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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to unveil a $50 billion stimulus Tuesday ahead of an April 2014 increase in the country's sales tax. Masayuki Kichikawa, chief Japan economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, tells Ramy Inocencio why people are grumbling.
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YANKEES: Mark Teixeira confident team can overcome injuries
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mark Teixeira is confident the New York Yankees can overcome key injuries likely to impact the team through the first month of the regular season.
The first baseman will be out until at least early May with a strained right wrist tendon, the latest major setback for the Yankees. New York outfielder Curtis Granderson broke his right forearm when he was hit by a pitch Feb. 24, and also will be sidelined until early May.
"It's going to be more of a challenge now that both of us are down, but I have full confidence that the guys coming in are going to be able to step in," Teixeira said during a conference call on Thursday.
Teixeira felt tightness swinging a weighted bat left-handed off a tee Tuesday in an indoor cage during pregame warm-ups with the U.S. team for the World Baseball Classic.
"It's really weird ... it's the same thing I do every day," said Teixeira, who will no longer use the weighted bat.
Teixeira expects to resume limited drills -- swinging a bat-one handed and fielding grounders -- in the next week or two.
"It's very disappointing," Teixeira said. "The only good thing is that it's March. I have plenty of time to get healthy and hopefully have as long of a season as I can. We're not exactly sure how long it's going to take, but better to get hurt now than April 5."
He said surgery will not be required.
"The problem is, the doctors told me it's a classic baseball injury," Teixeira said. "An overuse injury where I just have to let it heal. It's not one of those things I can play through. I can't play at 70 or 80 percent because you have the opportunity of completely tearing it and then you will need surgery."
Manager Joe Girardi said he hoped for the best.
"Wrists are tricky," he said. "They said he was going to be back in 10 weeks. That was the diagnosis we got, eight to 10 weeks. You never know when you are coming back from a wrist. Sometimes there is a setback."
"I have to manage day by day, like I always do. When I get him back and when Curtis comes back, it obviously changes our lineup. Until then I have to manage as if they are not there," he said.
The Yankees don't appear likely to move Kevin Youkilis from third to first. Youkilis was signed in December to fill in for third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who will be out until at least the All-Star break after left hip surgery in January.
Youkilis said he's willing to play wherever he's needed.
"Put me out there and I'll go play," Youkilis said. "I just want to win. Whatever is going to make the team win is where I'm going to play."
Youkilis believes the Yankees can overcome the loss of power at the plate. Granderson, Teixeira and Rodriguez combined for 85 homers last season.
"I've seen a lot of talk about the home runs and losing all the home runs," Youkilis said. "It was a funny thing, (I said today) I'm going to go check out the Giants, the World Series champions, and they had 103 total home runs last year. I played on a team last year with six guys hitting over 20 home runs, the White Sox, and we didn't make the playoffs."
Several other Yankees, including shortstop Derek Jeter (ankle surgery), ace CC Sabathia (left elbow bone spur surgery) and closer Mariano Rivera (knee surgery) are coming back from injuries.
Jeter, who had a day off Thursday, hasn't run the bases at full speed yet. The team captain expects to be ready for the season opener April 1 against Boston
Sabathia, the expected opening-day starter, threw a 49-pitch bullpen session and is scheduled for a simulated game Sunday.
The left-hander said he is pleased with how well his elbow has responded.
"I am surprised how quick it came back once I started throwing," Sabathia said. "Getting stronger every time out and not feeling any pain is encouraging."
Rivera, expected to announce Saturday that he'll retire after this season, could make his first spring training appearance this weekend.
Right-hander Phil Hughes made 15 pitches from 60 feet on level ground during his fourth throwing session after being sidelined two weeks by an upper back bulging disk.
Reliever David Robertson, scratched from his outing Tuesday night because of a sore shoulder, played catch. Left-hander Boone Logan, slowed by a tender elbow, resumed throwing and made 38 throws from up to 60 feet.


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Employer purchasing of health benefits is undergoing a transformation. Benefits personnel are becoming more savvy healthcare consumers, broadening their long-standing focus on cost management to embrace a value-based approach that also incorporates quality and outcomes. This commentary provides insight into current employer healthcare purchasing practices from the perspective of a former sleep center co-director who is now a corporate medical director who supports employer health benefits purchasing strategy development. Sleep medicine physicians and sleep center management will benefit from a better understanding as to how employers are making decisions, and some potential future employer purchasing scenarios.
Recent estimates of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have ranged from 3% to nearly 20% in adult populations.1,2 Despite a general recognition that sleep disorders are common and are associated with significant health and productivity costs, the prevalence of undiagnosed OSA cases is substantial. Between 80% and 85% of individuals with OSA are estimated to be undiagnosed.2 A range of national organizations have instituted awareness campaigns among employers as well as the population at large in an effort to overcome this barrier to effective management.
The cost to employers of OSA is considerable. OSA-associated healthcare costs include both the direct expenses of OSA diagnosis and treatment, as well as those from associated conditions, including diabetes, obesity, depression, and hypertension. Individuals with sleep problems are also less likely to be productive at work, averaging 7.9 more absence days and 7.5 more presenteeism days (lost productivity while at work due to fatigue or other health-related concerns) than those without sleeping problems.3 Additionally, an increased incidence of occupational injuries among individuals with sleep apnea further compounds the employer cost of this condition.4
Research has demonstrated reductions in employer health-care and disability costs following effective sleep apnea treatment.5 This finding may, in part, be due to improved management of OSA-associated chronic conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, depression, and obesity. With the favorable impact of OSA treatment on these comorbid conditions, employer interest in effective OSA diagnosis and treatment is only likely to increase.
Further enhancing employer interest in sleep disorders management is the expanded recognition of the workplace safety risks of OSA. While initially a focus of regulatory compliance among drivers, increasing awareness of the general safety and lost productivity issues associated with sleep disorders is growing. Accordingly, employers are increasingly recognizing the substantial value potential for program offerings to identify and manage OSA.
However, employers face a sizeable cost burden associated with diagnosis and treatment of OSA. With a near-term healthcare cost-containment focus, employer interest in expanded diagnosis and management of this condition is tempered by current up-front diagnosis costs, in addition to suboptimal adherence to therapy. Current employer interest appears most focused on health promotion and incentive strategies, where smaller investments may ultimately yield a potentially more substantial healthcare cost impact. Chronic condition management also remains an important focus, with recognition that improved disease control can result in lower healthcare costs.
Technological advances have yielded out-of-center polysomnography testing devices that appear comparable to traditional sleep center services for the diagnosis of sleep apnea for most patients.6 While these home-use services are not yet widely disseminated, they have the potential to improve both access and convenience for selected patient populations. With increased awareness of this technology among high-deductible health plan enrollees and risk-bearing accountable care organizations, interest and demand for out-of-center testing is certain to rise.
At the same time, employers are becoming more knowledgeable healthcare purchasers, and are increasingly engaged in identification and incorporation of high-value healthcare services as part of comprehensive health benefits. Application of business supply chain management principles to healthcare purchasing has employers more effectively aligning their efforts with the Triple Aim goals of quality, efficiency, and cost. Examples of this include employer direct contracting for worksite clinics, Centers of Excellence for high-cost surgical procedures, and patient-centered medical homes, as well as narrow network development for high quality healthcare services. As an innovative payment strategy, bundled pricing is increasingly being used by employers to establish a fixed cost for the identified services. This payment approach has the effect of more closely aligning employer and healthcare provider interests, eliminating incentives for fee-for-service, as well as creating an incentive to optimize care delivery efficiency and minimize errors.
Complementing employer supply chain management are innovative employer benefit design strategies that incentivize health plan beneficiaries to direct individuals toward the use of these high-value services. For example, employers may implement a reduced or waived co-pay for selected high-value services, such as the Wal-Mart Centers of Excellence program, where eligible beneficiaries have no out of pocket costs for their surgical care.7
Alternatively, some employers are incorporating a so-called reference-based pricing strategy, where a financial coverage maximum is established for a series of specific procedures, typically ones that can reasonably be commoditized, such as CT and MRI scans. Health plan enrollees can choose any provider for these services, but if the negotiated cost with the health plan exceeds the employer-established maximum, the patient is then responsible for the difference in cost. This strategy is intended to help individuals recognize variability in cost among different local service providers, using a financial incentive to steer individuals toward comparable quality, lower cost options.
These employer considerations highlight the fact that employers are becoming more discerning purchasers of health-care services. The days when health plans dictated utilization and purchasing decisions are waning, as employers appreciate that they alone are best positioned to manage their investments in health and productivity. Not surprisingly, employers face a steep learning curve to understand the comparative value of the healthcare offerings included in their benefits offering. This scenario therefore represents an excellent opportunity for sleep center experts to articulate the value of sleep disorders diagnosis and management to interested benefits personnel.
Employers are facing a growing confluence of awareness of the health and productivity costs of sleep disorders (the problem), together with growing involvement in healthcare supply chain management and innovative benefit design as a means to identify and promote use of cost-effective, high-value services (the solution). The demonstration that out-of-center polysomnography can serve as a reasonable and cost-effective substitute for traditional sleep center-based testing8 is likely to garner increasing employer interest.
As employers assume a more active role in their healthcare purchasing, how might this scenario play out? One possibility is that employers create a tiered benefit design where sleep studies for eligible individuals are performed by out-of-center testing services as a lower patient cost alternative to traditional sleep center evaluation. This is particularly important for employers with substantial benefits enrollment in high-deductible and consumer-based health plans, where individuals have greater responsibility for managing their costs. Another possibility is that employers contract directly with portable testing companies for both diagnosis and management, using a "carved-out" bundled pricing approach. A third scenario is that employers may choose to incorporate a reference-based pricing approach to steer patients toward lower cost, comparable value services such as home polysomnography. It is also possible that in the near future, employers may choose to contract with an accountable care organization (ACO), with the expectation that the ACO will assume responsibility for maximizing the use of out-of-center polysomnography testing as a means to maximize shared savings potential.
Sleep center directors need to understand that transformation in both healthcare supply chain management and benefit design is occurring rapidly. No longer are health plans the sole decision-makers regarding specific coverage and benefit design recommendations. Employers are rapidly becoming knowledgeable purchasers of healthcare. With the prevalence and total costs of sleep disorders in the workforce, it is likely only a matter of time before employers begin to implement innovative and aggressive cost management strategies. Once the value of these innovative models becomes more widely known (as with the previously described Centers of Excellence program), implementation can be expected to accelerate rapidly. The direct contracting precedent has already been established for diagnostic sleep studies in the transportation industry.
Looking ahead, employers will continue to expand their value-based approach to healthcare purchasing. Employers can be expected to demand more from healthcare providers, with progressively greater focus on efficiency, outcomes, and cost. Benefits strategies will be used by employers to create a financial incentive to direct individuals to use those services yielding the greatest demonstrable value. Sleep center personnel that fail to respond to these market changes may well be in for a rude awakening.
Dr. Sherman has indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
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Rosen C, Auckley D, Benca R, et al., authors. A multisite randomized trial of portable sleep studies and positive airway pressure autotitration versus laboratory-based polysomnography for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: the HomePAP Study. Sleep. 2012;35:757–67. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. Company's new "centers of excellence" program is first-of-its kind partnering with six of the nation's foremost health care systems to provide better care. Walmart News and Views. 2012 10 11 Accessed January 11, 2013Available at: http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2012/10/11/walmart-expands-health-benefits-to-cover-heart-spine-surgeries-at-no-cost-to-associates.
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|My husband, around 1970 in Miraflores
http://www.mirafloresdelasierra.net/ The website for the village of Miraflores de la Sierra
|The whole family meets in Miraflores, 2003
The entire extended family in the summer of 2010
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The 2013 year-end company 401(k) retirement plan statements have been opened, and the all-time high account values are filed away.
But this year is not likely to be such a powerful windfall year for 401(k) plan participants, and that means the challenge and opportunity of 2014 go hand in hand: It's a good time to talk to your best clients, and let them know that the same investment strategies you provide them with in their after-tax investment accounts are also available for their individual company 401(k) retirement plans.
The concept of loss aversion was pioneered by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. The principle states that a person who loses money will lose more satisfaction than that gained by a person making money from a windfall. The same authors discovered that loss aversion leads to risk aversion: the preference of avoiding losses as opposed to making gains.
It has taken years for the U.S. stock market to get back to all-time price levels. Experienced investment advisors know that those same gains can be largely wiped away in a few weeks. Fears are growing among individual investors. The U.S. stock markets may be in the early stages of a much needed pullback, but it's still scary.
Related story: Rich investors sitting on a pile of cash
You probably work with households in which both spouses work. Each of them is concerned about their ability to reach their ideal retirement dates with their current company 401(k) balance intact. Your best clients are afraid of losing their recent company 401(k) retirement-plan stock market gains. They want to have a conversation about how to avoid such losses with an investment advisor they trust.
The closer your best clients are to their ideal retirement date, the more they fear a repeat of another 2008-2009 stock market decline—and you should be talking to them about this.
The largest investment assets that most clients own is their individual company 401(k) retirement plan accounts. There's no reason that these investment assets should continue to go unmanaged. Here's what you can do:
1) Step up - Call the clients. Ask them questions about their company 401(k) retirement plan account. Tell them about your stock market risk management plan.
2) Talk to your best clients - Have a conversation about how you can provide them with a solid level of investment management strategy for their company 401(k) retirement plan accounts.
3) Find out their options and returns - Get a copy of the complete menu of your best clients' company 401(k) retirement plan. Then get a copy of that 2013 year-end account statement.
4) Analyze and compare – Analyze the options that the client has available, then compare that analysis to what the client currently owns.There should be a handful of prudent changes that can be made now.
5) Have a risk conversation - Finally, engage the client in a risk-management conversation. Find out how much the client is willing to risk of his or her 2013 stock market gains going forward.
The answer may surprise you, but the gratitude your best clients are likely to express to you shouldn't be a shock.
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After much positioning, the American Camp Association (ACA) has been given an unparalleled opportunity by being selected to participate in the PROTECT Act pilot criminal background check program. This program allows direct access to the FBI criminal database for camp volunteers. The pilot program allows participating camps to submit fingerprints of their volunteers to the FBI. The FBI sends the criminal records report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). NCMEC reviews the records and makes a determination of whether the volunteer meets the criteria of the pilot to serve as a volunteer. Camps then use the determination to make their decision to use a volunteer or not. The cost is $18 per volunteer and the turn-around time is one week or less.
Participation in the program is very important not only for camps but also for ACA. Camps that work with volunteers should be strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. This program bypasses state access barriers and allows direct access to the FBI. This is otherwise not allowed in most states. It places ACA in a program that has the support and the ear of Congress. It recognizes ACA as a player in the youth development field. As we build the number of our checks processed, it will establish credibility for us as an organization and help us determine any specific issues related to our "industry." It positions us to influence the expansion of the program and be the first in line when the barriers to staff participation have been removed.
For more information on PROTECTScreen, go to: www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy.
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Maranello, 24 February 2014
Ferrari has taken the prize in the Best Sports Car category during the Best Cars 2014 awards celebrated in Madrid. The award ceremony at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was organized by the prestigious Spanish motoring magazines, Autopista, Automóvil, Coche Actual and Autovía.
Ferrari's LaFerrari, the limited-edition special of which only 499 units will be produced, was voted Best Sports Car, winning its first award in Spain. Since its launch, LaFerrari has earned worldwide critical acclaim from clients and media alike, in part because it is the most powerful Ferrari ever produced and also because it´s the first hybrid vehicle from the brand.
The prize for the LaFerrari follows last year's awards, with the F12Berlinetta taking Best Coupé and the 458 Spider Best Cabrio.


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Zoom Q3HD:
"You know, I am a gadget kinda guy- that goes without saying. As such, I tend to enjoy and use more "user intensive" items such as mini dvr's and cameras. This allows me to pick and chose items for the situation and blend them into my own "custom" package. However not all of you are that way. I have talked to people that have purchased an SC3 and never went into the menu! They want the best with all the hassle- but some times the best comes with a lot of settings and switches. What about something that is top end but easy? Well, if you want the BEST AUDIO and still have HD video then consider the ZoomQ3HD. This is the ultimate set and forget device for top end sound and great HD video. There is not a lot of settings to worry about, but there are enough to satisfy gadget people that want to tweek things to their liking. No focusing, so no wondering there. It turns on and withing 10 seconds can be set up and recording with the highest quality sound and great HD video. The built-in stereo condenser mics, capturing 24-bit/96kHz audio to go with the HD video at 30fps. Now that is great EVP sound! The Q3HD and a table tripod fits into your pocket and deploys so fast you will wonder how you went that long without it. When you get home you will really enjoy the stereo sound and low noise floor. This is the ultimate in EVP video quality video. Yes- the audio is better than the SC4. No- you cant change out lenses, add filters, set up motion detection and all the other cool things that other cameras can, but if what you want is a fast setup, super quality audio and great HD video, this may ever well be your ticket.
I have converted my Q3HD to IR and can do the same for yours."
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Ready for your afternoon Crazyland TV? Pajamas Media and Founding Bloggers put together a video of our adventure at the Denver Mint yesterday. Thankfully, no signs of any contagious disease. Phew:
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Cambridge, Mass. -- The MIT women's tennis team improved to 3-0 overall and in New England Woman's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play with a slim 5-4 win over the Babson College Beavers. It was the first loss of the season for Babson, who falls to 4-1 (2-1 NEWMAC).
Babson grabbed a 2-1 lead in doubles competition, as only the Engineer's top doubles team of Lauren Quisenberry and Julia Hsu were victorious (8-3). Babson junior Ashley Lake and senior captain Monica Mercer recorded an 8-3 win at number two and sophomore Mikaela Stamas teamed with first-year Inna Loseva on an 8-6 triumph at number three.
Quisenberry had no difficulties at first singles, but MIT still trailed 3-2 after Mercer defeated Melissa Diskin, 6-0, 6-3, at number four singles. The Engineers moved in front with wins at both the two and three slots. Katie O'Neal won in straight sets at number three while Julia Hsu came back from losing the second set in a tiebreak and swept the third set 6-0 at second singles.
Babson tied the overall match again when Stamas beat Hillary Jenny at number five, 6-4, 6-1, but MIT's Jen Rees outlasted Lake in a three-set thriller in the sixth and final singles match. After dropping the first set 1-6, Rees won the next two sets by matching 6-3 scores to clinch the victory for the Engineers.
MIT will next play this Saturday when they host Mount Holyoke College, while Babson will play host to Smith College.


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Last Tuesday, when Michelle Obama took a fashionably shod toe and dipped it into her husband's efforts to address the nation's higher-ed gap, the move was greeted by some feminists with a relieved, "It's about damn time!"
Here, finally, was an issue worthy of the Ivy-educated, blue-chip law firm-trained first lady, a departure from the safely, soothingly domestic causes she had previously embraced. Gardening? Tending wounded soldiers? Reading to children? "She essentially became the English lady of the manor, Tory Party, circa 1830s," feminist Linda Hirshman says.
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Speaking last week at Bell Multicultural High School, a couple of miles north of the White House, the first lady touted the importance of a college degree, citing her own journey from a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago's South Side to Princeton as evidence of how far hard work and good schooling can take you. "I'm here today because I want you to know that my story can be your story," she told the predominantly low-income, heavily minority student body.
The personal plea was part of a glitzy rollout for a new administration initiative. Working with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the first lady will become an "ambassador" for the new " North Star" program meant to make the United States the global leader in the percentage of young people it propels through college (we currently rank 12th, according to the White House), with special outreach to communities on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum.
Coverage of the new program stressed that it marks a rare foray into policy by FLOTUS. The New York Times observed that many of Michelle Obama's supporters have been itching for her to move beyond "evangelizing exercise and good eating habits," noting that, despite her widespread popularity, the first lady has long "been derided by critics who hoped she would use her historic position to move more deeply into policy."
Don't count on it. As President Obama claws his way through a second term, the sense of urgency for his well-educated wife to do more—to make a difference—may well be mounting. But that doesn't mean it's going to happen. In fact, East Wing officials I spoke with stress that Michelle Obama is not about to tap her inner wonk—she will focus on young people, not policy—and while the task of promoting higher ed may be new, speaking directly to kids is simply what Michelle does. Sure enough, in a sit-down with BET's 106 & Park the week after the Education Department rollout, there was the first lady in full mom mode, lecturing students about nothing more politically controversial than the need to do their homework and get to school on time.
So enough already with the pining for a Michelle Obama who simply doesn't exist. The woman is not going to morph into an edgier, more activist first lady. The 2012 election did not set her free. Even now, with her husband waddling toward lame duck territory, she is not going to let loose suddenly with some straight talk about abortion rights or Obamacare or the Common Core curriculum debate. Turns out, she was serious about that whole " mom-in-chief" business—it wasn't merely a political strategy but also a personal choice. "We got exactly what we were told we were going to get," Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, reminds me. "When the Obamas were campaigning in 2008, the American people were informed that she was going to primarily be taking care of her children."
Her Ivy League degrees, career success and general aura as an ass-kicking, do-it-all superwoman had some women fantasizing that she would at least lean in and speak out on a variety of tough issues. It was not to be.
And why not? Both Obamas have long been upfront about how much Michelle resented being thrust into the role of Supermom while her husband dabbled in politics. (That bit in the Audacity of Hope about how, after Sasha's birth, Michelle's rage at her husband's worthlessness on the homefront was " barely contained" is downright painful to read.) And yet, she was always the one to make the concessions in an effort to re-create a very traditional Norman Rockwell portrait of family life similar to the one she grew up in. Once Barack hit the big time, the pair more or less transferred this domestic dynamic to the White House, where the spotlight was scorching but at least the support systems were better. Whether other women regard this as a cop-out or a brave new model of empowered womanhood likely depends on both their politics and their feelings about the first lady herself. But it is what it is, just as Michelle Obama is who she is—and to some degree always has been.
The post of first lady is never easy, bringing with it all of the scrutiny but none of the power of the presidency. Trickier still, first ladies tend, to varying degrees, to get swept up in the debate du jour over how much progress women are (or are not) making in our society. "Any time you're in that kind of position, with that kind of visibility and power, you become iconic," observes feminist and author Rebecca Walker, daughter of novelist Alice Walker. "You become a lightning rod for everyone to project and work out and discuss all their issues about femininity."
And this particular first lady carried a uniquely heavy load of expectations. Michelle Obama's status as the first African-American first lady raised hopes that she would focus a spotlight on the myriad problems eating away at minority communities. At the same time, her Ivy League degrees, career success and general aura as an ass-kicking, do-it-all superwoman had some women fantasizing that she would, if not find a clever way to revive the 2-for-1 model pitched by the Clintons so long ago, at least lean in and speak out on a variety of tough issues.
It was not to be. At first, many saw politics in Michelle Obama's discretion; perhaps, they theorized, she would be liberated once the hassles of winning reelection were behind them. Early in Obama's campaign last year, columnist Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of Mommy Wars, grumped, "Are fashion and body-toning tips all we can expect from one of the most highly educated First Ladies in history?" Observed Steiner, "I for one have seen enough of her upper appendages and her designer clothes, and read enough bland dogma on home-grown vegetables and aerobic exercise, to last me several lifetimes." (Steiner did, however, posit hopefully that, whether or not the president won reelection, "freedom from popularity polls will mean more straight talk from his wife.")
As for the first lady's warmer, fuzzier PR efforts—the televised workouts and kids-show cameos and " mom dancing" with Jimmy Fallon—Hirshman, a retired Brandeis University professor who set off a firestorm with her 2005 American Prospect article asserting that women who leave the workforce to raise their children are making a huge mistake, contends: "After the feminist revolution, you don't envision a brilliantly educated, well-connected grown woman doing that kind of thing."
But do it she has—and more. Frustration flared when the first lady stumbled into the raging heart of the Mommy Wars. In her speech to the Democratic National Convention last summer, she dropped in the line that "at the end of the day, my most important title is still mom-in-chief." Much of the nation may have been charmed; feminist commentators, not so much. "Why does mom-in-chief have to be the most important thing this strong, vibrant woman tells us about herself as she flexes the strange but considerable power of the office of first lady?" Emily Bazelon lamented on Slate. On the feminist website Feministing, Lilith Dornhuber was even harsher: "Judging by Michelle Obama's speech, feminism is dead to the Democratic Party."
Fast-forward to now. Earlier this month, Keli Goff, a correspondent for the African-American online magazine the Root, wrote a column calling on Michelle to ditch the cardigans and take her power suits back out of the closet, "now that she no longer has to worry about her public image as a super-strong, super-fierce black woman who might cost her husband votes." Goff urged a "no-holds barred" first lady to "preach" about everything from Supreme Court nominees to the racism fueling some administration critics to "issues of reproductive and sexual health."
From Michelle Obama's past work we know that she cares about more than gardening and clean drinking water, Goff tells me. "She is one of the most influential black women on the planet, and I consider it a national shame that she's not putting the weight of her office behind some of these issues."


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The answer from a case study in western Nepal says the answer could be one of the social accountability tools - Community Score Card (CSC).
The case study, produced by the World Bank-funded Program for Accountability in Nepal (PRAN), gives an overview of how the tool was used to counter mismanagement, irregularity of staff as well as quality of 21 community schools in Nawalparasi district in Nepal.
Community Score Card
CSC is a mechanism through which citizens monitor the quality of community based public services. It provides the opportunity for citizens to analyse any particular service they have received based on their personal feelings, to express dissatisfaction or to provide encouragement for good work. It also further suggests measures to be taken if flaws still remain.
Ritu, who had to interrupt her post-school education because of her marriage, now hopes for a good education for her daughters. She voiced her heartfelt opinion during the scoring, commenting on the weak ability of the school administration to control and discipline the teachers. Consequently, she was elected into the School Monitoring Committee to supervise the improvements. She is confident that the community, having had a taste of the Score Card, will maintain it, especially now that it does not entail any community expense.
"CSC should be applied in all community schools of the district and all over the country, if the present education system is to be changed. This will help to reduce the difference in schooling quality between poor children and those who can afford expensive private schools," explains Ritu Kumal, a mother of two girls attending the Shree Shiva Higher Secondary School.
The Importance of CSC
The case study looks into the application of Community Score Card and is implemented by one of PRAN's sub– grantees Vijaya Development Resource Center (VDRC) from November 2011 – October 2012.
The aim of this Case Study was to explore the impact of the application of the CSC method on the quality of education in rural communities in Nepal, and in particular its effect on teachers' attendance problem. Specifically, the case study analyses the experience of VDRC that finally resulted in the accountability of community schools. There are 28 accountability indicators explored and scored through the implementation of CSC.
While transparent budget and improved school management (among other irregularities of the school) are main areas explored in the study, it is interesting to see how the study also captures the hidden, yet essential issues of empowerment of parents through the use of the tool and how it has helped to promote trust within the parents and the school.
Commitment of the authorities at the community as well as district level is another major result of the study. Through the use of CSC, it was possible to seek and receive commitment from the service providers to improve education system in Nepal.
Target Audience
The case study will be of interest to national and international Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), local and national government structures, academia, Social Accountability practitioners and all interested in promoting accountability and quality of basic service provisioning in the education sector in Nepal.
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CSC has proven to be one of
CSC has proven to be one of the best tools in surfacing out issues that affect the rural masses. The voice of the disadvantaged is being taken into account and used in the planning of the interventions! Keep up the good work!
There is do doubt whatsoever
There is do doubt whatsoever that inclusion of the community is assessment and evaluation of public services brings positive results.A case in point is Uganda's Education services delivery was much better when the community played an evaluation role at the primary and post primary levels.However it deteriorated with the presence of a populist regime which limited the role of the community to mere observers. Power and authority is left in the hands of the government officials while the community left its roles to whom it may concern.With increasing demand for quality education we have to re-awaken the community efforts as the only method and answer to improvements.BIG UP world bank.
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your comment Asariye!
The Comunity Score Card is a
The Comunity Score Card is a tool that have the posibility to create a great impact in school system.
Thank you very much for the
Thank you very much for the comments - Ben and Jorge!


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Did you remember Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic were dating? Neither did we. But somehow they were together for two years and were all set to get married in November.
Well, Sharapova shot down the marriage rumors a few days ago and didn't tell us why. And now Vujacic tells La Gazzetta dello Sport that the relationship is off, and it's been that way for three months. This helps explain why Sharapova left him out of her victory speech after winning the French Open in June (Vujacic was in Turkey, where he's still playing).
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Patrick Roy punts the Rick Pracey issue; Jesse Winchester still has concussion symptoms
The Avalanche is still not talking about the firing of Rick Pracey, their longtime director of amateur scouting. Pracey, 45, was dismissed sometime last week, as Mike Chambers reported from Montreal.
When asked Tuesday after the Avs' morning skate, Colorado coach Patrick Roy deferred that talk up the organizational ladder, to VP and GM Joe Sakic.


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Code Cleanup, Exception Handling, and Preparing for the Marketplace - Day 4 - Part 18
Nearing the end of development, Bob shows how he cleans up the code and combs through it to include better code comments. He also shows where to download the Windows Phone 7 Requirements PDF, and outlines the dos and don'ts for BEFORE you attempt to submit your application for inclusion in the market place. He also replaces the icons and creates other graphic resources required by this process.
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@Jethro, installing silverlight will let you view the video in browser else you can leverage the download links on the right side
Excellent Series! I've learned a tremendous amount in the last 4 days. Would it not be equally as important to provide UML diagrams and flowcharting. This would help to facilitate the coding process because 80-90 % of the logic would already be put in place.
How about a series on how to improve debugging skills.
@Dale: good idea
@Dale: Scott Guthrie has a good post on debugging as well. https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/08/18/debugging-tips-with-visual-studio-2010.aspx
@Dale ... with regard to integrating UML into the learning process. I do exactly that (!!!) in my 10 Day video series that I call "Core 1", but it is essentially how to get many parts all working together in baby steps -- including C# basics, OO, UML, SQL Server, Entity Framework, LINQ to Entities, etc. (Note: it's all done in a console window ... no UI specific approach, unlike this series):
... admittedly, it's not free, but -- if I may say so myself -- it's 22 hours, 10 homework assignments, and it's pretty darn good.
Glad you enjoyed the videos, Dale! Best wishes and let me know which phone app you built once it's in the store.
Great series. Can't seem to find Day 4 part 19 though...
Great series!!! I wish I knew about these videos earlier.
Where is part 19?
What about the behaviour of stringreplace for note name replacing commas and spaces. ' ,' should be replaced before replaceing the ' '
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Environmental Citizenship and Engagement
Environmental Citizenship and Engagement is a co-curricular program that encourages students to be actively engaged in environmental and social issues and to take advantage of off-campus learning opportunities.
The Environmental Studies (ES) program is not merely an academic major. We are also a community that seeks to foster a deep appreciation of nature and active engagement in conserving the earth and solving environmental problems. Students not only gain knowledge and skills but also develop their own ethic of sustainability that motivates them to care for the natural world and work for its well-being. Our Environmental Citizenship and Engagement (ECE) Co-Curricular Program is designed to help cultivate an ecological conscience and the ability to apply it to make a better world.
The ECE Co-curricular Program includes several types of engagement.
- Volunteering at relevant activities and organizations.
- Participation in environmental organizations on or off campus.
- For-credit internships in environmental studies.
- Paid internships and employment that are relevant to environmental studies.
- Proactive learning opportunities off campus.
As a way of keeping track of your engagement, ES majors produce a Record of Engagement, a history of their involvement in environmental issues. Because each student's situation is unique, it is up to the student and her or his adviser to develop a plan of engagement that conforms to the student's situation and interests. For the Record of Engagement there is no predetermined number of hours, but your engagement should range over at least four semesters and should embody and help deepen your ecological conscience. At the end of each academic year (around Earth Day), students submit their updated Record of Engagement to their adviser, and it is placed in the student's environmental studies e-portfolio that they contribute to throughout their career in the ES program.
Environmental Values
In addition, because we want students to gain greater self-knowledge, we ask students to reflect on their environmental values at two different stages in the program.
Then in the required core course ES 282, students complete a more detailed reflection on their values. And during ES 490: Senior Seminar, students reflect on their environmental values, citizenship, and engagement. These exercises will both help students think through their values and help us gauge how well the ECE co-curriculum program is doing.
All these forms are placed in the student's e-portfolio.
Career Plan
There is one other component of the ECE program. Although we are first and foremost a liberal arts program, we want our graduates to be in the best position possible to start the career of their choice and to be effective in positively impacting the world. As such we encourage students to learn about career possibilities and know what qualifications they need to cultivate in order to pursue them. In ES 260, we have students complete a Career Plan, and in the Senior Seminar they complete a Reflection on Careers and Qualifications. Both are added to the student's e-portfolio. Again, these brief exercises build self-knowledge in the student, helps them recognize what they need to be engaged in, and helps us assess the success of the ES program.
Citizenship and Engagement Forms
What about those forms ES students fill out? Click on the links below to see explanations or examples of these forms:
- Articulation of the student's environmental values (in ES 282)
- Career Plan form (in ES 260)
- Career Plan example
- Record of Engagement form
- Record of Engagement example (from Senior Seminar)
- Reflections on Citizenship and Engagement - form
- Reflections on Citizenship and Engagement example (in Senior Seminar)
- Reflections on Careers and Qualifications - form
- Reflections on Careers and Qualifications example (in Senior Seminar)
For answers to some questions you might have about the program, visit our Frequently Asked Questions Web page. If you have any questions about this co-curricular program, speak with your adviser or environmental studies Director Jim Feldman.


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Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology examines important aspects of the neurobiology of learning and memory. Contributors review the various types of memory and the anatomical architectures and specialized cells involved. The induction of synaptic and cell-wide changes during memory encoding, the transcriptional and translational programs required for memory stabilization, the molecular signals that actively maintain memories, and the activation of neural ensembles during memory retrieval are comprehensively covered.
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Weekly health rail, with items on breast cancer screening, how to avoid adding pounds this season, our last flu vaccine tip, and more.
Annual mammograms are strongly recommended and are often the best way to detect breast cancer. However, additional screening methods may sometimes be necessary, especially for women with dense breast tissue, family history or other risk factors.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging: MRI uses magnets and radio waves to produce very detailed, cross-sectional images of the body, and can be used to look specifically at the breast.
- Digital Mammography: This is similar to standard mammography, but images of the breast are captured electronically and viewed on a computer screen. The magnification, brightness or contrast can be changed to help the doctor see certain areas more clearly.
- Molecular Breast Imaging: MBI begins with an injection of a short-acting, "radioactive tracer" that travels through the body and highlights cancer cells, detected by cameras, that mammograms often miss.
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'E-cards' help in STD notification
Traditionally, notifying a person that he or she has been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease is done over the phone, by mail or in person, with the help of a public health worker.
Internet Sexuality Information Services, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, created inSPOT, which uses "e-cards" to help STD patients reach their partners.
According to wire reports, the nonprofit has reported that since it was created in 2004, more than 30,000 people have sent nearly 50,000 e-cards to their sexual partners.
Health Tip
Each year we see it coming. As the holidays head our way, we brace for the weight gain that often results from the traditional sweets of the season. Fortunately, you can avoid those unwanted extra pounds with a common-sense approach to your health.
- Find ways to eat that are both enjoyable and satisfying. Note how much better you feel after a healthy lunch or dinner compared to the typical fast food meal.
- Focus on caloric intake. It's possible to enjoy dessert if you make room for it by adjusting other meals throughout the day.
- Don't bypass exercise. Incorporate fitness into your normal routine.
- Don't go to a party hungry. If you eat a filling, healthy meal before you go out, you can have a small amount of treats, but won't feel the need to gorge.
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Percent increase of children with food allergies over the last decade.
Four out of every 100 Americans younger than 18 now have food allergies, which doubles their risk of asthma and triples their risk of skin or respiratory allergies.
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A vaccine against rotavirus has led to a drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors recently reported at an infectious diseases conference.
Before the vaccine, more than 200,000 U.S. children were taken to emergency rooms and more than 55,000 were hospitalized each year with rotavirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea. Worldwide, the virus kills 1,600 young children each day.
According to wire reports, studies by the CDC and several other groups show hospital visits and stays due to the virus have dropped 80 percent since Rotateq came out in 2006.
Senior Health
A recent study shows that enhancing oral hygiene care for nursing home residents can help reduce the odds of the seniors dying from pneumonia.
Researchers with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research say that poor oral hygiene or inadequate oral care are often associated with pneumonia, as the illness in the elderly is often triggered by aspirating saliva or food.
Having a nursing aide assist residents in maintaining good oral hygiene can reduce the risk of pneumonia complications.
Flu Shot Guide
Flu shot season is upon us. Here's the last tip about getting the flu vaccine this fall and winter.
Different side effects can be associated with the flu shot and the nasal-spray flu vaccine.
The flu shot: The viruses in the flu shot are killed (inactivated), so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. Some minor side effects that could occur are soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given, low-grade fever, and aches.
Nasal spray vaccine: The viruses in the nasal-spray vaccine are weakened and do not cause severe symptoms often associated with influenza illness. In children, side effects can include runny nose, wheezing, headache, vomiting, muscle aches and fever. In adults, side effects can include runny nose, headache, sore throat and cough.
For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/flu.
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Meta horror came back hard last year thanks to the release of long-delayed The Cabin in the Woods, which turned out to be a successful, wink-wink genre-baiting thrill ride. Self-aware horror films are nothing new. There is Wes Craven's New Nightmare, which ushered in a genre renaissance on the back of Scream, where Craven again proved we all go a little crazy sometimes. I kind of hate saying "meta;" it sounds douchey, like "fusion" and "nuanced," but whatever. In 2011, the Vicious Brothers directed Grave Encounters, which unspools as footage discovered after the crew of a crappy Ghost Hunters rip-off reality show go missing in an abandoned asylum. That film was sort of clever, but its sequel, Grave Encounters 2, is a dud. The film works overtime to prove to viewers that it KNOWS they know what is going on, but forgets to entertain and, more importantly, scare.
The original film has some nice moments. Spoilers ahead, so be warned. The film crew goes inside an asylum to fake some bumps in the night, but the building turns out to be a real bitch, trapping them inside another dimension where demons shriek and kill at will. The Vicious Brothers nailed the creepy asylum atmosphere, and, while the found-footage camera work and mediocre acting are expected, the film does create some decent tension before going off the rails during its finale. Grave Encounters 2, directed by John Poliquin, opens with real(?) YouTube reviews of the first film. Opinions are split. Some commentators praise the jolts and Twilight Zone vibe of the original, and others trash the acting and effects. OK, I see what is going on here. The filmmakers want me to know they get it. I may or may not have liked Grave Encounters, but, here's the thing, that shit is REAL.
The goings-on here start with student filmmaker Alex (Richard Harmon) initially dismissing Grave Encounters. The audience is then treated to a few scenes from Alex's own films, which are then dissected by other, equally in-the-know cast members. When a YouTube commenter going by the name "Death Awaits" contacts Alex about Grave Encounters, Alex begins to think the events of that film may have actually happened. What does Alex do? He gathers a bunch of his film-geek friends and treks to the very asylum where death may or may not await.
You can guess what happens next, and it's basically a retread of the first film coupled with the reappearance of an original character. Grave Encounters saw its impact fade exponentially when it began throwing the kitchen sink at the audience late in the game. Grave Encounters 2 opens with some interminable character development, but, once it gets to the evil place, the film substitutes incessant shrieking and shaky camera work for tension and jolts. The characters are universally irritating, and I cared not who lived and who died. The film wraps things up with more meta prophesying, but nothing outside the clever opening resonates. The demons, creepy ghost-face screamers, lost their edge in the first film's trailer, and Grave Encounters 2 makes no further efforts to frighten the audience. With all its leering and nudging, the film is too clever by half.
The 1.78:1/1080p/AVC-encoded transfer looks mostly awful, but that's intentional. The film is comprised mostly of HD video shot in low-light environments by people running for their lives, so detail and texture obviously take a hit. The YouTube clips are accurately pixelated, and clips from Alex's movies aren't exactly eye-popping. A few scenes of narrative exposition are more traditionally filmed, and color, detail, and skin tones are accurate here. It's found footage and shot by amateurs. You get what you ask for.
The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix is more polished, and does its best to scare the audience. Dialogue and all the screaming can be heard without distortion and hiss, and the subwoofer is used to ramp up the energy with crazy, guttural noise. Horror effects clang and bang through the surround speakers, and there's actually a good bit of immersion here. A 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio mix is also included, as are English SDH subtitles.
This two-disc set from Tribeca Film includes the Blu-ray and a DVD copy of the film. The discs are housed in a standard Blu-ray case, which is wrapped in a slipcover. The only extra is an Interview with the Vicious Brothers (3:27/HD), in which the producers give a synopsis of the story and nothing more.
This one's a little too clever for it's own good. The follow-up to a decent if forgettable found-footage indie, Grave Encounters 2 sees its cast operating as if the first film were real. The aspiring filmmakers go to the asylum where a reality TV crew vanished, and basically meet the same fate. There's lots of exposition to bore you before the movie slams into a reel of dull jump scares and constant screeching. Skip It.
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A tale of two cities: San Antonio vs. Miami
As the NBA Finals approach, comparisons arise, not only between teams but the cities as well. Take a look at the contrast between San Antonio and Miami's cultures and what each city has to offer.
By Emily Bamforth and Merrisa Brown, mySA.com
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I think I mentioned in a previous lesson that someone sent me an e-mail asking if I could make a tutorial on "how to draw Cookie Monster and Hello Kitty", step by step with them holding hands like they where boyfriend and girlfriend. I know that this is a random drawing, but I thought the idea was cute, and I also wanted to let people know out there that I do read your requests. Trying to figure out how to draw these two characters in a couples way was a little tricky because the person also wanted them to be in chibi form. I finally just drew Cookie Monster holding Hello Kitty's hand as they stand side by side. Both figures from pop culture have been around for years, so the idea having them together is pretty cool. I think the drawing came out adorable, and if the person requested this likes it, then I'm happy. Have fun drawing Cookie Monster and Hello Kitty folks. I will return with some more drawing fun. Peace!
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Enforcement No Action Letters
Through the No-Action Letter (NAL) process, established by Commission order on November 18, 2005, persons may obtain written advice as to whether staff would recommend that the Commission take no enforcement action with respect to specific proposed transactions, practices, or situations. Thus, NAL responses provide increased certainty regarding staff's view on whether a particular transaction, practice or situation would be subject to agency enforcement action. As a result, the NAL process is an effective tool for entities subject to our authority to reduce the risk of failing to comply with the statutes we administer, the orders, rules or regulations thereunder, or Commission-approved tariffs.
In an order issued May 15, 2008, the Commission expanded the scope of issues for which NAL requests may be submitted to include any issue that falls within the Commission's jurisdiction, except for those issues arising under:
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Although NAL responses are not binding on the Commission, they are signed by representatives of the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of Enforcement and thus reflect the consensus view of those offices. Where appropriate, members of the Office of Energy Market Regulation and Office of Energy Policy and Innovation are also consulted when preparing an NAL response and, therefore, their views are often reflected. Until a response is issued, NAL requests are treated as non-public. Applicants can request that staff continue to treat both NAL requests and responses as non-public for an additional period of 120 days after a response is issued. Once an NAL response is public, it is posted in the Commission's eLibrary system in a searchable format.


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Even without Park Chu-Young's own goal that put Argentina up 1-0 after 16 minutes, Gonzalo Higuain hit the first World Cup hat trick since Portugal's Pauleta in 2002, making one scoreline Higuain 3, South Korea 1. To be fair though, Higuain was the finisher of some very unselfish and creative play from a talented Argentinian front line, with World Player of the Year Lionel Messi dazzling in this match.
Those wondering where the attacking soccer was in this tournament found it this morning and even as lopsided as a 4-1 scoreline looks, South Korea weren't all that bad, stealing their goal just before halftime when Martin Demichelis coughed up the ball in the back. The mistake allowed Lee Chung-Yong an opportunity alone with Argentinian keeper Sergio Romero and the South Korean striker capitalized to take the match into the half at 2-1.
The play was reminiscent of Claudio Reyna's giveaway against Ghana four years ago in Germany...
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Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Upset by Controversial Policy at Oklahoma Animal Shelter
It's no secret that Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are extreme animal lovers. So it was really no big surprise that when the famous couple found out about a controversial policy at the Tishomingo, Oklahoma Animal Shelter — a shelter which they donated — they were upset and eager to make changes.
Individually, both Lambert and Shelton took to Twitter this week to raise concerns about a practice in place at the shelter which allows them to put incoming dogs down after just three days in residence, which the couple feels is not enough time to locate owners or find new homes.
"That animal shelter was donated by Miranda and myself… THATS why it's so upsetting. Help and assistance from us is only one call away," Shelton posted, later adding, "Imagine if your dog got put there 3 days before you figured it out?!"
According to a local news broadcast, the ordinance has been in place since the early '90s. But Lambert's superstar status has already helped lengthen the lives of the dogs in the shelter, and she's hoping to soon make changes there for good.
After making it her personal mission to get help for the helpless, the 'Over You' hitmaker shared some good news with local fans. "To everyone in Johnston county Oklahoma … city mngr gave me his word no dogs will be put down at Tishomingo shelter on friday…" she tweeted, later adding that it's MuttNation Foundation's goal to make the shelter no-kill permanently.
MuttNation Foundation is Lambert's non-profit charity organization which helps provide assistance and safe havens (like the Tishomingo shelter) for stray animals. In donating the shelter, Lambert and Shelton were hopeful that they would ultimately be providing long-lasting homes for pets — something they can't do if dogs are only kept alive for a few short days after coming in.
Because of Lambert's efforts, the city manager has already put a new informal policy in place, which involves putting pictures of the animals up which are up for adoption in the local paper, hoping it will attract new interest. To date, Lambert and Mutt Nation have raised incredible amounts of funding and awareness for the cause, ultimately making a huge difference in many lives of innocent animals.
"Muttnationfoundation.com is rockin the world little by little," Lambert wrote on Twitter, encouraging fans to check out the site and help make a difference. "We Love all that love the animals. #dogsrule and cats too. It's Muttnation Foundation's mission to make the Tishomingo animal shelter a no kill shelter and we will do it! #animals rule!"
Fans who wish to get on board with Lambert and Shelton to voice their opinions — or, better yet, donate to the cause — should check out the Mutt Nation Foundation online by clicking here.


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New Big East grows in number and in revenue
NEW YORK – Now that the new Big East is officially 10 teams after adding Xavier, Butler and Creighton on Wednesday, when will it become 12?
Though Georgetown president John DeGioia said talk of expansion is premature, he acknowledged that the league has heard from "quite a few" schools.
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"Whether or how we get to 12 is negotiation for us and our partner," said Providence president Rev. Brian Shanley on Wednesday when the league's new media rights deal with Fox was announced at News Corp's headquarters in New York. "We also believe that the landscape of college sports has not stopped morphing, and there may be some movement out there."
The league, which kept the Big East name after a negotiation with the league's football-playing schools, begins play this fall. The Big East tournament will remain at Madison Square Garden, where it's been played for 31 years. The league's headquarters will be in New York as well. A New York-based firm, with the help of former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe, is conducting a search for the league's first commissioner.
Calling the move a relaunch and reboot of the Big East, Shanley also acknowledged the past and founding father Dave Gavitt. "We never intended to be an all-Catholic conference," Shanley said. "That was never part of Dave's vision. We don't take Butler just because they're the token non-Catholic. They're ferocious on the basketball court. And there's no truth to the rumor that we took two Jesuit schools (Xavier and Creighton) because there's a Jesuit pope," he joked.
"I think Dave is smiling down right now with what we're doing."
Given the continually shifting conference picture, many of the athletic directors and president's of the Big East's 10 schools present at the announcement said the new deal gives the league stability.
Fox is launching Fox Sports 1 this fall as a would-be competitor to ESPN. Multiple reports have valued the deal at $500 million over 12 years, which would be more money per school for the seven non-football playing schools than they earned from television in the old Big East. Women's basketball, lacrosse and baseball will also be part of the rights package.
With men's basketball as the centerpiece of the league, seven of the league's members will be playing in either the NCAA or NIT tournaments this weekend. Of the three new schools that will be joining Providence, Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette, Seton Hall and DePaul, Butler has the most impressive resume after two appearances in the national championship game in 2010 and '11.
In the past, the school has fretted it would lose coach Brad Stevens to a more attractive opportunity in a power conference. "For many coaches the idea of being able to go to the very highest level of conference is attractive and in this case we brought the conference to Brad Stevens," Butler athletics director Barry Collier said.
In addition to the strong Catholic affiliation, all 10 members are small private schools in urban areas. "This is a match made in heaven," Creighton president Rev. Timothy Lannon said.
Two schools, Georgetown and Butler, even share a loose-jowled mascot. Is there room for two bulldogs in one league?
"Yeah, there is absolutely room," Collier said. "Jack and Blue were together here a couple of weeks ago when we were in Washington playing GW. We took a trip over and the literal live mascots got together and sat in a stately room and had their photos taken. That's the lovable part of all this."
So they got along? No growling?
"Yeah, they did. But we weren't playing each other either. I suppose there will be potential of fighting over the dog bone."
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New Year's Eve was a tradition celebrated on Earth on December 31st that honored the arrival of the new year. The 1st of January was thus known as New Year's Day.
On New Year's Eve, 1999, which was then referred to as Millennium Eve, many people believed that the arrival of the year 2000 marked the new millennium. When Henry Janeway asked Shannon O'Donnel what her plans were for 2000's Millennium Eve, she told him "No different than last year's Millennium Eve. I plan to be asleep." O'Donnell then explained her take on the Millennium Eve hype, stating "everyone was convinced it was the dawn of a new era. But when the world didn't end and the flying saucers didn't land and the Y2K bug didn't turn off a single light bulb, you'd think everybody would have realized it was a number on a calendar. But, oh, no, they had to listen to all those hucksters who told them the real millennium was 2001. So this New Year's Eve will be as boring as last year." It was then that Janeway recalled that he had "sold an awful lot of doomsday books."
It was that same year that Henry Janeway held out against the Millennium Gate representatives to sell his store, which would allow the construction of the landmark in Portage Creek, Indiana. Janeway felt that if he stood "firm 'til New Year's" he would win the battle, save his store and force the Millennium Gate project to be scrubbed. After some convincing by O'Donnell, Janeway changed his mind about the project and at a minute until midnight, on New Year's Eve, he agreed to hand over his store. (VOY: "11:59")
The New Year's Eve tradition continued to be celebrated during the 24th century. It was at a New Year's Eve party hosted by Bruce Lucier in 2367 that Elizabeth Lense confused Julian Bashir with his Andorian friend Erit. (DS9: "Explorers")
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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman in West Bank
ISRAELI soldiers shot dead a 21-year-old Palestinian woman near the city of Hebron today and wounded another local youth, Palestinian medics said.
Witnesses said Lubna Hanash and her companions were walking to al-Arroub College when men in Israeli military uniforms travelling in a civilian car shot at the group.
Asked about the incident, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinians had thrown petrol bombs at soldiers, who then opened fire.
Earlier on Wednesday, Saleh al-Amareen, 16, died of his wounds in an Israeli hospital after being shot in the head during clashes with Israeli soldiers in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Friday.
Violence and deadly confrontations have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank since Israel announced plans late last year to expand settlements and the Palestinians won de-facto statehood recognition at the United Nations in November.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a statement calling for "strong condemnation from the international community" of these shootings, and urged "immediate intervention to compel Israel to desist from these serious attacks on our people".


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A convenient mode of travel while commuting from Bhadrachalam to Narsipatnam is by taking a bus. The time taken to complete the bus journey is dependent on traffic, roads and climatic conditions.The bus companies adopt safety measures while running their buses from Bhadrachalam and Narsipatnam. The smooth availability of bus service creates travel convenience for many people travelling from Bhadrachalam to Narsipatnam.