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States struggle to promote Obamacare
In Connecticut, selling the Affordable Care Act involves airplanes flying banners across beaches. Oregon may reel in hipsters with branded coffee cups for their lattes. And in neighboring Washington state, the effort could get quite intimate: The state is interested in sponsoring portable toilets at concerts.
The advertisements, developed with political consultants and communications firms, illustrate the ability of the health-care law's supporters to pinpoint the precise group they want to sign up -- young and healthy Americans who won't weigh down the system with high medical bills.
However sophisticated, the outreach also underscores how states have become willing to try almost anything to make their pitch in the face of a poorly informed and politically divided public. With 82 days left until the insurance marketplaces open for business, public awareness remains low. Most polling data suggest that few Americans are aware of how the health-care law works -- or that it even exists.
"Without question, it's a challenge," Anne Filipic, president of Enroll America, said of the outreach. "The folks we're trying to reach have some skepticism from their past experience with the health-care system."
Adding to the urgency of the state campaigns is the competition: The law's supporters have been badly outspent by its opponents, who have poured five times as much cash into television attack ads.
By 2015, Kantor Media estimates that $1 billion will have been spent by both sides on health care law advertising. In the 16 states and the District of Columbia that are building their own marketplaces -- where people can shop for health coverage and, in some cases, get tax subsidies to cover part of their bill -- officials are relying heavily on multi-million dollar federal grants to fund their ads.
Oregon will run a $2.9 million campaign leading up to the October launch of the state's marketplace, called Cover Oregon. Ads went live Tuesday on television and radio featuring local musicians extolling the benefits of enrolling "every logger and lawyer and stay-at-home dad" in health insurance coverage.
The state is finalizing plans for other kinds of outreach, such as putting ads in bus shelters or producing branded coffee cups, said Amy Fauver, chief communications officer at Oregon's marketplace. By year's end, Fauver's team wants 90 percent of Oregonians to be familiar with the name Cover Oregon, a dramatic increase from the 10 percent who know about it now.
Nationally, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found 42 percent of Americans were uncertain whether Obamacare was still a law. Gallup found last month that 56 percent of the uninsured were not aware of the law's requirement to buy health insurance coverage by 2014.
Access Health CT, Connecticut's marketplace, plans to head to the beach this summer to promote its new insurance marketplace. Officials will hand out sunscreen customized with a "get covered" slogan and hire an airplane to fly over beaches with a banner that advertises the new agency.
"It's such a polarized environment," said chief executive Kevin Counihan. "When you mention Obamacare, you've got people who will immediately be against it or for it, but nobody actually knows anything about it. One of the jobs of the states is to fill that gap."
Connecticut also plans to launch retail stores across the state where consumers can get in-person assistance to sign up for health insurance coverage. By the end of June, it was the second state to launch a television advertising campaign, following Colorado's $1.1 million ad buy in May.
Counihan previously oversaw marketing for Massachusetts when the state launched its universal coverage effort in 2006, where he set up partnerships with the Boston Red Sox and other groups. Outreach this time is harder, he said, because of the political divisions over the federal law.
"There was a broader sense back then of shared responsibility," he said. "It was easier to an extent, when you had a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature all backing you."
The Obama administration has faced widespread opposition from Republican-governed states, most of which have refused to set up the marketplaces or spend a dime on advertising. That task, in places such as Texas and Florida, will largely fall on political groups and non-profits.
The states setting up exchanges are putting much of their focus into reaching young adults, many of whom are healthy. Marketers expect that a monthly premium, potentially upwards of $100 a month, will be a tough sell.
"You're talking about a high degree of skepticism," says Michael Marchand, who runs communications for the WA HealthPlanFinder, Washington state's marketplace. "There's a lot of 'I don't understand what this is and why it's important' or 'I don't understand why there's a good return on investment when I could be getting the next Radiohead album off iTunes.' It's totally understandable. I get that."
Marchand has been thinking up all sorts of ways to make sure young people hear about the new health program. Perhaps in music-heavy Washington state, it's no surprise that his thoughts have gravitated toward outreach at concerts and music festivals.
"We've talked about everything we could use, even whether we could do some branding on porta-potties," he said. "I want to sponsor charging stations, too. Talk about a captive audience. They're standing there, charging their iPhones."
Marchand has also thought about working with sports teams, although he gravitates more toward minor-league baseball teams. Ticket prices tend to be cheaper, which could make their stadiums a better place to reach the lower-income Washingtonians who will be eligible for the new programs.
"We've been talking to the Tacoma Rainiers here," Marchand said. "They're a lot more nimble, too, and willing to discuss where you might want signage, or if you want to have a family night."
While Republicans objected to the federal government working with the National Football League, Marchand had a slightly unique complaint about similar proposals to work with the National Basketball Association: Seattle lost its team to Sacramento in 2008.
"When I was talking to HHS about how they were looking at doing something with the NBA, I was thinking, please don't do it," Marchand said. "Affiliating anything with the NBA here is pretty much a death wish."


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This game hasn't change a lot either, but now if you don't know the answer, you can ask for a clue. Here are 4 rules written by fanfly for link. Would you please take your time to read rule number 2? Guessing a season now is not enough, because it makes the game too easy to win, and well, wouldn't it be better as a challenge?
1. Guess what episode the quote is from.
2. If you don't know, you can ask for a clue. You can be specific [ie: What season is it from?] or you can just ask for a general clue. Clues are unlimited, you can keep asking until someone guesses right.
3. Whoever guesses the right episode posts the next quote.
4. Everyone who participates must check the forum daily. If someone takes longer than 4 days to respond [For example, if the winner hasn't posted a new quote or responded to tell someone whether they guessed correctly or not] a new guess can be posted by anyone.
5. The person who types the quote always has to add the name of the character who said such quote first so it's easier for everyone to know from which episode it the quote is.
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Guess from what episode and season that quote is from, and say who was Dean talking to when he said that. And yeah, I know this is easy to guess. :)
Also, what an awesome picture, huh? :D
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In addition, I'm going to award a runner-up BASTOW to Mike McCarthy this week. Going for an onside kick in the 1st quarter, up 3-0, is very bad-ass. It didn't work, but keep trying things like that, Coach, and sooner or later they will pay off. The Rant loves aggressiveness; balls to the wall and good things happen.
Braveleg....what happened? I know it was a little windy(Robert and I gauged a 15 mph wind coming out of the West) but with thighs as big as kegs, this should be no problem for you. Missing a 35-yard field goal is not something that Packer fans are used to. I'm convinced there is an ulterior motive, like lulling the other team into a false sense of security and then drilling a 76 yarder. Yeah, that's it. Case closed.
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DOVER — Hurricane Sandy pummeled the region and state with high winds and steady rain Monday causing widespread power outages. By 8:30 p.m. there were more than 100,000 outages reported across the Granite State, with Public Service of New Hampshire alone reporting 112,000 customers, mostly in the southern tier of the state, without power.
In Maine, Central Maine Power Company reported more than 71,000 homes and businesses lost power as high winds from Hurricane Sandy ripped into the state. The brunt of the storm affected southern and coastal areas, with York County reporting 24,801 customers without electricity.
By Monday night N.H. Gov. John Lynch requested that President Obama issue an emergency disaster declaration for all 10 New Hampshire counties as a result of the super storm.
In his letter to the president Lynch states the steps he took prior to seeking the federal disaster declaration and why he is seeking it.
"On October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy, a powerful hurricane/tropical storm made landfall on the Eastern Seaboard and turned up the New England coast, impacting all of New Hampshire with heavy rain and sustained winds of up to 50 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. In conjunction with the rain and winds, storm surge along the coast of up to 2 feet, an astronomical high tide due to the full moon, and battering waves have and will result in coastal flooding and anticipated wide-spread property damage.
"By mid-afternoon today, all New Hampshire airports were closed and remain closed, over 70,000 homes and businesses are now without power, and the State's utilities estimate that several hundred thousand homes and businesses may be without power before the storm leaves New Hampshire. Six shelters have opened and staffed and/or supported by the American Red Cross, and an additional seven shelters are on stand-by to receive residents as the storm escalates. By 6:00 p.m. today at least 112 municipal roads and 18 state roads have been closed. Virtually all of the elementary and secondary schools in the state have closed and there has been widespread disruption to business.
"I implemented the State Emergency Operations Plan on October 26, 2012 in preparation for the storm. I declared a statewide State of Emergency at 10:00 am this morning in anticipation of the storm. The State Incident and Planning Operations Center (IPOC) was fully activated on October 28th and will remain open around the clock throughout the storm and during response efforts until further notice," Gov Lynch writes.
"Local emergency management operations, including law enforcement and fire, are fully engaged in preparing for and responding to this natural disaster. There are multiple daily conference calls with all local emergency management directors, school superintendents, utilities, and federal partners to identify and coordinate storm response efforts. Preliminary damage assessments have not yet been completed as the storm is ongoing."
Later in his letter to the president, the governor writes: " The State anticipates that it may require the following direct federal assistance for its response to Hurricane Sandy: search and rescue, swift water rescue, hazardous materials response, emergency power generation, mass care and sheltering support, commodities and distribution, medical teams and supplies, evacuation support, emergency communications and other technical assistance."
Earlier in the day, Gov. Lynch urged all motorists to stay off the road after 3 p.m. He directed the National Guard to place 100 soldiers on state active duty, with an additional 100 on standby to assist with the storm response.
Downed lines and fallen trees combined with heavy winds and rain led many communities and businesses to cease operations early Monday. Area dispatch centers were flooded with calls throughout the day with reports of downed trees and electrical wires.
Sandy's increased strength in the hours ahead of Monday's landfall had experts urging the public to take extra caution before the storm's full force was felt later in the afternoon. Tens of thousands of New Hampshire residents experienced storm-related complications well ahead of the hurricane's landfall.
Before noon Monday, Public Service of New Hampshire had reported more than 2,000 customers experienced power outages. Similarly, Unitil reported that despite restoring power to 1,400 customers before noon, another 950 outages immediately after kept workers scrambling throughout the day.
And things were only expected to get worse, especially for the coastal region.
"The vast majority of these issues are occurring in the Seacoast portion of the state," Unitil media relations manager Alec O'Meara said. "We really didn't begin to see a substantial spike until this afternoon." At approximately 3:40 p.m., 16,000 Unitil customers were without power. Two hours later, this number grew to 28,500 customers.
But Unitil's numbers were relatively small compared to those of PSNH. At 5:30 p.m. PSNH was reporting 69,107 customers, mostly in southern N.H., were without power.
"We really can't say when power will be restored at this point," O'Meara said. "The peak hours of this storm will last for several hours with strong winds so we'll have to evaluate everything when it settles down. Our primary focus right now is making sure everyone is safe."
PSNH requested an additional 550 line and tree crews, in addition to its own crews and its local contractors. Crews from as far away as Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas arrived Monday to provide further assistance.
According to the National Weather Service, the main impact of the storm reached New Hampshire around mid-afternoon on Monday and will continue through the early morning hours today. The Weather Service predicts wind gusts of up to 70 mph, with rainfall ranging from 1-4 inches and coastal flooding as a result of the storm surge.
"This will be a significant storm for New Hampshire, and we are urging all citizens to exercise common sense and extreme caution," Gov. Lynch said.
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DOVER — Hurricane Sandy pummeled the region and state with high winds and steady rain Monday causing widespread power outages. By 8:30 p.m. there were more than 100,000 outages reported across the Granite State, with Public Service of New Hampshire alone reporting 112,000 customers, mostly in the southern tier of the state, without power.


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Vermiposting a creative, environmentally-friendly way to dispose of produce
Looking for a winter activity?
Did you know you can raise worms in your basement and create fertilizer to be used for re-potting indoor plants or starting vegetable gardens indoors that can be planted in the spring, said Marilyn Patane, a board member of the Great Swamp Conservancy.
"This is the best thing since bread and butter," she said.
Vermiposting is the process of using worms to return organic matter to soil. Using fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds, newspaper, eggshells and even dryer lint, worms ingest the material, then excrete "castings" that can be used as a fertilizer. In addition, a liquid will periodically drain from the vermiposting that can also be used as a fertilizer.
It's easy to get started with vermiposting, Patane said. All one needs is a bin in the kitchen to collect scraps and a few other materials.
Most kitchen scraps can be used for this purpose, saving them from going unused in a landfill. However, do not use meats or any kind of fatty food product like cheese, mayonnaise or salad dressing. "Nothing that comes from an animal," Patane said.
Next, a worm bin is needed. This can be anything -- a 5-gallon bucket, a plastic tote bin, an old dresser drawer. All that needs to be done is drill drainage holes in the bottom of the container and have some sort of collection tray to put beneath the worm bin, because a liquid will drain from the mix periodically.
For bedding, tear strips of newsprint. Don't use shiny paper and try to find newsprint with as little color as possible. Then moisten the newsprint, mix with coffee grounds or even dryer lint and start adding worms and produce scraps.
The worms recommended for use are red wigglers, a European nightcrawler. One can get the worms at bait shops, some pet stores, online or at commercial growers, said Patane.
Patane advises vermiposters to not get the mixture too wet, because that can cause an odor. If the bedding is too wet, add a bit more newspaper, shredded cardboard or dried leaves to the mix.
Sometimes, if too much fruit is used, that can also cause an odor and draw fruit flies, Patane said. In that case, decrease the amount of fruit used.
The worm bins should be kept in the range of 40 to 85 degrees. Worms also like the dark. Be sure the worm bin is well ventilated. Periodically and carefully rotate the compost, as one would a traditional compost pile outdoors. Monitor how quickly the worm batch is composting the material to determine how many times each week to add new produce scraps. Keep a net over the top of the bucket, because the worms can crawl out of the bucket or container.
Depending on the size of the worm bin, the number of worms and amount of waste fed to them, a finished batch of compost should be ready for use in about two to three months, Patane said.
The compost is ready when the original bedding is no longer recognizable.
After a batch is done, the worms can be incorporated into the planting dirt, or carefully picked from the fertilizer for use in a new batch of composting.
"It's amazing that these little things can recycle food scraps," Patane said. "It creates beautiful, black soil."
Patane cautions that gardeners experiment with amounts of fertilizer to use in planting projects. Because the fertilizer is so rich, using too much can at times burn plants.
It's good for kids to do, too, said Patane. However, she asks that if anyone undertakes such a project, they be committed and give the worms a chance to live and do good. Do not neglect the worms.
For more tips and instruction on vermiposting, contact Patane at the Conservancy by phone at 315-697-2950. The Conservancy is located at 8375 North main St. in Canastota.
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Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness started out its domestic run with an opening day take of $13.54 million on Thursday (an estimated $2.0 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings are included within the reported figure). While Star Trek Into Darkness led the daily box office comfortably on Thursday, the film's opening day performance left a lot to be desired for a highly anticipated sequel of its size. With that said, it is extremely likely that the last minute release date change to Thursday took a toll on the film's box office potential yesterday, though to exactly what degree remains to be seen until Friday's performance plays out. In comparison, Thursday's performance for Star Trek Into Darkness was 46 percent softer than the $25.04 million opening Thursday take of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 1 percent stronger than the $13.37 million opening Thursday gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.
Check back throughout the weekend for further updates on the box office progress of Star Trek Into Darkness.
In other box office news, Warner's The Great Gatsby continued its stronger than expected box office run on Thursday with a second place take of $3.43 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was down 12 percent from Wednesday, which represented one of Thursday's stronger daily holds among wide releases. A bit surprisingly, The Great Gatsby has now topped Iron Man 3 at the daily box office for two consecutive days. However, Iron Man 3 should move back ahead in the rankings over the weekend due to the greater appeal of Iron Man 3 with family audiences. The Great Gatsby placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $66.74 million. That places the film 75 percent ahead of the $38.14 million one-week start of last year's Dark Shadows.
Disney's Iron Man 3 placed in third with $3.297 million. In the process, Marvel's blockbuster superhero sequel surpassed the $300 million mark yesterday. Iron Man 3 reached the milestone on its fourteenth day of release (which ties it with 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the fourth fastest film ever to reach the $300 million mark). In addition, Iron Man 3 has now surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with a current global haul of $1.0008 billion (current domestic and overseas totals stand at $301.89 million and $698.9 million respectively). Iron Man 3 was the week's top film with $89.47 million for the frame. That represented a 58 percent decline from the film's opening week performance.


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RUSSELL — The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with Forrest L. Wood (FLW) Outdoors, announced it will host the inaugural Student Angler Federation Kansas High School Fishing State Championship June 25 at Wilson Reservoir, near Russell. The state championship is a two-person team event for students in grades 9-12. The winning two-person team from each state championship will advance to an FLW Outdoors/TBF High School Fishing Regional Championship held in conjunction with a National Guard FLW College Fishing Regional Championship hosted on a college campus this fall.
"We are excited to host the high school championship tournament," said Janae Talbott, director of the Russell County Economic Development and Convention and Visitors Bureau. "We love to see youth carrying on the fishing heritage, learning respect for the environment and the recreational opportunities Kansas has to offer anglers."
Registration for high school anglers and their coaches, who will provide the boat they compete in, is available online at HighSchoolFishing.org, by phoning580-765-9031, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.
Mandatory check-in begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 24, in the TBF tournament trailer at Wilson State Park's Hells Creek Ramp, with a mandatory rules briefing at 6 p.m. Teams are encourage preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late-registration fees.
Students and parents can go to HighSchoolFishing.org for details on the Student Angler Federation (SAF) and to sign up. Cost is $25 and includes a one-year SAF membership and full TBF and FLW Outdoors benefits, including access to the all-new FLW Outdoors Magazine e-Edition and insurance coverage for students and their club. The fee covers all SAF sanctioned events all year.
Ranger boats will be provided for the high school anglers to fish from at each regional championship, and the winners from each regional will advance to the FLW Outdoors/TBF High School Fishing National Championship held on a college campus in conjunction with the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship in the spring of 2012. All SAF members and state championship participants qualify for the largest event in high school fishing, the 2011 High School Fishing World Finals, July 20-23 in Russellville, Ark., to compete for thousands in college scholarships and prizes.
Each team that qualifies for a regional and/or national championship will receive a travel allowance to help offset expenses. The High School Fishing National Championship winners will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to use at the university of their choice.
An SAF sanctioned event also includes an "angler testing" component. Anglers can take a free online test at HighSchoolFishing.org about boater safety, conservation, and angler ethics, which makes them eligible for contingency awards at their state championship.
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In this video from the Harvard-based Digital Public Library of America, you can see an ingenious catalog interface that should please many an academic.
ShelfLife lives up to the visual metaphor, even though I'd hope that DPLA Beta Sprinters would offer another, even simpler option for casual users at both academic and public libraries. Harvard-simple isn't necessarily public-library simple. Feedback welcome in LibraryCity's comment section.
Maybe I'm aiming too high in the simplicity department. I will say that current public library e-book catalogs tend to err in the other direction—too dumbed down for the research-minded. Meanwhile keep in mind that the interface to the left is just a demo version and that the cat will sensibly cover different media, not just books.
The video features Kim Dulin and David Weinberger of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, Tom Blake of the Boston Public Library and Karen Cariani of the WGBH Media Library and Archives. With help from Dan Jones, Berkman Center summer interns Ben Naddaff-Hafrey and Meredith Whipple created a polished, informative segment, well-worth your time.
Also of interest: The Beta Sprint's Web page, more videos on the Sprint project (I'll avoid the initials), and a complete list of other project participants.
In other news: The DPLA will hold a public plenary meeting in Washington, DC, on October 21—details to come—and meanwhile I'll keep rooting for the organization to open up its routine meetings.
On Oct. 11, a separate DPLA-related conference at Columbia University in New York will be sponsored by the Washington-and-Moscow-based International Library and Analytic Center (this isn't an official DPLA gathering). Among the topics: "Digital libraries in Russia and their availability to the public." Some fascinating comparisons ahead?
Given the reliance of librarians and publishers on each other, I'm pleased that the forthcoming New York conference will include Tom Allen (photo), president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, among other speakers. Time for a publisher to be appointed to the DPLA steering committee? Although pro-library and in favor of less restrictive copyright laws, I think the DPLA will be in for some nasty surprises if it fails to understand the publishers' side.
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The Man of Steel sequel may not be officially titled Batman vs. Superman, but that's certainly the tone of artwork director Zack Snyder commissioned for the charity We Can Be Heroes.
Snyder unveiled this trio of paintings during yesterday's Man of Steel live fan event, streamed by Yahoo! Movies.
Below is a crop from "We Could Have Changed the World" by Jonathan Wayshak.
"Vengeance/Hope" by Alex Pardee:
And "Face Off" by David Correia:
Folks can bid on the paintings on eBay, and the proceeds will go to DC's We Can Be Heroes campaign to benefit three charitable organizations.
Regarding the Man of Steel follow-up, Snyder teased a few details. He gave the artists above the prompt "Batman vs. Superman," and regarding the two characters, he said:
Whether they're fighting or they become friends, or if they're friends and they fight, that's the fun of making movies and playing with this mythology. You get to take these icons and see how emotionally they fit together. I think that's the most important thing and fun thing. And, of course, there will be some physical conflicts as well.
Lex Luthor came up briefly, but it was host Kevin Smith who brought it up Lex first, noting that Lex loves to refer to Superman as an alien. Snyder echoed, "Lex loves calling him an alien," with a smirk that has led some folks to call this a confirmation that Lex Luthor will appear in the sequel.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – UMBC women's soccer red-shirt junior Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) added another award to her 2013 campaign by being the first Retriever women's soccer player to be named to a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region Team. The midfielder was one of 33 players to be named to one of the three Northeast Region teams, earning a spot on the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Region Third Team.
Brown returned from a season-ending injury in 2012 to have a breakout campaign in what proved to be a Cinderella year for the Retrievers. The Plantation, Fla., native became the first UMBC women's soccer player to earn a major award in the America East by being named the league's Midfielder of the Year, in addition to earning All-Conference First Team honors and being an All-Academic selection.
Brown, who entered the season without having scored a goal in her career, ranked second on the team and fourth in the conference with seven goals on the year. Her conference-best six game-winning goals were highlighted by the go-ahead goal in the 59th minute of the America East title game against No. 2 Stony Brook, which earned her America East Championship Most Outstanding Player recognition. Brown finished the season with 17 points, which tied for first on the team and third in the league.
Brown was honored by being named the America East Player of the Week three times this season, including back-to-back selections on Sept. 16 and Sept. 23, becoming the first Retriever to do so since UMBC joined the league in 2003. The red-shirt junior was also recognized as the TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Week in the final week of the regular season.
The Retrievers made one of the biggest turnarounds in the nation, going from 1-11-5 overall and last in the conference in 2012 to posting a program-record 13 victories, capturing a share of its first-ever regular season title, earning its first-ever conference tournament crown and making its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.


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In any of my school photos from kindergarten through my senior year in high school, my clothes change and my face matures. But one thing stays the same: my big, frizzy head of hair. It fills the photo's whole frame and makes me cringe now the way it did back then. It's too bad really, because all I needed to love my school pics was to know how to cleanse my curls properly. With the right technique, my hair could have been clean, hydrated and beautiful. But you can learn from my mistakes! Here are some essential tips for washing curly hair.
1. Lose the lather
The biggest rule in washing curly is to ban shampoo from your bathroom and your hair. Why? Because it contains ingredients called sulfates. These detergents give shampoo its rich lather, but they also strip your hair of its natural oils. This is a huge problem for us curly girls since our hair is intrinsically drier than other types. We need to hang onto any and all oils and moisture that we can or we'll end up with parched-looking hair and frizz, frizz and more frizz. "Companies still use these detergents in shampoos because they're cheap ingredients and because people are addicted to suds," explains Lorraine Massey, author of "Curly Girl: The Handbook." "But you don't need them to clean your curls." Instead, look for sulfate free cleansers like DevaCurl No-Poo.
2. Cleanse right
Don't scrub your hair aggressively because harsher hands don't result in cleaner hair. "Resist the impulse to start scrubbing your head the second you get in the shower because this disturbs the basic shape of your curls," says Massey. When your curls' natural shape are disrupted, you also get some frizz. Instead, let the water cascade through your hair when you get into the shower. Then apply your sulfate-free cleanser to your fingertips and gently massage it into your scalp using firm, circular motions. "The friction of your fingertips combined with the cleanser will loosen up any dirt and product buildup, leaving your scalp and hair cleansed and deodorized," says Massey.
3. Wash less often
Mama may have told you to wash your hair daily, but that's another myth for us curly girls. Instead, you can get by with wetting your hair and hydrating it daily with conditioner. I use a cleanser on my hair once or twice a week. The rest of the time I gently massage my scalp with conditioner. Once I rinse that down the drain, I condition my hair some more.
4. Stay poo-free on the road
Shampoo that is. This goes for even those times when you're desperate. For example, recently I was staying at a really nice hotel that offered bathroom products from a top-notch brand. I had forgotten my sulfate-free cleanser, but still I didn't dare reach for the hotel's tiny bottle of shampoo. Instead, I just cleansed my scalp using my conditioner. (I used the top notch brand's shampoo to hand wash my lingerie and bathing suits instead!)
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The Quick 10: 10 Facts About Stephen King
It's Stephen King's birthday! Do you suppose he's celebrating somewhere with a Bloody Mary? (He's not: see Fact #8.) I know – just because a guy writes in the horror genre doesn't mean he loves all things creepy. But in King's case, I think he does. Anyway. Whether you like his writing or consider it fluff, he's one of the most successful and prolific authors out there, so today's Q10 commemorates the King of Terror's 62 years.
1. King and his wife, Tabitha, own "The Zone Corporation," a company that serves to head their three radio stations in Maine. One of them, WKIT, goes by the tagline "Stephen King's Rock 'n' Roll Station" and has a mascot named Doug E. Graves. That's him in the picture to the left. The picture is from the website of Christian Hanson, the artist who made the mask, by the way. Only four were ever produced and at least one of them resides in King's private collection.
2. He's a hardcore Red Sox fan. Not only did he write a story about the Sox – The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (a former BoSox pitcher) – he also had a little cameo in the Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore movie Fever Pitch, which is about a crazed Boston fan. He plays himself and throws out the first pitch at a game. And, in 2004, he and Stewart O'Nan, another novelist, chronicled their reactions to the season that finally brought the World Series title back to Beantown. It's appropriately titled Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season.
3. You probably remember that King was hit by a van not far from his home in 1999. He suffered from a collapsed lung, a broken hip, a gash to the head and a leg broken in nine places. Afterward, King and his lawyer bought the van for $1,500 and when King was better, he wailed on it with a baseball bat before sending it to be crushed at a junkyard.
4. There may be a reason for the way his brain seems to be able to create chilling stories at such an amazing clip: he saw a friend get struck and killed by a train when he was just a kid. The idea that such a traumatizing event stuck with him and inspired his line of work is one that King shrugs off.
5. He wrote a musical with John Mellencamp. It's based on a house that Mellencamp bought in Indiana that came complete with a ghost story. The legend is that three siblings were messing around in the woods and one of the brothers accidentally got shot. The surviving brother and sister jumped in the car to go get help, and in their panic, swerved off the road right into a tree and were killed instantly. Of course, the three now haunt the woods by the house Mellencamp bought. The singer approached King about maybe doing something with the story, and between the two of them, they wrote songs and a plot for a musical called The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.
6. If you're a regular Q10 reader, you already know that Stephen King plays rhythm guitar for a band made up of writers. They're called The Rock Bottom Remainders and they "tour" about once a year. King shares the stage with Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Matt Groening and Ridley Pearson, among others.
7. He writes about Maine a lot because he knows and loves Maine. He grew up there and now lives in Bangor. Castle Rock, Derry, and Jerusalem's Lot are just products of King's imagination, but he can tell you exactly where in the state they would be if they were real. And his house is awesome. The gate is why I think he appreciates all things creepy, or at least has a pretty good sense of humor about himself. J.W. over at Odd Things I've Seen has written a post about his trip to King's manor, should you feel inclined to virtually drop in.
8. Maybe this is a surprise and maybe it isn't – King had pretty serious drug and alcohol addictions in the '80s. He says that he doesn't remember writing Cujo at all, really, and wishes he could. It came to a head when his family members confronted him with drug paraphernalia they had collected from his trash can, including Xanax, cocaine, beer cans and Valium. It was the eye-opener he needed: he got help and has been sober ever since.
9. King is an avid Lost fan and sometimes writes about it in his Entertainment Weekly column "The Pop of King." The feeling is mutual – the writers mentioned that King was a major influence in their work. There was a lot of speculation that he was the man behind Bad Twin, a Lost tie-in mystery published a few years ago, but he has debunked that rumor. He loves Hurley and Ben.
10. Of the five people in the immediate King family, four of them are authors. Tabitha King, Stephen's wife, has seven published novels. Joe, their oldest son, followed in his dad's footsteps and is a horror writer (I really like his books, for what it's worth). Youngest child Owen has written a collection of short stories and one novella (and he married a writer). Naomi, the only King daughter, is a minister and gay activist.


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Human capital (HC) represents the cumulative tacit knowledge that is embedded in the minds of people in organisations. HC is important to organisations because it serves as a source of innovation and strategic renewal. Individuals carry HC when they join an organisation and take their talent, skills and tacit knowledge with them when they leave the organisation. Thus HC is volatile in nature. Organisations are therefore keen to do what they can to foster and develop HC as a means of achieving sustainable competitive advantage. This paper argues that neuro‑linguistic programming (NLP) has the potential of developing and enhancing the stock of HC in organisations. NLP emerged in the 1970s from the University of California, USA. NLP suggests that subjective experience is encoded in terms of three main representation systems: visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic (VAK). NLP practitioners claim that people tend to have one preferred representation system over another in a given context. Despite that previous research has shown that NLP can assist in facilitating knowledge and learning capabilities, very limited research is conducted using NLP in nurturing HC in organisations. This paper critically reviews the literature and theoretically argues that NLP can be used as a practical approach to develop HC in organisations. This is because NLP primarily focuses on individual internal learning and that learning likely leads to the accumulation of HC in organisations. In other words, organisational members may find it more effective to enhance their tacit knowledge, both individually and collectively, if they adopt the NLP approach in their day‑to‑day work. Examples on how NLP may be used to develop HC in organisations will be provided. Future research direction and limitations will also be discussed.
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A faculty committed to teaching and mentoring provides a depth of experience in a wide variety of endocrine subspecialties. Over 35 faculty serve as clinical teachers on rounds and in clinics. Over 40 basic and clinical research mentors provide a breadth of research opportunities across five research units. The long tradition of excellence in endocrine patient care, teaching and research combined with the considerable strengths in investigative endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital afford a unique environment for clinical training and participation in exciting advances in basic and clinical research.
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Colorado skiing: Loveland Ski Area kicks off 2013-2014 season
The crowds may not have been as big as they were at neighboring Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Sunday, but the spirits were just as high as Loveland kicked off its 2013-14 ski season Thursday.
"This is probably the best opening day I've seen in 25 years," longtime ski patroller Frank Peterson said, referring to conditions and snow coverage.
While Loveland wasn't the first to open the season — that was A-Basin — those who showed up cheered loudly when Loveland staffers started loading lifts.
Ski area director of business operations Rob Goodell watched with a smile as the first skiers hopped aboard.
Nick Karaveris, of Boulder, couldn't claim "first chair" in the state, but being first at Loveland was just fine by him.
"I left Boulder at 5 a.m.," he said, standing in line shortly before the official 9 a.m. opening. He arrived at Loveland around 7:30 and didn't get in line until closer to opening time. Shortly before opening, he was joined by a crowd that likely numbered less than 100.
Karaveris said he has had first or second chair many times over the last 35 years, often taking second to the man who refers to himself as Nate Dogggg, who claims to have had first chair in Colorado, regardless of ski area, for the last 18 years.
Nate claimed it again Sunday at A-Basin, after spending two nights sleeping close to the lift.
"I don't want to sleep in the parking lot," Karaveris said, acknowledging Nate's accomplishment. "I'm not into that."
Maybe it was because A-Basin was first, maybe it was that Loveland's opening day came mid-week or maybe it was the Denver news station that warned skiers and riders to expect big crowds for opening day, but Loveland was not busy — and those who came down the hill and slid straight to the front of the line didn't seem to mind at all.
The family atmosphere at Loveland was apparent as season pass holders and employees greeted one another throughout the day with a smile and traded news about their off-seasons.
"Everybody in this room I recognize," Goodell said, standing in Loveland's Rathskeller bar in the early afternoon. "It's like all your friends coming to watch a Bronco game."
A number of guests commented on how fond they were of their home ski area.
"It's the best place in the universe. I love it here. Best people, best terrain," Dagmar Teleky, of Aurora, said, later assuring a reporter that she didn't work for the mountain.
While Goodell said opening first is good for publicity, in the long run it evens out.
"We've been getting a lot of calls. I feel like it's going to be a strong weekend," he said.
A promising forecast and continued snowmaking have him hopeful the ski area will be able to open additional terrain in time for the weekend.
"I think we've got more than a foot in the last week, and there's up to 6 inches in the forecast tonight," marketing director John Sellars said. "We're hopeful this is a sign of things to come."
Officials at A-Basin also reported that they continue to make a lot of progress, thanks to both natural snow and favorable snowmaking conditions. They, too, hope to open more terrain in the coming week.
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Germany has become the first European nation to allow babies born with intersex characteristics to be officially registered as neither male nor female. The new law became effective November 1, reports Al Jazeera.
Experts estimate one in 1,500 to 2,000 births in Germany result in a baby of indeterminate gender or both male and female gender features. Under new legislation, the field for gender can be left blank on birth certificates, effectively creating a category for indeterminate sex in the public record.
Germany will soon also allow the gender field on passports be filled with an "X" instead of "M" or "F." The new German law is intended to remove pressure on parents to quickly make a decision about controversial sex assignment surgeries for newborns, but some rights advocates said it does not go far enough.
German intersex activists and some policy makers say the new law does not go far enough, adds Der Spiegel.
Lucie Veith, chair of the German Association of Intersex People ... fears the law may have downsides, like if children are "forced out of the closet" in schools and left vulnerable to discrimination. Her organization is also calling for the German government to take the reform even further. They want to ban doctors and parents from surgically assigning children their sex at birth. Veith says such operations are mostly medically unnecessary. ...
Many intersex adults experienced painful and traumatic treatments in their childhood, and controversial medical interventions are still common. After a vaginoplasty, or the surgical construction of a vagina, for example, dilators have to be inserted on a regular basis for the rest of the person's life to prevent the vaginal walls from collapsing. "I've heard from many who experienced that as a kind of routine sexual invasion," Veith says.
Germany follows the lead of several nations in Asia and Oceania, according to the BBC.
Australians have had the option of selecting "x" as their gender - meaning indeterminate, unspecified or intersex - on passport applications since 2011. A similar option was introduced for New Zealanders in 2012.
In South Asia, Bangladesh has offered an "other" gender category on passport applications since 2011. Nepal began recognising a third gender on its census forms in 2007 while Pakistan made it an option on national identity cards in 2011. India added a third gender category to voter lists in 2009.
It remains unclear what impact the new legislation will have on marriage and partnership laws. Unlike the neighboring nations of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, same-sex marriage is limited by law to "one man, one woman" in Germany. Civil partnerships are reserved for same-sex couples.


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HOUSTON — Gabrielle Giffords has been singing "American Pie," eating chicken soup and "is making the kind of progress that all of us would anticipate" after being shot in the head in January, according to a rabbi who has been visiting the congresswoman regularly.
Rabbi David Lyon, of Congregation Beth Israel in southwest Houston, has been visiting Giffords about three times a week as she recovers in the TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital, Houston TV station KHOU, a CBS affiliate, reported.
He told the station she had recently sung "American Pie" with her longtime friend Rabbi Stephanie Aaron.
Lyon added that Giffords had a healthy appetite.
"Well, she had a little chicken soup with matzo balls. I think that's fair to report, and as we all know it is Jewish penicillin," he told KHOU.
"Gabby is making the kind of progress that all of us would anticipate, whether it's words or emotions," he added.
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He also said Giffords sometimes wore an orange wristband that he gave to her with a phrase in Hebrew, meaning "this too shall pass."
"And it means not only will all of this pass, but there are joyful moments that pass into less joyful moments, but even those less joyful moments will pass into more joyful times in the future," he told KHOU.
'Sweet, spirited person'
"Gabby likes to reach out and hold my hand and she listens carefully and smiles easily. Prayer for her is meaningful," he added.
Lyon said Gabby was "a sweet, spirited person who doesn't give up and truly wants to make a difference. Currently, it's to make a difference in her own life, but ultimately to continue making a difference in the lives of others in which she was elected to serve."
He added Giffords was kept busy by her program of rehabilitation and added that he hoped she would be able to give her own updates on her condition.Slideshow: Former Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (on this page)
Giffords amazed doctors with the speed of her recovery in the days following the shooting on Jan. 8 at a constituent event in Tucson, Ariz., and she appears to have been making steady progress since.
On Feb. 7, Giffords asked for toast with her breakfast when hospital workers brought her a meal.
Giffords' staff members said on Feb. 9 that these had not been her first words but confirmed the request and said she had been talking "more and more" since speaking for the first time several days previously.
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On Feb. 21, she wished her husband Mark Kelly and his twin brother Scott — both astronauts — a happy birthday in a Twitter message. Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said the tweet and Facebook posting were written by a member of her staff.
She also thanked TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital for a cake that featured the likeness of her husband.
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Six people, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, were killed in the Tucson attack; Giffords was among 13 people injured.
Federal judge Larry Burns has said the trial for the man charged with shootings, Jared Loughner, 22, should begin no later than Sept. 20.Interactive: Tragedy in Tucson: The shooting victims (on this page)
The U.S. attorney's office in Arizona has said they will issue a final indictment against him by March 9.
Loughner is charged with trying to assassinate Giffords and attempting to kill two of her aides.
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A new indictment is expected to also charge him with the murders of U.S. District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman. Loughner has pleaded not guilty. State charges are also likely.Video: Hileman: 'Christina, don't you die on me'
On Monday, a park in Tucson was named in the honor of Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old victim.
The Canada del Oro Christina-Taylor Green Memorial River Park was officially dedicated Monday. The Arizona Daily Star says about 250 people attended the ceremony.
Pima County officials said they would put up a plaque in the park to commemorate Christina's life.
She'll also have a Little League baseball field in Tucson named in her honor next month. Christina's family is expected to throw out the first pitch when the Canyon Del Oro Little League season begins April 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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COMM2000-A Foundations In Publ Relations (Fall 2019)
Course Details
Course Description
About The Instructor(s)
Session, Dates: 1 (08/26/2019 - 12/13/2019)
Days: T R
Time: 11:00 - 12:15 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Wheatley Center 113
Seats Available: 1 Seat!
Credits: 3
This course, we will begin the first phase of building the public relations foundation. Students will develop an understanding of how these different public relations roles evolved, and perhaps, a sense of which role you hope to attain upon graduation. Students will become familiar with the key figures building and promoting the theoretical foundation on which this specialization is built. They will also explore how the practice of public relations has evolved and adapted to our current global economy instigated by technological innovation.
Sun-A Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
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