Belly Rubs Clips and Suds?wants to help you clean up after the hurricane by?giving your pet a good scrub!
The Monmouth County SPCA says that Belly Rubs Clips and Suds Mobile Dog Grooming will be at the SPCA?s Eatontown location this Sunday from Noon to 6 p.m.
Belly Rubs is offering free grooming to pets affected by the hurricane, since they know that families as well as their pets are going through?a lot to recover. Belly Rubs figures there are probably a lot of furry ?kids? that need good baths right about now!
The Monmouth County SPCA is just off of Industrial Way East on Wall Street in Eatontown. For more information, go to www.monmouthcountyspca.org.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew faster than initially thought in the third quarter as restocking by businesses provided a big boost, but consumer and business spending were revised lower in a sobering reminder of the recovery's underlying weakness.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, as export growth also helped to offset the weakest consumer spending and first drop in business investment in more than a year.
While the growth pace was much quicker than the 2 percent rate the government estimated last month and the best since the fourth quarter of 2011, it was hardly a sign of strength as the lift from inventories will likely be lost in the fourth quarter.
The economy is also bracing for deep cuts in government spending and tax increases early next year, known as the fiscal cliff, which could suck $600 billion from the economy and fuel a fresh recession.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected GDP growth to be raised to a 2.8 percent pace.
"It is hard to have a strong economy when households are not hitting the malls hard and businesses have assumed the turtle position fearful of a crash due to the fiscal cliff," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania.
A separate report from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 393,000, but still staying elevated after superstorm Sandy.
Economists fear the storm, which ripped through the East Coast in late October, could deal the labor market a setback this month, after employment growth accelerated in October.
"Employment growth could slow dramatically in November to around the 100,000 range," said Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York.
Employers added 171,000 jobs to their payrolls in October, up from 148,000 in September. The government will release its closely watched employment report for November on December 7.
Stocks on Wall Street opened high on optimism that lawmakers and Obama administration will reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff. Prices for longer-dated U.S. Treasury debt fell, while the dollar was weak against a basket of currencies.
INVENTORIES ADD, NOT SUBTRACT
Business inventories added 0.77 percentage point to third-quarter GDP growth. They were previously estimated to have subtracted 0.12 percentage point.
Excluding inventories, GDP rose at a revised 1.9 percent rate, underscoring sluggish demand. Final sales of goods and services produced in the United States had been previously estimated to have increased at a 2.1 percent pace.
A smaller trade deficit was also a factor behind the upward revision to GDP as export growth outpaced a rise in imports. But the trend in exports is unlikely to be sustained given slowing global demand, especially in China and debt troubled Europe.
Trade contributed 0.14 percentage point to GDP growth instead of subtracting 0.18 percentage point, as previously reported.
Other details of the report were rather weak. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, was lowered to a 1.4 percent growth rate - the slowest since the second quarter of 2011, from the 2 percent gain previously reported.
Consumer spending increased at a 1.5 percent rate in the second-quarter.
Business spending was revised to show much deeper cutbacks, which have been blamed on the fears of a tightening in fiscal policy next year. Business investment fell at a revised 2.2 percent rate instead of a 1.3 percent decline. That was the first drop since the first quarter of 2011.
Part of the drag in business investment, which had been a source of strength for the economy, came from equipment and software, where spending was the weakest since the second quarter of 2009.
The report also showed that after-tax corporate profits rose at a 3.3 percent rate in the third quarter after gaining 2.2 percent in the second quarter.
Spending on nonresidential structures contracted after five straight quarters of growth. Government investment was revised to a 3.5 percent growth rate from 3.7 percent as defense, and state and local government spending estimates were pared.
Growth in home building was trimmed to a 14.2 percent rate from 14.4 percent. Residential construction is benefiting from the Federal Reserve's ultra accommodative monetary policy stance, which has driven mortgage rates to record lows.
A third report showed contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes surged in October, a sign the housing market recovery advanced into the fourth quarter despite a mammoth storm and concerns over looming tax hikes.
The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in October, gained 5.2 percent to 104.8.
(Additional reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Neil Stempleman)
Washington's new marijuana law is raising eyebrows nationwide and causing concern across the border with law enforcement officers in Idaho.
The law legalizes recreational pot use and sets up state-licensed growers and distributors. Across the border the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department said they'll have to step up their game to crack down on marijuana and a law that will bring in revenue for Washington could end up costing Kootenai County.
"I think we will see a lot more possession cases. I think unfortunately we will see a lot of under the influence cases," Kootenai County Sheriff's Lieutenant Stu Miller said.
video Kootenai County deputies deal with around five marijuana cases a week. Lt. Miller predicts it could double when the new Washington law kicks into action. .
"We have a responsibility to protect our community. In our community it's against the law to have marijuana. We are going to have to step up our efforts to make sure we are protecting those folks, making sure their voices are still heard," Miller said.
Law enforcement classifies marijuana as a gateway drug, and worries addiction could spike and lead to harder drug use. It's possible the new law could put a little more pressure on an already crowded jail and that more manpower will be needed to handle any spike in crime.
"Our deputies will have to take more time away from finding people on the streets, more incidents of fights because of drug based burglaries, thefts," Miller explained.
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Initiative 502 could cause problems at the border.
"When outside the state people start coming here to buy marijuana what happens, who's going to enforce that if they take it across state lines? That's going to be a federal issue. Then you will have a federal versus state issue," Knezovich said..
Now it's a waiting game to see how this will actually impact Idaho. Washington state officials have a little more than year to license farmers and retail stores to distribute pot to the public. That gives law enforcement officials in Idaho time to figure out how they're going to respond.
"We are going to be doing some planning in that year to figure out if there is anything extra we need to do," Lt. Miller said.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 Ottawa -- Yellow police tape surrounds the gutted apartment where one person died in a fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Ottawa Police say it's a homicide investigation.
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Scene of a fatal fire at 90 Woodridge Crescent in Ottawa. Tuesday November 27,2012. Errol McGihon/Ottawa Sun/QMI Agency
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 Ottawa -- Yellow police tape surrounds the gutted apartment where one person died in a fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Ottawa Police say it's a homicide investigation.
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Scene of a fatal fire at 90 Woodridge Crescent in Ottawa. Tuesday November 27,2012. Errol McGihon/Ottawa Sun/QMI Agency
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 Ottawa -- Yellow police tape surrounds the gutted apartment where one person died in a fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Ottawa Police say it's a homicide investigation.
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Yellow police tape surrounds the gutted apartment where one person died in a fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (DANIELLE BELL Ottawa Sun)
Yellow police tape surrounds the gutted apartment where one person died in a fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (DANIELLE BELL Ottawa Sun)
One person is dead after an apartment fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (Andrew Tarzwell submitted photo)
One person is dead after an apartment fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (Andrew Tarzwell submitted photo)
One person is dead after an apartment fire at 90 Woodridge Cres., early on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (Andrew Tarzwell submitted photo)
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A 30-year-old high school dropout accused of murdering his disabled mother was deemed ?not a significant threat to the safety of the public? two years ago stemming from an attack on his father.
Rene Goudreau, who is charged with first-degree murder of his wheelchair-bound mother, 53-year-old Lucie Goudreau, has a long history of mental illness, including schizoaffective and bipolar disorders, according to Ontario Review Board documents obtained by the Sun.
They paint a troubled picture of Goudreau. According to his own interviews, he experimented with alcohol at 13, marijuana a year later. After dropping out at 19, he bounced between jobs, including tele-marketing, fast food and construction.
He stayed now and again at his mother?s Woodridge Cres. apartment where her body was found after a Tuesday morning morning.
In 2010, after his 56-year-old father Jacques Goudreau died of cancer, he moved back with his mother.
Goudreau had reconciled with his father. He had been ordered to have no contact after he broke down his father?s door and attacked him in 2008.
It started when Jacques locked Rene out, but after the attack and the arrest, his mother let him back into the apartment the next day. In 2008, he was found not criminally responsible on charges of assault causing bodily harm, assault and intent to resist arrest and mischief.
And it was Lucie who told doctors in 2010 she ?very much appreciates? Rene living with her since she has multiple sclerosis and depends on him daily.
The ORB ruled in Oct. 2010 that Goudreau was ?not a significant threat to public safety.?
At the time of the attack, Goudreau was manic, and as long as his symptoms were controlled with medication, the chance of another violent incident was ?unlikely,? the documents stated at the time.
Goudreau started psychiatric care in 2004 at the Ottawa Hospital after being arrested by police for trespassing.
There were other arrests and hospitalizations ? once for breaking a bus window in 2007 and when he was caught running naked down the street.
Goudreau had a history of not taking his medication, mild substance and alcohol abuse, the documents suggest.
In 2001, he was convicted of attempted theft under $5,000 and assault.
In 2008 and 2009, Goudreau was deemed to pose ?a significant threat to the safety of the public.? Several times he was discharged to a subsidized apartment, where conditions included he refrain from alcohol or drugs, not have weapons and submit to random urine samples.
But in 2010, the review board changed its opinion.
Goudreau appeared in Ottawa court on Wednesday, where a judge ordered a 30-day psychiatric assessment to determine if he?s fit to stand trial.
He is not entering a plea, said his lawyer Doug Baum, because ?there?s a concern about his perception of reality and understanding of the proceedings.?
?He does appear to be a little unstable ? I think that is obvious,? Baum said outside court.
?There are some concerns, the court shares them, which is why a psychiatric opinion has been sought.
?He?s been ill for some time.?
Goudreau muttered incoherently during his first court appearance Tuesday, when Baum told the court his client had a history at the Royal Ottawa Hospital Mental Health Centre.
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? With files from Megan Gillis
Other cases of children killing their parents in the last decade:
In December 2010, Zhou Fang of Ottawa fatally shot his father in the back with a crossbow and then smashed his skull with a hammer at a Toronto library. A courtroom heard that Fang endured years of abuse by his father and suffered from post traumatic stress when he committed the murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years.
In 2008, Aaron Howard was found guilty of second degree murder for the brutal slaying of his adoptive mother Deborah Frankel-Howard. Aaron, 19 at the time, bludgeoned his mother to death with a lead gas pipe. Aaron fled the city and eventually turned himself into an RCMP detachment in Manitoba. Deborah?s body was found in a cold storage closet in the basement of their Gage Cres. home.
In March 2005, Daniel Maxheleau stabbed to death his parents Gerald and Louise and his sister Michelle, 25. At the time, Maxheleau told doctors he believed he was pregnant and his family wanted to hurt him and his unborn baby. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was found not criminally responsible on three charges of first-degree murder.
In 2000, wealthy Renfrew cattle rancher Kenneth Dick, 81, was found beaten and stabbed to death on his farm. It was soon revealed that his murder was motivated by money ? Dick?s son Peter, 51, hired Leroy Baumhour and Brian Reavie to murder his father.
At one point, people are reluctant to feel recognized subject of plastic surgery procedures, but today, nearly 50% of Canadians say they would consider surgery to change their appearance. With age, metabolic changes, which often slow down significantly, reduced skin elasticity, reduced energy and hormone levels can vary greatly. More regulated access to a person's health may leave frustrated by poor results.
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Plastic surgery techniques have evolved in recent years. Large incisions were once necessary, but many are now minimally invasive surgery. Consequently, the method is successfully targeting the problems and faster recovery time are the norm.
Liposuction removes excess fat from specific areas of the body. Hips, buttocks, thighs, upper arms, chin, cheeks, neck and belly are aligned generally ranges. This test operation should carefully examine their expectations. For starters, they have to understand that liposuction can change the physical appearance, but it will not completely change. In addition, for best results, the patient should have a normal weight and a relatively elastic skin. More importantly, the patient must be physically and mentally healthy. Liposuction is not recommended for people with diabetes and / or poor circulation.
Through the combination of cosmetic surgery, the surgeon is able to achieve a dramatic change in appearance. What came to be known as a Mommy Makeover usually from a procedure (breast lift and / or implants) and a procedure such as abdominal liposuction and / or tummy tuck. The call for a Mommy Makeover is a single operation are high impact results.
A first surgical consultation includes a surgeon to examine and evaluate the health of the candidate. He or she will evaluate to identify pockets or fatty deposits and the condition of the skin. The doctor will ask you several questions in order to understand patients, what are the risks associated with liposuction assess connected. The surgeon will also the variety of surgical procedures that may be used during the operation. Despite a healthy diet and exercise devotion to many Ontarians are not satisfied with their physical appearance. Those that can be committed to improving Toronto examine liposuction to achieve the results they desire.
Liposuction removes excess fat from specific areas of the body. Regions are aligned: hips, buttocks, thighs, upper arms, chin, cheeks, neck and abdomen. In recent years, techniques have plastic surgery has evolved considerably. While at one time, needed plastic surgery huge cuts adapted the techniques in such a way that many now minimally invasive. As a result, patients from procedures that are more successful and faster recovery time emissions are now the norm benefit.
Reports indicate that almost 70% of the Canadian consumer is concerned about aging admit, while 30% say that they are from the effects of aging say disturbed. At one time there was a stigma attached to plastic surgery, but now Canadians are more people looking for methods that enable them to recover and maintain an improved appearance is. Especially popular with women is the Mommy Makeover. This treatment typically consists of a procedure for a procedure such as chest and abdominal liposuction and / or tummy tuck. Through the combination of the different methods in a single treatment a dramatic change through cosmetic surgery is concerned.
This exam surgery are encouraged to carefully consider their expectations. For best results, the patient should have a normal weight and a relatively elastic skin. More importantly, the patient must be physically and mentally healthy. Liposuction is not recommended for people with diabetes and / or poor circulation. An initial consultation on plastic surgery includes a surgeon to examine and evaluate the health of the candidate. The doctor is to understand many of the questions patients, what are the risks associated with surgery judge. In addition, the surgeon will explore the full range of surgical techniques, which could be used.
Happy autumn, everybody! This crisp fall weather has me in the kitchen baking like crazy, which I love. My family loves it, too, of course, because when I?m developing new recipes, ?taste-testers? are in high demand around here.
This week as I was reviewing my ?tried and true? collection of Ina Garten recipes in preparation for a Best of the Barefoot Contessa class, I came across one of my absolute favorites, an Ina classic: Apple Crostata.
Apple Crostata is the perfect fall dessert, hands down. It?s the free-form, open-face version of pie: rustic, simple, gorgeous. Pair it with a cup of freshly brewed coffee and I?ll bet you can?t stop with just a single helping.
Eating crostata is fun, too, since you can cut off a crusty wedge and devour it right from your hand (often seen at my house, a tall cold glass of milk in their other hand), or, if the setting is more formal, serve it dressed up on a plate with a fork for special guests ? it?s totally your call.
If your neighbor lady was kind enough to pick you a bushel of apples, why not showcase them in crostata form? She will love your tasty thank you gift and what delicious treats to have in your freezer stockpile, especially since crostatas are fun and easy to create, freeze perfectly, and can be baked from frozen ? something warm and yummy you?ll love this winter when the snow is blowing across the Kansas prairie like it always does.
Below is a quick and easy version of this dessert. Unlike Ina?s, this recipe calls for store-purchased pastry, but feel free to make it from scratch like she does. (If you get that urge, by all means, don?t ignore it!) And please don?t skip the orange zest in this recipe ? it brings such a nice burst of brightness to the apples ? you?ll see. Sometimes I sneak in a few toasted pecans into the topping for added texture.
Chef Alli?s Caramel Apple Crostata 1 refrigerated Pillsbury pie crust 3 medium Granny Smith Apples, cored, peeled and sliced thin ? tsp. fresh orange zest ? cup all-purpose flour ? cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar ? tsp. kosher salt ? tsp. allspice ? tsp. cinnamon 4 Tbs. unsalted butter 1/3 cup caramel topping, warmed
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. On a lightly floured sheet of parchment placed on a baking sheet, roll out pastry to a 12 inch circle. In a mixing bowl, toss apple slices with orange zest, then place onto center of pastry, leaving about a 1 ? inch border around the entire edge of pastry. In the bowl of a food processor, place flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, allspice, cinnamon and butter; pulse this mixture until crumbly. Place mixture over the top of apples, rubbing with your fingers to get mixture to hold together, spreading evenly over apples; fold pastry edge up over the apple mixture, pleating as you go, leaving center of crostata open, with apple filling exposed.
Place crostata, uncovered, onto center rack of preheated oven; bake for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are fork-tender. While crostata is still warm, drizzle with caramel sauce. Let crostata set for 5 minutes, then slice into wedges and serve.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2012) ? An international team led by researchers from the University of Warwick and Oxford University is now dealing with unexpected results of an experiment with strongly heated graphite (up to 17,000 Kelvin). The findings may pose a new problem for physicists working in laser-driven nuclear fusion and may also lead astrophysicists to revise our understanding of the life cycle of giant planets and stars.
The researchers were attempting to get a better understanding about how energy is shared between the different species of matter, especially, how it is transferred from strongly heated electrons to the heavy ionic cores of atoms that have been left cool. The difference in temperatures between the hot electrons and cooler ions should level out quickly as the electrons interact with the ions; thus, the time it takes to reach a common temperature is a good measure of the interaction strength between the two. This interaction also defines, for instance, how heat or radiation is transported from the inside of a planet or star to its surface and, thus, planetary and stellar evolution. The process is also essential for nuclear fusion where the electrons are heated by fusion products but the ions need to be hot for more fusion to occur.
Previous experiments, using direct laser heating, have been plagued by uncertainties in target preparation and heating processes complicating observations and analysis. Moreover, theoretical models struggled to explain the long temperature equilibration time found experimentally. The team led by researchers from Warwick and Oxford hoped they could resolve this difference by devising a much more precise experiment. Instead of direct heating by a laser, they have employed intense proton beams created via a novel scheme of laser-driven acceleration. Heating by the protons results in much better defined conditions as the protons heat only the electrons but for the entire sample. As a result the researchers obtained a clean sample with electrons at 17,000 Kelvin whilst the ions remained at around room temperature of 300 Kelvin.
However, the researchers found that rather than eliminating the gap between the model and the observed results the difference significantly increased. Their more precise experiment in fact shows that the equilibration of the temperatures for hot electron and cool ions is actually three times slower than previous measurements have shown and more than ten times slower than the mathematical model predicts. This means that the basic process of electron-ion interaction is only purely understood. As the same process also governs many other material properties, the results have wide implications from material processing to inertial confinement fusion to our understanding of astrophysical objects. This intriguing result becomes even more important if combined with previous indications for much hotter systems: all these data point to a more general lack of understanding when researchers model electron-ion interactions.
Dr Dirk Gericke from the University of Warwick said: "This is an intriguing result which will require us to look again at the plasma physics models but it will also have significant implications for researchers studying planets and white dwarf stars. My laser-fusion colleagues who depend on their lasers delivering a lot of energy simultaneously to both ions and electrons will certainly be interested in our findings as well."
Dr Gianluca Gregori from the University of Oxford said: "I think the results send theoreticians back to the drawing board when modelling the interactions between particles in dense matter. The wide range of implications and the huge range in temperature, where these issues were found, make the results so important."
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Once upon a time, almost anyone who could write, knew how to write a thank you note. But today, a well-written note is so rare that it places you ahead of the pack.
The best thank you notes are short, sincere, and specific to each interview. So:
1. Be Prepared for Thank You Note Success
Before going to your interview, buy an attractive blank?note card from a card shop. No humor, and nothing fancy or with writing on the inside. This needs to reflect?you, so keep the card simple and write your note in your own words.
Take the card and a stamp with you to your interview.
Be sure to ask your interviewer for their business card, so that you know where to send your thank you.
After your interview, go sit quietly (if you?re an introvert, want to take some notes) or call a friend (if you?re an extrovert, or want to talk things out) and think through what went well and what you?d like to do differently next time.
Now use this simple approach to craft your note:
2. Start By Thinking About Your Audience
In this case, your ?audience? is the person, or people, who interviewed you. To put them solidly in mind, ask yourself:
Did they enjoy our conversation?
Where, in particular, did we connect?
Was their interviewing style more on the ?warm and friendly? or more on the ?strictly business? end of the scale?
OK, got it? Now you?re ready to write.
3. Use ?The Rule of 3? to Write Your Note
Three sentences, plus a date, a greeting, and a close, are all you need to get this job done.
At the top of the note, in the right-hand corner, write today?s date.
Then, on the left, write, ?Dear [Their Name].? If the person was super friendly, a first name will do; it they were super formal, use their title. In between ?Mr.? or ?Ms.? and their last name is correct.
Then write:
Sentence: #1 Thank the person for meeting with you.
If you liked them, or if they were particularly friendly, you can say something like ?Thank you for making my interview today so pleasant.?
If they were more businesslike, just say something like, ?Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.?
Sentence #2: Mention something that you liked about the interview.
If they were personal or friendly, say something personal, such as, ?I particularly enjoyed our talk about [whatever you?and they?particularly enjoyed talking about].?
If they were more businesslike, say something businesslike, such as, ?I was glad to learn more about [name of organization].?
Sentence #3: Repeat your interest in the job (but don?t?repeat your qualifications or act as if the interview is still going on!).
Friendly version: ?I would be thrilled to work for [name of organization], and hope to meet you again as a colleague.?
Business version: ?I am now even more interested in working with [name of organization], and appreciate your help with the process.?
Here?s what those two notes look like when you put it all together:
Friendlier Version: Thank you for making my interview today so pleasant.?I particularly enjoyed our talk about [whatever you?and they?particularly enjoyed talking about].?I would be thrilled to work for [name of organization], and hope to meet you again as a colleague.
More Businesslike Version: Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.?I was glad to learn more about [name of organization].?I am now even more interested in working with [name of organization], and appreciate your help with the process.
Sign it ?Sincerely,? then print your name so that you?re sure they can read it. If you have a business card, include it.
And Last But Not Least?
Go home, put your feet up, and have a glass of wine or hot tea.
The hardest job in the world is looking for a job. So congratulate yourself on a job well done today, and be kind to yourself while you?re waiting for the results.
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AGA members tell lawmakers -- stop the cutsPublic release date: 28-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association
Dec. 4 is AGA Virtual Advocacy Day
Bethesda, MD (Nov. 28, 2012) As the deadline for sequestration gets closer, the looming threat of across-the-board budget cuts becomes more real. While these cuts will have repercussions across all sectors of the U.S. economy, medical researchers and health-care professionals will be adversely affected by these major budget issues. If Congress does not take action, medical practice reimbursement will be slashed by 29 percent and research funding will be cut by 8 percent.
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, members of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) from across the country will participate in the first-ever AGA Virtual Advocacy campaign. Gastroenterologists will flood Congress with calls for them to stop the cuts.
"There is an enormous amount at stake in the next few weeks with impending cuts that will have devastating impacts on clinicians and researchers," said Loren Laine, MD, AGAF, president of the AGA Institute.
Clinicians are facing nearly a 29 percent reduction in reimbursement from Medicare when the proposed 26.5 percent cut from the Medicare sustainable growth rate is combined with the automatic, acrossthe-board 2 percent cut from sequestration. The proposed 8 percent cut to federal research funding due to sequestration will affect major drivers of medical innovation in this country, stall scientific progress and kill an important economic engine in the U.S.
"Cuts to clinician reimbursements will mean a drastic reduction in income for medical practices that will struggle to pay staff, provide benefits and invest in the infrastructure needed to run a business," according to Dr. Laine. "Additionally, the proposed cuts to federal research funding will cripple laboratories across the country and will cost America jobs at a time when our nation can't afford to lose anymore."
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AGA members tell lawmakers -- stop the cutsPublic release date: 28-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association
Dec. 4 is AGA Virtual Advocacy Day
Bethesda, MD (Nov. 28, 2012) As the deadline for sequestration gets closer, the looming threat of across-the-board budget cuts becomes more real. While these cuts will have repercussions across all sectors of the U.S. economy, medical researchers and health-care professionals will be adversely affected by these major budget issues. If Congress does not take action, medical practice reimbursement will be slashed by 29 percent and research funding will be cut by 8 percent.
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, members of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) from across the country will participate in the first-ever AGA Virtual Advocacy campaign. Gastroenterologists will flood Congress with calls for them to stop the cuts.
"There is an enormous amount at stake in the next few weeks with impending cuts that will have devastating impacts on clinicians and researchers," said Loren Laine, MD, AGAF, president of the AGA Institute.
Clinicians are facing nearly a 29 percent reduction in reimbursement from Medicare when the proposed 26.5 percent cut from the Medicare sustainable growth rate is combined with the automatic, acrossthe-board 2 percent cut from sequestration. The proposed 8 percent cut to federal research funding due to sequestration will affect major drivers of medical innovation in this country, stall scientific progress and kill an important economic engine in the U.S.
"Cuts to clinician reimbursements will mean a drastic reduction in income for medical practices that will struggle to pay staff, provide benefits and invest in the infrastructure needed to run a business," according to Dr. Laine. "Additionally, the proposed cuts to federal research funding will cripple laboratories across the country and will cost America jobs at a time when our nation can't afford to lose anymore."
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Learn more about the AGA Virtual Advocacy Day and how to get involved at www.gastro.org/stopthecuts.
About the AGA
The American Gastroenterological Association is the trusted voice of the GI community. Founded in 1897, the AGA has grown to include 17,000 members from around the globe who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice and advancement of gastroenterology. www.gastro.org.
Like AGA on Facebook.
Join AGA on LinkedIn.
Follow us on Twitter @AmerGastroAssn.
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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? An Army private accused of sending reams of classified U.S. documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was kept in tight pretrial confinement partly because another prisoner had recently committed suicide, the former security chief at the Quantico, Va., Marine Corps base testified Wednesday.
Marine Col. Robert Oltman was a witness at a pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore. Manning's lawyers are seeking dismissal of all charges, claiming his confinement in the Quantico brig amounted to illegal punishment.
Manning was held there for nine months, from July 2010 to April 2011, when he was moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Throughout his time at Quantico, he was designated a "maximum custody" detainee and considered at risk of either suicide or harming himself or others. He was locked up alone for at least 23 hours a day, forced to sleep naked for several nights and forced to stand naked at attention one morning, his lawyers assert.
At Fort Leavenworth, Manning was re-evaluated and given a medium-security classification
Oltman and others have testified that psychiatrists who examined Manning at Quantico repeatedly recommended that his conditions be eased. But Oltman, whose command included the brig, said he was skeptical about at least one of those recommendations because another detainee had killed himself in December, 2009, after his custody status was reduced based upon the advice of the same doctor, Navy Capt. William Hochter, the psychiatrist assigned to the brig.
"He didn't have the strongest credibility with me with regards to his recommendations," Oltman said under questioning by civilian defense attorney David Coombs.
Oltman said he told Hochter in January 2011 that Manning would remain on "prevention of injury" status unless senior officers decided otherwise.
Oltman acknowledged he told Hochter: "''Nothing's going to change. He won't be able to hurt himself. He's not going to be able to get away, and our way of ensuring this is that he will remain on this status indefinitely."
One of the security measures was the removal of Manning's underwear at night, starting March 2, 2011, after he told the brig commander that if he wanted to kill himself, he could hang himself with the waistband. Coombs suggested Manning was commenting on the absurdity of his situation.
Coombs produced an email in which Quantico's chief legal officer at the time, Lt. Col. Christopher Greer, made light of the underwear episode with a Dr. Seuss parody: "I can wear them in a box. I can wear them with a fox. I can wear them in the day. I can wear them so I say. But I can't wear them at night. My comments gave the staff a fright," Coombs read.
Oltman acknowledged that he responded to the email with the signature, "Sam I am," another Dr. Seuss reference.
"Was it funny to you that Pfc. Manning was being stripped at night," Coombs asked?
"No, it was not, it was a very serious issue," Oltman said.
Supporters of the 24-year-old Army private again filled the courtroom on the second day of what is expected to be a six-day hearing.
Manning faces possible life imprisonment if convicted of aiding the enemy, the most serious of the 22 charges that he faces.
He is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and more than 250,000 diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks while he was working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010.
The materials Manning is suspected of leaking include sensitive reports on foreign governments and leaders and a 2007 video clip of a U.S. helicopter crew gunning down 11 men later found to have included a Reuters news photographer and his driver. The video garnered worldwide attention. The Pentagon concluded the troops acted appropriately during the attack, having mistaken the camera equipment for weapons.
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Greenbuild 2012?an annual sustainable construction trade show?kicked off in San Francisco on November 11th, showcasing the industry?s most exciting trends and innovations over 5 days. Upwards of 35,000 attendees browsed the wares of the world?s leaders in green technology?everything from electric cars to eco-friendly textiles.
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San Francisco?s own Dwell Magazine sought out the best new products and designs from the event, praising everything from Method Homes? artfully designed, environmentally-conscious prefabricated home to a vertical gardening system made out of colorful recycled plastic developed by Kul.
The show unveiled new textile product lines made from recyclable materials in an array of colors and patterns. Green builders have an ever-expanding number of options?from different shades and finishes for green countertops, high-end cork surfacing, and?beautiful FSC-certified flooring alternatives to suit every taste and style. New developments in insulation and lighting technology were also on display, as were alternative-powered vehicles such as Audi?s A3 e-tron electronic car.?See more of Dwell?s favorite items from Greenbuild 2012 in their full report and slideshow.
Country music titan Dolly Parton is anything but shy.In an exclusive interview with "Nightline," Parton dished about her love life (including those rumors that she is secretly gay), losing a drag queen lookalike contest and building an entertainment empire estimated at half a billion dollars.Watch the full story on "Nightline" tonight at 11:35 p.m. ETIn her long reign as a country music legend, Parton, now 66, has done it all. In her new motivational memoir, "Dream More," which will be released on Nov. 27, Parton talks about growing up dirt poor in Sevierville, Tenn. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is adding an asterisk to his name in the history books.
His inauguration will be only the seventh time that the constitutionally mandated date for a president's swearing-in ? Jan. 20 ? has fallen on a Sunday. So, following tradition, the inauguration will be on Monday, Jan. 21.
The adjustment puts Obama in league with President Ronald Reagan, whose second inauguration in 1985 also was changed from Sunday to Monday.
When the Constitution required a March 4 swearing-in, the first president to move his inauguration to Monday was James Monroe on March 5, 1821. After the 20th Amendment changed the inauguration to Jan. 20, Dwight Eisenhower and Reagan held private swearings-in on Sundays that fell on Jan. 20 and then held public ceremonies the following day.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is adding an asterisk to his name in the history books.
His inauguration will be only the seventh time that the constitutionally mandated date for a president's swearing-in ? Jan. 20 ? has fallen on a Sunday. So, following tradition, the inauguration will be on Monday, Jan. 21.
The adjustment puts Obama in league with President Ronald Reagan, whose second inauguration in 1985 also was changed from Sunday to Monday.
When the Constitution required a March 4 swearing-in, the first president to move his inauguration to Monday was James Monroe on March 5, 1821. After the 20th Amendment changed the inauguration to Jan. 20, Dwight Eisenhower and Reagan held private swearings-in on Sundays that fell on Jan. 20 and then held public ceremonies the following day.
While there was a slight uptick in foreclosures this October, Tulsa home foreclosures are down 35% from last year. The first 10 months of 2012 saw far fewer home?repossessions?as compared to the same time in 2011. RealtyTrac Inc., a real estate data service, says that 577 foreclosures were filed in October,?up 6.5% from September. But overall, 2012 has seen 35.6% fewer foreclosures during the first 10 months.
Margo Mitchell, CEO of Consumer Credit Counseling Centers of Oklahoma, notes,??From our side, we haven?t seen as many people seeking foreclosure prevention counseling. I?m hoping that?s a sign the housing market is beginning to right itself after all these years.? It?s encouraging news because the downturn in foreclosures means fewer people are in danger of losing their Tulsa homes.
According to Mitchell, those who are seeking credit counseling are still having a hard time getting their banks to help them out with mortgages. She says it sometimes take months for banks to get loan modifications resolved. Even still, foreclosures across Oklahoma have declined 43.9% from last year, resulting in a rate of one for every 1,440 households.
Daren Blomquist, vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac, said that foreclosure trends continue to vary widely from state to state. He adds,??Unfortunately, the three states dealing with the biggest rebound in deferred foreclosure activity ? New Jersey, New York and Connecticut ? also had to deal with the devastation to homes inflicted by superstorm Sandy. The foreclosure moratoriums being put into effect as a result of the storm will likely extend the already-lengthy time to foreclose in these states, further prolonging a fundamentally sound housing recovery.?
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