Jewelry designer Pamela Love cited on list Most Creative People
Jewelry designer Pamela Love has been named to Fast Company magazine’s annual ranking of the “100 Most Creative People in Business.” Other fashion notables on the list are internet sites Fashion.me and Moda Operandi.
Arlington, Va, America’s most well read city
Alexandria, a small, tony town in Virginia located just outside of Washington, D.C., is the most bookish city in the United States. That comes from a new ranking by Amazon.com of the 20 most well-read cities of more than 100,000 population..
Friday’s Google doodle created by 7-year-old Wisconsin boy
A second grade student from Wisconsin won Google’s latest “Doodle 4 Google” national contest, and his pirate-themed artwork graced the internet search giant’s homepage on Friday.
U.S. ready with military option against Iran if need arises
Fourth Estate Cooperative Staff Washington, D.C., United States (4E) – An Israeli newspaper has reported that the United States is ready with a military option against Iran in case its nuclear issue doesn’t resolve diplomatically. According to Israeli right-wing nationalist daily Makor Rishon, U.S. envoy to Israel Daniel Shapiro said that the world powers would prefer to resolve the dispute through talks and pressure instead of going for a military option. He added that doesn’t mean that the second option is not fully available. Shapiro comments came this week while addressing an Israeli bar association. He further said, “It is not just available, but it is ready; the necessary planning has been done to ensure that it is ready.” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland supported Shapiro, saying his comments were in line with White House policy. “Ambassador Shapiro’s comments were designed to reflect completely what the president has said all along, which is that even as we move forward with the P5+1 discussions with Iran and hope that we can settle these issues through diplomacy that we nonetheless take no option off the table,” she said. Israel, U.S. and other world powers believe that Iran is preparing a nuclear bomb under civilian cover – a charge Tehran denies, insisting its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes. Meanwhile, a week before the Baghdad talks, Iran rejected international pressure and vowed to continue its nuclear activities. In a speech broadcast on local television, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said, “If we participate in the negotiations… it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our resistance, we have defended the rights of the Iranian people. The Iranian people will never give up even an iota of their rights.” “I advise Western officials against making calculated mistakes,” he added. “In Baghdad, we can negotiate for cooperation on the basis of respect for Iran’s undeniable rights. The path chosen by our country is a path of no return. The (West) would like to block Iran’s progress in the nuclear domain, but they have failed. Iran today has become a nuclear power.” He added that international pressure and western sanctions are not effective against
Innovation grants: Adding resources to ideas to improve health care delivery
Woodlawn, Md., United States (KaiserHealth) – To save on health care, you have to invest in it. At least that’s the thinking of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Last week, the CMS innovation center awarded 26 grants – worth a total of $122.6 million – to a variety of health care organizations. If these plans for better patient care pan out, the programs estimate they could reap about $254 million in savings over three years. The innovation center is scheduled to announce several more awards in June. That month, however, is also when the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the health law, which established the innovation center, and that decision could threaten the center’s programs. But supporters maintain that this sort of front-end investment is imperative to introduce new efficiencies and better quality care into the system. John Schnelle, who will oversee Vanderbilt Medical Center’s effort to reduce hospital readmissions in Tennessee, said that without the grant “the organization would probably still do [the project] but, one, not as fast, and two, not as well.” Meanwhile, in Colorado, the Upper San Juan Health Service District might abandon entirely its plans to deploy mobile telemedicine for stroke and other emergencies among a rural population. “We have a $47,000 bottom line as a health district this year,” said CEO Brad Cochennet. “That $47,000 pales in the face of the costs that it takes to ramp up this program.” Kaiser Health News recently spoke with representatives of four projects that will receive innovation grants. They reflect the diversity of the programs being funded, ranging from efforts to provide primary care to inner-city homeless populations to offering dental treatment on South Dakota’s Native American reservations. All cited the importance of CMS support, but they also agreed that their ideas to improve care are inevitable changes to the health care system: expanded access, better coordination and a renewed focus on prevention. Here are some of their thoughts: Addressing the needs of the homeless The Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio is receiving a total of $4.6 million from CMS in an effort to integrate primary care with a program for mental health among the homeless, which represents a sizeable Medicaid population. The grant will allow the center to build staff and infrastructure more quickly, and reduce the pressure to secure funding from the state government and other sources. …
Thousands missing three years after war ends
Three years after the government of Sri Lanka declared an end to decades of civil conflict with separatist rebels, thousands of people are still missing, according to the UN and Sri Lankan activists.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert Broadway musical ends next month
Press representatives for Broadway musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert ” announced Wednesday that they will be staging their final show on June 24, 2012 at The Palace Theater.
Facebook raises $16B in third largest IPO in U.S.
Facebook raised $16 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, the third largest in U.S. history after credit card processor Visa Inc. raised $19.7 billion in March 2008 and carmaker General Motors drew $18.1 billion in November 2010.
Finger found in Arby’s sandwhich
A Michigan teen bit off more than he could chew when he took a bite of his Arby’s roast beef sandwich and munched on a piece of human finger.
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