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Friday, July 26, 2013
Textura Launches CPM--Business? | Benzinga
Textura Corporation (NYSE: TXTR), the leading provider of collaboration solutions for the construction industry, announced today the launch of CPM?Business, a new version of its market-leading Construction Payment Management (CPM) solution specifically created to help General Contractors and Owners in the mid-market improve efficiencies and reduce risk in the construction payment process. The current CPM solution, used by over 300 General Contractors and Owners and nearly 60,000 subcontractors, is now called CPM?Enterprise?.
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"We recognized that some General Contractors and Owners wanted the efficiencies and process improvement that our CPM solution provides, but didn't require the full suite of functionality that CPM?Enterprise offers," said Patrick Allin, Textura Chairman and CEO. "We realized this was a gap, and we wanted to address the needs of this important market segment. CPM?Business should be particularly useful to General Contractors and Owners doing five projects or more per year or a smaller number of larger projects."
Allin continued, "As the industry becomes more competitive, larger Contractors are now competing for jobs previously in the domain of mid-market firms. Companies need every advantage they can get, and our collaboration solutions have helped companies improve key construction project processes. CPM?Business gives mid-market Contractors and Owners the same tools as some of the biggest organizations in the industry, but in a version that meets their specific requirements."
Designed with the mid-market Contractor and Owner in mind, CPM?Business improves billing, lien waiver collection, compliance management and payment processes by eliminating paper and automating processes. CPM?Business places the entire process online, allowing real-time access to project information. Textura has a team of sales, implementation and support experts dedicated to ensuring the unique needs of CPM?Business clients are met.
"From our years of experience in the industry, we have learned that no matter the size of the Contractor or Owner, all companies struggle with the construction payment process," concluded Allin. "The traditional method is too paper-laden and inefficient. Our CPM?Enterprise solution has helped some of the largest General Contractors and Owners across the world improve efficiency and increase productivity, and we're excited that with CPM?Business we are now able to offer the same advantages to mid-market organizations."
About Textura
Textura is the leading provider of collaboration and productivity tools for the construction industry. Our solutions serve all construction industry professionals across the project lifecycle ? from takeoff, estimating, design and pre-qualification to bid management, submittals, LEED? management and payment ? on a single, integrated platform.
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Frank Smith "Nineties" | Triangle Arts and Entertainment
Some of the greatest albums of all time are biographical concepts.? The band Frank Smith would like Nineties added to the list.? With the exception of the first track, singer/songwriter Aaron Sinclair has taken an entire album to look back at the decade in which he developed as a musician as well as an adult.? Opening with ?We Will All Win?, Sinclair seems to take one last brief farewell to a style he and the band are about to leave behind.? The sparse and mournful requiem sets the emotional and topical tone for the rest of the album without leaving a clue what you will hear next.? The opening riff of the second song boldly establishes the surprising new style of Frank Smith.? Surf guitar riffs, dark and mysterious, are brilliantly illuminated by sparkly jangle pop guitar, rounded out by deliciously cheesy keyboards.? The soundscape is awash with a sea of reverb in a cavernous atmosphere that is simultaneously spacious and intimate.
While the band reveals Sinclair?s musical influences of the decade, his lyrics express the anxieties of early adulthood.? The frustrations of minor failures while struggling to succeed in life and love are both personal and universal.? Anyone in or beyond their twenties can relate.? With a what-the-hell attitude, Sinclair manages to maintain a sense of hope, even though he?d prefer to just get drunk and forget about it.? The result is a joyously fresh new style of cry in your beer bar band music.? In a word, Nineties is intoxicating.
Frank Smith will perform live in Chapel Hill at The Cave on August 8th.?? This will be their only North Carolina appearance with this tour, so don?t miss it!
Source: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2013/07/frank-smith-nineties/
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
G20 to seek reassurance from Fed and China
By Lidia Kelly and Douglas Busvine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - G20 summits don't always set the pulse racing but this week's gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow has a better chance than most of grabbing the attention of financial markets.
The policymakers meet at a sensitive time with the U.S. Federal Reserve intent on slowing, then exiting a bond-buying program that has been creating $85 billion a month, and Beijing trying to rebalance the world's most dynamic economy.
Chinese growth slowed only moderately in the second quarter and after causing ructions in world financial markets, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has been at pains to stress he will only halt the money-printing presses if he sees stronger evidence of U.S. recovery.
Nonetheless, the Group of G20 leading economies will seek reassurances that neither will upset the apple cart.
Emerging nations have seen dramatic investment outflows since the Fed announced its exit plan, forcing policy responses around the world.
Indonesia and Brazil have raised rates, India tightened liquidity as the rupee plunged to a record low and Turkey's central bank has intervened repeatedly to defend the lira.
"A key consideration going forward is the unwinding of unconventional monetary policy, where careful phasing and clear communication will be critical," International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday.
South Korea echoed that concern, its finance ministry demanding the Fed consider "not only its domestic conditions but also the global effects", before acting.
Bernanke will not be in Moscow but will deliver two days of testimony to the U.S. Congress earlier in the week.
Japan's top financial diplomat said Tokyo would put similar questions to the People's Bank of China about the wider impact of its actions. The bank is trying to rein in credit largely in a shadow banking system.
"The situation in China is not necessarily clear, and it would be desirable to clarify various data and issues," Mitsuhiro Furusawa, vice finance minister for international affairs, told Reuters. "We are paying close attention to see what the real picture is in China."
Japan's extraordinary stimulus program will also be under scrutiny, particularly the structural reforms it has promised will accompany it.
Tokyo has so far been given a free pass at international gatherings from countries which had previously urged it to get growth going. But there is growing disquiet.
"Most of the partners are losing more and more patience with Japan", one G20 source said. "They want to see concrete structural reforms."
A document setting out the position of the 27-nation European Union called on Tokyo to put in place a "medium-term fiscal consolidation plan" and focus on structural reforms to foster sustainable growth.
Furusawa said Japan would assure its G20 peers that its aggressive reflationary policies were not aimed at weakening the yen and would have positive effects for the world economy.
Emerging powers are flexing their muscles about the impact of a strong dollar. Brazil has been liaising with Beijing over ways to limit the effects of the dollar's rise on their economies though it is not clear what can be done or whether the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) can offer a united front.
"We are working to enable closer cooperation in many aspects, including possible swap transactions," Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, who will host the Thursday/Friday summit, told Reuters. "The process continues, but not fast."
TAX DODGING
The G20 ministers will also look at corporate tax evasion, which has become a hot political issue.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has been charged by the G20 with formulating measures to stop big companies shifting profits into tax havens.
A preliminary draft of the plan, seen by Reuters, showed the organization has already identified a number of specific profit shifting schemes and aims for agreement on specific changes to international tax rules in one to two years.
A G20 official said the ministers would endorse the OECD plan while labor and finance ministers will issue a statement on balancing job creation policies with efforts to cut debt.
The balance between austerity and growth remains a contentious theme as does Germany's call for concrete debt reduction targets to follow up on goals set three years ago.
"The U.S. is getting more and more angry about Europeans, who they think are not doing enough for growth," the official said.
In a tit-for-tat, the EU paper seen by Reuters said the lack of agreement on a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation plan in the United States was a risk to the global economy.
The G20 has not been able so far to agree on binding targets to reduce borrowing to follow on from a deal struck in Toronto in 2010, and officials said any hopes of new longer-term debt goals were receding fast.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto in Tokyo, Gernot Heller in Berlin, Anna Yukhananov in Washington, Jan Strupczewski in Brussels, Se Young Lee in Seoul, Tom Bergin in London. Writing by Mike Peacock Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/g20-seek-reassurance-fed-china-130435798.html
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Obama political group rents supporter list
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nonprofit group supporting President Barack Obama's agenda paid the president's re-election campaign nearly $700,000 during the past three months to rent the campaign's extensive list of supporters and buy equipment.
Organizing for Action was formed out of the president's campaign earlier this year. Records released Monday show the group paid the president's campaign an initial fee of $300,000 for the list of supporters and monthly fees of $87,500 to rent it.
The group, which has been promoting Obama's agenda on gun control, immigration reform and climate change, raised more than $8 million between April and June. Records show the group spent about $100,000 on equipment purchases from the campaign during the past three months.
Overall, the president's campaign had about $300,000 in cash in the bank at the end of the filing period on June 30, according to Monday's filing with the Federal Election Commission. The campaign had nearly $3.5 million in debts.
The campaign of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney reported $1.1 million in the bank at the end of June and no debt. Romney's filing shows that his campaign continues to pay off bills trickling in from last fall's election, although he earned money by renting lists of supporters as well.
Specifically, Romney's campaign earned about $130,500 from selling lists to two companies: Minnesota-based FLS Connect and Granite Lists of New Hampshire, which describes itself on Facebook as "the political world's most dynamic Republican lists."
This year's activity represents a small fraction of the overall spending in the 2012 presidential contest. Obama and Romney combined to spend more than $1.1 billion overall, which doesn't include hundreds of millions more from outside groups.
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NES at 30: Why Mario still makes a difference
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The original box for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The Nintendo Entertainment System, which turned 30 Monday, may seem like a relic in an era of consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One ? but it helped define those systems and the games on them in more ways than one.
Lasting franchises
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New Super Mario Bros Wii, one of the latest titles in the Mario line of games.
The power of the series was apparent to Nintendo, existing as it did in the days of "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones" and "Back to the Future." So the company was happy to make and publish sequels and spin-offs, even if it had little to do with the original. The result is that the "core" franchises became a staple of gaming. That began on the Nintendo, perhaps best exemplified by "Super Mario Bros."
The original game smashed records (largely due to being included in the box), the second was a bizarre cult hit (but still an excellent game) and the third is hailed by many as one of the best games ever made, regardless of age.
Nintendo and its stable of developers would continue this pattern for decades with other major properties: with repetition, "Legend of Zelda," "Mega Man," "Castlevania," and many more became ingrained in the minds of young gamers ? gamers who grew up to compose Nintendo's current core audience.
It may have been a tactical move to avoid risk and stick with what worked, but the fact is that Mario and Link have become utterly iconic through their constant presence, an accomplishment others have tried with varying success to imitate.
Games that defined genres
While "Super Mario Bros." may be the most obvious success story, the NES was also home to games that both inspired genres and still define them.
For instance, "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Warrior" elevated the comparatively obscure role-playing game genre to playable form. The extreme length and depth of these games created gamers who would not be satisfied by mere arcade thrills, helping move games from then-rare PCs and arcades into the home. And their sequels (now numbering in the double digits) still act as yardsticks for others in the genre.
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The original "Legend of Zelda," still used as a reference and inspiration by gamers and developers.
But it's not just sequels that inherited Nintendo game qualities. To this day, games can be described in terms of the Nintendo games that preceded them: "Zelda"-esque item hunting, "Metroid"-style exploration, "Contra"-quality shooting, "Battletoads"-level difficulty. If you want to make someone understand the basic gameplay of even a major modern game, NES titles are the common vocabulary, something that everyone understands.
For better or worse, it made gaming child's play
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An ad for the original NES emphasizing its family-friendly nature.
Nintendo's most dubious legacy, in full force on the NES, was its insistence on being family-friendly. The NES was, after all, originally called the Famicom, or family computer. From the beginning, games and accessories were designed with friends and family in mind ? and while that meant lots of bright, accessible games, it also meant mature themes were generally avoided.
This occasionally resulted in some mind-boggling mix-ups and errors ? the neutered "Mortal Kombat," the inexplicably un-censored exploding Hitler head in "Bionic Commando" ? but its main effect was to establish home gaming systems as the province of kids. Never mind that some games were more difficult than anything that came before or after ? the stigma, which Nintendo worked actively to promote, was that games were Disney-level entertainment.
30 years later, the games industry is still recovering from this: games are often reduced in the public eye to "blasting aliens" or "saving the princess" despite having shed those limitations long ago. And that which helped Nintendo reach millions of living rooms in the 1980s and 1990s may now be holding it back: more gamers than ever want Hollywood-level content in both tone and setting, meaning sex and violence that Nintendo even now is barely willing to tolerate.
The NES may not have been the first game console by a long shot, but for millions it was the first they owned and loved. After 30 years it still resonates with gamers, and probably will for decades to come.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
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European football Monday Round-up
Swedish Allsvenska
Helsingborgs closed to within a point of the Allsvenska lead with a comfortable 3-0 win over Osters at Olympia.
Each side had a man sent off in a game that saw David Accam open the scoring on 37 minutes. Osters midfielder Denis Velic picked up two yellow cards in quick succession in the 54th minute and Christoffer Andersson received his marching orders on the stroke of full time, but not before scoring a handy brace (67 & 74).
Roar Hansen's Reds have a game in hand over leaders Malmo, who are one point better off following yesterday's 4-0 victory over Atvidaberg, while Osters slip one place to 14th.
Russian Premier League
Artem Dzjuba scored twice at the death to earn Rostov a dramatic comeback victory over Terek Grozny in the opening round of the new Russian Premier League season today.
Terek looked set to kick off their campaign with a victory after taking a 71st-minute lead through Ailton's penalty.
However, Rostov turned the game on its head in the last two minutes to snatch the points, Dzjuba levelling things up from the penalty spot in the 89th minute before the Russia striker netted the winner soon after.
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'King & Maxwell': Jerry O'Connell Has A Lot Of Fun Frisking Real-Life Wife, Rebecca Romijn (VIDEO)
"Family Tools" (ABC)
<em>Series premieres Wed., May 1 at 8:30 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know</strong>: Starring J.K. Simmons and Kyle Bornheimer, "Family Tools" centers on a guy who returns home to take over his dad's hardware business when he finds himself jobless.
"MythBusters" (Discovery Channel)
<em>Season 10 premieres Wed., May 1 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong> What To Know</strong>: This season there will be a "Breaking Bad" themed episode and the crew will tackle myths such as "Are women better than men at multitasking?" and "Which is more sanitary: drying your hands with a hand dryer or a hand towel?"
"The Big Brain Theory" (DSC)
<em>Series premieres Wed., May 1 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know</strong>: Hosted by Kal Penn, this reality competition show will give contestants 30 minutes to solve a daunting engineering challenge.
"Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" (MTV)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., May 2 at 10:30 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> The series follows Zach (Bo Burnham), who hires a camera crew to film him throughout his daily life as a part of his quest to become an overnight celebrity ? even though he possesses no real talent. From Zach?s attempts to become a celebrity chef or a ring-tone recording artist to purposefully going missing, he?ll try any avenue to get noticed and stop at nothing until he reaches fame.
"The Show With Vinny" (MTV)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., May 2 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> For the legions who can't say goodbye to "Jersey Shore" just yet, the legacy continues as we follow GTLer Vinny into his sure-to-be-scintillating home life. The premise has random "celebrities" dropping by his house for impromptu interviews -- and Vinny going to visit their homes, too.
"Newlyweds: The First Year" (Bravo)
<em>Series premieres Mon., May 6 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Bravo's new eight-episode docu-series follows four newlywed couples and their most personal moments, from their wedding day to their first anniversary. There's bi-coastal Christian couple Kimberly and Alaska; domestic partners Jeff and Blair, who are 16 years apart; Indian pop star Tina and her modeled-turned-tech-geek husband Tarz; and suburbanites Kathryn and John.
"Million Dollar Listing: New York" (Bravo)
<em>Season 2 premieres Wed., May 8 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Because we're all so fascinated by real estate that we could never realistically afford, this show is returning for a second season. C'mon, it's fun to live vicariously.
"Wipeout" (ABC)
<em>Season 6 premieres Thurs., May 9 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> With Season 5 episodes titled "Hillbilly Wipeout," "Gorillas In Our Midst" and "Hotties vs. Nerds 2.0," there can only be more magic in store for Season 6. Viewers of all stripes love watching people hurt themselves in new and remarkable ways.
"Family Tree" (HBO)
<em>Series premieres Sun., May 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> "Bridesmaids" funnyman Chris O'Dowd stars in Christopher Guest's ("Best in Show") new documentary-style series about a hapless thirtysomething trying to find meaning in his life by tracing his heritage.
"Long Island Medium" (TLC)
<em>Season 4 premieres Sun., May 12 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> We were hoping that those nails and that hair would be around for another season -- and our wish came true! Theresa Caputo is back, communicating with the dead, for at least another 30 episodes.
?Breaking Amish: Brave New World? (TLC)
<em>Season 2 premieres Sun., May 12 at10 p.m. ET .</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Speculation and accusations about the show?s ?reality? aside, ?Breaking Amish? was a hit for TLC. Now, the five Amish and Mennonite rebels, who moved to New York City in the show?s first season, are headed south to Florida ... but trouble seems to follow them wherever they go.
"Small Town Security" (AMC)
<em>Season 2 premieres Thurs., May 9 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off: </strong> In Season 1, we met the owners and employees of JJK Security in small-town Ringgold, Georgia, and Season 2 will offer more insight into the unscripted lives of this unusual group, including Dennis' ongoing journey in his gender transition from female to male.
"So You Think You Can Dance" (Fox)
<em>Season 10 premieres Tues., May 14 at 8 p.m. ET. </em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> After a season of intense competition, Eliana Girard and Chehon Wespi-Tschopp took home first place wins, both for ballet, while Tiffany Maher was the female runner-up for jazz and Cyrus Spencer was the male runner-up for popping/animation.
"Motive" (ABC)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., May 23 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Billed as a unique, original approach to the typical cop drama, "Motive" operates backwards. Each episode starts off showing the victim, and then works its way towards finding the perpetrator and his/her motivations by the end of the episode.
"The Goodwin Games" (Fox)
<em>Series premieres Mon., May 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know: </strong> The Fox comedy centers on estranged siblings Henry (Scott Foley), Chloe (Becki Newton) and Jimmy (T.J. Miller) as they attempt to "rediscover their lives" with the money their father left them.
"MasterChef" (Fox)
<em>Season 4 premieres Wed., May 22 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> The home cook competition crowned its third consecutive female winner last season, Christine Ha. Cool fact: She is legally blind. No telling what twists they'll have this season.
"Rookie Blue" (ABC)
<em>Season 4 premieres Thurs., May 23 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> The last time we saw the cops at 15 Division, they were all in the midst of making some serious decisions about their lives -- including career calls, a possible transfer and, for Andy, a major emotional choice.
"Save Me" (NBC)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., May 23 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> After a near-death experience, Beth (Anne Heche) is revived only to realize she now has a direct line to God. Of course, her husband Tom (Michael Landes) is skeptical and dismissive -- but when inexplicable things begin to happen, everyone?s beliefs are tested.
"The Bachelorette" (ABC)
<em>Season 9 premieres Mon., May 20 at 9 p.m ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off: </strong> Emily Maynard of North Carolina thought she'd finally found love in Jef Holm, but after only being engaged for a short time, they broke up. Here's to hoping "Bachelor" contestant Desiree Hartsock has better luck!
"Arrested Development" (Netflix)
<em>Season 4 premieres Mon., May 26 at 12:01 a.m. PT.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> The Bluths are finally back, but there's no telling where and how we'll actually find them. One thing we do know: Each of the nine main characters will have their own episode in this season's 15-episode order, chronicling what they've been up to the last seven years. Some may cross over, but they'll all be complementary -- and they're all meant to set up an eventual "AD" movie. Considering the season will all be available the day it premieres, it sounds pretty perfect for a marathon viewing.
"The Glades" (A&E)
<em>Season 4 premieres Mon., May 27 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> In the Season 3 finale, Jim (Matt Passmore) proposed to Callie (Kiele Sanchez), even though she passed her board exam and may move to Atlanta. But she didn't respond yet ...
"Longmire" (A&E)
<em>Season 2 premieres Mon., May 27 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Did Walt Longmire murder his wife's killer? Season 1 saw flashbacks of the Sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, that would support the theory, but when the FBI asked him in the Season 1 finale, he simply said, "No."
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" (ABC)
<em>Season 3 premieres Tues., May 28 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> As in the seasons before it, "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" will center on a group of people losing large amounts of weight over the course of a year through diet and exercise.
"Brooklyn DA" (CBS)
<em>Series premieres Tues., May 28 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know</strong>: The six-part series takes viewers behind the scenes of the Brooklyn District Attorney's office. ADA Kathleen Collins (pictured) is just one of the profiled attorneys. "When you?re on trial, there?s never a day that you really go home and don?t feel stressed," she said.
"The American Baking Competition" (CBS)
<em>Series premieres Wed., May 29 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Based on a popular British reality competition, this new Jeff Foxworthy-hosted show features 10 home cooks vying for the title of best amateur baker in America, as well as a contract to publish their own cookbook and a $250,000 grand prize. Not bad for a couple of pies work, huh?
"Melissa & Joey" (ABC Family)
<em>Season 3 premieres Wed., May 29 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Joe married Russian businesswoman Elena, but then she received a call that prompted her to fly back to Russia to testify for one of her innocent colleagues. The Season 2 finale ended with Mel -- who officiated the wedding -- and Joe toasting to the next "Mrs. Longo," wherever she may be.
"Baby Daddy" (ABC Family)
<em>Season 2 premieres Wed., March 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET. </em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Ben and Riley's friend Katie faced some major drama when they found themselves in bed together after a night of partying. The only problem with their little tryst was that Katie was supposed to get married (to someone else) the next day. Luckily, they soon find out that nothing happened, and Riley and Ben share a romantic dance.
"Dancing Fools" (ABC Family)
<em>Series premieres Wed., May 29 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know: </strong> The half-hour comedy clip show, hosted by "Baby Daddy" star Melissa Peterman, features the funniest, most outrageous and memorable dances caught on camera. The dancers from the top two clips of the week compete on stage for a chance to win $10,000.
"The Killing" (AMC)
<em>Season 3 premieres Sun., June 2 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Season 2 ended with Rosie Larsen's Aunt Terry being arrested for her murder. Detectives Linden (Mireille Enos) and Holder (Joel Kinnaman) got a call about a new case, but Linden wanted no part of it. Season 3 picks up a year later, with Holder searching for a runaway girl and discovering a string of murders connected to one of Linden's old cases. Though Linden is no longer a detective, she inevitably gets pulled back in.
"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" (Bravo)
<em>Season 5 premieres Sun., June 2 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong> Where We Left Off</strong>: The "Housewives" were fractured -- to say the least -- but the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy brings new beginnings for the first ladies of the Garden State. Of course things could certainly go sour yet again.
"Princesses: Long Island" (Bravo)
<em>Series premieres Sun., June 2 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know</strong>: The reality series follows six college-educated women from affluent areas of Long Island who are still living with their families.
?Keeping Up With the Kardashians? (E!)
<em>Season 8 premieres Sun., May 20 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Kim and Kanye?s relationship was just breaking the Internet, and now we?ll see it all on screen -- including their baby drama. Khloe?s fertility issues continue, but new ?castmember? Brody Jenner -- Bruce?s son from a previous marriage who is no stranger to reality TV -- looks to be this season?s biggest diva.
"Mistresses" (ABC)
<em>Series premieres Mon., June 3 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Soapy drama "Mistresses" stars Alyssa Milano, Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan as four friends all struggling with different issues in their love lives, with men (including Jason George) and other women complicating matters. And as the title suggests, some of them are flirting with disaster and becoming mistresses themselves.
?The Fosters? (ABC Family)
<em>Series premieres Mon., June 3 at 9 p.m. ET. </em> <strong>What To Know: </strong>This new one-hour drama from executive producer Jennifer Lopez follows a multi-ethnic, blended family, being raised by two working moms, as they welcome another troubled child into their home.
"Teen Wolf" (MTV)
<em>Season 3 premieres Mon., June 3 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> At the end of last season, Allison broke up with Scott, Peter warned Isaac and Derek that a new pack made up entirely of Alpha werewolves was coming, and said Alphas trapped Boyd and Erica in the woods, leaving viewers uncertain of their fate. Season 3 will pick up four months later, and focus on the introduction of the Alpha pack and the havoc they wreak.
"Push Girls" (Sundance Channel)
<em>Season 2 premieres Mon., June 3 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off: </strong> Throughout Sesaon 1 we got to know Auti, Mia, Tiphany and Chelsie, four women living in Hollywood who also happen to all be in wheelchairs. Season 2 will follow the foursome's new loves and new adventures, including 21-year-old Chelsie's decision to move out of her parents' home.
"America's Got Talent" (NBC)
<em>Season 8 premieres Tues., June 4 at 9 p.m. ET</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Last season, traveling dog act Olate Dogs was crowned the winner. This year, a new crop of performers will compete for the $1 million prize. Spice Girl Mel B. and Heidi Klum join the judging panel with Howie Mandel and Howard Stern.
"Burn Notice" (USA)
<em>Season 7 premieres Thursday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> In an effort to get more information on Riley, Michael sent Bly to tail her to a meeting with the cartel kingpin, but a cartel member disguised as security blew up Bly's car, killing him and destroying the evidence they collected on Riley. Michael later incapacitated Riley and got her to agree to confess. Then, Fiona, Madeline, Sam and Jesse were released from their prison cells. Michael explained he "did what [he] had to do," but Fiona corrected him, saying, "You did what you wanted to do."
?Graceland? (USA)
<em>"Graceland" premieres Thurs., June 6 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> This cop drama, starring Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit, follows a special group of law enforcement agents from the FBI, the DEA and U.S. Customs who all live under the same roof in sunny Southern California. Like frat guys (and girls), but with badges.
"The Hero" (TNT)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., June 6 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is producing this competition series to test the strength, courage and integrity of a diverse group of nine individuals. Each week, the contestants will be challenged physically, mentally and morally as they try to prove that they truly deserve the title of "The Hero" and the life-changing grand prize that goes with it.
"72 Hours" (TNT)
<em>Series premieres Thurs., June 6 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Contestants on this "Survivor"-esque reality show are dropped into the wilderness with only a bottle of water and a GPS device on a mission to find a briefcase filled with $100,000.
"Continuum" (Syfy)
<em>Season 2 premieres Fri., June 7 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> According to series lead Rachel Nichols, Season 2 is all about responsibility. Kiera, Alec and even the terrorists at Liber8 all have to make intense choices that could change the very fabric of their worlds.
"Dexter" (Showtime)
<em>Season 8 premieres Sun., June 30 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off: </strong> Deb finally learned the truth about Dexter's dark secret, and took a page out of her step-brother's book in the shocking season finale. Can she live with what she did? And can Dexter escape the series without being brought to justice in this final season?
"Being Human" (BBC America)
<em>Season 5 premieres Sat., June 8 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Our favorite supernatural threesome is back from across the pond for their fifth and final season where they'll finally confront the Devil, once and for all. No biggie.
"Sinbad" (Syfy)
<em>Series premiere Sat., June 8 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> The 12-episode British series follows the epic sea journey of the flawed hero Sinbad (Elliot Knight), who embarks on a quest to rid himself of a curse and embrace his destiny. Look for "Lost" alum Naveen Andrews as Lord Akbari.
"Primeval: New World" (Syfy)
<em>Series premieres Sat., June 8 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong> What To Know</strong>: The 13-episode first season follows a team of animal experts and scientists that investigate paranormal events.
"Falling Skies" (TNT)
<em>Season 3 premieres Sun., June 9 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Last season ended with the arrival of a new species of alien, and Anne became pregnant with Tom's child. Season 3 will explore whether the new alien is on the side of the humans or has another dark purpose in mind. We'll also learn what happened to Hal while he was unconscious, and what that might mean for the rebellion.
"Switched At Birth" (ABC Family)
<em>Season 2 summer premiere Mon., June 10 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off</strong>: "Switched At Birth" left on a big cliffhanger: Daphne struggled to keep the Carlton School for the Deaf open, John's campaign for office came to a startling halt and Emmett told Bay about Daphne and Noah's kiss.
"Major Crimes" (TNT)
<em>Season 2 premieres Mon., June 10 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off</strong>: Rusty became a ward of the state to the delight of everybody, and Captain Raydor continued to gain the trust and respect of the Major Crimes unit.
?King & Maxwell? (TNT)
<em>Series premieres Mon., June 10 at 10 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know:</strong> Based on author David Baldacci?s bestselling private eye series, Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney star as the titular former Secret Service agents now working as private investigators who aren?t always by-the-books.
"Pretty Little Liars" (ABC Family)
<em>Season 4 premieres Tues., June 11 at 8 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>Where We Left Off:</strong> Red Coat, who looked a whole lot like Ali, saved Emily, Aria, Hanna and Mona from a fire, while Spencer looked on in shock. The first episode of Season 4 is titled "A Is For A-L-I-V-E" and <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/394204/spoiler-chat-scoop-on-pretty-little-liars-once-upon-a-time-revolution-new-girl-and-more" target="_hplink">E! News reports that viewers will meet Marion, Toby's mother</a>, who was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaimie-etkin/pretty-little-liars-recap_b_2673316.html" target="_hplink">revealed to be dead in Season 3, Episode 18, "Dead To Me."</a> "All of the questions fans have will be answered," <a href="http://www.wetpaint.com/pretty-little-liars/articles/pretty-little-liars-star-sasha-pieterse-dishes-on-season-4-questions-will-be-answered-exclusive" target="_hplink">star Sasha Pieterse told Wetpaint Entertainment recently</a> of Season 4.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/16/king-and-maxwell-jerry-oconnell-video_n_3602433.html
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a new opinion in Sports about V-Fit Twister Stepper
Product Type: V-fit Fitness
Newest Review:?... I wasn't at home and just saw the stepper in the catalogue in store, I didn't have the chance to research. I wish I did as the review... more
Over the past two years I have gradually added to my fitness and sport collection which I have in my garage which I use as a personal gym. I am not trying to lose weight I just want to become healthier and fitter and make my body more toned. I saw the stepper in the argos catalogue last year when I was purchasing some other sports equipment. I normally research equipment before I purchase them as I know there are so many rubbish ones out there claiming the help you get fit when really they are just a rubbish piece of equipment with no real use. Unfortunately because I wasn't at home and just saw the stepper in the catalogue in store, I didn't have the chance to research. I wish I did as the reviews on here would have helped inform me not to purchase and would have saved me some money.
I purchased the stepper for around ?35 which I thought was reasonable as it was a twisting stepper and just one of the plain stand alone ones. It the catalogue it looked and sounded good from the description and I didn't have any equipment at home similar to it. When I got it home I tried it out the same day. It does come with a information booklet but it is pretty straight forward to use anyway. It has a screen on it where you can see calories burnt and steps taken and it has 5 program settings. It also has 2 stretchy ropes with handles on that you hold and use to tone your arms. There wasn't much resistance in the rope, they were too loose so I couldn't really feel it working on my arms. It also makes you slightly off balance when using them and it is hard to get into a rhythm using both the ropes and the stepper together. The steppers where you place your feet don't have anything to help hold your feet in place so your feet do slip off sometimes which is annoying when you have got into a rhythm. They don't particularly move far either so your legs don't get as much movement as I would have expected from a twisting stepper. I used the machine 4 times a week in 30 minute sessions but after 3 months I didn't notice or feel any difference. I would have expected my legs to ache and feel worked out but the didn't. It also started to make a squeaking noise when the steppers were moving which was very annoying.
I wouldn't recommend this stepper and I didn't enjoy using it. I don't think I will purchase another even if it is a different brand as I don't think the equipment is for me. I would recommend a stepper for people who are just starting off and want a simple and easy piece of equipment I just recommend you purchase a different brand.
Summary: Just not a very good piece of fitness equipment.
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You will spend most of your time either at home or work. Consequently, your home has a lot of influence on your moods and your outlook. It is important that when you are at home you can relax, feeling safe and protected from the outside world. Being at home should be a time when you can recharge your batteries, not having to constantly consider what is going on around you. This article will present you with many ways to create a relaxing home.
When you are considering renovating the interior of your home, it is important to consider the comfort factor. Every home has its flaws, but trying to live with one that makes you very unhappy will just make you more stressed. You may be tempted to think of comfort as a luxury, but if you want to be happy, stop ignoring your discomfort and start remedying it instead. You should consider replacing furniture that you do not like to use. You can also do something as simple as lowering a shelf that is just out of reach to make accessing the things you store on it easier. Even something like replacing a coffee table with something that you don?t bang your legs on can be a big help.
If there isn?t any space in a room, make it bigger. Good organization can help to clear up clutter, but even that cannot always free up enough space. Adding just a few inches will make your room feel much bigger so that you will be more relaxed whenever you go into it.
There are many recreational features that both enhance your home and are considered big time selling features, like a swimming pool, hot tub or jacuzzi. Even though basketball hoops and workout equipment are a smaller additions, they can still be fun. By adding a recreational area to your home, you will gain fun activities now and increased value later.
Look closely at your home?s lighting if you believe your home is making you tired. Eyestrain and fatigue are often caused by poor lighting conditions. Change the lights you have to give a new look to your home.
When you are working on improving your yard?s landscape, consider going at least partly organic in your methods. If you are at home a lot, or would like a reason to stay at home, tending a garden and enjoying the beautiful scenery that accompanies it is a great idea. If you are too busy to maintain it, get someone to help you and just enjoy the benefits that you get from your garden. Gardens are beneficial in a number of ways, such as improving air quality and people?s moods. Choosing the right plants for your garden can mean that you have some home-grown fruits and vegetables for your table.
Transform the outside of your home in a creative way. You can make your home look fresher and more up-to-date with just one or two home improvements, like painting the exterior or replacing the roof. When your house has great curb appeal, you will feel proud every time you see your house as you are coming home.
You probably spend more time in your home than you do anywhere else, which makes it vital that you love living there. Adding fun things to your home not only increases its value, but also makes you more relaxed.
Source: http://bigfatnerve.com/great-home-improvement-tips-and-methods/
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NY rabbi accused of trying to pull over motorists
The synagogue of Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont, N.Y., is depicted on Friday, July 12, 2013. The congregation's rabbi, Alfredo Borodowski, is charged with impersonating a police officer by flashing a badge and ordering a fellow motorist to pull over. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
The synagogue of Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont, N.Y., is depicted on Friday, July 12, 2013. The congregation's rabbi, Alfredo Borodowski, is charged with impersonating a police officer by flashing a badge and ordering a fellow motorist to pull over. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
The synagogue of Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont, N.Y., is depicted on Friday, July 12, 2013. The congregation's rabbi, Alfredo Borodowski, is charged with impersonating a police officer by flashing a badge and ordering a fellow motorist to pull over. The New York rabbi, arrested for flashing a badge and ordering a woman driver to pull over, says he was angered by her slow driving. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
The synagogue of Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont, N.Y., is depicted on Friday, July 12, 2013. The congregation's rabbi, Alfredo Borodowski, is charged with impersonating a police officer by flashing a badge and ordering a fellow motorist to pull over. The New York rabbi, arrested for flashing a badge and ordering a woman driver to pull over, says he was angered by her slow driving. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) ? Some drivers in the suburbs north of New York City were startled when they saw a man waving his arms, honking his horn and flashing a silver badge in a frantic effort to get them to pull over in traffic.
Even more surprising was who was suspected of doing it: a respected rabbi.
Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski has been arrested in one case and is being investigated in at least two more in which authorities say the apparent reason for trying to pull people over was to rage at them for cutting him off or driving too slowly.
"That girl was driving too slow and I hate when people do this," the 49-year-old Borodowski told investigators after he was charged with impersonating a police officer in June, when he allegedly pulled his Camry alongside a woman's car in Mamaroneck, flashed a badge and shouted: "Police! Police! Pull over!"
The woman, whose name has not been made public, did not pull over. According to her lawyer, Richard Clifford, the rabbi "just laid on the horn and started screaming at her" as she obeyed a 20-mph limit in a school zone. "She was so freaked out with the horn honking and the screaming that she called police immediately. ... I believe my client was in danger with this guy and if she had gotten out of her car it could have escalated."
Borodowski denied to police he was trying to impersonate an officer, saying he was telling the woman only that he would be "calling the police."
Police confiscated the badge, which read: "Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Officer 1338." Judie Glave, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the bridge and tunnel authority, said the badge is "totally fake."
Borodowski's lawyer, Andrew Rubin, acknowledged that the rabbi's behavior has been "manic" and said he's suffering from bipolar disorder. The lawyer said the rabbi will plead not guilty in court this week. A previous hearing was postponed because the rabbi was hospitalized.
The rabbi has been fired from a position at prestigious Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan, one of the world's largest Jewish houses of worship. He also leads a congregation in Larchmont.
The odd saga of the rabbi has grabbed headlines in the car-centric suburbs and gained momentum after his arrest, when other drivers came forward saying he had tried to pull them over, too.
When Peter Moses' wife saw the story on the TV news, "She shouted, 'Oh my God, the guy who stopped us did it to someone else ? and he's a rabbi!'" said Moses, a public relations consultant in White Plains.
Moses said that in May, a motorist tailgated him on a drive from Scarsdale to White Plains, "obviously trying to make me go faster" than the 40- mph limit. Instead, Moses slowed, and the driver passed him and then blocked his path.
"He's shouting, 'I'm a police officer, pull over!' and he's got this little badge that he's waving at us. I told my wife, 'That's not a police officer,'" Moses said.
"Then he's out of his car and he's screaming: 'I can arrest you! I can have you arrested!' I said, 'Fine, call the police,' then he storms back to his car and drives off."
Moses said his wife asked him not to report the incident but changed her mind when they learned of the arrest in Mamaroneck. "What we want is for the rabbi to get the emotional help he so obviously needs," he said.
Yet another driver handed State Police a video of a confrontation in late April on Interstate 87 near Yonkers. The man told authorities that he swerved in front of a driver who then flashed a badge and demanded that he pull over.
Police are not releasing the video, but a still image from it obtained by The Journal News shows a man who looks like Borodowski sticking his head out of his car window, his wispy graying hair blowing in the wind, who appears to be shouting and waving a silver badge in a leather case.
"He was holding up this tiny badge, and I knew the guy could no way be a cop in any sense of the word," the driver, whose name has not been made public, told the newspaper. When he challenged the man, he drove off.
The three complaints prompted the trustees of Temple Emanu-El to dismiss Borodowski as executive director of the Skirball Center for Jewish Learning "in the best interests of the congregation," said Mark Weisstuch, administrative vice president.
Borodowski was still listed as rabbi on the website for Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont. A call to the synagogue there was answered by a man who said: "No comment. That's his personal life."
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Demographic change amplifying racial inequities
WASHINGTON (AP) ? One-year-old Ka'Lani is so fascinated by a round plastic toy that she doesn't see her mother, Ke'sha Scrivner, walk into the Martha's Table day care, chanting her name while softly clapping out a beat that Ka'Lani keeps with a few bounces on her bottom.
Once on welfare, Scrivner worked her way off by studying early childhood education and landing a full-time job for the District of Columbia's education superintendent. She sees education as the path to a better life for her and her five children, pushing them to finish high school and continue with college or a trade school.
Whether her children can beat the statistics that show lagging graduation rates for black children is important not just to her family. The success of Ka'Lani and other minority children who will form a new majority is crucial to future U.S. economic competitiveness.
A wave of immigration, the aging of non-Hispanic white women beyond child-bearing years and a new baby boom are diminishing the proportion of children who are white. Already, half of U.S. children younger than 1 are Hispanic, black, Asian, Native American or of mixed races.
"A lot of people think demographics alone will bring about change and it won't," said Gail Christopher, who heads the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's America Healing project on racial equity. "If attitudes and behaviors don't change, demographics will just mean we'll have a majority population that is low-income, improperly educated, disproportionately incarcerated with greater health disparities."
In 2010, 39.4 percent of black children, 34 percent of Hispanic children and 38 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native children lived in poverty, defined as an annual income of $22,113 that year for a family of four. That compares with about 18 percent of white, non-Hispanic children, according to Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey.
Asian children overall fare better, with 13.5 percent living in poverty, the survey said.
The overrepresentation of minority children among the poor is not new. What is new is that minority children will, in the not-too-distant future, form the core of the nation's workforce, and their taxes will be depended on to keep solvent entitlement programs for the elderly.
Based on where things stand for nonwhite children today, it's not hard to make some educated guesses about what the future holds for the youngest of America's children who already are a majority of their age group, said Sam Fulwood III, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
The recent recession worsened conditions for many children, but minorities were hard hit and are having more difficulty recovering.
The Pew Charitable Trusts found that, from 1999 to 2009, 23 percent of black families and 27 percent of Hispanic families experienced long-term unemployment, compared with 11 percent of white families. Pew Research Center, a subsidiary, found that the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.
That means more minority families end up in poor neighborhoods with underperforming school systems, leading to lower graduation rates and lower lifetime earnings, said Leonard Greenhalgh, a professor of management at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
"You are looking at the future workforce of the United States ? what we need to be competitive against rival economies such as India and China, and we are not educating the largest, fastest growing percentage of the U.S. workforce, so as a nation we lose competitive advantage," Greenhalgh said.
It all starts with preschool, where overall enrollment has been increasing but Hispanic children are less likely to be included. Of Hispanic children ages 3 to 5 in the U.S., 13.4 percent were enrolled in full-day public or private nursery school in 2011, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
That compares with 25.8 percent of black children enrolled in full-day preschool and 18.1 percent of white children. But already, Hispanics are one-quarter of students enrolled in public schools.
The situation prompted San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to push for voter approval to raise the sales tax and expand preschool opportunities in his city, which is 63.2 percent Hispanic.
"I see a gap in educational achievement for San Antonio children versus children in Texas and the nation, and a large percentage of those are minority children and of course, we wanted to change that trajectory," Castro said in an interview.
President Barack Obama has proposed raising cigarette taxes to help pay for preschools. He has proposed a program to entice states to expand preschool programs to reach families with incomes up to twice the poverty line, and to require full-day kindergarten. But the partisan political showdown over government spending and raising taxes has led to across-the-board federal spending cuts and stalls in other legislation that may delay those proposals.
Sheila Smith, early childhood director at Columbia University's National Center for Children in Poverty, points to years of research that show kindergarteners perform better if they received high-quality early care, and if teachers used specific strategies aimed at developing behavior and language and math skills.
"If you have minority children from low-income families in very enriched preschool settings ... we see they make very big gains," Smith said. "But how many classrooms are very enriched to the point that we see kids making these very big gains? Not nearly enough."
Compounding the issue, experts say, is immigration status. About 4.5 million children of all races born in the U.S. have at least one parent not legally in the U.S., according to the Pew Hispanic Center. More than two-thirds of impoverished Latino children are the children of at least one immigrant parent, the center reported.
Latino and Asian immigrants over past two decades are driving a significant portion of the demographic change, and ensuring their children can succeed is critical, said Brookings Institution demographer William Frey.
"They're the future of our labor force. They're the future of our economy," Frey said. "They're the people who white baby boomers are going to have to depend on for their Social Security, for their Medicare and just for a productive economy to keep all of us going in the future."
The picture isn't all bleak. History and recent data show improvements for the next generations of immigrant families.
The Pew Research Center found second-generation Americans, some 20 million U.S.-born children of 20th century immigrants, are better off than their immigrant parents. They have higher incomes, more graduate from college and are homeowners and fewer live in poverty, the study found.
Many experts on low-income children see good health as one more building block for education and prosperity. Children are less likely to learn if they are ill and missing school and unable to see a doctor.
On a recent weekday, 9-month-old Anderson sat on his mother's lap in the waiting room of the clinic at Mary's Center, a community organization in the nation's capital. He had struggled for three days with diarrhea, cold symptoms and vomiting.
He and his two siblings are American citizens, but their father and mother, Alba, who did not want her last names revealed because neither parent is in the country legally, are not. The children's health care is covered by Medicaid, and Alba says she wants them to be healthy so they can have a better life. "They have to go to college," said Alba, originally from El Salvador. "They have to do better, since their mother can't."
Anderson's generation will be the first to fully grow up under the new federal health insurance mandate taking effect next year. The act requires free preventive services and also extends money for the Children's Health Insurance Program through 2015.
In 2011, about 94 percent of black children, 92.3 percent of Asian/Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children and 95 percent of white children had health insurance coverage, while 87.2 percent of Hispanic children and 83.4 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native children had some form of health insurance coverage, according to a study by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families.
The numbers of uninsured children are at a historic low ? just 7.5 percent, said Joan Alker, the center's executive director.
While 73.1 percent of white children had private coverage, more than half of black and Hispanic children got health care through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Programs and similar federal and state subsidized programs, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics reported.
"We have the increasing rates of childhood asthma, childhood obesity and these are going to lead to problems later in life, so it's far better to make sure those kids have health insurance so you can address those issues as much as possible now," Alker said.
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EDITOR'S NOTE _ "America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation" is an occasional series examining the changing cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic shift to a majority-minority nation.
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The Spohrs Are Multiplying? Moving On
In December of 1980 my parents bought the house that I grew up in. On Friday of last week, they put it up for sale.
This has been a long-time coming. My parents have been fixing up the house for over a year. When they started, Mike said to me, ?You know they?re fixing it up to sell it, right?? Mike moved a lot as a kind, so he knew all the signs. I tried to be rational and adult about it. It?s a big house for just two people. It was logical to want to downsize.
The home improvements took a while, so I was able to live in a certain amount of denial. But now that the house is on the market and potential buyers have been walking through it, I have to come to terms with the fact that my parents? house ? the house I sometimes slip and call ?Home? ? won?t be their house for much longer.
I had a really amazing childhood in that house. My parents bought the house when it was being built, and when we moved in the street was filled with young families. Afternoons and summers were spent outside with the other neighbor kids; we?d walk from house to house, ringing doorbells and asking ?Can you play?? Then we?d climb the hills in the open space behind the houses, or build elaborate skateboard/cardboard box racers, or play massive games of hide and seek. My parents had the biggest front yard on the street, and it was central to a lot of our activities. It was where I tried to do a handspring and landed on my back. My friends tried to teach me choreographed dances on the lawn (it went as well as the handspring). When we got older, we?d lay on the grass and gossip about our days.
Annabel looking out over the lawn.
The house has held several generations of our family. My great-grandmother and grandmother also lived in the house, and obviously my own babies have all spent time there. It has also held two weddings, two funeral receptions, a family reunion, a surprise party, an engagement party, some wedding and baby showers, a bazillion swim and birthday parties, and an annual football extravaganza. Countless family holidays have been hosted there. Annabel?s first birthday party was in the backyard, and Madeline?s only birthday party was held there, too.
I could really go on and on about every sleepover, or fight, or milestone achieved in the house, but I?ll stop. I?m an extremely sentimental person, so there?s no point in me chanting ?It?s just a house, it?s just a house.? It?s not just a house. Every square inch is flooded with memories, and it?s hard to know that soon I won?t be able to walk into my old bedroom or?the room my grandma quilted in. I?m not ready to imagine another family living there.
I do keep chanting ?This is good for Mom and Dad,? because it is. They?ll get a house perfectly suited for them, without stairs to climb or a giant lawn to mow. They?ll be able to travel. And their new house might be closer to us, which would thrill Annabel. I know selling was a hard decision for them, but I also know they are excited about the future.
My postpartum hormones are making me especially sensitive, but every time I do something at their house I think, ?Is this the last time I?m going to do this?? and then I get teary. It?s going to be an emotional time and I just have to give into it, and enjoy the ?last times? as they come.
Their view of the sunset.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Washington's Seferian-Jenkins pleads guilty to DUI
SEATTLE ? Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of driving under the influence stemming from his arrest after crashing his car in March.
Seferian-Jenkins made the guilty plea in Seattle Municipal Court during what was supposed to be a pre-trial hearing on his case. Seferian-Jenkins was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 363 suspended. Court records indicate Serferian-Jenkins is scheduled to serve his one day in jail on July 31. Washington begins fall camp on Aug. 5.
Whether Seferian-Jenkins will be on the practice field for the start of camp remains a question. He was suspended from team activities following his March arrest and coach Steve Sarkisian has not given indications of when Seferian-Jenkins will rejoin team activities or any punishment he might face.
A Washington athletic department spokesman said Monday no statement was expected from the school or Sarkisian about Seferian-Jenkins' guilty plea. Washington opens the season on Aug. 31, hosting Boise State.
"I want everyone to know how sorry I am for the disappointment and embarrassment I have caused. I especially want to apologize to my teammates, my coaches and particularly my family," Seferian-Jenkins said in a statement released by his attorney. "I also want to apologize to the entire University of Washington family for not living up to my expectations. I hope that everyone can learn from my mistake so that they do not commit the same lapse in judgment that I committed this part March."
Last season, Seferian-Jenkins caught 69 passes for 850 yards ? both single-season records for Washington tight ends ? and seven touchdowns. He was one of three finalists for the Mackey Award given to the top tight end in the country and was named a third-team all-American by the AP.
He was arrested on March 9 following a late-night car accident. His blood-alcohol level was 0.18 percent, more than twice the state limit. A police report stated Seferian-Jenkins' vehicle was found at the bottom of a catch basin at a park near the University of Washington. The driver objected to medical care, but was eventually placed on a backboard and transported to Harborview Medical Center. He objected to a blood test at the hospital before police obtained a search warrant to draw his blood.
Wearing a tan blazer and black tie, Seferian-Jenkins apologized during his statement to the court. Seferian-Jenkins' attorney, William Kirk, noted his client chose to stop driving after his arrest and started walking most places, to which Judge Fred Bonner said, "That might be good for you."
Before issuing his sentence, Bonner told Seferian-Jenkins that one thing he could do for the court is, "Talk to your teammates about what you have gone through."
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Hunter College's President Responds - Letters - The Chronicle of ...
To the Editor:
Your article ?Hunter College?s Chief Remains a Lightning Rod? (The Chronicle, July 11) quoted extensively from select former employees and anonymous critics but failed to present a fair and complete assessment of 12 years of accomplishments in academic revitalization, improved student services, physical renewal, and programmatic expansion of the college.
When I came to Hunter in 2001, our infrastructure was antiquated and inadequate to serve a growing student body. We had minimal support for faculty recruitment and development and lost too many scholars to other institutions. There was a master plan for growth, but no strategy or money to implement it. But I believed deeply in the importance of public higher education and was determined to help restore the City University of New York to its former glory as a premier institution of higher learning.
Yet nowhere in the article was there any mention of achievements like the restoration of historic Roosevelt House, which had been shuttered as unsafe for use for a decade when I arrived. Now, after a $24-million restoration of the New York home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, it is a thriving public-policy institute that attracts world leaders like the Dalai Lama; Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General; and Bill Clinton, the former president. Hundreds? of faculty members and students are involved in research and academic programs at Roosevelt House, where they engage with these world leaders. Jonathan Fanton, former head of the MacArthur?Foundation and current director of Roosevelt House, described the success of these programs, and the vibrant faculty and student engagement at the house to your reporter but the information was not included in the article.
Also unmentioned was the magnificent new Silberman School of Social Work Building in East Harlem, which resulted from a creative real estate ?swap? we engineered. We also moved our School of Public Health to the new complex so that both faculties and our students would be directly involved in one of the most socially challenged neighborhoods in the nation. They are already having a positive impact on the community and were recently cited by The New York Times as a major cause of East Harlem?s revitalization.
We have invested heavily in Hunter?s spectacular science faculty and facilitated a partnership with Weill Cornell Medical School in both a $50-million Clinical and Translational Science Center grant (which has been renewed ) and the purchase of a floor in their new Belfer Science Research Center, which opens next year. When I arrived, the major Hunter challenge was to identify space on the Upper East Side where we? could replace the outdated and insufficient science research labs located in the 1939 building. We desperately needed facilities commensurate with the quality of the faculty work. Through another creative land-use swap with the city and Memorial Sloan Kettering, we are finally realizing this dream. The mayor announced last fall our state-of-the-art complex to be built with Memorial Sloan Kettering on East 74th Street. We will also build on the site a modern facility for our Nursing and Physical Therapy Schools. This new complex will facilitate the many Hunter research, training and service projects underway with Memorial? Sloan Kettering.
The arts are also flourishing at Hunter. Faculty are engaged in an Arts Across the Curriculum project funded by the Mellon Foundation, and a new arts scholarship program for freshmen. We have new graduate programs in playwriting and dance, funded through philanthropy, and have enhanced the nationally ranked MFA in creative writing led by Booker Prize winning writer Peter Carey (?Hunter President Has Brought Big Names to Creative-Writing Program,? The Chronicle, July 12). Best-selling author Colum McCann just renewed his appointment at Hunter, despite many competing offers. Our nationally ranked MFA in art, which typically has 700 applicants for 50 spots, is moving to an extraordinary new home in Tribeca this summer.
Your article also failed to mention the many exciting new academic initiatives Hunter has launched and funded during the past 12 years. To name just a few, we have new interdisciplinary programs in public policy, human rights, and bio-informatics, and new centers for autism research and training and environmental sustainability. Our Chinese Flagship Center funded by the State Department enables students to immerse themselves in the language and culture of China. We have new flourishing doctoral programs in public health and nursing.
The article also lacked any reference to the student centered culture we have created at Hunter in 12 years. We are proud that we are increasingly selective in admissions, but the true measure of a college is where it sends its graduates. In increasing numbers, Hunter students are going on to the nation?s top graduate and professional schools, and they are consistently winning top academic awards, like Fulbrights and Goldwaters. In fact, The Chronicle has repeatedly named Hunter College as one of the nation?s top producers of Fulbrights, with six this year alone.
It was gratifying that you did cite the $10-million gift Hunter received this month, the largest cash donation in our history. But you would have provided a fuller picture if you had reported the extraordinary support alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations have demonstrated during these past 12 years with contributions totaling more than $216-million. That?s quite a turnaround for a public college that had no record of effective fundraising before I arrived?just one $1-million gift in its history, and that was back in the 1980s.
The academic and physical revitalization of Hunter has been consistently recognized by the publications that rate colleges. We rose 18 places in just three years in the U.S. News & World Report?rankings, and Princeton Review and USA Today have repeatedly named us as one of the nation?s ?Best Value? public colleges.
I am deeply grateful for the strong, even enthusiastic support and collaboration I?ve received from many members of the faculty, from students, from generous Hunter alumni, and from the wider New York community. All of us take pride in the fact that Hunter?s new acquisitions, renovations, and academic advances have transformed the entire experience of the college for students, faculty, and staff alike. It is both a mystery and a pity that your reporter chose to ignore or minimize those gains.
Jennifer J. Raab
President
Hunter College of the City University of New York
New York
Source: http://chronicle.com/blogs/letters/hunter-colleges-president-responds/
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