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HOUSTON - A Democratic National Committee field director has been fired after her suspicious actions were caught on camera.
Conservative group Project Veritas said they sent an undercover reporter pretending to be registered in both Texas and Florida to the Houston headquarters of Organizing for America.
In the video, the woman asks the regional field director, Stephanie Caballero, how to cast ballots in both states to help President Barack Obama.
Hours after the video was posted online by the group, Caballero was fired by the DNC.
"There is obviously a history here of making selective use of taped material, and we will certainly not vouch for the completeness of what was released. However, what we saw was enough for us to take the action that we did," said Melanie Roussell with the DNC.
The news comes as a blow to supporters of the president who went to the Houston OFA office Friday and found it locked up and no one inside.
"I'm disappointed we're not working. I want to be working for the campaign. I want it to get started again," said Susan Wegner, who volunteers with OFA.
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Passionfruit of the Christ Punch/
Thank God it's Good Friday! And just when I figured y'all had given up soliciting my mixology advice for Lent, lookie what one loyal reader emailed in:
Dear Mrs. Sean,
Ideas for an Easter brunch cocktail/punch thing? We're doing a Low Country menu for 15 people, main dishes being kick-ass gumbo, shrimp creole, country ham, cole slaw, salad (?!?), biscuits and sausage gravy. Past years' beverages have included sangria and various champagne cocktail things in punch bowls. We're hunting for something with Low Country relevance that will be OK for us and appropriate for others of various shapes and sizes, and at 11am on a Sunday.
Now, I'm nothing if not sacrilegious, punny, and a little tipsy right now -- that last one on account of my enjoying the heck out of Jesus' Deathday slurping down some Passionfruit of the Christ Punch, which is what I've come up with for said loyal reader. I know that God only blesses those who are humble... but godammit, I done invented some awesome, yum punch! (God also blessed the poor in spirit, and considering my apartment contains about $800 in spirits, I'm screwed anyway.)
This is a very kosher punch recipe (oh my Lord will the puns never stop?!) in that it hews to a traditional make-up of a base liquor, three juices and a carbonated topper.
Passionfruit of the Christ Punch
Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Passionfruit juice
Pineapple juice (unsweetened)
Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
Orange and lime wheels, to garnish
Bitters (optional)
In a punch bowl, combine Wild Turkey, passionfruit juice, pineapple juice and lime juice in a 2:2:1:1 ratio. Stir for about a minute and, if feasible, let it set in the fridge for an hour or so. Right before serving, top mixture with an amount of prosecco equal to the amount of pineapple or lime juice used. (So, for example, your entire punch bowl in ratio may go: 10 ounces Wild Turkey, 10 ounces passionfruit juice, 5 ounces pineapple, 5 ounces lime, 5 ounces prosecco.) Float lime and orange wheels on top. Add a few big-ass ice cubes immediately prior to serving.
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Passionfruit juice is hard to find, I find. My local supermarket will sometimes have it stocked amongst the frozen-juice canisters. Otherwise, Goya sells a bottled passionfruit juice.
I used Dole's unsweetened pineapple juice.
As for the optional bitters I mentioned above, what I did was, I added just a single dash of Fee Brothers Peach Bitters to my individual cup o'punch, which lent the drink a nifty, peachy bouquet on the nose; can't say it added a ton to the flavor on the tongue, though. What I'd recommend you do for serving at a party is offer a short array of bitters bottles next to your punch bowl for guests to experiment with as they so choose.
If you think bourbon plus prosecco is too much hooch for your guests to handle, you can top with ginger ale instead.

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The new issue of Sneeze Magazine is delivering this week and features emperor scorpions on the cover as photographed by Kenneth Cappello. MR. SNEEZE on this issue:
"Year of the Snake. Fine, but the scorpion isn't affiliated with Chinese New Year, or used as trim on any January/February Air Force 1 rollouts. The scorpion is, however, affiliated with the current fiscal quarter by SNEEZE accounts receivable.
And the scorpion symbolizes Scorpio, the astrological sign ruling money and sex. Right now and over the next few years, Saturn — the planet of reality and discipline — is "transiting" Scorpio so things should get #trill, if they haven't already done so."
Inside you'll find coverage of Bryan Herman, Bodega Bamz, Toy Machine's Transmissionator, Palmistry, Space Jams, LXXIV Lab, Peter Sutherland and more. The mag also includes a SNEEZE Origami Club fortune teller. Check your local accounts.


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Splitting Wood, Lugging Rocks, Building Fences -- So Much to Do, So Little Time
After a fun-filled season of swimming, biking, kayaking and otherwise cavorting in warm sunshine, it's time to get cracking on all the chores I've been too busy to attend.
Actually, I've delayed tackling these tasks not so much because I've been preoccupied by recreation but mostly because I vastly prefer working outside in cool conditions without a plague of mosquitoes, gnats, bees and other flying pests so vexatious during an insufferably incendiary summer.
Coinciding with the first frost the other day, I harvested my final pepper, and because last spring I didn't plant any late vegetables such as brussels sprouts or butternut squash it was time to rip out the desiccated squash vines, remove the tomato cages, turn over the garden and begin dumping a layer of compost over the asparagus.
It's always a shock to see bare soil again after months of so much lushness.
While busy in the garden I noticed the netting over the blueberries needs mending, and the bushes require pruning. I added this to my mental list of chores.
A couple of weeks ago I described a new enclosure I'm building for table grapes I plan to plant in the spring. I'm happy to report the work is nearly complete.
I've also almost finished transplanting about 200 spruce and pine seedlings that had to be moved to make room for the grape vines.
For someone who heats with wood, cutting and splitting is pretty much a year-round activity, but from now until late spring is primetime logging season. Not only is this winter's supply cut, split and stacked in one woodshed, but next year's as well in a separate shed. If I had a third shed I'd have it loaded as well.
As far as I'm concerned, you can't set in too much firewood – as long as you keep it dry.
I'll have even more cordwood when I cut down – or arrange to fell – seven large oaks along the driveway. Ordinarily I cut my own trees, but these are too close to the wires and I don't trust my aim.
I also don't on principle like to bring down centuries-old trees, but these behemoths have been dropping enormous limbs with alarmingly increased regularity. It's only a matter of time before one takes out a car, or worse, turns me into guacamole when I innocently stroll out to get the mail. Sorry, oaks, you left me no choice.
The other day I cleared a new path from the garden to my network of hiking/logging trails, and to keep it in character with all my other woodland avenues I plan to line its borders with rocks. The only problem is I've exhausted my readily available supply of stone when filling in holes around new fence posts for the grapevine enclosure, so I've got to roll some over by wheelbarrow from a hundred yards away or more.
Last week, by the way, the tire burst under a heavy load of posts, and so I replaced it with a solid wheel. It's always something.
The leaves are finally starting to turn, and while most people look forward to the fall foliage the change in season means one more labor-intensive task: raking. I don't have a lawn, but I do keep all my trails clear of leaves and other debris because I don't want to trip or slip when I'm lugging firewood, rocks and other heavy objects.
The easiest procedure would be to rake everything to the sides – but that would waste so much excellent mulch. So I rake the leaves into piles and then stuff them into 35-gallon garbage pails to dump among my seedlings. This takes about a week.
Even though I'll be busy with so many cool-weather chores I won't pass up all fun and adventure.
Fall, of course, is a favorite time for hiking, and as far as I'm concerned kayaking is always in season – you simply have to adjust your apparel.
Same goes for running, though one component may be short-lived.
My buddy Bob and I always finish our daily rambles with a plunge in the pond, but with dropping temperatures these dips have become more abbreviated. I'm hoping to make it to December, but we'll see.
Oh well, better get back outside with the tools. Daylight is shrinking, and there's still plenty to do before dark.
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Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav
Jewish Lights Pub., 1979 - Biography & Autobiography - 395 pages
"A major contribution to the understanding of Hasidic Wisdom and thought; it brings the reader closer to Hasidism's greatest teller of tales."
The search for spiritual meaning drives great leaders in all religions. This classic work explores the personality and religious quest of Nahman of Bratslav (1772-1810), one of Hasidism's major figures. It unlocks the great themes of spiritual searching that make him a figure of universal religious importance.
In this major biography, Dr. Arthur Green--teacher, scholar, and spiritual seeker--explores the great personal conflicts and inner torments that lay at the source of Nahman's teachings. He reveals Nahman to have been marked at an early age by an exaggerated sense of sin and morbidity that later characterized his life and thought. While subject to rapid mood swings and even paranoia, Nahman is a model of spiritual and personal struggle who speaks to all generations. Green's analysis of this troubled personality provides an important key to Nahman's famous tales, making his teachings accessible for people of all faiths, all backgrounds.
"If there is any single feature about Nahman's tales, and indeed about Nahman's life as well, that makes them unique in the history of Judaism, it is just this: their essential motif is one of quest. Nahman, both as teller and as hero of these tales, is Nahman the seeker. He has already told us, outside the tales, of his refusal ever to stand on any one rung, of his call for constant growth, of his need to open himself up to ever-new and more demanding challenges to his faith. The tales now affirm this endless quest..."
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This blog is more of a short story about a leadership lesson I learned.
One summer when I was in college, I came home and took Thermodynamics at a community college. When I had some free time so I helped my mom by taking my grandfather, her dad, on his errands. One day when I picked him up, I had my Thermo textbook on the front seat. He went to get in and put the book on his lap. As I drove, he thumbed through it, then closed the book, looked up and said, "Kelli, I really like you because you are smart but you don't show it." Hmmm, was that a compliment? Oh yeah, it was. You see, my grandfather was a machinist who never went to college, but he was naturally smart at math. I know this is where my mom and I got our aptitudes for math. He knew it too.
Then he went on, "When I worked in the shop, I would get plans from the engineers. Sometimes they'd be wrong. You know I could figure it myself, so I knew if those numbers were wrong. I would go back to them, but they didn't want to hear it from me. I was only a machinist." I stopped the car at our first errand and my grandfather looked over at me and said, "I am so proud you are studying these books and going to be an engineer. Just never act like those fellas."
I didn't realize it at the time, but he was urging me to be competent but not arrogant or too full of pride. He wanted me to act with humble confidence.
Over the years, I have realized that my grandfather gave me some really solid leadership advice. We all know leaders need to be competent and confident. But a leader who is that and also humble, is more human, more approachable and maybe even more respected.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. -Thomas Merton
A humble leader listens because they can learn from others and they also own up to their mistakes (unlike those arrogant engineers my grandfather had to deal with). This is the kind of leader that inspires me. The kind of leader I aspire to be. And I think my grandfather would approve.


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By now, most of you have heard about the monumental blunder made by Todd Akin, a GOP representative and Senate nominee from Missouri, with regards to rape and pregnancy. Here are his comments, in all of their cringe-worthy glory:
"It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," Mr. Akin said of pregnancies from rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child."
Frankly I have never heard of any doctors who claim that the female body has ways of "shutting that whole thing down", by which I assume he means implantation or conception, and no doctors appear to have come forward to substantiate this notion. Who knows where Akin got it from. Much is being made of his use of the word "legitimate" as well, which was a clumsy attempt to distinguish forcible from non-forcible rape, a "legitimate" distinction used by law-enforcement in the classification of crimes. What Akin says next is something most pro-life advocates agree with: rapists, not the children of rape, deserve to be punished for the crime .
His comments were certainly poorly worded and bizarre. He may well deserve to lose the political race he is engaged in and perhaps even his office for a gaffe of this magnitude. So this is not a "Save Rep. Akin's Career" type of post.
But this is one of those moments at which we must firmly reassert our opposition to abortion, regardless of the circumstances. Our opponents are seizing upon this incident to remind everyone of how utterly heartless and anti-woman the GOP supposedly is. Obama is leading the charge on this as well. He had this to say:
"Rape is rape," Mr. Obama told reporters at the daily White House briefing Monday. "And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the American people and certainly doesn't make sense to me."
Mr. Obama added that Akin's remarks underscore "why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women."
Leaving aside the ridiculous idea that the author of Obamacare, which forces everyone to purchase health insurance, doesn't want to "make health care decisions" on behalf of women or anyone else, let us look at the statement "rape is rape." Yes, indeed, rape is rape: it is always wrong, and can never be condoned. Mr. Akin had it in his head, apparently, that certain types of rape make it less likely for conception to occur. If that were actually true, it would make sense to distinguish between types of rape, though it wouldn't necessarily be a statement on the morality of rape as such, and any honest person knows this. Since it isn't true, of course it comes of rather badly. Akin's profuse apologizing will not change this.
So "rape is rape." But life is also life. That's something Obama and the pro-abortion industry cannot and will not admit. The core principle of the pro-life position is this: it is never morally acceptable to kill an innocent human being. There are no circumstances, no matter how horrific or traumatizing, that justify the murder of an innocent human being. And frankly we don't need the sort of half-baked theories that Akin was peddling to reinforce this point. It is a self-evident truth that we can and ought to proudly defend on its own merits.
We have nothing to run from, nothing to apologize for, and nothing to hide. I hope the Romney campaign is able to deal with this issue in a way that does not compromise in the least degree on the inviolable sanctity of human life, or which does not display fear or doubt regarding the absolute immorality of the left's position on it.
Update: Given some of the information my co-bloggers and readers have left, I'm inclined to take back my remarks about Akin's theories being bizarre or untrue. I will say, however, that if one is not prepared to articulate in a clear and sensitive way these finer points of medical fact, one should not speak at all. And in this case, I maintain that it is not necessary to bring up any of this, since it has no bearing at all on the morality of abortion, which is all that really matters.


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A city economic development group has identified a half-mile of I-4 frontage officials say could be valuable to companies engaged in logistics and distribution.
DELTONA — City officials have a new idea to spur commercial growth and create hundreds of jobs: Attract distribution centers to vacant land along Interstate 4.
In recent months, Deltona has perked up with talk of adding new medical facilities, opening a new Bethune-Cookman University branch campus and possibly building a stadium.
Now comes a city economic development group that has identified a half-mile of I-4 frontage, west of Graves Avenue, that officials say could be valuable to companies engaged in logistics and distribution. The city produced a map of three privately owned parcels, totaling 256 acres, where three Walmart-sized structures could be built next to smaller office or light-industrial complexes.
"We would prefer that the area toward I-4 would become a gateway for Deltona," said Jerry Mayes, the city's economic-development manager. "The back side of I-4 would be a perfect spot for distribution centers. It's extremely well buffered. There are no residential areas where we are talking about."
Warehousing and logistics might not be glamorous economic-development projects, but they would create jobs, such as managers, inventory controllers and forklift drivers, said Roy Braddy, chair of a city subcommittee studying the idea.
Braddy is director of the supply chain for Hudson Technologies, an Ormond Beach-based manufacturer of metal enclosures and stampings. He has 33 years of experience in logistics, transportation and distribution, and the geography of undeveloped land in Deltona would serve companies in that field well, he said.
"For logistics and distribution companies, the major expenses are the truck, driver and time," Braddy wrote in a paper about the idea. "Every stoplight, every mile off the major highways adds transit time and expense for the company."
During a subcommittee meeting last month, Braddy got to the heart of why the city should embrace distribution centers. "They breed companies," he said.
The centers would bring more interest to the city's Activity Center, an area set aside for retail, restaurants and offices that has largely remained dormant for two decades, city officials say.
City officials have been working to attract more commercial development and jobs to Volusia's most populous city, with about 85,000 residents. Recently, Halifax Health approved a $3 million purchase of a 12.5-acre site for a future medical complex and closed a deal on another building for a primary care clinic.
Earlier this month, officials at Bethune-Cookman University said they have signed a lease-purchase agreement to move into a former medical office complex near I-4 and would begin offering classes in September.
The city's easy access to I-4 could be a selling point for distribution centers. The potential sites would be less than a mile from the I-4 exit at State Road 472 and Howland Boulevard, city officials say.
Mayes has met with the three landowners, Frank DeMarsh, Jim Smith and Ian Fair, and utility providers as the subcommittee of the Deltona Economic Development Advisory Board develops a plan that would ultimately be considered by the City Commission.
If commissioners support the concept, Mayes said a more detailed version of the concept would be presented to Team Volusia Economic Development Corp., the public/private business recruitment group, to market the properties to distribution companies.
"This is the embryo stage," Braddy said in an interview this week.
In his paper, Braddy projects a rosy outlook for the logistics industry.
The industry is trending toward consolidation and single-day delivery points, he wrote, which will "open new business growth" and companies looking for convenient locations along interstates.
Rob Field, a member of the subcommittee, expressed concerns about what truck traffic from distribution centers might mean for residents.
Field, who said he's not opposed to the idea, argued during the June subcommittee meeting that the city cannot afford the necessary widening of North Normandy Boulevard.
"My only concern," he said, "... is do we have the funds for infrastructure to support this?"
Mayes said residents "may have to put up with some inconvenience in the future," but the tradeoff could be 500 jobs or more.


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Here's a nice thing to have happen in your town: A free acoustic Bruce Springsteen show, in the middle of a sunny day, with enough of a crowd that the "Thunder Road" singalong resonates loudly but not so much of a crowd that you can't breathe. Springsteen played a couple of Obama rallys in Ohio and Iowa last week, making the now-traditional Democratic-candidate political loop that he's been doing since Kerry eight years ago. But today's show in Charlottesville, Virginia seemed more casual and last-minute: He was playing a show in a swing state anyway, so why not add another quick fire-up-the-troops show to the itinerary?
I got my free tickets to the show last night, but they were still giving them away as the show started, and there was plenty of room in the Charlottesville Pavilion — a smallish outdoor shed venue in the middle of town that people like Jack White, Wilco, Death Cab, and Girl Talk already headlined (for non-free shows) earlier this year. I saw neighbors and friends all over the place. I brought my kids, and so did plenty of others. And even though this was ostensibly a political event, it was a pretty subdued lunch-break crowd. And the fact that motherfucking Bruce Springsteen just played for a lunch-break crowd is ridiculous.
Springsteen's in town for a full E Street Band marathon show tonight (and I'm going to that, too), but this was just a quick acoustic affair: Six songs, including a goofy, possibly-improvised fake campaign song for Obama. (Sample lyrics: "First debate really freaked me out, then Romney got schooled twice by Obama / Smilin' Joe Biden brought the drama / Fox News must be smokin' marijuana." Real goofy-uncle stuff.) Springsteen's openers were all political speakers, including Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine, but he kept his own speechifying relatively short. (He also kept strumming his guitar while he was doing it, which was smart.) As he came out, he said something about how he's spent his entire career gauging the distance between "the American Dream and the American reality," and that that's why he's supporting Obama. Best line: "I'm thankful that GM is still making cars. What would I write about? I'd be out of business!" (This from a guy who has so many songs about factories closing.) He also trotted out an Obama impression, which is like everyone else's Obama impression mixed with everyone else's Springsteen impression, a weird thing to wrap your head around.
Musically, everything was loose and casual, even if the quick set was remarkably hit-heavy: "No Surrender," "Promised Land," "The River," the inevitable "We Take Care Of Our Own," the rousing "Thunder Road." I don't know if he convinced anyone to change their vote, or even to vote if they weren't already, but I'll sure as hell take a free Springsteen show as a fringe benefit of living in a swing state.


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Ellsbury, Red Sox rally in ninth to down Tribe
Boston, MA – Jacoby Ellsbury capped a four-run ninth-inning comeback with a two-run double off the Green Monster, as the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians Sunday at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox manufactured two runs before an ineffective and eventually injured Chris Perez (2-1) loaded the bases for Ellsbury.
Perez had to be taken out in middle of Ellsbury's at-bat and was charged with all four runs on two hits and three walks. Joe Smith surrendered the winning hit on the first pitch he threw.
"We just have that no-quit attitude," Ellsbury said. "We saw the opportunity and I was just happy to come up big for our team."
It was Boston's second straight comeback victory over Cleveland, and it took three of four in the set overall. The Red Sox used a four-run eighth inning to capture a 7-4 win on Saturday.
Jose Iglesias hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth of Sunday's game and worked a full-count walk in the final frame to bring up Ellsbury. Mike Napoli and Jarrod Saltalamacchia each drove in a run with a groundout during the comeback, which spoiled a dominant outing from Cleveland's Corey Kluber.
On the strength of his breaking pitches, Kluber retired 10 batters via strikeout, notching a new career-high. He fanned eight in his last start, but topped that mark while allowing one run on three hits over 6 2/3 innings in Sunday's outing.
Nick Swisher homered and had two RBI, Carlos Santana also knocked in a pair of runs and Jason Kipnis contributed a solo shot in defeat, the Indians' fifth in six games.
A laboring Perez, who blew his second straight save opportunity, may have bigger issues to worry about, as the righty was seen clutching his arm with every close pitch home plate umpire Chris Guccione called a ball.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona came out in middle of Ellsbury's at-bat to see if Perez was all right. When he threw a warm-up pitch, it veered far off to the left, well away from his catcher and Francona pulled him from the game.
"The 1-1 pitch (to Ellsbury), he felt a pinch," said Francona. "He wanted to keep throwing, but I asked him to throw a pitch for me. We saw the results."
Felix Doubront struck out eight over six innings for Boston and allowed four runs -- two earned -- on five hits. Craig Breslow (2-0) worked two innings and picked up the win despite allowing a run in the eighth.
The Indians got on the board in the first, but eventually ran themselves out of the inning.
With the bases loaded, Santana sprayed a base hit into left center to give Cleveland a 2-0 edge. He got greedy, though, and tried to advance to second on Ellsbury's throw to third. Boston caught Santana in a rundown and tagged him out to end the inning.
Ellsbury grounded into a double play after the Red Sox put their first two batters on to start the third, but Daniel Nava salvaged the inning by driving home Stephen Drew, who led off with a double.
Nava, though, was thrown out trying to stretch his single into a double, and Kluber went on to retire 11 of the final 12 batters he faced -- six by strikeout.
Kipnis restored Cleveland's two-run edge in the fifth, lifting a two-out offering from Doubront just far enough to clear the wall in right. The homer landed in the first row and just inside Pesky's Pole to supply the Indians with a 3-1 lead.
Swisher began the sixth with a shot over the Green Monster and added a sac fly in the eighth for a four-run cushion, but Iglesias got the Red Sox within 5-2 in the bottom half with a sacrifice fly that brought home Drew, who had tripled.
Game Notes
Drew went 3-for-4 with three runs scored ... It was Ellsbury's fourth career walk-off hit and third against the Indians ... Boston's Clay Buchholz, who was scheduled to start Monday against the Phillies, has been scratched with collarbone and AC joint irritation. Alfredo Aceves will take the mound instead ... The Red Sox claimed their 10th series victory of the season ... Doubront has at least seven strikeouts in five of his eight starts.


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Riki Anne Wilchins has written the book that may take the discussion of gender over the top. Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the tend of Gender, a frontal assault on both the status quo in academic studies and the full spectrum of single-issue identity politics, will change the way you think about bodies, sex, and gender. Yours and everyone else's.Combining the theoretical breakthroughs of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble and the performance revelations of Kate Bornstein's Gender Outlaw, Wilchins -- cofounder of the Transsexual Menace -- moves the dialogue to a new level. In a voice that is by turns outraged, outrageous, sad, and hilarious, the author weaves theory and personal experience into a compelling story of self-discovery. She redefines what it means to be "gendered", both by the way she lives and the accessible theoretical narrative she constructs.Read My Lips, with its unique mix of theory and application, anecdote and affront, will appeal to feminists, queer academics, activists, transpeople, "the-queer-on-the-street", and the increasing audience of mainstream readers hungry for writing that pushes the absolute edge of the gender envelope.OUT Magazine says that the author "has surfaced as the Superhero of this burgeoning (transgender) movement". Wilchins, herself, signs off on her email as follows: "Just your average straight white guy with a cunt who really digs lezzie chicks like me". Rarely have smarts and chutzpah produced such good effect.
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WK01 Learning to Read Ultrasound Images
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 4:00pm
CEUs: 0.7
Presented by: Cydney Afriat Menihan, CNM, MSN, RDMS; Anthony Lathrop, CNM, MSN, PhD, RDMS; Betty Kay Taylor, CNM, MSN, RDMS
Summary: This didactic workshop has been designed to provide midwives with the necessary foundation for performing and interpreting ultrasound exams. Topics include: images acquisition, fetal anatomic ultrasound landmarks for biometry, assessment of fetal well being (BPP and AFI), as well as image interpretation practice session. THERE WILL BE NO HANDS-ON PRACTICE.
WK02 Vacuum Assisted Birth in Midwifery Practice
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 4:00pm
CEUs: 0.7
Presented by: Phyllis Ann Clark, CNM, MPH
Summary: Assisting birth with a vacuum extractor is an advanced practice skill not included in basic midwifery education programs. It is not indicated for all practice settings or for all midwife providers. While vacuum assisted birth can be life saving and brain sparing for the baby and prevent unnecessary cesarean section for the mother, it is an operative delivery with attendant risks and increased liability for the midwife if there is less than an optimal outcome. This workshop is designed to assist the midwife to utilize the ACNM publication Vacuum Assisted Birth in Midwifery Practice to determine whether or not it is appropriate to incorporate vacuum assisted delivery into her practice. The workshop will give the midwife the opportunity for simulated practice of the skill, but certification of competency will require additional supervised practice in the clinical setting as determined by her collaborating physician(s) and the hospital where she practices that must grant her privileges to perform vacuum extraction. A short review of the mechanism of labor will be followed by an overview of the history and principles of the vacuum extractor, a review of the literature to assist in determining practice guidelines, and a summary of risk management issues. Factors needed to evaluate the appropriateness of midwifery use of the vacuum in the clinical setting and how to implement the additional skill into practice will be addressed. After demonstration, participants will practice the procedure in small groups using vacuum extractors with grapefruit, then with baby and pelvis models. A process for educating midwives to perform this procedure will be introduced and methods of evaluating the competency of midwives using a skill evaluation tool will be discussed. Fee for the workshop includes the ACNM publication Vacuum Assisted Birth in Midwifery Practice.
WK03 ACNM Full Day Exam Prep Content Review Course (Day 1)
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Presented by: Melissa Ann Willmarth, DNP, CNM; Nicole T. Lassiter, CNM, MSN, WHNP; Cara A. Busenhart, RN, CNM, MSN; Alisha Coffey-Morgan, MSN, CNM, ARNP; Susan Yount, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC; Julie Paul, DNP, CNM; Lynneece Rooney, MSN, CNM
Summary: This two day workshop will provide students and new graduates an opportunity for exam preparation. Day one will focus on the content covered by the AMCB certification exam. Experts in each topic will give students an overview of the content with an opportunity to begin formulating a plan of study. Day two will explore interactive case studies and practice questions on the main topical areas for the AMCB midwifery examination. Students can register for one or both days. At the conclusion of the sessions, students will have completed an individualized plan for continuing review.
WK04 Scar Tissue Remediation: Techniques and Pearls of Practice for Midwives
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 4:00pm
CEUs: 0.7
Presented by: Sarah Shealy, CNM, IBCLC; Ellen Heed
Summary: Scar tissue caused by birth or surgical trauma is debilitating for many women. Both c-sections and vaginal deliveries can be followed by chronic pain, limited mobility, lack of normal sexual function all related to scar tissue. This workshop day will include an in depth review of the bio-dynamics of scar tissue and an introduction to simple techniques midwives can incorporate into their practice to help increase the resiliency of scar tissue. Practical hands on techniques will be taught and participants may choose their level of interaction.
WK06 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Provider Course - 3 Day Course
Tuesday, May 28, 12:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Thursday, May 30, 8:00am-12:00pm
CEUs: 1.3
Presented by: Larry Leeman, MD (Co-chair); Helen Welch, CNM (Co-chair); Kim Dowat, CNM; Robert Gobbo, MD, FAAFP; David Gregory, MD, FAAFP; Sally Hersh, MSN, CNM; Valerie King, MD, MPH, FAAFP; Rebecca Leeman, CNM; Carl Olden, MD, FAAFP; Janice Taleff, CNM; Alice Taylor, CNM; Ellen Tilden, CNM
Summary: The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) program helps maternity care providers develop the knowledge and skills needed to manage potential emergencies during the perinatal period. With pre-course syllabus reading and minimal lecture time, this course offers an interactive learning environment utilizing pelvic mannequins and other appropriate medical equipment. Evidence-based, hands-on skill/team building is what sets the ALSO Program above other maternity care programs. Participants will obtain five-year ALSO status after successful completion of the written test and megadelivery testing station. Space is limited to 60 participants. Registration fee:$500. Participants must attend all three days.
WK07 Birth simulation in midwifery education: Bringing low incidence emergencies to life
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Melissa D. Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM; Jane Lindsay Miller, PhD; Karen Larson, MS, CNM
Summary: Although promoting and teaching normal birth is central to midwifery education, complications requiring rapid response and effective management do occur. Students need opportunities to learn the process for recognizing and managing specific emergency situations as well as the appropriate hand skills. Postpartum hemorrhage and shoulder dystocia are examples of situations that students study and may not have a chance to manage independently during their education program. In this workshop we will share scenarios developed for these two important complications and describe how simulations using task trainers and live standardized patients were integrated into a midwifery education program. Data from student evaluations of the scenarios will be presented. The workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to experience the actual simulated emergency in a simulation center.
WK08 Preparing the Future: ACNM Annual Preceptor Workshop
Wednesday, May 29, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35 Pharmacology Hours: 3.5
Presented by: Aggie Hoeger, DNP, CNM; Judy Lazarus, MSN, CNM, ARNP
Summary: Clinical preceptors play a vital role in the education of nurse midwifery students. As a profession, we need a large and available pool of preceptors to help prepare our next generation of nurse midwives. This annual preceptor workshop, sponsored by the Preceptor Development and Support Committee, is directed to both the novice and the experienced preceptor. This half day workshop will address pertinent topics from "working with students in a busy clinic day" to "inspiring our partners to become preceptors". The presentation will include resources for preceptors and opportunities to share and practice precepting skills.
WK09 Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Pain Disorders
Wednesday, May 29, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35 Pharmacology Hours: 3.5
Presented by: Amy Hull, NP, MS
Summary: Discussion will focus on the causes of chronic pelvic pain (CPP), specifically interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, vulvodynia, and the myofascial pain syndrome, levator ani spasm syndrome. Information will be provided regarding the detailed history and physical examination for CPP. Models and video presentation will be utilized to enhance the education and learning process. Anatomy of the pelvic floor will be presented to enhance the attendee's understanding of the pelvic floor.
WK10 Complementary Alternative Modalities in Women's Health: New Directions
Wednesday, May 29, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Leslie Reed, RN, MSN, HCNS, AHN-BC
Summary: This half day workshop focuses on Complementary Alternative Modalities (CAM) and how these therapies can be used to promote and improve health for women and families of all ages. Several types of CAM will be discussed and demonstrations of proper use of some of the techniques will be given. The worship will focus primarily on primary care and stress management but will also include some treatment information. This workshop will be interactive and participants are encouraged to dress comfortably and come ready to experience varied techniques.
WK11 Midwives in Medical Education: 2013 Update
Wednesday, May 29, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Angela Wilson-Liverman, MSN, CNM; Suzanne Seger, MTS, MSN, CNM; Linda Steinhardt, CNM, MS; Amy L. Goldstein, MSN, CNM, FNP
Summary: This workshop is aimed at the CNM working in Medical Education, specifically with medical students or residents. Our goal is to share didactic and clinical teaching strategies from several academic centers as well as to investigate new modalities of teaching. Several different academic models will be explored.
WK12 Refining the Art of Perineal Repair - SOLD OUT
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Wednesday, May 29, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
CEUs: 0.35 Pharmacology Hours: 3.5
Presented by: Susan Jacoby CNM, DNP and Joyce Poirier CNM, MSN
Summary: This program offers midwives the opportunity to discuss current recommendations for methods, materials, and techniques used during repair, followed by mentored hands-on skills practice. The workshop covers universal components of suturing: needles and sutures, instruments, instrument handling, and suturing techniques. The focus is on optimal instrument handling and improving technique and efficiency of suturing skills through mentored hands-on experience.
WK13 Labor and Birth in Water: How Birthing Women and Emerging Research Can Change Midwifery Practice
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Jenna C. Shaw- Battista, PhD, NP,CNM; Shaunette Meyer, MA, MS, RN, CNM; Sage Hyman Bearman, BA, MA, RN; Sharon Demeter, BA, MA, MS, CNM, NP
Summary: Despite mounting data on the benefits and safety of warm water immersion during labor and birth, utilization rates in the United States (US) lag far behind those reported internationally. Relatively few US nurse-midwives offer the option of waterbirth, even when knowledgeable and/or supportive of the intrapartum care practice. This workshop will examine these discrepancies along with recent research on the use and outcomes of intrapartum hydrotherapy. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for labor and birth in water will be reviewed with examples from several US nurse-midwifery practices. We will outline key steps in beginning and sustaining the option of waterbirth, including interprofessional communication, stakeholder engagement, and practical strategies for overcoming barriers to implementation. Experienced waterbirth providers will describe "tricks of the trade" and review quality assessment and improvement activities to be considered. Presenters will also discuss findings from a new qualitative study of women's prenatal decision-making and postpartum satisfaction with waterbirth, with implications for marketing the practice and the midwifery model of care. A detailed resource list and sample clinical guidelines will be distributed.
WK14 Physiology and Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Endometrial Biopsy
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35 Pharmacology Hours: 3.5
Presented by: Angela Deneris, CNM, PhD
Summary: Abnormal and dysfunctional uterine bleeding (AUB and DUB) and endometrial cancer are significant problems in GYN practice. It is important that midwives providing care for women are knowledgeable in the evaluation, differential diagnoses and treatment modalities of AUB and DUB including indications, contraindications and technique for endometrial sampling, when to order ultrasound to aid in diagnosis and when to refer women for possible surgical intervention. Case studies from the presenter's practice will be utilized to facilitate the ability of the participants to apply the information to their clinical practice. The session will include simulated practice of endometrial biopsy with two common devises.
WK15 Ethical Dilemmas in Midwifery: Coping with Disagreement, Where is the middle ground?
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Mary K Collins, CNM, JD, FACNM; Joyce B Thompson, D.Ph., CNM, FACNM; Kathleen Powderly, CNM, PhD
Summary: As in all health care, midwifery practice is subject to the conflicts that arise out of the complex framework that is the patient-provider relationship in modern American society. A dilemma is a creature of conflict where multiple solutions are often equally unappealing. Ethical dilemmas in midwifery practice may develop when there is conflict between what the midwife believes is her moral responsibility and the decisions made by clients and other healthcare providers. This workshop will provide a framework for dealing with ethical dilemmas and discussion on how to live with decisions contrary to our beliefs.
WK16 Getting the Job YOU want: A workshop for students and new graduates
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Mavis H Schorn, PhD, CNM; Tonia Moore-Davis, MSN, CNM; Julia C. Phillippi, PhD, CNM; Sharon Holley, DNP, CNM
Summary: This workshop is designed to assist the midwifery student and/or new midwifery graduate preparing for their first job search. The focus will be on how to discern what job is the best "fit" and how to stand out among the competition for the desired position.
WK17 Legislative Action in 2013: Nuts and Bolts
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Kathryn Kravitz Carr, CNM, MPH; Joanna King, JD; Patrick Cooney; Laura Jenson, CNM
Summary: This presentation will be an in-depth review and discussion of how midwives can influence and generate health policy. Effective techniques to bring policy change at the local, state and federal levels will be reviewed. Legislative successes and shortcomings pertinent to women's health since the 2012 ACNM Annual Meeting including Health Reform and Maternal Health Legislation will be reviewed and discussed. Breakout groups will provide an opportunity for participants to work together in smaller groups to develop strategies for addressing specific policy and legislative issues.
WK18 Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Thursday, May 30, 8:30am - 12:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Susan Drummond, MSN, RN, C-EFM
Summary: This workshop will discuss developing a certification program in EFM, review of current nomenclature, case presentations, and liability issues in obstetrics.
WK19 ACNM 1/2 Day Exam Prep Case Studies Course (Day 2)
Thursday, May 30, 9:00am - 1:30pm
Presented by: Melissa Ann Willmarth, DNP, CNM; Nicole T. Lassiter, CNM, MSN, WHNP; Cara A. Busenhart, RN, CNM, MSN; Alisha Coffey-Morgan, MSN, CNM, ARNP; Susan Yount, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC; Julie Paul, DNP, CNM; Lynneece Rooney, MSN, CNM
Summary: This two day workshop will provide students and new graduates an opportunity for exam preparation. Day one will focus on the content covered by the AMCB certification exam. Experts in each topic will give students an overview of the content with an opportunity to begin formulating a plan of study. Day two will explore interactive case studies and practice questions on the main topical areas for the AMCB midwifery examination. Students can register for one or both days. At the conclusion of the sessions, students will have completed an individualized plan for continuing review.
WK20 Skills Update and Review for Students, New Grads to Experienced Midwives - SOLD OUT
Saturday, June 1, 10:00am - 2:00pm
CEUs: 0.35
Presented by: Michele R. Collins, PhD, CNM; Deanna Pilkenton CNM, MSN
Summary: This is a workshop geared to students who are already enrolled in a nurse-midwifery program and the new nurse-midwifery graduate who desires to shore up his/her newly gained skills, or for those who have graduated within the past 5 years, but have not been practicing.
WK21 Affiliate Skills Leadership Workshop
Wednesday, May 29, 8:00am - 12:00pm
CEUs: none
Summary: This workshop is designed to help those in affiliate leadership positions develop the skills necessary to lead an effective and engaged membership. Al Hopper, CAE, from True North Consulting will be presenting at the workshop. AL has over 35 years of experience in associations and non-profits, and has a wide breadth of knowledge to share. General topic areas to be covered will include: characteristics of leadership in an association context, cultivating member engagement to involvement, recruiting and leading volunteers within the affiliate, planning and decision making, and holding effective, successful meetings.
ACME Site Visitor Workshop
Saturday, June 1, 10:00am - 12:00pm
CEUs: TBD
Summary: "Increasing Knowledge and Skills in Higher Education Accreditation"
This free workshop, through presentations and simulations, will help those currently qualified to perform site visits as well as those interested in the process become more acquainted with site visit requirements. We will discuss current national higher education accreditation issues including evaluation of distance education modalities, revisions to the ACME Programmatic criteria and review a Self Evaluation Report and aspects of the interview process.
ACME Orientation Workshop
Saturday, June 1, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
CEUs: TBD
Summary: "Orientation to the ACME accreditation review process"
This free workshop, open to program directors and all interested in learning about the ACME accreditation process, will review revisions to ACME criteria, processes, and requirements.


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Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, was arrested Wednesday evening at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, was arrested Wednesday evening at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
A man was arrested Wednesday at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport for attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, federal officials said.
Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, was arrested Wednesday evening.
Officials said Alebbini, a citizen of Jordan and a legal permanent resident of the United States as of April 2014, attempted to travel to Syria via a flight to Turkey or Jordan in order to fight with the Islamic State group against Syrian leadership.
Federal officials said that Alebbini was known to authorities. In January, he was arrested for unlawful entry into the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. He refused to say why he was on the property, but officials said Alebbini muttered, "You are going to regret this," while being escorted off the property.
Days later, authorities said, he attempted to travel to Turkey via Amsterdam, but was denied entry because his Joranian passport had expired.
While being interviewed in connection to the Turkish Embassy incident, federal officials said Alebbini admitted to posting pro-Islamic State videos to his Facebook page in the past, and reportedly told officials "I am the perfect recruit for ISIS."
Federal officials also claim that Alebinni said security at the embassy was very lax, adding, "If I had a bomb on me, I swear to God, three embassies would be gone by now."
Following a lengthy investigation, authorities learned that Alebinni was scheduled to depart from Cincinnati and fly to Jordon. After he obtained his boarding pass, he was arrested by Transportation Security Administration agents and law enforcement officers.
He was taken to the FBI's office in Cincinnati, where he admitted that he intended to fly to Turkey and then join and fight for the Islamic State group, federal officials said.
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Improving USA fall to Kenya in HK Bowl
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Improving USA fall to Kenya in Hong Kong Bowl Final
HONG KONG -- An electric Kenyan side stormed back in the second half of the Hong Kong Sevens Bowl final to edge the USA out 12-14. A 28-14 win over Scotland in the Bowl Semifinal earlier in the day gave the Eagles momentum that they carried into the final, but couldn't finish Kenya off.
The first half saw the Eagles work extremely hard on defense, holding Kenyan ball-carriers up in contact and counter rucking well.
Rookie Rocco Mauer got over for the Eagles first after gathering a slick flick pass from his captain, Shalom Suniula, and burning down the touch line for 60 meters.
Mauer and Suniula played a key role in the next USA score stepping and bunching up Kenyan defenders on the right side of the field and then stretching them out left. Colin Hawley kept good width and depth and strolled in untouched, but worked to score under the posts.
Up 12-0 at the half, the Eagles were simply out played in the second period.
Humphrey Kayange splintered the USA defense with an excellent angled run. Suniula nearly cut him off before he got to the try line, but the tall Kenyan stretched out and scored his team's first points of the game.
Kenya pinched the ball from the Eagles to start their second scoring move. Kenyan and American bodies were piling up in the ruck and a quick pass released Willy Ambaka Ndayara for a try. With the successful conversion the Kenyans took a 14-12 lead they wouldn't relinquish.
Late in the game the Eagles worked their way deep into the Kenyan half and made an aggressive call to quick tap when the Kenyans were penalized 15 meters in front of their own posts. The Eagles backed themselves to score and button the game up, but couldn't breach the defense. Kenya got a turn over eventually and kicked the ball a mile into the east stands to end the game.
Despite the loss, the Eagles showed improvement over the course of the three day tournament.
The Bowl Semifinal win against Scotland showed a glimpse of the type of rugby the Eagles aim to play; entrepreneurial, instinctive, and featuring a high work rate on and off the ball.
"We're working hard to get the culture right on the field," said Magleby of his team's improvement. "It's a work in progress, but we now have a good foundation to work from."
The USA plays next weekend in the Tokyo Sevens from March 31-April 1.
Hong Kong Sevens Bowl Final
Tries: Mauer, Hawley
Cons: Suniula
Kenya 14
Tries: Kayange, Ndayara
Cons: Ocholla(2)
Hong Kong Sevens Bowl Semifinal
Tries: Hawley, Palefau, Test, Punimata
Cons: Suniula (4)
Scotland 14
Tries: Cairns, Fleming
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Energy Department Honors South Dakota and Alaska Electric Cooperatives with 2012 Wind Cooperative of the Year Awards
Feb. 21, 2013
The Energy Department today recognized the East River Electric Power Cooperative of South Dakota and the Golden Valley Electric Association of Alaska as the 2012 Wind Cooperatives of the Year.
The 12th annual awards, presented at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) TechAdvantage 2013 Conference and Expo in New Orleans, honor East River in the generation and transmission cooperative category and Golden Valley for wind energy development by a distribution cooperative. East River and Golden Valley were selected by a panel of experts from the wind industry, utilities, government, national laboratories, and cooperatives.
East River Electric Power Cooperative—Madison, South Dakota
A wholesale electric power supply cooperative serving eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota, East River Electric Power Cooperative is regarded as one of the earliest champions in installing the first utility-scale wind turbines in the Dakotas. In 2009, the co-op created South Dakota Wind Partners, LLC (SDWP)—a model for community-based, locally-owned wind development that is fully financed by South Dakota residents. In 2010, SDWP proposed a 10.5 megawatt (MW) addition to the 151 MW Prairie Winds SD1 project and worked with East River to convene investor meetings across the state. This approach helped raise $16 million in just 60 days with investments from more than 600 South Dakotans. The 10.5 MW project has been in operation since 2011, and is a community financing model for clean, domestic wind power that other providers can emulate.
Golden Valley Electric Association—Fairbanks, Alaska
Golden Valley Electric Association is focused on generating 20% of its peak load electricity—power supplied when customer demand is highest—from renewable energy by 2014. As part of this commitment, Golden Valley developed the 25 MW Eva Creek Wind Farm in Ferry, Alaska in 2012. The remote site is located at the end of a 10-mile dirt road, contributing to unique construction challenges. All materials arrived by railroad before being transported by truck along a road that had to be widened and straightened to accommodate the 147-foot-long blades. The Eva Creek Wind Farm project is expected to help the cooperative meet its renewable goals ahead of schedule, reduce dependence on oil, and save Golden Valley members as much as $4 million in annual electricity costs by the end of 2013.
The Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy accelerates development and facilitates deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and market-based solutions that strengthen U.S. energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality. For more information on DOE's Wind Powering America outreach and stakeholder engagement initiative, visit the Wind Powering America website.


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October 23, 2012
End of The Obamney Universe And The Rebirth of Real American Leadership
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and their brainwashed, dumbed-down followers live in a fantasy-based universe where independent thought and the free expression of opinion are forbidden. It is a universe filled with hate, ignorance, collective insanity, and totalitarian propaganda. And apparently they still have horses and bayonets in this crazy universe. This makes sense because it is socially, culturally, intellectually, technologically, and politically sterile and backwards.
In the Obamney universe, smoking marijuana is a legal offense, the Federal Reserve and big banks are responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars, Iran is the biggest threat to humanity in this century, the Bill of Rights is a thing of the past, drone murders of innocent civilians is justified, secret assassinations of dissidents and critics on the order of the President is good, and Israel is the lord and master of the United States of America.
What is most shocking is that learning is viewed as "conspiracy theorizing" in this strange universe. False flag terrorism is unheard of and truth is a foreign concept. They still live under the delusion that the September 11 events were committed by Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.
When shown evidence that proves 9/11 was an inside job, the cult-like members of the Obamney universe react with blind rage and accuse the messenger of being a "conspiracy theorist." They also consider connecting the dots as a sign of mental illness, thereby denigrating the professions of the detective, police officer, lawyer, and journalist, who all connect dots to solve crimes and cases.
It is very tragic that science, facts, and reason are not taken seriously in the Obamney universe. Thankfully, though, there is a parallel political universe in the United States, one that is more sane, real, honest, free, and peaceful.
The public representatives of this new and more hopeful universe are Jill Stein, presidential candidate for the Green Party, Rocky Anderson, presidential candidate for the Justice Party, Virgil Goode, presidential candidate for the Constitution Party, and Gary Johnson, presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.
What all these alternative voices have in common is a love for country, a dedication to public service, and a deep respect for the values, principles, and rights of the American people. They represent the rebirth of American leadership.
As public confidence and faith in the Obamney universe collapses, the real universe will rise to a level of credibility and legitimacy that will be undeniable. The real universe will shake the major institutions of the United States to its rotten foundations: political, media, financial, military, and educational.
II. Third Party Presidential Candidates Offer The Reality of A Second Universe
On Tuesday, October 23, all four alternative presidential candidates attended a historic third party presidential debate hosted by Free and Equal Elections Foundation and moderated by Larry King.
The candidates didn't just offer solutions to America's problems, but something more important and fundamental: the reality of a second universe. Their presence on the stage represents real hope, which doesn't exist in the Obamney universe.
90 million Americans reject the false premises, contradictions, lies, and totalitarian myths of the Obamney universe. They want to live in a universe that has better ideas, solutions, laws, and leaders. And they will because history is on their side.
It doesn't matter if Obama or Romney wins in November because both of them have already lost the confidence, respect, and trust of the awakening American people. Neither man is presidential material. As things stand, the throne is empty. A ghost occupies the president's chair.
But that will change because the Obamney universe is history, and a new universe is coming into political being in America. The third party debate on Tuesday night was just the beginning.


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Barclays and other large banks – including Citigroup, HSBC, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lloyds, Bank of America, UBS, Royal Bank of Scotland– manipulated the world's primary interest rate (Libor) which virtually every adjustable-rate investment globally is pegged to.
That means they manipulated a good chunk of the world economy.
We actually understated the impact of the Libor scandal.
Specifically, according to the CIA's World Factbook, the global economy – as measured by the world's gross domestic product – is less than $80 trillion.
In contrast, over $800 trillion dollars worth of investments are pegged to the Libor rate. In other words, a market more than 10 times the size of the entire real world economy is effected by Libor.
As the Wall Street Journal reports today:
More than $800 trillion in securities and loans are linked to the Libor, including $350 trillion in swaps and $10 trillion in loans.
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Remember, the derivatives market is approximately $1,200 trillion dollars. Interest rate derivatives comprise the lion's share of all derivatives, and could blow up and take down the entire financial system.
The largest interest rate derivatives sellers include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman and JP Morgan … many of which are being exposed for manipulating Libor.
They have been manipulating Libor on virtually a daily basis since 2005.
They are still part of the group of banks which sets Libor every day, and none have been criminally prosecuted.
They have received a light slap on the wrist from regulators, which – as nobel economist Joe Stiglitz points out – is just the cost of doing business when fraud is the business model.
Indeed – as Bloomberg notes – they're probably still manipulating the rate:
The U.K. bankers and regulators charged with reviewing Libor in the wake of regulatory probes are resisting calls to overhaul the rate because structural changes risk invalidating trillions of dollars of contracts.
The group, established by the British Bankers' Association in March after probes into allegations that traders rigged the London interbank offered rate … won't propose structural changes such as basing the rate on actual trades or taking away oversight of the benchmark from the BBA, the people said.
Libor is determined by a daily poll that asks banks to estimate how much it would cost them to borrow from each other for different timeframes and in different currencies. Because banks' submissions aren't based on real trades, academics and lawyers say they are open to manipulation by traders. At least a dozen firms are being probed by regulators worldwide for colluding to rig the rate, the benchmark for $350 trillion of securities.
"I don't see a significant enhancement to the reputation of Libor without basing it on actual transactions," said Rosa Abrantes-Metz, an economist with Global Economics Group, a New York-based consultancy, an associate professor with New York University's Stern School of Business and the co-author of a 2008 paper entitled "Libor Manipulation?" [the manipulation was well-known in England in 2007, Shah Gilani warned of Libor manipulation in 2008, and Tyler Durden, Max Keiser and others started sounding the alarm at or around the same time.]
"It would only be disruptive if current quotes are inaccurate," so resistance "is suspicious," she said.
Traders interviewed by Bloomberg in March at three firms said they were given no guidance on how Libor should be set and there were no so-called Chinese walls preventing contact between the treasury staff charged with submitting the rate and traders who stood to profit on where Libor was set each day. They regularly discussed where Libor would be set with their colleagues and their counterparts at other firms, they said.
"Sadly the response looks to be very consistent with the response of policy makers to the banking disasters we've seen over the last four years — cosmetic changes, but nothing substantial happens," said Richard Werner, a finance professor at the University of Southampton. "It's insufficient and doesn't really go to the heart of the problem."


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CHANGSHA , China, June 25 (UPI) -- China's Hunan Map Publishing House unveiled a new map of China, showing expanded claims in the South China Sea.
The map clearly shows contested clusters of islands in the body of water partially claimed by several countries -- the Parcel Islands and the Spratly Islands -- within a series of ten dashes, indicating Chinese control.
The new map signifies an act of boldness on the part of the Chinese government; maps in the past generally put the South China Sea in an inset, with explanatory text indicating the conflicting claims.
The tenth dash in the tongue-shaped demarcation is one more than on a map from the 1940s, which is the basis for China's claim. The line has been traditionally known as the "cow's tongue" and the "nine dashes."
The map does not include any reference to China's attempt, with bulldozers and sand, to enlarge the Spratlys into more significant islands. The Philippines has twice filed formal complaints with China's attempt to expand the islands, and Vietnam and the United States have denounced the action.


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DR. HOOK- Playing doctor: When insurance companies overstep
"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV." Have you ever seen that famous commercial? An actor from The Young and the Restless said it in a cold-syrup commercial in the '80s. I use a similar line, "I am a doctor, and I look like Bruce Lee on TV." I wish!
I guess we all have alter egos (or altar egos if you're involved in a church), and mine happens to be a Broadway legend. Often people say to me, "What are you doing being a doctor? You should be singing at Carnegie Hall."
My response is, "Hey, did an Asian man play the king of Siam in The King and I? I would never get any work!" I realize my limitations, but do health insurance companies?
I work about 10-12 hours a day. After I finish seeing patients, I write up my notes, review health maintenance reports (like mammograms, prostate exams, colonoscopies), interpret labs, and notify my patients of the results, answer questions, blah-blah-blah.
Lately, I've been getting six, seven, eight faxes a day from health insurance carriers asking me to include them in the care of my patients who are their clients.
"Dr. Hong, your patient has signed up with our 'quality program.' Please send us copies of all labs, your notes, radiology reports, and your underwear size, mortgage interest rate, and how often you poop, while you're at it. Also, please fill out the following 18 questions— noting the dates when you actually did the following screening tests."
Have they lost their marbles? Is Anna Nicole Smith on crack the new CEO for health insurance companies?
If I were to answer all these questionnaires and send copies of everything after rifling through all the papers, it would mean two to three extra hours of work a day for me as well as my staff.
I understand health insurance providers want quality assurance, but the medical field already has its own quality assurance. Adding seven extra cooks ruins the broth–. (Just look at Bravo's show Top Chef.) I also think health insurance has killed off the rest of South America's trees to print their little notices saying, "Your patient's PAP smear is overdue."
Grrrr. Maybe it's because my patient was having her menstrual period on her last visit so we rescheduled her PAP– or maybe it's because she has an appointment coming up with her own gynecologist!
Also, health insurance companies pretend they understand how to take care of patients. The fact is, clinicians who go to the dark side of the force don't see patients. (I can already see effigies of me burning in front of health insurance companies. I have already been scolded by some people for standing up to them.)
I think one reason they're doing this "Let's help the patient program" is that they're paying for less and charging more, so they dreamed this up to keep their clients happy. It's bad news when a patient's co-payment overpays the visit charge. Every month, I have to write dozens of checks to pay back patients who overpaid. In these cases, health insurance doesn't pay anything, so the executives all go to Tiffany's and Mercedes-Benz with their bonus money.
Health insurance used to pay doctors less money if they ordered too many tests or prescribed too many medicines. It appears this new "quality assurance" thing they're doing is going to do the same– and frankly, it's going to make doctors refuse to participate in health insurance programs. I wonder if health insurance is going to be outdated soon anyway since companies are making patients pay for almost everything, and their premiums cost more than all the wars in history put together.
Soon TV ads will have an actor say, "I'm not a doctor, but I act like one as a health insurance CEO."
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Personal Informatics in Practice: Enabling People to Capture, Manage and Control Information for Lifelong Goals
Ian Li
May 22, 2012
Debjanee Barua is PhD student of Computer Science in University of Sydney. She works in CHAI research group. She designs and develops software framework and user interfaces for Personal Informatics.
Judy Kay is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. Her research is in technologies for human computer interaction, supporting personalisation, pervasive and mobile interaction.
Bob Kummerfeld is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the School of Information Technologies at the University of Sydney. Bob carries out research into system support for pervasive user models.
People's long term, important goals are drivers for using personal informatics tools. For example, if a person's goal is achieve and maintain good health, this is a driver to capture data such as blood pressure, exercise, activity, sleep and food eaten. Personal informatics tools aim to make it easy for people to capture such information and so that it is available for self-monitoring, so people can see how they are progressing towards their goals. It can also help people decide how to alter their behaviour and then to see if this helps them achieve their goals.
Our research aims to create a personal informatics framework for lifelong goals, by enabling people to have a new form of flexibility and control to:
- set relevant and realistic personal goals;
- link these flexibly to tools that capture relevant personal data;
- monitor their progress towards goals;
- and manage the data over the long term (update, share, delete, archive).
As one might expect, given the importance of goal setting and tracking, there are many goal setting systems, such as HealthMonth, GoalsOnTrack, stickK. While these provide a variety of valuable support for goal setting, they lack support for 2 and 4 above. We aim to address the broad challenges of enabling people to flexibly manage and control their data associated with their long term important goals.
User control over personal data during goal setting:
To help people think about the personal data that will be useful for achieving their goals, we are exploring a rich representation of goals. This should enable people to think more effectively about their goals and the kinds of personal data that could be useful. We draw on theories such as Goal-setting Theory and Social Cognitive Theory which point to the importance of aspects such as specificity, importance and difficulty of the goal, deadlines and feedback about the goal, commitment and self efficacy about being about to complete the goal. So we aim to help people think about these aspects. We explain each of these at the goal setting interface. We suggest personalised default values, and explain the reasons for those recommendations, and allow users to set their own values if they wish.
User control over personal data while linking devices to goals:
Social cognitive theory also indicates that if a person is aware of their potential resources (e.g. monitoring tools, social support) towards achieving goals, they gain insight about their own capabilities. In our system, for example, if a person acquires a step counter, they are advised to set an initial goal of using it to get a baseline, by tracking daily steps walked each day over a week. Suppose this indicates they walk an average 5,000 steps a day. Our system recommends an initial goal of 6,000 steps a day for the next week, explaining that while it is well below the recommended 10,000, it is more likely to be attainable from this person's baseline. Thus our framework both recommends goals that are likely to be achievable and explains the reasons for the recommendation.
Personal informatics now has many different tools for monitoring health and activity. Users can choose different tools for monitoring different goals. This can create a problem which we call 'scattered subgoals'. For example, maintaining wellbeing includes several subgoals such as "Walking 10000 steps a day", "Do at least 30 minutes moderate activity per day", or "Avoid more than 30 minutes of sitting in front of computer". Users might use step counters such as Fitbit for monitoring a step goal, mobile applications for logging minutes of activity, or notifiers to remind them if they are in static posture for more than 30 minutes. In most cases, they have to visit different web sites to monitor different goals. This makes it hard to monitor goals. Available goal setting systems have not addressed this issue so far.
Our vision is to make it much more easier for people to monitor their diverse goals because our system enables them to aggregate their personal data for all their goals, extracting it from different systems and keeping it in a single store that the individual controls. Since more and more APIs are becoming available for developing mashups for personal health informatics, we can readily extract such information. The challenge still remains to ensure the person can control this aggregation and then manage the information effectively so that it serves their goals.
User access to aggregated information for goal monitoring:
An important part of our work is to enable people to see several goals together and to log salient notes about them. The example in Figure 1 shows a hypothetical user monitoring three goals:
walking 10k steps/day goal (green graph),
having 5 periods of intense activity per week (red dots)
at least 60 minutes moderate activity daily (blue graph).
Figure 1: Visualisation for goal monitoring
The figure illustrates the user noting a quiz that interfered with achieving the goals (just as they noted that they were sick in the previous week). Theories of metacognition indicate the importance of enabling people to for log such salient life events to explain the progress achieved and make sense of long term information and trends.
User control over managing personal data:
Finally, existing systems lack support for people to manage the lifelong personal information. We have identified several important levels of control:
determining which information can be shared with others;
easy ways to remove information, for example when sensor data is wrong (such as when they allowed someone else to use their step counter);
transforming the information into compacted forms, for example, reducing fine-grained sensor data into higher level information about goals, so reducing the amount of information kept, reducing the risk to privacy it creates.
To achieve user control over goal related data, we will design and evaluate interfaces for managing goals and reflection over long term by defining goals; monitoring the social and cognitive information associated with each goal; and reviewing goals. These will enable users to connect sensors and choose the type and frequency of feedback, including e-mail, tweets, desktop notification and ambient displays. The driving design goal of our framework is to ensure user control of personal data.


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