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Partisan discord finds roots in toss-up districts

In this photo taken March 25, 2013, Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, uses a chart to talk about the U.S. budget deficit during a town hall meeting with constituents in Montgomery, Ohio. Here in the Cincinnati suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away. If any Republican House members might be open to compromise with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Chabot would seem near the top. Yet he toes an unyielding conservative line on virtually every big issue. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

In this photo taken March 25, 2013, Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, listens to constituents' questions at a town hall meeting in Montgomery, Ohio. Here in the Cincinnati suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away. If any Republican House members might be open to compromise with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Chabot would seem near the top. Yet he toes an unyielding conservative line on virtually every big issue. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

In this photo taken March 25, 2013, Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, takes time after his town hall meeting to answer questions one-on-one with constituents in Montgomery, Ohio. Here in the Cincinnati suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away. If any Republican House members might be open to compromise with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Chabot would seem near the top. Yet he toes an unyielding conservative line on virtually every big issue. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, listens to a question from a constituent during a town hall meeting, Monday, March 25, 2013, in Montgomery, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

MONTGOMERY, Ohio (AP) ? Here in Cincinnati's suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away.

If any Republican House members might be open to compromise with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Steve Chabot would seem near the top of the list. He comes from an area so politically competitive that he lost his seat in 2008 to a Democrat, then won a rematch two years later. His new, redrawn district is safer, but Mitt Romney's 5-point margin over Obama was hardly a landslide.

Moreover, Chabot readily acknowledges that political compromise is the only way to accomplish anything in a democratic society as divided as the United States.

Yet Chabot toes an unyielding conservative line on virtually every big issue before Congress. He opposes any new taxes, even if they might lead to Democratic concessions on spending for Medicare and Social Security. He sees no need for new gun laws, including broader background checks on buyers.

He wants to overturn Obamacare, despite the president's re-election and the Supreme Court's decision upholding the health care law. He'd like to balance the federal budget in four years without new taxes, an improbable feat that would require extraordinary spending cuts far beyond those now triggering complaints.

Chabot, a former teacher and lawyer who has spent most of his career in politics, fits comfortably and quietly in the House GOP caucus. Outwardly, he's one of its more accommodating, measured members, rejecting the notion that compromise is cowardly or foolish.

"We have divided government in our country," Chabot recently told 75 constituents at one of two town hall meetings he held on a snowy Monday. "Neither side can pass anything on its own. You have to work with the other side."

But Democrats say Chabot and his colleagues have strange notions of compromise, especially on the tax-and-spend issues that preoccupy Congress.

Obama repeatedly says he can't begin to rein in costly entitlement programs dear to liberals such as Medicare and Social Security without Republicans agreeing to new taxes, chiefly on the rich. That's a non-starter for Chabot.

"I think we're already overtaxed," he told the gathering here. If anything, taxes should be cut, he said.

Like most of his House GOP colleagues, Chabot says Obama extracted all the new tax revenue he'll get when he forced Republicans to swallow the year-end "fiscal cliff" deal. It will generate about $620 billion in new revenues over 10 years. That's well below the $1 trillion the Republican House speaker suggested in December as part of a deficit-reduction "grand bargain," which never came to fruition.

"It's pretty hard to get to my right," Chabot said in an interview. It's a boast often heard from House Republicans, many of whom live in fear of losing a primary election to GOP challengers who accuse them of being too cozy with Democrats.

Whether it's because of his strategy or not, Chabot, 60, says he has never had a Republican primary challenger in his congressional career, which began in 1994.

Some might argue that Chabot's popularity with GOP primary voters would free him to edge toward the political center, in search of independent voters who can prove crucial in November general elections. Indeed, his town hall meetings ? in contrast to some that are dominated by flag-waving tea partyers ? drew a smattering of political moderates urging bipartisan cooperation.

Chabot, unfailingly polite and soft-spoken, stuck to positions embraced by his fierier, take-no-prisoners colleagues.

One woman said she supports "responsible gun ownership" and "sensible gun laws." She said she supports background checks on all gun buyers, and restrictions on military-style weapons.

Chabot offered the same reply he gave later to a woman who said the only difference between a free person and a slave "is a gun." He's unlikely to support any new gun laws, Chabot said, because criminals would ignore them, and there are already enough laws on the books.

When a man asked Chabot why he called Obama's 2010 health care law "a takeover" instead of a Supreme Court-backed act of Congress, the congressman replied: "I consider it a government takeover." The only reason it hasn't been overturned, Chabot said, is because "we just don't have the votes."

At an evening town hall meeting in the North Bend suburb of Cincinnati, Bill Groll agreed with Chabot on just about everything. Groll, a retired engineering technician for General Electric, said both parties in Washington should work together to shrink the deficit.

"The Republicans are trying," he said in an interview, "but the Democrats won't let them."

Groll, 62, said there's no need to raise taxes, even if it's the price Democrats demand for slowing the growth of entitlement programs. "Social Security is not really an entitlement," Groll added. "You pay into it. It's like an insurance thing."

As Chabot's hour-long session continued, chances for bipartisan agreements seemed to dim.

"The food stamp program is replete with waste and fraud and abuse," Chabot said, citing programs he says can stand deeper spending cuts. Money spent on public housing, he said, should go toward reducing the deficit.

When a man asked, "is Obama working toward a socialist country?" Chabot replied, "He would say no."

But the United States is becoming more like Europe, the congressman added, so "we're getting pretty close."

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Follow Charles Babington on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cbabington

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Patients of Oklahoma doctor line up for tests

About 150 to 200 patients of Dr. W. Scott Harrington, who's accused of unsanitary practices, line up outside the Tulsa Health Department North Regional Health and Wellness Center to be screened for hepatitis and the virus that causes AIDS, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Tulsa, Okla. Oklahoma officials say 7,000 patients of Harrington's in the past six years will receive letters that warn that poor hygiene at Harrington's two clinics created a public health hazard. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, James Gibbard) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT

This Thursday, March 28, 2013 photo shows the dental offices of Dr. Scott Harrington at 2111 S. Atlanta Place in Tulsa, Okla. Health officials on Thursday, March 28, 2013 urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office's spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the public health." (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT

This 1977 license picture provided by the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry shows Dr. Scott Harrington. Health officials urged thousands of patients of Harrington, an oral surgeon, to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office's spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the public health." (AP Photo/Oklahoma Board of Dentistry)

TULSA, Okla. (AP) ? Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS.

Letters began going out Friday to 7,000 patients who had seen Dr. W. Scott Harrington during the past six years, warning them that poor hygiene at his clinics created a public health hazard. The one-page letter said how and where to seek treatment but couldn't explain why Harrington's allegedly unsafe practices went on for so long.

Testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and the virus that causes AIDS began at 10 a.m. Saturday, but many arrived early and stood through torrential downpours. The Tulsa Health Department said 420 people were tested Saturday at its North Regional Health and Wellness Center. Screenings resume Monday morning.

Kari Childress, 38, showed up at 8:30 a.m., mainly because she was nervous.

"I just hope I don't have anything," said Childress, who had a tooth extracted at one of Harrington's two clinics five months ago. "You trust and believe in doctors to follow the rules, and that's the scariest part."

Inspectors found a number of problems at the doctor's clinics in Tulsa and suburban Owasso, according to the state Dentistry Board, which filed a 17-count complaint against Harrington pending an April 19 license revocation hearing. According to the complaint, needles were reinserted into drug vials after being used on patients, expired drugs were found in a medicine cabinet and dental assistants, not the doctor, administered sedatives to patients.

One patient, Orville Marshall, said he didn't meet Harrington until after he had two wisdom teeth pulled about five years ago at the Owasso clinic. A nurse inserted the IV for his anesthesia; Harrington was there when Marshall came to.

"It's just really scary. It makes you doubt the whole system, especially with how good his place looked," said Marshall, 37.

An instrument set reserved for use on patients with infectious diseases was rusty, preventing its effective sterilization, and the office autoclave ? a pressurized cleaner ? was used improperly and hadn't been certified as effective in at least six years, according to the complaint.

Dr. Matt Messina, a Cleveland dentist and a consumer adviser for the American Dental Association, said creating a safe and hygienic environment is "one of the fundamental requirements" before any dental procedure can be performed.

"It's not hard. It just takes effort," he said.

Weekly autoclave testing can be performed for less than $400 annually, according to the website of the Autoclave Testing Services of Pearl River, New York.

Autoclaves typically can be purchased for $1,000 to $8,000, depending on their size and features. And an average dental practice can expect to pay more than $40,000 a year in equipment, tools and supplies alone, according to several dental organizations.

Attempts to reach Harrington have been unsuccessful. No one answered the door Thursday at his Oklahoma home, which property records show is worth more than $1 million. His practice a few miles away, in a tony section of Tulsa where plastic surgeons operate and locals congregate at bistros and stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, has a fair-market value of around $851,000.

Property and tax records show Harrington owns another residence in Carefree, Ariz., in an area of upscale homes tucked into in the boulder-strewn mountains north of Phoenix.

Nobody was at home Saturday at the low-slung, 1950s-style vacation home, across from the Boulders Resort. Neighbors said they had seen a lot of activity at the home in recent weeks.

Harrington's malpractice lawyer, Jim Secrest II, did not respond to phone messages left Thursday or Friday. A message at Harrington's Tulsa office said it was closed and an answering service referred callers to the Tulsa Health Department.

Suzy Horton, an old friend of Harrington's, said she can't believe the allegations about the man who removed two of her teeth in the early '90s. Horton's ex-husband sold Harrington his home in Carefree ? a home where she once lived.

"I've been to dentists my whole life, so I know what a professional office looks like," Horton, who now lives in Phoenix, said in a telephone interview. "His was just as professional as anybody."

Horton hasn't seen Harrington in years, but she said he has sent her a Christmas card and wreath every year since her 1999 divorce.

"It was a long time ago, so I suppose anything can change, but the kind of person they're portraying in the news is not the kind of person who sends you a Christmas" card, she said.

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Associated Press writers Traci Carl in Carefree, Ariz., and Jeannie Nuss in Little Rock, Ark., contributed to this report.

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Self Improvement | Practice Happiness | The Self Improvement Blog

happiness By Cynthia L. Smith ?

There are many causes of depression. External as well as internal. The death of someone we love or care about. The falling out of a friendship. A local tragedy. An unwanted divorce. A serious illness. The constant sense of ?impending doom?. Perhaps we realize we haven?t lived up to a set of standards that we have chosen to abide by, making us feel shame or guilt. I call this my conscience. Perhaps we feel constant loneliness. Or worse than that, being stuck in a ?bad? marriage. A chemical or hormonal imbalance. The list is as extensive as there are people. Some of these causes can be rectified by us. Some cannot. It is these issues that can seem to have a death-like grip on our emotions.

But what if I told you that you could still ?change? your mood as easily as you could change your clothes? Would you say I?m not being realistic? Would you say that I?ve just never had happen to me what has happened to you? I have had several of these scenarios happen to me or to someone I love. Don?t get me wrong, if any of these things happen to any human being, the natural response is to get depressed. For awhile anyway. That?s normal. Think about that word ?depress?. What exactly gets ?depressed?? Our natural ability and desire to be HAPPY. There is a scripture in the Bible where God says ?you must be happy because I am happy,? so since God is happy, and He created us in His image?

So how does one go about getting happy, truly, genuinely -as opposed to ?artificially? ? happy anyway?

Good question! Have you ever noticed that sometimes you can wake up in a good mood, then other times you wake up in a bad mood, and don?t really know why, either way? For whatever reason, either our subliminal dreams and the states of emotion they produce, our hormones, that ?time of the month?, a sense of dread of either a test at school, some particular project at work, an upcoming bill that?s due, etc., can subconsciously put us in a ?bad? mood, then again, maybe we are expecting to receive a tax refund, or a gift from someone, or are about to go on a fun vacation, these can put us in a ?good? mood! Do you see how our thoughts can affect our mood? So in reality, what we therefore choose to think about can also affect, manipulate, guide, and control our mood and THAT affects how we FEEL! Do your thoughts make you feel sad or happy? Mad or glad? Realize also that no one can make you feel any emotion unless you give them the power to do so. Here?s proof: think about when you?re driving down the street and out of the blue, someone cuts you off and yells some obscenity out the window at you while making an angry hand gesture. That might make you a little mad. But you?d get over it pretty quickly. But what if, during a disagreement someone you love behaved towards you in this same manner. That would likely hurt wouldn?t it. Because we give those we love the power to affect our own assessment of ourselves. They matter to us!

So again I ask, how does one go about ?getting? happy? Really, how can someone ?practice happiness??

One of the many NLP presuppositions says ?if anyone can learn to do something and learn to do it well, you and I certainly can!?

There have been, throughout history, countless examples of people who have had horrific things happen to them, and yet they draw on resources within them that enabled them to stand tall, move forward and actually succeed in life, and sometimes succeed so well they are written about! That?s how you and I have come to learn about them. What resources do they draw on?

The very first thing is their thought patterns. What kind of ?self talk?, or ?pep? talk did they give themselves? Positive or negative? Well, for one thing, there is NO negative talk! None of this ?I can?t? or ?they won?t let me? or ?I don?t know how? business! No, but it might go something like this: ?I am not sure how to go about (accomplishing some task, or surviving for that matter) but I am going to ask someone for advice, or get help to learn what to do first!? If you?re a God fearing person, pray for guidance and direction. God won?t let you down. Remember, everything is temporary. We can make the best of a bad situation by remembering THAT, or we can wallow in the bad situation, getting stuck there, and milking it for all it?s worth! We can actually make a bad situation last longer, without meaning to, because we ultimately do nothing to change the situation or how long we ?stay? there!

So here?s a little exercise to do when you find yourself ?stuck? in depression. And it will take ?practice?! In the morning, when you first get up?

Consciously think about how you are feeling. Don?t spend a lot of time there. There doesn?t need to be a reason for the ?bad? or depressed mood. It just is. Think about where you feel those negative feelings in your body. Notice where your eyes go when you are deeply in those feelings.

Now consciously think of some good memory, not attached to the subject of your depression. Think of something or someone and an experience where you were happy, perhaps even laughing. Everyone has memories of that sort, no matter how far back you must go. Give it some time. Involve yourself in those thoughts. Then, raise your eyes up to the ceiling. This is important. Now say out loud, in as cheerful a voice as you can muster, ?I am having a GREAT day today!? And I know this sounds silly, but start singing ? even if it is through tears ? and as you begin to walk away, walk with a bounce in your step! It matters not how depressed you are or have been. This works 100% of the time. But it might take some time. It is guaranteed to work! Just give it some time. If you do this every morning for 21 days in a row, you will notice a change in how you feel!

The dynamics of this exercise are these: it is your subconscious that decides your behavior. Your subconscious is where your drivers are. And remember, we wake up in the mood set by that very subconscious. We are hardwired to a certain set of behaviors but we can consciously change them by telling our subconscious what to do! When you wake up in a sad, bad, mad or depressed state, it is either because of our chemistry (which, by the way, can be changed by changing our thought patterns) or what our subconscious has been thinking about in our sleep, IF we sleep(!) When we take control of our thoughts, rather than let our thoughts ?run amok?, we essentially ?reboot? our mind / thought patterns!

If we really want to improve our mood, if we really want to be happy, we can! Once we ?get the hang of it?, once we ?fake it till we make it? ? living in an ?as if? we?ve already achieved our goal, the everyday problems of life won?t get us down, and the bigger issues won?t keep us stuck. We are in control, and we get to decide to practice happiness!

Cynthia is an NLP Master and Health Practitioner and practices in the Modesto, CA area.

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My name is Cynthia (many call me Cindy) Smith and I am a certified NLP Master and Health Practitioner and live in the central valley area of California. I have a coaching / counseling business which I conduct in the Modesto, CA area.

I absolutely LOVE NLP and helping people reach their maximum potential using the various processes and techniques I learned in 2006-2007 at NLPCA in Burlingame, CA.

http://nlp-stanislaus.com/

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Film Threat - Kubrick's Cube: Interview With ?room 237? Filmmaker ...

Think Jack Torrance was tormented by inner demons in ?The Shining?? Compared to the fixated folks in ?Room 237,? he?s as mellow as Mister Rogers on quaaludes.

Stanley Kubrick?s films are many things, but ?cut-and-dried? is not one of them. They are, however, ferociously polarizing. The epic majesty of many classic scenes, like the Star Child?s final emergence in ?2001: A Space Odyssey,? has induced millions of jaws to drop, eyes to tear up, and spines to shiver. But Kubrick?s frequent placement of cryptic ambiguities and unexplained symbols has also prompted hair-pulling frustration. What does it all mean, and why can?t I get the pieces to fit?

By fashioning his films as seemingly unsolvable Rubik?s Cubes, is Kubrick reveling in sadism, unleashing visual bugs to burrow into your brain and plant a psychic itch that can?t be scratched? Or is he a demanding professor, forcing pupils to flex their mental muscles using his baffling brain games?

?Room 237,? Rodney Ascher?s documentary exploring the many theories, explanations, and interpretations surrounding Kubrick?s 1980 horror film ?The Shining,? doesn?t answer these questions. If anything, it pulls viewers further into the director?s deep abyss of haunting riddles. Struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and unable to just ?let things go?? Then proceed with caution. This magnetic mind-fuck of a film might prove your gateway to full-blown insanity.

?Room 237? cracks open the imaginative minds of five ?Shining? fanatics. Like the oceans of blood oozing from the Overlook Hotel?s evil elevators, their complex theories come pouring out in waves of impassioned conversation.

Does the film?s prominently featured German typewriter suggest a deeply hidden subtext involving the Nazi Holocaust? Was the moon landing was actually a fraud, covertly filmed by Kubrick on a movie sound stage? What?s the meaning behind Hotel Room 237, where bathing beauties suddenly decompose into hideous, cackling hags? Meanwhile, you be the judge as to whether or not a strategically placed paper tray is actually the hard-on of a hotel manager.

We never see the faces of these intense interviewees. Instead, their monologues are accompanied by a dream-like parade of connecting images, sewn together from ?The Shining,? other films (Kubrick?s in particular), and original footage. Imagine a documentary devoid of talking heads, propelled only by movie scenes that drive the narrative forward in perfect synchrony with what?s being said.

Some will find the film ? or at least its subjects ? ridiculous, dismissing the material as trivial geek-porn generated by eccentrics with far too much time on their hands. Others will ponder the plausible nature of their elaborate fixations. Most will marvel at ? or perhaps be horrified by ? the mental death-grip ?The Shining? has maintained on the minds of these impassioned scholars.

Dare to join Ascher on a tour through the Overlook Hotel, and into ?Room 237?? Step into Stan?s Labyrinth, and read on?

Can you describe your first impression of ?The Shining??
I first saw ?The Shining? when I was very young, after sneaking into the theater. I was terrified, and left after the first 10 minutes. Then I saw it again years later on video. I liked it a lot, because I was turning into this smart-ass, punk-rock kid surviving my youth vicariously through horror movies.

In ?Room 237,? you?ve compiled theories on the hidden meanings behind ?The Shining,? as expressed by five Kubrick fans. I?m sure there were hundreds of interesting stories and interpretations. Was it difficult to cull it down to five people??
I gathered ideas with my producer, Tim Kirk, for about a year before starting interviews. Some, for one reason or another, didn?t make it into the film. I wanted to keep the number of people small, and really go into depth. Not a bunch of sound bites going wildly out of control, but people talking in great detail about the experience of seeing ?The Shining? for the first time? describing how they were first impacted, and also how it had affected their lives.

I?m sure there are other films with vague imagery that people have debated for decades. Why was ?The Shining? so special?
We always had ?The Shining? in mind. During our research, it became clear that that this was the most fascinating movie of its type. We did come across people with amazing interpretations of other movies, and thought about switching tracks to another film. But the fact is? ?The Shining? has generated more of this type of work than any other film we could find. Plus, the concept of ?Room 237? fit with our film?s theme of a small group of people trapped within ?the maze.? Also, I love Kubrick and ?The Shining,? and could spend a year and a half in the editing room looking at nothing but scenes from ?The Shining,? and never lose interest (laughs). I love ?The Godfather,? but I don?t connect with it in the same way, where I?d be happy focusing on it in microscopic detail.

Throughout ?Room 237,? the storytellers are never seen ? only heard, over an elaborate chain of related film scenes.
I didn?t shoot any talking heads. I did a short film a year or so before ?Room 237,? in the same style. I thought that style had some really interesting things. It makes you work harder to come up with visuals. You can create a sort of visual trip into peoples? heads: a dreamlike quality that was appropriate for this movie. The interviews were all audio recordings ? I didn?t shoot any film. At one point, we thought about using a green screen, and super-imposing people into different scenes from ?The Shining.? I don?t come from a traditional documentary background, and I don?t think ?Room 237? has a typical documentary feel to it. In the past, most of my stuff was rather weird, short films.

?Room 237? uses hundreds of clips from different films, made possible in part by using the Fair Use doctrine. Can you explain this process?
Fair Use is a strategy most all documentary filmmakers use. It?s a way that they can incorporate footage from other films into their films, if it?s used in specific ways. Our process was pretty long and complicated. Some stuff was public domain, and there were some original graphics that I shot. There was some stuff we ended up licensing, and we had to make a couple of edits to get other things cleared.? Our producers came on to help out. They had worked on ?Hit so Hard,? the documentary about the drummer from Hole, which used a lot of popular music. They went through a complicated clearance process on that, so they were able to hold our hands.

Do you feel that the film?s theories are credible?
I think all of the theories are persuasive and mind-expanding. We wanted all of them to be strong. We wanted it to be Battle of the Champions. Were they provocative? Do these stories accurately reflect things that Kubrick put into the film for one specific reason? This is ultimately an impossible question to answer. He?s dead. When he was alive, he was reluctant to answer that kind of thing. People would tell him what they thought ?2001: A Space Odyssey? was all about, and he would simply smile and not say anything. It suggests that these movies might act as tunnels and metaphors, but he?s not going to ruin things by revealing the solutions.

Why do you feel that Kubrick?s films seem ageless, and continue to fascinate over time??
I think part of it is the simplicity. There?s also the coupling of close-ups and tracking shots that doesn?t age. And they hold up on levels of story. I see them as the ultimate switchbox between art and entertainment.

Posted on March 29, 2013 in Interviews by KJ Doughton

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Pope Francis Holds First Easter Vigil Service In St. Peter's Basilica

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholic Church.

Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the service, in which the faithful recall the period between Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday.

One of the most dramatic moments of the Easter Vigil service that usually follows ? when the pope would share the light of his candle with others until the entire basilica twinkled ? was shortened this year as were some of the Old Testament readings.

The Vatican has said these provisions were in keeping with Francis' aim to not have his Masses go on too long. The Easter Vigil service under Benedict XVI would typically run nearly three hours. The new pope has made clear he prefers his Masses short and to the point: he was even caught checking his watch during his March 19 installation ceremony. Saturday was no different: The vigil ended just shy of 2.5 hours.

A trimmed-back vigil ? and one that started earlier than usual ? was just one of the novelties of this Holy Week under an Argentine Jesuit pope who just two weeks ago stunned the world by emerging from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after his election with a simple "Brothers and sisters, good evening."

He riled traditionalists but endeared himself to women and liberals by washing and kissing the feet of two young girls during a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile detention center in Rome, when the rite usually calls for only men to participate. A day later, Francis reached out with friendship to "Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of Christians from terrorism, war and religious fanaticism in the Middle East.

In his homily Saturday, Francis kept his message simple and tied to the liturgical readings, recalling how Jesus' disciples found his tomb empty a day after his death and were surprised and confused.

"Our daily problems and worries can wrap us up in ourselves, in sadness and bitterness, and that is where death is," he said. "Let the risen Jesus enter your life, welcome him as a friend, with trust: he is life!"

He later baptized four men, part of the Easter Vigil ritual.

Just a few hours after the vigil ends, Francis on Sunday will celebrate Easter Mass and deliver his "Urbi et Orbi" speech, Latin for "To the city and the world." Usually the pope also issues Easter greetings in dozens of languages.

In his two weeks as pope, Francis' discomfort with speaking in any language other than Italian has become apparent. He has even shied away from speaking Spanish when the occasion would call for it, though the Vatican has said he has done so to avoid discriminating against other languages by favoring his native tongue.

Italian is the lingua franca of the Vatican and Francis has emphasized his role as bishop of Rome over that of pope of the universal church, making his use of Italian logical.

It's not clear how Francis will handle the multilingual greetings Sunday.

Typically, after the busy Easter week ceremonies, the pope would go to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo for a few days of vacation. Francis can't do that since the previous pope, Benedict XVI, is currently living there in retirement.

The Vatican has said Francis would stay put in the Vatican.

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Tablet computers acceptable for reading EEG results, study says

Mar. 29, 2013 ? Mayo Clinic physicians in Arizona have shown that tablet computers can be used to analyze electroencephalogram or EEG results outside of the clinic or hospital. Their study findings were recently presented at the American Academy of Neurology conference in San Diego.

"The fact that this gives doctors the ability to read EEG results from anywhere can only help patients in the long run," says Matthew Hoerth, M.D., a neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Click here to hear Dr. Hoerth explain the study.

An EEG is a painless procedure that uses electrodes attached to a person's scalp to detect electrical activity in the brain. Brain cells are constantly communicating via electrical impulses, even when someone is asleep. This activity shows up as wavy lines on an EEG recording.

The objective was to determine whether a computer tablet is an acceptable alternative to the traditional laptop for remote EEG interpretation. The findings showed that the tablet cost significantly less and weighed less than the laptop and had a comparable screen resolution. The greatest disadvantage to the tablet compared to the laptop is screen size. Boot-up time was significantly longer for the laptop and desktop. An EEG is one of the main diagnostic tests for epilepsy and may also play a role in diagnosing other brain disorders. The epilepsy division at Mayo Clinic in Arizona interprets EEGs for Mayo Clinic Hospital as well as three other institutions across Arizona, where they have remote access for interpretation to all locations. "With high volumes of EEGs and multiple systems and facilities to read from, the efficiency of technology is essential to many physician practices," says Dr. Hoerth. "Despite the marginally smaller screen size, the ease of use, accessibility, and reliability make the tablet a viable option for its integration into the tele-EEG practice.

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Gary Irving, Convicted Serial Rapist, Captured After 34 Years On The Run

A convicted rapist who for decades has been on the run from the law was captured by police this week.

According to The Boston Globe, 52-year-old Gary Irving has been on the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted list for the past 34 years, since a fateful day in 1979 when the convicted serial rapist fled from his Massachusetts home.

Irving, who was found guilty in Norfolk County, Mass., of raping three young women, including a 16-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday in his home in Gorham, Maine.

Reuters reports that Irving had been sentenced to life in prison in 1979, but that he had fled after the judge in his case chose to delay his sentence by two days to allow him to make arrangements before his prison term started.

For decades, Massachusetts State Police have been searching for the fugitive. Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said that law enforcement officers had previously followed leads across New England and several states, including Georgia, Colorado and Florida, in search of Irving.

In the interim, Irving has been living under the name Gregg Irving. He has been married for 29 years and has two children, according to Boston's WCVB.com.

Reports the Boston Globe, Irving and his wife were about to tuck their granddaughter into bed Wednesday night, when police showed up at the couple's home. Irving's wife has since said that she had "no knowledge of his true identity."

An 18-year-old female neighbor of Irving's said that she was shocked to learn of his real identity.

?It actually kind of freaks me out because I never shut my shades,? Alyssa Lurvey told the Boston Globe. ?We don?t lock our door. I don?t know what I would do if he decided to walk in one day, come up to my room. That?s really, really scary.?

Police say they found numerous guns at Irving's home. He will face federal charges for illegal firearms possession, Reuters reports.

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Fewer children mean longer life?

Thursday, March 28, 2013

New research into ageing processes, based on modern genetic techniques, confirms theoretical expectations about the correlation between reproduction and lifespan. Studies of birds reveal that those that have offspring later in life and have fewer broods live longer. And the decisive factor is telomeres, shows research from The University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Telomeres are the protective caps at the end of chromosomes. The length of telomeres influences how long an individual lives.

Telomeres start off at a certain length, become shorter each time a cell divides, decline as the years pass by until the telomeres can no longer protect the chromosomes, and the cell dies. But the length of telomeres varies significantly among individuals of the same age. This is partly due to the length of the telomeres that has been inherited from the parents, and partly due to the amount of stress an individual is exposed to.

"This is important, not least for our own species, as we are all having to deal with increased stress," says Angela Pauliny, Researcher from the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.

Researchers have studied barnacle geese, which are long-lived birds, the oldest in the study being 22 years old. The results show that geese, compared to short-lived bird species, have a better ability to preserve the length of their telomeres. The explanation is probably that species with a longer lifespan invest more in maintaining bodily functions than, for example, reproduction.

"There is a clear correlation between reproduction and ageing in the animal world. Take elephants, which have a long lifespan but few offspring, while mice, for example, live for a short time but produce a lot of offspring each time they try," says Angela Pauliny.

The geese studied by researchers varied in age, from very young birds to extremely old ones. Each bird was measured twice, two years apart. One striking result was that the change in telomere length varied according to gender.

"The study revealed that telomeres were best-preserved in males. Among barnacle geese, the telomeres thus shorten more quickly in females, which in birds is the sex with two different gender chromosomes. Interestingly, it is the exactl opposite in humans," says Angela Pauliny.

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Lawsuit against Yankees GM Cashman is dropped

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updated 7:50 a.m. ET March 28, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) - The mother of a woman accused of stalking New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman has abruptly dropped her lawsuit against him.

The New York Post (http://bit.ly/11RiVwB ) reports that Caroline Meanwell filed documents in court Tuesday to drop the lawsuit.

The suit had alleged that Cashman conspired with her daughter's former therapist and his legal team to trick Meanwell into calling 911 to discredit her daughter, who had claimed to have a nine-month affair with Cashman.

The suit claimed Meanwell was coerced into telling authorities her daughter, Louise Neathway, was going to kill herself so Neathway would be institutionalized.

Prosecutors say Neathway stalked Cashman and got him to pay her $6,000 by threatening to damage his reputation.

Neathway has pleaded not guilty.

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Amazon Acquires Social Reading Site Goodreads, Which Gives The Company A Social Advantage Over Apple

Today, Amazon has announced the acquisition of social reading service, Goodreads. Specific terms of the deal weren’t disclosed and it should close by the end of Q2. Goodreads had raised $2.75 million in funding from the likes of True Ventures since launching in January 2007. When we talked to them last August, the site had over 10 million members and had catalogued more than 360 million books, adding 22 million each month. Now, the site boasts over 16 million users. This type of social integration could give Amazon a major advantage over e-sellers like Apple, who have no social components to their product whatsoever. With people actually discussing and sharing the books that they’re into, having an Amazon direct connect makes complete sense. The site can offer special deals to Goodreads users, which in essence is now Amazon’s book-reading social network. Here’s a look at the spike in books added per month in a graph from last August. With a connection to Kindle, those numbers will skyrocket: Amazon VP of Kindle content, Russ Grandinetti discussed how important this integration could be for its e-book division: Amazon and Goodreads share a passion for reinventing reading. Goodreads has helped change how we discover and discuss books and, with Kindle, Amazon has helped expand reading around the world. In addition, both Amazon and Goodreads have helped thousands of authors reach a wider audience and make a better living at their craft. Together we intend to build many new ways to delight readers and authors alike. Goodreads’ CEO and co-founder Otis Chandler discussed the acquisition and the opportunity for the site to infuse some social elements into Amazon’s bookselling strategy: Books ? and the stories and ideas captured inside them ? are part of our social fabric. People love to talk about ideas and share their passion for the stories they read. I?m incredibly excited about the opportunity to partner with Amazon and Kindle. We?re now going to be able to move faster in bringing the Goodreads experience to millions of readers around the world. We?re looking forward to inspiring greater literary discussion and helping more readers find great books, whether they read in print or digitally. Goodreads has also posted its own note on its blog, going a bit deeper into why the deal makes sense and making it clear that Kindle integration is a top priority, as it’s something that users had

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Signature Agents Benefit from Cruise Track Program : Travel World ...

Signature Travel Network announced the first milestone of success of its Cruise Track program. Launched in late 2012 and using a proprietary software system, Cruise Track allows Signature travel consultants to stay ahead of all changes for a particular cruise (including pricing, itinerary and Signature Collection amenities changes) through alert notifications, and allows them to pass these updates on to their clientele.

?Signature continually assesses the cruise market and listens to feedback from members. Pricing changes have always been a challenge for cruise sellers?particularly during periods when ?promotional offers? are at an all-time high and itinerary changes are prevalent. Signature?s solution was to develop Cruise Track to streamline the process and ensure that members are always notified about pricing changes so that they could choose to proactively contact clients about their options related to the change, never miss out on a Signature exclusive amenity, and always receive the most up-to-the-minute itineraries,? stated Karen Yeates, Executive Vice President, Information Technologies.

?We?re receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from travel consultants about how much this Signature tool has impacted their ability to be proactive in managing all aspects of their clients? current and future cruises,? said Jeri Amstutz, Director, Cruise Program.

Donna Wolfe of Donchka Travel (A Division of Plaza Travel) commented, ?On one of my recent bookings, I was notified that pricing went down again on junior suites. I rebooked my clients from a veranda to a junior suite and was able to provide them with a stateroom that is 50% larger and the price only went up $60 more per person. My clients think I?m amazing to find this deal for them. Cruise Track is a wonderful selling tool.?

Donna Christensen, CTA, DS of Preferred Travel of Naples, stated, ?I received a notice that my client?s cruise had gone down in price by $2400 per person. They were paid in full. Because I knew about it so quickly, I could give them a choice to cancel for $900 and rebook or take an upgrade. There were only three upgrade guarantees for the suites. The clients chose the upgrade. Everyone?s happy and now we won?t hear about the change later when it?s too late to do anything.?

Judy Jacobson of Frosch Classic Cruise and Travel stated, ?Cruise Track notified me that my client?s sailing had been added as a Signature Collection hosted sailing. I was able to secure the Private Car & Driver At Your Leisure experience for my clients and tell them about the Signature host that would be on board. It was my client?s 50th wedding anniversary and I contacted the host to do something special for them during the cruise. They had a fabulous experience in Dubrovnik and thanked me for making their anniversary cruise memorable.?
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Based on this first stage of success, Signature says that they will continue to monitor and enhance the Cruise Track program.

Signature Travel Network, www.signaturetravelnetwork.com

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As interest in kosher food surges, chefs take it gourmet

The market for kosher products is surging ? driven by growing interest among non-Jews ? and with it interest in making kosher cooking more upscale.?

By Christa Case Bryant,?Staff writer / March 25, 2013

Chef Yochanan Lambiase, who in 2004 established the world's first kosher culinary institute, explains what to look for in a fish at a shop in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market.

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Kan. military school received 339 abuse complaints

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) ? Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to a Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document.

The numbers surfaced last week in a federal lawsuit brought by 11 former cadets and their families against St. John's Military School. The latest filing in the case makes public for the first time the extent of abuse that the plaintiffs claim is part of the culture at the Salina boarding school.

But the school says the number reflects its concern for student safety and welfare because it investigates and corrects every such instance, including the most minor, and keeps records of them. St. John's president Andy England said in an email to The Associated Press that the school averages fewer than six incidents a month even though students are in close contact 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The school has been sued by former cadets from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas. They claim its quasi-military program, which gives higher-ranking cadets the power to discipline other students, encourages physical and mental abuse. They also say the school intentionally fails to supervise its students, allowing the abuse to continue.

The school reported receiving 339 verbal and written complaints from students over the past five years. A more specific list of complaints was filed under seal. The public filing does not detail how many, if any, of those complaints were turned over to police or other authorities.

One former student, Michael Kelly, who attended St. John's from October 2009 until November 2010, testified in a deposition about being beaten and branded.

Court documents show that the school has identified 20 cadets, not including Kelly, who were branded while they were students there, and a former St. John's employee, John Koop, testified in his deposition that he was aware of students being held down and branded against their will.

England said in email that branding became "a badge of honor" for some students, while others used it as a way of getting themselves withdrawn from the school.

"As far as the allegations of branding are concerned, following thorough investigation by the school, nearly all of the alleged incidents were determined to be self-inflicted," he said. "Proper corrective action was taken in each case."

The school has tried to discredit Kelly, sending out a news release saying he admitted in his deposition to lying earlier about being taped, bound and gagged against his will. It also asked a judge to rule partially in its favor based on Kelly's testimony that the incident began as a joke and he asked his classmates to send a picture of it to his mother in Tennessee so she would take him out of the school.

Kelly's attorneys did not have a response to an email sent Monday seeking additional comment. But they said previously that the school is only questioning one of the many experiences described in the lawsuit and sworn testimony and that they stand by the former students and allegations in the lawsuit.

In their latest court filing, they note that the school is basing its request for summary judgment on only a brief excerpt from a deposition that lasted more than eight hours and consisted of more than 400 pages. They also say Kelly made it clear that while the incident may have started as a joke, it didn't end that way.

"It all began as just a simple no harm intended joke, but in my mind it escalated and I realized it wasn't a joke and it didn't feel like it was set up. It felt to me like it was intentional," Kelly testified.

The school told AP it encourages students to report all incidents of unwanted physical contact, no matter how minor. England said St. John's uses them as "a teaching moment" at which the school excels.

"Counseling is given, aggressors are disciplined and lessons are learned," England said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kan-military-school-received-339-abuse-complaints-201748588.html

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Epson PowerLite W16SK 3D 3LCD Dual Projection System

As long as its name is, and as much information as Epson has packed into the name, the Epson PowerLite W16SK 3D 3LCD Dual Projection System, leaves out one critical piece of information: Namely, the W16SK works with passive, rather than active, 3D glasses. That's particularly important for a data projector, because it makes 3D far more economical for an audience of more than a handful of people. The lower cost, in turn, removes the major hurdle to making 3D practical in an office or classroom. And if you need 3D, it also earns the W16SK a spot on your short list.

Support for 3D is common enough to be nearly standard on DLP projectors today, and it's even starting to show up on LCD projectors, including the Editors' Choice Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3020e home entertainment projector and the Epson PowerLite W16 3D WXGA 3LCD Projector that I recently reviewed. However, the 3D in virtually all of these projectors depends on active-shutter glasses.

Passive glasses are much cheaper. Epson's are $15 (direct) for a pack of five, while its active glasses for the W16 are $99 each. So even though the W16SK costs more than twice as much as the W16, if you need more than about 10 pairs of glasses, the total cost for the W16SK for 3D will be lower. And since passive glasses don't use batteries, you won't be constantly changing or recharging batteries either.

All this makes a 3D data projector for a relatively large audience a lot more practical with passive glasses. That's what the W16SK brings to the table.

Basics
The W16SK is similar to the W16 in some ways. Both offer WXGA (1,280 by 800) resolution, and both are built around LCD engines, which means they share the advantage of not showing rainbow artifacts the way single-chip DLP projectors can. They also share the advantage over most DLP projectors of offering equal color brightness and white brightness.

Both also let you connect directly to a 3D Blu-ray player or other video device for 3D input, even though they don't fully support HDMI 1.4a. According to Epson, they also both work in 3D with a 3D computer equipped with a Quad-buffered, Open GL 3D-compatible graphics card. However, they don't support the 3D format that computers typically use, and they don't support 3D over a VGA connection. To get 3D with a computer, you need third-party software for the computer, and have to connect by HDMI.

Where the two most obviously differ is that the W16 is a single projector while the W16SK consists of two projectors plus a stacking mount. The mount holds the projectors in the right position relative to each other, so their images will be registered, meaning they'll be precisely aligned, pixel by pixel, without one turning into an apparent ghost image of the other.

Setup
Setting the W16SK up is surprisingly easy, considering the need to get the images aligned. However, Epson doesn't supply a splitter for either VGA or HDMI connections, and it doesn't supply any cables, so be sure to order these along with the projector. For my tests, I used a simple Y-cable splitter for VGA, connecting it to the computer and then connecting standard VGA cables between the splitter and each projector. For the HDMI connection, I used a powered splitter and three HDMI cables, with one going to the image source and one going to each projector.

Epson provides clear instructions for every step of the installation, starting with putting the projectors in the mount and adding the polarizing filters. You then plug in the cables, with one cable from each image source going to each projector. There's also a supplied USB cable to plug into both projectors, so you can change settings in both simultaneously with one remote or one projector control panel.

Each projector has independent manual focus and zoom controls. In addition, a Screen Fit feature automatically adjusts the images to correct for any misregistration. Here again, the steps are simple and clearly explained. They consist basically of pressing a button, following the instructions on screen to zoom the two images so one is larger than the other, and pressing the button again.

Once two projectors are set up, you can use them for 2D or 3D images, just as you would use a single projector. If you move them so they get misaligned, you can quickly realign them using the Screen Fit feature. I tried it several times, moving the table the projectors were on between each try, and it worked as promised every time.

A Word about Brightness
Epson rates the W16SK at 3,000 lumens for each projector, or 6,000 lumens for both together. It's important to understand that you actually wind up with fewer lumens to work with, however, which is why you need so much brightness to start with.

Before using the Screen Fit feature, the image in my tests was roughly 78 inches wide. After using the feature, it was 75 inches wide, with Screen Fit scaling the image on one projector to fix the misregistration. This is obviously needed, since the two images need to be aligned, but it works out to a reduction in screen area of about 7.5 percent. So if you assume a true 3,000 lumens per projector, you only get to use about 2,775 lumens with these particular settings for the image size, or a total of about 5,550 lumens.

There's also a reduction in brightness from the polarizing filters. Epson claims they drop the brightness by about 17 percent, but I measured it at 24 percent, bringing the total brightness down to about 4,260 lumens. And if you don't spend the time I did tweaking the zoom settings to give you the largest possible final image, you'll get a still lower brightness level. In one test run I wound up with a 71-inch width, which works out to about 3,820 lumens.

Keep in mind too that for 3D images the left and right lenses in 3D glasses each block out the light meant for the other eye, which effectively cuts the brightness in half again for 3D. So although 6,000 lumens would normally be bright enough for a small auditorium or large classroom, in the W16SK's case the actual brightness level is more appropriate for a suitably large image for a medium-size conference room or classroom with typical levels of ambient light.

One other twist on brightness relates to the screen. Passive 3D depends on polarized light. It won't work with a standard white screen, because the light from the projector loses the needed polarization when it's reflected from the screen. Instead you need a silver screen like the Severtson GP169923D ($1,150 street, 4 stars), which I used for testing. However, screens for 3D also tend to offer a high gain, with a 2.4 gain in the case of the GP169923D. That means the screen increases the brightness for the image by reflecting more of the light back towards the audience and less towards the sides.

Image Quality
The W16SK's 2D data image quality was a little short of excellent, but not by much. On our standard suite of DisplayMate tests, it delivered fully saturated, vibrant color in all modes, and excellent color balance, with suitably neutral grays at all levels from white to black in all modes. It doesn't show fine detail well, however, with black text on white easily readable only down to 9 points in my tests, and white text on black taking some effort to read even at 12 points. This shouldn't be an issue for most people, but if you need show images with fine detail, it could be a problem.

Video quality was far better than you'll get with most data projectors, making it easily good enough to watch a full-length movie. I saw some exceedingly mild loss of shadow detail (details based on shading in dark areas), but only in scenes that are particularly hard to handle and that most data projectors do far worse with.

I didn't see any motion artifacts, posterization (colors changing suddenly where they should shade gradually), or other issues worth mention, and the projector did a good job with skin tones. Colors don't pop they way that would with a better contrast ratio, but that's just another way of saying that the W16SK isn't in the same league as a home theater projector. It also helps that, as an LCD-projector, it doesn't show rainbow artifacts.

3D and Other Issues
The W16SK comes with only one pair of 3D glasses, so plan to buy more. Image quality in 3D is reasonably good overall, with good color quality in particular. I saw some crosstalk in one scene that tends to bring out crosstalk, but I didn't see any 3D-related motion artifacts in scenes that other projectors have problems with. In general, watching 3D with the W16SK was one of the most comfortable 3D viewing experiences I've had outside of an IMAX theater, with a good sense of depth, smooth movement, and no obvious issues beyond the occasional crosstalk.

One feature that's almost not worth having is the W16SK's sound system, with its severely underpowered 2-watt mono speaker. If you need sound, plan on getting an external sound system.

Given the Epson PowerLite W16SK 3D 3LCD Dual Projection System's price, there's little reason to consider it unless you are serious about 3D. But if you need 3D for an audience of 10 or more, it offers a complete, cost-effective option. The problem holding fine detail will be an issue for some people, but shouldn't matter for most. And for that majority, at least, the Epson PowerLite W16SK 3D 3LCD Dual Projection System is a potentially cost-effective solution that will be hard to beat.

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Could You Benefit From Umbrella Liability Insurance? - Wealth ...

If you prefer to plan ahead for anything unsavory that might happen to you financially, you might want to consider purchasing umbrella liability insurance. Umbrella liability insurance can protect your assets from large claims or lawsuits.

Review these elements of an umbrella liability insurance policy. Maybe the time is right for you to obtain an ?umbrella? of your own.

1. An umbrella policy is additional insurance. You can purchase an umbrella liability insurance policy as an adjunct to your homeowners? or auto insurance policy. With some policies, you can also add to other coverage, like your boat insurance, with an additional charge.

2. It provides extra financial protection. Should you ever be sued for liability, having an umbrella policy to fall back on will provide extra coverage past the limits of your homeowners? or car insurance policy. For example, if you cause an accident, liability claims could easily go way past your normal policy limits for property damage or medical care.

3. Umbrella policies are large. The least liability amount you can obtain through an umbrella liability policy is $1 million. Also, most umbrella liability policies require that your main policy (vehicle or homeowner?s insurance) already cover you for at least $300,000.

4. Your assets don?t have to be large. It?s not necessary for you to have $1 million worth of assets in order to obtain such coverage ? or to be sued for such an amount. After all, you could, for example, get sued for a million dollars and only have assets totaling $200,000. Without an umbrella policy, your future income and assets are also at risk!

5. Your family and pets are covered. An umbrella policy covers everyone in your family living in your household, including your pets. So even if your pets get loose and cause some damage, you?re covered. Many policies even extend coverage to others, such as when you let someone else drive your car somewhere and they get in an accident.

6. Your legal fees are covered by an umbrella liability policy. Umbrella liability coverage will even pay for your legal fees if a liability suit is brought against you.

7. The cost for umbrella insurance is reasonable. The first $1 million of coverage costs as little as $200-$400 per year. Each additional $1 million is only about $100. Raising your regular deductible might even provide enough savings to pay for an extra million dollars of coverage!

8. Obtain an umbrella policy from your current insurer. Ask your auto or home insurance agent about adding an umbrella liability policy to your coverage. You might even get discounts on all your liability policies when you bundle all of them with the same carrier.

Here?s an example of how your umbrella liability policy would work:

You?re on a car trip and have typical vehicle property liability coverage of $50,000. You?re involved in a major car accident. You collide with an expensive recreational vehicle (RV). The RV is less than a year old. The insurance estimate to repair the RV is $90,000.

Your regular car insurance policy would cover only $50,000 toward repairing the RV?s damage. However, with an umbrella liability policy, the remaining $40,000 worth of damage would also be paid. You won?t have to pay anything out of pocket (other than your primary car insurance deductible amount).

It?s a comforting feeling to know that you can protect all your current and future assets, plus cover legal fees, with such a small investment. In the unfortunate event that someone brings a liability suit against you, you?ll be prepared.

Open your ?umbrella? policy to protect you and your family!

Source: http://wpam.com/could-you-benefit-from-umbrella-liability-insurance/

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New technology measures oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time

Mar. 25, 2013 ? In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time.

The technology, developed by Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, could eventually be used to determine how oxygen is delivered to normal and diseased tissues or how various disease therapies impact oxygen delivery throughout the body.

The research is published March 25 in PNAS Online Early Edition.

Red blood cells deliver oxygen through arteries, capillaries and veins to the body's cells and tissues. To date, the state-of-the-art device for measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood is through a device that clamps onto the index finger called a pulse oximeter. However, this measures only the oxygen level in the body's arteries, so doesn't give a full picture of oxygen metabolism.

The new technology that Wang developed, called photoacoustic flowoxigraphy, uses light in a novel way that allows researchers to watch red blood cells flowing through tiny capillaries, the smallest of the body's blood vessels at about the width of one red blood cell.

"By firing two laser pulses of different colors at a red blood cell 20 microseconds apart -- nearly simultaneously -- we hit the same red blood cell at almost the same location, so we get signals back at both colors," Wang says. "That allows us to figure out the color of the red blood cell at any given moment. By watching the color change, we can determine how much oxygen is delivered from each red blood cell per unit of time or distance. From there, we can determine the average oxygen delivery per unit length of capillary segment."

Wang and his colleagues were able to watch the red blood cells choose which direction to travel when they encountered a "fork" in the capillary, called bifurcation. The cells travel in bunches to where oxygen is most needed in the body at that time, he says.

Lihong Wang, PhD, developed a technique that allowed him to see red blood cells flowing through capillaries in real time. Here, the red blood cells encounter a "fork" in the capillary, so they go in the direction in which the most oxygen is needed.

And although the cells travel very quickly, the speed of the device -- 200 Hertz, or 20 3D frames per second -- allows the researchers to see the cells in real time. In comparison, a film at a movie theatre moves at 30 Hertz, fast enough that they eye can't see the individual frames.

"Photoacoustic flowoxigraphy is considered an engineering feat, enabling oximetry at the most fundamental level, namely, the single-cell level," Wang says.

Wang says this technique has applications for further biological studies as well as in the clinical setting.

"There are many biomedical questions that this technology could answer: How would cancer or diabetes change oxygen metabolism? How would cancer therapy or chemotherapy affect oxygen level?" he says. "We'd like to see if we could use this technique to monitor or predict therapeutic efficacy."

Getting the technique into the hands of researchers is the next step, Wang says. He and his colleagues would like to license the technique to a company that would move it forward to make it available to biologists and physicians.

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