text: Thursday, May 01, 2014 Proposed CMS Rules for Hospitals Would Cut Payments, Institute Function and Mobility Measures A $241 million reduction in payments to acute-care hospitals and a slight payment increase (.8%) for long-term-care hospitals (LTCH) are among the proposed Medicare payment and policy changes for hospitals issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The proposed rule (.pdf) would also institute functional status quality measures around mobility and function for LTCHs. If finalized, the policies will be effective October 1, 2014. The $241 million reduction would affect roughly 3,400 hospitals nationwide, while the .8% increase to LTCHs would affect 435 facilities and amount to an increase of $44 million. Additionally, hospitals that successfully participate in Medicare's quality reporting system and meet the criteria for meaningful use of health information technology will receive a 1.3% payment increase. In an acknowledgment of the benefits of early mobilization and rehabilitation, the policies also establish 2 functional status quality measures for LTCHs. One of the measures is focused on increasing the percentage of LTCH patients with admission and discharge functional assessments and care plans that addresses function; the second measure is centered on change in mobility among LTCH patients who require ventilator support. Both measures would be implemented in 2018. Also included in the proposed rule is a call for suggestions from providers on ways Medicare might handle reimbursement for short hospital stays. The request for input is being made in response to objections from health care providers on the "2 midnight" rule that CMS has yet to fully enforce. Last month, the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced that it was filing a lawsuit to strike down that rule. APTA will submit comments on the proposed rule by the June 30 deadline. The final rule will be released by August 1. Comments It truly was frightening to learn about the "2-midnight" rule, implying that very sick patients may have to foot the bill if Medicare does not pay for "observation" that really should have been an actual admission. I hope the rule is struck down. Posted by Ellen Colley on 5/3/2014 1:49 PM

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The weather is cold here at the Children's Museum so we're warming up at Young at Art! Last week children and families were engaged with a mitten art project. The focus of the project was creating fun patterns to decorate their mittens with. This may just look like a fun art project, but it is also assisting kids in learning some very important skills. By tracing their hands and using scissors to cut out the mitten shape, children are improving their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Fine motor movements involve the coordination of small muscles in the hands and fingers. Whether you're cutting, writing, or eating with utensils, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination are essential to everyday life.
Aside from fine motor skills, this art project helps children learn and predict patterns, so math is often regarded as the "science of patterns". Learning patterns can be a great preparation for learning the basics of mathematics. Counting from one to ten or multiplying numbers by zero are both examples of patterns that may be looked over. Patterns help us figure out the answer to the question "What's next?" Understanding patterns may not make us able to predict the future, but it can help us to better understand the world around us!


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Fill in the blank with the appropriate answer.
When installing outdoor luminaires, you must place the fixtures below all energized conductors, transformers, or other electric utilization equipment, unless _________ .
A. Clearances or other safeguards are provided for re-lamping operations
B. Equipment is controlled by a disconnecting means that can be locked in the open position
C. Either A and B
D. Both A or B
Answer: C
As per Section 225.25 of the 2011 NEC, you must meet one of the requirements noted above (i.e., either A or B). The intent of this rule is to make it safe for someone to re-lamp the outdoor luminaire.
Owen is the owner and president of National Code Seminars and the holder of master electrician certifications in 46 states. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Last week cook and gardener flew off to Australia's capital city – Canberra – to visit CSIRO's Dr Richard Stirzaker. Richard's life's work has been to learn to understand water and its use in growing food. He wrote a book on the lessons learnt called Out of a Scientist's Garden, available from CSIRO publishing.
What we have in common is our backyard gardens - the well-springs of our interest in irrigated agriculture. Together we've been messing about for years trying to build better and cheaper sensors to allow folk to water gardens and vast acreages more efficiently – to get more food per litre of water. In our most recent efforts, we've worked to come up with some 'appropriate technology' for subsistence farmers in Africa and irrigators in Bangladesh.
So we did all that we had to do in Canberra talking to the folk who have funded this work, but the real highlight of our two days was the much-anticipated tour of Richard's garden – so different from my own. Some of these differences are driven by the colder Canberra climate and the shorter growing season. For example, Richard needs to raise seedlings in a glasshouse during the cold months of late winter and early spring.
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07 Jan Keto science research
Keto diet is getting popularity day by day. This has resulted Universal development of interest among people regarding this kind of diet. throughout the globe have also researched on this diet plan and they have found it to be very effective.
Ketosis work very effectively. The concept of keto science is quite clear and dividend and hence it gives positive results in most of the cases. Our body mainly uses carbohydrates as the main source of energy. These carbohydrates or carbs, as they are popularly known as, are broken down in the body to give us energy.
Under keto diet plan, a diet is prepared that has abundance of fats and almost no quantity of Carbohydrates. As the body starts consuming more fats and less amount of Carbohydrates, it gradually starts finding more fat than carbohydrates and hence it starts to use fat as a mode of energy. For this purpose it has to break down and burn fat instead of carbohydrates. This process gradually increases the burning of fat inside the body, which results in losing weight and extra fats in the body.
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Supervision NEVER RELY ON FLOATING DEVICES OR SWIM LESSONS TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD. SUPERVISION IS THE KEY. NEVER leave small children unattended around ANY body of water – no matter how shallow. Be aware that standing water left in buckets, wading pools, bathtubs, toilets, etc. can be dangerous to toddlers. Empty buckets or other containers…… Continue reading Layers of Protection
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Mermaid tails and mermaid fins have become controversial water toys that are targeted at children but may be utilized by adults as a form of abdominal swimming exercise. Many countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the U.K. are beginning to ban the use of mermaid fins and mermaid tails in public pools. Safety…… Continue reading The Truth Behind Mermaid (monofins) Fins and Mermaid Tails
The American Red Cross defines hypothermia as "the cooling of the body caused by the failure of the body's warming system." (1) Hypothermia can lead to death, if untreated! While everyone is at risk of hypothermia, some individuals are more susceptible: (2) The elderly. Children. Individuals with lower body fat. Males because their bodies generally…… Continue reading Hypothermia


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25 Creative Ways To Use That Can of Pumpkin Purée
Photo By Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling By Anna Stockwell
1. Stir It Into Oatmeal
Skip the dubious latte—stirring a few spoonfuls of purée into a warm bowl of oatmeal is a better way to get a pumpkin fix in the morning.
2. Make A Creamy Dessert
Your choices: panna cotta, creme brûlée, flan, or rice pudding.
3. Stir It Into Applesauce
Suddenly you'll have...pumpkin applesauce!
4. Make Compound Butter
Mix a little into softened butter along with a bit of brown sugar and some warm spices (cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon). Spread on warm biscuits, or, whatever, just lick it off a spoon.
5. Make Soup
Blend it into just about any creamy vegetable soup for an added layer of fall.
6. Or Add It To Chili
Toss in the whole can for a sweet, earthy undertone.
7. Use As A Ravioli Filling
It's not fall until you've eaten pumpkin pasta.
8. Spread It On Your Bagel
A slathering of pumpkin purée with maple syrup will, no lie, make you forget about cream cheese.
9. Add It To Doughnut Batter
Every Sunday morning in fall should start with pumpkin doughnuts.
10. Get Baking
Pie, muffins, quick bread, cheesecake, whoopie pies, scones, cake, blondies, dinner rolls. WHAT NOW.
11. Make Milkshakes
A big scoop of puree + vanilla ice cream + milk + a pinch of cinnamon = the best milkshake you've never had (until now).
12. Or Ice Cream
Feeling a little more adventurous? Pull out the ice cream machine and get churning.
13. Turn It Into A Pasta Sauce
Mix it with equal parts ricotta. Season with salt and pepper. Toss with pasta.
14. Mash It Into Your Mashed Potatoes
A pumpkin mash is a sweeter mash.
15. Make Pancakes Or Waffles
Fact: orange-hued and fall-spiced pancakes and waffles are better than regular ones.
16. Add It To Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls are great as is...but spreading a thin layer of purée on the dough before you roll it up doesn't hurt.
17. Make Smoothies
Essentially the healthy version of a pumpkin milkshake.
18. Stir It Into Your Next Curry
Not only does it add color and flavor to your curry, it helps thicken it.
19. Add It To Macaroni And Cheese
A few spoonfuls adds fiber, which makes the mac...healthy?
20. Use It As A Lasagna Filling
Swap out the butternut squash purée for canned pumpkin in this recipe.
21. Top Shepherd's Pie
Move over mashed potatoes—pumpkin purée seasoned with salt and pepper is moving in on this shepherd's pie.
22. Add It To Bread Pudding
Make it like this and you'll never go back.
23. Make Tiramisu
Whipped together with heavy cream, mascarpone, sugar, and spices, it forms a superior (and seasonal) tiramisu base.
24. Add It To A Soufflés
Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and served with bourbon molasses sauce, these babies will be the life of the party.
25. Fudge!
Seems hard to make. Totally isn't.
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YES! The BIG BAD WOLF is back and this time around they are having a book sale for 10 days straight without any break. 230 Hours okay!
You can shop until you drop.
I've decided to visit them on the very first day right after work. Went up to KL just for the sake of this book fiesta. Got stuck in jam for more than 4 hours and finally arrived there around 11pm+
Mind you. My bus to KL was at 6pm alright. Took me more than 5 hours just to set my foot at the MIECC.
The moment I reached there I went gugugaga :)
Although it was almost midnight but the crowd was crazy!
Here's some pictures taken by mademoiselle.
Didn't buy anything on the first day.
Was too tired due to all the travelling. So I've decided to scout for books the following day.
Our lunch.
Place for you to makan :)
Spent couple of hours in BBW and we bought quite a number of books.
Unfortunately I was quite disappointed because most of the novels are not up to my liking.
Lunch at Nandos.
Went to watch Homefront after lunch just to have a break from the BBW madness.
Tea time at Sweet Chat
And we continued shopping for books again right after having our tea break.
And here's the amount of books we bought for Day 2.
Buat muka kesian minta le boyfriend to buy me Skin Food christmas pack products.
1. Body Gel
2. Wrinkle Neck Cream
3. Lotion
All of the above were made out of Grape Seed Oil.
At the hotel's lobby - The Mines
Breakfast at Toast Box with a Venice-look-alike-view. hahaha!
It feels so good when someone is doing all the dirty job (breaking the half boiled eggs) for you. *loves*
We managed to grab a couple of books on Day 3 before heading off to Midvalley.
Had a great trip and the purchase was a very good deal.
Can't wait for BBW to come down Melaka. I am so gonna shop again!
Lunch at T.G.I.F - Grilled Lamb
Christmas Deco in Midvalley.
The boyfie accompanied me to TBS. Till we meet again *sobs*
Dunkin Donuts weee!
On the other hand a non-related topic. My complete set of Hello Kitty collection from McD.


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IronLev - successful first full scale test/
On February 7th, the first full-scale prototype of IronLev has been presented in Spresiano, Treviso (near Venice, in Italy's northeastern region).
During this special presentation for the press, it was possible to touch firsthand the future of rail transportation: a wagon loaded with a 2 ton-car was moved with a simple light hand pressure, using the same force needed to lift a small backpack.
"Magnetic levitation is a technology that has been studied for over 50 years" – states IronLev's President and co-founder, Adriano Girotto – "and many companies have been unsuccessfully trying to apply it to the public transportation sector, failing due to the enormous setup and maintenance costs of the lines. IronLev solves this key problem, reducing the energy and infrastructural costs and allowing us to reuse and revamp the over 1,5 million kilometers of existing railways, all around the world".
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Reviving Cultural Spaces Through Design: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam Transformation
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam is a municipal museum for modern art and owns a fine collection of works by artists such as Karel Appel, Lucebert, Constant and Corneille. MVRDV recently transformed this impressive museum in The Netherlands into an appealing space for displaying art as well as for relaxation. The focal point of the project is a neoclassical Giudici chapel, which until recently stood neglected. The transformation unites all the demanded programme in a series of large book shelves, which contain the reception desk, wardrobe, the museum store, the cafe counter and various spaces for displaying art.
Nathalie de Vries stated on behalf of MVRDV: "With one clear and monumental gesture, we have combined many functions whilst at the same time keeping the space as open and usable as possible. The design is respectful towards the impressive and grandiose yet at the same time austere chapel, whilst adding qualities the space lacked, providing new functions." As the chapel is a listed monument, the transformation could not change the existing structure; according to the architects, the shelf is constructed in MDF and respectfully meanders around the historical elements such as windows and columns. Perforations in the backs of the shelves avoid problems with humidity. The higher shelves play an acoustic role whilst others highlight products by using built in LED armatures. [Photography: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee]


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We offer opportunities for professional and personal growth such as; improve your clinical, communication and teaching skills, stay current and up to date as a health care professional and researcher, improve your evaluating skills, serve as a role model for your expertise and professionalism, and experience the personal satisfaction of giving back to the health care community. You will also receive hours of verification at the end of each semester, for ANCC Recertification, which you can forward to your employer to be considered for promotion or advancement in your workplace.
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- Vayl ikh bin a yidale ♫
- Vinter 1942--Geto Łódź ♫
- Łódź
Lódz Ghetto 1944
Lyrics: Miraim Haerl
Melody: Polish folksong
Za kolczastym, silnym drutem,
Za kolczastym, silnym druten
Lódzkie getto, lódzkie getto, jest zakute.
Naokolo Niemcy wszedzie
Stad uciekac, stad uciekac nikt nie bedzie.
W getcie dziela zupy garnek,
I do tego sacharyny kilka ziarnek.
Moze dadza rzodkiew zgnila,
By sie w getcie, by sie w getcie jakos zylo.
Wczoraj odszedl transport duzy,
Nic dobrego, nic dobrego to nie wrózy.
Za drutami, za drutami
Wszyscy bedziem, wszyscy bedziem pochowani.
English Translation
Łódź Ghetto 1944
Lyrics: Miriam Harel
Melody: Polish folksong
Behind a strong barbed wire fence,
Łódź ghetto, Łódź Ghetto is sealed.
Surrounded by Germans everywhere,
Nobody can escape from here.
In the ghetto they portion out a pot of soup,
In addition, some crumbs of saccharine.
Maybe they will give us rotten radishes,
So in the ghetto, in the ghetto, we shall somehow live.
Yesterday, a big transport was sent,
It brings nothing good, nothing good.
Father went, mother went,
I stayed behind alone, I will remain alone, until the end.
Behind a barbed wire fence
We shall all be buried.
The lyrics of this song were written by Miriam Harel toward the end of her ghetto period in late 1944. It is based on a Polish folksong, 'Za górami, za lasami' (Behind the mountains and the trees).
Miriam expresses her despair in this song. She learned the original Polish song before the war from the family's housekeeper. It tells of a girl who goes dancing with some soldiers. Her parents show up at the dance and ask her to come home. The girl tells them: 'I do not want to go home. I want to dance with the soldiers.' The juxtaposition of the new lyrics with a tune that evokes more innocent, pre-war times, contributes to the sense of loss.
In 1944, Miriam felt the need to express the destiny of the Jewish people in the ghetto. She wrote about their lives as prisoners, lacking freedom, food, and hope, everything but the primitive instinct to survive. She wrote this song after her best friend was taken away in a transport. Things were growing worse in the ghetto and the few songs which survive from this time of slave labour, starvation and despair clearly reflect this.


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The Star - Musings - Let's not compare apples with durians (17 November 2016)
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Let's not compare apples with durians
Those who equate the anti-Trump protests with local protests against our Government are ignoring some key differences.
WELL that was a shocker, wasn't it? The Unthinkable won against the Unpalatable! Who would have thought!
It turns out that if some people had actually thought properly, they would have seen it coming. They would have seen the despair in parts of the country where people have felt left behind and left out. They might not have so easily dismissed all the bad behaviour and attitudes, to see that what actually fuelled them was fear (racism and misogyny also comes from fear). They might have not taken him literally but more seriously, as the voters did.
But there you have it, the most unthinkable President of the United States ever, a former bankrupt, reality TV show star and self-confessed groper. Someone that all of us have to live with for at least the next four years.
The ever-opportunistic social media propagandists in our midst spared no time in trying to equate the anti-Trump protests with our local protests against our own Government. They ignored a few things.
The losing candidate herself has not disputed the results, affirming the credibility of the US election system, despite winning the popular vote. And since the US still is a democracy, it is the right of its citizens to protest against their new President-elect. They are not necessarily disputing the election results and saying that the election is rigged, just that they don't like the new President.
That is what is known as freedom of speech and expression, and is well established as the First Amendment in the US Constitution, which says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
On the other hand, some of us have doubts about our election system, especially with the recent proposed redelineation exercise. And despite Article 10 in our Federal Constitution which grants us freedom of speech, the freedom to assemble peaceably and the right to form associations, these rights are restricted by other clauses and laws.
So to compare the anti-Trump protests with our local protests is comparing apples with durians. Even Republican politicians there, despite now having a very strong government, are not complaining about these protests. Whereas ours, who are perhaps not feeling as secure as the Republicans, whine at every single contradictory opinion.
But this much is true; minorities in the US are not going to have a good time with a Trump administration. Already there are reports of hate speech and actions against Muslims, African-Americans and gays, indeed anyone who is not white and heterosexual.
Much like post-Brexit, the election of Trump seems to have given licence to all those who have resented being "politically correct" all these years to let it all out. It's not pretty.
It is particularly not pretty to see the lack of sympathy of some of those who are a minority in our nation for those very vulnerable minorities in the US. Apparently human rights is not as universal as one might think.
In the US, minority groups have realised that they have to stand in solidarity with one other – whether religious, social, racial or gender minorities – in order to protect the human rights of all. They have understood that the US Constitution protects everyone, not just some people. This is something which we Malaysians have yet to understand. It is hypocritical to insist on our own human rights while ignoring the fact that others have rights too.
Perhaps one thing that is similar between the American electorate and the Malaysian one is our propensity to believe fantastic stories, especially if they confirm our own biases. Many fake news sites, mostly originating in Eastern Europe, have been publishing news stories which sound true but are in fact not. But many people have spread these news stories, mostly because they sound like something they want to believe. These types of things can make a difference in elections, if people believe them.
The encouraging news is that, according to a Reuters survey, most Malaysians do not believe the news, especially in the mainstream media. But that doesn't mean they won't believe news from other sites without checking whether it is true or not. We have a tendency to take these stories both literally and seriously, although a sceptic would have easily punched holes in them. And we are very prone to reacting to certain trigger words, without really knowing why.
The new Trump world has up-ended everything Americans have ever thought they knew. They should consult us on how to deal with it, since we've been trumped for a while now.
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This world
Cut the globe in half what you are left with
will look like that slip of moon out my window.
where are you?
My small typed words &
your instant reply:
a picture of the cobblestone
square you are standing in.
Morning foot traffic moves past &
we both stare for a while.
This world is unintelligible to me.
In your daylight I can forget my moon but still
it tugs my heart – where are you? – in rhythmic strokes:
hoe, hoe, hoea rā. I can almost taste the salt.
Relative proportions
I know we've escaped because
there are more stars in this place
so I tell you all about light years:
how when I first heard about them
I was small and I felt smaller
and I've grown a little taller since then
but not as much as I like to pretend
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A beautiful French beef stew with multiple levels of flavor and depth. A French classic made easy. Boeuf Bourguignon.
I was pretty young the first time I made this French beef stew, also known as Beouf Bourguignon. The prep took a long time, there were many steps. The stewing took 2 hours on top of that. That dish was AMAZING but it took a sink full of dishes to make. After all of that work, I still had work to do.
After about 10 years, the memory hadn't faded on how much work was involved but I became determined to simplify this traditional dish without sacrificing the integrity of the dish or the flavor. I dove in to cookbooks and simplified some steps. I cooked this many times, re-writing the recipe along the way. My first recipe came out of a home economics cookbook and is nothing like my stew today. It tastes the same, maybe even better since there aren't hardly any dishes to do in the end. Easy!
Julia Child once said "As is the case with most famous dishes, there are more ways than one to arrive at a good Boeuf Bourguignon".
I am really excited about French cooking. I have been a 'new' cook for about 27 years now. Until now, I have just dabbled with recipes with mixed success rates. I haven't really had enough skill to trouble shoot problems along the way. This may be misguided but I feel like if I can learn to cook classic French cuisine, I can call myself an 'intermediate' cook. Is that crazy? How long have you been cooking and how would you describe your abilities?
This stew builds layers of flavor in one pot. I use a large 'set aside' bowl to capture the layers off the heat while still working in the pot. This really saved me a lot of dishes. I also use baby carrots and already sliced mushrooms for ease. Die hard mushroom fans can get them whole and slice your own. I like pearl onions, but you do have to peel them. You could use frozen, diced onions to simplify further without sacrificing flavor, in my opinion.
Most of the ingredients are cooked one at a time in the pot, then dumped in the bowl. Finally, it all comes together in the end with everything dumped back in the pot and the remaining ingredients added.
Let us know if you have any tips on this fabulous stew, we want to learn!
Bon Appetit as Julia would say.
Easy Boeuf Bourguignon
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Total Time: 50 min
- Yield: 8 Bowls 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Simmer, Saute
- Cuisine: French
An easy version of a French classic. A beautiful beef stew with many layers of depth and flavor.
6 slices of smoked bacon
1.5 cups baby carrots
18 small white onions, peeled
8 oz of your favorite mushrooms, sliced
2.5 lb cubed beef
4 Tbs vegetable oil
4 Tbs flour
4 cups beef stock or bouillon
2 cups of red wine
3 Tbs tomato paste
3 cloves garlic minced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp dried thyme or a few sprigs of fresh
salt and pepper to taste
- In a large dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until cooked through, chop and set aside in a large bowl. Don't drain the bacon fat and add the carrots and onions, cook until charred, set aside in bowl.
- Add mushrooms and cook until soft, set aside in bowl.
- Raise heat to high and add beef to pot and sear two sides, set aside in bowl.
- Reduce heat to medium low.
- Add oil and flour to pot, stir constantly, cook flour until it smells nutty or turns golden brown.
- Add 1 cup of beef stock, stir and reduce to half.
- Add wine and rest of stock.
- Add tomato paste, garlic, bay leaf, thyme.
- Add the contents of the 'set aside' bowl.
- Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, stirring occasionally and cook for 2 hours covered, check for seasoning while cooking.
- Serving Size: 1 Bowl
- Calories: 438
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 593 mg
- Fat: 19 mg
- Saturated Fat: 3 mg
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 mg
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 38 g
- Cholesterol: 11 mg
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After this, there will be no mention of 'cock' as in the rooster in this post.
As a progressive third-wave feminist, I'm frankly beginning to wonder why calling someone a cocksucker was slander. Do gents ever really hate to have their member fellated? I'm curious if there are any guys out there that truly abhor having someone go down on them. My thinking is, if it's something that everyone likes, then why is it a bad thing? If people like cookies, and some girl bakes a large volume or often, do people mutter 'baker' under their breath with contempt? Likely not, so I'm wondering why in this day and sex-positive age that we are still giving head a bad rap.
For a history lesson, the cocksucker has had a long and illustrious history. In Ancient Egypt, women who were fellatrixes (read: women who gave great head and took it as a point of pride) would stain their lips with the carmine beetle to redden their lips to show off that they were the A-game. These women weren't found to be contemptible in any way, and in Ancient Greece it was regarded as 'playing the flute' by both Greek and Roman poets. We got a little off the oral-sex positive vibe in the Middle Ages when it got lumped in with anal sex, and other various 'sodomia'. But we've come a long way since then and if we are no longer throwing people in water to see if they sink of float to determine the outcome of a trial, then why the FUCK are we demonizing such an awesome art form?
Back to fellatrixes.. I think that's great, and as a point of personal pride, I plan to bring back that term and the wearing of red lipstick as glorying in the art.This is a reclaiming… I currently have three shades of red in my purse: Russian Red, Ruby Woo, Queen's Sin. All MAC, and all have a tendency to smudge onto whatever my lips come into contact with, coffee cup and cock alike in equal measure. The people in the MAC lab should really address this – I believe that Crystal Precious pointed that out, like, years ago. But I digress… If someone (man or woman) is good at oral sex, and enjoys it, why is there some stigma remaining to the handle? I honestly think if every guy who has said the word 'cocksucker' as an insult at some point, he gets his fellatio privileges revoked. And trust me, it IS a privilege. Listening to one friend enthusiastically describing his experience, it sounds like something that maybe would be talked about with reverence and not as a repellent quality. Time to switch gears in our head space and say it whispered as an endearment.
I also heard about a secret school in Sweden where people could go to learn ninja-type cocksucking skills. Whether the institution exists or not, I still think that's a fairly nifty and open-minded idea. Maybe we're not quite ready for that here in North America, or at least until we can get over the hate-labels, but it might be something to keep in mind on the social revolutionary evolution front. Just sayin'…
So, yeah. Nothing wrong with being a cocksucker, ladies. I hope next time someone calls you that it's as a compliment and you appreciate receiving it as the person giving it.
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These waste disposal companies though ought to abide by the rules and regulations set up. They must be licensed by the federal and state agency overseeing the treatment and disposal of med wastes. Doctors and hospitals should therefore see if the medical waste disposal company they might be working with is properly accredited by state and federal agencies.
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1) In My Site > Items, click "New Item" Find a blank item by searching for "generic". Find a similar item by searching on keywords for the item type you are looking for. One example may be "Fluorescent" or "LED" for types of bulbs or "Fixture". Check an item that is similar (or of the same category aka T5).
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"Like, what is your problem?"
Hell hath no fury like a spurned musician, but a critic's vengeance doesn't lag far behind. This week in the Houston Press, you can read an interview Noah Bailey at our sister paper the Dallas Observer did with Dr. Dog's Scott McMicken, who says he has become accustomed to receiving critical beatdowns in the media - in particular, the consistently oppositional reviews of that indie-rock Puppet Master, Pitchfork Media.
But McMicken takes it with a grain of salt, so although his etiquette is commendable, such good behavior opts him out of Rocks Off's list of the Top 5 Musician/Journalist Feuds.
5. M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg: Earlier this year, New York Times journalist Lynn Hirschberg wrote a destined-for-controversy cover profile on the London-born, Sri Lanka-raised, politically inclined rapper M.I.A.
Hirschberg shined her journalistic light on many of M.I.A.'s evident inconsistencies - her waxing political about the less fortunate while munching on a "truffle-flavored French fry" and a glass of wine at the posh Beverly Wilshire Hotel, just miles away from her comfy Brentwood mansion. Throughout the interview, M.I.A. steadily attempts to paint herself a rebel refugee icon, but ultimately ends up looking like a naïve, perhaps misinformed caricature of an amateur activist (however genuine her intentions may be).
When the article ran, it unsurprisingly gained negative attention due to the singer's tactless remarks ("I'm tired of pop stars who say, 'Give peace a chance.' I'd rather say, 'Give war a chance'" and "There's this show in England about kids who want to be terrorists. It's brilliant! The kids are buying Ajax to make bombs and trying to think of new ways to do suicide bombings. It's really, really cool."
Feeling her words were taken out of context, M.I.A. took to her Twitter account in attempt to clear the air, tweeting, "Call me if you wanna talk to me about the NYT Truth Issue, I'll be taking calls all day, bitches," and capping it off by publicly posting Hirschberg's phone number. Likely convinced she's had the last laugh, her action seemed to only perpetuate her image of jejune provocateur.
Hirschberg's profile of the songstress timely marked her last piece under contract with the Times magazine; she's now an editor-at-large at W.
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Feeling betrayed by DeRogatis' renouncement, the saturnine songwriter posed a verbal counter-attack via fax (how '90s of him!), calling DeRogatis a "sniveling, jealous person," and stating, "Some people actually like what we do," before signing off with a surly "See you in hell, best wishes, go f--k yourself, Billy C."
It's hard not to appreciate the heated intellectual banter of erudite men. Hats off to Corgan for defending what history has proved to be his worthiest record, but we shudder to ponder what DeRogatis might think of the songwriter's most recent incarnation of the-little-band-that-could...
3. Lou Reed vs. Lester Bangs: Perhaps the archetype of juicy musician/journalist feuds, this enduring row began when the late Lester Bangs, an admitted Lou Reed superfan, attacked the artist's 1973 album Berlin, calling it "the most depressed album ever made."
The pair's jabby, albeit highly entertaining, interviews are chronicled in the Bangs anthology Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, in which an entire chapter is devoted to the writer's hero/'frenemy. But Bangs picked his battles; he highly praised Reed's almost universally panned Metal Machine Music a few albums later.
Stemming from Bangs' knowledgeable passion for Reed and his cheeky willingness to candidly speak his mind, the feud seems to endure 20-plus years after the writer's death. When asked about his legendary dispute with Bangs, Reed now opts to feign disinterest - ignorance, even - purporting, "Who is Lester Bangs?"
2. Ryan Adams vs. Jim DeRogatis: DeRo again. The journalist and Sound Opinions host has evidently made some enemies in his day. But not all artists cower in the presence of a harsh critique. Combative songwriter and part-time hot mess Ryan Adams defends his music with admirable staunch.
Following a string of negative reviews at the pen of DeRogatis, Adams phoned the outspoken critic and - thankfully, for our listening pleasure - left a fiery message on his answering machine. Adams' voicemail begins with an endearingly sophomoric question, "Like, what is your problem?"
Adams' chief concern seems to lie in DeRogatis' evident preference of Wilco's Jeff Tweedy over him, to which Adams acknowledges, "You think I'll never write anything as heartfelt or whatever as Jeff Tweedy, who, like, could burn holes through his shoes, like, just by staring at them."
After a few minutes of rambling flecked with his Southern drawl, Adams signs off with a simple salutation, "Old man, it's time for you to get out of the business."
1. Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love vs. Lynn Hirschberg, Victoria Clarke and any other journalist who spoke unfavorably about the couple in the '90s: Journalist Lynn Hirschberg penned a shockingly revealing profile of Courtney Love in the September 1992 issue of Vanity Fair. Among other revelations the article exposed, perhaps the only one worth mentioning is her claim that Love had done heroin while pregnant with daughter Frances Bean.
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The accusation was enough for child protective services to temporarily take the baby away while they investigated the matter. In response, the King and Queen of Grunge phoned Hirschberg, both leaving ominous messages on her answering machine, Cobain even threatening, "I'll get revenge on her. Before I leave this earth, she's going out with me."
British journalist Victoria Clarke also witnessed the couple's wrath, after they feared what slanderous details she might print about them in her upcoming Nirvana biography. Clearly a fan of verbal abuse via answering machine, Cobain called Clarke, eerily warning her, "If one single solitary, tabloidesque or negative comment in regards to my wife shows up in your book, I will gladly devote every fucking waking hour of my life to make yours unlivable."
Love one-upped her husband even after his death, allegedly whacking Hirschberg with an Academy Award - ahem, not hers - at a 1995 Oscar party.
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It's going to be the BEST SUMMER EVER this year at YOCC Summer Day Camp! Camp includes weekly themed activities, super cool counselors, lunch and afternoon snack, as well as park trips, swimming, day trips (for an additional fee), and much much more. Offered for kids entering kindergarten through completion of 5th grade.
YMCA does accept childcare assistance from Family Support Division (FSD). FSD clients must present authorization from FSD upon registration. FSD clients who do not present an authorization will be charged full fees. The Y also offers assistance through our OUTREACH scholarship program.
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I just tried some needle turn applique and... well, lets just say it didn't go as I'd hoped. So I have some questions:
1. Does anyone know of a good online tutorial for this technique?
2. Do you do applique in an embroidery hoop? (I did)
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"It's accurate to say that plastic pollution is now a global crisis that doesn't just threaten the lives of millions and millions of wildlife, but also is threatening the safety of literally everyone in this room and everyone on this planet."
Through a high school research project in 2011, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao discovered a bacteria in a local river that can degrade a harmful plasticizer called phthalates. The technical pair has since turned their discovery of plastic-eating bacteria into an innovative, award-winning business model. As undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toronto, respectively, Miranda and Jeanny co-founded BioCellection, a company working to advance solutions by upcycling plastic pollution into valuable materials for textiles.
BioCellection is using synthetic biology to turn a global crisis into an even larger opportunity. Recycling technologies simply aren't cutting it. At present, only a small percentage of post-consumer plastic waste is recycled. The rest becomes pollution. BioCellection approaches solutions by focusing on one type of plastic at a time, starting with polystyrene, which has very low recyclability despite its all-too-common use (think carry-out food containers, cups, packaging). Although it only accounts for about 8 percent of all plastics produced worldwide, polystyrene makes up an estimated one third of marine pollution. In partnership with Parley, ocean plastic materials recovered from the Global Cleanup Network are sent to the lab for testing and analysis to further drive eco-innovation.
Watch Miranda tell her story at Parsons x Parley:
Plasticizers and Human Health
Synthetic chemicals used in the production of plastic like phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) can leach into food and ultimately, your bloodstream. Once in the body, they act as an endocrine disruptor linked to birth defects, infertility, cancer, and a number of adverse effects on human health. In 2007, a study by the Centers for Disease Control showed that over 93 percent of Americans have BPA in their blood.
Avoid. Intercept. Redesign.
There is no quick-fix to the massive, global issue of plastic pollution. The solution lies in a diversity of solutions. Science and technology will be imperative as we work together to redesign current materials and methods, but this only works longterm if we also do our part to turn off the tap. Don't wait for some genius or magician to come along and clean up the mess. Start owning your impacts today. One thing you can do right now: eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics from your life on #ParleyAIR. The oceans — and your own health — will thank you.
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A lire sur: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246979/Ready_for_your_electronic_tattoo_
The concept sounds simultaneously futuristic and bizarre. But mark my words: You'll get one. And sooner than you think.
By Mike Elgan
March 15, 2014 07:00 AM ET
Computerworld - Google is in the process of selling parts of Motorola to China's Lenovo, but not all of it. It's not selling Motorola's visionary research group, Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP), for example.
Reports that mention Google's ATAP group typically list a few of the better-known and more colorful projects they're working on.
One of these is Project Ara, which is a modular phone concept that enables people to use 3D printers and other hacks to build just about any kind of phone they want. Google recently announced hardware-hacking conferences for the project that will begin in April. Some say the phone could go on sale as early as next year for as little as $50. Wow! Cool!
Another is a pill called a "vitamin authentication pill" that generates a password when swallowed. Uh, OK. That sounds, er, interesting.
Emerging tech
- SmartThings founder sees a limitless Internet of Things
- Ready for your electronic tattoo?
- Research on bendable glass could lead to flexible mobile phones
- Smart highways and driverless cars coming in 2030 -- for real?
- Google phone project could transform smartphones
- Swarm of bat-like flying robots could hunt for survivors or terrorists
- Scalpel. Check. Robot. Check. NASA bots, one day, may operate in space
- Gov't developing smart suits to protect U.S. troops from bio attacks
- California fights drought with big data, cloud computing
- Robots closer to being able to work together as a team
The company is also working on electronic tattoos. Wait a minute -- electronic tattoos? That makes no sense. How can a tattoo be electronic?
Electronic tattoos sound ultra-futuristic -- something in the realm of transport beams, Martian terraforming and cheap iPhones.
Here's what everybody needs to know about electronic tattoos: They make perfect sense; they're inevitable; and they're going to be on the market very soon. In fact, it's almost certain that you'll at least try one within the next five years.
What is an electronic tattoo?
First, let me tell you what they're not: They're not tattoos. There's no ink, needles or piercing of the skin.
The reason they're called "tattoos" is that their application is similar to those in children's fake tattoos. It usually starts out on a sheet of plastic, is then applied to the skin and rubbed on from outside the plastic, then the plastic is peeled away, leaving only a very thin, rubber patch that has a layer of flexible silicon wires.
The concept behind electronic tattoos is simple. The idea is to create an electronic device, usually involving sensors, that is thinner than a sheet of paper and as flexible as a Band-Aid that can stick to the skin.
The secret sauce is flexible electronics. The core benefit is that they become part of the body in a non-invasive, painless and relatively inexpensive way.
In addition to sensors, the electronics package can contain wireless networking capability, so they can not only convey sensor data easily, but also be controlled from a remote computer or smartphone.
Why are electronic tattoos happening now?
Almost every big technology revolution is preceded by a materials revolution. For example, the computer revolution owes its trajectory to the development of semiconductor materials, including silicon, which replaced vacuum tubes and brought into existence Moore's Law, the law that states the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles roughly every two years.


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Actress Jenny McCarthy is not reported to be HIV positive. Many Internet rumors have circulated about her having HIV/AIDS. McCarthy is often vocal about medical issues and is considered to be an anti-vaccine activist.
McCarthy has one son with autism. She has frequently denounced vaccinations, claiming they are linked to autism in children. The actress has also written a book on treating autism. Many people see celebrities as influential, credible sources in their medical decision making. According to Time magazine, 24 percent of parents find celebrities to be trustworthy in providing medical advice. McCarthy has not made any public statements about HIV or AIDS.


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From my previous post "Race and the Catholic Church" commenter Andy Chamberlain raised an issue that I want to put to rest on this blog. I know tmatt has dealt with this issue throughout his long career as a religion reporter, and it is important because it is critical for those in religion to GetJournalism, just as it is important for those in media to GetReligion. Here is what Chamberlain, who is a pastor in the United Kingdom, had to say in his first comment:
Maybe I'm being a cynic here, but media people are not there to be fair. The Post, like any other media outlet, doesn't want to present the truth, it wants to sell a story; the two are different. Like most other media outlets the Post will skew a story to emphasize some things and ignore others, and to give it as much shock factor as possible. The fact that people are hurt, or the issues are misrepresented is not something that many parts of the media care about.
My perception (and this is a data set of one, and there is nothing implied personally at anyone in the media) is that journalists will deliberately misrepresent the truth to sell their output, and for me that amounts to lying. I am guessing that many other people will feel the same way. In fact, my 'default setting' for media stories about religion is that the journalist is lying, and will have no qualms about damaging the people, misrepresenting the facts, and using the dreaded "quote marks" to rubbish someone or something, if it suits them.
I obviously cannot speak for all journalists, especially journalists outside of the modern journalistic tradition established in the United States, but I do know from growing up in a journalism-oriented family, four years of studying journalism in college and nearly two years as a professional that the primary goal of a journalist is to be fair and accurate.
Skewing, misrepresenting and lying are forbidden in the minds of most American journalists. Non-journalists must remember that we are human and we do make mistakes and misinterpret things, but very rarely is that ever intentional (think Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass).
There is another view of journalism that people on both sides of the religious divide take part in, and that is the practice of "directed reporting" or journalism for a cause. It was practiced a great deal in the United States until the 1920s and is still practiced in Europe on a large scale. This type of journalism can involve leaving out key facts, or embellishing others to make a point. We here at GetReligion do not believe there is a place for that type of journalism in the United States and would hope that most Americans would agree.
The argument that journalists are out there deliberately distorting the truth or omitting facts from the story to "heighten the shock value and sell copy" fails because integrity and the reader's trust are the only asset a news organization has. Without trust established by an honest effort for truth and fairness, a mainstream media organization will sink, fast.
A personal example involves an article about my home church here in Washington, Grace D.C., published by one of the local newspapers. The reporter, who knows the religion beat as well as anyone, described the congregation as "yuppie" and that was not appreciated by the pastor or many of the members. But the fact remains, and most attending the church would admit this, that the church does come off as "yuppie." So is this a case of a reporter deliberately misinterpreting the facts on the ground, or more of a case a new church in a large city sensitive to media coverage that it never asked for?
It is true that the public's trust in the media is down.That has more to do with ethical scandals at leading news organizations and the stupid mistakes reporters like myself unfortunately make from time to time, such as misspelling a name or getting a fact wrong, rather than intentional wrongdoing. And there's always disappointment when the media says the "king has no clothes on." People may not like it, but it's often the truth, as it was in my church's case.
The media can be a pastor's greatest asset. While there should be more Christians in the American media, how much is that the fault of the media organizations more than the fault of Christian colleges and churches?


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Food & Drink
Searing grapefruit for a juicy, refreshing breakfast
At this time of year, there is a dearth of fruit in many parts of the country, but grapefruit from Texas, Florida and Southern California is still very much in season.
I call these seared ruby red grapefruit rounds "pancakes," not because there is any batter involved, but because I serve them warm, with maple syrup that I spike with fresh ginger juice.
I learned long ago that fresh ginger and grapefruit make a wonderful couple. Adding maple syrup to the equation is more recent, and it's a winning combination, adding a new dimension of flavor.
You may have had grapefruit warm before, most likely a classic '50s-style half-grapefruit sprinkled with sugar and broiled until the sugar caramelizes on the top. Today's grapefruit varieties are sweeter than the fruit was when that recipe evolved; in those days, people routinely sprinkled sugar on top whether they were broiling it or not.
I wanted my grapefruit rounds warm, but if I seared them for too long, the grapefruit dried out too much. I didn't get that rush of juice when I took a bite.
Since I wasn't sprinkling them with sugar and aiming for caramelization when I heated them in the pan, I could just sear them very briefly in hot butter. That way, the surface is warm when you drizzle on the syrup, but each bite is juicy and refreshing.
Seared grapefruit with ginger maple syrup
2 grapefruit, preferably ruby red
1 tablespoon finely grated or minced ginger
2 to 4 tablespoons maple syrup, to taste
1 tablespoon butter
Pomegranate seeds, for garnish (optional)
1. Cut away the ends of each grapefruit. Stand on a flat end, and remove the skin and pith by cutting down the sides of the fruit. Slice each grapefruit horizontally into 4 or 5 thick rounds (depending on the size).
2. Cut a square of cheesecloth. Wrap the ginger in the cheesecloth and squeeze over a bowl to extract juice. (If you don't have cheesecloth, use a clean kitchen towel.) Measure out 1 / 2teaspoon juice and mix with the maple syrup. Add more ginger juice if desired. If desired, heat the syrup at 50 percent power in a microwave for 25 to 30 seconds.
3. Heat butter over medium-high heat in a large nonstick skillet or on a griddle until foam subsides and butter begins to color. Sear the grapefruit slices for no more than 20 seconds on each side and remove to a platter or plates. Drizzle on ginger maple syrup, garnish with pomegranate seeds if you'd like, and serve at once, while the grapefruit is still warm.
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How you experience this fairy tale is completely up to you. Myself, I went with a more mature Red, seeking revenge on the Big Bad Wolf for what he's done to her beloved Grandmother and for the attacks he's made on her, too. Oh no, MY Red is no sweet helpless innocent girl - no way. She is strong, she is confident and she is every bit game of battling it out as much as he is. Without further ado, here is my final preview in story:
What happened to her should never happen to anyone... I can no longer stay inside and be filled with anxiety knowing he's out there... I have to start somewhere. So, to the woods I go...
much later that night...
the fight is over, revenge - mine. His head I'll mount in celebration of better times.
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