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Bruno's Bath HouseRead MoreBruno's Bath House elevates the dog-boarding experience by housing pups inside plush suites that will remind them of home. Two times a day, room service peeks in, checking to make sure beds are comfy and bowls are brimming with filtered water. Dog-loving caregivers oversee dogs so that each pet receives ample attention as they gambol across the indoor and outdoor play areas or nap on communal couches. This attentive treatment carries over into Bruno's Spaw, where dogs receive baths with plush add-ons such as aromatherapy, massage, and Pawdicures. Edible and wearable doggie accessories are also available at Bruno's Bistro and Boutique.11027 Leopard St.Corpus Christi, TX US
Operation Warm, IncRead MoreFounded in 1998, Operation Warm distributes winter coats to children across America, protecting their health and safety as well as buoying their spirits. We spoke to executive director Rich Lalley about the organization's history, mission, and accomplishments. The Roots After reading a newspaper story about children waiting at a bus stop on a cold February day just a mile from his home, retired businessman Dick Sanford was "outraged," Lalley said. "He couldn't understand how children in his community could be without coats. He went to a department store and bought all 58 children's coats in stock" and distributed them through a school, whose superintendent he knew from the Rotary Club. "Dick was blown away by the reaction of the kids and reaction of the parents." Why a New Coat Means More Than Comfort "Our motto is 'more than a coat,' and I like to say we bring happiness and warmth to children through a new winter coat," Lalley said. "When they get a brand-new winter coat all their own, it's like Christmas day. You will hear stories of a girl who wears the coat to bed for three weeks, the boy who wants to wear it into April. It's oftentimes the first new piece of clothing the children have received in their lives. They feel better about themselves, and when they feel better about themselves, children perform better in school." "This Coat Was Made Just for You" "One of the first coat distributions I was on was at a little afterschool program in [Chicago's] Rogers Park. A Rotary Club near Rogers Park provides a great deal of support to this little afterschool program called Family Matters. One of the little girls looked at me and said, 'Thank you for the coat. When do I have to give it back?' And we said she could keep it. That's why all our coats have the label 'this coat was made just for you' sewn inside and kids can write their names on it." Kid-Friendly Coats Made in the United States Operation Warm distributes hundreds of thousands of new coats around the country each year—so many that it contracts with factories to make coats specifically for it. The organization's coats are brightly colored and have extra-deep pockets and detachable hoods, and they come in sizes 3T to adult large. Although domestic manufacturing tends to be expensive, Lalley says 20% of its coats (about 60,000) are made in a union factory in the United States.1301 East Rio Grande StreetVictoria, TX US
Musicians on CallRead MoreThe volunteers of Musicians On Call's Bedside Performance Program may not have gone through med school, but that doesn't mean they're not healers. In fact, in some cases the responses they're able to elicit from their small hospital-room audiences—a smile on a stress-racked face, a foot moving ever so slightly to the music—are enough to make most doctors jealous. The concept is as simple as it is unconventional: a volunteer knocks on a hospital door and asks if the room's occupant would like to hear some music. Patients who agree are treated to a brief private concert, a respite from the anxiety and monotony that can characterize even brief hospital stays. These miniature performances are so effective that in its 14 years of existence the organization has garnered support from celebrities across the musical spectrum and has grown to include branches in six cities: New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Through these branches, it's arranged for more than 400,000 patients, family members, and caregivers to rest their minds and recharge their spirits through the power of live music. Live music, however, isn't the only salve in Musicians On Call's arsenal. Hospitals in all 50 states, as well as in Puerto Rico and Ireland, have received comprehensive CD libraries, as well as CD players, as part of the organization's Music Pharmacy program. NBC Nightly News features MOC from Ebie McFarland on Vimeo. See how Groupon helps you discover local causes and lend a helping hand to projects big and small at the Groupon Grassroots blog.1301 E. Rio GrandeVictoria, TX US
Prosperity CandleRead MoreIn 2012, FastCompany placed Siiri Morley in its ?League of Extraordinary Women.? The distinction is certainly deserved. Three years prior, Ms. Morley helped co-launch a program in Iraq that provided 50 women with jobs as candle makers and paid them a living wage in a safe workplace. The program included on-the-job training in candle-making as well as the basics of running a small business, equipping the women for future entrepreneurial pursuits. Ms. Morley and her cofounders soon expanded the scope of their program, bringing it back home to Easthampton and giving it a name: Prosperity Candles. Stateside, Prosperity Candles employs female refugees from Bhutan and Burma and guarantees the same workplace rights enjoyed by their coworkers in Iraq. Prosperity Candles is not a charity. The female artisans work hard to produce beautiful, sweet-smelling candles that can be enjoyed in the home or given as a gift, keeping the company from relaying on outside funding. Each candle arrives on doorsteps with the story of the woman who crafted it, so recipients might reach out to her and offer their encouragement. Seehow Groupon helps you discover local causes and lend a helping hand to projects big and small at the Groupon Grassroots blog.1301 E. Rio GrandeVictoria, TX US
KivaRead MoreKiva started small. In April 2005, founders Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley funded seven Kiva loans, totaling $3,500, to entrepreneurs across the globe. By September, all seven borrowers had repaid in full. With this success in hand, Flannery and Jackley expanded, transforming Kiva into a full-fledged nonprofit, operating under the belief that a relatively small amount of money can make a big difference in alleviating poverty. And also that there were people who wanted to lend money to underserved people they'd never met. All it took was establishing a link. Now more than one million lenders have funded more than $600 million worth of loans to people in even the most remote areas of 80 countries to build businesses, fund home construction, and pay for school tuition. When lenders fund $25 microloans on the website, field partners distribute that money to highly motivated, low-income borrowers in developing areas. Once their efforts come to fruition, the borrowers repay the capital—at an average repayment rate of more than 98%—giving lenders the opportunity to relend to a different project.1301 E. Rio GrandeVictoria, TX US
DonorsChoose.orgRead MoreWalking the halls and heading the classrooms of a Bronx high school, Charles Best, the founder of DonorsChoose.org, encountered firsthand the scarcity of teaching supplies that effects many American public schools. In 2000, he created DonorsChoose.org to help alleviate this, connecting community members directly to underfunded classrooms. Public schoolteachers post campaigns to the website, requesting funds for specific projects such as a violin recital or a biology lesson with microscopes. Donors can contribute as little as $1, and regardless of the size of their donations, they receive photos of the project in action, thank-you letters from teachers, and a cost report detailing how each donated dollar was spent. The organization also records the impact of its work through daily data reports. To date, DonorsChoose.org had raised more than $200 million dollars, supported more than 10 million students, and funded more than 400,000 projects.1301 E. Rio Grande Ave.Victoria, TX US


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Holy Cross Women's Rowing
Schedule: Saturday, March 23 at Beanpot Regatta, Boston, Mass., 7:00 a.m.
- The Holy Cross women's rowing team will kick off the spring season on March 23, with the Beanpot Regatta on the Charles River. The Crusaders will take on Boston College, Boston University, MIT, Northeastern and Radcliffe.
- The varsity eight was very impressive this fall season. The Crusaders placed first in the club eight race out of 17 boats at the Textile River Regatta, finished first out of 48 boats at the Snake Regatta, placed second in the club eight race out of 34 boats at the Head of the Charles Regatta and finished third in the open eight race out of 27 boats at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.
- The Crusaders recently went on a spring training trip to Cocoa Beach, Fla. Read a blog from the trip by going here: http://www.goholycross.com/sports/w-rowing/2012-13/releases/20130303a487gr.

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Weekly Links: Olympic winners & loosers, Metro causes problems for Microsoft, NZ wool exports climb, And France learns not to tangle with Anonymous
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It's been a great week and it looks like New Zealand may beat Australia in the number of medals it wins at the 2012 Olympics, a feat which is nothing short of amazing.
But let's take a look at whawt else happened this week:
- Coca Cola and Samsung are leading the charge of brands mentioned in connection with the Olympics on Twitter
- China's obsession with gold at the olympics might be paying off at on the medals table but what's it doing elsewhere?>
- Northland can claim not one but two world leading unicyclists
- New Zealand wool exports are the highest they've ever been in eight years
- It's getting harder and harder for New Zealanders to afford their first home
- A French firm decided to take out a trademark on the Anonymous logo and slogan and found out why that was a bad idea
- SEOMoz told Negative SEO specialists to 'come at me bro' and managed to stay standing
- Windows drops the Metro name from Windows 8… but 'not because of a potential lawsuit from a German technology company with the same name'.
- Mediapost writer Laurie Sullivan thinks Google's purchase of advertising company Wildfire might be an attempt at futureproofing against higher mobile browsing habits. Google bought the company, which was co-founded by New Zealander Victoria Ransom for US$250 million and somebody used her name in the 'Kings Ransom' pun
- The packaging for Xiaomi's new phone can handle the weight of two full-grown men
- Do you live in Australia or New Zealand? Are you making a documentary? Then 2013 Documentary Edge Festival organisers want to hear from you.
- Problogger transfers his blog from WordPress.com to wordpress.org and finds out it isn't as easy as it looks
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- Here's how to build online surveys that make you money
- And just for a little bit of light relief here are 10 programming languages that you've probably never heard of and the computers that changed the world as we know it.
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My apologies for a slower than usual posting week. As I mentioned last Friday I had family in town this week and only worked part time. I skipped a couple of posts in order to spend more time collecting stories for today. This week sees the debut of a new category for design and development. I've gotten away from posting about both over the last few months and would like to bring back more posts related to design and development issues. Now on with the show.
Social Media
To really succeed with social media you need to have remarkable content. All the schemes in the world won't make a difference if your content is garbage. So is your content worthy? Neil tells you how to answer that question. You know how to add Digg buttons to your site. What about your feeds? Muhammed shows us two ways to add social media engagement to our feeds. Mashable points out that Digg finally added fully threaded comments, though somehow I don't expect to see more intelligent conversations. I'm guessing this will just make it easier for the community to flame each other. And Muhammed talks about how the same content can make it to the front page more than once.
- Is Your Content Worthy For Social Media Users?
- RSS-Based Social Media Engagement
- Digg Introduces Fully Threaded Comments
- Why The Same Content Again and Again?
Combine Digg and Wikipedia and what do you get? Apparently you get Thoof, which aims to be a cross between the two sites. Users will still vote on submissions, but they will also be able to edit and update the content. Sounds interesting, but I really hate the name. YouTube released a mobile version of their site. It's not perfect, but it's a nice step in the right direction. When it comes to social networks which one is the largest. Aaron Wall's answer might surprise you, but he's absolutely right. Google wins hands down.
- Thoof.com Mixes Digg with Wikipedia
- Thoof: Digg Meets Wikipedia Community News Site Coming
- YouTube Mobile Launched – Here's The Scoop
- Google.com is the Web's Largest Social Network
How do you launch a blog? Brian Clarke has a blueprint you can follow. The advice is good even if your blog is past the launch phase. Darren Rowse continued the conversation with his own goals when launching a new blog. One of those goals should be to build subscribers to your feed. Maki tells us why that is and then Darren is back to add a couple more things to the list. Once your convinced of the importance of building your rss subscribers, you can learn some techniques for how from Trent Hamm who went from 0 to 12,000 subscribers in seven months. I'm impressed. How about you? One very important aspect to being read and gaining readers is to be unique. Chris Garret shows you how you can determine what is unique about you so you can be more memorable.
- Blueprint for a Brilliant Blog Launch
- Goals to Achieve in a Blog's Launch Phase
- Why You Should Build Your Feed Subscriber Base: Benefits and Perspectives
- Reasons to Build RSS Subscriber Numbers
- 10 Techniques I Used To Go From 0 To 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months – With No Ads Or Leverage
- Better Blog Branding: Finding Your Uniqueness
Design And Development
I thought it time I added design and development as a category here and why not start with an interview with Steve Krug. Loren Baker takes on the topic of writing valid code and it's connection to seo and in the end concludes there are benefits to validation. I'm not sure how important validation is for seo, but I do think coding is one of the more important seo skills. Chris Boggs discusses the use of Flash, it's history and possible solutions when it comes to search engine optimization. How about some practical code? willCode4Beer gives us some that allows your visitors to hover over a blockquote on your site and get back a popup to display more info about the quote as well as a link to the original site.
- Three Minutes With Leading Web Designer Steve Krug
- SEO & Importance of Valid Source Code (W3C Validation)
- Flash: The Pink Elephant or the Spark
- Blockquote/Quote Detail Hover
If you run any kind of online store you've probably had to decide what ecommerce solution you would use. Shannon Watters looks at some of the factors you should consider and Bill adds some very important search engine considerations. Successful ecommerce goes far beyond your choice in shopping cart applications. Mike Baxter talks about some key issues and problem areas associated with your checkout process. Not enough tips from Mike? Have a look at a Webmasterworld thread where members give their top 100 ecommerce tips.
- How to Choose an eCommerce Package
- When Choosing an eCommerce System, Remember the Search Engines
- Mike Baxter on checkout best practice
- Top 100 Ecommerce Tips
Universal and Personalized search are changing the way seo is done. Following up on Mike Grehan's latest 'seo is dead' proclamation, Andy Hagans tells us why Universal Search should scare us. Brian Provost tells us to stop worrying about trying to rank for specific phrases and focus instead on building the trust and authority of your domain. One way to build authority is to become popular. Alan Rabinowitz looks at 5 types of popularity that affect search rankings. Last week I linked to a YOUmoz article offering proof that Google was using behavioral data in rankings. This week we get an alternate perspective again from YOUmoz.
- Why You Should Be Scared Of Universal Search
- I Stopped Trying To Rank for Anything When I Realized I Could Build Traffic For Everything
- Search Algorithm Popularity Factors :5 Types of Popularity for Ranking
- An Alternate Perspective on How User Data Impacts Google's Rankings
Eric Ward draws a portrait of the perfect link builder and Raj Dash followed up and listed some of the traits he think go into making a full-time link builder. Matt filled in for Rand in last week's Whiteboard Friday with some quick and dirty tips for building links into a site. You might not want to use them all, but the video will certainly generate some new ideas.
- A Portrait Of The Perfect Link Builder
- Future Hot Job? Full-time Link Builders
- Whiteboard Friday – If You Build It, Links Will Come
Matt McGhee closes out the seo talk this week with a list of 20 fatal mistakes to avoid when doing seo.
Business And Marketing
The New York Times had people talking over the weekend with an article about how online sales are losing steam and making dire predictions of online commerce. Here's a link to that article (You may need a subscription) along with some posts discussing the article.
- Online Sales Lose Steam as Buyers Grow Web-Weary
- Is It the End of the eCommerce World as We Know It?
- Combatting Chicken Little (Is the E-tailing sky falling?)
- Where Have all the Online Sales Gone?
Andy Hagan's decided to tell us all how Aaron Wall became successful. Your own path to success may well be different, but you could do worse than following Aaron's path. While we're on the subject of Aaron how about a couple of his posts from the week. First, how Google is moving away from direct and targeted marketing and more toward pushing brands. Next, and on a related theme, why you should working to build high quality content on fewer projects than pumping out bulk content on many sites. As Google moves towards branded ads so should you work to brand your sites.
- 7 Lessons for Online Success from Aaron Wall's Playbook
- Google's Move Away From Direct Marketing to Selling Branded Ads
- Content Strategies: Bulk Content vs Higher Quality Information
Opportunity is always around us. The hard part is being prepared for it and recognizing it when it's in front of you. Jennifer Laycock walks us through an example of a business that capitalized on an opportunity that presented itself. Getting people to your site is only one part of the equation. PPC expert, Andrew Goodman has a very informative post about testing your home page for conversions. He walks us through the details of some testing he's doing now, such as multi-variate testing with Google's Website Optimizer. You know who's really good at closing the deal? Strippers. WiseCamel tells us how they do it and how we can apply the same techniques to our own business. And while you may not want to date a stripper (or maybe you do) dating provides a good analogy for B2B marketing. Patricia Hursch explains.
- You Can't Stumble Into Opportunity if You Don't Watch For It
- How To Test A Home Page For Conversion Effectiveness
- 10 Sales and Marketing Tips I learned from Strippers
- Dating Tips For B2B Marketers
Search Engine News
Most of the privacy focus on search engines has fallen on Google, but the European Union will now be looking at all search engines in it's investigations of search engine data retention policies. It will be interesting to see how their findings compare to the recent Privacy International report.
Google seems to be taking the privacy concerns about them seriously. They've started a new public policy blog to go along with all their other blogs. "How many blogs do they have?" you ask. Good question and Andrey Milyan has a list.
- Google's breakneck changes stoke privacy fears
- Taking the Wraps Off Google's Public Policy Blog
- How Many Blogs Does Google Have?
Are you tired of big companies acting like little kids? Google and eBay continued their boxing match and Jordan outlines the blow-by-blow to date, including eBay's experiment to pull it's AdWords ads. And if you go to an eBay event you better not wear anything with a Google logo or you may be escorted out of the building. Don't Google and eBay have better things to do.
- eBay vs. Google, Round 6?
- Google Is Out $26 Million Per Month With eBay "Experiment"
- eBay Ads Still Off Google: How Much eBay Traffic & Google Cash Lost?
- eBay Security Removes Google Checkout Reps From eBay Conference?
Google Maps is going social with the addition of user generated reviews and ratings.
- Add your reviews to businesses on Google Maps
- Google Maps Adds User Generated Reviews
- Google Maps Integrates User Reviews (Finally)
- Google Maps Adds Ratings and Review Features
Google found the last piece of the puzzle it needed to be able to offer an online alternative to Office when it acquired Zenter for online slide presentations.
- More sharing
- Google Acquires Zenter Online Presentations, Office Alternative Now Complete
- Google Acquires Webfonts Presentation Developers, Zenter, Inc.
And Udi Manber is here to remind us just how hard a problem search is to solve. I know we all like to moan about some of the poor results search gives us, but I've always been impressed by their ability to even come close.
For a change the big news in search this week was out of Yahoo. 0.2% of stockholders really can make a difference it seems as Terry Semel stepped down while Jerry Yang and Susan Decker stepped up.
- Yahoo 2.0 the future, We hope
- Semel Out, Yang and Decker In at Yahoo
- The Latest on the Yahoo Shakeup
- Yahoo's Semel Ousted as CEO
- Yang & Decker Take Over Yahoo While Semel Steps Aside
- Yahoo! Changes its Focus, Now Its CEO
- Yahoo's CEO, Terry Semel, To Be Replaced By Jerry Yang
- Could Yahoo Board Also See Some Changes?
Before anyone could really digest the news of the Semel departure rumors were flying that Yahoo would acquire MySpace for a 25% stake in Yahoo's stock. This sounds like a much better deal for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp than it does for Yahoo. The latest rumor has Yahoo merging with eBay.
- Rumor Mill – Yahoo Acquiring MySpace for 25% of Stock?
- Yahoo & MySpace Merging? News Corp Wants Yahoo 25% Stake
- News Corp./Yahoo: A Potential Conservative Web?
- Yahoo/eBay Merger Case Strengthened By Semel Departure
- Rumor Mill: Yahoo/Ebay Merger?
Looks like Google may have won a round in it's battle with Microsoft. At least it seems that way on the surface with Microsoft agreeing to change the way Vista handles search. Of course in agreeing to make changes by the end of the year Microsoft will have given itself a full year to get people used to their search application without any competition.
- Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint
- Microsoft Vista Making Search Changes Thanks To Google
MSN mobile has a new look and new features and Microsoft enhanced Virtual Earth in the U.K. Bill points us to a study and paper showing how Microsoft might take searchers a few steps further along the search query path based on user behavior, browsing, and search history. And it looks like there may be an update going on at Live.com
- MSN Mobile Sports a New Look
- Microsoft Launches New & Improved MSN Mobile
- Microsoft Virtual Earth Enhances UK 3-D; EveryScape Seeks To Make 3-D Better, Cheaper
- Microsoft Study Takes Navigational Sitelinks a Step Further
- June 2007 MSN Live.com Search Update
Ask appears to have taken another step back with it's latest advertising campaign. Why does Ask try to offend the very people who could help market it the most? Ask, you have a pretty good search engine with the best interface, and lots of people would like to see you gain marketshare. Please rethink your advertising before it's too late.
- Ask.com Thinks You're An Idiot
- Another Ask Commercial: Better, But That's Not Saying Much
- Ask.com Asks a Ninja for Ad Help
This week went by very fast for me with a couple of trips to Coors Field where I had to endure a sweep of the Yankees by the Rockies. If you've never been to Coors Field it's one of the more beautiful stadiums around so even with the sweep the games were enjoyable. And I do like the Rockies. Just not so much this week. I'll be playing in an all day softball tournament tomorrow. At least three games and maybe more if the team does well. I'll probably be ready to collapse tomorrow night and I'm looking forward to a day of R&R on Sunday. I hope you have a good weekend whatever you do and happy reading.
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Mom: Boy drowned after being swept away by freak wave
CORPUS CHRISTI - John Michael Ortiz loved books and was the kind of child who said hello to everyone.
What was described as a freak wave swept John Michael, 6, into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday afternoon, ripped from the arms of an older brother too shocked to tell his family what happened, his distraught adoptive mother said Monday.
He was pronounced dead at Driscoll Children's hospital at about 7 p.m. Sunday.
Dolores Ortiz, an aunt who adopted John Michael and four other siblings, said Monday that John Michael was a lovable boy, well behaved with many friends for a boy his age.
She is single and, she said, serving as both mother and father to John Michael and his siblings. The family lives in Sinton.
She said John Michael had been playing with a 9-year-old brother south of J.P. Luby Beach on Padre Island as the family was packing up to leave for the day. But John's older brother returned alone. At first he was silent, unable to describe what happened to his brother, Dolores Ortiz said. The older brother later told her that he and John Michael were holding hands and walking out of the water when a wave knocked both of them down and they became separated.
"He was waving, and said the wave was pushing John Michael farther and farther," Dolores Ortiz said. When the older brother made it back to shore, she said, he looked for a flotation device common among child swimmers, but when he returned to the area, John Michael was gone.
A 23-year-old man walking along the beach near Marker 205 found John Michael unconscious in the surf. Corpus Christi police responded to the scene at 6:04 p.m.
"We had a lot of people looking for him, and I saw a lot of people standing and I see somebody on the ground. Somebody was giving him CPR. He opened his eyes and he looked at me. I was yelling at him to stay with us," Dolores said.
She remembers seeing a man carry the boy to an ambulance, which twice got stuck in the sand as men pushed the vehicle out.
"Finally, we pushed him out and he took off," Dolores said. "A cop took me to the hospital in his truck."
John Michael was breathing when he arrived at the hospital, but doctors eventually came out and told her his heart simply gave out.
"I'm telling him, 'Don't do this to me. Please make your heart pump,'" she said.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. April 9 at Resthaven Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. April 10 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will be in Eternal Rest Cemetery.
The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office performed an examination. There were no preliminary results. The final autopsy report which is pending a toxicology results.
Corpus Christi Police Captain Robert Bridges said the boy's death is being treated as accidental.
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The federal commitment to energy research and development in the United States has undergone significant swings in the nearly 30 years since the enabling legislation creating the Department of Energy was signed into law by President Carter on October 1, 1977. Spikes in the price of oil in 1973 and 1979 drove a surge in energy R&D spending in the late 1970s and into the start of the Reagan administration. However, starting in 1981, shifting budgetary priorities favoring military technology investments and a subsequent collapse of the price of oil drove a sharp drop in commitments to energy R&D that lasted through the 1980s (See Figure 3-1). By the mid-1990s, investments in energy R&D were, in real terms, less than half their level at their 1979 peak.2 Federal and industry R&D comprised only 0.5 percent of all sales in the industry—the lowest percentage of any industry, with the exception of primary metals.
Weak support for energy technology in the late 1990s is reflected in the data on venture capital activity. The boom in venture capital disbursements from 1995 to 2000 did result in a growth in funding by venture capital firms in energy technology companies, but at a far less-than-proportional rate. Where in 1995, disbursements to energy companies accounted for only 6.8 percent of the venture


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1/2 cup
2 tablespoons
1 medium
onion, diced
1 (8 ounce) package
button mushrooms, chopped
2 tablespoons
3 cups
chicken stock
1 tablespoon
2/3 cup
chopped fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 cup
heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup
creme fraiche
chopped fresh chives
A great soup for mushroom lovers! We made a few changes to make it healthier...no heavy cream, just milk, and Un-chicken broth to make it vegetarian. And no creme fraiche either. Had to use portabello instead of shiitake, but tasted fine...even used extra mushrooms. Added garlic too, and honey for molasses. Made a complete meal with salad and bread. A great way to add a new whole grain to your diet!
I was very disappointed in this recipe. Followed the directions exactly and the result was not good. Since the quinoa I have requires rinsing before using I had to rinse an hour before beginning to cook. I spread the cleansed grains in a skillet to dry then toasted. The quinoa was the best part of the recipe. Will go back to my old recipe which includes leeks, ginger, soy sauce and red wine. I will include the toasted quinoa however, that is a nice addition. This recipe tasted too bland and too much like the cream.
24 Ratings
I'm an avid soup-lover, and I could eat soup all day... And this is hands-down one of the best soup recipes I've ever had!
A few substitutions I made: honey for the molasses, Rapunzel Sea Salt and Herbs veggie stock for the chicken, and I was out of cream, so none of that.
Mmm mmm mmm! Try it, I don't think you'll be disappointed!
I made it vegan, and it's still good! I'm currently on an elimination diet which means I can eat virtually -nothing.- So, I replaced the butter with olive oil, the chicken stock with Repunzel's Sea Salt & Herbs, and the heavy cream with rice milk. It's not really your usual "chowder" consistency, but it doesn't taste like it's missing anything. Recommended, even for vegans and vegetarians, or for those watching their weight.
I love mushroom soups, but wanted to try this since it was healthier and less fattning. I liked it. I did not puree the vegies because I like my soups chunkier. After it was done, it seemed to miss something so I also added 1/8 cup of dry sherry. That was the trick, but then sherry is a wonderful addition to ANY mushroom soup recipe.
first time using quinoa and this is great :) substituted molasses with honey, cream with low fat milk, no creme fraiche.
Loved it, subed milk for the cream. It wasn't a child pleaser though, but just the more for me!
Our whole family likes this soup. We add shitake mushrooms, try to use shallots when we have them, use a bit of yogurt to thicken it, and skip the food processing entirely. It's easy to make and my kids, ages 2 and almost 4, eat it up!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 340
Calories from Fat: 241
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A National Specialty Event is not just a dog show; it is an annual gathering of those interested in sustaining and improving the breed, addressing its health concerns, and keeping up-to-date on that latest information pertaining to the breed. The Event includes a health clinic, judge & health education seminars, social events, a Charitable Trust Banquet & Auction, Futurity and Sweeps, four days of Conformation competition, and Rally, Obedience & Agility trials! If you love this breed, you'll want to be a part of the 2014 National Specialty Event.
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We've got plenty grass, sun and aloha here, how 'bout some hockey? New players always welcome, we have spare sticks, bring rubber/plastic cleats or tennis shoes and shin guards! Don't forget your water bottle and a spare shirt of opposite color (white/dark) for team assemblage.
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Hear The Cheers! Whether you are just learning the game, working to make the Varsity Team, preparing to take your game to the Collegiate level or looking to continue playing after College, HTC Field Hockey Club is for you. We provide premium opportunities for Elementary aged players to our Adult Program. Our renowned coaching staff is passionate about field hockey. We will help each player plan, execute, and succeed in whatever goals they wish to achieve. We love this game and cannot wait to share our knowledge and enthusiasm with you. We will instill in each of our players a sense of teamwork, dedication, sacrifice, community involvement, and a sense of pride in working your hardest to achieve a common goal. The 'Hear The Cheer' moment is our goal, and strive to help each player shape and develop her own success story! Our Club offers the dedicated athlete the opportunity to develop her field hockey and life skills through various activities including; Club Teams Field Hockey Cam
We are a club open to all players in downstate Illinois, practicing once or twice a week for fun and exercise. We also participate in approximately 4 local tournaments a year.
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The North Jersey Field Hockey Association has been in existence since 1927. Our goal is to provide a forum for adult women to play competitive field hockey in a friendly and fun environment.
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The North East Field Hockey League is a group of adults that gather to play and promote the sport of Field Hockey. We are a friendly group open to any adult, male or female, who wants to play field hockey. Our main season is in the fall on Sunday mornings on turf in Cambridge at BB&N High School (Buckingham Browne & Nichols School). Interested in playing? Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Northern California Field Hockey Association (NCFHA)is an established women's club level hockey league. We field nine competitive teams. Our players' experience levels range from complete beginners to US and International players. We welcome all new players!
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We are an international group in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area who love the game of field hockey. Our group is coed and ages currently range from 20 to 78! We get together twice a week for practice scrimmages with small collapsible goals. Players have the option to travel to tournaments each year in British Columbia, Arizona and California. We are looking forward to growing as an organization and to developing the sport of field hockey in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
The Portland Field Hockey Club plays year-round in greater Portland, Maine. We're a social group -competitive, but not at the expense of fun – of women ranging in age from late 20s – 50+ (mostly 30s) with a diverse range of skill levels and experience (high school to college players of all levels). As opposed to a league, we play friendly, supportive, pick-up style games, with no officials (we call our own fouls using FIH rules) or scorekeeping. In keeping with the social aspect, we try to get together off the field a few times each year to do non-FH related things, and we've been known to go out for a post-game drink several times each session.
Located in Loudoun County, VA, we provide quality field hockey opportunities for both rec and competitive youth and adult players. Year-round programming including travel team play.
Potomac Field Hockey is located in Northern Virginia, and serves hockey players from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Colombia. We are passionate about field hockey! Our mission is to promote, teach, and grow the sport of field hockey. We accomplish this through leagues for adult and youth, providing opportunities to grow with the game and potentially to play in college or represent the US on one of the National Teams. PFH is a member club with United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA).
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Rye Field Hockey Club was established in 1931 and is one of the oldest and most successful field hockey clubs in the US. Rye is based in New York City and plays in the North East Field Hockey Association (NEFHA).
We are a friendly recreational team based on the turf field at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. We play on Sunday mornings, meeting at 8.30am for a 9am push-back, with indoor hockey played in the winter. We're also adding an occasional mid-week game, probably on grass.
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The Seattle Women's Field Hockey Club is comprised of players from all around the world … the team plays year-round and at a typical practice, players split into two teams and scrimmage. If you're a woman and you love field hockey, join us at one of our practices.
The TarDevils are a newly formed adult club based in the Triangle area of North Carolina. We are actively looking for new members to build on our already strong numbers and seek players of all skill levels from elite to those who have never picked a stick up before. Establishing a tight and competitive community whilst promoting and developing the sport in the state is our main aim.
Official club field hockey team for the University at Buffalo. The team is composed of both men and women and is a part of the New York State Club Field Hockey League.
Recreational co-ed team consisting of players of all levels. Everyone welcome to play with us. We use the dedicated field hockey turf of the U of M.
Westchester team has evolved into an international oriented team with currently a majority of Dutch players. They blithely hang onto their home league tradition of acting fresh with the referees, as well as their heart-felt belief that a blowout third period will absolve them of all their sins. Do not hold your breath wishing for us to go away! We are one of the pillars of the North East Field Hockey Association (NEFHA) league in the United States.
The Chicago area's oldest and largest club since 1991. Windy City's Owner and Director, Katie Beach, is an Olympian and former Division I Head Coach with extensive national and local relationships. Our staff is available for player and family support, collegiate questions and program guidance.
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1. The battle at running back
Marshawn Lynch is Seattle's starting running back. And it's possible -- but not likely -- we'll see him suit up for a few snaps on Thursday. But this preseason is much more about identifying Lynch's backup in the backfield for 2014. Will it be Robert Turbin? Christine Michael? Heck, perhaps even rookie Demitrius Bronson? (No.)
Starting Thursday, Turbin and Michael will try to separate themselves as Seattle's No. 2 running back. Turbin is the incumbent, returning now for his third season after backing up Lynch for 2012 and 2013. Michael (pictured) comes into 2014 after what essentially amounted to a redshirt season as a rookie, appearing in just four games and running the ball just 18 times.
Seattle's coaches and Seahawks fans alike are anxious to see what Michael can bring to the gridiron. After all, the 2013 second-round draft pick has been hailed as Lynch's potential long-term replacement.
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Department of Defense Press Briefing on the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Annual Report
Presenters: Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office Director Major General Jeffrey Snow; Colonel Alan Metzler and Dr. Nate Galbreath, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office; and Dr. Elizabeth P. Van Winkle, Defense Manpower
January 10, 2014
LIEUTENTANT COLONEL CATHERINE WILKINSON: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for being here on this icy, rainy morning. I'm pleased to introduce Major General Jeffrey Snow, the new director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO). He's been on the job all of five days. He's joined today by Colonel Alan Metzler, the SAPRO deputy director, Dr. Nate Galbreath, the highly qualified expert from SAPRO, and Dr. Elizabeth Van Winkle from the Defense Manpower Data Center.
General Snow is going to make some brief opening remarks. Then we'll open the floor to your questions. Colonel Metzler and Dr. Galbreath are the experts in SAPRO on the reports; Dr. Van Winkle is the expert who conducted the focus groups at each of the academies, so they're happy to answer your questions.
Please state your name and your media organization before asking your question, and we've got 30 minutes. Sir, the floor is yours.
MAJOR GENERAL JEFFREY SNOW: Thanks Cathy.
Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As Cathy indicated, my name is Major General Jeff Snow, and I'm the director of the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, SAPRO. I feel very fortunate to be joined by my esteemed colleagues here.
Today, we publicly released the Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies for Academic Program Year 2012 to 2013. I'm going to take a few minutes to share highlights of that report and then open it up to questions from you.
This report provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the academies' programs, statistical data, and the results of focus groups of cadets, midshipmen, faculty and staff conducted by the Defense Manpower Data Center.
Before I get into the specifics of the report, I want to make one point clear. Sexual assault is a crime and has no place at the academies, just as it has no place in our own forces. The academies are where we develop the future leaders of the military. That is why it is essential that the department instill in its future leaders a commitment to fostering a climate of dignity and respect, where cadets and midshipmen are empowered and possess the social courage to take action when faced with situations at risk for sexual assault, sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior of any kind.
The department's assessment found that each of the three military service academies are compliant with our policies regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault for the school year that started in June 2012 and ended in May 2013. The academies instituted new initiatives during the year to enhance training, improve awareness and promote a safe environment for all cadets and midshipmen. These measures are detailed in the report, and we can address the specifics if you have follow-up questions.
During this academic year, reports of sexual assault decreased at two of the three academies when compared to the previous academic year, with an overall total of 70 reports involving at least one military victim or military subject. Of those 70 reports, 53 were made by cadets and midshipmen for events they experienced while they were in military service.
Because there is no prevalence rate available for the past school year, the department cannot determine whether the decrease in reporting this year at the service academies was due to fewer assaults occurring or due to fewer victims opting to report. Rates of unwanted sexual contact and harassment will be updated via survey conducted later this year.
As part of our assessment, faculty and staff participated in focus groups along with cadets and midshipmen at each of the academies. During these focus groups, participants believed that reports of sexual harassment or sexual assault would be taken seriously by academy leadership and dealt with appropriately. That's good.
Cadets and midshipmen also identified peer pressure as a barrier to reporting. That's not good.
In both the academic year which concluded this past May and intervening period, we have seen considerable energy and emphasis placed on the service academy sexual assault prevention and response programs. Still, there's more work to be done.
The continued advancement of a cadet and midshipmen culture that embraces dignity and respect for all is critical to the success of these ongoing efforts. To continue this important work, Secretary Hagel has directed the academy superintendents to implement the following initiatives.
First, to ensure unity of effort and purpose, the service academy superintendents will implement sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention and response strategic plans that are aligned with their respective service strategic plans.
Second, to improve the effectiveness of policies and programs, superintendents will involve cadets and midshipmen and command climate assessments and implement metrics and assessment tools to evaluate and regularly report progress in prevention and response.
Third, to increase a victim's confidence associated with reporting, the superintendents must develop and implement solutions that address concerns of social retaliation amongst peers, engage with leaders and supervisors of teams, clubs and other cadet and midshipmen organizations, and provide cadet and midshipmen influencers with the skills and knowledge to strengthen their ongoing mentorship programs.
Fourth, to further increase understanding of the impact of disrespectful and criminal behaviors, the superintendents will develop learning objectives and incorporate them in related classes within the academic curriculum.
Finally, to improve the safety of cadets and midshipmen, and reduce the risk posed by alcohol, the superintendents will review and expand institutional alcohol policies to address risk factors beyond individual use of alcohol, including availability of alcohol, training providers and community outreach. The academies will report their -- will report their plans to the secretary of defense by the 31st of March 2014.
In closing, the department and its leadership remain committed to strengthening the professional climate across the armed forces where the cultural imperatives of mutual respect and trust, team commitment and professional values are reinforced to create an environment in which sexist behaviors, sexual harassment and sexual assault are not condoned, tolerated or ignored. That is our objective across the total force, it is my mission as the department's new director of SAPRO, and it is our objective at the military service academies.
And with that, I'll just say thank you and look forward to taking your questions.
Q: Thanks. Thom Shanker with the Times. Thanks for your time today.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Sure.
Q: You mentioned that the numbers were down at two of the three academies. Can you give us academy-by-academy numbers? And also, can you tell us, if possible, the reported incidents, were they student-on-student or some of them faculty- or supervisor-on-student?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Yeah, thanks, Thom. Let me -- let me take the first part of that question, and then I'm going to have Dr. Galbreath talk to the second and maybe Dr. [Van Winkle].
With regard to the reports, the breakdown by academy, in the case of the United States Military Academy, they decreased by five, so there were -- so there were 15 in academic program year '11-'12, and that went to 10 in academic program '12-'13.
In the case of the Naval Academy, they increased by two. So they went from 13 in '11-'12 to 15 in '12-'13.
And in the case of the Air Force Academy, they decreased by seven. They went from 52 in academic program year '11-'12 to 45 in '12-'13.
And, Nate, if you could, if you could talk to the second part of that question.
DR. NATE GALBREATH: Yes, sir. The vast majority of the 58 reports that we had all total that involved cadets -- midshipmen on cadet, on midshipmen, were just between them. We had only one instance of a faculty member involved in a case of abusive sexual contact at the Naval Academy. And for the details on that, I would refer you to the Naval Academy.
Q: Courtney Kube with NBC News. Hi.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Hi.
Q: Two questions. The -- is there -- do you have any data for the Naval Academy specifically, since their numbers went up, whether there was any kind of a similar increase in female midshipmen? Are there -- like, is the percentage up, as well, for men versus women? I don't know if that's something that you track.
And then, also, can you just give us a rough idea of how you are defining sexual assault for this report? Is it more than an actual rape? Is it (inaudible) categories?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Yeah. Let me say (inaudible) I mean, the first answer is, one, you know, we -- we -- we know in the case reports -- first of all, sexual assault, we know it's an underreported crime. And one of those priorities is, in fact, to increase the reporting, because that does a number of things for us.
I'm going to let Nate talk to the specifics.
DR. GALBREATH: Absolutely. So the numbers of women at the Naval Academy are about the same as they were in years prior, but to be completely accurate, I would encourage you to check with their public affairs officer there for exact numbers.
But as far as -- the second part of your question was, again?
Q: If you could just sort of give us the -- how you're defining sexual assaults in the report?
DR. GALBREATH: Ah, okay. Sexual assault in the Department of Defense represents a range of crimes between adults, and that range involves unwanted -- illegal sexual touching, non-penetrating crimes, like groping, all the way up through penetrating crimes, like rape.
Q: So it does not include sexual harassment, right?
DR. GALBREATH: It -- the definition of sexual assault does not include sexual harassment. That's correct.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Good question.
Q: General, Colonel Metzler, is there anything in the report that suggests why the Air Force had the most incidents? And I believe the previous year they had the most incidents, as well.
And, Dr. Van Winkle, is there anything to suggest from your focus group work why this is so with the Air Force Academy?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Good question.
COLONEL ALAN METZLER: The Air Force reporting climate is very positive, and that's what we've heard in numerous visits there. And Dr. Galbreath participated in those visits and can give you some specific examples.
DR. GALBREATH: One of the things that the Air Force Academy does exceptionally well is they have a sexual assault response coordinator (SARC) who is very well-known throughout the academy. Her -- she and her team work overtime in getting in front of the cadets. And just as an example of my experience with them, asking an academy cadet at the Air Force, if you needed to report a sexual assault, what -- what would you do? Almost every single one of them, in my experience to a T, says, oh, I'd call 333-SARC. That's her number. They all knew her by name, and they -- because she gets in front of them within the first weeks that are there.
Elise, did you have a follow-up?
DR. ELIZABETH P. VAN WINKLE: Well, I don't that the -- we didn't ask specifically about that -- the numbers, but to echo what Dr. Galbreath said, we did hear that at the Air Force they are more familiar with their SARC. They feel more comfortable with her. She has higher visibility. So that is something that we heard, but didn't speak specifically to that.
Q: What's her name?
DR. GALBREATH: Teresa Beasley.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: I will say that one of the benefits, I think, though, of a report -- and when you're looking across service academies, is that you -- you can take this -- what we've identified as a best practice and then -- and then recommend it and apply it across the other academies.
DR. GALBREATH: And that's very true, sir. All of the -- all of the academies have very strong people in their -- in their SARC offices. And we called that out, and we really do appreciate all the hard work that's going on everywhere. It's just that over time that Mrs. Beasley has been there the longest, I think, of all the SARCs, and so she has a very good institutional history with Air Force Academy.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Yeah, good. Please?
Q: Hi, Kristina Wong from The Hill. Can you tell us more about these cases? Are there any trends or generalizations you can make for these cases? Is it mostly male and female? And then, secondly, what -- what are some examples of sexist behaviors that you will target? And how will these be addressed, as far as you know?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: I'm going to tell you that, yes, it is more the case of men on women, but I'm going to defer to Dr. Galbreath again. And, actually, I think it will be helpful to [Dr. Van Winkle] fill out in terms of some of the comments you saw in the focus groups.
DR. GALBREATH: Yeah, it is male on female, largely. We only had, I believe, two instances of male on male violence. Essentially, these are folks that are peers or near peers, and almost every single one of the cases that we had were cadet on cadet.
DR. VAN WINKLE: In terms of sexist behavior, the survey which we conducted in 2012 has a few measures, sexual harassment being one of them, and that involves crude and offensive behavior, unwanted sexual attention and sexual coercion.
We also ask about sexist behaviors, and these would be verbal and nonverbal behaviors that would be insulting or offensive based on someone's gender. So, for example, "Women don't belong at the academy," or similar type comments.
The rates for crude and offensive behavior -- this is your typical locker room talk -- and for the sexist behavior, on the survey in 2012, those were high, particularly for women, around 80 percent to 90 percent of women indicating that they had experienced that in the last 12 months.
So when we did go out to do the focus groups, we asked a bit more about whether those rates seemed about right. And the feedback we got was that, yes, they -- they seemed about right and, in fact, many said we're surprised it's not higher. So this is where we started to see that culture that we -- that we've been discussing (inaudible)
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: I'd like to just follow up on that, is that, one, you know, as I -- as I listen to that, I want to make it clear that, you know, no one should believe they must tolerate this part of behavior as part of their education, you know, and especially as part of their learning to be an officer in the United States forces.
DR. GALBREATH: And just to underscore that, to make it clear is, why do we look at this experience of -- of sexual harassment and sexist behavior? I mean, of course, those behaviors are intolerable, and we don't want that to occur there.
But there is a strong, positive correlation between the experience of sexual harassment and the eventual sexual assault of people in military units. And so we think that, because these two problems are on the same continuum of harm, getting at that sexual harassment, the crude and sexist behavior, is part of the prevention work that goes into sexual assault.
Q: (OFF-MIC) answers now, but how do you think you can attack those -- crack down on the crude behavior?
DR. GALBREATH: That's something that the secretary has directed the superintendents to take a look at. Nobody knows their academies better than the -- than the superintendents. And so we are going to be standing behind, we're there for consultational purposes, but we have -- the secretary is going to be directing the superintendents to take a look at that and innovate solutions.
Q: Sir, Jim Garamone with American Forces Press Service. It sounds to me like you really -- what you really want to institute is generational change. I mean, Harry Truman integrated the armed forces in 1948. There are people that would say we're still in the process of that some 70 years later. And I'm just wondering if you would comment on that.
And the second thing I would ask you to -- to comment on, are these cadets and midshipmen coming in from civilian world? What -- what effect does the civilian society have on these kids, as -- as they're going to these institutions?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: First of all, I just -- listen, this is a complex problem, and it's going to require a complex set of initiatives, solutions, innovate -- I mean, it's -- it's a tough thing, and it is going to take time.
In terms of the cadets themselves, I mean, I think the really key is from day one to impart them with the -- you know, the appropriate values. I mean, at the service academies, you are talking about the best and brightest, very competitive to get in there, but yet I think the key is, from day one, what are those values that -- you know, that we try and impart upon them so that they get off on the right foot.
And then for -- I'll open it up to the panel, if there's something you'd like to add to that.
COL. METZLER: Jim, you hit on the department's approach to solving sexual assault writ large. We do aspire to be a national leader, to lead change, generational change, just like we did with integrating the armed forces. We've done it with anti-discrimination. We've done it with the repeal of "don't ask/don't tell." And we intend to impart a set of values and expectations and standards of behavior, and that's how we've led change in these other cultural issues, and that's how we intend to lead change here.
And we recognize this continuum of harm that Dr. Galbreath referenced, that the environment in which assault -- or harassment and sexist behavior and crude and offensive behavior happens in the environments in which assaults occur. And so we have to start on the low end of that continuum of harm, create that non-permissive environment, detect offenders, conduct complete and total independent investigations, and that's what we do, and then hold offenders appropriately accountable.
And that is the stated end state for this department to achieve and to prevent this crime, by establishing the cultural imperatives of team commitment, professional values, and dignity and respect across the force.
And then at the service academies specifically, leading your peers is probably the hardest thing you have to do, and sticking your neck out and telling someone to knock it off is a difficult thing, because, you know, it creates social retaliation. That's what we heard in the focus groups, and we want to teach our future leaders, those officers that have to lead from day one and enforce standards, that they need to do it at the service academies and they need to do it in the armed forces, as well.
LT. COL. WILKINSON: We have time for one last question.
Q: (OFF-MIC) from Politico. General Snow, this is your first press briefing since you have moved over. Could you talk a little bit broader about implementing the two dozen or so changes that were in the NDAA on sexual assault? And for Colonel Metzler, as well, I mean, what are the benchmarks that you're actually doing to implement everything that was in -- in the law that President Obama just signed? And then you've got a December deadline to really make significant changes, as the president said. What are your benchmarks to actually achieve that?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Yeah. Well, thanks, a very good question. So the first thing -- and I -- and I will defer to -- to Alan on this particular question. And number one you know, what am I doing? The first thing I'm doing is, there have been a number -- as you indicated, a number of directives that have been put in place. And so the first thing I'm doing is making sure I fully understand and that we, the department, are taking the appropriate steps to implement them.
And so that's -- I'll say that about that. With regard -- you know, you alluded to the report, and with regard to that, I mean, one, what we are doing there is we're making sure that we understand what the requirements of that are and then working with the White House on ensuring that we've got a clear plan forward to make sure we meet that requirement.
COL. METZLER: Darren , to talk about implementation, we've taken a strategic approach, as you know. We published a strategy last year. The secretary required that each of the services establish a strategy consistent with the five lines of effort that we have published.
We have very clear benchmarks in each -- we have a number of tasks, 80 to 90 tasks in our strategic plan. What we do is we get external findings, external suggestions, and we have the authority to act, the secretary is acting and we are implementing policy.
We take the National Defense Authorization Act initiatives. We apply them in the lines of effort, the prevention, investigation, accountability, victim assistance and oversight lines of effort, and we have a very robust oversight structure that includes weekly meetings with the secretary of defense. He calls them his accountability meeting, because he's holding the entire department accountable to implement the policy that he directs and that Congress passes into law.
We -- we hold joint executive councils with the Joint Chiefs. And General Snow chairs a bimonthly integrative product team that provides daily oversight of the implementation. We've had 60 provisions of law over the last three years. They're all tracked and they're aggressively implemented. And then we report those out through metrics, and we are working with the White House on metrics, and Dr. Galbreath could talk a little bit more about the direction we're going with our metrics.
DR. GALBREATH: The -- we've prepared the first set of six metrics that have been through the Joint Chiefs and received the approval of both the Joint Chiefs and also the Office of the Secretary of Defense. We'll be providing those to the White House here within -- within the next week. And over the next few months, we'll be developing a number of -- a secondary set of metrics that get more at prevalence and culture change.
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: Good question.
LT. COL. WILKINSON: Sir, do you have any closing comments?
MAJ. GEN. SNOW: I do. Thanks, Cathy, and thanks for being here.
I just wanted to conclude by making a couple points. I mean, one, you know, my -- my mission is clear, reduce with the intent to eliminate sexual assault in our military. It's a daunting task. I've lost a lot of sleep in my first week on the job. But I'm committed to accomplishing the mission.
As you can see, by the folks just on this table, the good news is that I'm supported by a dedicated team and a group of professionals both inside and outside of the department that want to do the same thing.
There's going to be -- there's going to be days when we present bad news to you. There will be others when we're able to demonstrate progress on the problem. Either way, I am committed to communicating our findings, results and progress in a candid and transparent manner.
The department will continue to assess the effectiveness of our programs, as Alan indicated, in terms of preventing sexual assault, investigating the crime, providing effective assistance and support to victims and then holding our military accountable for progress on this issue at the service academies and throughout the entire department.
It is clear from this report that we must expand and improve the prevention efforts that are having a positive impact throughout each of the academies and our services. We'll continue to implement programs and initiatives that make a difference in addressing how victims are treated.
And, lastly, for those of you who have been a victim of this crime, I want you to know that we are working to -- very hard to establish a climate where these assaults do not happen. If you have been a victim, please consider reaching out to your local SARC, victim advocate, a health care professional, or the DOD safe help line. I assure you, you will be treated with the privacy you desire, the sensitivity you deserve, and the seriousness that this crime demands.
Thank you very much.
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Posted on January 6th 2010 by Monsieur Le Bun in Guest Picks
Bon Anniversaire ma chere amis! I hope you are to be having a year most fantastique and filled with ze kawaii! Ze famille Le Bun had une enjoyables New Year in Paris watching ze fireworks and drinking ze champagne. Jacques, he has not seen ze fireworks before and thought ze sky had exploded, haw hee haw. But today I have ze guest pickings for you – please to welcome little t jane, who makes ze cute stamps of rubber and has ze blog of kawaii findings. Bonjour Tracy!
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Oh hello, Monsieur le Bun! Thank you for asking me to share some super cute kawaii picks with your readers. yay! My name is Tracy of little t jane (littletjane.com & littletjane.etsy.com).
Hello Kitty is classic cute. And these Hello Kitty Pajamas from Sleepyheads are tops! Footed PJs (we used to call them bunny suits when we were little) are the best. It would be most fun to join my children in this warm and cute option of sleepwear!
When I'm not in my pjs, you can often find me wearing t-shirts like this one on my wishlist. Spacetime by Andy Miller from Poketo! Awesome.
And wearing tiny sterling silver earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. This CLOUD sterling silhouette necklace by Brooklyn's Ball and Chain Jewelry is right up my alley. Available at Supermarket. Simply sweet!!!
Cute bunny enamel pin from Sick For Cute. Eeek! Perfect finishing touch for your winter coat!
Cute and happy things inspire me so much. Cerf, by French illustrator Marion Billet (from L'Affiche Moderne), is darling! All of her work is full of super cute little characters, and this print is chock full of cute personality. So sweet!
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