Psychologist III job at Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts is presently looking of Psychologist III on Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:25:04 GMT. General duties of this position include providing clinical assessment, consultation and facilitation of pre-admission and focal treatment planning processes for children and adolescents referred for admission to DMH continuing care services and/or placement in a Statewide Program (inpatient, IRTP/CIRT or other related service). In addition, the role requires interface with clinical leadership with...

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Description: Commonwealth of Massachusetts is presently looking of Psychologist III right now, this job will be placed in Massachusetts. More details about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. General duties of this position include providing clinical assessment, consultation and facilitation of pre-admission and focal treatment planning processes for children and adolescents refer! red for admission to DMH continuing care services and/or placement in a Statewide Program (inpatient, IRTP/CIRT or other related service). In addition, the role requires interface with clinical leadership with Statewide Programs, DMH contracted services, and/or programs/providers participating in the Department of Children and Families Caring Together service array, and the Mass Health/Behavioral Health program in order to facilitate seamless, timely transitions for children and their families through the DMH system. The position involves working closely with DMH and DCF field staff and contracted providers to advance systemic and practice changes in the DMH Statewide services.

This position will serve as a statewide leader and resource to the DMH Statewide Programs, DMH Field staff, involved DCF staff, Mass Health/Behavioral Health staff/providers, local School Districts, Families, Advocates, and inpatient providers who refer children and adolescents for Statewide! Program admission. A primary focus of the role will be to fur! ther the Child/Adolescent Division?'s focal treatment planning efforts toward efficient, effective, trauma-informed, person-centered care. Many duties will focus on processes that support individual/family care. Other responsibilities will require on-site clinical consultation to the Statewide Programs in order to address circumstances impacting treatment integrity and quality clinical care, such as program start-up, program acuity, milieu management challenges, workforce development issues, and practice development needs. In addition, this position will interface closely with the Interagency Regional Teams (currently in development) that are intended to be the ?'front door?', contract monitor and mechanism for quality management and oversight of services for all youth and their families referred to residential service purchased in the Caring Together procurement.
1. Participates in DMH Child/Adolescent Division Meetings;
2. Participates in monthly DMH Child/Adolesc! ent Field Meetings;
3. Participates and co-facilitates in monthly DMH Statewide Program Director Meetings;
4. Participates and co-facilitates in monthly DMH Statewide Clinical Director Meetings;
5. Participates in monthly meetings with statewide program clinical directors and family partners/peer mentors to review data related to performance based contract, family/youth outcomes, CQI initiatives tied to outcome/PBC data, and case review of any youth who has received a consultation;
6. Meets regularly with DMH Statewide Program clinical leadership and clinical staff to support the implementation of a trauma-informed focal treatment initiative;
7. Meets regularly with DMH Area-based child/adolescents team(s) to provide clinical consultation for both individual families/youth as well as contracted services;
8. Provides consultation to youth in DMH Statewide Programs (SWP) who have experienced multiple restraints; medical hospitalization; psychiatric hos! pitalization from the SWP; elopement; serious self injurious behavior/s! elf-harming behaviors; aging out; readmission to SWP; other behaviors/concerns as identified;
9. Participates in monthly meetings with Area Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists as needed;
10. Participates and co-facilitates bi-monthly meetings with Statewide Child/Adolescent Screeners;
11. Participates and co-facilitates bi-monthly/quarterly meeting with Designated Child/Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists;
12. Participates in other meetings as necessary and directed by the Assistant Commissioner of Child/Adolescent Services;
13. Participates in IRTP licensing visits or preparation for the visit, as needed or requested by the DMH Licensing Division
14. Participates in the DMH Child/Adolescent Restraint Prevention Initiative;
15. Participates and co-facilitates in pre-admission and Focal Treatment Planning meetings for children and adolescents accepted for admission to a DMH Child/Adolescent Statewide Program;
16. Participates in ini! tial review of children and adolescent referral materials for continuing care services in a DMH Child/Adolescent Statewide Program;
17. Works with the DYS clinical leadership to maximize effective collaboration with DMH and support best practices and outcomes;
18. Leads forums/meetings/groups relevant to the Scope of Duties as necessary;
19. Conducts a semi-annual and annual analysis of the Statewide System status of implementation of Focal Treatment Planning, including: obstacles, successes, recommendations for ?"course-correction?" and changes needed in the implementation process. Drafts and submits written reports reflecting the same,
20. Leads forums with collateral professionals regarding pre-admission and focal treatment planning or related efforts to roll out this effort,
21. Conducts trainings, workshops, Grand Rounds and other learning opportunities regarding trauma informed care and pre-admission and focal treatment planning,
22. Directs ac! tivities related to advancing clinical practices, consistent with the q! uality initiatives and goals of the Department,
23. Participates in relevant meetings, forums, trainings with DCF and/or the Interagency Regional Teams and the leadership thereof,
24. Other duties as required or directed by the Assistant Commissioner for Child/Adolescent Services.

Qualifications:Minimum Entrance Requirements:
Current and valid registration as a Psychologist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Psychology. Applicants must also have at least one year of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience as a Licensed Psychologist in the application of psychological principles and techniques in a recognized agency providing psychological services or treatment.

Special Requirements:
Based on assignment, travel may be required. Those employees who elect to use a motor vehicle for travel must have a current and valid Massachusetts Class D Motor Vehicle Operator's license or the equivalent fr! om another state.

Preferred Qualifications:LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Doctorate in psychology from a recognized graduate school in psychology. Licensed as a Psychologist in Massachusetts. Certified as a Health Service Provider in Massachusetts and/or listing in National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology is preferred.

Preferred:
knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques of developmental psychology, psychopathology, psychotherapy & an understanding of psychopharmacologic treatment practice/protocols; knowledge of psychodiagnostic tools, evidence-based treatment and promising practices, and the impact of trauma and of trauma-informed care/treatment/services; ability to relate well to individuals, groups, and to work well individually and as part of a team, to present in public forums and to analyze clinical, statistical and narrative data and render written and verbal opinions! , analyses and/or interpretations; to recognize clinical quality.
Certified as a Health Service Provider in Massachusetts and/or listing in National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology or Board Certification with the American Board of Professional Psychology. Experience in clinical leadership roles demonstrating knowledge of clinical supervision, treatment planning, care coordination, family treatment, child/adolescent systems experience, and service delivery within a managed care environment.

Comments:
A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. For more information, please visit
http://www.mass.gov/hhs/cori

This is a Civil Service position.
If there is no civil service list for this title, employees appointed must take and pass the next Civil Service examination when administered. As applicable, preference for this position! will be given to those candidates who are eligible for Civil Service/ConTest Reinstatement/Reemployment or to those candidates who have passed the civil service examination for this job title, and who respond to the job certification that was recently issued for this location" and/or to employees laid off or bumped from this title who are eligible for recall, and in accordance with Article 14 or applicable Collective bargaining requirements.
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America: Time to shake the salt habit?

Mar. 27, 2013 ? The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts of sodium than those recommended by physicians and national guidelines.

A balanced review of the relevant literature has been published in the March 27, 2013 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. Theodore A. Kotchen, MD, professor of medicine (endocrinology), and associate dean for clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is the lead author of the article.

Dr. Kotchen cites correlations between blood pressure and salt intake in a number of different studies; typically, the causation between lowering salt intake and decreased levels of blood pressure occur in individuals who have been diagnosed with hypertension. Although not as pronounced, there is also a link between salt intake and blood pressure in non-hypertensive individuals. Additionally, recent studies have demonstrated that a reduced salt intake is associated with decreased cardiovascular disease and decreased mortality.

In national studies in Finland and Great Britain, instituting a national salt-reduction program led to decreased sodium intake. In Finland, the resulting decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressures corresponded to a 75 -- 80 percent decrease in death due to stroke and coronary heart disease.

Nevertheless, not all investigators concur with population-based recommendations to lower salt intake, and the reasons for this position are reviewed.

"Salt is essential for life, but it has been difficult to distinguish salt need from salt preference," said Dr. Kotchen. "Given the medical evidence, it seems that recommendations for reducing levels of salt consumption in the general population would be justifiable at this time." However, in terms of safety, the lower limit of salt consumption has not been clearly identified. In certain patient groups, less rigorous targets for salt reduction may be appropriate.

Co-authors are Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD, James J. Smith and Catherine Welsh Smith Professor in Physiology, and Harry and Gertrude Hack Term Professor and chairman of Physiology, the Medical College of Wisconsin; Edward D. Frohlich, MD, Alton Ocshner Distinguished Scientist at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, La.

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Stem cell fate depends on 'grip'

Mar. 28, 2013 ? The field of regenerative medicine holds great promise, propelled by greater understanding of how stem cells differentiate themselves into many of the body's different cell types. But clinical applications in the field have been slow to materialize, partially owing to difficulties in replicating the conditions these cells naturally experience.

A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has generated new insight on how a stem cell's environment influences what type of cell a stem cell will become. They have shown that whether human mesenchymal stem cells turn into fat or bone cells depends partially on how well they can "grip" the material they are growing in.

The research was conducted by graduate student Sudhir Khetan and associate professor Jason Burdick, along with professor Christopher Chen, all of the School of Engineering and Applied Science's Department of Bioengineering. Others involved in the study include Murat Guvendiren, Wesley Legant and Daniel Cohen.

Their study was published in the journal Nature Materials.

Much research has been done on how stem cells grow on two-dimensional substrates, but comparatively little work has been done in three dimensions. Three-dimensional environments, or matrices, for stems cells have mostly been treated as simple scaffolding, rather than as a signal that influences the cells' development.

Burdick and his colleagues were interested in how these three-dimensional matrices impact mechanotransduction, which is how the cell takes information about its physical environment and translates that to chemical signaling.

"We're trying to understand how material signals can dictate stem cell response," Burdick said. "Rather than considering the material as an inert structure, it's really guiding stem cell fate and differentiation -- what kind of cells they will turn into."

The mesenchymal stem cells the researchers studied are found in bone marrow and can develop into several cell types: osteoblasts, which are found in bone; chondrocytes, which are found in cartilage; and adipocytes, which are found in fat.

The researchers cultured them in water-swollen polymer networks known as hydrogels, which share some similarities with the environments stem cells naturally grow in. These materials are generally soft and flexible -- contact lenses, for example, are a type of hydrogel -- but can vary in density and stiffness depending on the type and quantity of the bonds between the polymers. In this case, the researchers used covalently cross-linked gels, which contain irreversible chemical bonds.

When seeded on top of two-dimensional covalently cross-linked gels, mesenchymal stem cells spread and pulled on the material differently depending on how stiff it was. Critically, the mechanics guide cell fate, or the type of cells they differentiate it into. A softer environment would produce more fat-like cells and a stiffer environment, where the cells can pull on the gel harder, would produce more bone-like cells.

However, when the researchers put mesenchymal stem cells inside three-dimensional hydrogels of varying stiffness, they didn't see these kinds of changes.

"In most covalently cross-linked gels, the cells can't spread into the matrix because they can't degrade the bonds -- they all become fat cells," Burdick said. "That tells us that in 3D covalent gels the cells don't translate the mechanical information the same way they do in a 2D system."

To test this, the researchers changed the chemistry of their hydrogels so that the polymer chains were connected by a peptide that the cells could naturally degrade. They hypothesized that, as the cells spread, they would be able to get a better grip on their surrounding environment and thus be more likely to turn into bone-like cells.

In order to determine how well the cells were pulling on their environment, the researchers used a technique developed by Chen's lab called 3D traction force microscopy. This technique involves seeding the gel with microscopic beads, then tracking their location before and after a cell is removed.

"Because the gel is elastic and will relax back into its original position when you remove the cells," Chen said, "you can quantify how much the cells are pulling on the gel based on how much and which way it springs back after the cell is removed."

The results showed that the stem cells' differentiation into bone-like cells was aided by their ability to better anchor themselves into the growth environment.

"With our original experiment, we observed that the cells essentially didn't pull on the gel. They adhered to it and were viable, but we did not see bead displacement. They couldn't get a grip," Burdick said. "When we put the cells into a gel where they could degrade the bonds, we saw them spread into the matrix and deform it, displacing the beads."

As an additional test, the researchers synthesized another hydrogel. This one had the same covalent bonds that the stem cells could naturally degrade and spread through but also another type of bond that could form when exposed to light. They let the stem cells spread as before, but at the point the cells would begin to differentiate -- about a week after they were first encapsulated -- the researchers further "set" the gel by exposing it to light, forming new bonds the cells couldn't degrade.

"When we introduced these cross-links so they could no longer degrade the matrix, we saw an increase toward fat-like cells, even after letting them spread," Burdick said. "This further supports the idea that continuous degradation is needed for the cells to sense the material properties of their environment and transduce that into differentiation signals."

Burdick and his colleagues see these results as helping develop a better fundamental understanding of how to engineer tissues using stem cells.

"This is a model system for showing how the microenvironment can influence the fate of the cells," Burdick said.

The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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Cypriot banks reopen after 12 days -- but customers can only withdraw $383 each

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A staff member of Laiki Bank, which is to be liquidated, tries to calm customers as the branch in Nicosia prepares to open.

By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News

Banks on the tax haven of Cyprus opened Thursday for the first time in 12 days amid the island's continuing financial crisis.

Strict limits on the amount of money that could be withdrawn have been imposed ? people will be able to withdraw 300 euros ($383) a day and no checks will be cashed ? amid fears of a run on the banks.

Account holders showed up hours before the banks were due to open to get in line.

Early indications were that there was no mass rush to withdraw cash, with just 13 people waiting outside one large Bank of Cyprus branch on the island as it opened at noon local time (6 a.m. ET). They were surrounded by a scrum of journalists.

?We need only from you cooperation, understanding and please patience,? the manager of the branch said before opening.

However a small crowd of people did press against the doors of a branch of Laiki Bank, which is being liquidated. CNBC sources estimate those with more than 100,000 euros (about $128,000) in accounts in Laiki Bank could lose 40 to 70 percent of their deposits.

During the banking shutdown, people could only withdraw 100 euros (about $127) a day from the country's two biggest banks, using ATMs.?Most who lined up for the opening Thursday were elderly people and those without ATM cards.?

Deposits above 100,000 euros with the Bank of Cyprus will be frozen and 40 percent of each account will be converted into bank stock. Accounts in both banks with balances under 100,000 euros will be fully protected.

A previous proposal to take less from all bank accounts?was vetoed by the Cypriot parliament.

The country is seeking to meet the terms of a bailout from the European Union of 10 billion euros ($12.9 billion) and, in order to raise enough funds to meet strict conditions imposed by the EU, it is preparing to take money from bank accounts.

CNBC's Michelle Caruso Cabrera reports on banks reopening in Cyprus and the limits they've imposed on depositors. The situation, she says, is calmer than expected.

Ahead of the banks? reopening, money was flown into the island and guards were seen delivering cash to banks in armored vehicles.

The banks were due to close at 6 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET).

There was some relief on the island that the banks were finally opening again, but this was mixed with fear about what could happen.

'Slow death'
Yorgos Georgiou, who owns a dry cleaning business in Nicosia, told Reuters that "finally people's mood will be lifted and we can start to trust the system again."

But he added: "I'm worried about the poor kids working in the cashiers today, because people might vent their anger at them. You can't predict how people will react after so many days."

Kostas Nikolaou, a 60-year-old retiree, told Reuters that the uncertainty of the past two weeks had been "like a slow death."

"How can they tell you that you can't access your own money in the bank? It's our money, we are entitled to it,? he added.

The country?s president, Nicos Anastasiades, has described the bailout deal as ?painful? but essential.

However, Nobel laureate economist Christopher Pissarides said it was ?extremely unfair to the little guy.?

?For the first time in the euro zone, depositors are (being) asked to bail out failing banks," he said. "Now that used to be the case in the 1930s, especially United States (and) caused big bank runs. It has been decided since then that we shouldn?t allow that to happen again.?

As Cyprus celebrates its Independence Day, the ?government is defending the last-minute bailout deal it's negotiated with the European Union. This means shutting down the country's second biggest bank, with big savers facing ?losses. ?ITV's Emma Murphy reports.

Among other controls, the island's central bank will review all commercial transactions over 5,000 euros and scrutinize transactions over 200,000 euros on an individual basis, Reuters reported. People leaving Cyprus can take only 1,000 euros with them. An earlier draft of the decree had put the figure at 3,000.

Reuters summed up the situation facing the island:

With just 860,000 people, Cyprus has about 68 billion euros in its banks - a vastly outsized financial system that attracted deposits from foreigners as an offshore haven but foundered after investments in neighboring Greece went sour.

The European Union and International Monetary Fund concluded that Cyprus could not afford a rescue unless it imposed losses on depositors, seen as anathema in previous euro zone bailouts.?The bailout looks set to push Cyprus deeper into an economic slump, shrink the banking sector and cost thousands of jobs.

European leaders said the bailout deal averted a chaotic national bankruptcy that might have forced Cyprus out of the euro.

Many Cypriots say the deal was foisted upon them by Cyprus's partners in the 17-nation euro zone within the European Union, and some have taken to the streets to vent their frustration.

CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Katie Slaman, and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Apple extract kills colon cancer cells better than chemo drug in latest ...

(NaturalNews) Oligosaccharides from apples killed up to 46 percent of human colon cancer cells in vitro, and outperformed the most commonly used chemo drug by a wide margin at every dose level tested. And unlike toxic chemo drugs, oligosaccharides are natural, health-promoting compounds widely present in fruits and vegetables.Colon cancer is currently the second leading cause of cancer-related death for women worldwide, and the third leading cause for men. The standard-of-care chemo drug used for colon cancer has seen limited success, and can have serious side effects such as coronary spasm, neurotoxicity, anemia, and immunosuppression. Researchers focused on apples as a natural means for treating and preventing colon cancer because they are the most widely consumed fruit in many countries, and have already demonstrated activity against breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer. Apple oligosaccharides were used in this study because their anti-cancer properties have been established in previous studies, and they can be cheaply derived from apple pomace - a widely available waste product left over from the apple juice processing industry.University researchers in Xi'an, China isolated polysaccharides (pectin and other fibers) from apple pomace and treated them with natural pectinase to break down their molecules into smaller oligosaccharides (which have only three to ten sugar units per molecule). The oligosaccharides were then added to cultured human HT29 colon cancer cells at various concentrations, and compared with the most commonly used chemo drug for colon cancer.

For every concentration tested, the oligosaccharides outperformed the chemo drug at inducing programmed cell death (apoptosis). For example, at just 0.9 micrograms per mL (about 0.9 PPM), oligosaccharides killed 17.6 percent of the colon cancer cells after 36 hours, while the chemo drug killed only 10.9 percent (at a higher concentration of 1.3 micrograms per mL). More importantly, because the apple oligosaccharides are non-toxic to healthy cells, they can be used at higher concentrations than possible with the chemo drug. At 9.0 PPM, the oligosaccharides killed 46 percent of the colon cancer cells (the chemo drug was not tested at this level).

Oligosaccharides have been gaining increasing attention recently as general health-promoting functional foods, and are probably used to enrich several foods you already eat (i.e. as fructo-oligosaccharides). They have been found in studies to promote healthy intestinal flora, control blood sugar, and modulate the immune system. Oligosaccharides occur naturally in many plants (fruits, vegetables and algae) as well as in honey and milk. They can also be formed by breaking down the fruit's more complex carbohydrates (i.e. pectin) by pectolytic enzymes, as was done by the researchers in this study. To some extent, this reaction may also occur when eating the raw fruit, since apples naturally contain about 1.5 percent pectin as well as the pectinase enzyme. However, it should be noted that most commercially processed apple juice contains virtually no pectin or active enzymes, and also contains only about 10 percent of the health-giving polyphenols compared to raw apples. As usual, eating raw and fresh is far healthier than consuming the processed version.

This new study adds further evidence to the health-promoting effects of apples and the potent anti-cancer effects of their oligosaccharides, even at low concentrations. The fact that these oligosaccharides can be derived from a widely available waste product of the apple juice industry (about four million tons of pomace are produced annually) offers promise for a low-cost natural medicine in the future.

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After Serving Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rides, Lyft Acqui-Hires Cherry Operations Team, Plans Launch In Seattle

After serving two markets in California, ride-sharing startup Lyft is getting serious about expansion into other markets. To do so, the company has acqui-hired the operations team behind Cherry, the on-demand car wash startup. And it's got plans to launch in Seattle, making its service available there seven days a week beginning April 12.

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Kim Kardashian Pregnancy Style Uncovered!! And the family's latest ...

It?s no secret that I am a serious Kardashian Klan fan! Mock them all you will but it can not be denied that the show is definitely entertaining and you have to admire their ruthless business savvy- ?they formed an entire empire out a B-list reality show that has catapulted each member to stardom and earned the family millions of dollars in the process! Fashion, make up, management, reality shows, cosmetics, sponsorship deals, magazine covers.. you name it they?ve conquered it! And if I?m being honest, I kinda just like looking at them! Perfectly turned out at all occasion, the girls display their curves to the max, flaunt their fashion style in a really wearable (and copy-able!) way and have a gorgeous Armenian skin colouring that I would die for!

And then came the news of Kimmy K?s pregnancy with beau Kanye and ?the world held bated breath in hopes of a fashion revolution for expecting mama?s everywhere! but what they got, wasn?t exactly what the critics or the public had in mind! Join us as we take a further look into the supposed Kim K fashion pregnancy flops, the winners and the reason this gorgeous girl is struggling so much to find her usual stylish niche!

One of Kim?s favorite looks throughout her pregnancy has been all black, but as she says herself that?s nothing new for the starlet!

?It?s crazy, because I love to wear black just in general, and so I?ll see people be like, ?you?re only wearing black. Are you trying to hide it? Are you ashamed?? I?m like, I?m wearing a skintight black something to show it off,?

Something I?m not so sure I?d be eager on is the sky high Manolos, Louboutins and six inch stilettos this sexy mama to be has been rocking since trimester one! I wince a little every time blogs point out the height but it seems Kim isn?t going to give up that easily!

?I still want to be chic, wearing heels.. People are like, ?You should start wearing flats.? And I?m like, OK, I just went and bought flats for the first time this week and I can?t wear them. They?re not me. Heels make me feel so good.?

What we all have to admire about Ms Kardashian is that she is being honest about her struggles with dressing her new body as it expands and adjusts for her little one!

??I?m not going to lie and be like, ?Oh, it?s been amazing and I?ve adjusted great?.?

?At the beginning it was tough for me when your body changes so much. I don?t think anyone will really prepare you for what the changes are, but once you kind of grasp that and embrace it, it?s amazing.?

?There are maybe two or three covers just this week that say I am 200 pounds. I?m like, ?You are 60 pounds off here?.?

??It wouldn?t even bother me if I gained all the weight.?

??This is the time when everyone?s like ?you should be pigging out, eat whatever you want.? And I have the biggest sweet tooth and I love junk food.?

??Being pregnant I don?t like any of it? I?m waiting for the moments when someone?s like let?s go to McDonald?s and Taco Bell ? that?s not happening for me and I?m kind of sad about it.?

For a celebrity who built her name and entire brand around the fantasy of her stunning curves and sexy looks, it was always going to be a challenge to make a smooth transition to attractive working mother without crossing any major fashion lines! This is most likely the reason we?ve been seeing a lot of:

Skin-tight trousers:

See-through blouses:

Low-cut tops (showing off that ample cleavage!!):

Layered leather trousers:

Cut out panelled dresses:

Pencil skirts:

However you can?t deny she has been onto some real winners with flowy shirts and monochrome style fashion!

All in all I think it?s about time the press gave this girl a break! Women everywhere know the hazards of pregnancy style and adjusting to new bodies and we think all in all Kim is doing a pretty good job

Eve xxx

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Sony Xperia ZL officially priced in the U.S.

The Sony Xperia ZL has been listed for pre-order at Sony's U.S. store for some time, but today brings the first official word on pricing for the North American Sony flagship. According to Sony's store listing page, two models will be offered. The first, C6502, will come with pentaband HSPA+ connectivity, whereas the more expensive C6506 will pack those same radios in addition to LTE on Bands 2, 4, 5 and 17. That should get you up and running on AT&T's LTE, as well as T-Mobile's when it launches -- along with a bunch of Canadian carriers.

Unfortunately neither model will be cheap -- the HSPA+ version will sell for $720, while its LTE-capable sibling will cost a whopping $760. Nevertheless, with no carrier deals in sight, it appears this is the only way you'll be able to get your hands on an Xperia ZL in the U.S.

On the hardware side, the Xperia ZL mirrors its international cousin the Xperia Z. Inside there's a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, 2GB of RAM and a 1080p display, as well as Sony's new 13-megapixel Exmor RS camera. However the ZL trades water resistance and an all-glass design for a smaller footprint, a more ergonomic fit and a physical camera button. For more on the Euro-centric Xperia Z, be sure to check out our full review.

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Archive ? PRSSA hosts talk on New York communications ? Indiana ...

SoJ Web Report | March 26, 2013

The Beth Wood chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will wrap up its chapter meetings with a special session on communications in New York City.

Alumna Joanna Pinker of Falco Ink will visit and her colleague Casey De La Rosa will use Skype for a conversation at 7:30 p.m. April 3 in Ernie Pyle Hall 214. They will talk about their experiences in New York City as well as relate stories of working on film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Questions? Comments? Email the Web editor.

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J&J recalls nearly 2 million blood glucose meters worldwide

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is recalling and replacing nearly 2 million meters used to measure blood glucose levels in diabetics due to a failure to operate properly at extremely high glucose readings, the company's LifeScan unit said on Monday.

In the United States, about 90,000 OneTouch Verio IQ meters are affected out of some 1.2 million units of that model being recalled worldwide, the company said.

At extremely high glucose readings of 1024 mg/dl and above, the units have failed to provide a warning of dangerously high blood sugar and will shut off, potentially delaying proper treatment, the company said.

LifeScan said it has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other health regulators of the voluntary recall, as well as registered users and healthcare professionals.

In addition to the Verio IQ model, J&J is also recalling about 670,000 of its OneTouch Verio Pro meters in Europe and 4,900 of its hospital-based OneTouch Verio Pro+ meters in the Middle East, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region.

No patient injuries have been reported in the United States related to the malfunction, the company said. LifeScan said there was one report of a serious adverse event outside the United States, but a link to the malfunctioning glucose meter had not been determined.

"We regret the inconvenience these actions may cause. However, we will always err on the side of caution and make a decision that is in the best interest of our patients," Michael Pfeifer, LifeScan's chief medical officer, said in a statement.

The company said its OneTouch Ultra model was not affected by the recall.

It said patients could continue to use the Verio IQ model until replacements arrive as long as they are aware that if the unit shuts down it could be indicative of dangerously high glucose levels.

(This story has been fixed to correct the headline and the first paragraph to nearly 2 million, from more than)

(Reporting by Bill Berkrot; editing by John Wallace)

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New app tracks auto recalls, safety ratings

Paul A. Eisenstein , The Detroit Bureau ? ? ? 2 hrs.

Wondering whether that new car you?re interested in is up to snuff on the safety front? Or perhaps you?re not sure if the jalopy in your driveway was subject to a recent recall.

Now there?s an easy way to find out simply by firing up your iPhone. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a new smartphone app called SaferCar that will let you quickly check vehicle safety ratings, track recalls, check the latest safety headlines and even get help properly installing that cumbersome child safety seat.

"Safety is our highest priority, and we're always working to find new and better ways for people to access SaferCar," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "This app takes advantage of the latest technology to ensure that consumers have the real-time information they need to buy safe, drive safe and stay safe."

Related: Subaru XV Crosstrek will be Maker's First Hybrid

For the moment, the free app is only offered for mobile iOS devices like the Apple iPhone, though a version for Android phones and tablets is also under development, according to NHTSA.

Meanwhile, the federal auto safety agency now plans to open up the software and data files behind SaferCar so that the information can be incorporated in other mobile apps.

The idea behind SaferCar is to ?buy safe, drive safe and stay safe,? NHTSA said. The agency is betting that motorists will make better use of its information if they can readily access it, say, when actually out shopping for a new vehicle.

Related: Chrysler Scrambling to Keep Up with Surging Jeep Demand

Key information offered on the app includes:

• safety ratings. Consumers can check to see how individual vehicles fared in NHTSA crash tests.
  
• recalls and complaints. The app will not only show a consumer what recalls any vehicle might be subject to but also allow an owner to file a safety complaint.
  
• child seats. Studies show a large share of parents don?t properly install their child seats. The app can help a motorist do it right.
  
• safety headlines. The app offers alerts on various safety-related news.
  

Related: Jeep Taking 6 new Concepts to Moab, One of Country's Toughest Off-Road Trails

"Timely, accurate, and accessible safety data is the lifeblood of our agency's work," said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. "The new SaferCar app literally puts the latest in vehicle safety information directly in the hands of consumers so they can make the appropriate purchasing and other decisions for themselves and their families."

The SaferCar app is offered for free at the Apple Store.

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AP source: Chemical weapons unlikely in attack

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. has strong indications that chemical weapons were not used in the attack in Syria's Aleppo province on Tuesday, a U.S. administration official said Thursday.

While officials won't entirely rule out the possibility, the official said that additional intelligence-gathering in recent days has led the U.S. to believe more strongly that it was not a weaponized chemical attack. The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter because it involved intelligence gathering and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. and allies have been looking into allegations by the Syrian regime that rebels carried out a chemical weapons attack on Khan al-Assal village in northern Aleppo province. The rebels have blamed regime forces.

U.S. officials said they were able to determine that an attack did take place in that area. Officials, however, did not rule out the possibility that some type of nonlethal chemical ? which could include riot control or tear gas-type materials ? might have been used.

Syria is widely believed to have a large stockpile of chemical weapons. And, there are fears President Bashar Assad would use those weapons against his people in the ongoing civil war and also concerns that al-Qaida-linked rebels might obtain and use them.

The United Nations announced Thursday that it would investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, which would amount to a crime against humanity. The probe could also help determine the security of the weapons stockpile.

"My announcement should serve as an unequivocal reminder that the use of chemical weapons is a crime against humanity," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The international community needs full assurance that chemical weapons stockpiles are verifiably safeguarded."

France and Britain sent a letter Thursday to Ban asking for an investigation of three alleged chemical weapons attacks. Ban will review the suggestion as the U.N. develops the mandate for the investigation. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

In their letter, France and Britain raised allegations of chemical weapons use in two locations in Khan al-Assal and the village of Ataybah in the vicinity of Damascus on Tuesday, and in Homs on Dec. 23. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, asked the U.N. chief to launch "an urgent investigation into all allegations as expeditiously as possible."

Intelligence reports late last year showed the Syrian regime may be readying its chemical weapons and could be desperate enough to use them. Those reports prompted a sharp warning from President Barack Obama, who said that Syria's use or movement of its chemical weapons stockpile would change his "calculus" about whether the U.S. might intervene militarily in the conflict.

Although officials won't detail the latest intelligence that was gathered, the U.S. and its allies are generally able to use information from surveillance, intercepted communications, people at the scene, medical and autopsy reports, and soil samples, if available.

Syria is believed to have hundreds, if not thousands, of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, a blistering agent, and the more lethal nerve agents sarin and VX.

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Google Play books now live in Mexico

Google Play Libros han llegado a Mexico!

Google has expanded the Play Store south of the border, and now Google Play Books is available in Mexico. Mexicans can now access thousands of titles, including both Mexican favorites and international staples. If you're a book lover, be sure to check them out from your phone's Google Play app, or on the web.

You'll need the Google Play Books application if your phone doesn't already have it installed, and you can get it from the Google Play link above.

Thanks, Spook!

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Federal Reserve stays the course boosting Asian stocks

On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank will continue to buy bonds, easing borrowing rates. The Fed is awaiting further employment gains before it plans to change its policy.?

By Pamela Sampson,?Associated Press / March 21, 2013

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting and a news conference in Washington on Wednesday.

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Asian stock markets rose Thursday, signaling approval of the U.S. central bank's message that it will keep interest rates at record lows despite recent signs of improvement in the world's biggest economy.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at the end of a two-day policy meeting that the Fed won't alter its aggressive monetary easing ? $85 billion in monthly bond purchases to push down borrowing costs ? until it is convinced the economy's gains can be sustained.

Fed officials reinforced their plan to keep short-term interest rates at rock-bottom levels at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent. The current unemployment rate is 7.7 percent.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index surged 1.2 percent to 12,618.01 as the yen's decline continued to boost exporters. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.1 percent to 22,283.33. South Korea's Kospi added 0.1 percent to 1,960.39. But Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.3 percent to 4,951.90.

Traders, meanwhile, are still waiting to see how Cyprus will stave off bankruptcy after the country's government rejected a plan to contribute to a bailout package by seizing money from people's bank accounts.

Cyprus needs to come up with 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) on its own in order to secure 10 billion euros in rescue loans from international creditors.

Officials on Wednesday pursued a new bailout strategy that could include a loan from ally Russia in exchange for natural gas leases and selling assets from its most troubled banks. Nearly a third of the deposits in Cyprus' banks are believed to be owned by Russians.

If Cyprus doesn't work out a way to get the money it needs, the banks could fail and fuel financial chaos that could eventually cause the country to leave the euro. That's a scenario European policymakers are fighting to avoid for fear that an exit by one may spell the eventual end of the currency union.

Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 6 cents to $93.44 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract for April rose 80 cents to settle at $92.96 on the Nymex on Wednesday.

In currencies, the euro rose to $1.2950 from $1.2943 late Wednesday in New York. The dollar rose to 96.01 from 95.89 yen.

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Tiny RNA molecule may have role in polycystic ovary syndrome, insulin resistance

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A group of tiny RNA molecules with a big role in regulating gene expression also appear to have a role in causing insulin resistance in woman with polycystic ovary syndrome and, perhaps, in all women, researchers report.

Research in the journal Diabetes, indicates that high activity levels of a microRNA called miR-93 in fat cells impedes insulin's use of glucose, contributing to PCOS as well as insulin resistance, said Dr. Ricardo Azziz, reproductive endocrinologist and PCOS expert at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.

"This is one of the first reports of a defect that may occur both in women who are insulin resistant and, in particular, in women with PCOS," said Azziz, the study's corresponding author. "Identifying this molecular mechanism helps us understand these common conditions better and points us toward targeted therapies to correct these problems in women."

PCOS affects about 10 percent of women and is characterized by excess male hormone, irregular ovulation and menstruation and is associated with an increased risk for insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes and heart disease.

Researchers looked at fat cells from the lower abdomen of 21 women with PCOS and 20 controls. In all the women with PCOS, they found over expression of miR-93 and decreased expression of GLUT4, a key protein that regulates fat's use of glucose for energy. Fat, a large organ in even a thin individual, is where a lot of glucose usage via insulin occurs.

GLUT4 expression was lowest in the women with PCOS who also were insulin resistant. They also found the expression was low in members of the control group who were insulin resistant.

"Low levels of GLUT4 in fat appear to be affecting insulin resistance in general and to have a more dramatic impact in PCOS," Azziz said. MiR-93 was known to impact GLUT4 in other cell types and to have a role in reproduction, infertility and lipid metabolism. "There has been no clear mechanism to describe insulin resistance in PCOS and we believe this is one of the pathways," said Dr. Yen-Hao Chen, cell biologist at MCG and the study's first author.

Interestingly, the investigators found that two other microRNAS - miR-133 and miR-223, which are known to regulate GLUT4 expression in heart muscle cells - also were over expressed but only in the fat cells of PCOS patients, Chen said. This exclusivity implicates the tiny molecules in the underlying condition of PCOS, Chen said. The researchers don't know yet if the two are related to miR-93. "We are just beginning to understand the role of these small molecules in PCOS and insulin resistance and much work remains to be done," Azziz said.

Follow up studies include better understanding just how microRNAs impact GLUT4, identifying other microRNAS that do ? including looking further at miR-133 and 223 ? and identifying what factors impact the tiny RNA molecules.

Humans use both insulin and non-insulin related mechanisms to use blood sugar, or glucose, as an energy source.

Azziz and his colleagues recently showed in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that women with PCOS have defects in both mechanisms. In fact, PCOS women who had the most difficulty controlling glucose via insulin were also the ones with the greatest declines in their ability to use non-insulin approaches. More typically, when insulin resistance increases, the body's non-insulin dependent usage increases, apparently to help compensate.

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For polar bears, it's survival of the fattest

Mar. 20, 2013 ? One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world -- and the best studied -- is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on over 10 years' data the study, published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology, sheds new light on how sea ice conditions drive polar bears' annual migration on and off the ice.

Lead by Dr Seth Cherry of the University of Alberta, the team studied polar bears in western Hudson Bay, where sea ice melts completely each summer and typically re-freezes from late November to early December. "This poses an interesting challenge for a species that has evolved as a highly efficient predator of ice-associated seals," he explains. "Because although polar bears are excellent swimmers compared with other bear species, they use the sea ice to travel, hunt, mate and rest."

Polar bears have adapted to the annual loss of sea ice by migrating onto land each summer. While there, they cannot hunt seals and must rely on fat reserves to see them through until the ice returns.

Dr Cherry and colleagues wanted to discover how earlier thawing and later freezing of sea ice affects the bears' migration. "At first glance, sea ice may look like a barren, uniform environment, but in reality, it's remarkably complex and polar bears manage to cope, and even thrive, in a habitat that moves beneath their feet and even disappears for part of the year. This is an extraordinary biological feat and biologist still don't fully understand it," he says.

From 1991-97 and 2004-09, they monitored movements of 109 female polar bears fitted with satellite tracking collars. They tagged only females because males' necks are wider than their heads, so they cannot wear a collar. During the same period, the team also monitored the position and concentration of sea ice using satellite images.

"Defining precisely what aspects of sea ice break-up and freeze-up affect polar bear migration, and when these conditions occur, is a vital part of monitoring how potential climate-induced changes to sea ice freeze-thaw cycles may affect the bears," he says.

The results reveal the timing of polar bears' migration can be predicted by how fast the sea ice melts and freezes, and by when specific sea ice concentrations occur within a given area of Hudson Bay.

According to Dr Cherry: "The data suggest that in recent years, polar bears are arriving on shore earlier in the summer and leaving later in the autumn. These are precisely the kind of changes one would expect to see as a result of a warming climate and may help explain some other studies that are showing declines in body condition and cub production."

Recent estimates put the western Hudson Bay polar bear population at around 900 individuals. The population has declined since the 1990s, as has the bears' body condition and the number of cubs surviving to adulthood.

Because polar bears' main food source is seals, and these are hunted almost exclusively on sea ice, the longer bears spend on land, the longer they must go without energy-rich seals. "Climate-induced changes that cause sea ice to melt earlier, form later, or both, likely affect the overall health of polar bears in the area. Ultimately, for polar bears, it's survival of the fattest," says Dr Cherry.

He hopes the results will enable other scientists and wildlife managers to predict how potential climate-induced changes to sea ice freeze-thaw cycles will affect the ecology, particularly the migration patterns, of this iconic species.

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Family Home and Life: Sugaring

I want to thank Connie for letting me be part of her special grandparenting blog, Family Home and Life. It is a real privilege to ?write in? for her today.

By way of introduction, I?m Judy, a retired Human Resources Executive and Master Gardener. I live across the country from Connie in New Hampshire on a small three-generation family farm, 1840 Farm.?

We have Nigerian Dwarf Goats for milk, Heritage Breed Hens, both standard and bantams for fresh eggs, and one handsome French Angora Rabbit, Herbert Menninger. Fans of Curious George will probably recognize where his name came from.

I started my blog, grandparentsplus2, a year ago as a way of sharing the adventures we have with our two grandchildren, ages seven and twelve. ?Living in New England lends itself to some wonderful travel opportunities and different experiences than you might find in Phoenix.

One of the special winter activities we look forward to as a family is making maple syrup, which dates back to Native American Indians trading their maple syrup and sugar with the early European settlers.

Sugaring season lasts about four to six weeks. During that time, you gather the sap from a maple tree, boil it to evaporate the water, and harvest delicious maple syrup. It takes approximately 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

There are several sugaring practical lessons you can share with your children or grandchildren including the fact that the food you eat comes from somewhere, and you should be interested in that source.?

In addition to where your food originates from, the price of food is directly related to the harvesting process. In the case of pure maple syrup, the cost is higher because of the labor and time involved in going from sap to syrup.

If you are interested in more detailed information about making maple syrup or would like to try it yourself, I wrote a detailed post on the actual steps involved.?

Writing about sugaring is pure fun and blogging has been a whole new experience with benefits I would have never imagined. Who knew there was an entire community of blogging grandmothers coming from all parts of the country with a wide array of interests and skills. I learn something new every time I open my email and read my blogging friends? posts.?

Whether you are interested in baking cookies, crafts, DIY, or making maple syrup, there are currently thirty-seven blogs written by grandmothers listed on Grandparenting.About.Com ? check them out because I?m sure you?ll find some that will pique your interest.
I hope you?ll continue to enjoy Connie and her wonderful family here at Family Home and Life and feel free to stop by and see us at grandparentsplus2, my daughter at 1840 Farm, or my granddaughter at Horse Daydreamer ? you see we?re also three generations of bloggers.



Connie here. That was very interesting! I love learning about the different ways bloggers live; so different from my life! As a grand parent who blogs, I wanted to make sure the grandma bloggers were?represented?this month, so I was delighted when Judy wanted to do a post about her corner of the country. I hope you will take the time to look at all the links she included; her link, daughters, and grand daughters! How fun, 3 generations! Thanks Judy!?

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