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Banana mini-chocolate chip muffins
We have had a very good, dependable, easy banana muffin recipe, but sometimes you want a little something different. This new recipe makes incredibly easy and delicious muffins, and we're really enjoying them! The girls are eating them for breakfast, snacks, and dessert, so they don't last long.
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It can also be (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, vegetarian, vegan, and top 8 allergen free recipe.
- 1 1/4 cup GF flour (I like 1c brown rice, 1/4c pea flour)
- 1/2 cup starch (arrowroot starch, white rice flour, tapioca starch, potato starch)
- 1 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum
- if not gluten-free, just use 1 3/4 cups flour and omit xanthan gum
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2-3 brown, very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/4 cup dairy/soy/rice milk mixed with 1/4 tsp. vinegar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs (or equivalent egg replacer)
- 1 cup mini-chocolate chips (we like the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips
, which are gluten/dairy/soy/nut free)
Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray or grease muffin pan or insert paper muffin cups.
Whisk flour through salt together in a medium bowl. In your mixer's bowl, beat bananas through eggs. Slowly mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture, until it's completely combined. Add the mini-chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
Add 1 ice cream scoop of batter into each muffin cup and bake at 350*F for 18-20 minutes.
This recipe makes 18-20 muffins. But don't expect them to last very long! Ours rarely last a day!
GF GrapeNut Pudding / GrapeNut Custard
My stepfather's mom made GrapeNut pudding all the time – for every occasion. It wasn't my favorite dessert, but it has so many nice memories attached to it. After we went gluten and dairy free (and therefore couldn't eat Grape-Nuts Cereal), I figured we could never eat it again. When Gram passed away recently, I wanted to make a version of it for my stepfather in Gram's memory, so I tweaked it.
I love to munch on the Bakery on Main Gluten Free Granola, and had found the (gluten, dairy, and nut-free) Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch Granola to be a bit too dry to be eaten plain. The Bakery on Main Gluten Free Granola is too chunky to cook with, but the Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch Granola is absolutely perfect to use in place of Grape-Nuts Cereal for GrapeNut pudding! Yum!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, and vegetarian recipe.
Not-quite-extensive testing with my stepfather, my family, and some of my stepfather's coworkers indicated that this recipe leads to great results – and people never knew it was gluten-free!
- 1 1/2 cups Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch Granola
- 4 cups milk (or milk substitute – I would suggest coconut milk)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Optional toppings: ice cream, whipped cream, or whipped topping
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the granola with the milk/milk substitute. Bring up just to the boiling point, stirring regularly, then remove from the heat.
While the granola and milk are cooking, combine eggs, sugar, salt, vanilla, and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl. Whisk together well.
Pour the egg mixture into the milk/granola mixture slowly, stirring constantly. If you add too much at a time you'll end up with cooked eggs, not a custard!
Once the custard is combined, pour into a 9×9 oven-proof pan, and put into the oven.
Bake at 350 for 45min to 1 hour, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Serve warm, with ice cream or whipped cream/whipped topping. (Whole Foods and other natural food stores now sell canned soy-based whipped cream next to the dairy whipped cream)
Yum! Enjoy this warm custard with your family, and make your own memories!
Impossibly Easy Apple Pie
My family has been loving the Impossible Quiche Pie variations, and while I was Googling for more ideas, I found an apple pie variation. My oldest and youngest daughters love almost any dessert, but my middle daughter loves apple pie and chocolate only. It was lovely to find an easy workaround for the hassle of making gluten-free apple pie! As a bonus, it tasted delicious!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, corn free, and vegetarian recipe.
- 3 large apples, peeled and sliced
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- several grates fresh, or 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup gf biscuit mix – we like Bob's Red Mill Biscuit mix or Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
- 1/2 cup all purpose gf flour mix (or 1/4 cup rice or sorghum flour & 1/4 cup tapioca or corn starch)
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp canola oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk or milk substitute (cow, coconut, or soy work the best, rice is a bit too thin)
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter, melted, or oil (Fleishmann's unsalted is dairy & gluten free, Earth Balance has a dairy, soy, & gluten-free tub)
- 2 eggs (these are necessary, don't try to substitute)
Topping Ingredients
- 1/2 cup gf flour or baking mix
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3-4 TBS cold margarine, butter, or shortening (for shortening, we like Spectrum)
- 1/2 tsp allspice
Oil a 9″ pie pan with deep sides, and preheat oven to 350.
Peel and slice apples, and set in a medium-sized bowl. Add cinnamon and nutmeg, stir, and let sit.
In another medium-sized bowl, whisk together the biscuit mix, sugar, eggs, milk/milk substitute, and melted margarine/butter.
In a third bowl, combine the dry topping ingredients. Cut the fat into small pieces, and cut into the flour mixture into it using a pastry blender or two knives. Mix together until it becomes crumbly, as you would with a fruit crisp topping.
Pour the apples into the pie pan, and cover with the egg mixture. Sprinkle topping on top.
Slide into the oven, and bake for 30-45 minutes, until it becomes browned. Touch the top of the pie to make sure it's firm and set.
Let cool and serve, with or without whipped topping or ice cream. Don't expect there to be many leftovers!
Gluten-Free Gingerbread house
This year was our first year making a gluten-free gingerbread house. It's one of those things I had always intended to do, but never quite gotten around to doing.
This year we had a collaborative effort – I made the gluten-free gingerbread cookie batter, my mother cut out pieces according to a template and made the frosting "glue", then my three daughters decorated.
My daughters are now able to have dairy, which meant we had more variety available for our decorations, but there are a lot of gluten-free and dairy-free candies that make great decorations – gumdrops, sour watermelons, and mints were some of the favorites here. Candy canes would've been a good addition, too.
The best part, though, is that the gluten-free gingerbread cookie recipe makes delicious cookies, so after we smashed the house for the New Year, we all dove in and started munching on the pieces of house. Yum!
Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
This recipe contains peanut butter! (I do think that sunbutter or another peanut butter substitute would work well, but that hasn't been fully tested as of yet)
A friend of mine linked me to a similar recipe, and I've adapted a bit and made it safe for our allergies. This is delicious, and much less work than one would think. I've been craving Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for years now, and this hits the spot. It's also a great recipe to use to wow friends who think that folks with dietary restrictions don't eat well!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, tree nut free, fish free, shellfish free, and vegetarian recipe. Unfortunately, my brownie recipe doesn't work well without eggs, so this is not vegan or egg-free.
- 1 batch Super-Easy Brownies, or another brownie recipe that makes a 9×13 pan of brownies
- 1/2 cup dairy-free margarine or shortening, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (we like Jif Natural), OR sunbutter or another peanut butter substitute should be fine too
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk substitute (soy, rice, almond, hemp)
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (Trader Joe's and Whole Foods have their own brands of dairy-free chocolate chips, and Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips are dairy/soy/nut free)
- 1/4 cup margarine or shortening (half a stick)
Make super-easy brownies according to recipe instructions. Let cool in the pan.
In medium bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Spread the peanut butter mix evenly over the cooled brownies.
In small bowl, microwave the topping ingredients for 60 seconds; stir well with a whisk until smooth. You may need to microwave an additional 30 seconds if your chocolate was cold (we keep chocolate chips in the freezer so they don't melt)
Spread gently and evenly over peanut butter filling. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set.
Cut into 1-2 inch cubes, and serve to much applause.
This recipe is fine on a counter unless the weather is hot, in which case I suggest refrigerating. So, they were fine on the counter for most of the 2009 "summer" in New England!
My daughter heard that her friend's mom made brownies with fluff on top, and had to have them right away. We came up with this recipe, which is delicious. When we told her friend about it, it turned out that my daughter had misunderstood, and her friend's mom doesn't make these, so it's now our special recipe. They are gooey and good, but they need to stay chilled or they get very, very sticky!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, and shellfish free recipe. Unfortunately, my brownie recipe doesn't work well without eggs, so this is not vegan or egg-free.
- 1 batch super-easy brownies
- 7 oz Marshmallow Fluff or similar product
- 1 cup chocolate chips (we like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods' store brands, and also Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips)
- 1/4 cup dairy-free margarine
Follow the recipe for the super-easy brownies. Let them cool completely
Spread Marshmallow Fluff over cooled brownies, making an even layer.
Mix together margarine and chocolate chips in a bowl, then microwave in 60 second intervals, stirring until well combined.
Pour chocolate mixture over fluff, and spread with a spatula until you have an even layer of chocolate.
Place the entire pan into the refrigerator for at least an hour to chill.
Slice into 1 1/2 inch squares. Serve chilled.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
My dear friend Nanny Ogg had an overflowing zucchini crop last year, and every time I sent her an instant message, her status had something to do with making, serving, or eating Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread. It does taste every bit as good as I thought it would, too!
This makes 2 loaves. This doubles wonderfully, too!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, corn free, and vegetarian recipe.
- 3 eggs
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- 2 cups gf flour (sorghum, rice, brown rice, millet, or another mild flour)
- 1 cup starch (tapioca, arrowroot, or corn)
- 1 TBS xanthan gum
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips (the miniature Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips are perfect here if you have them!)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour or use parchment to line 2 loaf pans
In a stand mixer or medium bowl, combine eggs, oil, and sugar. Beat well. (Since this recipe has 3 eggs, it is not easily changed to an egg free recipe)
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, starch, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
Add zucchini and vanilla, and combine well. Stir in flour mix, and mix well.
Add chocolate chips and stir just until they are distributed well.
Divide batter into two loaf pans, then bake for approximately 1 hour. Start testing with a toothpick after 45 minutes – when the toothpick comes out clean, it's done.
Cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack in the pans, then knock out of pans and cool completely. Slice and serve. While it's delicious hot, it might be better to wait for it to cool – it's only somewhat crumbly after it's cooled, but quite crumbly when hot.
This recipe freezes well if your freezer isn't already crammed with zucchini and the bread isn't inhaled by your family!
Chewy Chocolate Jam Cookies
One of my friends on Facebook posted her variation of the Chewy Chocolate Raspberry Cookies in Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. This is my adaptation of her adaptation.
I've now made this with 3 types of preserves – Lingonberry, blueberry, and raspberry (a special sneaky batch while the berry-allergic child was out of the house). Of the three, I have to say that the Lingonberry preserve version was the best, hands down. We used the preserves from Ikea, but you can buy 2 brands of lingonberry preserves them through Amazon if you don't find any in the international section of your grocery store. This is a wonderfully easy and adaptable recipe, so I'm sure I'll be trying more flavors soon!
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, top 8 allergen free, and vegan/vegetarian recipe.
- 1/2 cup preserves. Great flavors which work with chocolate include lingonberry, blueberry, pomegranate, cherry, or orange marmalade. (For those who can tolerate seeded berries, the original recipe called for raspberry preserves, and strawberry would likely taste good too)
- 1 cup sugar if using a sweet jam, 1 1/2 cups if using a tarter preserve such as Lingonberry
- 1/3 cup melted margarine, or canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cup GF flour (my current favorite is sorghum, but millet, bean, pea, or brown rice would also work well) Reserve the 1/4 cup, that might not be needed.
- 1/2 cup starch (I prefer tapioca or arrowroot starch, but corn starch is acceptable if you aren't sensitive to corn)
- 1 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum
- (if you can eat gluten, use 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus an extra 1/4 cup reserved, and omit the xanthan gum)
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips – (we usually use Trader Joe's semi-sweet chocolate chips, but Enjoy Life Baking Chips, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips are allergy-friendly and also soy free)
Note: each brand and variation of preserves/jam is different. Just as we need to add more sugar if using lingonberry preserves, sometimes more flour is needed when the preserves are quite liquidy, and sometimes a bit more sugar is needed if the preserves are tart. Be patient with this recipe, as the results are well worth it!
Preheat oven to 350, and line a cookie sheet with silpat, Reynolds non-stick foil or parchment paper. Or you could grease a cookie sheet, if you don't have any of the above.
In a large bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer), stir together preserves of choice, sugar, oil/melted margarine & vanilla in one bowl. Set aside.
In another bowl, combine dry ingredients and whisk together well. (this replaces sifting in this recipe)
Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing well with a whisk or fork between additions (or using the paddle of your stand mixer). If the dough becomes quite stiff, doing the final integration of the flour with clean hands works very well. If the dough does not become stiff, add the reserved 1/4 cup flour and incorporate it into the dough.
Mix in the chocolate chips after the wet and dry ingredients are well combined.
Use an 18/8 cookie scoop (or roll walnut-sized balls of dough) flatten to make a cookie about 2″ diameter. Drop the balls of dough and gently push them down, leaving about 2″ apart on cookie sheet (they can spread out a bit as they bake). This makes 24 cookies
Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to let them cool completely. Eat and enjoy!
Junior Mint Brownies
This is a wonderfully easy treat tip for those of you who like chocolate-mint! This reminds me of the Mint Chocolate Brownies I remember from volunteering at the nearby folk music coffeehouse as a teenager.
Allergy note: my brownie recipe contains eggs, but is gfcf, gluten free, and dairy free. Junior Mints have soy in the ingredients, and a "may contain" warning for dairy and egg. We have a dairy intolerance rather than allergy, so we have been Ok eating foods that "may contain" dairy, and have had no issues with Junior Mints. However, contact the manufacturer yourself before you introduce Junior Mints!
First, make a batch of Super Easy Brownies.
Once the brownies are done, shake a regular sized box of Junior Mints over the brownies, then gently press them into the cooked brownies.
Place the pan of brownies back in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven, and use a spatula or butter knife to spread the Junior Mints over the brownies. Gooey minty goodness, and so, so easy!
This also works fine over half the brownies, if you want to keep some of them uncontaminated for those of us who don't like mint.
Variation: Try this with other chocolate-based candies, you may end up with a new favorite flavor combination!
Love and Apple Pie
There is nothing quite like the smell of a freshly baked apple pie – it brings back wonderful childhood memories of moms and grandmothers baking. If you've been living gluten-free, pies can seem unattainable. However, this is an easy and wonderful pie that is allergy-friendly and delicious. Show someone you love them with an apple pie that will wow allergic folks and their non-allergic family and friends.
This is a delicious gfcf, gluten free, family-friendly recipe! It is also (if you double check ingredients!) a wheat free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, tree nut free, peanut free, fish free, shellfish free, corn free, top 8 allergen free, and a vegan/vegetarian recipe.
- top and bottom pie crust, from our full 6 pie crust recipe or the half recipe for 3 pie crusts
- 4 medium Granny Smith apples
- 3 medium Gala or Fuji apples (or another red eating apple)
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 TBS quick cooking tapioca
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg (freshly ground if possible)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- sprinkling of cinnamon sugar
Prepare top and bottom pie crust, from our full 6 pie crust recipe or the half recipe for 3 pie crusts
Peel and quarter the apples, removing the core. Slice the apples thinly across the width of the apples, and combine in a large bowl.
Add sugar, tapioca, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice to the bowl of apples. Stir gently but combine well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350, and grease a 9-10″ pie pan.
Roll out bottom crust between two pieces of plastic wrap, and place in the greased pie pan. Mix apples again, then pour over the pie crust.
Roll out top crust, and tent it over the apples. Use a fork to press the edges of the top crust and bottom crust together. Use a fork or knife to make a few venting holes (making the vent holes in the shape of the mathematical symbol for pi is purely optional).
Lightly sprinkle top of the pie with cinnamon sugar.
Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes, until the crust has turned golden brown. Eat while it's still a bit warm, or cooled for breakfast the next morning. Yummm…


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New England Nostalgia
Joseph K. Mitchell began cooking at age seven, when he made mayonnaise and
sold it for twenty-five cents a pint. The proceeds went to the Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, Episcopal Church where his father was a minister.
Many jars of mayonnaise later, Joseph, his wife, and their three young
daughters settled on the island of Martha's Vineyard. There, in the 1960s,
the business man, who also creates beautiful woodwork on the side, began to record his food memories, cooking tips, advice on fishmongers and local products, and, of course,
recipes, or rules, as he often called them. Many members of the Mitchell family remain today on
the Vineyard, including Lucy, one of Joseph's daughters, who remembers
that when her father cooked, it was an event.
Joseph amassed a large collection of recipes, some his own, some gathered from island
locals, as a legacy of food and family. His writing is evocative of both
his childhood in Pennsylvania and his life on Martha's Vineyard, with its
reliance upon fresh-caught seafood; quahogs, striped bass, scallops, and
lobster were particularly favored in the Mitchell household. His recipes
include a wide range of foods, many influenced by traditional New
England cookery (there's a recipe for New England boiled dinner), others
by the Portuguese community on the island. There are "rules" for
chowders, piccalilli, roast woodcock, parsnip croquettes, and "scallop
fandango," to list a few.
Most dramatic were the clambakes. In his writings, Joseph notes that
clambakes originated with the Penobscot Indians, he muses that perhaps one
of them "clandestinely whispered the bake secrets to an open and canny
Yankee ear." The process of "puttin' down a bake" demands long and
careful planning, and Joseph includes instructions on how to hollow a bowl
in the sand, what size stones to gather, and how to gather rockweed. His
food plan includes lobsters, steamers, quahogs, corn, onions, potatoes,
and plenty of melted butter.
Quahogs are quintessential Vineyard food, and their appearance on the
dinner table never failed to please the family. Here is Joseph's recipe for Baked Quahogs Katama. (Katama is a small beach on Martha's Vineyard.)
Baked Quahogs Katama
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
20 quahogs
(If you cannot find quahogs, substitute twice the amount (40) of cherrystone clams.)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 tablespoon dry sherry
1 small white onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped chives
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 1/2 cups fine bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
paprika for sprinkling
10 lemon wedges for garnish
Nutrition Facts (per serving about 5 quahogs):
Calories: 116
Total Fat : 3 grams
Saturated Fat: 0 grams
Sodium: 289 milligrams
Dietary Fiber: 1 gram
% Calories from fat: 21 %
% calories from saturated fat: 0 %
By Bich Minh Nguyen
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Ten years and tens of millions of copies later, The Da Vinci Code is on the house.
Doubleday has announced that a free e-book edition of the Dan Brown blockbuster novel is available at online retailers through Sunday.
The e-book includes the prologue and first chapter of the Brown novel Inferno, to be released on May 14.


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According to the Education and Labor Committee of the US House of Representatives, across the US:
- About 7,000 students drop out of school every day
- Only about 70 percent of students graduate from high school with a regular high school diploma, as opposed to getting a General Educational Development (GED) diploma or certificate
Are you thinking of joining these dropouts?
The question of whether you can drop out of school isn't a hard question to answer. Really, it's just a matter of looking at the laws of your state. There you'll find out how old you need to be to quit school and how your parents' consent or permission comes into play.
You may have to look harder at the laws to answer a deeper, more important question: Should you drop out? There are consequences to dropping out.
Can You: Legal Mechanics
Every state has laws about "Compulsory schooling." Basically, it means all children must start school by a certain age and must stay in school until they reach a certain age. For example, in some states, children are required to start school when they turn five years old, and they have to stay in school until they turn 18. These ages are different from state to state.
Once a student reaches the age set by the law, he's no longer required by law to go to school. He can, if he wishes, drop out and quit. As a general rule, a student this age doesn't need permission from his parents or the school to drop out.
Can you drop out before you reach that age? In most states you'll need your parents' permission, and that's all. In some states, school officials have to approve, too. That's because in many states, not even parents can get around the compulsory school laws - you're required by law to go to school and your parents can't ignore or override that law.
There are some exceptions, though. In some states, you may be allowed to drop out before you reach the age when compulsory school ends in your state if:
- Your parents agree with your decision to drop out, and
- You pass a high school equivalency test or get a GED
Without both, you're still required to go to school.
Don't just stop going to school if you're still covered by the compulsory school law. If you're supposed to be in school and you simply don't go, it's called "truancy," and both you and your parents may face legal problems. You and your parents may have to pay fines, or a court may force you to do community service or complete a truancy program.
Should You: The Consequences
You don't want a lecture, and no one wants to give you one. But you need to know there are consequences to dropping out. For example, think about jobs:
- According to the US Department of Labor, full-time workers age 25 and over who don't have a high school diploma on average made $448 per week, while workers of the same age with a high school diploma (and no college) made $624 per week. That's a difference of $176 per week, or over $9,000 per year
- Do you have a job lined-up? A lot employers are more willing to hire someone with a high school diploma over someone with a GED. Think about it. If a student doesn't want to go to school because he's bored or just doesn't "feel like it," is an employer going to run the risk that the student isn't going to show up for work because he doesn't feel like working?
- You may be able to quit school without your parents' permission, but state and federal child labor laws require your parents' permission for you to work - especially if you plan on working during normal school hours. these laws also make it illegal for people under 18 to do some jobs at all
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, students who drop out of high school are more likely to get public assistance (that's "welfare," "WIC," or "food stamps" and other programs where the state helps you buy food, shelter, and clothing) than high school graduates who don't even go to college.
And there are some practical things to think about, too. In many states, high school drop outs can't get a driver's license, or even a learner's permit, until they turn 18 years old, even if the compulsory school laws let you drop out when you're 16 or 17. Some states make exceptions, though, for students who get GEDs.
College? There's no college without a high school diploma or a GED. And, sometimes a GED isn't enough. Some colleges and universities don't accept GEDs at all. Some may require you take a proficiency or placement test before they'll accept your application. Many colleges and universities look more favorably on a diploma because, as a general rule, students who earn them have learned more by being in school and have shown a commitment to their educations.
There may be some alternatives to dropping out. For example:
- Try a different school. If you don't like some of the classes at your current school, or if you're having problems getting along with teachers and students, maybe another school is the answer. Talk to your parents or school counselor, or check online for schools in your area for school you can transfer to
- How about homeschooling? Talk to your parents or another adult about finishing your education at home. A lot of high school students are home schooled
- Distance learning is where you "go to school" online or over the internet. There are programs and schools to help you finish high school, get your diploma, and there are programs where you can get college credits while finishing high school
- Special programs in your area may be available. Ask your local education or labor or jobs agency about programs where you can work and earn GED credits at the same time. Programs may involve part-time class work or instruction and part-time community service work, such as helping with cleaning up property, like vacant lots, parks or buildings
There may be many other options, too. You should talk to your parents or school counselor not only about your decision to drop out, but also the consequences of your decision and your alternatives. Education is important, and your decision needs to be made carefully.
Questions for Your Attorney
- If I drop out and later change my mind, does my old school have to take me back, and can I pick up where I left off, or will I have to start the whole grade over again?
- Isn't it illegal for an employer to refuse to hire me simply because I didn't finish high school? Isn't that discrimination?
- I consented to letting my daughter drop out of school because she was pregnant. I made a mistake and now want her to go back to school. Can I force her to go back?


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The blog Emergent Chaos wrote an article urging for privacy in the mental health field as a means of minimizing the stigma associated with diagnosis.
Some key statistics pointed out in this post:
"First, between 13 and 17% of Americans admit in surveys to hiding health information in the current system. That's probably a lower-bound, as we can expect some of the privacy sensitive population will decline to be surveyed, and some fraction of those who are surveyed may hide their information hiding. (It's information-hiding all the way down.)
Secondly, 1 in 8 Americans (12.5%) put their health at risk because of privacy concerns, including avoiding their regular doctor, asking their doctor to record a different diagnosis, or avoiding tests."


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Video Games & Consoles
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Manduca sexta
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Manduca sexta L. is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the American continent. Commonly known as the tobacco hornworm, it is closely related to and often confused with the very similar tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata); the larvae of both feed on the foliage of various plants from the family Solanaceae. The tobacco hornworm can be distinguished by its seven diagonal lines on its sides; tomato hornworms have eight V-shaped markings [1]. An easy way to remember the markings is tobacco hornworms have straight white lines like cigarettes, while tomato hornworms have V-shaped markings as in V8 juice. M. sexta has mechanisms for selectively sequestering and secreting the neurotoxin nicotine present in tobacco.
M. sexta is a common model organism, especially in neurobiology, due to its easily accessible nervous system and short life cycle. It is used in a variety of biomedical and biological scientific experiments. It can be easily raised on a wheat-germ based diet. The larva is large and thus relatively easy to dissect and isolate organs from.
Life cycle
M. sexta have a short life cycle, lasting about 30 to 50 days. In most areas, M. sexta have about two generations per year, but they can have about three or four generations per year in Florida.[2]
M. sexta eggs are spherical, approximately 1 millimeter in diameter, and translucent green in color. They typically hatch 2–4 days after they are laid. Eggs are normally found on the underside of foliage, but can also be found on the upper surface.
M. sexta larvae are green in color and grow up to 70 millimeters in length. Under laboratory conditions, while fed a wheat-germ based diet, larvae are turquoise due to a lack of pigments in their diet. M. sexta blood contains the blue-colored protein insecticyanin. When the larva feeds on plants it ingests pigmentacious carotenoid proteins. Carotenoids are primarily yellow in hue. When bound together, the protein complex is green.
During the larval stage, M. sexta caterpillars feed on plants of the family Solanaceae, principally tobacco and members of the Datura family of plants. Near the end of this stage, the caterpillar seeks a location for pupation, burrows underground, and pupates. The searching behaviour is known as "wandering." The instinct of wandering can be visually confirmed by spotting the heart (aorta) which is a long, pulsating vein running along the length of the caterpillar's dorsal side. The heart appears just as the caterpillar is reaching the end of the final instar. M. sexta has five larval instars which are separated by ecdysis (molting), but may add larval instars when nutrient conditions are poor.
A common biological control for hornworms is the parasitic braconid wasp, Cotesia, which lays its eggs in the bodies of tobacco hornworms. The wasp larvae feed internally, and emerge from the body to spin their cocoons. Parasitized tobacco hornworms are often seen covered with multiple white, cottony wasp cocoons, which are often mistaken for large eggs.
Before the larva pupates, it goes through a stage called the pre-pupa, where its shrinks considerably and prepares to pupate. Often, people mistake this stage as a dead, or dying, caterpillar.
The pupal stage lasts approximately 18 days under laboratory conditions (17 hours light, 7 hours dark, 27°C). When reared on a short-day photoperiod (12 hours light, 12 hours dark), pupae enter a state of diapause that can last several months. During the pupal stage, structures of the adult moth form within the pupal case which is shed during eclosion (adult emergence).
Adult M. sexta are known as Carolina Sphinx moths. M. sexta moths are nectarivorous and feed on flowers, demonstrating a remarkable ability to hover.
Adult males and females are sexually dimorphic. Males are identifiable by their broader antennae and the presence of claspers at the end of the abdomen. Female moths are typically ready to mate one week after eclosion, and do so only once. Males may mate many times. Mating generally occurs on a vertical surface at night, and can last several hours, with the male and female facing in opposite positions, their posterior ends touching. After mating, females deposit their fertilized eggs on foliage, usually on the underside of leaves.
Hornworm Moth Variety
- ^ Villanueva, R. (2007). "Tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Linnaeus). Featured Creatures.". http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/field/hornworm.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ Eichman, Aaron; Weston Tripp, Matt Edwards (2000). "Manduca sexta "Carolina sphinx"". http://bugs.clemson.edu/museum/moths/local/moth1.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-21.


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The British Newsreels' filming of D-Day
Newsreel cameramen had been at the forefront of the battlegrounds to film the action since the start of the Second World War. The Movietone cameramen Paul Wyand, Norman Fisher, Jack Ramsden, Graham Thompson and Alec Tozer had all seen front-line action. It was the same with cameramen from the other newsreels.
I state this as a fact because there is all the evidence one needs sitting in the libraries of the newsreels.
It is sometimes suggested that all the front line material was shot by cameramen of the Armed Forces, such as the Army Film and Photographic Unit. This is not so.
Together with cameramen of the American Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, Army Pictorial Service, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, American and Canadian Newsreels, several British newsreel cameramen were shooting Operation Overlord from D-Day onwards.
Jack Ramsden (left, main picture), who had had previous experience flying on bombing missions with the U.S.A.A.F. as well as the raids at Vaagso and the Lofoten Islands, was posted on H.M.S. Scorpion. Scorpion was a destroyer and was in action covering the landing craft and shelling the German coastal defenses.
He has been quoted as saying "every ship in the Royal Navy seemed to be firing, the noise was incredible and only the footage counter of my camera told me it was still running. It was quite impossible to hear it".
Later, Ramsden said that "my pictures of the Airborne Division passing over the coast in the late evening were some of the finest I have ever had the fortune to take".
He was to find out later that these pictures and other taken on shore at Cherbourg had been censored, much to his regret.
Others covering D-Day included Alec Tozer of Movietone, Jock Gemmell and Ken Gordon of Pathe, John Turner of Gaumont, R. Colwyn Wood of Universal and Jimmy Gemmell of Paramount.
Their pooled material was used in the Movietone issue titled "Liberating Armies Invade Normandy".
Alec Tozer was filming from a troop carrier. His craft was not due to arrive until D-Day plus Two. Tozer felt that he had missed some of the best action, saying "not nearly so full of action as I had imagined it would be". However his material was used in the same issue as that of Jack Ramsden and also in the follow-up story "Consolidating in Normandy".
John Turner, of Gaumont, was also assigned to a Royal Navy destroyer which supported the landing and was firing at shore batteries. Later, he was to write that "..I found the scene unreal because we'd expected something different. I was in a very old destroyer – it seemed unreal to us all in that ship – we had been keyed up to expect blood and thunder, and instead, when we reached the Assault Area, it might have been any day in a very crowded harbour."
"…We were lucky no doubt. There were incidents of course. There was a ship ahead of us which struck a mine shortly before zero-hour. But she only shivered, drooped her head a little, recovered and turned for England. And then there was the little tug which hit a mine too – for just a moment it lingered, then it sighed a long, long sigh of pure white steam – and went, with all its men. Like all the newsreel boys on this operation, I've been to sea lot since the war started. We've all had thrills – D-Day will take a lot of beating".
The redoubtable Jack Cotter (right, main picture) of Movietone covered the landings from a U.S.A.A.F. Air-Ambulance. He, too, contributed to the stories put our by the newsreels in the immediate aftermath of the landings.
Jock Gemmell was also aboard a warship supporting the landings from which he filmed wave after wave of gliders passing overhead on their way inland. He also filmed some of the destruction of buildings on the shoreline of Normandy. He made a decision not to film a landing craft carrying allied wounded saying it was "too gruesome".
On D-Day plus Three, he filmed a German air attack on a beach ammunition dump which he described as "good pictures, but to us all a very depressing sight".
Ken Gordon filmed the invasion as well as shots of Winston Churchill as he arrived by plane in Cherbourg, for the Pathe Gazette story "The Battle Of The Rivers". At the end of the war Gordon features in the Pathe story "Welcome home Ken", where he looks back on his war footage.
Jimmy Gemmel of Paramount was assigned to a warship. Eventually, he landed in Normandy and spent two weeks filming the battles to break out from the beachheads.
R.Colwyn Wood of Universal had been filming invasions preparations from the 3rd of June. He landed in Normandy on D-Day plus Three where he filmed Colonel Langley of Combined Operations, with his Eymo camera, only for it to be censored by SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). Colonel Langley was the inventor of the rocket ship.
It was reported that R. Colwyn Wood was on board the Warwick Castle when it was torpedoed during which he broke an arm and cracked some ribs. He was rescued by an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry).
When one compared what we know these, and other, cameramen shot, not only around D-Day but throughout the war, it makes one wonder just how much of the material was censored. If there still material to be released ?
I believe that of all the cameramen who filmed action in the war including the AFPU, the newsreel cameramen were as brave as any of them.
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Alright! A little late for notice this time, but it's that time again!
Welcome to the Staff Elections of April 2012, which will officially begin today, the 12th of this month!
The following is mostly a repeat posting of the last election topic. Hopefully all of the important information has been listed. The only major changes are the dates listed. If you have not read the January topic's rules and guidelines, please read this topic in its entirety.
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Alright! Voting is over!
Elections are over!
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The 2 Admins and Global Mod for the next 3 months are as follows:
The staff adjustments will take place when Hatcher sets it all up as lead Admin.
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A father's anguish
Kenneth McDade, whose son was slain by police, waits for answers
By André Coleman 08/16/2012
Kenneth McDade weeps openly when he talks about his 19-year-old son, Kendrec, a star athlete who on March 24 was shot to death by Pasadena police on Sunset Avenue, just three blocks away from his home.
Oblivious to the police activity taking place that night far down the street, McDade, 43, recalled tossing and turning in bed and thinking Kendrec needed him. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake the feeling something was terribly wrong.
Little could he have known that, at around 11 p.m. that evening, Kendrec would be shot seven times by two officers who believed he was carrying a gun. But Kendrec didn't have a weapon, even though the officers claimed he'd reached for his waistband.
A standout football player at Citrus College in Azusa, Kendrec lived there with his mother, Anya. He was visiting his father that weekend, however, and had gone out with friends that Saturday night. The teen had never been in any serious trouble, so after about an hour, McDade shook off his feelings of dread and drifted back to sleep.
"I usually sleep pretty good through the night. It was just that night I couldn't sleep. Something kept waking me up," the longtime construction worker told the Weekly in a recent interview. "It made me feel like that was him coming and crying and asking for help and telling me to get out of the bed and come and check on him. He was right around the corner from where we live. The same street he was conceived on is the street he died on."
What happened that evening began about 10 minutes prior to the shooting on Orange Grove Boulevard, near Summit Avenue, at a popular taco truck. Oscar Carrillo-Gonzalez, 26, summoned police, claiming he had been robbed at gunpoint by two African-American men, one of them allegedly Kendrec. Carrillo-Gonzalez, who was once deported to Mexico in 2006 and was in this country illegally at the time of the incident, told a police dispatcher the two men were armed, which he later admitted was not true.
Despite living just a few blocks away, McDade didn't hear the gunshots or police activity. He woke up early the next morning and began his day the usual way, with a cup of coffee on the porch. That's when he noticed helicopters flying overhead and decided to head in that direction. Before he could get there, he ran into a friend who asked him if he'd spoken to Kendrec. When he admitted he hadn't, the friend told him something had happened the previous night and that he needed to contact his son.
When McDade finally reached Sunset Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard, where a group of police officers and detectives had been working throughout the night, no one answered his questions about what had happened. Finally a TV reporter gave him some information, and after more pleading, a detective confirmed his worst fears. His second oldest son had been shot in a police chase.
After arriving at Huntington Hospital, McDade was still not allowed to see his son. Instead, he was asked to identify him through pictures taken of Kendrec after he'd undergone emergency medical treatment.
"They told me they were going to let me see my son," he said, fighting back tears. "They just brought me a picture with all the tubes and stuff. Why couldn't they just let me go look through a window or something and say this is him? They didn't give me a chance to do that. The police knew all along it was Kendrec, they knew."
A troubled past
The Pasadena Police Department has struggled to overcome widespread distrust in the neighborhoods of Northwest Pasadena for nearly 40 years. Pasadena averages less than one officer-involved shooting per year, but local activists are still calling for more civilian oversight of the Police Department. Others are asking local African-American leaders to educate youth on how to deal with police.
McDade's attorney, Caree Harper, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in US District Court against the city, the department and the two officers involved, Jeffrey Newlen and Matthew Griffin. Also named in the suit are Pasadena police Chief Philip Sanchez and Detective Keith Gomez. The Pasadena City Attorney's Office has filed a request to remove Gomez from the litigation. Gomez, who investigated the immediate aftermath of the police shooting of McDade, is presently under investigation by the LA County Sheriff's Department for allegedly threatening to kill a suspect in a 2007 murder case.
In addition to the lawsuit, the McDade shooting has reopened long-festering wounds in Northwest Pasadena, where many minority residents claim they have been unfairly targeted in police stops and have been victims of police abuse. Those allegations have led to investigations by Pasadena police, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, the Sheriff's Department and the FBI.
A 17-year old male who was allegedly with Kendrec the night of the shooting was charged with two felony counts of commercial burglary, one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of failing to register as a gang member. He was sentenced to six months in a juvenile camp.
"[The police] selectively chose to enter into the stealth mode down a dark street," Harper said of the reaction of the two officers involved in the shooting. "It was not a hot call. It was so lukewarm they appear to have not rolled code three. If it was so urgent, why weren't they rolling with lights and sirens?"
Last week, members of the Pasadena chapters of the ACLU and NAACP renewed calls for the formation of a civilian oversight committee for the Police Department, a request that has been made several times dating back to 1986, when former Black Panther Michael Zinzun lost an eye after an officer struck him in the head with a police flashlight during a near riot in the Community Arms housing complex — located on the same block where the McDade incident began.
The call for oversight resurfaced in 1993, after local barber Michael Bryant led police on a pursuit that ended in nearby Highland Park. High on cocaine, the overweight and out of shape barber was Tasered while standing waist-deep in a swimming pool that he had had jumped into to evade police. He was hogtied and placed on his chest in the back of a police car, where he died from intoxication and from asphyxia due to the restraint procedures used.
In 2005, then-Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian made history by becoming the first police chief on record to apologize to community members for historical abuses committed against minorities by police officers. Four years later, however, Melekian faced accusations of covering up the truth when Leroy Barnes was shot 14 times in Northwest Pasadena after pulling a gun on police officers. The department originally stated that Barnes had fired on officers, but later recanted that statement. The officers' shooting was ruled justifiable.
"We have to have ordinary people look at incidents of force," said local activist Martin Gordon, a member of the Pasadena Community Coalition. "Allowing the police to police themselves is a joke."
In 2006, Melekian requested a survey be conducted by the Police Assessment Resource Center (PARC) in the wake of the 2004 police-involved deaths of LaMont Robinson and Maurice Clark, two Northwest Pasadena men who died in the same area as Barnes. Titled "Assessing Police-Community Relations in Pasadena, California," the survey revealed that among all ethnicities, African Americans held the most negative opinions about the Pasadena Police Department.
Anything can happen
According to his father, Kendrec loved his family, girls and, most of all, football. In 2009, the teen rushed for 1,345 yards and scored 15 touchdowns, leading the Citrus College Aztecs to an 11-2 record.
"Kendrec could have made it to the NFL. He was one of the ones that could have done that, and if he didn't do that, he would have been the one that was going to go to college and become that lawyer," his father said.
"You're never supposed to have to bury your child," said McDade. "It wasn't written like that in the book. You're born, your parents take care of you, and then you take care of your parents, in that order. You don't get snuffed out right before you get a chance to become a man."
Speaking about the night his son was shot, McDade said, "There was nothing I could tell Kendrec on that night (that I hadn't) been telling him for 19 years. But in the society and the world we live in, you can tell him all this stuff, but once he leaves your address, not just off the porch, once he leaves your address, anything can happen."
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What is written above says:
"The department originally stated that Barnes had fired on officers, but later recanted that statement."
What it should have said::
"Chief Bernie Melekian originally stated that Barnes had fired on officers, but later recanted that statement."
posted by Emporer Has No Clothes on 8/16/12 @ 03:49 p.m.
This is a sad story for this young father.
posted by Paul G on 8/16/12 @ 09:23 p.m.
To EHNC:
We all know Barney was a liar. Don't waste your time with it!
posted by Paul G on 8/17/12 @ 03:23 p.m.
Not cool, bro.
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MedPAC report finds dip in hospital readmissions
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In a new analysis by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), hospital readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries dipped .7% between 2009 and 2011. This is good news for hospitals which will face readmissions penalties beginning October 1. Starting on October 1, Medicare will lower reimbursement rates for thsoe hospitals that fail to reduce hospital readmission rates related to pneumonia, heart failure, and heart attack. The government's overarching goal is to reduce readmissions by 20%, which would save the federal government more than $2.5 million per year.
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Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) released a study entitled, "Effect of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals." The NEJM study examines the impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions to reduce Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals that report certain preventable infections. The findings of the study indicate that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS's) policy of withholding funds from hospitals that report such infections does not help to lower these infection rates. In the discussion of their work, the study authors recommend that policymakers consider replacing the current system with a model that will encourage behavior that will lower rates of infection.
September 26, 2012
Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published a new policy brief regarding efforts to improve care transitions. Care transitions are movements that patients make among health care providers and settings as their needs change during the course of illness. Without well-planned coordination, these transitions may result in patient harm and needless expense. According to the brief, researchers estimated that in 2011, poor transitions caused between $25 and $45 billion in wasteful medical spending through avoidable complications and unnecessary hospital readmissions. Topics covered in the brief include the causes of poor care transitions, improving care transitions, and policy options to address transition coordination.
August 9, 2012
According to a white paper released by CSC, a significant portion of hospital readmissions can be prevented through comprehensive discharge planning and patient support. The report, entitled "Preventing Hospital Readmissions: The First Test Case for Continuity of Care" notes that preventing readmissions can prove challenging, as many of the precipitating causes for readmission are outside of the direct control of the hospital. However, the brief concludes that appropriate discharge planning paired with adequate post-discharge patient care and support can reduce readmissions for high-risk hospitals. The challenge, according to the paper, will be to coordinate, as opposed to duplicate, care and support.
December 16, 2011
In a Commonwealth Fund-supported report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that U.S. regions where discharged hospital patients are readmitted at comparatively high rates are often the same regions where overall hospitalization rates are high. This relationship indicates broad, systemic problems within the U.S. health care system. The study, conducted by Arnold Epstein, M.D., Ashish Jha, M.D., and John Orav, Ph.D., examined rehospitalization rates across the country for Medicare patients with congestive heart failure and pneumonia, while also looking at how other variables, such as overall hospitalization rates, differences in patients' coexisting conditions, quality of discharge planning, and the number of hospital beds and physicians, affected readmissions. Of all the potential causes for regional differences in readmission rates, overall hospital admission rates played the biggest role, accounting for 16 percent to 24 percent of the variation in cases of congestive heart failure and 11 percent to 20 percent for pneumonia cases. No other factor accounted for more than 6 percent of the variation.
November 1, 2011
Hospitals in the United States readmit an average of 20% of Medicare patients within thirty days of their initial discharge. These readmissions cost the Medicare program an estimated 12 billion dollars each year and may be an indicator of poor quality of care where the readmission was potentially preventable. In its June 2007 Report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) classified many hospital readmissions as potentially preventable. Based on these recommendations, Congress included the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP or Program) in the Affordable Care Act. CMS issued the final rule implementing the HRRP on August 18, 2011, although CMS will continue to clarify additional details of the program through future rulemaking.
January 11, 2011
CMS has issued a proposed rule on a value-based purchasing program for hospitals. The program was recently authorized by the Affordable Care Act, and will provide incentive payments to to hospitals who meet or exceed certain performance standards.
November 24, 2010
CMS issued a final rule on the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for hospitals. The rule aligns Medicare payments with new provisions in the Affordable Care Act and describes factors used to determine payment rates for Medicare hospital outpatient services.


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Prodigy's new three-part mixtape R.I.P. may be enough to keep Mobb Deep fans satisfied for years to come.
The M.A.F.E. Project
BJ The Chicago Kid
After scoring his first bonafide hit as a guest artist with Schoolboy Q's "Studio," BJ The Chicago Kid has been quietly dropping some of the best R&B tracks of the year. After releasing eight tracks as one-offs earlier this year, BJ compiles them all into The M.A.F.E. Project and throws in four new tracks as a bonus. Opening with an acapella take on Justin Timberlake's "Strawberry Bubblegum," the project also includes his and Q's remix of Kanye West's "I Can't Hold My Liquor" and a reworking of James Brown's "King Heroin" entitled "Real Love Never Dies."
Salva is a producer from Los Angeles who's responsible for one of the most batshit hip-hop collaborations of the year: "Old English," which brought together the three-headed monster of Freddie Gibbs, Young Thug and A$AP Ferg. Now, he's released a tape -- entitled Peacemaker -- that includes that song, as well as many more collabs with big-name rappers. Gibbs, E-40, Schoolboy Q, Thugger, Ferg, Kurupt, Problem, Ballout, Tadoe, Paul Fisher, Ruckazoid, Starship Connection, Psyde, Bad Lucc and MPA Shitro all guest on the tape.
Mac Miller
Stream SHOWTIME, a new offering from Mac Miller, which was released on Sunday, April 21st, 2013. Things are looking better for Mac Miller with each new release, which SHOWTIME has proven yet again. It's worthy addition to the impressive body of work Mac Miller has been developing over the years. We're looking forward to hearing what's next.
Baby Face Killa (Hosted by DJ Drama)
Freddie Gibbs
These artists are featured on the project: Dana Williams, Krayzie Bone, SpaceGhostPurrp, Dom Kennedy, Kirko Bangz, Jadakiss, Jay Rock, Z-Ro, Wayne Blazed, Young Jeezy, Problem, Curren$y, G-Wiz, D-Edge, Hit, Slick Pulla, YG. The following producers soundtracked the project: M-80, DJ Stikuhbush, Cylla, Feb.9, SMKA, Cookin' Soul, DJ Dahi, Statik Selektah, The FuturistiKs, Bobby Kritical, DJ Fresh, DJ Izzo & Matterafact, DJ Mustard. Can you dig it?
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Freddie Gibbs
These artists contributed to the project: B.J. The Chicago Kid, Sebastian Mego, Juicy J, Dom Kennedy, Polyester, 2 Chainz, Alley Boy, Freeway, Sly Polaroid, Adrian, Young Jeezy, Scrilla. Let us know what you think, folks.


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Have no idea when I'll make this I just know that I want to at some point
(As Garrus isn't even finshed yet it's going to be while)
But basically when I've got a bit of cash again (thanks Garrus XD) I'm going to experiment with making this.
I'm not too bothered about the armour and stuff on this, I'm more worried about how to making the labcoat as I'm terrible with fabrics
When I'm done with this I might go somewhere sunny, sit on beach, collect seashells... might run tests on seashells
You winner! ....you do realise I'm expecting Gilbert & Sullivan now too right? =P
Oh god! Oh God! Let me know When please! I know this is gonna be a big Challenge as well, so It should be enough time for me to work on Vega ^_^
oh God yes, yes yes, you WILL be the very model of a Scientist Salarian!
.. Study the seashells! Love the pep head! Where'd you find it?
Same place I got the Garrus files from that I used for the Garrus armour :)
this is going to be utterly amazing!!! x
I await to see progress on this with bated breath!
Mordin is awesome! =P
Can't wait to see this!
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Biographical information on Paul Jablochkoff and his work on the `electric candle'.
Paul Jablochkoff was a Russian telegraph engineer who had risen to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk. In 1875 he resigned, planning to travel to America to see the international exhibition in Philadelphia. However he only got as far as France.
In Paris he met Louis Bréguet (1804-1883) who had developed telegraphs and electric clocks for the French navy and railways. Bréguet gave Jablochkoff the use of his laboratory and in 1876 Jablochkoff developed his electric 'candle'. The Jablochkoff Candle was one of the first arc lamps to be used in large quantities.
Jablochkoff Candles, as shown here, are from a pamphlet held in the S.P. Thompson Collection on Arc Lamps. This pamphlet is The Jablochkoff Electric Light at the Paris Electrical Exhibition 1881. Here the candles are fixed in brackets supported in a circular frame, the upper part of which is recessed to carry a globe of opal glass which is capped with a coronet and cover plate.
A saucer of opal glass rests on the base of the brackets, it screens the clips and serves to catch the small sparks which are produced when the candle is lighted.


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Deep Purple have posted a short, sparse clip of music from their upcoming new album, which at the moment only bears a question mark as its title. Watch the teaser video below.
"The title of our new album is still a question mark to all of us," Ian Gillian said last month. "We have recorded a new album, and it's a fantastic collection of songs. At the moment that's the only affirmative point we can offer."
After being written mainly in Europe, the disc was recorded and mixed in Nashville, Tennessee, with producer Bob Ezrin. Song titles will include "Out Of Hand," "Hell To Pay," "Weirdistan," "Uncommon Man" and "Above And Beyond," the last of which being a tribute to the band's longtime keyboard player Jon Lord, who passed away last year.
The follow-up to 2005's Rapture Of The Deep is due in late April.


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By Mickey Winfield, PNT Staff Writer
After five years of retirement, the most successful coach in Zia basketball history still feels the competitive fires within, but now the inferno burns on the golf course instead of the basketball court.
Wayne Moore registered 327 wins in his 22 years coaching the Eastern New Mexico University Zias from 1980-2002, earning three Lone Star Conference coach-of-the-year awards and leading the Zias to the LSC championship in 1992-1993 with a record of 23-5 (12-2 LSC).
Before coaching at ENMU, Moore coached boys high school basketball for 15 years.
"After 37 years I felt like I kind of lost a little bit of energy," Moore said. "And the fire wasn't quite there anymore so I was ready to retire and I've enjoyed retirement very much."
Moore has kept himself busy with traveling, holding various basketball camps and near daily excursions to the Portales Country Club where he quenches his thirst for competition.
"That's the reason I really like golf," Moore said. "Because it is competitive. You can play against the course, you can play against other people, you can play tournaments and the competitive nature is still there on the golf course."
"He's around a lot more," Moore's wife Lynda said. "It's been nice, I'm glad that he goes and plays golf, that he has something he enjoys doing."
Wayne and Lynda also travel, in particular to watch their granddaughter, Portales High School graduate Morgan Hill, play basketball at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Moore says he's become a great coach since he quit coaching.
"I'll sit up there now and say, 'What the heck, why are they doing this, and why are they doing that?'"
"There are a lot of the players that he coached, and some of them have been coaches, and they call him and ask him, 'Could you help me out on this,' or, 'Show me some plays or some offense or defense that you used to run,'" Lynda said. "And he still enjoys that. He likes to teach even the fundamentals."
In addition to Annapolis, Md., Moore also says that his retirement travels have taken him to the northern mountains of New Mexico, Tennessee and Kentucky.
"I'm going to travel more and I'm going to do more fishing," Moore said. "I'll travel and fish and play golf. I want to play a lot of different golf courses in a lot of different areas."
As for coaching, Moore says he still misses aspects of the job, but two factors forced him to call it quits.
"I miss some things. I miss the teaching and being associated with the players, but I don't miss the travel and I certainly don't miss the recruiting," Moore said. I'd still be coaching if it weren't for the travel and the recruiting."
"He would get in late, late at night and have to do a lot of driving," Lynda said. "He just really got to where he didn't like to do that too much."
Moore also believes the Zias are in good hands now with former Texas Tech assistant Linden Weese.
"I think they're in good shape right now," Moore said. "I think coach Weese will take them to another level. It's going to take him a little time but I think we have what we need to really advance."


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Buchanan to Retire Next Year
University of Wyoming president Tom Buchanan is stepping down at the end of the school year.
Buchanan made the announcement Thursday during his annual "State of the University" speech in Laramie.
Buchanan became president of the Wyoming's only four year university in July of 2005. However, he has been employed by the university for more than 30 years. Buchanan began as an assistant professor, after graduating from the University of Illinois with his doctorate in 1979.
Buchanan received his master's degree from UW four years earlier.
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July/August 2001
The Messenger
Despite playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers somewhere between Freddie Hubbard and Wynton Marsalis, Valery Ponomarev hasn't gotten a whole lot of attention, but he was and is an impressive trumpeter. On The Messenger he plays with a quintet that includes the great drummer Jimmy Cobb and three younger postbop players, tenorman Michael Karn, pianist Sid Simmons and bassist Martin Zenker.
Ponomarev's at the top of his game here. Influenced by Clifford Brown, he frequently plays a lot of notes, articulating precisely but also with lightness and grace. His upper-register work is not only accurate and strong but also musical: his high notes are intelligently integrated into the overall fabric of his solos; he's not screaming just to show off. And he's thinking all of the time; while his spots are complex, he doesn't fall back on cliches or pet phrases. Ponomarev's also got a pretty tone with a unique, fast vibrato, in evidence on his gorgeous, nuanced take on "Stardust." Aside from "Stardust," Ponomarev wrote the compositions on the CD, and they hold up very well; they're not just vehicles for improvisation. Dig in particular the beautiful, undulating "Long Distance Relationship." Karn swings his tail off and constructs his spots intelligently, but is derivative, owing too much to 1950s tenormen, particularly Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins.


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Becky KarelAdministrative Assistant at the Milo Bail Student Center, UNO
Pictured: Jim Welch, Chancellor Christensen, Bill Conley, Becky Karel, Regent Carr, Sharon Larsen
Becky is a native of Clarkson, Nebraska. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and a master's degree from UNO. Becky primarily helps students reserve rooms in UNO's Milo Bail Student Center. She also works with on-line reservations and reserving campus rooms for non-academic activities.
"Becky provides 'above and beyond' service every day. Any request a customer might have, she will do her best to assist them," said one nominator. "She has great customer service skills and she enjoys working with customers." Another nominator said, "Becky always goes above and beyond what is asked of her and she never has a 'bad' day when it comes to treating others with kindness and respect. Our main constant is that 'everything will change' and Becky is able to adapt to whatever the job is today."


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Park B. Smith promotes western sales rep
December 12, 2001-- Home Textiles Today,
New York, NY — Park B. Smith Inc./Smith & Johnson has appointed Sheri Smith to the position of western regional sales manager. In addition to her responsibilities for the Southwest and Southern California, she will now manage and direct sales for the entire Western region.
"Sheri has proved herself over the years to be a very instrumental factor in the growth of our companies," said Park B. Smith Jr., president and ceo. "She brings a superb knowledge of retail to the table and has an uncanny ability to successfully merchandise programs."
Smith — who is not related to the company's founding family — will report to Roger Marco, senior vp and national sales manager. John Jordan, Northwest account executive, will report to Smith. Kelly Dunbar, in addition to assisting Smith, will now operate as Southwest and Southern California account executive.
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Jockey Eddie Arcaro called him "not the best, but the runningest" horse. His trainer called him dumb, stupid and crazy. But to thousands of fans who bet their shirts on him and won, Whirlaway was more than the fifth Triple Crown winner. A brilliant chestnut with an unusually long and thick tail and a penchant for running all over the racetrack, in 1941 the crowd-pleasing "Mr. Longtail" often landed above Joe DiMaggio, who had a 56-game hitting streak, and Joe Louis, who had defended his heavyweight title seven times, on the front pages of the nation's sports sections.
Nearly 70 years after his death, Whirlaway's legend lives on. He had a habit of bolting to the outside coming off the turn. In the 1940 Saratoga Special, he went so wide he hit the outer rail, but still won. He also won the Derby in a then-record of 2:01 2/5. A week later, after falling so far behind the field he was out of the picture, he roared back to a thrilling 5 ½-length win in the Preakness. In the Belmont Stakes, knowing he couldn't hold Whirlaway back, Arcaro sent him to the front with a mile to go and he took the Triple Crown by 1 ¼ lengths. That summer, he won the Travers – the only Triple Crown winner to do so – and then spent the next season running primarily for war bonds, racing 22 times and raising $5 million, including $100,000 at Aqueduct on Army-Navy Day, when he won the 1942 Brooklyn Handicap.
Retired at age 5, with a record of 32 wins, 15 seconds and nine thirds from 60 starts and a bankroll of $561,161, which made him the all-time money-earning thoroughbred, Whirlaway became a successful sire. He was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 1959.
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Skinceuticals also has a blemish control gel with 1% salicylic acid, plus potassium azelaoyl diglycinate, hydroxydecanoic acid, sebacic acid, decanediol, and my favorite moisturizer for acne-prone skin: sodium hyaluronate.
Michelle, I've been using the Kinara line over the past few weeks (review coming) to good effect. I also like Aveda's outer peace. One of my favorite organic lines (Juice Beauty) has a clear skin kit that I'm interested in trying out. I also like using MD Skincare's alpha/beta daily hydroxy pads.
Thanks for the feedback Claire! Would you happen to have any recommendations for good products with salicyclic acid to treat and prevent acne? Thanks so much!
This should work for both sexes, although I would recommend it not for treating acne per se, but for treating the aftermath it leaves behind...an after popping potion, if you understand what I mean. It wont unclog clogged pores, but it will help heal them once they have ruptured. That being said, I would say it's more of a brightening treatment than an acne remedy. For that, you'd want to look for something with salicylic acid or tea tree oil.
Hi Claire,
Would this product also work for MALES with acne problems or acne scars, or would you recommend something else for them? Also, since your review mentions both, would you consider this more of an acne remedy, or a brightening product? Thank you!


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Friday, 29 Jul 2016
Thermaltake announces Toughpower SFX Gold series PSUs for SFF systems
Thermaltake has unveiled its Toughpower SFX Gold series PSUs, a new line of SFX PSUs targeted at small form factor systems. Both 450 watt and 600 watt units are available, and the latter will even power systems with the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.
Friday, 10 Jun 2016
The SilverStone Strider Titanium ST80F-TI PSU is now available
The SilverStone Strider Titanium ST80F-TI PSU is now available. This PSU is designed for 80 Plus Titanium level of efficiency, and is rated to have a power capacity of 800W.
Wednesday, 8 Jun 2016
Mophie's new Powerstation 3X and Powerstation 8X have both power and smarts
Mophie's latest Powerstation lineup of universal battery solutions is said to be their slimmest collection yet, and now they even send feedback on charging status updates to your phone.
Tuesday, 7 Jun 2016
Mophie's new H2Pro juice pack lets you take your iPhone for a dip
Mophie has just developed a waterproof juice pack for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.
Wednesday, 1 Jun 2016
Seasonic unveils its flagship Prime lineup of PSUs at Computex 2016
Seasonic unveiled its flagship Prime lineup of PSUs at Computex 2016. These PSUs will have Titanium, Platinum and Gold efficiency certifications and up to 10-year long warranties.
Friday, 20 May 2016
Cooler Master unveils MasterCase Maker 5, a modular chassis that can be upgraded (Updated)
Cooler Master just revealed a modular chassis, high-end air cooler, and Titanium-rated digital power supply at CES 2016, part of its Maker Ecosystem range of products designed to enable enthusiasts to build their very own version of the ultimate PC.
Wednesday, 9 Mar 2016
Prolink's ProBrick is a compact multi-charger power brick and USB hub
Designed to be travel-friendly, the ProBrick and ProBrick+ have four USB 3.0 ports on the side for charging high-capacity USB devices. And the USB 3.0 hub function enables them to transfer or access data from connected devices.
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The Simpiz iTron will be the world's fastest charging power bank
Tired of waiting for your power banks to charge up? The upcoming iTron 9000mAh power bank does it in 18 minutes flat. It's so fast that you can actually get enough power to charge an iPhone 6 in just 3 minutes!
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Kickstarter campaign for portable, foldable, and expandable solar charger surpasses their goal of US$50,000 by ten times their target amount. Everyone, meet Solar Paper.


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Window blind sample, 196-?
Physical Details: Textile : 1 item ; 21 x 33 cm., on board 26 x 36 cm.
Creator: Dorothy Liebes Studio
Description: Date based on style of design.
Window blind sample with bamboo rods, orange and yellow fibers, and bronze and gold lurex attached to cardboard.
Forms part of: Dorothy Liebes papers, 1850-1973, bulk, 1922-1970
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation: Window blind sample, 196-?. Dorothy Liebes papers, 1850-1973, bulk, 1922-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 10372
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STEM Volunteer Training Resources
The Minorities in Energy Initiative launched a quarterly STEM Volunteer virtual training series on August 13, 2015. The trainings are intended to provide tips, resources and strategies for STEM professionals that want to volunteer.
Role Models Matter Online Toolkit can be used to help you continue to prepare for your first role model/volunteer interaction.
SciGirls Seven: How to Engage Girls in STEM has activities and ideas for how to connect with youth and girls in STEM.
The Science of Innovation: The Science of Innovation was produced as a joint partnership between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and focuses on the connection between basic science research and innovation. The materials were produced in collaboration with NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News and include lesson plans for middle and high school teachers developed by the National Science Teachers Association and aligned with state and Next Generation Science Standards.
Engineer Girl: The EngineerGirl website is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women. The website is a service of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Cool Science Careers: Middle and high school students experience what it is like to be a scientist through interactive activities and games. "Imagine Yourself" lets students virtually conduct activities from a field. Includes education requirements and interviews with scientists.
For Girls in Science: Students can read profiles of women in science, watch videos of women scientists on the job, take a career personality quip, compare career requirements in STEM fields, connect with other young women interested in STEM and find out about STEM-related contests and camps.
iON Future: This site lets you explore STEM careers, find the ones that best match your interests, and play your way to your dream STEM future. The site is sponsored by Change the Equation.
Engineer Your Life: This engineering site for high school girls includes sections on why engineering, making it happen, photos and text about women engineers, YouTube videos and blogs, plus sections for teachers and counselors.
Discover Engineering: On this site, check out reasons to love engineering, career outlooks on engineering jobs of the future, information on specific engineering jobs, and school information to prepare you to excell in your engineering career.
Discovery Channel: This site has all types of resources for science, math, English, and social studies. They are divided into K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Lesson plans include the objective, materials, procedure, evaluation methods, vocabulary and national standards. In addition to lesson plans, the site also has interactive games, puzzles, activities, contests, STEM career information, and virtual labs.
Gotta Have IT: A select set of high-quality posters, computing and IT careers information, digital media and more, the resource kit builds awareness and inspires interest in computing. Gotta Have IT is for all students, but is especially inclusive for girls.