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Investigation and Experimentation: 1. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other four strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will: a. Select and use appropriate tools and technology (such as computer-linked probes, spreadsheets, and graphing calculators) to perform tests, collect data, analyze relationships, and display data. d. Formulate explanations by using logic and evidence. h. Read and interpret topographic and geologic maps. k. Recognize the cumulative nature of scientific evidence. l. Analyze situations and solve problems that require combining and applying concepts from more than one area of science. m. Investigate a science-based societal issue by researching the literature, analyzing data, and communicating the findings. Examples of issues include irradiation of food, cloning of animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer, choice of energy sources, and land and water use decisions in California.
Grade 9–12 Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills: In addition to the standards for grades nine through twelve, students demonstrate the following intellectual, reasoning, reflection, and research skills. Chronological and Spatial Thinking 1. Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned. 2. Students analyze how change happens at different rates at different times; understand that some aspects can change while others remain the same; and understand that change is complicated and affects not only technology and politics but also values and beliefs. 3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environmental preferences and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods. 4. Students relate current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and regions. Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View 1. Students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations. 4. Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations. Historical Interpretation 1. Students show the connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments. 2. Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limitations on determining cause and effect. 5. Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting environmental policy issues.
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Features are articles about penguins that have been written by
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Life in the "Fast" Lane: Adélie penguins and the coordination of nest relief
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Perhaps surprizingly, the problem for most penguins when on land is not that they get cold but that they get too hot. The insulation provided by their feathers that equips them for a life in water is so efficient that it can create heat stress when out of the water. This article originally published in Natural History 91/1: 46-55.
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Teresa is a 29-year-old woman who works for an automotive company in Oklahoma. She spends much of her weekdays typing up, filing, and faxing paperwork. That's right, faxing. Until just a few months ago, Teresa manually sent up to 500 faxes a week, as if it were still 1992 and e-mail didn't exist. Don't even get her started on the typewriters.
"We have these stickers that we have to put on things," she explains. "A co-worker was showing me how to make them once, and she was like, 'First, put the roll of stickers in the typewriter.' I was like, 'I don't have a typewriter.' She looks at me and says, 'Oh! Well, maybe you can use Roberta's.' Um, no. I'm not using a typewriter."
Not everyone works in a technological time warp like Teresa, but we all probably know someone who can't seem to master an important machine or software program in the office. Before he co-founded the consumer electronic website gdgt, Ryan Block worked as editor-in-chief of Engadget, which was purchased by AOL in 2005. At the time, AOL was run by Randy Falco, the chief executive officer who didn't use e-mail. "His e-mails would come in and his secretary would print them out and give them to him," Block says, "How does the CEO of AOL not use e-mail?" I don't know, but it may explain why most people these days use Gmail.
Even if you know how to send an e-mail, that doesn't mean you know how to do it properly. According to a 2011 poll by digital communication company VaporStream, 60% of employees occasionally hit "reply all" on e-mails when they intend to respond only to one person. "You have to know when to 'CC' people and 'BCC' people and when not to copy them," says About.com's career expert, Alison Doyle. "That's as much a part of the technology as actually working the program."
Doyle guides people as they search for and switch jobs, which means that she deals with all sorts of employees, from recent college grads to older workers re-entering the workforce. Technological ignorance isn't related to a person's age, she says, but how long they've remained at their current job. "If you've been in the same position for five or 10 years, you probably haven't had to keep as up-to-date with new products and technology than if you'd been switching around," she says. Depending on the industry and what you do, "there will be a steep learning curve for you when you leave."
This explains part of the problem at Teresa's office; most of her co-workers have been with the company for more than 20 years. "When I first started, one of my co-workers was introduced to me as 'the new guy,'" she says, "So I said, 'Oh, you're new here too?' He was like, 'I started in 1991.'" When people stay in a job that long, she says, "they don't think about how our printer is from 1994 and really old; they think, 'Oh, that's the new printer we got in 1994!'"
Dealing with technological Luddites—whether it's just one co-worker or the entire office—can be frustrating, and several online message boards let people vent about their colleagues. "It seems to me that in 2012 it shouldn't be too much to ask a co-worker to type a list of names into Excel," writes one woman on the scrap-booking website Two Peas in a Bucket. "One co-worker can't even find Excel on her computer and the other says she doesn't know how to use it and doesn't care to learn. … It's frustrating because it creates more work for me."
If you do find yourself falling technologically behind, says Block, now might be a good time to play catch-up. "Twenty years ago, when some of us were still typing commands into DOS prompts, if you didn't know what you were doing, you'd be totally confused," he says. "But we've gotten to a point now that if you're just tuning in, if you ignored all the changes in the 90s and 00s and are just getting smartphone or a tablet, these devices are so easy to use—compared to what we were using before—that you'll still be in a good place." And while it's true that gadgets are changing faster than ever—every few months we see something exponentially sleeker, faster, and smarter than the machines that came before it—most of the upgrades are just minor details that can be ignored by the passive user. In other words, you might want to get a smartphone, but you don't have to get one that talks to you—yet.
That doesn't help Teresa, who says she really does have to type commands into DOS prompts from time to time. But she drew the line at the typewriter. Instead, she came up with a better solution. "I just write everything with a Sharpie," she says.


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"Every gun carried by Atlanta police is under recall, and Tuesday it was determined why. The recall was initiated by the company, Smith and Wesson and was started because of problems with the triggers on the guns."
1) These are .40s, not the 9mm previously reported by the LASD.
2) The video shows APD officers turning in their weapon. Check the suit who racks the slide and then drops the magazine!
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Have they ever said what the problem was that caused the recall. I mean what was wrong with the triggers?
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Enrolling would also qualify her for [ ironically] "protection" via Legal Eye. $369.00 for this scam.said name was Carla Harrison. extremely rude and obnoxious. calling number was 212-468-2326.the caller id was "UNKNOWN NAME" , later gave she callback number as 1-888-368-7682.
when i got on the phone to say NO, woman became very rude, officious, obnoxious.
last year. your mother paid $929 for her health card; this new card is only $369. why don't you want her to have it?
the figure she gave for my mther's health insurance cost is wildly inaccurate. I said that i never heard of National Health Board, that official government organizations do not ask for checking account information over the phone - and that we certainly do NOT want this "new card" she got even more obnoxious - claimed that in all the people she has contacted, everyone knew of the national health board, no one ever complained to her and that they had already sent all the info by mail [ a lie] and that she was trying to help my mother by enrolling her by phone - and that the National Health Board handles health care for "all of America". i hung up; she called back again - and was even more aggressive.
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Date: April 29, 2013 10:06AM
To succeed as a dividend growth investor you must identify and purchase stocks with sustainable dividend growth. Inertia is powerful force. Once a company has established a track record of growing its dividend over the decades and developed a shareholder base that expects higher dividends each year, it becomes increasing difficult for management to cut or fail to raise the dividend. No CEO of this type of company wants a dividend cut to occur on his or her watch.
Here are several big-name companies that have recently increased their cash dividends by double digits:
Chevron Corporation (CVX) engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation and energy operations worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. April 24, the company increased its quarterly dividend 11.1% to $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable June 10, 2013, to holders of common stock as shown on the transfer records of the corporation at the close of business on May 17, 2013. The yield based on the new payout is 3.4%.
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, and manufacture of petroleum products. April 24, the company increased its quarterly dividend 10.5% to $0.63 per share. The dividend is payable June 10, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 13, 2013. The yield based on the new payout is 2.8%.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computing products and portable digital music players worldwide. April 23, the company increased its quarterly dividend 15% to $3.05 per common share. The dividend is payable on May 16, 2013, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 13, 2013. The yield based on the new payout is 3.0%.
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services. April 23, the company increased its quarterly dividend 20% to $0.30 per share. The dividend is payable June 1, 2013, to stockholders of record on May 10, 2013. The yield based on the new payout is 3.2%.
Selecting stocks with increasing dividends is critical for an income growth strategy. The above list contains stocks that recently raised their dividends; it is not a list of recommend buys. As always, due diligence should be performed before buying or selling any stock. For a list of stocks with a long string of consecutive cash dividend increases, see this list.
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Sustainable living is the lesson. Hope for the future is the vision.
It's all part of this year's Back to Basics event sponsored by Happy Dancing Turtle (HDT), Pine River-Backus Community Education and Central Lakes College.
"It's about making your life more resilient, either on the personal level or for the greater world at large," said Quinn Swanson, sustainability programs coordinator with HDT. "It could be from spending less money to having a healthier diet."
Back to Basic pulls in sustainability experts from across the region to hold workshop sessions for those attending the event.
This year, there will be about 30 workshops to choose from on topics ranging from soil health, food storage, animal rescue and home brewing of kombucha, or fermented tea.
Presenter Barry Thoele, owner of Barry's Cherries, will give visitors a lesson in hydroponic production. Speaking from experience of his own hydroponics farm in Staples, Thoele will offer some tips for those looking to start their own small-scale hydroponics farm.
Hydroponics, or the process of using nutrient solutions in water instead of soil, is the answer to the agriculture problems in the U.S., Thoele said.
He'll teach attendees that they can grow just about anywhere, from a basement in a small house to a massive farm like his.
Thoele's hydroponics farm consists of 6,000 square feet of year-around green houses.
He started spreading the word about hydroponics because he views the mainstream agriculture system in the U.S. as "broken."
It's his second time holding a workshop at the Back to Basics event.
He'll continue spreading the word because he wants the next generations to get "decent" food.
"Our kids will end up with a nutrition deficiency with the food they're eating now," he said. "There is obesity and asthma and other health problems in the country. How many of those can be attributed to nutrition?"
Fellow Back to Basics presenter Erika Bailey-Johnson will hold a workshop session on the initiatives happening at Bemidji State University (BSU) and surrounding community.
Bailey-Johnson, sustainability coordinator at BSU and Northwest Technical College, along with two colleagues, will detail initiatives like weekly sustainable Tuesday events, policies considering the ban of bottled water at BSU, a new bike-sharing effort, and efforts to get local food served inside of area schools.
"A lot of people really want to know how to do better with the resources we use," Bailey-Johnson said. "They realize we're headed down a path without a real positive ending if we keep using our resources this way."
With events like Back to Basics, people can collaborate and share ideas.
"It's the greatest way to learn," she said.
Thoele added, "We can't fix all the problems we have created, but we can't continue to keep creating them, either."
It's that line of thinking that make events like the annual Back to Basics so vital, Swanson said. It's all about the effort to improve your life and actions to be more sustainable.
Back to Basics has advice for people at all levels, from those trying to find out what sustainability means, to avid "living off the grid" residents, she said.
Other features of the Back to Basic event include: vendors, exhibitors, kids activities and a keynote speaker, Katy Smith, the 2011 teacher of the year.
Overall, Swanson wants visitors to walk away with a few tidbits to change in their own life to contribute overall to the health of the planet.
"It just takes small steps to be more self-sufficient and resilient," she said.
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Martin van Drunen
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Martin van Drunen performing live with Asphyx at The Fridge in London, on 22 September 2007
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Martin van Drunen (Born 1966, Uden) is a Dutch death metal vocalist, who started out in the band Pestilence.[1] In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, Malleus Maleficarum[2] and Consuming Impulse.[3] After his departure from Pestilence, he joined Asphyx as the singer and bass player in 1990.[4] For this band he recorded two albums as well. He performed the vocals on Comecon's second album Converging Conspiracies in 1993[5] and then formed his own band called Submission. In 1995, he was asked to replace Karl Willetts in the UK death metal band Bolt Thrower.[6] He did two tours with them, but never recorded an album.
In 2006 an 'all star' death metal band by the name Hail of Bullets was formed with van Drunen doing vocals, ex-Houwitser bass player Theo van Eekelen, Gorefest drummer Ed Warby and both Thanatos guitarists Paul Baayens and Stephan Gebédi.[7] In May 2008 they released an album called …Of Frost and War.[8] In 2009 van Drunen performed guest vocals on The Project Hate MCMXCIX's album The Lustrate Process. In October 2010, Hail of Bullets released their second album On Divine Winds.[9]
In death metal genre, Martin is very well known for his unique approach to vocals. He uses a higher pitched death growl, something that many fans describe as 'tortured screams' or 'screaming cries'. Because of that, he is one of the most well known death metal vocalists.
With Pestilence[edit]
- Malleus Maleficarum (1988)
- Consuming Impulse (1989)
With Asphyx[edit]
- The Rack (1991)
- Last One on Earth (1992)
- Death...The Brutal Way (2009)
- Deathhammer (2012)
- Incoming Death (2016)
EPs & Others
- Crush the Cenotaph EP (1992)
- Death... The Brutal Way 7" advance single (2008)
- Live Death Doom live DVD (2010)
With Comecon[edit]
- Converging Conspiracies (1993)
With Death By Dawn[edit]
- One Hand, one Foot and a lot of Teeth (2006)
With Hail of Bullets[edit]
- Hail of Bullets (demo)
- …Of Frost and War (2008)
- Warsaw Rising (EP) (2009)
- On Divine Winds (2010)
- III: The Rommel Chronicles (2013)
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- ^ Serba, John. "Biography: Pestilence". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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Curry-spiced apricot sauce jazzes up lean turkey cutlets in a looks-exotic-but-is-really-easy way. Don't overcook the cutlets in Step 1--they continue to cook while resting.
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Serves 4
Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 30 min.
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Pat turkey cutlets dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add turkey and cook until browned on both sides and no longer pink in the center, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
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Add onion to the pan; cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add garlic, ginger and curry; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add juice and apricots; bring to a simmer. Cook until the apricots are plump and the liquid is slightly reduced, about 3 minutes.
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Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein recalled the role of his rabbi and Jewish organizations in helping him realize he could succeed despite growing up in a working-class neighborhood.
"The only person I knew who put on a suit everyday was our rabbi," Blankfein told a crowd of 1,700 fellow Wall Street insiders Monday night at a $26 million record-breaking fundraising dinner for UJA-Federation of New York.
"Growing up [in public housing in the East New York section of Brooklyn], every family I knew struggled. I thought every Jewish father either drove a cab or worked in the post office. I didn't know anyone whose father was a doctor, lawyer or other profession," the Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO said upon receiving the Gustave L. Levy Award at the event at the Hilton New York.
"That may seem unreal to some of you, but I only knew what I could see. Today many of you may not know a Jewish family that is struggling, you don't see them, but there are. There are thousands of families not more than three miles away from here." Blankfein credited his rabbi and his involvement in federation-funded afterschool programs and summer camp for helping him "to think about the world beyond East New York," ultimately leading to his decision to attend college.
With a smile, he also credited the local Jewish Y with teaching him to swim and giving him a chance to earn spending money as a lifeguard.
"Benefactors I would never know, who I could never thank, from an earlier wave of Jewish immigration funded these organizations that were so meaningful to my friends and to me," Blankfein said.
The evening, which UJA-Federation officials said topped last year's total funds raised of $23 million, also featured remarks from the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Attendees gave two standing ovations for Alan "Ace" Greenberg, vice chairman emeritus of JP Morgan and a former Levy award winner, for his role in building Wall Street support for UJA-Federation.
David Wassong, the co-head of private equity at Soros Fund Management, was honored with The Wall Street Young Leadership Award.
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Date of Trip: March 2007
Day 12 – Travel to the South Island
We'd missed out on the Deli Café yesterday because it's closed on Sundays but, because we have plenty of time, we use it today for breakfast. Chris has scrambled eggs on bagels with bacon, and I have a "Farmer's" – a mountain of breakfast foods including two eggs, a packet of bacon, toast, large sausage, mushrooms and potato cakes. Having put that lot away, we head off for Wellington and our ferry to the South Island.
Since we're already closer than originally planned, we get there much too early for our 2pm sailing. To make use of the time, we visit Victoria Mount – a high point above Wellington from which you can view the whole city, the bay and the airport – it's quite spectacular but a bit windy. We enjoy the view and quickly make our way back to the city.
In preparation for our return to Wellington in early March, we drop into the Te Papa Museum (NZ's national museum) to pick up a guidebook. Te Papa is our only museum trip, and I want to plan our time there such that we see what we're interested in and miss the rest. After a cup of coffee in their café we make our way to the ferry terminal and get aboard for the 3½-hour crossing to the South Island.
The Inter-Islander ferry is not Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) – you get your car on board and do a U-turn on the car deck so that you can leave it the same way you got on – a slow and cumbersome process. It's also hardly world class – much smaller than a cross-Channel ferry and not half as well appointed. But, there is café and there are comfy seats, so we have everything we need for the short journey across the Cook Strait.
The Cook Strait crossing can be very rough at times – the Pacific Ocean has been unchecked as it travelled 1000s miles and when it hits landfall in NZ, the powerful waves are channelled through the Strait since they have nowhere else to go. The winds do similarly. But today we get a calm crossing and we're soon pulling into Picton (5-45pm) having been slightly delayed by a departing cruise ship - we hit the road at 6-15pm.
Our plan was to over-night in Picton and use it as a base for visits to wineries in the Marlborough district. But, our reading tells us that a town called Blenheim is a little further south, closer to the wineries and has plenty of motels. We head for Blenheim.
As we start to look for accommodation in Blenheim, all we see is "No Vacancy" signs. Our search circle widens and widens without luck. Eventually we hit on the Admiral's Motor Lodge – it had one vacancy. It's a large family room on two floors with 6 beds, but the manager lets us have it for ½ price – we take it gratefully. It's 'getting on', so we unpack quickly and set off to find some dinner. We get another surprise – hardly any eateries.
This is rapidly becoming the strangest stop yet – lots of full motels, and a very few, mostly empty restaurants. We end up eating in an Irish bar, Paddy Barry's. The manager tells us that there's been a national wine and food festival in the town over the past two weeks – it only ended yesterday night - and suggests that many of the exhibitors/attendees may have stayed over for an extra night.
When we get back to the motor lodge, we get chatting to a couple of lads – they're here for a lineman's training course – a lot of the local motel's customers are on the same course. They also tell us about Springland's Restaurant – a local, out-of-town place – "it's good, has big portions and it's very cheap"! The new information solves our mysteries, and we sleep easy in our beds!!!
Day 13 – Wineries
After a bit of a lie in and a late breakfast, we start our day at the i-Site to get advice on winery tours and visits. We'd planned to visit Montana and Villa Maria wineries, and wanted to know their locations.
Since they had a cheap email connection at the i-Site, I take the time to check for messages and check bank balances. There's news of SNOW in Essex, with an excellent photo of Jed and a snowman, and lots of emails for the contacts on my 'Holiday' distribution list. I reply to the emails, and since the bank balances are 'good', we head off for Montana Winery on the Kaikoura Road at 11am. Soon there, we check out the wines at the "cellar door" as the Kiwis call it. There are several wines we've never seen in England, but we're very surprised to discover that the prices of the ones we do know are higher than they are in Tesco's!!!! How can it be that a wine made less than 100 yards away and bottled in NZ costs more than the same bottle of wine almost 20,000 miles away? We'd first noticed this when we'd bought wine at local supermarkets – in fact, even Australian wines are cheaper than NZ wines. Notwithstanding the disappointment (!), we buy three bottles of wine and a bottle of bubbly for my birthday.
We had lunch in the Montana Restaurant – they do a Sauv. Blanc and Pinot Noir "platter", which takes our fancy. This is food platter with three small meat dishes on it, and three complimenting wines to accompany each platter. At $25 per platter, this proves very good value, and the wines are excellent.
After lunch we did the winery tour – a young NZ'er took us around the crushing, fermentation and ageing processes, and we finished up with some wine tasting. There are only 10 of us on the tour (2 French girls, 4 Swedes, an English couple, and us) and in 15 short minutes of wine tasting, our guide imparts more common sense and knowledge about seeing, smelling and sipping wines than I ever got from Oz Clarke's Wine Tour of France.
Having already had too much wine, we skip the Villa Maria winery and head back to Blenheim to walk it off before making our way back to the lodge for a lazy afternoon in the sun.
On our arrival, the two trainee linesmen had suggested Springlands as a good eating place, so we head off there for our evening meal. The two lads are already installed and tucking into their meal. There's a fixed price meal ($25) – you get soup and roll plus main course with salad bar plus dessert buffet!!! The soup is Pumpkin; Chris has a sirloin steak and I have satay chicken with rice, and we both have a side salad. Then two visits to the dessert buffet follow; cheesecake with fresh fruit salad, then freshly made, cream-filled, brandy snaps. With the wine, our bill is $68 and, with a round of drinks for the two lads as a thank-you for their recommendation, we end up paying $73.50 (£27.25).
On our return, one of the lads is in the courtyard throwing a rugby ball in the air and catching it. It turns out that his mates have gone out for a drink, and he's only 16 and was refused service. He comes from Harihari on the west coast of the South Island – the real NZ as he calls it. Harihari is a town of 800 people – you can tell he's a small-town boy.
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This Taza twist on the classic backyard burger incorporates a handful of our Roasted Cacao Nibs into the simply seasoned patties, adding a subtle but satisfying texture. The finishing touch is a quick spicy-sweet homemade ketchup seasoned with Taza Guajillo Chocolate Mexicano.
Makes 4 burgers
2 pounds ground beef
4 scallions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons Taza Roasted Cacao Nibs
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
4 pretzel buns (or any burger bun of your preference), split
1/2 head shredded iceberg lettuce
Taza Guajillo Chocolate Mexicano Ketchup
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The intent of fair trade is to create beneficial economic relationships between producers in developing nations and consumers in developed nations. Fair trade translates to transparent, ethical labor and environmentally responsible sourcing. Fair trade jewelry authentically supports artisan mining communities who are often living in very poor regions. It is also produced from artisanal crafts people and manufacturers. We, too, are an artisan jewelry shop that produce what we make with our own hands. Jewelry is usually made up of component pieces that come from all over the world. Even basic traceability and transparency of our inventory with over 3000 inventory is very difficult. One of the most nefarious elements of that chain was relying upon the precious metal mining. Converted to 100% recycled silver and gold has been foundational to our ethical stance. We do not claim that our pieces are fair trade, since we fabricate our designs in our Santa Fe, New Mexico studio. However, there are elements within our jewelry pieces that we do claim as following the principles of fair trade, particularly our chain and the more expensive gemstones that we offer in our wedding rings. Artisan production is particularly important because jewelry carries the energy of its maker embedded in its highly symbolic meaning. A wedding ring that is generically dye struck from a machine will carry the energy of how it was created. We are not about commodity, but artistry and pride. We guarantee our designs against defective workmanship for as long as you own it. Our artisan designer rings, created with great skill, are worthy of representing your most noble sentiments. As they are made by American artisans, they can not be considered "fair trade." However, many of the gemstones we offer support producer communities in the developing world. Fair Trade Gemstones
In an ideal world, a fair trade gem would come from a third party certified, cooperative mining community. Beneficiation, including polishing and community development, would be based in and benefit local economies. This situation simply does not exist. Instead, we source our gems from companies that fall into three different models for the emerging for fair trade market: Co-ops, Companies, and Collaborators. For more detailed info, visit our Fair Trade Gem Section. Fair Trade Diamonds A universally accepted definition of what constitutes a fair trade diamond has yet to be established, even though studies have been conducted. The critical issue is who will benefit from this labeling: large or small scale producers?
In our view, fair trade diamonds should be restricted only to those diamonds that are sourced from small community based, artisanal miners; and then, polished in those communities. Only such projects, independent of international corporations which are beholden to shareholders, could validly produce 'fair trade diamonds.' Presently, a few of these projects are underway. But they have yet to provide product that we have access to. Therefore, the best possible option is to know where your diamonds are sourced and cut. Fair Trade Gold In March of 2010, third party Fair Trade gold was introduced into the EU market. This is the first time that a mined commodity has been third party certified as fair trade by Fair Labelling International (FLO). To learn more about fair trade gold, read this interview between Marc Choyt, co-owner of Celticjewelry.com who is also publisher of www.fairjewelry.org, and Patrick Schein, a precious metal refiner based in Paris fully committed to ethical gold sourcing. Schein is a board member of the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), which pioneered the initiative. Fair Trade Manufacturing If you google "fair trade jewelry," our blog, www.fairjewelry.org, will come up number one. But after that, a number of websites sell "fair trade jewelry." The network of Fair Trade organizations (IFAT) and the Fair Trade Federation (FTF) lists jewelry as a product category. In doing so, they endorse efforts of small producers who abide by fair trade principals to market themselves as "fair trade jewelry." Yet they do not exactly define what the making of fair trade jewelry might entail in the actual workshop. While general fair trade principals are relatively easy to define, the actual standards pose a more difficult challenge. If you ask companies that sell fair trade jewelry where their silver come from, how their production facilities is ventilated, what chemicals are used in solders and fluxes and how waste products are disposed of, it is unlikely that they will be able to tell you. Marc Choyt, co-owner of Reflective Images, is spearheading defining fair trade manufacturing as part of an initiative that came from the Madison Dialogs. You can read about these efforts to defining fair trade manufacturing Madison Dialogue Manufacturing and those who are joining him on his industry leading blog. Given the chaos of the market, which leads one to question, Is There Such A Thing As Fair Trade Jewelry? our stance is transparency.
|(Our manufacturing in Bali for other lines we produce uses recycled sterling and adheres to fair trade principals.)
Below you can read about why we claim our factory in Bali works on fair trade manufacturing principals. The factory is located in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Wages:
- Entry level people earn slightly higher than minimum wage until they are trained, unless they come with a skill level and then they commence work at a commensurate rate.
- Average salaried workers earn about 75% above minimum wage.
- Average piece workers earn 37% above minimum wage.
- Free optional housing for single workers. At present, about fifty non-local employees who live outside of Denpassar (Bali's capitol), live in factory housing.. Presently, the company cannot afford to house married couples or families.
- Payment of the local village residency tax, 10% of the minimum wage, which is in most instances a responsibility of the employee.
- A medical fund.
- A free lunch. This program is provided for factory workers, which as of the fall, 2007, was about 100 plates of food a day. Filtered water for all is also provided.


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By Pamela Fayerman
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Doctors who take preventive health measures like cancer screening advise patients to have similar good habits, a BC-Israeli study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has found.
The study, led by Erica Frank of UBC's School of Population and Public Health, shows that physicians who adhered to recommended cancer screening or vaccination practices were more likely to counsel and have patients who do such things as flu shots, colorectal cancer screening for those aged 50 to 74, and cholesterol testing at various stages.
Forty-nine per cent of patients of physicians who received a flu shot also got the vaccine, compared to 43 per cent of patients whose physicians did not.
The first study of its kind delved into the electronic health records of nearly 1,500 Israeli family doctors in an organization called Clalit Health Services and the corresponding practices of their 1.9 million adult patients.
Besides the aforementioned tests, other interventions included blood pressure testing at certain increments, mammography for women aged 50 to 74, and pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccination for those over 65 or individuals with health problems.
Dr. Frank said in an interview that physicians do practice what they preach. So if they take personal preventive health measures, they will be more likely to prescribe if for their patients.
Doctors who don't have healthy tendencies use the same old excuses as everyone else – lack of time and the inconvenience of it all, she said.
So does this mean that patients should seek out doctors who look like the picture of health or that they should ask doctors about their personal practices? Should they go so far as to avoid doctors who don't make time for such measures?
"All other variables being equal, the answer is yes," Frank said, noting that previous research has shown that female doctors are more likely to recommend preventive health tests as are primary care (family) doctors over specialists.
As to whether patients should ask doctors about their personal practices, she said: "I don't know. That might be a question of etiquette."
Frank said because of her research focus on preventive health care and physician health, she would personally by "put off" by a doctor who didn't seem too avid about living — and practicing — evidence based, preventive health care.
"People do expect doctors to be models of healthy practices," she added, noting that data from previous studies shows that patients don't have as much trust for doctors who appear visibly unhealthy, such as being overweight. "It's hard to avoid that perception because of human nature."
She's hoping policy-makers pay the most attention to the results.
"The point of this is that by targeting a relatively small group — physicians — you can improve the health of the whole population. Physician health programs do work," she said, noting that in a previous study she did on medical students, those who were counselled about a healthy diet and exercise were more likely to counsel patients about that.
While physician health programs tend to focus on strategies which promote mental health, the study concludes that going beyond that would pay bigger dividends:
" …(W) e should improve physicians' preventive practices because patient health could substantially benefit if we do so."
Frank decided to collaborate with the Tel Aviv University researchers after she met one of them at an international conference on physician health. The country's electronic records and organized health system in which patients are assigned to doctors, lends itself to such data collection on doctors and their patients.
Researchers were able to go back several years to observe whether there were appropriate intervals between tests.
Previous studies on the association between physician and patient health practices had been based on self-reported practices; this was the first to use actual health records.
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Meanwhile, even though the House of Representatives ditched a budget amendment to explore expanded coverage options for the working poor in Texas, a budget conference committee will discuss the issue because it is included in the Senate version of the budget.
TMA-backed bills to reduce red tape, regulate payers' under-the-table activities, and promote immunizations move full steam ahead. But medicine is working hard to fend off sneak attacks that use measures to weaken the Texas Medical Board to undermine the beneficial effects of medical liability reforms.
The House approved its version of the state budget in early April, about two weeks ahead of schedule, after wading through numerous amendments. TMA Vice President for Advocacy Darren Whitehurst says budgeteers have historically taken their time in crafting a final two-year budget.
Now, the Senate and House will appoint a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the two budgets by early May. The House budget stands at $198.3 billion for 2014-15, and the Senate version is $195.5 billion, representing a 2- to 3-percent increase over the current budget.
Mr. Whitehurst says the gaps between the two are not too wide in terms of health care funding. Both increase spending in key TMA priority areas, including graduate medical education, women's preventive health care, and mental health.
Making Medicaid Better During the House budget debate, Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth) ultimately withdrew an amendment that would have opened the door for state-federal negotiations over Medicaid expansion. A similar rider remains in the Senate budget directing the Health and Human Services Commission to develop an expansion plan should state-federal negotiations ever come about. Such a plan must include cost-saving measures such as establishing sliding-scale copays, deductibles, and premiums; health savings accounts; reduced uncompensated care costs; and wellness and pay-for-performance initiatives.
TMA supports a plan to expand coverage for the working poor that fits Texas and includes significant reforms to the Medicaid program. Some of those reform efforts already are under way.
TMA testified in support of House Bill 2731 by Rep. Richard Raymond (D-Laredo), which would streamline the myriad Medicaid HMO administrative requirements that end up needlessly costing physician practices extra time and money. TMA lobbyist Michelle Romero says that bill "would go a long way toward improving the program. This is a nonbudget way to help doctors save money in their practices."
Such measures, she says, are needed because funding has not materialized this session to boost overall physician Medicaid payments and alleviate earlier cuts to payments for treating patient dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Also, the Senate in late March approved Senate Bill 7 by Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), which looks to save money by expanding Medicaid HMOs to people with disabilities and nursing home residents. The move is projected to save $8.5 million in 2014.
TMA also continues to advocate for fair treatment by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) when doctors are accused of Medicaid fraud and has worked with the agency to resolve the due process issue.
Voted out of the Senate in April was Senate Bill 1803 by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston). It improves due process and transparency in the OIG process when a physician is accused of a "credible allegation of fraud" or Medicaid overpayment. Meanwhile, House Bill 1536 by Rep. Bobby Guerra (D-Mission) is pending in the House Human Services Committee. It would ensure physicians' due process rights through an administrative hearing before – not after – officials try to recoup an overpayment. Sen. Chuy Hinojosa (D-McAllen) sponsors the companion bill, Senate Bill 785.
Red-Tape Bills AdvanceThe red tape for physicians doesn't stop with Medicaid, and key TMA-backed legislation to help physician practices improve efficiency is moving.
The Senate approved Senate Bill 166 by Sen. Bob Deuell, MD (R-Greenville), which would allow practices to check in patients using the electronic strip on the back of their driver's licenses. The House companion, House Bill 395 by Rep. Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio), is pending in the House Technology Committee. House and Senate committees also took up bills that would sync the renewal of physicians' Department of Public Safety controlled substances registration with the Texas Medical Board's medical license renewal process.
House Bill 1032 by Rep. John Zerwas, MD (R-Simonton), requiring the Texas Department of Insurance to appoint a workgroup to design a standard prescription drug prior-authorization form for all payers, was approved by the House Insurance Committee with only one nay vote. Senate Bill 1216 by Sen. Kevin Eltife (R-Tyler) and House Bill 1604 by Rep. Sarah Davis (R-Houston) would do the same for health care services, but neither has been heard yet.
Senate bills 1609 and 1610 would help clear up some unintended hassles for doctors trying to comply with a 2011 medical records privacy statute – House Bill 300. SB 1609 standardizes privacy training requirements for employees in individual physician practices, while SB 1610 clarifies that physicians need only comply with Texas privacy laws and federal statutes in notifying patients of a breach that may cross state lines.
Meanwhile, TMA testified against a hassle-factor bill that TMA lobbyist Patricia Kolodzey described as a "back-door way to prohibit balance-billing," and address unexpected out-of-pocket costs patients are stuck with for going out of a health plan's network. House Bill 2838 would require physicians and other health care professionals to give patients a binding quote on the price accepted as payment in full for services they plan to provide – something difficult for doctors to predict – in writing and at least 48 hours in advance, or doctors must forfeit payment.
On the other hand, House Bill 1406 by Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo) attempts to address balance billing by requiring health plans to share how they calculate out-of-network payments for their enrollees. It also attempts to define "usual and customary charge" to mean the 99th percentile of the actual charges by a physician or provider who doesn't participate in the health plan network. TMA supports health plans' disclosure of their out-of-network methodology, but has concerns with putting a specific payment rate in statute.
TMA supported "silent PPO" bills HB 620 and SB 822. The bills would regulate these activities for the first time and prohibit health plan networks or companies from selling, leasing, or sharing privately negotiated physician payment rates without doctors' consent. Both won approval from their respective House and Senate committees.
Similar protections are included in the Medicaid version, Senate Bill 1221 by Sen. Ken Paxton, which would bar health plans from using a Medicaid-based fee schedule for reimbursement for services other than Medicaid, unless the physician or provider had agreed to that fee schedule. The Senate State Affairs Committee approved it.
Preserving Medical Board ReformsA battle is under way to preserve TMA-won reforms to TMB's complaint system and tort reforms. A handful of bills attempt to open up confidential complaints at the board and disclose the identity of physician expert reviewers involved. TMA leaders say the legislation would undermine the board's mission of protecting Texas patients and undo reforms meant to ensure a fair disciplinary process, prevent unnecessary lawsuits, and protect patients from harassment by bad doctors.
Also raising alarm bells is a telemedicine bill, House Bill 1806 (by Representative Smithee), that would subvert current TMB regulations requiring a face-to-face encounter between a physician and patient and permit diagnosing over the telephone. TMA also backs a measure to ensure physicians get paid fairly for telemedicine services like telephone consults – particularly when health plans already pay vendors for those services.
On the scope-of-practice front, TMA continues to put out fires, which appear smaller than usual this session.
TMA hopes an attempt to have advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) bill for their Medicaid services separately from physicians they practice with and at a reduced rate – resulting in an 8-percent payment cut for APRNs and PAs – will be scuttled. TMA believes the measure would undermine team-based care models like Senate Bill 406 by Senator Nelson, an agreed-to bill by physicians, nurse practitioners, and PAs. It would replace current site-based restrictions for prescriptive delegation and supervision with a more flexible, collaborative model. That bill goes to the House Public Health Committee now that it has cleared the Senate.
Immunizations Front and CenterTMA-backed legislation to ban smoking in certain work and public places appears to be losing ground, but medicine has made headway on a pair of immunization bills. The Senate approved Senate Bill 63 – allowing minors who are pregnant or who already have children to consent to their own immunizations – and Senate Bill 64 – requiring licensed child-care facilities to develop and implement an immunization policy.
Physician leaders oppose Senate Bill 1013 by Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) to allow pharmacists to vaccinate children aged 7 years and older. They told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that passage of the bill would fragment health care delivery, undermine medical homes, and cause children to forego complete medical evaluations. TMA lobbyist Troy Alexander also says recent data show Texas ahead of national averages for child vaccination rates and a better strategy would be to target the gaps.
The House and Ways Committee approved legislation – House Bill 1310 by Rep. Angie Chen Button (R-Richardson) – that allows physicians to deduct vaccine purchase costs from taxable revenues. On obesity, the Senate approved Ssenate Bill 684 making the now-required physical fitness assessments for schoolchildren optional. TMA opposes it
TMA supports Senate Bill 303, an end-of-life bill that passed out of committee and is poised for deliberation on the Senate floor. TMA leaders say the legislation protects the current processes under the Texas Advance Directives Act for resolving conflicts out of court. Opponents seek to eliminate the review process, a move that could force doctors to violate their moral beliefs and professional ethics.
Amy Lynn Sorrel, associate editor of Texas Medicine, prepared this special supplement to Action.
Action, April 15, 2013


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New Germany, Canada
#1 Mar 23, 2011
The Blogs of Drs. Sherman and Bernstein indicate males are becoming increasingly fed up with the attitudes and actions of female nurses and are avoiding healthcare for that reason. The nurses do not care but the males and their families are seeking solution via the two blogs mentionned with no response from the nursing industry. The nurses forums will not address the concerns so John Q has to take action and insist on more respectful care and more male nurses by eliminating the forces which permit inappropriate actions including driving male nurses away. I have not been subject to the many complaints included in the blogs but would appreciate hearing if the issue is as serious as reported. The blogs relate to bio-ethical discussions and the nursing industry simply ignores these Drs.' findings..
#2 Mar 23, 2011
Coyot e. I have not read the blogs. Do you have a link to them?
Thanks, Sam
New Germany, Canada
#3 Mar 23, 2011
Sam: you will find them in allnurses.com patient modesty but maybe start at Bioethics discussion blogs on modesty
#4 Mar 23, 2011
This is in fact a huge deal and discussions on several nurses and Doctors blogs are very active on the topic. A Lot of PT's are not aware of HIPPA and it's guidelines and that goes for a lot of the medical staff as well. It is in fact a big huge problem also, men are simply not going to the Doctor or the Hospital , and when they do its almost too late.
New Germany, Canada
#6 Mar 26, 2011
Bob: I support CaDad in this part of his crusade for appropriate care re modesty in health care and I expect was his original program. If you care- please check out the blogs by Drs. Sherman and Bernstein . We only lose CaDad when he slides into inaccurate assumptions and name calling etc.
New Germany, Canada
#7 Mar 30, 2011
Anyone ever watch the "situation critical" show and notice how male patients are left totally nude on the table but females are covered immediately. These items are not up for discussion on the nurse blogs as they seem to want to avoid the dble std. Some day a "florence nightengale" type will join the forums and explain if these claims are a misconception or actually happen- if pro nurse blogs refuse to address the item we can assume there is a problem- so I would like to hear from 'UNCHAINED NURSES" to only better understand the situation......
#8 Mar 30, 2011
Coyot e. I've never seen that show. Is that they way they treat male patients?
New Germany, Canada
#9 Mar 31, 2011
Sam: no question- hey- I am not questioning the requirement for nudity but it seems odd when a women is "on the table" for a shoulder injury she is kept covered but a male is totally stripped and the stories the nurses tell of covering the patient to respect his modesty sure is a fable. I do not understand it but you and I have touched on the dble std B4 ! The blogs on bioethics of modesty in health care give many examples of the female nurses attitudes of male/female exposure..
#10 Mar 31, 2011
To Coyote and other dear readers when i was in the Royal Oldham hospital following a RTA i think patients modesty in this country has gone just a little bit to far.Both my lower arms and wrists were in plaster as both were broken in four places when the nurse came around to wash you she only washed your face.Any other part of your body you had to wash your self.Could you imagin what it is like trying to wash your breasts stomach and between your legs with both arms in plaster plus how painful this is.I only done that once and i was in hospital for i think 16-17 days.I even had to take my own knickers off for them to be washed now that was damned difficult and painful i only done that once as well.All i can say is this it was a good job that i did not come on when i was in there now that would have been a nightmare.
New Germany, Canada
#11 Mar 31, 2011
Well Katie: be like the other women you spoke of and get a male nurse next time- satisfaction guaranteed !
#12 Mar 31, 2011
To Coyote hello-saucy erm i think i will stick to CFNF i do not fancy CMNF-saucy.xxxxx
New Germany, Canada
#13 Mar 31, 2011
sorta guessed that- ha!
New Germany, Canada
#14 Apr 18, 2011
On this topic I feel we heard from the "real" Ca Dad and not the name calling fellow who posted on the other forums. It may be the same fellow but seems to me his temperament is to be logical on this topic whereas in the others he got caught up in the smear campaign and actually was guilty of belittling his cause- so good to see him here as the CaDad I originally encountered on the education forum. I can imagine the reasons the nurses' profession does not get involved with these discussions to try and alleviate any unjust accusations is they cannot or will not accept their entitlement to disregard male modesty is really non existent and they are too pleased with their "power to inappropriately humiliate male pts." to want to relinquish it. They want male nurses for "lifting" but let it end there (so it seems). Meanwhile; males avoid health care in too large a number and tragic results occur simply because of non caring female nurses. I am not saying they are aware of the problem but I am also not saying they are not aware of the problem !
New Germany, Canada
#15 Apr 26, 2011
It must be concluded nurses are only doing their jobs and any males avoiding health care are simply being "silly". OK...
#16 Apr 26, 2011
The Bio ethics blog is extremely interesting, it was eventually taken down because it caused quite a stir lol,The majority of the discussions on allnurses have been stopped, simply because the Administration does not want to discuss it anymore and it a fairly vocal discussion. There are a number of female nurses who in fact recognize the issue and are supportive of it. What is interesting they observe these instances of inappropriateness and do or say nothing because the culture is not up to self policing. It is difficult to see, I cannot account for it. In some situations that I have observed, they simply are not aware of the discomfort of the PT, male or female, usually male though. They are so conditioned or battle hardened it escapes their notice-amazing isn't it-but you can see some of the problems too. Their burned out, zombies actually. They simply have lost touch with the patient/caregiver relationship.
New Germany, Canada
#17 Apr 27, 2011
CaDad : So are you saying the inappropriate actions re patient modesty is because they are overworked?? Does it take more effort to do things appropriately than not ? I have a niece who is an RN now and came from LPN ranks. She has/does often complain about being "burnt out". I love her and offer her my sympathy but in reality her work week is 5 eight hour shifts. I cannot recall ever having a job requiring less than 48 hours and most far exceeded that. I feel she is simply convinced she is "burnt" because that is the norm attitude she shares with her fellow nurses and they come to feel it must be so. The old timers said it does not take any more time and effort to do things right so excuses do not wash. Read Don MD again !!
#18 May 10, 2011
All the patient wants is respect and to get better i have read articles in news papers about men not going to hospital because the doctor that deals with mens health issues is a woman.This i can understand because i would not like to go to the well women clinic for a smear test only to find out it is a male that is going to do the test.But males do encounter double standards in hospitals that is true enough.Some attitudes used against men in some situations are these Mr Bloggs for crying out loud your a married man.Well maybe that is why Mr Bloggs does not want another woman to see him in a certain situation.Certain attitudes against men will have to change but things must be bad when on both sides of the Atlantic men are not seeking much needed medicle treatment.
#19 May 10, 2011
I am postulating on the topic, desperately trying to come up with some reasonable explanation on the behavior. The laws are certainly in place. It's the culture, the administration, which chooses to ignore the complaint.No effort is given or taken to address the issue. Men are simply ignored or berated if they ask for same gender care of privacy. And I might add, their holier then thou attitude is such a load of ****, they do all the things that are attributed to men and more. This maternal instinct simply is a charade when it comes to males, young and old.
#21 May 10, 2011
To Bob hello you dont know what bs is until you come across that retard David uk what a wanker he is.
#22 May 12, 2011
How many time have we got to tell you go get off of your mommy's computer and get some rest,Your stupidity is showing lol.
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Are we working to live or living to work? The interface between work and personal
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