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The bison is one of the largest types of cow in the world with adult bison commonly growing to 2 meters tall or more. The bison typically have long shaggy hair if they inhabit colder regions and the bison in the warmer climates have shorter hair.
The wild bison has been hunted by humans for meat, skins and trophy hunting. The bison has only a handful of predators in the wild mainly due to the sheer size of the bison. Wolves, bears and cougars are amongst those animals that hunt the bison in their natural habitat.
The bison is considered to be the largest land mammal still in existence in North America, where the natural habitat of the bison ranged from Canada to Mexico. Due to loss of the bisons habitat and hunting, the bison are now only found in large herds in very remote areas and farmland.
Before the settlers arrived in North America in the 1800s there were approximately 60 - 100 million bison inhabiting the area, the settlers hunted the bison population down to a mere 1,000 from which the species has still not fully recovered.


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SRD:Talisman of Pure Good
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Talisman of Pure Good: A good (LG, NG, CG) divine spellcaster who possesses this item can cause a flaming crack to open at the feet of an evil (LE, NE, CE) divine spellcaster who is up to 100 feet away. The intended victim is swallowed up forever and sent hurtling to the center of the earth. The wielder of the talisman must be good, and if he is not exceptionally pure in thought and deed the evil character gains a DC 19 Reflex saving throw to leap away from the crack. Obviously, the target must be standing on solid ground for this item to function.
A talisman of pure good has 6 charges. If a neutral (LN, N, CN) divine spellcaster touches one of these stones, he takes 6d6 points of damage. If an evil divine spellcaster touches one, he takes 8d6 points of damage. All other characters are unaffected by the device.
Strong evocation [good]; CL 18th.
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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
February 7, 2013
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
National Pediatric Research Network
Act of 2013.
National Pediatric Research Network
Section 409D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284h; relating to the Pediatric Research Initiative) is amended—
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
National Pediatric Research Network
In carrying out the Initiative, the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and in collaboration with other appropriate national research institutes and national centers that carry out activities involving pediatric research, may provide for the establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network consisting of the pediatric research consortia receiving awards under paragraph (2).
Pediatric research consortia
In general
The Director of the Institute may award funding, including through grants, contracts, or other mechanisms, to public or private nonprofit entities—
for planning, establishing, or strengthening pediatric research consortia; and
for providing basic operating support for such consortia, including with respect to—
basic, clinical, behavioral, or translational research to meet unmet needs for pediatric research; and
training researchers in pediatric research techniques in order to address unmet pediatric research needs.
The Director of NIH shall ensure that—
each consortium receiving an award under subparagraph (A) conducts or supports at least one category of research described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) and collectively such consortia conduct or support all such categories of research; and
one or more such consortia provide training described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II).
Number of consortia
The Director of NIH may make awards under this paragraph for not more than 20 pediatric research consortia.
Organization of consortium
Each consortium receiving an award under subparagraph (A) shall—
be formed from a collaboration of cooperating institutions;
be coordinated by a lead institution;
agree to disseminate scientific findings, including from clinical trials, rapidly and efficiently; and
meet such requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of NIH.
Supplement, not supplant
Any support received by a consortium under subparagraph (A) shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other public or private support for activities authorized to be supported under this paragraph.
Duration of support
Support of a consortium under subparagraph (A) may be for a period of not to exceed 5 years. Such period may be extended at the discretion of the Director of NIH.
Coordination of consortia activities
The Director of NIH shall—
as appropriate, provide for the coordination of activities (including the exchange of information and regular communication) among the consortia established pursuant to paragraph (2); and
require the periodic preparation and submission to the Director of reports on the activities of each such consortium.
Assistance with registries
Each consortium receiving an award under paragraph (2)(A) shall provide assistance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the establishment or expansion of patient registries and other surveillance systems as appropriate and upon request by the Director of the Centers.
Research on pediatric rare diseases or conditions
In general
In making awards under subsection (d)(2) for pediatric research consortia, the Director of NIH shall ensure that an appropriate number of such awards are awarded to such consortia that agree to—
focus primarily on pediatric rare diseases or conditions (including any such diseases or conditions that are genetic disorders (such as spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy) or are related to birth defects (such as Down syndrome and fragile X)); and
conduct or coordinate one or more multisite clinical trials of therapies for, or approaches to, the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of one or more pediatric rare diseases or conditions.
Data coordinating center
In connection with support of consortia described in paragraph (1), the Director of NIH shall establish a data coordinating center for the following purposes:
To distribute the scientific findings referred to in paragraph (1)(C).
To provide assistance in the design and conduct of collaborative research projects and the management, analysis, and storage of data associated with such projects.
To organize and conduct multisite monitoring activities.
The Director of NIH shall—
require the data coordinating center established under subparagraph (A) to provide regular reports to the Director of NIH and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs on research conducted by consortia described in paragraph (1), including information on enrollment in clinical trials and the allocation of resources with respect to such research; and
as appropriate, incorporate information reported under clause (i) into the
Director's biennial reports under section 403.
Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 2013.
Karen L. Haas,


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Editorial: How essential is government?
Ever think the federal government shutdown won't matter to you, your neighbors or the state? Consider some of the statewide effects:
• About 4,200 federal employees work in Vermont; of those it's estimated about 1,000 are subject to furlough — meaning they are laid off without pay.
• Of the 1,000 National Guard members in Vermont, about 450 are now on furlough.
• Of the existing programs that rely on federal money and would be subject to closure if the shutdown were to be prolonged, some of the more critical are: Head Start, Reach UP, 3SQUARESVT (food stamps), WIC (which supports low-income pregnant women, mothers and their children) and LIHEAP (which provides fuel assistance to Vermonters in need). That's just the basics: food, shelter, childhood education, fuel for those who can't afford to heat their homes.
• The temporary closures of the national parks don't effect too many Vermonters, unless you happen to live near Woodstock where the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park is now closed during the height of fall foliage, eliminating a popular tourist attraction in that area. Nationwide, there were 9 million visitors that were turned away in the last government shutdown at a significant loss of revenue, while costs will be the same if government pay is retroactive — which it has been following the previous 17 shutdowns.
Think of that for a moment: More than 800,000 federal government employees who were deemed "unessential" are furloughed and are at home waiting for common sense to prevail. When that time comes, it is likely all the House Republicans who have forced the shutdown will vote to reinstate back pay. What's the upshot? Disruption of government work, loss of revenue from government services, government workers get a few days off but will be hard-pressed to make up that lost time when they are reinstated, and taxpayers will make up for the back pay during which no work was done.
All so the GOP could protest the health care law.
But here's the real irony: House Representatives (and Senators) are not subject to furlough, meaning they deem themselves "essential." LOL.
Angelo S. Lynn
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Hans 2021 Movie Draft: Round Four-Pick Five-The Breakfast Club 1985
Hanspostcard has a movie draft challenge. This is my Round Four pick.
Category: Comedy
Film: The Breakfast Club
"So, Ahab, can I have all my doobage?"
"Chicks cannot hold dey smoke, dat's what it is."
The opening narration to this film is spoken by Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson/The Brain):
"Saturday, March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois, 60062 (fictional town). […] You see us as you want to see us… […] You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. […] That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed."
This is my graduating class…the class of 1984 (despite the age of some of the actors). Released February 15, 1985, I was in my freshman year of college and it was a bittersweet revisit. I knew these characters…every single one of them. My high school even had a library that resembled that set. This movie was made with only a one million budget but, brought in $51 million and, in 2016, was selected for preservation with the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. There is no CGI or special effects. There are no sweeping views of beautiful locations. There are no "shoot-em-up-bang-bang" sequences. There is some action with the cast running through the hallways, dancing while high and Judd Nelson (John Bender/The Criminal) falling through the ceiling tiles. This is, primarily, a study of human nature, parental influence, peer influence, subtle & overt abuse and the struggle to understand. It's heartbreaking, it's hilarious and it is so Generation X. ~Vic
Written, produced and directed by John Hughes, it also stars Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark/The Athlete), Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish/The Princess), Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds/The Basket Case), Paul Gleason (Asst. Principal Richard Vernon) and John Kapelos (Carl Reed/The Janitor).
Trivia Bits:
♦ The scene in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor in the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted. Writer and director John Hughes told them all to ad-lib.
♦ There is a deleted scene of Claire and Allison in the bathroom that didn't show up until the Blu-Ray edition was released.
♦ Sixteen year old Hall hit a growth spurt during shooting and outgrew 24 year old Nelson, prompting Nelson to joke about writing letters to geneticists.
♦ Bender's joke about the blonde, the poodle and the six foot salami has no punchline as it was never in the script.
♦ Nelson was nearly fired for method-acting harassment.
♦ Hall's mother & sister play themselves in the movie.
♦ Keith Forsey wrote the lyrics to Don't You (Forget About Me) and Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was approached to sing it. Billy Idol was also approached and recorded his own version, later. An offer to Chrissie Hynde lead to her, then, husband Jim Kerr of Simple Minds.
♦ Nelson improvised the part at the closing of the film where Bender raises his fist in defiance. Everyone loved it and it has also become an iconic symbol of the 1980s as well as cinema history.
Additional Reading:
Original 'Breakfast Club' Screenplay Found (Chicago Tribune)
The Breakfast Club Cut Content (Lost Media Archive Wiki)
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As alternative sources disappear, 'low-caste' villagers are assaulted while trying to use clean drinking water wells in Rasooh-which is home to several caste groups and prejudices that stretch back generations
By Ashutosh Sharma
The sleepy village of Rasooh in Jammu and Kashmir is surrounded by arid, rocky hills, denuded of trees. But its placid air belies generations-old tensions between caste groups -tensions which are being exacerbated by a scarcity of safe drinking water, threatening the health of the most socially marginalised villagers.
Rasooh is located in the Siwalik foothill region known as the Kandi belt, in the industrialdistrict of Kathua. The belt extends through the northwestern states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.
In rural areas of the Kandi belt, residents are largely dependent on wells and ponds for water, which in recent years has become a scarce commodity.
Amrish Vaid, programme coordinator at Kathua's District Farm Science Centre, said thatthe water table has been affected by erratic rainfall over the past 20 years. And Sonam Lotus, director of the Meteorological Department in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, confirmed that the area is experiencing unpredictable and fluctuating levels of rain.
Even though the Jammu region recorded above-average rainfall last year, in villages like Rasooh the water crisis is a daily reality. While the waterways of the Kandi belt can be raging torrents in the rainy season, these streams slow to a trickle or are completely dry in summer.
Experts and villagers say that the erratic rainfall is one of the causes of growing water scarcity, along with more denuded hills, high levels of soil erosion, a lack of proper water management and the disappearance of age-old systems of water harvesting through village ponds.
Increasingly, social tensions in Rasooh are coming to a head over water, particularly access to the remaining working drinking water wells.
The most marginalised residents of the village are Dalits, a low-caste minority still treated here as "untouchables". Dalits say that upper caste communities have become increasingly hostile and belligerent whenever Dalits try to use village wells – something they have often been banned from doing, but have little alternative to in seasons when streams have run dry.
"In my village, the upper caste villagers don't allow us to share water from clean water wells," said Sardari Lal, a Dalit man. He said the supply of water delivered through pipes laid 20 years ago was irregular and often brackish, contaminated and unfit for drinking.
"We gave many representations to government officials and held protest demonstrations too but to no avail," he said, adding that some in his community who were financially better off had left the village to settle elsewhere.
In 2012, the State High Court, following an incident in which a number of Dalit women were reportedly assaulted for attempting to take water from a village well, ordered water deliveries to ease tensions.
"The court got samples of the piped supply water tested which proved that the water was not safe for drinking," Sardari said. "It directed the local administration to arrange a tanker to ensure a regular supply of clean water to the Dalits as an interim solution. But after a few months of providing a regular supply, the tanker now comes to our village only occasionally and we are again facing the worst kind of drinking waterscarcity."
A middle-aged Dalit woman in Rasooh, who did not want to give her name, was one of the women attacked when they tried to use the community well.
"Our children were falling ill after drinking unsafe water. When it was brought to her notice, the District Development Commissioner visited the village and encouraged us to use water from the clean wells," the woman said.
"But after the official left, when a group of women neared a 'forbidden' well, we were roughed up and our clothes were torn by upper caste people," she said.
After that, police officers started to guard the well. But the well then was damaged by a group from an upper caste, "sending out a clear message that caste barriers on sharing natural resources were here to stay," the woman said.
"Clean drinking water is the most precious commodity to us. Usually, we use stored water provided by the tanker that comes to the village once in a while but at times we take water from any source and use it for drinking after boiling it," she added.
While Dalit women are dependent on the water tanker or upon ponds or sources abandoned by the upper caste villagers due to the poor quality of water, upper caste women continue to enjoy a monopoly over fresh water wells.
And on the increasingly rare occasions when the water tanker comes to Rasooh, and villagers jostle to collect as much water as possible, the enforcement of caste codes means higher caste groups get priority, local people said.
Rahul, a local activist who uses only his first name, said that while there are laws against caste prejudice, "these laws need to be implemented in letter and spirit. It's only through development and education that the society can be made caste-neutral."
A study by the National Institute of Hydrology confirmed that "while the government claims that almost all villages in the Kandi belt have been covered under drinking water schemes, the reality is something different. When demand for water sharply rises in summer, villagers often turn to the ponds for drinking water, which is not fit for human consumption. Quite often the same pond serves as a drinking water source for cattle."
The study found that water-bearing aquifers in the region were deep and difficult to reach well wells, meaning ground water was inadequate. It stressed the need for rainwater harvesting to meet domestic and agricultural needs.
Taj Chaudhary, executive engineer of Kathua's Public Health Engineering Department, said he was not aware of any acute water scarcity facing village Dalits due to erratic supplies. But he said steps would be taken to ensure a regular supply of water.
(The writer is an independent journalist and can be reached at [email protected])
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The Houston Rockets have offered free agent forward Chris Bosh a four-year, maximum-salary contract and are awaiting his decision, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the talks.
The exact terms of the contract are impossible to determine as yet, but the contract would be worth between $80 and $90 million. By the Rockets' calculations — with the state's lack of an income tax and other cost-of-living factors being taken into account — the deal would be worth more than $120 million in some NBA cities. (Florida also does not have state income tax.)
LEBRON: Meeting with Heat soon
HEAT: Set to sign veteran forward
Houston has vowed to be aggressive in free agency all along, and they're prioritizing Bosh now that they may be out of the running for LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. But with Miami Heat President Pat Riley securing an agreement Monday from free agent forward Josh McRoberts and expected to meet with James to discuss his future early next week, it remains unclear if Bosh is willing to wait for clarity on the Heat front or if the Rockets' pitch may be enticing enough to convince him to come even before that point.
The person with knowledge of the Rockets' offer said Bosh nor his representatives indicated how quickly he will make up his mind. ESPN first reported the offer.
Bosh averaged only 16.2 points and 6.6 rebounds a game last season but has been a central figure for the Heat in the four-year run. The nine-time NBA All-Star plays out of position at center for Miami and stretches defenses with his shooting range and size. He often is looked to for big shots down the stretch, even from three-point range.
The Rockets view him as the perfect stretch power forward to play next to Dwight Howard and provide an outlet option on drives by James Harden. Bosh would lighten his interior load on both ends, and he could become a stopper against power forwards on defense instead of banging with centers.
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Alabama holds off Georgia, reaches BCS Championship Game
ATLANTA -- Alabama got a hand on the ball, which wobbled into the arms of a Georgia receiver who wasn't supposed to catch it.
Before the Bulldogs could get off another play, the clock ran out.
The Crimson Tide are heading back to the national championship game.
By a mere 5 yards.
AJ McCarron threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper with 3:15 remaining, and No. 2 Alabama barely held on at the end, beating No. 3 Georgia 32-28 in a Southeastern Conference title game for the ages Saturday.
"I'm ready to have a heart attack here," Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said.
As confetti fell from the Georgia Dome roof, the Bulldogs collapsed on the field, stunned they had come so close to knocking off the team that has won two of the past three national titles.
"We just ran out of time," Georgia coach Mark Richt moaned.
Alabama (12-1) will get a chance to make it three out of four when they face top-ranked Notre Dame for the BCS crown on Jan. 7 in Miami.
This time, Alabama will head to the big game with a championship already in its pocket -- unlike last year's squad, which didn't even make it to Atlanta, but got a do-over against SEC champion LSU in the national title game.
Even though the Tide left little doubt, it was truly the best team in the country, routing the Tigers 21-0, there were plenty who thought Saban's team didn't deserve a rematch.
"This conference will test your mettle," Saban said. "There are a lot of good teams in this conference. We beat a really good team out there today.
"I'm going to tell you, I think it's a crying shame Georgia doesn't get to go to a BCS bowl game," Saban added. "They should get to go to a BCS bowl game. They played a tremendous game out there today. That was a great football game by both teams, and they could have won at the end just as soon as us. It came right down to the last play."
There will be no complaints this time when Alabama heads to South Florida for a dream matchup between two of college football's most storied programs. The Tide and Notre Dame have each won eight Associated Press national titles, more than any other school.
"This group has been fantastic," Saban said. "They were able to accomplish something of significance, and something that last year's team didn't accomplish, which is win the SEC championship."
What a game it was.
After an apparent game-clinching interception by Alabama was overturned on a video review, Georgia's Aaron Murray completed a 15-yard pass to Arthur Lynch, a 23-yarder to Tavarres King and a 26-yarder to Lynch, who was hauled down at the Alabama 8 as the clock continued to run.
The Bulldogs (11-2) were out of timeouts.
Instead of spiking the ball and gathering themselves, the Bulldog snapped the ball with 9 seconds to go. Murray attempted a pass into the corner but it was deflected at the line and ended in the arms of Chris Conley out in the right flats.
Surprised to get the ball, he slipped down at the 5.
Georgia couldn't get off another play.
Richt said the offense had the play it wanted at the end, but Alabama ruined it by tipping the pass. If it had fallen incomplete instead of going to Conley, who instinctively caught it, the Bulldogs likely would've had at least one more play, maybe two.
Instead, they were done.
"I told the guys I was disappointed, but I'm not disappointed in them," Richt said. "They're warriors. We had a chance at the end."
The consolation prize will likely be one of the second-tier bowls -- the Capital One, Cotton or Chick-fil-A -- though the Bulldogs certainly looked like a team deserving of something better.
"Do I think we're worthy of a BCS bowl?" Richt said. "Yes I do."
The Bulldogs even got props from Saban.
"I watch these teams that are 7-5 that are talking about they might go to a BCS game because they won their championship?" Saban said. "Something's not right here. I don't know what people think of the SEC. ... I don't think it's fair to the Georgia players, coaches and their institution if they don't go to a BCS game."
In a back-and-forth second half that looked nothing like a game in the defensive-minded SEC, the Crimson Tide trailed 21-10 after Alec Ogletree returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown in the third quarter.
Alabama rallied behind a punishing run game, finishing with 350 yards on the ground, an SEC championship game record. Eddie Lacy -- the game's MVP -- rumbled for 181 yards on 20 carries, including two TDs. Freshman T.J. Yeldon added 153 yards on 25 carries, also scoring a TD.
After the game, Lacy hooked up with the guy he replaced in the Alabama backfield -- Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, now with the NFL's New Orleans Saints.
"He just told me congratulations and that I did a great job running and it was it was the best he's ever seen me run." Lacy said.
But the Tide won it through the air.
With Georgia stacking the line, McCarron fooled the Bulldogs with play action and delivered a perfectly thrown pass to Cooper, who beat Damian Swann in single coverage down the left side.
Georgia played like a champion until the clock ran out, though.
Using up their timeouts and forcing a punt, the Bulldogs got the ball back at their 15 with 1:08 remaining. Alabama broke into a celebration when a pass down the middle for Conley was deflected and Dee Milliner appeared to make a diving interception. But the replay showed the ball hit the ground, so Murray and the Georgia offense trotted back on the field for their last gasp.
And what a gasp it was.
Just not quite enough.
Todd Gurley led Georgia with 122 yards rushing, including a couple of TDs. Murray was 18 of 33 for 265 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
McCarron was 12 of 21 for 162 yards with an interception, just his third of the season.
After a defensive struggle in the first half, with Alabama kicking a field goal on the final play for a 10-7 lead, the last two quarters were nothing but run-and-gun.
The Bulldogs took the second-half kickoff and marched right down the field for the go-ahead touchdown. Gurley ran it seven times, capped by leg-churning, 3-yard drive up the middle to make it 14-10.
Alabama looked like it was about to answer, holding the ball for more than 5 1-2 minutes, before the drive stalled. Cade Foster came on for a 50-yard field-goal attempt, but his low kick was swatted down by Cornelius Washington. Ogletree scooped up the bouncing ball in stride and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown.
Suddenly, the Bulldogs led 21-10.
But the Tide wasn't about to go away that easy. Yeldon broke off a 31-yard run, Swann was called interference on a throw down the middle, and Yeldon powered in from the 10. He ran it again for the 2-point conversion, pulling Alabama to 21-18.
Georgia went three-and-out, and the ground assault resumed. Lacy barreled over right guard for 32 yards. Yeldon got it down to the 1. Lacy returned for the first snap of the fourth period, bulling over to put Alabama ahead 25-21.
The Tide's momentum lasted about 2 minutes.
Murray found King down the middle for a 45-yard completion and Gurley finished off the lightning-quick possession with a 10-yard touchdown run up the middle, putting Georgia back on top, 28-25.
But Alabama knows a thing or two about comebacks, having rebounded the past two years from regular-season losses.
Just three weeks ago, the Tide were upset at home by Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M.
Now, Bama is off to play for another title.
"It's just the never-give-up attitude," McCarron said. "You've got to keep fighting through it."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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The dramatic shortage of public-health veterinarians could put the nation at risk.
Washington — Funding student loan-repayment programs and increasing salaries of working veterinarians are the only ways to prevent a dramatic shortage of public-health veterinarians that could put the nation at risk.
That's what eight expert witnesses told the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at a late-February hearing called in response to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report saying the federal government is unaware of an imminent shortage of federal and public-health veterinarians.
"We can pay now, or we can pay later," testified Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, chief executive officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). "If we choose later, that payment will be exponentially high."
The current level of pay for public-health veterinarians is not high enough to recruit or retain them, despite an interest in the field, DeHaven said, adding that heavy student debt only exacerbates the problem.
Dr. Mark Lutschaunig, director of the AVMA Governmental Relations Division, says the GAO report will be helpful in the AVMA's effort to address veterinary work-force issues in the federal government, as well as public and private practice.
"The report supports the critical need for infrastructure funding for our veterinary schools so that they can increase enrollment, as well as the need to address the inequities in federal veterinary salaries that impacts recruiting and retaining federal veterinarians," he says.
The GAO report also highlights the need for Congress to adequately fund the National Veterinary Medical Service Act, which provides loan repayment to veterinarians who work in underserved geographic and professional areas of veterinary medicine, Lutschaunig says.
No one has more firsthand knowledge of the funding issue than Dr. Michael Gilsdorf, executive vice president of the National Association of Federal Veterinarians (NAFV).
"There are more jobs in all of veterinary medicine than there are veterinarians," he says, adding that the shortage is felt most keenly in public health.
He suggests improving the total compensation package for federal veterinarians.
What's disappointing is that the lack of veterinarians in public health isn't due to a lack of interest, according to Dr. Marguerite Pappaioanou, executive director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC).
Twenty-two of the 28 veterinary colleges offer joint degrees in public health, she reports. Hundreds of students participate in trips to biomedical research facilities, Plum Island and the National Institutes of Health. They are excited about what they learn, but "despite that great interest, the federal government loses them," she says.
"The findings of the GAO report show significant challenges," DeHaven warns, "and significant opportunities."
What GAO found
»The federal government lacks a comprehensive understanding of the sufficiency of its veterinarian work force.
» Efforts to identify the veterinarian work force needed for a catastrophic event are insufficient.
»Officials from federal and state agencies involved in four recent zoonotic-disease outbreaks commonly cited insufficient veterinarian capacity as a work-force challenge.


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Europe means the continent of Europe West of the Ural Mountains, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Jordan, Madeira, the Canary, Azores, Mediterranean Islands as well as all countries bordering the Mediterranean (including Turkey, Morocco, Egypt and Israel).
(A) If the period of cover purchased is under 2 months, this can include a 48 hour stop-over in any other country for both outward and return travel.
(B) If the period of cover purchased is two months or more, a total of 7 days/nights stop-over is allowed in any other country for no additional premium.
(C) If the period of cover purchased is six months or more, a total of 14 days/nights stop-over is allowed in any other country for no additional premium.
(A) If the period of cover purchased is under 2 months, this can include a 48 hour stop-over in the USA or Canada for both outward and return travel.
(B) If the period of cover purchased is two months or more, a total of 7 days/nights stop-over is allowed in the USA or Canada for no additional premium.
(C) If the period of cover purchased is six months or more, a total of 14 days/nights stop-over is allowed in the USA or Canada for no additional premium.
All countries of the World, including United States and Canada.
Sounds strange, but when we go away, we suddenly think we're invincible! It may be due to the euphoria of travelling, maybe a few too many beers or peer pressure. Sure, if you go to Queenstown, you'll have a go at Bungee Jumping, but don't jump into a river from a great height thinking it'll be fun when you're in Vietnam. The water may only be a few inches deep!
Also, if you're feeling ill, don't start a big trek like the Inca Trail. The altitude will make you feel much worse very quickly and may result in you being helicoptered off the Inca Trail, airlifted to Lima and then all the way back home. Your trip is then over!(And yes, this happened!)
OK, you can't avoid them totally, but the accident levels in Asia and South America are eye-wateringly high. Our travel insurance covers you if you ride a motorcycle up to 125cc and you wear a crash helmet, but do be careful, and be especially careful of motorcycle taxis. If you ride a motorcycle at home, you probably already know that if you fall off, you're always the loser. In parts of Asia, especially Vietnam and Cambodia, deaths due to scooter accidents are estimated to be many hundreds per month!
If you are robbed or lose your money belt, there is nothing worse than not having any money! Sure, you can claim your loss to your insurance company, but they won't repay you today! So, keep one credit card and a $50 note hidden and separate from your main stash. Sellotaping a credit card between two pages in a guidebook is an idea. Local thieves never steal guidebooks!
When you're travelling on trains, buses etc., put your passport, cash and cards in your money belt. No one will be able to steal them without you knowing.
There is no point in carrying more than $200 or so of cash at any one time. Just use your card and get more cash out of a cash machine.
If there's no safe in your room, there will be one in reception. Use it, and put your cash, cards and passport inside it, and your camera and laptop as well if you're not using them. Then just go out in the day with a small amount of cash and one credit card.
We get numerous claims where people have had their daysack or handbag stolen from right next to them when they're eating in a restaurant or café, especially when sitting outside. Sure, put your belongings under the table, but secure it… maybe put a strap of your bag around your foot?
If you're standing on a street corner looking at your shiny iPhone 13, with your new camera around your neck, looking lost, you're being looked at. Do a bit of research before you go out, and be circumspect if you do get lost, and act appropriately. Try to make this a habit, regardless of what country you're travelling in.
Designed for travellers aged under 40, and for last minute travellers and backpackers
Our most popular policy, and is designed for holiday makers and adventurous travellers alike
Designed for travellers who are looking for enhanced medical and cancellation cover
We offer the True Value and Traveller policy valid for unlimited trips throughout the year for durations up to 30 days, and the Traveller Plus policy which offers enhanced cover for unlimited trips lasting up to 70 days.
As standard we cover 92 activities which you may do and includes non-manual work. The Adventure Pack covers a further 41 activities for the more adventurous traveller, including trekking to 4,600m. We also have Extreme and Ultimate Packs. The Extreme covers trekking to unlimited altitudes, rugby and potholing amongst other activities, and the Ultimate Pack can cover Ice Climbing, Parachuting, Hang Gliding; even Powerbocking!
The True Traveller was originally a travel company, not an insurance company, and although we believe we've designed the best value insurance we possibly can, we understand that the price of insurance does put people off taking it out to start with. Our maxim is, if you can't afford travel insurance, you can't afford to travel.
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Your True Traveller Policy is insured by Inter Partner Assistance S.A., which is part of the AXA Group, one of the world's largest insurance companies.
If you've already started travelling, and you previous insurance has run out, or you simply forgot before you left to take out travel insurance, you can simply apply online and get cover immediately.
Do however note, if you have already lost an item of baggage, have already seen a medical professional or are feeling ill or have been injured and about to see a medical professional, then we can't help. Insurance is there to assist you in the event that something may happen, not for things which have already happened.
Your Traveller Policy includes 92 activities as standard, which includes Bungee Jumping, Horse Riding, Safari Touring, Scuba diving to 18M and lots more activities you may end up partaking in on your trip. We even include non-manual work if you're on a Working Holiday, and include bar and restaurant work as well.
We have our Adventure, Extreme and Ultimate Activity Packs you can select when you apply for your Insurance with us, which covers even more activities, to even include Rock Climbing, Trekking to unlimited altitudes as well as light manual labour again if you're on a Working Holiday.
If you have an accident on your trip and end up in Hospital, we have a team of multi-lingual staff and medical professionals on duty, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If your policy number starts with TT, call CEGA Assistance. You can call them from overseas on +44 20 7660 1505, or if you're in the USA or Canada, you can also call toll free on 1 800 961 9870.
If your policy number starts with AX, call AXA Assistance. You can call them from overseas on +44 20 7985 7446, or if you're in the USA or Canada, you can also call toll free on 1 800 986 6380.
They will be able to assist you and get your medical bills paid, and in cases where it's medically necessary, arrange to fly you back home for further medical attention.
The Traveller Pack is included as standard on all our policies. However you can upgrade to more adventurous activities to ensure you are covered when undertaking these activities. If there's an activity not listed, just contact us and we will see if we can get it included for you.
(1) Note you must have the correct licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. If you are from the UK, you are only covered if you have either a full Motorcycle Licence, or in the absence of that you have taken a Compulsory basic training (CBT) course in the past two years. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(2) Non Manual/Clerical Work means professional, clerical or administrative work or working as a classroom teacher, classroom assistant, au pair, child-minder, bar and restaurant work.
(3) Note you must have the correct motorbike licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(4) Permitted Manual Work means general farm work and fruit picking. This includes driving tractors and other similar farm vehicles so long as you comply with any appropriate license requirements; doctor, nurse, midwife and care work (including medical elective trips but not dental elective); light building and DIY e.g. painting, decorating or basic construction work using light power tools only. Permitted Manual Work is not covered if it involves the use of plant/trade/industrial machinery, non-domestic power tools or working at a height of over 2 metres.
(5) Note Mt. Kilimanjaro is included within the Adventure pack, even though the summit, Uhuru Peak, is at an altitude of 5,895 metres, due to the level of claims experience. For all other treks over 4,600 metres, the Extreme activity pack must be selected.
(6) Volunteering means your participation in community or wildlife based conservation/project work when arranged by a professional organisation. This may include caring, teaching or nursing. It may also cover community/charity based supervised building/renovation projects or other Permitted Manual Work, provided the activity does not involve the use of plant/trade/industrial/agricultural machinery (other than tractors), non-domestic power tools or working at a height of over 2 metres.
(7) Note you must have the correct motorbike licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(8) Trekking over 4,600 metres exclude rock climbing at altitude. This is covered by Mountaineering in the Ultimate Pack. However, trekking will include peaks such as Mera Peak and Island Peak in Nepal, as these are treks and no mountaineering skills are required for these summits.
(N) If travelling to Nepal, you must also select the Trekking in Nepal option.
Please Note: The above list of activities is subject to the full policy terms and conditions which we suggest you read to ensure you are happy with the cover you elect to arrange.
Can I take out this Insurance if I'm already abroad?
If you are normally a resident of the UK or Europe and your insurance has run out, you may take out cover online with us for Single Trip policies. This is on the understanding that nothing has occurred at the time of taking out the cover which has led to a claim or may lead to a potential claim. Obviously, this insurance will not pay for your belongings if you've already lost them, medical bills if you've already incurred them or any other events known to exist at the time of arranging cover which might give rise to a subsequent claim. Note, purely as an anti-fraud measure, there is no cover in the first 48 hours after you've taken out your policy, except of course in the case where you suffer an injury as a result of an accident.
Please note if you are already travelling, you MUST select this option otherwise your Policy is not valid.
If I take out Insurance and get ill, where will I get repatriated to?
In the unlikely event of this happening, you will be repatriated back to your home country as long as the appropriate geographic premium has been paid and it has been agreed by the 24 hour Emergency Medical Assistance Service.
Please Note: The above FAQs are subject to the full policy terms and conditions which we suggest you read to ensure you are happy with the cover you elect to arrange.
Your Country of Residence is the country where you:
Note if you have recently been travelling, we do not have any minimum residency requirements. This means, for example, if you are a British Passport holder and have right of abode in the UK, we are not concerned as to how many months in the past year you have been in the UK provided at the time of arranging this insurance you fulfil all the requirements as set out above.
The Start Date is the date you leave your home to start your trip, or the date you want cover to start if you're already travelling.
The End Date is the date the policy will expire, so select the date you expect to return home, or the date you expect to reach your destination if you only need one-way cover.
Please enter your age that you are today. For infants aged under 1, please enter 0 as the age.
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If the ages should all be under 18 years, please note to enter any sort of financial contract the individual purchasing the insurance must be 18 years of age or older.
By continuing, you are confirming that you a parent or legal guardian on behalf of the child to be insured.
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We can offer travel insurance for you if you've left home and already travelling but only on the strict understanding that nothing has already happened which has led to a claim or may lead to a potential claim.
This means, for example, that if you have already lost an item of baggage, have already seen a medical professional or are feeling ill or have been injured and about to see a medical professional, then this policy will not pay for any part of any claim, and any claim attempted in such situations may be treated as fraud, which is a criminal offence.
To prevent fraudulent claims, cover will not commence until 48 hours after the policy has been purchased, and any illness or injury occurring in this waiting period will be considered a pre-existing condition and will not be covered. However, should you suffer a serious injury in an accident in this 48-hour period, which is verifiable by an Independent Witness, then you will be covered from the date cover commenced.
Note there is no 14-day cooling off period when already travelling overseas so no refund of premium will be made in the event you cancel the policy.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 366 days if you are 50 years or age or more. Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Please amend your end date accordingly, and remember it's always possible to extend cover with us even if you're still travelling at the end of this period.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 548 days if you are 36 years or age or more. Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 548 days (18 months). Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Please amend your end date accordingly, and remember it's always possible to extend cover with us even if you're still travelling at the end of this period.
Note: If you need 2 years cover, please change your destination to Worldwide including USA & Canada.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 731 days (24 months). Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Sorry, you can only start a policy with a commencement date up to 364 days from today's date, so please amend your start date.
Sorry, but since most of our insurances are for adventurous activities or for backpackers, the maximum age we are able to insure to is 65, as for our sort of business mix, we're unable to get rates from Underwriters for ages above this.
For residents of the UK, we recommend you telephone Goodtogoinsurance.com on 0330 024 9949 as they can insure persons aged 66 and above.
Goodtogoinsurance.com is a trading name of Ancile Insurance Group Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 471641).
For residents of Europe, we recommend you contact your local AXA Insurance office.
Sorry, but since the majority of our insurances are for adventurous activities or for backpackers, the maximum age we are able to insure to is 65, as for our sort of business mix we're unable to get rates from Underwriters for ages above this.
We don't know of any travel insurer who will offer cover to any persons aged 66 or more who are already travelling, so we suggest you contact your current insurer to see if they will extend your current cover.
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Please note that this website, all documentation and communication in relation to this policy is available in the English Language only.
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Please be aware that you must choose the "Already Travelling" option on this page to ensure your policy is valid. Without the Already Travelling endorsement shown on your Policy, the policy is simply not valid and claims may be declined.
You may of course be purchasing this insurance for someone else, or you may be using a Corporate Internet routing through another country which we cannot detect, so if that is the case then please contact The True Traveller by telephone where one of our operators will be pleased to assist.
The start date of your insurance is in the past. Please correct the start date.
All True Traveller policies include medical, cancellation and curtailment cover for Coronavirus.
For further information about the Coronavirus and your True Traveller policy, please go to the Coronavirus FAQs on our website.
If you have any of the pre-existing medical conditions listed below you are automatically covered on this insurance and you do not need to declare any of these conditions.
Provided the following requirement is met, the list of automatically covered medical conditions are:
Note your travel insurance will not pay for any medication or treatment which may be required to be continued during your trip to control any of these Automatically Accepted Pre-Existing Medical Conditions, for example the costs of Inhalers if you suffer from Asthma, or the cost of your regular check-ups you may need to have to monitor Diabetes. However, your travel insurance will cover the cost of any emergency medical treatment which may be required because of a change in your condition.
The policy definition of an Immediate Relative is Mother, father, sister, brother, wife, husband, daughter, son, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, step-parent, step-child, step-brother or step-sister.
The following is the guide our claims handlers use on settling claims for lost, stolen or damaged articles:
So, if your camera cost you £250 and it's under a year old (and you have relevant receipts for it, or other proof of ownership), you can claim for £250 (less any excess unless you have the excess waiver). If, however, it's between two to three years old, you'll only be able to claim £125 (as there's a 50% deduction for wear and tear), but if it's over five years old, any claim would fail.


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Apple intends introducing a 12.9-inch iPad model, and there's some who may think doing so makes no sense at all. They're wrong. Here's why:
Welcome the iPad Pro
Claims that Apple plans an iPad Pro have been around for some time, but with iOS 8 and the new A8 processor to drive the device, such a release only now makes sense.
iOS 8 introduces support for split screen multitasking. This has been a much-requested feature but Apple clearly didn't think its tablets were inherently powerful enough to support this effectively. The power, graphics and application processor demands of larger tablets mean those competing devices that offer this are severely performance constrained and have failed to set the world on fire.
Processing power
The next breed of iPads use the new A8-series processor. This is expected to be significantly faster and more power efficient than before. In combination with up to 2MB installed RAM and lots of storage, the 64-bit iOS 8 will be a high performance mobile OS -- not quite a Mac, but getting closer. One Apple watcher believes the new processor may hit 2.6GHz per core.
Apple's recent deal with IBM is also relevant. Apple knows a high performance mobile device capable of split screen multitasking and equipped with a larger display will attract education and enterprise customers.
This is particularly true in some of the industry verticals Apple is chasing with its IBM deal: medical and sci-tech, construction, oil and gas and financial services all use powerful enterprise software solutions ideal for larger displays.
Consumer markets too
Apple will (allegedly) launch the device in early 2015. This should help it change iPad's feast and famine sales pattern. iPad sales reached 26 million in Q1 but declined to 13 million by Q3, not abysmal but it makes sense for the company to maintain more consistent sales pattern across the year.
iPads are also consumer devices. The main tasks consumers use them for (after surfing the Web and handling email) are playing games and watching video. A faster processor, more memory and larger display have to make sense to the millions who already love their iPads but mainly use them for movies and games.
That's even before you consider how future Apple TV improvements could be extended to other iOS devices -- all those TV channels creating Apple TV apps, for example.
Incremental agenda
A final thought: Apple has been pretty quiet when it comes to product releases across the last couple of years. I believe it has been working to combine its different Mac and mobile product lines within a strong, cohesive, universal platform. This is certainly what Continuity suggests. While I think all these reasons will be part of Apple's justification to build out its range, they are not the only reasons the company has. Next stop? ARM-based Macs? Why ever not? Under Tim Cook, Apple has been working to translate its market advantages into foundations for future product evolution. And the best is yet to come.
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How one small business found its niche and doubled in size
5AM Solutions found a way to double in the midst of a down economy. What can their success teach you?
Nearly doubling your revenue in one year is remarkable in itself. That 5 AM Solutions Inc. did it in an uncertain economy and with less government contracting dollars is one of the reasons the Reston, Va.-based company holds the No. 41 spot on this year's Washington Technology Fast 50 list.
Between 2009 and 2010, 5 AM's revenue rocketed from $7.2 million to $13.9 million, and its compounded annual growth rate over the past five years is 140.29 percent.
"We bring some really unique talent to the field where there's a lot of opportunity," said Brent Gendleman, president and CEO of 5 AM. The company develops software for life science and health professionals, and health information technology is a burgeoning field.
"I think our brand of transparent process and high-quality folks and team players has some resonance," he added. "There's just a huge opportunity for our government clients to take advantage."
Good workers are great, but only if there's work for them to do. Contract wins that put the company in the thick of two of the country's biggest health IT initiatives have ensured that the 5 AM team stays busy. Since July 2006, the company has been handling software engineering for the National Cancer Institute's caArray open-source Web-based array data management system, under a $9.25 million contract. The system helps translational cancer research by acquiring, disseminating and aggregating information that can be shared via the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid.
In April, 5AM won a $5.1 million contract to provide software engineering for the National Health Information Network's CONNECT open-source software, which enables secure electronic health data exchange among health care providers, insurers, government agencies and consumer services.
With those customers and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Office of the Surgeon General established, Gendleman said he is setting his sights on the Veterans Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
"We are hopeful that some of the things that we have learned at the other agencies can be applied there to a very important and direct population that we would love to get engaged with directly," he said of VA.
Some of those lessons include being transparent to establish trust. "That trust is between not just two individuals but between the company and the client that they're serving. There's a partnership – and it really is a partnership – that they're trying to achieve," Gendleman said.
Knowing when to quit is also crucial. "You want to fail as quickly as possible," he added. "The longer you wait, the more expensive it gets and who wants that? Nobody. It's not everybody's instinct but failing as fast as possible is absolutely the most important thing to do. When you're talking about medicine, you want to know if something's not working now so you can try something different and don't hurt someone. On the science side, it's the same thing."
Besides adding to its workload, 5 AM plans to add to its employee roster. The company, which has lost only three workers in the past four years, started with two employees in 2003, now has 48 and aims for 70 employees by next summer. Most of the hires will be in the engineering department.
Going forward, federal budget concerns will be the company's main challenge, Gendleman said.
"People are very reluctant to say 'Let's do this initiative or that initiative' when they don't know if they're going to get the funding or not," he said.
But even that could be an opportunity, Gendleman added. "Sometimes the cuts really do allow for people to take a breath and reevaluate and reprioritize, and sometimes you're in the plus part of that."


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Optimize laptop ergonomic factors by observing how you are adapting to your laptop. Is your laptop sitting on a desk or table that is too high so that you are forced to lift your arms and hands in order to type? Or, is the keyboard at the correct height, but you are forced to look down to see the screen?
To minimize laptopitis, use an external keyboard and mouse placed at the appropriate height so that when typing your upper arms hang at your sides, your elbows bend at about 90 degrees with your lower arms and wrists parallel to the floor. Raise the laptop with a support so that the top of the screen is at eyebrow level.
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WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are struggling to devise a way forward on must-do legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap.
GOP leaders have concluded that two of the top ideas to attach to the controversial legislation to build GOP support simply won't work, so now they're exploring another idea: repealing a recent cut to the pensions of working age retirees of the military.
GOP leaders had polled their members to see if they would vote to increase the debt limit if language requiring approval of the Keystone XL pipeline or repeal of a provision of so-called Obamacare were attached as sweeteners. But aides said there are too many Republicans who vow to oppose any increase in the borrowing cap.
The idea of repealing the military pension cut — a 1 percentage point cut in the cost-of-living increase for retirees under the age of 62 — appears aimed at winning the support of both Democrats and GOP conservatives. It passed the House in December with relatively little notice but was blasted by many Senate Republicans. Veterans groups are pressuring lawmakers to repeal it and have won supporters in both parties.
President Barack Obama says he won't permit Republicans to use the debt limit as an engine to carry GOP priorities. Two debt limit increases were enacted last year with only modest add-ons like a provision forcing Senate Democrats to pass a budget.
GOP leaders like House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, promise that there won't be an economy-rattling, first-ever default on U.S. obligations. He's tempering expectations that the GOP might be able to extract much in exchange for an increase in the government's borrowing cap.
"The goal here is to increase the debt ceiling. Nobody wants to default on our debt," Boehner said Tuesday. "But while we're doing this, we ought to do something about keeping jobs in the economy, about the drivers of our debt."
If Republicans controlling the House can't unite and pass debt limit legislation on their own it would mean they'd need Democratic help to pass either a "clean" debt limit increase or one containing a fig leaf concession.
What's more, time is running out. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warns that Congress needs to act by the end of the month and Congress is working an abbreviated February schedule.
Some Republicans see the handwriting on the wall and are willing to step aside and let the measure pass mostly with Democratic votes. Republicans also see political gain in keeping a focus on the trouble roll-out of Obamacare and aren't interested in another battle along the lines of the one that precipitated the 16-day government shutdown last year.
"I do not want to get into a cataclysmic fight," said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho.
Many Republicans had hoped to unite around a plan pairing a debt limit increase with language forcing the administration to approve further construction of the Keystone XL pipeline; another option involved a part of the health care law called "risk corridors." Republicans warn that risk corridors, which protect insurance companies against the danger of big losses from insuring more people with pre-existing health problems, could lead to a potential bailout of the insurance industry.
But chances of the risk corridor option evaporated on Tuesday when the Congressional Budget Office said that the provision in the health care law actually would save taxpayers $8 billion over the next few years.
The aides requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss GOP vote counts.
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Economic Development Commission
The Economic Development Commission (EDC) is an advisory body to the City Council and the Economic Development Authority charged with the responsibility of researching, reviewing, and making recommendations on issues related to economic development.
- Zoning ordinance changes that could affect businesses (commercial, industrial, and mixed use districts)
- Fee policies as they relate to businesses
- Business Assistance Policies
- The creation of new TIF districts
- TIF and Tax Abatement Applications
- Economic Development Authority and City land sales
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- The areas of the Comprehensive Plan affecting economic development and commercial/industrial land uses
- City's legislative agenda related to Economic Development
- Potential new or revised approaches to City Economic Development policy
- Other duties as assigned
2023 Economic Development Commission Work Plan
Qualifications for Appointment
The qualifications of the EDC members shall be those who in judgment of the Council are representative of the community and are qualified by training, experience, and interest useful for the fulfillment of the EDC's responsibility in economic development. All appointed members will receive training in the relevant laws, policies and procedures.
Term Length:
Three years (may serve two terms).
Members Representing the City
The EDC shall consist of seven regular members and one alternate member to be appointed by the City Council. The alternates may vote when there are six or fewer regular members present.
Meeting Schedule
- Second Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September and November; 6:30 p.m.
- Location: Council Chambers
Reference Material
- Economic Development Strategic Plan
- Business Assistance Policy
- Comprehensive Plan
- City Code
- City Code Update Project
Additional Information
- Commissioners
- Kaylen Broms (Chair)
- Anthony Strangis (Vice-Chair)
- Kriystauhl Fitchett
- Al Anderson
- Laura Schmitz
- John Swaney
- Ed Scislow
- Jeff Pricco (alternate)
- Televised – Yes (Cable Channel 16)


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Monday, June 8, 2009
Where am I?
Unfortunately I did have to leave Anzu at home. He simply refused to come with me once he realized where we were going. Something about the area not agreeing with him I believe.
So I pulled out the kodo and he didn't seem to have a problem with taking me where I wanted to go. I did tell him not to drink from the water, you never know what's in it.
I'll find the person who guesses it first this week a bloody mary. Don't ask me why..it just seemed appropriate.
Weekend Overview
We had a pretty amazing weekend as well. Got another meta achievement for Ulduar 10 (Crazy Cat Lady), we went back on Sunday and ran into time problems so frying dwarves will have to wait. We also had some fun in Ulduar 25, and I have to say that I'm pretty amazed by the quality of dps in our guild as a whole.
And we got Sarth 2D done. Not entirely there yet, but we ran out of playtime, and I'm sure Sarth 3D will be falling some time this week. And then it's only Maly 6 minutes that we have left for the Glory of the Raider achievement. Woot!
4 comments:
- NefernetJune 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM
That one is easy for someone who levelled 3 Draenei up to level 18...ReplyDelete
You are in Bloodmist, on the bridge crossing the river on the main road.
I levelled my priest here, I can't tell you how many times I died and crossed this very bridge in ghost form... But at the time, I didn't know how to play a healer and forgot to heal myself... Booo...
And GG for the achievements :) I got the 6min Malygos Saturday evening, and so did the rest of the guild : guild first (and realm 2nd... yes I'm on a small realm), it was great !
Recent blog post: Rainding for first kills server.
Yeah, I didn't figure it would be too hard to figure this one out. The colours just made that it was such an amazing screenshot.ReplyDelete
I read that you're having fun raiding in your new guild. Glad you managed to get the 6 minute Maly done, very cool ^_^
- MandiiJune 9, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Who are you replying too?ReplyDelete
Woops...had to moderate still. Done now ^_^ReplyDelete


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Every astronaut or cosmonaut who has perished in space flight (3), died during launch (7) or died during re-entry to Earth's atmosphere (8) have been commemorated with various posthumous medals, statues, memorials and museum exhibits.
Some have had libraries, schools or streets named after them in their hometowns, or even geological formations on the Moon or Mars titled in their memory. Still others have been the subjects of songs, documentaries, and one disaster was dramatized in a TV movie.
Among all these variations, all the fallen space travelers have one specific honor in common... all have asteroids named after them.
Soyuz 1 crew:
1836 Komarov (Vladimir)
Soyuz 11 crew:
1789 Dobrovolsky (Georgi)
1790 Volkov (Vladislav)
1791 Patsayev (Viktor)
STS-51-L Challenger crew:
3350 Scobee (Francis "Dick")
3351 Smith (Michael)
3352 McAuliffe (Christa)
3353 Jarvis (Greg)
3354 McNair (Ronald)
3355 Onizuka (Ellison)
3356 Resnik (Judith)
STS-107 Columbia crew:
51823 RickHusband
51824 MikeAnderson
51825 DavidBrown
51826 KalpanaChawla
51827 LaurelClark
51828 IlanRamon
51829 WillieMcCool
I'm an Asteroid.
So get out of the way...
So get out of the way...
Many other space travelers have also had asteroids named after them for various reasons, and while not as exclusive as the group of Moon Walkers, it's a pretty darned small club!
In order of discovery + naming, they are:
1772 Gagarin (Yuri) - Russia
2552 Remek (Vladimír) - Czech
4763 Ride (Sally) - USA
6469 Armstrong (Neil) - USA
6470 Aldrin ("Buzz") - USA
6471 Collins (Michael) - USA
7749 JackSchmitt - USA
9496 Ockels (Wubbo) - Holland
9512 FeiJunlong - China (Renamed)
9517 NieHaisheng - China (Renamed)
12790 Cernan (Gene) - USA
13606 Bean (Alan) - USA (Renamed)
21064 YangLiwei - China
22442 Blaha (John) - USA
22901 IvanBella - Slovakia
All are Main Belt Asteroids. See the accompanying links to examine their orbital paths, physical parameters and circumstance under which each was discovered.
For general information about asteroids, go to the Goddard Space Flight Center Planetary Science page for the Asteroid Fact Sheet.


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On June 11 of this year, a class action lawsuit was filed against PublishAmerica by a Baltimore, MD law firm, in association with high-profile litigators Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro.
Among other things, the complaint alleged that PA makes money off its authors while billing itself as a traditional publisher, requires authors to pay for "usual and customary marketing that any reputable publisher would do as a matter of course," offers "services that are not reasonably designed to promote book sales," and "duped" the three plaintiffs in the lawsuit with, among other things, "bogus services" and books "riddled with errors." The complaint sought "a declarative judgment that defendant's publishing contracts violate the Maryland Consumer Protection Act," including the MCPA's prohibition against deceptive trade practices.
PA, not surprisingly, filed a motion to dismiss for "failure to state a claim," arguing that the author-PA relationship is not protected under the MCPA:
The Court should dismiss the claims brought by Plaintiffs under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act ("CPA") because Plaintiffs are not consumers; they have entered into a commercial enterprise with PA pursuant to which they split the proceeds from sales of their literary work made by PA. This profit sharing relationship is not a relationship that is protected by the ("CPA"). Plaintiffs' declaratory judgment count should also be dismissed since the underlying CPA claim is defective.
Responses and counter-responses ensued. A hearing was held in August with arguments by counsel. On September 4, PA's motion to dismiss was granted by Judge Marvin J. Garbis–without prejudice, with the plaintiffs given the option of filing an amended complaint by the end of the month.
This past Wednesday, however, PA authors who'd sought to join the suit received a letter from Hagens Berman indicating that they did not intend to re-file.
In speaking and e-mailing with many of you what you wanted was out of your contract. That is also what we had hoped for when we filed this class action. We thought we had a good shot at this when we filed our first complaint. We claimed that Publish America's representations about itself as a traditional publisher misled authors and led them to give away the publication rights to their books and that this violated the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. But the court concluded that the statute has a narrower scope and that the complaints we asserted against Publish America are not really consumer complaints, but more like business complaints.
For long-time watchers of the PA saga, the "it's not a consumer matter, but a business matter" response may seem familiar. It's the reason cited by the Maryland Attorney General's Office for not taking action on authors' complaints (of which, we've been told by various sources, the AG's office has received a goodly number). For the Maryland AG, it's straightforward: the author-PA relationship isn't between a consumer and a business (the area the AG handles) but between a business and a business.
That's not Judge Garbis's position, however. The problem, in his opinion, is that the original complaint simply doesn't provide enough facts to determine whether it's a consumer matter or not.
For present purposes, it suffices to state that the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 13-101 et seq. ("MCPA") provides relief with regard to deceptive trade practices relating to consumer goods and service….
The MCPA defines the term "consumer" to include "an actual or prospective purchaser . . . or recipient of . . . consumer services." Id. § 13-101(c)(1). The term "consumer services" is defined as "services which are primarily for personal, household, family, or agricultural purposes." Id. § 13-101(d). The Complaint does not clearly, if at all, enable the Court to determine the particular factual allegations upon which Plaintiffs base the contention that the claims in Count Two would be covered by the MCPA. Indeed, Plaintiffs do not specify which of the alleged deceptive trade practices are the subjects of the MCPA claims….
Each Plaintiff simply alleges his/her name, place of residence and that he/she contracted with PA to publish a book. Plaintiffs do not allege facts relating to their pertinent background and cannot – on the face of the pleading – be assumed to be seeking publication "primarily for personal," as distinct from commercial, purposes.
Moreover, a particular good or service cannot be said, in the absence of a particular context, to be a consumer good or service. For example, a can of beans bought for home consumption would be a consumer good. However, the same can of beans bought by the owner of a restaurant for sale to customers may not be. Similarly, a house cleaning service for a resident homeowner would be a consumer service but the same service for the landlord owner of a rented house may not be.
Also, PA contends that at least some of the alleged "consumer services" are services that cannot plausibly be considered primarily for personal purposes, e.g., services relating to the sales, rather than literary aspects, of a book. The Court is not now addressing the question of whether any such services necessarily are non-consumer services. However, in an Amended Complaint, Plaintiffs should allege facts sufficient to present a plausible claim that the services in issue are consumer services.
In sum, Count Two must be redrafted to clearly and unambiguously indicate the factual allegations on which Plaintiffs contend they have made a plausible claim for
treatment of themselves as consumers and treatment of the services at issue as consumer services.
Judge Garbis, in other words, isn't confirming PA's argument that the author-PA relationship is not a consumer matter–rather, he's saying that the plaintiffs haven't sufficiently demonstrated that it is. He makes a similar determination with regard to the plaintiffs' claim of unjust enrichment, breach of contract, and fraud.
Though PA will likely dispute this, the dismissal doesn't vindicate their business practices or endorse their counter-claims. Rather, it leaves the door open for the plaintiffs to return with stronger arguments to bolster their case. Obviously I can't reach into the minds of the lawyers to see why they decided not to do so. But I have to be honest–it seems shoddy to me. If they felt they had sufficient grounds to base the original complaint on the MCPA, and to make claims of fraud, why would they not re-file? (Or, perhaps, more adequately state their argument in the first place?) It makes the lawsuit seem like some sort of blue-sky effort, launched without adequate commitment and folding at the first roadblock.
At any rate, I think this illustrates yet again the extremely ambiguous position a writer occupies vis-a-vis a vanity publisher, whether or not the vanity publisher actively misrepresents itself. In every meaningful way, vanity publishing is analogous (to use Judge Garvis's example) to the can of beans bought for home consumptio. But because it masquerades as "real" publishing–in part by adopting a few of real publishing's components, such as offering the book for sale–this is very hard to demonstrate.


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Thank goodness its Friday! On Fridays I will post a photo from the ranch and discuss the subject. Take a gander and see if you can guess what we are looking at…
It's hay season in Arkansas again. We just baled our first fields yesterday and things are off to their usual start. The transmission in the baler tractor is messed up and it's stuck in 3rd gear. The John Deere guy has already been out twice. I jumped on the hay mower to get things going, only to make it 5.5 rounds before the dern thing clogged up (see above). We've been having a few problems with this thing and John Deere has sent us parts 3 times. We have yet to receive the correct piece. Even sent em a picture on the phone!
I got into a really thick stand of fescue and it all got clogged in the rollers behind the blades. After a lil tug and pull, and more tug and pull, I got everything out and started off again. Seein as I'm not mechanically minded, I figured it was operator error. After the 4th time and trying 4 different ways to get through this thick grass, I got a second opinion. Yay, equipment failure, not operator error! The jerry-rigged piece never worked in the first place. An equipment failure is about the only way I get a lunch break in the hay field, and I took the opportunity to get a 3 pm sandwich from the service station. Then I hooked up the red bird, smaller mower and went back to work.
Hay season has always been the highlight of my summers, and packed full of fun memories. And oh the snakes! Like the time I was on the trailer stacking square bales and my dad threw a headless snake and hit me with it. Talk about heart attack. Or the summer in Wyoming when I was unclogging the mower and looked down only to see a rattlesnake between my legs. More like cardiac arrest. You've never seen a white boy jump so high. I could have easily won the high jump in high school with a jump like that.
So when you think of a farmer or rancher in the tractor all day, what's your idea of their work load? Must be pretty cool to sit in the air conditioned cab, rockin to the iPod, and chowing down on the packed lunch…. Well, let me put it this way. It's been said if you don't have a sore neck and back after a day in the field, you must be doing something wrong. Yeah I listened to a few albums on the iPod today, but only with one ear bud in. With the other ear I'm listening to the mower, making sure it's only the normal hum of the blades on grass; looking ahead to make sure I'm not gonna hit a hole, a stump, or a rock; looking behind to make sure I'm still on path and the mower's not clogged up and there are no broken blades. I could keep going with the number of things on my mind in the hay field. Not only is it a rough ride, but my minds rolling through an endless checklist the whole time.
Despite all this work, I still love hay season. It may not have reached the ranchers to the North, but just wait. Ya'll will get your turn at all the fun.
What are your favorite memories of hay season or maybe just thoughts as you pass by a busy farmer in the field?
Check out my other Photo Friday post this week at Sitting in the Pasture…


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Community Fellowship: United Sounds By Alex Stiver
This is a guest post by one of the SoundCloud Community Fellows, Alex Stiver.
"The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities." – Eleanor Roosevelt
Who Am I?
Hi, I'm Alex, a proud member of the first cohort of SoundCloud Fellows! I hail from the great city of Toronto and, fitting squarely into a Northern stereotype, love both maple syrup and snowy winters (they're even great together!). I feel equally passionately – though less nationalistic – about road trips, iced coffee, and hip pop dance parties.
I'm a social anthropologist, which means that I am fascinated by how people behave in social groups. Studying the variety, the patterns, and the head-scratching contradictions of social life has led me to interesting project work in branding and strategy, in research, and in public sector initiatives. I'm revved up by demographics, digital anthropology, and trying to identify the underlying logic of social behaviour. The conclusion of these social studies – that we're all the same…but different, but, well…the same? – is also what inspired an interest in human rights. And this project.
My Fellowship Project
My first introduction to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was under less-than-perfect circumstances: a World Studies class pop quiz. Even then, my pre-teen self recognized the importance of the Declaration's message for human rights.
Flash-forward to present day: older, a little wiser, and minus a boy band-plastered locker. Through the study of anthropology, in researching policy, and in crafting public sector communications, I can appreciate much more fully the challenges in, and the benefits of, a text like the UDHR, one that works to define and outline the concepts of "human rights" and "fundamental freedoms" for everyone. Since its adoption in 1948, the UDHR has been standing firm as a global statement on human rights: inspiring and supporting rights movements, influencing national constitutions, and contributing to international law.
Translated in 370 languages and dialects, the UDHR is not only the most widely translated text in the world, but is also a great unifier, providing solidarity of message through varied sounds from all corners of the world. It's an important message; it's an optimistic message; it's a universal message. Only downside? An easily accessible archive of the translations in audio is tough to find online.
Enter the United_Sounds project.
Embracing the 'go big or go home' philosophy, the aim of United_Sounds is: to create the largest online collection of audio recordings of the UDHR, representing as many translations as possible.
Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said that "an essential element in protecting human rights [is] a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended". With your help, United_Sounds can be part of that engaging and educating effort.
Beyond an archive of audio recordings, the project is structured to promote critical listening, careful contemplation, collaborative discussion, and crucial learning. But United_Sounds is only as successful as the community rallying around it: that's YOU!
Get Involved!
So…proud of your Pipil, master of Maori, the dude of Dutch? Know someone who wants to flex their Mazateco muscles, chat in Cebuano, or yammer in Yoruba? There are many ways to get involved with United_Sounds: record your own submission, add a comment about your favourite excerpt, listen to the different rhythm and cadence of the various participating languages, even submit an audio message about what human rights mean to you in your country!
Join the project
on SoundCloud
on Twitter
…and get involved!
Links to get you started
As one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, and with numbers of global speakers estimated as high as 1.8 billion (yep,billion), the English translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights kicks off the United_Sounds project.
UN Declaration of Human Rights: English by katieneeds
Though the message of the UDHR is the same across all 370 translations, the sounds of the Declaration in Icelandic might be less familiar to the ear. Give it a listen, and leave a note in the comments sharing what you think.
UN Declaration of Human Rights: Icelandic Mannréttindayfirlýsing Sameinuðu Þjóðanna by valahalldorsdottir
Finally: pumped up to get involved with United_Sounds? Got some linguistic skillz that you – or someone you know – can't wait to put to good use. Learn about the submission process here.
Sound Note #2: 6 Easy Steps to Recording Your Own Contribution to United_Sounds! by United_Sounds
Meet the other fellows:
Katie Needs and her Sounds Of My City project