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Dear Attorney General Gonzales:
We've read that you have ordered Department of Justice officials to visit U.S. cities to find out why there is a spike in crime. To help you out, we Mapquest'ed the tour for you. It will tell you what you need to know, and it will save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs.
That's because the entire trip will only cover 3.17 miles, and it only takes one day.
If you are serious about accomplishing your fact-finding mission, you'll find out the most by visiting the federal departments that have adopted an array of policies that reflect a hostility toward cities and their problems that is unprecedented in the history of this nation.
You start in your own building by getting out of your office and visiting your evaluation office to get the statistics that show that the highly touted Bush "War On Drugs" is more like the ultimate "reefer madness." Over a 12-year period, 82 percent of the growth in drug arrests was for marijuana with most for possession. Surely the more than $4 billion spent to enforce marijuana laws could be put to better use. You might also want to ask someone whose bright idea it was to cut COPS funding by $412 million in the '07 budget.
Get Tough On Crime
Then stroll around to offices of the policy advisors who draft the new "get tough on crime" laws that have more to do with rewarding political contributors than solving the root causes of the problem. These days too much crime legislation is about putting profits in the pockets of political friends who build more and larger prisons and sell them food and equipment.
With more people in prison per 100,000 than any nation in the world – with the possible exception of China – it seems obvious that when you have private prison operators and contractors sitting on federal panels drawing up new laws, it's not unexpected that the laws will never be tough enough, because they need the raw material that justifies the building boom of the prison-industrial complex, and in their business, it comes in the form of more and more prisoners serving longer and longer sentences.
Then, drive over to the Department of Commerce. It's less than half a mile – go east on Pennsylvania, right on 9th and right onto Constitution to #1401.
Once you get there, ask Secretary Gutierrez why tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans were partially paid for with cuts in programs for the poor. It would also be good to learn the reasons why, since the 2001 Bush tax cuts, median household income has fallen, poverty has risen, the percentage of Americans without insurance at work has gone up, and pension benefits have gone down.
Killing HOPE
After that short visit, go east on Constitution toward 14th Street turn right on 7th and drive to the Department of Housing and Urban Development at 451 7th Street SW.
If you can recognize him, ask Secretary Jackson why the Bush Administration works to kill programs like HOPE VI grants that have helped cities like ours rebuild neighborhoods and seed new economic life in our urban core. See if you can find out why it makes any sense to end $657 million in community service block grants created more than 35 years ago so community action agencies could help the poor escape from poverty.
Once you leave HUD, it's a good time for a stroll, so walk up the block to 400 7th Street SW to the Department of Transportation. Perhaps there you can discover why the budgets of the Bush Administration have attacked public transit in our cities. With more jobs on the periphery of cities, public transit is more and more the lifeline between inner city residents and jobs. And yet, DOT continues to be cheerleaders for highways that promote sprawl and hefty profits for road builders and developers.
When you're through, call for your limo and go six-tenths of a mile – north on 7th Street toward D Street and turn right on Independence Avenue, where you'll stop at the Department of Health and Human Services at 200 Independence Avenue to talk to Secretary Leavett. There's so much to ask him about – cuts in programs for the poor, urban redevelopment, rent subsidies, Medicare, child care, and pension insurance – elements of the safety net of which this nation once boasted.
An Education In Puffery
Now it's time to move over to the Department of Education. It's an enjoyable, short walk, so when you leave HHS, go west on Independence toward 3rd Street and stop at 400 Maryland Avenue SW.
The first thing you should do is put Secretary Spellings under oath. It's next to impossible to get the truth out of her when she starts talking about her policies and programs. She's one of those bureacrats that's repeated her talking points so often even she's beginning to believe them. If you doubt us, ask her why the massive mandates of No Child Left Behind were not backed up with the $40 billion needed to help school districts comply with them. Be prepared to hear some whoppers, such as "nine-year-olds made greater gains in five years than in the previous 28 years combined" and her justification for vouchers when her own department's studies – which she deep-sixed – show that overall public schools perform as well as private ones.
Try finding out why the 2006 budget terminated 48 educational programs, saving $4.3 billion. Meanwhile, the budget called for $74 billion in new weapons, and just by delaying the F/A-22 Raptor fighters, the Administration could have made up more than the amount needed to fund education. If you really want to get her sputtering, ask her to explain the logic of her opposition to programs like Community Technology Centers, aimed at helping poor students get access to technology; the Upward Bound program to help low-income high school students succeed in pre-college performance; the Talent Search program to increase the number of poor youth competing high school and attending college; the DARE anti-drug program; all vocational education at the high school level; and parental information and resource centers to help parents whose children attend schools identified as under-performing under No Child Left Behind.
By now, you should be scratching your head, so take a walk – go east on Independence toward 4th Street, turn left onto Maryland Avenue, turn left on 3rd Street, and right on Constitution where you'll stop at #200, the Department of Labor.
Minimum Standards
While you're there, ask Secretary Chao why she's fought every bill that would raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour for the six percent of American workers paid at this level. Remind her of the independent studies that show that an increase does no damage to the economy, which she touts as the strongest in the history of the country. We suggest that you don't mention that average CEO in the Standard and Poor's 500 now makes $17 million a year, because she's touchy on that subject. Instead, ask her why Americans work 213 hours more a year than other workers in the industrialized world and why cutting job training, housing, higher education and a range of social services makes sense in light of the challenges to today's workforce.
If you've got any energy left, you'll need a walk to clear your head. Stroll away from the Capitol on Constitution, turn right at the Ellipse and stroll up to the White House. Perhaps, you can have a few minutes with the master political strategist Karl Rove. His disdain for "across the aisle" solutions to our national problems results in his trumping anything that doesn't pander to the extreme right base that he sees as the Republican Party's key to power.
In the end, that's what the day will teach you. It's all about power. That's why most federal funding was changed years ago so it goes in block grants to governors. Most were Republicans, and the change gave them the power to send money to favored districts, rather than to deal with the problems in that perceived hotbed of Democratic opposition, that vortex of minorities, gays and secular humanists – cities.
Some one at the Police Executive Research Forum said that "it's important for the Justice Department to get into these cities." There truth to that statement, because someone from the Bush Administration needs to see what your policies have wrought. The consequences to our cities have been devastating and ugly.
Punishing Cities
The punishing policies of all the departments you will visit make our cities poorer, less safe, less fair, and less competitive. There used to be an axiom in Washington that some things are so important that they rise above the considerations of day-to-day politics – things like the needs of people and the health of our cities.
No longer. Now, the future of our citizens are put at risk on the altar of narrow political gain and partisan power. In the process, the historic chance to unify this nation was squandered. That's a main reason for the depth of rage and frustration out here in the real America.
We've been trying to get your attention for some time, but our concerns were brushed aside as the rantings of political enemies. What surprises us is that someone like you, who decides to dedicate his life to making decisions about people's lives on solid evidence, can be so deaf to the pleas of cities and the facts of their need.
In the end, the tragedy of the Bush Administration isn't a personal tragedy of the man and his narrow political agenda. Instead, it's a national tragedy of lost hope, squandered opportunity, sacrificed ideals and a shredded national safety net. And that's a charge that even the Department of Justice can't mount a defense against.
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Hartford educates students from preschool through sixth grade. There are approximately 740 students enrolled. Hartford has a full-time Parent Liaison, Behavioral Specialist, Math Coach, two Reading Specialists and highly qualified paraeducators. The Parent Liaison coordinates parental education and involvement activities through our Parent Resource Room. Our staff and school have received numerous awards, grants and accolades.
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tocc, a Tool for Obsessive Compulsive Classifiers¶
Tocc is a tag-based file management system. It also includes a tag-based file system called Toccfs. The goal of Tocc is to provide a better system for classifying files, which is more flexible than classic file systems that are based on a tree of files and directories.
Tocc is free software. It publishes under the terms of Gnu General Public License version 3.
Who Needs Tocc?¶
Traditional file systems are very limited for classifying files. All you have are some directories. Imagine that you want to store your photos on your hard drive. How are you going to categorize them? By the date they were taken? What if you want to find photos taken on a specific location? Or photos of a specific person? Or if you're a photographer, you may also want to search your photos by the techniques you used.
You can use photo management applications. But what about your collection of books or music?
Tocc is here to help you! Using Tocc, you tag your stored files.
In the previous example, you can add these tags to a photo:
maria. And another one with:
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In this way, you have a graph of tags and files instead of a tree. It's much more flexible.
Tocc is very powerful in searching files. You can create complex queries like
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It stores files and their related database in a regular directory, so you can store them everywhere, from you local file system, to a network storage or back them up in a DVD.
It has a File System interface, that lets any application use Tocc without any changes. In other words, other applications don't have to support Tocc specifically. It's compatible with everyone, out of the box.
There can be different UIs that work with Tocc: Command line interfaces, plugins for different launchers or different file browsers, etc.
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THE MYSTIC is one of the tri-state area's best live cover bands! This band performs songs from the 60's through today with such authenticity and feeling that fans are left with lasting impressions of great music! Each of the band's eight talented members contributes to the band's unique persona and captivating style. The Mystic is the perfect ingredient for any party!
The band has been performing together for over 20 years, and building a fan base like no other! Performing 6 nights a week throughout the summer and every weekend throughout the year has helped build chemistry and character that compares to no one! From your favorite classic rock hits, to 70's rock and disco, the 80's, 90's, hits of today, as well as oldies, standards, and dance, there's something for everyone to enjoy! With 5 lead vocalists, it's no wonder they can capture the vocals of every artist they cover!


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CDDs and Stewardship Districts
As the real estate economy improves, more buyers are purchasing in new and developing communities. Many of our area's new and developing communities are part of a Community Development District or a Stewardship District. It is useful to be familiar with these terms as buyers often question the meaning of them and the fees that are associated with them, which can be seen on a property's annual county tax bill.
A Community Development District or CDD, is an independent local governmental authority. It may impose and levy taxes or assessments on property under the CDD meant to pay for construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and services in the developing area.
A Stewardship District is very similar to a CDD and is utilized when there is a considerably long period of time in which development will take place and where there are additional conservation concerns. A Stewardship District also assesses fees for purposes similar to CDDs.
Buyers may ask whether it is possible to entirely pay off their CDD or Stewardship District fees upon purchase of a home. The answer to this is both yes and no. There are generally two separate parts to each of these types of fees. The first portion is a one time capital assessment or infrastructure bond. This can be paid off, and a payoff can be ordered and disbursed at closing when the property is purchased, or anytime thereafter. Keep in mind however that this is generally a sizeable payoff, depending on how long the previous property owner(s) have already paid toward this fee. The other portion of the fee is for general operating and maintenance and cannot be paid off immediately upon purchase. This portion of the fee is subject to change annually in accordance with an annually adopted budget, similar to that of a homeowner's association.
If you have a buyer that is interested in purchasing in a Community Development District or Stewardship District or have any questions about the foregoing, please contact your local real estate attorney.
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30-Day Notice and Request for Comments, 29147 [2013-11780]Download as PDF
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2013)] [Notices] [Page 29147] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-11780] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY United States Secret Service 30-Day Notice and Request for Comments SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted the following information collection requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: 1620-0002. This information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2013 at 78 FR 14807, allowing for OMB review and a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comment. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until June 17, 2013. This process is conduced in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to email@example.com; or faxed to 202-395-5806. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the form(s) and instructions should be directed to: United States Secret Service, Security Clearance Division, Attn: ASAIC Michael Smith, Communications Center (SCD), 345 Murray Lane SW., Building T5, Washington, DC 20223. Telephone number: 202-406-6658. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires each Federal agency to provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. 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This is a story about love. A love as big as Germany (well, it's not that big compared to Australia, but nevertheless), overcoming time and space to bring two young people together, which seems to have been destined for each other from the beginning. As for me this is the only plausible explanation for them to make a webcomic about it ten years later.
Thus, all in all it is a love story. Despite being one with lots of humour and little heartache.
But this is a story about growing up as well. About the long way from being a teenager to the post-adolescent age, the &qout;hard times at University", getting older and becoming parents.
So, all in all this story is a development novel (also known by its beautiful German name entwicklungsroman). One with lots of hidden jokes and a couple of backsteps, though.
But this is also a story about live roleplaying games, huge bowls of icecream and compulsive honesty. It's a story about successful dieting, washing machines and poultry shears. A story about coven, ex-girlfriends and pirate ship fancy cakes.
Well, all in all this is indeed a story about Bess and all the things in her helter-skelter life. Just as the title implies.
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First Official Saw V Teaser Trailer Online!
The first short teaser trailer for Saw V has debuted online.
Production designer David Hackl will be making his directorial debut with Saw V.
The script was written by screenwriting duo Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan of Feast and Saw IV.
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31 January 2008
Cocktails and Couture for a Cause
Slip on your stilettos and grab your girlfriends for an evening of fashion and philanthropy at The Next Big Thing 2008, Feb 23, benefiting Dress for Success Dallas.
Held at the lofty and alluring venue, Three Three Three First Avenue, this Neiman Marcus-sponsored fashion show will entertain you and your fashionable friends, while guests also will have the opportunity to bid for spa packages, American Airline tickets, Dinner at the Palm and more in a silent auction.
Dress for Success Dallas strives to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing them professional attire, a network or support and the career development tools that promote their success in work and in life.
What better way to support Dallas-area women (and spend time with friends)? Visit The Next Big Thing's Web site for more information or to purchase tickets.
New TV Series Fuels Vaccine Controversy
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the March of Dimes and other organizations have called for cancellation of the episode. According to the AAP, "the episode's conclusion delivers a contrary impression; the jury awards the mother $5.2 million, leaving audiences with the destructive idea that vaccines do cause autism." In light of the controversy, the AAP is rushing to publicize a new study showing that the ethyl mercury (thimerosol) used in some vaccines as a preservative is excreted much faster than other forms of mercury in the environment.
Journalists who have screened full previews of the episode report that the episode in fact focuses not on the danger of vaccinations but on the healing power of faith. Tune in tonight at 9pm (right after the season premiere of "Lost") and decide for yourself.
30 January 2008
Where Did I Put My Keys?
Do you ever find yourself wondering what happened to your short-term memory? If your answer has something to do with having kids, you're not far off. Research shows that people who multitask (and, really, who doesn't?) tend to overburden their minds, and the result is reduced efficiency and hampered short-term memory. (Read more mind science here.)
So what can you do to stave off this working woman/mom brain drain, if slowing down is not an option, and that to-do list isn't getting any shorter?
The University of Texas at Dallas Center for BrainHealth is tackling this issue through its new partnership and lecture series with the Container Store. The lectures (Tuesdays throughout February) are intended to share the latest discoveries about brain science with the public and offer practical suggestions for keeping your mind sharp and healthy when your life gets busy and complicated.
The four-lecture series covers the topics:
- The Mature Mind: Creativity and Aging (2/5)
- Get Smart: New Hope for ADHD (2/12)
- Get Physical: Brain Health Benefits from Exercise (2/19)
- Ask the Doc: Am I Brain Smart? (2/26)
28 January 2008
AAP calls for cancellation of ABC's 'Eli Stone' premiere
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is demanding ABC cancel the premiere episode of "Eli Stone," scheduled to air on Thursday, Jan. 31. As reported in The New York Times, the episode features a lawyer who argues in court that a vaccine caused a child's autism. While the show presents cases for both sides of this hot-topic argument, the episode's conclusion leaves viewers with the impression that there is a scientific link between vaccinations and autism (the jury awards the mother $5.2 million, leaving audiences with the destructive idea that vaccines do cause autism), according to AAP.
Speaking out about ABC's "reckless irresponsibility," AAP President Renee R. Jenkins, MD, said, "If parents watch this program and choose to deny their children immunizations, ABC will share in the responsibility for the suffering and deaths that occur as a result. The consequences of a decline in immunization rates could be devastating to the health of our nation's children."
According to AAP, no scientific link has been found between vaccines and autism. AAP and other health organizations vow to continue their work to ensure the safety of childhood vaccines. To learn more about autism, immunizations and other child health topics, visit the AAP's Web site. Or, to read more about this topic in the news, click here for the CNN story.
Tell us what you think: Should ABC pull this episode off TV airwaves? Email your thoughts to us at email@example.com.
Booster Club
Once kids are old enough to wiggle into their car seats and buckle up by themselves, they're just as likely to wiggle out by themselves – and keeping them safely strapped in becomes a wiggly proposition. At some point, it's easy to throw up our hands and just let them skip the "baby seats."
But is it safe?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some 350 children ages 4 to 7 die in traffic crashes each year, and about 50,000 are injured. Half of those who die are not in any type of restraint (child safety seats, booster seats, or seat belts).
Once children outgrow their front-facing seats (usually around age 4 and 40 pounds), says the NHTSA, they should ride in booster seats in the back seat until adult seat belts fit properly. As mature as your little weed may look to you, that may happen later than you think. Seat belts fit properly when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt fits across the chest, not the neck – usually about age 8 or when your child is 4'9" tall.
"That's crazy!" you may exclaim. "Nobody does that!" Safety-minded parents do – but not nearly enough. In the first-ever probability-based survey of booster seat use in the United States based on actually observing children in vehicles, the NHTSA found that only 41 percent of 4- to 7-year-old children were restrained in booster seats in 2006 – a shockingly low total. Your child's safety, after all, is one area where you don't want to be guilty of going with the flow. Let your child help you pick out a comfy booster seat with a cup holder, pockets to hold games or whatever they think is cool. Then use it every time you pull away from the curb!
24 January 2008
Easy Money
Check out this gem of an opportunity:
The American Fire Sprinkler Association's (AFSA) Annual Scholarship Contest offers 10 $2,000 scholarships to students who complete a fire sprinkler safety test. Applicants must read an essay about automatic fire sprinklers and then take a 10-question, open-book, multiple-choice test. For each correct answer, students receive an entry into the drawing for one of the $2,000 scholarships, with a total of 10 entries possible.
Need more ideas like that? Discover other college funding ideas you may have overlooked at Good Housekeeping's college funding resource guide.
22 January 2008
Haircuts for a Cause
Did you know every day, 46 kids are diagnosed with cancer? It's the tragic reality, according to the Rally Foundation, a non-profit fundraising and advocacy group for children's cancer research.
So how can your family help? Brace yourself, and remember it's for a good cause:
1.) Alert kids it's time for a haircut
2.) Get to Cool Cuts 4 Kids by any means necessary (before Feb 24)
3.) Buy a tube of Zach's Wax hair color gel, and $1 of every sale goes to support Rally.
We know your families love Cool Cuts. How do we know? Well, both sides of the Metroplex named it the best kids' hair salon in our annual Best for Families survey in 2007, so the good stylists are doing good all around.
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21 January 2008
Phear of Phthalates
"Maybe I should read more -- but when?" blogs Clyburn. "How are we parents supposed to stay on top of all of this, to protect our children from their own toys? When are we supposed to do that while we're also trying to actually care for our children, work and manage our own lives? If it's easy enough for moms and dads in Denmark and Spain to rely on their government to prevent these hormone disrupting chemicals from seeping into their babies' bodies, why can't we rely on Uncle Sam?"
If you're still trying to get a handle on this stuff in our children's toys and how to handle it, visit Alix's post for more links, resources and points to ponder.
17 January 2008
TWU Offers Math and Science Conference for Middle School Girls
If your daughter harbors a passion for mathematics and science — particularly a passion for careers in the fields of chemistry, zoology, entomology, engineering and nursing — fuel her need for knowledge by signing her up for Texas Woman's University's biannual "Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics" conference for middle-school aged girls on Feb 16th.
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That's the case with BAM: Body Mind and Child. BAM Radio aims squarely at shattering parenting myths and bringing parents integrated, scientifically supported advice on child development. Its bottom line: imbalances in modern attitudes that have been encouraged by products that commercialize parenting. Each week, the show tackles a different parenting issue, comparing conventional wisdom to the latest scientific insights.
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14 January 2008
From Russia With Love
Gladney's Intercountry Adoption Programs have successfully placed thousands of babies and young children in homes throughout the United States. These programs offer adoption opportunities from Eastern European, African, Asian and Latin American countries.
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10 January 2008
You're Never Too Young to Vote!
Remember "current events" homework back in the old days -- you had to read the newspaper the night before, cut out an article that interested you and give a talk to the class about it the next day? You can help get your kids into the swing of the presidential primaries right now with Kids Pick The President: The Kids' Primary, a special on Nickelodeon TV at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Sun., Jan. 13.
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: The Kids' Primary explains how presidents are elected in the United States; the primary system; the current candidates; and what it means to be a Democrat or a Republican. The special, which will also stream on TurboNick, encourages kids to go online to vote in Nickelodeon's first kids' primary.
Did you know that kids have predicted the next president in four out of the last five national elections? The Kids Pick the President campaign includes three television specials with Linda Ellerbee, and a special online election website. Kids can log onto Nick to learn about each candidate. The website features explanations of the election process, photographs and information about each candidate and a calendar of the major election events.
A second special, Kids Pick the Issues, will premiere in March and will feature a discussion with kids about the issues and policies that matter to them. In the October Kids Pick the President special, Ellerbee will take kids' questions to the final candidates, and kids will be encouraged to go online and vote.
~ Lisa
09 January 2008
An Event You Won't Want to Miss!
The USA Film Festival's KidFilm festival will be held January 19 and 20 at the Angelika Film Center Dallas.
Shows will start at 12:30pm both days, so don't miss this annual favorite featuring an appearance by Barney, Mallory Lewis and Lambchop, and other exciting family films.
And, because we love hearing from you for future stories,
let us know: What are your favorite family films?
Thanks, and enjoy the shows!
07 January 2008
Team Spirit With Style
We could all use a little sparkle in these last, drab days of the cold season. But if a trip to to the stadium (or hosting a game-watching party at home) is what's on the schedule, what's a fashionable mom to do? To the rescue: L.A. designer Betsy Stephens' new line of accessories with shimmering crystal team logos on bags, belts and scarves. Whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool sports fan or just want to fake it, you can get into the team spirit without looking like a quarterback (or a waterboy!).
Dazzling, crystal logos are embellished onto suede, velvet and cashmere scarves, bags, belts and headbands, creating a luxurious look for feminine fans. Homebodies will enjoy throw pillows and other accessories. The collection includes all NFL, MLB, NBA, USC, UCLA and INDY logos, so you'll always show the right colors.
~ Lisa
03 January 2008
Test My Toy
If you're having doubts about the safety of some of those last-minute toys you picked up as stocking stuffers, look them up or request a that the group test it at HealthyToys.org.
Thirteen of the 22 toys and products tested by the group last month were made with PVC, including classics like American Girl Dolls and Lincoln Log figures. Fifty percent (50%) of toys tested by HealthyToys.org were made from PVC -- a concern because PVC may contain phthalates, some of which have been banned from children's products in Europe and California.
The online grassroots group MomsRising has developed a fast and easy way for shoppers to learn if particular toys contain toxins using their cell phones. The group has developed a text messaging system that uses the HealthyToys.org database. Parents can simply text "healthytoys" and the name of a particular toy, a type of toy or a toy manufacturer or retailer to 41411 to find out whether a toy is toxic. MomsRising will respond instantly with a message, based on comprehensive tests of more than 1,200 toys featured at HealthyToys.org. Visit MomsRising - No Toxic Toys for more information.
~ Lisa
02 January 2008
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|A Rare Type of Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Distribution Demonstrated by Multislice Cardiac Computerized Tomography in a Patient with Anterior Wall Infarction
|Namboodiri, Narayanan; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Bundle branch reentry ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
|Dora, Santosh Kumar; Valaparambil, Ajithkumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Bohora, Shomu Rajendrasingh; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Congenital coronary anomalies of origin and distribution in adults: a coronary arteriographic study.
|Harikrishnan, S; Jacob, Sonney P; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, V K Ajith; Bhat, Anil; Sivasankaran, S; Bimal, Francis; Moorthy, K M Krishna; Kumar, R Padma
|Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Short QT Interval: Is It a New Clinical Entity?
|Bohora, Shomu; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Vk, Ajit Kumara; Nayyar, Sachin
|Electrophysiology study and radiofrequency catheter ablation of atriofascicular tracts with decremental properties (Mahaim fibre) at the tricuspid annulus
|Bohora, Shomu; Dora, Santosh Kumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Valaparambil, Ajitkumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Mahaim fiber accelerated automaticity and clues to a mahaim fiber being morphologically an ectopic or a split AV node.
|Bohora, Shomu; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Dora, Santosh; Ajit Kumar, Vk; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Membranous Septal Aneurysm: An Unusual Cause for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Malaligned Ventricular Septal Defect with Aortomitral Discontinuity (Double-Outlet Right Ventricle) Associated with Visceral Heterotaxy
|Bijulal, Sasidharan; Sivasankaran, Sivasubramanian; Sanjay, Ganapathy; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using metallic commissurotome: long-term follow-up results.
|Harikrishnan, S; Bhat, Anil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, Ajith; Sivasankaran, S; Krishnamoorthy, K M
|Percutaneous Treatment of Congenital Coronary Arteriovenous Fistulas
|Harikrishnan, Sivadasanpillai; Bimal, Francis; Ajithkumar, Valaparambil; Bhat, Anil; Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan; Sivasubramonian, Sivasankaran; Titus, Thomas; Tharakan, Jaganmohan
|Supravalvar aortic stenosis: clinical and hemodynamic profile, and surgical outcome.
|Harikrishnan, S; Manohar, S R Krishna; Nair, Krishna Kumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, V K Ajith; Bhat, Anil; Sivasankaran, S; Bimal, Francis; Krishna Moorthy, K M; Kumar, R Padma
|Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction. Long-term survival of patients who did not undergo surgery. Single-centre experience.
|Sivadasan Pillai, Harikrishnan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, Ajith; Sivasubramonian, Sivasankaran; Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan; Dora, Santhosh; Nair, Krishnakumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan


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Now that I don't have to read textbooks (although, I am planning on reading a few books for school this summer) I have been able to pick up a book by one of my favorite writers, Philip Yancey. I am reading "Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church" Basically, he tells the story of his journey of faith and how when his church was not very Christlike, other sources redirected and pushed him in his faith.
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This article was published in Casualty Actuarial Society E-Forum, Spring 2011.
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U.S. medical spending is high by measures including the level of spending, level of spending per capita, and level of spending as a share of GDP. U.S. medical spending growth is average by measures including the annual growth rate, annual growth rate per capita, and annual growth in spending as a percent of GDP. The volatility of U.S. medical spending growth is low by measures including the standard deviation, skew, and excess kurtosis.
Foreign healthcare systems, with a much larger government involvement, have not been able to control medical spending growth better than the U.S. with its mixed system. Foreign cost curves start at a lower level, but increase as quickly or even faster. In many countries, the variance around the trend is high, or a single trend over time does not exist. The implication is that it is difficult to find a foreign solution to the U.S.'s problems with high medical spending, and that the U.S. may be a world leader in terms of minimizing medical spending
If the U.S. healthcare cost curve comes to resemble that of other countries, the risk of long-tailed lines of insurance linked to the cost of medical care will increase. The healthcare cost curve is a macroeconomic process, so there may be no ways for insurers to bend their cost curve. Insurers may be able to use market solutions, such as prediction markets, inflation-indexed bonds, and futures contracts, to improve prediction and hedging of long-term medical spending growth. My recommendations for insurers are cognizance and
caution when writing long-tailed lines of insurance linked to medical spending.
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Lieberthal, Robert D., "International Evidence on Medical Spending" (2011). College of Population Health Faculty Papers. Paper 45.


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(Honesdale, January 16, 2020)… Patty Wilcha was there from the very beginning, when Wayne Woodlands Manor opened in Waymart in 1994, and she's clearly earned the respect and fondness of her co-workers. The roughly 120 full and part-time employees voted her the skilled nursing facility's Employee of the Year 2019—bringing tears to Wilcha's eyes.
"I was surprise, nervous and really very proud, too," said Wilcha afterwards. "It's an honor." A licensed practical nurse, Wilcha worked as a charge nurse in the early years, but for the past two decades she has been the facility's patient care assessment coordinator, or LPN-RNAC, responsible for the coordination of processes related to a patient's care.
"I've worked with Patty for 13 years," said Michael Freund, Wayne Woodlands administrator. "She has always had an outstanding work ethic, strong knowledge of the medical assessment process, and most importantly, has been an advocate for our residents and their families. She is a true asset to Wayne Woodlands Manor."
Wilcha, the mother of two grown children and three grandchildren, hails from Jermyn in Lackawanna County.
Wayne Woodlands, a 121-bed skilled nursing facility, also offers short-term rehabilitation and respite care. It is a part of Wayne Memorial Health System.
Congratulations Patty!
Photo, l. to r.: Kelly Miller, RN, director of Nursing; Patty Wilcha, LPN; Michael Freund, Administrator.


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By Tony Attwood
The big threat facing Premier League football today is not so much from the failure of referees to follow the rules of the game, or from the activities of the ultra-secretive PGMO, but from the persistence of immature football journalism that fails to examine these topics properly.
I thought on this today seeing the growth in the number of media sources, from newspapers to football blogs that are now starting to treat the football referee issue slightly more seriously than before. Talking about the refs is in danger of becoming mainstream!
Certainly when we started nine years ago, any mention of a referee making errors was howled down as a simple excuse for an Arsenal defeat. The mainstream media ignored the issue, or worse, published PGMO press releases claiming that 98% of referee decisions were correct and that the PGMO were at the forefront of considering video refereeing.
This approach however enhanced the frustration and alienation from the media by fans, as it was, and still is, made possible through the careful exclusion of certain film clips from the TV programmes. As a result Match of the Day can appear to consider the "referee issue" by only showing certain aspects of the game, and then claiming that in fact Arsenal benefited from gaining an offside goal at the end. What they carefully avoid showing is another foul in the area which should clearly have given Arsenal an earlier penalty.
It is in fact, fake analysis masquerading as a programme talking about the event that "all the fans are talking about" while ignoring other events.
So we have moved from a situation in which most fans don't know too much about how PGMO operates, and how newspapers and TV sanitise their footballing output, to one in which growing numbers of fans know there is something odd going on. From a time nine years ago when no one seemed to know what PGMO was, to a time when most people appreciate it is not quite all that we might wish it to be.
This shift in knowledge however has left a whole bunch of people in a difficult position. To ignore what is going on with refereeing and the PGMO leaves the blogs on one hand and the mass media on the other, with a problem in their reporting. To move over to Untold's position requires a total change of direction, and the gathering together of resources and data which we have only managed to get through the amazing dedication and hardwork of Walter, Andrew and Usama across the years.
To take the mass media first, I have never known for sure which of three possible reasons has encouraged newspapers and broadcast media to support PGMO's statements about the general accuracy of referees while avoiding the issue of the PGMO itself, its Calciopoli style approach to refereeing and its hyper secrecy.
One reason could be that it is part of the deal between the Premier League and the TV companies it licenses. "You cannot overtly suggest that referees are often only 50% or 60% accurate, nor can you state that the 'it all evens out in the end' argument is totally untrue," or words to that effect could well be part of the contract.
Another could be that the newspapers don't want to step out of line with the rest of the media. Curiously although the blogs and bloggettas could have used their position to challenge the dominant media vision of football years ago most have traditionally taken their line from the mainstream media. Indeed quite a few have criticised and laughed at Untold, seeing our interest in refereeing as a by-product of our support for the club, the manager and the players. Also many blogs try to ape the media in their approach, suggesting through their style that they have an overview. The "Arsenal fans will be worried that…" style of make believe.
A third could be that if it becomes clear that there is something seriously odd about the way refereeing is done in the Premier League (which is quite clearly the case, given the paucity of the number of refs and the need for the tiny elite to rush from one fixture to another) people might stop gambling on football, and might turn away from the sponsors – and it is the gambling companies and sponsors that help pay for the whole operation.
But now we have a move. Not a complete uprising expressing concern that the whole setup is dubious but a sort of low level challenge to Untold. The Sun had its unnamed "experts" examine a dozen or so games last season and gave a fair reporting on errors – but didn't keep it up, and didn't consider consistent bias. The Telegraph stopped running PGMO press releases and ran a few critical commentaries instead. And now we find half a dozen blogs and bloggettas commentating on refereeing in a manner that seems to be a sort of shorthand version of the work of Walter, Andrew and Usama.
I asked my colleagues who write about refereeing regularly on Untold to give me their views on what the blogs and bloggettas were doing, and the general view seems to be that they are using Match of the Day as their source which, as Andrew said, "of course precludes most of the wrong decisions as they have already been edited out of the official narrative.
"I noticed that Hackett in his usual way only mentioned three controversial incidents from our game at the weekend, the sending off and the two penalties that were given and his opinion was that the referee was correct in the two that went against us and was wrong with our penalty. He ignored the not given penalty for us, the not given red cards for the two elbows on Mustafi, the red card for the high foot on Kos and the yellow instead of red card from the player who injured himself in bringing down Özil."
In short, they, like the newspapers, are taking tentative steps into the field, but are baulking at putting together a team for a proper analysis. It's a shame because the workload in what we are doing is beyond belief, and if we could work together and jointly publish the results, I would not feel so guilty about just how much work I ask my colleagues to do.
And as Andrew added, "Interestingly this week there have been highly critical pieces on the overall standard of refereeing from Arseblog, Le Grove, 7amkickoff and the Daily Canon. Not often they all share the same opinion as ourselves!"
So, after nine years of activity and thousands and thousands of hours' work from Walter in particular, we've helped to get the topic on the agenda – which is no mean achievement given the absolute denial that there has been from on high.
And now we hear that PGMO has a new Chair in the shape of Mike Foster. He started in football in 1973 at the Football League where he spent 19 years, and played semi-pro football.
In 1992 he joined the Premier League as its first General Secretary and is the only current Premier League member of staff to have been at the League since its inception. That might be a good thing – or a bad thing. Time will tell.
He was also Acting Chief Executive for six months in 1999, and for the last three years he has been the League's Director of Football – overseeing all technical, football administration, and regulatory matters.
That means that he knows exactly what PGMO is up to with its structure that is utterly out of step with the other major leagues in Europe, its ludicrously tiny number of refs and its abject secrecy. New broom? I'm having doubts.
His is however described as "the driving force behind the 2013/14 introduction of goal-line technology in the Premier League," so again, maybe a little chink of light there. But where the press release heralding Mr Foster's arrival falls on stony ground is with this statement…
Foster's biggest legacy will be the unparalleled reputation the Premier League has for integrity and good governance.
That is hard to take. The PL employ PGMO and has at best allowed and at worst encouraged PGMO to become utterly secret, and to have a number of referees which makes Type III match fixing easier rather than harder. This doesn't mean that Type III match fixing takes place – just that if you wanted to introduce it into a major European league, the PL would be the league you would choose, because of the utter secrecy of PGMO and the tiny number of referees it employs.
But Mike Foster said, "I am an advocate for new technology which can assist with decision making provided it does not alter the dynamics of the game or undermine the role of the referee. I look forward to playing my part in the continued development of refereeing and to ensuring that PGMOL's Match Officials continue to be recognised as being the best in the world."
Whatever the national media, the blogs and the bloggettas do, we'll hold him to that.
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Starting Dec. 9 when training camps open, guys are going to get injured. And when it happens you are going to inevitably hear an announcer or that fool down bar from you drinking Bud Light say, "That's because of the lockout."
No, it's not.
While it seems intuitive, it just doesn't work that way. A guy spraining his ankle or injuring his knee could have happened at any point — whether it was working out or playing in the Chinese Basketball Association — because those things just happen. It wasn't the lockout, it was bad luck. If anything, players may have saved wear-and-tear on chronic injuries, those could be less of an issue (although the condensed schedule will not help).
Don't take my word for it. Will Carroll — the injury expert at Sports Illustrated — has studied NBA injuries in depth and in a post at The Point Forward he blows up the lockout-induced injury.
Traumatic injuries are random in when they occur, but predictable in how often they occur, according to a proprietary study I did for an NBA team two years ago… The gist of the study is that certain events make a player more likely to be injured traumatically and that traumatic injuries predict chronic ones. Players have a greater chance of suffering a traumatic injury if they persist in doing certain athletic activities over a long period.
While I can't give you the details on the study, one such activity is jumping. Yes, jumping. It puts a strain on a player's knees, ankles, hips and back. Players land wrong or land on someone else's foot. It turns out the traumatic injuries are just the inevitable buildup of odds rather than a purely random occurrence. It's Russian Roulette with a really big cylinder.
Which brings us back to the lockout and injuries. There's simply no evidence that the lockout or even just a time away from the paternalistic embrace of a team increases the risk of injury. In the NFL, the lockout was widely believed to be problematic…. The general injury numbers have continued to stay in the normal range all season long.
But what about those nine guys in the NFL who injured their Achilles in the first weeks of the NFL season? Last season with full camps there were eight of those in the same time frame. Basically the same number.
So when your favorite player goes down, go ahead and curse the basketball gods. Just don't blame the lockout.


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Garth Brooks Adds More Shows in Atlanta
On Sept. 19, Garth Brooks is playing first show in Atlanta, Ga., in 18 years.
And as soon as tickets went on sale today (Aug. 8) for that show, he added a second for the following night (Sept. 20). Both shows begin at 6:30pm. Update: A third show has now also been added on Sept. 19 at 10:30 p.m.
Related: Garth Brooks Announces New Album, Massive World Tour
All the Atlanta shows will take at Philips Arena, and the ticket price for each and every seat is $71.50 (including all taxes and fees), available now through Ticketmaster. Brooks' wife Trisha Yearwood is also on the bill.
Atlanta is the second stop on Brooks' recently announced World Tour, which kicks off Sept. 4 in Chicago. That single Chicago date soon expanded to a total of 10 shows running Sept. 4-14, all taking place at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont.
Related: Garth Brooks to Play Ten Shows in Chicago
Since announcing that series of Chicago shows, Brooks went on to break his own sales record for number of tickets sold in a single city. His previous record was 162,822 tickets sold for shows in Minneapolis in October of 1998. Now his Chicago ticket sales have officially surpassed that — and the total number sold is still rising, as some dates still have seats available.
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