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As we have noted here several times, the administration has announced what amounts to a one-year delay in the enforcement of the Obamacare employer mandate. The announcement came in an unusual package for such things. It was wrapped in a cotton-candy blog post by Treasury Assistant Secretary Mark Mazur. The post cited no legal authority and delivered something like a royal edict with respect to a law that by its terms goes into effect in January 2014.
There's a joke here somewhere. Maybe it's the media's studied avoidance of the dubious legality of the maneuver. Maybe it's the delegation of the task to an assistant secretary. Maybe it's the timing of the announcement, anticipating the celebration of our revolt against King George III.
Yesterday Republicans in the House of Representatives served up a bill that would in effect authorize the Obama administration's delay. (It also served up a separate bill giving the individual mandate equal treatment. Michael Cannon discusses the votes on the two bills here and the Wall Street Journal devotes an editorial to them here.) Thirty-five Democrats supported the bill delaying the employer mandate, which passed 264-161.
Nevertheless, the Democratic Party line requires opposition to the bill. Jeffrey Anderson notes that in a statement released shortly before the House vote, the administration called the vote to provide legislative authority for the employer-mandate delay "unnecessary." Anderson suggests the political twilight zone into which the Obama administration has delivered us:
It is not often that a president announces his decision not to enforce a law as written, the House of Representatives responds by offering to restore the rule of law by amending that law to permit the delay the president wishes . . . and then the president threatens to veto that legislation if it gets to his desk. But such is the pathbreaking and jaw-dropping spectacle of Obamacare.
Why would the administration oppose a bill that legalizes action it has already announced? Anderson offers no speculation on this point, and maybe the reasons are obvious. What are they? I can think of a few. Here goes:
1. The administration is embarrassed and ashamed of the unworkability of the law as passed.
2. The administration is pleased to claim the royal prerogative regarding the execution of the laws. The Constitution of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding, it prefers the discretion to assure that the laws not be faithfully executed.
3. The administration does not want to concede that Republicans have a point, any point.
4. Like Melville's Bartleby, the administration would "prefer not to."
I could go on, but my imagination is limited and I fear that my cynicism does not run deep enough truly to understand what is happening here.


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Serena Williams to Star on Lifetime "Drop Dead Diva" (Photos)
Can Serena act?
Does it matter?
Probably not………
Serena Williams will move from the tennis court to the court of law when Drop Dead Diva returns to Lifetime in June.
EW has learned exclusively that Williams will play Kelly Stevens, a family lawyer representing Elisa Shayne (Brandy Norwood) in a bitter, life-changing custody battle against Jay Parker (Josh Stamberg). Norwood first appeared last season as Jay's estranged ex-girlfriend.

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Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Wednesday's auction, though they remained at historically low levels.
The Treasury Department auctioned $32 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.085 percent, up from 0.04 percent last week. Another $28 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 0.13 percent, up from 0.09 percent last week.
The three-month rate was the highest since those bills averaged 0.09 percent on Dec. 10. The six-month rate was the highest since those bills averaged 0.135 percent, also on Dec. 10.
The discount rates reflect that the bills sell for less than face value. For a $10,000 bill, the three-month price was $9,997.85, while a six-month bill sold for $9,993.43. That would equal an annualized rate of 0.086 percent for the three-month bills and 0.132 percent for the six-month bills.
Separately, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable-rate mortgages, was 0.15 percent last week, the same as the previous week.


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|Einstein for Everyone
|Fall 2018
Back to main course page
For submission
According to the principle of relativity, no experiment conducted within a laboratory can reveal its uniform (=inertial) motion; all that can be revealed is the uniform motion of the laboratory with respect to other bodies.
1. Special relativity tells us that moving rods shrink and moving clocks slow down. The page shows you how to calculate how big these effects are. Two rows for 10,000 mi/sec and 93,000 mi/sec have been left blank. Fill in the blanks.
2. You have equipped your spaceship laboratory with the finest of instruments. You have a pure platinum yardstick, machined to be exactly one yard in length, and an atomic clock that ticks off the seconds with unimaginable accuracy. Your spaceship laboratory is set in motion at 99.5% of the speed of light with you inside, carefully observing what your rod and clock do. Special relativity tells us that your rod shrinks to 10% of its length and your clock runs ten times slower. You check to see if this is so. You know that the distance from your nose to the tip of your outstretched arm is about one yard; your yardstick still tells you it is a yard. You know your resting pulse rate is roughly one beat per second; your atomic clock agrees. Your pulse still beats at roughly one beat per second.
Why do these attempts to detect rod shrinking and clock slowing fail?
If they did not fail, why would your success at measuing rods shrinking and clocks slowing amount to a violation of the principle of relativity.
For discussion in the recitation.
A. What is inertial motion? An inertial observer? Accelerated motion? Absolute motion? Relative motion? A light clock?
B. You are in a uniformly moving spaceship that enters an asteroid field. You observe the asteroids of the field rushing past your window (and fear a collision with one). Does this observation constitute an experiment that violates the principle of relativity? Explain.
C. You are inside an airplane drinking coffee. The airplane strikes turbulent air. Your stomach falls and the coffee flies out of the cup. You have no doubt now that you are moving. Does this observation constitute an experiment that violates the principle of relativity? Explain.
D. For a lighter moment, look at the Warm-Up Exercise.


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NPR correspondent Deborah Amos joined U.N. monitors and a small group of journalists Friday who were able to enter the Syrian village of Mazraat al-Qubair, where 78 people, including women and children, were killed on Wednesday by pro-government forces, according to opposition activists.
The Syrian village of Mazraat al-Qubair is empty and in ruins — with buildings burned and marked with bullet holes. Dead animals lay in the dirt. A group of young Syrian men, their faces covered, swarm the visiting U.N. monitors and journalists so they can tell their stories to the first outsiders to reach the village in central Syria.
"They left no one alive in the village," says one young man, as the wind whips through the village. "They are with the government — the people who killed here."
Activists charge that a pro-government militia from a neighboring village killed at least 78 people here on Wednesday in retaliation for anti-government activities in this isolated farming hamlet near the city of Hama.
The villagers say that army soldiers made them bury the dead on Thursday, a day before the U.N. monitors were allowed in.
Syrian troops turned back the U.N. monitors on Thursday. But on Friday, the monitors — wearing their trademark blue helmets — were able to enter the village.
"People come to this village and start to kill. Children killed [in the] head," one man says in broken English. Asked if the children were shot in the head, he says, "Yes."
He then leads the visitors to a concrete-block house that smells of death. Inside, it's a horrific scene. There is blood on the floor. There are body parts. There is a table cloth filled with gore.
Behind the village mosque, there are 17 fresh graves.
The Obama administration, the U.N. and many countries have condemned the killings, which bear similarities to a mass slaughter in the village of Houla on May 25, when more than 100 people were killed by pro-government forces, according to activists.
The Syrian government, meanwhile, claims it was not responsible for either of the mass killings.
Collecting The Evidence
The U.N. monitors and a team of experienced investigators are here to collect the grim evidence, which means studying the charred remains, photographing bullet marks and interviewing witnesses.
But they acknowledge that it's a daunting task. It's now been 48 hours since the killings took place. Some witnesses give conflicting accounts; the numbers of dead vary, as do the reasons for the attack.
One of the witnesses is dressed in fatigues and says he is part of the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group that is fighting President Bashar Assad's government.
Many questions may be unanswered, but the monitors agree that something terrible happened in this village.
The U.N. has 20 monitors at the site, making it the largest operation since the U.N. mission began, according to U.N. spokeswoman Sausan Ghosheh. "It's very hard because we don't have the bodies. It will take a while; it will take more interviews. Maybe we need to talk to more people from the different villages," she says.
Ghosheh describes the day as a "symbolic success."
"It's a success being able to actually register what happened, and get at least some factual information of what happened here," she adds.
As the monitors and the journalists leave the village and drive back to Damascus, the city's skyline is filled with the smoke of burning fires. The army was out in force after sustained fighting in three parts of the capital, some of the worst violence in the city since the anti-government protests began.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish. And we're starting the hour in Syria, where the bloodshed continues. And U.N. monitors have now reached the site of the latest horrors. The capital, Damascus, shook today with some of the heaviest fighting yet between government forces and army defectors. And to the north, U.N. monitors entered a village to investigate an alleged massacre. Activists say as many as 78 civilians, including women and children, were killed there on Wednesday. And yesterday, Syrian troops turned the U.N. mission away.
Today, monitors, in their blue helmets, entered the village of Mazraat al-Qubair. NPR's Deborah Amos followed them in and then returned to Damascus. She joins us now. Deborah, to begin, what did you and the U.N. monitors see as you entered this village?
DEBORAH AMOS, BYLINE: Audie, this village is eerily quiet and in ruins. Buildings are burned, marked with bullet holes. In one house, there was a carpet soaked in blood, in another, there was gore still on the floor, a tablecloth filled with blood. You could see bullet holes across the walls, dead animals, dirt. Something terrible happened in this village. And the monitors were there to try to figure it out. It took us hours to get in today because the monitors don't enter a village unless they have agreement from the government and from the opposition. And that was tough on two counts. The government didn't want them in the village, and the opposition was afraid to talk to them.
CORNISH: Were there any survivors or eyewitnesses?
AMOS: There were witnesses, young men who came from some of the villages that were close by. Clearly activists, they came with their faces covered, sunglasses on. They gave no names, wouldn't give out telephone numbers, certainly not to the journalists. The monitors interviewed them. They talked about at least 78 people being killed, only seven survivors in this village. Women and children were killed in this massacre. They say it was committed by pro-government militias in the surrounding villages. It's a situation where this village had become active, anti-government, and they say it was a retaliation.
We also saw one witness who came in fatigues. He said he was a member of the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group that is fighting the government. And, you know, we still are in a situation the government says it was terrorists who committed this crime, and the activists say it was the government.
CORNISH: Can the U.N. monitors write a definitive report based on what they've found?
AMOS: Well, they say it's daunting simply based on the testimony that they got today, which was conflicting from these young men who were very nervous and very, very afraid to be speaking to the U.N. because there has been government retaliations against people who have spoken out to the U.N. They say they're going to stick with it. They - some of the human rights specialists stayed behind in the village to do some extra interviewing. These are people who had come out of Afghanistan, have experience in this kind of interviewing. It may take days. It may take weeks. They want to go to some of the villages nearby to see if they can find out more details.
CORNISH: And briefly, Deb, the scene today in Damascus.
AMOS: As we came back into town, Audie, there was smoke on the skyline, very tough checkpoints, soldiers everywhere. Fighting started in the capital on Thursday, went all the way through Friday. This is very new for Damascus. It's been in the suburbs. It has not been in neighborhoods in the heart of the city, and you could feel the tension coming back into the capital from the north.
CORNISH: NPR's Deborah Amos in Damascus. Deborah, thank you.
AMOS: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Delta flight from Milwaukee to Detroit was delayed on Wednesday after a passenger found a live shotgun shell by his seat and everyone on board had to pass through a security check a second time, a sheriff's official said.
The passenger found the shell at 6:47 a.m. local time in the seat-back pocket in front of him, said Fran McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport.
A sheriff's canine unit swept the plane and found no other shell casings, McLaughlin said.
The Transportation Security Administration rescreened all the passengers aboard the flight. After a one-hour delay, the plane took off for its original destination of Detroit, she said.
Representatives from Delta and the TSA could not be reached for comment.
The man who found the shell was interviewed by investigators, who found nothing suspicious about him, McLaughlin said. It remained unclear how the shell ended up on the flight.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Tim Gaynor and Peter Cooney)


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Le Provocateur
Le Provocateur
The pear and peach make this cocktail sweet and aromatic, with a fruity nose. The cocktail is great in the summer and also served over ice.
- 2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 1-1/2 parts Mathilde Poires (100% natural pear liqueur)
- 1/2 part DeKuyper® Peachtree® Schnapps Liqueur
- 1/2 part fresh lime juice
- 2 dashes Angostura® Bitters
- Pear slice for garnish
- Pour all ingredients in a shaker full of ice.
- Shake vigorously for about 20 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with a freshly cut slice of pear.
Tags: Cocktails, Martinis, Le Provocateur, Pear Liqueur, Peach Schnapps, Limes, Lime Juice, Angostura Bitters, Pears, Thirsty


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Are you looking for new blogger outreach tactics?
Have you considered working with bloggers as ambassadors?
In this article, I'll show you five ways to promote your brand through blogger outreach.
Why Blogger Outreach?
Marketing has evolved into P2P (person to person) instead of B2C or B2B. It's no longer about pushing your message out to people; it's about making a connection with people who will tell others about you.
Bloggers have a distinct advantage when it comes to spreading your message. They have direct access to your target audience and can influence purchasing decisions with word-of-mouth marketing.
Research from BlogHer has shown that 81% of the online population trusts information and advice they get from bloggers and that 61% have made a purchase based on a blogger's recommendation.


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Happy Monday!
I woke up this morning thinking it was Sunday, such a downer when I realized I was off by a day. Isn't that the worst?
The family is finally not sick any more, YIPPEE! I felt like this just dragged on forever. You don't realize how much you depend on being healthy until suddenly you're sick and the simplest chores become daunting.
My camera is still being worked one, it feels like it's been forever! It's kind of left me unmotivated to start any new projects and I've been compensating by 'Instagramming' like crazy! Ironically, now my iphone camera isn't working any more. What bad luck I have with cameras lately!
Isn't this home inspiring? I know it's given me a bit of motivation I need to get through this Monday. Hope you all have great and productive weeks!


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We're taking white Christmas to a whole new level with these festive milk punch recipes. When the snow falls and the Christmas décor is set, all that's left for a perfect wintery atmosphere is a delicious holiday cocktail. Specifically, we love to celebrate the snowy weather with a creamy milk punch. With flavors of mint, white chocolate, ginger-vanilla, Indian spice and more, our milk punch recipes pack the best holiday flavors! Whether you're craving it warm, like a steaming cup of joe, or you'd prefer it frozen, we have the best milk punch recipes to choose from.
One of our favorites is the Mint-and-White-Chocolate Milk Punch that combines heavy cream, sugar, vanilla bean, fresh mint, chocolate and peppermint candies for a cheerful holiday drink. For additional cheer, add a touch of vodka to take the fun this holiday season up a notch. If vodka isn't your thing, we also have a selection of delicious bourbon milk punch recipes, as well as brandy! Cheers!


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OVB Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
Euro FX (December):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 11/15/12 @ 1.2788. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 11/19/12 @ 1.2811. Upside Targets = 1.3117 – 1.3177.
- New highs made on current move Tuesday @ 1.3110. Upside Targets 99% achieved.
- The December Euro FX continued higher on Tuesday to log its fourth consecutive day of gains as it approaches the October highs at 1.3147 and the contract highs of 1.3183.
- If/when the October highs are violated, the euro should have enough momentum established to sustain an IT move higher that will challenge the 2012 spot highs at 1.3488.
- Projected Daily Range: .0071
- Projected Weekly Range: .0182
- Projected Monthly Range: .0456
COMEX Gold (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 11/28/12 @ 1729.90. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 11/28/12 @ 1718.80. Downside Target = 1707.20 – 1694.70
- New lows made on current move Tuesday @ 1692.60. Downside Targets over 100% achieved.
- February Gold dropped sharply lower on Tuesday as it closed below $1,700/oz. for the first time in a month as projected in Tuesday evening's report and also closed below the daily SBB.
- The gold market should be near a ST bottom and value area that could find strong support at $1,682.30 and make another move back higher without closing below the November lows at $1,674.70.
- Projected Daily Range: 20.30
- Projected Weekly Range: 42.30
- Projected Monthly Range: 94.70
E-Mini S&P (December):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 11/20/12 @ 1386.00. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 11/20/12 @ 1386.25. Upside Targets = 1404.00 – 1420.00.
- The December S&P's dropped mildly lower on Tuesday following Monday's dramatic fall lower while trading in a tight range as it was unable to break through the 1400 floor that is currently propping this market up.
- Wednesday should see the S&P's break through the current floor in the market and trade down to 1391.75 to run some sell stops and let the market test the will of bulls near last week's low of 1386.00.
- Projected Daily Range: 13.25
- Projected Weekly Range: 43.25
- Projected Monthly Range: 81.50


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Storylines and today's game questions for Florida's home game against Tennessee.
Look what Urban started
One of the first things Urban Meyer did when he took over at Florida in 2005 was put an emphasis on the Gators beating their biggest rivals — Tennessee, Georgia and Florida State. Since Tennessee fell first on the schedule, it started with the Vols. In the first meeting in 2005, the Gators beat UT 16-7 in The Swamp. They haven't lost since, winning a staggering eight games in a row, the latest a 37-20 romp in Knoxville a year ago. UF coach Will Muschamp said what's happened in the past eight years will not be a factor in today's game. Others think the Vols will be motivated to try and end the streak. "We know those guys are going to come down here ready to throw punches. We've beaten them (eight) times in a row. Obviously, they see that and they want to get one on us," cornerback/safety Jaylen Watkins said.
Gators can be better on 'D'
Florida's defense has put up some impressive numbers in the first two games. The Gators have held both opponents (Toledo and Miami) to less than 215 total yards and lead the SEC in total defense. Perhaps the most impressive stat is how good the Gators have been on third down. Opponents have converted only two of 24 third-down plays (8.3 percent), the best third-down defense in the nation. Despite all this, Muschamp doesn't seem overly impressed because UF is 1-1 instead of 2-0. "Scoring defense is the only thing I care about — and winning the game," he said. "You've got to do what you've got to do to win games. Third-down conversions, I'm not trying to say it's not important. It is. But scoring defense and winning the game is what I'm worried about."
UT front a big challenge
The Vols may be struggling in some areas, but certainly not along the offensive line, where UT is big, strong and experienced. Many believe this is the best offensive line in the SEC and one of the elite fronts in college football. It will be a big challenge for the UF defensive front."Coach (Muschamp) said they're the most experienced and one of the best that we're going to face all season," sophomore defensive end Jonathan Bullard said. "But I feel like with leadership like (senior defensive tackle) Dominique Easley, him playing against them so much, he knows little things about them. He's pushing us in practice, the younger guys, to work as hard as we ever have because it's going to be a great matchup up front."
UF focusing on ball security
Everyone (including the Vols) knows that when the Gators get careless with the football, they lose. That's been the story in UF's three losses over the past two seasons. The Gators better hold on tight today. UT may be a little shellshocked on defense after last week's rout at Oregon, but this is a defense that knows how to force turnovers. Two weeks ago, the Vols came up with turnovers on four consecutive plays against Western Kentucky.
Vernon desire
Freshman defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III (pictured above) switched his jersey number from 16 to 1 two weeks ago vs. Miami, which seems appropriate because that is the number of interceptions he averages per game. In fact, Hargreaves has accounted for the only two turnovers UF has produced through two games. Coaches have taken notice, and moved him up the depth chart accordingly. Don't be surprised if he makes his first start today.
Blast from the pass
Jeff Driskel had arguably the best passing game of his Florida career against Tennessee on the road last season, going 14 of 20 for 219 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Coming off of a tough loss to Miami in which he had his best passing yardage day as a Gator (291), but committed three turnovers, look for Driskel to attack the UT secondary and put the loss in Miami behind him.
Road weary
Tennessee made the trip last week to the West Coast to get manhandled by No. 2 Oregon, 59-14. The Vols scored first in the game, then imploded steadily over the final three quarters. Now, they come to Gainesville a week later to face a rested Gator team. Will the trip, and lopsided loss, to Oregon show itself in The Swamp today, or will the Vols be better prepared after their experience last week?
Rocky toppled
Tennessee has been on a dramatic slide in SEC play, winning only two games since 2011. The Vols had to beat Vanderbilt late in the season in 2011 and Kentucky in last season's finale to keep from going winless in league play. The Vols' 2013 SEC slate is once again brutal with consecutive games against Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. A loss today likely means Tennessee is playing for its first SEC win in November for the third straight year.


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HILLSBORO — The Halstead High School football team's defense taketh against the rival Hillsboro Trojans Thursday night in the district finale at Joel Wiens Stadium in Hillsboro.
The Dragons offense also gaveth at times.
Halstead was able to overcome its turnovers to claim a 49-28 win to qualify for the Class 3A playoffs.
Halstead finishes the regular season 5-4, 2-1 in district play. Hillsboro finishes 3-6, 0-3 in district play. Halstead advances to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
"That was a major goal for us," Halstead coach Mark Svaty said. "We have a very young team. With us being able to finish our season with a winning record, and going to the playoffs and play in November, it's a huge deal for us. We're very proud of ourselves, but we know we have a tough task ahead to be able to continue our season."
Halstead quarterback Blake Beckett, a sophomore, rushed for 180 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Dragons.
"We knew they were going to put up points," Beckett said. "The way they played against Moundridge, they put up points. With a passing team like that, they are going to make some long plays. We stuck to what we were going to do. We followed our game plan. We did what we do best. Turnovers are part of the game. We just have to keep our heads up after one and keep playing."
Hillsboro was led by quarterback Jesse Brown, who passed 200 yards and three touchdowns.
"Turnovers were a big factor," Svaty said. "We had two turnovers that led to scores immediately. The same thing happened to them. We were able to capitalize. They had momentum in drives. We came up with big plays, whether it was a sack or an interception to get them off the field. Their offense is potent."
Halstead got off to a strong start, taking advantage of a Hillsboro turnover to score on a Christian Morris 27-yard run. After a Dragon stop on defense, Halstead fumbled it right back to set up a 13-yard pass from Brown to Preston Nelson.
A long kickoff return set up a five-yard Beckett run. After a defensive stop, Joseph Myers scored on a 10-yard run.
Things went wrong for the Dragons early in the second quarter. What appeared to be a defensive stop for Halstead wound up as a pass interference penalty, setting up a 12-yard touchdown pass from Brown to Cody Delk. A Jesse Meier interception set up a three-yard scoring pass from Brown to Jordan Faul, tying the game on the PAT kick.
Halstead got stopped again, but Elijah McKee picked off Brown and ran it back 40 yards for the score. A Halstead defensive stop set up a 72-yard drive that ended with a five-yard Beckett run.
It took Hillsboro just 12 seconds in the second half to get back in the game when David Dick picked off a pass and returned it 27 yards for a score. Halstead came back with a 43-yard drive that ended with a four-yard Beckett run.
Halstead stopped a long Hillsboro drive with a Layke Heimerman interception early in the fourth quarter. The Dragons went 89 yards in 11 plays, using more than five minutes on the clock and scoring on a 37-yard Beckett run.
"We were trying to kill the clock from the second quarter on," Svaty said. "We were delaying our plays. We know for them to have success, they need as many possessions as possible. We needed to counter that to win the game."
Halstead will open the playoffs at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kingman. The Eagles downed Garden Plain 32-22 to finish 6-2 and win their district. Kingman beat Halstead 28-21 in Central Kansas League cross division play earlier in the season.
"We played them week six," Svaty said. "They are a senior dominated ballclub. They are very physical up front. They have a senior offensive line. It's going to be a very good game. We told our kids last time it was going to be a four-score game that would be decided in the fourth quarter. That's exactly what it was. We have to come up with something in the next four or five says to counteract that and have the opposite ourcome."
Halstead 21 14 7 7 —49
Hillsboro 7 14 7 0 —28
1q. Hal. Morris 27-yd. run (Ekroll kick) 11:13
1q. Hil. Nelson 13-yd. pass from Brown (Sontag kick) 8:39
1q. Hal. Beckett 5-yd. run (Ekroll kick) 5:56
1q. Hal. Myers 10-yd. run (Ekroll kick) 1:43
2q. Hil. Delk 12-yd. pass from Brown (Sontag kick) 11:06
2q. Hil. Faul 3-yd. pass from Brown (Sontag kick) 8:59
2q. Hal. McKee 40-yd. interception return (pass failed) 7:15
2q. Hal. Beckett 4-yd. run (Beckett run) :53.5
3q. Hil. Dick 27-yd. interception return (Sontag kick) 11:48
3q. Hal. Beckett 2-yd. run (Ekroll kick) 5:40
4q. Hal. Beckett 37-yd. run (Ekroll kick) 5:16
Team stats
Hal. Hil.
First downs 18 16
Rushing-yards 55-295 15-10
Passing yards 41 200
Comp-att-int 3-8-2 21-42-4
Punts-avg. 3-35.3 3-33.7
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 6-42 5-33
Individual stats
RUSHING — Halstead: Beckett 32-180, Myers 12-64, Morris 3-35, Wright 2-10, Heimerman 2-8, team 3-0, Stovall 1-(-2). Hillsboro: Hilliard 2-7, Brown 10-4, Hanschu 2-1, Nelson 1-(-2).
PASSING — Halstead: Beckett 3-8-2, 41 yards. Hillsboro: Brown 21-42-4, 200 yards.
RECEIVING — Halstead: Standifer 1-29, McKee 1-12, Stovall 1-0. Hillsboro: Ollenberger 8-84, Faul 4-43, Delk 3-36, Nelson 4-30, Hilliard 2-7.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Yahoo's first-quarter earnings report will cast a spotlight on CEO Marissa Mayer's efforts to turn around the Internet company.
The numbers, due out after the stock market closes Tuesday, are being released with Yahoo's stock price trading at some of its highest levels since the company squandered an opportunity to sell itself to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, in May 2008.
Much of the recent rebound has been tied to Yahoo Inc.'s 24 percent stake in China's Alibaba Group, a rapidly growing Internet company.
But investors also have been betting that Mayer, 37, has been cooking up a strategy that will duplicate some of the success she enjoyed while helping to build Google Inc. into the Internet's most powerful company. After working as a top Google executive for 13 years, Mayer defected to Yahoo nine months ago.
Mayer has been trying to make Yahoo's online services more engaging and easier to use in hopes that the improvements will encourage Web surfers to visit more frequently and stay for longer. That would help Yahoo sell more advertising to marketers who have been funneling more of their online budgets to Google and Facebook Inc. in recent years. Mayer also has been trying to recast Yahoo's services so they are better suited for the growing audience consuming content on smartphones and tablet computers.
As part of its makeover under Mayer, Yahoo has redesigned its home page, email service and Flickr photo-sharing service. The company, which is based in Sunnyvale, Calif., also has made a series of small acquisitions aimed primarily at attracting more engineers with expertise in mobile applications and social networking.
The breakdown for the opening three months of the year will give Wall Street a better sense of whether Mayer's efforts to revive the company's revenue growth are gaining momentum. Analysts are only expecting a 2 percent rise in revenue from the same time last year, so it will likely be a major disappointment if Yahoo can't clear that low hurdle.
Excluding one-time costs, Yahoo's earning for the period are expected to rise 9 percent from last year to 25 cents per share.
At some point, Mayer will have to prove her formula will produce revenue growth somewhere closer to the rates of its peers. Yahoo's revenue, minus ad commissions, rose 2 percent last year, ending three straight years of declines. But Google's revenue minus ad commissions rose 21 percent last year, while Facebook's total revenue climbed 37 percent.
If the first-quarter numbers turn out to be a lot better than analyst projections, Yahoo's stock could climb above $25 for the first time since June 2008. After trading as high as $24.99 Monday, the stock closed at $23.98. That left Yahoo with a 53 percent gain in its market value since Mayer became CEO.


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VIDEO: Microblogging: Fast, Fast, Good, Good
As promised, here's the video of my presentation about using Twitter for good from BarCamp Nashville. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to make my microphilanthropic mission a success. You can read my previous posts about this if you'd like to know the back story of how this came to be. Enjoy.
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On May 23, the U.S. Department of Labor released its long-anticipated final rule on overtime pay, which will have a significant impact on colleges and universities nationwide. This issue brief on the new rule will help institutions prepare for when...
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The Departments of Education and Justice released joint guidance May 13 to help educational institutions understand their responsibilities to serve transgender students. This ACE issue brief looks at select aspects of the guidance and answers...
Tax Policy
March 10, 2016
On Dec. 18, 2015, the Consolidated Appropriations Act amended the Internal Code, eliminating the option for colleges and universities to report amounts billed for qualified tuition and expenses in Box 2 of IRS Form 1098-T.
March 1, 2016
The Department of Labor proposed new rules in July 2015 to change the governing exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative and professional employees.
Health Care Reform
On Feb. 5, 2016, the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor issued guidance that providing graduate students with student health insurance plan coverage is not permitted under the ACA's employer mandate.
Law and the Courts
April 30, 2015
Issue brief on the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights new guidance package on campus Title IX coordinators. The brief summarizes aspects of the new guidance and flags selected points that OCR has not previously conveyed.
April 1, 2015
This memo addresses provisions in the Campus Accountability and Safety Act relating to matters such as confidential advisors; climate surveys; Clery Act reporting obligations; agreements with law enforcement agencies; definitions; and terminology.
Higher Education Act
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Summary and analysis of the proposed Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act (TEACH Act), which is intended to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to instructional technology.
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Summary and analysis on the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) (S. 2692), introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill and cosponsors on July 30, 2014.
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A group of higher education and library organizations, including ACE, released these principles expressing that network neutrality protections are essential to protecting freedom of speech, educational achievement and economic growth.


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BOSTON (AP) — As his party struggles through the latest Washington crisis, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is calling on elected leaders to improve a national education system he says is "woefully behind the times."
Bush, who has not ruled out a Republican presidential bid in 2016, endorsed school vouchers, performance-based pay for teachers and the end of teacher tenure among other reforms on Thursday, the first day of an education summit in Boston hosted by his nonprofit organization. He also chided critics of the so-called common core curriculum, which sets uniform benchmarks for reading, writing and math.
"What I want to hear from them is more than just opposition. I want to hear their solutions for the hodgepodge of dumbed-down state standards that have created group mediocrity in our schools," Bush said. "Criticisms and conspiracy theories are easy attention grabbers. Solutions are hard work."
Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush, said the GOP should focus on the success of Republican governors and not on Washington, where party leaders are plagued by infighting. Polls suggest that Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of congressional Republicans' handling of the latest budget standoff.
"Republicans win when we focus on economic growth that creates jobs, and when we reform how government works so more Americans have a chance to pursue their dreams," he said "The mirror opposite of what is going on in D.C. is the reform and ideas coming out of the states."
Bush is focusing on education policy in particular as he weighs his political future.
"Public education has become a labyrinth of political, bureaucratic and union empires that depend on a captive population of students and minimal quality control," he said. "Empires do not go quietly into the night."


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RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Southwest RegionPosted by rtmsf on October 30th, 2009
Ed. Note: the previous posts in this series (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic South, Deep South, Mid-South, Lower Midwest, Upper Midwest and Mountains) are located here.
It's time for the ninth installment of our RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series, the group of hot, dry, desert-y states known as the Southwest Region. Each week we'll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season. Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good players in every region of the country that it's difficult to narrow them down to only five in each – but we feel at the end of this exercise that we'll have discussed nearly every player of major impact in the nation. Just to be fair and to make this not too high-major-centric, we're also going to pick a mid-major impact player in each region as our sixth man. We welcome you guys, our faithful and very knowledgeable readers, to critique us in the comments where we left players off. The only request is that you provide an argument – why will your choice be more influential this season than those we chose?
Southwest Region (NM, AZ, NV, HI, southern CA)
- Rihards Kuksiks – F, Jr – Arizona State. Advice to Pac-10 coaches writing up their scouting reports for when they go up against Arizona State this season: when Rihards Kuksiks enters the building, get a man on him. Don't bother waiting until the game actually starts. You don't want him getting comfortable, because he's the kind of shooter who can change a game just that quickly. The guy can touch the ball a few times and the next thing you know you're down nine before the first TV timeout. Or you get a little comfortable with your late-game lead and after Kuksiks gets a couple of touches the lead is gone and you're wondering how time can tick so slowly. You want numbers? Fine. Kuksiks is third in terms of returning individual leaders in 3-point field goal percentage (44.3%) in the country among players who hit at least two threes a game and finished 8th in that category last year. A recent article on FoxSports.com by Jeff Goodman reveals some other incredible stats: in games decided by 2 points or less, Kuksiks shot 47% from behind the 3-point line; against ranked opponents he shot 46% from beyond the arc, and in the loss to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament's second round last year, he put up his career high in points with 20, with 18 of those coming from long range. In other words, the man steps up during big games. If the numbers don't interest you, then consider the fact that many of these threes are not from a hair behind the line. They are often from distance. And they are often clutch (ask Arizona about a couple of late ones he nailed in that February game last year). Most importantly, watch the form. It should be an instructional video. He gets good height on his jumper but doesn't overdo it, and you can see how he gets his legs into the shot. He releases the ball out in front just a little bit, but then the follow-through is a perfect example of that "reach into the cookie jar" that basketball coaches start teaching kids from the moment they can lift a basketball. By the way, he's 6'6 and more than happy to mix it up in the paint, if needed. My favorite bit about Kuksiks comes from an interview he did for a site called EuropeanProspects.com in which he was asked what kind of player he was. The first words out of his mouth? "I am a sharpshooter." This is confidence, not cockiness, from the big man from Riga, Latvia. But I think it's just fine if there actually is a little cockiness there. Long-range shooters are like neurosurgeons. They're often asked to do the most difficult things in their field…and if I get to the point where I need to depend on one, I want them a little bit cocky.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans are threatening to boycott 2016 presidential debates sponsored by networks CNN and NBC unless the networks cancel plans for special programs on Democrat Hillary Clinton, a possible 2016 White House contender.
In letters Monday to executives for NBC Entertainment and CNN Worldwide, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said the programs amounted to political ads for Clinton, whose long public life has included serving as first lady, U.S. senator from New York and, most recently, secretary of state.
Priebus asked the companies to scrap plans by August 14 for the CNN documentary film, due to premiere next year, and the NBC miniseries on Clinton, expected to air in 2015.
"As an American company, you have every right to air programming of your choice," Priebus wrote to NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt and CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker.
"But as American citizens, certainly you recognize why many are astounded at your actions, which appear to be a major network's thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election."
Priebus said if CNN and NBC went ahead with the Clinton shows, he would seek a binding RNC vote that the Republican Party would not work with the two networks on its 2016 primary debates or sanction the debates sponsored by them.
State Republican Party leaders from Florida, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa followed up on Priebus's statement on Twitter, promising to support such a vote.
"Such political favoritism has no place in American journalism," said South Carolina Republican Chairman Matt Moore.
CNN called the Republican actions premature, given the non-fiction film is months away from completion.
"We would encourage the members of the Republican National Committee to reserve judgment until they know more," said CNN spokeswoman Barbara Levin. The documentary, commissioned by CNN's film unit, was expected to appear in theaters in 2014.
"Should they decide not to participate in debates on CNN, we would find it curious, as limiting their debate participation seems to be the ultimate disservice to voters."
An NBC spokeswoman said NBC News was completely independent of NBC Entertainment and had no involvement in the miniseries. NBC Entertainment declined to comment.
NBC's Greenblatt, when asked in July about Clinton's opponents potentially demanding equal time from the TV network, said NBC's series would likely air before the presidential race heats up in the spring or summer of 2015.
U.S. election laws require broadcasters to give equal access to free air time to legally qualified political candidates. The rules do not apply to news coverage.
Clinton, who lost the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination to President Barack Obama, has not said she is running in 2016 but many political analysts expect she will.
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By David M. Hale | ESPN.com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The enthusiasm eventually overwhelms even the most strident purveyors of moderation, which is why it was hard for even Jimbo Fisher to squash a smile after Saturday's 63-0 win against Maryland in which his quarterback somehow managed to astonish a fan base that has come to expect almost anything from him.
There were the five touchdown passes, a career high.
There were the 393 yards, also a career best.
And there was the escape act, as Jameis Winston slipped through the arms of a would-be tackler, rolled out of the pocket and added more salt in an already gaping wound for the overwhelmed Terrapins.
"It was a tremendous play," Fisher said. "It really was."
Don't expect much more exuberance than that from Fisher, who has worked as hard as anyone to downplay the excitement surrounding Winston since the buzz first began to build this spring, but the seemingly endless series of highlights the redshirt freshman has provided speaks for itself.
In ESPN's latest adjusted QBR rankings, Winston ranks sixth, behind a handful of top Heisman contenders, and a closer examination only underscores how good he's been. In games when FSU has trailed, Winston's QBR is 94.5, second best in the nation behind Georgia's Aaron Murray. On third down, Winston's QBR is 99.1, behind Bryce Petty, Johnny Manziel and Marcus Mariota. On passing plays this year, Winston's 97.3 QBR trails only Petty.
Winston has compiled those numbers with remarkable consistency, too. In each of his first five starts, Winston has finished with a QBR of at least 75 (on a scale to 100). From 2008 to 2012, only three other quarterbacks did that in their first five games of a season, according to ESPN Stats and Info, and all three -- Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson -- are starting in the NFL.
And then, of course, there's the comparison fans have wanted to make since Winston starred in Florida State's spring game. If a Heisman is in Winston's future, it's largely because Manziel blazed that path as a freshman just a year ago.
So how does Winston stack up to Manziel's first five games from 2012?
(* Manziel had 495 rushing yards in his first five games. Winston has just 135.)
The numbers are close enough that even Fisher can't deny that the Heisman talk isn't so far-fetched -- and that's a statement unto itself.
"When we keep winning games," Fisher said of an appropriate time to discuss Winston's Heisman chances. "The Heisman is the team that wins the most games and the best player on that team. We have to keep having success."
Still, that's a big step from Fisher's stance on the award just a year ago.
After Florida State upended Clemson at home behind a stellar performance from EJ Manuel, the FSU QB vaulted to the top of the Heisman predictions. Fisher was quick to downplay the buzz. He compared Manuel to a hunting dog, and he said the Heisman was for show dogs.
In that win over Clemson, Manuel threw for 380 and two touchdowns. Winston has topped 300 yards and thrown at least four touchdowns in all three of the ACC games he's played so far.
Of course, Manuel's numbers -- and FSU's record -- didn't keep him in contention the rest of last season, and Manziel's strong start proved to be just the beginning. Manziel's final eight games of 2012 were staggering: 67 percent completions, 15 passing TDs and 14 more on the ground, 915 rushing yards, and six games with an adjusted QBR better than 90.
The question now, with No. 3 Clemson looming and expectations rising with every dazzling performance, is how Winston will finish.
Matching Manziel won't be easy, but it's also possible Winston is only getting better.
"With the team I have, it's always been easy," Winston said of his strong start. "It's probably slowing down a little bit more, but those guys around me -- I have so many weapons, I think it's always been looking like that out there."
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Baylor History Department Welcomes Chris Given-WilsonApril 4, 2014
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WACO, Texas (April 4, 2014) – The Baylor department of history will welcome Chris Given-Wilson, Ph.D., professor of history at St. Andrews University, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in Morrison Hall, Room 120.
Given-Wilson will present his lecture titled "A King and His Archbishop of Canterbury: Henry IV and Thomas Arundel." His research interests focus on late mediaeval English political and social history and historical writing.
Given-Wilson has written or edited ten books on late mediaeval English history, including "Chronicles: The Writing of History in Medieval England, the English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages, and the Royal Bastards of Medieval England." He is the general editor of PROME (The Parliament Rolls of Mediaval England).
For more information, call the history department at (254) 710-2667.
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Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The College of Arts & Sciences is Baylor University's oldest and largest academic division, consisting of 26 academic departments and 13 academic centers and institutes. The more than 5,000 courses taught in the College span topics from art and theatre to religion, philosophy, sociology and the natural sciences. Faculty conduct research around the world, and research on the undergraduate and graduate level is prevalent throughout all disciplines. Visit www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences.
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All Newtown Junior Jets wearing their 2007 jerseys will receive free admission to Henson Park, along with their parents.
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RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, running against each other for the Virginia governership, attacked each other on Saturday in their first debate, but both agreed the current governor should consider resigning over a gifts scandal.
Cuccinelli, currently attorney general of Virginia, called his opponent self-serving and McCauliffe fired back that the Republican was intolerant of gays and too socially conservative.
Both candidates agreed on one thing though - that current Virgnia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican, should consider resigning, as questions mount about gifts that McDonnell has acknowledged were given to his family by a business executive.
Cuccinelli said that in his position as attorney general he began a state investigation of McDonnell and that as a result could not actually call for the governor's resignation.
"I think while that question is appropriate to ask Governor McDonnell and it's appropriate to ask him to think about that (resigning), I don't think it's appropriate for the sitting attorney general to address it when I started one of the investigations," he said.
McCauliffe said "only governor McDonnell knows the facts" and added: "I don't think I should call for his resignation." However, the Democrat also said: "I would agree with the attorney general he should consider it."
While the question about whether the governor should considering resigning from moderator Judy Woodruff of the Public Broadcasting Service stirred the audience, the candidates spent most of their 90-minute debate attacking each other.
Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, labeled McAuliffe, a former national Democratic Party chairman, as a Washington insider focused on his own self-interests.
"Instead of putting Virginians first, you put Terry first," Cuccinelli said.
McAuliffe responded that Cuccinelli's social views opposing abortion and same-sex marriage would not help make Virginia more friendly to business.
He charged that Cuccinelli had once referred to gays as "soulless human beings," and that his opponent was "the true Trojan horse of Virginia politics."
The debate, sponsored by the Virginia State Bar, was held at the plush Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.
The Washington Post has reported that Jonnie Williams Sr., chief executive of Star Scientific Inc dietary supplement company, paid for $15,000 in catering services at the 2011 wedding of Governor McDonnell's daughter, $15,000 in clothing for the governor's wife during a New York shopping trip and a $6,000 Rolex watch that the governor's wife gave to her husband.
McDonnell has said he did not disclose the gifts in state disclosure filings because Virginia state law does not require state public officials to account for gifts to family members.
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ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WIS) - Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell brought home the hardware Monday night as he was named South Carolina's 'Sheriff of the Year'.
Ravenell released a statement shortly after the award was announced.
"First, I am thankful to God as I am truly humbled by this recognition from the South Carolina Sheriffs' Association for the work we are doing in Orangeburg County to make this agency great. Since taking office February 4, 2011, I have been committed to making this county a place that is safer for all residents, business owners, and visitors. My life philosophy is to 'Be Firm, Be Fair, and Be Consistent.' I plan to continue to work hard for the people of Orangeburg County and make it tougher for criminals to terrorize the hard working people of this county.
I would like to thank my wife, Angela, and our children for the daily sacrifice they make to ensure I can perform my duties as Sheriff at highest levels.
A special thank you to Allendale County Sheriff Tom Carter, Jr. for nominating me for the award.
I would like to thank my staff for their hard work and commitment to the citizens of Orangeburg County because without their efforts, this agency would not be on the journey to professionalism, well-trained, and superior service.
Lastly, but not least, the citizens of this county have shown time after time that they are willing and committed partner in this fight to take back our community."


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By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
At the FDA, the agency that I've had the privilege to lead for the past five years, I am gratified to report that we have a lot to be proud of this year. In fact, this past year's accomplishments on behalf of public health have been as substantial as any in FDA's recent history.
We moved significantly forward, for example, in creating a system that will reduce foodborne illness, approving novel medical products in cutting-edge areas of science, and continuing to develop our new tobacco control program. We worked successfully with Congress and with regulated industry to reach agreement on a number of difficult issues, while continuing to use the law to the full extent possible to protect consumers and advance public health.
While there were many significant actions and events to recognize, below are some of the highlights of 2013.
In the foods area, there were many new actions this year that will have a long-standing impact on improving our food supply for consumers. Throughout the year we have been proposing new rules to reach the goals set forth by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). These science-based standards will help ensure the safety of all foods produced for our market, whether they come from the U.S. or from other countries.
We also took important steps towards reducing artery-clogging trans fat in processed foods, and understanding the health impact of arsenic in rice. With a final rule that defines when baked goods, pastas and other foods can be considered free of gluten, people with celiac disease can have confidence in foods labeled "gluten free." And we are studying whether adding caffeine to foods may have an effect on the health of young people and others.
There have likewise been many accomplishments in advancing the safety and effectiveness of medical products. We worked closely with Congress on the recently enacted Drug Quality and Security Act, which contains important provisions relating to the oversight of human drug compounding. The law also has provisions to help secure the drug supply chain so that we can better help protect consumers from the dangers of counterfeit, stolen, contaminated, or otherwise harmful drugs.
Using tools provided by last year's landmark Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), we are continuing to improve the speed and efficiency of medical product reviews, including those involving low-cost, high quality generic drugs and innovative new medical devices. The average number of days it takes for pre-market review of a new medical device has been reduced by about one-third since 2010. The percentage of pre-market approval applications that we approve has increased since then, after steadily decreasing each year since 2004.
We launched a powerful new tool to accelerate the development and review of "breakthrough therapies," allowing FDA to expedite development of a drug or biologic (such as a vaccine) if preliminary clinical evidence indicates that it may offer a substantial improvement over available therapies for patients with serious or life-threatening diseases. This offers real opportunities to get promising drugs more quickly to patients who need them. In fact, using this new approach, FDA recently approved two advanced treatments for rare types of cancer and one for hepatitis C. We have also strengthened efforts to ensure product quality, increased protection of the drug supply chain, and reduced drug shortages.
We confronted the growing misuse of powerful opioid pain relievers by advising manufacturers on how to make these drugs harder to abuse with formulations that are more difficult to crush for inhalation or dissolve for injection. And we recommended that hydrocodone combination products be subject to stricter controls to help prevent abuse.
We took an important step towards fighting the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by implementing a voluntary plan to phase out the use of antibiotics to enhance the growth of food-producing animals, and to move any remaining therapeutic uses of these drugs under the oversight of a licensed veterinarian. So-called "production" use is considered a contributing factor in the development of bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotics used in human medical treatment.
In many areas of our work we are supporting the emerging field of personalized medicine. Advances in sequencing the human genome and greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms of disease, combined with increasingly powerful computers and other technologies, are making it possible to tailor medical treatments to the specific characteristics, needs, and preferences of individual patients.
Many cancer drugs today are increasingly used with companion diagnostic tests that can help determine whether a patient will respond to the drug based on the genetic characteristics of the patient's tumor. In May, FDA approved two drugs and companion diagnostic testing for the treatment of certain melanoma patients with particular genetic mutations.
Advances in science and technology are also seen in the creation of new medical devices. For example, 3-D printing – the making of a three-dimensional solid object from a digital model – was once considered the wave of the future. But in February, FDA cleared for marketing a device created by 3-D printing – a plate used in a surgical repair of the skull that is built specifically for the individual patient.
While we have worked hard to get therapies to patients, we are at the same time using the tools available to us to remove unsafe and dangerous products from the market. In November, we used new enforcement tools provided by the food-safety law to act quickly in the face of a potential danger to public health presented by certain OxyElite Pro products. These supplements had been linked to dozens of cases of acute liver failure and hepatitis. After FDA took action, the manufacturer agreed to recall and destroy the supplements.
Finally, we made significant progress in implementing the letter and spirit of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. We have signed contracts with numerous state and local authorities to enforce the ban on the sale of tobacco to children and teens; conducted close to 240,000 inspections; and written more than 12,100 warning letters to retailers. And, in the first quarter of 2014 we will launch a public education campaign aimed at reducing the number of young people who use tobacco products.
All of us take great pride in the skill and vigor with which we overcame the year's challenges and new demands. And so, as the year draws to a close, I extend my gratitude to the employees at the FDA who work tirelessly on behalf of the American public year in and year out. To all of our stakeholders, my heartfelt wishes for a joyous holiday season and a safe and healthy 2014.
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., is the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration


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It is highly appropriate that this story appear on Labor Day, as former University of Alabama golfer Clint Provost certainly had to "labor" for a few more hours than he initially would have envisioned in sectional qualifying last week for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.
It is highly appropriate that this story appear on Labor Day, as former University of Alabama golfer Clint Provost certainly had to "labor" for a few more hours than he initially would have envisioned in sectional qualifying last week for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.
He survived an epic 11-hole playoff at Shoal Creek to qualify for this national championship, which will be played at the Country Club of Birmingham on Oct. 5-10.
Provost, former Alabama golfer Steve Hudson and Bo Farlow, a former Alabama student and son of legendary UA golfer Sam Farlow, also made it through via the playoff, as did Hoover's Will Swift, after they all shot 73, with Auburn native Matthew Myers missing out in the playoff. Low qualifier was Woodie Eubanks, who shot a three-under-par 69, to make it through with ease.
Eubanks, who is the men's golf coach at Samford University and lives in Trussville, had birdies on Nos. 2, 11, 15 and 16 against a lone bogey on No. 12. He chipped in for birdies on Nos. 15 and 16. He qualified for last year's Mid-Amateur too.
However, the real excitement began with the playoff.
Swift advanced with a par on the first hole, with Hudson and Farlow moving on two holes later.
Hudson, 55, will be one of the older qualifiers for this championship which is open to amateurs 25 and above. He lives in Birmingham and grew up in Jasper and has won numerous State titles.
Farlow, 28, came in on good form having won the club championship at Birmingham Country Club the day before.
"This is huge for me to make it. I get to play in a national championship on my home course. Wow!"
So two players were left vying for the final spot with some real drama to follow.
They traded pars on Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 before Provost prevailed with a six-foot birdie putt on No. 11.
However, this only tells part of the story as Myers got up-and-down from a greenside bunker on No. 8 for par and then made par on the ninth after hitting a wedge third shot 12 feet and making the putt after punching out from the trees following a poor tee shot. Provost had to make a similar length par putt himself after finding a bunker by the green.
The momentum looked to have swung Myers' way on No. 10 as he hit the green in regulation, while Provost pulled his tee shot left and had to play out backwards to the fairway after ending up very close to a bush. Undeterred, he hit a 7-iron 22 feet and poured in the par saver.
And one hole later, well over two and a half hours into the epic playoff, his birdie on the par five 11th hole sealed the deal.
"What a playoff," Provost said. "Matthew was fantastic and many times it could have gone either way. I kept trying and trying and feel fortunate to have come out on top."
Provost, 30, is from Niceville, Fla. but has lived and worked in Birmingham for five years. He played golf for the University of Alabama. This will mark his fourth USGA championship having played in a U.S. Junior and two U.S. Amateurs.
"My legs are so tired right now, but I'm delighted to have come out on top."
Myers, admittedly disappointed and exhausted, played his heart out. He became a father for the first time just six days before the qualifier and headed back home to Auburn to see his little girl in the hopes that he could still make the field as a first alternate.
Chelsea's Richard Sexton III is second alternate from Shoal Creek.
Locals make it through at various other qualifying sites
And there are a number of other players with ties to the state who also advanced at various sites across the country, giving the championship some additional local flavor.
Steven Groover, who played for Auburn and lives in Birmingham, shot 67 at Tunica National in Tunica, Ms.
Haymes Snedeker, who lives in Fairhope, is the older brother of PGA Tour star Brandt and won Golf Channel's Big Break X in 2008. He shot 68 in Colorado.
Sam Audia III of Birmingham shot 69, Canadian Torrie Coghlin, who now lives in Irondale, shot 70 and Matthew Swan of Montgomery, a former University of Alabama golfer, also shot 70. All three did so at The Frog GC, outside of Atlanta.
Carlton Forrester is second alternate from the Frog shooting 71. He lived in Birmingham for a few years before moving back to Atlanta.
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call: Animatron Festival
Call for entries
Deadline: 22 August 2010
Animatron Festival
@ Hamptons International Film Festival
New York/NY – 7-11 October 2010
International Jury to Award Cash Prizes
in Five Categories at Hamptons International Film Festival
Short-Film Submissions Begin August 2 and Run Through August 22
New York / London (August 2, 2010) Digital broadcast network Babelgum announced today the first tri-platform (online, mobile and offline) competition for animation and anime, the Babelgum Animatron Film Festival. The competition will culminate in a special public screening program, The Hamptons Animation Showcase, at the 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) in October. Entries will be eligible for an Audience Award voted on by the public as well as cash prizes from a select jury of leaders in the animation, film, and television world, including RotoScope pioneer Tommy Pallotta (Snack and Drink, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly), industry leader and visual-effects producer Charlotte Bavasso (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Nexus Productions), and animators Pete Bishop (Bromwell High, Captain Star) and Isaac Littlejohn Eddy (Anatomy of a Dog Show, Capturing King), and Jeffrey Scher (Paper View, Lost and Found, Tulips), with others to be announced soon.
The submission period begins Monday, August 2, 2010 and continues through Sunday, August 22. Submissions will be available for global viewing at www.babelgum.com/animatron and on the free Babelgum mobile apps in mid September. Votes for the audience award can be placed online or via the mobile apps. Attendees at the Hamptons International Film Festival will also have a chance to cast votes for the Audience Awards, which will be tabulated together with online/mobile audience votes.
Building on this initiative, the Hamptons International Film Festival has partnered with Babelgum to co-present the Hamptons Animation Showcase, an eclectic animated shorts program at the 2010 Hamptons Film Festival, with additional support on marketing and media visibility for the Animatron Film Festival from Shooting People, the social network for independent filmmakers, and RingTales, a company that specializes in animating syndicated comic strips (Dilbert, The New Yorker). Juried by some of the biggest names in animation, with entries from around the globe, the Hamptons Animation Showcase screenings are scheduled to include select winners of the Animatron Jury Awards in five categories (Humor, Fantasy, Real Life, Anime and Minis). Following the initial screening, Babelgum and HIFF will hold an hour-long symposium on "The Future of Animation" at the Festival, featuring panelists from major studios and television networks, leading filmmakers, and some of the pioneers of an
Karol Martesko-Fenster, SVP & General Manager of Babelgum's Film Division, stated, "The Animatron Film Festival is an exciting new event for the animation community, and the popularity of animation and anime among both domestic and international audiences makes the Hamptons International Film Festival environment an ideal live venue for our cross-platform competition, which will be freely accessed, viewed, and voted on by anyone in the world. Babelgum is already home to all kinds of ingenious, professionally produced animation, and in the months ahead, we'll be striving increasingly to become the leading distributor of short animated films and serials on the Web and on mobile devices."
"As a producer of animated films for over 20 years," said RingTales co-founder Jim Cox, "I'm thrilled to be working with Babelgum on this exciting online and offline event, a long overdue showcase for the abundant talents of professional and budding animators hailing from around the world. The box-office success of feature films like Shrek and Toy Story 3 certainly underscores the mainstream appeal of studio features, but there's a whole universe of brilliant, trailblazing filmmakers out there whose animated shorts are just waiting to be discovered."
From London, James Mullighan, Creative Director at Shooting People,
said: "This festival promises to be great fun, not only for our members, among whom we count thousands of accomplished animators, but for anyone with a passion for animation or an interest in expanding the horizons of what great short filmmaking is all about. It was a pleasure to join forces with Babelgum on previous online competitions, so we look forward to reaching out again to our 35,000-plus member network for quality submissions."
Eligible films will incorporate any known animation technique, including CGI, stop-motion, Flash, hand-drawn/cel, live-action mixed, claymation, paper-cut, Pixilation, RotoScope, 3D, machinima, and all others. There are no restrictions on production year or whether the film has been previously distributed or entered into any online and/or offline film festival. The award categories are as follows:
· HUMOR: Cartoons/animation that look at life slightly askew
· FANTASY: Sci-fi, horror, adventure, outer space, imaginary worlds, genre-based
· REAL LIFE: Animated documentary, RotoScope, interview-based films
· ANIME: Manga, Japanimation, comics-inspired
· MINIS: Under 60 seconds
The Babelgum Animatron Film Festival will award the following prizes:
. The Audience Awards will be given to an outstanding film in each category receiving the highest number of votes determined solely by the voting totals from the global online and mobile Babelgum and Hamptons audiences.
. The Jury Awards will be given to an outstanding film in each of the five categories, determined by members of the Jury. Five first-place winners will receive a $2,500 cash award and five second-place winners will receive a $500 cash award.
. The Grand Jury Award will be given to an outstanding film in any category, chosen by members of the Jury. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash award.
Submissions will be accepted starting today until 11:59 PM EST on August 22nd, 2010. Further information about the submission specifications and regulations, including deadlines for viewing and voting, are available at www.babelgum.com/animation-film-festival
About Hamptons International Film Festival The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate the Independent film – long, short, fiction and documentary – and to introduce a unique, varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to the public. The Festival is committed to exhibiting films that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives, with the hope that these programs will enlighten audiences, provide invaluable exposure for filmmakers and present inspired entertainment for all. For more information about the Festival, and to become a member, please visit our website at www.hamptonsfilmfest.org <http://www.hamptonsfilmfest.org> .
About RingTales (www.ringtales.com
Jim Cox is a long-time feature animation writer and producer. His credits include co-executive producer on the 2006 DreamWorks Animation feature animated hit Over the Hedge, writer/producer on Ferngully, story on Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and screenwriter on The Rescuers Down Under and Oliver & Company. Michael Fry is a four-time internationally syndicated cartoonist. He currently writes the comic strip Over the Hedge, which inspired the DreamWorks Animation film of the same name that earned $335 million dollars in worldwide box office.
About Shooting People (www.shootingpeople.org) Shooting People is the world's largest networking organization dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Over 35,000 members in the UK and US share tips recommendations and news using Shooting People's website, the nine Daily Bulletins to get their films cast and crewed, and individual Member Profiles to exhibit themselves and their work to their peers, the industry and the world.
Founded in 1998 by filmmakers Jess Search and Cath le Couteur, Shooting People's patrons include Mike Figgis (Founder Patron), Sally Potter, Morgan Spurlock, Christine Vachon, Michael Nyman, Penny Woolcock, and Jason Solomons.
About Babelgumhttp://www.babelgum.com Babelgum is an integrated web and mobile video content platform free for users and supported by advertising available on-demand to a global audience. Babelgum Mobile is an original application currently available in the United States, UK, Italy, Germany, France and Spain which brings regionally tailored programming to smart phones – at present iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android – via 3G and WiFi (www.babelgum.com/mobile
Positioned between user generated video hubs and network TV-oriented destinations, Babelgum focuses on the third part of the ecosystem:
innovative, editorially curated and professionally produced content on very specific passions – music, comedy, film, animation, urban culture, nature, and the environment. Babelgum's programming is comprised of exclusive original productions as well as independent and mainstream titles. Babelgum's content partners include, among others, EMI, Sony Music, the New York Times, Funny or Die, PBS, BBC, VBS, Lonely Planet, Coolhunting, National Geographic, ContentFilm International, Shine Limited, Cinetic Rights Management, iThentic, Gong Anime, FilmBuff, WorkBook Project, Cinelan, Reverse Shot, Shooting People, Film Independent, Power to the Pixel, and the Spirit Awards as well as the Encounters, Los Angeles, and Hamptons film festivals.
The company has also set up a series of online contests to nurture independent film, music and art talent: the Babelgum Online Film Festival, the Babelgum Music Video Awards and the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize, chaired respectively by Spike Lee (BOFF1 & 2), Michel Gondry, and Isabella Rossellini.
Babelgum is an independent and privately held company with offices in the UK, United States, and Italy.
For further information contact:
Shannon Treusch /Betsy Rudnick Falco Ink.
Andrea Giannotti, Director Protagoras PR Acting Babelgum Media Relations Director UK + 44 7825 892 640 email@example.com


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Certainly, there is a whole lot of juicy butt this week on Roundandbrown.com. Sapphire and Toni Marie are a couple of incredibly hot ladies longing to exhibit all of it. Using their short shorts and their seduction, they were not playing around. Directly out of the hot spa they went disrobed into the bedroom. In that location these two babes proceeded to go neck to neck for some wang.


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Selena Gomez Was Best 'DWTS' Singer Ever, Insiders Say
Sources close to the show's production reveal how Selena amazed everyone during the live broadcast, HollywoodLife.com can EXCLUSIVELY report.
Selena Gomez was amazing on the April 17 episode of Dancing With The Stars, and insiders close to the show say she may have been the best musical guest ever!
Selena, 19, was the ultimate professional, sources tell HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
"Selena was better than great," our source said. "She did what most artists don't do on the show — sing live. Usually they either lip sync their performance or pre-tape multiple times before the live show to get it just right. But Selena really wanted to do it live and show what she could deliver. The producers attribute her Disney training as the main reason for the work ethic."
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Nina, Matt, and Heidi went behind the scenes this week to prepare more cacao for everyone! Here are a few photos of a typical trip to New Jersey to check on our 'auto parts' for putting it all together. It tends to include lots of driving, packing, carrying, and moving....schlepping as we like to call it at sweetriot.
In fact, I've realized that schlepping is just part of the business....especially when you have yummy physical inventory you need to move around from place to place. Thanks to the MoMA we have lovely rolling bags which make it a bit smoother but it's still not easy. The riot team has the perserverance though to make it happen from day to day...it's something that inspires me as our team work ethic is strong and unwavering. Huge kudos to Nina, Matt, Heidi and Megan for making it happen every day!


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