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NASHVILLE — Despite the objections of some lawmakers, the House this morning capped the number of bills members can introduce during the session at 15.
Deputy Speaker Steve McDaniel, R-Lexington, said the move will help streamline the legislative process and save money.
But Rep. Joe Towns, D-Memphis, likened the move by the Republican majority to measures imposed by Russia or communist governments.
"I see more censorship and draconian tactics ... to stop the members from discussing what they want to talk about," he said.
Republican critics this week charged the caps would benefit Gov. Bill Haslam.
Rep. Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville, sought to counter that, saying, "Moses did a really good job with just 10 laws and we're getting 15 apiece."
The rules package, including the cap, passed on a voice vote. Members then voted down a minority report from House Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh that would have given each party's two top leaders an additional 15 bills per session.
The cap does not apply to private acts affecting a locality or a general bill with local application. Nor does it apply to honorary resolutions.
The governor's legislative package would be restricted to no more than 75 bills. But the legislation doesn't affect administration or members' legislation dealing with the budget or bonding authority.
According to House figures, Tennessee is the second-highest among Southern states for the number of bills introduced. State senators have not imposed caps.
Finished with their organizational session, the 108th General Assembly will stand adjourned until Jan. 28, when Haslam will deliver his annual State of the State address.
Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press. A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications. Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, ...


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Those hairs should be plucked.Here's how to shave your pubic hair: 1st pluck/wax some of them while they're long. Then cut the hairs short. Apply shaving cream or conditioner to the pubic area. Then shave upwards in the opposite direction of the hairs with a 5-bladed razor. Be sure to shave hard to make it smooth. Afterwords to avoid getting beginners side effects wash the area off with acne cleanser or anti-bacterial dishwasher soap. It only takes me 5 minutes to shave it I shave about 3x a week. If done right you will be incredibly smooth like me. If you do experience beginners side effects don't panic, just put acne cream on the bumps, pop them if you can, keep up the shaving routine, they should go away within a month. It's just like starting a new medicine. You could also try applying rubbing alcohol after you shave. That'll help prevent red spots. Also try using one of those skin moisturizing bar soaps on the area after you shave it. That'll make it really soft.You can also get it removed permanently with electrolysis which is painful costs $55 an hour. I've gotten 3 treatments on my pubic hair. Email me for more info about it.Here's the benefits of pubic hair removal: The absence of pubic hair is erotic sensational. It's easier to get sexually excited masturbate. You'll feel sexier, younger, more naked when you're naked. If you're a girl your guy will be able to see your vulva when you're naked. For girls it makes their periods easier to clean up because the hair traps in blood. It's cleaner because hair traps in odors dirt is one less thing to wash when you take a shower. One of the reasons I started shaving is because pubic hair was a distraction when I saw that area, I would kill time twirling the hairs. Pubic hair can get caught in stuff like your zipper. you won't leave long gross hairs on stuff. PSA you don't need to be sexually active to shave that area. I have friends that are complete prudes that are into body hair removal.I believe my answer is the best would appreciate it if you chose it best.
I don't know much about PCOS, but I do know that tweezing the hair down there can cause an infection. Don't tweeze. I shave down there too and also have hair between the labia, the only thing I can do is use a really really good razor, no cheap disposables, lots of soap, and do it carefully. I really do think the quality of the razor is important. So far no cuts
You can use a mirror to see what you're doing while trimming hairs. If you're willing to pay, you can always get a wax, which last much longer than shaving or trimming anyway.
I understand that you'd like to get rid of it immediately, but in this case I suggest you make an appointment to get electrolysis. Even though your symptoms will go away after awhile, electrolysis will be a one time (hopefully) procedure to get rid of it and you won't have to worry about it while waiting for symptoms to subside.

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Alstom Grid appointed Keith Stentiford to the newly-created position of regional v.p. for North America. Stentiford, who previously held senior leadership positions with Alstom's North American Transport business, will oversee the grid sector's business activities across Canada, Mexico and the United States. He will be based in Alstom's U.S. headquarters, located in Washington, D.C.
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Macy's, SunPower and Arizona Public Service (APS) dedicated a 3.5-MW solar power system at the Macy's online fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz. SunPower designed and installed the system and is providing operations and maintenance services. The system uses the SunPower T5 solar roof tile, which combines a high-efficiency solar panel, frame and mounting system into a single pre-engineered unit.
Dominion Virginia Power began commercial operations at its Bear Garden Power Station in central Virginia. The 580-MW plant is expected to reduce the amount of electricity brought into Virginia, which imports more power than any other state except California. The $619-million project received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission in March 2009, and construction began a month later. The station's two 170-MW turbines burn natural gas with oil as a backup fuel source. The combined cycle system provides an additional 240 MW.
Envision Solar International completed the design, engineering and installation of a 300-kW shaded parking solar array for Morrow Meadows in Arizona. The array will provide shaded parking for the tenants of a commercial property while generating solar energy. Envision Solar is responsible for the solar master planning, design and development of solar projects and the supply of its ParkSolar designs. Morrow Meadows provides electrical, engineering and contracting services.
Riley Power , a subsidiary of Babcock Power, received a contract to design and supply a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for Salt River Project's (SRP) Coronado Generating Station (CGS) near St. Johns, Ariz. Riley Power will supply an SCR system for the 435-MW Coronado Unit 2 to reduce Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions. The SCR is expected to be commissioned by June 2014.
Siemens Energy was selected by Syncarpha Capital to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a 3-MW, ground-based PV power plant in Easthampton, N.J. Construction began in May 2011 and the plant is scheduled to go online in September 2011. Syncarpha Capital will finance the plant, which will use Siemens technology and plant performance guarantees.
Community Energy Solar and Exelon Generation closed a 15-year agreement for the purchase of power and renewable energy credits from a 6-MW solar project that Community Energy is building in Lancaster County, Penn. The agreement will support the construction of the largest solar energy facility in the


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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada's health insurance exchange won't have all the bells and whistles initially hoped for when it launches Oct. 1.
But state officials said the glitches should be minimal for consumers and the all kinks worked out by early next year.
Officials with the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange say there are some "nice to have" features that won't be available when enrollment begins Oct. 1.
An online virtual assistant is in the works and a function to sort insurance plans based on specific prescriptions covered won't be ready. People will have to search each individual plan separately.
Officials say hope to have those features up and running early next year.
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I am a firm believer that one can learn to like, and even enjoy, eating just about anything. From personal experience, I've learned to like mushrooms, tomatoes and fish-- yes, that's right, until my early twenties I didn't eat "swimming" fish (vs. shellfish). But I just sought out well-prepared fish dishes and then learned to make some of them myself-- voila! I like fish. I undertook these "taste projects" because picky eaters are a pet peeve of mine. Nothing infuriates me more than someone refusing to eat a certain food (particularly if said person is a guest in someone's home). So what have you had to learn to like and why? And are there things you just won't eat, even if you're at a dinner party?
I have mayo issues and for years wouldn't try anything even if the mayo had obviously been spiced or tweaked and wasn't goopy. Over the years (and since flavoring mayo is often the norm now) I've learned to give it a chance and like many flavored mayos.
Having said that, I will not eat a boiled egg in any form...sliced, chopped, deviled, etc. and no one can make me. People often put them in salads, particularly spinach salads, and I'd rather eat a human head.
re: Janet from Richmond
Hard boiled eggs?? Really? They seem so innocuous, no real discernable taste, texture is sort of benign (like jello), no off-putting odor.
What gives? Very curious about this one.
re: ipsedixit
They have a real off-putting odor IMO. And the whole texture issue and the yolk being separated from the white....eeewwwww. God meant for the yolk and white to be mixed together and go out into the world as one, cooked completely and covered with cheese <g>
re: Janet from Richmond
Now, if you are comparing boiled egg whites with say, for example, a good cheese omelette, then I'm definitely with you on that one.
re: Janet from Richmond
I agree... hard-boiled eggs are bound to make me gag! Ick! I'm not really a huge egg fan in general, unless there's plenty of other ingredients to offset the egg taste and smell, i.e. a quiche or egg casserole or bacon!!
I've learned to like lots of things, but I can't really think of anything I've *had* to learn to like.
re: Katie Nell
When eggs are over-boiled they develop a sulfurous smell. Why this is I don't know, but it's related to, and smells similar to, breaking wind (to put it delicately).
re: Janet from Richmond
Buy Eggland's Best eggs (available at Pavilions, at least in Pasadena) I'm telling you, hard boiled they taste MUCH better than any other egg I tried (i did a blind taste test)
And I eat around 4 hb eggs (i throw away the yellow) per day... one of my favorite snacks.
re: amandine
If you throw away the yolk, you're not really eating 4 hard boiled eggs. You are eating 4 egg whites. Not the same thing at all. I love eggs, the entire egg, but have found that the the ones high in omega-3's taste funky to me. I buy very fresh eggs from a local poultry farm, and never boil them, just start in cold water, bring to a simmer, cover and let sit 15 minutes. Then run cold water over them for a few minutes until cool. They never overcook and smell fresh, not sulfrous. But be aware that very fresh eggs can be hard to peel.
re: Janet from Richmond
yeah that's exactly what God intended to happen to the yolks. As far as texture, I'm reminded of a certain book by Bathaille.
i just recently started eating meat again after ten years. now i eat almost everything cooked rare. steaks, lamb, fish.
im not the biggest fan of chocolate and have yet to find a chocolate cake ive ever liked.
ive learned to like a couple different sorts of cheeses after eating them for awhile. brie, bleu, gorgonzola etc.
I've tried to learn to like raw onions, but they make me gag. They have to be cooked through or I can't eat them. Other than that, though, I can usually eat just about anything.
I used to avoid curries, satay, cilantro and ginger. At some point I just decided that I liked them and would give them a shot and now I love all of them.
I will not eat any kind of animal that doesn't have rigid limbs; meaning clams, mussels, octopus, squid, etc. They disgust me. I just find them too alien. Basically, I won't eat any animal that I would be reluctant to touch and hold when it's alive, and all those creatures give me the creeps. The exception to this rule is crab and lobster (but not shrimp), for some reason I eat them even though I probably wouldn't want to hold a live one.
Eggplant is another food I will not eat. It's slimy and gross. Plus, it's too purple.
I'm trying to learn to eat cilantro. I am one of those who can't abide the stuff but so many chefs are using it that I suffer through it when I encounter it -- much easier to do if it is cooked, but harder when raw...
I'm not alone:
I am pretty omnivorous now, but didn't start out that way. The first piece of fruit I ate was an orange when I was about 12. I didn't eat an apple until I was out of college. Things I've learned to like over the years through gradual adoption are mayonaise, tomatos, peanuts, various fruits, eggs, cheese (besides mozzerlla on pizza) and fruit jelly/jam. I've always eaten meat and fish but can't stand the thought of ever eating liver or pate, brains, pigs feet, tongue, white fish, or certain kinds of sausage. Even though I eat peanuts, peanut butter makes me want to hurl, and yes, I've tried it. The first pb&j sandwich I ever tried was two years ago, and I thought I'd throw up. Also, I'm pretty sure I'll never take to cereal which strikes me as the most disguting combination possible: crispy wheat flakes in cold milk... ugh.
re: wontonton
Why won't you eat white fish? Is it the color?
re: Humbucker
I guess the general look and feel has a lot to do with it. It's unappealing to me. Something I just remembered: on the show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Larry David gets a celebrity sandwich named after him at the local deli. First he's excited, then crestfallen when it turns out to be made of whitefish.
I have tried for over 25+ years to like salmon. It is not going to happen. Smoked or cured is okay any other way it is not happening. It will not go down and I cannot wait to get it out of my mouth.
The two things I never eat are tomatoes and snails. I hate raw tomotes, baked tomatoes, broiled tomatoes, tomato soup. No problem with Marinara sauce etc. When I think of snails I remember my mother scooping the slimy things out of her garden in the summer. gross. I think I eat just about anything else. AS far as learning to like them-why???? I serve tomatoes to my family and even grew them in my vegetable garden for my family.
i've come to like a lot of things that i hated when i was a kid - raw onions, rare beef, mustard, hot peppers, raw tomatoes. my vegetable intake was once limited to lettuce, cucumbers, corn and peas, but now i eat every vegetable known to man and i like or love them all, including the ones that a lot of people dislike like beets, brussel sprouts and turnips. but i still can't stand fish. it tastes to me like something one shouldn't eat. asking me why i don't like it is like asking me why i don't like to eat dirt. nevertheless, i continue to try various types and preparations of fish, just to see if something will change, but no go. as recently as two weeks ago we were on vacation and had some incredibly fresh fish (as in purchased straight off the boat that afternoon) cooked on the grill, so i tried it. it tasted of the citrus marinade and the grill, with an aftertaste of . . . fish. this led to a discussion of people prodding non-fish-eaters to try some by saying "it's really good - it doesn't taste fishy." that always strikes me as odd - i can't imagine offering someone a bite of my steak with the recommendation "it's great - doesn't taste beefy at all." although i guess we do say the same thing with game meats that "don't taste too gamey." and to answer the original question, no, i would not eat fish even if served it at a dinner party. several years ago at a dinner with japanese clients i felt obligated to choke down sushi (don't get me started on raw fish . . .) and nearly made myself ill.
i used to hate olives. but in italy, i had some good ones and since then, i have no issues with them.
i've tried and tried with cilantro as well, no go. i'm similarly averse to coriander and parsely.
another one i've repeatedly tried but will never like -the rind on soft cheeses like camembert and brie. around others (particularly the french who do eat the rind), i will eat it, but on my own, never.
re: auberginegal
I also hated olives -- then I dropped acid (this was 20-some years ago) and the ONLY thing to eat in the house were a variety of olives.
Now I love them!
I've been working on training my bitter palate. Most Americans don't eat much bitter foods, but so many other cultures relish the contrast. I used to hate frisée (curly endive), partly because of the bitter taste and partly because of the texture, the way it tickled my mouth. But then I read some of Patricia Wells' enchantingly evocative descriptions of big white bowls of frisée salads at bistros in Paris, and it made me determined to like them. So I now I do, and I grow dozens in my garden at home, eagerly waiting for them to mature.
Similarly, a description of campari and orange goosed me to start drinking those and appreciating the bitter flavor. Now that combo's too sweet for me and I go for straight campari and soda. Extremely restorative!
I'm working on the cilantro thing also. I'll eat it, but if I have a choice about (i.e., a garnish), I won't.
I haven't had great experiences with kidneys so far -- the smell puts me off. (Though rabbit kidneys are delicious little morsels.) But I honestly can't think of anything that someone is likely to serve me that I couldn't manage to eat some of. Although a lot of processed canned foods (Chef Boyardee, shudder) would put me off.
I'd like to address the second part of your question..the pet peeve..folks not eating what you serve at parties..
My DH and I enjoy all kinds of foods. I'm probably more adventureous but if the dish has a delicious sauce on it DH will give it a go. Our teenager is another matter. He's particular about most foods, textures, smells, appearance..far more than the typical teenager hooked on junk...'cause junk doesn't turn him on either...parties (and we throw as many as we attend) are always an issue.
We don't wish to insult anyone, we in fact love the invites..but our decision to exclude him from the social opportunity BECAUSE of food was a difficult one to make. So we didn't. If he's invited, he respectively attends.
To those who know us and invite us anyway..we explain..and now they know...the kids gonna eat beforehand but we're (dh & I) going to arrive ready and happy to chow.
So to those unhappy with our fussy eater we say--thank you for your patience...he's a work in progress :)
re: HillJ
Lol. My older brother was like that. There was a list of about 10 things that he would eat and nothing else would enter his mouth unless there was some kind of punishment involved. I, on the other hand, was a human vacuum cleaner and was the go-to person in the house to clean out the refridgerator every couple weeks or so.
As for the main topic, I think I'm a little bit of a reverse than most people here. I grew up liking squash, but now, I can't stand it anymore. Fresh, grilled, steamed, cooked, flavored...no go.
I used to have an aversion to fruit: before my teens I could probably count on both hands how many times I've eaten any type of fruit (not counting the period in time before my memory is reliable -- ie infant/toddler years). I think it started with my mother spoonfeeding me soft persimmons as baby food. She would scrape as much of the flesh out as she could -- which usually meant getting so close to the skin that it would taste harsh and bitter. After that I would run screaming from the room if I saw persimmons, and pretty soon that feeling extended to practically any other fruit they tried to introduce to me.
I finally caught on to Fuji apples when they were still a rare find here in CA... and learned to enjoy the crisp Japanese pears from our garden. I still regard all citrus suspiciously, although I will taste it if assured it is sweet and not tart or bitter. And a few years ago I finally saw the light -- hard persimmons! Nowadays I wonder if my skin will turn orange from all that persimmon. The one fruit I will still not allow near me: soft persimmons.
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raw onions in sandwiches
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green peas (but fresh, please)
pork (Mom would broil me a lamb chop when porkchops were on the menu)
hot and spicey foods
I have a friend who was the pickiest eater in the world - no fish, only meat she would touch would be chicken, no eggs, no greens, but yes to popular fried bar items (like chicken tenders, french fries, etc). Interestingly enough, now that she's nearly anorexic (I'm really not joking about it, but my friends and I have tried to help her and have talked to her parents, but to no avail, and she has become so antagonistic when it comes to food that most of us have just given up eating with her) - she is actually a more adventurous eater, in a sense, for now she eats fish, mushrooms, eggs, and nearly everything that she wouldn't touch as a teenager. However, everything is virtually devoid of extra seasoning or flavor - fish is steamed, chicken is poached, no sauces of any kind dare get near what she eats. I have seen her nearly throw fits when her salad accidentally comes dressed in a restaurant. So, in a fashion, she's a less picky eater, yet simultaneously, she's even worse than when she was younger.
Me, I'll eat almost anything. My biggest one was refusing to eat tomatoes when younger (unless disguised in pasta sauce). Then I went to Italy for several weeks in high school, and every single lunch we were served a caprese salad - and I learned to love tomatoes. However, I'm generally not a fan of most condiments, especially ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise, and will avoid foods that contain them because ... ick. Everyone else in my family mocks me (as do most of my friends), but I just cannot stomach them. I think it's because they generally come out of plastic jars and have a super-long shelf life, which just makes me wary.
The big one I got over was spicy food. Anything spicy-hot. As a kid I wouldn't eat any "hot" foods; no salsa, hot sauce, anything like that.
Now I can't get enough. Jalapeños on every sandwich I eat, hot sauce on my eggs, wasabi all over the place, Thai food as hot as you can make it, and I make quarts upon quarts of hot pepper jelly every year.
Also got over sushi. Now I love it, and it's one of my most favorite things to eat, but the first couple of times I tried it I thought I was going to retch.
Still can't do onions, pretty much at all. Never ever ever raw, and only in very small quantities cooked.
No mayo. Yuck. No margarine. Still don't like eggplant. Have a hard time with most organ meats, though I eat plenty of tripe.
re: Mill City Modern
In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit to not having tried many organ meats. I could imagine having trouble eating them, even as a guest. But I would still try.
re: laur76
scallops are really tricky. occasionally i like them when they're done right. but they usually aren't so i don't. (must be well-seared and well-accompanied by other ingredients in the dish)
Brains, sorry, never gonna happen. I tried them at an extremely good restaurant (have adored everything else) so on a set menu I thought 'let's give it a go' (it was a starter) and no. Just plain, no! My other 'no way' food is celery and that's a flavour thing, I'm happy if it's cooked to death so long as it's the other flavours that take over. My main food problem is texture rather than flavour. Otherwise, I tend to like things to start with. I've grown in to green olives (having always been a black person) and other things I tend to feel ambivalent to rather than growing to love them.
My sister won't eat offal (except foie gras). Which might seem unreasonable until you realise she is a surgeon who specialises in kidneys now having done a lot of her training with liver. This is an eating foible I am happy to let slide - otherwise you get gory stories free with your dinner!
re: ali patts
I never thought I would eat brains either - then, just last weekend I ended up with a slice of headcheese on my chaucuterie plate...I had to try it, and it turned out it was delicious!
I really enjoy most foods but even after repeated attempts to learn to like it, I still find lamb extraordinarily unappealing. Sometimes I *really* have to choke it down, and when asked about my food preferences, I will say "no lamb please".
I think the only thing I would refuse right out would be anything that was visibly alive. I had a friend who was faced with eating live baby octopus (its tentacles were grappling with her lip as she tried to eat it!) and I am still haunted by the monkey thing from "faces of death".
No. Oysters are as live as I can stand.
re: lisa13
I don't think head cheese usually has brain in it. It's mostly the other meat and tissue around the skull.
re: Humbucker
No way! I always remember kids at school saying it was brains. Oh well. I feel like a jerk now, but thanks for enlightening me!
Wow! Who knew picky-eaters could also care about food enough to be posting here? I always assumed picky eaters just were unadventurous sods who were happy with mindless restrictions. This has changed my perceptions.
As a kid (under 12) I didn't like a certain set of things including:
the tamale from lobster, uni, soft cod roe, natto, many greens, blue cheese, mussels, and chicken livers.
By the time I was 15 only soft cod roe and natto remained. The other had natural vanished. I often wonder why I didn't like them. I now LOVE dark greens, tamale and mussels. I cook (free-range, naturally raised) chicken livers all the time.
Only natto and soft-cod roe took any effort -- but, about 3 tries and I like them now. Uni seems to taste like tamale and I loved Uni as soon as I liked tamale.
I currently have about 6 blue cheeses in my fridge. It is the only food I can remember how I learned to like it. You see, I had never actually tasted it until about I was 13-4. I ahd always been too put off by the smell. Once I had tasted it, I loved it. I now I have to ask my local cheese monger to bring some new blues in because I've tried all the stuff he usually carries (there is a little group of us and he does bring in stuff for us -- its great).
Cottage Cheese...why, why, why, does it even exist? Because of its healthful qualities (and to be a polite guest), I have tried to like this stuff, but seriously my body has a mind of its own when it comes to actually consuming it. "Eject, Eject"is what every cell starts to scream. Also, when I was a kid I used to cry if someone put mayonnaise on anything I ate or buttered my sandwiches (why do they do thay anyway?). Now that I am an adult (the mature part is still in development) I can tolerate mayo, but the only time I really like is with frites. yum.
re: JennaL
I forgot about cottage cheese.......that may be even worse than boiled eggs. Those curd things....eeeeeeewwwwwww
Feta: called it "fetid" until I went to Greece last last summer. First greek salad in Athens immediately changed my mind.
Tomatoes, mushrooms, tofu: hated it until I went to college and had no choice but to try... and like!
Cottage cheese: learned to like for protein purposes
Brussel sprouts: foodie friends just turned me on to them broiled with a little olive oil. SO GOOD!
Bleu cheese: avoided like the plague (eat mold?!?) but now love after tasting some artisanal cheese at Fromagerie DuFour in Quebec
Canteloupe makes me nauseated, white chocolate is gross, and I hate Chinese food as a whole. Hate the texture, hate the greasiness, and I hate the weird ingredients. I will NEVER eat the fried skin off a chicken claw!!
re: amandine
Brussels sprouts. I really miss Brussels sprouts. I made a big batch of them sauteed with garlic and olive oil for a family dinner a few years ago, came home and developed a stomach virus in the night. Bye, bye Brussels sprouts.
I just had huitlacoche. It took me *months* to get ready to order it but I'm pretty proud that I finally did. Next time I'm going to ask them to pedal back on the jalepeños so I can isolate more of the flavor of the huitlacoche.
I will now eat almost anything (my only really strong taste dislike is Emmenthal cheese), with one exception: I just can't eat anything goopy or jiggly. It's a texture, and not a taste thing. Cottage cheese, jello, creme brulee, pudding, anything like that, I just can't do it. I used to have the same aversion to yogurt, and then I tried the Fage's Greek Yogurt, which I love, because it's thicker. At a dinner party, if I'm served something like this (usually for dessert), I'll taste a little bit to be polite, and then stir it around a bit so that it looks like I've had more.
I've tried to like:
black beans
strawberries (turns out I'm allergic too)
I don't like and don't care about:
bell peppers
I learned to like/love:
I never understood the concept of eating something you hate in hopes that you'll learn to like it because you feel like you're supposed to.
Of course there's a difference between disliking the taste of something and being grossed out by the concept of eating something. I think it's important to try everything at least once. But if you've tried mushrooms 50 times and hated them every time, or if you're finding it hard work, then why keep torturing yourself?
re: Kagey
Greens, as in mess-o-greens.
Kagey, I know it sounds crazy, right? Here's why I do it though: Every week during the growing season, I get a box of veggies from the CSA farm. They decide what and how much you get. Often there are dark leafy greens like collards, mustard, whatever. I really dont like these things, but they're paid for already, and one of my roles in the family is the "eat anything guy." Another thing is, I know the dark leafies are good for you.
So I doctor them up with whatever pork piece is around, and plenty of hot sauce. They still taste like tobacco/wet lawn trimmings to me. But with enough masking, I've found I can even eat things like beet and turnip tops, that many people throw away in good conscience, anyway.
re: Kagey
Tastes change. I hated tomatoes for 23 years, but kept tasting them once a year or so just to make sure I still hated them. One day I didn't, and now I love them. Also, different preparations make a big difference: I made brussel sprouts for some sprout haters last Easter and many loved them, because they were used to them overcooked and smelly. I think it's important not to close yourself off to experiences just because you had one bad one.
Throw this one into the "used to avoid" list. Pumpkin. For years I didn't consider pumpkin "food" and thought that it was at its best carved into a toothful grin and lit up with a candle...and eventually composted. Even seasonal pumpkin pie had to be hidden under whip cream.
Now a roasted pumpkin and red pepper soup is a mainstay (garnished with toasted green pumpkin seeds...I love how they pop on a warm iron skillet.)
I don't think my shift in taste was due to try try and try again, I think it was realizing that it didn't have to be paired with cinnamon and nutmeg.
A similar realization helped me with eggplant, but thats another story.
I've come to like a ton of foods I used to dislike, but I can't get past olives. The thing that pisses me off so much about olives is that the higher quality they are, the more I hate them (which is very backwards, of course). I can choke down canned black olives on a pizza but very good olives that you might get in Italy or Provence? Forget it. I just tried again a few weeks ago when at a very good restaurant in Provence and as I soon as I put the little oil cured olive in my mouth I wanted to retch. Vile vile vile.
I am the ulitmate former food phobic and the list of what I used to fear and what I'll eat now is just way too long to elaborate.
However, I still have a problem with the smell of certain animals fats, so for most of my life I have been gagged by the smell of anything ovine. And yet, being a food-loving person, I loathe the thought of eliminating an entire species of stuff from my diet, so I am learning to like lamb.
And one way to try something that used to make you flinch is to do it in a different context. I hate, loathe, despise and abominate sweet custard. Y'all can have my portion of creme brulee every time. But I love a savory custard, like a seafood custard topped with a fresh tomato sauce.
re: jillp
At last a soul mate! What IS it about sugar and cooked egg? That's really the only widely-eaten food I still really don't like. When we were served Isle Flottant (meringue floating on liquid custard, two things I can really do without) as a special dessert treat in France, my wife was SO proud of me for accepting a serving and then eating it...even though she, and everyone else BUT me at the table, had the day before refused a dish of Swiss chard.
I have learned to like the Rum Nougat See's candy piece because my grandmother used to get those reject pieces along with the Caramel pieces (which I already loved). It started off with my just eating off the chocolate and then somehow progressed into the whole piece.
For the life of me, I cannot eat blue-cheesey cheeses (incl. gorgonzola, camembert, the skins of brie, etc.), bitter melon (will eat but still hate), and for a time I stopped eating papaya because a friend said he didn't like it because it smelled like garbage (and it did!) but have recently "converted" back to eating it.
I have eaten balut (sp?) only but one time. It tasted good but couldn't stomach a second.


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CONTRA EL PINGALISMO CASTRISTA/ "Se que no existe el consuelo que no existe la anhelada tierrra de mis suenos ni la desgarrada vision de nuestros heroes. Pero te seguimos buscando, patria,..." - Reinaldo Arenas
miércoles, junio 25, 2014
Boehner Confirms Lawsuit Against Obama for Executive Actions
viernes, octubre 11, 2013
Obama Balks at Boehner's Debt Ceiling Offer
After House Republicans gave a little breathing room on the debt ceiling, offering a "clean" six-week increase with nothing in return, President Barack Obama rejected their plan.
Obama Balks at Boehner's Debt Ceiling Offer
jueves, octubre 10, 2013
O'Reilly: A collapse of leadership in America
martes, octubre 08, 2013
O'Reilly: The brawl continuing over ObamaCare and the gov't shutdown
viernes, junio 28, 2013
Does immigration reform stand a chance?
Does immigration reform stand a chance?
jueves, mayo 16, 2013
Rubio: White House creating 'culture of intimidation'
miércoles, mayo 15, 2013
Boehner: "My question is who is going to jail over this scandal?" IRS disciplines 2 in probe into conservative targeting
Boehner: "My question is who is going to jail over this scandal?" IRS disciplines 2 in probe into conservative targeting
jueves, mayo 09, 2013
Boehner calls for release of Benghazi emails as pressure grows on administration
On the heels of a dramatic hearing where three whistle-blowers testified, Fox News has learned that former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday, on the Hill for a meeting with House Republicans, also told lawmakers: "I think Hillary (Clinton) should be subpoenaed if necessary."
The comments and developments signal that Republicans will continue to press for answers on the deadly Sept. 11 attack. Despite arguments from Democrats that the hearing was not nearly as shocking as Republicans made it out to be, GOP lawmakers said it raised troubling questions that need to be investigated.
"The truth shouldn't be hidden from the American people behind a White House firewall," Boehner said Thursday. "Four Americans lost their lives in this terrorist attack. Congress will continue to investigate this issue, using all of the resources at our disposal."
Boehner specifically urged the Obama administration to make public a set of internal emails that some lawmakers had been able to review but not keep.
One of the emails apparently showed a top State Department official saying a group affiliated with Islamic terrorists was responsible for the strike. Separate emails, though, allegedly depict the White House and State Department pressing lower-level officials to remove references to terrorism in talking points about the attacks.
Based on those talking points, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice would go on five Sunday talk shows shortly after the attacks to claim they were triggered by protests over an anti-Islam film. Top officials would later claim the flawed assessment was based on the best intelligence at the time, but the testimony from whistle-blowers Wednesday indicated that those on the ground knew the attack was terrorism.
"The YouTube video was a non-event in Libya," Greg Hicks, deputy chief of mission in Libya, testified Wednesday.
After the hearing, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said he will continue to seek whistle-blowers to "come forward."
"Candidly, as quickly as possible, we simply want to have the whistleblowers that are still out there, in fact witnesses that are still out there to come forward, tell us their story. We will get it out and we will close up this investigation," he told Fox News.
Issa, R-Calif., is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which held the hearing.
The wide-ranging and dramatic testimony Wednesday raised several fresh questions about the attack. Witnesses questioned why security had not been tightened in Benghazi in the months leading up to the assault and why U.S. military assets did not respond sooner that night, with one alleging a military team was not given permission to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi the next morning.
Further, they raised serious concerns about the administration's initial decision to describe the attack as a protest gone awry despite evidence on the ground to the contrary.
In startling testimony, Hicks also claimed the State Department retaliated against him after he raised questions about that decision. He claimed that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Elizabeth Jones delivered a "blistering critique" of his management style after he criticized Rice's initial claim that the attack was tied to anger over an anti-Islam film. He also claimed that he was counseled to avoid personally discussing the attack with Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz and was "effectively demoted" to a desk officer in the end.
Issa, in a written statement after Wednesday's hearing, called the alleged retaliation and intimidation "perhaps most troubling."
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., top Democrat on the committee, vowed to protect the whistle-blowers while criticizing his Republican colleagues for allegedly trying to politicize the tragedy. He claimed afterward that the testimony only served to undercut Republican allegations.
"What should have been a bipartisan investigation involving our national security was another sorry example of Republicans promising explosive new facts but delivering only a press spectacle," he said in a statement.
The committee may move to hear testimony next from at least one leader of the State Department's internal review of the Benghazi attack. Though the leaders, former Joints Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen and former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, apparently declined to testify, Pickering told MSNBC on Wednesday that he is willing to speak.
Issa spokesman Frederick Hill on Thursday noted the "change of heart" -- but also said neither Pickering nor the administration has contacted the committee about possible testimony.
Several claims from Wednesday's hearing could open up new lines of inquiry on the attack and its aftermath. Among them, Hicks claimed that Rice's faulty claims about the nature of the attack hurt the FBI investigation.
Hicks argued that Rice's comments so insulted the Libyan president -- since they contradicted his Sept. 16 claims that the attack was premeditated -- that it slowed the FBI's investigation.
"President Magariaf was insulted in front of his own people, in front of the world. His credibility was reduced," Hicks said, adding that the president was apparently "still steamed" two weeks later.
This bad blood, he claimed, contributed to the FBI team being stuck in Tripoli for about 17-18 days.
"I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi," he said, adding that the U.S. could not even get the Libyans to secure the crime scene during that time.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/09/issa-seeks-more-whistle-blowers-after-dramatic-benghazi-hearing/#ixzz2Sp6u0oH4
Boehner calls for release of Benghazi emails as pressure grows on administration
domingo, marzo 03, 2013
Boehner: 'I don't think anyone quite understands' how sequester gets resolved
Boehner: 'I don't think anyone quite understands' how sequester gets resolved
viernes, marzo 01, 2013
Obama: Sequester 'not going to be an apocalypse'- blames 'dumb' cuts on GOP
Obama: Sequester 'not going to be an apocalypse'- blames 'dumb' cuts on GOP
Boehner on sequester: Obama doesn't have a plan to replace it
Boehner on sequester: Obama doesn't have a plan to replace it
martes, febrero 26, 2013
Get 'off your ass': Boehner blasts Senate Democrats
"I don't think the president is focused on finding a solution to the sequester," he said. "The president has been traveling all over the country, today by going down to Newport News in order to use our military men and women as a prop in yet another campaign rally to support his tax hikes."
Get 'off your ass': Boehner blasts Senate Democrats
lunes, febrero 25, 2013
Washington's sequester standoff drags on: 'Mr. President, you got your tax increase'
Washington's sequester standoff drags on: 'Mr. President, you got your tax increase'
miércoles, febrero 20, 2013
YOU MADE IT, NOW FIX IT: Boehner Says Obama Must Own Up to Sequester Crisis
"Having first proposed and demanded the sequester, it would make sense that the president lead the effort to replace it," Boehner wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
The "sequester" is the Washington word for the $85 billion in 2013 spending cuts set to hit starting March 1, with more than $1 trillion in cuts on tap over the next decade. Boehner and Obama both agree that the federal budget needs that level of deficit reduction and more, but sharply disagree over how to achieve it. In the absence of any compromise, the set of indiscriminate cuts which would hit the military hardest are set to take hold in less than two weeks.
The president on Tuesday, surrounded by first responders who are among those who would see cutbacks, called on House Republicans to drop their resistance to tax increases and steer the country away from the budget "meat cleaver."
But Boehner reminded Obama that the automatic cut idea was originally proffered by the White House during the debt-ceiling talks of 2011. He said Congress "reluctantly accepted the president's demand" and claimed it's now up to Obama to find the escape hatch.
"So, as the president's outrage about the sequester grows in coming days, Republicans have a simple response: Mr. President, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. What spending are you willing to cut to replace it?" Boehner asked.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer rejected what he described as "revisionist history." The White House acknowledges the "sequester" came from their office, but argues that Congress was on board at the time. The original plan was to tee up cuts so Draconian that Congress would be compelled to strike a deal to replace them -- Congress, though, failed to do so.
While Boehner blames Democratic resistance to spending and entitlement cuts, Obama blames GOP resistance to closing tax loopholes.
"(Obama) is willing to make tough choices. Now it's time for the speaker to do the same. The speaker has yet to name one tax loophole he's willing to close. Not one," Pfeiffer said.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney also said Tuesday that Congress "must act" to avert the spending cuts, putting the onus on congressional Republicans. "It is bad policy," he said.
The back-and-forth was further evidence that the two sides are drifting further apart as the deadline nears, and that chances of a deal in the near-term are fading.
The president spoke Tuesday at the White House, urging Congress to come up with a short-term fix to cancel sweeping cuts to defense and other programs set to hit March 1.
"These cuts are not smart. They are not fair. They will hurt our economy. They will add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls," Obama said. "This is not an abstraction -- people will lose their jobs."
The president ticked off a host of expected repercussions should the $85 billion in cuts for this year take effect. He said Border Patrol, emergency responders, FBI agents, airport controllers and others would all face cutbacks. He said teachers would be laid off by the thousands and America's military would be degraded.
But Congress is out for the week, effectively leaving one more workweek to reach a deal, or a stopgap, before the deadline.
Shortly before he spoke, Obama was also dealt a blunt warning by former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, who co-chaired the president's deficit-reduction commission.
Simpson warned that Obama "will have a failed presidency" unless he deals "honestly" with entitlements, saying programs like Medicare and Social Security must be dealt with in order to get the country on a sustainable path.
"If he wants to leave it alone and not deal with those two biggies, forget the rest of the stuff -- he'll have a failed presidency," Simpson told Fox News.
While Obama says opposition to tax hikes is holding up a deal, Republicans say Democrats' resistance to major changes to entitlements are a big part of the problem.
Simpson and Erskine Bowles, the former co-chairmen of the president's deficit-reduction commission who for years have been urging Washington to stop kicking the can, got in front of the president early Tuesday morning to push a plan of their own.
The two fiscal hawks pitched a plan to avert the looming spending cuts -- heavy cuts to defense and other programs that they describe as "abrupt" and "mindless" -- and instead enact a $2.4 trillion deficit reduction plan over 10 years.
A quarter would come from changes to health care spending, a quarter would come from closing tax loopholes and the rest would come from spending reductions including a stingier adjustment of Social Security's cost of living increases.
On tax reform, the plan presents a middle ground -- by using the savings from closing loopholes to both lower rates and bring down the deficit. By contrast, Obama has pushed to use that savings mostly to reduce the deficit, while Republicans have pushed to use it to bring down rates.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/boehner-to-obama-created-spending-cut-crisis-fix-it/#ixzz2LTLxCUbT
YOU MADE IT, NOW FIX IT: Boehner Says Obama Must Own Up to Sequester Crisis
martes, febrero 12, 2013
Boehner's blast: Obama doesn't have 'the guts' to cut spending
|J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Boehner's blast: Obama doesn't have 'the guts' to cut spending
miércoles, enero 30, 2013
How President Obama Lost His Shirt to John Boehner
How President Obama Lost His Shirt to John Boehner
martes, enero 22, 2013
First Lady Caught Rolling Eyes Twice at Boehner
Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2013/01/21/michelle-obama-gives-boehner-eye-roll-he-jokes-president/#ixzz2Ij6YXoRR
First Lady Caught Rolling Eyes Twice at Boehner
miércoles, enero 16, 2013
GOP Fires Back at Obama Gun Plan
The package proposed Wednesday is the most comprehensive in decades. The president called for a new, tougher assault weapons ban and a 10-round limit on magazines, as well as legislation to bar the possession of armor-piercing bullets and require criminal background checks for nearly all gun sales.
Separately, he approved 23 executive actions while calling for additional funding to address mental health and school security.
The movement comes in the wake of last month's school massacre in Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were killed.
"If there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try," said Obama, joined at the White House by four children who wrote to the president following the Newtown, Conn., tragedy.
But several lawmakers said the president's proposals in large part would not have prevented a shooting like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They accused the president of glossing over potential factors like the entertainment industry and the country's mental health system, making clear that the legislative proposals could face an uphill climb.
"Nothing the president is proposing would have stopped the massacre at Sandy Hook. President Obama is targeting the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens instead of seriously addressing the real underlying causes of such violence," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said. "Rolling back responsible citizens' rights is not the proper response to tragedies committed by criminals and the mentally ill."
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the proposals would merely invite "drawn-out court battles."
"Instead of a thoughtful, open and deliberate conversation, President Obama is attempting to institute new restrictions on a fundamental constitutional right," he said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in a written statement, said: "Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons, and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror."
But both sides of the debate were preparing Wednesday for a drawn-out national debate. The National Rifle Association is preparing to launch a major ad campaign and has already started running one ad. The group said Wednesday it would work with Congress on a "bipartisan basis" but that "attacking firearms and ignoring children is not a solution to the crisis we face as a nation."
The NRA said: "Only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected, and our children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more tragedy" as a result of the administration's plan.
On the other side, a group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, and her husband, Mark Kelly, has gotten involved in making the public case for gun control. Kelly and Vice President Biden, who led the president's anti-gun violence task force, met Wednesday in Washington.
A handful of Democratic lawmakers have already proposed gun-control bills, though Obama on Wednesday did not endorse any specific piece of legislation. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said he plans to start holding hearings in two weeks on the issue.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who intends to introduce a gun-control package next week including an assault-weapons ban, on Wednesday praised the president's announcement.
"He was exactly right when he said 'weapons designed for the theater of war have no place' in our society. I couldn't agree more. These weapons have one purpose: to kill the most people in the shortest amount of time possible," Feinstein said.
The leaders of the House and Senate declined to issue any definitive statements on Wednesday. "House committees of jurisdiction will review these recommendations. And if the Senate passes a bill, we will also take a look at that," said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner.
In the Senate, Democratic Leader Harry Reid said: "I am committed to ensuring that the Senate will consider legislation that addresses gun violence and other aspects of violence in our society early this year." He thanked the task force for the "thoughtful" ideas and said "all options should be on the table moving forward."
The president, immediately after making his remarks, signed nearly two-dozen executive actions -- a step that has stirred objections from lawmakers who have warned Obama not to overstep his bounds.
Unilaterally, Obama on Wednesday directed federal agencies to share information with the federal background check system; proposed new rules to let law enforcement run full background checks before returning a seized gun; ordered the Centers for Disease Control to research causes of gun violence; required law enforcement to trace guns from criminal investigations; and took other steps. Obama also is nominating the ATF's acting director, Todd Jones, to lead the agency permanently.
The most controversial elements of the president's plan, though, continue to be the proposals he wants Congress to pass.
The call for universal background checks would extend to gun shows and private sales, with "limited" exemptions for "certain transfers" among family members and other situations. The administration plans to give private sellers guidance on how to run background checks as soon as possible.
The president also wants to commit $4 billion to hiring more police officers and to pass new gun trafficking laws to explicitly prohibit straw purchasing.
The White House plan addresses school security, as well, urging Congress to help schools complete emergency plans; proposing an initiative to help schools hire up to 1,000 resource officers and mental health professionals. and proposing new training for teachers to recognize mental health issues among young people. Obama also plans to beef up mental health insurance coverage by executive action.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/16/obama-gun-plan-meets-resistance-on-capitol-hill/#ixzz2IBzKVOml
GOP Fires Back at Obama Gun Plan
domingo, enero 13, 2013
We're now one step closer to America's coming civil war
Washington's Republicans and Democrats alike have become the toll collectors on the road to serfdom
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We're now one step closer to America's coming civil war
America is watching 'War of the Roses' 2013-style starring Obama and Boehner
|Painting by Henry Payne in 1908 [Wikipedia]
As with many troubled couples, these two cannot agree on money matters. Like a wife ignorant of the family's finances, Obama wants ever more and ultimately ruinous spending. Boehner is the stern husband trying to talk sense.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/11/watching-obama-and-boehner-is-like-watching-war-roses-2013/#ixzz2HpkXxtHq
America is watching 'War of the Roses' 2013-style starring Obama and Boehner
"EN TIEMPOS DIFÍCILES" - Heberto Padilla
A aquel hombre le pidieron su tiempo
para que lo juntara al tiempo de la Historia.
Le pidieron las manos,
porque para una época difícil
nada hay mejor que un par de buenas manos.
Le pidieron los ojos
que alguna vez tuvieron lágrimas
para que contemplara el lado claro
(especialmente el lado claro de la vida)
porque para el horror basta un ojo de asombro.
Le pidieron sus labios
resecos y cuarteados para afirmar,
para erigir, con cada afirmación, un sueño
le pidieron las piernas
duras y nudosas
(sus viejas piernas andariegas),
porque en tiempos difíciles
¿algo hay mejor que un par de piernas
para la construcción o la trinchera?
Le pidieron el bosque que lo nutrió de niño,
con su árbol obediente.
Le pidieron el pecho, el corazón, los hombros.
Le dijeron
que eso era estrictamente necesario.
Le explicaron después
que toda esta donación resultaria inútil.
sin entregar la lengua,
porque en tiempos difíciles
nada es tan útil para atajar el odio o la mentira.
Y finalmente le rogaron
que, por favor, echase a andar,
porque en tiempos difíciles
esta es, sin duda, la prueba decisiva.
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- El Zhuanda Fangxiao cubano: mantener lo grande, deshacerse de lo pequeño/
- El caos y la logica difusa en el Castrismo
- El estado de bienestar del Neocastrismo: "Lucha tu alpiste pichón"
- El menú del neocastrismo: pato pekinés y hallacas venezolanas/ Eugenio Yáñez
- El neocastrismo: "revolución" sin ideología
- El secuestro de la Ciencia Cubana por Fidel Castro
- El ¨sucre¨: fracaso anunciado de un golpe de estado
- Elecciones en Cuba: Control Político, Manipulación y Testosterona Biranica [II]
- Elecciones en Cuba: Control Político, Manipulación y Testosterona Biranica [I]
- Estrategias medievales en el siglo XXI
- La antesala del entierro político de Fidel Castro
- La caja de Pandora del castrismo: la sucesión
- La ¨Rana Hirviendo¨ del Castrismo
- Los caminos hacia la Cuba post-castrista
- Los funerales del hombre nuevo
- Los múltiples síndromes del "Papá Estado" cubano
- Neocastrismo y Vaticano: liturgias y Vía Crucis. El camino de Tarzán
- Neocastrismo, diplomacia "revolucionaria" y wikiboberías
- Por un puñado de dólares
- Raúl Castro en el año del Dragón ( I )
- TRES AÑOS DE RAULISMO ( I I I, FINAL): Sombras nada más
- Unificación Monetaria en Cuba: Un arroz con mango neocastrista [1]
- Unificación Monetaria en Cuba: Un arroz con mango neocastrista [2]
- Unificación Monetaria en Cuba: arroz con mango neocastrista [FINAL]
- Vivienda y Castrismo. La mezcla se endurece
- ¿Perestroika a la cubana?
- ChartsBin
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Carta desde la carcel de Fidel Castro Ruz
"…después de todo, para mí la cárcel es un buen descanso, que sólo tiene de malo el que es obligatorio. Leo mucho y estudio mucho. Parece increíble, las horas pasan como si fuesen minutos y yo, que soy de temperamento intranquilo, me paso el día leyendo, apenas sin moverme para nada. La correspondencia llega normalmente…"
"…En cuanto a fumar, en estos días pasados he estado rico: una caja de tabacos H. Upman del doctor Miró Cardona, dos cajas muy buenas de mi hermano Ramón….".
"Me voy a cenar: spaghettis con calamares, bombones italianos de postre, café acabadito de colar y después un H. Upman #4. ¿No me envidias?".
"…Me cuidan, me cuidan un poquito entre todos. No le hacen caso a uno, siempre estoy peleando para que no me manden nada. Cuando cojo el sol por la mañana en shorts y siento el aire de mar, me parece que estoy en una playa… ¡Me van a hacer creer que estoy de vacaciones! ¿Qué diría Carlos Marx de semejantes revolucionarios?".
"No temas ni a la prision, ni a la pobreza, ni a la muerte. Teme al miedo" - Giacomo Leopardi
¨Por eso es muy importante, Vicky, hijo mío, que recuerdes siempre para qué sirve la cabeza: para atravesar paredes¨– Halvar de Flake [El vikingo]
"Como no me he preocupado de nacer, no me preocupo de morir" - Lorca
"Al final, no os preguntarán qué habéis sabido, sino qué habéis hecho" - Jean de Gerson
"Si queremos que todo siga como está, es necesario que todo cambie" - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"Todo hombre paga su grandeza con muchas pequeñeces, su victoria con muchas derrotas, su riqueza con múltiples quiebras" - Giovanni Papini
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans" - John Lennon
"Habla bajo, lleva siempre un gran palo y llegarás lejos" - Proverbio Africano
"No hay medicina para el miedo" - Proverbio escoces
"El supremo arte de la guerra es doblegar al enemigo sin luchar" - Sun Tzu
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office" - H. L. Menken
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented" - Elie Wiesel
"Stay hungry, stay foolish" - Steve Jobs
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert , in five years ther'ed be a shortage of sand" - Milton Friedman
"The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less" - Vaclav Havel
"No se puede controlar el resultado, pero si lo que uno haga para alcanzarlo" - Vitor Belfort [MMA Fighter]
Para Raul Castro
Cuba ocupa el lugar 147 entre 153 paises evaluados en "Democracia, Mercado y Transparencia 2007"
Enlaces sobre Cuba:
- Abicu Liberal
- Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental
- Asociation for the study of the Cuban Economy
- Babalu blog
- Bitacora Cubana
- Centro de Estudios de la Economia Cubana
- Cine Cuba
- Conexion Cubana
- Conexion Cubana/Osvaldo
- Cuba Futuro
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- Cuba transition project
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- Cubanology
- El Blog del Forista 'El Compañero'
- El Republicano Liberal
- El Tono de la Voz
- Emilio Ichikawa blog
- Enrisco
- Estancia Cubana
- Esteban Casañas Lostal/ La Isla
- Estudios Económicos Cubanos
- Exilio Cubano
- Fernando Gonzalez
- Freedom for Dr. Biscet!
- Fundacion Canadiense para las Americas: Cuba
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- Gaspar, El Lugareño
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- Humberto Fontova
- IRI: International Republic Institute
- Ideas Ocultas
- Jinetero,... y que?
- La Finca de Sosa
- La Nueva Cuba
- La Primavera de Cuba
- La pagina del Dr. Antonio de la Cova
- Lista de blogs cubanos
- Los Miquis
- Magazine Cubano
- Manuel Diaz Martinez
- Martha Beatriz Roque Info
- Martha Colmenares
- Medicina Cubana
- Movimiento HUmanista Evolucionario Cubano
- Neoliberalismo
- Net for Cuba International
- Nueva Europa - Nueva Arabia
- Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas de Cuba
- Penultimos Dias
- Pinceladas de Cuba
- Postal de Cuba
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Repensando la rebelión cubana de 1952-1959
- Revista Hispano Cubana
- Revista Voces Voces
- Secretos de Cuba
- Sociedad Civil Venezolana
- Spanish Pundit
- SrJacques Online: A Freedom Blog
- Stratfor Global Intelligence
- TV Cuba
- The Havana Note
- The Investigative Project on Terrorism
- The Real Cuba
- The Trilateral Commission
- Union Liberal Cubana/Seccion de Economia y Finanzas
- White House
- Yo Acuso al regimen de Castro
Cuando vinieron
Cuando vinieron a buscar a los sindicalistas, Callé: yo no soy sindicalista.
Cuando vinieron a buscar a los judíos, Callé: yo no soy judío. Cuando vinieron a buscar a los católicos, Callé: yo no soy "tan católico".
Cuando vinieron a buscarme a mí, Callé: no había quien me escuchara.
Reverendo Martin Niemöller
Articulos especiales
- * Analisis del saldo migratorio externo cubano 2001-2007
- * Anatomía de un mito: la salud pública en Cuba antes y después de 1959
- * Cuba: Sistema de acueductos y alcantarillados
- * ELECCIONES: Un millon ciento cincuenta y dos mil personas setecientas quince personas muestran su oposicion al regimen
- * El Trinquenio Amargo y la ciudad distópica: autopsia de una utopía/ Conf. del Arq. Mario Coyula
- * Estructura del PIB de Cuba 2007
- * Las dudas de nuestras propias concepciones
- * Republica y rebelion
- Analisis de los resultados de la Sherrit en Cuba
- Circulacion Monetaria: Tienen dinero los cubanos para "hacerle" frente a las medidas "aperturistas" de Raul?
- Cuba-EEUU: Los círculos viciosos y virtuosos de la transición cubana [ 3] / Lazaro Gonzalez
- Cuba-EEUU: Los círculos viciosos y virtuosos de la transición cubana [ I ]/ Lazaro Gonzalez
- Cuba-Estados Unidos: Los Círculos Viciosos y Virtuosos de la transición cubana [ I I ]- Lazaro Gonzalez
- Cuba: Comercio Exterior 2007 y tasas de cambio
- Cuba: Reporte de turistas enero 2008
- Cuba: Sondeo de precios al Mercado Informal
- Estudio de las potencialidades de la produccion de etanol en Cuba
- Reforma de la agricultura en Cuba: Angel Castro observa orgulloso al Sub-Latifundista de Biran al Mando*
- Turismo en Cuba: Un proyecto insostenible. Analisis de los principales indicadores
- Unificación Monetaria en Cuba: Un arroz con mango neocastrista [1]
Donde estan los Green, los Socialdemocratas, los Ricos y los Pobres, los Con Voz y Sin Voz? Cuba llora y nadie escucha.
Donde estan el Jet Set, los Reyes y Principes, Patricios y Plebeyos? Cuba desesperada clama por solidaridad.
Donde Bob Dylan, donde Martin Luther King, donde Hollywood y sus estrellas? Donde la Middle Class democrata y conservadora, o acaso tambien liberal a ratos? Y Gandhi? Y el Dios de Todos?
Donde los Santos y Virgenes; los Dioses de Cristianos, Protestantes, Musulmanes, Budistas, Testigos de Jehova y Adventistas del Septimo Dia. Donde estan Ochun y todas las deidades del Panteon Yoruba que no acuden a nuestro llanto? Donde Juan Pablo II que no exige mas que Cuba se abra al Mundo y que el Mundo se abra a Cuba?
Que hacen ahora mismo Alberto de Monaco y el Principe Felipe que no los escuchamos? Donde Madonna, donde Angelina Jolie y sus adoptados around de world; o nos hara falta un Brando erguido en un Oscar por Cuba? Donde Sean Penn?
Donde esta la Aristocracia Obrera y los Obreros menos Aristocraticos, donde los Working Class que no estan junto a un pueblo que lanquidece, sufre y llora por la ignominia?
Que hacen ahora mismo Zapatero y Rajoy que no los escuchamos, y Harper y Dion, e Hillary y Obama; donde McCain que no los escuchamos? Y los muertos? Y los que estan muriendo? Y los que van a morir? Y los que se lanzan desesperados al mar?
Donde estan el minero cantabrico o el pescador de percebes gijonese? Los Canarios donde estan? A los africanos no los oimos, y a los australianos con su acento de hombres duros tampoco. Y aquellos chinos milenarios de Canton que fundaron raices eternas en la Isla? Y que de la Queen Elizabeth y los Lords y Gentlemen? Que hace ahora mismo el combativo Principe Harry que no lo escuchamos?
Donde los Rockefellers? Donde los Duponts? Donde Kate Moss? Donde el Presidente de la ONU? Y Solana donde esta? Y los Generales y Doctores? Y los Lam y los Fabelo, y los Sivio y los Fito Paez?
Y que de Canseco y Miñoso? Y de los veteranos de Bahia de Cochinos y de los balseros y de los recien llegados? Y Carlos Otero y Susana Perez? Y el Bola, y Pancho Cespedes? Y YO y TU?
Y todos nosotros que estamos aqui y alla rumiando frustaciones y resquemores, envidias y sinsabores; autoelogios y nostalgias, en tanto Louis Michel comulga con Perez Roque mientras Biscet y una NACION lanquidecen?
Donde Maceo, donde Marti; donde aquel Villena con su carga para matar bribones?
Cuba llora y clama y el Mundo NO ESCUCHA!!!
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Wisconsin CU League News Release - 10/10/2011
TARP II: banks repay bailout debt with taxpayer funds that should be helping small businesses
"That's right - banks are using taxpayer money to repay taxpayers for their bailout," said Brett Thompson, President & CEO of the Wisconsin Credit Union League. "And at the same time, banks have left small businesses in the lurch—threatening the vitality of hundreds of Main Street communities sustained by small businesses—by opposing federal legislation that would allow credit unions to meet small businesses' credit needs at no cost to taxpayers."
Last year, as part of TARP II, Congress approved sending U.S. banks $30 billion in taxpayer funds to get credit flowing – dollars that small businesses need to avoid layoffs or just stay afloat. For example, it has been reported that Wisconsin banks and lending agencies have received a total of more than $100 million through this fund. Credit unions would like to increase their business lending without any taxpayer-injected funds.
But instead of increasing loans to small businesses, more than half of the TARP II funds that U.S. banks have received for that purpose has repaid TARP I debt, according to The Wall Street Journal.
"Banks claim that paying off higher-interest obligations frees up capital for business lending, but that ignores the shell game by which Main Street citizens are footing the bill, and average citizens who own or are employed by small businesses won't be the ones who benefit," Thompson added. He says that's because banks don't want the modest loans small companies need because the loans are too small to drive shareholder profits. Credit unions, however, routinely make smaller loans because they have no shareholders and exist solely to meet the needs of their member-owners.
In fact, credit unions could add as much as $405 million in new credit that would create 4,400 new jobs in our state alone. But many credit unions have maxed out what they can lend despite three consecutive years of increased business lending because of an arbitrary federal cap on their business lending, set at 12.25% of total assets. Wisconsin voters—84% in fact—support removing this limitation and Forbes magazine has called it a "no brainer." Still, bankers continue to lobby Congress to keep the arbitrary restriction even while they use tax dollars targeted for small businesses to repay their prior bailout. Federal regulators support legislation that would raise the cap to 27.5% of total assets, but banking groups oppose it.
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A visitor with an umbrella stands during heavy rain after the opening of the 179th Oktoberfest in Munich. MICHAEL DALDER/REUTERS
A girl dressed in white, carries a copy of a Koran as she takes part in a protest organized by supporters of Nasrallah against a film made in the U.S. that mocks the Prophet Mohammad, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. ALI HASHISHO/REUTERS
Austrian police officers wait in front of US embassy during protest by Muslims against film that denigrate Prophet Mohammad in Vienna. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS
Revellers enjoy a ride in a roller coaster at the Munich Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese in Munich. KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS
A combination photo shows participants during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse. VINCENT KESSLER/REUTERS
Regina Bakai competes in the Hungarian pole dance competition in Budapest. LASZLO BALOGH/REUTERS
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at the Milwaukee Theater in Milwaukee. KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
Tova (R), the mother of Israeli soldier Corporal Natanel Yahalomi, kisses his flag-draped coffin before his funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin near Tel Aviv. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS
Republican presidential candidate Romney kisses wife Ann after she spoke at campaign fundraiser in Beverly Hills. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS
Taylor Swift performs with member of her band during 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. STEVE MARCUS/REUTERS
A volunteer adds vegetables to create the world's biggest vegetable salad during a World Guinness Record attempt in Pantelimon. BOGDAN CRISTEL/REUTERS
Rescue team members carry a tourist after an avalanche at Mount Manaslu Base Camp. HANDOUT/REUTERS
A boy hangs from a wall as he watches people immerse statues of the Hindu god Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS
Riot police use pepper spray as they try to disperse Muslim protesters during a rally in central Athens. JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS
Goldfish swim in a plastic pool as ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys are reflected in the water while performing the Tashlich ritual in the southern city of Ashdod. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS
Competitor rides his home-made vehicle during Red Bull Soapbox Race non-motorized event on Warsaw street. KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS
Riot police use tear gas as they try to disperse Muslim protesters during a rally in central Athens. JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS
Italian designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause at end of his Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS
Tracy Morgan lies onstage, pretending to have passed out, as host Kimmel stages a Facebook and Twitter stunt at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS
Several dozen fishing boats set off to the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyutai in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, from Suao port in Ilan County. PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS
A university student majoring in Korean traditional dance wears traditional costume while peforming during the grand Confucian ceremony of Seokjeon at a shrine at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS
Militant Islamists react as they attend their verdict at a court in Ismailia city. STRINGER/EGYPT/REUTERS
A member of a government demolition team searches for cover next to his colleagues who are throwing back rocks at illegal settlers during a demolition near Manila's Makati financial district. ERIK DE CASTRO/REUTERS
A model displays a creation of DSquared 2 Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS
Trainees prepare to pose for a group photo after finishing a training course at the communist party school called China Executive Leadership Academy of Pudong in Shanghai. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS
A Free Syrian Army fighter plays a guitar as he walks through a street near Aleppo. STRINGER/REUTERS
Smoke from a wildfire engulfs a hillside next to a house in Pedralba near Valencia. HEINO KALIS/REUTERS
A U.S. Navy BQM-74E drone launches from the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) during a live fire exercise in the Caribbean Sea. HANDOUT/REUTERS
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man takes part in the Tashlich ritual in Ashdod ahead of Yom Kippur. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS
Man observes the artwork You will not see me, You will not hear me on the Cosmic Underground art train in Riga railway station. INTS KALNINS/REUTERS
A tuk-tuk driver drives through the rain on the streets of Colombo in Sri Lanka. PHILIP BROWN/REUTERS
Members of militant group al Shabab are paraded at Maslah square after their surrender in Mogadishu. OMAR FARUK/REUTERS
A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sits on car hood as he listens during a campaign rally in Acarigua. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS
Surfers wait for waves as dolphins leap in the waters of Bondi Beach in Sydney. DANIEL MUNOZ/REUTERS
File photo of Korean rapper-singer Psy performing in New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS
A man attends a training at the FLN movement (North Liberation Forces) camp in Sevare. STRINGER/REUTERS
German Chancellor Merkel applauds as former German chancellor Kohl arrives for CDU and CSU party faction meeting in Berlin. FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS
Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid. ANDREA COMAS/REUTERS
A demonstrator struggles with Spanish National Police riot officers outside the the Spanish parliament in Madrid. SERGIO PEREZ/REUTERS
An officer looks at a candidate as she does push-ups during the selection process for a professional contract in the Russian army, at a recruitment centre in Stavropol. EDUARD KORNIYENKO/REUTERS
Ivan, a 4-year-old lion, sits inside a private roadside zoo in Novi Pazar. HANDOUT/REUTERS
Former U.S. President Clinton kisses Chen Li, a disabled woman who has opened a school for the disabled in China, at the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 in New York. ANDREW BURTON/REUTERS
Military cadets march during a military parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of North Yemen's revolution in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah/REUTERS
An Indian policewoman looks on from inside a police van at Kashmiri female nursing students during their protest sit-in in Srinagar. FAYAZ KABLI/REUTERS
File photo shows two Sukhoi Su-30 planes from the Venezuelan Air Force taking part in a military parade to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence in Caracas. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS
A man walks along an empty street in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. DARREN WHITESIDE/REUTERS
Dress designer Dana Kruszynska looks at a dress to be worn at Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS
Debutante Alice Palmer is told off for walking too fast by former debutante Patricia Woodall as she rehearses for Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS
Volunteer cleans shoes of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos on display at Marikina Footwear Museum. ROMEO RANOCO/REUTERS
A riot police officer prepares to throw a teargas cannister to protestors near Syntagma square during a 24-hour labour strike in Athens. YORGOS KARAHALIS/REUTERS
A demonstrator comfronts a riot police officer near Syntagma square during a 24-hour labour strike in Athens. YORGOS KARAHALIS/REUTERS
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he sits with his delegation prior to his address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York. MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS
Hillary Clinton winks after addressing an event to discuss leveraging AIDS response during the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. LUCAS JACKSON/REUTERS
Actor Krisch performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Raimund's Der Alpenkoenig und der Menschenfeind in Vienna. HERWIG PRAMMER/REUTERS
People conduct rescue operations after a bus plunged into the Purna River in Maharashtra's Buldhana district. STRINGER/INDIA/REUTERS
A visitor looks at Langlands & Bell's Sign of the Times, at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art in central London. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS
A fisherman throws his net at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS
A soldier uses a welding torch to destroy the chamber of a pistol on the outskirts of San Salvador. STRINGER/EL SALVADOR/REUTERS
A whale shark is seen in the Galapagos Islands. HANDOUT/REUTERS
Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Capriles greets supporters during a campaign rally in Maracay. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/REUTERS
A halite salt crystal in the shape of a heart is seen in the Nemocon salt mine. JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ/REUTERS
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei reacts to a question during an interview at his studio in Beijing. DAVID GRAY/REUTERS
Riot policemen stand guard as Muslim protesters pray outside a shopping mall in Bangkok. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS
BASE jumper Navacerrada of Spain leaps before opening his parachute from Kuala Lumpur Tower. BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/REUTERS
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A paramilitary police officer stands guard Beijing's Tiananmen Gate. JASON LEE/REUTERS
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney passes crying baby back into crowd outside American Legion Post 176. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS
Gloria Thompson, 68, receives an eye exam at the Care Harbor/LA free clinic in Los Angeles. LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS
Franciscan friar Alessandro Brustenghi, 34, performs at the Santa Maria degli Angeli basilica in Assisi. ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/REUTERS
Brazilian artist Grapiuna works on his iron sculpture using a welding machine at his workshop in Rio de Janeiro. PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS
A soldier throws a bundle of marijuana into a bonfire during a military operation at Tequila in Jalisco. STRINGER/REUTERS
Wreckage of a Dornier aircraft is seen at a crash site in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS
Rescue team members douse a plane after it crashed in Kathmandu. STRINGER/REUTERS
Workers stand on one of the spheres of Brussels' Atomium, during a site cleaning. YVES HERMAN/REUTERS
Printout of a blessing is placed on a sleeping baby before his circumcision in Jerusalem. RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS
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Image from "Minneapolis Park System" by Theodore WirthThe Ancient Oak in 1941It's had a long, good life, and now it's time for the 333-year-old oak at the Mississippi River gorge to go to tree heaven. Today the City of Minneapolis is taking the top off the tree and giving it to artists, so ... More >>
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The pilot reported that on final approach to the 1,800-foot-long airstrip, his airspeed was 75 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS) 'and dropping' (the aircraft information manual specifies a final approach speed of 60 KIAS until the flare for a short-field landing), and that the wind shifted to a 5-knot tailwind on final. The pilot stated he landed long, and that although he had 'little runway left' during the landing flare, he decided not to go around because of rising terrain and obstructions at the end of the runway. During the landing roll, the pilot locked the brakes and the main landing gear tires blew. The pilot was unable to steer or stop the airplane before it veered to the right and ran off the end of the runway, colliding with a fence before coming to rest. The pilot reported that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
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WellNEWS Newsletter
Pathways to Wellness has gained an international reputation for our ongoing contributions to research and evaluation. With over 16 years of experience in assessing the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, we have been able to promote efforts to make complementary treatment accountable in terms of efficacy, accessibility, and public health value.
With a client-centered model, input from consumers is crucial at every phase of the development and implementation of a study. Clients are at the center of all aspects of study, and their mandates are integral to envisioning the types of projects we choose to undertake. We value clients as full participants in all aspects of our evaluations, not as passive study "subjects." Together, we strive to create the kind of cutting-edge research that will provide meaningful answers to questions that concern the public's health and well-being.See our other research pages for more information on research at Pathways to Wellness as well as other research on Acupuncture and Asian Medicine.
Federal Research Grant Awarded to Pathways to Wellness for Study of
Acupuncture in treating individuals with HIV/AIDS
Pathways to Wellness has recently been awarded research funding from the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the
National Institutes of Health. The clinical trial that will be conducted is
based on a pilot study that examined the effects of acupuncture on
controlling digestive side-effects related to the use of antiretroviral
medication; this previous work indicated that acupuncture may be effective
in managing a variety of digestive symptoms, as well as favorably
influencing adherence to medications. This new study will include partners
from Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health.
The 3-year grant of almost a half million dollars marks a new phase in
Pathways? development, since approximately only 10% of those who apply
receive funding.
Department of Defense Grant Awarded to Pathways to Wellness for Study of
Acupuncture for U.S. Veterans
Pathways to Wellness has received a federal research grant from the U.S.
Department of Defense to examine the effects of acupuncture and relaxation
in treating veterans affected by chemical dependency and substance use. In
partnership with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, MA,
acupuncturists from Pathways will be conducting a study that examines the
role of acupuncture and relaxation in diminishing alcohol and drug cravings
and improving quality of life for veterans. This study is one of 5 in the
U.S. funded by the Dept. of Defense, who issued a call for proposals using
complementary and integrative approaches to health and wellness.
Pathways to Wellness presented a poster discussion at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in Summer 2006
Our discussion focused on integrating acupuncture care into a variety of settings, including hospitals and community health clinics.
The material presented addresses the issues of working with special populations.
Click to view poster
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