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Britain & Ireland
(Based on 9 reviews)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Europe
In the U.S. 2000 Census, more than 36 million Americans reported British ancestry. And in the 2006 American community survey 12 percent of the total U.S. population claimed Irish bloodthe second largest self-reporting group. Factor in the abiding interest in the legacies of these islandsfrom landscapes to literature, from rock bands to the intrigue of royaltyand the draw of this beautifully illustrated book becomes apparent.
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry
(Based on 5 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
"Out of a windless August night
St. Petersburg
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Europe
This Traveler guide brings you the best of St. Petersburg, the enchanted, canal-crossed gem built by Peter the Great. Having survived three revolutions and three name changes, the city still lives on gloriously. The guide reviews St. Petersburg's remarkable history, illuminating the city's love affair with history, architecture, ballet, and painting. You'll find directions to and descriptions of all the main sitesthe formidable SS. Peter and Paul Fortress; the famed Hermitage Museum, housed in a series of historic buildings including the baroque Winter Palace; Palace Square; St. Isaac's Cathedral; Nevsky Prospektalong with such lesser known attractions as the Church of Spilled Blood, Peter the Great's cabin, and the fascinating Museum of Musical Instruments.
Panama, 2nd edition
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Latin America
Panama, the Traveler guide, takes the visitor beyond the famous canal to the Darien, a biological Eden teeming with wildlife, to the homelands of indigenous cultures that predate the conquistadores to Bocas del Toro, synonymous with a funky lifestyle to the steamy cosmopolitan capital, Panama City.
Visions of Earth
(Based on 14 reviews)
Category: Books/Animals and Nature/Nature and Environment
Visions of Earth raises a curtain on the wonders of the world and thrills us with nature's opulence and humanity's splendor. Each image alone exposes a nugget of our planet's magnificence; the totality of the collection goes beyond our imagination. Turning the pages, viewers are struck by the richness of life on Earth. One photograph is more awe-inspiring than the nextchosen by veteran National Geographic magazine photo editors to present what is visually incredible. The photographs are drawn from the popular "Visions of Earth" feature in the magazine, (rated Number 1 by readers), from our own storied Image Collection, and from renowned photographers throughout the world, many never-before published.
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Science and Space
This beautiful book is the latest addition to the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series. These colorful pages will introduce young children to the wonders of space, with colorful illustrations by David Aguilar and simple text that is perfect for beginning readers or for reading aloud. The book will explain basic concepts of space, beginning with what is most familiar to kids and expanding out into universe.
The Biblical World
(Based on 5 reviews)
Category: Books/Culture, History and Religion/Culture and Religion
Casting the tumultuous history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam against the rich canvas of the Near East, The Biblical World reveals how three great religions emerged from the same cradle. Author Jean-Pierre Isbouts employs a non-denominational perspective and a wide range of sourcesfrom ancient hieroglyphic texts to the latest scientific findingsto place Bible stories in the framework of history.
Inside The Vatican - Expanded Edition
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Culture, History and Religion/Culture and Religion
Veteran National Geographic photographer Jim Stanfield has captured nearly every corner of the Vatican, the world's smallest country and the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
Fragile: The Human Condition
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Photography
i>Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.
It is difficult to write a book about so much that is wrong in the worldthe stark truth may cause many readers to turn away, but if stories are sugar-coated, the truth becomes distorted. There is a fine balance between suffering and solutions.
National Geographic Kids Big Book of Fun
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Sports, Adventure and Exploration
Plunge under the sea into a colorful hidden picture game, navigate through outer space in an intergalactic maze, and try to find camouflaged animals in their natural habitat. Straight from the most popular pages of National Geographic Kids magazinethe number one consumer children's magazine in the country with 1.3 million subscribersthis exciting interactive game book includes over 75 games, mazes, fill-in-the-blank stories, trivia tests, and more. Featuring National Geographic's signature photography, this book is a perfect companion for a long car trip or rainy summer day, and it fits right in with those brownies in a camp care package. Kids will have so much fun, they won't even realize they're learning.
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
The third title in the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, this book is for kids 4 to 8 years old who LOVE dinos! The prehistoric world comes alive with dinosaurs small, big, giant, and gigantic, with stunning illustrations by Franco Tempesta, who illustrated National Geographic Kids The Ultimate Dinopedia. Bursting with fun facts and age-appropriate information, each spread features a different dinosaur, along with simple text in big type that is perfect for little kids. Young dino fans will love the interactivity in every chapter, and parents will appreciate tips to help carry readers' experience beyond the page.
South Africa
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Africa
South Africa offers vibrant cities and wildlife wonders. Our exciting new title in the Traveler series covers everythingfrom Cape Town to Johannesburg to seeing the "big five" on safari.
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Asia
National Geographic Traveler: Cambodia is another new great bargain Traveler destination. The book explores each of the country's regions, including the scenic and remote eastern province of Mondulkiri, and the white-sand beaches fronting the Gulf of Thailand around Sihanoukville. Journey through the rejuvenated colonial streets of Phnom Penh and the glorious temple ruins at Angkor Wat. Read about the famous freshwater Irrawady dolphins and the floating villages of Chong Kneas. Ride a tuk-tuk, learn Khmer karaoke, or go elephant trekking.
Ireland, 3rd Edition
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Travel and Adventure/Traveler Guidebooks/Europe
This guide to beautiful Ireland is chock full of attractive new features to make your trip uniquely memorable: Insider tips from National Geographic and local experts reveal favorite little-known sites and events. Sidebars encourage the visitor to truly get inside local culture, from learning traditional dance in Galway to helping restore the country's native boglands. Whether you plan to follow the James Joyce Trail in Dublin or simply ramble the open spaces of the aptly named Emerald Isle, National Geographic Traveler: Ireland has everything needed to make your trip magnificent.
Everything Rocks and Minerals
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
Targeted to rock-crazy kids, this bold book is more energetic, more visually exciting, and more fun than anything else on the marketand with more information, too! Youngsters become geology experts as they browse eye-popping photos and absorb layers of information made extra fun through a humor-infused presentation.
National Geographic Our Fifty States
(Based on 3 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Atlases and Reference
Overflowing with beautiful illustrations, specially designed maps, and concise essays written and reviewed by members of the Society's Geographic Alliance Program, this authoritative guide stands alone in the children's reference category. From Maine to Hawaii, kids will discover fascinating details behind each state's unique history. Our Fifty States is a superior volume so chock-full of engaging information and stunning visuals, youngsters will never run out of things to learn. Foreword by Former President Jimmy Carter.
The Knowledge Book
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Best Sellers
Indispensable for every home, library, and office, The Knowledge Book distills thousands of years of humankind's most significant ideas and achievements, explains how they are linked and why they are important, and packs everything into a single, irresistibly readable volume. The richly illustrated pages burst with essential facts from all major fields of knowledge including science, technology, philosophy, art, religion, and economics.
National Geographic Space Atlas
(Based on 4 reviews)
Category: Books/Atlases and Reference
Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presentedthe planets, the stars, and the large-scale universe itselfeach including the ones before it and extending outward.
In the Footsteps of Jesus
(Based on 9 reviews)
Category: Books/Culture, History and Religion/Culture and Religion
The Gospels of the New Testament describe the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth in Bethlehem and his travels through Galilee, to his trial and death in Jerusalem. In the Footsteps of Jesus goes even deeper into the story of Jesus' life by following his path through the Holy Land on richly detailed maps and bringing each pivotal place to life through the latest archaeological and historical discoveries. Breathtaking photography and unique period artifacts complement fascinating text and specially created maps by National Geographic cartographers.
National Geographic Road Atlas
(Based on 33 reviews)
Category: Books/Atlases and Reference
Our road atlas provides accurate, detailed maps of all 50 states, Canada, and Mexicoincluding scenic routes, historic sites, recreation information, and points of interest.
National Geographic Answer Book - Hardcover
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Atlases and Reference
A multifaceted reference book for the 21st century, the Answer Book will fascinate with up-to-date, authoritative, and endlessly interesting information about the world today. From earth sciences to astronomy, from climate and habitats to human arts and cultures, from ancient history to cutting-edge technology, and including brief descriptions, flags, and statistics of all the countries of the world, it delivers exactly the kind of quick-dip information that modern readers crave. Maps, charts, diagrams, graphs, photographs, illustrationssome 600 pictures in allcombine with hundreds of fast facts and short pieces on the people, places, wildlife, weather, history, and current events that matter in our world today. National Geographic Answer Book is a vital reference for school, a handy resource at the office, and a fabulous pick-up-and browse companion at home.
The World Is Waiting For You
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Culture
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibilityso simple and so profound.
National Geographic Book of Peoples of the World
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Culture, History and Religion/Culture and Religion
A global tour of beliefs and traditions, this book will sweep you into more than 200 different cultures, showing you the remarkable diversity of humanity and our shared experiences. Spectacular photos and maps show how different cultures evolved, and examine the challenges they face.
March of the Penguins Book
(Based on 3 reviews)
Category: Books/Animals and Nature/Animals and Wildlife
Learn more about the emperor penguins' extraordinary journey in this official companion book to the major motion picture. March of the Penguins delves further into the lives of these remarkable penguins and their story of survival. It also covers the conditions endured by the film crew to get the footage. Written by Luc Jacquet. Photographed by Jerome Maison.
Brain: The Complete Mind
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Science and Space
Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape?
Weird But True 2
(Based on 5 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Atlases and Reference
Did you know that a great white shark can weigh as much as 15 gorillas? That meteorites the size of basketballs land on Earth about once a month? Kids will devour more than 300 wacky facts in Weird but True! 2the second installment in a lively new spin-off series from the award-winning National Geographic Kids magazine.
Straight from the pages of the magazine's top-scoring feature, this little book is chock-full of tremendous fun. It's packed with even more of the wild-n-wacky facts, whimsical designs, and all-out reading fun that made the first Weird but True volume an early success.
I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
Climb aboard a helicopter with National Geographic photographer Robert Haas and journey all over the world in search of wild animals and exotic places. Cruise over the savanna grasslands of Africa and watch from above as lions hunt buffalos, one of the few "fair fights" in the African wilderness. Enjoy the spectacle as brilliant pink flamingos run faster and faster along the surface of the water before taking off and landing to form the perfect shape of a huge flamingo. Track muddy footprints across a rain-drenched salt pan to find a lone wildebeest that joins a herd of zebras. Even catch a glimpse of a large group of sharks that glide silently through shallow water in search of their next meal.
National Geographic Readers: Trains
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Culture
Choo Choo! Kids love trains! Especially the old-timey steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos. But what about a super-speeder in Japan that zooms on the track at 361 miles per hour? Or the world's longest freight train, stretching on for a whopping 4.6 miles? Or futuristic railways in the sky? In this Level 1 reader, young readers will discover a whole new way of looking at trains!
National Geographic Readers: Dinosaurs
(Based on 1 review)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
There's nothing more fascinating than dinosaurs. In this Level 1 reader, youngsters learn all about the terrifying giants that once roamed the Earth—maybe even as close as their own backyard! They'll be wowed by new information and eye-popping illustrations from National Geographic, a trusted source of children's nonfiction content.
National Geographic Readers: Lizards
(Based on 2 reviews)
Category: Books/Kids Books and Atlases/Animals and Nature
From geckos to iguanas, komodo dragons to chameleons, lizards are about the most awesome animal around! They inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Some are lethal. Some change color. Some have suction cups on their feet. There is enough fascinating information about these animals to fill an entire library of readers! But we've taken the absolute coolest information about the coolest animal and compacted it in this fascinating level 1 reader, perfect for anyone who loves slippery, slimy, creepy, and crawly.


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1. Hideaway Communalism
2. The Tip of An Iceberg
3. Some Historical Questions
4. In the Name of Religion
5. A Need to Face the Truth
6. Historians Versus History
7. November 9 Will Change History
8. From Shilanyas to Berlin Wall
9. Rama-Janmabhumi Temple Muslim Testimony
10. Let the Mute Witnesses Speak
destruction of Hindu temples1 by the Islamised invaders. This chapter is by no means
closed. The Appendix to this book provides details of many temples destroyed by
Muslims all over Bangladesh as recently as October-November 1989. Currently,
temples, or whatever had remained of them, are meeting a similar fate in the Kashmir
This chapter, however, though significant, was only a part of the Muslim behaviour-
pattern as recorded by Muslim historians of medieval India. The other parts were: 1)
mass slaughter of people not only during war but also after the armies of Islam had
emerged victorious; 2) capture of large numbers of non-combatant men, women and
children as booty and their sale as slaves all over the Islamic world; 3) forcible
conversion to Islam of people who were in no position to resist; 4) reduction to the status
of zimmis or non-citizens of all those who could not be converted and imposition of
inhuman disabilities on them; 5) emasculation of the zimmis by preventing them from
possessing arms; 6) impoverishment of the zimmis through heavy discriminatory taxes
and misappropriation of a major part of what the peasants produced; 7) ruination of the
native and national culture of the zimmis by suppressing and holding in contempt all its
institutions and expressions.
Nor is this behaviour pattern a thing of the past. It persisted even after the Muslim rule
was over. The Muslim revivalist movements in the nineteenth century, particularly in
Bengal, tried to repeat, as far as they could, the performance of the medieval Muslim
swordsmen and sultans. More recently, after the Islamic state of Pakistan was carved out,
Hindus have been forced to leave their ancestral homes, en masse from its western wing
and in a continuous stream of refugees from its eastern wing, now an independent Islamic
state of Bangladesh that came into being with the help of India. Hindu temples and other
cultural institutions have more or less disappeared from Pakistan, while they continue to
be under constant attack in Bangladesh.
How to understand this behaviour pattern so persistently followed over a thousand years
under very different conditions and so consistent in its expression? What is its deeper
ideological source?
It is rooted in Islams religious teachings, its theology and its religious laws; it derives from its peculiar conception of momins and kafirs, from its doctrines of Jihad, Darul- Islam and Darul-harb, and from what it regards as the duty of a Muslim state. Hindu
there, it also mentions other theological props and concomitants of the iconoclastic
ideology. In the book Ayodhya retain its importance, but it does not occupy the centre of
discussion. In dealing with its subject, it exercises complete fidelity to truth; unlike
secularist and Marxist writers, it does not believe in re-writing and fabricating history. Its
aim is to raise the informational level of our people and to make them better aware of the
more persistent ideological forces at work.
A case in which the English version of a major book by a renowned Muslim scholar, the fourth
Rector of one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning in India, listing some of the mosques,
including the Babri Masjid, which were built on the sites and foundations of temples, using their
stones and structures, is found to have the tell-tale passages censored out;
It is traced: And is found to have been commanded just 15 years a-o by the most influential living
Muslim scholar of our country today, the current Rector of that great centre of Islamic learning, and
the Chairman of the Muslim Personal Law Board.
publication,Centres of Islamic Learning in India, recalls how the foundersaimed at producing capable scholars who could project a true image of Islam before the modern world in an effective way; it recalls howTowards fulfilling its avowed aim in the matter of educational reform, it (the group) decided to
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The weekly news magazine, which began printing in 1933 but ceased its print edition in December of 2012, will once again start running a weekly issue in January or February of 2014.
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Kenny Chesney — "Pirate Flag"
Songwriters: David Lee Murphy, Ross Copperman
Even though a good chunk of the country has been buried under snow or bailing out because of rain lately, it's close enough to summer that the "fun" beach-y summer singles are starting to trickle in to country radio stations. Kenny Chesney's "Pirate Flag" is leading the charge this year, and country fans must be starving for anything that reminds them of sunshine. It cracked the Billboard Top 20 in just four weeks – for point of reference, it took Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round" more than 20 weeks to accomplish the same feat.
"Pirate Flag" starts with a pirate-esque organ intro, segueing quickly into mandolins and drum machines. It's an odd mix, but the Pirates of the Caribbean-meets-Country Bears slow jamboree is the most interesting thing about the song. Unfortunately, that lasts for about 20 seconds before Chesney starts rapping (of course he does) about being from a small town (of course he is).
"I come from a little bitty home-grown small town, Smoky Mountains, nice place to hang around," he says. Just like that, it turns into the same song that every male country singer in Nashville has recorded at least twice. The creative arrangement gets overwhelmed by electric guitars, eliminating every last trace of creativity. Even when Chesney veers off course and sings about trading in small town life for a pirate flag and an island girl, it's just trading in one set of well-worn imagery for another.
Chesney's no stranger to the country-Caribbean genre, and it's brought him plenty of success. When he's on, the result is lightweight but enjoyable, like "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven." When he's completely phoning it in, we end up with "Pirate Flag."
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Oh boy. Yet another summer fun Buffet-cloned cowboy hat-sand flippin beach song. I guess Nashville has ran out of writers. Song-Regurgitation. Yuck.
These days Kenny Chesney releases a song that I like maybe once every two or three years. This is not it.
I'm thinking from a marketing standpoint it's smart. He can appeal to his country fans and the parrot heads. For sure not an earth shattering song but after a few Rum and Cokes it becomes annoyingly stuck in ones head for sure.
Step away from the beach…walk slowly and no one will get hurt…
Yes Jim get away from that beach.
I'd have thought that there was a limit to how many times and how long an artist could embrace the persona of a beach bum (and copy Buffet, to boot)and be at the pinnacle of mainstream country–tough economic times or not.
Either Chesney has proved that totally wrong–or he may be pushing up against that limit.
Strangely enough being a fan of long time Buffett compadre Jerry Jeff Walker and having been at his yearly camp Belize event this year it was full of parrot heads who commented that Chesney was considered "the heir to the Buffett leagacy." Cheseny came up when pirate flag came forth from the sepakers of the palapa bar prior to JJW's show. Like I said from a marketing standpoint smart cause that gives him a 2nd audience to draw from. Now were did I leave that salt shaker ?
I thought Kenny had ended his beach obsession with back to back non-beach singles ('Come Over' and 'El Cerrito Place')
Boy do I feel stupid.
Marketing 101 cross branding. Release country singles followed by beach singles. shoot Kenny's even introduced his own Rum brand. He has been studying Buffett's corprate branding idea's no doubt. Not a huge fan of Cheseny's but he appears to be a good business man.
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From a Maria fan
After reading the thread title, you're probably expecting a hate post... but you won't get it. A lot of Maria's fans can't stand Vika, but I actually like her. This loss was extremely disappointing... but I'm at least happy to see Vika finally win a Slam. Congratulations to her and to all of you Vika fans. :)
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Thank you :)
Maria was very gracious and composed in her speech at the end
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Seems a bit silly to add another "congrats from a ... fan" to the two there already are here....
So, congrats from a Woz fan. Vika totally deserved to win the title. And congrats for the #1 ranking as well! :yeah:
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15 October 2014, Rome - To strengthen the capacities of member countries in reducing gender inequalities in agriculture and increasing productivity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, with support from the European Union, has produced a new e-learning course to help policy-makers and agricultural planners develop gender-responsive policies and programmes for food and nutrition security.
The course, "Gender in Food and Nutrition Security", is the result of the combined efforts of a multidisciplinary team of international and local practitioners. It is designed to help professionals...
Roundtable on feeding the global family: Does climate change put us all at risk?
When: 15 October 2014 - 1500 – 1600 (GMT +2)
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13 October 2014, Rome - Civil society representatives met last weekend at the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) to the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to reflect and prepare together their positions on issues to be discussed at the CFS this week.
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i ordered 3.92s on my 14 spot but was offered 3.21, 3.55, and 3.92 from my dealer here in NY.
Everyone says the 3.55 with the 8 speed gets better gas mileage than the 3.92 with the 8 speed, but does anyone have hard numbers? what is the real world difference in MPG?
It would really be nearly impossible to have an apples to apples comparison between the two.
Simply because no 2 people drive the same route and the same way.
Even you and I, and everyone else, your mileage varies from tank to tank just because you yourself drive differently every gas tank, sometimes may hit more stop lights, other times driving harder or passing more people.
But with a 3.92 axle ratio, you will be turning more rpms when cruising at any given speed. So if you routinely drive 70 mph on a freeway drive to work, in the 3.92's you're engine will be spinning about 200 rpms more. That uses more gas.
In city driving the difference may be smaller, it all depends on your right foot and how hard you push the go pedal.
Realistically, on average the difference may be .5-.75 miles per gallon.
And since you can have that much variance between two tanks of gas with any car, it would be hard to show it was the axle ratio causing you to get worse gas mileage. But facts are facts, if you are turning higher rpms at a given speed you'll be drinking a bit more gas.
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Health care cost bundling—the aggregating of all the costs of an episode of medical care into a single bill—seems to be here to stay. After all, it's the way most all other billing is done. When your car is serviced, you don't get a separate bill from each mechanic and vendor of parts and fluids. And you certainly don't get a bill for the facility fee. The same goes for airplane travel.
For Medicare, the journey toward bundling really got under way with the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement in the Affordable Care Act. As of the first day in 2103, 243 providers began participating in the program, each choosing from among 48 episodes of care and from four alternative bundling models. If a participant achieves Medicare's targeted cost savings, it shares in the savings.
Then last Thursday CMS announced plans to nearly triple the number of hospitals and medical groups in the program—adding 4,100 providers to 2,400 already testing the waters.
But at the same time CMS was announcing the expansion, the RAND Corporation released a study branding as a failure a bundling experiment in California. The finding corresponded with RAND's conclusion in an earlier study of a bundling program in three California communities. In the most recent program two of the original six health plans dropped out, as did six of eight hospitals.
The new study attributed the dismal outcome to four factors: reaching consensus on bundle definitions consumed too much time; insurers expected price reductions, but hospitals feared them; inadequate claims-processing infrastructure; and delays and uncertainty about state regulation (it was California, after all).
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was on display Monday during opening statements in his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live.
Competing portraits of Jackson emerged during the first hours of the trial, with Katherine Jackson's attorney acknowledging the pop star's drug problems while also trying to show he was a caring son and father.
"His stirring voice, his musical genius, his creativity and his generosity and his huge heart was extinguished forever," her lawyer, Brian Panish, said in his opening remarks.
AEG's attorney, Marvin S. Putnam, said that while Jackson's death was tragic, his guarded private life meant the company was unaware that he was using the powerful anesthetic propofol.
"The truth is, Michael Jackson fooled everyone," Putnam said. "He made sure that no one -- nobody -- knew his deepest, darkest secrets."
A jury of six men and six women will determine whether AEG should pay Jackson's mother and three children for their losses after his 2009 death from an overdose of propofol. Millions and possibly billions of dollars in damages are at stake in the case that opened with private photos of the singer with his children and video clips of Jackson dancing.
"This case is about personal choices," Putnam said about Jackson's decision to be treated by physician Conrad Murray. "Also, it was about his personal responsibility. There's no question that Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy.
"I believe the evidence will show it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making," Putnam said as he ended his opening statement. Testimony will begin Tuesday.
Panish said AEG created a conflict of interest for Murray and forced him to choose between a large payday and Jackson's care. He told the jury AEG was feeling competitive pressures and wanted the Jackson tour to work at all costs.
"They didn't care who got lost in the wash," Panish told the jury.
Panish played a song that Jackson wrote for his three children, "You Are My Life," and displayed a note the singer had written for his mother that brought tears to her eyes as she sat in court.
Katherine Jackson sued AEG Live in September 2010, claiming it failed to properly investigate Murray before allowing him to serve as Jackson's doctor as he prepared for his "This Is It" shows. She is also suing on behalf of her son's three children -- Prince, Paris and Blanket.
AEG denies it hired Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death. AEG's attorneys have said the company could not have foreseen the circumstances that led to the singer's death at age 50.
Panish told jurors that AEG executives ignored warning signs about Jackson's health and were motivated to push the singer and his doctor to improve their own financial fortunes.
"We're not looking for any sympathy," Panish said. "We're looking for truth and justice."
With Jackson's mother, brother Randy and sister Rebbie seated in the front row of the courtroom, jurors were shown numerous slides and several scribbled notes.
A couple of jurors nodded when the lawyer referenced Jackson's achievements, including successful concert tours and a Super Bowl performance.
Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes after Panish read a note that her son wrote to her, detailing his feelings about her.
"All my success has been based on the fact that I wanted to make my mother proud," the singer's note said, "to win her smile of approval."
The personal touches came after Panish spent the first half of his presentation detailing Jackson's struggles with prescription drug abuse throughout the last half of his life.
He also showed jurors numerous emails sent between AEG executives concerning Jackson's health and their concerns that he wouldn't be able to perform 50 planned concerts in London.
Putnam recounted the chaotic days following Jackson's death as investigators and the public tried to figure out how the singer died unexpectedly. He urged jurors to remember that propofol killed Jackson.
"One thing became very, very clear," Putnam said. "While the world may not have heard of propofol, Mr. Jackson certainly had. The evidence is going to show you that he had been using that drug for years and years."
He said jurors will hear from Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, who would tell them that Jackson used the anesthetic in the 1990s.
"Mr. Jackson got very, very, good at hiding his addiction," Putnam said. "He didn't let anyone see it. Not his staff, not his children. This was the private Michael Jackson."


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The government has decided to appoint the Director and Board members of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) through an independent collegium.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal mooted this proposal during his first meeting with the IIM Directors here on Friday. This proposed system of appointment will make the system broad-based and ensure autonomy of these institutions, Mr. Sibal told journalists after the meeting.
The Ministry had recently announced that the Vice-Chancellors of the Central universities would also be appointed through a collegium. "None of the IIMs was enthusiastic about the pan-IIM Board mooted by the R.C. Bhargava committee but readily accepted the concept of a collegium," the Minister said.
The collegium, comprising academicians, industry and heads of institutions, will suggest five names of which the government will select one. The number of members on the Board will also be restricted to 13.
The Directors will decide on the nature of the collegium and also agreed to come up with a five-year vision by January 2010 when they meet the Minister next. "We are hopeful of implementing this system by the 2010-2011 academic session when all IIM Boards will be re-constituted," Mr. Sibal said.
Claiming that there was no demand or discussion on enhancement of salary structure at the IIMs, the Minister said the Directors had agreed to a performance-based scheme which would be presented in the next meeting. Apart from meeting every six months, it was also decided at the meeting that the IIMs will form an informal committee that would discuss the issues to be taken up with the government.
The Directors were told that the government was "in principle" open to the idea of IIMs opening campuses abroad, provided the B-schools fulfil the domestic demand. "I have asked them to prepare a module for setting up campuses abroad without affecting their presence in the country. The IIMs are global brands and they need to have global presence," Mr. Sibal said.
Mr. Sibal even suggested to the Directors that they could either open campuses outside individually or collectively. This can happen before the foreign universities start coming into India. "The Indian institutions should get a level-playing field and the government will ensure this," he said.
The IIM-Bangalore has already submitted a proposal to the HRD Ministry in 2007 to set up a campus in Singapore. However, the IIMs are unable to open them as their Memorandum of Association with the government does not allow them to go abroad. "The government is ready to amend the MoAs. But let them come with module which is workable," Mr. Sibal said.
Mr. Sibal said the IIMs need to have a flexible system under which a student can pursue certain credits from any IIM other than the institute he has taken admission.
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Heroic Stories highlight the creative experts, craftsmen, and artisans who are the soul of our community's economy. They're the laborers of love. From bike repair specialists to custom furniture builders to chalkboard artists, they express themselves through their work and dedication comes naturally. They measure success in the personal relationships with their customers built with a focus on service and quality.
n 2004, Sam Reinert started Resurrection Cyclery and turned a passion for bicycles into a career. Nine years later, Resurrection is still a one-man operation dedicated to servicing, repairing, and customizing all types of bicycles. Neighborly service "at neighborly prices," says Sam. While he is certainly not the only person with a bike repair specialty in Minneapolis, Sam has differentiated himself in a crowded market. He uses re-used, recycled, and restored parts that "have stood the test of time," Sam says as he lifts a Specialized road bike to the repair stand.
Sam moved into the Seward neighborhood in the mid 1990′s and started going on evening walks. This part of town, close to the university where many students ride bikes, is known as being especially bike friendly. Sam noticed his neighbors leaving unwanted bike parts waiting to be collected with the trash. Sam started gathering the best parts that could be restored and using them for repairs on his own fleet of bikes. He never stopped.
Today Sam still lives in the Seward neighborhood and operates Resurrection Cyclery out of his basement. Local artwork adorn the walls of his compact work space, competing for attention with cranks, pedals, and brake wire.
Considered one of the best bicycling cities in the country, Minneapolis is teeming with cycling enthusiasts. The Twin Cities area is also home to a vibrant community committed […]
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Photos are an essential part of building your online business identity. With Heroic, not unlike your social media profiles, the most important photo is your profile photo. Research from the popular job site LinkedIn shows that a page with a profile photo is seven times more likely to be viewed as a page without one. The same is true with Heroic. Having a picture is the bare minimum but there are a few things you can do to improve your photo that will help you get hired for the job.
1. Use a photo of you or your team. A picture of your logo, work truck, or job site does not tell the viewer anything about your character or personality. Save those for your portfolio. Customers want to hire friendly, happy people and these qualities can be conveyed in a photo. This is especially true when customers are hiring professionals to come into their home, like plumbers, carpenters, and electricians. By not having a photo of you or your team you are missing out on an important opportunity to introduce yourself to prospective customers and build your service identity.
2. Make sure your photo is up-to-date. A photo that misrepresents your appearance will surprise your customers, which is a terrible way to start a relationship that operates on trust. Building trust from the first interaction is a critical part of earning a referral in the service industry. Expecting you to look differently will leave customers feeling deceived. Remember, you are not being hired for a modeling gig. Choose a photo that is current and shows energy.
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hannon Jarvi is a drafter for her day job, meticulously preparing drawings of structures and equipment systems for engineers or designers. That will soon change. Her employers are relocating their company to North Carolina and she "will not be moving with it," she says with a calm smile. While most of us would panic after suffering the news of a job loss, Shannon is welcoming the opportunity with plans to create a second career for herself. A flexible schedule, frequent interaction with new people, and being her own boss are top priorities in her search for what comes next.
"I did some soul searching…to decide what I like to do," she says, recalling her reaction to the news. "I like to help people."
Shannon also likes to keep moving and describes herself as "extremely organized." She made a list of things she could do on her own that would match her priorities. Among them were house cleaning, yard work, painting and small repairs.
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Over a two week period, Heroic watched the local community step up to share recommendations of the best service providers from around the Twin Cities in hopes of winning our Who Do You Love contest. Over that time we read all kinds of recommendations and one thing was clear…there are a lot of trustworthy service professionals in the Twin Cities with happy, loyal customers.
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Sara is the recipient of one year of free professional house cleaning. Ron and his team will also come away victorious with a free premium profile on Heroic, professional photos and a video of he and his business.
Ron's honest approach to customer service, his obvious sense of humor, and 37 years serving the Twin Cities Metro Area deserve to be recognized. We tip our caps to you today, Ron. Thanks for adding value to our community.
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Minneapolis, Minn., March 27, 2013 – Local startup Heroic teams up with CRAVE Restaurants to celebrate the hardworking service economy in Minneapolis through a campaign called "Who Do You Love?". They are seeking recommendations from the public to discover little-known experts, artisans, and local craftsmen. The first 100 participants win a $20 gift card to CRAVE restaurants, and one will win one-year of free house cleaning.
Heroic is a newly formed community in the Twin Cities and is a free place for friends and neighbors to share recommendations of local service providers, like painters, carpenters, and mechanics. Who Do You Love is inspired by co-founders Dan Linstroth and Reed Robinson's discovery of a little-known bike mechanic working out of his basement in Minneapolis named Sam Reinert.
"I discovered Sam through a recommendation from Reed and he blew me away with his service," says Linstroth. "He's an absolute expert, provides incredible customer service, and charges a neighborly price."
By making this connection, the two friends began wondering how many people like Sam exist in the Twin Cities of other crafts. Who Do You Love was born, and they're seeking word-of-mouth recommendations from the community to uncover more experts, just like Sam.
"These are the hardworking, honest people that make our neighborhoods run," adds Linstroth. "They are the soul of our local economy and deserve to be recognized."
Heroic is encouraging people to share by offering a limited number of Gift Cards to CRAVE restaurants and the chance to win one-year of free house cleaning.
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"When I went into the Marines, I couldn't vote," he said. "I had no rights at all on the federal reservation."
But he, like others, felt a duty to "protect the mother homeland."
The Marines were looking for scouts and his skills served him well. Little was at Iwo Jima for six days in 1945 and remembers crouching in a bomb crater amid heavy fire.
"According to intelligence reports, it was a small island and we would have it in our hands in eight days," he said. "It took 36 days."
The Japanese had expert English translators and were intercepting U.S. military communications at an alarming rate. But that changed with the Navajo code talkers.
At Iwo Jima, Little and his fellow code talkers worked around the clock, sending and receiving more than 800 messages, not one deciphered by the enemy.
The code talkers had a battlefield vocabulary and each word was given a coded Navajo name to convey on tactics, troop movements, orders and other vital communications, not knowing how it played into the larger strategy.
When Little returned home after the war, he went on to college and taught school, then later worked as a sawmill logging manager, not fully appreciating the impact of his code-talking contributions.
"I was awed by what he did, using the language as a weapon to save the whole world, and they have the satisfaction it was never broken," said his wife, Nelli, who married Little in 1972 after his first wife died. "We also wanted our land to be free and so, in that way, he was also patriotic."
Little knows firsthand that "freedoms don't come for free," and part of the code talkers' legacy is preserving the legacy of Navajo ingenuity and courage.
Many of the veterans came from humble backgrounds, the sons of farmers and sheepherders, many of whom spoke halting English but were fluent in their traditional language.
Now 87, and retired from the Union Pacific Railroad, Kee Etsicitty left the poverty of the reservation to get a better education and "open the door to the white man's world."
"I was 17 or 18 at the time," he told ABCNews.com. "We were a bunch of kids who got together and said, 'Let's go join up with our friends.
"They only took people who were 21. My grandmother told me to lie, make it sweet and juicy."
Etsicitty did, and in 1943, he started boot camp at Fort Pendleton in San Diego. His English was spotty, but he was a "full-blooded" Navajo, with just the right pronunciation to join 80 others at "code-talking school."
"It came naturally to me," he said.
"I was from a poor family and had been pushed around in a government school and had never been off the reservation," said Etsicitty. "I didn't know I would be part of history."
Now, those who are left are in New York City, visiting Ground Zero and World War II's battleship USS Intrepid, and are building support for a new museum to preserve their contributions for future generations.
The Navajo Code Talkers Museum & Veterans Center Project will open in 2012 near the Navajo capital of Window Rock, Ariz., on 208 acres of land donated by Chevron Mining Inc.
Etsicitty, eagerly awaiting a photo shoot Tuesday at HBO and then a tribute from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hoped to be able to tell his own story "until I'm 100."
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Daniel Vettori said something sensational to The Hindu the other day. The New Zealander revealed, "The day is not far when a left-arm spinner will be able to bowl the doosra. Just as the delivery revolutionised off-spin, it will do the same to left-arm spin as well."
The statement, coming from one of the game's most accomplished left-arm spinners, has predictably evoked strong reactions.
Over-rated delivery
Former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi said: "I think the doosra is an over-rated delivery, even for an off-spinner, in any case.
"In fact, the doosra has destroyed classic off-spin. How many present-day off-spinners get the batsmen to push forward and hit them on the pads.
"They are unable to create the blind spot which the classic off-spinners of the past were able to achieve."
In a short but eventful international career stretching from 1979 to '83, Doshi claimed 114 wickets from 33 Tests at 30.71 with six five-wicket hauls. He operated with exceptional control and subtle variations.
Doshi elaborated, "Classical spin bowling is about flight, spin and clever changes in length and angles and these attributes should be able to get the job done. By trying to bowl the doosra, young spinners are losing 98 per cent of their stock delivery which they should first master.
"If you mess around with the rules of the game, it will spoil your DNA. While bowling the doosra, you employ a completely different set of muscles, create a completely different muscle memory."
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Murali Kartik, still the finest left-arm spinner in the country, revealed he had attempted bowling the doosra — here a left-arm spinner gets the ball to spin into the right-hander — at the nets and managed to pull it off from only 10 yards.
"You require hyper-flexible wrist and shoulder to send down this delivery from 22 yards.
"And I do not believe this is possible without a degree of bending and straightening of the arm."
A doosra could be a potent weapon against a left-handed batsman who could be forced to hit against the spin. And against a right-hander, the short-leg and the leg-slip could come into play.
Kartik, who picked up 45 wickets from just nine first-class games for Somerset last season, including five successive five-wicket hauls, adds: "To bowl this delivery, a left-arm spinner has to open up his body during his action more and rotate his wrist. But, right through my career I have not seen this delivery being bowled in a match. I have to see it to believe it."
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The former India spinner — Kartik has 24 wickets in eight Tests at 34.16 — said it would be interesting how Vettori could produce this ball from a high-arm action. Even if he does so, will it take left-arm spin to another level?
The left-handed batsmen have often been the nemesis for left-arm spinners.
The southpaw has the opportunity to counter a left-arm spinner with the spin.
Traditionally, a left-arm spinner has operated over-the-wicket to the southpaw and got the ball to straighten with a slip in place. Or, he has bowled from round-the-wicket and nailed the left-handed batsman with the arm-ball.
Actually, one of the reasons for all the talk about left-arm spinners conjuring the doosra is that not many of the present-day members of the tribe have a potent arm-ball.


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NATO: 740 trainers still needed for Afghan forces
KABUL, Afghanistan More nations are pledging support, yet NATO still faces a shortage of 740 trainers needed to get Afghan soldiers and policemen ready to take the lead in securing their nation, the coalition's top training official says.
Needed most are 290 police trainers, including those to work in new training centers opening in Afghanistan this year, U.S. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, the commander of NATO's training mission, told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants his nation's police and army to take the lead in protecting and defending their homeland by 2014, a deadline that will be reached only if the training effort - already on a fast track - gets even more support from NATO and other nations. Caldwell said the coalition wants to have the additional 740 trainers in place by this summer.
"The NATO secretary-general has said, 'No trainers, no transition,'" Caldwell said. "He is exactly right. If you don't have sufficient numbers of trainers, then we can't set the conditions for transition in 2014."
The Afghan security force added more than 70,000 police and soldiers last year and now is 270,000-strong. It is well on its way to meeting Karzai's goal of reaching 305,600 by the end of October. Karzai is expected to announce his next target for growth in coming weeks.
Besides filling training slots, however, the training mission faces challenges. Corruption within the ranks has been eased, but not eliminated, by raising salaries, issuing paychecks electronically and awarding promotions based on performance, not cronyism or favoritism. Increasing numbers of policemen and soldiers have been enrolled in literacy courses, but the inability to read and write continues to stifle efforts to professionalize the force.
The Afghan army and police still need thousands more officers trained. And there still is a critical shortage of trainers who can teach specific skills, such as how to manage military hospitals and clinics or fly and maintain Mi-17 aircraft.
At a ceremony Saturday at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Latvia and Lithuania together pledged up to 23 trainers to mentor the Afghan Air Force in southern Afghanistan. Their commitment raised to 32, the number of nations involved in the training mission.
"Down in Kandahar the Afghan Air Force has five Mi-17 helicopters and we desperately needed an air-mentoring team to work with them to help them continue to grow and professionalize the air force down there so that by December 2014 they are clearly in the lead," Caldwell said.
Capt. Didzis Veidenbaums, Latvia's senior national representative in Kabul, said that with just one rotary wing unit in all of Latvia, it was tough to find trainers to send. "It was a challenge for us just to find additional people who would be able to work here as trainers," he said.
The 740 shortfall exists even though 764 extra trainers, pledged by countries such as Romania and Bulgaria, are already making their way to Afghanistan.
Caldwell said the Netherlands and a nation in Latin America were considering sending trainers and that he was eagerly awaiting the details of Canada's pending commitment.


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For the past ten years and counting, the Found Footage Festival has toured the country, with co-founders founders Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett presenting their carefully curated found video treasures on the big screen. Tomorrow and Friday, the Found Footage Festival land at Seattle's Central Cinema. In advance of the shows (one on Thursday, two on Friday), David Schmader at The Stranger chatted up Nick Preuher about all things FFF.
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Joe and Nick are coming to Seattle and bringing their Found Footage Fest back to Central Cinema, this time for two nights. In the past we have had to squeeze three back-to-back shows into one night to accommodate their hectic tour schedule. This year we get to spread it out a little over both Thursday and Friday December 4th & 5th. Joe and Nick are so funny it literally hurts to go to their show. Vol. 7 is their latest installment of new material dug up from the FFF cave. These shows always sell out but there is still some room at all three showtimes. Don't let your procrastinating self miss out this year, go get some tickets now before its too late………
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THRIVE Film, Lecture, and Lunch series
Thrive Cafe is hosting a thought-provoking and delicious film series here at Central Cinema. Thrive's Fresh Film Series screens award-winning health related documentaries, while savoring a 3 course lunch catered by Thrive, followed by a live Q&A Speaker from the movie or local expert. The Film Series is held at lunchtime on the 4th Sunday of each month between August and November 2013.
ECHOES – Local film short screening Aug 11 at 5:30
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Van Alan and the Cast & Crew of ECHOES invite you to a screening of their new short film, shot in and around Renton. They are taking over Happy Hour on Sunday August 11th at 5:30. A young family living in the Pacific Northwest encounters a dark, supernatural presence when their son goes missing in the nearby forest. But all is not what it seems in this haunting short film.
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HOUSTON A man is facing serious charges after police say a Cash America Pawn employee found child-porn images on a pawned cell phone.
Charges of possession of child pornography were filed against 32-year-old Deny Palencia on August 9, 2012.
According to court documents, Palencia pawned a Samsung Galaxy S phone at the Cash America on Broadway on May 2, 2012.
The transaction was captured by surveillance cameras.
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She notified police, who seized the phone and got a warrant to search it.
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Stray bullet narrowly misses infants in Manila hospital nursery
MANILA, Philippines — "Fortunately lucky" was how a doctor described the newborn babies in the pediatric ward of Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, after a stray bullet went through the second floor roof of the building early Tuesday, New Year's day.
Dr. Romeo Bituin, head of the hospital Health Emergency Management Staff reported the incident at the Manila Police District General Assignment Section Tuesday afternoon.
Bituin said that at around 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday, at the height of the New Year revelry, one of the mothers guarding their babies saw a bullet pierce through the roof, hit an iron rail of a baby's crib and bounced on the wall before it landed on the floor.
The pediatric ward is located on the second floor of the hospital, according to Bituin.
He explained that no one was hurt in the incident, but it caused tension and anxiety among the mothers and the staff in the hospital.
"We want to submit for examination the bullet to determine its origin,'' Bituin said.
The hospital is located in Sta. Cruz, Manila and is inside the sprawling Manila City Jail compound and bounded on the right by the Sta. Cruz police station, according to Bituin.
SPO1 James Poso of the MPD-General Assignment Section, the bullet would be submitted to forensic investigation to determine its origin.
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