Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nicholas Kristof's 'Half The Sky' Releases First Feature On Maternal Mortality (VIDEO)

Every 90 seconds, a woman dies giving birth.

That's the starting point of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's newest series of films, Half the Sky, named after their best-selling book. The series of six films will tackle a whole host of issues -- from sex trafficking to gender-based violence. The first feature takes up the cause of maternal mortality.

The film tells the story of Edna Adan and her maternity hospital in Somaliland, East Africa, where one in 12 women die in childbirth. Adan is working to change those statistics, and hopes to hire 1,000 highly-trained midwives to do so.

"In Africa women are dying of causes that can be prevented," Adan said.

A lower global maternal mortality rate will have far-reaching positive consequences.

"You can save lives. And when mothers are saved, babies are saved. When babies are saved, families are saved. It's saving the pillar of that family: Women."

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Kathie Lee Mistakenly Asks Martin Short About Dead Wife

Kathie Lee Gifford made one of the biggest faux pas ever recorded on television on Wednesday morning. While interviewing comedian Martin Short with co-host Hoda Kotb live on the Today show, Gifford forgot that the Madagascar 3 star's wife had died in 2010.

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Divided By Sin

Divided By Sin

What can you do when the most dangerous gang around wants to take over the city? The Seven Deadly Sins gang won't even let you answer that question.

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Can I reserve the Sloth role? Pretty please ^^

They only matter when they hurt & they only hurt when they matter

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I would absolutely love to play Gluttony! May I please reserve~?

"If one is born in a world that creates insanity, does being normal make them mad? Or is it those who fit in with the society that are the crazy ones? What is normality? What is insanity? If twins are such a rare occurrence in one world, does it make them strange, when they are so common in another? If a man grins all of the time, but others do too, does that make him a freak? There is only one freak, and that is the man that stands alone... Don't you agree?"

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I'm sorry SS! The Sloth role is already taken. >Gluttony. I'm sorry! Dx

@GUN: Yes, you may have Gluttony ^^

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Alright I'll take Greed, that was my second choice ^^

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Hehe, okay ^^ It's yours then!

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Latest Italy quake may be tied to earlier temblor

A magnitude-5.8 earthquake rattled northern Italy Tuesday morning, just nine days after a larger quake struck an area about 11 miles (18 kilometers) away.

Tuesday's quake, which hit at 9 a.m. local time (3 a.m. EDT), is the largest in a series of at least seven earthquakes that have shaken the region since a deadly magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit on May 20, sending piles of debris raining down onto the streets, destroying historic buildings and killing seven people.

Despite its lower magnitude, today's earthquake took a heavier toll on the population. At least 15 people were killed, and several more were trapped in the rubble, according to news reports.

Julie Dutton, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said the higher death toll could be a result of the location of the earthquake, or the time of day that it hit.

"There are so many different factors that it's difficult to pinpoint why there were more deaths in this particular earthquake," she told OurAmazingPlanet.

Tuesday's quake could have been caused by changes in stress along faults in the region ? a change that could have been caused by the earlier, larger earthquake, Dutton said.

"Because it's not exactly in the same area we're not calling it an aftershock, but that doesn't mean (the two earthquakes) are not related," she added.

Both were thrust earthquakes ? quakes caused by the collision of two tectonic plates. Along the sole of Italy's "boot," the African plate is plowing slowly northward and crashing into the Eurasian plate.

Tuesday's earthquake was fairly shallow ? about 10 miles (6 km) deep ? yet that is to be expected for the region, Dutton said, which has a long history of earthquakes.

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The most powerful quake to hit Italy in decades occurred in 2009, in central Italy, near Rome. The magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the medieval city of L'Aquila, killing close to 300 people and causing widespread damage.

More earthquakes could be on the horizon after the latest temblor, Dutton said.

"We can't predict earthquakes, but the possibility is definitely there, so people should be aware," Dutton said.

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Obama's health care aid to small firms disappoints

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, then-Republican Rep. candidate Sam Graves talks to a voter in Kearney, Mo. A health insurance tax credit for small businesses is one part of President Barack Obama?s health care law that gets strong support in opinion polls. But it?s turned out to be a disappointment. It?s time-consuming to apply for, and for many businesses there?s not enough money in it to make it worthwhile. "They completely missed the target on this thing," Rep. Graves said of the tax credit. "I don?t think expanding it is going to make any difference whatsoever." Graves chairs the House Small Business Committee. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, then-Republican Rep. candidate Sam Graves talks to a voter in Kearney, Mo. A health insurance tax credit for small businesses is one part of President Barack Obama?s health care law that gets strong support in opinion polls. But it?s turned out to be a disappointment. It?s time-consuming to apply for, and for many businesses there?s not enough money in it to make it worthwhile. "They completely missed the target on this thing," Rep. Graves said of the tax credit. "I don?t think expanding it is going to make any difference whatsoever." Graves chairs the House Small Business Committee. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, then-Republican Rep. candidate Sam Graves talks to a voter in Kearney, Mo. A health insurance tax credit for small businesses is one part of President Barack Obama?s health care law that gets strong support in opinion polls. But it?s turned out to be a disappointment. It?s time-consuming to apply for, and for many businesses there?s not enough money in it to make it worthwhile. "They completely missed the target on this thing," Rep. Graves said of the tax credit. "I don?t think expanding it is going to make any difference whatsoever." Graves chairs the House Small Business Committee. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Many small businesses struggle to afford health insurance for their workers, but a a new tax credit meant to help them seems to be turning into a disappointment.

Although opinion polls show the credit is one of the most popular ideas in President Barack Obama's health care law, only 170,300 businesses out of a pool of as many as 4 million potentially eligible claimed it in 2010, about 4 percent.

A recent government report found the tax credit time-consuming to apply for and not rewarding enough to be financially attractive.

That's put the Obama administration in the awkward position of asking Congress to help fix the problems by allowing more businesses to qualify and making it simpler to apply. But Republicans who run the House say they want to repeal what they deride as "Obamacare," not fix its flaws.

"They completely missed the target on this thing," Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., said of the tax credit. "I don't think expanding it is going to make any difference whatsoever." Graves chairs the House Small Business Committee.

It doesn't help the administration's plea that the biggest small-business lobbying group is a lead plaintiff asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The National Federation of Independent Business isn't likely to spend much time tinkering with the tax credit or promoting it to members.

Small businesses represent the crumbling edge of the nation's system of employer-based health care. Only about 30 percent of companies with fewer than 10 workers offer health coverage, and they often pay more for insurance than large businesses. The credit, which once had support from lawmakers of both parties, was supposed to help businesses already providing coverage afford the premiums. Maybe it would even entice some to start.

"We agree it is not a panacea for all costs," said John Arensmeyer, founder of Small Business Majority, an advocacy group that supports the health care law and disagrees with the much larger independent business federation. The problem is all the negative publicity around the health care law has discouraged business owners from applying for the credit, he says.

"There has been more heat than light shone on this," Arensmeyer said. "There is no reason why small businesses shouldn't be taking advantage of this credit." About 770,000 workers were covered by the businesses claiming the credit in 2010.

The administration says word is finally getting out, and it expects the number of companies claiming the credit for 2011 to more than double, reaching 360,000 businesses.

A recent report by Congress' nonpartisan Government Accountability Office identified several problems with the program.

To begin with, the GAO said, the tax credit is structured so its biggest benefits go to very small companies paying low wages. About 4 out of 5 such businesses don't offer coverage, and the tax credit is not sufficient to encourage them to start doing so.

"Small employers do not likely view the credit as a big enough incentive to begin offering health insurance," the report said.

The average credit claimed in 2010 was about $2,700, although some companies qualified for much more.

Many small firms did not qualify because they paid fairly decent wages. The GAO report quoted an unidentified tax preparer who explained that "people get excited that they're eligible and then they do the calculations and it's like the bottom just falls out of it and it's not really there." It's almost a bait and switch.

Complexity has been another obstacle. IRS Form 8941, which employers must complete to claim the credit, has 25 lines and seven worksheets, the GAO said. Some tax preparers told the agency it took clients from two to eight hours to pull together supporting information and tax professionals another three to five hours to calculate the credit.

Trying to help, the IRS identified "three simple steps" employers needed to follow, but the GAO found "the three steps become 15 calculations, 11 of which are based on seven worksheets, some of which request multiple columns of information."

Arensmeyer said claiming the credit will be simpler once it becomes standard in tax-preparation software.

If the health care law withstands Supreme Court scrutiny, more employers could start claiming the credit. Even so, time is running short. After 2014, the credit is only available for two years. It may just go down as a missed opportunity, for policymakers and small-business owners alike.

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(This version CORRECTS the final paragraph to delete erroneous 2016 expiry date.)

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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