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> This approach is quite promising, but it doesn't work sufficiently well > for non-English languages. It loses all characters that don't belong > to the alphabet specified in .aff file. For example, it turns the line: For related reasons, the english.aff file in the next ispell release will include a much expanded character set. That allows words adopted from other languages (such as "naïve") to be included in the dictionary. If every language did the same, part of the problem would go away. > But there is another problem. fixispell-a returns a list of near misses > only for the last language in the pipe. It would be better if it > accumulated a list of near misses from all ispell commands in the pipe. Yeah, I just realized that drawback. I think I can come up with a way to fix it, though the invocation mechanism would be different. The revision would be a command called something like multispell, invoked like this: multispell [ispell-switches] -d language-1 -d language-2 and behaving like ispell -a. For convenience, it could also automatically supply a catch-all "-w" switch. -- Geoff Kuenning address@hidden http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/ Statistics don't bore people, people bore people.
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Capital Market Liquidity Risk Management
Capital Market Liquidity Risk Management
Liquidity is an important component of operation of modern financial market. Financial institutions have to manage the liquidity risk so as to ensure that assets are sufficient to meet the obligation and ensure no amount and maturity mismarking. In the capital market, monitoring of market liquidity is important for the investors to ensure that their investment objective could be achieved and risks are controlled.
This course will touch on the practical monitoring and management of liquidity risk by investment firm, explain the implication of liquidity of various asset markets as well as to introduce the formulation of a liquidity risk emergency plan.
1. Definition of liquidity risk
2. Monitoring and management of liquidity risk in the investment firm
3. Characteristics of liquidity in different assets market
4. Liquidity risk emergency plan
5. Case studies
Who should attend
This course is primary target to senior practitioners who are in the securities and investment industry.
Speaker/Course Instructor
Mr Wu is currently the Chairman of Asia Financial Risk Think Tank and Hong Kong Chapter of the Institute of Operational Risk (IOR). He is advisor of various financial institutions, associations and universities in HK, China and Singapore on investment and risk related matters. He has published articles and whitepapers on current financial and risk management topics in Chinese and Western public and government media.

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At a Glance
|Kuala Lumpur
|Bahasa Malaysia
|31,381,992 (July 2017 est.)
|GDP Total
|$930.8 billion (2017 est.)
|GDP Per Capita
|$29,000 (2017 est.)
Assessing Travel and Visa Obligations
Whether you can travel lawfully as a business visitor or require work authorization depends on the types of activities you will be conducting during your time in Malaysia. In case you are unsure if your activities constitute business or work, please seek advice from your immigration counsel.
Traveling for Business
Business visitors traveling to Malaysia may engage in the activities below. This list is not comprehensive and other activities may qualify as business.
- Attending meetings or conferences
- Visiting a current project site or factory floor for informational purposes with no hands-on work
- Attending contract discussions
- Attending seminars
- Auditing company accounts
- Journalism
- Factory inspections
- Carrying out investment opportunity surveys
- Sport competitions
If I qualify as a business visitor, do I need a visa for Malaysia?
European Union, United States and many other select nationals do not require a visa for entry to Malaysia and are visa-waivered. A few nationals require an Entry Visa to conduct business activities in Malaysia and must obtain it from a Malaysian embassy or consulate prior to travel.
All business travelers entering Malaysia are granted a Social Visit Pass upon arrival.
Malaysia is a member of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Foreign nationals in possession of valid APEC Business Travel Cards (ABTC) endorsed with "Valid for travel to MYS" are permitted to enter Malaysia without a visa to conduct business activities.
Working in Malaysia
What sorts of activities require a work permit?
The activities below, whether paid or unpaid, generally constitute work under Malaysian law. This list is not comprehensive and many other professional activities are considered work in Malaysia, even if conducted for a short duration.
- Hands-on technical work
- Repairs and maintenance
- Project planning or implementation
- Marketing
- Providing training
If I am traveling to Malaysia for work, what type of work authorization do I need?
The type of work permit required depends on your qualifications, on whether your employer has an entity in Malaysia, and on the nature and duration of your work. The most common types of Malaysian work authorization are:
- Professional Visitor's Pass or PVP (short-term work permit)
- Employment Pass or EP (direct-hire work permit)
- Visit Pass for Temporary Employment or VPTE (short-term work permit for workers in East Malaysia)
Additionally, EPs are divided into three categories:
- Category I (standard work permit)
- Category II (work permit for foreign nationals who have graduated from a Malaysian university and meet the minimum salary requirement)
- Category III (special cases work permit)
Are there any nationals who are exempt from work permit requirements?
There are no countries with established work permit exemptions with Malaysia.
What else should I know?
Inevitably, the legal and strategic considerations impacting visa selection or work authorization entail the careful consideration of many factors. We recommend that you consult with your immigration counsel before taking any course of action.
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|GDP Total
|$930.8 billion (2017 est.)
|GDP Per Capita
|$29,000 (2017 est.)
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Our resident agile activist, wrote about recent retrospectives and some techniques. We have been pair programming for so long it rarely comes up as a question as to whether we should be pairing or not. However, we constantly ask how can we be more effective/productive in our use of pair programming. So we figured we would share some of our thoughts.
Here are items our team identified as reasons to pair program or factors that helped making pair programming easier to do.
- Instant code review
- Distributed knowledge
- Cross pollination (ideas/skills)
- Higher energy
- Increased accountability
- Better focus (less waste)
- Trust/team building
- Increased code quality
- Improved communication
Here are items the team cited as making it difficult to pair program consistently or as detracting reasons to not pair program.
- Unequally yoked pairs
- Distractions (phones, laptops, noise, environment, etc)
- Watching someone else code (boring)
- High cost to client/lower productivity
- Fear of being vocal (accountable)
- Mis-aligned schedules/routines
- Personality/Hygiene differences
- Odd number of people
- Consensus issues
Out of these factors positive and negative the team agreed on some internal standards regarding pair programming in hopes of tipping the positive factors higher than the negative factors and get the most productivity out of pair programming.
- Switch pairs regularly
- Switch drivers (minimum every hour)
- Small breaks more frequently
- Identify follow-up information for later study
- Ask why. Don't assume.
- More distributed skill/experience levels in pair selection
- Identify strengths to pair appropriate to the task at hand
- Identify weaknesses and address via books, groups, brownbags, etc)
- Have empathy for your pair
- Same person should be solo consistently if uneven numbers
- Odd man out should be doing research, simpler tasks, etc
- All unpaired code requires peer review
- You will be shot if you are without a pair for more than 1 hour
Does your company pair program? What are your restraining factors? What are your driving factors? Do you have standards/guidelines (written or informal) on what is expected of programmers pairing?


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When the Green Lantern franchise returns to movie theaters, it's possible that it will feature more than one Earth man wielding the ring.
According to a article posted by Collider, the new rebooted Green Lantern film will feature at least two and possibly three Earth-born members of the Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan and fellow Lanterns John Stewart or Guy Gardner or both.
That's certainly a different enough approach, and since Earth is a pretty small for guys with cosmic powers, I'd imagine that this means the new series will take a more cosmic approach.
The idea is that the Green Lantern movies (assuming the reboot is successful enough to get sequels) will not be based around just one individual Lantern but will focus on different ones, making the series more about the Corps than a single superhero.
The article also speculates that at least one of the human Green Lanterns may be introduced at San Diego Comic Con International in July.
The rebooted Green Lantern movie is due in theaters in 2020.
Source: http://www.denofgeek.us/ http://www.blastr.com/ and http://comicbook.com/


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By John Colyandro & Tom Aldred
Published by the San Antonio Express-News on Friday, October 26, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot be coerced to expand Medicaid, the federal and state government-funded health care program for the poor, pregnant women and children. Yet the Affordable Care Act prohibits states from making changes to control costs, leaving state leaders with three options: cut provider rates paid to doctors and hospitals, take further steps to control waste, fraud and abuse, or expand managed care.
Provider rate cuts, especially those aimed at primary care physicians, limit the number of doctors who accept Medicaid patients. Taking rate cuts off the table leaves policy makers with two tools: fighting fraud and expanding managed care. The two are directly linked.
In 2011, Texas legislators expanded Medicaid managed care statewide, a good move for taxpayers and those who depend on the program.
Healthcare fraud robs citizens who foot the bill for Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance coverage. A review of recent news stories includes a South Texas physician indicted for health care fraud and accused of illegally funneling more than $1.8 million to Iran.
Medicaid dental fraud is so pervasive that the Texas attorney general and inspector general launched a joint task force targeting fraud in Medicaid dental reimbursements.
The statewide rollout of Medicaid managed care results from the success of combating fraud and delivering cost savings. Unlike other Medicaid delivery models, managed care plans assume all the cost "risk" for the beneficiaries they cover. Because the state contracts with managed care providers on a flat monthly fee-per-client basis, there is no scope for the state to be fraudulently billed for health services.
Through managed care, the state can achieve Medicaid budget certainty and save tax dollars. The Health and Human Services Commission estimated more than $1.1 billion in savings in the 2012-2013 budget cycle attributable to managed care. These plans also provide a level of coordinated care that was severely lacking in traditional Medicaid. This is critical in Texas given rising costs associated with "unmanaged" and uncoordinated Medicaid offerings, which were unsustainable. Even now, Medicaid consumes a growing share of the state budget, threatening funding for schools and law enforcement .
As part of the expansion of Medicaid managed care, participating health plans will bring all pharmacy dispensing fees in line with what is being paid in the private sector. Pharmacies will receive lower taxpayer-funded fees on any prescription paid for with Medicaid dollars, in line with what is being paid by private sector health insurers. Despite this change, more than 35 pharmacies have been added to the program in recent months.
Texans deserve greater accountability in taxpayer-funded health care services. Managed care, and the oversight and management that it brings, reduce fraud and protect taxpayer dollars.
John Colyandro is the executive director of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI). Tom Aldred is the director of policy and research for TCCRI.


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Dr. Paul Michels graduated with honors from the University of Southern California School Of Dentistry in 2009. Dr. Michels currently heads Affinity Dental of La Mesa in San Diego, CA. At Affinity Dental Dr. Michels works with his father Dr. Alan G. Michels DDS, and his brother Steve Michels RDH. The Michels strive to create a relaxed environment where everyone is treated like family.
Dr. Michels has an extraordinary passion for dentistry and works hard to educate his patients regarding their oral so health so they can make their own educated decisions. His approach to your treatment starts with patiently listening to you. Then, after a complete and thorough examination, a personalized treatment plan is prepared.
Dr. Michels is licensed to perform conscious oral sedation for patients who suffer from dental anxiety so you can have all your dental problems addressed at one time in a calm, relaxing environment. Although he offers a wide variety of treatment options ranging from routine cleanings to complex oral surgeries, Dr. Michels primarily specializes in cosmetic and implant dentistry.
Dr.Michels is currently completing his 'Master of Oral Implantology' specialty from the prestigious California Implant Institute in San Diego, CA under the direction of Dr. Louie Al-Faraje, author of several well know textbooks used in oral implantology, including: 'Surgical Complications in Oral Implantology'and 'Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy for Oral Implantology.'


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by Danny Garrett
Austin, Texas
As our Princess does her good deed for the sick boy, the story – and its illuminations continue.
The first illumination we encounter is not of a thing, but an action – the act of laughing. This particular image is of an elf, or other such diminutive creature, having a hearty belly laugh. Significantly, in this regard, we see the elfin face light up with laughter – even the eyes – while holding his belly. The next illumination, "happy" images a state of being, and does so with blue rays.
The second paragraph is a bit richer, with three illuminations instead of two. The puppy is revisited, only this time smaller,
but with a full image of the puppy. "Princess" is again crowned with a coronet, though "April" is unadorned. However, there is a beautiful illumination of a beautiful bird. Red, with a blue breast, it sits upon a flowering branch.
Though this is a generic bird, and not the one whose wing is ultimately mended, it evokes in me my favorite bird of central Texas – the painted bunting. In that particular bird, the color scheme is reversed, with red breast and blue wings – garnished with yellow epaulets on each. How I wish I could have seen a Letitia illumination of a painted bunting!
The last paragraph contains only one illumination, but it is a powerful one. It is an image of the Fairy School itself. Here we have a four-story cream colored mushroom, topped with a
pink cap. Flowers grow all about and a flag, emblazoned with "Fairy School" tops it. Well, almost. There is the faithful blue butterfly atop the flag pole itself. And also a lovely fairy 'student' sitting atop the roof cap.


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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2012B-0311
PI: Davide Lena, Rochester Institute of Technology (Physics), email@example.com
Address: Department of Physics, College of Science, 85 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623-5603, USA
CoI: Andrew Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology (Physics)
CoI: Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
CoI: David Axon, Rochester Institute of Technology (Physics)
CoI: Rogemar Riffell, Universidade Federal Santa Maria (UFSM)
CoI: Allan Schnorr-Muller, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Title: Mapping sub-kpc gas flows in NGC1365
Abstract: We propose GMOS IFU emission-line spectroscopy of the gas within the inner kiloparsec of the nearby activity galaxy NGC1365. This is part of a program of optical and NIR IFU spectroscopy to map the kinematics and excitation conditions of the circum-nuclear gas in a sample of 20 nearby active galaxies. Our main goal is to study AGN "feeding" and "feedback" processes on sub-kiloparsec scales for range of activity types and luminosities. As a barred spiral with a Seyfert Type 1.9 nucleus and a high ionization outflow, NGC1365 represents a prime opportunity to study the links between large scale motions along the bar, AGN fuelling, and AGN-driven outflow. The proposed observations will map the kinematics and ionization structure of the circumnclear gas on scales 50 pc. We will use the [OIII] emission lines to map the outflowing gas and Halpha emission to look for inflows associated with the dust lanes extending inwards from the large scale bar. We will estimate mass inflow and outflow rates from the data and for the sample as a whole, relate these to the current inferred AGN accretion rates.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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Checkmark Features;
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Location groups can be created to add dates & tasks to specific areas.
Rescheduling can be done easily with a one tap.
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Racism and the City Development Corp.
That's it, we've got to start attending city council meetings more regularly, if only to avoid hearing this news a week later.
A dispute on the City Council over a multimillion-dollar Northwest development project exploded last week with accusations of racism when a prominent African-American developer was not awarded exclusive negotiating rights.
The regular City Council meeting went into meltdown after nearly three hours of debate on whether to enter into sole negotiations with the Bakewell Company and its partner Century Housing for the contract to build Heritage Square, a residential and commercial complex on 2.82 acres at the northeast corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard.
The city paid about $9 million for the property, which staff now estimates is worth about $11 million.
Wait a sec? The city paid $9 million for this property? Why is the city involved? Last time I checked, commercial and residential development was a task that private developers were perfectly capable of handling. You want to build a new development? Buy the property, hire contractors/developers whatever you need, and then try to sell your new office space or condos. There's no reason for the city to be involved.
Unless, of course, the city is steering tax dollars back into the city through this "redevelopment," precluding those dollars from going through the Sacramento washing machine. I'd have no problem with that except it creates situations like this one: suddenly the city council is deciding what private developer gets to build on the property. What happens if the city picks the wrong developer and costs balloon? Who picks up the tab? Well, as history demonstrates, the taxpayers of Pasadena:
Mayor Bill Bogaard, along with City Councilmen Steve Madison, Sid Tyler and Steve Haderlein, said they weren't ready to award the contract exclusively because of concerns arising after an independent financial analysis by Keyser Marston Associates said Bakewell underestimated the project's cost and left a $5.12 million funding gap.
Some of their misgivings are fueled by Bakewell's development of Renaissance Plaza across the street, which required a significant municipal subsidy.
Let's not dress it up: "a significant municipal subsidy" is dollars out of the pockets of Pasadenans, to pay for a development that we had no say in. The incentive structure is all wrong here: when you're the owner of a development, you have a lot of self-interest to make sure that you pick the right person from an economic viewpoint. When you're a city councilman, you have lots of other competing incentives: perhaps one developer is a big campaign donor, or, as it's been alleged here, the council has a "preferred" developer.
The allegations of racism here, particularly given that they seem rather out of the blue, are secondary to a much bigger problem; namely, the city performing a function it shouldn't. I think we can all agree that "municipal subsidies" for developers is nothing more than a handout for business. Free market fanatics and anti-capitalists can both agree that's a bad thing.


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For the past year, you couldn't turn on the TV, open a newspaper or click on a news website without hearing about how Russia got Trump elected.
But the closest thing to proof was the "Trump dossier" — a sketchy list of accusations about Trump being controlled and blackmailed by Russia.
The most outrageous allegation is that Trump had sex parties with prostitutes in Russian hotels. On how many layers is that absurd?
Now look at the news that broke this week, in the Democrat-owned Washington Post:
It turns out that the fake news about Trump and Russia was created by a propaganda company called Fusion GPS.
First, a GOP donor paid them to investigate Trump's background. But when that donor stopped paying for the research, Marc E. Elias, a lawyer whose firm was paid $5.6 million by the Clinton campaign, paid for the work to continue.
Tonight I'll explain who's who in this scandal, like Christopher Steele, a British "spy for hire" paid by the FBI to write this crude, salacious fiction.
Notice that the Globe and Mail or the CBC or the Toronto Star haven't put a reporter on this story.
Because in their own way, they were colluding on it, too...
NEXT: Earlier this year, members of The Rebel team and I travelled to Iraq in investigate the genocide of Christians in the region, and bring them humanitarian aid. Since our return, we've been working on a full-length documentary about what we saw.
I'm pleased to announce that international law attorney and activist Jennifer Breedon is taking over production of the documentary. Tonight, she comes on to talk about this project, which is about a subject close to her heart.
THEN: Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com tells us about the Portuguese children who are suing 47 European nations, accusing them of failing to take action on climate change.
We look back on other times the Left has used children as political weapons.


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The Safety and Tool Use Certification (STUC) acts as a general and Department-specific safety and policy refresher, and is an opportunity to introduce new shop tools, processes, etc. to Members.
Department STUCs are required for any CIADC Member wishing to use Open Studio Access (OSA) outside of an enrolled class Department:
- Student Members wishing to work in Department OSA other than their class Department require Department STUC(s)
- Access Members wishing to work in any Department OSA require Department STUC(s)
A Department STUC is not required for current Student or Student Members of the Department.
Eligibility for any Department STUC requires:
- that you be a current CIADC Member
- that you have completed at least 1 previous Core Class in the Department of the STUC
There is no charge for attending scheduled STUC dates. Alternate date STUCs are available for a fee. Access Members must purchase a discounted 5-OSA -or- 10-OSA punch card, valid for the term, before taking the STUC. Register for each Department STUC below.
Note: Department STUCs must be renewed each term, no exceptions.
- Non-Members enrolled in any Department Core Class are considered Students
- Current Members enrolled in any Department Core Class are considered Student Members
- Current Members not enrolled in any Department Core Class are considered Access Members
- Core Classes are typically 1/2-term to full-term, general overview Department classes, and are noted in each class description


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Hydraulx VFX Recruiting Rigging Artist
VFX Rigging Artist
About us:
Hydraulx is a uniquely designed and operated award-winning visual effects facility based in LA with branches in Vancouver, BC and New Orleans. As a full service visual effects house, Hydraulx has the versatility to provide high quality visual effects regardless of the size or scope of the project.
Hydraulx VFX is working on some high profile projects and is currently looking for a talented VFX Rigging Artist to join our dynamic team at our Vancouver office immediately!
Responsibilities and Duties:
Creating and developing fast elegant character rigs using Maya and proprietary tools.
Working with modeling and animation departments to facilitate articulate realistic appealing characters.
Integration of characters and rigs into the production pipeline
Creating User Interfaces and tools to assist animators.
Working in partnership with R&D programmers, Animators, and Lighting TDs to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard.
Providing support to character rigs throughout production.
Developing long-term strategies to automate character production.
Design and implement scripted solutions for automation
Simulate clothing, hair, fur or other dynamic systems
Minimum 3 years work experience in feature film/broadcast VFX production.
Solid knowledge of rigging systems.
Comprehensive knowledge of Maya.
Provide reel demonstrating both control systems and complex deformations.
Solid time and project management skills.
Accessibility and willingness to collaborate is a must.
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Opportunities seem to show up more often when we're willing to admit that we're worth receiving them.
I say "seem to show up" because opportunities don't wait to show up only when our mindset is in the right place. We simply notice them more when we're operating from a place of "yes, I could do that" rather than a place of shutting down ideas before they start.
True humility doesn't hide its gifts. Where are you downplaying your talents and thereby missing out?
Originally published September 2012


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Automatic Dish Powder
Finally a chlorine free automatic dish powder. This product no longer contains phosphates and does not work well in hard water! Please see the commentary below. ** Please test this product before using by placing a small quantity of the powder in a bowl and agitating the water with a dish in it. See if a white film develops.
Ingredients: Sodium carbonate, linear alcohol ethoxylate, percarbonate, polymer.
Directions: Fill both manufacturers dish cups with powder
Commentary **
Since phosphates were banned (June 30, 2010) in Auto Dish products, Bio Pac, Inc. does not use phosphates in the formulation anymore. Any labels outstanding will still listing phosphates, but they have not been used on the East Coast since the phosphate rule was instituted.
States instituting the rule include Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont,Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Some areas such as Spokane County, Wash., have had such bans in place for years.
The lack of phosphates in our auto dish powder has created headaches for consumers. So far, there is no replacement for the water softening ability of phosphates. Using our product in many areas will leave a white film on your dishes, almost making them look sandblasted. This is actually a mineral coating (from your water) which can be removed with vinegar.


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Today it is Thanksgiving, and to celebrate this family event, I republish one of my first stories here on Enjoy Food & Travel from November 2006, where my cousin Ann tells an inventive way to prepare a turkey.
This is another American food story. Not from the Eastmans, this time, but from my fathers family, the Norwegian Skuggeviks originating from Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder County.
My great uncle, Anders Bronn Skuggevik was an architect and engineer that moved to Canada with his Finnish-Russian wife Sonja. My cousin Ann Eastman McDonnell got this extraordinary way to roast a turkey from them.
A word of warning - check whether your paperbags can take the heat before your start and that it is made from completely natural material. And do not roast a leg of lamb in it! It could be a serious hazard to your home. Here is my cousins story.
"Have I ever told you the huge secret about how to cook a turkey? Well, here goes..
.... this idea came from an old relative of Sonja Skuggevik, the Finn who was married to my father and your father's cousin Anders Bronn Skuggevik. This old relative was Teddy Roosevelt's cook!
Here goes: you rub the turkey with butter....give it a good massage. sprinkle with whatever spice you prefer. I use a bit of garlic, salt, pepper and some paprika sometimes. Put it into a brown paper bag and turn the bag end over. If a really big turkey, use two bags.
Roast in a slow oven 325F for about five hours for a twelve pounder. No basting, no looking, just ignoring. The ignoring is the best part. When you take it out of the oven, slit the bag and the bird will have a moist breast and not a single piece of dried out meat! People think I am nuts until they try it!
This system only works on something really dry like a turkey. Tried it with a leg of lamb once and almost burned the house down!"
Enjoy! And if you try let me know how it works!


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18 October 2011
Celebrating Black History
Promoting black history, cultural heritage and raising awareness of the contribution of the black community to society, hundreds of individuals and churches have been celebrating with many recognised for their work in their local areas.
Last week, acknowledged for his community role, Pastor Agu Irukwu, leader of Jesus House Church in London, was nominated for The Mayor of London's most inspirational black people award.
Open until 24th October, nominations have also included other church leaders Rev Nezlin Stirling and Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, speakers chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin and Rt Rev Wilfred Wood who were also featured in The Metro's Top Black Heroes. The award nominations cover business, politics, media and the arts covering the last 200 years of black historical achievements. Pastor Agu's church work includes responsible citizen and leaders programmes as well as care for the elderly, young people and vulnerable people in the local area.
General director of the Evangelical Alliance Steve Clifford said of the nomination: "It is so encouraging that some of our key church leaders are recognised in this competition. These are men and women who not only lead churches, but are leaders in their communities. They are an inspiration to men, women and children and this is a great opportunity to support them and celebrate their achievement."
In the Guardian's dedicated site to Black History Month, both Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela are noted as key figures on the black history timeline. Pastor Nims Obumge who led on much of the church peace work following the summer's riots, writes on about the inspiration that his pastor father gave him for his organisation The Peace Alliance:
"He gave me every desire to emulate him, and his life was later to influence my work in The Peace Alliance and my passion to see people from all walks of life succeed despite the odds. Our family prayed together every morning and night. More than anything else my father instilled in us a strong belief that we gain our identity from who we are rather than from other people's assumptions of us."
Birmingham Mail online is carrying a feature on Birmingham's first black minister. Reverend Peter Stanford has been recognised for his work of 120 years on in the city through a blue plaque being unveiled this week. His life is a remarkable story of being born as a slave, kidnapped by native Indians and then going on to be the first black Baptist minister in Birmingham. Rev Stanford was involved in many philanthropic causes in the city.
Rev Paul Walker, minister at Highgate church in Birmingham, who discovered Stanford's story said: "When I heard about him my first reaction was amazement, followed by disbelief," said Mr Walker. He has teamed up with the city's library to showcase the reverend's life.
And as part of a special edition on the summer riots and focus on Black History Month (BHM) itself, prime minister David Cameron has contributed in Christian magazine Keep the Faith, writing about the role that faith leaders have to play in guiding people in communities. "I believe faith leaders have a key role to play in instilling this greater sense of right and wrong, he writes "and it is up to us to help in this mission to build a fairer, stronger and more responsible society."
In Manchester, Bishop Doye Agama from The Apostolic Pastoral Association, will be hosting a delegation of black leaders as part of Black History Month visiting churches in Manchester and London and meeting both the Archbishop of Canterbury and with the Lord Mayor of Manchester. The delegation will also be part of a joint service of ordination and licensing by Black Churches at Manchester Cathedral with Bishop of Manchester Nigel McCulloch.
This week in Reading on Thursday 20th October, Our Lady and St Anne, in South View Avenue, Caversham will be hosting talks on climate change that ties into the month.


text: It seems like just yesterday we were photographing Maggie and Louis' Wedding in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fast forward a few years, a cross country move and two babies later - this family has grown in size and love. It's not often we get to document personal friends of ours, but when it happens it's incredibly special. We enjoy every interaction with Maggie and Louis. They are thoughtful, smart and fun folks to be with. Their kids are lucky to have such strong role models in life! They welcomed their daughter in October and when they invited us to come take photos of their new family of four, we were honored. Big brother R seems to be settling into his role with such grace, and little C is just a bundle of sweetness. Maggie and Louis, we are lucky to call you friends. Thank you for allowing us to photograph your family!


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Sunday, July 17, 2011
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"In the Federalist Papers, Madison observed famously that government was necessary because men were not
angels and that controls on government were necessary because those who governed were not angels.
Had Madison commented on socialism, he might have come up with an analogous parodox: if men were angels
then an economy might succeed without selfish incentives, but if men were angels it would not matter
whether the economy succeeded since they would have no material
needs." -- "The Rise and Fall of Socialism," by Joshua Muravchik
***"Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us, blinds us to its great power to harm us."- Ronald Reagan
***"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.- C. S. Lewis
***"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary." Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776


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Hark! I'm back from Lark!
I LOVE THE ACT OF WRITING. It doesn't matter if it's text, songs, or tunes. I know many folks hate writing, but I find it delicious - a lovely process where I gain access to some layer of inspiration that most times floats out of reach. I could even say that it's physically satisfying; I feel really good after I've done some writing.
THIS YEAR AT LARK CAMP, I got a nice dose of that feeling in Danny Carnahan's songwriting workshop. The class is the same every year, but it works for me; I always come away with a tune, some lyrics and the germs of ideas for other songs. For homework we lurk, listening and jotting down things we hear. Lark Camp is a goldmine of interesting snippets of conversation. Out of their original context, these phrases can act as metaphors that may become the jumping-off point for a song. I find I often get the chorus of a song this way. This year, the "lurked" bit that grabbed me was, "Which of these should I forget?" The speaker was asking a pal for advice on which of the myriad classes to omit from their schedule. But it led me to this:
Which of these should I forget? The day you left, the night we met? Which of these should I forget - My broken heart or you?
On the way home, I had to pull over four times to record the melodies that were suddenly popping into my head for this song that is growing, from an unrelated something overheard, to a something that I might be happy to perform one day.
ANOTHER LARK CAMP HAS COME AND GONE. When you drive down the road that leaves the Mendocino Woodlands, you aren't quite ready to leave. But the old adage is "leave 'em wanting more!" and Lark Camp does just that. This year's highlights were the wonderful social scene - catching up with folks I only ever get to see at Lark - and teaching a workshop to new, enthusiastic students. I loved the two evening song circles, where folks share songs they've learned or polished up since last year. Shira Kammen's wonderful "Larkelbel Canon" was performed by an assembly of instruments that included three different kinds of bagpipes, interwoven snippets of songs like Let It Be and One Tin Soldier, plus Fluff, the Tragic Drag Queen (to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon) performed by Holly Tannen. It was a conglomeration of the sort of silly-yet- brilliant-wonderfulness that can only happen at Lark Camp.
LIBBY MCLAREN AND I HAVE CHANGED THE DATE FOR THE FIRST OF TWO workshops in the fall. The first one will be an intermediate level workshop on Saturday, October 28; we're calling this class, One Song Learned Well. We'll structure our lesson on a single song to illustrate what you need to know about singing harmony. The second workshop will be for beginners, and is still scheduled for Saturday, November 11. It will be like the one we offered back in March, but with a slightly smaller group of singers. In spring 2018, we'll have organized an advanced workshop for you to try out, too! We'll announce when we open the class registration for the October 28 workshop, which will start on September 15, 2017. You can send me an email if you want to be at the top of that list!


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I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.
These lines are taken from the musical, Hamilton. There is so much I could say about this musical, but I'll leave it at when is the last time that a Broadway musical influenced treasury policy? Hamilton is truly a phenomenon.
And I am truly obsessed. I heard the soundtrack for the first time almost a year ago and have listened to it every week since, oftentimes multiple times a week, oftentimes multiple times a day…in a row. I may be listening to it right now. It is my go to soundtrack. Now Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius, but it is not just his brilliant rhyming, catchy tunes, and emotional prowess that brings me back every time. It's the fact that he wrote songs that capture the essence of what we are doing in my favorite art form.
I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.
This is repeated throughout the musical by the title character, but is it a stretch to say that those words could have come out of the mouths of any one of our social entrepreneurs? Hamilton is about the making of a nation. Dare to Innovate is about the making of a new economy. Both put youth at the center. Both are fraught with rivalry, challenge, and bias but also hope, opportunity, and a chance for individuals to rise up. Both are revolutionary.
Look around, look around, how lucky are we to be alive right now. We have reached a tipping point. Entrepreneurship is on the lips of both decision makers and changemakers. Resources have begun to flow into developing nations to empower and enable their youth populations. We have been invited into the room where it happens. This is our moment.
One of my favorite moments in the musical is when Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, and Laurens meet by happenstance in a bar. Hamilton exclaims, "What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not;" The four go on to play crucial roles not just in the Revolution, but also in the making of America. These anti-slavery youth of diverse backgrounds put orthodoxies aside and built an innovative, world-moving economic, philosophical, and political system. That moment of the play brings fate and possibility roaring together and puts you on the edge of your seat wanting. Next week I'll be attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and these are the types of meetings I am expecting (no pressure to the organizers). The Summit will bring together young entrepreneurial leaders from around the world. My hope is action. My goal is non-conventional collaboration. History is happening and we will not throw away our shot.
Meghan McCormick is Founder, Chairwoman and Interim Executive Director of the Dare to Innovate Board of Directors. She currently helps businesses create value through disruptive change by working across disciplines. She believes that we will be faced with many challenges, but if we harness the amazing power of youth, think creatively and apply innovation with vigor, we can surmount any barriers and create a world where everyone has access to opportunity. Meghan is a Returned Peace Corps volunteer from Guinea, where in partnership with the Guinean Association for the Development of Private Enterprise, she focused on social impact innovation and social entrepreneurship in the town of Kindia. She is blessed to have the support of a nice strong, black cup of coffee and her American and Guinean families in all that she attempts.


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They happen a lot more than you think. And there's something about them that no one will admit…
OK. So let me tell you a story about my friend Aaron.
A few years ago, Aaron starts dating this extremely attractive woman I know. A writer. A little crazy, sure, but also an incredible human being. Aaron knows this. He's head over heels pretty much from the giddy-up, as it were. He's constantly telling me about how she's the first woman he's ever dated who schools him on culture — everything from the Wu Tang Clan to Damien Hirst. He likes her so much that it makes him very nervous, insecure, teenagerish. I sweart to God he started wearing cologne for her - though, unlike when we were 16 together, it wasn't Drakkar Noir.
So what does he do? He dates her for three years.
And by the end of those three years, the Writer Chick has pretty much had it. She takes very little crap from anyone to begin with - she's assertive, to say the least - and she's pretty pissed that Aaron is twiddling his thumbs while he could be marrying her.
(Part of the reason he's freaked about marrying her is that she is so assertive. Totally reasonable to worry whether that's the right match for you. Though he knows as well as anyone, he's not going to be happy unless the woman he's with is extremely assertive. Even when guys are being irrational about commitment, they find rational reasons.)
Anyway. She ulimatums him. You know: either we make this thing official or I go on with my life. She's a little bitter that it had to come to that.
She's a woman who prides herself on not being the ultimatum type. And yet, here she was.
You know what happens? They get married. This was two years ago. And I can report they are among the happiest couples I know.
I'm not saying ultimatums are awesome. I'm not recommending them for everyone. But I'm saying, I know a half-dozen Aarons (two of them, for the record, are female commitment-phobes who required dramatic measures to get married) -- who are happily married after getting ultimatums.
Ultimatums can work, under the right circumstances. In fact, under the right circumstances, they can be the only thing that can work.
Do you agree? Is there a time for an ultimatum? Objectively, how do they work out? Are they mostly failures or successes?


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So good it hurts (lemon cake)
Just when I thought I had the perfect lemon cake recipe, I found this recipe on Pinterest not too long ago and it's been a life-changer ever since. Ok, perhaps that's a little dramatic, but now when I make lemon cake this is my ONLY "go-to" recipe. I sprinkle some icing sugar on top before serving it and in the summer add a few fresh seasonal berries.
Naturally, Simone eats all but the berries. 😦
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter (softened)
2 cups sugar (gasp!)
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla (my modification to the original recipe)
1 cup milk
Finely grated rind of 2 large lemons (I grate it then chop in tiny pieces)
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice (from those 2 lemons you used for the rind)
1/3 cup sugar
note: the original recipe calls for more sugar and less lemon juice, but I switched those two amounts as I prefer a stronger lemon-y glaze to a sugar-y one.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a bundt pan.
Sift (or whisk) together flour, baking powder, and salt, then set aside.
In a mixer, beat butter together with sugar and vanilla, then add eggs one at a time. Add finely grated and chopped lemon rind. Once these ingredients are well mixed, slowly add the dry ingredients along with the milk. Mix everything well together.
Pour batter into greased bundt pan. Bake for 45 minutes, then insert a toothpick to see if it's done. If it's not yet done, continue baking at 2 minute intervals until it's complete. The top of the cake will have some nice crevasses in it.
Transfer the cake to a cooling rack and brush on the glaze. I really love lemon so I use up all the glaze and cover as much of the cake with it as possible.
Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving to make this look like even more of a masterpiece!
Update: I made this cake with coconut sugar recently. It darkened the end product, but still tasted delicious and moist!


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Over the last 15 years, I have put together a wonderful collection of vintage clothing pieces comprised of coats, stoles and other related accessories. A number of the pieces in the collection are beautiful furs. These elegant, unique and rare designs from the 50's, 60's and 70's continue to honour the spirit of the animals who provided them. I firmly believe that by continuing to enjoy vintage fur garments such as these, we are making a positive ethical choice to not support the modern fur trade.
View my vintage fur rentals instagram account.
Vintage fur and specialty wool rental inquiry form.
Included in every vintage fur rental or specialty wool rental is my recommendation on which piece may be best suited for your special event. Please fill in the inquiry form and I will connect with you as soon as I can or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Feel free to send me images so I can make a recommendation.
Payment for your rental piece is to be provided beforehand with a credit card. A damage deposit per item will be charged to that credit card and then refunded within 90 days after the rental piece has been collected and checked for damage.
We understand that some wear and tear may be inevitable. "Minor stains" can be taken care of in the regular cleaning service provided within the rental price.
Please Do:
- Enjoy wearing your piece for photo shoots after your ceremony or any special occasion
- When you are outside please use an umbrella to keep the snow/weather off of the garment, if it does get wet please hang to dry on the hanger provided
Please Do Not:
- Apply perfumes while wearing fur. This can cause fading or "yellowing"
- Avoid sitting for long periods while wearing your fur. This can cause the tips of the hair to break and flatten. It is best to remove your coat, fold inside-out and place it beside you
- Use a wire garment hanger. Use the formed heavy fur hanger that is provided.
Please email me to inquire about these beautiful wedding rental clothing pieces at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Google has made some announcements regarding what will most likely be the publicly sold version of Google Glass, so we gathered up what information is available so far for those of you still eager to get your hands on this new gadget.
If you've been following along with the Google Glass story so far, you know that there are more than 10,000 people in the wild currently wearing the "Explorer" version of Google's wearable computer. This is the version developers have been using to build apps for the platform while Google pushed monthly updates to the experience as more people offer feedback. Since the initial release, Glass has improved dramatically through software. It's clear now, however, that some hardware changes needed to be made.
One of the big changes coming to Glass in the future is the inclusion of a mono earbud. This add-on will connect from the micro USB port on the headset and include just enough cable for you to insert the earbud into your ear. The bone conduction system for delivering system sounds that is currently in place will remain, but this accessory will make it easier to hear Glass when on a phone call or in a Hangout. It's unclear if users will be able to add their own headphones via a microUSB to 3.5mm converter, but it seems that would be a likely option for users in the future.
Google' making some other adjustments to Glass as well. In a recent update on Google+, the team commented on a hardware change that would enable use with a new line of shades and prescription frames. Currently, Glass has a pair of snap-in accessories that provide a wind shield and a sun shade. These accessories require the titanium band that wraps around the head to be positioned just right, and don't work well at all if you are wearing prescription glasses. It looks like these are being phased out for a better alternative.
Google's team members have been internally testing frames that have Glass embedded in the resin, but Google also has a patent on a Glass design that clips onto existing frames. It's clear that Google is planning a broader accessory line that includes several options based on their research over the last two years, and based on their comments it looks like the altered design will be more flexible overall to support as many users as possible.
There's still quite a bit we don't know about the next version of Google Glass. It seems likely that there will be an update to the battery life and the processor being used in the tech, given how much time has passed since the last version was made and the struggle to make sure the wearable computer actually lasts a whole day.
If you're one of the current wave of Glass Explorers, Google will make it possible for you to upgrade to the latest hardware sometime in November.
Meanwhile, those same Glass Explorers have been able to invite three people to the program, which will dramatically increase the number of active users across the US. This makes it easier to believe that Glass could actually hit shelves early next year, as Google ramps up production and continues to polish the user experience.
There's never really been an undertaking quite like Google Glass before, with such a public testing and preparatory phase, and it will be very interesting to see how that works out for the future of this hardware.


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I'm in a hurry, super busy today. It's cold this morning so am having difficulty getting going.
My Blog
I decided to change the layout for my blog. What do you think? My oter blog is 3 columns. I just like it it better. Does it load okay for everyone? Are you able to read it easily? Just let me know in the comments section, if I need to change the font or colors.
Gary Taubes
Here are links to 2 videos on YouTube featuring Taubes. One is an excerpt from the Larry King Live show. The other is the interview done several years ago on PBS. That one has Taubes going head to head with Dr Dean Ornish. Here's a few more articles also to read:
- Sara Davidson: Why Do We Overeat? - Living Now on The Huffington Post
- Want Proof Of What's Healthy? Fat Chance
- Diet, redefined
- Still against the grain and high on fat - Los Angeles Times
- Obesity not caused by overeating :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Books
- 'Good Calories, Bad Calories' - Book Excerpt-A Brief History of Banting- WSJ.com
- Weighing In — The American, A Magazine of Ideas
Here's some interesting things from around the web.
- Gastric Bypass Surgery May Cause Post-op Nutrient Deficiencies
- NewsDaily: Science -- Gastric bypass can have profound effect
- Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery Linked To Shorter Hospital Stay, Faster Weight Loss
- Delight and danger of a drastic way to lose weight - Yorkshire Post
- Some Not Ready For Bariatric Surgery, About 1 In 5 Unapproved For Bariatric Surgery After Psychological Evaluation - CBS News
- Gastric Bypass Surgery Medicaid Patients More Likely To Return To Work Than Patients Without The Surgery
In the upcoming weeks I'll be taking a break from the internet. I've got too much stuff to get done prior to my son visiting. Just wanted to give everyone a fair warning way ahead of time. First I'll be going off camping again this weekend. Then I'll spend the next 2 weeks getting prepared for my son's visit. I have to do most of my holiday decorating and baking before he arrives. He is flying in on the 15th and will be going back home Thanksgiving Day. Then it will be putting the finishing touches on all my decorating. That will take me into December by then. I do have some posts in the works to put up before I leave this weekend.
Well gotta go----busy, busy, busy


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The Nuit Blanche (White Night in French) is a night long art event where different art installations are put up at important locations, museums and art galleries of Paris and they remain accessible throughout the night to the public for free. The concept of night time arts festival was introduced by Jean Blaise, a French artistic director in Nantes, and it came to Paris when he was invited by the then Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë to organize the first event in the city in 2002.
The 15th edition was directed by Jean de Loisy, the curator of Palais de Tokyo of Paris. The theme for this year was based on a 15th century novel first published in Venice called "The dream of Poliphile" probably by Francesco Colonna. 40 major art installations and performances by various artists were set up across Paris to trace the journey of the protagonist Poliphile through his dream in search of love, Polia. Apart from the themed installations, more than 150 other art installations were also put up across the city. Some of major attractions were scattered around the Hotel de Ville of Paris and the Louvre.
A major installation that we first came across for the night was that of the Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf and was projected on the façade of Hotel de Ville. It was a video developed by the artist which consists of faces portrayed on the arched windows of the town hall and figures stretching themselves on the lower windows of the façade. Here is the video of the installation.
With respect to the theme of the Nuit Blanche, the installation represents the awakening of the dream of Poliphile. Under the Centenary Elm of Place Saint-Gervais, Poliphile fell asleep. A woman puts her finger to her lips, signaling to the world to be silent and let our protagonist dream. One after another, the Town Hall's windows are animated in slow motion. Faces awake and bodies stretch slowly. The many figures staged by Erwin Olaf on the facade reflects the many faces that the visitors will come across all night. Embedded in the facade, these figures end up being one with the architecture and appear gradually to be transformed into statues.


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We are pleased to announce that U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) has received the Prescription Justice 5-star rating based on his full support of the organization's Policy Platform to lower drug prices here and expand access to safe and affordable medication from other countries. Senator King's 5-star rating reflects his unwavering support of commonsense policy solutions to end the prescription drug affordability crisis. Members of Congress get one star for their positions on the following:
1. Recognizes that the United States is suffering from a crisis of high drug prices?
2. Ending the ban that prevents Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices with pharmaceutical companies;
3. Making reverse payment arrangements between brand and generic companies, also known as "pay-for-delay" illegal;
4. Legalizing the importation of lower-cost medication from Canada and other countries with similarly strict pharmaceutical regulations; and
5. Using reasonable, commonsense, and compassionate enforcement discretion to permit individuals to import small quantities of affordable medication to fill prescriptions. (more…)
During a press conference today, Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to introduce new legislation aimed at lowering the high cost of prescription drugs for the 41 million Medicare enrollees. Medicare is the largest purchaser of prescription medications, however it is expressly prohibited from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies over the price of medications.
The Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Act would amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act by removing the non-interference clause, which expressly bans Medicare from negotiating drug prices. The bill instructs the Secretary of the Health and Human Services to negotiate for Part D drugs, either by creating a national formulary or instructing Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) to makes changes to their formularies. (more…)
While the intense focus in Congress last week was the passage of the American Healthcare Act, millions of Americans continue to struggle with the cost of prescription medications. In 2016, 45 million Americans did not fill a prescription because of cost, and a recent poll commissioned by Prescription Justice shows that 75% Americans agree with President Trump that they drug companies are getting away with murder.
Not just individual patients but federal and state governments face an uphill budget battle as well. Public programs like Medicare, Medicaid and the Department of Veteran's Affairs continue to grapple with dramatic price increases that are crippling their budgets.
Congress has introduced several bills in 2017 to address the crisis of high drug prices. Here's a summary:
Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act (HR 1776/S. 771)
On March 29, S. 771, The Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act (Act), was introduced by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and fifteen Democratic co-sponsors. A companion bill (HR 1776) was also introduced in the House by Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) with four Democratic co-sponsors.
We are proud to announce that we have changed our organization's (DBA) name from Prescription Justice Action Group to Prescription Justice, which is a simpler expression of our core position: making prescription drugs affordable is an issue of justice for Americans and we will help them obtain it.
In addition to our website and logo redesign, we have also added a weekly media update that features top news and journal articles focused on our policy priorities - personal drug importation, Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, and ending "Pay for Delay", - as well as other advocacy efforts about tackling the prescription drug price crisis in America and globally.
Let's all work together to bring about prescription justice!
Last week, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) proposed an amendment (S.A. 178) to the Senate Budget Reconciliation bill that would allow individuals, pharmacies and wholesalers to import prescription medications from Canada and other countries with a valid prescription from a U.S. provider.
The amendment took place during a 7-hour vote-a-rama in which more than 150 amendments were considered and voted on for a brief ten minutes. The amendment failed 52-46, with 13 Democrats voting against it. While the measure failed to pass, it surprisingly garnered support from 12 Republicans including Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. It's worth noting that Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) voted against the Dorgan-Snowe importation amendment in 2009, voted yes this time around. (more…)
Last year, U.S. spending on prescription drugs was at a record breaking $425 billion before discounts, and is expected to rise by 22% annually over the next five years, which is 400%, or over $600 billion by 2020. As Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, Americans across the country concerned with the soaring costs of prescription medications, will be looking to President Trump and Congress for solutions to address this national crisis.
President-Elect Trump's top priority for healthcare reform is to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but most Americans are more concerned about prescription drug prices than Obamacare. A recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found that nearly 74 percent of Americans agree that a top priority for the next president and Congress should be to ensure that drugs for chronic health conditions are affordable for patients. Additionally, 63 percent believe that the federal government's top priority should be to lower the cost of prescription medications. Last week, President-Elect Trump released a brief healthcare plan on his transition website. While the newest healthcare plan does not include prescription drug pricing, during the campaign Mr. Trump declared support for allowing Americans to import lower cost medications as part of his 7-point healthcare plan. Although not noted on that plan, President-Elect Trump voiced support for Medicare drug price negotiations during his campaign.(more…)
Part of a series of posts about common chronic illnesses and what happens when people cannot afford prescription medications to treat them.
Americans are dying from cancer because they either can't afford the medications to treat it, or they have the money but refuse to bankrupt their families. Cancer is the second leading cause of death after heart disease in the U.S., claiming more than half a million lives each year. In 2016, it is estimated that 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S., amounting to one new diagnosis every 30 seconds.(more…)
The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act is the type of legislative reform that America needs to reduce our spiraling national prescription drug bill. Here's why.
Medicare Parts B and D, together representing the nation's largest prescription drug program, help cover drug costs for approximately 55 million people. While that population represents just a fraction of 1% of the world, their Medicare drug bill in 2014 was $143 billion or just under 15% of the world's total pharmaceutical market of that year (about $1.06 trillion according to IMS Health). Even at that level of expenditure, millions of older Americans continue struggling to fill their prescriptions.(more…)


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Clustering is a hardware-based solution that relies on high performance fiber
optic connections to a fully-redundant SAN storage solution. 4Gb infrastructure
with dual fiber HBAs actually increases performance beyond local disks. Failover
happens within seconds for the typical database, however extremely large
databases will increase the necessary time. Two servers in an active-passive
configuration share the same storage, with the SQL instance failing to the
passive server in the case of failure. Transactions seamlessly move to the
active server so that no changes to the database are lost. MaximumASP includes
the SQL Support package for clustered solutions.
This process copies live transactions to a secondary server with automatic
failover in the event of primary server failure. There is a performance loss
with mirroring, as every transaction effectively has to be written twice, but
since it does not require the same level of additional hardware and
infrastructure, it is a more affordable High Availability solution. Mirroring is
configured at the database level, so the customer must notify the SQL team when
new databases or users are added, so that they can be included. Also, .NET is
required to fully utilize this solution as a back-end to a website.
Log Shipping is the process of backing up a production database transaction log,
then copying the backup to a second server. The backup is then restored on the
second server and placed in a recovering state, typically every 15 minutes. A
DNS alias is created for the customer to connect to the production SQL Server,
and in the event of a failure is pointed to the standby server, which is placed
into an active state. In this scenario customers must contact MaximumASP if they
add databases or users. A failover takes about 15 minutes to perform, and is not
automatic. This is a disaster-only solution.
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CITY politicians were at loggerheads today over Lin Homer's surprise decision to quit as the #170,000-a-year chief executive of Birmingham Council.
News of Mrs Homer's decision to leave to head the Immigration and Nationality Directorate at the Home Office was exclusively revealed by the Evening Mail yesterday.
Her departure, after less than three years in charge of Britain's largest local authority, was described as a "tremendous blow" by the man who appointed her.
Sir Albert Bore, former Labour leader of the council, headed the panel that gave Mrs Homer the job in October 2002.
In an unusually blunt and highly political attack, Sir Albert said he believed Mrs Homer's decision to go reflected the fact that Birmingham had "lost its way".
He said the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, which ousted him from office and took control of the council a year ago, had failed to take decisions about major regeneration projects such as the Midland Metro extension and the new city library.
Sir Albert (Lab, Ladywood) added: "If you talk to people nationally then you will find confirmation of this.
"Birmingham is not seen as a city which is pushing ahead on a range of agendas. There is a sense that Birmingham has lost its way."
Sir Albert accused Conservative council leader Mike Whitby of failing properly to pay tribute to Mrs Homer's achievements, pointing out that Coun Whitby, in a brief public statement, merely congratulated Mrs Homer on her new position and wished her well for the future.
Sir Albert said: "If that is the response of the leader of the council to this news, then it is no surprise to me that Lin sees her future elsewhere."
Coun Whitby (Con, Harborne) hit back, accusing Sir Albert of "petty political point scoring".
The council leader added: "We are more interested in grown-up politics.
"The statement was written by myself and Lin Homer and agreed by both of us."
In a defence of his administration, Coun Whitby added: "If I have been dithering then why have I recently had meetings with the Trade and Industry Secretary, the Chancellor and the Prime Minister? It's nonsense to suggest that Birmingham has lost its way."
Coun Alan Rudge, cabinet member for equalities and human resources, confirmed that Mrs Homer's early departure, without having to work a full formal notice period, had been agreed by both her and the council leader.
"She expressed a view to go as soon as possible and we didn't want to stand in the way of her career progress," added Coun Rudge (Con, Sutton Vesey).


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The wedding kosha is the centerpiece of the stage design, especially for weddings in the UAE.
As the place where the bride and groom sit, all eyes are on this part of the room, which is what makes its decorations and lighting the key to a gorgeous overall décor.
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Friday night grilling session with some shish kabobs!
And homemade sweet potato fries!
Spent all of Saturday downtown catching up with my good friends Brittany and Jamie
(who was visiting from NYC and is moving to San Francisco in a few weeks!)
Sunday biking riding with the family
Cruising around the point
And checking out the arts fest one last time
And a stop for froyo, of course ;)
So happy to spend father's day with the best dad ever!
What an awesome weekend!!
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Here comes the brand new episode of the series that will surely color your night red. The newest episode is being directed by James Widdoes and written by Susan Beavers along with David Richardson & Don Reo. The Dead From The Waist Down episode is all set to air in Monday, December 6, 2010 on CBS Network at 9/8c timeslot. In Two and a Half Men Season 8 Episode 11 we will going to see Alan do some creative stuffs for Lyndsey's birthday as he is embarrassed that he can't afford to buy a nice birthday present to Lyndsey.
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What Causes Small Red Lines on the Face Under the Skin?
Fine red lines just beneath the skin are usually enlarged capillaries or a cluster of blood vessels visible due to their proximity to the skin's surface. The condition is known as spider veins, thread veins or spider angioma. Causes range from skin conditions, such as rosacea to pregnancy, sun damage, alcoholism and liver disease. An accurate diagnosis by a health expert is important because spider angioma may be a warning sign of an underlying medical condition.
Many women experience temporary, small red lines or broken veins on various parts of their bodies during the final few weeks of pregnancy. Increased blood flow around the third trimester can lead to spider veins forming on your cheeks when tiny capillaries engorge and become more noticeable. Spider veins usually disappear when your baby is born and your blood flow returns to normal.
Rosacea is a skin condition that presents with a variety of symptoms. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, some rosacea sufferers experience small red veins on the face in addition to other symptoms. Although there is no cure for rosacea, there are topical treatments available to alleviate some of the discomfort associated with the condition.
The American Academy of Dermatology warns that enlarged capillaries are often the result of photoaging, or sun damage. Frequent sessions of unprotected exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun or sunbeds over several years can lead to spider veins forming on your face. The Mayo Clinic notes that numerous or repeated sunburns can also be the cause of fine red veins on your face, ears, cheeks and nose.
Alcoholism and Liver Disease
Spider angiomas are commonly found in patients diagnosed with alcoholism or liver cirrhosis. A study by researchers at the Department of Medicine Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, and Taiwan's National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine found a link between spider angiomas and alcohol-related liver diseases.
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Great news released last week – optimal habitat conditions have led to an increase in duck breeding populations for another year. In particular interest to FL hunters, blue-winged teal are up 10% from 2013 and greenwings have increased by 13%. Gotta love those numbers for wigeon, though it's unfortunate to see canvasbacks decline.
Also, rumor has it the increase to a 6-bird limit for early teal season is close to being approved. An extended teal-only season is close to approval, too. The final vote on these measures takes place in August. I'll be certain to report.
For now, though, I'll sleep well thinking of all those ducks up there and the promise of hunts to come this fall and winter.
Here's the news release:
The US Fish and Wildlife Service today released its report on 2014 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total populations were estimated at 49.2 million breeding ducks in the surveyed area. This estimate represents an 8-percent increase from last year's estimate of 45.6 million birds, and is 43 percent higher than the 1955-2013 long-term average. This continues a three-year trend of exceptional water conditions and population numbers for many species.
"It looks like another good waterfowl breeding year for a good portion of the prairies and the boreal forest," said DU CEO Dale Hall. "Precipitation in the form of snow and rain has provided sufficient water to fill important wetlands in key breeding habitats. We hope this will result in good production and another great flight of birds migrating in the fall. DU and its partners continue to work hard to protect and restore habitat to provide for the needs of these birds and so much more. While we still have much work to do in delivering habitat and securing key conservation policies for sustaining these populations, we are heartened by the good results we have seen in the past few years."
The main determining factor for duck breeding success is wetland and upland habitat conditions in the key breeding landscapes of the prairies and the boreal forest. Conditions observed across the U.S. and Canadian survey areas during the 2014 breeding population survey were improved or similar to last year. Total pond counts for the U.S. and Canada combined showed 7.2 million ponds, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 40 percent above the long-term average.
"Reports from DU biologists indicate a strong breeding effort across the prairies," said DU Chief Conservation Officer Paul Schmidt. "This is despite late winter conditions that delayed nesting activity in some areas by one to two weeks. We need more moisture in the Western Boreal Forest and in parts of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, and higher-than-usual water levels have posed some challenges for nesters in the Eastern Region. But overall this is a good breeding season, and depending on local conditions hunters across North America should look forward to another strong fall flight."
"This spring, as has been the case for the past several years, saw abundant moisture across much of North America's most important duck breeding areas," said DU Chief Biologist Scott Yaich. "That bodes well for duck breeding success this summer and, we hope, for hunting this fall. But we remain concerned with the continuing and escalating loss of nesting habitat in these areas. Because ducks need water, wetlands to hold the water and upland habitats to successfully raise their young, the ongoing loss of grasslands and wetlands across the Prairie Pothole Region will increasingly impact the number of ducks in the fall flight in the long-term."
The spring surveys provide the scientific basis for many management programs across the continent, including hunting season dates and bag limits. The four flyway councils and the US Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations Committee will meet in late July to recommend the season structure and bag limits for 2014-15. Individual states will make their specific selections within a federal framework of season length, bag limit and dates. Hunters should check the rules in their states for final dates.
Species estimates are:
Mallards: 10.9 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 42% above the long-term average.
Gadwall: 3.8 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 102% above the long-term average.
American wigeon: 3.1 million, which is 18% above the 2013 estimate and 20% above the long-term average.
Green-winged teal: 3.4 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 69% above the long-term average.
Blue-winged teal: 8.5 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 75% above the long-term average.
Northern shovelers: 5.3 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and 114% above the long-term average.
Northern pintails: 3.2 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimates and 20% below the long-term average.
Redheads: 1.3 million, which is similar to their 2013 estimates and 85% above the long-term average.
Canvasbacks: 0.7 million, which is similar to their 2013 estimates and 18% above the long-term average.
Scaup: 4.6 million, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and similar to the long-term average.
Black ducks (Eastern Survey Area): 619,000, which is similar to the 2013 estimate and similar to the long-term average.
View all the data and get a species-by-species breakdown at www.ducks.org/DuckNumbers.


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Fan Shizhong, 26, said his fire rescue slide could speed up rescue process
The vehicle is said to be able to free four people every five seconds from a fire
Mr Fan is confident that his design could help tall buildings like Grenfell Tower
However, mechanical experts said the concept could be hard to implement
By Tiffany Lo For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 14:54 BST, 10 July 2017 | UPDATED: 15:23 BST, 10 July 2017
An engineer who has designed an innovative fire rescue slide said his vehicle could help save more people in a high-rise fire like the one that struck the Grenfell Tower.
Fan Shizhong's Life Slide could reach up to 80 metres (262 feet) - 13 metres (42 feet) taller than the Grenfell Tower - and rescue four people every five seconds, said the Chinese engineer.
Mr Fan's design has received many international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, Germany's iF Design Award and America's Core 77 Design Award.
Life Slide, designed by Fan Shizhong, could carry four people at the same time during a fire
The fire rescue design is a multi-functional slide that could reach up to 80 metres (262 ft)
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'Through Sacrifice and Prayer'
"My daughter, I want to instruct you on how you are to rescue souls through sacrifice and prayer. You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone. I want to see you as a sacrifice of living love, which only then carries weight before Me."
— Jesus to St. Faustina, Diary of St. Faustina, 1767.
By Jay Hastings
Kay is a member of our Divine Mercy prayer group. It was a Thursday evening. She was adoring our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament the best she could, though her back was sore, and she was tired and uncomfortable after a long day at work.
When her hour of Adoration came to an end, she was ready to go home. But then she was called upon to stay for another hour because there was no one to fill that hour. Obediently, she stayed.
I'm sure our Lord understood the strain and sacrifice she endured.
As her second hour ended and she prepared to leave, she heard Fr. Peter calling for her. Father Peter, our parish priest and a promoter of Divine Mercy, told her about a young man whom we needed to pray over with the first-class relic of St. Faustina. Obediently, Kay agreed, and they met with him. He was going to have surgery to have a brain tumor removed. His wife and he were concerned because the X-rays showed a big tumor and they thought that the tentacles of the tumor would be so far reaching into his brain that they would not be able to remove it all.
They sought the mercy of God.
Jesus once said to St. Faustina: "My daughter, speak to priests about this inconceivable mercy of Mine. The flames of mercy are burning Me — clamoring to be spent; I want to keep pouring them upon souls; souls just don't want to believe in My goodness" (Diary, 177).
Father Peter administered the sacrament of the sick. Then, asking for the intercession of St. Faustina, they all prayed a Chaplet of The Divine Mercy for healing and for God's will in the young man's life. The young man held the relic as they prayed. We put the young man in our prayer group's Divine Mercy Prayer Journal and prayed continuously for him.
Several days went by before we heard from the young couple. It turns out, when the doctor went in to operate, to the surprise of the doctor, the tumor was just the size of a pebble, and they were able to easily remove it. The young man and his wife gave thanks and praised God's unfathomable mercy. The young man went around the parish telling many people about the miracle of God — how he had asked for much and trusted in His goodness and mercy, and how he received much.
As for Fr. Peter, we have a priest willing to live the Divine Mercy way of life.
Our Lord once said to St. Faustina: "Write, speak of My mercy. Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy. There the greatest miracles take place [and] are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative and to reveal to him one's misery, and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated" (Diary, 1448).
Kay, in her obedience, came to understand that our Lord allowed her to have the sacrifice of suffering during her holy hour for the benefit of this young man. She was excited and deeply moved by the experience. She was a vessel of love and mercy. It was a spiritual intimacy with our Lord she will forever cherish.
Jay Hastings, of Bartlett, Tenn., is the founder of a growing group of Divine Mercy devotees who ensure that the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy is being prayed every hour of the day. The 24-hour Chaplet members now consist of more than 500 people from across the United States, as well as from Mexico, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Belize, India, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Iraq, who are assigned an hour each day in which to pray. They pray for three things: the promotion of the Divine Mercy devotion; the sick and dying in the hour that you pray; and people about to commit mortal sin. To join the 24-Hour Chaplet, contact Jay via e-mail, [email protected] or via phone, 901-438-7772.
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Don - Nov 23, 2007
Praise You Jesus for You Infinite Love and Mercy!


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Other than the x-small these a the same sizes we have sold since 2009. If you want a new print to match one ordered before then, contact us first.
If you are getting a custom print of a rectangular drawing. we will print it the long ways.
If you are interested in a different size we usually can do it, but it will probably cost extra and take a bit longer.
I Want to Live Until I Die Small Print
Medium size print of You and I
x-small Come With Me next to a book for size comparison
x-small Come With Me next to Small Everything Is Happening. I did it.
Prints are framed with a minimal black frame and black mat as pictured below.
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Off to a Good Start Small Framed Print
Hold on Tight and Don't Let Go Small Framed Print
Unless noted our prints are all done on a high end inkjet printer from the original high-resolution files. They are done with archival inks and on archival fine art paper. From what we are told with proper framing and care these prints will last 100's of years.
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Every year in late spring, thousands of horseshoe crabs crawl onto the beaches along Delaware Bay to mate. The females lay eggs in the sand. Between April and June, volunteers conduct a horseshoe crab survey, trying to get an idea of how many crabs are coming onto the beach that year.
Each year red knots and other shore birds gather on these same beaches to eat the horseshoe crab eggs. The red knot makes one of the longest migratory trips of any bird — 9,300 miles, from southern South America to its high Arctic breeding grounds. The horseshoe crab egg feast these birds consume at Delaware Bay is absolutely crucial for the birds' survival. When the knots arrive at Delaware Bay, their bodies are half their starting weight, devoid of fat and even some muscle.
At the same time the crabs and red knots are congregating on the Delaware Bay beaches, you can see huge numbers of common green darner dragonflies as they pass through on their way north. Even larger groups of them pass through this same area when they fly south in the fall.


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Saplings - Noel Streatfeild
I don't know why but I never expect to find books published by Persephone in the library so when I saw Saplings by Noel Streatfeild I sort of made an undignified grab for it. The author is best known for Ballet Shoes of course but has apparently written a lot of books for adults of which I, as usual, was completely unaware. I posted about it yesterday so won't bore people too much with how hooked I was, suffice to say it's a page turner.
The aim of the story is to illustrate the effect war has on the family - in this case World War Two. The Book Thief had a similar theme but dealt with it differently. The message was the same though - it messes people up. These days we know that and I suppose they did back then, what they weren't so much aware of was the need for children to have a secure family base. (Thus the evacuation dilemma of course - was it better to take children away from the cities and their parents so that they were physically safe, or worse because of the psychological damage it caused?) Doesn't always matter that the base might be a bit shaky and the adults far from perfect, they just need to feel secure. Laurel, Tony, Kim and Tuesday are the children here. With their parents they make the perfect middle-class family before the start of WW2. The father, Alex, is their rock, the mother, Lena, less so - she's superficial, a wife rather than a mother and utterly dependent on the love of her husband. What happens to the children when Alex is killed in an air raid forms the entire basis of the book; it's the central tragedy if you like. A catalogue of disasters, mistakes, selfish acts, you name it, follows. I wanted to weep for the kids and actually did in a couple of places. Some of the adults were only doing their best under difficult circumstances, others - well...
If I have a complaint it's the ending. I found it abrupt and unsatisfactory. I suppose I needed more information but that's just me, others might feel that all that was needed was there. I'm so glad to have read this. On many levels I feel more informed and aware not only of the effect of war on children but also about children themselves. We've all been kids of course, but you forget and this reminded me of just how awful it can be sometimes. Excellent read.