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Currently Postal Service employees are offered the same benefits that all other federal employees receive. While the employee's share of premiums may differ, Postal employees, just like Federal employees, each year chose from a wide range of health benefit options, including plans offered by all four postal unions. This will soon change.
For at least five months, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe has promoted moving the Postal Service out of the federal health benefit system. More recently, National Association of Letter Carrier President Frederic Rolando has stated that the NALC and the Postal Service are negotiating a new approach to health benefits. The approach has three components:
- adoption of best practices on disease management and wellness care,
- improved purchasing power for drugs and other medical services and
- integration of postal employee health insurance plans with Medicare benefits.
These negotiations are extremely important as they would likely provide a model for negotiations underway with the Mailhanders and an arbitration decision with rural carriers. Non-bargaining unit postal employees could also see their benefits follow this model shortly after it is announced. (I would not be surprised if the Postal Service is not already discussing such changes with both Postmaster associations and Postal Supervisors.) Finally, the APWU may be asked to open up its contract, in order to integrate changes that the other Postal Service Unions have agreed to.
In his op-ed in Politico, President Rolando states that modifying the Postal Service's approach to health care could save $20 billion in costs. What President Rolando does not say is that the changes that are proposed could reduce pressure to raise the employee's share of the total health premium if the changes result in total premium decreases equal to or larger than the savings that are expected.
What is unclear at this point is how much comes from each of these three changes. As the integration of postal employee health insurance plans with Medicare benefits have an impact on the federal budget, savings from that portion of the plan would require legislative approval. It is clear from the CBO report on the House bill that it is possible to allow the integration to happen as part of a postal reform bill without affecting the Federal budget.
So how will these changes affect Postal Service employees?
Adoption of Best Practices on Disease Management and Wellness Care
The goal here is to provide strong incentives for Postal Service employees to:
- improve the chance that they will not need expense medical treatments through a combination of health improvement programs (i.e. weight loss, smoking cessation, and exercise programs) and early diagnosis programs for cancer and other diseases when they are easier and less expensive to treat;
- manage their chronic medical conditions (i.e. diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and asthma), that they precisely follow behaviors and treatment protocol that minimizes their need for hospitalizations; and
- if they have a serious medical condition, that they get the follow-up care that both improves outcomes and minimizes the chance of re-occurrences.
Meeting these goals requires that the employee's insurer adopt a disease and health risk management program. Disease and health risk management programs are population-based, evidence-based systematic approaches to improving care of individuals with relevant diagnoses. These individuals are identified through algorithms based on medical and/or pharmacy claims, and laboratory results, as well as health risk appraisal results, referrals by providers and self-referral.
It is also possible that a third party independent of the insurer will conduct the analysis. Often these third parties integrate web-, mobile- and mail-based programs to reinforce a treatment program. For example, these programs use mobile technology to both remind diabetics to check their insulin levels, as well as send the results to their doctors so that he/she can be notified when a patient is either not complying with proper monitoring or if readings raise concerns.
Improved Purchasing Power for Drugs and Other Medical Services
The improved purchasing power will come primarily from shifting the choice of the pharmacy benefit manager from the individual health plans to the Postal Service. With this shift all health plans offered by the Postal Service to its employees will use the same pharmacy management program.
The impact on employees depends on how the pharmacy manager controls costs. Pharmacy managers use a formulary to identify drugs that must be purchased as a generic, brand name drugs that are approved for use when multiple similar brand-name drugs are available; and the cost to the insured of using brand name instead of generic drugs as well as a non-preferred brand-name drug over a preferred brand-name drug. Pharmacy managers may also get into issues of the off-label use of drugs, as well as a means to control costs.
The shift to a single pharmacy manager may cause some limited inconvenience during a transition period if an insured Postal Service employee has to shift their prescriptions to a preferred mail-order or retail pharmacy. The biggest impact may be for individuals that are currently using mail-order pharmacies, as each pharmacy manager usually has a preferred supplier. The impact on the use of retail pharmacies should be limited as nearly all retail pharmacies accept payment schedules from all pharmacy managers. However, to get the biggest savings, the Postal Service's new health plan may encourage using the mail-order pharmacy or a particular pharmacy chain.
The Postal Service may make some changes in how the insurers that it uses pay doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals. This may result in different levels of payment to medical practices and hospitals based on how they treat patients. It could also result that Postal Employees who work in cities with multiple hospitals will find that choosing a physician that practices at one hospital could be more expensive than choosing a physician who practices at a preferred hospital.
Integration of Postal Employee Health Insurance Plans With Medicare Benefits
This change would more than likely generate a significant share of the savings projected by the NALC. It requires legislative change, so its inclusion is uncertain.
For older Postal Service employees and retirees, coordination with Medicare benefits will require a little more time when filling in paperwork when visiting a doctor for the first time or entering a hospital. The individual would have to include both Medicare and the Postal Service's plan as insurers with Medicare being primary. Paying bills may be a bit more complicated, as well as payments could come from two insurers instead of one making figuring out how much is owed after insurance benefits are paid would be a bit more difficult to compute.
As far as getting medical care, coordination of insurance benefits with Medicare should not affect the patient's ability to get care. To the extent that Medicare payment schedules are lower than the Postal Service's insurance plan, then the doctor would receive the amount that is in the Postal Service's plan with a portion of that amount paid by Medicare. The same would be true for hospitals and other medical services.
Long-term Impact of Change
This introduction of a Postal Service health benefit plan is an important first step in developing a new business model. The NALC should be commended for promoting this change and other postal unions and management associations should join them in this effort.
With the exception of the change involving Medicare, the proposed changes here reflect the current trend in thinking about how to both improve medical care and control costs. Two good examples are Harvard Pilgrim and QuadMed. Harvard Pilgrim, one of the largest insurers in New England, is a leader among insurers in implementing a wellness and disease management approach to medical care. QuadMed, provides medical services and health management services for Quad Graphics and other companies in Wisconsin. In the next few days this post will post more on what these entities are doing as they provide the best information as to how the NALC program will save the Postal Service money and improve the health of Postal Service employees.


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Friday doesn't always have to be a pizza night. Keep dinners interesting with these meatless recipes and seafood recipes, perfect for Lent.
Try this salad "pizza" as an alternative to the usual tomato-and-cheese kind. It's especially good because it starts with our crusty Grilled Flatbread.
Stir-Fried Tofu with Vegetables
Here is a great way to show what a super meat substitute firm tofu is. You can vary the vegetables. Small broccoli flowerets or zucchini strips can stand in for the carrots and mushrooms.
Penne with Yellow Peppers and Sweet Onion
A classic pasta meal gets an upgrade thanks to balsamic vinegar and fresh basil seasoning.
Spaghetti with Beets and Greens
This unusual pasta dish was adapted from Michele Scicolone's cookbook, A Fresh Taste of Italy. Beets and garlicky beet greens are tossed with spaghetti, tinting the pasta a beautiful pinkish red hue!
Scallop and Asparagus Stir-Fry
Tossing this dish with chopped basil just before serving adds a touch of fresh flavor. With steamed rice, you have a complete meal!
Salmon with Lentils and Orange-Basil Dressing
This dish makes a quick and healthy meal. Pair it with a small salad of peppery greens, such as watercress or arugula.
Pasta with Mahimahi, Tomatoes, and Basil
Similar to grouper, mahimahi boasts a firm texture and light, sweetly moist meat. Paired with multigrain pasta, this extra-lean fish dish is a delicious way to enjoy the benefits of heart-healthy seafood.
Jerk Halibut Steaks with Sweet Potato Wedges
Halibut, a firm-fleshed fish, is often sold as fillets, but it's one of the few "flat" fish thick enough to be cut into steaks which are usually a better buy.
Seared Scallops with Olive and Tomato Compote
Make sure to rinse scallops under running water to remove any residual sand from the crevices. The little crescent-shaped muscle on the side of each scallop is edible but tough; use fingertips to easily pull each one off before cooking.
Please note that not all recipes are appropriate for the Lenten food restrictions of all denominations.
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The Connectivity Infrastructure
Craig Burton says it's the nature of infrastructure to commoditize itself and that it's the nature of commodities to ubiquitize as well. That's why he believes every company playing the infrastructure game in the computer and networking business needs an open-source strategy. If you want to drive ubiquity, open source is hard to beat. Just look at Linux. (He also points out that driving shareholder value is an orthogonal concern.)
A couple of days ago Kevin Marks pointed to the natural division between transport and protocols. But the more important distinction is between infrastructure (comprised of transport and protocols) and the stuff that depends on it, such as applications, "content" and companies in those businesses.
Toward that end is one of Kevin's links: Bob Frankston's Connectivity: What it is and why it is so important. (Background: Bob co-invented the spreadsheet with Dan Bricklin.)It's a good piece that has many provocative and important things to say. But one paragraph stands out for me as a locus of trouble:
We can now treat telephony and television as applications built upon any available connectivity. We are already used to the idea that we access any Internet service from any provider.
"We" are still a minority, to the advantage of AOL, Microsoft and entertainment industry heavies who want to leverage their application and content mass against lower layers of the infrastructure stack.
Not that they have it easy. Microsoft has successfully leveraged its monopoly position in operating systems to sell lots of mail and Web servers, but the company is still not in a position to change the underlying protocols on which those mail and Web services depend (though they're trying, with .Net). In the case of the entertainment industry, the only leverage they have is legality. They've had some success with the DMCA and similar efforts but only with controlling behavior, not with the evolution of network infrastructure. And in the case of AOL's instant messaging, there are no lower layers to be concerned about, which is why it's hard to conceive of a server-side instant messaging infrastructure, much less a business to build on it. (All due credit to Jabber, it ain't here yet -- but in time it will be).
That infrastructure is essentially an underlying condition that's easily conceived as a place. Bob calls the condition "connectivity". Larry Lessig calls it the Net's "end to end" architecture. Craig Burton has my favorite description for the place itself: a hollow sphere in which every point is visible to every other point across an empty space in the middle -- a vacuum where the virtual distances are zero. Fittingly, we conceive of the Net in place-like terms. We have "sites" and "locations" with "addresses" that are "on" the Net.
But here's the problem: what Bob and Larry and Craig talk about is obvious to us, but not to the majority of netizens to whom the Net is a remote place one "visits" by "dialing" there. The place-like nature of the Net is also not obvious to the telecom and cable backbone companies that still think of the whole thing as a distribution system -- a concept they share with the entertainment business (and, regrettably, many lawmakers).
Some broadband providers are no help, either. I was recently pleased to hear that a low-tech friend finally got DSL; but when I visited her home I found that the provider was SBC, which uses a goofy PPPOE client to bypass the PC's networking control panel, and therefore the Net could only be accessed by, of all things, "dialing up." Yes, the speed was faster, but the concept of a remote place one only visits was maintained. The idea that her PC is as connected to the Net as it is to the electric grid remained alien to her.
Of course, using PPPOE to maintain the dial-up model of the Net makes sense for SBC, which is still essentially a telephone company. Here's Bob again:
If we turn from the exciting reality of the Internet back to the other reality of Telecommunications we experience culture shock.
But for those who live within the complex world of telecom regulation day in and day out, the idea of going back to first principles isn't shocking, it's simply inconceivable. It represents a degree of reengineering that is dismissed as naïve and politically unrealistic. Once you accept the premises of the regulatory framework, all of its intricacies seem reasonable and necessary.
But not to every corporate creature that inhabits the regulatory jungle. The big ISP where I live is Cox Communications, which is the opposite of SBC in its attitude about customer connectivity. Right now Cox is rolling hundreds of thousands of cable-connected customers over to a new backbone with new servers that require new surnames for e-mail addresses and web site URLs. And it is actually simplifying connectivity by eliminating DHCP IDs and allowing customers to hook up simply with straight DHCP. The tech support guys even seem to enjoy hearing that our connection gets split to seven or more computers through a router, two Ethernet hubs and two 802.11b wireless base stations. They suspect I might be expert enough to help other customers. Which I do.
But this week I spent almost four days off the air after Cox threw the switch to the new system (from Excite@Home, which was bankrupt and going out of business). Why? Because Cox sent out fancy conversion kits that failed to explain in plain terms that the Net was now actually easier to access, even though everybody who used a Cox e-mail address or had a Cox-hosted web site would need to make some adjustments. The kit spent most of its glossy energies on those issues rather than simple connectivity.
Worse, the kits failed to explain was that in many cases the cable modem would need to be turned off for up to several hours, so that its semi-volatile memory would forget the old settings while the customer's account was being "reprovisioned."
Worst of all, the kit came with a CD that installs new copies of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Express (on PCs and Macs -- forget about Linux) and explains that e-mail addresses and web sites can only be changed if the user runs special scripts initiated by unique codes that come with the kit and can only be implemented using IE5 on Windows.
The net effect was to confound every customer, regardless of platform or technical competence. It also did nothing to improve popular understanding of what the Net is all about. A major lost opportunity.
I still believe that conceiving the Net as a distribution system will ultimately fail, regardless of how much legal and market leverage the AOLs, SBCs and RIAAs of the exert to maintain it. In the long run the concept will simply become irrelevant.
But we can hasten its demise by explaining, as often and as forcefully as we can, the difference between terminal distribution-oriented business models and ubiquitous commodity infrastructures that are good for every kind of business. Or, as Bob puts it:
Once we see that connectivity is the basic resource and that telephony and television are simply applications built on connectivity we can seize the opportunity to replace complex regulation with the power of the marketplace.
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Re: The Connectivity Infrastructure
Maybe it would be a good idea to start a web site which lists the ISPs which actually provide unlimited connectivity, as opposed to "allowing access" to the internet. There are companies that provide unlimited time, no upload/download limits, allow you to run servers etc. Making consumers aware that they are being limited in what they can do (e.g. not allowed to run Jabber servers) by some so-called providers can only help to make the ISP market more competitive.
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Re: The Connectivity Infrastructure
I agree with this heartily. Although I think it will be a long time coming until the average person comprehends(if at all) this new paradigm in terms of business model, not to mention the connectivity issues. A famous saying I read(not sure who wrote it) puts it succinctly. Something to the extent of: New ideas are never accepted by the current school of thought, they have to wait until it dies off to be accepted by the new school. You know what I mean...
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forget that most of this land could, and used to be, used for agriculture. Can we afford
to continually lose this land. And can we continually annex land far from the city center
which calls for more highways, more car travel, more congestion, and so on. What is the
real price in time and anxiety we are paying for all this? The national Sierra has
declared urban sprawl to be a priority issue. Come to the meeting and add your thoughts.
Last month was the first time we contacted our members via this medium, e-mail, and
newspaper notices. It is too early to tell if this method will actually get our message
out to more people, but the attendance at the meeting was encouraging.
Readers of this web site are asked to write to either me or Cheryl McGrath, our web
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See you at the meeting on November 16.
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Urban growth has spread out into the countryside all around the world, but
especially in the United States. Call it sprawl, or poor land use planning, the flight
from the inner cities and small towns into spread-out developments which take over
forests, farmlands, plains and wetlands, is impoverishing us all.
It is not just population growth, though we have grown from 150 million in 1950 to 250
million in 1990. It is lousy plannning. It is far easier to stick a subdivision on the
outskirts of a city than it is to plan for re-investment in the inner city. Our tax
situation also contributes to this situation. The preservation of farms and the natural
landscape takes a far lower rank that does the creation of another strip mall.
One of the problems that result from this ever increasing subdivisions on the outside of
cities is the disconnection people feel for the city itself. This is often felt
significantly in the school districts as the wealthier people move away from the inner
city to greener pastures. They take with them the taxes they would otherwise have paid to
support the schools, parks, and other aspects of city living. But one aspect of the move
further away from "things to do" which we find in the inner city is the lack of
communnity felt by the young. Kids, particularily those of middle school age complain
constantly that they have no way to meet their friends. Having a parent drive them to some
mall is not the answer. I have read accounts of the increasing kid violence being the
result of this lack of community feeling. The kids are at loose ends and no one seems to
care. At least this is what such kids say in one way or another.
One of the many things we are losing to our land appetite is the living natural heritage.
When have you last seen a horny toad in your garden? They were present in the central part
of Corpus Christi when we moved here in the 1950's. Today they are endangered because of
loss of habitat. But for the most part, the losses are not of the animals we choose to
highlight. There are no bears, lions, elephants and such outside this city. But there are
mountain lions in south Texas. There are bobcats. These are not protected and because they
flee from man, we often have no knowledge that we have driven them away. There are also
such things as the burrowing owl. Years ago there was an owl family which reared young for
several years in the base of the sign for a drive-in theater on Ayers Street. No more. And
this is not to mention the snakes, frogs and toads, the dragon flies and other species
which are symbolic of the natural world we have lost in the city.
But there are other problems associated with urban sprawl. These are the great increase of
pollution and traffic congestion brought about by the greater distances and more car
traffic to get to ones destination. Most suburban families have at least two cars and
sometimes various forms of other gasoline propelled vehicles.
All this creates air pollution..the most polluted air you breathe is in an airconditioned
automobile during rush hour traffic according to a study by the Environmental Protection
Agency. It also contributes greatly to water pollution because of toxic residue from
tires, gasoline, and oil which washes off roadways and parking lots into streams and bays.
The streams and here, the bays, must also cope with sewage and sediment which washes off
cleared land.
The ecosystems of the U.S. are extremely diverse. But after the bulldozers leave, what is
left is cleared space full of lawn grass. Many seasonal wetlands are filled in and there
is really no effective protection for them. We talk about no loss of wetlands, but the
small vernal pools are not protected. And if the developer does get permission to develop
this kind of land, then mitigation is required. This most often consists of created ponds
which simply do not have the diversity of life which existed there before. So what we have
left are the "weedy species"..those which proliferate in man's vicinity.
And so we are faced with a dilema. The solutions will not come tomorrow. Some enlightened
cities are trying the concept that has proven successful in Portland, Oregon. This
"urban growth boundary" has become successful because regional governmnet
encourages and plans for growth within the boundary and discourages growth outside.
Maryland and Georgia are trying legislative remedies. Corpus Christi could use someone in
the planning department, and on the planning commission, which is concerned with the loss
of farmland and biodiversity on the outskirts of the city. We do not have to accept the
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A degree of discretion is necessary because, hey, this is the Bush family name we're tossing around here, Campos says, when presented with Whatley's close-mouthed response.
Whether there has been documentable progress or not, Shadow has received $43,500 in state money every six months since the grants were allocated in the summer of 2004 for the three cars. The progress reports to the state list several accomplishments: rebuilding door frames, making welding repairs, ordering new air conditioning equipment, ripping out old wiring. In these improvements, Whatley's 35 years' experience in railroads doesn't come cheap. Documents state that Shadow Transit has been responsible for more than a quarter-million dollars' worth of work on the cars from July of 2004 through this past January, the date of the most recent progress report.
The Bureau of Historic Preservation's Dave Ferro suggests in an e-mail that the state is getting a little antsy about all of this. The agency has asked for more documentation of completed work, Ferro says, but he acknowledges that there have generally been "unavoidable delays" in the project in communities affected by recent hurricanes.
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Raised on a farm near Pocahontas, Illinois, Patrick Luber first became aware of his interest in art as a young boy of five. Even at that age, he understood that art could be an occupation and that he wanted to pursue it. To this end, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Additionally, he received Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in sculpture from the University of New Mexico and has taught sculpture at the University of North Dakota since 1990.
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Born and raised in the Northern part of Nigeria, Pastor Joseph Williams began his early education at Methodist High School, Jos, going on to complete his studies in instrumental mechanics at the University of Jos where he earned a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering. In the late 1980s, he felt the power of the Holy Spirit and was ordained as an evangelist of Christ. This man of God and prophet of the Most High is a man of faith, person of vision, compassionate and always sensitive to the move of God's Spirit. He is widely traveled across the United States and Europe, preaching the dynamic power of God in His Word. Called into pastoral ministry more than 19 years ago, Pastor Williams experienced the supernatural move of God in his life and filled with the Holy Spirit accepted a holy mandate from God to establish the Glory of God Christian Center in 2010 teaching the truth of His Word uncompromisingly with the objective of liberating the world and reviving the nations.
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Venice, Italy
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A fantastic day out and the highlight of our visit to Venice.
The meeting point was straight forward and we were the only people on this tour. First we stopped at a small winery in Friuli - I think it was the first time this tour had used Marinig and it was a superb experience. It was a small family run operation with the wife speaking good English and providing a detailed and highly information tour of the winery. Then followed a tasting and explanation of the wines which taught me so much about the wines of the region. The wines were of an excellent quality. Unfortunately it is too difficult to bring wine back to Australia - but we had a stay with family in Italy a week or so later, so Marinig organised to courier the very reasonably priced wines and they arrived as promised and we continued to enjoy them for our family stay. The wines were superb.
Then we went to lunch at a tiny trattoria in a small hill town. The food just kept coming (I still remember the home cooked gnocchi with smoked ricotta). It was all simple, delicious and more than we could eat.
There was a bit of driving involved, but the quality of the food and wine made it all well worthwhile.
Venice, Italy
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Our guide was informative and involved leading the 6 of us through the beautiful sites of the region. We had some free time and discovered a tiny coffee shop with the most amazing cakes for morning tea. Lunch was at a local restaurant with the best pizzas and pasta. It alone was well worth the trip.
I learnt how Prosecco was made, sampled a range of Grappa and visited the amazing Palladian Villa Barbaro.
This is a full and very enjoyable day out.
Brussels, Belgium
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Beautiful locations and we had an excellent guide (Daniel). He was funny, engaged and knowledgable. This is a good day trip with enough to do, plenty of variety and sufficient free time. Highly recommended.
Brussels, Belgium
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Maybe it's just the raw material and the long bus trip. But this isn't nearly as entertaining as the Ghent and Bruges trip we did the day after. Our guide (Gabriel) was ok. But basically it's a long bus trip to Amsterdam, an optional (and very worthwhile) canal boat cruise, you get dropped off in the centre of town without much explanation, then a pickup a few hours later for the long bus trip back. After being picked up for the return journey we were given some brief description of the Amsterdam centre layout, highlights etc. If only we had have been given this BEFORE we were dropped off. Amsterdam is a city with less natural character than more historical centres (in my opinion) and the centre is full of marijuana bars and red light areas. So it was worth it for a day, but hardly the highlight of our trip.
Paris, France
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Our driver / guide was Fred. He drove well, was informative, funny and involved. He was excellent. The Champagne region itself is beautiful and this trip included all the parts I wanted to see. Two tastings were almost sufficient. The smaller maker (Dauby) was a highlight. Lunch was good, but instead of serving Bordeaux and other wines, why not serve champagne and showcase how flexible it is? We are in champagne on a champagne tour after all. I highly recommend this day trip from Paris.
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Via Verdi Opens in the Upper East Side: We Get a First Bite (Photos)
It's every chef's dream to own his or her own restaurant. Via Verdi has turned brothers Fabrizio and Nicola Carro and mixologist Cristiano Vezzoli's dream into a reality.All photos by Carla Torres Looking for a gnocchi alternative? Try gnudi.
After leading the kitchen at Quattro Gastronomia for eight years, the twins decided it was time for something of their own. Although they're still involved with Quattro, Via Verdi is their new baby. "I'm here all day and then go to Quattro to oversee the kitchen," says Fabrizio Carro. "When I can't sleep I come make pasta."
Via Verdi has taken over the space once inhabited by Uva 69 in the Upper East Side. Check out pictures of dinner and drinks of the new restaurant after the jump.
See also: Via Verdi Cucina Rustica: Rustic Italian Comes to Upper Eastside
We visited two weeks after Via Verdi first opened its doors, and the place was slammed. The outside bar was filled with people sipping on cocktails like Nutella martinis and nibbling on small plates for $5 each or five for $23.
Outdoor dining is another option. At Via Verdi, the décor is contemporary rustic with marble tables and electric blue lighting. Inside, the hue is warmer and the look resembles a cottage in South Italy. If you're lucky, you might get the table for two in the wine cellar -- it's utterly romantic.
The wood floor creeks as Fabrizio makes his way from table to table tending to his guests, while Nicola is in the kitchen. It's a family kind of place, so it's great talking to the chef and asking him for recommendations.
We started off with basic Italian assaggi -- prosciutto and a Gorgonzola mousse blended with mascarpone ($5). Other options include speck, olives, ricotta, pecorino, pancetta, or salami.
Arancini -- crispy rice balls stuffed with peas and mozzarella -- were fried and served with marinara sauce. If fried food isn't your thing, you can also order bruschetta, polenta, or rusa (Italian potato salad).
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Late on Sunday, the shaggy-haired, Bagdad-born owner of the General Lee hit an epic right hook out of the pines of Augusta National Golf Course to set him up to win the 2012 Masters in dramatic fashion. Bubba Waston won his first major golf tournament yesterday, and he did so wearing a watch. Not just any watch, but a Richard Mille RM038 tourbillon built expressly for him. We've shown you the RM038 before here and here, but now that Bubba is a Masters winner, we thought it was time to remind you just what it is he wears on his wrist and show you the actual watch he wears on the course, complete with grass and sweat stains.
The RM038 is made of magnesium alloy and features a manually wound tourbillon designed to counter-act the G forces that are common with a golfer's swing. It is this that allows Bubba to wear the watch on the course. It is similar to Rafa Nadal's Richard Mille RM027, which Nadal wears on the court, with a slightly different mechanism tuned to Bubba's swing. The watch is of course a limited edition and, when launched at SIHH 2011, was set to sell for $525,000.


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Actress Taylor Momsen starres in Gossip Girls playing Jenny Humphrey. Her first major role was in How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000. Taylor has also been seen in Spy Kids II and We Were Soldiers. She is the leading singer in the rock band The pretty reckless and she quited Gossip Girl after four seasons
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We're pretty used to Taylor Momsen's look by now but even so, we're starting to get a little scared! The Pretty Reckless singer showed up at Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood last night to perform songs from their debut album, "Light Me Up", dressed in a Metallica shirt with the words "Kill 'Em All" on the front, more eyeliner than we thought humanly possible and big black combat boots. We're sorry Taylor but now you just look crazy!
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After almost a year of waiting and promoting and touring, Taylor Momsen's band "The Pretty Reckless" finally has their album out! Its called "Light Me Up". Are you still into Taylor and her band and their songs or are you pretty sick of seeing her looking and sounding the same almost a year later? Vote!
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I am slowly working to get all the parts I will need for a control panel that will replace my ammo box pwm. Planning on going from a cooler MLT and e-keggle to a 4 keggle system (HLT/Herms, MLT, BK1, BK2). I am still deciding between PIDs and a BCS, how many elements to run simultaneously, etc.....but figured that it would be nice to have a box too big rather than too small. While looking for a Hoffman box, I came across this Fire Extinguisher Cabinet on Craigslist and picked it up. The interior is 24" tall, 10.5" wide and 6" deep. I know it is not waterproof, but I don't think it is going to get more than an occasional splash. Anybody see a problem with using this as an enclosure? I don't know what gauge it is, but it is pretty solid. Is there a disadvantage to just mounting the components to the back, without using a separate interior back panel?
The back panel just makes it easier to install parts. You can remove the panel and install hardware with more room. It also cuts down on holes in the enclosure. You can make one out of 1/8" 6061 Alum from McMaster if you feel you want one. Add a bolt to use for grounding the enclosure. Put a second bolt on the door to bond it with the rest of the enclosure using a wire. The hinges do not adequately bond the door. Sand off the paint so the bolts are contacting the metal not the paint. Is there a flange that the door closes onto? That will help with splashing. You could add a gasket if you want to give it a little boost.
Thanks...good call on bonding the door. The back panel and a gasket sound like good additions too.
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