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Purdue women beat Liberty 77-43 in NCAA 1st round

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Sam Ostarello heard all the talk for the past week about how the Liberty Lady Flames rebound better than anyone in the country. Then the Purdue senior went out and showed she's pretty good at hitting the boards herself.

Ostarello scored 10 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as fourth-seeded Purdue routed Liberty 77-43 Sunday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

''I wanted her to wear a Liberty jersey yesterday, so she just sort of proved me right,'' Liberty coach Carey Green said.

The Boilermakers (25-8) improved to 19-1 in the first round with their 16th straight victory to open the tournament. They will play No. 5 seed Louisville, a 74-49 winner over 12th-seeded Middle Tennessee, in the second round Tuesday night in the Oklahoma City Regional.

No. 13-seeded Liberty (27-7) hadn't played a Big Ten team since 2005 when the Lady Flames beat Penn State for their first NCAA tournament win. Liberty had the nation's best rebounding margin with a 17.5 edge per game, but couldn't beat Purdue on the boards in ending a 14-game winning streak.

Courtney Moses scored 21 points, going 5 of 8 from 3-point range for Purdue. KK Houser added 15 points. Ostarello came in leading the Big Ten with 9.9 rebounds per game and set the tone as Purdue had a 40-38 edge on the boards.

''I was just really focused on that assignment,'' Ostarello said. ''They're the top rebounding team in the nation by margin, and they get a lot of their points on second-chance opportunities, which is my defensive rebounds. So I just needed to go in there and every board was going to be mine. And if not, my teammates were going to clean it up.''

Devon Brown led Liberty with 21 points.

Purdue was up 33-17 at halftime and by 35 late in the game as the Boilermakers won their fifth straight. They had this game so in control that 12 Boilermakers played. Purdue's reserves outscored Liberty 28-8.

''Our defense was the key to set the tone for us to be able to get up and down and run,'' Purdue coach Sharon Versyp said. ''And for us to be able to have our bench come in and score 28 points I think was very big for us.''

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Editorial: GOP should embrace its inner libertarian

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Speaking to the Sacramento Press Club this month, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R- Bakersfield, opined that "[t]he Republican Party should embrace a little bit of our libertarianism." If the GOP intends an ascent from the doldrums of powerlessness in California and great electoral victories elsewhere, Republicans should heed the congressman.

In fact, had Republicans taken such advice during last year's presidential election, the Grand Old Party may have elected a few more Republicans to the Senate. In Montana, for example, Republican Danny Rehberg lost by just more than 18,000 votes, while a Libertarian Party candidate won nearly 32,000 votes. Had Republicans corralled some of those libertarian votes, the outcome would have been different.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), right, jokes with House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House Republican leaders address the media after a party conference on March 19, in Washington, D.C.

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To do this, the Republicans must hold the line on economic issues by rejecting bailouts, subsidies, crony capitalism and corporate welfare, but must also change their tone on immigration reform and personal-freedom issues like gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

Yet when pressed on gay marriage and marijuana legalization at the Press Club event, Mr. McCarthy dulled his libertarian luster, citing his support for what he termed traditional marriage and concerns with illegal marijuana farming in his district. While we disagree with his positions, to his credit, the way in which he discussed the issues was respectful.

Even so, there is ample justification for Republicans to embrace principled stances on these issues within party doctrine. In fact, modifications on such positions only strengthen the GOP narrative that it is the party of liberty. A party that prides itself on promoting individual freedom and personal responsibility doesn't need to employ government to define marriage or deny personal consumption.

While California voters passed 2008's Proposition 8 defining marriage as one-man, one-woman, and voted down 2010's Prop. 19 legalizing marijuana, Field polls last month showed 61 percent of Californians support gay marriage and 54 percent favor the outright legalization of marijuana. The debate on these issues is far from over but, as new generations of Americans come of age, it is more likely that public opinion will continue to shift in favor of ending government prohibition on gay marriage and marijuana.

On principle, Republicans ought to focus on being advocates for liberty both economic and social and common-sense policy reform, over policing against moral turpitude. Mr. McCarthy was right in his instincts about a libertarian shift, but the party has to actually embrace some libertarian philosophy if it wants to move forward.

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Register for the 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas

Registration is now open for the ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas to be hosted in Suva, Fiji at the end of the year. This conference is the premier event for nature conservation and protected areas work in the Pacific region, the outcomes of which will shape the direction of this work for the next 5 years.

This major conference is an ideal opportunity to showcase the successes, best practices and lessons learnt from all member countries and territories in our efforts to preserve our unique environment and Pacific way of life from the growing threats of environmental and social change, including the impacts of climate change, said Mr. David Sheppard, the Director General at SPREP.

The very first Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas took place in New Zealand in 1975. Since then the event has been held every 4 5 years throughout the region, growing in participation each time.

This year the conference theme is Natural Solutions: Building Resilience for a Changing Pacific, highlighting the role of ecosystem services and natural resources to help adapt to the impacts of climate change.

One of the key objectives of this conference is to promote ecosystem based initiatives for climate change adaptation in the Pacific and to identify how such initiatives can be strengthened and more effectively applied as adaptation solutions to climate change impacts, Said Mr. Sheppard.

There will be many opportunities for interested partners and stakeholders to be a part of this conference. These will be announced in due course by the partners coordinating the event - the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Government of Fiji, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation (PIRT) and others.

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The 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas will be held at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji from 2 to 6 December, 2013. For registration please visit: http://www.sprep.org/pacificnatureconference

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Shetland Islands to Host Convention on Scotland’s Independence Referendum

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Leaders from Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles are set to meet later today to discuss Scottish Independence.

The Convention of the Highlands and Islands will be held in Lerwick in Shetland and will discuss plans for a split from the UK government.

On 18 September next year, people in Scotland will vote on whether to become an independent country. The agreement for the referendum was signed by Scotland's Alex Salmond and David Cameron in October last year.

If the nation votes yes, it has been suggested that Scotland could become independent by 2016.

Speaking about the convention, Shetland Islands Council Convener Malcolm Bell says: "As part of Monday's meeting of the Convention of the Highlands and Islands in Shetland, representatives from Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles councils will discuss the various constitutional options presented by the referendum on independence.

"The referendum will create opportunities and challenges for all Scotland's island communities, no matter what the outcome. It's this Council's responsibility to make sure that Shetland's views are represented, and the best results achieved for the isles.

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"It is right and proper for the three island groups to be in close discussions with each other, and to speak with one voice when appropriate. However, it's equally important that we pursue the best outcome at a local level.

"It would not be in Shetland's interests to be subsumed into a larger local authority controlled from the mainland. We are unique both culturally and geographically and our interests will be best served by local people taking local decisions at a local level."

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Iowa’s river islands need a little pruning

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An employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses a chain saw to cut down a leaner on pool 9 of the Mississippi River on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Managers of the Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge are cutting trees that are destined to be uprooted by the wind in hopes their stumps and root systems will keep islands from eroding. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)

Cutting trees to save forests may seem paradoxical, but biologists are doing just that on islands in the Upper Mississippi River.

By cutting trees on the edges of islands, we hope to save the islands themselves and all the other trees growing on them, said Rich King, manager of the McGregor District of the Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

The trees targeted for cutting, King explained, are leaners that were eventually going to topple into the river anyway.

Were spending millions (through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Management Program) to build new islands, and it only makes sense to do what we can to protect the ones we already have, said Mike Griffin, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources biologist who introduced the concept to refuge personnel.

Mike has been talking about it for years. It is a practical and inexpensive way to protect a valuable resource, said Clyde Male, assistant manager of the refuges McGregor District, which covers Mississippi River pools 9, 10 and 11, stretching from Genoa, Wis., to Dubuque.

Griffin said wave action has been eroding refuge islands for decades. The standard response, armoring shorelines with big rocks, is extremely expensive and in many cases cost-prohibitive, he said.

The trees on the edges of islands, mostly silver maple and cottonwood, have shallow root systems limited by the high water table in the rivers backwaters.

With their disproportionately small root systems, they are top-heavy and especially vulnerable to strong winds when they are fully leafed out, said Griffin.

Its just a matter of time before the leaners are uprooted, he said.

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Islands seek new powers after 2014

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In anticipation of the Scottish Parliament getting more powers even if the country votes no to inde- pendence, council leaders in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland are looking to enhance their decision- making capacity.

Leaders have been examining similar authorities on the Isle of Man and the Faroe Islands and are preparing a "menu of interests" to present to both the pro-independence and pro-union campaigns to establish which offers greater control of their own island affairs and resources.

This document should be ready in the early summer.

The three Independent-controlled councils will discuss their plans at the Convention of the Highlands and Islands in Lerwick today.

Angus Campbell, leader of the Western Isles Council, said the local authority had long campaigned for the control of the sea bed to be devolved to a local level.

He said: "We would like to see which camp would help us solve that problem."

However, he said one of the first demands would be that the three island authorities remain intact.

Shetland Islands Council convener Malcolm Bell said: "We are unique both culturally and geographically and our interests will be best served by local people taking local decisions at a local level."

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Changes could help Fla. improve rural health care

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McClusky, North Dakota: population 380. "We count all the dogs and cats," said Sarah Baker, the only health care professional for miles around.

Baker is the lone nurse practitioner at the Northland Community Health Center, and she makes the daily hour-long drive back and forth between her home in Bismarck and McClusky so the residents of McClusky don't have to make that journey every time they need medical care.

"We have 96-year-olds who are still living on their farms, and they can't drive their cars to Bismarck in the winter," Baker said. She added, "They've had two or three different practitioners that come and go. I've been here five years, and it's really made a difference in the trust level in the community."

Baker is a member of the National Health Service Program, which offers support to health care professionals in remote or underserved communities. The NHSP's Loan Repayment Program that Baker is part of helps pay off students' loans if they work in these communities. Programs like this are filling in the hole of health care in many remote areas throughout the country.

Baker's salary is not great, she said. "I don't think there's a physician in North Dakota who would work in my practice for what I make. But it's the best job I've ever had."

And, she's flying solo. North Dakota nurse practitioners two years ago successfully pushed to appeal a law requiring the presence of a collaborating physician in a licensed health care clinic.

That opened the door to health care services in areas where people might otherwise slip through the cracks, she said.

In Florida, the regulations are more stringent. According to the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners' website, Florida requires nurse practitioners to follow strict supervisory protocols. It is also one of only two states that restricts their ability to obtain a drug enforcement administration license to prescribe certain drugs.

Many experts believe lifting some of the restrictions would help amend a shortage of health care in rural areas and as a result help detect cancer earlier.

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Putting health care law into practice

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Welcome to the eye of the Obamacare storm. This year represents a deceptively calm interlude after the partisan war whoops of repeal and replace, and before 2014, when millions of Americans are supposed to get covered under the health care law. Its a year of nuts and bolts, trying to get many complicated moving parts in place for a policy that large swaths of the country still oppose.

LOOKING BACK

The year began with a reinvigorated and reinaugurated President Barack Obama outlining his agenda, and if he is talking more about immigration than insurance, it doesnt mean his administration isnt forging ahead with implementation of his signature domestic achievement: the Affordable Care Act.

Bruised but intact after last years uncertainty over the Supreme Court and the election, the health law is firmly moving ahead. Its largely out of Congresss hands now although federal agencies are plenty busy finalizing the rules. But many of the biggest decisions affecting the future of Obamacare are being made by the states.

States in the past few months have had to decide whether to join the White House in running health insurance exchanges. Only about half are on board, and they are largely states with Democratic governors. States have more time to figure out whether the Medicaid expansion is right for them but a growing list is saying yes, including some big-name conservative governors like Ohios John Kasich, Floridas Rick Scott and New Jerseys Chris Christie. That is if their legislatures go along.

But the onset of Obamacare isnt the only health story of 2013. After Newtown, Conn., mental health has emerged on the public agenda, invigorating advocates who have long felt ignored.

Obama has proposed shoring up the nations mental health workforce, funding more intervention for at-risk children, and expediting stalled regulations governing mental health laws already on the books.

Finally, with the fiscal cliff in the rearview, the future of Medicare was put on hold when lawmakers stalled on a grand or even not-so-grand bargain.

LOOKING FORWARD

The White House is laser-focused on ensuring the most sweeping elements of the Affordable Care Act get whirring without a hitch on Jan. 1, 2014.

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