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Financial Aid Programs for Graduate Study in New York State
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Check with the financial aid program administrator and the financial aid office of your school to meet admissions and financial aid deadlines.
Financial aid is available from other sources too, such as the college you are attending, corporations, unions, professional associations, community organizations, and private lenders. Visit your college, public libraries and these websites to learn more.
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Financial Aid
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|Program of Study
|Basis for Eligibility
|Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans ¹
(less sub loan amount awarded)
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|FAFSA and MPN
|General eligibility
|Federal Grad/Professional PLUS Loans
|Cost of Attendance
|General eligibility and credit worthy
|Federal Perkins Loans
|$60,000 (combined grad. and undergrad. loans)
|FAFSA and visit campus financial aid office
|General eligibility and financial need
|Federal Work Study
|FAFSA and visit campus financial aid office
|General eligibility and financial need
Student Loans
|Cost of Attendance
|Dentistry, Optometry, Pharmacy, Podiatric Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
|FAFSA and visit campus financial aid office
|General eligibility and financial need
|Federal Nursing Student Loans
Not to exceed COA
|FAFSA and visit campus financial aid office
|General eligibility and financial need
|Primary Care Loans ²
|Cost of attendance for 1st and 2nd year students more for 3rd and 4th year students
|Allopathic or Osteopathic Medicine
|FAFSA and visit campus financial aid office
|General eligibility and financial need
¹ For students in certain health professions programs, there is additional unsubsidized eligibility. Contact your financial aid office.
² You must practice in primary health care until the loans are paid off.
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|Maximum Annual Award
|Program of Study
|Basis of Eligibility
|Veterans Tuition Award
|For 2014-15 academic year: $6,195 or tuition whichever is less
|Up to the equivalent of 6 semesters of study
|FAFSA, TAP, & Veterans Tuition Award Supplement Application
|General eligibility
and be an eligible
veteran who is
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|Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarships
|Up to $20,000 annually or the average SUNY cost of attendance, whichever is less
|Up to three academic years of graduate study
|Master's degree program in nursing, or doctoral degree program that qualifies for nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty
|FASFA, TAP and Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarships Supplement Application
|General eligibility and be a registered nurse professionally licensed in NYS and enrolled in an accredited school in NYS; must agree to execute service contract
|New York State (NYS) Math & Science Teaching Incentive Scholarships
|Equal to the annual tuition charged to NYS resident students attending an undergraduate program at the State University of New York, or actual tuition charged, whichever is less
|Up to four academic years of full-time undergraduate study and one academic year of full-time graduate study
|Approved program leading to permanent certification as a secondary education teacher in mathematics or science
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|General eligibility and be matriculated in an approved undergraduate or graduate program at a degree-granting institution in NYS leading to a career as a secondary education math or science teacher; must agree to execute service contract
|State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY)
Financial Aid Programs for Graduate Study
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|Maximum Annual Award
|Program of Study
|Basis of Eligibility
|SUNY Graduate Diversity Fellowship
|Tuition and varied stipend amounts
|SUNY Graduate Programs
|Visit SUNY Campus Office of Graduate Admissions
|Demonstration of contribution to the diversity of the student body, including having overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to higher education
|SUNY Graduate Opportunity Program
|Tuition and costs
|SUNY Graduate Programs
|Consult with undergraduate EOP/HEOP Director and SUNY Campus Office of Graduate Admissions
|NYS resident and an EOP, HEOP, and/or SEEK program graduate
|CUNY Enhanced Fellowship
|$18,000 stipend and in-state tuition
|5 years
|CUNY Graduate Programs
|Visit CUNY Financial Aid Office
|General eligibility and academic merit
|CUNY Science Scholarships
|Up to 15 credits
|5 years
|CUNY Natural Science doctoral students
|Visit CUNY Financial Aid Office
|General eligibility and academic merit
Other Aid - Assistantships and FellowshipsYou may wish to work for the college or university, earning a stipend from an Assistantship or Fellowship. Assistantships and Fellowships are granted by the department of your field of study at your college or university and usually pay a stipend to help cover the costs of tuition. Stipends vary widely, depending on the funding available to the department. Once you decide on your field of study, review your college and academic department information and find a faculty member who may wish to hire you as an assistant:
- Teaching Assistant (TA): An academic appointment in support of teaching a course. The assignment is usually in the student's major field or a closely related one.
- Graduate Assistant (GA): An appointment to support the student's department.
- Research Assistant (RA): An academic appointment for research that is not directly thesis-related.
- Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA): An academic appointment focused on thesis or other degree-related research, often required of many degree candidates.
- Fellow: An arrangement in which financial support is given to a graduate student to pursue a degree without any obligation on the part of the student to engage in teaching and/or research. Generally, fellowships are merit-based awards and are contingent on the student maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the graduate school.
Taxes and Tax CreditsStipends may be considered as income and may be subject to federal and/or state income taxes. Consult your college bursar's office, the IRS or a tax consultant for details.
As a graduate student, you may be eligible for the federal Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, which would allow you to subtract up to $2,000 annually from your tax bill.


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Espresso Dark Brownie Cupcakes, Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, sifted
- 2 tablespoons finely ground espresso
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- Peanut Butter Fudge frosting, recipe follows
- Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- Pinch salt
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard cupcake pans with 24 cupcake liners.
Combine the butter and chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, uncovered, stirring every 30 seconds, until the butter and chocolate are melted and smooth. Set aside to cool. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, espresso, and salt in another bowl. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix both sugars and reserved chocolate mixture until well combined. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until each is smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl if needed. Add the flour mixture until blended. Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full. Bake until golden, rotating the pans halfway though, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer the pans to wire racks to cool completely before removing the cupcakes.
To assemble: Frost the cooled cupcakes with Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, peanut butter, and salt on medium-high speed until creamy. Turn the speed to low and beat in the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. Add the cocoa powder and beat until extremely smooth and creamy.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
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text: The primary goal of OG&E's Smart Study TOGETHER is to assess the impact of multiple levels of enabling technology combined with different dynamic pricing rates on a customer's energy consumption. To achieve this goal and enable effective and efficient targeting, a randomized sample of 2,816 residential participant and control group customers and 465 small commercial (general service) customers in the area of Norman, OK, was selected in the spring and early summer of 2010 as Phase I. Another sample of 2,412 residential customers and 712 small commercial customers were recruited between the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011 as Phase II. The ultimate goal is to determine if the demand reductions achieved through a combination of price response programs, in-home technology, and energy awareness will allow OG&E to delay capital investments in incremental fossil fuel generation prior to 2020. This report focuses on the results for the summer of 2011 based on difference estimation and regression analysis.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (180 votes).
In short: Very good pb potential- slightly more undulating than led to believe but great atmosphere!Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Friendly Village Race. Will Do This AgainIn full: This was my second go at this and it's one of my favourites. The half-mile markers really help. It's a bit cheaper than a lot of other races, too. I'll be back next year, all being well.Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Great rolling scenery - first warm one of the year takes you a bit by surpriseIn full: Hmmmm...start a bit chaotic, need to sort out toilets, and bottle neck after only 100yds a bit messy...otherwise a good race. Earlier water station would have helped. Bottles rather than cups is loads better. Enjoyed it thoughDate of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Nice, friendly Easter Sunday run. The nice weather helped.Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Well marshalled, No goodie bag, could have done better.In full: 1/2 marathon; Start chaotic nobody knew which way to go! Toilets a disaster, although porta loos turned up 15 mins before start!Good course with well marshalled turns etc. End bit disappointing with no goodie bag, just a blank certificate which they ran out of (How?!?) and a shirt, which they also ran out of!!!Fun Run complete shambles. My 10 year old was knocked over, wife got his knee seen to then started off, but all marshals had gone, hence they ran 1 mile in wrong direction! Daughter fared even worse, marshals sent them the wrong way and ended up 3.5 miles away in middle of nowhere. No certificates of shirts left at end when we all finally found our way back! Dont do Fun run, but 1/2 good.Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Has PB written all over itDate of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Friendly atmosphere, quiet roads, gentle hills but mostly flatIn full: Start was a bit of a cock-up as the direction was reverse of last year and necessitated slowing down after a few yards to squeeze through on to the road. After that everything went fine. Lots of club runners and general standard was pretty high. As with last year marshalling was friendly and efficient. Weather helped: sunny but with nice cooling breeze.Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Great race!In full: Great race. Comedy start only added to the atmosphere. I'd rather take village events like this than the big MKs or Blackpools of this world. Well done all.Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Beautiful scenary, friendly runners, warm, but not too hot. Date of review: April 9, 2007
In short: Was my first time for any sort of run. Enjoyed it. although found some of this mild hills hard and the heat! The heat definately took its toll.Date of review: April 9, 2007
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April 23, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Nutrition Education Opportunity
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- Nutrition Education Opportunity: WIC nutritionists and CPAs will want to take advantage of this statewide satellite training - Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Childhood Obesity: Recommendations from the AMA Expert Task Force on Childhood Obesity. This training via satellite is scheduled for June 6 and available in Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Higginsville, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Platte City, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis and Troy, Missouri. Participants will strengthen their knowledge of techniques in preventing, assessing and treating patients with childhood obesity. This teleconference will address evidence based information on obesity, present the task force recommendations and discuss implementation techniques in both a community and clinical setting. This training is sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of WIC and Nutrition Services. Please see the attached registration brochure for details or contact Michele Bailey at 573-751-6481 or email@example.com with questions.
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The Following is the most popular midseason show, according to TVGuide.com users' Watchlist adds - and it definitely shows.The Fox serial killer thriller, starring Kevin Bacon, was the most-added new midseason series on TVGuide.com's Watchlist and that excitement has been reflected in the show's ratings. The drama premiered last week to 10.4 million viewers and a 3.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic and this week became the only new drama this season to grow in its second week.NBC's Deception and 1600 Penn follow in second and third place and have performed well, with the former even beating CBS' Hawaii Five-0.For second fall TV season in a row, Watchlist users correctly predicted the season's hits: Eight of the 10 most-added new shows received full-season pickups.What are Watchlist users looking forward to this spring? Check out the top 10 below.1. The Following (Fox)2. Deception (NBC)3. 1600 Penn (NBC)4. The Carrie Diaries (The CW)5. Zero Hour (ABC)6. Cult (The CW)7. Do No Harm (NBC)8. Red Widow (ABC)9. Mistresses (ABC)10. Crossbones (NBC)Want to make your voice heard? Watch this video to find out how a Watchlist will simplify your TV life. Then, create your own Watchlist and add your favorite shows, celebs, movies and teams. And be sure to download our new mobile app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, where you'll be able to access your Watchlist.In January, TVGuide.com had a record-breaking month, with more than 16.5 million monthly unique users of TVGuide.com, more than 2.5 million monthly active users of its iOS and Android apps, and more than 1 million registered Watchlist users.
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Skip to comments.Pope Francis says atheists can be 'allies' for the church
Posted on 03/21/2013 7:01:15 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis extended a hand to those who don't belong to any religion, urging them on Wednesday to work with believers to build peace and protect the environment.
In his first ecumenical meeting, the new pope greeted representatives from Christian churches and other religions, including Jewish and Muslim leaders, who had come to Rome to attend his inaugural Mass on Tuesday.
Francis said that he intends to follow "on the path of ecumenical dialogue" set for the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
But he also reached out to those who don't belong "to any religious tradition" but feel the "need to search for the truth, the goodness and the beauty of God."
Francis echoed his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, saying that the "attempt to eliminate God and the divine from the horizon of humanity" has often led to catastrophic violence.
But Francis, who has set a humbler tone to the papacy since his election on March 13, added that atheists and believers can be "precious allies" in their efforts "to defend the dignity of man, in the building of a peaceful coexistence between peoples and in the careful protection of creation."
Francis also stressed the "very special spiritual bond" between Catholics and Jews.
"There is no doubt that Catholic-Jewish relations will go from strength to even greater strength during Pope Francis's pontificate," said Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee, after meeting with Francis.
Earlier on Wednesday, the pope met privately with the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
According to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Bartholomew and Francis are planning a joint visit to Jerusalem in 2014 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1964 meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras.
That meeting led to the cancellation of the reciprocal excommunications between the leaders of western and eastern Christianity in 1054, otherwise known as the "Great Schism."
Bartholomew attended Francis' inauguration on Tuesday, the first Patriarch to do so in over 900 years.
Wake up, Francis! Atheists have no other goal than destroying faith all across the world. They're the enemies of every person of faith.
Ordinay atheists can and should be evangelized.
"Evangelical atheists"—the militant, ACLU types should be euthanized.
An Atheist like Richard Dawkins is an enemy... An Atheist like Penn Gillette who seeks truth can be an ally.
Understanding the difference is a healthy thing.
The Catholics in America already vote with the atheists, and already clearly share the agenda of the democrat party and of the left.
So what is his message?
He knows the diff.
Catholic teaching is that people are judged - at the time of judgment, that is - by what they know/their exposure and the disposition of their beliefs
I have met a lot more Dawkins-ites than Gillette-ites, including the most radical leftist I've ever had the displeasure of meeting, who said he thought abortions should be celebrated.
Not necessarily the case. Simon Heffer, the British Conservative columnist is an atheist who believes in Christianity as force for good, even if he himself doesn't believe.
"But he also reached out to those who don't belong "to any religious tradition" but feel the "need to search for the truth, the goodness and the beauty of God."
"Francis echoed his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, saying that the "attempt to eliminate God and the divine from the horizon of humanity" has often led to catastrophic violence."
... The media prioritizes quotes as it sees fit- to push whatever agenda they're trying to push.
Oh, I have no doubt there are atheists who are lost, yet understand why Christianity is essential to our civilization. I'm just saying most of the ones I have met have been belligerent towards faith.
Got to admit my Catholic reaction is exactly the same.
Our little pro-life group has one atheist, and I tell him he's our secret weapon. People wonder what he's doing there? He just SEES that abortion is wrong. Don't need no dogma. Makes them think maybe, since they can't brush him off as a religious clinger.
Allies in the war against Islam, perhaps.
"There is no doubt that Catholic-Jewish relations will go from strength to even greater strength during Pope Francis's pontificate," said Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee, after meeting with Francis.
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"Rosen, one of only a select few Jews to have received the Papal Knighthood, was among twelve Jewish leaders from Argentina, Israel, Italy and the U.S. invited to the installation and todays private audience with the Pope."
"At the installation ceremony the Jewish delegation was the only non-Christian religious group which Pope Francis publicly welcomed by name. Today, at the private audience, we were greeted with special warmth, said Rosen. "
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Yikes...he sounds like the head of the United Nations, hooked on globalism, unicorns and lollipops..
Oh yeah?
Just like the late lamented Quix, I'm quite sure you wouldn't have the balls to say that to my Catholic face.
American atheists are just ignorant enough of history to think that the peace and prosperity we've enjoyed are endemic to the human condition.
But the lies have been spread so thick, so effectively in the past century, that any sincere Christian who writes off those who have not yet seen is completely ignorant of Christ's message, and charge.
Animals fight hardest right before they're about to give in.
Good cross aligned baloney. Heavy.
Good Lord man, you don't know who makes up the democrat vote?
Pointing out that the majority of Catholic voters and atheist voters both vote democrat, doesn't attack you as a person or as a catholic, it is about voting, and it sure doesn't call for internet threats, it is ordinary voting data.
You didn't know that the Catholics vote with the atheists?
I know, it's hard.
Not sure what you meant. Pretty sure I don't care.
Here's a clue: those aren't Catholics, anymore than Bill Clinton is a Christian.
You said Catholics vote for atheists.
I am a Catholic, thus you've said I vote for atheists.
Good lord man, did the secular humanists at your public school teach you logic, forensic rhetoric??
Would you show me the quote of me saying that you or anyone votes for atheists?
You can also quit playing this game that Catholics who are members of the Catholic church, are not Catholics unless they vote like you do.
Are you OK?
On medication?
Votes WITH, not FOR.
The majority of atheists, and the majority of Catholics, vote for the democrat party, "The Catholics in America already vote with the atheists, and already clearly share the agenda of the democrat party and of the left.".
That is just a political reality and of great concern to conservatives or will be if they find out about it, especially in view of more mass Catholic immigration.
We can educate conservatives and pro-lifers, and the many Catholics here on the truth of the Catholic vote, and what Catholic immigration means in regards to saving the lives of the unborn and preserving conservatism in America....if that is our goal.
When an overwhelming majority of atheists (and militant anti-theists) vote for a certain candidate or Party, and one votes for that same certain candidate or Party, then it can be rationally said, one IS voting WITH the atheist voting block.
Now there could be more to the story concerning Catholic voting patterns...but still...given the above conditions...there is no way to escape the given aspect.
More than half of the overall Roman Catholic vote consistently goes to Democrats. In one primary aspect, there's really no if's, ands, or buts about it, tough guy.
Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying you yourself are aligned with atheists, but around half of the RC vote IS aligned with them. The Mexican immigrants get gimme's and immigration crumbs like the Dream Act, put into effect by Executive fiat, even though both the Senate and House rejected it (it didn't make it into law).
Hispanic voters went over to Obama in big numbers. Many or most were at least nominally RC. Hispanic Catholics voted overwhelmingly for Obama, even as "white" RC'ers in this last election, voted close to 60% for Romney, but then again Paul Ryan, a RC adherent, was on the ticket, too.
It wasn't enough to convince Hispanics to vote for long term interests (or even much see those)...save for the growing Reconquista contingent & sentiment among Hispanic immigrants (the word Reconquista itself, has RC origins, but is being presently reapplied by Mexicans wanting to "take back" California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) which subset of the "Mexican immigrant vote" DID vote their own personal long term interests, which includes a partial take-down of America as we know it, and all the "free money" they can get in the meantime.
Pray for their conversion your holiness.
From his first homily as Pope, during Mass with the Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel:
"We can walk as much as we want, we can build many things, but if we do not profess Jesus Christ, things go wrong. We may become a charitable NGO, but not the Church, the Bride of the Lord."
Francis...what has light got to do with darkness? Mix them and you just get an ugly, muddy shade of gray. The Lord is not a compromiser. As Joshua said: Who is on the Lord's side? Either choose one way or the other, but you cannot have it both ways. Francis should know this.
Who knows what people really think. Perhaps someone is an atheist and just keeps it to himself. From his point of view it might seem as rude as telling a kid there's no Santa Claus.
Really. I do?
My guess is that you know that the "Catholic vote" means the majority of Catholic voters, not each and every single individual, but maybe I take too much for granted in thinking that you would know that.
Generally, when someone says "Catholics vote Democratic." or similar without a qualifier of "a majority of" or "some" or whatever, I take them at their word. Considering the hostility of a large majority of Protestants towards Catholics, I consider it wise to do so.
You must be a ball in conversation as everyone has to stop and spell things out for you.
How do Catholics vote? democrat.
Hmmm, hard to believe anyone would think ALL Catholics voter in the manner described and would just take a stranger's word on it.
Considering the hostility of a large majority of Protestants towards Catholics
Similar situation. You statement is not true. At least not here at FR nor in my experience.
Um, no. Pope Francis has seen the disastrous results of the workings of the ultra-right, with the Argentine Govt., and of the ultra left, with the Communists in Latin America, and some of his Jesuit brothers working with them. He is not interested in over-arching government. He has also seen more grinding poverty than any in his country will ever know, and knows that it isn't something God wants for those people.
He is also of the belief that the world God has given us is precious, and we shouldn't destroy it with unbridled pollution and wastefulness. We should be good stewards of God's creation.
According to the Bible, God is going to destroy the environment. Mr. Pope should focus on saving men's souls rather than trees. Not much time left.
I'm still trying to get Pope Francis' perspective on a prevailing ideology down south - Social Justice. I believe your opinion is that he rejects the Marxist Social Justice doctrines. I truly hope so. Its a government controlled race to the bottom.
It seems to me that your comment equates "ultra-right" as promoting statistism (government control). Please correct me if Im wrong.
My comment on your quote above is that ultra-Right is the opposite of government control and power. From a pure Left vs Right perspective, Left is government power (Marxist/Fascist/Socialist) and Right is NO government power (Anarchy). Somewhere toward the left is Democracy (mob rule) and toward the right is a Constitutional Republic (rule by law).
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages dropped Tuesday as Coca-Cola Company
The S&P 500 fell 0.37% to 1,676.26 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.21% to 15,451.85. The Nasdaq fell 0.25% to 3,598.50.
Coca-cola retreated 1.9% to $40.23 after the soda giant reported sales that fell short of expectations. Revenue for the quarter totaled $12.75 billion compared to a consensus target of $12.95 billion. The company attributed softer results on difficult weather and economic conditions.
"It's absolutely all on Coke, unfortunately, it just is," said Brian Amidei, managing director at HighTower Palm Desert, in a phone interview. Amidei said the market was using Coca-Cola's earnings to determine "the temperature of the consumer."
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Investors weighed an uptick in inflation ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's scheduled appearance on Wednesday before a congressional committee.
The latest inflation report was doing little to dampen views that the Fed could announce a reduction in asset purchases in September. The consumer price index rose by a greater than expected 0.5% in June after rising 0.1% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists, on average, were expecting an increase of 0.3% in June, according to Thomson Reuters . Excluding food and energy costs, core prices advanced 0.2%, as expected, after rising by 0.2% in May.
Bernanke is slated to speak before the House Financial Services Committee in his semi-annual monetary policy report. Although his speech at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass. last week indicated continued easy monetary policy for some time to come, there remains the concern that tougher stances on policy might arise at the hearing matching views presented at the most recent gathering of the central bank's policymaking Federal Open Market Committee.
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Evelyn "Evie" M. O'Brien, 77, of Second Avenue, Amsterdam, passed away peacefully on Friday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany with her loving family at her bedside.
Born August 6, 1936, in Amsterdam, New York, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Julia Mazurkiewitz Coalter. Evelyn attended and graduated local schools and lived most of her life in the Perth and Amsterdam area.
Evelyn was employed at the Sacandaga Boat Club for 33 years up until August of this year and considered the members her second family. She was also a licensed real estate broker for Mohawk Valley Real Estate in Amsterdam for a number of years.
Evelyn was a lifelong member of the St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Amsterdam and an honorary lifetime member of the Sacandaga Boat Club.
Evelyn's passions were her family, cooking, reading and traveling with her daughter, Kathy. She was also an avid New York Yankees baseball fan.
Survivors include: three sons, Leonard J. (Butch) Serafin Jr. of Amsterdam. David A. Serafin (Sabrina) of Amsterdam and Samuel R. Serafin (Gina) of Johnstown; two daughters, Linda A. Guess (Dwight) of Pattersonville and Kathleen Serafin-Atlas (Bruce) of Franklin, Mass.; one brother, Robert Coalter (Robin) of Meco; one sister, Elizabeth Savoie of Perth; 17 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family and friends are invited to attend a funeral service on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the St. Ann's Episcopal Church, 37 Division Street, Amsterdam, with the Fr. Neal Longe officiating. In accordance with Evelyn's wishes, there will be no calling hours. Cremation will take place at the Vale Cemetery Crematorium in Schenectady. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Evelyn's memory to the Amsterdam Community Cancer Program for the Capital District Cancer Research Fund, 1710 Riverfront Center, Amsterdam, NY 12010, to whom the family expresses special thanks for their excellent care and support; or to the Community Hospice of Amsterdam, 246 Manny's Corners Road, Amsterdam, NY 12010. Please sign the family's guestbook on line at www.brbsfuneral.com. Funeral arrangements have been placed in the trusted care of the Betz, Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam.


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Canadian Heritage Committee on May 8th, 2012
Evidence of meeting #29 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was events.
A recording is available from Parliament.
On the agenda
MPs speaking
Also speaking
- Margaret Huber Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Calvin Christiansen Director General, Border Operations Centre and Major Events Directorate, Operations Branch, Canada Border Services Agency
- Charles Reeves Associate Chief of Protocol and Director, Official Events Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Doug Goodings Executive Coordinator of Certification and Accreditation, Ontario Fire College, Office of the Fire Marshal of Ontario
- Stewart Kellock Chair, Canadian Police Ceremonial Units Association
- Robert Kirkpatrick President, Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
- John Sobey Director, Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
- Glen Gillies Honour Guard Member, Toronto Emergency Medical Services Honour Guard, National Alliance of Canadian Emergency Medical Services Honour Guards
11:05 a.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Good morning, everybody. We'll get started.
Welcome to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Today we have two groups of witnesses. The group we have before us today will be here from 11 o'clock until 12 o'clock .
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, we have Margaret Huber, Charles Reeves, and Andrea Hudson. We look forward to your testimony.
From Canada Border Services, we have Calvin Christiansen.
We will have seven-minute opening remarks, and then we'll move to questions and answers for the remainder of the hour.
This is on our review of national protocol procedures.
In no particular order, we'll start with Margaret, who is Chief of Protocol of Canada. It sounds like we've invited the right person to our study on protocol.
The floor is yours.
11:05 a.m.
Margaret Huber Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
My name is Margaret Huber, and I have the honour of acting as the Chief of Protocol of Canada. The Office of Protocol is located within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and I report directly to the Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. While housed within Foreign Affairs, the Office of Protocol provides protocol support and advice to the Governor General and the Prime Minister, as well as the DFAIT portfolio ministers. The Office of Protocol also provides guidance to other federal departments, as well as to provincial and territorial offices of protocol.
The chief of protocol is considered to be the most senior protocol officer for high-level international visits to Canada and outgoing state, official, and working visits, as well as for overall issues relating to the entitlements and special status granted to the foreign diplomatic community in Canada. That includes a number of international organizations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal.
The Office of Protocol manages and facilitates the presence and work of the foreign diplomatic community in Canada and across Canada, since we're a very large country. This includes about 8,000 diplomats and their families. We support official international visits and events of the Governor General, as well as official visits and events, both abroad and in Canada, of the Prime Minister and the ministers of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade portfolio.
Two divisions within the Office of Protocol may be of particular interest to this standing committee. The first is the official events division, headed by my colleague with me today, Charles Reeves. This division delivers DFAIT's official events management program in support of incoming official and working visits hosted by the Prime Minister and portfolio ministers and their official visits abroad.
This division delivers auxiliary, logistical, and courtesy services in respect of certain official events of the Governor General here and abroad. It also fulfills an overall advisory role regarding official events and hospitality for the federal, provincial, and municipal governments. This division has also played a supporting role for the Department of Canadian Heritage in the delivery of events for the incoming royal visits, such as last year's visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It will again be playing such a supporting role in the upcoming visit to Canada of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The official events division has also provided support in the delivery of state funerals, most recently the state funeral for Jack Layton in 2011.
The second division that I believe may be of interest to the standing committee is the official visits division, also represented here today by Andrea Hudson, the deputy director. This division coordinates visits to Canada by official guests of the Governor General, the Prime Minister, and DFAIT portfolio ministers, funded from the government hospitality allotment with which we are entrusted. For each visit, this group ensures coordination with Rideau Hall, the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the RCMP, Health Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence, parliamentary protocol, provincial and/or territorial protocol offices, foreign missions in Canada, Canadian missions abroad, and various DFAIT divisions. As you can see, we're great believers in collaboration and coordination and working together.
As part of the oversight for incoming visits to Canada, this division defines standards of treatment for state, official, working, and private visits of heads of state, heads of government, ministers, and guests of government. Standards of treatment provide general guidelines for a visit in areas such as accommodation, local transportation, security, gifts, hospitality, and ceremonial elements.
I would also like to provide clarification with regard to visit designations. For a state visit of a foreign head of state to Canada, ceremonial elements may include an official welcome by the Governor General, military honours at Government House or the Canada Reception Centre, usually depending on the time of the arrival, a tree-planting ceremony at Government House, an official welcome on Parliament Hill, a 21-gun salute, wreath laying at the National War Memorial or the Peacekeeping Monument, a state dinner or luncheon, flag street lining in Ottawa, and red carpet for arrival and departure.
An official visit is the highest visit designation for a visit by a foreign head of government to Canada, as opposed to head of state. Ceremonial elements are similar to a state visit. Ceremonial elements can include an official welcome by a federal representative, military honours, official welcome on Parliament Hill, a 19-gun salute, wreath laying at the National War Memorial or Peacekeeping Monument, some form of official hospitality, flag street lining in Ottawa, and red carpet for arrival or departure. There is, as I mentioned, a certain degree of flexibility, depending on the circumstances and the wishes of our guest.
For all ceremonial elements, protocol works in close collaboration with other departments to work out the details of each event. In some cases, protocol leads, while for other events, we rely on the expertise of colleagues to lead on event logistics, for example, events on the Hill in which we work very closely with parliamentary protocol.
The official visits division also coordinates official travel abroad of the Governor General, the Prime Minister, and portfolio ministers, funded from the international conference allotment.
For 2011, the official visits division coordinated a total of 168 high-level visits, 132 outgoing and 36 incoming. Notable visitors to Canada included the President of Colombia, the President of the Czech Republic, the Prime Minister of the U.K., the Prime Minister of Kuwait, the Crown Prince of Brunei, and of course we currently are enjoying the visit of the President of Israel.
In addition, the official visits division manages the Canada Reception Centre, which includes an airport terminal lounge at the Ottawa airport and hangar 11 for dedicated aircraft. The hangar is used by our Prime Minister and Governor General for domestic and international flights, as well as by international high-level dignitaries visiting Ottawa. For example, President Peres arrived on a dedicated aircraft and will also be departing on a dedicated aircraft.
Lastly, this group that Andrea is representing also delivers the national airport courtesy program, intended to facilitate security clearances and greeting privileges for high-level foreign dignitaries transiting through or visiting Canada. As you can imagine, this group is especially busy during periods around the UN General Assembly, major conferences taking place in North America, or on other occasions. Each such clearance does require extensive coordination with my colleagues at the Canada Border Services Agency, Transport Canada, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and airport security authorities across Canada.
As my CBSA colleague reminded me earlier today, every airport is different, so we do make sure that the appropriate facilities are in place.
In 2011, approximately 800 courtesy clearances were facilitated in this way by the official visits division.
I would be pleased to answer any questions that the honourable committee members may have. Thank you for listening and for inviting me to be here today.
11:15 a.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Thank you.
Next we will have Mr. Christiansen.
11:15 a.m.
Calvin Christiansen Director General, Border Operations Centre and Major Events Directorate, Operations Branch, Canada Border Services Agency
Good morning, Mr. Chair, and to the committee. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you today about Canada Border Service Agency's protocols and procedures team and the role it plays in working with our partners for major events.
My name is Calvin Christiansen, and I am the director general of the border operations centre and major events directorate of the operations branch at the Canada Border Services Agency.
To put the agency's role into perspective, I'd like to begin by providing an overview of the CBSA's mandate.
The CBSA is responsible for providing integrated border services that support national security and public safety priorities and facilitate the free flow of persons and goods, including animals and plants, that meet all of the requirements under program legislation. The CBSA administers over 90 acts and regulations on behalf of other government departments and agencies, and is primarily responsible for enforcing the Customs Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
The CBSA provides services at approximately 1,200 service points across Canada, including 117 land border crossings, 13 major international airports, five marine port facilities, 444 small-vessel marina reporting sites, and three postal processing plants.
As such, while our international events team assists with significant national events, it does always with our mandate and legislative principles as the core guiding principles.
In addition, the CBSA is mindful of the service-level expectations of Canadians. Within the traveller stream, border services officers question people upon arrival to determine if they and their personal goods meet the requirements of applicable legislation and regulations to enter Canada. Border services officers will then make a decision to grant entry or refer a person for further processing—for example, payment of duties and taxes, issuance of a document, etc.—and/or for a physical examination.
When significant events are being planned, such as a royal visit, music festival, sports event, or concert, the CBSA must be involved in the planning to ensure that Canada's immigration and customs laws are followed. All foreign dignitaries entering Canada must demonstrate that they meet Canada's entry requirements, including the presentation of proper travel documents, such as a passport. The same rules that apply to Canadian residents and visitors to Canada also apply to foreign dignitaries and heads of state.
The international events and convention services program provides guidance to tourism and the international business community about the CBSA's visitor and goods admissibility requirements. Border procedures and processes are streamlined through the team with the goal of easing border crossings through pre-arrival strategies.
We have nine regional coordinators across the country who have successfully contributed to more than 1,300 international events each year.
In addition, I should add that not all of those international events involve the clearance of a dignitary who is coming for an event, but this is just the scale of the international events we deal with.
In addition, information and guidance on CBSA admissibility requirements for organizers of large events taking place is available through the regional coordinators or through our office in Ottawa.
As these events focus the eyes of the world on Canada, normally attracting significant media attention and exerting significant pressures on CBSA resources, the Major International Events Coordination and Facilitation team plays a critical role in ensuring the CBSA is operationally prepared and ready for spikes in activity related to large events such as the winter Olympics and the upcoming Pan American Games.
The unit provides information for event organizers involved in promoting Canada as a destination for their events. The major focus is to facilitate the border crossing process by providing guidance to all key partners and participants on Canada's admissibility requirements and potential remission entitlements for visitors and goods.
The national courtesy and expedited clearance program manages, authorizes, and maintains information on requests for all official courtesy and expedited clearance privileges. The objective of the national courtesy and expedited clearance program is to facilitate the presence in Canada of visiting foreign dignitaries who qualify for courtesy or expedited clearance.
A courtesy clearance involves the streamlining of CBSA formalities in which the primary and secondary inspections are amalgamated to ensure the efficient and secure passage of the individual or the delegation.
Courtesy and expedited clearance procedures ensure that the CBSA has the necessary information in advance of the arrival of the qualified individuals. Courtesy or expedited clearance procedures do not exempt the legislative requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or the Customs Act.
Expedited clearance is the facilitation of CBSA formalities in which the primary questioning is performed in an accelerated manner, usually at the special services or crew counter at major international airports. The program serves as the key point of contact for courtesy and expedited clearances that may be requested by DFAIT's Office of Protocol, Heritage Canada, the Department of National Defence, the Supreme Court of Canada, or provincial offices of protocol.
While the CBSA has in place specific teams to provide expert information and guidance regarding special events and visits, it relies heavily on partnerships to ensure smooth, incident-free processes. These partnerships are mostly at headquarters with other federal departments; however, there is significant work done at the provincial, regional, and municipal levels where the actual events do take place. It's the guidance at the local level that ensures these events are successful, and this is where evidence of the CBSA's expertise is seen.
The CBSA processes millions of travellers each year at our 13 international airports, and we process, in total, about 1,500 courtesy or expedited clearances each year, so that's the combination of what we have from DFAIT and from other organizations. In some instances, we'll refer to an event, but the event will have several people attached to that event as well. The majority of these take place in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
The CBSA works hard to maintain our levels of service, and we continue to improve our service through various traveller processing initiatives, such as NEXUS and advanced border clearance terminals. So this continues to go on in the background while we have courtesy or expedited clearances happening.
The Canada Border Services Agency is a proud participant in Canada's national tourism strategy. We continue to provide a high level of service and working-level advice and guidance to organizers of special events at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. By ensuring secure and efficient border management processes, the CBSA plays an integral role in their success.
Mr. Chair, this concludes my opening statement. I'd be pleased to answer any questions the committee may have.
11:25 a.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Thank you, Mr. Christiansen.
Now we will move to our question and answer time. These are seven-minute rounds for the question and the answer, and I will start with Mr. Calandra.
11:25 a.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for coming.
Ms. Huber, can you just guide me on how one becomes the chief protocol officer for Canada?
11:25 a.m.
Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Well, I'm just lucky, I guess.
11:25 a.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Outside of luck....
11:25 a.m.
Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
I am a career diplomat. In previous incarnations I worked closely with the Office of Protocol. For example, as a geographic director general responsible for our relations with north Asia and the Pacific, I had close collaboration on high-level visits to and from that area of the world. I developed a great respect for the expertise of colleagues within the Office of Protocol.
There are few of us, in fact, who are what I would call amateurs. Most have years of expertise in various areas, such as Andrea Hudson. But it also helps the office that it includes people like Charles Reeves, like me, who have also served abroad a great deal and who have seen standards of treatment of protocol in other countries. My most recent incarnation was in fact as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq.
I can tell you there is great diversity in terms of protocol around the world, but there are basic principles that remain the same under the Vienna Convention, for example, and under the principles of reciprocity of treatment—how our high-level visitors are treated when they are abroad.
Sorry, that's a rather long-winded answer to a basic question. I apologize for going on.
11:25 a.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
That's fine. There's obviously not a school of protocol, I assume, where someone would go to learn. A lot of it, then, I assume, is based on experiences both at home and abroad. How do you ensure consistency? I know the answer, but how important is it to get protocol right? If you screw up on a visit either by our Prime Minister or a foreign dignitary, a small thing could cause a big problem. So how do you avoid a screw-up? And when you bring new people in, how do you avoid their making mistakes?
11:25 a.m.
Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
We're very conscious that the details are exceedingly important. Any successful visit or event is made up of a million and one details—doing proper advances, thinking of all the possibilities, and being alert to unavoidable last-minute changes, which happen all the time. We are very conscious that in protocol we are dealing with guests of Canada, whether they are visitors or foreign diplomats who are posted to Canada. We're fortunate, if I may say, to have dedicated officers working on this, not only in the Office of Protocol, but among the many strategic partners with whom we work, whether it's CBSA, parliamentary protocol, or the long list of partners I mentioned earlier.
11:30 a.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
With events that take place in Canada, how do you ensure consistency with Canadian tradition? I'm assuming there's a manual you would follow. How do you ensure that Canadian tradition is always respected during an internal visit from a foreign dignitary or when the Governor General visits other communities? How closely do you work with protocol departments in the provinces? Guide me through a post-visit debriefing. I assume that after a visit, either from a Governor General or a Prime Minister, you will review what went right and what went wrong. How do you make changes, and make sure that those changes get communicated nationwide?
11:30 a.m.
Chief of Protocol of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
First of all, prior to a high-level visit we would be consulting with a broad range of partners. We'd also be looking at our records of previous visits made either by that individual or by the person holding the office the individual represents. We would be consulting with our mission in that country. We would be looking at what sort of treatment would best serve Canada's interests in terms of making proposals for a program that would be of interest to the guest. For example, if it would mean travel to other cities within Canada, we would consult with the relevant provinces or municipal offices of protocol. We would consult on the program with colleagues across town, working very hard throughout the visit to make sure it was a true expression of Canada's respect for the guest, that it would be honouring the visitor, and operating mightily to avoid the kinds of slip-ups you referred to, while recognizing that sometimes last-minute changes are necessary.
After each major visit we have an internal review to discuss what worked well, what we should be doing to maximize felicitous results, and what didn't work so well and needs even more careful scrutiny and attention next time.
So, yes, we do try to learn from the past.
11:30 a.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Thank you, Mr. Calandra.
Mr. Cash.
11:30 a.m.
Andrew Cash Davenport, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank everyone for being here. I'm sure, given the fact that the President of Israel is here right now, there's probably a lot for your team to be doing. So we doubly appreciate your being here.
You've mapped out, Ms. Huber, a very complex story. The story is really about how very professional people within our civil service work together in order to pull off the best result for Canada, either here or abroad. There's unanimous agreement that those things are executed brilliantly 99.9% of the time. That 0.1% is just because we're human.
But what I want to get at here is this. Given the complexity and the fact that, as you've said, you need to be flexible as well and respond to certain circumstances as they come up—and of course you're dealing with a multiplicity of other agencies and their agendas, etc.—is it a good idea to try to set in stone these procedures?


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HOUGHTON – Copper Country high schools again fared well on the U.S. News & World Report ranking of top high schools in the country, with two receiving silver medals from the magazine.
Houghton High School and Calumet High School both qualified for silver status, finishing 27th and 51st in the state, respectively. Receiving bronze were Baraga High School, Chassell High School, Dollar Bay High School, Ewen-Trout Creek High School, Hancock Central High School, Jeffers High School, Lake Linden-Hubbell High School and Ontonagon Area High School.
U.S. News used a three-tiered process to determine honorees. Schools were first judged by if their students performed better than statistically expected. If so, they were then evaluated based on whether the least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic and low-income) performed better than similar students elsewhere in the state.
The final criterion, and the one that determined if a school would get a medal, is college readiness. U.S. News built a weighted index based on the percentage of students who took a test for a college-level class and how many passed one of them.
Houghton High School was the top-ranked school in the Upper Peninsula, finishing 27th in the state, and 1,079th in the country.
"I feel the credit goes to the students, and all our staff, K-12, parents and community support," said Superintendent Doreen Klingbeil.
The school offers six Advanced Placement courses: biology, chemistry, calculus, English, world history and geography.
"That is driven by student interest," said High School Principal Julie Filpus, who said last year's senior class had been "exceptional." "They are able to get through the regular sequence in some of our content areas and go into AP. I really feel the teachers in those classes devote an enormous amount of time delivering content that will prepare students for the exam."
Calumet High School finished 51st overall and 1,745th in the country.
Principal George Twardzik said he's proud of the work done by students and staff.
"That's really the reason we have the medal, is because of our students and the work they do and the work of our staff and the support of our community," he said. "It's a process of everyone working together – parents, students and staff. It's nice for them to get recognized for their hard work."
Calumet High School has AP classes in literature, composition, calculus, biology and chemistry. There, too, Twardzik said it's been a team effort.
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First, in all appearances, the presiding judge, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, has been subtly showing biases against the prosecution team. For several times, Enrile unilaterally stopped the presentation of witnesses and documentary evidence. In fact, his decisions were unchallenged when they were supposed to be deliberated first by the rest of senator-judges.
But to save time and effort, and for the convenience of the defense team, Enrile would make his own ruling as if he is alone in the impeachment court. So ordered, so he said and banged the gavel.
Second, it is very obvious that some senators dont want to evaluate the merits of the impeachment case. All their opinions, from the very start of the impeachment proceeding, have been leaning on defending Corona, believed to be the alleged defender of former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Senator Joker Arroyo, for instance, has nothing to do but vigorously inject doubts on the motions of the prosecution team.
The rest of the senators are, by the way, simply spectators, not understanding anything of whats going on inside the impeachment court. But to save their faces from the ridicule of the thinking public, some of the senators would stand and throw some irrelevant, nonsense, self-explanatory questions.
What is the business of the likes of Bong Revilla, Lito Lapid, Titto Sotto, etc sitting as senator-judges? If not because of their showbiz popularity, they should have been somewhere else other than at the impeachment court.
And finally, heres the consistent rant of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. She has nothing but criticism against the prosecution team. Not only does she rudely criticize, she also keeps insulting these congressmen, some of whom are lawyers too like Santiago herself, implying she alone has the monopoly of legal knowledge. At one point, she uttered the word gago, to sum up her argument against the prosecution team.
The defense team alleged that Senator Franklin Drilon is biased against Corona. But why is no one questioning the obvious unfairness of Senator Santiago? She had made the prosecution team look incompetent, dumb, idiot, ignorant, name it. Isnt she supposed to act as an impartial judge and evaluate the merits of the case, or is she tasked to defend the chief justice?
Granting that she is biased for Corona, the lady senator must refrain from lambasting people, treating them as if they were her pupils. The nation is watching, and our people are not happy with that.
There is no question that this impeachment trial will be decided not based on merits but based on political affiliations.
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Skip to comments.1 in 10 U.S. Deaths Blamed on Salt
Posted on 03/22/2013 8:36:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
On the heels of a study linking sugary drinks to 25,000 U.S. deaths a year, new research suggests salty food is even more dangerous.
The new study, by the same Harvard research team, linked excessive salt consumption to nearly 2.3 million cardiovascular deaths worldwide in 2010. One in 10 Americans dies from eating too much salt, the researchers found.
"The burden of sodium is much higher than the burden of sugar-sweetened beverages," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and author of both the salt and sugary drink studies. "That's because sugar-sweetened beverages are just one type of food that people can avoid, whereas sodium is in everything."
Mozaffarian and colleagues used data from 247 surveys on sodium intake and 107 clinical trials that measured how salt affects blood pressure, and how blood pressure contributes to cardiovascular disease like heart attacks and stroke.
"From that we could determine the health effects of sodium," he said, adding that one out of three deaths due to excessive sodium occurred before age 70. "It's really affecting younger adults, not just the elderly."
The study, presented today at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in New Orleans, adds to mounting evidence that packaged and processed foods containing high levels of salt for flavor and shelf life can take a heavy toll on cardiovascular health.
"It's really amazing how pervasive it is," Mozaffarian said of salt. "For the average person, it's very hard to avoid salt – you have to be incredibly motivated, incredibly educated, have access to a range of foods and do all the cooking yourself."
But not everything is easy to whip up at home, Mozaffarian added. Bread and cheese are the top two sources of sodium in the U.S.
"It's everywhere," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Beware of the eeeeevil salt shaker!
Nanny State PING!
All this time I thought it was those pesky A-salt rifles
125 out of every 10 deaths is caused by something the government wants to regulate.
1 in 4 Bible Deaths Blamed on Salt
"... you have to be incredibly motivated, incredibly educated, have access to a range of foods and do all the cooking yourself."
What a crock of s***. Labels are on all types of foods, and avoid fast food. They confuse "incredibly motivated" with lazy as hell.
I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener".
10%, I doubt that ... more are lost to ghetto gang bangers then to salt.
Studies point to stunning statistics that 100% of all deaths are caused by mortality.
An incredible and sobering point.
In other news, the Obama Administration has awarded $250 billion to several who will study the problem. It is feared there may be an impact to the administration of ObamaCare but, likely it will have an accretive effect that could sharply cuts costs during end of life management for those over 65.
Very sodium indeed...
Everyone is shook up about it...
The war on salt
That's one fine rant.
There's no doubt about it - the principal cause of death is life.
I call warmed leavings of a male cow on this one.
OH MY GOD! How did we survive all these years without banning or restricting people's salt intake! McDonalds can now be charged with possessing WMDs!
With 900 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon of soy sauce, the government is considering how certain changes in the delivery of wasabi can impact health.
NHS and Kathleen Sebelius are outlining rules based on the Pritikin Diet, which finds that you can replace sodium laced soy sauce with rice vinegar reducing salt intact nearly 100% but, still giving that hot but quickly dissapating taste wasabi is so well known for and enjoyed.
In other news, a certain Freeper did stop in at Whole Foods and did find an excellent soy sauce replacement that has only 100 milligrams of sodium and tastes just like soy sauce.
In fact, I replaced the soy sauce with this and no one could tell the difference.
It's called Bragg, Liquid Aminos, Natural Soy Sauce Alternative. It's only $4 bucks for 16 ounces and there is no reason not to use it.
Great on rice and with sushi. You won't be able to taste the difference but your body will be able to tell.
That's all we use now. No more soy sauce.
Male cow? Now I gotta watch out for those male hens and male ewes too; and we gotta keep the male vixens away from the female-roosterhouse. (Canine equivalent: not going there.)
It has been said that the primary career goal of an epidemiologist should be to retire with his reputation at least partially intact. This a-h is not going to make it, and his Harvard cred won't save him. The role of sodium in health problems is highly ambiguous at best.
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Screw them. I just had a few Cape Cod Kettle Cooked potato chips.
These Harvard pseudoscientists are not worth their salt. (No salt, no salary.)
Wuz just going there....
Civilization never would have survived if they hadn't used salt to preserve food.
Salt kills ya!
Eggs kill ya!
Beef kills ya!
Coffee kills ya!
At some point in time the very health conscience will be dying and wondering what the heck happened.
Don't get me wrong..I have the utmost respect for health conscience people. But the bottom line is..we all started dying the day we were born. Some of us slowly..some fast.
The nanny state wants to make sure you live longer. Yet they will deny healthcare to the elderly and send you home to die. Then you can eat all the salt you want.
Indeed it is. I recall complaints from lab mavens in solid state physics that we leave it all over everything we touch. Recall the Bell System Science Series film, HEMO THE MAGNIFICENT, which made a dramatic scene out of the announcement that sea water is the closest thing to human blood. The word "salary" comes from the Latin word for salt.
My opinion, which is my own, is that a low-salt diet is in fact a deprivation diet. The human body regulates its salt content with robust mechanisms, and our taste for this mineral serves the purpose of insuring a minimum level.
I suppose it may be true that lowering the level below what the body provides for, particularly as we age, may have the salutary effect which is claimed, but this requires that we force the level below what the wisdom of our body, such as it may be, decrees.
There are some obvious tie-ins with obesity claims.
Everything in that study may be obsolete.
Simulated Mars mission reveals bodys sodium rhythms
The findings suggest that current medical practice and studies that rely on 24-hour urine samples to determine salt intake are not accurate......
yes...and it is refined salt that is the problem! Daaaaa! abc missed the vital facts. Search sea salt and how you can and should eat much of it daily.
Totally beneficial.
"All this time I thought it was those pesky A-salt rifles"
It is all about the A-salt shakers (magazines) that allow the dispensing of too many crystals in one shake. And it is also all about the wrong kind of salt (ammo) - if it is not RealSalt, totally unprocessed, it is too deadly for anyone except the Surgeon General/FDA/AMA to handle...they are currently buying 1.6 billion grains to protect us from ourselves by making this stuff scarce.
Seriously (more seriously that the seriously written comments in the preceding paragraph), salt is not a killer...if it is natural, unprocessed. The 'table salt' we find in the grocery store is processed, and is not healthy, though it does not do what this article is suggesting. Low sodium...is it healthy? Depends...
Some low sodium products are very high in potassium, a very good thing. We are all generally shy on our potassium intake. Natural salt (unprocessed) is not unhealthy. RealSalt, Himalayan Salt are healthy. Sea salt? better than processed salt, but not as good as the RealSalt or Himalayan Salt lsid down in ancient sea beds eons ago before there were bad contaminants (Mercury etc) in the seas.
I am past mid 70...I am healthy...recent blood work shows everything in 'spec'...even the non issue 'cholesterol'. I am on no prescription meds. Only health problem is cateracts, and those will soon be corrected...asked Doc about incidence...he said everybody gets cateracts...and he told me I will see better than I have ever seen (I've worn glasses since I was 5). The point of this is that I like salt...I use a lot of salt...and I also like fat, especially butter - my butter consumption is way beyond the average in this country, and I eat butter, not anykind of butter substitute (all margarines, etc are bad for us). I also eat bacon, several times a week, and if I wind up at a certain breakfast buffet that has unlimited bacon, I PIG out. I do not worry about any kind of animal fat. I eat eggs, lots of 'em. Eggs are healthy. Egg white substitutes are not (the yoke is better for you than the white).
Etc etc etc...
Another point of view:
That movie was way ahead of it's time. Little did anyone know that was going to be New York someday.
One fine copy of one fine rant.
"(Canine equivalent: not going there.)"
You mean you won't go to male-bitch, i.e. Reid, McConnell, Boehner...?
Denis Leary, right?
I knew the country was in trouble when Kissinger (or was it Brzezinski?) signed the SALT Agreements! Now what?
Salt is currently cheap....that will soon change. I wonder what (high priced) artificial salt substitute will be PUSHED on us?
Mmm, I think I'll sit down and enjoy a nice salty pretzel.
Too numerous to mention.
Insulin's impact on renal sodium transport and blood pressure in health, obesity, and diabetes
I absolutely agree with this.
Yep, in Demolition Man
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Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry; Vice-Chair, Human Investigations Committee II & IV
Research Interests
Adolescent Psychiatry; Alcohol Drinking; Behavioral Medicine; Marijuana Smoking; Nicotine; Psychotherapy; Tobacco; Chemicals and Drugs; Psychiatry and Psychology; Health Care
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Addictions, Division of | Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY) | Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism | Connecticut Mental Health Center | Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) | Psychology Section | Psychotherapy Development Center | Substance Abuse Research | Tobacco Research in Youth (TRY) | Women's Behavioral Health Research, Division of | Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
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My research is focused on developing a biobehavioral understanding of the underpinnings of alcohol, tobacco (nicotine) and marijuana use, in adolescent and adult populations, and developing new pharmacological and behavioral interventions to reduce and prevent use of these substances. My more recent work has focused on developing scientific evidence to support national and international tobacco regulatory efforts.
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- To develop novel high school based tobacco cessation and prevention interventions for adolescent smokers using behavioral techniques and pharmacotherapy.
- To develop empirical scientific evidence to support national and international tobacco regulatory efforts.
- To understand the role of flavors in tobacco/nicotine addiction
- To develop novel marijuana prevention and cessation programs for adolescents
- To use a developmental perspective, and behavioral and neuroimaging methods, to understand the prevalence and biobehavioral underpinnings of high risk behaviors, including substance use, among adolescents.
- To examine the effects of glutamatergic and opiodergic agents on alcohol drinking behaviors including craving.
Selected Publications
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Morean, M., Camenga, D., Cavallo, D.A. & Kong, G. E-cigarette use among high school and middle school adolescents in Connecticut. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2015. 1:1-9
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Cavallo, D.A., Cooney, J.L., Schepis, T.S., Kong, G., Liss, T.B., Liss, A.K., McMahon, T.J., Nich, C., Babuscio, T., Rounsaville, B., & Carroll, K.M. An exploratory randomized controlled trial of a novel high-school-based smoking cessation intervention for adolescent smokers using abstinence-contingent incentives and cognitive behavioral therapy. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2013, 132: 346-351
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Co-author, "Health consequences of tobacco use by young people" 2010 Surgeon General's Report "Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People".
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Krystal, J.H., Shi, J., Pittman, B., O'Malley, S.S. (2007) Family history of alcoholism influences naltrexone-induced reduction in alcohol drinking. Biological Psychiatry. 62: 694-7.
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Reynolds, B., Duhig, A.M., Smith, A., Liss, T., McFetridge, A., Cavallo, D.A., Carroll, K.M., Potenza, M. (2007) Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Apr 17;88(1):79-82. Epub 2006 Oct 17.
- Krishnan-Sarin, S., Duhig, A., McKee, S., McMahon, T.J., Liss, T., McFetridge, A., Cavallo, D.A. Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation in Adolescent Smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2006. 14(3):306-10.


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The media relations slugs probably have the press releases ready to go:
We would like to thank Mel Karmazin for eight years of service at Sirius XM. Mel oversaw Sirius' merger with XM and took the company from the brink of bankruptcy to one with increasing free cash flow, strong revenue growth and the best premium content available anywhere.
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Of course, that's satire. Pure speculation. But, once you step back and take a clear-headed survey of the situation, it's obvious what's happening here. Liberty's recent moves to buy more shares and take what will likely end up a majority stake in Sirius XM should not confuse investors.
Before long, one way or the other, Liberty will run the company. And this is good news for fanboys and girls of satellite radio, as long as they can handle wholesale change.
All year there has been a well-publicized fire sale by insiders and institutions on shares of Sirius XM. Karmazin entered in the middle of it as he decided, coincidentally, it was time to get his charitable endeavors in order. Whether Karmazin decided to up his contributions to Unicef, the National Association of Radio Broadcasters or whomever, this is probably not mere happenstance. Well, maybe it is -- I cannot say for sure -- but a sane and logical person could "sanely" and logically believe a backstory exists.
Karmazin said it himself: I'm not really good at working for somebody, I just could not be a No. 2 . Knowing Karmazin's history, I can get with that, but it's also a nice way set up his ouster so it does not look so much like an ouster.
Karmazin did do a remarkable job getting Sirius XM to where it is today. That much is not spoof or satire. But at this point Sirius XM needs a leader (or leaders, but preferably one leader) with vision. It needs a person who sees the future of media, particularly audio entertainment, as a multiplatform, largely social and mobile, endeavor. Stubborn in his terrestrial radio roots, Mel is clearly not the guy. Like Sheryl Sandberg, Karmazin would make a good, though not as good, COO to somebody such as Mark Zuckerberg.
Sirius XM loyalist longs should cease chants of long live SIRI . I will let the Sirius XM peanut gallery argue over the ins and outs of how Liberty will move forward, but I know the best possible outcome:
- Karmazin exits stage left.
- The SIRI ticker dies.
- Sirius XM becomes part of Liberty Media's solid stable, which includes Starz, the Atlanta Braves and interests of various sizes in companies ranging from Barnes & Noble (BKS) to Viacom(VIA)
- Liberty hires a tech/Internet/new media guy to lead Sirius XM or the cross-platform integration of the company's various interests.