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President Barack Obama has announced that there will no longer be tours of the White House held because we can't afford to do so.
I would like him to explain this to the American people. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I have been to Washington once and didn't get to take the tour because I didn't make the 30-day appointment to do so. I have a dream to do so, though.
The thing is, this is the Americans' house. It isn't Obama's. The tour is done through volunteers, so it shouldn't cost the taxpayers' money to allow us to visit the house.
I guess what I don't understand is why we cannot visit the White House because of waste in money and yet he can spend millions of dollars to run off to Florida to play golf with Tiger Woods. While he was doing that, the first lady darted off in the opposite direction with the kids to take a vacation on her own.
It seems every time we turn around the Obamas are taking a vacation, which runs in the millions of dollars.
It isn't that he doesn't deserve the occasional day off, but he is spending outrageous amounts of money that could be used in more important ways.
The American people make plans for months in the future to go to Washington and see the White House, and all the other sites. Don't take that away from us.
White House
President Barack Obama has announced that there will no longer be tours of the White House held because we can't afford to do so.

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'Geopolitical Risks'
"Geopolitical risks have been significantly magnified this week, triggering selloffs of South Korean assets as investors were unsure how the situation would develop under the new leader of the communist state," said Han Sang Soo, a money manager in Seoul at Samsung Asset Management Co., which oversees $114 billion.
The Australian dollar fell versus the majority of its 16 most-traded peers as the U.S. payrolls data weighed on global risk appetite. The Aussie declined 0.5% to $1.0383.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid as much as 1.3%, its biggest intraday drop since Feb. 25. The S&P GSCI Index of raw materials fell 0.7%.
Jobs Report
U.S. payrolls grew by 88,000 workers last month, the least in nine months, after a revised 268,000 gain in February that was higher than first estimated, Labor Department figures showed in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists was for a gain of 190,000.
The jobless rate fell to 7.6%, from 7.7%. The March figure, the lowest since December 2008, reflected a 496,000 decline in the size of the labor force.
"The payroll report was absolutely dreadful -- the fact that this is not just below expectations, but also below 100,000, is eyebrow-raising," Ravi Bharadwaj, a senior market analyst in Washington at Western Union Business Solutions, a unit of Western Union Co., said in a telephone interview. "Weaker-than-expected reports that break the trend add to the likelihood of the Fed holding true to its easing promises."
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his Federal Open Market Committee colleagues are deploying record stimulus through an open-ended expansion of the Fed balance sheet after determining that the benefits from stoking a flagging economy outweigh any risk of financial instability or higher inflation.
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Volunteers, others honored at banquet
Awards given by Chamber/GIC/DAD.
Community members and owners of businesses and industries were "on the move" Friday during the annual Gothenburg Chamber of Commerce/Gothenburg Improvement Company/annual banquet Friday night.
"We're On the Move" was the theme of the banquet at Walkers Steakhouse & Lounge which honored members and others for their contributions to Gothenburg in 2012.
Race cars and Lincoln Highway signs decorated tables to go with the theme.
Receiving Pony Express Rider awards were the Cindermates and the Gothenburg Community Playhouse. Also named as award winners were Barry and Gwen McDiarmid for the annual "Shining Light" celebration they host each year.
The awards are given to individuals or groups who go above or beyond the call of duty or who contribute to the economic stability of the community.
Community Development Office director Anne Anderson said the Cindermates, who raised more than $122,000 to renovate the Gothenburg High School track, have also hosted a junior high championship track and field meet for several years which Cindermates board member Jim Clark said is just "the tip of the iceberg" of possibilities for events at the track.
Those in attendance at the meet "stayed in our hotels, are in our restaurants and bought gas at our service stations," Anderson said.
The Shining Light celebration began before the Christmas holiday of 2001.
"Each holiday, the McDiarmids have strung more than 150,000 Christmas lights and over two miles of extension cords to transform the KOA campground into a Christmas wonderland," Anderson said.
Free-will donations, totalling between $2,000 and $3,000 yearly during a vehicle drive through the campground, are given to various charities.
The Sun Theatre received the third rider award for improvements to the theatre since the Gothenburg Community Playhouse bought the building in 1988.
Playhouse members have replaced neon lighting, remodeled the concession stand and stage and created new dressing rooms.
Most recently, they raised more than $130,000 to buy and install a digital projector, a sound/lighting booth and sound system, created a wheelchair accessible area and replaced curtains to enhance sound. A new screen will be installed soon.
Members are now in a drive to raise an additional $50,000 to replace theatre seats, carpet and refinish the wooden floor.
Recognized for their commitment to economic development of the city were Chris Healey, Dawson Tire and Wheel and Eastside Animal Center.
GIC president Mike Bacon said Healey, a local businessman, helped with the creation of the Wild Horse Golf Course and, most recently, bought and renovated a downtown building which has been renovated into office space—including new quarters for the Chamber and GIC.
Shopko Hometown, that opened in November of 2012, was honored for its commitment to Gothenburg.
The former Pamida merged with Shopko Hometown which serves smaller rural communities.
"It's been updated inside and has more items for sale," Bacon said. "It's tough for retail in smaller communities."
Dawson Tire & Wheel, which has served customers since 1998, was recognized for adding space to a building on Highway 30 and constructing a new facility on Cottonwood Drive.
Bacon also noted the business's development of RhinoGator, a new generation of high-density plastic tire designed by Dawson Tire & Wheel to be used on irrigation pivots.
Eastside Animal Center, received an award for an expansion of its building and the purchase of another building, which used to be Gothenburg Animal Hospital on the west edge of town, in 2011 that was demolished.
Gothenburg Memorial Hospital, which Dawson Area Development director Jen Wolf described as having a huge impact on the local economy, was honored for its investment in Gothenburg that has included two expansion projects since construction of the facility in 1969.
Wolf noted that GMH is making an investment in technology in installing electronic health records and was named one of the top 30 critical access hospitals in the nation.
Mick Brant, the new CEO of the hospital, accepted the award.
Stephanie Nichols, coordinator for the Advocating for Business Labor Education (ABLE) program, said Maggie Tiller, a biology teacher at Gothenburg Public Schools, was the recipient of an ABLE leadership award for projects her students do with The Groundwater Foundation and other water awareness groups.
In reviewing 2012, Bacon talked about the reorganization of GIC with the addition of four vice presidents and progress in the development of an industrial site southwest of town.
"DED (Nebraska Department of Economic Development officials) say it's the best rail access site for Union Pacific in the state," he said.
Outgoing Chamber president Jim Widdifield reviewed highlights during the past year and noted what a great community Gothenburg is for kids.
Bret Tiller, the 2013 president, also talked about Chamber activities noting, in particular, a new Pony Express Barbecue Challenge event set for April 26-27 that will bring in teams from Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa and Kansas and a new scholarship the Chamber has added for students pursuing agriculture.
Thirteen Chamber of Commerce ambassadors were recognized as members of the president's club after accumulating 200 or more points in 2012 for representing the chamber and helping with various activities in Gothenburg and surrounding communities.
Honorees and their point totals were: Matt Olsen, 335; Joyce Kolbo, 320; Lorie Hoesel, 315; Donna McConnell, 300; Steve Peterson, 295; Charolett Janssen, 280; Verlin Janssen and Brent Block, 275; Anne Franzen, 255; Laurie Moody, 245; Cindy Soller, 240; Michelle Hecox, 220; and Raelyn Maxwell, 200.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Yay for the Kreativ Blogger Award!
I have been awarded the Kreativ Blogger Award by Janet Iles.
Thank you, Janet! I'm really glad you like my blog. It's so exciting to find someone reading it besides me! I see that you also have Ontario roots, so maybe we can chat more about that later.
I present this award to:
1) Andrea - One of my very first followers who always leaves inspiring comments!
2) Lisa - My favorite research blog buddy!
3) Daphne - This is a promising new blog about genealogy on a budget!
4) Amanda - My Legacy and Blogoversary buddy!
5) Jo - A new genealogy blog focusing on England and Northern Ireland research!
I am also breaking the rules here and nominating only 5 because so many of my blogging friends have already gotten the award.
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.
4. Link to those sites on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate
5 comments:
Thanks very much, Jennifer. I appreciate the honor. I hope we can keep encouraging eachother in our genealogical pursuits.ReplyDelete
Thanks to your inspiration I decided to give the basic version of Legacy a try. I like it very much. I have spent many hours with it thus far, but am still learning its ins and outs. I may eventually upgrade to the deluxe version. I'd appreciate hearing your opinion about the reasons for upgrading, if you get a chance.
Have a good day!
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Thanks Jennifer. It's great to be part of the geneablogging world!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Jennifer! You made my day:-)ReplyDelete
Just to let you know I've nominated you as well - your blog is really interesting!ReplyDelete
I'm also an accountant so we've got something other than family history in common too.
Thanks Jennifer! It is nice to learn that someone else enjoys reading my blog as much as I enjoy writing it!ReplyDelete


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Hattip to Catholic Key Blog.
Richard Rich Douglas Kmiec, who sold out the pro-life movement by supporting the most pro-abortion candidate in our nation's history for President, Barack Obama, now the most pro-abortion President in our nation's history, is pretty much a disaster as ambassador to Malta, his equivalent of the going rate for traitors of thirty pieces of silver, according to a State Department Report.
He is respected by Maltese officials and most mission staff, but his unconventional approach to his role as ambassador has created friction with principal officials in Washington, especially over his reluctance to accept their guidance and instructions. Based on a belief that he was given a special mandate to promote President Obama's interfaith initiatives, he has devoted considerable time to writing articles for publication in the United States as well as in Malta, and to presenting his views on subjects outside the bilateral portfolio. He has been inconsistent in observance of clearance procedures required for publication. He also looks well beyond the bilateral relationship when considering possible events for the mission to host in Malta. His approach has required Department principals, as well as some embassy staff, to spend an inordinate amount of time reviewing his writings, speeches, and other initiatives. His official schedule has been uncharacteristically light for an ambassador at a post of this size, and on average he spends several hours of each work day in the residence, much of which appears to be devoted to his nonofficial writings.
At the same time, he has not focused sufficiently on key management issues within the embassy. . .
. . .The Ambassador advised the inspection team that he intended to discontinue his outside writings and focus on matters that directly pertain to the embassy and priorities outlined in the Mission Strategic and Resource Plan (MSRP). Within weeks of the team's departure, however, he resumed drafting public essays that addressed subjects outside his purview as Ambassador to Malta and detracted from his core responsibilities. These activities also detracted from the core responsibilities of embassy staff members who devoted time and effort to reviewing and editing the ambassador's drafts and seeking approvals occasionally after the writings had been submitted for publication from Department officials.


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Roads in RMNP
October 17th, 2016
The fall rut is a spectacular display of elk mating behavior which includes bugling, posturing, and herding. This widely attended and extraordinary event will be available for viewing from the comfort of a 14-passenger mini-bus staffed by a professional educational guide who will discuss elk ecology, interpret activity and answer questions pertaining to elk. Elk artifacts such as antlers, skulls, and fur will be available for participants to see and touch.
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Reading Shakespeare's Mind
Hamlet and Revenge
Fools of Time: Studies in Shakespearian Tragedy
The one obvious thing about Hamlet is that nobody could possibly say what it means; but people who think they have stumbled on something in it that everybody else has overlooked do not notice this. Although the graduate schools now go in for all manner of metacritical precautions, it is still a common enough ambition to find and follow the clue which will show that quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus, that trinity of squares, have been wrong all the time. For instance, it can be argued that we shall be nearer a true understanding of Hamlet if we get close to what an Elizabethan audience might have thought it said, and the result of the research is almost certain to be a conviction that everybody since then, everywhere and practically always, has been getting it wrong; which is the conviction that prompted the inquiry in the first place.
In principle the difficulties of such an undertaking might seem a strong deterrent to all but the most subtle historians; but they have not proved so, and Miss Prosser is not the first scholar to read the mind of Hamlet's audience and author. What, in the prescribed period, did people think about revenge? What were they told to think, in the theater and out of it? If we know that, we shall know what Shakespeare intended. Leaving aside the argument about Intention, it is probably enough to say that Hamlet, as Miss Prosser knows very well, is remarkably unlike other revenge plays; that it is a play by a writer of sufficient merit to have distinguished himself from the run-of-the-mill dramatists who "gave the public what it wanted"; and that it is in many ways the strangest and most crucial of his works, a sort of Demoiselles d' Avignon, painted and repainted, a piece of the past technically prepared for a new age, changing theater, drama, and audience as it changed itself. It would have to have been some extremely dull member of the audience who did not sense any of this, but stared stupidly through Hamlet to some diagrammatic ethical revenge play beneath. Nowhere did Shakespeare do more to disconcert his audience, and quite possibly much of the initial interest lay in wondering what in God's name was going to happen next to the familiar story. One can, certainly, imagine a man dull enough to see only what matched his commonplace expectations, but who wants to know him? For scholars who recreate "the Hamlet of Shakespeare's Audience" he is a memento mori.
Does it follow that a great deal of Shakespeare scholarship has been and still is founded on a false historical premise? It does. It does not, however, follow that all literary history is bunk. It is like any other form of history, which is, incidentally, why a notorious review on Donne in the TLS a few months back was…
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NH Free AttractionsMay 05. 2016 3:16PM
Looking for something to do with the family that's not going to break the bank? Check out our top ten list of fun places to visit that don't charge for the pleasure of having a good time with your kids.
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
221 Daniel Webster Highway
Merrimack, NH 03054
Ph: 603-595-1202
Quality, tradition and a century-old reputation for brewing the world's finest beers have made the Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour a favorite among New Hampshire visitors. And of course, the chance to see the legendary Budweiser Clydesdales up close adds to the fun. In one hour, you'll learn about the slow, natural brewing process Anheuser-Busch has been using for more than 100 years. The tour is highlighted by historical displays and Anheuser-Busch memorabilia that reveal important stages of progress along the way to becoming the world's largest brewer. The tours are offered free of charge.
Blue Ocean Discovery Center
170 Ocean Boulevard
Hampton, NH 03842
Ph: 603-431-0260
Check out live marine animals and plants in our touch tanks, artifacts such as whale bones and baleen, and more. The Blue Ocean Society also does regular beach cleanups and offers special events and school programs.
Audubon Society of New Hampshire Visitor Centers & Wildlife Sanctuaries
The Audubon Society of New Hampshire, a nonprofit statewide membership organization, is dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and habitat throughout the state. Independent of the National Audubon Society, ASNH offers programs in wildlife conservation, land protection, environmental policy, and environmental education. ASNH maintains both visitor centers and sanctuaries around the state.
The Basin
Franconia Notch State Park
Franconia, NH
The Basin is a large granite pothole, 20 feet in diameter, that was carved out of the ice age. Walking paths follow waterfalls, smooth rocks and the scenic beauty of the edge of the White Mountains National Forest.
Belknap Mill Society
The Mill Plaza
Laconia, NH 03246
Ph: 603-524-8813
Open year round. The Belknap Mill is the oldest unaltered brick textile mill in America and the official meetinghouse of New Hampshire, featuring an industrial knitting machine, exhibits and concerts.
Horatio Colony Museum & Nature Preserve
199 Main Street
Keene, NH 03431
Ph: 603-352-0460
This old-time New England home is filled with original family furnishings and fabulous collections which offer a gracious view of a vanishing lifestyle of culture, refinement and travel. The Horatio Colony Nature Preserve is open to the public every day from dawn to dusk. Three and one half miles of well-marked trails with numbered stops that point out dramatic geological features, historical ruins, and plant communities are located across the preserve.
Sandy Point Discovery Center
Depot Road, off Route 33
Greenland, NH 03840
Ph: 603-778-0015
Self-guided nature trail provides an opportunity to walk through the salt marsh, view exhibits about Great Bay, its history and the wildlife found there. Programs are scheduled throughout the year. Open weekends starting Mothers Day Weekend. Open June 1 through October 31, Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
State House and Visitor's Center
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Ph: 603-271-2154
Open all year weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Self-guided tours of the State House or guided group tours by reservation. Hall of Flags, Representatives Hall, Senate Chambers.
Urban Forestry Center
45 Elwyn Road
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Ph: 603-431-6774
A forestry education facility open to the general public. Has an extensive trail system, tree identification, salt marsh habitat and numerous landscape and garden demonstrations.
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We attach a lot of meaning to coincidences. On the one hand, we see them as significant; on the other hand, you have the TV show detective pronouncing that he doesn't believe in coincidences.
The first thing to understand is that everything is a coincidence.
All a coincidence is, is two events happening at the same time. In that sense, everything is a coincidence because whenever one event is happening, a near infinitude of other events are happening at the same time.
What we CALL "a coincidence" is two events happening at the same time TO WHICH WE ATTACH SOME MEANING OR SIGNIFICANCE.
Some meaningless coincidences exist against astronomical odds. Let me think back to two events I can correlate in my mind. Here's one. I remember getting home from a movie, turning on the TV, and learning that Princess Di had been killed in a traffic accident. Clearly, it happened while I was watching the movie.
Now, what are the odds against Princess Di dying while I was watching a movie? They are so great that the odds against that correlations must be in the billions if not trillions to 1. Yet, that isn't an interesting coincidence. Coincidences with much better odds turn out to be more interesting, such as running into an old girlfriend who was back in town for a visit in the movie theater lobby.
Think about coincidence and you'll see it's a concept you probably should have thought about before.
Once you understand the nature of coincidence, you can catch people misusing the concept all the time. For example, theists will use the existence of humankind and other life on Earth demonstrating the existence of God due to the astronomically high odds against it.
What I hope I've shown is that things happen all the time against astronomical odds and that this fact in a particular case really proves nothing at all.
In the case of life popping up in a universe that, so far, seems largely barren of it, one has to bear in mind that as long as it's possible for life to exist, however difficult it may be to come into existence, we now know that there are at least billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, so that as long as life is possible at all, it's almost certain to happen somewhere at some time, even if we'll never where and when.
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Here's another one. You hear something like "Researchers have discovered that eating (name the food) doubles your risk of getting little finger cancer." Now, let's assume little finger cancer is so rare that we each have a statistical risk of contracting it over a lifetime of 1/400 billion. Doubling the risk increases the chance to 1/200 billion. Either way, 1/400 billion or 1/200 billion, the risk might as well be zero for all practical purposes. I'd certainly play Russian roulette to win $1 million with 1/200 billion odds, wouldn't you?
Periodically, one reads stories about something that doubles the risk of breast cancer. Well, while most women will not get breast cancer, it is nevertheless a fairly common form of cancer and modifying one's behavior in some small way to lessen the risk certainly makes sense, but then other people will hear that there is a risk associated with, say, a vaccination of some sort and decide to forgo vaccination for their child to avoid a risk that borders on the imaginary.
** Two observers correctly disagree about supposedly coincident events
Strip "meaning" out of 'coincidence' and leave behind a neutral concept of two events occuring at the same time -- simultaneous events (B and A).
An alleged common sense view -- B occuriing simultaneously with A will be agreed upon by any two observers. In the parochial fiction known as everday reality, as Einstein noted: "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." -- Special Relativty does away with common sense space and time, introducing spacetime:
1. The (identical) laws of physics apply in each *inertial reference frame*
2. The veocity of light [2.997*10^8 m/sec] is the same for each *inertial* observer
...an immediate consequence of these postulates (of special relativity) is that two inertial observers disagree about whether two events are simultaneous. Dray, Tevian. The geometry of special relativity. CRC Press. 2012. pp. 3,5.
A supposed counter-intuitive concept -- the relatvity of simultaneity -- actually turns out to be a "brute fact" which any future theory of physics can not ignore. Only a little algebra and a little more patience will allow anyone who is not an anti-science fundie to *demonstrate* Einstein's basic insight.
Xian ignorance about probability stands in the way of understanding why the "anthropic principle" is garbage-out. But, that's a different kind of warped common sense.
In any case, concepts so basic -- so unquestioned but really so misunderstood -- as simultaneity and probability -- their clarifications stand as intellectual achievents of the highest order brought about during the last century. They are not, and never were common sense -- to know them correctly, they must be learned with due diligence.
I was always confused when asked if I believed in coincidence...I always thought to myself, "Do I believe that 2 unrelated phenomena can occur at the same time?....duh". I suppose it's sorta the inverse of asking if you believe in fate.


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Small business owners frequently do not have the capital to pursue new venues, and they can find it difficult to secure loans from banks. Startups and entrepreneurs may find many lending doors closed to them when they need it most. Crowdfunding is one way to obtain needed funds to bring your innovative business ideas from dream to reality. Below you will find 30 crowdfunding sites, organized by specialty, to get you off the ground. Commissions, fees, and terms vary or change from time to time, so always double check the "fine print," as the saying goes.
Crowdfunding Sites
Indiegogo allows you to raise funds for anything. You can choose an all-or-nothing option or an option that allows you to keep funds you have raised even if you haven't met your goal. They charge a 3% – $25 transaction fee and either 4% or 9% depending on if you meet your goal or if you choose to walk away with funds without meeting your goal. They also offer non-profit discounts on their fees.
Another general fundraising site is GoFundMe. They charge a 5% commission and a 3% transaction fee.
Fundly allows you to raise funds even from your mobile device. It is social integrated and lets you post blog updates on your fundraising page. Its monthly fee schedule is based on how many campaigns you want to run at once (one at a time has no monthly fee, 4.9% commission and 3% transaction fees).
FunderHut is a crowdfunding service that targets small businesses, communities, non-profits and individuals. Their all-or-nothing campaigns have a 5% fee if the goal is reached and a 3% payment processing fee. If you choose the "variable" plan, you pay 7.5% if you do not meet your goal.
CrowdTilt is an all-or-nothing crowdfunding website that focuses on getting funds from groups. It charges 5% on its "Sell Something" campaigns, but transaction fees are free.
If you want to do donation fundraising from your own WordPress site, WpmuDev offers a plugin for a flat rate of $19 and only Paypal transaction fees after that.
Reward: Free or Discounted Product Received in Return
Rockethub allows you to find other funding if your goal is not met. There is a 4% commission for successful projects or 8% for those that don't meet their funding goals, as well as a 4% transaction fee.
Small Knot
If you want to get your community involved, Small Knot focuses on encouraging people in your community to fund your projects in exchange for special perks, services, goods, or benefits. They charge 3% for successful campaigns and 2.9% for transactions.
Kickstarter, probably the best known crowdfunding site, is an all-or-nothing crowdfunding platform (you must reach your fundraising goal or you receive no funds) for creative works (technology, food, fashion, etc.). You set your goal and offer an incentive. If you reach your goal, there is a 5% project fee and 3 – 5% transaction fees.
FundAnything is Donald Trump's reward-based fundraising platform. Like others, there is a 9% fee if you do not meet your goals and a 4% fee if you do with a 3% transaction fee.
Focusing on entrepreneurs and small businesses, Peerbackers allows you to find funding from your friends in exchange for rewards. They charge a 5% "success fee" and a 2.9% transaction processing fee.
InvestedIn is a reward based crowdfunding platform that allows you to create your own fundraising group.
Debt Platform: You Pay Back the Funds to the Investor With Interest
The LendingClub offers businesses the loans they may not be able to find elsewhere. Interest rates vary based on your financial information and credit score.
Funding Circle US
Funding Circle US focuses on offering loans to US businesses and allows others to invest in loans. Again, your interest rates will be determined by your credit score. There is also a UK website.
You can receive interest-free loans through Kiva or Kiva Zip if you are located in the US or Kenya. For startups that would prefer repaying donated funds, this is a great method of raising them.
Equity Platform: The Investor Owns a Share of Your Company
You have the option of offering rewards or equity with Fundable. They have their own marketing platform and you set minimum donations for rewards (equity minimums must $1000). There is a monthly fee during campaigns.
RockThePost has been around for a while but is undergoing a fee transition, so you will have to check their website for more details. However, under the new scale, you can choose how much you want them to handle your fundraising for you. Right now it costs nothing if you do it all yourself.
Despite its name, MicroVentures helps startups and businesses generate $100,000 – $1,000,000 in capital in the entertainment, tech, social, and gaming sectors.
CircleUp is looking for innovative retail and consumer companies. Your company needs to be able to show it can turn a profit in 1 – 3 years to get accepted.
For a variety of equity options, try EarlyShares. Terms vary based upon the options you choose.
Niche: For Special Fundraising Needs
Apps Funder
If you need funding for app creation, pitch your idea to Apps Funder and reward investors or offer them return on their money. This is an all-or-nothing funding website. They charge 8% commission on completed campaigns, 3% transaction fee, and 5% of revenue when the app is finished.
VentureHealth is an equity based funding platform that specifically seeks entrepreneurs with technology in the health sector. They do not fund research, but they target biotechnology, healthcare services, medical devices, digital health, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics. They charge 20% carried interest on profits.
Startacure is for cancer research funding. They charge 5% on all funds raised and 3% transaction fees.
Inventors and small business owners with product ideas, but little knowledge on how to build and market their products themselves may want to give Quirky a try. It is not a typical crowdfunding website in that you get a commission for your product based on how much of the process you put into it. The crowd helps select products that get to make it past the first stages.
Fractured Atlas
Artists (in the broad sense of the term) can use Fractured Atlas to find space and obtain business scholarships. Their free artful.ly software allows you to get donations, sell tickets, and track your fans right from your own webpage.
RealtyShares offers investment money for people who flip houses. It is a debt service that requires value added repayment in 6 – 18 months.
If you need funds for an event (or want to sell tickets to a fundraising event), you can use MyEvent to do it. The basic membership is free. Other memberships range from $19.95 – $39.95 per month.
Authors can find people to fund their books at Unbound in exchange for a copy of the book and possibly a goodie bag upon publication. You must pitch your book to them.
TechMoola offers reward crowdfunding for innovation and technology. It charges a 10% flat rate for met goals, 15% for unmet goals less than $25,000 and 20% for unmet goals over that amount.
Pledge Music
Musicians can use Pledge Music to post and market their needs. They charge a 15% flat commission. It covers transaction costs, and they give you tips for meeting your goals.
Slated is a niche crowdfunding resource for film that brings industry, filmmakers, and investors together.
I'd love to hear about any experiences you've had with crowdfunding sites.
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Good Bye 2011
Hey there, this year is going to an end and just want to recall what all happened this year in my life both personally (cannot disclose much J) and professionally.
The good news about this year is on 24th Dec 2011, we blessed a second baby girl. I am very happy.
Okay on professional note, this year was good, not much has happened same company so far J. I fulfill my commitment of continuous writing blogs and learning new stuff. I successfully completed two blog a day series Powershell and Troubleshooting on April and November respectively. Enjoyed every day learning something. Hope to write more next year as well.
This year I wrote 85+this one of total 169+1 blogs and I think the most blogs in a year (started writing from July 2008).
Learned about :
- Powershell
- Extended Events
- Internal stuffs
- Transaction log
- Blocking/Locking -troubleshooting
- Tempdb
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- Denali
- More internals
- Tools and Dumps.
- Service Broker
- Memory
- More on Replication/ Log Shipping/ Mirroring / Clustering.
Learning never ends, exploring in detail the stuff and conceptually understand the subject is very important.
Thank you experts who share great stuff on net, which provide all information and knowledge.
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Affirmative action - policies designed to benefit underrepresented groups in the areas of employment, education and business - is no less controversial today than when John Kennedy issued the first executive order on the issue in 1961.
Affirmative action - policies designed to benefit underrepresented groups in the areas of employment, education and business - is no less controversial today than when John Kennedy issued the first executive order on the issue in 1961.
And so it will be with the latest court test of affirmative action considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruled 7-1 Monday that a lower appellate court examine more closely the University of Texas' admissions policies that may take race into account.
The ruling was proper in that it was a punt and not an outright rejection of affirmative action.
"A university must make a showing that its plan is narrowly tailored to achieve the only interest that this court has approved ... ,the benefits of a student body diversity that encompasses a broad array of qualifications and characteristics of which racial or ethnic origin is but a single though important element," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
And narrowing affirmative action is what the court has been trending toward for years.
The Texas case involved a caucasian woman, Abigail Noel Fisher, who was refused admission to the university for the class entering in the fall of 2008. The university guarantees admission to students in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, but Fisher's 3.59 GPA wasn't enough to make the grade, so she wasn't guaranteed admission.
The university also admits a certain number of other students, for whom race, leadership experience, socio-economic status and other factors may provide admissions advantages. Fisher, who had a combined SAT score of 1180 out of 1600, was rejected. (Fisher eventually entered Louisiana State University and graduated last year.)
Monday's ruling likely frustrated the hopes of some conservatives, including Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. That's because the court's majority didn't use the University of Texas case to overturn a 2003 decision involving the University of Michigan.
In that earlier ruling, the court upheld the Michigan Law School's use of race as one factor among many.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican appointee who has since retired, wrote the 2003 majority opinion, which included the key conclusion that "student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions."
Justice Samuel Alito, a staunch conservative who replaced O'Connor and who's voiced much more skepticism about racial preferences, didn't join either Scalia or Thomas on Monday in writing concurring opinions to voice disapproval of affirmative action. (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the sole dissenter.)
The Fisher case gives a clear signal that while the court wants to narrow the use of affirmative action, it is not ready to see the nation abandon it. Times have changed. More women, minorities and other underrepresented groups are moving into positions in business, education and employment as a direct result of affirmative action policies of the past. The question the courts wrestle with today is if those corrective policies are still needed.
The high court Monday said yes. We had hoped this hinted at the position the court would take sometime on a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in which an Alabama County argues times have changed so much that federal oversight of voting in some part of the nation is no longer needed.
That's not what happened even in the face of continued attempts by some states to throw up new barriers to voting that most affect those who've historically been the subject of such barriers, principally the poor and racial minorities.


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Agency slashes critical habitat for salmon
Salmon-lovers think there's something fishy about a recent NOAA Fisheries' decision to strip protection from four-fifths of the salmon's designated critical habitat. The change eases the way for development along 134,200 miles of previously off-limits rivers and streams. The agency says that the habitat's biological importance to salmon is outweighed by the potential economic gain for developers and landowners.
The Aug. 12 decision comes in response to a 2000 lawsuit by the National Association of Home Builders. The group claimed that during the Clinton era, NOAA Fisheries had failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act's requirement that critical habitat designations include an economic analysis. Under the Bush administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lost a similar lawsuit; NOAA Fisheries decided to withdraw its habitat designations rather than fight in court.
Now, with less critical habitat to worry about, developers won't have to jump through so many time-consuming, expensive "hoops," says Home Builders' representative Ernie Platt.
But Jan Hasselman of the National Wildlife Federation argues that protecting salmon habitat is the best way to protect the region's economy. Commercial and recreational fishing, he says, "can bring big money to small communities where there aren't a lot of other options."
The revised critical habitat designations also leave out streams that salmon have used historically, but where they are not currently found. Agency spokesman Brian Gorman says that while it "makes sense biologically" to protect those streams, "it doesn't comport with the law."
Environmentalists, encouraged by recent court decisions that overturn Bush administration salmon policies, are considering their legal options (HCN, 6/13/05: For salmon, a crucial moment of decision).


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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/...smain001.shtml Saints' offensive linemen take steps to improve By LES EAST Special to The Advocate METAIRIE -- The unofficial motto of the New Orleans Saints' offensive line the last few weeks has been "Remember the Titans Game." In a 27-12 ...
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But lets forget about pass blocking for a minute and talk about the run blocking. It sounds nice when you hear that Deuce went over 100-yards rushing for the day. I don't think it's that impressive myself. You MUST consider that Deuce is really the only back that ever carries the ball. There's hardly any team on Sudays that don't rush for over 100-yards. Look at what the Carolina rushing attack did against the Colts. Against the Colts, they by far had a better day rushing the ball than we did against that same Colts team and most of it was by their 2nd string running back.
Deuce is such a good running back that he is going to get 100-yards most of the time. But, right now the offesive line is not opening up very many holes for him. Usually Deuce is hit at the line of scrimmage and is gaining 3 or 4 yards after fist contact. I think you could put Deuce behind the worst offensvive line in the league and he would be able to put up 100 yards. I think if you put him behind Carolina's offensive line he would go over 2,000 yards for the season.
Now, back to pass blocking. There are times when Brooks has adequete time to throw the ball but not enough times. Brooks is constantly pressured and through his pure athletic ablity he buys time, and it makes the offensive line look better than they are. But this throws the timing off between him and his receivers. I'm not trying to say that Brooks doesn't screw up or that he doesn't need to improve in areas. What I'm saying is that this offenive line isn't giving him the protection he needs. I know Gator has commented on this several times, but I'm wondering if anyone else is noticing this? Look at todays game and see how many times he gets instant pressure and has to scramble. Then watch a team that has a good offensive line and see how much better protection their QB has. I just don't think our offensive line is very good at all.
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I completely agree with the pass blocking analysis. Brooks is not getting the time that he needs in the pocket. That fact has a great deal to do with the problems in the passing game. I think that Gandy is the biggest culprit in that department. I\'m very disappointed with him up to this point, especially when you consider the money being paid for his services.
As far as the run blocking, I\'m not sure. I just checked Deuce\'s stats, and he\'s averaging 4.5 yards a carry. In the Indy and Carolina games he averaged 5.9 and 5.4 respectively. That\'s pretty good yardage against pretty decent defensive units. So, I\'m a little hesitant to criticize the run blocking.
I would like to test your theory about Carolina\'s O line. You think they\'d swap with us for a couple of games?
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I am aware of the average yards per carry for Deuce, but I still think this has more to do with Deuces abiltiy, rather than good blocking by the offensive line. I could be wrong about this. But, it just seems to me that the holes he is running through aren\'t that big. He really hasn\'t had any long runs like he did last year.
I do know that defenses are concentrating on stopping Deuce, by putting extra defenders at the line, so maybe that\'s the reason the holes aren\'t there like they were last year. If we can get the passing game going, I think it will help out greatly.
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The New York Red Bulls pulled off a breathtakingly dramatic 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena, as forward Juan Pablo Angel scored on a 35-yard free kick in the fourth minute of stoppage time to condemn the Dynamo to their second consecutive loss.
Houston drops below the .500 mark for the first time all season and will have to immediately travel across the country to face the unbeaten, league-leading Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center, Houston's third game in eight days.
On Wednesday night, New York controlled the first half and took the lead in the 15th minute while playing with 10 men due to an injury. Juan Pablo Angel's free kick was blocked, and defender Chris Albright quickly played the ball back into the box before the Dynamo could clear out, with Sinisa Ubiparipovic trapping the ball and finishing calmly to give New York the lead.
The Dynamo adjusted and picked up their play in the second half, tying the game in the 65th minute when defender Bobby Boswell stepped forward and chipped a pass into the box, where Brian Ching – making his first start since April 1 due to injury – chested the ball down and finished coolly inside the right post, his second goal in as many games.
Houston carried play in the second half and appeared to have earned a tie, but New York's Juan Pablo Angel stepped up to a free kick deep in stoppage time and curved a 35-yard free kick that hit the left post, hit the back of a diving Pat Onstad and caromed into the goal. It was Angel's sixth goal of the year, second in MLS.
For the game, the Dynamo's Pat Onstad made three saves, including a save on Juan Pablo Angel from point-blank range in the 36th minute and another stop on Angel in the 58th minute.
The game included eight yellow cards and 25 fouls between the two teams.
The loss broke Houston's streak of 11 consecutive games without recording the same result in any consecutive games; they had followed each of their five losses with a win.
Houston forward Cam Weaver made his first start of the season and only his second appearance of the year due to a knee strain suffered in the preseason. It was Weaver's first start since October 4, 2008, when he was ejected in the first half.
Forward Joseph Ngwenya came on as a second-half substitute, making his first appearance for the Dynamo since the 2007 MLS Cup final against the New England Revolution.
Midfielder Brian Mullan played in the 240th and defender Bobby Boswell the 150th game of their respective MLS careers. Defender Richard Mulrooney played in his 95th career contest with the Dynamo in all competitions.
The Dynamo played without midfielder Geoff Cameron (PCL surgery) and defenders Mike Chabala (hamstring) and Adrian Serioux (personal).
Next Game: Saturday, June 5, 7 p.m. CT, Dynamo at Los Angeles Galaxy, The Home Depot Center, Carson CA
Next Home Game: Saturday, June 19, 8 p.m. CT, Dynamo vs. Águila (Dynamo Charities Cup), Robertson Stadium
Next Home MLS Game: Saturday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. CT, Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids, Robertson Stadium
On the match:
"We worked our way back in it in the second half. Pat [Onstad] made some good saves to keep us close. Then we created a silly foul, and we don't have the smarts enough to realize that one guy is shooting. So we're disappointed with the result, and sometimes the way you lose makes it even worse."
On if the result felt unfair:
"Pat made some great saves at 1-0, and then we get a goal. I think that was fairly even. We had a great chance with Dominic [Oduro] at 1-1, and I think we were kind of riding our luck a tiny bit there. They had chances, we had chances, and they scored on the last chance they had."
On the match's physicality and roughness:
"I didn't think it was so bad, to be honest. I think the referee had it under control and gave yellows when necessary. There were no mass confrontations between the two teams. I think the way the fouls were going, there was some debating and maybe a little bit of talking back, but it wasn't terrible."
On the importance of Houston's next match:
"It's Wednesday, we just lost a tough game here. I think we'll let this one sink in, and then we'll start thinking about Los Angeles. The next game after something like this is important."
On the team suffering late goals two matches in a row:
"Just a lack of concentration, a lack of confidence, I think. I think as a team, we're kind of unsure about ourselves right now, and you saw that at the end of the game. I think two years ago, we close that game out pretty easily. You look at the way this year is going, we're making mistakes because of a lack of confidence. I think after we scored our goal, we took our foot off the gas and were unsure. They're the home team, and they took it to us. Disappointing, extremely. But hats off to Juan Pablo [Angel] for putting a great ball into the back of the net."
On if the 2-1 result felt fair:
"I think in the first half, we really didn't come out and perform, but in the second half we turned things around. [It felt] a little unfair, but you make your own luck, and right now we're not helping ourselves. We have an extremely difficult game coming up, pretty much our third game of this week against a team in the league that's only given up two goals. If we go into the game the same way, we're in for a rude awakening. So it's our job to step up and be men and start taking accountability for our actions and start playing like men."


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Following on from the various threads on the subject, and having spent far to long reading & replying to posts on the numerous articles on media sites, could we have a debate on how it would be best to go about tackling TB, and the huge overpopulation of Badgers in Britain, head on ?
I will start the ball rolling by saying we need a combination of culling Badgers in heavily infected area's & Vaccinating Badgers where they are clean! (yes, I know...stating the obvious)
And I would suggest that this could be achieved by a 3 way "coalition".
Central Government can fund the trapping and testing of Badgers in all areas to establish which Badgers have to be culled & Which Badgers have to be vaccinated...that way the Government are seen to be impartial !
Organisations such as The Badger Trust, RSPCA and The National Trust etc could fund the Vaccination program....they would therefore "not have blood on their hands" which would appease both their members & the Public.
Leaving Farmers, The NFU & possibly the CLA to fund the culling. Farmers & the NFU would obviously bare the brunt of any public outcry...but there is nothing new in that as we are already judged as being blood thirsty wildlife murdering so & so's !!!!!!!!!!!


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Brennan is no less than the father of the pro-Islamist policy. What Obama is saying is this: My policy of backing Islamists has worked so well, including in Egypt, that we need to do even more! All those analogies to 1930s appeasement are an understatement. Nobody in the British leadership said, "I have a great idea. Let's help fascist regimes take power and then they'll be our friends and become more moderate!" That's the equivalent of what Brennan does.
Brennan's only life accomplishment has been to propose backing radical Islamists. As a reward, he isn't just being made head of intelligence for the Middle East but for the whole world! Has Brennan any proven administrative skill? Any knowledge of other parts of the world? No. All he has is a proximity to Obama and a very bad policy concept. What's especially ironic here is that by now, the Islamist policy has clearly failed and a lot of people are having second thoughts.
With Brennan running the CIA, though, do you think there will be critical intelligence evaluations of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizballah, or even Hamas? Is the CIA going to warn U.S. leaders about the repression against women, Christians, and moderates? Will there be warnings that Islamists are taking over Syria or reports on Islamist involvement in killing Americans in Benghazi? Can we have confidence about U.S. policy toward Iran?
To get some insight into his thinking, consider the incident in which a left-wing reporter, forgetting there were people listening, reminded Brennan that in an earlier private conversation he admitted favoring engagement not only with the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah, but also the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Ask yourself this question: when an American intelligence chief told Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood was a moderate, secular group, who approved that line of argument?
As for Hagel, suffice it to say that the embarrassing quotes and actions from him in the past — including his opposition to sanctions against Iran — fueled a response to his proposed nomination so strong that the administration had to back down for a while.
What would have happened if President Harry Truman turned over American defense, diplomacy, and intelligence in 1946 to those who said that Stalin wanted peace and that Communist rule in Central Europe was a good thing?
Obama has been president of the United States for four years. Yet in foreign policy, having some decent and competent people in high positions mitigated the damage. Well, the reins are now loosed; the muzzle is off.
I apologize for being so pessimistic, but look at the cast of characters. When it comes to Obama administration foreign policy's damage on the world and on U.S. interests, one can only say, like the great singer Al Jolson, folks, you ain't seen nothing yet.
To get a sense of his thinking, check out Brennan's article, "The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 618, Terrorism: What the Next President Will Face (Jul., 2008), pp. 168-179. Here's the conclusion:
If the United States actually demonstrates that it will work to help advance rather than thwart Iranian interests, the course of Iranian politics as well as the future of U.S.-Iranian relations could be forever altered.
The Obama administration followed this advice during its first two years with the result being total failure. The theme of the 2008 article carries over to his view of the Muslim Brotherhood. If the United States shows it is friendly, helpful, and does not oppose their taking power, then revolutionary Islamists will become moderate.
For example, he also proposes a U.S. policy "to tolerate, and even to encourage, greater assimilation of Hezbollah into Lebanon's political system…." This step, he suggests, will reduce "the influence of violent extremists in the organization."
Of course, Hizballah does not need to stage terrorist attacks if it holds state power! Terrorism is only a tactic to seize control of countries. If you give revolutionaries their goal, then why do they need to continue using such a tactic? Yet putting them in power does not increase stability, improve the lives of people, or benefit U.S. interests. If al-Qaeda, for example, overthrew the Iraqi or Saudi government, you would see a sharp decline in terrorist attacks! If the Muslim Brotherhood rules Egypt, Tunisia, or Syria, it doesn't need to send suicide bombers into the marketplaces.
The same, by the way, would apply to anywhere else in the world. If Communist rebels took power in Latin American or Asian countries, you wouldn't find them hanging out in the jungles raiding isolated villages.
In Brennan's terms, that means the problem would be solved. Instead, the correct response is parallel to Winston Churchill's point in his 1946 Fulton, Missouri, speech: "I do not believe that Soviet Russia desires war. What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines."
This is what Brennan — and the Obama administration — fails to understand regarding this point. The danger is not terrorism but a dangerous revolutionary movement that becomes even more dangerous if it controls entire states, their resources, and their military forces.
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DETROIT (AP) — Pitching coach Jeff Jones will remain with the Detroit Tigers under new manager Brad Ausmus.
The Tigers also announced Wednesday they have hired Dave Clark as third base coach and outfield instructor.
Jones became Detroit's pitching coach in the middle of the 2011 season, and the Tigers have developed one of the game's best starting rotations. Max Scherzer is a front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award this year, and Justin Verlander won it in 2011.
Ausmus was hired after manager Jim Leyland retired. Gene Lamont is staying on as bench coach and Jones will be back, as well.
Clark spent five seasons with the Houston Astros. He was first base coach last season after four years as third base coach.


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|Jonathan Shuter, M.D., and Julie Sarlo, P.A., in front of their poster.
Patients receiving lopinavir/ritonavir twice daily as part of their antiretroviral regimen were enrolled into a 24-week study that used medication event monitoring system (MEMS) caps to monitor adherence. Adherence rates were defined as the number of bottle openings per number of doses prescribed. At the time of this presentation, 53 out of 85 patients completed the study. The study population was comprised largely of racial and ethnic minorities, reflecting the inner-city location of the clinic, with 53% of the trial participants being Hispanic and 40% African American. In addition, most had advanced HIV disease, with 83% having a prior diagnosis of AIDS. Only one of the 53 participants was antiviral naive at the beginning of the study.
The mean overall adherence rate was 73%. Unlike in the Paterson study, there were relatively high rates of virologic suppression at all levels of adherence:
|Percentage With a Viral Load Less Than 400 Copies/mL at 24 Weeks (n)
|Greater than 95%
|70% (10)
|88% (8)
|100% (9)
|100% (4)
|55% (11)
|Less than 50%
|73% (11)
Remarkably, no association was found between the 24-week viral load result and medication adherence.
The results of this study with lopinavir/ritonavir support similar findings showing relatively high rates of virologic suppression despite "suboptimal" medication adherence with NNRTI-containing regimens. An obvious limitation is the relatively small sample size -- certainly one would expect that a larger patient population would eventually demonstrate a relationship between the lowest level of adherence and virologic failure. To overstate the obvious, patients should, of course, still be instructed to take as many of their prescribed doses of medication as possible. Nonetheless, these data do confirm a higher degree of medication "forgiveness" when using boosted PIs (lopinavir/ritonavir in particular) over unboosted PIs.
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42 U.S. Code § 1320b–9 - Improved access to, and delivery of, health care for Indians under subchapters XIX and XXI
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(a) Agreements with States for Medicaid and CHIP outreach on or near reservations to increase the enrollment of Indians in those programs
(1) In general
In order to improve the access of Indians residing on or near a reservation to obtain benefits under the Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs established under subchapters XIX and XXI, the Secretary shall encourage the State to take steps to provide for enrollment on or near the reservation. Such steps may include outreach efforts such as the outstationing of eligibility workers, entering into agreements with the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to provide outreach, education regarding eligibility and benefits, enrollment, and translation services when such services are appropriate.
(2) Construction
Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as affecting arrangements entered into between States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations for such Service, Tribes, or Organizations to conduct administrative activities under such subchapters.
(b) Requirement to facilitate cooperation
The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall take such steps as are necessary to facilitate cooperation with, and agreements between, States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations with respect to the provision of health care items and services to Indians under the programs established under subchapter XIX or XXI.
(c) Definition of Indian; Indian Tribe; Indian Health Program; Tribal Organization; Urban Indian Organization
Source(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1139, as added Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9136,Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–316; amended Pub. L. 100–647, title VIII, § 8201,Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3798; Pub. L. 101–45, title IV, § 409,June 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6221,Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2255; Pub. L. 101–508, title IV, § 4207(k)(6), formerly § 4027(k)(6), title V, § 5057,Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–125, 1388–230; Pub. L. 103–432, title I, § 160(d)(4), title II, § 264(d),Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4444, 4468; Pub. L. 111–3, title II, § 202(a),Feb. 4, 2009, 123 Stat. 39; Pub. L. 111–148, title II, § 2901(d),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 333.)
2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–148substituted "For purposes of this section, subchapter XIX, and subchapter XXI" for "In this section".
2009—Pub. L. 111–3amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the National Commission on Children.
1994—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–432, § 264(d), repealed Pub. L. 101–508, § 5057. See 1990 Amendment note below.
1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–508, § 5057, which directed amendment of subsec. (d) by substituting "an interim report no later than September 30, 1990, and a final report no later than March 31, 1991" for "an interim report no later than March 31, 1991, and a final report no later than September 30, 1990", and could not be executed, was repealed by Pub. L. 103–432, § 264(d). See Construction of 1990 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 101–508, § 4207(k)(6), formerly § 4027(k)(6), as renumbered by Pub. L. 103–432, § 160(d)(4), substituted "interim report no later than March 31, 1990, and a final report no later than March 31, 1991, setting forth" for "interim report no later than March 31, 1991, and a final report no later than September 30, 1990, setting forth".
1989—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–239, § 6221(1), which directed the substitution of "March 31, 1990" for "September 30, 1988" and "March 31, 1991" for "March 31, 1990 [1989]", could only be executed in part by substituting "March 31, 1991" for "March 30, 1990" in view of amendment by Pub. L. 100–647. See 1990 Amendment note above.
Subsec. (e)(1)(A), (4)(B). Pub. L. 101–239, § 6221(2), substituted "March 31, 1991" for "September 30, 1990".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–45amended subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (f) read as follows:
"(1) The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director of the Commission who shall be compensated at a rate fixed by the Commission, but which shall not exceed the rate established for level V of the Executive Schedule under title 5.
"(2) In addition to the Executive Director, the Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of title 5 governing appointments to the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates."
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 101–239, § 6221(3), substituted "through fiscal year 1991, such sums" for "such sums".
Subsecs. (k), (l). Pub. L. 101–239, § 6221(4), added subsecs. (k) and (l).
1988—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–647, § 8201(1), (2), substituted "March 31, 1990" for "September 30, 1988" and "September 30, 1990" for "March 31, 1989" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e)(1)(A), (4)(B). Pub. L. 100–647, § 8201(3), (4), substituted "September 30, 1990" for "March 31, 1989".
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 100–647, § 8201(5), inserted "for each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990" before period at end.
Effective Date of 2009 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–3effective Apr. 1, 2009, and applicable to child health assistance and medical assistance provided on or after that date, with certain exceptions, see section 3 ofPub. L. 111–3, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1396 of this title.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 264(h),Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4469, provided that: "Each amendment made by this section [amending this section and sections 602, 1382a, and 1383 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the provision of OBRA–1990 [Pub. L. 101–508] to which the amendment relates at the time such provision became law."
Construction of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 264(d),Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4468, provided that: "Section 5057 of OBRA–1990 [Pub. L. 101–508, amending this section], and the amendment made by such section, are hereby repealed, and section 1139(d) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1320b–9 (d)] shall be applied and administered as if such section 5057 had never been enacted."
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Washington State junior wide receiver Marquess Wilson said Saturday he left the school's football program earlier this week because of alleged abuse by the coaching staff.
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce my decision to forgo playing football for Washington State University," Wilson said in a statement. "I realize the school is saying that I am suspended for violating team policies and may return next week, but this is a lie. This is an attempt by the athletic department to cover up what is really happening in that locker room.
"... the new regime of coaches has preferred to belittle, intimidate and humiliate us. This approach has obviously not been successful, and has put a dark shadow on this program. My teammates and I have endured this treatment all season long. It is not 'tough love'. It is abuse. This abuse cannot be allowed to continue. I feel it is my duty to stand up and shed light on this situation by sacrificing my drams(sic), my education and my pride."
Wilson had been suspended from the team for unspecified reasons Monday, according to a Washington State spokesman. First-year coach Mike Leach gave no reason for the discipline. Several reports said Wilson had quit the team.
Washington State (2-7) had lost six consecutive games. It plays host to No. 18 BCS-ranked UCLA (7-2) on Saturday night.
Leach was forced out after 10 seasons at Texas Tech after allegations of abuse against a concussion victim.
Wilson, NFLDraftScout.com's No. 17-rated wide receiver in the 2013 NFL Draft class and currently projected as a fourth-round pick, led the Cougars with 52 catches for 813 yards with five touchdowns.


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Steelers beat Ravens on final play of game
Baltimore falls to 3-4 on season
Steelers beat Ravens on final play of game
Baltimore falls to 3-4 on season
Shaun Suisham drilled a 42-yard field goal with no time remaining to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 19-16 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
Suisham's fourth field goal of the day pushed the Steelers (2-4) to their second straight win.
Ben Roethlisberger completed 17 of 23 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown. He hit Antonio Brown for a pair of big gains on Pittsburgh's final drive, putting Suisham well within range to win it. Running back Le'Veon Bell ran for a season-high 93 yards on 19 carries.
Joe Flacco passed for 215 yards and a touchdown but couldn't stop the defending Super Bowl champions from losing for the third time in their last four games.


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(Reuters) - CNN's managing editor, Mark Whitaker, said he will be leaving the cable network, two months after CNN tapped Jeff Zucker, the former CEO of NBC Universal, to be the news channel's worldwide chief.
Whitaker, in a memo to CNN staff, wrote that Zucker "deserves his own team and management structure and the freedom to communicate one clear vision to the staff." Reuters obtained a copy of the memo on Tuesday.
CNN, which is owned by Time Warner Inc, has been struggling with poor ratings. Its prime-time ratings hit historical lows last year, losing out to both Fox and MSNBC.
Whitaker called Zucker, who moved to CNN earlier this month, a "leader with his own forceful ideas about where to take CNN's reporting, programming and brand."
Zucker and Whitaker had worked together at NBC, where Whitaker was a senior vice president and Washington bureau chief at NBC News.
Whitaker has been managing editor of CNN since January 2011. He helped attract talent to CNN such as globe-trotting food personality Anthony Bourdain and documentary maker Morgan Spurlock. He also previously served as the editor of Newsweek from 1998 to 2006.
Since its beginnings as the first 24-hour cable news network, CNN has committed to a nonpartisan approach to programming, a position that some have described as a "view from nowhere" and blamed for the network's ratings erosion.
CNN has lagged Fox and MSNBC in prime-time viewership for more than a year, drawing fewer than 1 million U.S. prime-time viewers compared with about 2.7 million for Fox and about 1.5 million viewers for MSNBC, according to ratings data.
CNN now appears to be attempting a makeover. Zucker has been ushering in a wave of talent changes. The network announced on Tuesday that Chris Cuomo, a former news anchor on ABC's "Good Morning America" and "20/20," will have a "major role" in a new morning show on CNN.
Jake Tapper, a former chief White House correspondent for ABC will also have a new weekday program on CNN.
(Reporting By Liana B. Baker; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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California State Visit Data
Day #1: (Feb. 26, 2007)
Randy Chinn: Chief Telecom aide to Chairwoman Christine Kehoe of the California Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. Phone: (916) 651-4107
He thinks in general things are working well in California. He is proud of the state e-rate program, called the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF), which was established 5 or 6 years ago. It subsidizes ½ of the recurring network connection cost. However, this fund focuses on the "first" connection and often includes low-speed dial-up connections. The CTF law was recently amended to expand eligibility for non-profits and the subsidy can now be used for broadband.
NOTE: Rush told me after the meeting that law also was changed to require schools and libraries to apply for federal e-rate first, and the California subsidy only covers 50% of the amount not covered by the federal e-rate. This was done to save California money.
AT&T serves 60-65% of the state, Verizon about another 20%, and the remainder is served by about 20 small telcos.
He believes the state has a strong record of supporting advanced and then broadband capability. He is proud that the state has no restrictions on the ability of municipalities to build their own networks.
No new broadband initiatives are under consideration. To some extent, the legislature is awaiting results of Task Force.
ATT was interested in using Cal Trans rights-of-way, but wanted to use them for free. CalTrans wanted payment, and CLECs were willing to pay, but ATT killed the effort. ATT complained to Governor and Technet about poor rights-of-way policies, causing Technet to put California low on broadband policy report.
Randy thinks there is no evidence that lack of access to rights-of-way is a problem. Disputes Technet finding. Technet ranking is unfair.
He described Emerging Technology Fund, $60 M from AT&T and Verizon mergers, focusing on BB for underserved areas.
He believes cost is not the major factor inhibiting BB; major factor is consumers don't have a feel for the utility of BB – no computer, no content, maintenance costs, confusion of connections: Result: consumers don't see enough value in BB
His focus is on enhancing ability of non-profits to educate consumers of value and providing community BB centers.
He is proud that franchise bill requires telcos to provide a hook-up to a non-profit for every 10,000 subscribers.
Thinking about a master contract with cell phone providers to build towers more quickly, asking fair market value- then taking a piece of that revenue for Calif Teleconnect Fund.
PUC has twice considred whether to fund BB through state USF; twice decided no.
Believes more could be done to leverage existing state assets: dept of Motor Vehicles? CENIC ubiquity? But CENIC is reluctant to expand mission too broadly – could be seen as competing with AT&T.
Agrees that Califonia BB policy activity is not particularly organized (Rush says decentralized).
2. Sandra Breier, Wes ?, Department of Telecommunications Services
Has developed 4 master service contracts for state and local gov't telecom services to replace former single contract. Contracts just being made available now: calnet.ca.gov (or calnet2 or calren).
2/3 of customers are local governments.
Under new contracts, state departments and cities can choose terms from any of the 4 contracts, provides some competition.
AT&T won 2 of the contracts; Verizon won the other two.
Purpose of contracts is to expand BB connectivity in rural areas especially. Focus is on fixed wireless Point-to-point using Verizon's EVDO technology and low-earth orbiting satellites. Is also trying to partner with industry to expand BB everywhere.
Not using Wi-Fi or Wi-Max.
Not just available to cities and counties; is available to energy companies, water companies, "special districts". Libraries can connect through the local governments, or by putting an antenna on the roof and receiving EVDO connectitivy point to point.
Cable showed no interest in competing for these contracts. IBM and small telcos showed some initial interest and then bowed out. They are likely to be more successful as subcontractors to AT&T and Verizon.
Some libraries are connecting today through old contract.
Verizon and AT&T are just now building out under these contracts.
Contracts are not exclusive; state is still open to other companies submitting a better service (though AT&T and Verizon appear to have first opportunity).
Cities who sign up must have 2-year minimum. Month-to-month thereafter (like cellphone contracts). State agencies have no minimum duration. (this is an improvement over old contract, which had a 5-year commitment)
Referred to Jeannine Chandra study (ask Michael Yiang)
Old contract had no IP services (example of why it needed to be replaced).
Biggest impediment to BB is lack of south-facing angle to connect to satellite (needs to be free of trees, buildings, mountains)
Timing with E-rate is BIG problem. Notice of availability under CalNet came after deadline for E-rate filing. Schools now have to wait til next year.
No rights-of-way problems because of Governor's Executive Order on BB that opened rights-of-way.
Sees no impediments to BB for libraries (except for lack of south-facing).
Contracts do not specify an access technology; specify only a service need – providers determine best technology.
Most urban areas will use Pt-to-pt. Rural areas will use satellite.
3. Barb Johnston, Irene ? – California Telemedicine and E-Health Center (CTEC)
Focusing on access to health services and education across the state.
12 telemedicine centers today, trying to establish new network to connect them.
Preference is to build off of CENIC network, create its own "cloud".
Origin of BB focus in California was economic development (state almost went bankrupt after Enron). Focus on connecting rural areas. Many elderly move to rural areas; need health care.
At first, no one paid attention to libraries, now very interested in bringing libraries onto their proposed telemedicine network.
Focused on networking and PPP (public-private-partnerships); endorses creating MPLS networks – can dynamically ramp up or down connectivity speed (quality of service).
Believes BB availability is "choppy". Sometimes available, sometimes not. (i.e. Berkeley does not have BB) also a lot of unused fiber is out there, but they don't know where it is.
Supports more accurate mapping; agrees with wisdom of creating non-profit to gather proprietary data (Connect Kentucky). CTEC would like to fill this same role.
Was planning to seek funding from foundations; now may be looking at FCC's Telehealth pilot projects.
Looking for $10-15 Million for 5 years. Would love to have funding from Gates.
CTEF would also be a good place to house funding. Barb is on the Board of CETF. Very supportive of Sunni McPeak at CETF.
Was unaware of DTS contracts.
Believes biggest barrier to BB is $. Telco charges are too high. Outside funding is necessary.
4. Governor's BB Task Force – Michael Liang, Ann Neville, Jeff Newman
Working to produce final BB report by October. Task force has 19 private sector members, 2 legislators.
Exec. Order creating Task Force is focused on improving BB to rural and underserved areas (same as CETF). Some disappointment that no money was included in Exec. Order creating task Force (unlike some other Exec. Orders)
Has set up 6 Working Groups, doing the heavy work of identifying problems and coming up with solutions: emerging technologies, health care, education, public-private partnerships (PPP); 2 others
5 years ago Gov. held 17 economic vitality meetings – common theme was connectability.
Bureau of Transportation and Housing is responsible for economic development and infrastructure – that is why Task Force is housed there.
Also focused on rights-of-way issues as well as BB. Are working with municipalities as well (NOTE: CSAC said no municipality was invited to serve on Task Force)
Biggest BB problem is the mismatch between supply and demand. Rural areas have greater demand than supply; urban areas have greater supply of BB facilities but not enough appreciation or education in what BB can provide.
Government funding is not an option. State budget is too tight.
Also supports PPP as solution.
Agrees that mapping is a big problem. Doesn't know where BB facilities are located.
Also unaware of DTS contracts. Greater focus is on consumers – everyone but public sector.
CENIC has focused on health care because of large bandwidth needs of telemedicine. Agrees that challenge is to convince CENIC to move beyond high-end research applications to serve other needs (like libraries)
Mentioned that state PUC is considering changes to state high-cost funding B (to large telcos) High-Cost funding A goes to small telcos
5. CSAC – Counties: Jean Hurst, Geoffrey Neill, Melissa White
Represents all counties' and almost all needs – foster care, mental heatlh, everything but eduction.
VERY disappointed with new cable franchise bill. Before statewide franchise bill, ita ctively negotiated wonderful benefits for consumers through franchise process – public access channels, wired schools and libraries, broadcast of town council meetings. All of this now impossible because of new state franchise bill
State legislation has minimal public interest requirements, and once the telco enters, the cable company can abrogate their existing franchise agreements. Disaster for cities and counties.
Cities' only role is to hand our permits and receive customer complaints, but they have no leverage to enforce anything on the video industry.
Amazed that industry (AT&T and Verizon) spent $50 Million in lobbying for this bill.
Believes most libraries do not obtain BB through cable, so not sure cable's abrogation of contracts will have much effect on libraries BB access.
Suggested, somewhat facetiously, that maybe libraries could install a lottery machine because lottery commission then pays for a secure BB connection.
Very concerned that BB task Force is focused on rights-of way as a barrier to deployment. Concerned that cities could lose their 5% franchise fees that remain intact even after franchise bill.
Believes that legislature is not focused enough on BB. One legislator said "BB is not even close to being as important as telephone service."
Not aware of many municipal BB networks. Cities have more authority than counties to do this because counties need authority from state or need to share authority with city.
Skeptical of DTS contracts; believes state has not had a good record of IT management and deployment.
Noted BIG gap between growing population in Central Valley and lack of BB.
Said that there is no existing California program that would be suitable for Gates Foundation dollars. Supports creation of a new pilot project separate from existing projects, which are too politicized and captured by industry.
6. Lunch with CENIC – Jim Dolgonas and and Stephanie Couch
Biggest BB problem is dollars. New funding is necessary. Very interested in developing new content and applications that will stimulate demand for BB. Not as focused on last mile solutions.
7. Sue Buske
Her consulting firm represents public interest groups and municipalities in cable franchise negotiations.
She believes California franchise bill left intact some controls by cities, some cities are expected to challenge the new law by continuing to seek build-out requirements on telcos. Certain to end up in litigation.
Formerly headed up Alliance for Community Media in D.C., which promotes community video programming on cable systems.
Very involved in negotiating institutional networks for city governments. She is certain that almost every cable I-net would include service libraries. Often cable companies will build dark fiber for use by libraries and other municipal entities. – no limit to BB speed, whatever the library can pump through the dark fiber is up to them. (!)
Also, she believes many cable companies will prefer to retain their contracts with the cities rather than deal with state PUC. Cable companies have already built-out to satisfy municipal requirements and have installed I-networks. Concerned that state PUC may impose new additional requirements. Cable unlikely to pull the plug on their existing services.
Has been able to negotiated BB connections through cable agreements with creative interpretation of Title VI of Cable Act. Technically, Cable act only allows cities to negotiate for cable services, but Act also allows for "functionality" – this is the legal hook to request I-nets.
Praises Fred Kohn (?) city manager of Monterey County for developing BB connectivity and using Wi-Fi- to extend scope of I-net (dark fiber).
Believes AT&T and Verizon will not be interested in serving everybody as does cable.
Cable is focused on the last mile and has done much more to solve the "digital divide" than telcos. Most other state government agencies are not focused enough on the last mile bottleneck. Cable IS represented on Governor's Task Force (CCTA).