"Bachelor" lawsuit over spoilers settled ... again

By Tim Kenneally

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Another season of the ABC reality hit "The Bachelor" came to a close earlier this month. And now, as it turns out, so has a lawsuit over the show.

"Bachelor" production companies NZK Productions Inc. and Horizon Alternative Television have settled their lawsuit against Reality Steve website operator Stephen Carbone, over "Bachelor" spoilers that he had published on the site, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court in Central California on Monday.

This is actually the second time that the parties have settled over such matters; the original complaint against Carbone, filed in December, claimed that he had been obtaining and publishing spoilers on the recently wrapped 17th season of the series in violation of a May 2012 settlement agreement.

Carbone confirmed to TheWrap that the latest action had been "amicably resolved," declining further comment. An attorney for NZK and Horizon has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment.

The original complaint, filed in December, claimed that Carbone had begun divulging secrets about the then-unaired 17th season in September, and accused him of "contacting and soliciting information from participants, cast, crew and/or other employees of The Bachelor Series and knowingly inducing them to breach their confidentiality obligations to Plaintiffs."

NZK and Horizon accused Carbone of releasing spoilers in "increasingly vivid detail," including "scene-by-scene, shot-by-shot descriptions."

According to the suit, the March 2012 settlement agreement included a $10,000 fine for each future violation, and barred Carbone from contacting people involved with the show for a period of five years.

The suit claimed that the damages incurred exceeded $75,000, excluding lawyers' fees and court costs.

As for Carbone's website, its most recent post, published March 26, includes alleged inside information on the contestants for the upcoming ninth season of the "Bachelor" spinoff "The Bachelorette," which premieres May 20.

(Pamela Chelin contributed to this report)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bachelor-lawsuit-over-spoilers-settled-again-211850226.html

Paula Broadwell Photos Veterans Day 2012 Nate Silver stock market stock market Obama Acceptance Speech 2012 dow jones

The Types of Teen Acne | Tips on Food Fitness Life Love

Acne is a skin problem. It affects almost all teenagers (except a few lucky ones if there are any). The skin condition is a result of hormone action on oil glands of skin; also known as sebaceous glands. The sebaceous glands are responsible for producing an oily substance known as sebum. It surfaces on the skin through the pore (small opening). The combination of cells and oil facilitates bacteria to thrive in the follicle openings. This tends to clog the pores and promotes development of pimples (acne).

Teen Acne or Pimples Category:

Comedones

These are non-inflammatory papules and usually referred to as blackheads (open papules) or whiteheads (closed papules).

Pustules

These are also inflamed lesions and usually filled with pus. Sometimes, these may appear red at the base.

Papules

These are actually inflamed lesions and tender to the touch. These may appear as very small, pink bumps on the skin.

Cysts

These are a little dangerous version of teen acne as they usually result in pus-filled lesions. Since they
stay deep under the skin, the patient may suffer from scarring of skin and pain.

Nodules

These are solid lesions. The appearance is similar to that of a large, painful lesion. These are deep rooted within skin.

The Most Vulnerable Areas for Teen Acne

Usually, teen acne attacks the face. But sometimes, other areas of the body such as back, neck, chest, and shoulders are also affected.

Health Risks of Teen Acne

Acne does not produce any serious health risks to teenagers.

So what are the risks?

Severe acne can usually result in permanent scarring. Since the skin appears blemished, flushed, scarred, and filled with pus or reddened pimples, the patient may suffer from significant physical and psychological consequences. Most teenagers having acne suffer from a poor self-image, anxiety, and social inhibition.

Why Do Some Teenagers Don?t Get Acne???!!!

It is not clear why some are lucky to stay away from acne. There are some teenagers who don?t suffer from severe acne while others tend to develop scars, blemishes, pus filled cysts. The exact cause of acne is not known. However, androgens (male sex hormones) are usually responsible for this problem. These hormones experience a significant rise in both boys and girls during puberty.

Androgens enlarge sebaceous glands and produce more sebum. The hormones can even increase because of hormonal changes associated with pregnancy. Sometimes abrupt starting or stopping birth control pills can also trigger these changes. Genetics may also cause acne. The tendency may be inherited from parents.

You may also interested in:

Tags: acne home remedies, acne marks, acne pimples, acne remedies, causes of pimples, cure pimples, get rid of acne, home remedies for acne, home remedy for pimples, how to control acne, how to remove acne, natural acne treatment, pimples cure, pimples skin care, remedies for acne, types of acne

Source: http://www.foodfitnesslifelove.com/beauty/the-types-of-teen-acne/

jamie moyer bone cancer hossa the cell dickclark gavin degraw gavin degraw

Study: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

What does that mean for you?

It could increase premiums for at least some Americans.

If you are uninsured, or you buy your policy directly from an insurance company, you should pay attention.

But if you have an employer plan, like most workers and their families, odds are you don't have much to worry about.

The estimates from the Society of Actuaries could turn into a political headache for the Obama administration at a time when much of the country remains skeptical of the Affordable Care Act.

The administration is questioning the study, saying it doesn't give a full picture ? and costs will go down.

Actuaries are financial risk professionals who conduct long-range cost estimates for pension plans, insurance companies and government programs.

The study says claims costs will go up largely because sicker people will join the insurance pool. That's because the law forbids insurers from turning down those with pre-existing medical problems, effective Jan. 1. Everyone gets sick sooner or later, but sicker people also use more health care services.

"Claims cost is the most important driver of health care premiums," said Kristi Bohn, an actuary who worked on the study. Spending on sicker people and other high-cost groups will overwhelm an influx of younger, healthier people into the program, said the report.

The Obama administration challenged the design of the study, saying it focused only on one piece of the puzzle and ignored cost relief strategies in the law, such as tax credits to help people afford premiums and special payments to insurers who attract an outsize share of the sick.

The study also doesn't take into account the potential price-cutting effect of competition in new state insurance markets that will go live Oct. 1, administration officials said.

At a White House briefing Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said some of what passes for health insurance today is so skimpy it can't be compared to the comprehensive coverage available under the law. "Some of these folks have very high catastrophic plans that don't pay for anything unless you get hit by a bus," she said. "They're really mortgage protection, not health insurance."

Sebelius said the picture on premiums won't start coming into focus until insurers submit their bids. Those results may not be publicly known until late summer.

Another striking finding of the report was a wide disparity in cost impact among the states.

While some states will see medical claims costs per person decline, the report concluded that the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets, where people purchase coverage directly from insurers.

The differences are big. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland. Much of the reason for the higher claims costs is that sicker people are expected to join the pool, the report said.

Part of the reason for the wide disparities is that states have different populations and insurance rules. In the relatively small number of states where insurers were already restricted from charging higher rates to older, sicker people, the cost impact is less.

The report did not make similar estimates for employer plans that most workers and families rely on. That's because the primary impact of Obama's law is on people who don't have coverage through their jobs.

A prominent national expert, recently retired Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster, said the report does "a credible job" of estimating potential enrollment and costs under the law, "without trying to tilt the answers in any particular direction."

"Having said that," Foster added, "actuaries tend to be financially conservative, so the various assumptions might be more inclined to consider what might go wrong than to anticipate that everything will work beautifully." Actuaries use statistics and economic theory to make long-range cost projections for insurance and pension programs sponsored by businesses and government. The society is headquartered near Chicago.

Bohn, the actuary who worked on the study, acknowledged it did not attempt to estimate the effect of subsidies, insurer competition and other factors that could offset cost increases. She said the goal was to look at the underlying cost of medical care.

"We don't see ourselves as a political organization," Bohn added. "We are trying to figure out what the situation at hand is."

On the plus side, the report found the law will cover more than 32 million currently uninsured Americans when fully phased in. And some states ? including New York and Massachusetts ? will see double-digit declines in costs for claims in the individual market.

Uncertainty over costs has been a major issue since the law passed three years ago, and remains so just months before a big push to cover the uninsured gets rolling Oct. 1. Middle-class households will be able to purchase subsidized private insurance in new marketplaces, while low-income people will be steered to Medicaid and other safety net programs. States are free to accept or reject a Medicaid expansion also offered under the law.

___

AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace contributed to this report.

___

Online:

Society of Actuaries: http://www.soa.org/NewlyInsured/

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/study-health-law-raise-claims-cost-32-percent-070021624--finance.html

bobby petrino brian dunn vin scully petrino fired george zimmerman charged big sean sherri shepherd

Deal of the Day: invisibleSHIELD Screen Coverage for Google Nexus 7

The March 26 ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day is the invisibleSHIELD Screen Coverage for Google Nexus 7. This screen protector features nano-memory technology and is only .2 millimeter in thickness, making it the thinnest of its kind. It's completely scratch proof, improves grip and is easy to apply and remove, leaving no sticky residue on your Nexus 7!

The invisibleSHIELD Screen Coverage is available for just $12.00, 40% off today only. Backed by our 60-day return policy and fast shipping.

Never miss a deal. Sign up for Daily Deal alerts

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/uzOeTC9hAGc/story01.htm

best superbowl commercials 2012 best super bowl ads chrysler super bowl commercial madonna half time show fiat 500 abarth madonna halftime m i a

Irving Heritage Society plans for its Treasures and Oddities Sale ...

l to r, Patty Landers Caperton, Kathy and Clint Howard kick off the Heritage Society's Treasures and Oddities Sale set for Sept. 14 (Deborah Fleck/Staff)

The Irving Heritage Society wants to have its best ever Treasures and Oddities Sale. Set for Sept. 14 during Irving?s Main Street Event, the sale hopes to have more items to raise funds for Mary?s Playhouse, a children?s playhouse that will be built behind the Heritage House.

To kick off the sale, society member Kathy Howard opened her house for a potluck dinner and a preview of what items were already collected. Heritage Society vice president Patty Landers Caperton gave an update on the dollhouse, saying the old one has been torn down and removed. Howard also said a few words to guests.

The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 14 at Glory House, 109 S. Main St.?right in the middle of downtown.

In other society news, there will be a program at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Central Library on Irving?s connection to the JFK assassination. Speakers include Buell Frazier and Hugh Aynesworth. Free. And on April 6, the society will hold an ?Honoring Women of Irving?s History? program on Jackie Mae Townsell at 7 p.m. at MacArthur High School, 3700 N. MacArthur Blvd. Call 972-252-3838.

This entry was posted in Heritage District, Irving and tagged Irving Heritage Society by Deborah Fleck / News Assistant. Bookmark the permalink.

Source: http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2013/03/irving-heritage-society-plans-for-its-treasures-and-oddities-sale.html/

victoria beckham London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics Meteor Shower August 2012 jessie j jessie j David Boudia David Rakoff

Local airman graduates basic military training

BALLSTON SPA - Air Force Airman Karl R. Burghart graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Burghart is the son of Karl Burghart of Juniper Place, Ballston Spa, and Robin Wallace of Eisenhower Drive, Lockport.

He is a 2012 graduate of Ballston Spa High School.

Source: http://saratogasprings.wnyt.com/news/community-spirit/225922-local-airman-graduates-basic-military-training

buffalo sabres texas news kim mulkey sarah palin today show dallas tornado video 1940 census instagram for android

AP PHOTOS: Images from Holy Week around the world

AAA??Mar. 24, 2013?7:46 PM ET
AP PHOTOS: Images from Holy Week around the world
By The Associated Press??By The Associated Press

Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, March 24, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart, as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds. The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, March 24, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart, as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds. The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Francis kisses a baby after celebrating his first Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart, as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds. The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Faithful listen to Pope Francis' message during his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart, as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds.The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholic priests carry palm fronds at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old city, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Palm Sunday marks for Christians, Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Pope Francis leans over to kiss a baby after celebrating his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. Penitents in white robes and pointed white hats wait outside a church before a procession in Seville, Spain. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a woman grasps palm fronds and a rosary while praying during an outdoor Mass at an earthquake-damaged cathedral.

Here are some of the images from Holy Week:

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2013-03-24-Holy-Week-Photo-Gallery/id-988af2425a714452b78823c022a79f8c

breitbart dead db cooper fafsa branson missouri davy jones dead monkees last train to clarksville

Girl walks a mile to find help after surviving crash that killed father

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A 9-year-old girl crawled out of a mangled SUV, climbed out of a canyon and walked about a mile in the middle of the night to find help after surviving a highway crash that killed her father in Southern California, authorities said.

The 2010 Ford Escape was launched about 200 feet down an embankment along a semi-rural stretch of the Sierra Highway in Acton about 1 a.m. Sunday, said California Highway Patrol Officer Cheyenne Quesada. The vehicle overturned several times.

The girl managed to extricate herself and walk through rugged terrain to a nearby home, but nobody answered the door, the CHP said. Then she hiked up the steep embankment and along the road to a commuter rail station where she flagged down a passing motorist at about 2:30 a.m.

"She walked quite a distance in a very, very threatening environment. It's very black out there, very dark," CHP Sgt. Tom Lackey told KABC-TV. "It's very steep and it's brushy and there's also coyotes in the background."

Responding officers found a man in his 30s had been killed, Quesada said. His name was not released but officials said he was from Los Angeles.

A helicopter transported the girl to Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She was treated for minor injuries including bumps and bruises and a cut on her face.

Television footage showed crews extricating the severely damaged black SUV from the canyon.

The CHP is investigating whether alcohol played a role in the crash.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/girl-9-walks-help-crash-kills-dad-192010126.html

the borgias the masters warren sapp i robot the big c the visitor king of kings

News in Brief: Highlights from the American Physical Society meeting

Highlights from the APS March Meeting, Baltimore, March 18-22, 2013

By Science News Staff

Web edition: March 25, 2013

Enlarge

Tunnel antics

Fire ants are excellent diggers, but excavating tunnels (shown in artificial lab soil) in their underground lairs is easier if the soil is a little wet, new experiments show.

Credit: Nick Gravish

Fire ants need damp soil
Despite its name, the fire ant isn?t afraid of a little water. In fact, the insects need just the right amount of moisture in soil to build superior nests, new experiments show.

Researchers from Georgia Tech in Atlanta filled 14.5-centimeter-deep aluminum tubes with an artificial soil made up of tiny glass beads and various amounts of moisture. The team then gave the stinging, invasive insects 20 hours to get their nest on. CT scans revealed that at about 10 percent moisture content ? a medium amount ? the ants (Solenopsis invicta) built tunnels twice as long as they did in parched soil. The researchers speculate that the dash of water makes the soil particles glom together in a manner that makes for easy digging.

??If you keep your backyard dry, they may leave and dig in your neighbor?s backyard,? said Daria Monaenkova, who presented the research on March 21 at the American Physical Society meeting. When the researchers tried varying the size of the soil particles, it didn?t influence nest construction: The fire ants chugged along fine with small or large grains, at least until the soil particles became as big as small worker ants. ? Rachel Ehrenberg

A tree stressed in the forest really does make a sound
Experiments that aim to explain the high-pitched screams emitted by thirsty trees have linked the distress calls to bubbles that form within the sap. But there may be more to the sounds than meets the ear.

When trees experience drought or really cold weather, they sometimes produce sounds. Most such noises are too high in frequency for the human ear to detect. But the sounds can reach 140 decibels, as loud as a jet-engine level rumble, Alexandre Ponomarenko of Grenoble University in France explained March 21.

To get at what produces the noises, Ponomarenko and his colleagues took sections of larch and pine, sandwiched them inside a porous gel and applied pressure. Along with about half of the noises came bubbles within the plant cells, microscope images reveal. The researchers speculate that the remaining noises might come from the bubbles moving through other cells, or perhaps even the wood fracturing. ? Rachel Ehrenberg

Nanocrystals slither through tiny tubes
Nothing can squeeze through tight spaces quite like a nanocrystal. Physicists watched a small iron crystal slide through a tube with an opening less than half the diameter of the crystal itself. The finding could lead to remotely controlled nanomachines that navigate through confined quarters.

Using an electric field, the researchers drove an iron crystal 12 nanometers in diameter through a carbon nanotube like a train in a tunnel. The surprise came when the tube constricted to 5 nanometers in diameter: The iron nanocrystal altered its shape and squeezed through. Microscope images showed that the iron remained a crystalline solid.

?It was mind boggling to watch,? said Sinisa Coh, a physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, who presented the results March 21.

Coh and his team attribute the crystal?s dexterity to the collective movement of its atoms. The researchers think that only the surface atoms move ? the ones at the back of the crystal migrate along the tube?s edges to settle at the front, allowing them to conform to the size of the tube. ? Andrew Grant

---

Citations

Screaming trees: A. Ponomarenko, O. Vincent and P. Marmottant. Cavitation in trees monitored using simultaneously acoustics and optics. American Physical Society meeting, Baltimore, March 21, 2013. Abstract: [Go to]

Nanocrystals: S. Coh et al. Movement of solid iron nanocrystal through a constriction in the multiwall carbon nanotube. American Physical Society meeting, Baltimore, March 21, 2013. Abstract: [Go to]

Nanocrystals: S. Coh et al. Surface atom motion to move bulk crystals through constrictions. arXiv: 1302.5709. Posted February 22, 2013. [Go to]

Fire ants: D. Monaenkova. Effect of moisture content on nest construction activity of fire ants. American Physical Society meeting, Baltimore, March 21, 2013. Abstract: [Go to]

---

Suggested Reading

A. Yeager. Pop chirp bite crunch chew. Science News. Vol. 174, August 30, 2008, p. 26. Available online: [Go to]

R. Ehrenberg. Tiny tubes, big riddles. Science News. Vol. 178, December 4, 2010, p. 20. Available online: [Go to]

D. Strain Teamwork keeps fire ants high and dry. Science News. Vol. 179, May 21, 2011, p. 11. [Go to]

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349200/title/News_in_Brief_Highlights_from_the_American_Physical_Society_meeting

best buy black friday deals breaking dawn part 2 breaking dawn part 2 Jennifer Lacy Honey Baked Ham hostess israel

GOP's 'no' on Medicaid becomes "Let's make a deal'

In this March 19, 2013 photo, Evelyn Craig, left, executive director of reStart Inc., and LaTonya Jenkins, a reStart client who lives at the facility, pose at the homeless shelter in Kansas City, Mo. The women are concerned that Missouri's refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will harm residents of the shelter like Jenkins. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

In this March 19, 2013 photo, Evelyn Craig, left, executive director of reStart Inc., and LaTonya Jenkins, a reStart client who lives at the facility, pose at the homeless shelter in Kansas City, Mo. The women are concerned that Missouri's refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will harm residents of the shelter like Jenkins. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

In this March 19, 2013 photo, LaTonya Jenkins stands outside the homeless shelter where she lives in Kansas City, Mo. Missouri's refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has Jenkins and others concerned that they will lose healthcare benefits. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic "no."

Now they are increasingly hedging their objections.

A new "no, but ..." approach is spreading among GOP states in which officials are still publicly condemning the Democratic president's Medicaid expansion yet floating alternatives that could provide health coverage to millions of low-income adults while potentially tapping into billions of federal dollars that are to start flowing in 2014.

The Medicaid health care program for poor, which is jointly funded by the federal and state governments, already covers about one in five people in the U.S. Expanding it was the way Obama envisioned covering many more low-income workers who don't have insurance. The new Republican alternatives being proposed in states generally would go part of the way, but cover fewer people than Obama's plan, guarantee less financial help or rely more on private insurers.

But so far, many of the Republican ideas are still more wistful than substantive. It's uncertain whether they will actually pass. And even if they do, there's no guarantee Obama's administration will allow states to deviate too greatly from the parameters of the Affordable Care Act while still reaping its lucrative funding. Yet a recent signal from federal officials that Arkansas might be able to use Medicaid money to buy private insurance policies has encouraged Republicans to try alternatives.

The GOP proposals could lead to another health care showdown between the White House and states, leaving millions of Americans who lack insurance waiting longer for resolution. Officials in about 30 states that are home to more than 25 million uninsured residents remain either defiant or undecided about implementing Obama's Medicaid expansion, according to an Associated Press survey.

Supporters of the Medicaid expansion have built coalitions of hospitals, businesses groups, religious leaders and advocates for the poor to try to persuade reluctant Republicans of the economic and moral merits of Obama's health care plan. But some Republicans believe the pressure ultimately will fall on Obama to accept their alternatives if he wants to avoid a patchwork system for his signature accomplishment.

"If the Obama administration is serious about innovative ways to bring down the cost of health care, it's going to cooperate with conservative ideas rather than continue down its one-size-fits-all, far-left-wing ideological path," said Missouri Rep. Jay Barnes, a Republican from Jefferson City.

A House committee led by Barnes already has defeated Obama's version of Medicaid expansion. It is to hear public testimony Monday on his "market-based Medicaid" alternative that would award health care contracts to competing private insurers and provide cash incentives to patients who hold down their health-care costs. His proposal would contain costs by covering fewer children than Medicaid now does and adding fewer adults than Obama's plan envisions.

Committees in Florida's Republican-led Legislature also have rejected a Medicaid expansion for roughly 1 million of the state's poorest residents, even though it is backed by GOP Gov. Rick Scott. Now Republican Sen. Joe Negron is pursuing an alternative that would use federal funds to provide vouchers for low-income residents to buy private policies. Negron said he still doesn't believe expanding Medicaid is the right decision, but he wants to help Florida residents get health coverage.

"We don't want to do it the Washington way. We want to do it the Florida way," Negron said.

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich also has been in discussions with the Obama administration about providing subsidized insurance instead of full Medicaid coverage for more adults. Republican governors in Texas, Nebraska and Indiana want the federal government to award Medicaid money as block grants to states.

"It's a two-step for many of these Republican governors. When they look at the numbers they want to do it, but they want to distance themselves from Obamacare at the same time," said Drew Altman, president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit that analyzes health care policies.

That might be fine with the Obama administration.

"There actually is quite a bit of flexibility on how they can approach this, and the federal government has indicated they want to get to 'yes' " said Joan Alker, co-executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families in Washington, D.C.

As originally enacted, the Affordable Care Act required states to expand Medicaid to adults earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, about $32,500 annually for a family of four. A Supreme Court decision last summer made the expansion optional for states but kept in place a powerful financial incentive. The federal government will fully fund the expansion for the first three years, with the states' share gradually increasing to 10 percent by 2020.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in December that getting full funding will still require a full expansion. Yet some Republicans in Missouri, South Dakota and elsewhere claim to see room for compromise.

LaTonya Jenkins, a 51-year-old laid off teacher's aide who lives in temporary housing for the homeless in Kansas City, recently enrolled in Medicaid but could lose coverage if her part-time job pushes her income over Missouri's strict eligibility limits. She recently traveled to Missouri Capitol to urge lawmakers to expand Medicaid.

"If they don't, and they cut it out, then what are we to do? We'll be lost," said a tearful Jenkins, who has diabetes and cares for her grandson. "I'll be sicker than ever and back in the hospital."

___

Associated Press writer Kelli Kennedy contributed to this report from Miami.

___

Follow David A. Lieb at: http://www.twitter.com/DavidALieb

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae8247abe8493fae24405546e9a1aa/Article_2013-03-24-Health%20Overhaul-Medicaid/id-018f6ae34d8246b2aebdb61933a8912f

super bowl commercials wheres my refund Fast And Furious 6 superbowl ads Super Bowl Ads 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Superbowl Start Time

Bloomberg, mayor group tout big gun control push

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Bloomberg announced on a new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts including comprehensive background checks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Bloomberg announced on a new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts including comprehensive background checks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts, including comprehensive background checks.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the ad buy Saturday ? just days after Senate Democrats touted stronger background checks while acknowledging insufficient support to restore a ban on assault-style weapons to federal gun control legislation.

"These ads bring the voices of Americans ? who overwhelmingly support comprehensive and enforceable background checks ? into the discussion to move senators to immediately take action to prevent gun violence," Bloomberg said in a statement issued by the group he co-founded in 2006.

The two ads posted on the group's website, called "Responsible" and "Family," show a gun owner holding a rifle while sitting on the back of a pickup truck.

In one ad, the man says he'll defend the Second Amendment but adds "with rights come responsibilities." The ad then urges viewers to tell Congress to support background checks.

In the other ad, the man, a hunter, says "background checks have nothing to do with taking guns away from anyone." The man then says closing loopholes will stop criminals and the mentally ill from obtaining weapons.

The Senate is scheduled to debate federal gun control legislation next month. On March 28, the group plans for more than 100 events nationwide in support of passing gun control legislation that includes background checks.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns and other gun-control advocates frequently cite a mid-1990s study that suggests about 40 percent of U.S. gun transfers were conducted by private sellers not subject to federal background checks. Based on 2011 FBI data, the group estimates 6.6 million firearms transfers are made without a background check for the receiver.

A spokesman for Bloomberg could not immediately say if the $12 million was coming from Bloomberg or the mayor's political action committee, Independence USA. The New York Times, which first reported the ad campaign Saturday night, said Bloomberg was bankrolling the ad buy.

A spokesman for the National Rifle Association blasted Bloomberg and the new ads, saying NRA members and supporters would be calling senators directly and urging them to vote against proposed gun control legislation.

"What Michael Bloomberg is trying to do is ... intimidate senators into not listening to constituents and instead pledge their allegiance to him and his money," said spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.

Bloomberg has long supported efforts to curb gun violence, including sending New York City undercover investigators into other states to conduct straw purchases from dealers. Last month, Bloomberg's PAC poured more than $2 million into ads supporting Illinois state Rep. Robin Kelly, who won a special primary and ran partly on a platform of supporting tougher gun restrictions.

The new ads will air in 13 states the group believes are divided on gun control: Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae8247abe8493fae24405546e9a1aa/Article_2013-03-23-US-Gun-Control-Ads-Mayors/id-f9827398f1834142b2cbbe2ea8bc24eb

Early voting results BBC Dick Morris Daily Show provisional ballot npr rush limbaugh

Buyer found for UK Blockbuster stores

LONDON (AP) ? The DVD and games rental store Blockbuster has been sold to restructuring specialists Gordon Brothers Europe after filing for a form of U.K. bankruptcy earlier this year.

The company had gone into administration ? a form of bankruptcy in Britain ? in January.

Blockbuster U.K. at the time had 528 stores. Hundreds of shops were shut in the weeks after its financial collapse.

Administrators for the company from accounting firm Deloitte said Saturday that Gordon Brothers Europe had purchased Blockbuster for an undisclosed sum, saving 2,000 jobs and 264 U.K. stores.

Blockbuster in Britain is a subsidiary of U.S.-based Blockbuster LLC, which itself was reorganized under American bankruptcy laws and then acquired in 2011 by Dish Network Corp. of Colorado.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2013-03-23-Britain-Blockbuster/id-6950200b6a0f495485b3afdca9391e32

arizona governor patrick witt leprosy tampa bay buccaneers birdman whip it gabby giffords

US overcomes Ticos, snow in WCQ

It would have been a typical Jurgen Klinsmann era home game if it wasn?t for the weather, but with the game played in the middle of a storm that would make an Eskimo cower, there was nothing typical about the States? 1-0 win over Costa Rica. Each pause of play saw a snow shovel-wielding battalion attacking the field?s lines, giving officials and players a few moments of clarity before the weather again won out. Ten minutes into the second half, Salvadorian referee Joel Aguilar stopped the match to consider whether the game should go.

But after two hours of wondering whether the match would be suspended, Aguilar?s whistle finally blew on the U.S.?s first win of CONCACAF?s final round. Ending a week of controversy that saw head coach Jurgen Klinsmann?s methods? openly questioned, the United States sit second in the qualifying table and are one of only two teams to have won Hex matches through two rounds.

Were it not for the inflexible nature of soccer?s international calendar, the match would have been rescheduled, but once the game started, there was no reason to stop. For all the complaints of visibility issues from television commentators and the assembled press, field-level shots showed inches of accumulated snow were the real problem. At halftime, Klinsmann said his team?s technical style would have to be abandoned, with the ability to win second balls his chief concern.

(MORE: Images from the Colorado snow globe.)

By that point the U.S. had their lead, with Clint Dempsey converting a 16th minute rebound after his deft turn had started the U.S.?s goal scoring movement. Celebrating his first full game as captain, Dempsey took a short pass from the right flank, turned toward the penalty area and found Jozy Altidore. A Michael Bradley run collapsed the Costa Rican defense, giving Altidore room to get his shot on goal. Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas?s dive to block the shot left him out of position when the blocked shot fell to the middle of the box, where Dempsey waited to guide it home.

?Clint?s always got that sniff,? Altidore said of the goal. ?[H]e?s always following plays up.?

It was Dempsey?s seventh goal of the qualifying cycle, one that puts him within two of Eric Wynalda for second on the team?s all-time goal scoring list. Up against a five-man Costa Rican defense set up to play for a point, Dempsey, Altidore, and Herculez Gomez led an attack that would have produced more goals under different conditions.

Around the goal and the weather, the U.S.?s performance mirrored their September win over Jamaica. Back in September the U.S. leveraged their possession and control to get make Herculez Gomez?s goal hold up, downing the Reggae Boyz 1-0 having previously lost in Kingston. In Columbus, the goal came early in the second half, but after scoring near the quarter-hour mark in Commerce City, the U.S. was able to rack up 57 percent of Friday?s possession.

Costa Rica struggled to win the ball, let alone build toward the States? goal. At night?s end, they had put fuve shots on Brad Guzan, who never gave fans a reason to miss the injured Tim Howard. His saves were four more than the U.S. asked from Navas, but chasing the match for 74 minutes, the Ticos needed to do more.

?The key was getting the goal early,? Dempsey said after that match, ?that made it difficult [for Costa Rica] in these conditions.?

But the result was more about the U.S.?s successes than Costa Rican failures. Dempsey and Altidore had strong nights. Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones controlled the middle. DeMarcus Beasley proved an inspired selection at left back. For all the controversy that surrounded him throughout the week, Jurgen Klinsmann got his team right on Friday.

Ultimately, Klinsmann?s approach won out. Using the same formula that?s bled out home qualifiers against Jamaica and Guatemala, the U.S. protected a patchwork and uneasy defense by dominating the ball.

In the process, they got their first points of CONCACAF?s final round. They started to defuse the drama surrounding the team, and they won momentum ahead of Tuesday?s huge match in Mexico.

And all they to do was fight through a little snow.

Source: http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/23/united-states-vs-costa-rica-world-cup-qualifying-concacaf-usmnt-snow/related/

james farentino somali pirates navy seals navy seal team 6 tim gunn tim gunn built to last

Coach leads Florida Gulf Coast to NCAA success

Florida Gulf Coast head coach Andy Enfield smiles during a news conference for a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Philadelphia. Florida Gulf Coast is scheduled to play San Diego State on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Florida Gulf Coast head coach Andy Enfield smiles during a news conference for a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Philadelphia. Florida Gulf Coast is scheduled to play San Diego State on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

San Diego State's Jamaal Franklin, center, listens to a question with Deshawn Stephens, left, and Chase Tapley during a news conference for a third-round game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Philadelphia. San Diego State is scheduled to play Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher speaks during a news conference for a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Philadelphia. San Diego State is scheduled to play Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Florida Gulf Coast head coach Andy Enfield walks to a news conference for a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Philadelphia. Florida Gulf Coast is scheduled to play San Diego State on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Build a state university in the swamplands of south Florida. Move the athletic program to the highest level in college sports and hire a self-made millionaire basketball coach. When his team makes the NCAA tournament, say in Year 2 of its eligibility, beat a tradition-rich opponent like a Georgetown.

That is Florida Gulf Coast University's formula for success.

It took 16 years, and now the school from south Florida is the talk of March Madness.

"Fort Myers is kind of rocking and rolling right now," FGCU forward Eddie Murray said Saturday, less than 24 hours after the No. 15 Eagles beat second-seeded Georgetown 78-68. "They're really excited. This is a big thing for the city and I'm glad we could deliver this."

It was one heck of a delivery.

Suddenly, a school with an enrollment of about 12,000, whose first graduating class wore the caps and gowns in 2001, is getting national attention because of a basketball team loaded with players whose best recruiting offers were from conferences like the Atlantic 10 and Missouri Valley.

The teenagers bought into the pitch from Andy Enfield, a coach made millions starting up a document imaging and contract management company in the health care industry, and who happens to be married to former supermodel Amanda Marcum. They have three children.

Hard to argue with that kind of salesman.

"Yes, we sold this vision," said Enfield, who has also spent time as an assistant coach in the NBA and at Florida State, and has been a shooting consultant for several NBA players. "It wasn't play San Diego State in the (third) round on a Sunday in Philadelphia, it was a vision of success, it was a vision of ... what they could expect in the classroom, off the court and on the basketball court. That's the vision we sell, and I think that's most recruiting. You have to let players know what they should expect from you during their time at school."

Enfield's motto is simple and he's lived up to it.

"I aim for the stars," he said.

Right now he's taking the team and the school with him.

"The biggest thing he's given me has just been confidence," Murray said. "There have been things technique-wise but the biggest thing has definitely been confidence."

The Eagles (25-10) put on a classic performance against Georgetown, putting on an offensive display unlike any seen against the Hoyas this season. Their 21-2 run in the second half stunned and delighted the sellout crowd at the Wells Fargo Center, and their ability to hold off final charge by the Big East team, sold the fans on the legitimacy of the win.

"Early on in the game I kind of thought that more people would be going for the underdog, but they weren't really too vocal in the beginning," Murray said. "As we started getting a couple of dunks here and there, knocking down a couple of 3s and going on a big run against Georgetown, the crowd really started to erupt, become more vocal. The place really started rocking there for a while. Yeah, all these people in Philadelphia have really come to like our team and are rooting for us."

So is a lot of the country, despite the Eagles shattering bracket sheets.

"I've received congratulatory message and advice from other coaches, people in the media, family, friends, people I haven't seen or heard from in 20 years," Enfield said, estimating his phone had 450 text messages ? and counting.

While Fort Myers and nearby Naples may be known for their retirement communities, the area also has some good golf courses, wetland areas ? and the wildlife that comes with them.

"You would see wild animals crossing the road," said Murray, a local who grew up about 20 miles away from the FGCU campus. "Personally, I've seen everything from wild boar, bobcats and, of course, alligators."

That didn't deter the students ? and basketball players ? from attending school on a campus just a few minutes from the Gulf of Mexico that has dorms overlooking a beach on a lake.

"I'm from Orlando, so even being from Florida, a lot of people that I'm close to, they didn't even know where Florida Gulf Coast was or they never heard of it," said Sherwood Brown, the Atlantic Sun player of the year, who led the Eagles against Georgetown with 24 points.

One person who knows something about FGCU is Steve Fisher, the coach of San Diego State (23-10), which will face the Eagles with a berth in the Sweet 16 at stake. A No. 15 seed has never made it to the regional semifinals, while the Aztecs are looking to do it for the second time in three seasons.

"I probably knew more than any coach in America about them because I've got a condo that I've had from my days in the Midwest in Fort Myers Beach, a stone's throw from Florida Gulf Coast," said Fisher, who coached Michigan to the 1989 national championship and two other Final Four appearances.

"I read all about them starting sports. I went over to the campus. I've been on the campus. I've toured it.

"They're good. I think it's legitimate."

Fisher said the low seeding and the short history has nothing to do with this team.

"If we were playing a shirts and skins game with all 64 teams and you brought all the teams out there and watched them warm up, you'd be hard pressed to say, 'Well, this is a team that's not supposed to win,'" he said. "They're good. They're talented. They're well-coached. And they played terrific last night."

The Aztecs broke open their 70-55 win over Oklahoma with a late run behind Jamal Franklin, who leads the San Diego State in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.

"We can't get ahead to the Elite 8 or the Sweet 16," Franklin said. "Tomorrow is Sunday and that brings Florida Gulf Coast in our path and we've got to worry about playing a good team and we've got to worry about getting that win."

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2013-03-23-NCAA-Florida%20Gulf%20Coast-San%20Diego%20St/id-1cf852088727453eb193fca218587fc4

laron landry mary j blige burger king islands 2013 nissan altima masters par 3 contest google augmented reality glasses wonderlic test

For the first time Iberian lynx embryos are collected and preserved

Mar. 22, 2013 ? A pioneering procedure in felines allows the collection of biological material from Iberian lynx females before castration. The preserved biological material of the lynxes will be used in future conservation breeding programmes.

In February two Iberian lynx females who belong to the Iberian lynx Conservation Breeding Program (ILCBPS) were castrated in order to guarantee a better quality of life and prevent possible health problems.

Scientist from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research IZW, Berlin, Germany, went to the breeding centers in Spain and Portugal to obtain embryos by flushing the oviducts and freeze ovarian tissue immediately after surgery. The obtained embryos and ovarian pieces are stored in liquid nitrogen. Now they are kept at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC) for further usage in the breeding programme.

The specialists of the IZW performed a pioneering procedure to obtain and freeze embryos in a wildlife species. Based on their experience in the domestic cat, they developed a method for cryopreserving oocytes and embryos of wild cat species. "Seven days after mating we expected to flush embryos from the uterus. In both cases, however, oocytes and embryos were still within the oviducts. Thus, the embryo development in lynxes is slower than in domestic cats," says Prof Katarina Jewgenow from the IZW specialist team.

During two consecutive breeding seasons, "Azahar," a female lynx from the Centro Nacional de Reprodu??o de Lince Ib?rico in Silves, Portugal, experienced problems during parturition and an emergency caesarean operation was required in each case. The Iberian Lynx Conservation Breeding Program recommended not to breed "Azahar" again. In this situation it was decided to try to preserve her genetic material by collecting embryos and freezing the ovarian cortex after removing ovaries by castration. The IZW team preserved three embryos and the ovarian cortex. "The next step we are discussing right now is to implant these embryos into a foster mother, which might be an Eurasian lynx female," comments Jewgenow.

"Saliega," the other female, is located in the Centro de Cr?a de el Acebuche, in Do?ana, Spain. "Saliega" was the first Iberian lynx who was bred in captivity in 2005. In July 2012 she suffered from a mammary tumor after lactating her current litter. The risk of mammary tumor recidivism, her advanced age (12 years) and the fact that she already gave birth to 16 cubs during the last 8 years was the basis for the decision to castrate her as well. "From her we only flushed unfertilised eggs, thus the male was not fertile," said Natalia Mikolaewska, a doctoral student from the IZW. "Her genetic material in terms of ovarian cortex oocytes was frozen as well," comments Natalia.

The Iberian lynx is the only wild cat species listed on the IUCN Red List as critically endangered. A decade ago, less than 200 individuals were left. The remaining population is located in southern Spain.

The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) is a long-term scientific partner of the Iberian Lynx Conservation Breeding Program (ILCBPS) in Andalusia, Spain.

Share this story on Facebook, Twitter, and Google:

Other social bookmarking and sharing tools:

---

Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB).

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.

---

Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/DppNWU5P-kE/130322090751.htm

jon bon jovi Kliff Kingsbury Amish Mafia Dave Grohl 121212 Cal State Fullerton Pacific Rim

Marines' return to India stirs anger in Italy

By Catherine Hornby and Satarupa Bhattacharjya

ROME/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A decision to return two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen to stand trial in India stirred anger in Italy on Friday and calls for Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi to resign.

Mario Monti's caretaker government on Thursday reversed a March 11 decision not to send the marines back from a home visit after Rome secured a promise from New Delhi that the two would not face the death penalty if convicted, officials said.

The marines, part of a military security team protecting a tanker from piracy, are accused of shooting two fishermen off the coast of the southern Indian state of Kerala in February 2012.

They say they fired warning shots at a fishing boat believing it to be a pirate vessel.

The sailors, Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, arrived back in India on Friday, accompanied by Italian deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura.

India and Italy have been embroiled in an escalating row over the marines, who had been allowed home for Christmas, and then again to vote in the Italian elections in February on condition they returned to India by Friday [ID:nL6N0BN1JW].

"The good news is that the potential diplomatic crisis has been avoided," De Mistura told a news conference in New Delhi.

But back in Italy the decision provoked an anguished response. Michele Emiliano, the mayor of Girone's hometown of Bari, said he had been comforting the marine's "despairing" family.

"A hypocritical government is trying to end its embarrassment by sending the sailors back to India after exhibiting them as 'free' during the election campaign," Emiliano wrote on Twitter.

Foreign Minister Terzi defended the move in an interview with La Repubblica daily on Friday, rejecting calls from center-right politicians for him to quit.

"I don't see a reason to" resign, he said, adding that the temporary stand-off with India had helped Italy ensure the marines would be treated well.

India's Supreme Court ruled in January that India had jurisdiction to try the marines. But Italy had challenged that decision, arguing that the shooting took place in international waters and that the two should face any trial at home.

"We maintain our position on the marines and feel they should face trial in Italy," De Mistura said. "We now want the matter to be handled fairly and urgently."

INDIA HAPPY

Indian politicians welcomed Rome's decision to return the marines. "We are happy with the outcome which is consistent with the dignity of Indian judicial process," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told reporters.

Italy's initial plan to not send the marines back had exposed Singh's fragile coalition, which governs with a minority in parliament, to opposition attacks that it was too soft and had even colluded with Italy to allow the marines to leave.

The government had demanded Italy return the sailors or face a possible rupture in ties.

India's chief justice went so far as to bar Italy's ambassador from leaving the country, but behind the scenes, Italian and Indian officials were trying to resolve the dispute.

"There have been very intensive diplomatic contacts between Italy and India during the last 24 hours," said Indian foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.

Details of the negotiations have not been disclosed but Akbaruddin told Reuters that India and Italy had an agreement under which convicted prisoners could serve jail time in their home countries.

Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said in parliament that India had assured Italy that the marines would not face the death penalty, which only applied in the "rarest of rare cases".

"Italy falls into line," crowed one Indian television cable news channel, while cabinet minister Manish Tewari said Rome's decision to return the sailors showed that India's "gravitas is being recognized across the world".

(Reporting by Catherine Hornby, Steve Scherer in ROME and Ross Colvin, Satarupa Bhattacharjya and Matthias Williams in NEW DELHI; Editing by Nick Macfie and Rosalind Russell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/marines-return-india-stirs-anger-italy-192657530.html

marinol flight attendant pau gasol trade michael madsen spring forward day light savings day light savings

New Orleans Gets the Country's First Vending Machine-Equipped Taxis

Occasionally you'll luck out and climb into a taxi cab with such amenities as free tissues, discarded newspapers, or all the tourist pamphlets you can carry. But if you find yourself in New Orleans, you might end up in one of the 250 vehicles in the Orleans Carriage Cab fleet that now feature soda-dispensing vending machines. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ontUAtVmvuM/new-orleans-gets-the-countrys-first-vending-machine+equipped-taxis

Infield fly rule Taken 2 Venezuela Elections Skyfall Chicago Marathon 2012 texas rangers steve jobs

NSF response to external panel's recommendations for streamlining scientific logistics in Antarctica

Public release date: 22-Mar-2013
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Peter West
pwest@nsf.gov
703-292-7530
National Science Foundation

Focus is on cost-effective and efficient ways to support Antarctic science as research frontiers evolve

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a summary response to the recommendations of an external panel of experts that was charged with advising the agency on how to improve and streamline its logistical capabilities to more efficiently support world-class Antarctic science in coming decades.

The NSF document, which was made public on March 21, is the agency's response to the report, More and Better Science in Antarctica Through Increased Logistical Effectiveness, which was released in July of 2012 by the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel.

NSF and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) co-commissioned the independent assessment of U.S. Antarctic Program logistics. Norman R. Augustine chaired the 12-member panel. Augustine was also chair of an external panel in 1990 whose recommendations led to the construction of a new research station at the South Pole.

NSF, through the Division of Polar Programs in its Geosciences Directorate, manages the United States Antarctic Program, through which it coordinates all U.S. research on the southernmost continent and aboard vessels in the Southern Ocean. The agency is also responsible for providing all of the logistical support required to carry out that research.

In the document, NSF responds directly to the 10 overarching recommendations made by the Blue Ribbon Panel.

Those topical areas are:

• Antarctic Stations
  
• Polar Ocean Fleet
  
• Logistics and Transportation
  
• McMurdo (Station) and Palmer (Station) Facilities
  
• USAP Capital Budget
  
• Science Support Costs
  
• Communications
  
• International Cooperation
  
• Antarctic Policy
  

NSF's response to the Blue Ribbon Panel was produced by an internal team of senior managers from various NSF offices and directorates, including the Division of Polar Programs.

In his cover letter to Augustine, NSF Director Subra Suresh commented, "You will note that... substantial progress has already been made on many fronts in implementing these recommendations."

He added, "I am confident that the changes we have put in place will enable us to strengthen our world-leading U.S. Antarctic Program."

The Blue Ribbon Panel report was the second document issued in a two-part, multi-year review of the nation's program of research in Antarctica.

In December of 2011, a committee of the National Research Council (NRC) issued its report, Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Blue Ribbon Panel took into account the findings of the NRC report, as well as information gathered during site visits to NSF's three year-round stations in Antarctica, in formulating its recommendations.

NSF's Response to the Blue Ribbon Panel notes that the panel "concluded that ushering in a new age of Antarctic science simply by expanding traditional methods of logistical support would be prohibitively costly" and therefore focused on more cost-effective and efficient ways to increase flexibility as research frontiers evolve over time.

###

-NSF-

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Public release date: 22-Mar-2013
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Peter West
pwest@nsf.gov
703-292-7530
National Science Foundation

Focus is on cost-effective and efficient ways to support Antarctic science as research frontiers evolve

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a summary response to the recommendations of an external panel of experts that was charged with advising the agency on how to improve and streamline its logistical capabilities to more efficiently support world-class Antarctic science in coming decades.

The NSF document, which was made public on March 21, is the agency's response to the report, More and Better Science in Antarctica Through Increased Logistical Effectiveness, which was released in July of 2012 by the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel.

NSF and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) co-commissioned the independent assessment of U.S. Antarctic Program logistics. Norman R. Augustine chaired the 12-member panel. Augustine was also chair of an external panel in 1990 whose recommendations led to the construction of a new research station at the South Pole.

NSF, through the Division of Polar Programs in its Geosciences Directorate, manages the United States Antarctic Program, through which it coordinates all U.S. research on the southernmost continent and aboard vessels in the Southern Ocean. The agency is also responsible for providing all of the logistical support required to carry out that research.

In the document, NSF responds directly to the 10 overarching recommendations made by the Blue Ribbon Panel.

Those topical areas are:

• Antarctic Stations
  
• Polar Ocean Fleet
  
• Logistics and Transportation
  
• McMurdo (Station) and Palmer (Station) Facilities
  
• USAP Capital Budget
  
• Science Support Costs
  
• Communications
  
• International Cooperation
  
• Antarctic Policy
  

NSF's response to the Blue Ribbon Panel was produced by an internal team of senior managers from various NSF offices and directorates, including the Division of Polar Programs.

In his cover letter to Augustine, NSF Director Subra Suresh commented, "You will note that... substantial progress has already been made on many fronts in implementing these recommendations."

He added, "I am confident that the changes we have put in place will enable us to strengthen our world-leading U.S. Antarctic Program."

The Blue Ribbon Panel report was the second document issued in a two-part, multi-year review of the nation's program of research in Antarctica.

In December of 2011, a committee of the National Research Council (NRC) issued its report, Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Blue Ribbon Panel took into account the findings of the NRC report, as well as information gathered during site visits to NSF's three year-round stations in Antarctica, in formulating its recommendations.

NSF's Response to the Blue Ribbon Panel notes that the panel "concluded that ushering in a new age of Antarctic science simply by expanding traditional methods of logistical support would be prohibitively costly" and therefore focused on more cost-effective and efficient ways to increase flexibility as research frontiers evolve over time.

###

-NSF-

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/nsf-nrt032213.php

powerball results pebble beach golf beverly hilton roland martin whitney houston dead at 48 whitney houston dead 2012 whitney houston passed away