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Monday, May 6, 2013
New Libyan law bans senior Gaddafi officials from future office
Libya's parliament passed a law banning senior officials who held positions under Muammar Gaddafi from working for the new administration. The implications for the current prime minister, who was a diplomat under Gaddafi before joining the opposition, are unclear.
Protesters wave a Libyan flag as they demonstrate in Martyrs' Square demanding Gaddafi-era officials to be banned from taking up political posts, in Tripoli May 5. Libya's parliament passed a law on Sunday banning anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule from working for the new administration.
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Prime minister Ali Zeidan was a diplomat before defecting and joining the opposition in 1980, but the wording of the new law has not made it clear whether or not he was senior enough to be barred from the new government.
"I don't know, the wording is quite unclear," said a source within the prime minister's office when asked whether Zeidan would have to step down. It would depend on how the law was implemented, he said.
Tripoli's skies erupted with gunfire in celebration after the vote and the main square filled with supporters of the legislation.
The wording has been wrangled over for months and Sunday's vote has been prompted by the actions of heavily armed groups who have taken control of two government ministries and say they will not leave until the legislation is passed.
"It's a very unfair and extreme law, but we need to put national interests first in order to solve the crisis," said?Tawfiq Breik, spokesman for the liberal?National Forces Alliance?(NFA) bloc.
More than a dozen vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns remained parked outside the Justice Ministry on Sunday, and the?Foreign Ministry?has been similarly encircled for the past week.
One of the men stationed in front of the?Justice Ministry, who said the group came from different areas close to the capital?Tripoli, said they would not leave until the prime minister had been forced from office.
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
AP PHOTOS: Big, bold Kentucky Derby hats
Willy Weaver, from Albany, Ga., walks through the paddock area before the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Willy Weaver, from Albany, Ga., walks through the paddock area before the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Country singer Luke Bryan arrives with his wife Caroline to attend the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
A spectator drinks chapagne with her fancy hat during the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A spectator arrives with her fancy hat to attend the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A spectator arrives with her fancy hat during the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Kentucky Derby is known as much for hats and high fashion as it is for fast horses. This year, rains are swamping Churchill Downs, but fans on the infield are still holding their heads ? and hats ? high.
Bigger and bolder is the rule for hats that often dwarf their owners.
April Pauley of Columbus, Ohio, paraded around in the mud wearing a hat featuring flowers, a papier-mache jockey head and goggles and ribbons. "It's just my own little creation," Pauley said before taking a swig of a beer.
Here's a gallery of Kentucky Derby headwear.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
5.7 million in development financing approved by veda
Authority Approves $2.0 Million Loan as Farmers Invest to Purchase Headquarters for Cabot
MONTPELIER, VT ? A total of $5.7 million in business and agricultural financing has been approved by the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) to support commercial and agricultural development projects throughout Vermont. ?Financing assistance approved by VEDA will help strengthen Vermont businesses and farms, and expand job opportunities for Vermonters,? said VEDA Chief Executive Officer Jo Bradley.
Among the projects approved for VEDA financing are:
Agri-Mark, Inc., Waitsfield ? Financing of $2 million was approved as part of Agri-Mark, Inc.?s $2.8 million project to acquire and renovate as its Cabot corporate headquarters the former Northern Power Systems building in Waitsfield. In 2007, the Central Vermont Investment Corporation (CVIC) took adverse possession of the property and has been leasing space to Diffraction LTD. and the State of Vermont. ?We are thrilled to see the ownership of this property transfer to Agri-Mark,? stated Sam Andersen, Executive Director of CVIC/CVEDC. ?We greatly appreciate their commitment to Vermont and to the economic vitality of the Mad River Valley.? Agri-Mark currently has 599 employees in Vermont at several plant and administrative locations, and has plans to continue to expand its Cabot Brand business into the future. Established in 1918, Agri-Mark is a 100% dairy farmer-owned cooperative, with more than 1,200 member farms located in all six New England states and throughout upstate New York State. The farmers produce more than 2.5 billion pounds of milk each year. The cooperative owns and operates four dairy plants in Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont, including Cabot Creamery in Cabot and a cheese and whey processing plant in Middlebury, where it makes its award-winning products.
Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation (GMEDC)?and Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation, East Thetford ? ?VEDA approved a $1.58 million loan to Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation (GMEDC) and Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation (PMC) to finance the company?s sale/lease back agreement for PMC?s manufacturing, headquarters and showroom facility in East Thetford. Under this?agreement, GMEDC will purchase the facility with financing from VEDA and lease it back to PMC on a long-term basis. The low annual lease payments will enable PMC to invest more in growth, product development, marketing and sales development. Established in 1973, PMC manufactures premium quality hardwood and upholstered furniture, all constructed from North American hardwoods at its facility in East Thetford. PMC?s marketing slogan is: Real American Furniture, Handcrafted in Vermont. PMC primarily sells directly to retail customers through its twelve Northeast and Mid-Atlantic retail stores, online at www.pompy.com, and directly to commercial accounts. VEDA has a long positive relationship with PMC dating back to 1980 when it helped PMC finance construction of a 10,000 square-foot manufacturing facility on ten acres of land it purchased in East Thetford. Over the years, the facility has grown to 74,000 square feet. Today, Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation has 137 employees, a number expected to grow to 150 within three years of the Project. GMEDC is an active, non-profit, regional development corporation promoting and supporting growing companies in Orange and northern Windsor Counties. ?GMEDC is fully committed to the success of PMC and is encouraged by this VEDA approval,? said GMEDC Executive Director Joan Goldstein. ?VEDA and GMEDC have partnered on many economic development projects.?
KE Durasol Awnings, Inc., Middlebury ? Financing of $720,000 was approved as part of KE Durasol Awning?s $1.8 million purchase of Middlebury property that the company has leased since 2009. KE Durasol Awnings, Inc. is a manufacturer of commercial and residential awnings. The company?s?commercial division is based in Middlebury, and its residential division is located in Chester, New York. Since 2009, KE Durasol has leased 27,600 square feet at 38 Pond Lane in Middlebury, known as?the Geiger Building. The company will remain in the Pond Lane facility, leasing a portion of the 51,600 square foot building on 19.1 acres to Geiger, and retaining a portion for future expansion or sublease. KE Durasol currently has 23 employees. The company expects jobs to increase to 34 within three years of the project, for which National Bank of Middlebury is also providing financing.
VEDA also approved:
? Financing of $1.1 million to Vermont farmers through the Authority?s agricultural loan program, the Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation (VACC); and
? Small Business Loan Program financing of $317,372 to assist growing Vermont small businesses that are unable to access adequate sources of conventional financing.
About VEDA
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) is Vermont?s statewide economic development finance lender. VEDA was created by the General Assembly in 1974 with a mission ?to contribute to the creation and retention of quality jobs in Vermont by providing loans and other financial?support to eligible and qualified Vermont industrial, commercial and agricultural enterprises.?
Over the years, VEDA has grown and adapted its financing programs to keep pace with an ever-changing economy. VEDA offers a wide range of low-cost lending options for Vermont businesses and
farms of all sizes, and the Authority?s lending solutions are customized to each borrower?s individual needs. Whether in the form of direct loans, tax-exempt bond issuance or loan guarantee support, VEDA?s innovative financing programs help ensure that Vermont businesses and farms have the capital they need to grow and succeed. VEDA most often lends in conjunction with banks and other financing partners, helping to stimulate economic development activity in Vermont.
Since 1974, VEDA has provided over $1.9 billion in financing assistance to thousands of eligible Vermont entrepreneurs, manufacturers, small businesses, family farms, and agricultural enterprises, helping them to realize their business growth goals, create jobs, and enhance the vitality of Vermont?s economy. For more information about VEDA, visit www.veda.org or call 802-828-JOBS.
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Source: http://www.veda.org/press-releases/5-7-million-in-development-financing-approved-by-veda/
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Focus on STD, not cancer prevention, to promote HPV vaccine use
May 2, 2013 ? The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women. But emphasizing the STD prevention will persuade more young women to get the vaccine, a new study suggests.
These results go against the conventional wisdom that scaring women about the possibility of cancer is the best way to get them vaccinated.
The failure of that cancer-threat message may be one reason that fewer than 20 percent of adolescent girls in the United States have received the HPV vaccine, said Janice Krieger, lead author of the study and assistant professor of communication at The Ohio State University.
"Young women don't respond strongly to the threat of cervical cancer," Krieger said.
"They seem to be more worried about getting an STD. That's the way we should try to encourage them to get the HPV vaccine."
The vaccine -- most commonly sold under the brand name Gardasil -- prevents the types of HPV, or human papillomavirus, that cause most cases of cervical cancer and most cases of genital warts, a sexually transmitted disease.
Krieger conducted the study with Melanie Sarge of Texas Tech University. It appears in a recent issue of the journal Health Communication.
Many early studies of how to sell the benefits of the HPV vaccine found that the message that it prevents cancer was effective. But these studies often involved women of all ages, from adolescence to old age. The problem, though, is that the vaccine is targeted to women under the age of 26.
"Cancer is something people start to worry about later in life, not when they're in high school and college. We decided to do a clean study that compared what message worked best with college-aged women versus what worked with their mothers," Krieger said.
Participants in the study included 188 female college students (average age of 22) and 115 of their mothers (average age of 50).
The mothers and students both received a packet of materials that included a questionnaire and a pro-vaccine message. The student message recommended talking to a doctor about the HPV vaccine, and the parent message recommended encouraging their daughter to talk to a doctor.
Two different messages were created. Half of the mothers and students received a message sheet about the vaccine with a large headline that read, "Prevent cervical cancer." The other half received a similar message, but with the headline declaring, "Prevent genital warts." A text box on the sheet also re-emphasized either the cancer or the genital warts message.
Participants then filled out the questionnaire, which asked a variety of questions that included how they felt about the threat of HPV and whether they felt they (or their daughter) could talk to a doctor about receiving the vaccine.
Results showed that the message emphasizing the vaccine's effectiveness at preventing genital warts was a clear winner with the young women.
Compared to those who received the cancer prevention message, young women who read that the vaccine prevented genital warts were more likely to say they intended to talk to their doctor about the vaccine. They also said they felt more comfortable talking to their doctor about the vaccine.
"Preventing cancer was not a big motivator," Krieger said.
Overall, the findings showed that scaring young women into getting the vaccine doesn't seem to be a good strategy.
Young women who perceived HPV as a bigger threat to their health than others, or who thought they were more likely to get the virus, were not consequently more likely to say they would get the vaccine or talk to their doctor.
"Our results suggest it is more important to get women to feel comfortable talking to their doctor about the vaccine," she said. "Fear doesn't work. They need to feel it is not difficult or embarrassing to discuss the vaccine with their doctor. That's the best way to encourage them to be vaccinated."
The researchers expected that the mothers in the study would be more likely to talk to their daughters about getting the HPV vaccine if they read the cancer prevention message rather than the STD prevention message.
Part of their reasoning was that the mothers, being older, were at a stage in their life when cancer was a bigger issue for them, Krieger said. But they also thought mothers would not feel comfortable about an STD message that assumes that their daughters were sexually active.
However, it turned out that the mothers weren't affected by which of the messages they received.
"We believed that mothers would react negatively to the message about preventing genital warts, but that wasn't supported. Mothers reacted similarly to the genital warts and cancer prevention messages. It suggests that if we focus on the prevention of genital warts in our messages to daughters, it may not mean we have lost the mothers."
Krieger said the results should encourage policymakers, doctors and others to shift their messages to young women concerning the HPV vaccine.
"Cancer may seem to be the more serious issue to some older adults, but it is not the top concern for young women," she said.
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The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Ohio State University. The original article was written by Jeff Grabmeier.
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Journal Reference:
- Janice L. Krieger, Melanie A. Sarge. A Serial Mediation Model of Message Framing on Intentions to Receive the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: Revisiting the Role of Threat and Efficacy Perceptions. Health Communication, 2013; 28 (1): 5 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.734914
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