Shortage of large-animal veterinarians not so bad in Tulare County
The nation is facing a shortage of veterinarians specializing in cows, pigs, goats, sheep and other livestock, and Tulare County practitioners are staying busy because of it.
Too busy, in some cases."We probably see more cases where practitioners [here], over time, start looking for other types of practices because they become worn or tired out," said Terry Lehenbauer, associate director of the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, a medical residency program for veterinary students south of Tulare.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
$35M federal grant to create Mich. jobs
MCC gets aid to train workers
Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington -- Michigan was awarded nearly $35 million Friday to help hospitals and physicians move to electronic medical record keeping, creating hundreds of jobs, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
The Michigan Department of Public Health was awarded $15 million, while the Ann Arbor-based Altarum Institute, a nonprofit health care research and consulting organization, will receive $19.6 million.
The grants will come out of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $787 billion stimulus bill signed last year by President Barack Obama.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Inland foreclosure pressure eases; short sales rise | Real Estate | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Inland foreclosure pressure eases; short sales rise | Real Estate | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
09:28 PM PST on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Although an increasing number of Inland homeowners are behind at least three payments on their on mortgage, a report released late Wednesday shows that for two consecutive months the volume of default notices that trigger the start of the foreclosure process has been declining.
This seeming contradiction most likely is linked to the growing popularity of short sales, whereby lenders allow delinquent borrowers in financial hardship to sell their homes at a price that is less than the mortgage balance, said Daren Blomquist, a spokesman for RealtyTrac, the Irvine publisher of monthly foreclosure data.
In January combined filings for defaults, trustee sales and bank repossessions dropped more than 24 percent in the region that encompasses Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It was led by a nearly 50 percent drop in notices of default. Also, from December to January the amount of all foreclosure-related filings declined almost 13 percent.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Legal Research Skills
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I recently read an interesting article by Sarah Valentine entitled, “Legal Research as a Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat for Students and Law Schools.” It reminded me of several things I believe most of us know, but fail to implement when conducting research.
Go Beyond Case Law –
Why do we immediately start our research in case law? Many secondary sources including treatises and journal articles provide a wider discussion of an issue. These resources often explore nuances that a decision can not. Plus, key cases are often identified and analyzed.
Go Online with Open Eyes –
Throwing search terms in a general search engine such as Google may or may not completely cover a topic. When using the Internet, take advantage of focused websites (e.g. Cornell’s
LLI, SSRN, or the State Bar of Wisconsin). To help eliminate irrelevant documents use the “advanced search” option (e.g. limit domain to .gov or limit results to .pdf documents). Read more
Legal Research Skills
I recently read an interesting article by Sarah Valentine entitled, “Legal Research as a Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat for Students and Law Schools.” It reminded me of several things I believe most of us know, but fail to implement when conducting research.
Go Beyond Case Law –
Why do we immediately start our research in case law? Many secondary sources including treatises and journal articles provide a wider discussion of an issue. These resources often explore nuances that a decision can not. Plus, key cases are often identified and analyzed.
Go Online with Open Eyes –
Throwing search terms in a general search engine such as Google may or may not completely cover a topic. When using the Internet, take advantage of focused websites (e.g. Cornell’s
LLI, SSRN, or the State Bar of Wisconsin). To help eliminate irrelevant documents use the “advanced search” option (e.g. limit domain to .gov or limit results to .pdf documents). Read more
Barton bought stake in gas wells from lobbyist
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton has earned nearly $100,000 from an interest in natural gas wells purchased from a campaign donor who advised the congressman on energy policy, according to interviews and records.
The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday that land records show the Republican from Arlington bought his interest from Walter G. Mize, a Cleburne businessman who donated more than $30,000 to Barton's campaigns.
Barton said at a hearing last month of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that he was "a small, small partner in a natural gas well in Johnson County in the Barnett Shale." He later told a reporter that he couldn't remember exactly how he obtained the interest.
Mize, who died in 2008, had urged Barton to create a federal oil and gas research program that was included in a 2005 energy law Barton wrote when he chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Mize doesn't appear to have ever directly benefited from the program's funding. Read more
The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday that land records show the Republican from Arlington bought his interest from Walter G. Mize, a Cleburne businessman who donated more than $30,000 to Barton's campaigns.
Barton said at a hearing last month of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that he was "a small, small partner in a natural gas well in Johnson County in the Barnett Shale." He later told a reporter that he couldn't remember exactly how he obtained the interest.
Mize, who died in 2008, had urged Barton to create a federal oil and gas research program that was included in a 2005 energy law Barton wrote when he chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Mize doesn't appear to have ever directly benefited from the program's funding. Read more
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