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Behavioral Interventions: Prevention of Alcohol-related HIV Risk Behavior
I. Definition of the Prevention Area
Alcohol use in virtually all cultures reduces both the perception of risk and inhibitions to engage in risky behaviors. The association between alcohol use and high-risk behaviors, including inconsistent condom use with casual partners, greater number of lifetime and recent sexual partners, concurrency of sexual partners, intergenerational sex, the buying and selling of sex, and the experience of violent or coercive sex, is in turn associated with an increased risk of HIV infection.
II. Epidemiological Justification for the Prevention Area
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to two-thirds of all people living with HIV. South Africa has one of the highest volumes per capita of alcohol consumption in the world. There is evidence that alcohol consumption has been increasing over time in sub-Saharan Africa, where alcohol is the most commonly abused drug. Existing scientific evidence linking alcohol use with HIV sexual risk behavior already provides a compelling call to action, but more research is needed in developing countries to understand the sociocultural, psychological, and economic context of alcohol use, as well as the ways in which alcohol affects sexual behavior. In countries battling severe HIV epidemics, interventions that address problem drinking in conjunction with community-based efforts to reduce HIV risk behavior have the potential to reduce the spread of HIV.
III. Core Programmatic Components
Programs to change behaviors related to alcohol use and HIV risk may include population-based or venue-based interventions. School-based programs are an example of a population-based intervention. Venue-based projects target establishments, both legal and informal, where alcohol is served. Program developers and managers are challenged to go beyond mere knowledge-based programs, since knowledge about HIV risk behaviors is already high in some areas. To address the difficult situations that can arise when one or both partners have been drinking prior to sex, such as refusing sex with a partner who declines to wear a condom, many programs are providing supports and scripts that individuals can use to anticipate and handle high-risk situations, along with encouragement and support to avoid sex while intoxicated.
IV. Current Status of Implementation Experience
Effective programs to address the intersection of risky sexual behavior and alcohol consumption are still in their infancy. Programs that specifically address alcohol and HIV in developing countries are extremely rare. However, a small number of alcohol and HIV prevention interventions have recently been developed and implemented in sub-Saharan Africa and India. Below, we highlight these programs, all of which have been shown to be acceptable and feasible to implement in diverse community settings. Some of these programs show promise in bringing about behavior change, such as reducing recent and heavy alcohol consumption, improving both attitudes toward and the use of condoms, and reducing the frequency of consuming alcohol prior to sex. The interventions fall into the following three categories:
- Prevention of Alcohol-related HIV Risk Behavior among Youth
- Prevention of Alcohol-related HIV Risk among Women
- Venue-based Prevention of Alcohol-related HIV Risk
Updated March 2011
Alcohol Use and Sexual Risks for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review of Empirical Findings
Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Kaufman, M., et al. Prevention Science (2007), Vol. 8 No. 2, pp.141-151.
This review of the literature uses a conceptual model to understand the association between alcohol use and sexual risk taking in Southern Africa. Gender differences that emerged from existing research include that men drink more often than women, but women tend to consume greater quantities than men. Furthermore, women reported their sex partners were much more likely to drink before sex than they were. This review also includes findings on predictors and moderating factors (economic conditions, sexual coercion) of alcohol use. While strong evidence exists of an association between alcohol use and HIV, existing studies are primarily cross-sectional, and thus cannot provide evidence of causality. There is a need for longitudinal studies to examine this relationship. Other research gaps include using standard and well-defined measures of alcohol use and using population-based samples rather than convenience samples. The authors close with the implications for HIV prevention on individual, community, and structural levels.
Exploring "Wine Shops" as a Venue for HIV Prevention Interventions in Urban India
Sivaram, S., Johnson, S., Bentley, M.E., et al. Journal of Urban Health (2007), Vol. 84 No. 4, pp. 563-576.
The researchers surveyed 118 wine shop patrons, shop owners, and staff members in the southern Indian city of Chennai to determine whether wine shops could serve as a venue for HIV prevention activities. Over half of patrons reported three or more sexual partners in the past three months; similarly, over half reported that they were under the influence of alcohol before their most recent sexual encounter. Condom use was low overall, and there was little evidence that condoms were available at wine shops. Men reported drinking to help them relax and to make them more confident about having sex. Men visiting wine shops would facilitate contacts with sex workers for friends. The researchers conclude that wine shops could indeed be used as venues to reach heterosexual Indian men who may otherwise be hard to reach due to high mobility among the population.
Summary of the Proceedings of Meeting on Alcohol, HIV Risk Behaviors and Transmission in Africa: Developing Programmes for the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Ashley, J.W., Levine, B., & Needle, R. African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies (2006), Vol. 5 No. 2.
Evidence about the link between alcohol-related risk behavior and HIV transmission was presented at an Africa-wide meeting, with participants concluding that intervention programs should target populations that drink heavily and include multilevel interventions at drinking venues. Participants emphasized the need to take into account social and cultural norms that may increase alcohol-related risk behaviors. Speakers also highlighted the importance of addressing the particular risks of specific populations. For example, women may be subject to gender-based violence and may be at increased risk of HIV infection, while individuals in the military and uniformed services are at increased risk of alcohol abuse due to circumstances of service, and may be more likely to frequent sex workers given their distance from home and peer pressure. The authors recommend incorporating intervention services into existing programs, such as HIV testing and counseling programs. Because government is the "largest financial stakeholder in the alcohol industry" in many countries, program developers may find resistance to implementing interventions.
Alcohol Use and Sexual Behavior among Risky Drinkers and Bar and Shebeen Patrons in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Morojele, N.K., Kachieng'a, M.A., Mokoko, E., et al. Social Science & Medicine (2006), Vol. 62 No. 1, pp. 217-227.
The authors examined the association between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior by conducting in-depth interviews with risky drinkers and partners of risky drinkers and key informant interviews with bar owners, doctors, and police in Guateng Province, South Africa. They also held small focus group discussions and observed activities in different drinking venues. Men and women alike reported that alcohol made them feel sexually disinhibited. Casual sex was more often linked with bars and shebeens (private homes where alcohol is sold to be consumed on site or taken out) than with other drinking venues. Unemployed people were most likely to be heavy drinkers.
A Population-Based Study on Alcohol and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors in Botswana
Weiser, S.D., Leiter, K., Heisler, M., et al. PLoS Medicine (2006), Vol. 3 No. 10, p. e392.
Previous research examining alcohol use and sexual risk behavior has been limited by its dependence on samples drawn from clinics or drinking venues. This study of 1,268 adults in the five districts of Botswana where HIV prevalence is highest found that both men and women with the highest rates of problem drinking were more than three times as likely to have a history of unprotected sex with a non-primary partner as those who were not heavy drinkers. Male heavy drinkers were more likely to pay for sex, and female heavy drinkers were more likely to sell sex. This study supports the findings of previous research showing associations between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior and illustrates that the trends hold within a large population-based sample.
Alcohol Use before Sex and HIV Acquisition: A Longitudinal Study in Rakai, Uganda
Zablotska, I.B., Gray, R.H., Serwadda, D., et al. AIDS (2006), Vol. 20 No. 8, pp. 1191–1196.
This is the first study to examine alcohol use in conjunction with sex and HIV acquisition in a prospective, longitudinal manner. Nearly 15,000 adults aged 15-49 years in Rakai, Uganda, were followed at 10- to 12-month intervals over an eight-year period to determine the associations between alcohol and HIV. Approximately one-third of both women and men reported that both partners consumed alcohol prior to sex. Alcohol use was positively associated with increased HIV risk behaviors, including inconsistent condom use, more partners, and more extramarital sex. Individuals who consumed alcohol prior to sex were more likely to develop HIV than those who did not. The authors suggest that both behavioral disinhibition and the immune-suppressing effects of alcohol could contribute to the association between alcohol and HIV.
Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behaviour: A Cross-Cultural Study in Eight Countries
Bianchi, G. World Health Organization (2005)
This report reviews published and unpublished documents on alcohol and sexual risk behavior, ranging from scientific publications to police and law enforcement records in Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Belarus, Romania, the Russian Federation, India, and Mexico. Cultural issues, poverty, gender, the history of colonialism, and disruption of life following the fall of communist regimes and the rise of the free market have led to a range of connections between alcohol use and HIV. Proving one's masculinity by drinking and having multiple sex partners, for example, was universal. Although alcohol consumption was concentrated among men, it was increasingly a becoming a female phenomenon, especially in Belarus and South Africa. The association between alcohol and sexual risk behavior was "far from linear"; in some cases, alcohol consumption occurs before risky sex, while in other cases drinking follows risky sexual activity. Obstacles to HIV prevention are also reviewed.
Alcohol Use by Men Is a Risk Factor for the Acquisition of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus from Female Sex Workers in Mumbai, India
Madhivanan, P., Hernandez, A., Gogate, A., et al. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2005), Vol. 32 No. 11, pp. 685–690.
This is among the first studies to assess alcohol use and risk of HIV or other sexually transmitted infection (STI) in India. Nearly 1,750 men from two STI clinics in Mumbai provided blood samples and filled out a questionnaire about their sexual and drinking histories. Fully 92% had ever had sex with a female sex worker (FSW). Compared to men who did not drink before sex, men reporting alcohol use while with a FSW had a significantly increased risk of infection with HIV or other STI and having unprotected sex with a FSW. Furthermore, having sex under the influence of alcohol was associated with unprotected sex, anal sex, and sex with more than 10 FSWs in one's lifetime. Because the primary study was for an HIV prevention program, detailed information on quantity, frequency, and type of alcohol consumed is not available. The authors call for further investigation of how alcohol use affects HIV risk in India.
The Association between Alcohol Use, Sexual Risk Behavior, and HIV Infection among Men Attending Beerhalls in Harare, Zimbabwe
Fritz, K.E., Woelk, G.B., Bassett Ma,T., et al. AIDS and Behavior (2002), Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 221-228.
The authors interviewed 324 beer hall patrons in Harare, Zimbabwe. Each of the patrons underwent HIV testing to determine the link between drinking and HIV. The authors found that HIV prevalence increased with more frequent drinking and with each of the following: meeting a sex partner at the beer hall, having sex while intoxicated, and paying for sex in the past six months. Men who had sex while intoxicated reported 20 times more episodes of unprotected sex and 27 times more episodes of paying for sex, compared to men who had not had sex while intoxicated. Having sex while intoxicated in the last six months was the single greatest determinant of recent HIV seroconversion. This study demonstrated the strong link between alcohol use and HIV risk behavior, as well as the feasibility of conducting HIV prevention interventions and research in beer halls.
HIV Risks Associated with Patronizing Alcohol Serving Establishments in South African Townships, Cape Town
Cain, D., Pare, V., Kalichman, S.C., et al. Prevention Science (September 2012), e-publication ahead of print.
Research has established that use of alcohol is among the most reliable predictors of sexual risk behaviors for HIV in South Africa, where alcohol consumption per drinker is one of the highest worldwide. To examine HIV risk behaviors, the authors conducted research on patronage of shebeens—informal bars often located in residential areas—and alcohol use in eight different neighborhoods of a township in Cape Town, South Africa. They recruited 981 men and 492 women to take an anonymous cross-sectional community survey about demographic characteristics, HIV testing, frequency of alcohol use and shebeen visits, lifetime risk characteristics, and sexual risk behaviors. The results showed that 82 percent reported patronizing a shebeen in the past month; 73 percent of these patrons went at least five times weekly. For both sexes, patrons who had had a sexually transmitted infection, been forced to have sex, perpetrated violence against a sex partner, or been afraid to ask a partner to use condoms were more likely to patronize a shebeen. Being a shebeen patron was also associated with significantly greater sexual risk-taking, including higher rates of unprotected vaginal intercourse.
Randomized Trial of a Community-Based Alcohol-Related HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Men and Women in Cape Town, South Africa
Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Vermaak, R., et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2008), Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 270-279.
This brief alcohol intervention focused on reducing HIV sexual risk behavior among shebeen (informal neighborhood drinking venue) patrons in Cape Town. Over 350 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention or a comparison group. The intervention group received a three-hour session teaching HIV and alcohol risk-reduction skills. The session covered HIV information/education, sexual communication skills building, and motivational interviewing to explore how alcohol can trigger lapses in safer sex. The comparison group received a one-hour alcohol education session. Three months after implementation, participants in the intervention group were more likely to practice all risk-reduction variables (increased condom use, consistent condom use, and acts completely protected by condom use; less drinking before sex, decreased likelihood of meeting a sex partner at a shebeen, etc.) compared to the comparison group. At six months, however, the only significant difference found between groups was less alcohol use before sex among the intervention arm. Furthermore, the heaviest drinkers did not benefit from the intervention. The authors conclude that such interventions are feasible to implement in low-income communities and may have significant short-term effects at the individual level.
Substance Use and Sexual Risk Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa: An Evaluation of the Healthwise Program Prevention
Smith, E.A., Palen, E.A., Caldwell, L.L., et al. Science (2008), Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 311-321.
The South Africa HealthWise Program is a school-based program for eighth and ninth graders that combines life skills training with education on sexual risk prevention. It helps youth manage their leisure time by encouraging them to develop personal interests and take personal responsibility for making healthy choices. Among over 2,000 low-income students in Cape Town who participated in a randomized, controlled trial, students in the intervention arm reported less recent alcohol use than those in the control arm, including heavy alcohol use. Furthermore, students taking part in the intervention were also more confident and more knowledgeable about how to use condoms, compared to students who had not participated in the program. HealthWise did not have an effect on these students' sexual debut, however, nor did it decrease sexual risk behavior among sexually active students.
Efficacy of an American Alcohol and HIV Prevention Curriculum Adapted for Use in South Africa: Results of a Pilot Study in Five Township Schools
Karnell, P., Cupp, P., Zimmerman, R., et al. AIDS Education and Prevention (2006), Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 295-310.
This project adapted an American alcohol and HIV prevention curriculum for ninth grade students in five schools in KwaZulu-Natal Province. Three schools were randomly assigned to receive the intervention; two schools served as comparisons. The intervention consisted of a series of audio monologues in which four fictional teenage characters talk about the dilemmas they face in deciding whether to use alcohol and/or have sex. The monologues were a jumping-off point for class discussions and group assignments. Students filled out behavioral surveys at baseline and five months after the intervention. Among those becoming sexually active during the project, students in the intervention group reduced their frequency of alcohol use before or during sex compared to those in the control group. Furthermore, females in the intervention group reported feeling more confident to refuse sex compared to controls. The intervention had no effect on alcohol use or alcohol-related problems, however, nor did it affect students' perceived social norms regarding sex, attitudes toward condoms, or condom-use self-efficacy.
Substance Use, Sexual Risk, and Violence: HIV Prevention Intervention with Sex Workers in Pretoria
Wechsberg, W.M., Luseno, W.K., Lam, W.K., et al. AIDS and Behavior (2006), Vol. 10 No. 2, pp.131-137.
For South African women who engage in sex work, a confluence of factors including frequent unprotected sex, alcohol/substance abuse, and the threat of violence can lead to sustained vulnerability to HIV. This article describes a pilot study in which an intervention first developed for crack-abusing women in the United States was adapted and tested with Black South African sex workers who use cocaine. The Pretoria Women's Co-op Project intervention consisted of two private, one-on-one sessions between a participant and an interventionist. The sessions included personalized assessment of drug use and sexual risk, risk reduction planning, violence prevention strategies, and how to access community resources. The intervention emphasized cultural, gender-based, and lifestyle influences affecting women's risk within the context of sex work.
Ninety-three women were randomly assigned to either the intervention or a comparison intervention. The comparison intervention was an adaptation of the NIDA Standard Intervention in which participants received two one-hour HIV education and risk-reduction skills-building sessions over a two-week period. A behavioral survey was conducted at baseline and at one month post-intervention. In both the intervention and comparison groups, women reported decreases in unprotected sex with clients, in daily use of alcohol and cocaine, and in use of alcohol and drugs during sex work. The decreases were not significantly different between the two groups.
Women in the intervention group were more likely to use condoms than women in the comparison group, and women in both groups increased their use of the female condom. Both groups continued to experience violence, including being robbed, beaten, and raped. Overall, the pilot study showed the feasibility of adapting a U.S.-based intervention for South African women and of recruiting women to participate. However, evidence of its benefits over a comparison intervention is limited.
Development of an Opinion Leader-Led HIV Prevention Intervention among Alcohol Users in Chennai, India
Sivaram, S., Srikrishnan, A.K., Latkin, C.A., et al. AIDS Education and Prevention (2004), Vol. 16 No. 2, pp.137-149.
This article describes a community-based intervention implemented in wine bars in Chennai. Community popular opinion leaders (CPOLs) were trained to become advocates for HIV risk reduction at drinking venues. The CPOL approach is rooted in the Diffusion of Innovation Theory and hypothesizes that people popularly seen as leaders within their social circles can influence the opinions and actions of their peers. Research revealed the important role wine bars play in establishing and maintaining personal and social networks: these networks also assist men in identifying and procuring the services of female sex workers. Despite accurate knowledge of HIV transmission, use of condoms was rare among these men. CPOLs were identified using participant observation, peer nominations, and nominations from wine bar staff members. The recruitment and training of the pilot CPOLs showed this is a feasible intervention model.
Researchers Adapt HIV Risk Prevention Program for African-American Women
Williams, J.S. NIDA Notes (2004), Vol. 19 No. 1.
Developed in the early 1990s, the United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) standard intervention is an HIV/AIDS education program that adds HIV prevention for drug users and their sex partners to CDC's standard HIV testing and counseling intervention. This article describes the elements of the NIDA standard intervention and how it has been effectively tailored to meet the needs of populations at risk.
Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking: A Manual for Use in Primary Care
Babor, T., & Higgins-Biddle, J. World Health Organization Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence (2001).
Brief interventions—practices that identify a real or potential alcohol problem and motivate an individual to do something about it—have a positive impact on alcohol abuse. This manual provides the rationale for using alcohol abuse screening tools and brief interventions in the primary care setting. It also provides clinicians guidance on how they can quickly and effectively screen patients for alcohol problems and provide information, support, encouragement, and joint problem-solving. Sample scripts are provided, as are patient education materials. When used together with AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care, providers have access to a comprehensive approach to alcohol screening and brief intervention in the primary health care setting.
AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care
Babor, T., Higgins-Biddle, J., Saunders, J., et al. World Health Organization Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence (2001).
This manual introduces AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, a simple screening tool that primary care providers can use to identify patients who may benefit from reducing their alcohol consumption. This updated edition of AUDIT incorporates advances in research, clinical experience, and evaluation over a twenty-year period. It includes both interview and self-screening instruments. This manual is designed to be used in conjunction with Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking: A Manual for Use in Primary Care.
The HIV and Alcohol Prevention in Schools Project
The HIV and Alcohol Prevention in Schools (HAPS) project demonstrates the effective adaptation to South Africa of two successful HIV and alcohol prevention curricula from the United States. The project combines participatory classroom and media interventions targeting at-risk adolescents in eight schools. Preliminary results indicated significant differences between students in the intervention and control conditions on sexual and alcohol refusal self-efficacy, attitudes about sex and about alcohol, and intention to use alcohol with sex. Results also suggest that when appropriately adapted for cultural differences, behavioral interventions developed in western countries may be effective in other contexts.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI), a counseling technique for eliciting behavior change, has been used alcohol and substance abuse and health promotion interventions. This webpage from National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration contains summaries on MI outcomes, quality of research, study populations, readiness for dissemination, costs, and replication. A link is provided to access relevant manuals.
Popular Opinion Leader (POL)
Popular Opinion Leader (POL) interventions identify and enlist the help of key opinion leaders to change risky sexual norms and behaviors. The program is based on the principle that trends and innovations are often instigated by a small but influential group of leaders, which then diffuse throughout the population. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used POL interventions in gay bars to encourage safer sexual norms and behaviors through informal social interaction. This webpage provides links to resources and tools that can be used when implementing a POL intervention, an evaluation field guide and instruments, and contact information for requesting implementation materials.
Project Northland
Project Northland was a large randomized community trial for the prevention of adolescent alcohol use, sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The project ran from 1991 to 1998 targeting youth in 24 schools and 28 communities in northeastern Minnesota during their 6th, 7th, and 8th grade years. The three-year intervention involved classroom curricula, parental involvement programs, extracurricular peer leadership, and community-wide task force activities. The results of Project Northland supports the effectiveness of primary prevention programs that comprehensively engage youth, parents, and the community.
South Africa HealthWise Project
HealthWise is a comprehensive risk-reduction and life skills curriculum targeting eighth and ninth grade students in Western Cape province of South Africa. An international research collaboration between Penn State University and University of the Western Cape, HealthWise was designed to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other STIs, reduce drug and alcohol abuse, and increase positive use of leisure time. HealthWise was adapted from similar curricula from the United States, TimeWise. The HealthWise project website hosts a project description as well as slides describing the theoretical underpinnings and logic model for the curriculum.
TimeWise is a published curriculum that teaches youth how to use their free time in healthy ways. The TimeWise Learning Lifelong Leisure Skills project ran from 2001 to 2003 and targeted middle-school youth in the rural Eastern United States to increase positive free time use and mitigate or prevent the initiation of substance use. Based on interrelated theoretical foundations such as Intrinsic Motivation Theory, Self-determination Theory, and Constraints Theory, TimeWise was designed to teach students to determine personally satisfying and meaningful leisure activities; understand the benefits of participating in healthy leisure; alleviate boredom and increase optimal experience in leisure time; and identify and overcome constraints to participating in desired activities. The project website includes a detailed description of the curriculum and a link to ETR Associates, from whom the published curriculum may be purchased.
United States National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA)
NIAAA is a United States (U.S.) National Institutes of Health website providing extensive information and resources on prevention initiatives for populations that are at risk for alcohol abuse. The site includes a database of alcohol-related biomedical research, educational materials on alcohol abuse prevention and the association of alcohol use and other diseases, including HIV. The focus of NIAAA and the website is on U.S.-based activities, although some information on alcohol programs and consumption in other countries is available in the database.
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United States Substance Use & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
This website is a repository for the United States (U.S.) Office of Applied Statistics searchable database on substance abuse and mental illness. SAMHSA collects national statistics on the incidence and prevalence of mental illness, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use. The site includes reports, publications and references on a wide range of substance use and mental health topics in U.S. populations. It also contains a database of evidence-based practices for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Management of Substance Abuse
Management of Substance Abuse is a section of the WHO website that offers a large databank on substance use and mental health around the world. The Global Information System on Alcohol and Health includes comprehensive regional and country-level information and standard indicators on substance use trends and related mortality in all United Nations member countries. These data are updated on a regular basis. The site also houses a database of publications and resources on alcohol abuse as a risk factor for HIV, as well as programmatic approaches for HIV prevention related to alcohol use.
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Vt. ranks third in federal health exchange moneyBy DAVE GRAM
The Associated Press | January 05,2013MONTPELIER When it comes to federal money to help states set up health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, you might expect that California would rank first and New York second.
But heres a surprise: Tiny Vermont comes in at No. 3.
An Associated Press analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows Vermont has been granted more than $158 million so far in these early stages of compliance with the federal law to help set up the new regulated health care marketplace. The new systems are scheduled to be up and running in October.
California so far has gotten about $236 million, New York about $183 million. Vermonts population of about 630,000 would make it Californias fifth largest city.
Weve been very aggressive in trying to bring down federal dollars that will ensure that the assistance that Vermonters will need in making the transition to purchasing health coverage through the exchange is there, said Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, on Friday.
Vermont also got an earlier start than many other states, some of which had held back to see if the 2010 federal health care overhaul might be struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court or turned back by a Republican victory in the 2012 presidential election, Larson said.
Certainly, there have been a number of other states that have been waiting for the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling and waiting for the outcome of the election, he said, and have not pursued every funding opportunity that Vermont and a handful of other liberal states have.
Since plans for the federal health overhaul still stand, other states are expected to step up with funding requests, and totals sent from Washington are sure to change.
Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin and the Democrat-controlled Legislature have been fully on board with the idea of increasing the governments role in health care. After the federal government in 2010 rejected the so-called public option government-run insurance available to all Vermont embraced it.
In 2011, the state passed a law putting it on a path toward using the exchange, called for under the federal law, as a springboard to whats expected to be the closest thing in the country to a Canadian-style, government-run health insurance system by 2017.
But the first order of business has been setting up the exchange, to be called Vermont Health Connect. Robin Lunge, director of health care reform for the Shumlin administration, said one of the challenges has been explaining to the public what the exchange is and how it will work.
Many consumers will find it similar to an online travel sale site like Orbitz or Expedia, except instead of comparing airfare, baggage fees and what time flights leave, they will be comparison shopping for health insurance plans. For those less web-savvy, plans call for the exchange to pay for navigators, people who can guide consumers through the process of using the system.
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Living room: Grey leather armchairs, Klaus, Toronto (416) 362-3434 or visit Klausn.com; sofa, Montauk, visit Montauksofa.com for locations across Canada; coffee table, Platner wire side tables, Womb chair and ottoman, Hollace Cluny, Toronto (416) 968-7894, 1-888-968-7660 or visit Hollacecluny.ca; floor lamp, Avenue Road, Toronto (416) 548-7788 or visit Avenue-road.com; throw pillows, Constantine Living, Toronto (416) 548-4044 or visit Constantineliving.com; table lamp, Absolutely Inc., Toronto (416) 324-8351 or visit Absolutelyinc.com; rug, Elte, Toronto (416) 785-7885, 1-888-276-3583 or visit Elte.com; white denim drapes, Brinah Levine Design, Hamilton, Ont. (905) 520-1518.
Dining room: Chandelier, Elte, as above; print, Angus & Company, Toronto (416) 537-4104 or visit Angusandcompany.com; vases, Hollace Cluny, as above.
Outdoor space: Furniture, Fresh Home & Garden, Toronto (416) 367-3906 or visit Fresh.ca; rug, Artifacts, Toronto (416) 961-1058 or visit Artifactslifestyle.com; bowls (on table), Restoration Hardware, call 1-800-910-9836 or visit Restorationhardware.com; vase, Constantine Living, as above; lanterns, West Elm, visit Westelm.com; tablecloth, Hollace Cluny, as above.
Kitchen: Pendant light, Artemide, Toronto (416) 628-6718, Montreal (514) 788-3788 or visit Artemide.ca; chairs, South Hill Home, Toronto (416) 924-7224 or visit Southhillhome.com; cabinets, countertops, Dunpar Developments, Toronto (416) 236-9800 or visit Dunparhomes.com.
Guest bedroom: Rug (as wall hanging), Elte, as above; side table, blanket, Constantine Living, as above; DwellStudio sheets, Hollace Cluny, as above.
Principal bedroom: Sheets, Avenue Road, as above; blue pillows, Constantine Living, as above; throw, Hollace Cluny, as above; drapes, Brinah Levine Design, Hamilton, Ont. (905) 520-1518.
Dressing room: Rug, lanterns, chair, tables, pendant lights, baskets, West Elm, as above.
Bathroom: Towels, brush, soap, Ginger's, Toronto (416) 787-1787, 1-888-444-3292 or visit Gingersbath.com; artwork, Constantine Living, as above; vase, stool, Hollace Cluny, as above.


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Cool Beans Beans on Toast: My children request this at least once a week. They have about 1/2 the calories of baked beans from the States and taste so much better. Glad to find them at World Market. Beans, a little butter, a little Thyme, heat slowly, do not boil, spoon over whole wheat toast sprinkle with a little cheddar.Simple=Good. November 9, 2011
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Recently i started watching a show from my childhood..The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I really forgot how stunning she really is...
Might be from Porn but they're still sexiest actresses.
Charlie Laine
Sasha Grey
Alexis Texas
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God i have a soft spot for Alexis
Yeah, me too. In fact, these are my 3 favorites.
The SEXIEST and most GORGEOUS french actress. So lovely and also very talented. But what an amazing out of this world beauty.
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Another über hot french girl, Laetitia Casta. Yum that girl is.
Rose Byrne, beautiful.
Olivia Wilde too.
Oh man, Briana Evigan, she is so cute it's mad.
Michelle Trachtenberg = hot.
How can a gorgeous girl Rock more than that??? I agree, not much more.
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Awwwwwww Amanda Seyfried was on Fallon a few days back. She was freaking HILARIOUS.Love the girl, she's one of my favorites really, sublimely HOOOoooOOOT!!! ♥
Saw The Guru with Heather Graham and damn man this girl is gorgeous...
Was watching an SNL skit where Tina Fey plays a stripper and she looks hot!http://kupika.com/bbimg/2012/04/08/084cf5d8fe.jpg
^^^We should say that to LoudLon, I'm sure he'll agree.
Just finished a movie with Emilie De Ravin and man, that girl is out of this wordly gorgeous really. Wow, she's just freaking STUNNING!!!
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Jane Levy is absolutely beautiful and an incredible actress. I had a hard time choosing just one picture since she looks so damn good in everyone of them.
Indeed, she is even sexy like mad possessed.
I've always LOOOVED this girl which BTW is born and raised near Montreal, in Greenfield Park. First time I saw her was in The Girl Next Door where she plays an Ex-Porn Star so how could I not like this???
But I've seen a lot of her other movies an she's always great. In the House Of Wax remake she literally steals the show. And she's also very good in Romance and comedy flicks. Yup she's one of my all times favorites.
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Oh Anna SUBLIME Faris I love you.
Yuuuuummmmmm Emily Browning.She's filming another one now called Plush by Catherine Hardwicke and it looks pretty nice.
And the ÜBER FREAKING GORGEOUS AS MAD Megan Fox is THE hottie.
Laura Breckenridge. She was awesome in Hit & Run 2009. And what a nice pair.
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Amen to that. I love reds, and she's just so... (drools)
Seeing her in Subourgatory, then Evil Dead was so awesome. Night and day, yet still so nummy.
Brea Grant baby, freaking Brea Grant oooooohhh!!! Wooow. Droolage happens everytime I see her.
Jessica Biel. Man what a hot girl. And also a kick ass actress. Love love love.
She was great in Blade.
Ahhh Hayden Panettiere baby. Can't wait for the KICK ASS Nashville to return. She's got insane cleveage in it. YAY!!!
Christina Ricci is a bomb.
Diane Kruger isn't bad at all too. Love this girl's performances. She RULES!!!


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The following local students graduated from Clemson University on Aug. 9: Elena Cox Dusenbury of Aiken, who graduated with a master of professional accounting in accounting; Marshall Leland Mills of Beech Island, who graduated with a bachelor of science in biological sciences; Christopher Lamar Robinson of North Augusta, who graduated with a bachelor of science in genetics; Jeremy Randolph Mitchell of Saluda, who graduated with a bachelor of arts in English; Brandon Q. Andrews of Trenton, who graduated with a bachelor of science in construction science and management; and Andrew Coleman Warner of Troy, who graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in agricultural education.
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First you need to have Greasemonkey for Firefox. After installing the script (a simple click on the link), you need to go to Tools / Greasemonkey / Manage scripts, find Google Reader Custom Search in the list and click Edit.
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Using computer-generated imagery and animatronics to recreate the life of the Mesozoic, the series showed dinosaurs and their contemporaries in a way that previously had only been seen in feature films. It simulates the style of a nature documentary and so avoids the use of "talking head" interviews.
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i just renewed my powerup account and asked to be switched to digital form for the gameinformers. my subscription doesn't run out for a while according to the shipping label on my phyiscal copies, but i'm also unable to access the online issues XP keeps going to an add for purchasing a subscription.
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I've got my subscription up to date, and i've been using the digital form since september and i can't read the current issue. Glad to see i'm not the only one but i'd prefer that it wouldn't happen at all
I don't even SEE the launch button.... Sigh
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I cant read mine at all atm, been trying for some time. I am really thinking about switching to mail order cause this is annoying me.
I really wish this was fixed T_T
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The Superchips TrailDash unit has made the Jeep fun to drive. The entire unite was super simple to install and took minutes before I was ready to start the tuning. The touchscreen seems to be good quality and the screen is responsive. The initial saving of the factory settings takes a little time but the time to switch between modes is not too bad. It would be great if it could switch a little faster for more on demand changes. The performance changes are great but no real fuel savings.


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Jones County Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief Don Graham said he was having dinner at Applebee's in Macon when he received a call from the Sheriff's Department about a missing child.
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Graham said the team members responded to Popes Ferry in Monroe County because no access is available in the area from Jones County.
"The first report was that a boat had sank, but the victim was actually in an inner tube," he said.
The chief said the victim's name was Tyler Perkins. He is 21 but has medical issues and did not have his medication with him. Perkins was reported missing by his family Tuesday, Feb. 25, and he had not been seen since Monday morning.
"He was stranded on the Jones County side," Graham said.
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I don't like to overdramatize or anything and it is "only makeup" but when I first saw this on Temptalia, I nearly fainted from how gorgeous this looked. The Dior sales assistant was supposed to phone me when this came in and she never did! I finally called to learn it had come in and they only had one left and she'd been on vacation, blah blah blah! I was able to get up there and get the last one (good thing or she'd have been dealing with an irate and borderline hysterical customer, "only makeup" my eye!). It is early days yet but this is such a beautiful palette for fall. Deep greens and bronzes and a burnished teal. I hyperventilate just looking at it. I love it so much I even wore it to the gym this morning – insane, I know – just because I really wanted to wear it! It is a pricey palette but, to my surprise, only 1 or 2 dollars more in Canada than the price shown here at Temptalia for the US. Useless sponges and I've never been crazy about Dior's packaging but these shadows – perfection!
Dior Bonne Etoile (384) Eyeshadow Palette ($61.00 for 0.21 oz.) consists of five eyeshadows with star patterns on four of the five shades. It's part of the fall collection, Mystic Metallics, and is limited edition. Right now, Nordstrom still has it available, but it is on backorder (I bought mine at Nordstrom). It's a very nice palette overall with good color payoff across all five shades, and those that seemed good (but not perfect) were buildable on the lid. I really had no trouble applying this, and over bare skin (no primer), they lasted a full eight hours. I saw minor fading after nine hours, and if you normally wear your eyeshadow with a primer, I think you'd be fine for truly all-day wear.


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McFARLANE TOYS TO SPONSOR NHL ALL-STAR GAME
See Us at Trading Card and Memorabilia Show Jan. 26-27 in Atlanta
Friday, January 11, 2008
McFarlane Toys is very excited to announce that we will be a sponsor of the 2008 NHL All-Star Game Trading Card and Memorabilia Show presented by Upper Deck and McFarlane Toys. This year's event will be in Atlanta at the CNN Center on Jan. 26-27, 2008. The show will be open Saturday from 8AM-7PM and Sunday from Noon-6PM.
Our Marian Hossa figure is our second NHL Event exclusive; last year's Mike Modano figure debuted during All-Star Weekend in Dallas. The Modano figure surpassed everyone's expectations, selling out early into the second day. Fans and collectors are encouraged to arrive early, as no limits will be set on the amount of figures available for purchase. We'll be bringing a limited production run of 3,000 figures to the show and selling them for $15. We will be accepting CASH ONLY.
Todd McFarlane will be signing autographs in the Atrium of the CNN Center on Saturday from 1-4PM and Sunday from 2-5PM. Fans are also likely to catch Todd at the McFarlane Toys booth throughout the weekend.
The NHL All-Star Game Trading Card and Memorabilia Show will be free to attend, and will also feature the most cherished prize in team sports on display - the Stanley Cup.
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Mrs. Tanner was born April 30, 1949, in Jackson, and had lived in Jones County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Walter Herbert Pippin and Beulah Mae Hardy Pippin. To know her was to love her and she will be sorely missed by her family and many friends. She will be regarded as a special angel watching over those who are left to celebrate her life. Mrs. Tanner was preceded in death by a husband, Gery Hoard; brothers, Douglas Pippin and Asa Pippin; and a nephew, Alan Pippin.
Mrs. Tanner is survived by her sisters, Glenda Kinard and Joan Pickren; partner in life, E.W. Greene; and by several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210.
The family may be contacted at the residence of E.W. Greene at 704 Greene Settlement Road in Gray.
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Apple says Do Not Disturb will fix itself on January 7, until then you're on your own
Apple has released a knowledge base article that says iOS 6's Do Not Disturb scheduling feature, which for some reason decided to take the New Year off, will start working again on January 7. Apple also recommend that, until then, anyone experiencing the issue turn Do Not Disturb on and off manually.
Apple doesn't explain what caused the issue to begin with, or whether or not they'll fix it in the next software update so it doesn't happen again in the future. (Though presumably they will issue a fix, given how often time-based problems have plagued iOS, a little reassurance that Apple takes it seriously would be nice.)
Have you experienced problems with Do Not Disturb staying off, or refusing to turn off, since New Years? If so, is Apple's response enough to mollify you?
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If it was any other company, people would be up in arms. Apple gets yet another free pass to yet another iOS time bug, we get them every year. I got the DND in my iPhone and iPad. Not so serious on the iPad, but very serious on the iPhone, which can cost people phone calls they would rather not miss.
It is a serious drawback for a company that is trying to position itself on the corporate market as well. Lucky for Apple, its fan base will rush to minimize the problem and pretend it never existed.
I think it's, "You're taking your vacation wrong." Clearly they wanted you to use your vacation time this week instead of last week...
While in the grand scheme of things, this isn't a huge issue, it is extremely annoying given the past issues with time based things. They are a multi-billion dollar company. You'd think they could afford at least one guy whose sole job is to check for these issues in the code. It's happened enough to be embarrassing at the least.
This may just be me... but my phone no longer vibrates. I have the same bug with DND not turning off and alerts coming through when DND is enabled. On top of which, flipping the switch to silent mode shows that it's silenced on the screen, but phone will not vibrate at all.
Anyone else having the same issue? Or is my three week old phone defective?
The bug occurred once on the new year day. After switching DND schedule off and turning it on again, it resumes normal and don't need to wait until Jan 7.
I modified the hours and it worked for me. I'm not sure if it because I did it on Jan 7th, but it is fixed for me.
I feel this is pretty important and deserved an e-mail FROM Apple to customers about it. I'm sure there are some people trying to figure out why they keep missing their calls...
I find the DND feature very handy as my family and close friends can still contact me but I'm no longer disturbed by game notifications. However, it would be even better if it still worked without having to lock the screen. Up until DND was released, I always used a sleep app to monitor my sleeping but I can no longer use this as screen had to be locked for DND to work. Update so it works with screen unlocked so other apps can run??
That's an option, to work even while using the iPhone. Which kind of makes sense. "I'm busy working, don't disturb me" or even "Don't disturb others just because I'm using it for e-mail, I still don't want you to ring out loud".
This has to be the worst example of first world problems I've seen so far this year.


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Maumee Indoor Theatre to show documentary film that offers insight on the Federal ReserveWritten by Kevin Moore | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Fixed atop every piece of United States paper currency are the words: "Federal Reserve Note." What is the Federal Reserve? To say that it is part of the federal government is correct. To say that it is a private corporation is also correct. In fact, to say that the Federal Reserve is a reclusive organization born of a secret meeting of government officials, financiers and a handful of the country's leading businessmen on a private island off the coast of Georgia in 1913 is, once again, correct.
As a quasi-governmental agency, a term political scientists use for an organization that holds governmental powers and responsibilities but has private sector control over its activities, the Federal Reserve (or "Fed") is undoubtedly one of the least understood yet most influential entities in modern American government. In the documentary, "Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve," director Jim Bruce seeks to educate viewers on what the Fed is, how it was formed, what it has done historically and where, in Bruce's view, it continues to make mistakes.
The film, which has been playing in select theaters across the nation since September, was released in anticipation of the Federal Reserve's 100-year anniversary Dec. 26.
Bruce has worked in the motion picture industry for 15 years and has worked as an editor on such films as "X-Men: The Last Stand," 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" and "Pitch Black," as well as two documentaries, "The King of Kong" and "Dambe: The Mali Project." "Money for Nothing" marks Bruce's debut in the director's chair.
Making sense of finance
Bruce was first introduced to investing during the tech stock boom of the 1990s, and like many investors of the period he entered the market just a little too late.
"I started investing in 1999, not realizing there was a bubble," said Bruce. "The tech bubble really opened my eyes. Fortunately, I was able to come out a little bit ahead, and going into the 2000s I became very interested in making sense of finance. I noticed several of the economists I was reading at the time kept talking about a coming housing bubble."
Concerned about what loomed on the economic horizon, Bruce started a newsletter in 2006 for his friends and family urging them to financially prepare themselves for a pending financial crisis.
He encouraged them to become "value investors" by moving their money into safer stocks, and cautioned against owning multiple homes. Bruce shored up his investments throughout 2007 and 2008, managing to turn a small profit that he used to finance part of "Money for Nothing."
"The Fed started the first Quantitative Easing in 2007 to deal with the housing bubble, and to me it felt like, 'Here we go again repeating the same policies we used in the 2000s to get us past the stock bubble,'" said Bruce. Quantitative easing is a type of monetary policy undertaken by a central bank that puts more money into circulation in an effort to stimulate lending and spending in an economy. In the United States, the Fed has undertaken three rounds of quantitative easing (QE1, QE2, and QE3) since 2007.
"I don't think the Fed has been held accountable for its role in creating the housing bubble. I wanted to tell that story. 'Money for Nothing' is about the Fed not learning from its mistakes in propping up financial markets."
Before filming could begin, Bruce founded Liberty Street Films and began raising money through donations and a Kickstarter campaign.
"A lot of people have strong opinions about the Fed. A fair amount of people in finance, many of whom by the nature of their work benefit from Fed policies, know where this course of action leads. The most common thing I've heard is that this story needed to be told."
Free screening
Treece Investment Advisory Corp. purchased screening rights so that the area could have a free local showing at the Maumee Indoor Theatre.
"We read about the film in a newsletter and saw it wasn't showing anywhere in the region," said money manager Ben Treece. "There has obviously been a lot of interest in monetary policy, markets and government influence since the recession. What we like about this film is it's educational. This topic is often immediately political — either 'End the Fed' or following the Fed totally. This film looks at what they've done right, where they've gone wrong, and what economists across the spectrum have to say."
The focus of "Money for Nothing" is the Federal Reserve's actions during the past few years, though the film does briefly explore the central bank's creation. Founded from the bolstered political will to create a strong central bank following the Panic of 1907, the Federal Reserve was terribly ill-prepared for the severity of the Great Depression.
"[Federal Reserve Chairman] Ben Bernake has said the Fed learned from the Great Depression when it raised interest rates and failed to supply money to banks, all to disastrous effect, but has it learned lessons from the recent past?" Bruce asked.
According to Bruce, the infamous atmosphere of big risk that existed among bankers during the 2000s was the direct result of deregulation and a low interest rate monetary policy created under former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's tenure.
"Money for Nothing," which is narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, takes a "critical yet educational" view of the Federal Reserve's recent policies. "The Fed is not evil and trying to destroy the banking system, nor do its policies solely benefit the wealthy. That's a misunderstanding," Bruce said. "I think the Fed is made up of well-intentioned people, but they haven't learned from the past." Several of the sources interviewed in the film are current or former Federal Reserve officials including former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and current Vice Chair Janet Yellen.
Shooting a documentary is difficult as it is much harder to attract an audience for a film about a central bank than it is to get people to line up to see the latest superhero movie. The secretive history of the Federal Reserve, with its lack of primary footage, only compounded the problem. But with widespread public interest in its topic and a compelling cast of characters, "Money for Nothing" has been well received in movie theaters and college campuses since its release.
"There's Alan Greenspan, this vocal free-market libertarian who is continually manipulating markets; he's a fascinating study in contradiction. Then, there's Ben Bernake, this kind of larger than life character who takes the helm of Titanic right as it's hitting the iceberg," said Bruce. "I think the Fed is a fun topic and it's being received by new thinkers. To shift the conversation, we need to reach a new generation who looks at things differently."
Bruce's goal for "Money for Nothing" is to bring average people into the Fed's history, show them how it works and what role it plays in the everyday lives of the American people.
"I think people need to be more educated about the Fed because the Fed should be held more accountable and the American people deserve better policies," he said.
Terms like monetary policy and quantitative easing can be intimidating for those without much of an economics background, but Bruce said he hopes that "Money for Nothing" will demystify what has been a confusing black box in American finance. "Recently, economics has become all mathematics, formulas and theories, but in reality it's a social science. You don't need complex economic training to have an opinion on this issue."
"Money for Nothing" will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant St. The screening is free but tickets are required. For more information, visit www.moneyfornothingthemovie.org.
Tags: 1913, actor Liev Schreiber, Ben Bernake, current Vice Chair Janet Yellen, director Jim Bruce, Federal Reserve Note, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, Georgia, Great Depression, housing bubble, Kickstarter campaign, Liberty Street Films, Maumee Indoor Theatre, Quantitative easing, the Fed, Titanic, Treece Investment Advisory Corp., United States paper currency, "Dambe: The Mali Project", "The King of Kong", "X-Men: The Last Stand, " 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" and "Pitch Black"


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Even bad guys have to eat breakfast!
On Saturday, Feb 16 the Star Wars® rogues gallery was in full force for our Bad Guy Breakfast members-only event. The Makaze Squad of the 501st Florida Garrison as well as the Mandalorian Mercs were on-site to greet members and participate in photo-ops. Light breakfast was provided and the peace was kept. Guests could also participate in sci-fi science demonstrations and coloring activities.
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Graduate School of Education News
GSE unrolls new Certificate in Writing with the Oregon Writing Project
Licensed teachers now have a new professional development opportunity via the Certificate in Writing program, a collaborative initiative between the GSE and the Oregon Writing Project (OWP).
Over the summer GSE Professor Karen Hamlin received a $35,000 matching grant supporting the activities of the OWP at Willamette, a program that promotes excellence in the teaching of writing at all educational levels and subjects through professional development and community involvement.
This is the 15th consecutive year Hamlin and the OWP have earned funding from the National Writing Project.
Hamlin and other OWP site leaders began courses for the new certificate program this summer. Eighteen local teachers are currently attending a four-week institute to develop and share effective strategies, study current research, and draft and edit their own writing for publication.
The certificate coursework will complete the elective requirements for the graduate school's Master of Education (MEd) degree.


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England Under-21 defender Wisdom moved to Pride Park on a season-long loan deal last week, prompting speculation that Hughes could be set for a move to Anfield in the January transfer window.
But Rush insists Wisdom's loan move from Liverpool is purely for football reasons, adding Hughes' position at Derby remains unchanged.
"I think the Andre Wisdom deal was very much as a result of Liverpool's desire for him to come to Derby and further his football education," Rush said.
"Andre was the top of Steve McClaren's list of people he wanted to bring in to strengthen the squad. So no, there is no connection with Will Hughes at all.
"There has been no further movement in terms of Will. From our point of view, we are just looking forward to watching him continue to play for Derby County."
Rush also quashed speculation that Derby have placed a £15million price tag on the player, insisting the club have not placed a value on Hughes.


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We released a new version of our Ruby library gem for accessing AWS Services, including EC2, S3, SQS, and SDB: RightAws 1.7.0 is now available on RubyForge. This version includes enhancements of the EC2 interface to support elastic IP addresses, selectable kernels, and availability zones. It also contains the first alpha release of ActiveSDB, which is a new ActiveResource-like interface for Amazon SDB. If you try out ActiveSDB please let us know what you think!
[...] RightAws release 1.7.0, including ActiveSDB alpha [...]
Good news! Does it happen to include support for signature version 0 to overcome the UTF8 problems in SDB?
Juergen, I'm afraid not. We've been busy absorbing all the changes... A patch would be very welcome though ;-)
Alright, I see what I can do. Currently I have simply overwritten the method in question to always use signature version 0. I try to make it more configurable.
I posted this on rubyforge also. Feel free to respond in either place (but please cc: my email if your forum comments here won't do that automagically). -- Hi, Just testing out ActiveSDB. I am wondering if my usage pattern is the most efficient? I setup my table like this: RightAws::ActiveSdb.establish_connection("KEY", "SECRET_KEY", :logger => Merb.logger) Post.create_domain Post.create :title => 'An SDB Blog Title', :body => 'Some really nice body text.', :created_at => Time.now In my posts controller I have something like this (I am using Merb BTW). I did it this way since it was the only way I figured out to get the collection in a way that I could actually access it in my views: app/controllers/posts.rb -- def index @posts = [] Post.find(:all).each do |post| post = post.reload @posts<< post end display @posts end Is this the best way to send a collection of found items to the view? This #reload method is not really clear to me (and feels like something that should be handled by the lib instead of called every time. no?). Also, When accessing this collection from the view it feels very clunky. The strings I stored (see above) are returned (always) as an array. Is this fundamental to SDB? I find I have to do things like this in my view to access an attribute which is not very pretty: post['title'][0] And lastly when accessing an object should'nt I be able to also get it with a symbol like: post[:title][0] This fails with an error (its returns a nil)... Please set me right if I am missing something. :-) Thanks, Glenn
Hi. I heard your good news(http://gigaom.com/2008/04/23/rightscale-takes-45m-for-the-cloud/). I'm using your gem for SimpleDB, and wrote this post(http://flyingmate.net/46). Although it's written in Korean, you can understand the code of ActiveItem(named temporarily) at the middle of the post. That code snippet helps using SimpleDB similar to ActiveRecord, for example, you don't need to change controller codes and view codes for using RightAws::ActiveSdb. It wraps your attribute method like [] and []= with accessor method like #{attribute_name} and #{attribute_name}= for convenience. Action View's form_for helper use #{attribute_name}= style methods in default, and can not recognize []= style methods. If developer use form_for method without changing form_for helper with RightAws::ActiveSdb, undefined method #{attribute_name}= error occurs. So I suggest that implement your code with #{attribute_name} style method. In advance, I hope RightAws::ActiveSdb supports validations and associations like ActiveRecord. Thanks Sung Hoon


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Piers Morgan writing book about life at CNN
NEW YORK (AP) — Piers Morgan is going behind the scenes.
The host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" has a deal with Gallery Books for "Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney." Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that the book is scheduled for October.
Morgan, in a statement issued by Gallery, promised a "warts and all" account of life at CNN and said the book would be like "'The Newsroom' on steroids," referring to the HBO series.
According to Gallery, the book will be written in the style of a real-time look into headline stories such as the killing of Osama bin Laden and the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Morgan used a similar diary format for his 2005 book "The Insider," which detailed his years in British journalism.
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