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Bush addresses nation on economic crisis; Congress debates bailout

Thursday, September 25, 2008

United States President George W. Bush addressed the nation on the economic financial crisis from inside the White House saying the economic situation is “serious” and is “in danger” of becoming “a long and painful recession.”

“We are in the midst of a serious financial crisis and the federal government is responding with decisive action,” Bush said in his televised speech.

Bush called for the United States Congress to pass a US$700 billion bill intended to keep struggling companies afloat. He asked the two presidential candidates along with leaders from both parties of Congress to join him for a conference on Thursday.

Last Friday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called for a bailout plan that would allow for the United States government to purchase devalued mortgage backed securities, resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis, from troubled financial institutions. Paulson has said that the plan could cost up to $700 billion. Congressional leaders have said that some form of the plan will pass; however, there is considerable debate over several key issues.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that Bush “believes it is important for the American people to fully understand the depth of the crisis in our financial markets, how that crisis affects them, and the urgent need to agree on a solution.” Bush has been criticized for waiting too long to speak in prime time.

John McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington and work on the bailout bill. Barack Obama has called for another form of the bill to pass and said that Congress should not package the bailout bill with any other bills — such as an economic stimulus plan.

Meanwhile, Congress has held a second round of hearings on the proposed bailout bill. Paulson and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testified in front of the House Financial Services Committee. They felt it was a serious problem in need of an immediate solution.

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Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman of House Financial Services Committee, says it is “clear” that the financial bailout bill will pass.

Director of the Congressional Budget Office Peter R. Orsza said while testifying before Congress that “ironically, the intervention could even trigger additional failures of large institutions, because some institutions may be carrying troubled assets on their books at inflated values.”

The bailout plan has been called a “blank check” by many, with members of both parties divided on the issue.

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Natural Alternatives To Rawhide Bones

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Dog treats and chews come in diverse sizes, shapes, and types. Some are easy to chew; others challenge your dog. Rawhide bones are a common staple of many dog owners. However, there are natural alternatives to rawhide bones that will satisfy the chewing urges of the toughest dog critic.

Talking AlternativesWhen looking at “natural” dog chews and treats, be sure to have a definition clearly in mind. Remember, just because it says so on the package does not make it true. For some companies, natural may include several chemicals or ingredients with lengthy and unpronounceable names. Several of them they list as preservatives – as good an excuse as many.

While it is possible to weed through the terminology and get lost in what chemicals and other ingredients are safe, sometimes the best approach is to look for simple. When looking at the available natural alternatives to rawhide bones, look at those that feature the least ingredients. Consider the small sample provided below:

Antlers – Deer and elk shed them. Your pet may enjoy them. These are tough chews but may be too tough or too sharp for some pets
Sweet potatoes – Some dogs love; others reject. Check to see which category your canine falls into
Bones – Dog lovers are in 3 camps about bones.

* Those who never feed their dogs bones – too dangerous* Those who argue raw bones are best* Those who believe basted bones are better – easier to digest

In all cases, the right types of bones (large-animal) do provide a challenge and enormous pleasure to canines of all sizes

Animal Skins – Some companies take the skin of a pig or other animal, bake it and make it into a chewable, edible and highly digestive product

Natural Alternatives To Rawhide Bones

There are many natural alternatives to rawhide bones. Go online. Do the research and purchase something healthy your dog can chew with relish.

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Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts

A view of the Leonard Zakim bridge from the construction site. The warehouses at right will be replaced by a five-acre park within two years. The elevated roadway in the foreground is the John F. Gilmore Bridge.

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Cambridge, Massachusetts —Construction of two condominium buildings and a five-acre park began on March 21, in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. The buildings and park are part of the 45-acre Northpoint development, which will take 15 years and more than $2bn to complete, according to the Boston Globe. The buildings, designated as “Building S” and “Building T” by the planners of the project, Spaulding & Slye Colliers, have been designed by local architectural firm Childs Bertman Tseckares and Architects Alliance from Toronto. Buildings S and T are the first of an eventual 20 buildings planned at the site.

The development will fill what used to be a railroad yard for the Guilford Rail System, a subsidiary of Guilford Transportation Industries. According to Hoovers.com, Guilford is controlled by Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking fortune. Guilford Rail Systems has its headquarters in North Billerica and owns 1600 miles of railroad throughout New England. The tracks in the Northpoint plot have been removed, though Boston subway’s Lechmere station remains within walking distance of the site, along with parts of Boston and Cambridge. The site is bordered by Route 93 on its eastern side, Monsignor O’Brien Highway to the west, and the Gilmore Bridge to the south.

The landscape architecture of the park is provided by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a landscape architecture firm on Concord Avenue in Cambridge. The firm’s principal teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. MVVA is also completing the landscape for Harvard’s Northwest Science Building.

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Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio-based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM).

According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan-Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of Penske’s potential bid. If Penske acquired the brand, they would distribute Saturn vehicles and outsource the assembly.

GM revealed that the Saturn brand along with Saab and Hummer were up for sale when unveiling their restructuring plans to Congress for governmental loans. While the Pontiac brand was originally to be a niche brand, GM had changed their plans recently and decided to eliminate the brand.

Telesto Ventures is an investment group that includes private equity firm Black Oak Partners LLC of Oklahoma City and several Saturn dealerships. Initially, Telesto will purchase Saturn branded cars from GM then act as a general retailer for foreign brands. Telesto is in talks with several foreign manufacturers.

The Ohio group includes many former senior auto company managers plus private financial backers, chemists and engineers who live in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Florida. This group plans to initially purchase cars from GM then purchase existing but closed plants due to automaker restructuring. Additionally, one of the partners indicated a willingness to accept some “legacy” cost in relation to the United Auto Workers. The Ohio group is also pursuing possible loans or other support from national and state governments.

GM is reviewing several offers for Saturn. GM has contracted with S.J. Girsky & Co. to advise them on the sale.

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Three Ways A Hearing Test Benefits Patients

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Hearing loss can stem from a neurological defect from birth, it can occur suddenly due to injury of some kind, or it can occur gradually over time. For the young boys and girls dealing with one of the many stages of microtia or are born hard of hearing or completely deaf, there are operations, treatments such as hearing aids, behaviors such as lip reading, and sign language to help those who will spend their lives using alternative methods to to communicate more effectively.

There are men and women who experience sudden or a very quick progression of hearing loss, whether from a pre-existing congenital condition, consistent over-exposure to volume levels of 80 decibels or above, or as the result of a sudden blow such an auto accident. These individuals are suddenly faced with the same coping, treatment, and reconstructive surgery options as those born with these ailments. However, their ears are fully developed, so there are more permanent options for them. But then there are people who face progressive hearing loss, who notice the changes but have made incremental changes along the way to compensate rather than seeking professional intervention that will improve their quality of life. Those individuals — more often than not — require a hearing test administered to determine what their next step in preservation and communication optimization will be.

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Individuals who don’t receive a hearing test even though they suspect damage or have been called out by others repeatedly, face progressive hearing loss because of what they work so hard to hide. These men and women have been known to repeatedly ask others to speak up, repeat themselves, and turn up all volumes from radio to television. They will even have to be in the front row or nearer to event speakers or their instructor. They will sit and stand too close to others when they speak in order to understand the conversation, but it just makes strangers uncomfortable. Or, sadly, these individuals choose to avoid social settings and events because of too many auditory stimuli such as bars, restaurants, parties, festivals and even movie theaters. They may not realize or want to face that their quality of life is suffering and it doesn’t have to when there are hearing aids and other alternatives, including surgery, if that is the route that person would like to take. But the first step is for the individual with or without their family to go to their local physician and then find an audiologist for a hearing test that can provide them with the clear information of what their next steps should be.

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Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts

A view of the Leonard Zakim bridge from the construction site. The warehouses at right will be replaced by a five-acre park within two years. The elevated roadway in the foreground is the John F. Gilmore Bridge.

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Cambridge, Massachusetts —Construction of two condominium buildings and a five-acre park began on March 21, in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. The buildings and park are part of the 45-acre Northpoint development, which will take 15 years and more than $2bn to complete, according to the Boston Globe. The buildings, designated as “Building S” and “Building T” by the planners of the project, Spaulding & Slye Colliers, have been designed by local architectural firm Childs Bertman Tseckares and Architects Alliance from Toronto. Buildings S and T are the first of an eventual 20 buildings planned at the site.

The development will fill what used to be a railroad yard for the Guilford Rail System, a subsidiary of Guilford Transportation Industries. According to Hoovers.com, Guilford is controlled by Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking fortune. Guilford Rail Systems has its headquarters in North Billerica and owns 1600 miles of railroad throughout New England. The tracks in the Northpoint plot have been removed, though Boston subway’s Lechmere station remains within walking distance of the site, along with parts of Boston and Cambridge. The site is bordered by Route 93 on its eastern side, Monsignor O’Brien Highway to the west, and the Gilmore Bridge to the south.

The landscape architecture of the park is provided by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a landscape architecture firm on Concord Avenue in Cambridge. The firm’s principal teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. MVVA is also completing the landscape for Harvard’s Northwest Science Building.

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Sirius CEO visits congress

Friday, March 2, 2007

Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin appeared before a newly formed Antitrust Task Force, a sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday last week in Washington, D.C. to defend the proposed U.S. merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio services.

The hearing, carried live on C-SPAN, was attended by representatives from various competing broadcast companies. The representatives challenged the merger deal, and some speakers were openly hostile to Karmazin and to satellite radio in general, while other speakers were more civil.

Several times during the debate, the discussion centered on the failed merger deal between the two satellite television networks DirecTV and Echostar. The comparison between this proposed radio merger and the failed television merger was settled to some extent with an understanding that nearly all television viewers now use either cable or satellite to view available programming. Televised programming content is now delivered mainly in the form of a subscription, rather than airwave transmissions.

Unlike television programming, most radio listeners use over the air receivers to listen to free programming content supported advertisers.

“We come to this hearing with an open mind, but we recognize that the companies have the obligation to convince the Congress, the regulators, and most importantly, the American People that this combination will improve the competitive playing field and benefit consumers,” said John Conyers, the sub-committee chairman. To determine the legality of this merger, Congress first needs to decide whether a combined XM and Sirius would be a monopoly, as the only satellite radio provider in the United States, or whether the new company will actually be in competition with other forms of radio-like entertainment, according to Conyers. The hearing focused on alternatives such as Internet radio, terrestrial radio, portable audio devices, and emerging services, such as cell phone services and WiMax.

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Selecting The Right Drug Rehab, 10 Key Questions Begging To Be Asked

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For most people, selecting the right alcohol or drug rehab program may be an intimidating and emotional task. This may be an area where they have little or no knowledge. It is important to select the most appropriate rehab program to increase the chances of successful engagement and cooperation in treatment. Selecting an incompatible or poor alcohol treatment center may do more damage than good. It may foster the idea that all treatment does not work. Here are 10 questions or areas of concern that will help to guide you to make an appropriate decision.

1. Is the drug and alcohol program appropriate for your needs?

It is important to match your needs to what the treatment center can offer. Is this the right level of care for you? Is the drug rehab capable of medical detoxification? Is their program age specific or gender specific? Can they handle any special needs you might have? Does it seem like you will ‘fit in’ with their typical patient?

2. Is the alcohol and drug treatment center accredited?

There are two major credential Lang organizations in the treatment field. The first is JCAHO, the Joint Commission on Accredited Health Organizations, and the next is Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Certification by these organizations means the program has undergone site inspections and will ensure that the center meets national guidelines and standards for providing health services. I would not consider a program that is not certified by one or both.

3. What are the credentials of the staff?

The credentials to look for in counseling staff are either certified or licensed drug and alcohol counselors, preferably with master’s level degrees or above. Ask how will you matched or assigned to a counselor? An empathic patient counselor relationship is critical.

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4. What is their treatment approach and philosophy towards addiction?

There are many different treatment approaches towards alcohol and drug addiction, only a few are in the mainstream and have statistical evidence of being effective. Is their approach medical, psychological, Religious, or spiritual? If they use words you do not understand asked for an explanation, remember you will be restructuring your life based on their suggestions.

5. Ask to see a weekly schedule of patient activities

Note how many individual sessions with counselors are included on a weekly basis as well as the number of group counseling sessions. Do they have groups or counselors they can deal with the issues of grief, dual diagnoses, and life skills? Are there supplemental activities.

6. Ask the rehab program what the recovery rate is for their patients. What is their success rate and how they define it.

This question is actually more important for the knowledge gained in how the drug and alcohol treatment program answers it rather than for a specific number they give. The fact is there is no standardized way to measure a recovery rate. It is very difficult to contact people who resume use. The statistics are almost meaningless because recovery is not a function of randomness or statistics. Your action and participation or lack of it will determine success or failure.

7. What is included in the cost of treatment? What are the extra charges? Is there financial aid available?

In many cases treatment centers we’ll do a financial means and income assessment. They may then base their fees on a sliding scale based on ability to pay, or offer a flat percentage discount. There are often extra fees that may be charged in addition to the basic treatment. Examples of these might be medical attention needed beyond basic detoxification, psychological services, specialized groups or therapies. The inclusion of these fees in the program cost is often negotiable.

8. Determine if your health insurance will cover all or part of drug treatment.

With a few exceptions, insurance companies will generally not cover inpatient alcohol and drug addiction treatment. It is usually a pitched battle to have insurance companies authorize payments for addiction treatment. Ask if your treatment center has someone specifically assigned to advocate on your behalf to the insurance company.

9. Determine the timeframe of the treatment program.

As addiction treatment centers develop a more individualized approach to treatment, the days of the standard 28 the inpatient treatments are fading. Different patients need different amounts of time to fully engage in treatment and maximize their benefits. The length of stay in treatment is usually continuously as assessed as is the level and length of aftercare. They will usually offer a range of a typical stay, such as 4 to 8 weeks.

10. Addiction treatment is a continuum of care, a process not an event. How will they assist in recommending and securing aftercare and help with the transition back into society?

What happens within the first year of abstinence and recovery can make the difference between staying sober permanently and suffering relapse. A good continuing care plan will generally involve a stepped down level of clinical treatment, take into account physical, psychological, family and spiritual needs.

Hopefully this article will provide you with a solid foundation for getting your questions answered. A positive treatment experience can make all the difference in starting a life of recovery, especially if you select the right drug rehab or alcohol treatment center.

About the Author: Tell your story! Pick up recovery tips and tricks to enhance your life in recovery. Bill Urell MA.CAAP-II, is an addictions therapist at a leading residential treatment center. He teaches healthy life styles and life skills. Visit our growing community at: AddictionRecoveryBasics.com/

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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005

NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005

This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching easier for faculty, graduate, and professional students.

In addition to the list below, the Association of American Law Schools has compiled a list of law schools offering assistance to displaced students. [2] As conditions vary by college, interested parties should contact the Office of Admissions at the school in question for specific requirements and up-to-date details.

The Association of American Medical Colleges is coordinating alternatives for medical students and residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. [3]

ResCross.net is acting as a central interactive hub for establishing research support in times of emergency. With so many scientists affected by Hurricane Katrina, ResCross is currently focused on providing information to identify sources of emergency support as quickly as possible. [4]

With so many scientists affected by Hurricane Katrina, ResCross is currently focused on providing information to identify sources of emergency support as quickly as possible.

Physics undergraduates, grad students, faculty and high school teachers can be matched up with housing and jobs at universities, schools and industry. [5] From the American Association of Physics Teachers, the Society of Physics Students, the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society.

If you are seeking or providing assistance, please use this site to find information on research support, available lab space/supplies, resources, guidelines and most importantly to communicate with fellow researchers.

The following is a partial list, sorted by location.

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Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Wikinews attended the sixth annual Mini Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas, United States on Saturday. Similar to a giant science fair, the event featured a variety of science, engineering and technology projects and items.

An array of technologies were on hand including 3D printers, drones, and various other physics devices. The owner of the Make Crate subscription service stated her company’s products place a strong emphasis on teaching young people about technology and coding. A traditional blacksmith was also on hand displaying metal working techniques.

Numerous Maker Clubs from an array of local schools were on hand, displaying a broad swathe of tech projects. A group of amateur hobbyists diplayed a model of the deck of the aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan with a solenoid device hooked up to launch paper airplanes.

A volunteer hangs signage in preparation for the Mini Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas (April 2019) Image: Paul Budd.
A parking sign showing the Discover Science Place logo. Image: Paul Budd.
A banner for the event. Image: Paul Budd.
A large 3D printer, installed in a portable trailer from LaTorneau College. Image: Paul Budd.
3D printed objects on display. Image: Paul Budd.
The Make Crate company’s banner. Image: Paul Budd.
Maker Club for All Saints, a local school in Tyler. Image: Paul Budd.
Disclaimer poster. Image: Paul Budd.
An interactive display, featuring bird songs, built by students from All Saints school in Tyler. Image: Paul Budd.
A remote controlled police and medical drone on display. Image: Paul Budd.

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