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It was a tough legislative session from the outset. With an enormous budget deficit and special interest groups from hospitals to midlevel practitioners to those who wanted to emasculate the Texas Medical Board (TMB) lining up to take on organized medicine, it seemed the Texas Medical Association's agenda for the 2011 Texas Legislature faced tough sledding. But when the session ended on May 30, TMA scored some dramatic victories for physicians and your patients.
In the final analysis, TMA:
Defended clinical autonomy of physicians employed by hospitals;
Fought off all proposed scope-of-practice expansions for nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals;
Staved off severe cuts to physician fees in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that likely would have driven physicians out of those programs; and
Won significant reforms of the TMB disciplinary process to make it much fairer for physicians.
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While the good news was not unanimous across the board for TMA's legislative goals, association leaders say the legislative victories TMA scored this session were far greater than could have been expected at the outset.
"With the concerns we had early on that nothing would be discussed except the budget shortfall and redistricting, I think we had a good session," said TMA President C. Bruce Malone, MD. "We had some accomplishments in a session that seemed as though it was going to be totally dominated by the budget."
Physician Employment Win-WinThe long-standing ban on the corporate practice of medicine was preserved with several carefully controlled expansions for physician employment that included strong protections for clinical autonomy and independent medical judgment. While most states generally ban corporate practice – but provide a general hospital exception – Texas became the first state to pass statutes specifically protecting physicians' clinical judgment.
Chief among the bills was the first-time extensions of protections for the thousands of physicians employed by hospital-run nonprofit health care corporations, commonly referred to as 501a corporations. SB 1661 by Sen. Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock) and Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) provides significant protections, makes the physician board of directors responsible for all clinical matters within these organizations, and gives physicians important liability protections within a 501a.
While a handful of small rural counties introduced bills to allow physician employment – without protections – TMA reached an agreement with the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals and the Texas Hospital Association to allow employment by small hospitals, generally in counties of 50,000 or fewer, with strong protections for independent medical judgment and medical staff responsibility for all clinical policies from privileges to credentialing to utilization. It was the continuation of discussions that began last session. The bill also requires the hospital's chief medical officer to report to TMB any instance of administrative interference in clinical or patient care decision making.
Also achieved were bills on behalf of several large urban hospital districts to allow employment of physicians, again with the supervision of all clinical matters centered on a physician medical executive committee. Most are affiliated with medical schools as teaching hospitals.
The county hospital districts approved for this privilege with protections are Harris, Tarrant, Bexar, and El Paso. Dallas County Hospital District won this ability in 2009, and its enabling legislation served as the template for the others that passed this year. Local county medical societies were integrally involved in the negotiations behind these bills.
TMB Reform TrifectaTMA was able to fight off attempts to weaken TMB, which also would have enabled pro-lawsuit forces to chip away at medical liability reforms of 2003. Despite the efforts of some of TMB's harshest critics, TMA fought off an effort to strip the medical board of much of its ability to protect patients from truly bad doctors and instead enacted a trio of much-needed reform bills that mean physicians will face less bureaucratic hassle from TMB's disciplinary processes.
"These three bills provide much-needed due process protections for physicians without endangering the 2003 liability reforms that have meant so much to Texas," Dr. Malone said in a letter urging Gov. Rick Perry to sign the bills.
One of the most important things the bills would do is prohibit the filing of anonymous complaints. But the bills also:
While two of the measures – SB 191 and SB 227 by Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) and Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene) – cleared the Senate and House with no opposition, the third bill, SB 190, was bumped off the House local and consent calendar late in the session. That happened as TMB critics tried to load it down with amendments that would have increased the costs of a medical license, imperiled the board's ability to do its job, and ultimately threatened the 2003 liability reforms. Senator Nelson and Sen. Jane Huffman (R-Southside Place) were able to add language from SB 190 to House Bill 680 by Rep. Charles Schwertner, MD (R-Georgetown), which passed.
Budget Wins and LossesEvery session is dominated by the budget, but this one seemed like one for the history books. The 82nd session began with a budget shortfall of some $26 billion. The outlook for health-related spending items looked bleak. Early versions of both House and Senate budget bills included 10-percent cuts in physician payments under both Medicaid and CHIP.
In the end, those cuts did not happen. Lawmakers approved a budget that spends $80.6 billion in state general revenue, down $6.3 billion from the current biennium. In addition to avoiding the Medicaid fee cuts, lawmakers also managed to salvage most of the state's mental health funding and safeguard tobacco cessation spending.
Senator Nelson and Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond) carried SB 23, another critical piece of the byzantine budget puzzle, although it never made it up for a final vote in the House. A nearly identical bill is under consideration now in the special session. SB 23 would have saved about $500 million, primarily in Medicaid and CHIP. A few ways it achieved the savings were by expanding Medicaid managed care into the Rio Grande Valley, requiring Medicaid patients to use medicines on a state preferred drug list, and requiring Texans with disabilities to get home health services through Medicaid first. The Women's Health Program also would have been salvaged under the proposed legislation.
The biggest hit that health care-related items took likely was in medical education funding, particularly in graduate medical education (GME). Despite TMA's efforts, lawmakers cut funding for the Family Practice Residency Program operated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) by nearly 75 percent, and zeroed out funding for the statewide primary care preceptorship, the Primary Care Residency Program, and other GME programs administered by THECB. Lawmakers also cut state GME formula funding by 31 percent, eliminated one of two physician education loan repayment programs, and cut the other loan repayment program by 76 percent.
TMA and other health care advocates opposed the cuts. They argued the state should have at least maintained funding for those residency programs because they are vital to maintaining the physician-training pipeline.
Collaborative Gone AwryWhile medical education funding took a hit, a number of TMA's other top priorities fared better. None of the allied health professions achieved any legislation to expand their scope into the practice of medicine, and TMA was able to strip virtually all of the objectionable provisions from SB 1001, which would have allowed chiropractors to form business partnerships with physicians.
TMA also played a major role in developing SB 8 by Senator Nelson, which would have established a statewide plan for improving quality and increasing efficiency through performance-based measures, test collaborative models between physicians and other health care providers, and require public reporting of preventable readmissions and complications. Those negotiations resulted in the addition of three important provisions to SB 8 to protect physicians in a collaborative arrangement:
House members added several amendments to the bill. One from Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) would allow Texas to join a multistate health care compact to help fund and administer Medicaid. Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa) attached an amendment that would allow chiropractors to bill insurance companies for their services.Thanks to Representative Zerwas, TMA was able to add language to the bill to require health care facilities such as hospitals to develop and implement vaccination policies for employees. That language is important because health care workers, especially those who are not immunized against the flu and other preventable diseases, may unknowingly spread these diseases to the patients in their care. An amendment had been added that would require facilities to exempt health care workers from vaccinations if they object for reasons of religion or conscience; however, this was removed in the conference committee report.
Also, Rep. Craig Eiland (D-Galveston) added language on silent preferred provider organizations, which would have ensured that physicians and hospitals actually know who is accessing their contract rates. That provision, however, was eliminated in conference committee.
While SB 8 went down as the regular session expired, it has been revived in the special session of the legislature that started May 31. SB 7, filed in the special session by Sen. Jane Nelson, includes the language from SB 8, as well as a bill that would have initiated quality-based payments in Medicaid and the Medicaid cost-saving bill mentioned above (SB 23).
Meanwhile, several insurance-related bills that will benefit patients were approved. These include HB 1405 by Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo) that requires health insurance companies operating in the small-employer and individual markets to maintain prescription drug coverage at the contracted benefit level until the plan's renewal date, regardless of whether a drug was dropped from the plan's formulary before the renewal date.
HB 438 by Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) improves patient access to oral drugs by requiring health insurers to cover oral anticancer medications on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected medications. Governor Perry already signed the bill.
HB 3017 by Representative Smithee prohibits the use of discretionary clauses in health insurance policies. Some insurance products contain clauses that require courts to give discretion to an insurer's interpretation of policy terms and coverage determinations under the policy. While the health insurance contract may list the benefits payable, the clause makes those payments contingent on the insurer's discretion. The use of these clauses created an inherent conflict of interest, as the insurer responsible for providing benefits also can decide what benefits are due.
End-of-Life ReduxTMA also worked with a strong coalition of the Texas Catholic Conference, the Alliance for Life, and the Texas Hospital Association against a number of bills aimed at increasing lawsuits around advance directives and "end-of-life" situations. The bills pushed by a trial attorney-backed Texas Right to Life group were stalled in a House Human Services subcommittee.
TMA strategists worked closely with the Smokefree Coalition, Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Denton), and Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) on yet another attempt to pass a statewide limitation on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars. The measure made it farther than ever before, lingering in the closing days of session after being attached to an important budget bill. Representative Crownover was masterful in convincing a divided and decidedly conservative Texas House that the lives and rights of those who breathe secondhand smoke are equal to the rights of smokers to use a carcinogen-laced product around others. Unfortunately, the smoking ban died in the Senate when it was stripped out during the budget negotiations.
The public health care system was threatened by numerous attacks on food safety and public health data reporting in the name of libertarian stances. Medicine, led by the Texas Pediatric Society, opposed and ultimately killed an attempt to expand access to and sales of raw milk. Language removing any oversight of the "cottage food" industry and farmers markets was substantially altered and improved by local health official representatives.
There were also changes to how the Department of State Health Services manages and retains blood spots from newborn screenings after the initial screens. Now, families will have to opt into the program to have their child's blood spots retained for research purposes. However, the Newborn Screening program was protected as "opt out" and even improved in regards to statewide coverage and the requirement that midwives have to assist in patient referral for these services in nonhospital and birthing facility births.
Finally, HB 300 was a significant piece of patient privacy legislation due to the combined work of Representative Kolkhorst, chair of the House Public Health Committee, and Senator Nelson. They worked on similar efforts to better protect the sensitive health information of patients and providers. A number of health care fiscal entities should be more accountable and better monitored as a result of this legislation. Physicians already were covered for the bulk of this bill by federal law. The final version of HB 300:
Texas Medicine Senior Editor Ken Ortolon prepared this issue of Political Prognosis.
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Veteran meteorologist Jim Cantore has been whipped by winds and reported amid other extreme weather conditions. During a live report from South Carolina's College of Charleston Tuesday night, Cantore faced down a different sort of adversary.
An enthusiastic young man charged at The Weather Channel meteorologist in the middle of a live broadcast. Unfazed by the heckler's antics, Cantore swiftly responded with a knee to what appeared to be the ambusher's groin. Cantore then continued to deliver the news.
The famous weather expert was reporting from the Charleston campus for The Weather Channel on a rare winter storm that battered the Deep South, leaving thousands stranded.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Led by Mike Vargues the Cardinals of SUNY Plattsburgh managed to hold off baseball's late inning rally as they defeated the Beacons by the final of 5-4 Saturday afternoon at Terry Park. Vargues earned his first win of the year after allowing just one run on three hits through five complete innings.
The righty came in midway through the contest, and held the Beacons to the lone run, which they scored in the bottom half of the ninth on a double steal, but managed to battle back by earning the final out of the contest on a strikeout, his second of the day.
UMass Boston (2-1) came out swinging in their third game of the 2014 season scoring a run in the bottom of the first and the second. The Cardinals (1-4) answered back with two runs of their own in the top of the fourth, both unearned, to tie the game at 2-2.
They then took their first lead of the day in the top half of the fifth on an RBI groundout to the first baseman. The Beacons did get out of the inning, allowing the lone run to keep SUNY Plattsburgh close.
In the bottom half of the frame, the Beacons tied it at 3-3 on a bases loaded hit by pitch scoring Nick Brothers (Danville, Calif.). Brothers led off the inning with a walk, but quickly moved over to third following an Anthony Gomes-Sirianni (San Francisco, Calif.) double off the high left field wall. It was in this inning that Vargues stepped on the hill and get his team out of a bases loaded jam to keep the score deadlocked.
It was not until the eighth inning that Plattsburgh was able to break the tie scoring a pair of runs to make it 5-3. After a scoreless bottom half of the eighth and top of the ninth the Beacons had just three outs left to avoid their first loss of the year.
Stepping up to the plate as a pinch hitter was Adam Gutierrez (Springfield, Mass.) who immediately ripped a double to left center, his first of the season. Brothers moved his teammate to third on a groundout to the pitcher putting the Beacons fourth run just 90 feet away and with only one out on the scoreboard.
Gomes-Sirianni would then reach first after getting a hit by pitch. On the very next pitch the Beacons pulled off a perfectly executed double steal cutting the Cardinals lead to one (5-4). Jamill Moquete (Boston, Mass.) then singled to left center to put runners at first and third.
Unfortunately, the Beacons rally would end there as the Cardinals retired the next two batters to take the victory, the first of the year for them.
Gomes-Sirianni had a huge day for the Beacons as he went 3-for-4 with his second double in the last three games. Moquete finished 2-for-3, with one walk, while Todd Ezold (Westfield, Mass.) went 1-for-4 with a two-run double.
Daniel Mantoni (Northbridge, Mass.) got the start for the Beacons and went five complete and allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits and had one strikeout. The loss however would go to Steve Roche (Worcester, Mass.) who was charged with the final two Cardinal runs in 0.2 innings of work.
Nicholas Lupo led the Cardinals with three hits and one RBI, while Yuya Osawa went 3-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored.
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Republicans Try Their Hand at Social Media
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is readying its Web site for a relaunch that promises to incorporate the social media tools the party admits to ignoring during the 2008 election, but is today's Web 2.0 friendly to the GOP?
"Conservatives didn't use the tools" available to them during the election, Todd Herman, the RNC's new media director, told attendees at the Personal Democracy Forum. "But that's changing."
Herman, who previously served as general manager for media strategy and monetization for Microsoft's MSN network as well as streaming media evangelist at MSNBC.com, joined the RNC in March.
Herman expects to unveil a revamped GOP.com in about 45 days, he said. RNC Chairman Michael Steele has ordered him to "take the lid off" in redesigning the site, and Herman said he is eager to comply.
"To the consternation of the communications staff of the RNC, I am innately set on open," Herman said. "I am innately set to take your point of view and discuss it."
Herman suggested, however, that the "rules of engagement" regarding social media do not necessarily favor Republicans. Services like Google News are using techniques that are "anti-SEO" - search engine optimization - he said.
Herman pointed to Google News and its coverage of the American Medical Association's (AMA) opposition to Obama's plan for a government-sponsored insurance plan.
Google News, he said, provided links to an ABC news story about its healthcare town hall with Obama, and a Media Matters story about how the GOP had branded that town hall a failure, but nothing that used a phrase close to "AMA rejects Obama plan".
To find such a headline, one would have to go to a "not very well-trafficked blog," Herman said. That blog linked to a New York Times story on the issue that Herman acknowledged was "well done." He did not, however, like the fact that the Times used the phrase "doctor's group" in the headline instead of AMA.
Searching for the AMA story on Google.com, however, turned up the desired results, Herman said. Later, he also said that Google is his favorite search engine.
What does Google think about that?
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Side Note: In other Todd Herman news, on a day when CNN took some heat for referring to Twitter members as "sources", a note on Herman's Twitter feed caught my eye. He writes that his Tweets are his own beliefs and not that of the GOP or the RNC - standard disclaimer fare. But then he goes on to say that "reporters who quote tweets without calls to confirm are acting like gossip columnists." Thoughts?


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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 13 6:34 pm Post subject: Lightest sea fishing line?
I'd like a reel of lighter line for some light mackerel spinning on a light spinning rod & reel. So a 15g spinner and a 1-2lb fish would be the most. Do I risk a 4lb mono/fluoro line or would something heavier be better?
I currently use a 10lb line and that copes well with heaver tackle. I know one the one hand knots weaken the line but most lines do seem rather conservatively rated.
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low stretch 5lb works for trout/grayling spinning
my way with mackerel is heavy line and a multihook rig as they dont usually arrive alone
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I always had fun with Mackerel on really light gear, a single feather on 3 lb line with a freshwater light rod.
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Its not necessarily the weight of the fish that you might catch which dictates the use of a comparatively heavy line but also the strong currents and the need to fish a heavier lure, plus tackle loss due to getting snagged in seaweed.
I fish with 10 to12lb line when spinning for mackerel, which also gives me a chance if I happen to hook into a bass.
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In this case it is just the weight of the fish and light lures, it will be loaded onto a spare spool so I'll have another with heavier line for fishing weedy, rocky or stormy seas.
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I guess it depends on why you want the lighter line.
I always use line that is way heavier than necessary unless fishing for line-shy fish (e.g. mullet). I reason that to use a lighter line increases the risk of fish snapping you off and trailing round with tackle hanging from their mouths (or worse), and of snags, leaving fishing tackle in rocks/weeds.
If you're spinning with a light lure there's the chance of a bass, so 4lb would be risking it?
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Posted: Tue Aug 06, 13 6:35 pm Post subject:
I want the light line to add distance when casting a light lure or bait.
I understand what you're saying about the risk of losing tackle but other people seem to constantly be losing stuff with very heavy line so it's just as much down to how you fish as what you use. I would carefully choose my spot and time when a 5lb bass wouldn't be likely.
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 14 4:40 pm Post subject: Try braid
strength to weight try braid line more expensive than mono and not as forgiving ie doesnt stretch. Good fishing and tight lines...
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I used light line and a single lure for the fun of it, not recomended if you are in for a harvest.
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I should have updated this a bit sooner. After getting a freezer full of mackerel in a morning last summer, the next few trips I went over to a single lure one a light rod, reel and line and that was far more my cup of tea. Still landed about 8 in an hour or so; had a few more nibbles and the line never broke. I recon I could still get a good harvest with a bit more practice.
I've started to use lightish mono (8lb) and cheap braid (on different spools). One thing I have noticed is the quality of the reel becomes important, cheaper reels I've used don't lay the line that well and then the line can tangle on the cast, my higher quality reel is much better.
For this year, if any of the beaches I use are still there, I hope to use a better quality braid and fluoro leader (using
knot) which will give me a stronger and lighter setup.
I've also been making my own feather rigs, I've noticed many of the shop ones seem prone to breaking/splitting even though they are made from much more bulky line. I follow
instructions and as the snoods are tied to a single piece of main line it's a more robust set-up and easier to rescue if it hooks a bit of weed on the retrieve.
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the shop ones often have low quality hooks that are too big and poor knotwork,
big hook only big fish ,small hook any fish
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Named to NEILA All-New England second team ... Played in all 13 games, starting three contests ... Ranked third on the Crimson with 16 goals and was tied for third with 19 points ... Tallied two goals on two shots in win at Duke (Feb. 22) ... Netted a goal and grabbed a ground ball in victory at Stony Brook (Feb. 28) ... Had a ground ball against Massachusetts (March 7) ... Scored a career-high four goals and had a ground ball in win over Hartford (March 13) ... Tallied an unassisted goal in victory against Penn (March 21) ... Netted two goals and grabbed a ground ball at Georgetown (March 25) ... Had two goals against Presbyterian (March 27) ... Scored at Cornell (April 4) ... Tallied two goals, assisted on another score, grabbed a ground ball and caused a turnover in win over Holy Cross (April 18) ... Assisted on a goal against Yale (April 25) ... Scored a goal, assisted on another tally and picked up two ground balls in win at Dartmouth (May 2).
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2007 (Freshman):
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SAN ANTONIO — Rock singer and Texana artifact collector Phil Collins will come to San Antonio this week to announce the donation of his collection to the Alamo, the Texas General Land Office said Tuesday.
Collins, a multiple Grammy Award winner and avowed Alamo devotee, will announce the donation at the Alamo at 10 a.m. Thursday. He is believed to have the largest private collection of Texas Revolution artifacts, most stored at his home in Switzerland.
The collection, documented in Collins' 2012 book, "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey," includes items thought to have been owned by Alamo defenders Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, as well as a receipt signed by commander William Barret Travis for "30 heads of beeves" to feed his men.
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Well, we got to the third term. Time to work on finishing the project. But what's the project about? well, we are designing a campaign for our most important event. "Chinita's Fair". This time the products created for the campaign will be exhibit it in our URBE EFL Center in SL.
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By Vernell Hackett – NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) George Strait won the coveted entertainer of the year prize at the Country Music Association awards on Wednesday, while Blake Shelton took home the album of the year and male vocalist of the year awards.
Strait, 61, won the top prize for the third time and for the first time since 1990. Strait, who has said he will retire from touring next year, has won 17 CMA awards.
"What? Oh my gosh, never in a million years," a surprised Strait said accepting the award. "This blows me away, I cannot believe it. … This means the world to me I appreciate it."
Strait, who shot to prominence in 1981 with a back-to-roots sound, released his 27th album, "Love Is Everything," this year.
Shelton, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan were also nominated for entertainer of the year.
Shelton, who has become a crossover star since joining the judging panel on the TV singing contest "The Voice" in 2011, was honored as male vocalist of the year and album of the year for "Based on a True Story…"
"I mentioned earlier today that if there was one award that would mean the most to me tonight it would be album of the year," Shelton said in accepting the award.
Shelton, who won entertainer of the year last year, has taken home a total of eight CMA awards. His wife, Miranda Lambert, won the female vocalist of the year award.
Florida Georgia Line, a duo comprised of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard, won its first two CMA awards as up-tempo love song "Cruise" grabbed single of the year and the group won the best vocal duo award.
Florida Georgia Line, which has ridden the success of their 2012 album, "Here's to the Good Times," also helped kick off the awards show from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
The group emerged from the audience to help Bryan open the telecast, singing "Cruise" and Bryan's hit "That's My Kind of Night."
The awards ceremony also featured tributes to Kenny Rogers, who was given a lifetime achievement award, and George Jones, who died in April.
Strait and singer Alan Jackson took the stage and in tribute played Jones' 1980 song "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which many consider one of the greatest country songs.
Swift was given the Pinnacle Award for spreading country music to a wider audience.
She received a video tribute that included congratulations from singers Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake and actress Julia Roberts.
"Thank you, thank you, I love you, you make me feel so special right now," Swift said, fighting back tears while addressing her family, fans and music colleagues.
Hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley gave the awards ceremony a tongue-in-cheek tenor with an introduction that poked fun at feuding artists. The two singers also played comedic renditions of the 1975 pop hit "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War and pop singer Robin Thicke's 2013 hit "Blurred Lines."
Swift performed an acoustic version of her song "Red" with Alison Krauss and other musicians. Eric Church also played his hit "The Outsiders" while pyrotechnics blazed in the background.
The show also saw performances by trio Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw, group Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker, among others.
Newcomer Kacey Musgraves won new artist of the year.
"This first year has been just indescribable," Musgraves said. "I can't even begin to put into words how much I appreciate the love from not only country music but every other genre."
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CHICAGO, Ill. – The Brandeis University women's basketball team dropped its third-straight University Athletic Association (UAA) road contest today, falling to the host University of Chicago Maroons, 97-81. The Judges fall to 6-8 overall, 0-3 in the UAA, while Chicago improves to 7-7, 1-2 UAA.
Despite matching their season-high in scoring, the Judges also allowed the second-highest point total in school history. It marked only the 10th time Brandeis has ever allowed 90 points in a game, and the first since 2003. The teams had similar field goal shooting figures (39.1-39.0 in favor of Chicago) and were close in rebounding (48-44, UC) and turnovers (18-17, UC). The major advantage for the Maroons came at the free-throw line, where the Judges were outscored, 37-16. Chicago took 41 foul shots to 25 for Brandeis, and the hosts converted at a 90.2% clip to 64% for Brandeis. Both teams also were not shy shooting from 3-point range, combining for 49 attempts from beyond the arc. Chicago hit 10-of-29, Brandeis 5-of-20.
The first half was close throughout. Though the Judges never led, the game was tied four times, and Brandeis was still within two at 28-26 with 2:06 left before intermission after sophomore Ceara McNamara (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) connected on a jumper. Chicago answered by scoring nine of the game's next 10 points, with Claire Devaney hitting a 3-pointer and two foul shots and Britta Nordstrom canning a trey and one freebie to give the Maroons a 37-27 lead with 42 seconds left. Brandeis cut into the lead just before intermission as senior Kasey Dean (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) was fouled on a desperation 3-pointer and hit all three from the line to make it a seven-point game. After UC hit the opening bucket of the second half, Brandeis was able to stay within seven a couple of times, but once the lead hit double figures, the Judges were unable to get any momentum, with Chicago hitting big 3-pointers or connecting from the line to keep the Judges at bay.
Individually, Brandeis had a season-high four players score in double figures. Dean led the way with 17 points, hitting 4-of-11 from the floor, but doing her part from the line by hitting 9-of-10. She also had a team-high five assists. Senior center Nicolina Vitale (Clinton Township, Mich./Chippewa Valley) added 13 points in 16 minutes. Two players came off the bench to score career-highs, as senior Julia Scanlon (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris) and sophomore Samantha Mancinelli (Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional) each scored 12 points. Scanlon added five rebounds and four assists, while Mancinelli grabbed six caroms.
Chicago put all five starters, plus one reserve, in double figures. Guard Julie Muguira led all players with 19 points on a fine shooting performance (4-9 FG, 4-7 3FG, 7-7 FT). Devany recorded a double-double with 18 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Nordstrom, who carried the load for the Maroons in the first half with 14 points, finished with 17 on 4-of-4 from the field, 2-of-2 from downtown and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe. She also led UC with four assists. Morgan Donovan (12 points), Maggie Ely (11 points) and Caitlin Moore (10 points off the bench) also scored in double digits for the home team.
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Zimbabwe rights lawyer bail appeal postponed
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court on Friday postponed a bail appeal to release the nation's top rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa.
Mtetwa was arrested March 17 on allegations of obstructing justice and will spend eight nights in jail before she reappears in court on Monday.
Her jailing and the detention of members of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office she was defending have been described by rivals of longtime President Robert Mugabe as a campaign of intimidation ahead of elections scheduled around July.
High court judge Joseph Musakwa ruled Friday that state prosecutors needed more time to prepare for the bail hearing.
But defense attorney Harrison Nkomo said Mtetwa's appeal papers were filed early Thursday, giving prosecutors ample time to study them
"This is the state's way of punishing her by letting her spend more time in jail. We are concerned by the way the state is dragging its feet," he said.
Lawyers were planning to demonstrate outside the court Friday where Mtetwa was refused bail on Wednesday and ordered to be held in custody to April 3.
Police say Mtetwa shouted at them and caused a distraction during which three laptops with information police were looking for disappeared and were presumed to have been hidden.
Mtetwa denies any wrongdoing and says she only asked police officers to show her a valid search warrant during a raid on offices of Tsvangirai's staff on Sunday.
Obstructing justice carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.
She was brought to court Tuesday after police ignored a judge's order to release her Monday.
Prosecutors oppose bail on grounds she could hinder police investigations into allegations that officials from Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change illegally collected information on high level corruption and impersonated police in doing so.
Mtetwa's prolonged detention in jail has prompted outcry from the African and international legal groups.
Mtetwa is the recipient of an array of awards from international jurists' groups including the American Bar Association over a distinguished career of three decades.
She has also defended journalists and human rights activists against prosecution by police and Mugabe loyalists in Zimbabwe's judiciary.
"There is absolutely no legal basis for her arrest and continued detention," Mtetwa's defense attorney Nkomo told The Associated Press.
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5 comments:
- Moki's Mom said...
Love your blog! The pics always make me hungry, though. I live in Hawaii, and my mother is from Japan (Meguro). Wish I could try that Matcha Frappuccino, that really looks good.
Cheers to you!
- 7:58 PM, June 22, 2004
- Cat said...
what a beautiful sushi platter! love reading your blog also, with all the wonderful baking stories & photos. its been almost a month with no update im going to go through withdrawal :) write again soon k? take care!
- 12:56 AM, June 25, 2004
- chika said...
Hi there,
Jo - wow, I used to live in meguro right before I moved to hawaii. I loved the place.... if you like green tea flavored sweets, I bet you'll like hagen-dazs' matcha ice cream as well! Any plan to go visit Japan soon?
Cat - yep those sushi looked good and tasted great :-)
Shame I have not been uploading anything for these past few weeks, I have been taking pics and saving them though... Will update something soon!
- 1:06 AM, June 28, 2004
- Moki's Mom said...
What a coincidence! :-) My mom just got back from visiting my Grandma & the rest of the family in Meguro. Unfortunately, my budget is really tight, so it doesn't look like I'll be able to go anytime soon.
Hmmmm.... Hagen daz, huh? I'll definitely have to look into that.
- 7:09 AM, June 28, 2004
- chika said...
Hi Jo,
That's too bad you don't get to go there sometime soon... but don't worry, Haagen-dazs' green tea ice cream is a "classic" over there so it won't disappear anytime soon :-D
Hope your mom spent a great time with all the folks back there and you'll find a chance to go see them soon!
- 4:14 AM, July 01, 2004


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The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip says that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, saying that the aim of the current battle is to break a seven-year-old blockade of the Palestinian territory.
Ismail Haniyeh's comments came as UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Cairo for the highest-level cease-fire efforts since Israel-Hamas fighting erupted July 8.
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Earlier today, California Parties, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) enforcement staff and Enron, announced they have reached an agreement to settle a number of FERC and court proceedings involving Enron and the California energy crisis of 200-2001, including the pending FERC Enron market manipulation case and California ISO refund case. Although the Memorandum of Understanding announced today is a non-public document, its general terms are public. A formal Offer of Settlement is anticipated to be filed with the FERC on or about August 19, 2005, and will be a public document.
The terms of the settlement, if approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), would:
- Allow unsecured claims of $875,000,000;
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- Identify cash or cash equivalent of approximately $47,000,000.
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Mr Guillaume Néry has some impressive statistics to his name. Take seven minutes and 42 seconds. That's the length of time that the French world champion freediver can hold his breath underwater. "I'm not a specialist," he deadpans. "To be truthful, I find holding my breath in a swimming pool quite boring."
Or how about 123m? That's how far below the surface of the ocean he has swum on a single breath. His chosen discipline, "constant weight" - the name referring to the fact that while swimming aids such as fins are allowed, diving weights are not - is the sport's prestige event, and Mr Néry's personal best, longer than a soccer pitch and a mere three metres shy of the world record, is a figure that marks him out as one of the biggest stars of the freediving world.
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And there's one last number: 13.6 million. That's how many views his short film, Free Fall, has amassed on YouTube - an impressive total by anyone's standards. Created in 2010, the film is an underwater take on base jumping that sees Mr Néry dive headlong into the darkness of a 200m sinkhole in the Bahamas. It's an inspired idea, filmed to surreally beautiful effect by his wife and fellow diver, Ms Julie Gautier. As he falls through the water in apparent slow motion Mr Néry passes through "clouds" of suspended sand, and his hair is gently swept back as if by a gust of wind. "You feel as if you are visiting another world," he says of the experience, "like you're going somewhere that nobody has ever been. It's very peaceful."
It's this ethereal, almost dreamlike state that Mr Néry and Ms Gautier endeavour to capture in their film-making. "We're trying to show people the beauty of the elements, of the water; the poetry, and not just the performance," he explains. And, by doing just that, he has boosted the profile of his sport in a way that a set of impressive statistics never could.
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Today is Epiphany. This morning on our way to church I said to my son, "Yesterday was the 12th day of Christmas and today is Epiphany." He replied, "Did you just realize that?" Clearly his gift is a quick wit among other creative talents.
Epiphany is the church holiday in which we celebrate the Magi from the east visiting the child Jesus. They brought Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but before they bestowed these gifts on the young Jesus they offered Him their worship. The Magi worshipped Jesus not for what He had done for them but simply because of who He is. The story of their visit is recorded in Matthew 2:1-12.
In church this morning our pastor talked about the significance of the three gifts the Magi brought, and then he asked what gifts we can give to Jesus. I decided I would share the significance of the Magi's gifts, as well as my thoughts on my gifts to my King.
The first gift of the Magi was gold. This was the customary gift given to kings. This gift points to Jesus as being a king from His very birth. He is the highest of royalty. The Magi sought Him as the King of the Jews. He is ultimately revealed to be King of kings: "On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." Revelation 19:16 (NIV).
The second gift of the Magi was frankincense or incense. It was customary for priests to use incense in the temple as part of their worship of God. It was the priests who presented sacrifices in the temple to atone for the sins of the people. But these sacrifices were only temporarily effective for that purpose and had to be repeated over and over. This gift of incense points to Jesus as the final priest. "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess." Hebrews 4:14 (NIV). He has been our sacrifice once for all to atone for the sins of the world.
This third gift of the Magi was myrrh. This is a spice that was used in burial. This points to Jesus as a prophet who will be killed for preaching the truth just as the prophets of the Old Testament were killed. Jesus said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing." Matthew 23:37 (NIV). Jesus knew that He would be treated just as the prophets were. He was born for this purpose — that He would die and be buried with myrrh to atone for our sins. But praise God, He rose again.
So what then is my gift to my King? What can I give that is worthy of His glory? First of all I give my worship of Him simply for who He is and not for what He has or will do for me. I can give my time and myself. As I listened to the sermon this morning, though, it occurred to me that one of the greatest gifts I can give to Jesus is this blog. As I write to glorify His name and to share His mercy and love with others, I hope that this gift is pleasing to Him so that someday I will hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." Matthew 25:21 (NIV).
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bbcp is a point-to-point network file copy application written by Andy Hanushevsky at SLAC as a tool for the BaBar collaboration. It is capable of transferring files at rates approaching the line speed of a WAN.
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The information here is applicable to LSU HPC and LONI systems.
A user may choose between using /bin/bash and /bin/tcsh. Details about each shell follows.
System resource file: /etc/profile
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- ~/.bashrc (interactive login only)
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When a user logs out of an interactive session, the file ~/.bash_logout is executed if it exists.
The default value of the environmental variable, PATH, is set automatically using SoftEnv. See below for more information.
The file ~/.cshrc is used to customize the user's environment if his login shell is /bin/tcsh.
SoftEnv is a utility that is supposed to help users manage complex user environments with potentially conflicting application versions and libraries.
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When a user logs in, the system /etc/profile or /etc/csh.cshrc (depending on login shell, and mirrored from csm:/cfmroot/etc/profile) calls /usr/local/packages/softenv-1.6.2/bin/use.softenv.sh to set up the default path via the SoftEnv database.
SoftEnv looks for a user's ~/.soft file and updates the variables and paths accordingly.
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$ softenv These are the macros available: * @default These are the keywords explicitly available: +amber-8 Applications: 'Amber', version: 8 Amber is a +apache-ant-1.6.5 Ant, Java based XML make system version: 1.6. +charm-5.9 Applications: 'Charm++', version: 5.9 Charm++ +default this is the default environment...nukes /etc/ +essl-4.2 Libraries: 'ESSL', version: 4.2 ESSL is a sta +gaussian-03 Applications: 'Gaussian', version: 03 Gaussia ... some stuff deleted ...
Managing SoftEnv
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Other options may be necessary if bbcp is not installed in a regular location on either end of the transfer. This can lead to rather complex command lines:
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The Overlook Hotel of The Shining isn't exactly a real place, but it looms large enough in our cultural imaginations that we're probably more afraid of it than most places that actually exist. And the hotel that stood in for the Overlook-- Estes Park, Colorado's Stanley Hotel-- is ready to take advantage of it. This year will be the inaugural year for the Stanley FIlm Festival, a four-day event set at the "historic and haunted" hotel that will feature screenings of new features and short films, special events, Q&As, and of course, a horror brunch.
Among the films will be some major recent festival hits, all of them with a horror bent. Ben Wheatley's psychotic road trip comedy Sightseers, Eli Roth's bloody earthquake drama Aftershock, and the horror anthology V/H/S/2 are among the highlights, but the biggest stroke of genius has to be bringing in Room 237, Rodney Ascher's acclaimed and fiercely entertaining documentary that captures some of the most bizarre theories about the real meaning behind-- what else?-- The Shining.
The fest will also feature a presentation of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, director Jonathan Levine's debut feature that was mired in corporate shenanigans for years while Levine went on to make The Wackness, 50/50 and recent surprise hit Warm Bodies. Mandy Lane is now finally set for a late summer release in theaters and on VOD, but if you're anywhere near Estes Park, obviously the place to see it is the Overlook-- I mean, the Stanley.
The festival's official site has plenty more details, including how to attend that "Horror Brunch And Bloody (Mary) Awards Ceremony." The festival kicks off on May 2. You know how to get there, of course-- follow the winding road to the top of the hill.


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