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You have no working model of a civilization yet you think its behavior can be predicted mathematically. K.
Bigger fleets need more fuel, munitions, maintenance. Labor and materials that they have to bring along.
Rational by our standards or by theirs?
You also demonstrate no knowledge of tactics or military strategy, yet you find battles predictable? K.
It protects the colony because they have the capability to build their own fleets, munitions, bases, replace losses, etc. Advantage goes to the ones with the closest support and resources. The colonists also see the Imperial fleet coming, so they'll have time to prepare extensive defenses.
The literal definition of a Kardashev 3 society is one unified civilization controlling all of a galaxy's energy output.


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Vatican City, Sep 21, 2013 / 11:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).-
Pope Francis made several key decisions in establishing his Curia today, appointing new officials and confirming others in their positions in the Vatican.
The series of announcements includes the confirmation of top officials in key departments and the return of an American to the upper ranks of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.
It has been over six months since Pope Francis announced he was temporarily confirming Vatican officials in their positions, taking "some time for reflection, prayer and dialogue, before any definitive nominations or confirmations."
On Sept. 21, some of those major decisions were made.
Most notably, Pope Francis has confirmed confidence in German Archbishop Gerhard Mueller as prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, and titular Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer as the department's secretary.
The Doctrine department, like the traditionally powerful Secretariat of State, is a key resource for the popes in governing, leading and protecting the Catholic Church not only in Rome, but throughout the world.
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples' leadership also remained intact. Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni continues as prefect. The highest-ranking Chinese official in the Curia, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, will remain secretary, and Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, adjunct secretary.
These decisions curb speculation in Italian media as to possible shake-ups in both departments.
In addition to the confirmations, Pope Francis made a series of major appointments. The lifetime Vatican diplomat and Archbishop Beniamino Stella is the new prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, taking the place of fellow-Italian Cardinal Mauro Piacenza.
Archbishop Celso Mora Iruzubieta has been confirmed as secretary of the same department while Bishop Jorge Carol Patron Wong has been named its secretary for seminaries.
The outgoing Cardinal Piacenza will go on to replace the retiring Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro as the Penitentiary Major of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
Titular Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, formerly secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, has been appointed secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.
In a further development, Pope Francis created a position for Archbishop Joseph Augustine "Gus" di Noia. He now joins the leadership of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith as its adjunct secretary.
The American prelate has years of experience working in the Roman Curia. He began serving as under-secretary for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in 2002 and was appointed secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship in 2009. At the same time, he was consecrated as the Titular Archbishop of Oregon City.
In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named him vice president of the Ecclesia Dei Pontifical Commission, which has led efforts to bring the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X back into the Catholic Church.
Di Noia was born in New York and joined the Dominicans of the Eastern Province of St. Joseph where he was ordained in 1970. He is a respected theologian who was asked to serve on the International Theological Commission, a group tasked with helping the Holy See examine doctrinal questions, from 1997-2002.
Pope Francis' appointments also include Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Sciacca, adjunct secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as a consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
And Msgr. Giampier Gloder becomes president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and given special responsibilities in the Secretary of State. He will be given the title of Archbishop.
Titular Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, formerly secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, has been named apostolic nuncio to Germany.
The curial changes come just weeks before Pope Francis will meet with a group of eight Cardinals from Oct. 1-3 to advise him on possible changes to the governing structures of the Church.

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Matthew 2:16 English Standard Version (ESV)
Herod Kills the Children
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
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|"The Sea" by Ted Nasmith
|General Information
|Other names
|The Great Sea, Sundering Seas, Alatairë, Western Sea
|East of Aman, west of Middle-earth
|Bay of Balar, Great Gulf, Forochel, Gulf of Lune, Bay of Belfalas
|The War of Wrath & Akallabêth
|Images of Belegaer
|By Ardamir. (Help; more articles)
- "The Sea! Alas! I have not yet beheld it. But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir. Alas! for the gulls. No peace shall I have again under beech or under elm."
- ― Legolas[1]
Belegaer, the Great Sea, or the Sundering Seas, also the Western Sea,[2] was the sea of Arda that was west of Middle-earth.
Before the Second Age, Belegaer stretched from the Gap of Ilmen in the far north, where a bridge made of ice known as the Helcaraxë connected Middle-earth and Aman, to the far south, where it also connected with Ilmen and froze, although no strait was formed there. Belegaer was narrower in the north than in the south, with its widest part near the equator of Arda.
The full extent of Belegaer after the Akallabêth is never made clear, but it reached far enough to the north to be ice-covered, and far to the south.
Before the end of the Second Age, the continent of Aman, home of the Valar, formed the western edge of Belegaer. Before the ruin of Beleriand at the end of the First Age, the sea was narrow and ice-filled in the north, forming the strait of Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice. It was thus possible to cross from Aman to Middle-earth on foot, though with difficulty, as did Fingolfin and his people of the Noldor when fleeing Valinor.
After the War of Wrath Belegaer was widened by the drowning of a large part of Middle-earth, and possibly parts of Aman. The bridge of ice in the north was removed, removing land access to the western continent. During the Akallabêth in the Second Age, the seas were bent and the world was made round. Aman was removed from the world, Belegaer washed "new lands", and only the chosen could find the "Straight Road" to Valinor. The new western end of Belegaer is never described in the narrative, although there are indications that Númenórean refugees reached them in search for Valinor.
Belegaer had several islands and island chains:
- Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle close to the shore of Aman
- the Twilit Isles or Enchanted Isles seaward of Tol Eressëa
- Númenor (Second Age only)
- the Western Isles (after the First Age)
- Balar, in the Bay of Balar (First Age only)
- Tolfalas, in the Bay of Belfalas
Bays and inlets
Other features of Belegaer:
- Bay of Eldamar
- Bay of Balar (First Age only)
- the Great Gulf (First Age only)
- Firth of Drengist (First Age only)
- Ice Bay of Forochel (after First Age)
- Gulf of Lune (after First Age)
- Bay of Belfalas (after First Age)
The name is Sindarin, and has the elements Beleg ("mighty") and aer, an element meaning "sea".[3] The Quenya name of Belegaer, never used in primary writing, is Alatairë.[4]
Karen Wynn Fonstad has noted that "Belegaer was comparable to the Atlantic".[5]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate"
- ↑ Quite often also "the western sea" in small letters.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
- ↑ Karen Wynn Fonstad The Atlas of Middle-earth p. 194


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I'm trying to create a t-sql query that can determine whether or not a given database has any database snapshots that were created from it.
For example, if I were to create a snapshot like this:
CREATE DATABASE [DatabaseA_Snapshot] ON
(NAME=DatabaseA, FileName='<whatever>')
AS SNAPSHOT OF [DatabaseA]
Is there a way I can query for the existence of that snapshot again later? I can see that it shows up in sys.databases, but I couldn't find any information that would help me determine that it's a database snapshot that was created from DatabaseA.
SQL Server Management Studio's Object Explorer places it under the 'Database Snapshots' folder so there's obviously some way to differentiate these from regular databases.


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This recipe was my contribution to my friend Tori's Passover Potluck project 2012. Check out the more detailed intro and my step-by-step pictures on her blog, here (you will also love all her yummy recipes!).
- Extra virgin olive oil (to taste)
- 2 boxes (about 10 oz. each) matzo (more or less)
- 2 lbs. cleaned Swiss chard or baby spinach
- 2 lbs. artichoke hearts (frozen is ok)
- 2 lbs. asparagus or mushroom, cleaned and sliced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 6 garlic cloves
- 2 quarts cold chicken broth (for soaking the matzo- sub vegetable broth for vegan mod.)
- 3 eggs (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Garlic Cloves
- Rosemary
- 4 oz. ground meat (optional)
- 1 piece marrow bone (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Clean the vegetables, discarding the tougher parts of the artichokes and asparagus.
Cut the asparagus into small pieces, slice the artichokes very thinly (if using frozen, partially defrost first), and chop the spinach.
Blanch the spinach for about 5 minutes in a covered pot with a few tablespoons of water (you can also do this in a covered platter in your microwave).
Allow to cool down, then drain and squeeze the liquid out by pressing it into a colander in your sink.
Prepare three separate skillets on your stovetop, with at least 2 tablespoons of oil in each.
Heat the oil and add 2 whole cloves of garlic to each skillet.
Place the artichokes in one skillet, the asparagus or mushrooms in another, and the spinach in another.
Add 1/2 cup of white wine each to the artichokes and the asparagus/mushroom skillets and salt to taste.
Turn heat on those two skillets to medium. Allow the vegetables to simmer in the wine till it evaporates.
Add 1/3 cup of water to the artichokes, and cover both the artichokes and the asparagus.
Turn heat to low.
Salt the spinach skillet to taste (do not add any wine). Turn heat to low.
Cook all 3 vegetables separately on low heat until very moist and tender, adding some water if they start sticking to the skillet, or if they dry out. Cooking times may vary between 15 and 20 minutes.
Discard the garlic cloves and set the three vegetables aside. If they feel too dry, add a few tablespoons of broth.
Make sure you have some "sugo d'arrosto"* (roast juice) ready, or make some following my instructions at the bottom of this recipe.
Soak the matzahs in cold chicken broth. For a prettier result, soak them briefly (about 10 minutes), a few at a time, not allowing them to crumble (if you soak them for a short time, they might still split in 2, but they will be easy to "re-compose" in the pan).
For a softer, kugel-like texture, soak the matzahs for at least 40 minutes until very soft, break them down with your hands into a "mush" and then squeeze the liquid out (some people prefer this texture and they don't mind the fact that it looks less "pretty").
Line the bottom of a baking pan with about ¼ of the soaked matzah. splitting some in ½ or 1/3 as needed to completely fill the perimeter.
Brush or drizzle with a little "sugo di arrosto" and with about 1/3 cup broth (if you mush the matzah you will need to use less broth; whole matzahs, more broth), and then layer most of the spinach (reserve about ¼ for the top); follow with a layer of matzah, a little more "sugo d'arrosto" and broth, and the artichokes (set aside ¼ of all the vegetables) ; again matzah, roast juice, broth, and the asparagus. You can just top with the asparagus or make a final layer of matzah and top with roast juice.
Break the eggs and whisk them with 1 cup leftover broth.
Pour the mix over the pie slowly, trying to cover it evenly and allowing it to penetrate down the sides (if you are serving this dish as a side and prefer a lighter version, or if you are making a vegan modification, you can skip the eggs).
Bake for about 40-45 minutes. Half-way through the baking, check the pie, and if it feels too dry, add some more broth, concentrating it on the perimeter of the matzahs. You can also cover it with foil for the second half of the baking.
Roast some beef with olive oil, garlic and rosemary leaves.
When the meat is done, remove it and strain the pot juices, which you will add to the matzah pie (if it's not Passover, the roast juices also make an awesome pasta sauce!).
If you don't need to make a whole roast beef, you can make a "fake" roast juice sauce by heating some olive oil in a skillet, and cooking a small amount of ground meat in it with a few whole cloves of garlic, some rosemary, salt and pepper. And if you are vegetarian or vegan, just heat the oil with garlic and rosemary and skip the meat!


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Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian Jeffrey W. Cannell announced today that the New York State Board of Regents Cultural Education Committee unanimously and enthusiastically accepted Creating the Future, a 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Service in New York State: Recommendations of the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to the New York State Board of Regents at their meeting on Tuesday, April 24. The Plan is posted at:http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/2020final/index.html.
Gerald Nichols, Chair of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, and John Hammond, Vice-Chair, presented the vision and plan and reviewed major highlights of the two year statewide planning process. Their remarks are posted athttp://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/2012testimony.htm. Nichols summarized his remarks with the following statement, "We ask you (the Board of Regents) to reaffirm your role as champion of our state's libraries and library systems; to help us set a new course for the future and to recognize that, in spite of economic challenges, quality library service must be available to every child and every adult in New York."
In addition to voting unanimously to accept the plan, the Board of Regents also directed Deputy Commissioner Cannell to work with the Council and others to develop an implementation strategy and detailed action plan. The plan will identify which of the recommendations will be implemented through Regents action, which may require changes to legislation and which may require some other type of action by the State Library, the library community and/or other key stakeholders.
In April 2010 the Board of Regents challenged the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to develop a new plan for library services in New York. In response, the Council requested input from the library and education communities, as well as from library users across the state. Hundreds of comments were received and used to develop initial drafts of the vision document. Responses informed the Council on the importance of libraries in their communities, particularly with regard to the ability of libraries to adapt to the surrounding technological environment and serve individuals of any age or economic standing.
For more information about the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries and the 2020 Vision planning process, and to view Nichols and Hammond's comments to the Board of Regents, visit the Advisory Council's website at:http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/index.html . Questions or recommendations related to implementation of the new vision and plan may be directed to the Office of the State Librarian at email@example.com .


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OCC Bulletin 2009-26| August 6, 2009
Flood Disaster Protection Act: Revised Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Flood Insurance
Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties
The guidance attached to this bulletin continues to apply to federal savings associations.
On July 21, 2009, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Thrift Supervision, National Credit Union Administration, and the Farm Credit Administration (the agencies), published in the Federal Register "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Flood Insurance" (2009 Interagency Questions and Answers).
This document supersedes the 1997 Interagency Questions and Answers and supplements other guidance or interpretations issued by the agencies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The 2009 Interagency Questions and Answers include 77 questions and answers, that were revised as appropriate based on comments from 59 commenters.
The agencies also are proposing five additional questions and answers. The new proposed questions and answers provide guidance concerning the determination of insurable value in calculating the maximum limit of coverage available for the particular type of property under the Flood Disaster Protection Act and force placement of required flood insurance. The agencies invite comment on the proposed new questions and answers and, more generally, on other issues and concerns regarding compliance with the federal flood insurance statutes and regulations. Comments specific to determination of insurable value and force placement of required flood insurance are requested by September 21, 2009.
You may direct any questions to your supervisory office or OCC Compliance Division (202) 649-5470.
Ann F. Jaedicke
Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Policy


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Weiner was on The Daily Show last week, talking with old pal Stewart and cracking wise about their good old days foregoing pants and hanging at the beach and scandalous photos, and at some point managed to get in a little talk about health care and other national news of import.
However, professionally, we have to take Stewart to task for not hitting Weiner with the hard questions and letting him off easy, probably because they are dear old friends. Right before Weiner joined Stewart on set, Stewart did an entire bit about a certain congressman, namely Congressman Dick Sweat of New Hampshire, and then proceeds to totally gloss over the fact that his next guest's last name is "Weiner."
Irresponsible, Mr. Stewart, irresponsible.


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Tuesday, October 08, 2013
What Board Recertification Is Failing to Teach Doctors
After studying for these boards for the third time, I have come to the realization that there's a million ways the ABIM could write test questions to pimp those of us required to re-take these exams. I can only hope that the few items I've learned as a consequence of answering the accompanying questions at the end of each section of the materials gets me by in a test whose curve is set by some statistical method that no one really understands. But what if I don't pass, God forbid? What would it mean for me professionally? While doctors are reassurred they can re-take the examination (for a fee, of course), does the ABIM's "scarlet letter" affect my ability to practice medicine? Should doctors be educated on the implications of non-certification and what it might mean to a doctor professionally rather than just touting the benefits of this process? Since the implications of not passing re-certification boards may have large financial and emotional implications to physicians, what ethical and legal responsibility does the ABIM and American Board of Medical Specialties hold to their members? I really don't know.
But my point in this post is not to re-hash my concerns about the non-objective and money-making nature of this recertification process, but rather to identify other problematic areas that the ABIM and professional societies like the American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society are missing in this re-certification process.
First of all, cardiology practice has changed. Cardiology specialists and subspecialists are now increasingly employees of huge health care systems as a result of the health care reform efforts underway. Increasingly, our subspecialties of cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology are divided and continue to diverge clincially as knowledge and discovery expands at an unprecedented pace in both fields. As a result of these realities, there is little need any longer for electropysiologists to understand the nuanced differences between various glycoprotein GIIa/IIIb inhibitors, for instance. EPs just need to know that all of these drugs make patients' pacemaker pockets bleed more after surgery. Likewise, do electrophysiologists really need to know the differences between multi-detector CT and SPECT scanning protocols for the diagnostic evaluation of coronary disease in our new subspecialized world of medicine that remains far too litiginous? Electrophysiologists would be foolhardy to recommend a particular scan or the proper antiplatelet agent after a drug-eluting stent given these realities. Instead, doctors of varying skill areas need each other more than ever to provide quality care, not try to harbor every factoid in textbooks between our earlobes. To think any EP or cardiologist should (or could) know the ropes of the other specialty is unrealistic. As such, I continue to wonder why the added expense of cardiovascular medicine board recertification must be added on top of electrophysiology board recertification for tomorrow's doctors, especially in this era of Uptodate and Google. No matter that your view is of these arduous re-certification processes, we need to leverage technology to improve patient care and physician knowledge rather than pretend we don't need it. Force-feeding busy clnical doctors with more facts than they can ever hope to recall is frustrating, unnecessarily time-consuming, and may even have the unintended consequence of detracting from actual patient care delivery.
Secondly, ABIM re-certification test-writers fail to teach doctors how new CMS coding and billing requirements can adversely affect their colleagues and patients. For instance, no where is this more evident than the confusion that surrounds classification of patients coming to a hospital for "observation" or "inpatient" admission. As any skilled clinical doctor understands, what is billed and paid to the patient, doctor and hospital system rests heavily on this definition. Does the ABIM teach doctors this? No. Yet the financial and quality of care implications of this definition to both patients and doctors are very significant depending on how a patient stay in the hospital is defined by payers. (If you don't know this, dear doctor, you should.)
Thirdly, clinical physicians can even teach the more academic ABIM members a thing or two. For instance, maybe doctors who actually care for patients could insist that ABIM members teach doctors how to use vascular ultrasound devices to improve the safety of vascular access for our patients. Why isn't such a skill taught by our board reviewers who claim they are interested in improved patient outcomes? Might it be because it requires each of us to actually touch and care for a patient, something we get pretty good at after thirty years of providing care? Requiring academic discussions of obscure genetic disorders might make for good test fodder, but such obscure instruction completely misses important aspects of physician competency and patient safety.
This is not to say that all academic learning in medicine is without utility. On the contrary, learning by physicians will always remain an essential aspect of caring for our patients. I know that the many excellent doctors that have written modules for board certification preparation purposes have made every effort to make the re-certification process as meaningful as possible for doctors. But we should acknowledge that all doctors already have to "prove" that we participate in learning when we have to submit "certified" CME certificates to maintain licensure. Every doctor in America constantly has to "prove" we don't hurt people to our quality assurance committees and to the legal community. To force additional expensive and unproven training that is out of touch in so many ways with the way medical care is being delivered now may be having significant unintended negative consequences, too. We should start asking if the ABIM could be causing more harm than good as doctors become increasingly frustrated by the many bureaucratic and administrative hoops that increasingly detract from patient care.
After all, it's the lack of time left in the day to care for our patients that's most likely to harm them, not whether we pass a test or not.
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- Unknown said...
I find myself nodding in agreement at some of these comments as I chuckle the entire time about an EP and an interventional cardiologist or general cardiologist complaining that they have a tough time keeping up with each others specialties I'm an ER doc.
- Tue Oct 08, 03:46:00 PM CDT
- DrWes said...
I can't imagine...
- Tue Oct 08, 04:15:00 PM CDT
- G Sunil MD said...
Dr Wes,
Well said. As an endocrinologist who gives talks to other specialists, I have questioned the need for recertification myself, and have not done so for the past 10 years. As a result, no employers want to hire me; but I am thankful I have a private practice and I tell my patients that I am not board certified. My only peeve is that while there are people who passed the boards a year senior to me who are 'grandfathered' into a system where they are permanently certified, why should there be a dichotomy when it comes to certification? I am a person with no tolerance towards sitting in front of a computer for long; why can't there be an interactive system where we can have viva? I will gladly volunteer for being an examiner, pro bono if chosen. But, you know what, ABIM makes way too much money from this, and so do the 'board review' people; so I doubt it if the authorities will do something to change the way things are.
- Wed Oct 09, 09:47:00 AM CDT
- jeff Olson said...
The anesthesiology boards, one of the few which have an oral portion to the exam, are even more astounding and elusory in my opinion. Absolutely no feedback or insight into examinee's performance is offered months afterward for this far from realistic mock patient interaction.
- Thu Oct 10, 01:36:00 AM CDT
Thank you for a very important blog! Physicians should be aware that, in April 2013, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) seeking to stop the MOC (Maintenance of Certification) program. The AMA agrees, and has filed resolutions opposing mandatory specialty board recertification programs and discrimination by hospitals against physicians who don't recertify.
Medical staff membership in hospitals, participation on insurance panels, etc. often require board-certification. If physicians fail to pass the examination and numerous other requirements for MOC and to maintain their board-certification status, their medical staff privileges are revoked and their participation on insurance panels are terminated.
Please tell your colleagues.http://www.aapsonline.org/index.php/article/action_alert_stop_moc_mol_in_new_york_state/
- Fri Oct 11, 11:49:00 PM CDT
Maintenance of Certification requirements fail to improve the quality of medical care while placing unnecessary burdens on physicians. The American Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed an important lawsuit against the American Board of Medical Specialities (ABMS) in federal court in Trenton, NJ, docket number 3:13-cv-02609-MLC-LHG, for restraining trade and causing a reduction in access by patients to their physicians.
To find out more, google 'AAPS vs ABMS'.
The actual legal complaint can be found here: https://ia601704.us.archive.org/33/items/gov.uscourts.njd.288693/gov.uscourts.njd.288693.1.0.pdf
This information needs to be spread far and wide among physicians.
- Sat Oct 12, 12:28:00 AM CDT
I am a gas-passer so please account for my biases. Since my field is implicitly in competition with CRNAs I always have to ask how is it physicians are differentiating themselves from nurses (this same argument can be extended to Internists and FPs). Should we require more education and/or Fellowship equivalents? Do we create value-added certifications that expand/extend our abilities? Or do we just sit down for a good ol' book learnin' test every 10 (or so) years? Does this test make us more marketable or better physicians--or is this just another money-making scam?
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Interstate 49 South Project Task Force
WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 90 (hereafter "U.S. 90") is one of the state of Louisiana's major links to the Gulf of Mexico, and a main corridor for access to oil and gas operations in the central gulf's outer continental shelf, petro-chemical industries along the Mississippi River, and waterborne freight en route to the central United States;
WHEREAS, over thirty-six percent (36%) of the population of the state of Louisiana resides in the vicinity of U.S. 90 between Interstate 10 (hereafter "I-10") in Lafayette and the Westbank Expressway in New Orleans; as a consequence, the four-laned highway is the primary hurricane evacuation route for South Louisiana;
WHEREAS, it is a priority for the state of Louisiana to prepare for the twenty-first century by promoting economic growth and development through the provision of a transportation system adequate to support new economic activity with its increase in traffic volume, encourage international and domestic commerce, promote tourism, and improve public safety; and
WHEREAS, the interests of the citizens of the state of Louisiana would be best served by the continuation of the Interstate 49 South Project Task Force in order to complete its analysis of upgrading U.S. 90 into an interstate and evaluating the impact it would have on the general populace of the state, particularly those living in South Louisiana;
NOW THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: The Interstate 49 South Project Task Force (hereafter "Task Force") is reestablished within the Executive Department, Office of the Governor.
SECTION 2: The duties and functions of the Task Force shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. Assisting the Department of Transportation and Development in the completion of the environmental decision making process for the remaining studies in progess; and
B. Documenting the level of support for the I-49 South Project by 1) the citizens of the state of Louisiana living in the various geographical sections of the state of Louisiana, 2) the Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the areas surrounding U.S. 90 between I-10 in Lafayette and the Westbank Expressway in New Orleans, and 3) the members of the Louisiana Legislature.
SECTION 3: A. By March 1, 2005, the Task Force shall submit a comprehensive report on the issues set forth in Section 2 of this Order to the governor, the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works, and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.
B. The Task Force shall also submit documentation to the governor by March 1, 2005, suitable for submission to the members of the state of Louisiana's United States Congressional Delegation, supporting the reasons for extending Interstate 49 south from Lafayette to New Orleans.
SECTION 4: The Task Force shall meet at regularly scheduled intervals and at the call of the chair.
SECTION 5: The Task Force shall be composed of a maximum of twenty-three (23) members who, unless otherwise specified, shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The membership of the Task Force shall be selected as follows:
A. The governor, or the governor's designee;
B. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, or the secretary's designee;
C. The chair of the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works, or the chair's designee;
D. The chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works, or the chair' s designee;
E. The Federal Highway Administrator for the state of Louisiana, or the Federal Highway Administrator's designee;
F. Representatives from communities located along the span of U.S. 90 between the Westbank Expressway in New Orleans and I-10 in Lafayette;
G. Representatives of businesses in South Louisiana;
H. Representatives of the Lafayette, Houma, and New Orleans Metropolitan Planning Organizations;
I. A representative of the farming community, who resides in Louisiana, whose principal business is farming; and
J. Two (2) at-large members.
SECTION 6: The chair of the Task Force shall be appointed by the governor from the membership of the Task Force. All other officers, if any, shall be elected by the members of the Task Force from its membership.
SECTION 7: A. Task Force members shall not receive additional compensation or a per diem from the Office of the Governor for serving on the Task Force.
B. Task Force members who are employees or elected public officials of the state of Louisiana or a political subdivision thereof may seek reimbursement of travel expenses, in accordance with PPM 49, from their employing and/or elected department, agency and/or office.
C. Task Force members who are also members of the Louisiana Legislature may seek a per diem from the Louisiana State Senate or House of Representatives, as appropriate, for their attendance.
SECTION 8: Support staff, facilities, and resources for the Task Force shall be provided by the Department of Transportation and Development.
SECTION 9: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Task Force in implementing the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 10: This Order is effective upon signature and shall continue in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 20th day of August, 2004.
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
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During her first day as the new chairman of the SEC, Elisse Walter appointed two acting directors, one to the Division of Corporation Finance and the other to Trading and Markets.
Lona Nallengara will be the acting director of Corporation Finance, replacing Meredith Cross when she leaves the SEC to return to the private sector at year-end. John Ramsay will become acting director of Trading and Markets, replacing Robert Cook, who announced that he plans to step down after a short transition period.
Both Cross and Cook announced their planned departures the week of Dec. 3.
Nallengara has served as deputy director for legal and regulatory policy of the division since March 2011 and has been responsible for overseeing the Division's offices of Chief Counsel, Enforcement Liaison, International Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Small Business Policy.
Nallengara is also credited with leading a series of complex rulemakings required by the Dodd-Frank Act and the division's implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.
"Lona understands that our financial system is premised on investors getting the information they need to make smart decisions and on businesses having access to new capital," Walter said in a statement. "Lona has extensive experience working within the agency and with companies seeking to raise capital. He appreciates the impact that our rules have not only on the lives of everyday investors, but also on the financial system as a whole."
Nallengara joined the SEC from Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York, where he was a partner in the Capital Markets practice group and advised public companies and financial institutions in a wide range of capital raising activities and on corporate governance, public reporting and mergers and acquisitions matters. He earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.
Ramsay has served as a deputy director for trading and markets and is responsible for broker-dealer financial responsibility, risk oversight, and clearance and settlement functions. He has played a key role in the advancement of rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.
"John has a wealth of experience to draw upon and a firm grasp of the intricacies of issues," Walter said in the statement. "He is well-positioned to oversee the Division as we continue to further bolster the markets and ensure they operate fairly and efficiently."
Ramsay previously worked at the SEC from 1989 to 1994 in various posts including as counsel to then-Commissioner Mary Schapiro, who departed the agency on Friday. He also has held other key regulatory policy positions at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers (now the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). In the private sector, Ramsay worked as a partner at the law firm of Morgan Lewis and Bockius, senior vice president of the Bond Market Association (now the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association), and managing director and deputy general counsel at Citigroup Global Markets.
Ramsay received his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1984 and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.


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Chromosomes are the long stretches of DNA that contain our genes. The chromosomes need to be stained in order to see them with a microscope. When stained, the chromosomes look like strings with light and dark bands. A picture of all 46 chromosomes from one cell, in their pairs, is called a karyotype. The standard analysis of the chromosomal material evaluates both the number and structure of the chromosomes, with an accuracy of over 99.9 percent. Chromosome analyses are usually performed using a blood sample (white blood cells), prenatal specimen, skin biopsy or other tissue samples.
Chromosome studies may be performed when a child is born with multiple birth defects. Chromosome studies may also be performed when people have certain types of leukemias and lymphomas, to look for specific chromosome rearrangements (changes in the order of the chromosome material) associated with these types of cancers.
DNA study
A gene is a short stretch of DNA on a chromosome. The stretch of DNA is a code for making a specific protein the body needs to function properly. To study genes, you have to analyze the DNA to determine whether the DNA "alphabet" has any "spelling errors" in it. There are two ways to analyze the DNA: by looking at the actual gene itself or by looking at areas of DNA, called markers, that are very close to the gene.
Direct DNA studies simply look directly at the gene in question for an error. Errors in the DNA may include a replication of the gene's DNA (duplication), a loss of a piece of the gene's DNA (deletion), an alteration in a single unit (called a base pair) of the gene's DNA (point mutation), or the repeated replication of a small sequence (for instance, three base pairs) of the gene's DNA (trinucleotide repeat). Different types of errors are found in different disorders. It is usually very important to find the error that is present in a family by studying the family member with the disorder in question (in this case, cancer) before testing relatives without cancer. When a particular mutation is found in a relative with cancer, other family members can choose to have testing for the error to determine if they have an increased risk to develop certain cancers and to pass the error on to the next generation. The DNA needed for direct DNA studies is usually obtained by taking a blood sample.
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Sometimes the gene that mutated causes a condition has not yet been identified, but researchers know approximately where it lies on a particular chromosome. Or other times, the gene is identified, but direct gene studies are not possible because the gene is too large to analyze. In these cases, indirect DNA studies may be done. Indirect DNA studies involve using markers to find out whether a person has inherited the crucial region of the genetic code that is passing through the family with the disease. Markers are DNA sequences located close to or even within the gene of interest. Because the markers are so close, they are almost always inherited together with the disease. When markers are this close to a gene, they are said to be linked.
If someone in a family has the same set of linked markers as the relative with the disease, this person often also has the disease-causing gene mutation. Because indirect DNA studies involve using linked markers, these types of studies are also called linkage studies. Indirect studies usually involve blood samples from several family members, including those with and without the disorder in question. This is to establish what pattern of markers appear to be associated with the disease. Once the disease-associated pattern of markers is identified, it is possible to offer testing to relatives to determine who inherited this pattern, and as such, is at increased risk of cancer.
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Onslow County, NC is Among Recipients of $750,000 in Smart Growth Assistance Provided by EPA
Release Date: 02/06/2012
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ATLANTA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Onslow County, NC will receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program. Nationally, 56 communities in 26 states will each receive the assistance from EPA-funded private-sector experts. The technical experts will work with the communities on actions they can take to improve the economy, the environment, and quality of life. Some examples may include improving pedestrian access and safety, incorporating green infrastructure, or conducting an economic and fiscal health assessment.
Onslow County is receiving assistance with Smart Growth Zoning Codes for Small Cities and Rural Areas. This assistance offers solutions that the county can make to their zoning codes and planning documents to get development that protects their character and quality of life.
Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities is a project of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities among EPA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The interagency collaboration coordinates federal investments in infrastructure, facilities, and services to get better results for communities and use taxpayer money more efficiently. The partnership is helping communities across the country create more housing choices, make transportation more efficient and reliable, reinforce existing investments, and support vibrant and healthy neighborhoods that attract businesses.
This announcement marks the second round of Building Blocks assistance. Thirty-two other communities were named in the first round in April 2011. EPA selected the 56 communities from 350 applicants through a competitive process in consultation with EPA's regional offices, HUD, DOT, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tax whistleblower received a $2 million reward from the Internal Revenue Service for his role uncovering an alleged multimillion-dollar tax-avoidance scheme attempted by Illinois Tool Works Inc in the late 1990s, the whistleblower's lawyer said on Thursday.
The informant, a Wall Street banker who remained anonymous to protect his career, previously received two other million-dollar payouts from the IRS, said his attorney, Erika Kelton, with Phillips & Cohen in Washington.
His reward last week could have been larger if his claims were brought forward under newer IRS whistleblower rules revamped in 2006, she said.
Informants to the IRS only receive rewards after taxes are collected, based on the information they provide. This whistleblower filed his claim with the IRS in 2001.
It was unclear how much Illinois Tool Works paid the IRS in taxes based on the whistleblower's tips. In a news release, Kelton estimated the company could have paid $383 million to the IRS, based on tax liabilities in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Alison Donnelly, an Illinois Tool Works spokeswoman, said in response to the news release that it appeared to refer to a 1995 transaction that a former ITW business segment engaged in with an investment bank.
"As part of the IRS' normal audits of ITW's tax returns, the tax treatment of this transaction was fully resolved without penalty with the IRS in 2009, and resulted in no significant financial impact to ITW," she said in an emailed statement.
Illinois Tool Works, based in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, makes a variety of items, including restaurant supplies, construction products, electronic components, auto parts and industrial packaging.
An IRS spokesman said the agency could not comment due to taxpayer privacy laws.
The agency paid $8 million in whistleblower awards in fiscal 2011 and collected $48 million in taxes from their tips, according to IRS figures.
Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, who received a record-setting IRS award of $104 million that was paid in September, has prompted a rush of would-be imitators hoping to reap big payouts for exposing tax cheats, whistleblower lawyers have said.
Birkenfeld's tips led Swiss bank UBS AG to settle with U.S. regulators in 2009 for $780 million in fines, penalties, interest and restitution.
Following Birkenfeld's award announcement, "there's a renewed confidence among whistleblowers" in the IRS, Kelton said. "The inquiries to our firm from potential tax whistleblowers has again picked up," she said.
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Sleep Deprivation...The Mother of My InventionMy name is Pamela Gonzalez, and I am the inventor of My Tot Clock. People often ask me how I came up with the idea for my product. My answer is easy…sleep deprivation was the mother of my invention! It all started four years ago when my oldest son Gabriel was only 2-years old. His new little brother Anthony arrived and took over the baby room, along with everything in it…including the sacred crib. Gabriel was a great sleeper in his crib, but when he got into his big boy bed, all bets were off. He became a master negotiator before bedtime, he required mommy to be in the room before he would fall asleep, he would wake up in the middle of the night (sometimes multiple times), and finally he would end up in our bed. This became our routine, which was 100% created by a mommy who didn't have the heart or the strength to let her big boy keep crying it out. One night…or should I say the wee hours of the morning…I was putting Gabriel back to bed for the 2nd or 3rd time, when it dawned on me that the problem wasn't that Gabriel loved waking up in the middle of the night and disturbing everyone's sleep, but that he had no idea what time it was!
So, I came up with what I thought was a great idea! I would tell Gabriel that he couldn't get out of bed until the sun woke up. Genius move, right? Well, not exactly. Gabriel woke up every hour to tell me that the sun was awake! I knew I needed something better than the sun to solve this problem! I needed to buy one of those clocks. You know, one of those clocks that changes colors, so children would know when to sleep and when it's okay to get out of bed. After putting Gabriel back down…again, I hit the Internet (hey, I was up already!), and I started searching for the magic clock! I searched, and searched to no avail. The clock was nowhere to be found, so I vowed that night to invent it!


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Hilary Duff?
Just in case you haven't seen them yet, the paps shot Mike Comrie proposing to Hilary Duff in Hawaii– click here to see the photos. Her people have since confirmed the engagement. The entire world is now also aware that he presented her with a $1 million ring. Since then they've been shot every day, every night, everywhere. And most recently at LAX – she dropped him off yesterday and they decided to give photographers some more action.
Jesus. Enough already. What is up with you, Duff? What are we playing at here? Is it simply a case of clever papping? Or is she working some kind of angle? Well...these days she's not exactly working much, and as such, even an engagement to a relatively obscure hockey player could help turn that around.
Weddings and babies give the ladies a hard-on. Hilary's now certainly enjoying a new surge of interest. And with the wedding planning and the dress search and the wedding photos still to come, there could be a reality show up in here. The Duff and the Puck. On MTV.
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We've got another batch of posters and synopses from the American Film Market, including promo posters and synopses for Tarzan 3D and The Impossible, as well as an official synopsis for the feature film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The new adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale Tarzan comes in the form of a 3D animated adaptation. Reinhard Klooss (Animals United) is directing from a script that Klooss co-wrote with Jessica Postigo (The Mortal Instruments). Additionally, The Impossible comes from The Orphanage director J.A. Bayona and stars Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Holland. The film tells the true story of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, as Watts races to find and save her family from the ensuing flood.
Finally, we've got the official synopsis for the feature film adaptation of the popular teen book series The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The 3D film stars Lily Collins as a girl who is transported to another world when she meets a mysterious half-angel known as a Shadowhunter. Hit the jump to see the promo posters and synopses.
Here's the synopsis for Tarzan 3D:
While in a remote part of Africa exploring a mineral cache in a mysterious cave, entrepreneur JOHN GREYSTOKE and his wife ALICE are killed in a tragic helicopter crash, leaving their three-year-old JOHN, JR. to fend for himself. Rescued by KALA, a gentle ape, the traumatized child is brought up by a band of mountain gorillas as one of their own, learning the ways of the wild as he grows into a strong and indepdendent young man known as TARZAN. At 14, Tarzan first encounters another human: JANE PORTER, a pretty and intrepid teen visiting Africa with her naturalist father. His contact with a creature so like himself leaves him unsettled and yearning for more.
The gorilla tribe's longtime leader dies and is succeeded by a brutal silverback named TUBLAT, who settles an old score by driving Tarzan out of the group. As Tarzan wanders alone, he stumbles on the wreckage of the helicopter, where he unknowingly triggers a signal to his late father's company. CLAYTON, a ruthlessly ambitious executive at Greystoke Industries, hires Jane and her father with a greedy scheme that will destroy the entire ecosystem. Jane, hoping to derail the plan, reconnects with Tarzan and becomes a target for both Clayton and Tublat. Facing deadly challenges from man and beast, Tarzan must use his jingle intuition and his human intellect to save his home and the woman he loves.
A spectacular animated safari into a vibrant and exotic landscape, TARZAN 3D is a gorgeously rendered, action-packed journey through a magnificently imagined world.
Here's the synopsis for The Impossible:
A terrifying and emotional story based on one family's experience of the 2004 tsunami, THE IMPOSSBILE is a compelling account of perserverance and survival in the face of unimaginable disaster and chaos.
MARIA (Naomi Watts), HENRY (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth. As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds toward her.
Henry grabs the two youngest boys, SIMON and THOMAS, but it's too late: the wave smashes into him with incredible force and dislodges his grip. Maria is pushed underwater, where she is crushed and battered by debris to the brink of death. She finally surfaces in a raging black sea, which has completely submerged her three-story hotel and the surrounding landscape. Maria gasps for breath while she tries to understand what has just happened, convinced that her family has been obliterated in the blink of an eye. But then, her eldest son, LUCAS (Tom Holland), surfaces a few meters ahead in the wild flood. Face-to-face with something unexpected and incomprehensible, she must fight against all odds for her child's survival. And her own.
Based on a true story, THE IMPOSSIBLE is the unforgettable account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worse natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives. Both epic and intimate, devastating and uplifting, THE IMPOSSIBLE is a journey to the core of the human heart.
Here's the synopsis for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones:
CLARY FRAY (Lily Collins) is an ordinary Brooklyn teenager until the night she meets the mysteriously tattooed JACE, who turns out to be a half-angel warrior known as a Shadowhunter. When Clary finds out her mother JOCELYN has been abducted, she desperately hopes Jace will be able to help. After a whirling golden portal transports her across time and space in a heartbeat, Clary realizes she too has the powers of the Shadowhunters. But can she harness them in time to save her mother?
Clary, Jace and their fellow Shadowhunters endure one breathtaking battle after another against vampire, warlocks and demons—only to discover Jocelyn hid a terrible secret from the fiercest warrior of all: VALENTINE. Cast out from the world of Shadowhunters, Valentine abducted Jocelyn believing she had a powerful tool known as the Mortal Cup. Using her newfound gifts, Clary finds the Cup, only to be brutally betrayed and forced to relinquish it.
Still reeling from this setback and racing to save Jocelyn before it's too late, Clary finds herself caught in a battle between forces she barely understands. Based on the best-selling series by Cassandra Clare, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES is a magnificent urban fantasy rich in detail and suspense, about a girl's journey to the darkest corners of the underworld to save those she loves.
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Top senators slam 'desperate diplomacy' on Pollard
Chorus of American voices rises up against releasing the convicted spy now, as Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are floundering
Every president since Ronald Reagan has refused to release Jonathan Pollard from prison. A CIA director once threatened to resign when Bill Clinton briefly considered freeing the convicted spy as part of Mideast peace talks. But now, in a gamble to extend negotiations that appear on the brink of collapse, the Obama administration is bringing the United States closer than it has been in years to granting Pollard an early release.
If Pollard's freedom leads eventually to a final peace settlement, it could mark a major victory for US Secretary of State John Kerry, who has toiled to achieve an agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians after decades of distrust and violence. But if Pollard is freed and the talks fail, it could be a costly embarrassment.
Releasing Pollard now, just to keep Israeli-Palestinian negotiations going, "portrays a weakness on our part and a certain amount of desperation," says Aaron Miller, who was part of the US negotiating team at two rounds of peace talks during the Clinton administration. "It guarantees almost nothing."
The White House insisted Tuesday that President Barack Obama has not decided on whether to release Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who was sentenced to life in prison nearly 30 years ago for selling classified military documents to the Israeli government. Kerry, asked about prospects for Pollard's release, told reporters at a NATO meeting in Brussels, "There is no agreement, at this point in time, regarding anyone or any specific steps."
"There are a lot of different possibilities in play," Kerry said. He added: "All I can tell you is that we are continuing, even now as I am standing up here speaking, to be engaged with both parties to find the best way forward."
But Kerry abruptly canceled plans to meet Wednesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, an indication that the talks are flailing as they approach an end-of-April deadline for a decision on whether to continue.
Israel has for years pushed for Pollard to be freed, and gave him citizenship in the late 1990s. His release now could be used to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu political cover from fallout at home in exchange for concessions that could be made to the Palestinians to keep the talks going.
People briefed on the matter said those concessions could include Israel freeing Palestinian prisoners who are considered terrorists by many Israelis. The conditions also might require Israel to freeze construction in settlements in disputed territory and to continue in the negotiations, according to two people, both of whom spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive diplomacy by name. Palestinian leaders have balked at proposals that would have them relinquish much of their demands in Jerusalem and recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Though Pollard is serving a life sentence, he becomes eligible for parole in November 2015. But the US government could object to letting him go.
Pollard has been serving his sentence at a medium-security prison in Butner, North Carolina, where inmates are awakened at 6 a.m. and spend their days performing various jobs. They have limited telephone access and are granted supervised recreation time. He is believed to be in poor health.
For the most part, US military and intelligence officials have strongly opposed Pollard's release.
William Cohen, who served as defense secretary from 1997-2001 and was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee when Pollard was convicted, said he sees no sense in even considering Pollard's release as part of the peace negotiations.
"I don't understand why he has been injected into the Middle East peace process," Cohen said in a telephone interview. "It makes it look as if he's being used as a bargaining chip," and if that is the case, it's not clear what the US stands to gain from such a deal, Cohen added.
The Pentagon, the CIA, three other former secretaries of defense, three former secretaries of state, a former CIA chief, a former director of national intelligence and the former chief Mideast envoy either didn't respond to messages seeking comment or declined to comment for this story.
Abbe Lowell, a Washington lawyer who has represented clients charged under the Espionage Act, said the facts of Pollard's case could have supported a shorter sentence, and he said that Pollard "has now served longer than anyone in similar circumstances."
"If the president wants to address this issue — whether because the time has come anyway or as part of a larger Middle East peace initiative — he has the absolute power to do so as the head of the government by commuting Mr. Pollard's sentence to time served," Lowell said in an email.
The documents Pollard smuggled out of a Navy facility included classified information about US weapons and military capabilities. They also detailed radar-jamming techniques and electronic capabilities of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and other moderate Arab governments, and included information about intelligence gathering in the United States by China. The Israeli government paid Pollard $45,000 for the documents, reimbursed him for three trips to Europe and Israel, and lavished expensive jewelry on his wife.
In a 1986 court statement that was made public in December 2012, then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Pollard had done "irrevocable" damage to the United States. He said Pollard had provided the Israelis with more than 800 US classified publications and more than 1,000 classified messages and cables.
"The defendant has substantially harmed the United States, and in my view, his crimes demand severe punishment," Weinberger wrote. The court statement was part of a declassified CIA assessment of national security damage caused by Pollard's disclosures.
During 1998 negotiations for a land-for-peace deal brokered at Wye River, Maryland, CIA Director George Tenet told Clinton he would resign if Pollard were freed as part of the talks. That apparently is the closest the United States had come to considering his release.
"I was shocked to hear Pollard's name arise in the middle of these negotiations," Tenet wrote in a memoir. "We were there to broker peace, not to pardon people who had sold out their country."
But over the years, some former US officials have softened. Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schultz and former CIA Director R. James Woolsey have called for Pollard's release, as has Republican Sen. John McCain.
Even so, McCain said Tuesday that linking Pollard's release to the Mideast peace negotiations "smacks of desperate diplomacy." He joined a chorus of Obama administration critics who said Pollard should be freed either on the merits of his parole application or on humanitarian grounds — not as a carrot to keep talks afloat.
Even Democrats were skeptical. "It's hard for me to see how that would jump-start the Mideast peace talks," said Senate intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein. "It's one thing after an agreement. It's a totally other thing before an agreement."
Feinstein, along with the ranking Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, told The Daily Beast that releasing Pollard was a bad idea and that they would oppose it.
"I think he's done a lot of harm to America and I just don't think he should be released," Chambliss said on Tuesday.
Elliott Abrams, a senior Mideast adviser to President George W. Bush, said it was logical that Pollard's freedom would be given more consideration now, when he is close to parole eligibility. But Abrams said "it's a very bad idea" and warned that it would amount to injecting politics into a foreign policy process.
The US initially hoped to secure a peace agreement by the end of April. When it became clear several months ago that neither side was anywhere close to an agreement Kerry said he aimed to reach a framework by then to serve as the basis for continuing negotiations. But even that benchmark appeared elusive as Israeli and Palestinian leaders failed to agree on what the framework would include. Abrams said he believes Pollard should be released, but he said it appears it is being considered now only to keep Abbas from walking away in anger as a result of Israel failing to release more prisoners.
"It's diplomatic malpractice in my view," Abrams said. "You're going to keep Abbas at the table for a few more months. What are we going to give him next year to keep him at the table?"


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The Conference Board Director General Webcast program is both extensive and varied, with briefings with senior officials from the EU Commission. Our guest speaker for the October webcast is Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Marco Buti.
During this webcast, Mr. Buti will address the following:
- Despite major steps already taken to fight the crisis and address the weak spots of original institutional arrangements, European economies and in particular the euro area remain under pressure, as a result of continuing financial stress, slow growth and the adjustment process to correct pre-crisis imbalances. To respond to these short-term challenges and, on the longer-run, avoid a repetition of the current crisis, action is necessary on a number of different lines.
- Lack of confidence of markets in general, and businesses in particular is a major factor in the current economic situation. It is therefore of the utmost importance that countries continue with credible fiscal consolidation increasing the sustainability of public finances. Furthermore, it is crucial to continue work to underpin the stability of the banking sector and prevent further financial fragmentation so that the flow of funds to the economy can be secured.
- Macro-economic and financial stability should be further underpinned by the implementation of ambitious structural reforms. Structural reforms in product, services and labour markets are necessary to improve the way markets function, remove barriers and strengthen the business environment by opening new opportunities and make economies more flexible to facilitate adjustment.
- Also, to address confidence and mend the weak spots of original institutional arrangements of EMU, further integration is needed. The President of the European Council, in cooperation with the Presidents of the Commission, Eurogroup and the ECB are working on a report on four essential 'building blocks' for further integration: (i) an integrated financial framework, (ii) an integrated budgetary framework, (iii) an integrated economic policy framework and (iv) democratic legitimacy and accountability. An interim report will be presented to the October European Council, the final report to the December European Council. The State of the Union address by President Barroso on 12 September already presented the ambitions of the Commission to work actively in those directions. The Commission will publish a blueprint this autumn to identify the necessary tools and instruments to complete a genuine economic and monetary union.
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JaVale McGee has a rough time, Rob Parker lowers the bar, a Gonzaga player shreds his air guitar, Amir Johnson flips out, and a Celtics fan unleashes a double blowjob pantomime. Here are the best videos of the week.
JaVale McGee Had A Bad Minute During Last Night's Nuggets-Knicks Game
Watch as McGee misses a jumper, crushes Tyson Chandler, clears out Chandler to make room for Ty Lawson, throws the ball away, then stumbles his way out of collecting a rebound from Steve Novak's missed three. Watch »
Rob Parker Lowers The Bar On First Take: Is Robert Griffin III "A Brother Or A Cornball Brother?"
The topic: Is Robert Griffin III a "brother or a cornball brother?" Wha-? Why? Huh? Watch »
Air Guitar-Playing Gonzaga Walk-On: Death Metal Superstar
While the freshman has only played 12 minutes this season, accounting for six points and a single assist, his air guitar thrashing has made him an instant legend in east Washington. Watch »
Amir Johnson Fights With Referee Over Dead Ball, Gets Ejected, Throws His Mouth Guard At The Ref
He didn't improve his situation when he whipped his mouth guard at the referee as teammates attempted to hustle him off the court. Watch »
Here's A Lady Pantomiming A Double Blowjob At The Celtics Game Last Night
She doesn't seem to have been mugging specifically for the camera-it looks like the crowd around her is checking out the jumbotron, and if this is her and her friends' reactions to being up on the jumbotron giving pretend double blowjobs, they are extremely cool customers. Watch »


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Everyone has been wondering what Nick Diaz did to get Georges St-Pierre so rattled that he personally called UFC president Dana White to ask him for their main event fight at UFC 158.
Diaz has obviously tried everything under the sun to press the buttons to get under St-Pierre's skin, but it's well documented that it's nothing new to the Canadian champion who has been called out, criticized and insulted by almost every opponent he's ever faced.
Now White has revealed the real incident that caused the rift and it goes all the way back to 2011 when Diaz called out St-Pierre at UFC 137 following his win over B.J. Penn.
White was a guest on the Jim Rome Show on Wednesday and he told the story about how Diaz literally stalked St-Pierre around the event's host hotel looking to fight him, and it obviously wasn't about finishing their business in the Octagon.
"Nobody has talked about this, I haven't said anything about it, but at one of the fights, the one where he really starts calling Georges out, he was chasing Georges around the hotel and like yelling at him and stuff. Georges thought he was going to try to fight him in the hotel. He was just waiting for the elevator doors to open and see Nick Diaz," White explained when speaking to Rome.
"Like at the last fight where he said all that stuff after his last fight when he said all that stuff about Georges, he was really messing with Georges bad at the fight, like trying to fight him at the hotel. That really pissed Georges off."
White downplayed the reality of Diaz actually fighting St-Pierre in the hotel (although Diaz has fought an opponent in a hospital before), but said the incident caused the Canadian to snap and work very hard to eventually get a shot at the Stockton bad boy.
"I don't think that would ever happen, but Georges St-Pierre felt like it was," said White. "Georges has said publicly many times when he was younger he used to get bullied. That's what got him into martial arts. He just has this crazy thing about bullies and he thinks Nick Diaz is a bully."
St-Pierre has faced criticism over his last five fights for all of them ending in decision, but from the sound of things, he's focused on not only beating Diaz but obliterating him in the Octagon.
"Georges St-Pierre I talked to him last week, he said 'Dana, you have no idea what I'm going to do to this kid, I wanna make him retire'," said White
St-Pierre gets his chance on Saturday night in Montreal at UFC 158.
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Need a four-minute vacation? Sit back and enjoy this beautiful aerial footage of one of America's most photogenic metropolitan areas.
This is a test reel, produced by the folks at Teton Gravity Research, designed to test its new C520 gyro-stabilized camera system. Directed by TGR co-founder Todd Jones, the video's score may be a little dramatic for some tastes, even if it is a downright stunning montage of 4K Ultra HD footage. But if you're watching this for the music, you might be missing the point.
Full screen and HD (obviously). Headphones if you're into bubbly, arpeggiated crescendos. Oh, and make sure you make it past the 2:00 mark.