities with technologies that could be employed for health purposes. What is unique about the present study is its attention to communication and usability factors and the role of diversity as critical dimensions of evolving e-health policies, research agendas, and population-based strategies.
Findings of the Study
The study generated a set of findings that highlight key areas for further analysis, discussion, and strategic action. Importantly, the conditions described in the findings are not fixed; consumer e-health is a fluid and still relatively undefined phenomenon.
In contrast, large segments of the population are savvy about digital technologies in general but largely unfamiliar with the range of e-health tools available for health management. Health information Web sites, search engines, and online support and chat groups, all of which have evolved largely outside the traditional healthcare sector, have been the main instruments of self-management for the mass of consumers. Blogs and podcasts are new forms of learning, expression, and connection among healthcare consumers (Sarasohn-Kahn, 2005). Although e-health tools are embedded in a broad shift toward a digital culture, health care as a sector has been slow to adapt to the fast-paced, user-centric world of the Internet. The healthcare sector also has been slow to develop tools that are accessible through popular media, such as cell phones and pagers, both of which have high usage that cuts across socioeconomic lines.
Consumer e-health tools and personal health management are emerging in an environment in which different orientations to digital culture have formed as consumers acquire experiences with (or avoid) other uses of the Internet. These orientations create new segments and require new ways of thinking about who will and who will not use e-health tools and for what purposes, especially when members of the population have such differing capacities to use information and technologies.
If e-health tools are to contribute to personal health management and public health in a measurable way, users and their requirements will need to be at the center of the design and dissemination process. Chapter 2 of the report explores these issues.
e-Health developers and researchers have identified problems caused by the shortage of sustainable business models for e-health, and they have ideas about solutions (eHealth Institute, 2002). The issues concerning business models and return on investment appear to require coordinated solutions that go beyond what the market can accomplish on its own. The important public policy goals of protecting privacy, nurturing public trust, and assuring quality also demand publicly coordinated solutions. Achieving a broader vision for e-health in the public interest will require new joint public-private efforts. Chapter 4 discusses the limitations noted here and ideas for addressing them.
Even when partnerships offer the opportunity to fulfill value propositions for every participant, they are not likely to occur without leadership and resources to support dissemination and use. This is especially the case when the public interest is the ultimate value sought. In that case, the leadership almost certainly must come from Government (Lansky, Kanaan, and Lemieux, 2005). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in collaboration with other HHS agencies and departments in the Federal Government, is tasked with providing leadership in health information technology. Consumer empowerment is already part of the health information technology agenda and could easily accommodate the vision outlined in this report. Chapter 4 discusses some of the work of the National Coordinator's Office and that of public-private collaborations such as Connecting for Health.
Chapter 5 examines the following strategies:
For the most part, nonprofit and governmental bodies implement these strategies. Some of the programs profiled in Chapter 5 are already channels for e-health tools; others are potential channels. They all illustrate comprehensive approaches to achieving meaningful access. Most use participatory approaches that engage consumers not just as targets and recipients but also as co-designers of content and services. They offer sustained, continuous services at the community level and leverage significant resource commitments from a range of sponsors, including Federal agencies, industry, and foundations. All of these attributes make them important models for future e-health dissemination strategies to diverse communities.
1Numerous terms have been used to describe the intersection of information and communication technologies and health; "e-health" has become the preferred term. A recent review article confirmed e-health as "the use of emerging information and communication technology, especially the Internet, to improve or enable health and health care" (Pagliari, Sloan, Gregor, et al., 2005).
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Over the last few years, I've heard the left talk about how hateful conservatives can be. Being a libertarian, there have been plenty of occasions where I disagreed with conservatives in discussions on social issues, but I've never at any moment gotten to the point where they were berating me or wishing harm upon me.
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Jezebel: Still Not Progressive
September 1, 2010 § 1 Comment
by KATIE E.
Nope. Unless your idea of busting the kyriarchy involves heteronormative, classist, ageist, woman and sexuality shaming, pro-rape bullshit.
Overall, the entire piece fails due to its insistence that the only "real virginity" is man's penis into women's vagina. It makes no reference at all that might not be true for people who are trans, non-gender binary conforming, bi/pan/asexual, lesbian, gay, and/or queer identified. Plus, it effectively erases people who simply choose not to have PIV sex, or don't want to count it as "losing their virginity" due to rape/assault/other trauma, or the belief that oral/anal/something else was their "first time." And what about people who can't or can't comfortably have PIV sex due to sexual dysfunction or a similar condition?
None of these people exist in Jezebel-land.
You know who else is apparently a figment of my silly feminist imagination? Twenty something virgins. Instead of respecting the fact that someone couldn't or didn't want to do it before they hit 21, let's talk down to them and insist they need a "a solid core of female friends to guide you through the first-time sex experience" or "Get out of town. Preferably Paris, France. Pick an attractive, mysterious European stranger who doesn't speak a word of English and is totally inappropriate for your real life, but perfect for this occasion." You know, I really have no problem with one-time sex with someone you don't know, even if it's your first sexual experience. Nothing wrong with that. But doesn't the idea of picking someone who can't understand the language you speak scream with consent issues and sound a little like rape? Or actually, sound exactly like rape because that's what it is?
Besides, how many twenty-somethings (or anybody, really) can afford random European vacations? Not a whole lot, yet the piece normalizes it and doesn't offer solutions for the many people who can't do it.
The entire piece just perpetuates the culture of shaming women for not having their first sexual experience go a certain way, something that conservatives are regularly called out on. Jezebel would refuse to publish a piece telling women the best way to have first-time sex is after the wedding, but they are fine telling women they need to have a party or be drunk. While their isn't a huge culture of shame forcing their advice, it's still the same concept: telling women they don't know how to handle their own sexuality. It's time that all of us-conservative, progressive, or somewhere in between-trust women enough to know if, when, and how their first sexual experience will take place.


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What happens when your family comes into town for Easter? Little projects that have been shelved for months get a bit of attention.
We've finally installed a much needed lighting update over the changing table! If I could move the entire sconce down and a bit to the left I would… but given the previous state of the light I'm loving the improvement!
My parents visited us for the weekend and decided to help tackle a few projects around the house, changing out the light fixture was at the top of my list.
I'll apologize right now for the horrible lighting in the room (especially at different parts of the day, like above).
But yay for a new light! And the new sconce sits so perfectly below the little nest that Aunt Karen & Momma Eileen painted. The little birdie is Liv, and Kevin and I are the poppa and the momma flying down to the nest. So sweet.
The added butterflies (from a baby shower gift) are a neat little detail and will tie into the new mobile project. Now when Liv is on the changing table she stares up at the bright, shimmery colors.
So the hunt for the new light began a while back but I couldn't settle on the look that I was going for. You might remember the makeover we did on the pendant in the center of the room and it brought such a wonderful, modern update to the space.
But… all of the modern sconce options were a little too modern.
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I love these vintage industrial-style lights, perhaps to nicely balance out the modern pendant in the center of the room? But they might be better suited for the new office.
We decided that we liked the style of the swing arm sconce. We can easily move the light over the changing table or the reading area with the glider, and little toys (like the butterflies) or a mobile can hang from the arm to entertain Liv.
Why the randomly placed sconce was installed in the first place makes us curious (here's before pics of the room). Actually, the previous owner has found this blog, Hi Patt! and there's probably a great reason behind it, like perhaps a desk or bed used to sit below it, or perhaps it was even installed many owners ago. But by happenstance the changing table fits nicely beneath it's current placement, so we've found a good use for it.
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I was on the search for a sturdy, low priced version and had finally resigned to pay $100 plus when I scooped up this version for $40 from Lowes!
We modified it to hard wire straight into the existing electrical box and I left off some of the more ornate bulb decor (is that what you'd call them?) for a cleaner look.
So one big item crossed off of the nursery list. Just a few more to go!
More Project Nursery posts: basket liners part 2, basket liners part 1, the great glider makeover, sewing the curtains part 1, part 2, part 3, nursery fabric board, curtain fabric selection, rocking horse find, new pendant light, vintage wall art addition, changing table makeover, nursery wall striping tutorial, painted animal project, the initial inspiration board and the before picture posts.


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