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Catalina Escobar and her foundation provide education and support to teen moms in Colombia.
A publicly funded school in Louisiana said Tuesday that it may rethink requiring students suspected of being pregnant to be tested medically and, if pregnant, to be home schooled.
The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications has been cut nearly in half over the past two decades, reflecting important and hard-won gains in improving access to family planning and maternal health across the world.
Amanda Burger and Amanda Prentice live more than 700 miles apart. They have never met, but they share something even more unusual than a first name.
Is it just me, or are we a little obsessed with how celebrities look after having babies? Sure, famous people are always fun to watch (especially when they do cool things like Mila Kunis and save lives), but could all this ogling their midsections, thighs, butts and boobs shortly after they've experienced one of the most natural and precious experiences of their lives be a little ... twisted?
"Why is the teen birth rate in the United States so high, and why does it matter?" Those questions are posed in the title of a new paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives getting a good deal of applause on the Internet.
Showbiz Tonight asks: Is it fair for people to criticize Jessica Simpson for gaining weight during her pregnancy?
I recently saw video of an interview I'd done a couple years ago, when I was ginormously pregnant. Next to Annie Lennox, I was nine months along, with body parts bloated beyond recognition and heading in directions they normally don't.
Sierra Leone and Liberia have some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with 15-24 year olds accounting for 40% of such deaths) and two years ago, agencies IPPF and FORWARD listened to hundreds of African voices talking about sexual and reproductive health and rights.
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum challenges the prenatal testing policy found in the 2010 health care legislation.
In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties.
Young children are far more likely to experience attention and hyperactivity problems if their mother develops diabetes during pregnancy and they are born into a poor or lower-middle-class household, a new study suggests.
Robin Lim, a woman who has helped poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth, is 2011 CNN Hero of the Year.
Science writer Annie Murphy Paul discusses new research that shows how much we learn in the womb.
When does learning begin? As I explain in the talk I gave at TED, learning starts much earlier than many of us would have imagined: in the womb.
Elizabeth Cohen reports on the government's ruling on the morning-after pill for young teens.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' directive overruling the Food and Drug Administration's decision to make emergency contraception available over the counter for all women, including girls under 17, was not only unprecedented, it was substantively without merit.
For the first time ever, a majority of working women received paid maternity leave, according to a new study. But the U.S. still has a long way to go to catch up to the rest of the industrialized world.
Pregnancy has been no inconvenience for Jessica Simpson so far. In fact, she loves it.
If a measure of a successful society is its ability to prevent infant deaths, then there is an ugly truth in the United States today that public health officials know but the public largely does not: Too many of our babies are dying, and they don't have to.
Actress Kristin Davis introduces Top 10 CNN Hero Robin Lim, who helps poor women in Indonesia have healthy pregnancies.
In Niger, a woman gives birth to an average of nearly eight children. Countries like Uganda, Mali and Somalia are close behind, with an average of six to seven children per woman.
Robin Lim is helping thousands of low-income women in Indonesia have a healthy pregnancy and birth.
The Spice Girl says she was laughing as she gave birth to her daughter
Instead of contractions, they're called surges. And don't call it labor, it's birthing. When the discomfort of childbirth kicks in, it's pressure -- not pain.
Contraceptives, sterilization and reproductive education should be covered by health insurance plans with no cost to patients under the health care reform law, a new report recommends.
⢠Was she buying maternity clothes? Mom-to-be Rebecca Gayheart stepped out and went shopping at Madison boutique's Melrose Avenue location in L.A. The friendly actress chatted with employees about her pregnancy and swooped up some summer must-haves, including an L Space swimsuit and Sunahara dress.
Women who gain weight after giving birth for the first time dramatically increase their risk of developing pregnancy-related diabetes during their second pregnancy, a new study suggests.
When she found the lump in her breast, Jessica Denton had known she was pregnant with her first child for just a few days.
In 2010, a study found women with no family history of breast cancer do not benefit from mammograms at an early age.
MTV's "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" have been called one of the best public service campaigns to prevent teen pregnancy. However, some critics have criticized the shows for "glamorizing" teen pregnancy.
"I feel empowered," says The Game star, who is expecting a baby boy on July 3
Children whose mothers are exposed to high amounts of certain pesticides while pregnant appear to have lower IQs than their peers when they reach school age, according to three government-funded studies released today.
"We always knew we wanted a big family," Spelling tells PEOPLE. "Four [children] keeps popping into my head"
When people find out I'm a dietitian, they often ask me what not to eat. I often find myself trying to gracefully redirect the topic. Although it's true Americans eat too much of various types of food, a fixation on risk and avoidance seems to have eclipsed efforts to eat wholesome, delicious foods.
Right before Christmas 2002, Tara Hallman was told her 20-week-old fetus had spina bifida, a common birth defect of the spine.
"I was just hoping ⦠I could show up somewhere with a big belly," she says
After years of tabloid photos of celebrities buying coffee, going to the gym and occasionally flashing the camera as they step out of cars, there's not a whole lot that is private in Hollywood anymore -- including childbirth.
As if deciding how to handle an unplanned pregnancy wasn't stressful enough, several studies in recent years have suggested that young women who have an abortion may be at increased risk of mental health problems afterward.
On Thursday, December 2, as Aneka sat at home nine months pregnant, the phone rang.
Women who take fish-oil supplements during pregnancy are just as likely to experience postpartum depression as those who don't, and their babies' minds don't appear to develop more quickly, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The actress, who is five months pregnant, flashes a sneak peek at London's Heathrow Airport
Husband John Travolta "and I are completely ready. My daughter is very excited too," says the actress
The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth has dropped by a third in the past two decades, according to a report out Wednesday from four world bodies including Unicef and the World Health Organization.
"Teen Mom" is not only a spin-off, but the show is also spinning off its own success.
I just found out that I'm pregnant. I've heard that hot tubs aren't good during pregnancy, but what about steam rooms and saunas? I also like to do hot yoga.
We talk with the cast of this season's edition of "Dancing with the Stars".
Bristol Palin remains the nation's most famous teen mother. From her GOP convention outing in 2008 to the formal announcement that she will be a glittery hoofer on the popular TV show "Dancing with the Stars," Bristol remains a pop culture tour de force.
When women have a miscarriage, one of the first questions they often ask is how long they should wait before getting pregnant again. A new study suggests that the sooner they start trying, the better.
I just found out that I'm four weeks pregnant. Is it safe to continue highlighting my hair? Is there anything I should avoid while I'm pregnant?
A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and then smothering eight babies over a 17-year period is "falling apart," according to her attorney.
French prosecutors said Thursday they charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period in northern France.
Forever 21, a clothing chain that attracts many under-21 customers with its inexpensive, trendy fashions, is being questioned about its motives in choosing a select group of states to carry its recently launched maternity line.
Trendy fashion store Forever 21 is drawing controversy with its new maternity clothes. KGUN reports.
As recently as 10 years ago, doctors advised women with bipolar disorder not to have children. While that thinking is now dated, bipolar women often face tough decisions about how to handle their medication during pregnancy.
A little-noticed provision in the sprawling health care reform law enacted in March could greatly expand access to contraception by requiring insurance companies to cover it without any out-of-pocket costs.
The singer, who is expecting twins, says feeling nausea is reassuring that her pregnancy is progressing
The shock and stress felt by pregnant women after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, may have contributed to an increase in miscarriages of male fetuses in the United States, according to a study released Monday.
Matthew and his wife were excited about the birth of their daughter in January 2008, and the proud father took a month off of work to spend time with his spouse and child.
Chris Loo shares an iReport of her experience with postpartum depression.
Nine years ago, Chris Loo thought about putting her newborn daughter, Becky, in a basket on the steps of a church down the street from her home, and leaving her there.
Sweating, sore and somewhat humiliated, Christina Jones ran and pushed the stroller with her screaming baby Claudia past Lane Bryant.
Pregnant women could -- and probably should -- consume 10 times more vitamin D than experts currently recommend, according to a new study.
Ask anyone who's tried it: Sustaining a marriage or long-term relationship is hard. More than 40 percent of first marriages and nearly 70 percent of first live-in relationships fail to reach the 15-year mark, statistics show.
What kinds of exercises are safest to do while pregnant? How much is too much, especially early in the pregnancy vs. later on?
A new report shows that half of all women who die during pregnancy could be saved. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.
I was six months pregnant when a smiling stranger on a bus asked where I was delivering. Within minutes, this woman was sharing intimate details of her own birthing experience -- the water breaking, the contractions that failed to get closer together, and the way her doctor deftly sewed up the four-inch incision from her Caesarean section. "I'm telling you, this guy was good," she said. "Next time, I'm just scheduling my C-section. None of this pushing stuff."
My mom died nine months ago, and two days later, I gave birth to my daughter (she was full term, actually late, and completely healthy). I have been struggling with depression and all sorts of other medical problems since my mom passed. I cannot seem to get past crying over my mom. I cried all the time. We were very close, and losing her has been very hard. At the time, my husband was in Iraq, so I was dealing with a newborn by myself, as well as the loss of my best friend, my mom.
Shortly before last Mother's Day, 28-year-old Lauren Meehan-Machos broke down in front of her startled husband. "This is more than I can handle," she sobbed.
An inside look at Serenity Place, a center for pregnant women and mothers addicted to drugs.
Some are girlish 22-year-olds; others are women approaching 40. They come from South Carolina's rural counties and its booming cities. They are loud and muted, lively and vacant, hopeful and desperate.
Some are girlish 22-year-olds; others are women approaching 40. They come from South Carolina's rural counties and its booming cities. They are loud and muted, lively and vacant, hopeful and desperate.
More than one in 10 women develops depression during pregnancy. Now, a new study suggests that women who are treated with antidepressants are more likely to give birth early or to have newborns that need to spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Next week, the long-awaited H1N1 vaccine is expected to arrive. At least three of the four vaccine makers have begun shipping their products to undisclosed distribution centers.
The swine flu vaccine is almost here. The question now is, will you get one? CNN's Elizabeth Cohen gets answers.
Women who develop a mild case of gestational diabetes during pregnancy tend to have fewer complications and healthier babies if the diabetes is treated, according to the first large-scale randomized trial in the U.S. to address whether such treatment leads to health benefits for mother and child.
Meet a pregnant woman who signed up to test the new swine flu vaccine. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
For the past several months, Amy Wolf has been glued to the television, intently watching for information on how best to prepare for H1N1 flu.
"This never gets old," says father-of-18 Jim Bob Duggar, whose wife Michelle is due in the spring
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Arkansas, who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household -- baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.
You might think childbirth would be a topic too personal, too beautiful or way too graphic to write about on Twitter.
When Holly Betten, 28, came home from the hospital after a rough delivery, she had one day to adjust to her new life as a mom before her husband went back to working 12-hour days as a computer-software architect.
Pregnant women infected with the H1N1 virus are more likely to be hospitalized from it and perhaps even more likely to die from it, according to a federal study released Wednesday.
After my wife had given birth to our second child, my editor at BabyTalk called me with an assignment: See what it's like to be pregnant by wearing an "empathy belly" -- a sort of pregnancy suit for men (expectant dads try them on briefly during childbirth class) -- for one day.
After a difficult pregnancy with life-threatening complications, the actress has a healthy son named Holden
Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.
Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.
Hank Baskett says, "I've seen more baby television shows since she got pregnant than I have in my entire life"
She says there's "something wonderful" about pregnancy, but is ready to be done with it
Diana Adam, 35, and her husband wanted to have a second child this year. The timing just seemed right. She had a job as a software engineer at a big market research company near San Francisco, California, and it had good benefits -- including paid maternity leave. He was looking for a faculty position after finishing his Ph.D. in sociology but had a steady job as a lecturer at a state university. Their first child, a boy, was three.
After two pregnancies, she ditches the cupcakes and turns up her workouts to get into the best shape of her life
Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are highest among Latinas. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
The SNL star is having another child with director Paul Thomas Anderson
A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos was denied access to a British lawyer who flew out to meet her, a human rights group said Tuesday.
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Using my Blackberry 8310, I can't send text messages to TMobile customers. I chatted at length yesterday with a AT&T rep who did a bunch of great troubleshooting. He confirmed that while with his test Tmobile phone he could receive texts from AT&T customers, he was not able to get a message from me. My wife had TMobile which is how we discovered the problem. My wife or the tech support rep can't even get replies to text messages sent from tmobile customers (I have no problem receiving texts).
So the support rep asked me to go to a store and get a new card. Did that - no luck. Chat support is closed today so posting here to see if anyone has any ideas or has experieced this before. Based on the AT&T rep troubleshooting it seems isolated to my specific phone.
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Hi sakendrick,
We understand you are having issues with sending SMS to TMobile customers and we appreciate your patience with this matter. We would like to further assist you with this and in order to proceed we will need some account specific information. We have sent you a private message with instructions on how you can provide us with your account information.
Hi biztech and sakendrick,
I am a T-mobile customer and cannot receive or send texts to certain people on AT&T. The texts on my phone appear to be sent, and the text on his phone appear to be sent, but neither of us receive each others texts. I've had this problem with other AT&T customers.
Did you find a resolution?
I had similar issues and in my case I had to contact my carrier directly.

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The Vikings took control from the opening kickoff and never looked back, recording their first shutout since blanking the Wildcats last season.
Walker, which is ineligible for the state playoffs due to being placed on restrictive probation by the AHSAA, is now a perfect 4-0 in Class 5A, Region 6 play.
The Vikings bounced back from last week's disappointing loss to Russellville and put Hayden away early on Friday.
"We came out and played hard," Walker interim head coach Heath Brunner said. "After last week's loss, we challenged them all week to go out and play each play the best they could. We felt like we would be successful if we did that."
Kevin Clay got the scoring started for Walker.
Five minutes into the game, Clay picked up a loose ball and ran 71 yards to the end zone. Ran Crump added the first of four extra points for a 7-0 lead.
Walker struck again on the final play of the opening quarter when quarterback Bryant Atkins connected with Keony Abrom on a 21-yard touchdown strike for a 14-0 lead.
In the second quarter, the Atkins to Abrom connection worked again with a 35-yard pass to the Hayden 3-yard line. On the next play, Bell went in from three yards out for his first touchdown of the night.
Atkins hit Brady Pugh with a 65-yard bomb to the Hayden 5-yard line to set up the next score. Bell went into the end zone on third down from one yard out. Brayden Banks added the extra point to put the Vikings up 28-0 with 19 seconds left in the half.
Bell added his last touchdown at the 2:55 mark of the third quarter on a 17-yard run to put Walker up 35-0.
Dez Young scored the Vikings' final touchdown on a 5-yard run with 5:47 left in the game for the 42-0 lead.
Walker (4-2, 4-0) was led by Atkins, who was 9-of-15 passing for 180 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 33 yards.
Bell picked up 55 yards and three touchdowns on six carries, Young rushed 10 times for 23 yards and Abrom caught three passes for 60 yards and a score.
On defense, Jaiquan Crook had 14 tackles and two sacks. Austin Mansell added 10 tackles.
Next up for Walker is a key region showdown with undefeated Center Point at Walker's Ki-Ro Gambrell Field.
"We told the kids that (Center Point week) starts on Sunday. Be there at 2 p.m. and we'll start getting ready," Brunner said.
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On the Show Today for January 21st
Obama is inaugurated to his second term today, on Martin Luther King day.
Reporting on the Inauguration from Washington DC
Edward-Isaac Dovere is Politico's White House editor.
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Anthony has performed at several inaugural events yesterday and today
Tenor Anthony Kearns is the original founding member of the popular musical group, The Irish Tenors, with whom he has 5 PBS Specials and 10 CDs. When Kearns and the Irish Tenors first burst onto the scene, he was hailed by American critics as the "most likely... to achieve the level of tenor superstardom of Pavarotti."


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If the November election for the First Congressional District were held today, Congressman Paul Ryan would probably win, according to new polling data released this week.
But, the numbers also say Democratic challenger Rob Zerban is gaining ground.
The polls were each commissioned by the Ryan and Zerban campaigns, respectively, and were released a day apart. Links to both polls can be found at wispolitics.com.
From Ryan's camp, Public Opinion Strategies' poll gives Ryan the nod, 58 to 33 percent. The poll was conducted after the Democratic National Convention, on Sept. 9 and 10, of 400 likely voters in the 1st District and has a 4.9 percent margin of error. Almost 70 percent of respondents, though, had never heard of Zerban.
"The poll shows voters in the 1st Congressional District support Congressman Ryan and his efforts to get our nation's debt under control and our economy growing," said Kevin Seifert, a Ryan campaign spokesperson, in an e-mail to Patch.
Zerban's camp sees it a little differently.
"If 68 percent of people haven't heard of Rob, which isn't all that surprising since he isn't the vice presidential nominee, the fact that he gets 33 percent of the vote without putting money into ads really says something," said Karthik Ganapathy, communications director for the Zerban campaign. "We expect that when ads do start airing, that the percentage of people who recognize him will go up and the number of people voting for him will increase as well."
FM3 Research conducted a poll for Zerban and showed the challenger only eight points behind Ryan, 39 to 47 percent, after voters were read a profile statement about him. This poll was conducted before the Repubican National Convention, from August 21-29, of 404 likely voters in the First District and has a 4.9 margin of error.
"Democrat Rob Zerban remains a credible challenger. Following Romney's choice of Ryan as his running mate and several weeks of extensive local and national media coverage, Ryan is unable to crack the 50 percent threshold," the poll statement reads.
Ryan's campaign pointed out that the incumbent congressman still takes the lead.
"Even when the Zerban campaign used a profile statement to influence respondents' answers, Congressman Ryan still had a commanding lead among 1st district voters," Seifert wrote.
The Capital Times on Tuesday featured an editorial using some polling results as reason enough for Ryan to agree to a debate with Zerban. In part, the newspaper says Zerban is a viable candidate and if Ryan can campaign here for his more high-profile race, then he can find the time for a debate.
"If Ryan has the time to campaign in DePere, he should have the time to debate in Racine or Kenosha or Lake Geneva or Janesville," the editorial reads. "If Ryan cannot find the time to debate Zerban, 1st District voters will have every right to ask whether he has forgotten them in his headlong rush for the national spotlight."
Patch issued on Oct. 25, and so far, only Zerban has said he will attend. An email from Ryan's campaign said we should expect to hear from them soon about the congressman's availability on that date.


text: Alternate Text OIA Brochure General Information The Office of International Affairs (OIA) represents the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in contacts with foreign governments on intergovernmental, operational, and technical issues pertaining to the import and export of meat, poultry, and processed egg products. OIA works with other FSIS program areas, including the International Policy Division of the Office of Policy, Program and Development in the development of import and export policy documents; the Office of Public Health Science to assess laboratory methodology; the Office of Data Integration and Food Protection for data analysis support; and the Office of Field Operations that performs verification activities for products exported from the United States. Mission OIA provides executive leadership for FSIS international food safety activities conducted in support of the strategic objectives established by the FSIS Administrator and the Under Secretary for Food Safety. Program Areas Export Programs Staff (EPS) - EPS facilitates the export of U.S. meat, poultry, and processed egg products. EPS maintains the FSIS Export Library and provides technical experts to negotiate the requirements that are considered necessary to export FSIS-regulated products to importing countries. EPS manages audits in the United States by inspection officials of importing countries, as well as provides interpretation and guidance to the Office of Field Operations and the U.S. food industry on export issues. For further information, please call (202) 720-0082. International Audit Staff - IAS is responsible for verifying that foreign countries that previously have been approved to export meat, poultry, or processed egg products to the United States are maintaining inspection programs that provide food safety protection at a level equivalent to that in the United States. IAS also actively participates in the planning and conducting of initial team audits in countries that are seeking first-time approval to export meat, poultry, or processed egg products to the United States. For further information, please call (202) 720-6400. International Equivalence Staff (IES) - IES is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products imported into the United States are produced under standards equivalent to U.S. food safety standards. IES makes determinations of equivalence by evaluating whether foreign food regulatory systems attain the appropriate level of protection provided by the U.S. domestic system. Foreign food regulatory systems do not need to be identical to the U.S. system, but they must employ equivalent sanitary measures that provide the same level of protection against food hazards that is achieved domestically. IES evaluates foreign food regulatory systems for equivalence through document reviews, on-site audits, and port-of-entry reinspection of products at the time of importation. For further information, please call (202) 720-6400. Import Inspection Division - IID plans and administers the national import reinspection program, ensuring that imported products meet U.S. domestic requirements while validating foreign inspection systems. This is accomplished by performing port-of-entry reinspection, collecting laboratory samples (residue, chemical, and microbiological), and enforcing food security and related surveillance, as well as handling liaison activities that track imported products from the port of entry to the place of reinspection. For further information, please call (202) 720-9904. OIA Outreach Programs FSIS Meat and Poultry Inspection Seminars - The purpose of these seminars is to familiarize international government officials with U.S. inspection regulations and procedures used by USDA to ensure that the Nations meat, poultry, and processed egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled. These seminars cover issues from farm to table, including pathogen reduction, the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point plans, animal production, import and export procedures, and the roles of the Food and Drug Administration, and State and local inspection agencies. FSIS Visitors Program - Each year, FSIS receives a large number of requests from foreign government officials to visit the FSIS Headquarters and field locations and to meet with FSIS officials. The OIA International Equivalence Staff oversees the FSIS Visitors Program. The coordinator of the FSIS Visitors Program facilitates all aspects of foreign official visits to the United States. Contact Information U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Office of International Affairs 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Room 3143-South Building Washington, DC 20250-3700 Phone: (202) 720-3473 Fax: (202) 690-3856 Web site: www.fsis.usda.gov This text-only version of the OIA Brochure (PDF) is provided for accessibility purposes.


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This story is my "ace of fins," the card I play when anyone suggests that venting a fish does more harm than good.
As the facts go, we were bottomfishing near Bimini, Bahamas, in 70 feet of water when I landed a 12-pound red grouper. The fish's swim bladder had expanded, virtually guaranteeing the grouper's death if it was released as is. Minus a venting tool (this was 15 years ago), I laid the fish upon a wet towel placed on the gunwale. I slightly punctured the rise in the flesh just aft of its pectoral fin with the end of the point of a thin fillet knife, expelled the trapped gasses from its swim bladder and released the fish. It swam slowly for bottom, seemingly none the worse for wear. This was confirmed by the underwater videographer, who was shooting the action for a bottomfishing video.
Four months later, we returned to the same numbers and caught the same grouper, easily identifiable by the light venting scar. I repeated the procedure and returned the fish to the ocean. And if that wasn't coincidence enough, I caught the same fish the next time I fished that spot. Once again I vented and released it.
After that, I never saw that red grouper again, leaving me to wonder if it ultimately ended up in someone's cooler, moved from that section of reef or died. Yet the bottom line remains the same: That fish had three opportunities to thrive and spawn over the course of eight months due to my venting it. There is little doubt about its fate had it not been vented: It would have wallowed at the surface and become an easy meal for a predator or died and floated away with the current.
To Poke or Not to Poke?
Whether venting a fish is beneficial or harmful stirs much debate. There's no denying that it can be stressful and sometimes fatal to a fish if done incorrectly. That's why, after you acquire enough fish for a few dinners, it's always sound practice to leave a bottomfishing spot or alter your tactics to catch fish at or near the surface. Yet even when food fishing, you are likely to catch undersize, undesirable or protected bottom species, which must be returned to the sea, before you limit out. And when these fish are reeled up from depths greater than 50 feet, the likelihood of swim bladder expansion and rupture — referred to as rapid decompression — is high. This is when venting becomes a viable option.
It should be noted that venting is required by law in Gulf of Mexico waters should an unwanted bottomfish come up bloated or have difficulty swimming back down. Though it is yet to be law along the rest of the coastal United States, it is often a sound choice. Off the West Coast, recompression is the preferred tactic. This involves returning a fish safely to the depths via weights so the increasing pressures recompress the gasses in the expanded bladder.
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Dr. Karen Burns, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council ecosystems management specialist, says reef fish rapidly brought up from depths of 50 feet or more are vulnerable to the expansion of the gasses within their swim bladders. Many times these swim bladders burst, and the escaping and expanding gasses fill the fish's body cavities. Burns explains that reef fish such as red grouper, red snapper and vermilion snapper can experience swim bladder rupture beginning at 33 feet (the equivalent of one atmosphere). When a fish is on the bottom, the pressures associated with depth compress the gasses so they fit in its swim bladder. As a bottomfish is rapidly brought up from the deep, the decrease in pressure allows the gasses to expand. As Burns points out, decompression when a fish is coming up leads to swim bladder expansion and rupturing. Rapid decompression is evidenced by the stomach protruding from a fish's mouth, the intestines protruding from a fish's anus or the bloating of the area behind a fish's pectoral fins.
Venting is especially effective on reef fish, like groupers, snappers and sea bass, which have large swim bladders. These are true bottom dwellers and the most vulnerable to bladder expansion. Other species with smaller, thicker swim bladders can traverse the water column with less threat of barotrauma, and others with no swim bladders at all, like sharks, swordfish, cobia and mackerel, are immune to the problem. This is why they can dive deep during a fight and swim back to the surface with no apparent ill effects.
This story is my "ace of fins," the card I play when anyone suggests that venting a fish does more harm than good.


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Zach of the Harry Potter Fan Zone let us know about work at the University of Pennsylvania on an actual invisibility shield called a "plasmonic cover". The Scotsman writes:
According to Dr Andrea Alu and Dr Nader Engheta, the engineers behind the project, the key is to reduce light scattering.
Objects are visible because light bounces off them; if this can be prevented and if the objects did not reflect any light, they would become invisible. The "plasmonic screen" achieves this by resonating in tune with the illuminating light.
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Ken talks with his guest Fr. W. Paul Jones author of A Different Kind of Cell – The Story of a Murderer Who Became a Monk (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing). Clayton Fountain was thought by most to be beyond all hope of redemption. Serving several life sentences for five violent murders (four of them committed while behind bars), he was condemned to live out his days in solitary confinement, entombed in a cell of concrete and steel built specifically for him in Marion, Illinois. Yet even this ruthless murderer was not beyond the limits of divine mercy. Although he never again emerged from his cell, Fountain undertook a profound spiritual journey that led to a genuine religious conversion and his decision to become a hermit and a brother in the Trappist Order. Father Jones, who served as Fountain's spiritual advisor for six years until Fountain's sudden death in 2004, tells this amazing story with candor and compassion. You can purchase his book at: www.eerdmans.com To learn more about Fr. W. Paul Jones and the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center in southern Missouri visit www.hermitageretreats.org
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CATEGORIES FeaturesCorey Haim will probably be remembered best for 1987's 'The Lost Boys,' which launched his long friendship on- and off-screen with Corey Feldman. Sadly, he'll also be remembered for his quarter-century-long battle with drug and alcohol abuse, which marred his adult career and led to several attempts at a comeback.
Last year, he completed a small role in 'Crank: High Voltage,' and he reportedly had two completed movies under his belt ('New Terminal Hotel' and 'American Sunset') at the time of his death.
At his best, however, Haim was a fresh-faced presence, light and funny, but not without a dark edge. Here are some highlights of his career.
'Firstborn' (1984)
Haim rose to fame quickly as a teenager, debuting with a starring role opposite Teri Garr and Peter Weller in this thriller when he was 13. He's the kid brother in the family, sweet and vulnerable, until he comes to his mom's rescue with a baseball bat.
'Silver Bullet' (1985)
In this Stephen King adaptation, Haim is impish and mischievous as a paraplegic boy who believes a werewolf is behind the murders in his small town. Haim has great chemistry with Gary Busey as the crazy uncle who builds him a souped-up wheelchair.
'Murphy's Romance' (1985)
Haim has a key role as Sally Field's son, trying to adjust to life in a new town. He shows surprising maturity as a kid torn between his mom's new beau (James Garner) and his ne'er-do-well dad (Brian Kerwin).
'Lucas' (1986)
Haim landed his first serious dramatic lead role as a misfit, lovelorn teen. He befriends an older teen (Charlie Sheen), who serves as his mentor, and he develops a crush on a girl (Kerri Green), only to see the two of them fall for each other. The film became a cult favorite and earned critical acclaim for Haim's thoughtful, sensitive performance.
'The Lost Boys' (1987)
This clever vampire horror-comedy marked Haim's big breakthrough and remains the best film of his career. As a youngster who discovers his new town is infested with teenage biker bloodsuckers (who threaten to make his big brother, Jason Patric, one of their own), Haim straddles the line between boyish cuteness and intrepid heroism while dropping sardonic one-liners throughout. He finds his ideal comic foil in the even more intense Feldman as another junior vampire hunter. The film marked the beginning of a friendship with Feldman that would last through seven more movies over the next 20 years, as well as launching both into teen heartthrob status.
'License to Drive' (1988)
Haim doesn't actually possess said license, which doesn't stop him from a night of vehicular mayhem as he tries to take out dream girl Heather Graham for a night on the town. (Feldman shows up as a scheming pal full of bad advice.) Haim and Feldman shine in this silly but fondly-remembered teen romp (a model for later films like 'Dude, Where's My Car?') as they begin to graduate towards grown-up mischief.
'Dream a Little Dream' (1989)
This time, it's Haim who plays the goofy sidekick to Feldman, who finds old soul Jason Robards inhabiting his body. The film marks the tail end of the '80s wave of body-switch comedies, and it's also the last time Haim and Feldman are sweet, likable teens. After this, their films together become grim affairs with more explicit sex and violence, like 1992's 'Blown Away.'
'The Two Coreys' (2007-08)
The transition to adult roles proved difficult for both Coreys but especially hard for Haim, who also struggled for the rest of his life with drug and alcohol abuse that began on the set of 'Lucas.' (TMZ says he was in and out of rehab as many as 15 times.) This A&E reality series showed the two longtime friends trying for a comeback together by making a straight-to-video 'Lost Boys' sequel, but the underlying drama continued to be Haim's battle with addiction. That made for riveting and sadly prophetic drama when Feldman finally staged an intervention for Haim and finally cut all ties with his longtime friend when Haim refused to get help. After the series ended, Haim did get clean again and resumed working in small roles like the one in the 'Crank' sequel, but it seems clear he couldn't stay on the wagon. We'll never know if he could have pulled off one last comeback.


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---- — HAMILTON — Hamilton and Wenham will kick off the holiday season tomorrow night with a tree lighting and community carol sing at the Community House.
The Arbella Brass quintet will perform, and the carol singalong will be led by locals Brian Doser, Peter Stewart and Joe Scuderi. Cookies and hot cocoa will be offered after the tree lighting.
The annual carol sing begins at 6:30 at the Hamilton-Wenham Community House, 284 Bay Road.
The event is free and sponsored by People's United Bank. Donations will be accepted for The Salvation Army. For more information, visit www.communityhouse.org
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It was December 2007, and 15 of Goldsboro, North Carolina's most respected businesswomen sat around a conference table, each of them naked from the waist up. "What?" photographer Vanessa Woodlock remembers saying when she was asked to take their seminude pictures.
Goldsboro may not exactly be Mayberry, but it is a small Bible Belt city, and Andy Griffith himself did teach choir at the local high school after he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. So despite their purpose -- a calendar to benefit the local animal shelter that featured community leaders hiding their naughty bits behind their beloved pets -- these risque photos caused a bit of a stir.
It was local pet-supply store manager Suzi Wharton (aka Miss June 2009), a member of the Wayne County Humane Society (WCHS) fund-raising committee, who talked the women out of their tops. The animal shelter was in dire shape: Each year around 7,000 dogs and cats arrived at the dank, 50-year-old building to be housed in overcrowded pens and stacked cat cages. Most never left. The place was so depressing that local residents didn't want to set foot in it, so even the most adoptable pets couldn't find homes and had to be euthanized.
For years the WCHS had pressed for better shelter conditions. Finally, the county agreed to build a new $2 million, 11,000-square-foot facility with a combination of state and private funds four years ago. But the WCHS itself had to pledge $150,000 toward the project -- cash that was definitely not in the small group's coffers.
"We were shooting ideas back and forth about how to raise that much money," remembers Wharton, and someone brought up the 2003 movie Calendar Girls, in which respectable British villagers bared all for charity. The board pounced on the idea, and Wharton roped in Woodlock and her partner Vance Allen -- who usually shoot weddings and formal portraiture -- as the photographers.
Wharton was daunted by the idea of approaching some of Goldsboro's most respected -- and respectable -- businesswomen, but it took only 25 calls to potential models before she landed the number she needed for the July 2008-December 2009 calendar. The list of women who signed on was impressive, and included executives with the Arts Council of Wayne County and the American Red Cross, local business owners, an x-ray technologist, and a community-college teacher.
"I was on board immediately," says Terry Yeh (Miss December '09), an assistant district attorney. "I did need a couple of martinis to see me through the shoot, though!"


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The top two editors at The Red and Black, the independent student-run newspaper at the University of Georgia, are back on the job, according to a joint statement Monday (Aug. 20).
Editor in Chief Polina Marinova and Managing Editor Julia Carpenter have been reinstated and will bring back the other staff members who joined them in last week's walkout. The dispute came over the editors' concerns about control of the paper's editorial operation.
"We look forward to the editors and their staff resuming production of one of the nation's top student news organizations," the statement said. "We want to be clear that students have editorial control over the contents of our publications with no prior review."
Gwinnett newsletter publisher Elliott Brack, chairman of the newspaper's board of directors, was among those who issued Monday's statement by the board and the editors.
A draft memo by a board member and some recent non-student staff additions caused the student editors to become concerned about their roles.
Also last week, Ed Stamper of Norcross, who issued the draft memo, resigned from the board.
"We also assert our continued confidence in Publisher Harry Montevideo and the professional staff he has assembled. We added to that staff recently to improve the learning experience we offer our student journalists," Monday's statement said.
The Red and Black has been independent of the university since 1980. Its board of directors has no official connection to the university.
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It's always a wonder to be there at the moment when happily ever after begins. For the family and friends of Christine and Michael, their seats were so much closer than mine. The first stories of the new person in their lives, the first time being introduced, and that night when Michael asked permission for Christine's hand.
So much in our lives goes by to fast to see, we blink and it's gone. Here in this book are all the images from one of those moments, most we saw, many we remember, and some just never can be recalled. It is with my supreme delight to present to you again these moments in time where a story began.
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A Cobb County community is mourning he loss of a couple that was killed in an early morning crash Saturday.A Cobb County Police Department spokesperson said happened on Paper Mill Road near Sibley Forest Drive in Marietta around 12:30 a.m. Saturday.Officers say a truck was driving along the curve, lost control and hit three trees.The driver and passenger were identified as Ryan and Jessica Lombardo. Both died at the scene.
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Whatever is so wonderful about point B that makes all the people at point A want to get there? Robert Hunt sits at point C, and muses on the problem.
Starting in this issue, PASS Maths is pleased to present a series of articles about proof and logical reasoning. In this article we give a brief introduction to deductive reasoning and take a look at one of the earliest known examples of mathematical proof.
In this article, we look at the physics behind the curved flight path of a returning boomerang, and explain that boomerangs are really a kind of gyroscope. We even show you how to bang up a boomerang yourself!
New Year, New Team
Here's how you can make your own cross-shaped boomerang - and it's safe enough to fly indoors! Hugh rolls up his sleeves and proves that theory isn't everything.
Computer games and cinema special effects owe much of their realism to the study of fractals. Martin Turner takes you on a journey from the motion of a microscopic particle to the creation of imaginary moonscapes.


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INDIANAPOLIS — 49ers GM Trent Baalke said Thursday that he does not see the possible lack of free agency as an extra impetus to draft a quarterback in the upcoming draft. However, Baalke did point to the depth of this draft, especially at the quarterback position.
"There's good quarterbacks at every level of this draft, there's going to be guys that get picked later on that become good quarterbacks," Baalke said. "We're going to evaluate every one of them, and be in a position to pick them where we have them valued. "
Currently, the 49ers have only backup David Carr on their roster, although former No. 1 overall pick Alex Smith and Troy Smith, who started six games for the team last season, are free agents who could be in the mix if they are brought back.
Baalke said he will lean heavily on new head coach Jim Harbaugh, who has developed a reputation as something of a QB guru in his time coaching in the college ranks after being a solid starting QB in the NFL for many years.
"He's not only our head coach, he played the position, he has proven that he can develop the quarterback at the places he has been, and he's also proven in his short time in the league that he has an eye for that position," Baalke said.
While Harbaugh didn't want to tip his hand on his quarterback plans for next year, he did say that he was looking forward to evaluating the prospects at the Combine.
"It's the opportunity to get knee-to-knee and eyeball-to-eyeball with these guys. Some instances it may only be 15 minutes, other instances it may only be five minutes, but that's valuable time," Harbaugh said. "Then also to watch them compete in drills, see what their energy level is, see how they go about their business, and evaluate them as much as you can."
With the quarterback position a question mark for the Cardinals and possibly the Seahawks, too, Baalke admitted that whichever team secures that position would have a leg up in the NFC West divisional race along with the Rams, who added Sam Bradford via the draft last year.
"I think it's proven that this is a quarterback-driven league, and you need a guy that can function at that position to be successful," Baalke said. "With that in mind, I think whoever does the better job of answering that question and solidifying that position on their team is going to have an advantage. "
Harbaugh agreed on the crucial nature of properly evaluating the QB position.
"Quarterback is a critical position," Harbaugh said. "I feel like my job right now is to give the best possible evaluation on the quarterbacks in the draft that I can. Getting a chance to meet them — Do they love football? Do they like to work at the game? How much do they understand the game? Will they be a fit for our team? Those are all critical evaluations."


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We've got big plans for a total DIY Christmas this year! Last week we showed you how to use our Australian Bush Xmas stocking panel to make two cute plushie toys, now this week we are back with lots of ideas for making cute and easy decorations using the leftover panel scraps.
Today we are going to start by making some simple fabric baubles. Here's what you need:
- 1x Australian Bush Xmas Stocking panel (the off-cuts from making Kanga and Koala plushies)
- Green Polka Dot coordinate fabric
- Light weight iron-on interfacing
- Pinking shears
- Light weight cotton or polyester wadding
- DMC stranded cotton in E415 (Light Effects)
- Needle for hand sewing
1. From the Stocking panel scraps, roughly cut out all the hanging ornament shapes. Leave at least 3mm around the outside of each shape, as this will be trimmed down in the next steps.
NOTE: If you are following on from our previous DIY plushie project, your fabric scraps should be lined with the iron-on interfacing. If not, it is a good idea to apply iron-on interfacing to the back of the entire panel, and to the Polka Dot coordinate fabric, before cutting out your pieces. This will make your finished ornaments more durable and avoid fraying edges.
2. Place each ornament shape on top of the Polka Dot coordinate fabric, with wrong sides facing. Pin shapes in place and then cut around shape outlines with pinking shears.
3. Cut a small piece of wadding to fit inside each shape. The wadding should be about 3-4mm smaller than shape so that it will not get caught in the stitching.
4. Unpin your fabric pieces and sandwich the wadding in between. Pin all layers together for each shape.
5. Cut a length of DMC Light Effects thread, approx 1mt long. Separate a single strand from the group of 6.
Thread your needle with the single strand, and then double the thread on your needle so that you have a 50cm length to work with.
The light effects can we tricky to work with because it is a metallic thread. Using a single strand at a time will make it easier to thread your needle, and doubling the thread will give strength to the finished ornaments.
The light effects can we tricky to work with because it is a metallic thread. Using a single strand at a time will make it easier to thread your needle, and doubling the thread will give strength to the finished ornaments.
6. Knot the doubled thread about 8cm/3" from the end. Start at the top of each bauble shape, in between the two fabric layers. Push your needle through from the back to the front of the top fabric layer, leaving your 8cm tail at the top. Make a few stitches through both layers of fabric to secure everything together.
7. Begin making a running stitch around the shape, tracing along the printed silver line on the fabric. Continue all the way around and finish with your needle at the back.
8. Working from the back side of your shape, pass the needle through only the Polka Dot layer of fabric, to finish with your needle in between each layer.
9. To finish off your ornament, simply tie all loose thread ends together in a double knot. Leave about 5cm from the top of the bauble shape to the knot so that you have enough length for your ornament to hang.
It's so easy, you'll have a whole bunch of little ornaments ready in no time!Hang them from your Xmas tree, or use them as cute gift tags!
There are many more great decorative ideas coming up soon, including beautiful bows and cheerful table settings. Check out the entire Australian Bush Xmas fabric collection on our website now!


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4:23pm Tuesday 18th September 2012 in Sport By Tim Ashton, Sports Editor
There were many decisions made by the referee during AFC Wimbledon's 2-1 defeat to Rochdale that left fans angry, but one decision left some fans more intrigued than furious.
The man in the middle, Brendan Malone, opted to wear a red shirt during the game, leading some in the stands to question whether the players reacted to him like a red rag to bull and which resulted in a tempestuous affair in which Jack Midson was sent off.
One fan, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "Red is a totally wrong colour for a referee to manage a game of football, which involves people. Do the powers that be not understand the
power and impact of colour on attitudes?
"I would love to see some stats on the shirt colour of referees and the number of yellow and red cards subsequently shown, and how often, supporters, management and players become embroiled in fractious games?"
The Football League said: "Referees have a choice of four colours - black, yellow, green and red.
"On this occasion it was decided that black was too close to the AFC Wimbldeon kit, yellow too close to the Rochdale kit and green clashed with the goalkeepers.
"We have never believed that a referee in a red shirt could cause problems, there are many teams with red shirts."
They added: "If we were made aware of problems then we may investigate, but that is not the case."
Dons manager Terry Brown called the trend of allowing referees to wear red "rubbish".
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|Good call on Ware injury
|Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:19 PM
This is stuff you have to deal with all the time, especially in electronic media, such as TV.
I am referring, of course, to how CBS handled the situation regarding Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware's gruesome broken leg Sunday.
They only aired two replays but at a reasonable distance and showed no blood or bone.
I actually agree with them on this.
Some disagreed because of the notion of "documenting history" — whatever that bilge meant — but how about a little dignity?
The guy was hurt and in severe pain.
The reaction of the players and coaches: even Duke Coach K was visibly upset; spoke volumes. That's "documenting history"!
I guess it comes down to the same old, same old: what gets publicity, the guy helping someone out or the train wreck?
I did not watch the Baylor versus Louisville women's regional semifinal Sunday but I have heard about it.
I've read some forums about what "really" happened and I guess it depends on who's side you are on.
Some say — very vocally — it was the mugging of a lifetime by the Cardinals on 6-8 Brittney Griner; that U of L coach Jeff Walz should be ashamed for turning it into thug-ball or "street-ball" — which, by the way, he was quoted as telling his team to do so, such as drive and kick, and called his zone defense the "claw and one"; that the officials should be fired for their wholesale disregard for the rules; that head coach Kim Mulkey was well within bounds for her reactions on the court and her post-game remarks about the officials — she did offer that she didn't care if she was fined — etc.
Others respond — with equal ferociousness — to quit whining because it's part of "the game"; Griner and Baylor have been the beneficiary of officiating all four years; there were poor calls all game long for both sides; Mulkey should be ashamed for her tirade and near "strip-tease" but that it is "nothing new"; Walz got T'd up for doing the same thing Mulkey did just three minutes before, so who was favoring who; etc.
I did see some replays of certain plays — not many — and if that was the overall trend of how the game was called (or not called) I agree with the latter; it was ridiculous.
I can't say one way or the other.
I don't mind coaches getting passionate about the game but perhaps they both stepped over the line.
I do know this; in both the men's and women's NCAA tourneys, the officials have been under severe scrutiny by many a commentator and pundit — and coach — and found seriously lacking.
They cannot win, can they?
If they call it tight, they get inundated with "Let 'em play" and other such remarks; if they "Let 'em play," it invariably gets out of control and the comments become "you've lost control of the game" or "someone's going to get hurt."
I am not saying they don't make mistakes — everyone does — but their "mistakes" — both real and perceived — are easy pickings these days, especially at the college and professional level, with the intense scrutiny of instant replay, YouTube and such.
When a pundit is wrong, well, no one gets "hurt" or "hosed," right?
Here is what I foresee if things continue: with more and more referees retiring and such (for whatever reason) and seemingly less and less getting in, there will come a day — and it won't be later — when we won't have enough to have three in a game.
Then what?
Talk about stepping over the line: did you see the video about Rutgers' men's basketball coach Mike Rice and his practice "habits"?
Throwing balls at players, calling them everything in the book, using "salty" language, being a general … I can't write what I'm thinking but you get the picture.
I don't necessarily have a problem with a coach making contact with a player, like grabbing a jersey and showing a player where to go — within reason but that is qualified — but the other stuff seems way out of bounds to me. Throwing a ball at a player's face or head when he isn't expecting it?
He was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 in December but with the general release of this video and one purporting to show the same "mixed metaphors" (remember "Star Trek IV" if you wonder where I got that from!) used in front of 10/12-year-old campers, well, that was determined to not be enough as he was fired Wednesday.
One of the school officials claimed that there was no line in front of his office regarding this matter but the line wasn't in front of his door but heading out the door: guys leaving the program or just quitting.
I kind of wonder if this kind of activity was once condoned — or at least ignored — years ago.
If it was then, it ain't now, especially when you have cell phones and other items that can record this rotten behavior.


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The crisis in Greece is not a 'sovereign (government) debt' crisis. That's the surface appearance of the problem. The below the surface struggle is about how bankers, bondholders and speculators–together with their politicians in government–can offload the cost of bad assets they created onto the shoulders of the Greek people. It's all about 'who's going to pay for the bad assets created by bankers and speculators'.
The news now coming out of Greece, reported in the western press, is that the big banker, hedge fund, private equity finance boys of northern Europe, UK, and US are willing to 'take a hair cut' and lose 70% of the value of their existing bonds. But the real facts are that that 70% reduction includes only 30% of the bonds outstanding for Greece that have become 'bad assets'. No mention is made in the press of the other 70% of bonds that are not required to take a loss. That are projected to be repaid at full value in the most recent Greek settlement—paid for by the jobs, wages, and social benefits of the Greek populace.
The reported Greek debt is somewhere between $300-$400 billion. The current 'loan' in question to Greece is about $170 billion. But the real Greek total debt is likely around $600-$650 billion. That's just about the total on hand for the entire European bailout fund. (The total bailout that will be needed for all of the Eurozone is likely around $4 trillion, this writer estimates, to cover not only Greece but Portugal [next up for another $200 billion], Spain, Italy [more than a $trillion], as well as other 'lesser economies' also increasingly in trouble, such as Hungary, Austria, Belgium, and soon perhaps even economic stalwarts like Norway whose housing bubble is now about to burst).
In other words, the Greece and overall Eurozone debt crisis is far from over and has a long course yet to run. That means little Greece's problems are also far from over as well. As they say, 'you ain't seen nothing yet'. The next firestorm is coming in April or sometime this late spring.
If you want to see what a bona fide economic depression in the 21st century looks like, look at Greece. One out of two youth unemployed. General unemployment in excess of 25% (the worst year level in the US in the 1930s). GDP collapsing. Wages falling by 20%-40%. Pensions shrinking. Jobs melting away at an increasing rate. And the bondholders-bankers behind the Germany-French and other Euro governments want the Greek people to pay for something they didn't create. They want the people to cover the lion's share burden of making up for their bad assets.
Greece is also a good example how an economy cannot 'austerity its way to recovery'. Cutting incomes of those whose spending make up the overwhelming majority of the economy is not a path to recovery–as Obama and Congress will soon find out in 2013. Already the $2.2 trillion US deficit cuts mandated in 2011, which are scheduled to take effect AFTER the upcoming November 2012 national elections, will slow the US economy to a less than 1% GDP growth. Those aren't my numbers; they're the cautious Congressional Budget Office's numbers. And that less than 1% growth is BEFORE Congress and the next president (doesn't matter who) set to work cutting another $4 trillion immediately after the elections. That's when the real US deficit cutting crunch will start–and the next double dip of the US economy.
Obama and Congress will discover what an 'austerity recession' is, come 2013. In that they will join Japan and most of western Europe, including the French and the British. Austerity, or deficit-budget cutting, only makes a debt crisis worse. Dont' believe me, ask the Greeks!
There are only two ways to get out of deep debt-driven economic contraction that remains 'systemically fragile' today across the board. I'm talking about both the US and the Eurozone, as well as Japan. One way is to reflate the economy by generating inflation. The other is to liquidate the bad assets. Policy makers are failing to achieve the former and will continue to refuse the latter, since liquidation of bondholders' assets translates into massive bank defaults.
The Federal Reserve has done a horrible job at reflating the economy. The trillions it has spent on bailing out the banks, printing money, buying banks and mortgage lenders' bad subprime loans at near full purchase price instead of the real 15 cents on the dollar they are worth, has led not to inflation in product prices (that would stimulate investment) but instead resulted in the Federal Reserve spoon-feeding speculators around the globe. The Fed has pumped up stock markets, real estate, currency speculation and volatility, oil and commodity prices, and financial securities in general. The money and credit from the Fed has not gotten to those parts of the economy that need it most. The Fed is not broke. It can always print money. It's just that Fed policy is itself broken.
The other option is to 'liquidate' the bad assets. That too the Fed and the Obama administration have sadly failed at. The essence of the Fed-Obama bank bailout strategy since 2009 has been to 'rescue' the banks–not by removing the bad assets from their balance sheets but just by pumping liquidity into these zombie institutions (many of which have been technically insolvent and bankrupt now for years), to in effect 'offset' the bad assets on their balance sheets. The bad assets are still there. The Fed and Congress have not only just 'offset' the bad assets on the private balance sheet, but have in so doing mirrored those bad assets on the public balance sheet side. So it not only failed to remove (liquidate) the bad assets; it doubled them. Now the public sector has become as 'fragile' as the banking sector. But liquidation, you see, is abhorred by the bankers and bondholders. They don't want their asset values 'reduced' or expunged. They want the people to pay for the losses. And that, once again, is Greece today–and the USA come 2013 and beyond.
For an 'Alternative Program for Economic Recovery' that makes bankers and bondholder-speculators pay for the losses on their bad assets, see Jack's program by the same title on his website, www.kyklosproductions.com, as well as his forthcoming book, Obama's Economy: Recovery for the Few, by Pluto Press and Palgrave, March 2012.


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Business student wins national health care award
Business student Tiffany Chui has sound advice for improving Canada's health care system. Her report entitled Improving Emergency Room Wait Times and Patient Quality Care with Mashup Technologies earned second-place in a national contest.
The Health Council of Canada's Health Innovation Award competition challenged college and university students to propose ways of renewing and sustaining Canadian health care.
"I feel very fortunate that I won because the process was clearly quite competitive and there were many excellent ideas worthy of merit," says Ms. Chui.
According to her report, integrating current technologies such as global positioning systems, e-Health and social media networking (Twitter, YouTube) with 911 dispatch systems could enable better flow for communication. Dispatchers could be equipped to send triage patients to the nearest hospital with the shortest wait time for their given condition. With the Canadian health care system at a unique stage in its history, leveraging technology can renew the system but implementing and executing these ideas is more challenging.
Ms. Chui received her award at the Health Innovation reception in Ottawa recently.


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ROCK HILL — A health clinic serving uninsured York County residents has started offering dental care and is adding an optometry room.
York County Free Clinic located on Oakland Avenue in Rock Hill is renovating an employee break area into a new optometry room, the latest step toward the clinics goal of providing truly comprehensive care, said Executive Director Janet Selz.
As were expanding, were really able to treat the whole patient, said Selz, who doubles as one of two staff nurse practitioners.
The clinic also kick-started a new dental program in April, which will provide care through a mobile van at the side of the building.
The clinic serves patients ages 18 to 64 who lack private or public insurance and are within 175 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Those who receive Medicaid, Medicare or some other form of health insurance are ineligible.
Potential patients must submit identification, proof of residency and income before receiving services. Once patients are eligible, they can receive a variety of services including routine screenings with lab work, free prescription coverage and the forthcoming eye care.
All services including basic prescriptions, diabetic monitoring supplies, and laboratory tests are at no cost to the patient.
The clinic formerly called Palmetto Volunteers in Medicine moved into its current space in May from a smaller facility on Herlong Avenue, nearly tripling its floorspace and doubling the number of exam rooms to four. The renovated optometry room will increase the clinics number of exam rooms to five.
Old photos of the Herlong facility including an interior shot of a packed supply closet hang on the wall of the new clinic as a reminder of its continued expansion. The clinic also began offering free mammograms last year through a mobile van provided by Novant health.
Selz said the clinic is aimed at serving 3,000 appointments this year and has gotten more interest from potential clients because of the federal Affordable Care Act, which mandates that all U.S. citizens have health insurance or face monetary penalties.
She said the act has prompted the public to become more aware of their health status and to seek information regarding their eligibility for health services such as the free clinic.
South Carolina is one of several states that opted out of the Medicaid expansion that was offered as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. That created a gap for residents whose income is too high to qualify under current Medicaid guidelines but who are unable to afford monthly insurance premiums and are ineligible for subsidies.
The clinic also provides transportation vouchers to patients from York County Access, the countys only public transportation system that provides subsidized rides throughout most of the county.
Its an A-to-Z operation, said Mickey Beckham, the clinics executive director of development. Beckham said the clinics funding strategy is similar to the way universities and colleges solicit grants and other private donors.
The clinic receives some state funding, but the majority comes from private, corporate and local sponsors.
The clinic leases its space from Grace Lutheran Church, located next door, but does not have debt on its equipment or property. Medical equipment and gently-used furniture were donated to outfit the facility.
Beckham said the clinic places a priority on active fundraising to ensure a stable funding stream for the facility and to stay financially solvent.
It takes a lot of people to run a medical office, Selz said.
The clinic has five staff members and relies on doctors and lab technicians to donate their time. The clinics receptionists are also all volunteers.
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