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|Christmas Sacred and Secular
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|December 14, 2005
|Would C.S. Lewis Have Risked a Disney 'Nightmare'?
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|December 14, 2005
|Toward Freedom In The Arab World
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|December 7, 2005
|The State of Flux
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|November 30, 2005
|God and Man in the Environmental Debate
|by Jay W. Richards
|November 23, 2005
|There has to be a Better Way
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|November 16, 2005
|Why Not Fair-Trade Beer and Cakes?
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|Rosa Parks and the Two Black Americas
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|Compassion -- A Uniquely Human Trait
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|October 26, 2005
|El Salvador's Secret: Freedom and Opportunity Cure Poverty
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|October 19, 2005
|Sin is Not Cost Effective
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|October 12, 2005
|Natural Justice, Eminent Domain, and Corporate Welfare
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|October 5, 2005
|Afterthoughts on the Aftermath of the New Orleans Flood
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|September 28, 2005
|The Nose of a Camel: The Federal Government and Education
|by Kevin E. Schmiesing
|September 21, 2005
|Whining is un-American
|by Jennifer Roback Morse
|September 14, 2005
|Low Marx for Poor Memory
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|September 7, 2005
|Pascal's Blunder: Miscalculating the Threat of Global Warming
|by Jordan Ballor
|August 31, 2005
|Robertson's Fatwa
|by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
|August 31, 2005
|For Our Freedom and Yours: Remembering Solidarity
|by Samuel Gregg
|August 24, 2005
|Back to School, Back to Parents
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|August 17, 2005
|Benedict and World Youth Day: Becoming Adults in Christ
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|August 10, 2005
|Miracles of God and Miracles of Science
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|August 3, 2005
|Voluntary Association and Union Politics
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|Family Values and Grand Theft Auto
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|Ghetto Cracker: The Hip Hop 'Sell Out'
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|More Government Control of Charities Looms
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|Heroes of the Half-Measure: Christian Advocates for Government Charity
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|Our Slap-Happy Slide into Techno-Violence
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We've already discussed how much Mark Twain hated Jane Austen, to the extent that, when he was on his deathbed, one of his friends kept threatening to come read Jane Austen to him if he didn't recover. But was Mark Twain alone? No! And there's no war like a war of the words. Here are some of our favorites (we've helpfully picked the winner in each case so you're not confused.)
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HCMH seeks $13.9 million budget
Financial matters consumed the majority of Monday's meeting of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital (HCMH) Board of Trustees.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Art Holle provided the monthly summary of finances for December 2012, and also explained the hospital's budget.
Holle said expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, were $12,996,387. The estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year will be $13,391,621, an increase of 3.1 percent. The proposed expenditures for fiscal 2014 will be $13,900,000, a 4.5 percent increase.
Holle noted while the hospital's total budget will be less than the published amounts, the county budget certification serves as a spending limit for the non-profit, county entity.
Holle said the tax levy for next year will remain constant at $300,000.
New board member Scott Curran, who was officially sworn in at the meeting, moved to accept the budget and set a public hearing for Monday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 a.m. The board unanimously agreed.
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FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) -- In September, we told you about a skimmer found on an ATM at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Now, police say skimmers were found there again and at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital.
One skimmer was found by a hospital worker on the ATM near the lobby gift shop at Inova Fairfax Hospital on Monday, say Fairfax County police. The worker saw the slot for the card was loose and when she put her card in, the skimmer fell off. She told security who called police. Police think it may have been on the ATM for weeks.
The other skimmer was found on an ATM on Wednesday by a security guard at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital lobby near the cafeteria. the guard had been told about the device.
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IBM Cited As a Leader in Business Intelligence Services by Independent Research Firm
IBM recently announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has recognized IBM as a market leader in business intelligence (BI) services according to the October 2012 report, The Forrester WaveTM: Business Intelligence Services Providers, Q4 20121. The report, which evaluates the leading BI providers by strategy and technology expertise, cites IBM as leading the market in both areas.
Based on a 53-criteria evaluation of BI services
providers, the report indicates that in addition to having one of the largest
business intelligence practices globally, with "capabilities and presence in a
broad range of industries, technologies and geographies, IBM has skills in core
BI areas (advisory, technology implementation, and outsourcing) and has
pioneered some of the most innovative research and offerings in the market
today, such as the Watson cognitive computing system."
The report also emphasizes that while IBM has a substantial number of external alliances, with firms like SAP, Oracle and Teradata, it also has expertise in its own analytics products such as InfoSphere, SPSS, and Cognos. Additionally IBM is the only vendor to get a perfect score for the Strategy, as well as the "Use of BI methodology within one's business," categories.


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(KGW) A Camas, Washington teen left a chilling message in her journal before she vanished on June 23rd.
"If you're reading this, I'm either missing or dead".
Anji Dean's parents say they're shocked and scared that no one has heard from the 17-year-old for two weeks and they fear that she's become a sex trafficking victim.
"We have no idea where she is or who she's with," Lynda Jorgensen, Anji's mother, says. "She can't be doing this on her own, so we're really, really afraid for her."
Jorgensen said, in the months before Anji vanished, she'd made comments to teachers and counselors that she was in something that she couldn't get out of. Also, on the day she vanished, she texted her boyfriend saying she'd gotten into something bad and that someone was threatening to kill him and her family.
Then, just hours before Anji vanished, a neighbor said she saw her getting out of an older blue Volvo that was filled with people. She said the driver was a black man, about 25 to 35 years old, with a goatee.
The 17-year-old left her home near 192nd in Camas between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on June 23rd.
"It scares the bejesus out of me because she didn't just run off on her own," said Jorgensen.
There were more red flags in this case. Anji left behind her wallet, bank cards, her glasses, and clothes.
"She only took what she was wearing, which was black running tights, a white razor back tank top and white Nike shoes," said her mom.
Authorities also discovered a cell phone that Anji's parents didn't know she had. They are analyzing it for clues.
Anji used to be a cheerleader. She also volunteered as an Explorer Scout for the Clark County Sheriff's Department. Now that same department is investigating her disappearance. If you know anything about the case your are urged to contact Detective Scott Kirgiss at 360-397-2028.
You can also follow the case on the Help Find Anji Facebook page created by the family.


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WASHINGTON – One of D.C.'s favorite athletes got in the Halloween spirit with a costume honoring his own famous quip.
In June, Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper grabbed headlines with his "That's a clown question, bro" response to a reporter's question. For Halloween, Harper dressed up as – what else? – a clown.
The costume featured Harper (or what appears to be Harper, since the photos came from his Twitter account) in an orange body suit/unitard and oversized bowtie, along with a red clown nose, gigantic glasses and colorful wig.
From the photos, shorts appear to have been optional, although the "Don't be a clown, bro" shirt provides a nice extra touch.
Helping to bottom off the outfit is a nod to another famous Washington athlete: a pair of mismatched Adidas RGIII socks. Harper also took to the Twitterverse to announce his acquisition of the socks last month.
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Make a third icon for fortified town?
I'm having some trouble when it comes to labeling my map. Basically, my confusion comes down to using 'city/town icons' vs. 'castle icons'.
Like, in situations where a settlement is either around a castle/fort, or else they're close enough that they'd occupy roughly the same spot on the map. For example, I wanna put down your typical castle-town somewhere. Or say it's a sizable city instead, perhaps the capital or a trade hub, and the ruler's castle is on a nearbye hill overlooking the city.
I guess maybe with the castle-towns, a 'castle icon' would be more appropiate? But what about larger settlements? If I use a 'city icon', how would I indicate that there's also an adjacent fortification without trying to smush the two icons next to each other?
On a related note, just how common were "urban" castles, those near or within settlements?
Make a third icon for fortified town?
I have to disagree with that. The cathar castles (south France), previously built to protect the boundary from Kingdom of Aragon ( in Spain), are some isolated ones that belongs to local lords that welcomed the cathars who sought refuge there.
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Isolated castles existed at strategic locations (near borders, trade routes, straits, etc.), or just when the owner could not provide a location next to the castle where a town could survive economically (other towns were too close, or there was no possibility for sufficient supply with goods, or no trade route existed)Isolated fortresses and castles usually belonged only to robber knights.
A village was often established next to the castle, but when there already existed some rural structures, the castle was often built at a place which was easy to defend (even when there was no possibility to found a village nearby)
Castle icons were usually the icons of the owners' families. Those icons were subdivided into a part of the lords' family's icon, and another part of the icon of the lady.'city/town icons' vs. 'castle icons'.
Cities were granted special icons by their owners when they reached a certain degree of independence. Those icons were not subdivided (at least not because of a marriage ), but showed a single symbol (like a town wall, a tower, or sometimes the sign of a saint which was related to the town).
The poster was referring to map icons, not crests. Furthermore, I would go with what Max said. Make more icons.


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Inflation of a Spherical Rubber Balloon
Application ID: 12599
This model aims to investigate the inflation of a rubber balloon with different hyperelastic material models, and compare the results to analytical expressions.
A controlled inflation could benefit clinical applications, cardiovascular research, and the medical device industry, thus the importance of understanding the hyperelastic behavior during balloon inflations. The example is taken from the book "Nonlinear Solid Mechanics", by G. Holzapfel.


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One of the bizarre details of my past is that I starred in a filmstrip for Parks Canada when I was a kid. It was called "The Aspen Curtain" and was all about the various species of trees found in Elk Island National Park. My nine-year-old noodle absorbed all kinds of little facts, one being that tamaracks, though a conifer, are deciduous: they turn gold and shed their needles in the winter.
That little nugget of knowledge was sleeping in the back of my brain when we were given a bunch of cast-offs from a tree planting expedition a few years ago. Not being ones to let a tree die without giving it a fighting chance, we put them all in the ground. Many of them died back anyway, turning brown or yellow. But one of these came back in the spring, with healthy, bright green growth. I was mystified. I had assumed all the baby conifers were spruce or pine or fir, and had not taken the time to ID them (and honestly, when they're that little, they're a lot alike. At least to me.).
How exciting! A tamarack of my very own!
Then a neighbour happened by and got pretty excited when he saw it. "That's a larch!" he said, "I love larches. They're my favourite tree!" We stroked its lovely soft needles and exclaimed about its airy structure. I agreed that it is one of my very favourite trees, and respecting his backwoods knowledge more than my moviemaking memory, mentally christened the little gem a larch. Larches must be another deciduous conifer, I thought, and left it at that. No research, no verification.
I really can be horribly pedantic when I want to, but apparently I wasn't in the mood that day.
That changed when we went to Kalispell, Montana this last weekend.
As we crossed through the Flathead National Forest, we started seeing brilliant yellow trees dotted amongst the pine and spruce. Disease crossed my mind, but just as quickly I realized I was looking at larch trees. Hundreds of them. Maybe thousands. Being used to seeing my one solitary specimen, this was like a big golden early Christmas present.
I'm sure I've been looking at them constantly when I've been in the mountains, and just didn't realize it: this week my timing was right to see their golden colour. When they're green or naked, they kind of disappear into the forest. Even in the four days we were there, we saw them fade and begin to drop.
But what about the big question: tamarack or larch? The lovely people we asked called it a 'tamarack larch' which I found completely unhelpful at the time, but turns out to perfectly accurate.
A tamarack larch, or American larch (Larix laricina), is likely what we were looking at in Montana, which is a species of the genus Larix, which includes several European and North American species. So all tamaracks are larches, but not all larches are tamaracks.
Kind of like all cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti.
As for exactly which larch mine is, I'm done with being pedantic today. I'm just enjoying the colours.


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We hope you enjoy this teaser of, DOLLS, by Stuart Gelzer. The rest of the story can be found in our most recent issue, 64.3.
Though he didn't know it when he set off for work, Turek had already lost his job. No one had the decency or common sense to call him at home and save him the trip across town (two marshrutkas, both crowded). When he got to the Polytechnic they said they'd been too overwhelmed to think of it, what with everything, blah blah blah, though they were all just sitting around the staff office watching some glitter-covered Kazakh rapper on YouTube—trying to suck up as much Internet as their heads could hold before someone came and repossessed the computers.
Apparently once the head of the Polytechnic had collected all of this term's tuition (U.S. dollars, cash only, please!), he put it in a suitcase and left for Germany. When Turek said, "Wouldn't he get stopped at the airport?" the young people looked up from the screen and smiled condescendingly and said, "Turek, Turek!" and rubbed their fingers and thumbs together like carpet merchants—but if these kids were so cool and in the know, what were they still doing here? They went back to watching the Kazakh video, their faces bathed in golden light, and Turek stood there awhile, long enough for them to have forgotten him. Then he said, "So how do I get paid for the weeks I taught so far?" and they didn't say anything, though one of the young women laughed, maybe at the music video. Because he couldn't seem to stop himself from asking dumb questions, he said, "Has anyone notified the students?" This time all of them looked up and laughed, and the skinny guy whose name he couldn't remember said, "Hey, good idea, Turek, why don't you go down the hall and break the news to your class?"
It was class time, but in the room where he'd been teaching this term he saw only two students, and they were sitting on a desk kissing. Turek said, "Excuse me." They kept going awhile, and when they stopped they looked annoyed. "Are we bothering you, Dad?" When he told them the Polytechnic was closed the girl said, "What Polytechnic?" So apparently everybody had figured it out except him.
Leaving the dim urine-scented lobby, Turek pushed open the heavy front door that still said Twenty-First Century Polytechnic and went down the wide uneven broken stairs, rusty rebar poking through the gaps in the marble here and there. He stepped back onto the curb to dodge a clanging streetcar, and decided to save his return marshrutka money and go home on foot: after all, what was there to hurry for now? As he walked along Young Pioneer Avenue—it had a new name, but he couldn't recall it—he pictured his mother, poor woman, all those decades ago in another and simpler world, writing carefully on the title page of the yellowing old book that was to be his graduation present, Remember, now and always, the door to the future stands wide open before you!
Of course, when she said things like that his mother couldn't imagine the real future, the one in which her beloved Soviet Union fell, first to its knees, then onto its face, then into a dozen bleeding amputated fragments—nor could she imagine that her clean shiny son, the pride of the V. I. Lenin Central School, would grow up to mimic the Soviet Union in everything short of the dismemberment (so far). Maybe it was a good thing that his mother, taken from him so suddenly, had not lived to see Turek in the full fruit of his manhood: desperately clinging to his last few remaining strands of hair, inexplicably bony and a little bit pot-bellied at the same time, forever exploring the gaps left by a couple of strategically missing teeth (all the dentists seemed to have left for Brighton Beach), still short of fifty, and now walking home jobless.


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The Honors College is a non-degree-granting college of the university whose primary role is to provide learning opportunities, intellectual challenge and a supportive environment for bright and motivated students. The Experimental and Integrative Studies division of the college offers nontraditional learning and teaching experiences for the entire university community's students and faculty.
The Honors College is at the center of Kent State University's nearly 100-year tradition of providing special attention to undergraduates with outstanding intellectual and creative ability. Within the framework of the larger university, with its diverse academic programs and excellent research and library facilities, the Honors College offers students enriched and challenging courses and programs, opportunities for close relationships with their peers and faculty, and careful advising to meet their interests and goals.
Students interested in admission to the Honors College as freshmen are encouraged to apply during their senior year in high school. Application materials include records of academic performance and scores on nationally standardized tests. The admissions staff also seeks evidence of creative ability, leadership, service and motivation.
Interested students are invited to visit the campus to meet with an honors advisor, visit an honors class and learn about academic programs of interest to them. Arrangements may be made by contacting the Honors College (contact information above). Students currently enrolled in the university and transfer students may apply for admission to the college as late as the end of their junior year.
The Honors College awards merit scholarships to selected entering freshmen who have the potential for superior scholarly and creative work at the university. Scholarship recipients are members of the Honors College and can retain their scholarships for four years if they meet specified academic expectations. Students already enrolled in the Honors College also can apply for a limited number of merit scholarships.
Entering freshmen applying for admission to the University are automatically considered for admission to the Honors College and Freshman Honors Scholarships, ranging from $1,500 to full in-state tuition, room, board and books. Most honors scholarships are awarded to students who may select any major for their undergraduate studies. Some scholarships, however, are reserved for students in specific academic disciplines (e.g., journalism, business, physics, humanities and education).
The Creative Artist Awards Competition (held annually on the Kent Campus) provides $1,500 to $3,500 to students majoring in art, dance, music, theatre and visual communication design. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic credentials and an audition or portfolio review. College students are welcome to join the Honors College as well as apply for $1,000 Honors Academic Achievement Awards.
The Honors College is guided by two basic principles: The first is a responsibility to provide academic work that offers intellectual challenge to the best students in the university and demands of them the best effort of which they are capable. To this end, courses are designed to stretch the mind, sharpen skills and encourage high standards of performance.
The second principle is a belief that, regardless of degree program, students should be liberally educated. That is, they should understand and appreciate the language, literature and history of our culture; the social, political and economic structure of our society; the creative achievements that enrich our lives; and the basic assumptions and substance of the natural sciences. Honors students are, therefore, encouraged to select courses that provide an understanding of the arts, humanities and sciences.
Honors courses are available throughout the undergraduate years and can be used to meet requirements in all degree-granting colleges and schools of the university and to satisfy the Kent Core. All honors freshmen are enrolled in the year-long Freshman Honors Colloquium. The colloquium is designed to be a rigorous course in reading, thinking and writing about literature and ideas. The goal of the course is to develop habits of intellectual inquiry, mature understanding and effective communication that will serve the students through the college years and afterward.
Beyond the freshman colloquium, many honors courses offered by distinguished faculty from academic departments throughout the university are available each semester. Although these courses differ significantly in content, from art to zoology, they share a common form. Class enrollments are small, and students can get to know each other and their professors in an environment that encourages learning through discussion, reading, individual work and writing. These programs combine a core of honors courses common to all majors and honors courses in basic disciplines including the humanities, the social sciences and mathematics/science.
Honors students are encouraged to study on a one-to-one basis with members of the faculty. Individual honors work is possible from freshman through senior years and can take many forms. For example, it has been used by students to enrich the content of a non-honors course, to "create" a course not available in the regular curriculum or to undertake a specialized scholarly or creative project.
Many honors seniors conclude their undergraduate careers by completing a sustained scholarly or creative project under faculty guidance. This Senior Honors Thesis/Project is one of the requirements for Graduation with Honors discussed below. Theses and projects have been submitted by seniors from all of the degree-granting colleges and schools at Kent State University and have ranged over many disciplines and areas of creative endeavor. Novels and plays have been written; research has been undertaken in the natural and social sciences; historical events and periods have been critically analyzed; architectural models have been proposed for urban renewal sites; and paintings and films have been created and exhibited. Each thesis/project attests to the willingness of honors students to extend learning beyond the classroom to self-directed efforts appropriate to the conclusion of an enriched program of study.
Other opportunities for honors work are available. These include sophomore, junior and senior honors colloquia that are frequently interdisciplinary in content; enrollment in graduate-level courses during the undergraduate years; and participation in combined bachelor's/master's degree programs.
The college offers three programs for Graduation with Honors. Although each has minimum GPA requirements, the primary emphasis is on the successful completion of an undergraduate degree program, including a Senior Honors Thesis or Project. Graduation with Departmental Honors stresses upper-division work in the students' major department. The requirements are sufficiently flexible to enable undergraduates who join honors in their junior year to participate in and complete this program. Graduation with General Honors requires sustained participation in honors work throughout the undergraduate years. Students who complete this program take approximately one-fourth of their credits in honors courses and independent study. The rigorous standards of performance required for Graduation with University Honors make this the highest recognition the university can bestow on a graduating senior.
Students who do not wish to graduate with honors may participate in honors work on a more informal basis, selecting courses and developing independent study projects to meet collegial and departmental requirements or to satisfy personal interests. Students who graduate from the university as Honors College Scholars are identified by a notation on their transcripts.
The Honors College has its own advising staff whose first contact with students is just before the start of the freshman year. At this time, students discuss opportunities for honors work and select courses for the fall. Freshmen maintain frequent contact with their advisors and are encouraged to develop a long-range plan to organize their academic work in accordance with their interests and career aspirations. In addition to the college advising staff, faculty throughout the university are available to assist honors students in selecting courses to meet departmental requirements for graduation. For students who are planning to go on to graduate and professional schools, the college sponsors an annual workshop dealing with application procedures and with financial assistance and fellowship opportunities.
The Honors College residence building, the Stopher-Johnson Complex, is located at the center of campus. Honors students living there have the best of both worlds—a nurturing and stimulating first-year experience with other honors students, as well as convenient access to the surrounding Kent State campus community.
The Honors Center includes the three-story Johnson and Stopher Halls, a library/computer room, gallery space, a reception lobby and advising offices. Students live just steps away from the Honors College dean and its academic advisors.
Student involvement in the affairs of the college is a tradition. For example, honors students are eligible to serve as voting members of the Honors College Policy Council. This group, composed of an equal number of honors students and faculty, participates in policy decisions affecting the college. Each year, honors students, faculty and staff cooperate to organize Honors Week, a celebration of intellectual and creative achievement. Outstanding individuals from both inside and outside the university are invited to present challenging ideas, innovative research and demonstrations of artistic talent to the university community.
Kent State University participates in the Advanced Placement Program administered by the College Board. The latter prepares tests to assess the work of high school students who have taken college-level courses at their high schools. Examinations are offered in art, biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, English literature and composition, government, history, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, statistics, French, German, Latin and Spanish. The university will grant college credit for such courses in which satisfactory scores have been attained by the high school student. The Honors College administers the AP program for Kent State; information can be found on the Honors College website.
The objectives of Experimental and Integrative Studies are:
- To provide a means by which faculty and other qualified members of the university community may develop, offer and test innovative courses that meet a legitimate intellectual need of students but are not regular curricular offerings of the existing academic units.
- To provide for the offering of courses on a temporary and topical basis that deal with matters of current social or cultural concern in a manner that presents a variety of perspectives.
- To provide occasionally for the offerings of courses such as Career Exploration that support university programs.
- To encourage interdisciplinary and integrative teaching and learning of a kind not frequently found in the traditional academic units.
- To encourage generally a spirit of curricular experimentation, integration and innovation in course content and pedagogy throughout the university community.
Experimental and Integrative Studies provides opportunity for faculty and staff to develop courses not presently available in the university curriculum. This is accomplished through selected topics offerings, which are now letter-graded with a few exceptions. Commonly offered under this title are courses such as Career Exploration, Film Classics and Diabetes Management. While the coursework is often rigorous and demanding, the non-traditional approach toward teaching lends itself well to exploring new modes of learning. To ensure that experimental work does not preempt students' primary academic work, students may take only one experimental class a semester (exception: Service-Learning Contract). Each semester, Experimental and Integrative Studies publishes its own catalog (found on the Honors College website) describing the selected topics for that semester.


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Kisatchie National Forest
Contact Information
Supervisor's Office
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, Louisiana 71360-2009
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F
Phone: (318) 473-7160
Caney Ranger District
3288 Highway 79
Homer, Louisiana 71040-3951
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. M-F
Phone: (318) 927-2061 or (318) 927-2062
Calcasieu Ranger District
9912 Highway 28 West
Boyce, Louisiana 71409
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. M-F
Phone: (318) 793-9427
Catahoula Ranger District
5325 LA Highway 8
Bentley, Louisiana 71407-9726
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F
Phone: (318) 765-3554 or (318) 765-3555
Kisatchie Ranger District
229 Dogwood Park Road
Provencal, Louisiana 71468
Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. M-F
Phone: 318-472-1840
Fax: 318-472-3590
Winn Ranger District
12319 U.S. Highway 84 West
Winnfield, Louisiana 71483
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F
Phone: (318) 628-4664
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Make your on-line donation today. There is no getting around the current realities of the economy. We are working hard to sustain our mission of presenting Shakespeare free-of charge to the community. As with many organizations and households, we have tightened our belts and eliminated all but the most necessary costs to create a beautiful production and make sure hundreds of kids can experience year round education programs and Camp Shakespeare.
With generous foundation and corporate support we have the building blocks of our season, but with funds still needed we turn to the individuals and families who understand the importance of the Festival—who understand that many people who attend the Festival simply cannot afford a ticket to any other performing arts event—who understand that gathering a diverse audience peacefully together in a public park strengthens our sense of community—who understand that the arts lift us up and remind us of who we are and who understand how much we need that right now.
Please consider supporting the Festival this year. And when you arrive in the park and see all the people flooding through the front gates, you'll be able to say, "It's free because of me."


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Abukai Aims to Take the Pain Out of Those Pesky Expense Reports
Expense reports: They are the bane of the busy business traveler. Between saving all those receipts, scanning them, documenting, and filling out the paperwork, recouping your money can be a mammoth time suck. It doesn't have to be.


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A look at the holiday specials and movies airing this weekend. Check local listings for times and channel information.
Friday, Dec. 6
"Frosty's Winter Wonderland," ABC Family (cartoon; the world's most famous snowman)
"Frosty the Snowman," CBS (cartoon classic; Frosty comes to life)
"Yes, Virginia," CBS (animated telling of the holiday classic)
Sunday, Dec. 8
"Santa Baby," ABC Family (movie; Jenny McCarthy wants to know if you've been naughty or nice?)
"Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe," ABC Family (movie; sequel)
"The Mistle-Tones," ABC Family (TV show)
"Holidaze," ABC Family (TV show)


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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Adrian Dantley left the NBA in 1991, but now he has a new job: crossing guard.
Radio station WTOP (http://bit.ly/YlNvyo) reports Dantley, who spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz and the Detroit Pistons, started working as a crossing guard in September 2012. He works an hour a day at Eastern Middle School and New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md.
Ths 6-foot-5 Dantley grew up in the area and says he took the job for the health care benefits and to have something to do. The Montgomery County civil service records show he gets paid $14,685.50 a year. Dantley says he doesn't need the money.


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Networks Go Flat So Data Can Go Faster
Today's application requirements place new demands on the data center network fabric to deliver non-stop, ultra-low latency traffic flows. This traffic is increasingly "east-west" in nature to enable server-to-server communications versus the "north-south" traffic that characterizes conventional client/server and Web-based application environments. In fact, today, as much as 80 to 85 per cent of the traffic in cloud and virtualized server infrastructures – moves from server to server.
Deployment of the network fabric to serve these "east-west" requirements ideally begins at the edge of the network, close to servers, applications, users and innovation. So, today's evolving data center architectures start with building out the fabric at the edge, connecting multiple blade servers, racks or systems, and eventually connecting multiple data centers. This is all about allowing clients to take advantage of fabric technology without expecting them to undertake an expensive and resource intensive forklift upgrade. That's why starting at the edge makes a lot of sense.
For the intensive machine-to-machine communications required for server virtualization, cloud computing and high performance computing applications such as high-frequency trading, latency should be as close as you can possibly get to zero. There is the basic latency associated with the speed of light and the transmission medium, so as close as you can possibly get to zero defines the ideal. People in the industry have used the term the race to zero latency as a way of describing this insatiable quest for driving latency out of the system.
Clients are deploying IT infrastructure on an unprecedented scale. For example, data centers that were deploying five to six thousand servers on an annualized basis are now are routinely looking at deploying an order of magnitude more server infrastructure. So the scale at which these clients are deploying server infrastructure and storage capacity is huge. And if the network fabric that is connecting these servers and storage devices does not scale along with servers and storage, then you've got a problem.
While on one hand, clients are staring down the barrel of deploying an order of magnitude more servers and storage infrastructure than they ever have before, on the other hand they're also concerned about ineffectiveness as it relates to utilization of their IT infrastructure. A big focus for enterprises is to increase the utilization of their IT infrastructure. The airline industry calls this yield management. The hospitality industry calls this occupancy rates. In the context of the data center, this is all about maximizing the utilization of IT infrastructure.
We in IBM System Networking agree with The Register's Timothy Prickett-Morgan who in an insightful article "No More Tiers for Flat Networks," writes, "For companies that need network traffic to move more efficiently at higher bandwidth and with lower latencies, then a leaf-spine network that has a flatter architecture, or perhaps a fat tree network inspired by supercomputers or a Clos network inspired by telecommunications, might be just the ticket."
The definition of an ideal fabric is one that does not require clients to jump through hoops, change out servers or add unnecessary complexity. A good fabric should be one that can provide connectivity for the client's existing infrastructure. That's why IBM is a big proponent of standards, because we fundamentally believe that standards can bring not only the most innovative solutions to marketplace, but also deliver solutions that don't lock clients into a particular type of technology or a specific vendor.
The data center network is going through a major transformation to support server virtualization and cloud computing, convergence of data storage, server-to-server traffic and new high-performance applications. To address these needs, the data center network fabric, the system network architecture that interconnects server devices and storage devices in a data center environment, has become a critical lynchpin of data center architecture. And the move to flat networks is enabling the fabric to help data go faster. And for today's requirements, faster is most definitely better.


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Out of all of the skin concerns, acne is among the most common. While ordinarily associated with the teenage years, many adults experience acne breakouts well into middle age. MD Formulations Acne Treatments were designed to help acne sufferers achieve clear skin while also maintaining the clarity and preventing future breakouts. MD Formulations Acne Treatments are formulated with clinically proven ingredients that help to dry up blemishes and allow the skin to heal with minimal irritation. The treatment of acne requires a dedication to a high quality skin care regimen that keeps the skin clean and treated without drying.
MD Formulations Acne Treatments work best when used in conjunction with other products from the MD Formulations line such as cleansers, toners, moisturizers and exfoliators. MD Formulations Acne Treatments cater to different skin types and needs. Adult acne generally calls for a gentler approach whereas teens can usually tolerate very strong acne medications in high concentrations. MD Formulations Acne Treatments are proven effective to help clear acne while reducing the occurrence of further breakouts.
MD Formulations Acne Treatments should be used on a daily basis for ongoing results. Clear skin comes from dedication and consistency using quality products from MD Formulations.
When choosing one of MD Formulations Acne Treatments, it is best to consider the ingredients and the benefits.
MD Formulations Vit-A-Plus Skin Clearing Complex clears blemishes using both alpha hydroxy and beta hydroxy acids as well as retinol. This acne treatment also offers outstanding anti-aging benefits and leaves the skin clear and radiant. This is a lightweight gel that helps to eliminate shine while clearing and preventing blemishes. Enlarged pores will also be minimized with regular use.
MD Formulations Benzoyl Peroxide 10 is a very strong medication with the highest level of benzoyl peroxide which oxygenates the follicles to kill the bacteria that causes acne. This is a hydrating formula that works while minimizing irritation. It can be used all over or as a spot treatment for inflamed pimples.
MD Formulations Glycare Acne Gel contains a high level of salicylic acid to purify the pores, clearing blemishes and helping to prevent future breakouts. The gel also contains alpha hydroxy acids that help exfoliate dead skin cells and refine the skin's surface. This is a lightweight gel that can be used every day for the maintenance of clear skin. It leaves the skin smooth, soft and glowing.


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Top Definition
Strength of wind as defined by the length of a 90 inch chain welded to a pole. Wind speed is determined by the length of horizontal chain, before it begins to droop down vertically. The stronger the wind, the greater the horizontal length before dangling downwards.
Dang, Elbert! Let's go hot air ballooning today! The wyoming windsock is only stretching out 30 inches! Let's go!
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I tried many things found on this site, but always unable to make Outlook works fine ...
Outlook with a normal account (pop3): works great
Outlook with Zimbra account: error LSMSSP.DLL
- ZDB file has been created (c/users/myuser/appData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook
Panel Config / Courier / edit profile show me the right profile, data file which is attached to this profile is shown in the right place, account is created and configured.
I have tried several times to regsvr32 famous dll files, to modify path variable, to delete zcs files, zsc program, to copy DLL files from program files x86/common files/system/msmapi/1036 in office directory, windows/system32 directory, to copy the MSPST32.dll files ... nothing is working...
So, is there a full process i can follow from the beginning to try everything which could be wrong ... ?
The hardware is a samsung ATIV 700t, and it is not planned to reinstall everything, os copy is not provided with...
Thanks a lot.
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Congrats, that is a great looking bull with some mass to him!
Hey folks, I had some luck last Monday in Wyoming. I guess I need a smiling lesson for the pics-
Enjoy, I'm still on cloud 9. Let it snow!!!
Congrats, that is a great looking bull with some mass to him!
PS pardon the gut pile too, I didn't even realize it at the time....
Sweet bull...details please.
They say there's good bulls in that unit.. He looks like he was one of them. Nice bull, congrats.
That is a great bull! Good job and glad you had a good season.
A bad day in the woods is better than a good day at work.
Shoot the best, Shoot PSE!
Congrats great bull!! Is that guts or another elk behind him?
geez snowstorm! the boy has some mass to it, nice work. and i love the gut pile, shows your a do it your selfer, well respected.
That's a really nice bull, great job. Story please...
Nice Bull snowstorm. I like the mass of his antlers. Congratulations. well done.


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I am looking for some information from my fellow small/medium business users about the best path to implementing the ZCS for Blackberry. My company is currently trialing blackberry deployment with about 5 devices company wide currently, potentially looking to expand to cover ~20 employees if we can get everything working well with the initial devices.
What is the best route to getting Zimbra to sync with these devices? I know very little about BES, but it seems to be designed for much larger scale deployments than ours. I have also looked into the NotifySync software, which seems to be perfect for our needs, and lists Zimbra compatibility:
ActiveSync for BlackBerry - ActiveSync Compatibility for BlackBerry | NotifySync
We currently use Zimbra Network Pro edition, and I want to make the sync as seemless at possible (cradle-only sync is out of the question). Has anyone else here had success implementing this with a small userbase? What solutions can you recommend?
Thanks in advance


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EverRoast® Chicken Chili
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add peppers and onions; sauté until tender (about 2 minutes).
- Add water, northern beans, seasoning mix and diced EverRoast; stir well. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover & simmer for 10-12 minutes.
- Serve each bowl with a tablespoon of cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream atop.


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June 2014 Board Meeting Minutes
FSP Board Meeting PorcFest 6/26/14 Meeting started at 10:10am
Attending: Carla, Seamas, Aaron, Sharon, Varrin, Rich (on phone), Jason Sorens (invited)
Agenda: 1. President's report 2. Sponsor relations 3. BoD/Sharon's proposal 4. State of PorcFest
President's report In addition to her regular reports of what's been done, Carla will also include gaps and things that were expected to be done but are not yet completed or need more resources. There was a request to have more structure in this report, including who is in charge of different tasks.
Sponsor relations 1. In addition to general event sponsors, a Mission Partner ("MP") category has been created to recognize long-term supporters. Mission Partners will have explicit sponsorship agreements so that terms do not have to be renegotiated for each event as is currently the case. 2. There will be levels with associated perks, going from $10,000 and down. It will be on the web site. 3. Jason Osborne proposed a plan to Carla for a FTL MP contract. Séamas will discuss the contract progress with Mark Edgington. More...
April 2014 Board Meeting Minutes
FSP Board Meeting 4/28/14 Phone meeting Attending: Carla, Rich, Varrin, Jody, Seamas, Sharon, Aaron
- President's Report
- Events: PorcFest update; LF14 Wrap up
- Policies & Procedures
- 2014 Budget
- 501c3 Status
Other business?
President's report, sent by email prior to the meeting: PorcFest: Current sales: 604 adult, 106 kids, 55 Agora Valley sites filled, less than 20 AV sites left. Bimonthly newsletter "PorcFest Prickler" will begin this week, edited by Sandy Pierre.
Theme: DIY with focus less on "speakers," and more on DIY/ community building.
Program: Patrick Byrne from Overstock.com is Saturday night keynote. In discussion with others for Friday night keynote. Lots of good class submissions. Great children's events lined up, being spearheaded by Melanie & Richard Gibson, with a $1,000 donation from an attendee. Cook-off is very popular, so added Brunchfest--need more people to cook & buy tickets. Daily gun safety classes to be taught by Tony Lekas, SAS, and Shaolin Rifleworks. Private security to be provided by Church of the Sword. More...
February 2014 Board Meeting Minutes
FSP Board Meeting
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Crowne Plaza Hotel, after Liberty Forum
Meeting called to order 9:13am
Attending: Carla, Varrin, Aaron (left at 10am), Seamas, Jody, Sharon, Rich (on skype)
1. Liberty Forum
2. 501c3
3. Budget
Liberty Forum. Record ticket sales. VIP tickets work well; expenses matched revenues; Discovery Channel, New Yorker, and other media channels were here. We also had favorable local press. We invited speakers outside the traditional liberty circles, reaching into other demographics, and it was very well received. A tweet-up started the conference, and people were tweeting throughout the Forum. The conference organization team was great. People liked the magazine-style program. There were a lot of first time people attending. Attendees will be asked for feedback via an online survey. We don't have final numbers for attendance yet, but one good indication was that the parking lot was sometimes full. In order to grow the conference, we're exploring alternatives for next year. More...
September 2013 Board Meeting Minutes
FSP Board Meeting
September 2, 2013
Present: Rich, Seamas, Varrin, Steve, Jody, Carla, Sharon
Meeting called to order at 8:06pm
- President's report
- Marketing
- Fundraising
- Open Sourcing Projects
- Full-time
- Cantwell
- New Board Member/VP Position
June 2013 Board Meeting Minutes
Free State Project
Board Meeting
June 21, 2013
Present: Varrin, Carla, Jody
Phone: Rich, Steve, Sharon
At PorcFestX
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Rockford police continue their search for two teens who they believe shot and killed a 20 year old man this week in a local housing complex. Today family members are remembering the victim during a candlelight vigil.
Emotions ran high as people prayed in front of the Fairgrounds Valley housing complex where Jimmy Hollins was shot down on Monday.
Ceasefire was there to comfort family of the victim, and discourage any retaliation for his death. Ceasefire comes to post shooting events to get their message out that these types of things can't keep happening.
"It's going to take a village to raise a child," said Robert King, executive direct of the Booker Washington Community Center. "It's going to take a village to stop the shooting. And so we need to come together, all people, all races, all ethnicities, it's going to take a collective effort to really end this, and to really minimize a lot of it."
Arrest warrants have been issued for 19-year-old Tommy Nabors and 18-year-old Damarius Nelson. They are accused of fatally shooting Hollins. Both face multiple gun related charges.


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Draft Report on National Perinatal Performance Measures: Highlights with Broad Relevance to Childbearing Women and Families
NOTE: Childbirth Connection (CC) and the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF) are jointly issuing this time-sensitive alert to update readers on important national maternity care quality issues and the opportunity for public comment. CC's Executive Director Maureen Corry co-chairs the Steering Committee for this project, and Lee Partridge from NPWF is a Committee member. An online letter from Maureen Corry and NPWF President Debra Ness, and the letter and content of this web page (PDF) are also available.
NQF's Perinatal Care Project web page. Following the comment period, NQF members will vote on the measures and research and development recommendations, and NQF leadership will approve the final set.
This page highlights the report recommendations of broadest relevance to childbearing women and their families.
Measures Recommended for Endorsement
Five of the measures recommended for endorsement address important quality concerns for large segments of the population of childbearing women and newborns.
PN-007-07 Elective delivery prior to 39 completed weeks gestation
Why is this measure important? Most births in the United States now begin by medical intervention (labor induction or planned cesarean section) rather than spontaneous onset of labor. Many of these do not require urgent delivery and take place before 39 completed weeks of gestation, when the fetal brain, lungs and other organs are still developing. As earlier birth is associated with increased likelihood of newborn health problems, professional guidelines do not support "elective" delivery before 39 full weeks of gestation. Wide use of this performance measure could result in a very large number of newborns who are born later and healthier than at present.
How is the measure defined? This measure is the percentage of babies who are born before 39 full weeks of gestation, among single babies born after 37 weeks of gestation. The measure excludes babies with specific codes indicating that earlier delivery might have been appropriate. The information is available in medical records.
PN-013—07 Incidence of episiotomy
Why is this measure important? Episiotomy is a surgical cut into a woman's perineum to enlarge the opening of the vagina just before a vaginal birth. In 2005, about one quarter of women with vaginal births in U.S. hospitals experienced this procedure. However, the most recent systematic review of best evidence about effects of episiotomy reaffirmed that routine or liberal use of this procedure provides no benefit and increases risk of harm. Harm from liberal or routine episiotomy, as opposed to more limited episiotomy, may include increased injury to the perineum, need for stitches, experience of pain and tenderness, period of healing, incontinence of stool or gas, and pain with intercourse. There is great scope for improvement, as benchmark studies report good outcomes with episiotomy rates of 2% or less.
How is the measure defined? This measure is the percentage of women with an episiotomy, among women with vaginal births. The information is available in claims data, medical records, and some electronic health records.
PN-010-07 Cesarean rate for low-risk first birth women
Why is this measure important? The steadily climbing U.S. cesarean section rate has reached a record level each successive year in this century, and about 1 woman in 3 now gives birth by major abdominal surgery. By contrast, two large international studies recently reaffirmed earlier World Health Organization guidance that national cesarean section rates above 15% appear to do more harm than good. In comparison with vaginal birth, cesarean section is associated with increased risk for numerous shorter- and longer-term health problems in mothers (for example, blood clots and stroke, emergency hysterectomy, infection, more intense and longer-lasting pain, poorer overall functioning) and babies (for example, breathing problems, surgical injury, reduced breastfeeding, and asthma in childhood and adulthood). Of special concern are serious fertility and placenta problems that endanger mothers and babies in future pregnancies (such as ectopic pregnancy, placenta accreta, placental abruption). Risk for many of these increases with increasing number of prior cesareans, a special concern as access to VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) has sharply declined over the past decade in the U.S. Cesarean section has become the most common operating room procedure in U.S. hospitals and involves much greater cost than vaginal birth. Large improvement is within reach: high-quality care has resulted in benchmark cesarean rates of 7% in mixed risk and 4% in low-risk American women.
How is the measure defined? This measure is the percentage of women with cesareans in first-time mothers who are expected to be at low risk. This group is giving birth to single babies in a head-first position at or beyond 37 weeks of gestation. It is especially important to focus on first-time mothers because 1) about 4 in 5 women with one birth will have at least 1 and, more likely, 2 or more additional babies, 2) women who have had a first vaginal birth are highly likely to give birth vaginally in future births, 3) a cesarean section puts women at increased risk in future pregnancies, and 4) at present, many women in the United States do not have access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
PN-021-07 Breastfeeding at hospital discharge
Why is this measure important? Consistent, high-quality evidence suggests that exclusive breastfeeding is the optimal way to feed nearly all infants for the first six months of life. Benefits include reduced childhood infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Breastfeeding also has important health benefits for women, including reduced postpartum depression, type 2 diabetes, and breast and ovarian cancer. Leading professional organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months, but most mothers and babies in the United States do not achieve this standard. A large proportion of women who intend to exclusively breastfeed as they come to the end of pregnancy are not doing so a week after the birth, and this group experiences high rates of hospital practices that disrupt breastfeeding — for example, formula "supplements." Use of this measure in California resulted in notable improvement in exclusive breastfeeding at the time of hospital discharge, with important benefits extending to underserved women.
How is the measure defined? This measure is available through newborn screening data. The group of interest is live born babies who did not receive care in newborn intensive care units and experienced genetic screening. The measure is the percentage of that group that was fed by "breast only" at the time that babies go home from hospitals and birth centers.
PN-014-07 Newborn bilirubin screening prior to discharge
Why is this measure important? Hyperbilirubinemia (high bilirubin level) in a newborn, if not detected and treated, can cause irreversible brain damage resulting in permanent visual, muscular or other disabilities and even death. Failure to identify and treat hyperbilirubinemia in newborns is one of the NQF-endorsed measures of serious reportable hospital events. Unfortunately visual inspection of the baby for jaundice frequently fails to identify the presence of the condition, particularly if the infant is discharged after a very short inpatient stay. This measure would reinforce adherence to the recommended hospital protocol of universal screening, using either a blood or skin test, prior to discharge.
How is this measure defined? The measure is defined as the percentage of babies who are screened before hospital discharge for jaundice, among newborns born after 35 weeks of gestation. Screening is a blood test or a skin test, and babies who had care in newborn intensive care units or whose parents declined the test are excluded. The information can come from medical records, a clinical database, laboratories that process the tests or electronic health data.
Measures Not Recommended for Endorsement
Among measures not recommended for endorsement, two relate to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), an important issue for the half million women with one or more previous cesareans who give birth annually in the United States. Access to VBAC is declining sharply and is unavailable in many communities across the country, placing these women and their babies at elevated risk for many health problems. In its current guideline, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that most women with a previous cesarean be counseled and offered VBAC. A large proportion of women with a previous cesarean are interested in the option of VBAC, but most of those do not have this option, primarily because their caregiver or hospital is unwilling to offer it. At this time, over 9 in 10 women in the United States with a previous cesarean have repeat cesareans. Incentives for hospitals and health professionals to offer this service to childbearing women are urgently needed.
NQF endorsed one of the two measures, PN-028-07 Risk-adjusted vaginal birth after cesarean, in 2003, and more than 700 hospitals currently report it. The NQF Perinatal Care Steering Committee reevaluated the measure as required by NQF policy, and a majority decided it does not meet NQF criteria for importance or usability, as there is no consensus on what the "ideal" VBAC rate would be. An alternative measure, PN-020-07 VBAC availability, which is currently used in California, would define "access" as a VBAC rate of 5% of more. It was also opposed by a majority of Steering Committee members for the same reason. Supporters of these measures believe having public information about risk-adjusted VBAC rates and about availability of VBAC fosters health care quality by helping women with an interest in VBAC and purchasers identify supportive facilities and caregivers. Inclusion in the new measure set, which may be expected to receive more attention than previous maternity performance measures, may also encourage the health system to increase support for VBAC and stem loss of access. Although a majority of Steering Committee members voted not to recommend either measure, it is possible that their recommendations will be reconsidered as the NQF endorsement process goes forward.
Recommendations for Future Measurement Development and Research
In addition to evaluating existing performance measures, the Perinatal Care Steering Committee identified 10 areas in need of further measurement development and research. The following recommendations are exceptionally important for the population of childbearing women and newborns.
Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rate (VBAC)
Although neither of the two VBAC candidate measures was recommended for endorsement, the Steering Committee was very concerned about the diminishing VBAC availability and stressed the importance of development of measures or composites that would help stem this tide. Suggested measures should include women's need for high-quality information, counseling, and shared decision-making as well as access to safe supportive VBAC care if they make an informed decision to plan a vaginal birth after cesarean.
Normal birth measure
Most childbearing women are healthy and have good reason to expect an uncomplicated birth, yet childbirth care in the United States often involves routine or liberal use of numerous interventions. About one-half of childbearing women support the concept that giving birth is a process that should not be interfered with unless medically necessary, while about one-quarter are uncertain and another quarter disagree. A normal birth measure would be of great value for women who wish to avoid routine interventions by providing information that can assist with choice of birth setting and caregiver. A normal birth measure has been developed and used and reported throughout the United Kingdom for many years, but does not currently have a sponsor and developer in the United States.
Informed decision making
Studies suggest that the standard processes of informed consent frequently are not followed during maternity care. There are special challenges with informed decision making during labor when many tests and procedures are often undertaken. To improve the quality of maternity care, the Perinatal Care Steering Committee recommended the development of new performance measures relating to informed maternity decision making.
Smoking cessation
High-quality research clarifies the harm to the developing fetus and lifelong impact of smoking during pregnancy. Similarly, high-quality research identifies effective interventions for helping pregnant women quit smoking or reduce the amount of smoking. Effective smoking cessation interventions in pregnant women reduce preterm birth and increase average birth weight. Smoking cessation interventions are more effective in pregnant women than in non-pregnant populations. The Perinatal Care Steering Committee has recommended that measure developers identify a measure of actual smoking cessation rather than mere recommendation to quit or referral to help. Such a measure has the potential to improve the health of mothers, babies and families.
Patient experience
The CAHPS surveys (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) are increasingly used to assess the quality of care from the perspective of the person receiving care. These important surveys have been developed for use in diverse clinical areas, but there are some limitations when applied to the specific circumstances of maternity care. The Perinatal Care Steering Committee noted the absence of patient experience measures in the measures submitted for consideration, and recommended that the CAHPS tools be tailored specifically for use with the childbearing population, which would include accommodating the range of maternity care providers and birth settings, the range of approaches to labor pain relief and the range of routes of medication.
Transitions of care
As childbearing women move across providers and care settings before and during pregnancy, for childbirth, for postpartum care, and for continuing health care, there are numerous opportunities for continuity and care coordination to fall short and to adversely affect mothers and babies, as well as health care value. The Perinatal Care Steering Committee recommended the development of performance measures to strengthen care coordination for childbearing women and newborns.
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A number of measures that the Perinatal Care Steering Committee recommended for NQF endorsement apply to rather small portions of mothers and babies among the more than four and one-quarter million births annually in the United States. To foster a smoothly functioning system of performance measurement, reporting and improvement, the Committee recommended ongoing assessment to ensure that the collection and use of Perinatal Care performance measures adds value for childbearing families, providers and payers, and leads to measured improvement in care and outcomes.
To learn more about this project, read the full draft report and offer comments, go to NQF's Perinatal Care Project web page.
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San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister has been trying to get school districts to swear off costly capital-appreciation bonds, and he has had two successes.
McAllister's quest began last year after a Michigan blogger revealed that the Poway Unified School District approved a $105 million bond that will end up costing taxpayers $981.6 million by the time it is paid off in 2051.
The long-term bonds allow districts to make no payments for years or decades while interest costs escalate, pushing large payments on the debt down the road.
McAllister has been making his way through the county's 42 school districts seeking policies against such borrowing. So far, La Mesa-Spring Valley and Del Mar have passed such a ban. Neither of those districts have passed such bonds, according to a Los Angeles Times database of 600 such borrowings in California since 2007.
La Mesa-Spring Valley board member Bill Baber said the process districts use to approve bonds is flawed, because bond consultants' financial incentives may not encourage them to act in the interest of taxpayers and the bond deals are often rushed without being fully analyzed by the public.
La Mesa-Spring Valley's new policy requires more oversight from the public, McAllister's office or the County Superintendent of Schools on the district's bond deals, prevents the district from proposing any bonds that will cost more than four times the amount borrowed, mandates the board be presented alternative financing options, and forces the district to justify any bond with a term greater than 25 years.
Baber said the policy was necessary to fix the flaws in the process.
"It's like picking a credit card. You want to make sure you have the best interest rate, the best payment for your financial situation," Baber said. "Just as credit cards can be abused by careless people, bond financing can be abused by school boards."
Representatives of districts that have not passed such a capital bond policy say they are reluctant to give up their financing powers, and note that state legislation also supported by McAllister may soon make any local policy redundant.
McAllister said now is the time to stop the abuse of capital-appreciation bonds, some of which will end up costing taxpayers seven, 10 or even 16 times the amount borrowed. The bonds allow districts to keep tax rates low — for now — by putting off payments for years.
"If all the districts were to adopt these policies on their own, we wouldn't need state legislation," McAllister said. "We are calling upon districts to give this consideration, because we think it is in their best, long-term interest to do so. It gives a strong message to the taxpayers that they do listen and they are paying attention and they do want to do what's right."
School districts mainly use capital bonds to fund large building projects, and differ from more traditional deals that require annual payments and usually have much shorter terms. The balloon payments made just years before the sometimes 40-year capital bonds mature come long after the officials who approved them have moved on. Many capital bonds cannot be refinanced or prepaid, including Poway's deal.
McAllister wants districts to limit the length of capital bonds to 25 years instead of 40, cap interest rates at 8 percent instead of 12 percent and ensure all the bonds can be refinanced. He also wants at least one other government board to sign off on bond deals and wants repayment costs limited to no more than four times the amount borrowed unless the county superintendent of schools approves a waiver.
Legislation being drafted by San Diego Democratic State Assemblyman Ben Hueso would impose rules similar to those suggested by McAllister if passed. On Thursday, the state treasurer and state superintendent of schools asked districts across the state to hold off on such financing pending legislative action.


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The New York Times is reporting that Lance Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The report cited anonymous sources and said Armstrong was considering a confession to help restore his athletic career in triathlons and running events at age 41. Armstrong was been banned for life from cycling and cannot compete in athletic events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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