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Lawmakers agreed Thursday to borrow more than $500 million from special state funds, a move that would pull the trigger on a complicated plan to send millions of extra federal dollars to Illinois hospitals.
Lawmakers agreed Thursday to borrow more than $500 million from special state funds, a move that would pull the trigger on a complicated plan to send millions of extra federal dollars to Illinois hospitals.
Backers of the plan said the money would be restored quickly to the state funds, and hospitals and state government would benefit from the infusion of cash, which pays for health care provided to people on Medicaid.
With just two dissenting votes, House Bill 1027 cleared both chambers of the General Assembly on Thursday. The measure is headed to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn, who plans to sign it into law, said spokeswoman Libby White.
The legislation lets state government borrow $510 million from two special funds: $335 million from a fund dealing with the retirement of general obligation bonds and $175 million from the State Employees' Retirement System fund.
With the borrowed cash, state government can put up the money needed to initiate a five-year "hospital assessment" program that leverages additional federal dollars. Ultimately, officials say, the program will enable hospitals and state government to collect an extra $4.5 billion to pay for health care for the poor.
The borrowed money, with interest, is to be repaid to the special funds by April 14.
Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville, asked during House debate whether state employees would object to the temporary withdrawal of retirement-related funds.
The bill's House sponsor, Democratic Rep. Gary Hannig of Litchfield, assured him that wouldn't be a problem. Payments to hospitals would start flowing within days after Quinn signs the legislation, he added.
Anders Lindall, spokesman for Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said later Thursday that the state workers' union didn't take a position on the bill.
"We are very reticent to see any borrowing from funds held by the retirement systems," he said. "Because of assurances that this very short-term loan will be repaid promptly and with interest, we did not oppose the bill."
Hospital officials said they were pleased with lawmakers' action.
"First and foremost, it's a win for our patients and our community," said Ken Harbaugh, chief financial officer at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. "This will free up a lot of needed cash that will help us pay for ongoing equipment replacement."
The Peoria hospital expects to reap about $10.5 million a year through the assessment program.
Brian Reardon, spokesman for St. John's Hospital in Springfield, said legislative passage of the funding plan is "a very positive development." St. John's expects to get about $11 million a year through the assessment program.
"It's good for hospitals, and it's good for the state, and therefore it's good for the people of Illinois," said Howard Peters III, senior vice president of the Illinois Hospital Association.
Still, Peters said, the legislation won't take care of all of Illinois' Medicaid obligations.
The state has about $2.2 billion in unpaid Medicaid bills, money that's owed to hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers, Comptroller Dan Hynes said Thursday.
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Boston has been on my mind since the bombing at the Boston Marathon. I've consciously avoided the news coverage on the perpetrators – I think justice should be done but I refuse to rubberneck over the darker side of humanity. It would keep me too focused on the horror people can do to one another and there's just too much of that in the news.
I would much rather pay attention to and be inspired by the heroes the tragedy brought out: the first responders who rushed into the danger that others fled from; the bystanders who helped injured men, women and children; the police who worked to keep people safe; the journalists who sought to do responsible, accurate reporting despite the danger of their surroundings; and so many more examples of courage, compassion, and goodness.
Not surprisingly, one of my coping mechanisms to deal with tragedy is to bake. Most importantly, it's also to share what I've baked, which is what I did with the following recipes. My friends in Boston and in one case, the newsroom where one of them works, were the recipients of these. I like to share and I couldn't think of a more deserving group. Editor's note: We were very grateful!
It's always hard to mail anything with frosting in a care package but I really wanted to make this cake. I'd seen it on Pinterest a little while ago and I knew pound cakes kept better over several days and are better able to survive being mailed. It's hard to send a frosted bundt cake through the mail and expect it to make it intact after a 3,000-mile journey though, so I baked them in these paper loaf pans and left them in there to cool before I frosted them with the chocolate peanut butter frosting.
I kept the frosting fairly contained within the loaf pans and it was easy to completely encase them in plastic wrap, put each in a ziploc bag and line them up side by side in the mailing box, wedged in so they wouldn't move. I covered them with those plastic air packs from my (many) Amazon shipments so that there would be no space to move between the loaves and the top of the box. Editor's note: They arrived in perfect form.
That was the practical aspect of mailing them. Now for the taste. This made a lot of batter so I was able to get five paper loaf pans and a ramekin out of them. The ramekin was important since that was my taste test serving. First, let me set up that I'm indifferent to peanut butter. I like it well enough but if I had to prioritize a list of flavors, peanut butter wouldn't prevail over chocolate, caramel, coconut or lemon, for instance.
Second, I've previously mentioned I'm not a big fan of frosting. I either like my cakes plain or with just the barest smidge of frosting. I've been known to scrape frosting off of cakes and just eat the cake, no matter how many times my frosting-loving friends roll their eyes at me. Now that I've done that set up, let me tell you: I loved this cake.
The texture was amazing and the peanut butter flavor wasn't overwhelming. I also really loved the frosting. There, I said it. I loved the frosting. Not too chocolaty, not too peanut butter-y but a perfect blend of the two flavors. Plus it was a nice creamy texture that went well with the cake. Love.
I did discover later that I had likely underbaked the loaf pans a tad (I kept one back to bring to work and mailed out the other four) but, based on the feedback from my recipients, I don't think it was too underbaked as they seemed to like it. I got a flurry of very nice thank you emails from the newsroom – it's always nice to hear people enjoyed what you sent them. That was my tiny, tiny little part in trying to do good for others after that tragedy. Editor's note: They were delicious!
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Peanut butter pound cake
From Glimmer Twin Fan
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
5 eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk, whole or low fat (I used whole milk)
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Prepare a large tube or bundt pan by greasing and flouring it. Set pan aside. (A couple people have commented that their cake overflowed while baking. This recipe makes a large cake and I used a large tube pan. Only fill your bundt/tube pan up about 3/4 full. Don't let the extra batter go to waste though, make some muffins or a small loaf.)
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
3. On medium speed, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the brown sugar and peanut butter and continue mixing. Add the eggs, one at a time. Wait until one egg is fully mixed in before adding the next one. Add vanilla.
4. Add the dry ingredients and the milk to the creamed mixture. Alternate between the flour mixture and the milk, using about a fourth of the ingredient at a time. Always begin and end with the dry ingredients. Mix completely.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60-70 minutes (Adjust baking time based on your pan size/s.) Start checking to see if it is done at 60 minutes using a wooden toothpick. Continue checking every 5 minutes to make sure it does not overcook. When the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.
6. Remove from the oven and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then remove it from the cake pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
7. Dust with powdered sugar or frost as desired.
Peanut butter frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter, creamy
2 cups powdered sugar
Milk (amount varies based on consistency desired)
1. Cream butter and peanut butter.
2. Add powdered sugar and milk while mixer is set on low. Add the milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency.
3. Pour over the top of the cake.
For chocolate peanut butter frosting, melt 4 ounces of semisweet chocolate squares, cool slightly, and add to the butter and peanut butter mixture. Proceed with the rest of the instructions. Don't worry if the frosting is too thick or thin, just add small amounts of milk to thin, or powdered sugar to thicken.
Lemon coconut bars
From My Baking Addiction
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup cold butter
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flaked coconut
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13x2-inch pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, combine flour and confectioners' sugar; cut in the butter until crumbly.
3. Press into the bottom of baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and baking powder until well mixed. Pour over crust; sprinkle coconut evenly over the top.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

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The next big thing in business might come from within as companies do away with bureaucracy — and managers — and experiment with structures that are less like hierarchical workflow charts and more like the Web.
Looking out at the make-or-break challenges companies will face over the next decade, Gary Hamel, professor at the London Business School and director at the Management Innovation Exchange, said, "The single biggest leverage point is the systems, the processes by which you run your company."
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Hamel said most organizations are very bureaucratic and designed to force workers to conform to timelines and other standards. That makes companies based on century-old management ideals that, in Hamel's words, "were trying to turn human beings into semi-programmable robots."
And it's not a system people love. Hamel noted there are not leaders out there pushing for more bureaucracy, but there has been a lack of alternatives.
That is starting to change.
Companies around the globe are beginning to experiment with new management techniques, giving line workers more control over the budget and getting them to choose their own leaders, or allowing them to test their business ideas in an internal market.
"One of the deepest dogmas we have about management is that you actually can't manage without managers," Hamel noted.
Increasingly companies are trying to get front-line workers more opportunities to make decisions, spend corporate money and set strategy.
These ideas perhaps couldn't seem more foreign in a buttoned-up office, but Hamel said the stakes couldn't be higher and that companies need to experiment with new structures.
"The single greatest constraint long term on an organization's success today is probably leadership," Hamel said.
The management expert said the traits of a leader are well known — visionary, analytical, creative — but so often heads of established companies fall short, pointing to Mercedes-Benz, Sony, Hewlett-Packard and even Microsoft as examples.
"We almost expect today that the future is going to be created by the insurgents," Hamel said. "We almost expect that the future's going to be made by guys who have no emotional equity in the past."
The problem, he said, becomes, "How do you build an extraordinary organization when maybe you're leader isn't Steve Jobs? How do you build an organization that changes as fast as change itself without getting a new ceo?"
The answer is harnessing the collective brainpower of the workforce by engaging employees.
"We have organizations that, for most people there, are just not all that inspiring," Hamel said.
He noted that most people in Manhattan have the ability in their personal life to go buy a new car, but not the pull at work to order a new desk chair.
"What sort of payoff would there be if we invested as much creative energy in how we lead and manage and organize as we do in brand and our store concepts and our customer experience?" Hamel said.
The Internet, technology and other global shifts are forcing change on companies.
"Year-to-year volatility in earnings has been going up for 40 years," Hamel said. "The world is becoming more turbulent faster than most organizations are becoming more resilient, more truly adaptable. What lies behind that is almost an architectural-level problem" with how businesses are organized.
"We've been kicking bureaucracy in the shins, but we haven't delivered a knockout blow yet," Hamel said, adding that "we have to put a stake through the heart of bureaucracy."
One example of a forward-leaning company is grocery chain Whole Foods, which Hamel said gives each store $150,000 each year to spend as it wishes.
In a move that might not have gotten the green light on a corporate level, one store put in a bar that turned out to be a big hit with women shoppers and a profit center. Sixty Whole Foods stores now have bars.
Hamel said leaders among the employee ranks rise to the top if they're allowed.
"You get inside of a company, I can find out who the real leaders are," Hamel said, noting they are people who naturally get others to help and follow them. "I can imagine not too far from now where we will be able to give every single employee a leadership score."
Markets are another powerful tool companies could employ to make decisions and help the best ideas flourish. Some companies have experimented with letting employees hold "initial public offerings" for their ideas. Everyone in the company then invests fantasy money in the ideas they like best and the winners get real budgets and a chance to make a go of it.
"The New York Stock Exchange has outperformed any company on the New York Stock Exchange," Hamel said. "Markets are really good at allocating resources from old things to new things. People who control resource allocation, they're in love with what's already there."


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This is my first Passover that I will actually have to kosher my own kitchen. So I am on the prowl for some beautiful glass dishes that I can use year round for meat and milk, as well as for the holiday.
Here is a round up of my favorite glass dinner sets from across the web…
1. Crate & Barrel Mallorca Dinnerware
These are more textured than your average glass dish, but still very casual. At this price, these are great for every day dinnertime with your kids.
2. Crate & Barrel Orion Dinnerware
These have a rumpled recycled look. Very cool with linen and woven wood chargers.
A super elegant set. These dishes are Fancy, with a capital F.
4. Target's La Rochere Bee Glass Collection
5. Libbey Tempo Square Dinnerware Collection
Go for a crisp look with a square dish.
6. Colin Cowie 12–pc. Gold–Trimmed Textured Glass Dinnerware Set
For the price, these are really a score. A gold rimmed dish is timeless.
7. VivaTerra Serene Sol Recycled Glass Dinnerware
Go for an eco-chic look with this recycled glass set.
8. Amazon's Classica Glass Dishes
Patterned glass plates have the elegance of your grandmother's crystal, at a fraction of the cost.
9. Dishes by Riverside Designs from Terrestera
Green glass evokes memories of sea-glass… Casual but graceful.
10. Belmont Clear Beaded Plate
This is a classic, cant go wrong glass dish. The beaded edge adds detail, but this plate is no fuss, no muss.
Happy Passover!
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When Tricia and her daughter SammiJo were first featured on an episode of Toddlers & Tiaras last year, she and her husband fought in front of the cameras about money. He believed that the estimated $100,000 that they'd spent on pageants was a waste. Oddly, he had included the expense of his wife's "boob job" into that figure. We can't even guess why a mother would need breast implants for her child's beauty pageant, but 10 years ago, we also would've scoffed at the idea of children routinely wearing dentures in order to compete, so what do we know? Anyway, Tricia and her daughter are going to be featured on another episode of the show tonight. A lot has changed for them in eight months: Tricia and her husband are now divorced. She and her four kids are living with her new boyfriend and she's supporting the family by working at Hooters and as a cage girl at MMA fights. So it looks like the boobs probably were a good investment after all!
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Bipolar disorder takes center stage
Sufferers of the illness must deal with the stigma, but it can be treated
The news last month of actress Catherine Zeta Jones' diagnosis of bipolar II disorder has given a very public face to a mental health issue with a history of stigma. Jones, according to reports, began to suffer the mood swings that characterize the disease within the past year, as her husband, Michael Douglas, fought throat cancer and engaged in a court battle with his ex-wife. In April, she checked herself into a mental health facility for a brief stay to receive treatment.
A couple of years ago, singer, actress and "X Factor" judge Demi Lovato had a breakdown and claimed she was undergoing treatment for personal issues. She later revealed she has bipolar disorder as well as eating disorders.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, bipolar disorder - also called manic-depressive disorder - is a brain disorder characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy and activity levels that negatively impact a person's ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. These shifts in mood are severe, much more so than the regular ups and downs of life common to everyone.
Annually, 2.6 percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from bipolar disorder, and nearly 83 percent of those cases are considered severe. Lifetime prevalence of the disorder among adults reaches to nearly 4 percent, just under 1 million people. Children can suffer from the disorder as well, but the disorder usually begins in adolescence or adulthood.
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If you suspect that you or a loved one may suffer from bipolar disorder, or if you have suicidal thoughts, please use these resources to seek professional help:
A National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
A Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Greater Houston: 713-600-1131 or www.dbsahouston.org
A Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine: 800-351-9058 or www.menningerclinic.com
A Crisis Intervention of Houston (suicide hotline): 713-HOTLINE, 713-526-TEEN or 713-526-8088 (Espanol)
Bipolar disorder symptoms
Manic episodes
A A lengthy "high" or overly happy and outgoing mood.
A Extremely irritable mood or feeling of being "jumpy" or "wired."
A Talking very fast, jumping from one idea to another.
A Taking on new projects, but being easily distracted.
A Being restless and sleeping little.
A Behaving impulsively and engaging in pleasurable high-risk acts.
Depressive episodes
A A long period of worry or emptiness.
A Loss of interest in activities you usually enjoy.
A Having problems concentrating and making decisions.
A Being restless or irritable
A A change in daily habits
A Thoughts of death or suicide
Source: National Institute of Mental Health (www.nimn.nih.gov)
The term "bipolar" refers to the two poles of mood and behavior between which sufferers cycle: mania and depression. The duration and severity of the manic and depressive episodes separate the four forms of bipolar disorder. Bipolar I involves at least seven days of mania, or mania severe enough to require hospitalization, and severe depressive periods of at least two weeks.
Bipolar II involves a pattern of depressive periods and hypomania, less severe than a true mania. Two other forms of bipolar - Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (BP-NOS) and cyclothymia (sometimes called bipolar III) - define sets of symptoms that match those of bipolar disorder but do not meet the criteria for diagnosis.
During manic episodes, people may experience prolonged "highs" and feelings of joy, plenitude and energy. They may become highly excitable or "jumpy," racing back and forth between ideas, have little need for sleep and may have unrealistic notions of their abilities.
Risky behaviors, such as spending sprees and high-risk sex, are common to manic periods. Sufferers eventually cycle away from the manic pole to the depressive pole, characterized by loss of interest in things that normally bring enjoyment, fatigue, lack of mental focus, changes in eating and sleeping, and difficulty making decisions. Feelings of despair and suicidal thoughts also are common during the depressive stage. Swinging back and forth between these poles wreaks havoc on daily life, from interfering with their ability to hold down a job, maintain relationships and even manage simple tasks.
Although bipolar disorder is treatable, it's hard to diagnose for a number of reasons.
"It would be nice if everyone presented symptoms as they are laid out in the DSM 4, but they don't," said Dr. Blake Haren, associate professor in the department of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and a psychiatry internist at Baylor's Menninger Clinic, referring to the diagnostic manual professionals use to diagnose mental illnesses. "Bipolar itself is the great imitator of all the things we see because it has bits and pieces of other illnesses built into it. There's lots of symptom overlap. Someone comes in with lots of depression, say, and this is their main symptom - this isn't in itself going to give us a bipolar diagnosis."
In other words, people who suffer from a primary symptom, such as depression or anxiety, may spend years receiving treatment that won't address the bipolar disorder that may be at the root of their symptoms.
Cultural factors also make bipolar hard to diagnose, said Jennifer Strich, program director for the Houston chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DPSA), which provides free support to people who suffer from these particular mental health issues.
"The culture, especially in Texas, is to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, just get over it. This doesn't encourage people to take their symptoms seriously and seek professional help," Strich said.
Also, people still have fear about mental illnesses and those who suffer from them. "Taking medications doesn't make you crazy. It just means that you are treating your illness just like any other disease, like diabetes or heart disease, that you take medicine for," she said. "Both depression and bipolar disorder are very treatable, and it is possible to live a normal life with this disease if it's being treated."
The prevalence of suicide among those with bipolar disorder gives proper diagnosis and treatment a particular urgency, Haren said. About 15 percent of people who have either type of bipolar disorder will take their lives. Up to half will attempt suicide and not complete it.
"If we know that the No. 8 killer of men and No. 11 of women is suicide, and if we know that bipolar is one of the modifiers for this, we need to get people seen by professionals so they can get treatment," Haren said.


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In programming language, method is something that you do to an object.
For example, the object is 'door' and you want to apply an action 'open'.
In python you can write as: door.open().
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Argument is the place for parameters that you apply to the method.
For example, you want to open your door half only or full open then changing the color painting to blue or red.
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Harvard Research Scientist: Sharing Discoveries More Efficient, More Honorable Than Patenting Them
from the my-hero deptMeet Jay Bradner, Harvard research scientist, who disovered a promising molecule that may represent a step forward in the fight against cancer and decided to put science before fortune, because he's a human being. Oh, and also because he suggests that going the patent route would be less efficient and less honorable.
Two years ago, after Jay Bradner made a remarkable breakthrough—the discovery of a molecule that, in mice, appeared to trick certain cancer cells into becoming normal cells—he did something unusual. Instead of huddling with lawyers to file for a patent on the molecule, Bradner simply gave his work away. Hoping to get the discovery into the hands of any scientist who could advance it, he published the structure of the compound (called JQ1) and mailed samples to labs around the world. The move, he says, felt like "the more efficient way to do science—and maybe the more honorable way."More efficient. More honorable. It's a small example of the potential destruction for both prongs of the pro-patent argument. If it makes science more efficient to not patent, there goes promoting the progress. If it's more honorable, there goes the moral argument. And, unlike some pharma companies, I'm not even going to make patents the key point here: Bradner's focus is on helping people. Do we get the same sense from the crowd patenting their drugs, their medical diagnostic techniques, and anything else they can get their hands on?
Now, lest you write this off as some minor discovery that Bradner made, this molecule would likely have made him a great deal of money.
The monopoly on developing the molecule that Bradner walked away from would likely have been worth a fortune (last year, the median value for U.S.-based biotech companies was $370 million). Now four companies are building on his discovery—which delights Bradner, who this year released four new molecules. "For years, drug discovery has been a dark art performed behind closed doors with the shades pulled," he says. "I would be greatly satisfied if the example of this research contributed to a change in the culture of drug discovery."This puts Bradner firmly on my hero list. Here's hoping he succeeds in helping to change the biomedical culture.
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On Tuesday, November 22, Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon declared a moratorium on all executions in his state. Among other things, he said:
"I refuse to be a part of this compromised and inequitable system any longer; and I will not allow further executions while I am governor." And: "I am convinced we can find a better solution that keeps society safe, supports the victims of crime and their families and reflects Oregon values. " (It is definitely worth reading the entire statement.)
And, while you're at it, take a little time to thank this Governor for his unusually heartfelt action.
This is the first governor-imposed moratorium on executions since Governor George Ryan halted executions in Illinois in the year 2000. There the issue was innocence (13 exonerations at the time compared to 12 executions); here, one of the issues is "volunteers". Both Oregon's post-reinstatement executions have been of men who chose to give up their appeals, and Gary Haugen, scheduled for execution on December 6 was actively pursuing his own death. Governor Kitzhaber called the execution of those voluntarily seeking to be killed a "perversion of justice."


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The husband of Sen. John Ensign's former mistress made "exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits" through an attorney, an aide to the Nevada Republican said Friday.
In a statement, Ensign spokesman Tory Mazzola said the demands from an attorney for Doug Hampton were made within the past month.
"The demands were referred to Senator Ensign's legal counsel, who is handling the matter going forward," the statement said.
Mazzola did not name the attorney nor immediately respond to requests for additional details.
Hampton's lawyer, Daniel Albregts, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
The FBI in Las Vegas and Las Vegas police said Friday they were not investigating the matter.
Unconfirmed reports that Doug Hampton was pressuring Ensign for money have circulated since the senator abruptly came forward Tuesday and confessed to a nine-month extramarital affair with Cindy Hampton, his former campaign treasurer and Hampton's wife.
Until Friday, the senator's office had not responded to questions about the allegations.
Ensign, 51, has said he intends to remain in the Senate, though he resigned as head of the Republican Policy Committee, the fourth-ranking spot in the leadership.
'Immoral choice'
The statement came hours after the Las Vegas Sun published a letter from Doug Hampton to a news organization asking it to expose the senator's "unethical behavior and immoral choice." The nearly 1,000-word letter to Fox News anchorwoman Megyn Kelly accuses Ensign of "heinous conduct and pursuit" of Cindy Hampton, even after both had left their jobs working for Ensign.
A source close to the Hamptons confirmed the letter was written by Doug Hampton. The individual was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Cindy Hampton, 46, was a campaign treasurer for two committees connected to the senator. Doug Hampton served as an administrative assistant on Ensign's Senate staff. Neither have worked for Ensign since May 2008.
The senator acknowledged the affair continued until August 2008.
"Senator Ensign's conduct and relentless pursuit of my wife led to our dismissal in April of 2008," Doug Hampton wrote. "The actions of Senator Ensign have ruined our lives and careers and left my family in shambles."
Sex scandals and elected officials
Ensign's office has said the senator hastily called a news briefing to admit his infidelity after it learned that Doug Hampton had approached a media outlet about the affair.
Asked if Fox News received the letter, a company spokeswoman referred the AP to comments from one of its producers that were reported on the Huffington Post, a Web site. Tom Lowell, senior producer of "America's Newsroom," told the Web site that a booker on the show received an e-mail from Hampton with the letter attached on June 15, the day before Ensign's appearance before reporters.
Lowell said that when reporters followed up with Hampton, he "seemed evasive and not credible, thus we didn't pursue it."
"Definitely no one on our editorial team called anyone in Senator Ensign's office prior to the announcement," he said.
Letter: Senator confronted by others
The letter claims Ensign was confronted by others about his relationship and conduct.
"In fact one of the confrontations took place in February 2008 at his home in Washington DC with a group of his peers," Hampton wrote. "One of the attendee's was Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma as well as several other men who are close to the senator."
An aide to Coburn did not immediately respond to a call for comment.
In the letter, Hampton said the Ensign and Hampton families were "lifelong friends, our children attend school together to this day, and our homes are in neighborhoods across from each other." He said he went to work for the senator in Washington in November 2006, but since leaving has "lost significant income, suffered indescribable pain and emotional suffering."
After leaving his post, Hampton, 47, quickly landed jobs with companies associated with the senator. He worked briefly for a consulting firm founded by Ensign's closest adviser, Mike Slanker. His biggest client was a Las Vegas-based airline whose executives have contributed generously to Ensign over the years.
Allegiant Air chief executive Maurice Gallagher and his wife have contributed more than $86,000 to Ensign's campaign and political action committees, federal records show.
Hampton later joined Allegiant Air in August 2008 and is currently vice president of government affairs, a company spokeswoman said.
Mazzola said Thursday that the senator made calls recommending Hampton for work after he left the Senate office.
On Friday, Hampton greeted a photographer outside his suburban Las Vegas home and asked for privacy. He handed out a card with his lawyer's name and phone number before driving away.
Neither Doug or Cindy Hampton has been available for questions since Ensign's news briefing. Their lawyer, Albregts, has said the Hamptons will tell their side of the story at some point.
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There will be other changes in the update, but they were not described.
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June 1, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides significant new funding for the Centers for Independent Living (CILs) program authorized under Title VII, Chapter 1, Part C of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). The CILs program supports non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential centers for independent living (centers) that provide an array of independent living (IL) services to individuals with significant disabilities in order to maximize their leadership, empowerment, independence, and productivity, and to promote the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American society.
The ARRA CILs program funds provide an unprecedented opportunity to implement innovative strategies to improve and expand IL services to individuals with significant disabilities. Under the ARRA, $87.5 million in recovery funds are provided under the CILs program authority. Information about each state's allocation under the CILs program is available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html. This Web site also provides information about ARRA funds available under the IL State Grants Program and the IL Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind program.
Overview of ARRA
Principles: The overall goals of the ARRA are to stimulate the economy in the short term and invest in education and other essential public services to ensure the long-term economic health of our nation. The success of the part of the ARRA that provides support for IL programs authorized under the Rehabilitation Act will depend on the shared commitment and responsibility of all involved in supporting improved outcomes for young people and adults with significant disabilities. Collectively, we must advance ARRA's short-term economic goals by investing quickly, and we must support ARRA's long-term economic goals by investing wisely, using these funds to strengthen the CILs program, drive reforms, and improve outcomes for people with significant disabilities.
The following principles, which are particularly relevant to the CILs program, guide the distribution and use of ARRA funds:
Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs. ARRA funds will be distributed, consistent with program requirements, as quickly as possible to new or existing centers. Existing centers as well as any new centers, in turn, are urged to move rapidly to develop plans for using ARRA CILs program funds, consistent with program requirements and ARRA's reporting and accountability requirements, and to begin spending funds promptly to help drive the nation's economic recovery.
Ensure transparency, reporting, and accountability. To prevent fraud and abuse, support the most effective uses of ARRA funds, and accurately measure and track results, recipients must publicly report on how funds are used. Due to the unprecedented scope and importance of this investment, ARRA funds are subject to additional and more rigorous reporting requirements than normally apply to federal grant recipients.
Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the "funding cliff." ARRA represents a historic infusion of funds that is expected to be temporary. For the CILs program, these funds will be available to new or existing centers for obligation until September 30, 2011. Centers should invest the ARRA CILs program funds in ways that do not result in unsustainable continuing commitments after the funds expire.
Awarding ARRA CILs Program Funds
The ARRA CILs program funds and the regular 2009 CILs program funds have been allocated among states using the population-based funding formula described in Section 721(c) of the Rehabilitation Act. Together, these awards constitute a state's total FY 2009 allocation for the CILs program. The Department then awards funds allocated for each state through competitive grants to centers for independent living within each state, except in Massachusetts and Minnesota, where these funds are administered by the state under the authority in Section 723 of the Rehabilitation Act.
The Department has reserved funds from all three ARRA IL programs, including the CILs program, for the required set-aside under Section 21(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for capacity-building activities of minority entities and Indian tribes. The Department has also reserved ARRA CILs program funds for training and technical assistance as required by Section 721(b) of the Rehabilitation Act.
As in past years, the Department plans to award to existing centers the regular FY 2009 CILs program funds by September 30, 2009. The Department plans to award any ARRA CILs program funds to existing centers by September 30, 2009, and any ARRA CILs program funds that will be distributed through a competition to establish new centers by December 31, 2009.
The commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is required to distribute the total FY 2009 allocation for the CILs program for each state based on the order of priorities set forth in Sections 722(e) and 723(e) of the Rehabilitation Act and 34 CFR 366.22 and 366.34 of the program regulations. Accordingly, RSA will:
provide existing centers that comply with the standards and assurances in Section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act with the level of funding each center received for the previous fiscal year;
provide those existing centers with a 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase;
fund new centers, selected on a competitive basis, that comply with the standards and assurances in Section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act, if sufficient funds are available and there is a region in a state that is unserved or underserved, consistent with the approved State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL); and
if there are insufficient funds to establish a new center in a state, award any remaining funds to existing centers consistent with the SPIL, or reallocate the funds to other states.
To inform RSA's determination of whether to establish new centers in a state or to use the ARRA CILs program funds to provide supplemental funding to existing centers, RSA will contact each designated state unit (DSU) and Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) to:
review the information in the current SPIL, verify the amount of CILs program funds available to the state once existing centers receive their required minimum award and cost-of-living increase, and reach a common understanding of how the current SPIL addresses the uses of the state's total FY 2009 allocation for the CILs program;
discuss the options, including strengths and limitations of each, that the DSU and the SILC have considered for uses of these funds;
discuss whether or not the increase in the allocation to the state is sufficient to establish a new center or centers and how to address the independent living needs of individuals with significant disabilities living in unserved or underserved regions in the state;
discuss the state's options for sustaining any new centers after the ARRA funds expire;
provide guidance on whether, depending upon the decisions made regarding the proposed use of the funds, the SPIL needs to be amended; and
determine the next steps for awarding ARRA CILs program funds to new or existing centers in the state, including plans for RSA to hold a competition for any states in which new centers will be established.
Due to the significant one-time increase in funding for the CILs program this year, the DSU and SILC may not have anticipated this level of funding when the SPIL was developed. As a result, some states may need to change their SPILs to account for this increase. A state must collaborate with stakeholders to determine if it wishes to modify its priorities for the use of CILs program funds. If the proposed changes will result in a significant and relevant change
to the SPIL's information or assurances,
or to its administration or operation,
or to the organization, policies, or operations of the state agency that received the grant (if the change materially affects the information or assurances in the SPIL)
the DSU and SILC will need to amend the SPIL. This includes conducting public hearings as required by the IL program regulations and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
Because the SPIL governs the use of funds authorized by both the IL State Grants and CILs programs, the DSU and the SILC should discuss with stakeholders whether the SPIL should be revised to reflect changes in the state's priorities resulting from the significant increase in ARRA funds for the IL State Grants program as well.
If a SPIL amendment is required, the Department cannot award ARRA funds for new or existing centers until the SPIL amendment is approved. In the event that an amendment to the SPIL is necessary, RSA will provide a timely review and approval of the amendment.
Uses of ARRA CILs Program Funds
All ARRA CILs program funds must be used consistently with the current statutory and regulatory requirements for the program, as well as applicable requirements in the General Education Provisions Act and EDGAR.
Grantees under the CILs program should consider how they can: use the additional funds to improve and expand the types of IL services provided; serve additional consumers, especially populations that are unserved or underserved; increase their capacity to provide IL services; and maximize employment opportunities and economic benefits to individuals with significant disabilities consistent with the goals and objectives established by individual consumers.
The ARRA CILs program funds constitute a large one-time increase that offers a unique opportunity for all centers to improve IL outcomes. Generally, these funds should be used by centers for short-term investments with the potential for long-term benefits, rather than for commitments that a center may not be able to sustain once ARRA CILs program funds are expended. Some examples of such uses are:
Designing or identifying and providing services that may be extended at low cost beyond 2011 to additional individuals who wish to transition from nursing homes to their communities;
Creating more efficient and effective ways of increasing IL services to students with disabilities transitioning from school to employment and independent living;
Building long-term capacity by improving the technological core of a center, including, but not limited to, purchasing equipment, improving electronic network connections, and obtaining software in order to better serve consumers;
Training current staff in effective ways of providing assistive technology to consumers;
Expanding information and referral and advocacy services to address the needs of consumers who were laid off and may need assistance replacing services or assistive technology previously provided through an employer;
Providing professional development opportunities that have both short-term and long-term benefits to staff of centers; and
Conducting resource development activities to obtain funding from sources other than chapter 1 of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act.
Fiscal Issues
In accordance with the goals of the ARRA, the funds received by centers should be obligated expeditiously and with appropriate accountability. In accordance with the Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009, the ARRA IL Part C funds a center receives may be expended by the center during the project period of the grant, which may be for a period of up to 5 years from the date that center is awarded its ARRA IL Part C funds.
The ARRA provides a significant one-time increase in funding that could permit the establishment of new centers in areas that are unserved or underserved within states. These centers, like existing centers, will be eligible to receive CILs program funds in subsequent fiscal years, as long as they meet the standards and assurances in Section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act. Assuming regular federal appropriations for the CILs program remain constant, existing centers, and any new centers, will receive reduced federal funding once all ARRA CILs program funds are expended. In the short term, in order to minimize the impact of funding new centers on the level of federal funding available in the future for existing centers, the commissioner may use FY 2009 appropriations to fund the first two years of a grant to any new center. Providing more than one year of funding would give states and centers more time to develop other sources of funding, such as the IL State Grants program, state funds, or Social Security reimbursement funds, to ensure that centers have adequate levels of support.
Accountability Principles
As with all federal funds, centers are responsible for ensuring that the ARRA CILs program funds are used prudently and in accordance with the law.
ARRA requires that recipients of funds made available under that act separately account for and report on how those funds are spent. Further information on reporting instructions will be provided online at www.FederalReporting.gov.
President Obama and Secretary of Education Duncan are committed to ensuring that ARRA funds are spent with an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability. ARRA CILs program expenditures will be reported on the Recovery.gov Web site.
Additional Information
The Department will provide more guidance and updates as additional information becomes available regarding the details of the ARRA CILs program funds.
The Department will also provide further information on the government-wide data collection and reporting requirements as this information becomes available.
If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail them to email@example.com.


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Pay No Attention to the Fandom Behind the Curtain
So yesterday, Natalie talked about Supernatural's passionate fandom. Isn't that the dream of every writer/creator/showrunner--to build a base of fans who care so much about the characters that they never miss an episode, dissect every plotpoint, perhaps even set up a blog to discuss it? *g* Now, please understand, I am part of that passionate fandom, very much a fangirl. Yet, as a writer, I cannot imagine the creative pressure such a fanbase might put on you. Is it tempting to second-guess yourself mid-stream if hundreds of people go on line to hate on a character? Do your own ideas get muddled in the bombardment of input?
I think that the Internet has revolutionized the way people watch TV and the interaction between viewers and writers. Ten-fifteen years ago, was there even any mainstream interaction? For most of the shows I watched in high school and college, I could barely name any of the writers. But then mentions cropped up more and more in chat forums, on-line reviews and website interviews; you didn't just hear about Buffy and Angel, people were throwing around the name "Joss" like we know him personally; people didn't just argue whether they thought Rory should be with Jess or Dean (of course Dean! *g*), they would actually say stuff like "what is ASP thinking?" ASP being Amy Sherman-Palladino). Now I realize that with television series, there's often a team of writers and maybe even some freelance scripts, but there's usually one name that you recognize as being in charge of the whole thing and where it's going--Shonda, Sorkin, Team Darlton, Kripke. In rare instances, the writers become stars themselves; a lot of BSG fans would be as excited about going to hear Ronald Moore and David Eick talk as they would Edward James Olmos (esp. if Moore and Eick were to spill where the frack the colonists go from here...)
At the best of times, it's a two-way street. Writers not only reach out through their shows, but directly, personally, to the audience--they blog, they go to events like ComicCon and DragonCon, they do interviews with sites like Television Without Pity. They show their appreciation for the passionate fans and sometimes give us gifts like inside jokes in an episode or shout outs, making the show feel almost like a collaborative process.
Except, it's not. Is it? More importantly, should it be?
Fans start to feel proprietary about "their" show. To the extent where they have very strong feelings about where plotlines should or should not be going. And oh boy do they make their feelings known! (Natalie, you're excused from this rant since yesterday's blog proved you to be more forgiving than hypercritical *g)
Before I sold my first book, I worked with a critique group--I was writing mostly comedies at the time and met each week with four wonderful women. Who happened to have different senses of humor. Two might smile at a joke, one would laugh uproariously, the other would strike the entire paragraph with a red pen because she found it politically incorrect. I learned quickly that if I left in only the stuff that the majority of people smiled at, eliminating anything "risky" that could offend, I watered down my stories. I shudder to think what we'd be left with if showrunners tried to accomodate all the "advice" hurled at them from fans. (Who can write a story with a critique group of hundreds second-guessing them? Besides, not even all the fans agree on what they want to happen or which episode they like/dislikes.) Exacerbating the issue is that TV series unfold one episode at a time, unlike a book you can sit down and read straight through. TV Guide critic Matt Roush has noted before audiences' tendency to pounce on a show they claim to love after one episode they hated; he'll get all kinds of mail demanding to know if he thought the show "jumped the shark." I for one prefer to see how a storyline plays out. Sometimes people react negatively before something even airs!
I never really understood why, whenever a rumor surfaced of a possible love interest for Sam or Dean, a large number of SPN fans came unglued. Okay, wait, I take that back. It's because the dynamic between the brothers is so crucial and we don't want that to take a backseat to something else. Still, we don't want that dynamic to stagnate either, do we? So far, the boys have only been allowed hasty one nighters--a little Impala action just before the girl goes all nuclear angel, falling for a girl in one episode and having to kill her werewolf butt in the same forty seven minute time span. It might be fun to watch Dean try to have an actual relationship. (Can't you just hear the sensitive advice Sammy would try to give? And Dean's subsequent mocking of said advice?) Not that I'm saying they both need girlfriends, but I trust the writers. If writers I like think they can bring a story, I'm willing to wait and see where it's going. (And, if where a show is going is that four episodes later a neurotic surgical resident is still trying to sleep with the ghost of her deceased boyfriend/patient, I change the channel--no matter how much I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan!)
There has always been entertainment reporting, of course, but I think another area where the Internet has changed the television viewing dynamic is in the amount of spoilers we recieve. Some of my fellow fans come unglued after a hint of something that might happen, decrying it as terrible months in advance. (Which in my humble opinion is a lot like my seven year old insisting he doesn't like a food before he's even tried it.) Obviously, this wouldn't be the fans Natalie discussed yesterday, but different, less rational ones. If WE do nothing but bash our show, how can we expect to win over new fans?
Which isn't to say that I don't enjoy good discussion and heated debate and that sometimes I think the angry fandom is right--why, yes, perhaps a certain episode of Heroes was a muddled mess, perhaps the addition of a certain pair on Lost was not only flat but unnecessary. But so far, Kripke & Co. have not committed, IMO, any unforgivable errors, so I'm willing to gripe to friends about an episode I didn't like but hope that, when it's time to sit down and plot the next story arc, those writers ignore me completely and just go about doing what they do best!