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Turkish Music Therapy
The effect of music on humans has inspired the development of myriad therapeutic methods over a thousand years. And we are still benefiting from those experiments today.
Music and movement have been used among the Turks for therapeutic purposes since the earliest times. Starting in the period of the Bakshi-Kam shamans, movements accompanied by music played on the pentatonic (five-tone) scale have been part and parcel of healing rituals in Central Asia. Turning to the 'Ancestral Spirit' in the ceremony, the healer would enhance his spiritual power through music and movement until he went into a trance, and then administer treatment to the afflicted person using the knowledge he had attained.
This tradition still continues among Central Asian Turks. The 'bakshi dance' (aka 'karacorga', a dance symbolizing the walk of a sacred ancestor), which has come down to our day, is one of the oldest and most important examples of music and movement therapy. The instruments used include the kılkopuz (two-stringed), dombura (long-necked lute) and şankopuz (Jew's harp) as well as a variety of other rhythmic instruments.
The therapy is administered through the musical 'maqam's or modes that arose approximately a thousand years ago in the culture and history of Khorasan (Land of the Sun), which included the present-day regions of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Kazakhistan. These maqams number some five hundred today. According to information that has come down to us from Farabi, Avicenna (Ibn-i Sina), Rhazes (Abu Bakr Razi), Haşim Bey, Gevrekzade Hafız Hasan Efendi and Hasan ?uuri, the various maqams influence various emotions and organs of the human body, and organ diseases and emotional disturbances can be cured by administering such therapy.
Rast maqam: Zodiac sign: Aries. Affects the bones, brain and body fats. Prevents drowsiness. Aids in quickening slowed pulse. Good against mental illness. Cures paralysis. Affects the head and eyes. Has effects on the muscles and relaxes spasms.
Rehavî maqam: Zodiac sign: Libra. Beneficial for the right shoulder, headaches, nosebleeds, facial paralysis and mental illness. Eases childbirth. Beneficial for the chest, stomach and buttocks area.
Hüseynî maqam: Zodiac sign: Scorpio. Cures afflictions of the heart, soul and liver. Relieves heartburn. Beneficial for the left shoulder. Good against malaria. Has an influence on the internal organs. Strengthens the immune system. Evokes feelings of calm and tranquility.
Hicaz maqam: Zodiac sign: Sagittarius. Has a therapeutic effect on the bones and brain and on childhood diseases. Has an specially strong influence on the kidneys and the uro-genital system. The chest area is another key area of influence. Quickens slow pulse. Enhances the body's ability to flush out toxins.
Acem Aşirân maqam: Affects the bones and the brain. Helps the body store fat. Induces inspiration and a sense of creativity. Facilitates childbirth in women. Has pain killing and spasm relaxing properties.
Uşşak maqam: Zodiac sign: Pisces. Beneficial for the heart, discomfort in the legs and the pain of gout. Evokes feelings of joy, strength and courage. Induces a sense of relaxation so is beneficial for sleep and rest.
Bûselik maqam: Zodiac sign: Capricorn. Affects the circulation, the stomach area, and the hip, thigh and leg regions. Is beneficial for cramps, backache and high blood pressure. Evokes a sense of strength and peace of mind. There is important evidence that it is effective against mental illness.
Isfahân maqam: Zodiac sign: Gemini. Beneficial for the neck, nape of the neck, shoulders and left elbow. Evokes feelings of self-confidence and harmony with one's surroundings, fosters ease of movement, mental alertness, emotional renewal, induces regularity, opens up the mind and refreshes the memory.
Neva maqam: Zodiac sign: Aquarius. Beneficial to the kidneys, spinal cord, the hip and thigh regions, and the right side of the chest. Relieves melancholy/depression and enhances pleasure. Useful in treating mental illness.
Irak maqam: Zodiac sign: Taurus. Beneficial for meningitis, brain diseases and disorders and mental illness. Affects the shoulders, arms, the left arm in particular, and the hands. Said to influence the upper part of the head. Enhances pleasure and influences thinking and conceptualizing. Dispels fear.
Büzürk maqam: Zodiac sign: Leo. Purges the mind of negative thoughts and eliminates anxiety and fear. Gives focus to thought. Beneficial against severe pain, especially in the case of brain damage. Enhances strength. Is beneficial for the neck, throat, chest, liver, heart and buttocks area.
Zirefgend maqam: Zodiac sign: Cancer. Beneficial for back and joint pain and for the hips. Affects the heart, liver, chest, hips and right shoulder and is effective against facial paralysis. Enhances social pleasure and evokes a sense of deep emotion.
Zengüle maqam: Zodiac sign: Virgo. Has a connection with the hip joints and inner leg. Beneficial against cardiac disease, meningitis and diseases of the brain. Relieves inflammation of the liver and stomach and is used to treat brain disorders and mental illness.
Music therapy first began to be used at the Nureddin Hospital in Damascus, which was commissioned by the Seljuk Sultan Nureddin Zengi 900 years ago. There are legends as well as documents to the effect that music therapy was administered by trained practitioners at centers in Mardin (1108-1122), Kayseri (1205), Sivas (1217), Divriği (1228), Amasya (1308), Bursa (1400), Istanbul-Fatih (1470), Edirne (1484-1488) and Manisa (1539). (See the Travel Book of the 17th century Ottoman traveler, Evliya Çelebi, and the the records of the waqfs, or charitable foundations, of the time.)
Traditional Turkish music and movement therapy has now begun to be explored by modern medicine. Members of The Group for the Research and Promotion of Turkish Music (TÜMATA) and their students have undertaken promotional and educational activities both at home and abroad (in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain). When Turkish music therapy was used in a neurology project conducted at the Meidling Clinic in Vienna, some patients were observed to emerge from a comatose state and exhibit increased alpha and theta rhythms in EEGs, in a phenomenon known as the trans effect. Projects in the fields of oncology, cardiology, immunology and geriatrics are continuing apace.
Similarly, in studies carried out on patients with chronic pain in the Algology branch of Gazi University School of Medicine in Ankara, blood tests done both before and after therapy sessions showed that stress hormones were lowered by 40 percent in the subjects tested.
Again, in the Child Psychiatry Department of the same school, the use of music and movement therapy with autistic, spastic and hyperactive children showed that communication, perception and learning were all improved following the treatment.


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Washington recorded its third straight exhibition victory. In 2004, the Huskies defeated Westmont 92-52; in 2005 they beat Simon Fraser 114-48. The Huskies last lost an exhibition game in 2003, falling 85-76 against Athletes in Action.
The Huskies have won their last six exhibition games against collegiate opponents, recording wins against Seattle Pacific (2000 season), Western Washington (2001), Central Washington (2002), Westmont (2005), Simon Fraser (2006), and St. Martin's (2007).
Freshmen Quincy Pondexter, Adrian Oliver, and Phil Nelson made their collegiate debuts Friday night. Though he redshirted last season, Harvey Perry played in the Huskies' exhibition game against Simon Fraser. A player may play in an exhibition game and still redshirt.
Six Huskies scored in double figures: Ryan Appleby (20 points), Adrian Oliver (20), Quincy Pondexter (18), Phil Nelson (13), Jon Brockman (10), and Artem Wallace (10). Quincy Pondexter recorded a double-double, grabbing 13 rebounds in addition to his 18 points.
Tied 46-39 at half time, the Huskies outscored the Saints 62-35 in the second-half. The Huskies were led by Freshman Quincy Pondexter, who scored 14 points after the break.
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TC TO JANET CARLYLE HANNING; 8 July 1836; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18360708-TC-JCHA-01; CL 9:5-6.
Chelsea, 8th July, Friday, 1836.
Dear Jenny,—I write you a few words in the greatest haste, with a worthy Mr. Gibson1 even talking to me all the while; but I must write, for there is not a post to lose, and I think the news will not be unwelcome to you.
Jane is getting ill again in this fiercely hot weather, and I have persuaded her to go home for a month to her mother. She is going by Manchester, and you. Off some time tomorrow (Saturday), and will be in your town, we calculate, on Sunday, and hopes to sleep in your house that night. This is the news. Now we know not as yet by what coach she will come, or at what hour and what Inn she will arrive, but this Mr. Gibson, who has undertaken to go out and search over the city for the suitablest vehicle, and to engage a seat in that for her, will take this letter in his pocket. He, having engaged the seat, will mark the name of it on the outside (where see). I judge farther that this letter will reach you on Saturday evening or next morning soon, so that there will be time. The rest you will know how to do without telling. I think Robert, if he be not altered from what he was, will succeed in meeting the tired wayfarer as she steps out, which will be a great comfort to her. She calculates on being at full liberty to sit silent with you, or to sit talking, to lie down on the bed, to do whatsoever she likes best to do, and to be in all senses at home as in her own home. There are few houses in England that could do as much for her. I think she would like best to be— "well let alone."
Next day, or when once right rested, Robert will conduct her to the Liverpool Railway, and give her his "Luck by the road"; after which she has but a little whirl, a little sail,—by the force of steam both ways,—and is at Templand or Annan. She will tell you all our news and get all yours, so I need not add another word. Did you get a frank that I sent you some months ago? Did you ever send even a newspaper since? Jane has half a thought that she may find the Doctor and our mother with you. All good wishes to your Goodman.
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FALMOUTH Debate over a nonbinding article that would ask selectmen to shut down the town's municipal wind turbines went late into the night Monday as proponents argued the turbines jeopardize abutters' health while opponents said the act could prove financially disastrous.
The first night of town meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. with no decision achieved on the thorny issue, one of several abutter issues on the 49-article warrant.
Article 9, the headline-dominating turbine proposal, originally called on the town to shut down Wind 1, which began spinning at the town wastewater treatment facility last year. It also sought a delay in operation of Wind 2 until a study proves the turbines do not harm abutters.
However, language was amended so that operation could continue after "mitigation options are fully explored and the existence of injurious conditions upon nearby residents can be qualified."
Some abutters have long complained that the 1.65-megawatt Wind 1 turbine causes negative health effects, including migraines and vertigo.
A yes vote on the nonbinding article would leave in selectmen's hands the decision to adopt it, alter it or ignore it.
Terry Drummey's voice quavered as she told of an email from her son's teacher about the reason he told her his behavior had changed.
"He said he was tired because of the turbines near his house," Drummey said. "All last winter my son had been sleeping with blankets on the floor" because he said the turbines shook his walls.
Mary Pat Flynn, chairwoman of the selectmen, pointed out that the board has made attempts to mitigate harm abutters say the turbines cause, such as a February decision to shut down Wind 1 when wind speeds reach about 23 mph. Assistant Town Manager Heather Harper has said that decision costs Falmouth an estimated $350,000 in revenue per year.
Falmouth's assistant wastewater superintendent estimated a long-term shutdown of the turbines would cost the town about $11 million in back grants, renewable energy credits and other costs.
Debate was still in progress on that article at adjournment and will resume tonight.
Article 7, an initiative to place several zoning bylaws on sober living houses in Falmouth, was also fraught with concern from abutters worried about quality of life. Town meeting members ultimately voted it down, but not without heated debate beforehand.
"Within a month, there were (several) serious drinking-related felonies associated with one sober house," said Ed Dewitt, a Precinct 1 town meeting member.
The article grew out of a rash of crimes that occurred from late December to early January from people associated with one sober living house on Locust Street.
On Dec. 20 one current and one former resident of the house allegedly committed a violent robbery on a Burger King employee depositing money at a nearby bank.
On Jan. 2, a former resident and another man allegedly broke into and robbed a local convenience store. Falmouth police said the two were visibly intoxicated when they were arrested.
Less than two weeks later police arrested yet another sober house resident after they found him wandering around the parking lot of a local auto body shop while intoxicated.
But several officials and town meeting members argued that the bylaw included difficult-to-enforce stipulations and sections that could violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"We're not interested in having a bylaw that is going to get thrown out in court, said Ralph Herbst, chairman of the planning board.
Town meeting continues tonight at 7 at the Lawrence School
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On the 18th of April in '75 (1775), Paul Revere set out on the ride immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The tale of how "the fate of a nation was riding that night" and how "the British regulars fired and fled."
Five months earlier, on December 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode into Portsmouth town on a similar mission. Greeting New Hampshire patriots including John Cutt at Stoodley's Tavern (now the Strawbery Banke Museum Education Center and Administrative Offices), he warned that the British had eyes on the gunpowder stored at Fort William and Mary on neighboring New Castle.
The next day, a group of 400 New Hampshire revolutionaries marched on the fort and confronted the five British soldiers standing guard and their commander. Volleys from the three-pound cannon and the soldiers' muskets missed the raiders, who proceeded to carry 97 barrels of gunpowder up the river to Exeter (by gundalow).
History does report that the gunpowder seized that December was used at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June, where Gen. John Stark (of "Live Free or Die" fame) and his New Hampshireman held the beach against the British. His monument now guards the New Hampshire State House in Concord, while the USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), a Virginia Class nuclear submarine, carries his motto in harm's way.
New Hampshire is filled with remembrances of the American War for Independence. Though Strawbery Banke does not open til May 1, you can take a walk around the grounds, year-round. Stoodley's Tavern is the yellow, gambrel-roofed building across Hancock Street from the main entrance. Pitt Tavern on the Court Street side of the museum site is a reflection of the turbulent times of Paul Revere's ride. Originally named the Lord Halifax, owner James Stavers changed the name to the more Revolutionary-sympathetic Pitt when his loyalties (along with many other Tory Loyalists who were prominent merchants in Portsmouth at the time) were challenged by the new Patriots. After the War, and following the election of America's first President, George Washington stopped in at Pitt Tavern for a visit with the St. John's Lodge of Masons who still meet in the upstairs room.
Around the corner from Strawbery Banke, the Governor John Langdon House, owned by Historic New England, offers tours the follow in Washington's footsteps. For an authentic experience of what that midnight trip with the seized gunpowder might have been like, take a ride on a gundalow. The visitor center is at 69 Marcy Street (on the edge of Strawbery Banke) and the trips depart on the new gundalow Piscataqua, from the dock at Prescott Park.
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Police Chief Tom Rischmann said authorities are reviewing the incident to see if juvenile charges should be filed against a 16-year-old River Hills boy who is a suspect in the attack.
According to the chief:
After the end of the school day, at 2:45 p.m. Monday, a group of four or five students from the high school went into the Nicolet Woods, behind the high school at 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Road. The high school owns a large wooded area that abuts wooded tracts in River Hills.
The students told police they were looking for a ninja after hearing that two girls walking through the wooded area the prior afternoon were confronted by a boy dressed as a ninja.
The victim split away from the group and was then confronted by the suspect, hit in the head with a 2-foot-long black metal machete and dragged down a hill. The suspect allegedly said he was "protecting the land." The assault took place on private property.
The Bayside boy, bleeding heavily from the head wound, made his way back to the high school. Police were called at 3:24 p.m. He was taken to the hospital, where his wounds require 20 stitches.
Nicolet District Administrator Rick Monroe said the suspect is not a student at the school. The incident was not school-related, he said.
"The police are confident this is an isolated incident and there is no one else doing this," he said. "We did send a message to parents saying a student was assaulted and there is a suspect."
The school posted no-trespassing signs at the edge of school property last fall after receiving complaints from neighbors about students using the area as a shortcut.
Monroe said he went to the woods after school ended on Wednesday to see if students continued to use the shortcut. He didn't see anyone.
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College Hockey:NCHC picks: Nov. 29
Thanks to Minnesota-Duluth's win on Sunday over Minnesota, I stayed a game ahead of Matthew in our picks race, as we both went 5-2-3 (.650) last week. Overall on the year, I am 39-27-9 (.580) while Matthew is 38-28-9 (.566).
Here we go with this week's games.
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 29-30
No. 13 Miami at Bemidji State
Candace: Miami needs a weekend sweep badly after getting swept by Nebraska-Omaha. Even if the RedHawks aren't as good on the road, they should deliver. Miami 2-1, 3-1
Matthew: The RedHawks have lost each of their last three games and ran into a hot goalie last weekend at Nebraska-Omaha, but this trip up to Bemidji, Minn., might be what Miami needs right now. BSU is in second place in the WCHA behind only a Ferris State team that has had a wonderful start to its season, but the only team the Beavers have swept so far is 0-12-0 Alabama-Huntsville, and Miami is the best team BSU will have played since opening the season with St. Cloud State and Minnesota. It won't be easy, but I'll take Miami to get back on track and sweep this series. Miami 4-3, 2-0
No. 20 New Hampshire at Colorado College
Candace: CC has one of the most dismal offenses in the country, with no player with more than four points a game and a team offense ranked 58 of 59 teams. It will wake up at some point, but I'm not sure this is the weekend. New Hampshire 3-1, 3-2
Matthew: UNH has been very streaky so far, going winless in six between Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, winning six straight after that, and then losing last week to both Harvard and Providence. What makes this one tricky is that, while the Wildcats fell back onto the losing track last week, CC picked up a surprise split in its series last weekend at St. Cloud State. UNH is still scoring an average of nearly two more goals per game than the Tigers are though, so I'll take the Wildcats to come out west and pick up a couple of wins. New Hampshire 4-2, 3-1
St. Lawrence at North Dakota
Candace: North Dakota has been a frustrating team to pick so far this season, and I don't really have a handle on St. Lawrence either. North Dakota has to start its usual surge at some point, so why not this weekend? North Dakota 2-1, 3-1
Matthew: North Dakota finally fell out of the top 20 of USCHO's Men's Division I Poll this week, but a couple of good performances this weekend at home to St. Lawrence might help UND get back into the pollsters' better graces. Now seems to be a good time to play the Saints, too, as they've lost three of their last four games. That's not to say UND's in infinitely better shape — UND is 0-2-1 in its last three — but it's still a better team than SLU. The challenge will be proving it. UND 3-2, 3-1
Western Michigan vs. Northeastern (at Notre Dame's Shillelagh Tournament)
Candace: I'm not sure I've picked a Western Michigan game correctly this season. I guess there's no real reason to expect I will this week either. Western Michigan 2-1
Matthew: Like most first-round tournament games where both teams are playing at a neutral site, this one seems like a toss-up. Northeastern's offense has been a little better than Western Michigan's so far, but the Broncos' defense has bested the Huskies'. I'm going to make the homer pick here and go with Western, which it'd no doubt be fine with as it would most likely mean a rematch with a Notre Dame team that swept the Broncos on the opening weekend of the season. Western Michigan 3-1
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Reports are out that Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder have rekindled their relationship again. On Wednesday, Celeb Dirty Laundry shared the news that it looks like this couple from "The Vampire Diaries" are back together again. They are just trying their best to keep it private. Fans were really upset when things didn't work out last time and they probably want to make sure it is going to work before getting anyone excited about it.
Rumors are that Ian is ready to settle down. If they work it all out, it sounds like a ring would be the next thing he is buying for Nina. This couple has always been kind of private about things so they might just wait to tell fans until then. She briefly dated Derek Hough after her split with Ian but things did not work out for them.
Just Jared shared the news that during "The Vampire Diaries" finale Ian is spending some time in Brazil. He was on Twitter sharing that he had a great time dining under a tree that is 300 years old. He was seen coming out of his hotel and he even talked to some fans. It sounds like a great trip, but Nina is not along for the ride on this one. He even teased that he was wearing a new cologne that would hopefully help him get a girlfriend.
Tonight on the big "Vampire Diaries" finale Ian's character Damon actually died. You can easily assume that he will come back to life just like everyone else on this show does all the time. It will make it easier on their relationship if they are on the same show and spending time together, but some people believe that it is better on a couple if they aren't together all the time. Fans really do hope that Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder can find a way to make it work.


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ABC Soup
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Note: First posted in Jul 2009, now updated with new photos and improved recipe.
This Chinese pork ribs soup with vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions, celery) is commonly known as "ABC soup" or "luo song tang" 罗宋汤 here.
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I always wonder why it is called ABC soup since there are no pasta letters in it, and the main ingredients (typically potatoes and carrots) do not all start with the letters A, B and C. Check out the compilation of comments below which explain the origins of the soup name. I know the combination of ingredients is right when 10 minutes into simmering, the entire kitchen is filled with a wonderful soup aroma.
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- @k (my fave!) "I read from somewhere that it's called ABC soup because: A-nion, B-otato, C-arrot"
- @Steve Seto – "It's called "ABC" because it's popular with American Born Chinese. It's a name given by native Chinese restaurant workers."
- @Michelle Chew "Scientifically and logically, the name 'ABC' for this soup arises from the vitamins it provides: Vit A – Carrot, Vit B – Potato (Vit B6 in specific), Vit C – Tomato"
- @andy "A – Ang Mo Kio (Tomato), B – Bah Kut (pork ribs), C – Carrot"
- My theory (to add on): "Making this soup is as easy as ABC!"
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Love this!! A taste of home….
one of my fav… yummy…
I used to add some cracked white peppers too. :)
Love the simplicity of this soup…so healthy and so tasty…beautifully done.
Hope you are having a great week :)
interesting soup!!!!!
Hi there, i enjoy reading your posts very much. Makes me very inspired to get started cooking simple meals! And the ABC soup has got to be my all time favourite soup :) Would like to ask, where can i purchase disposable soup pouches?
Thank you in advance!
Its call ABC soup because its A – Ang Mo Kio (Tomato)
B – Bah Kut (pork ribs)
C – Carrot
Hi there, love this soup recipe.
I noticed from the picture that you used Thermal magic pot to cook. I am looking around to buy a suitable one. For the above serving of 4 recipe, what is the best size?
My parents have one 6 L but it's too big for me and I remember if too big, it's not effective in retaining the heat to cook.
Is 4.5 L suitable or 3L? 3L seems a little bit full if include all the ingredients.
Hi, I am using the 4.5litres and it can cook for 2-6 persons. Personally I find 6L too big for my need (the SA told me that for this pot to be effective, it needs to be filled at least 1/2 to 3/4). So personally I chose the in-between option: 4.5L. Hope this helps.


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Charging and collecting the GST/HST
Video series: GST/HST Information for a New Small Business
Segment 4: I'm registered. Now what?
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In Quebec, Revenu Québec administers the GST/HST, unless you are a selected listed financial institution. If your business is located in Quebec, visit Revenu Québec.
Do you have to charge the GST/HST?
Generally, if you sell taxable (including zero-rated) goods or services in Canada and you are registered for a GST/HST account, you must charge your customers GST/HST. However, your customer may not have to pay the GST/HST. You must consider who the supply is being made to, and whether the supply is taxable at 0% or exempt.
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Car-Finance Firms Want Access to Fed's Commercial Paper Program
Automobile-finance companies pushed hard to get in on the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan. Now, with the industry's troubles expected to deepen, they are exploring further moves, including help from the Federal Reserve.
The plan outlined by the U.S. central bank Tuesday to effectively lend to companies to fund day-to-day operations will likely not include most auto lenders. That's because the plan, which would involve Fed purchases of short-term debt known as commercial paper, calls for lending to companies with higher credit ratings.
A lobbyist for U.S. auto-finance companies said industry officials are discussing whether to approach the central bank about expanding the program, titled the Commercial Paper Funding Facility, to include auto lenders, whose access to credit has become further restricted amid upheaval in the markets.
"We're hopeful that the Fed will consider purchases of other levels of commercial paper as well," said Chris Stinebert, president and chief executive officer of the American Financial Services Association. "There's a real lack of liquidity."
A Federal Reserve spokesman declined to comment on any efforts by the auto industry to seek help from the central bank.
In a sign of the auto-finance industry's troubles, GMAC, partly owned by General Motors, said on Monday it would restrict car loans to U.S. consumers with credit scores of 700 and above.
Auto lenders play a critical role because they finance the purchase of cars by
both dealers and consumers. But they are facing a growing crisis from many sides, including the freezing of credit markets and the broader economic downturn.
They are becoming increasingly leveraged because of their inability to sell securities backed by auto loans. One factor is that many of these loans are for SUVs and trucks, whose values have declined as consumers turn to smaller vehicles amid high gas prices. But auto lenders say they are suffering more from a general tightening of credit markets than bad assets.
"They're just caught in this cycle they didn't create," Stinebert said. He maintained that qualified consumers will still have no problems purchasing cars, but that the markets "continue to tighten."
Congressional leaders have said in recent weeks that auto companies and their
lending arms will be eligible for the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, which will involve the government's purchasing troubled assets. The plan originally targeted bad home loans but auto-finance companies were among other liquidity-starved businesses who successfully lobbied to be included in the plan.
Last month, House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.), responding to a question from Rep. John Dingell (D., Mich.) said he would support action from the Federal Reserve to help the auto-finance industry in unusual and exigent circumstances.
The Fed has authority to lend to nonfinancial companies and recently used that
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"Stop being just the nicest adult in the room."
New York's Frank Rich was on Piers Morgan Tonight on Thursday to talk about how Obama can best use the last fourteen months of his term. Rich said that while it might be too late — or too impossible — to move substantial economic reforms through Congress, the president can still make some changes from the executive branch. As for the immediate future? "Stop being just the nicest adult in the room," starting with next week's job-creation speech. "He has to draw the line and fight for it, even if he's going to lose."


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- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Decorating icing, nonpareils, red-hot candies or candies of your choice, optional
- In a large saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, molasses and vinegar; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; cool to lukewarm. Stir in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt; stir into molasses mixture to form a soft dough.
- Divide dough into thirds. Shape each portion into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. gingerbread boy cookie cutter. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate as desired. Yield: 3-4 dozen.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A day after tying the school record with three doubles in a game, Bradley third baseman Curtiss Bunch drove in a go-ahead run in the sixth inning and scored the winning run in the 11th, leading the Braves (7-9) to a 4-3 win at Belmont (13-5) Saturday afternoon at E.S. Rose Park.
Freshman left-hander Brent Stong (3-1) pitched 4.0 scoreless innings and worked out of an 11th-inning jam to earn the win as the Braves collected their fourth consecutive win and improved to 7-4 in their last 11 games.
After Bradley failed to plate the go-ahead run after putting runners at 1st and 2nd with one out in both the ninth and 10th innings, Bunch opened the 11th inning by being hit by a pitch. After a Nolan Sponsler sacrifice moved Bunch into scoring position, Brady Wilkin flew out, but left fielder Mike Tauchman delivered the go-ahead run with a base hit to right.
Sophomore left-hander David Koll turned in a quality start for the Braves, allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in his 6.0 innings of work.
Held in check through the first five innings, Bradley broke through for three runs against Belmont starter Austin Coley in the sixth. Greg Partyka started the rally by drawing a one-out walk, Paul Solka followed with a single to left field and the runners advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. After catcher Derek Sprout was hit by a pitch to load the bases, shortstop Tyler Leffler tied the game at 2-2 with a 2-run double to right. Bunch followed with a ground ball to third to plate Sprout for the 3-2 lead.
A pair of singles sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt in the seventh against Bradley reliever Eric Scheuermann allowed the Bruins to tie things up, but Belmont did not threaten again until the bottom of the 11th. Stong allowed only one hit and struck out four in his 4.0 innings of work, but he walked two and committed a balk in the 11th to put runners at 2nd and 3rd with two outs before inducing a game-ending ground out.
The Braves will shoot for their fifth consecutive win Sunday at noon at Lipscomb. Sophomore right-hander Stephen Toma (1-0) is Bradley's scheduled starter.
NOTES: Tauchman finished 2-for-6 Saturday, extending his hitting streak to 10 games … Partyka drew a walk in five plate appearances and now has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games … Though 0-for-4 at the plate, center fielder Max Murphy was one of three Braves to be hit by a pitch and he has been on base in every game this season … Leffler was 2-for-5 and he has been on base in 10 consecutive games, giving the Braves three players with active double-digit reached-base-safely streaks (Murphy reached on a fielder's choice in one game earlier this season) … Since giving up four runs in 1.1 innings in his college debut, Stong has worked 10.2 innings in his last four appearances without allowing a run, surrendering only two hits and striking out 14 in his last four outings.


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The spring 2014 incarnation of the troupe will consist of four members, including two first-timers and two former "DWTS" pro teachers.
The returning dancers are "So You Think You Can Dance" alum Lindsay Arnold, who partnered boxer Victor Ortiz to an eighth place finish during season 16, and Sasha Farber, who placed eighth with the unexpectedly talented "Jersey Shore" alum Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi during season 17.
The new dancers both appeared on different seasons of "SYTYCD." Artem Chigvintsev, 31, made it to week five of the FOX dance competition's debut season in 2005 before moving on to Britain's version of "DWTS," "Strictly Come Dancing." He and partner Kara Tointon won the show's eighth season in 2010. Also scheduled to appear is Jenna Johnson, who competed on "SYTYCD" season 10.
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The Talking Scot discussion forum at www.talkingscot.com appears to have been down for the last few days, although some pages on the main website are still accessible (Societies, Sources, Libraries, Registrar, Census).
In the meantime, if you're stuck for somewhere to have some Scottish genealogical banter, other forums including strong Scottish content are the new version of ScotFamTree (www.scotfamtree.org.uk) and Rootschat (www.rootschat.com).
If I hear any more on TS, I'll let you know.
UPDATE (30 JAN): Managed to have a quick look at the forum yesterday, but it seems to be down again. I was able to read that users were finding the issue to be intermittent, but the moderators are working on it.
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I went to the event with Governor Patrick today at Brew'd Awakening in downtown to listen to him speak about Barak Obama ahead of tomorrow's Super Tueday vote, including here in Mass.
Patrick was eloquent as usual and addressed the crowd about Obama's experience (he has been an elected official twice as long as Clinton) and he talked about Obama's leadership qualities and judgment. I took some photos, but more importantly, I recorded the almost 17-minute speech and Q&A with the Governor.
You can see some of the photos here, and click below to listen to the podcast.
If you want to get involved today and tomorrow, you can contact the Obama campaign at 617-981-0642.
The Governor highlights the issue of "mandates" when he makes the analogy if mandates work, we could mandate away homelessness by mandating everyone buys a house. So it is the same to a different degree with healthcare.
Actually reducing the cost of the insurance is the larger issue, and from Obama's website (www.barackobama.com) we find one way to at least remove some cost from the insurance costs, although the federal government must step in (a better use of some of the $12B per month spent in Iraq):
"Reducing Costs of Catastrophic Illnesses for Employers and Their Employees: Catastrophic health expenditures account for a high percentage of medical expenses for private insurers. The Obama plan would reimburse employer health plans for a portion of the catastrophic costs they incur above a threshold if they guarantee such savings are used to reduce the cost of workers' premiums."
On mandates:
The rational behind mandates is this: If you adopt a single payer system, it works on an economic level because of the elimination of adverse selection. If you come to the political conclusion that you're not going to get a single payer system, but will have to account for private insurers in your system, then some kind of reform to keep costs down. The mechanism among private insurers that keeps cost up (and claims denials as well) is adverse selection. Of course, the adverse selection is part of the whole business plan of a private insurer. But if you legislate away adverse selection, the risk then becomes that people may only buy insurance when needed, at which point it ceases to actually be insurance. The result destroys the system by making insurance merely an overhead waste item with pricing that can't actually achieve any of cost benefits of spreading risk… which is the whole point. Mandates correct that flaw. Both are necessary in this particular reform scheme… eliminating (or regulating) insurer's ability to risk select policy holders, while ensuring that the population as a whole will be unable to opt-out of the risk spreading mechanisms that will make anything in the healthcare system affordable.
Or, as Ezra so aptly puts it:
The insurers can't risk select applicants, [and] the applicants can't game the system.
Neither Hillary's nor Obama's plan is going to survice contact with Congress. Back on forths on policy like this isn't terribly important to me, since the debate over the particulars of policy is going to happen for real after the next president takes office.
Which changes the question to process: who will be able to put together a real health care bill with the Congressional leadership and get it through?
If Krugman is right, then Hillary might be better positioned to enact something if that's all you want. Furthermore, if universality is the ultimate goal (and single payer being the best form for it), then Obama's plan does nothing to lay down the foundation that will get us there, where Hillarycare gets us started.
I'm not really decided yet, but I am interested in this issue. If the last twenty years has taught us anything it should be that policies matter!
I have not heard an argument yet over the constitutionality of mandating that an individual buy a private service. It is not comparable to auto insurance (you can choose not to drive a car) or seatbelts (you do not have to pay monthly premiums for them to work some of the time for some types of accidents).
The great majority of people without health care are not out to "game the system" but see the system as gaming them with largely unaffordable premiums, co-pays and deductibles, and dubious benefits. As waittilnextyr points out the question then centers around cost both for the individual and the program.
Much like the Massachusetts system, Clinton's plan is neither universal nor sustainable. I think the claim to universality, when coupled with either the mandate or the plan's unsustainable cost will in fact do more to kill the chances of a single-payer plan in this country than Obama's incremental approach (however disappointing). And on the question of process, I also believe that Clinton is too polarizing a figure perhaps to even win the presidency, but more specifically to have any health care reform success.
A few candidates have dropped out for me to settle on Obama, but it was without reservation that I was able to cast a vote for Mimi this morning!
Absolutely right about the incongruities between mandated health insurance and mandated auto insurance.
I completely agree that "The great majority of people without health care are not out to 'game the system' but see the system as gaming them." But thats this system, not a hypothetical new system. The key is checking the incentives. Simply put, it will be awfully tempting for a 20 year old to avoid buying any insurance until he or she feels the need to see a doctor. They are choosing to go without now, and I'd expect would also choose that later. A single payer system takes care of it because it is much harder to 'opt out' of the taxes in question. And the tax mechanisms can be as fair or draconian as designers like. Absent a public mechanism the only way to ensure that the risk pool is formed with sufficient breadth to maintain any kind of cost savings is a mandate.
You may well be right that "Obama's incremental approach" will do less to "kill the chances of a single-payer plan in this country"., but mandating or regulating the risk profiles and eligibility without spreading the risk pool sufficiently has a much greater potential to make things worse, not better, by ensuring that the insurance industry would have to charge even more outrageous prices and create a bigger incentive to deny claims just to stay afloat. The subsidies we would have to shell out in order to make such plans affordable to the lower end of the income scale, aside from needing to be large just to make sense, would also enhance the ballooning of the costs of the whole system… just with indirect revenue (taxes).
I'm probably voting for Obama,… but I really really hope he has the wisdom to listen thoughtfully to those that point out the potential train wreck his proposal could send us to.
The Healthcare Industry never appeared to be a productive use of our resources from an economic point-of-view, yet we spend 15% of our GDP in that field. Indeed, a recent study implies that "good" health exarcerbates the cost problem, by extending the "service" life of individuals. Perish the thought we would make our decisions solely in terms of economics!
But, growth in the Healthcare Industry is a mix of need (of the patients) and opportunity (by the Industry) to grow their businesses. The Medicare system centralizes the policy and the administration to provide a good balance of care and cost control, notwithstanding the unfunded liability that is developing.
As a first step in single-payer, progressively funded healthcare, we should quickly cover every US citizen under the age of 18, and more when attending college, via Medicare. That would help young families with their private healthcare costs. Succesive steps in the process could be accomplished by including other age groups into the system.
Then we could return to the problems of obtaining efficiencies and paying the bill! Suggestions?
Actually… Lynne said something like that last night. That a 'path' to single payer that might be politically 'doable' would be to start with kids. One of my hopes about Obama reforming his plan is that one of the 'fixes' being bandied about by his people is a mandate for kids. I think the problem that could happen is the 'hand-off' issue. Insurers oftentimes deny care on the basis that medicare will pick it up later. Of course by that time complications have set in and the cost is a lot more, but hey… it saved the private insurers money and enhanced their profitability - hooray free market! Medicare for kids may have the intended consequences of making kids more healthy on when they 'gradueate' to the private pool and the unintended consequences of enhancing the 'hand-off' bias toward claim denial for private insurers.
But still… if people see its working and the costs suddenly go up at 18, it could create political demand by begging the questions 'Why not 20?', 'Why not 24?', 'Why not for life?'.
Germany has shown us that a public system and a private system can live together and even have pretty good results. But their model is one of contemporaneous public-private competition (with specialized sections of the healthcare market being handled a little differently than 'straight' competition) and not one of 'hand-off'.
On a healthcare-related note:
"A new Dutch study has found that preventing obesity and smoking may save lives but it doesn't save money."
As Treehugger says, "Fat Smokers = Lower Health Costs"
More here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/fat_smokers_low.php
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so my OB called this morning at 8:20 AM and wake me up i did not mind but what she told me is what have me going a little bit.
she was looking at my HCG levels from the ER and the one she did. she did not say if they were going up too slow or what but she wants to do them again on tuesday and another u/s
i like the way she is concerned 2nd OB i have that is concerned but she kind of scared me at the same time
now am here thinking that something is wrong with my sweetie oh well keeping fingers crossed
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On today's premiere episode of "Spice of Life with Bal Arneson," this episode is titled "Bungee Jumping." Bal Arneson is a chef, cookbook author, teacher and a mother, who knows how well spice adds to cooking, but she also makes sure to add some spice to her life as well.
As the episode begins, Bal is doing yoga in the morning as her friend Kevin interrupts her tranquility with the sound of power tools. He was supposed to be there yesterday to build a spice cabinet for her many spices and blends. Bal promises to make Kevin lunch if he has the shelf completed before her friends arrive a 5 p.m. He asks for a rib eye with blue cheese, and she asks if she can add spices to it; and gets his approval.
So as Kevin is working, Bal decides she will use smoked paprika to make his steak. When her son Aaron 10, and daughter Anook 20, woke up, from the noise, she decided to make them crepes for breakfast. When she was in Paris last year, she had crepes day and night, but something was missing from them; spices. So she is adding fennel seeds and cardamom powder to the batter. She also added cinnamon and cardamom to the chocolate chips she was melting with a bit of butter. When ready, the crepes were spread with chocolate and fresh fruits like, strawberries, kiwi and raspberries, and topped off with powdered sugar and whipped cream. They loved the breakfast, and it was a change up from just bland crepes.
As Kevin returned, she explained that she had a surprise for her children, but would give them no hint. To avoid the noise at home, she took them to Capilano Suspension Bridge, one of the highlights of Vancouver. As they walked across the bridge and viewed the awesome surroundings, they observed nature at its best. Aaron is the love of Bal's life, and Anook is like a sister, as Bal had her early in her life. So because the surprise was not enough of a treat for Anook, she decided to give her another surprise.
They first went home to make Kevin's lunch. She prepared him a dish containing the spices to give him the mojo to get the job done in time. He loves spicy food, so Bal had the green light to give him a real treat. She had him help with the mortar and pestle to crush the spices she was blending for the steak. She grilled the steak and one the edges, dipped it in the spices. She toasted coriander seeds and paprika to mellow out the blue cheese she topped the steak with. Kevin was in his glory, as she added yams and green beans to the dish.
She then took Anook for her surprise. Vancouver is so gorgeous with mountains and ocean view. When Anook saw where they were, she was so surprised, she was speechless. Bal was starting to get paranoid when she looked down at the water below, but she was harnessed to her daughter and they were jumping together. As the guide was counting down for them to jump, the mother and daughter were not ready, but off they went. Bal said her heart was in her mouth as they bounced over the water. This was a real mother-daughter experience that Anook never thought her mother would do.
As they returned home, Kevin was gone and the spice shelves were completed. See what good food will do! When her friends arrived, the shelves were already stocked and looked gorgeous.
For their dinner, Bal started off with spicy champagne cocktails and even dipped the rims of the flutes in paprika for a beautiful drink. For the meal, she made scallops and prawns on top of coconut curry. She made her own garam masala spice mixture, as she used it for the scallops. She dipped one side only in the spices and cooked them on the spice side. She made the coconut curry and prawns, and a minty tomato salsa and her friends just loved it. For the recipes on this episode click here and add some spice to your life!
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