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Making sense of your Medicare coverage options
As Bruce Woods prepares to turn 65 in February, he and his wife have been thinking about how to approach his eligibility for Medicare.
"We're going through all these different iterations of what do we need to do to get ready for Medicare?" said Woods, a self-employed executive recruiter in Dallas. "What supplemental policies are available out there?"
As baby boomers turn 65, most know they'll be qualifying for Medicare, but many aren't clear on their options.
Woods and his wife, Haroldy, 63, have been on her retiree health policy from American Airlines, but they are uncertain about the future in light of American's bankruptcy.
For Woods and others 65 and older without employee-sponsored health insurance, there are essentially two choices:
• Traditional Medicare, which is the fee-for-service program run by the federal government;
• A Medicare Advantage health plan sold by private insurance companies.
But beyond that are an array of supplemental insurance policies, called Medigap, to cover things that Medicare doesn't.
Woods has decided to sign up for traditional Medicare and buy a Medigap policy to cover such items as co-insurance and hospital costs for up to an additional 365 days. It also covers hospice care co-insurance or co-payment and skilled nursing facility co-insurance.
Here's what you need to know about Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medigap.
Medicare has four parts:
• Part A helps cover inpatient care at hospitals, care at skilled nursing facilities, hospice care and home health care. You usually don't pay a monthly premium for Part A if you or your spouse paid Medicare taxes while working.
• Part B helps cover services from doctors and other health care providers, outpatient care, home health care, durable medical equipment and some preventive services. Most people will pay the standard monthly premium of $104.90 in 2013, though you may have to pay more depending on your income.
Together, Part A and Part B make up traditional Medicare.
• Part C is the Medicare Advantage Plan and includes all benefits and services covered under Part A and Part B. But this plan often has more benefits than traditional Medicare, including dental and vision coverage, and usually includes prescription drug coverage. Costs vary.
• Part D is prescription drug coverage. The coverage is run by Medicare-approved private insurance companies and helps cover the cost of prescription drugs. Part D premiums averaged $30 per month this year; they're expected to average $31 in 2014.
"Though original Medicare's Parts A and B cover most of your hospital and doctor bills, you'll also want to think about adding the Medicare drug benefit by enrolling in a Part D plan from a private insurer," said Bob Moos, spokesman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Dallas.
Medicare Advantage
With Medicare Advantage, insurance companies contract with the government to provide care. The private insurers set their own premiums, deductibles and co-payments.
"The health plans may offer cost advantages over original Medicare and some added benefits, but, depending on the particular plan, they may also restrict your choice of hospitals and doctors," Moos said.
Many Medicare Advantage plans cost more than traditional Medicare's Part B because they include other benefits, such as dental, vision and prescription drug coverage, Moos said. But, as a result, "there's no need for you to buy supplemental Medigap insurance."
The Woodses decided against buying a Medicare Advantage plan.
"At least what we've researched so far, the premiums are less (than Medicare Part B plus a Medigap policy) but you pay more later on," Woods said. "It can progress on you in a hurry and get out of hand. Sometimes the premiums are less, but you end up spending a lot more money on the procedures or they don't cover a lot of the things that regular Medicare would."
That's true, said Tamela Southan, a Dallas independent health insurance agent.
Depending on the Medicare Advantage Plan, "the premiums may be cheaper but the co-pays/co-insurance that lead to the out-of-pocket can really have an impact on one's fixed-income budget," she said.
Southan also said it's true some procedures may not be covered by a Medicare Advantage plan, but "this could also be true of traditional Medicare."
Medigap policies
Many traditional Medicare beneficiaries buy supplemental coverage from private insurers to fill the gaps that deductibles, co-payments and co-insurance leave.
You pay the insurance company a monthly premium for your Medigap policy in addition to the monthly Part B premium that you pay to Medicare.
If you prefer "to keep life simple with no or little medical out-of-pocket expenses with fixed monthly premiums," a Medigap policy may be your best option, Southan said.
However, "not everyone should consider buying a Medigap policy," Moos said.
"You don't need to supplement your Medicare coverage if you're on Medicaid or signed up for a private Medicare Advantage plan or enrolled in a group health plan through an employer or former employer," he said.
The best time to purchase a Medigap policy is within six months of turning 65 and enrolling in Medicare Part B, he said.
"During that time, insurers can't refuse to sell you a policy, or charge you more than other people because of a health problem," Moos said. "If you try to buy after those six months, there's no guarantee an insurer will cover you."
There are 10 kinds of Medigap plans, allowing you to choose which gaps to fill. Each plan is labeled with a letter, from A to N (some lettered plans are no longer offered). All insurers selling a particular kind must offer the same package of benefits.
All 10 Medigap plans cover these basic benefits: co-insurance for extended hospital stays, co-insurance for doctor visits and outpatient services, co-insurance for hospice care, and the cost of the first three pints of any blood you might need.
"Beyond those fundamental benefits, different Medigap plans pay for other out-of-pocket expenses, like the coinsurance for skilled nursing care, the hospital deductible, the outpatient deductible, and the cost of medical emergencies while traveling outside the country," Moos said.
Be sure to shop around and compare prices. "Although insurers must offer the same benefits within a certain kind of plan, there can be big differences in their premiums," Moos said.
But understand that Medigap insurance doesn't plug all the holes.
"It's not a way to pay for long-term custodial care, dental care, eyeglasses or hearing aids, and new Medigap policyholders need to buy separate drug coverage under Medicare's Part D if they want it," Moos said.
In any case, review your medical needs each year with an independent health insurance agent who represents several health plans. Look at your individual health situation, including your medication needs.
"The choices are very specific to each person, as health care is complicated," Southan said. "What providers you utilize and what medications are key elements wrapped around premium cost and utilization cost."


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After an intense lobbying effort by both Nevada and national advocates, a bill to require background checks on private party gun sales was brought back from the brink of death today.
But its lifespan may still be brief.
After advocates for the bill succeeded in winning over a key lawmaker on the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday morning, Senate Bill 221 was narrowly approved by the Assembly in a 23-19 vote.
The bill now heads to Gov. Brian Sandoval's desk, where it faces a likely veto.
Still, the vote represented a difficult win for the Democratic majority in the Legislature, after intense political pressure from gun control advocates both within the state and a well-monied national organization, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
"I don't know what the governor will do," said the bill's sponsor Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, moments after the Assembly passed his bill. "It's his decision ultimately. I hope he listens to the 86 percent of Nevadans who want background checks."
Late Sunday the bill seemed headed to defeat when three Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voiced opposition to a measure they worried would create criminals out of people unaware of the new requirements. But Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz, one of the skeptical Democrats, was eventually won over, saying background checks could help save victims of domestic violence.
"I'm thinking of the domestic violence victims," she said. "This could make our community safer."
The Assembly Judiciary committee then voted 7-5 to pass the measure.
In the audience — for both the committee and floor votes — was Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was shot and killed in the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting last year.
"I'm not going to sit here and promise you that that is never going to happen again," Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, said. "What I think I can promise you is that this law will be better than wat we have today."
But the Democrats didn't vote unanimously for the bill.
Assemblyman Richard Carrillo, D-Las Vegas, said he was angered by the pressure to vote for the measure.
"To feel we are being put in a box to vote on something we have convictions about ..." Carrillo said. "As a gun owner, a father, a grandfather, I know what is right. When it comes down to feeling like we are going to be threatened if we don't vote a certain way. I hate to go this route, but I'm voting no on this just for that reason."
Carrillo and Democrats Skip Daly, Mike Sprinkle and James Ohrenschall sided with 14 Republican Assembly members to vote against the bill.
"This just isn't right," Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, said.
"This is an easy one for me," said Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, who voted against the bill.
"I just thank goodness we have a governor who will veto this bad bill," Fiore said.
And that's where Senate Bill 221 will likely face its demise. Sandoval has vowed to veto the measure, even as Mayors Against Illegal Guns ramped up its grassroots pressure campaign against the veto.
Jones said he would still consider it a victory, even if Sandoval vetos it.
"It's small steps," Jones said. "We've never had this discussion before. But we actually moved legislation to his desk."
The bill also requires courts to report mental health adjudications more quickly to the federal database used for background checks. Anticipating difficulty getting the background checks through, Jones had the mental health provisions amended into a separate bill late Sunday. Republicans on the committee tried to use that as an argument against SB 221.


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- Republican States Bolstered Their Health Insurance Rate Review Programs Using Incentives From the Affordable Care ActBrent D Fulton
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Inquiry 52:. 2015..We conclude that federal incentives for states to strengthen their health insurance rate review programs were more effective than the incentives for states to adopt other insurance-related policy goals of the ACA. ..
- State Variation in Increased ADHD Prevalence: Links to NCLB School Accountability and State Medication LawsBrent D Fulton
Dr Fulton and Dr Scheffler are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley e mail Dr Scheffler is also with the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Dr Hinshaw is with the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, and with the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Psychiatr Serv 66:1074-82. 2015....
- Informing public policy toward binational health insurance: empirical evidence from CaliforniaBrent D Fulton
The Nicholas C Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, 94720
Salud Publica Mex 55:S468-76. 2013....
- National variation of ADHD diagnostic prevalence and medication use: health care providers and education policiesBrent D Fulton
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 50 University Hall, MC7360, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1075-83. 2009..The purpose of this study was to estimate this variation across states and examine whether a state's health care provider characteristics and education policies are associated with this variation...
- Health workforce skill mix and task shifting in low income countries: a review of recent evidenceBrent D Fulton
Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Hum Resour Health 9:1. 2011..This study uses an economics perspective to review the skill mix literature to determine its strength of the evidence, identify gaps in the evidence, and to propose a research agenda...
- Positive association between attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder medication use and academic achievement during elementary schoolRichard M Scheffler
School of Public Health, Nicholas C Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, University of California, 50 University Hall, MC7360, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Pediatrics 123:1273-9. 2009..Our objective was to determine if reported medication use for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is positively associated with academic achievement during elementary school...
- Health care supply and county-level variation in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder prescription medicationsTim A Bruckner
Program in Public Health and Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 7075, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:442-9. 2012..We examine, across counties in the USA, whether the use of prescription medications to treat ADHD varies positively with supply-side healthcare characteristics...
- Estimates of health care professional shortages in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015Richard M Scheffler
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w849-62. 2009..6 billion (2007 $US)-more than 2.5 times current wage-bill projections for 2015. We illustrate how changes in workforce mix can reduce this cost, and we discuss policy implications of our results...
- Growth of Accountable Care Organizations in California: Number, Characteristics, and State RegulationBrent D Fulton
University of California, Berkeley
J Health Polit Policy Law 40:669-88. 2015..If recent trends continue, ACOs will have a greater influence on health care delivery and financial risk sharing in California. ..
- International variation in treatment procedures for ADHD: social context and recent trendsStephen P Hinshaw
Department of Psychology, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:459-64. 2011..This article presents data from a cross-national workshop and survey related to questions of variability in diagnostic and, particularly, treatment procedures...
- Review of Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Quality of Care Measures: Considerations for Assessing Accountable Care OrganizationsEric Kessell
University of California, Berkeley
J Health Polit Policy Law 40:761-96. 2015..Finally, we suggest quality measures that regulators could use prior to ACO formation or in the year or two following formation. ..
- The mental health workforce gap in low- and middle-income countries: a needs-based approachTim A Bruckner
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This summer, The New York Times' Opinionator blog posted a photo of an ordinary, fluorescent-lit hallway, indistinct apart from one feature: a placard proclaiming "Dungeon" in tall capital letters. As part of the blog's "summer game" series, readers were asked to guess the context of the photo. Many correctly guessed "conference room," but none pinpointed the precise location: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a Department of Energy-funded high-energy physics lab in the suburbs of Chicago.
As it turns out, Fermilab plays host to a trove of whimsical, bizarrely named conference rooms.
While the Dungeon is found in the lab's Cross Gallery, a building dedicated to accelerator operations, most of the conference rooms are housed in the lab's main office building, Wilson Hall. John Kent, the building manager for Wilson Hall, said that rooms are often named by those who would most often use them. The building, modeled after a Gothic cathedral in Beauvais, France, has one of the world's largest atriums, and, at 16 stories, it towers over the rest of the lab. Much of the work conducted there translates into high-tech particle accelerator experiments and contributions to scientific discoveries such as the Higgs field.
Let's explore, from the ground up.
Floor 1
Names of meeting rooms start out simple and ordinary on the first floor: One North, One East, One West and the Small Dining Room.
Floor 2
The second floor is where things start to get weird. For starters, both the Black Hole and the Snake Pit flank the north end of the building. The Comitium is just a short jog away—its name stemming from the Latin word for "assembly." Fermilab's first director, and Wilson Hall's namesake, Robert Wilson, chose that one personally as a hat tip to the so-named outdoor public meeting spaces of ancient Rome—Wilson studied art in Italy prior to his directorship days.
Wilson also named Curia II, another second-floor conference room (preceded by the Curia in the nearby Fermilab Village), this time after a Latin word thought to derive from the word "coviria," meaning a "gathering of men." No word on how Fermilab's female employees feel about this.
As one climbs higher in Wilson Hall (there's a reason it's also called the high-rise), the conference rooms get fewer and farther between.
Floor 3
The third floor only has two of them, and while they sometimes go by "Theory Conference Rooms 3-Northeast and 3-Northwest," the names the Conjectiorium and Theory lend more individuality.
Floor 4
The fourth floor, though equally scant in its conference room offerings, has a bit more flair. The Req Room's name conjures up visions of Hogwarts' Room of Requirement, while the Abacus was christened in an employee naming-contest.
Floor 5
The ConFESSional, on the fifth floor, plays with the acronym for Fermilab's Facilities Engineering Services Section, or FESS, and, together with the Baptismal and Tabernacle, creates some kind of holy trinity of religion-themed conference room names.
Floors 6 & 7
Up a floor, the Dark Side channels George Lucas. Then, on seven, there's the Racetrack (perhaps paying homage to the particles that some accelerators hurtle around a circular tunnel at high speeds). Other sports-themed conference rooms include the Bullpen, also on the seventh floor; the 19th Hole, on the 14th floor; and elsewhere on the Fermilab grounds, the Outfield.
Floor 8
Wilson Hall's eighth floor's claim to fame is the Hornet's Nest, marked by an actual hornet's nest on display. A plaque by the nest jokingly says "a piece of the DZero Muon Chamber." The detector from the DZero experiment was one of two that were positioned along the now shut-down Tevatron accelerator ring; muon chambers made up the outermost layer of DZero's detector. Colorful signs posted on either side of the conference room state the words or phrases for "hornet's nest" in many languages: "zes muv," "avispero," "nido del calabrone," "Hornissennest."
In its day, the buildings housing the DZero experiment had a few quirky room titles of their own, among them: Hurricane Deck, Doghouse, Salles Des Heros ("room of heroes" in French) and The Far Side. The latter might be a nod to the popular cartoonist Gary Larson, who often draws tongue-in-cheek portrayals of scientists in his comics. Too bad for DZero, though; Larson already has a species of lice named after him (Strigiphilus garylarsoni) and is unlikely to be wooed by a conference room namesake.
Floor 9
It seems most likely that Wilson Hall ninth floor's Libra is yet another reference to a Latin term rather than a zeal for the constellation or astrological sign. But you never know.
Floor 10
Users may watch the sunrise from the Sunrise conference room, located on the northeast corner of the 11th floor or enjoy a view of the setting sun from the southwest corner of the floor, in the Sunset conference room.
Floor 12
The 12th floor houses the Nu's Room, which has nothing to do with the HBO drama series and everything to do with the Greek letter v. In particle physics, v, or nu, represents subatomic particles called neutrinos.
Floor 15
The highest conference room in Wilson Hall is the Aquarium. One can only imagine how often mix-ups occur with the Quarium, a room located on floor 8.
About 2500 researchers from 34 countries collaborate on Fermilab experiments, some of them full-time employees and more of them visiting experimenters from other institutions. If one thing is clear from this list, it's that physicists from all different backgrounds can be brought together by puns, inside jokes, dead languages, offbeat pop culture references and passed-down traditions.


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What does Simon Cowell tell Oprah Winfrey on today's show about Ellen DeGeneres? . . . his replacement? . . . his next venture, "The X Factor?" And kids, as in, kids of his own?
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> be pasteurized until
> 2008. The below press release has more details. The
> delay affords us
> more time to petition the Almond Board and the USDA
> to leave organic
> almonds alone. For ideas of what you can do to help
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> Jeff
> USDA Plan to "Pasteurize" Almonds Has Consumers
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> CORNUCOPIA, WI., August 6, 2007 /Natural Newswire/
> -- Small-scale
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> All domestic almonds
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> outbreaks of Salmonella in
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> "The almond 'pasteurization' plan will have many
> harmful impacts on
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> director for The Cornucopia Institute, a
> Wisconsin-based farm policy
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> entire U.S.-and all
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> proposal. The logic
> behind both the necessity and safety of the
> treatments processes has not
> been fully or adequately analyzed-as well as the
> economic costs to
> small-scale growers and the loss of consumer
> choices."
> Last Wednesday, the California Almond Board suddenly
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> delay the treatment mandate until March, 2008-it had
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> Fantle, "but a delay, due to the industry being
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> enough. The USDA must also re-open the rule for
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> comment so that those who have been shut out of the
> decision-making
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> plan."
> Although foodborne illnesses have garnered headlines
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> including contamination of California-grown spinach
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> produce and nuts are not inherently risky foods.
> Contamination occurs
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> transportation and handling
> equipment. Raw foods can also be infected by poor
> employee hygiene and
> sanitation practices either on the farm or in
> processing facilities.
> "All fresh foods carry some chance of risk," notes
> Bruce Lampinen, a
> scientist at University of California, Davis, who
> studies almonds, "but
> there is no more risk now than there was thirty
> years ago."
> And the fear in the farming community is that this
> will competitively
> injure smaller sustainable and organic growers.
> "This will put American
> farmers at a distinct disadvantage in the U.S. and
> abroad," says organic
> almond farmer Mark McAfee. Fumigated almonds are
> banned in the EU and
> many other countries. McAfee worries about the
> impact of the rule on his
> business. Seventy percent of California's crop is
> exported.
> Several domestic companies that use California
> almonds are already
> investigating foreign sources for their needs. After
> buying almonds from
> local producers for over 25 years, Living Tree
> Community Foods, a
> Berkeley, CA-based natural foods supplier, will soon
> begin buying
> almonds from Italy and Spain. Dr. Jesse Schwartz,
> the president of the
> specialty retailer, believes the rule, if
> implemented, will be a
> travesty for American agriculture. "California
> almonds are the heritage
> of the American people," he says, "they are superior
> in every way."
> Jason Mahon owns Premier Organics, a company that
> produces raw almond
> butter in Oakland, CA. Mahon is also looking to
> foreign suppliers and
> believes the rule is an unnecessary "fear-based
> decision of the Almond
> Board, that is clearly trying to protect itself from
> bad press and
> lawsuits."
> The equipment to meet the new USDA mandate is very
> expensive, ranging
> from $500,000 to $2,500,000. Farms can outsource the
> pasteurization
> process, but Hendrik Feenstra, a small-scale
> California handler of
> organic almonds, believes that to do so will still
> be prohibitively
> expensive for modest-sized growers and handlers.
> "Because pasteurization
> companies often charge a flat rate no matter the
> quantity of almonds, it
> could be four or five times more expensive for
> small-scale almond
> producers to pasteurize almonds than it will be for
> industrial-scale
> producers," Feenstra says. And modest-size marketers
> are concerned that
> increased transportation costs will also add to
> their burden
> Organic farmers also question the science behind the
> rule. They believe
> that the sustainable farming methods they use, such
> as mowing and
> mulching, rather than controlling weeds by chemical
> herbicide
> applications, naturally prevent the spread of
> harmful bacteria more
> effectively than treatment after the fact. According
> to almond grower
> Glenn Anderson, "An organic farming system fosters
> biodiversity and
> creates an environment where Salmonella cannot
> survive. This rule
> ignores the root causes of food contamination-the
> unnatural, dangerous,
> and unsustainable farming practices on industrial
> farms."
> An important segment of the agricultural community
> feels that requiring
> small-scale and organic farms to comply with this
> rule is unwarranted
> and premature, as Salmonella outbreaks have only
> been traced to a very
> large industrial farm, and there is currently no
> published research
> pinpointing the causes of the harmful bacteria.
> "With the costs
> involved, and the implications on trade, they are
> recklessly
> experimenting with the livelihood of farmers,"
> Fantle added.
> Furthermore, there is a lack of evidence supporting
> the use of the
> chemical fumigant, propylene oxide (PPO), and steam
> as the only
> effective treatments to reduce risk of Salmonella.
> The most common
> method of sterilizing almonds is by PPO treatment, a
> genotoxic chemical
> recognized as a possible carcinogen that is banned
> in the European
> Union, Canada, Mexico, and most other countries.
> Many chemical-free and
> heat-free alternatives are being researched. "The
> Almond Board has not
> released any of the scientific research justifying
> their treatment
> choices," asserts Eli Penberthy, a policy analyst at
> Cornucopia. "This
> rule should not be implemented until alternative
> technologies are
> thoroughly explored."
> The Cornucopia Institute also contends labeling
> treated almonds as "raw"
> is misleading and deceptive to consumers. "People
> choose to buy raw
> almonds for a variety of personal reasons, including
> health, nutrition,
> and even religious beliefs," Cornucopia's Fantle
> said. "This rule denies
> them the right to control their food choices by
> making informed
> decisions in the marketplace."
> In fact, some strict vegetarians who consume only
> raw foods rely on
> almonds to provide as much as 30% of their caloric
> intake, believing
> that they are a nutritionally superior alternative
> to meat in the diet.
> "Raw almonds are increasingly popular for their
> health benefits," said
> Goldie Caughlan, the Nutrition Education Manager at
> Puget Community
> Cooperative in Seattle, who estimates that the co-op
> sells 28,000 pounds
> of raw almonds every year. She said customers are
> already confused and
> angered by the implications of the rule, and worries
> how it will affect
> sales.
> Fantle charges that the rule could very well
> establish a precedent for
> more governmental control of fresh foods. Says
> Fantle, "If almonds
> require pasteurization, what foods will be next on
> the list of mandatory
> sterilization, heat treatment, and irradiation?
> Truly raw, untreated
> nuts, fruits, and vegetables might no longer be
> legally available in the
> marketplace."
> Public concern about the almond treatment plan has
> been growing. Over
> 1,000 comments opposing almond pasteurization have
> been submitted to the
> USDA since the plan was approved on March 31, and an
> online petition to
> stop the implementation of the rule has garnered
> over 15,000 signatures.
> (To learn more about the issue, go to
> www.cornucopia.org and click on
> the almond navigation button.)
> The only exemption to the almond treatment
> regulations will be an
> allowance for growers to sell truly raw almonds
> directly to the public
> from farmstead stands. Unfortunately, this will give
> only a limited
> number of consumers in specific areas of California,
> the only state in
> the nation that produces almonds, access to
> untreated nuts.
> Diets based on raw foods are integral to some
> religious denominations,
> such as Seventh-Day Adventism, so the rule poses a
> threat not only to
> consumer choice, but to religious freedom as well.
> Contact: Will Fantle, 715-839-7731
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"The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg."
"The rude sea grew civil at her song,
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-maid's music."
"She just seemed to be doing everything ? hitting jump shots from the top of the key, controlling the offensive boards and getting the ball out front on the fast break."
"During that one stretch the middle opened up quite a bit more. It was difficult (to create shots), but it was possible, not impossible."
"(Harvey is) a senior, and I'm sure she wanted that shot. I wouldn't have wanted it in anyone else's hands."
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"My 17-year-old son is in Iraq right now. I'm afraid he's going to get killed." It is a sad sentiment. But the words have less bite, somehow, coming from the mouth of a drunken stripper who appears to be in her mid-twenties. Her name is Carmen. On top of the depressing news about her first-born, she's just told me that her mom has colon cancer and that she might have to drop out of nursing school this semester to take care of her.
I'm at Gigi's Cabaret (11150 Northwest Freeway) watching Monday Night Football and taking advantage of the beer special offered during the game. I'm shocked more guys aren't -- a buck seventy-five is an absurdly low price for barley pop in this seedy beaver lease. When the game ends, my waitress informs me, the price jumps to its usual $6.75. I start ordering two at a time.
Carmen apologizes for coming on so strong. She's nervous. It's her first day. She's still unsure of what she's doing, tentative as a newly weaned fawn. She took the job out of necessity to pay for school and Mom's upcoming treatments.
It's painfully obvious that Carmen is lying. No big deal. She's a stripper. It's in the job description. But she's so lazy in the telling of her Paul Bunyan-sized whoppers that it'd be a crime not to point them out to her. You know, help her with future marks. This makes her mad.
"Where are you coming from tonight?" she asks.
"The Gold Cup [12747 Northwest Freeway]," I say. "I watched the first half of the game there."
"I used to work at the Gold Cup!" she announces. "I've also danced at the Colorado, Solid Platinum and the Trophy Club."
"I thought this was your first day."
She agitatedly gropes for an answer. "Noooooooooo, it's my first day here at Gigi's. Gosh, you have an attitude!"
I don't, but here at Gigi's, I'm quickly developing one.
Earlier in the evening, the gracious staff at the Gold Cup let me dine on their buffet without forced intrusion. Every once in a while an entertainer sauntered by and asked, "You doing all right?" and kept moving when I said I was.
The $8 cover granted access to a succulent spread of crab legs, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, buffalo wings and salad. I drank tap water, afraid the price of even one drink would balloon the cost of the feast. The waitress was happy to bring it to me. I was happy to not be charged $4 for it.
In the middle of the Gold Cup's dark main room was a giant stage with midsize TVs on either side. Just under one of the screens, a group of eight men was hollering loudly during the Monday Night blowout of the Dolphins by the Jets. I finished my plate and headed over to the table to see what all the ballyhoo was about.
I talked to Todd, a goateed man in a yellow polo. He introduced me to the rest of the table. They were all in a fantasy football league together.
"Do you watch football in titty bars all the time?"
"No. Hardly ever, actually. We spend Sundays at SRO Sports Bar. We don't usually get together for Monday-night games, but tonight is important for a few of us. I'm making a killing!"
I suggested he buy himself a dance with his winnings.
"I just might have to do that."
Then I flagged down Hal, 11-year manager of the Gold Cup, and asked him if he sees a dramatic spike in business on Sunday and Monday during pigskin season.
"Sundays are pretty big for us. I wouldn't say it's a dramatic increase, but it's noticeable. On Monday, I don't know. We seem to do better when the game ends. During the fourth quarter we start to get pretty packed."
I said good-bye and went off to conduct more research, which is what has brought me here to Gigi's.
After dealing with Carmen for a good while, I'm relieved when she's called to the stage by the quiet-storm voice of DJ Joey D. She starts dancing to No Doubt's "Hey Baby." And by dancing I mean trying not to fall off the stage.
After I'm alone for only 30 seconds, Nicolette plops down next to me. We make small talk. Oddly enough, today is her second day. Somehow I missed the news of Gigi's job fair. Nicolette asks if I'd be interested in a dance and is understanding when I tell her I'm broke. She wishes me a good night and moves on to her next potential Daddy Warbucks.
Carmen leaves the stage, sits in my lap and changes her sales pitch. "I don't care about the three-foot rule. I'll take my panties down to my ankles."
I can't stop staring at the Band-Aid on her arm. I'm no nursing student, but I have a healthy fear of hep C.
"Do you not find me attractive?"
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Good Lord. Her mission to give me a dance started on Scared Newbie Avenue, took a turn on Pity Row, headed straight up I'll Blow Your Fucking Mind Street and has now parked itself on I'll Question My Self Worth If You Say No Again Plaza, with a blink-and-you-missed-it trip down Whaddaya Queer Avenue. She's almost beat me into submission.
"They're usually $25, but for you -- $15."
Cutting Mr. Attitude a break on Bargain Boulevard, eh?
I start thinking of Todd's friend Joe, who told me the reason he leaves the house to watch football is to get away from distractions. It's a believable story at the Gold Cup. Here at Gigi's, the distractions cozy up in your lap.


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Business aircraft activity has begun to pick up this year, with flight hours improving in all jet categories and Part 135 hours jumping 13.8% in January, according to the latest report from industry analyst Argus.
Business aircraft traffic overall was up 1.7% in January, compared with the same month in 2012. All categories of business jets posted gains, with mid-cabins improving the most at 4.1%. Small cabins followed at 2.1%, while large cabin business jet flight hours tracked with the overall gains at 1.7%.
But at the same time, not all operational categories improved. Fractional operations continue to struggle, down 6.3%, while Part 91 flying was down 2.4%. Turboprop operations, meanwhile, also slowed 0.5% over January 2012.
January flying, however, was up in all categories – operationally and by aircraft type – from December, with the exception of fractional operations. Fractional flights were down 6% from December. Month-over-month, large cabin aircraft showed the greatest improvement, up 7.4%.
The results are tracked through the Argus TRAQPak data, which details serial-number specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all instrument flight rules flights in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as Canada.
The slight overall uptick in January follows a year in which flight activity remained relatively flat. According to FAA data, 2012 ended with business aircraft flights overall up 0.67%. That includes international flights to and from the U.S. Just within the U.S., operations were down in 2012 by 0.26%.
Flight operations had showed signs of improving in the fourth quarter, but December was slower, keeping the overall improvement for the year to less than 1%, notes analyst JPMorgan. "While some companies have reported pockets of improved U.S. demand, sustained improvement should require a more definitive pickup in activity," the analyst says.


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Free Agent - Chris Perry
The next free agent to fall under our microscope is experienced defender Chris Perry.
Last Updated: 13/07/10 11:43am
Chris Perry is an experienced defender who began his career at Wimbledon, where he made more than 200 appearances. The 37-year-old was released by League One side Southampton at the end of the season and is now on the lookout for a new club. A former Premier League defender, Perry moved from Wimbledon to Tottenham for £4million in 1999, and then made the switch to Charlton in 2003, who were then managed by Alan Curbishley in the top-flight. He was an unlucky loser for West Brom in the 2007 Championship play-off final before going on to play for Luton Town and the Saints.
Is it worrying being an out of contract player in the current climate or is that now part and parcel of a footballer's career?
I think nowadays it happens more and more and I think you do have to accept it. Obviously there is an element of worry, particularly at my age that you're not going to get another chance to go and play somewhere. But I feel good physically and hopefully I can get another club.
Is it something that needs to be addressed in the modern game, as more and more players are now out of contract?
It's just the way it's going. With the financial situations of clubs, they don't want to give out long contracts and you can completely understand it.
How do you approach the summer, is it just a case of sitting tight?
My agent has been doing what he can for me and I've been trying to enjoy the summer, keeping myself fit and waiting to see what happens - not sitting by the phone. There's been a few little bits of interest from here and there and you just hope that something concrete comes out of it.
Do you have any idea as to the standard you are aiming at and what level you would like to play?
I'd like to continue playing at the standard I was last season, League One, League Two. Ideally for me my family live in London and I'd like to move back to London - a club local to me in the London area would be ideal.
Would you be willing to relocate? Do you have to accept that you need to move where the contracts are?
My boy has just started school and my family is very much set in that area so anywhere in and around London would be ideal for me.
Would you be prepared to go on trial to secure a new contract?
I think at this time of the year it's difficult when pre-season starts to go on trial somewhere because all you really do is go running, you don't play any games and they don't get to see what you're really like. I think it's important if you do go on trial somewhere there are games for you to play in where they get to see how you do on the pitch rather than just in the training sessions. I think training is completely different to playing.
What do you feel you would offer prospective employers? What do you feel are your best attributes?
I think there are few players out there who have got more experience than I've got. I've played at the highest level for a long, long time and I've got a lot of experience to bring to any squad really, particularly if it is a team with a young squad then I can bring that bit of experience to it. I'll be looking to go into coaching very soon as well so maybe I can start that off at whatever club I may be at.
How many more seasons do you hope to continue playing?
I'm taking my level two (coaching badge) right now and I've started on the coaching trail, but I feel really good physically. I feel I can certainly play this season and hopefully another maybe one or two after that even. I've been fairly lucky with injuries and I haven't really suffered too much so I feel able t play for another couple of years at least.
Still early days in terms of teams getting their plans sorted, are you confident you will get something sorted?
I'm hopeful, very hopeful yes.
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Political Tempers Flare as British Floodwaters RiseBy
Britain is having its Hurricane Sandy moment. Weeks of unrelenting rain have left vast swaths of southwestern England underwater, and with water rising in the Thames Valley, the London area is bracing for the worst flooding in recent memory.
But while U.S. leaders at least temporarily set aside their differences after the 2012 superstorm (remember the Barack Obama-Chris Christie love fest?), the English floods have touched off a political free-for-all.
Prime Minister David Cameron today will hold his first press conference in 11 months to discuss what he is calling "the most extreme weather we've seen in our country in decades." He's also trying to stop finger-pointing within the government over its response to the situation. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, among others, has publicly criticized the Environment Agency for doing too little to help flood victims.
The Environment Agency's chief, in turn, fired back with an open letter to the Guardian newspaper, saying his agency has been hamstrung by budget cuts and cost-benefit regulations imposed by higher-ups.
Not surprisingly, the government is coming under fierce attack from opposition leaders, too. Nigel Farage, head of the euro-skeptic U.K. Independence Party, has blasted the government's "lethargic" response and called on Cameron to raid the foreign-aid budget to help cover damages, already estimated at more than £1 billion ($1.6 billion).
Scientists are blasting the government for failing to heed warnings that climate change and poorly controlled development in low-lying areas was heightening the risk of catastrophic floods. Richard Ashley of Sheffield University, author of a 2004 government-commissioned report on flood risks, says the government's "obsession with deregulation" and budget-cutting had exacerbated the problem. In an interview with the Independent newspaper, he blamed "short-term politicians who don't take notice of the science."
Indeed, the science looks sobering. Ashley's 2004 report predicted that winter rainfall in Britain could increase by as much as 15 percent by 2050 because of climate change. After extreme flooding in 2007, the government commissioned an update based on newer, more advanced climate-change modeling. The new study predicted that winter precipitation could rise by as much as 25 percent by 2050.


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It's one thing to use your public relations and marketing efforts to craft a shield against criticism. It's another things to use that shield to beat your critics into submission, as Taco Bell has recently done with the lawsuits against its claims that it uses real beef in its tacos.
Before I get into the meat of this post—pun intended!—I would like to note that I'm not advocating a scorched earth strategy for every business responding to criticism, legitimate or otherwise. I do think that in the right situation, it can be a brilliant move.
Take Taco Bell. They were hit with a lawsuit from a customer who claimed the beef in their tacos was less than 50 percent actual beef, with the rest of it a appetizing mishmash of chemicals, fillers and spices. A company with a less spirited marketing and PR team might have struggled to counter the lawsuit, which was ultimately dropped.
Taco Bell, on the other hand, aggressively defended itself. Their budget is way out of the realm of what most companies can spend—to the tune of $3-4 million—but the lesson is an important one. If someone's attacking the integrity of your product, striking back quickly can work.
In the case of the Yum! Brands giant, they countered with an advertising blitz that declared their beef was 88 percent meat and 12 percent seasonings, delivering ingredient lists and generally just calling the lawsuit a bunch of malarkey. This tactic garnered significant public support, and now the fast food titan is continuing its blitz, asking for an apology from the woman who filed the lawsuit and her attorneys and asserted that they've changed nothing about their products or marketing.
Time will tell whether the company is overreaching with this strategy, but it underscores the fact that the best defense really can be a good offense. Right or wrong, companies that react timidly to their own mistakes in the public sphere tend to take more of a beating than the Taco Bells of the world, who can come to dominate discussion about the latest controversy.
For that reason alone, it's a strategy worth exploring for your company. What do you think?
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Guide to finding and booking Faro airport transfers to your resort.
Finding Taxis and Transfers From Faro Airport
Faro Airport Transfers - If you are travelling to the Algarve in Portugal or to the southern Costa de la Luz in Spain, you will be probably be arriving at Faro airport, if you are not taking a package holiday or hiring a car, you may need to book an airport tranfer in order to get to your destination.
Booking an airport transfer at Faro means that you will not have to queue for a taxi and also means that your driver will know exactly where you are going to as you will have advised the transfer company of your destination address before departure - this is the recommended method for getting to your resort.
Likely resorts to which you may be travelling include: Faro, Albufeira, Lagos, Sagres, Portimao, Alvor Oura, Quarteira, Sesmarias, Olhao, Tavira in Portugal or Isla Cristina, Ayamonte, Isla Canela, Lepe, Punta Umbria or Huelva in nearby Spain.
There are a number of reputable companies offering Faro airport transfers and most of them offer the opportunity to get a quote and book online. Companies providing these services include:
Resort Hoppa (www.resorthoppa.com)
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Faro Airport Transfers (www.faroairporttransfers.com)
Faro aiport is located just west of the city in an area known as Montenegro, the address is:
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Airport Code: FAO
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Every word in the title of Thirty Seconds To Mars new album, LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS, is mentioned throughout each of its 12 songs. In the case of the band's first single, "Up In The Air," two of the words were used: love and lust. Along with another word that is not so safe for work.
Leto, who whispered the obscenity, explained to Radio.com that the context of this particular four-lettered word is used "more as just an expression than an act," but helps explore the sexuality that is expressed throughout their fourth album, out May 21.
But as for why they picked these four words in particular, Leto said, "[they] really sum up the record in a really pointed way. It's a new beginning for us. It's an entirely new chapter of our lives."
The singer and his brother Shannon, along with guitarist Tomo Miličević, found that this new chapter left them pleasantly confused.


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The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) Research Scholars Program is a 1-year competitive scholarship opportunity to study the role of dietary supplements in health promotion and disease prevention. This program is targeted towards early career scientists, including Tenure-Track Investigators, Early Independent Scientists, Assistant Clinical Investigators, Research Fellows, Staff Fellows, and Postdoctoral Fellows with at least 1 year of postdoctoral research experience. Senior Investigators, Senior Scientists, and Senior Clinicians are not eligible to apply. These referral guidelines have been prepared for use by NIH in determining projects within the scope of ODS, requirements for application submission, and expectations of funded scholars. For further information, please contact Dr. Cindy Davis.
The mission of ODS is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population.
ODS supports all types of research including pre-clinical, clinical, behavioral, and epidemiological, in which the primary emphasis is the investigation of dietary supplements and/or their ingredients*. ODS research interests are not limited to specific health conditions, organ systems or populations groups.
[*As defined by Congress in the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, a dietary supplement is a product (other than tobacco) that is intended to supplement the diet; contains one or more dietary ingredients (including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other substances) or their constituents; and is intended to be taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid.]
Primary consideration for support will be given to proposals that stimulate dietary supplement research where it is lacking or lagging, clarify gaps, investigate the balance between benefits and risks where data are in conflict, target special population groups where additional science on supplements is needed, and focus on the use of supplements in improving or maintaining health and reducing the risk of chronic disease.
Due to constrained budgets, ODS mission-relevant research will be focused on the above areas. For FY2017, ODS will not entertain grants that have disease treatment as a focus.
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Title: The physiological assessment of St. John's wort dietary supplementation for systems level understanding of inflammatory bowel disease molecular mechanisms
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American country singer-songwriter Vince Gill was in Kansas City, but prior to performing on stage, he decided to answer to some members of the Westboro Baptist Church.
Gill was in Kansas City Sunday for a performance at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, and according to a video of the encounter posted to YouTube, WBC picketed him because they said he is an adulterer.
Rather than just stand by letting the group shout what they would, Gill decided to confront them.
A warning: there is language used in the video that some may consider offensive.
"I just came to see what hate looked like," he said in the video.
Turns out members of WBC didn't approve of Gill's 1998 divorce and following marriage to singer/songwriter Amy Grant, calling it adultery.
"Don't you know that divorce plus remarriage equals adultery? Jesus Christ said that," one protester said.
"You know what else he [Jesus] said … about forgiveness, about grace, you guys don't have any of that," Gill responded.
The Westboro Baptist Church has picketed many other events, including Taylor Swift concerts and military funerals.
According to their website, they also plan to picket the Mumford and Sons concert on Sept. 20 at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre.
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The Causes and Solution of Can Not Format Flash Drive
Sometimes,we will meet the situation of the flash drive can not format .The attribute of the flash drive is displaying RAW file system ,the disk space and the available disk space all are 0 , and what are the causes of can not format flash drive ? There are several reasons:
1.The mobile hard disk or USB flash disk can not format because the data was damaged.
2.The USB flash drive can not format because the USB disk infected with computer viruses , such as the autorun.exe virus.The viruses are not completely killing and the viruses destroyed USB disk system files.
3.A non-conventional operation. (e.g., the not compatible read-write device). Read more


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Heritability of blood concentrations of sex-steroids in relation to body composition in young adult male siblings
Dr Jean-Marc Kaufman, Department of Endocrinology 9 K12 I.E., Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 9 332 21 30; Fax: +32 9 332 38 17; E-mail: email@example.com
Objective Sex steroid concentrations in men are related to body composition and both are determined by genetic and environmental factors. This study investigates heritability estimates of sex steroid serum concentrations and body composition as well as the genetic and environmental components of their interrelation.
Patients Six hundred and seventy-four men (25–45 years) were included in this study with 274 independent pairs of brothers.
Measurements Body composition and regional fat mass estimates were determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Serum testosterone (T), SHBG, oestradiol (E2) and LH levels were determined by immunoassay; free T and E2 levels were calculated.
Results Both sex steroid hormone concentrations and indices of body composition exhibited significant heritability estimates. Among sex steroid hormones, T had the highest heritability (h2 = 0·65), followed by free T (h2 = 0·54). A heritability of 0·73 was observed for SHBG; a heritability estimate of 0·83 was obtained for body weight. Significant genetic correlations were found between whole body fat mass and serum T (ρG = –0·46), free T (ρG = –0·27) and SHBG (ρG = –0·48) concentrations. No genetic relationship was observed between total (F) E2 or LH concentrations, respectively, and body composition.
Conclusion Both sex steroid serum levels and body composition are under strong genetic control. Their interrelation is in part underlied by a genetic correlation, indicative of the action of shared genes.


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Hayley Frances Leach, daughter of Tom and Rebecca Leach of Dry Ridge, has been selected to represent Kentucky as Miss Kentucky Junior Teen at the 2011 Miss Teen America Pageant, to be held in Nashville, Tenn. Jan. 13-16, 2011 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Over $500,000 in scholarships and awards are given to young women between the ages of 12 and 19, who are active in their schools and communities and who strive to become positive role models to their peers.
The year of 2010 was an eventful one in Grant County. Many news stories graced the front page of the Grant County News that will have a lasting effect on the community.This is a sample of the top stories of the year.
Robert McDaniel was sworn in as Grant County coroner Dec. 14 at the Grant County Judicial Center in Williamstown.
Judge Executive Darrell Link conducted the ceremony.
McDaniel defeated incumbent Marylee Willoby in the November Election.
A 16-year-old juvenile was charged with assault fourth-degree and menacing after he bit a man.
The incident occurred at 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 19 when Todd Cummins was leaving Dry Ridge Baptist Church and saw the juvenile attempting to get inside a vehicle parked at the church.
Rhonda Gordon and Tom Holt were united in marriage on Sept. 18 and spent their honeymoon in Daytona, Florida.
The bride is the daughter of Bonnie Fogle of Ludlow and the late Kenneth Fogle.
The groom is the son of Elmer and Verna Holt of Williamstown.
The couple resides in Williamstown.
Bobby and Linda O'Neill of Williamstown are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer O'Neill Clifton to Scott Wayne Mercer, son of Larney and Barbara Mercer of Dry Ridge.
The wedding is being planned for 2 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. A reception will follow at the church.
The bride is a 1991 graduate of Grant County High School. She is employed by Bertram Eyecare.
The groom is a 1985 graduate of Fleming County High School. He is employed by Meyer Tool.
Joe and Jackie Webster of Williamstown are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Jo Webster to Benjamin Andrew Dade, son of Chris and Maria Dade of Williamstown.
The wedding is being planned for July 2011 and invitations will be sent.
The bride is a 2009 graduate of Williamstown High School and also a student at Northern Kentucky University.
The groom is a 2006 graduate of North Kingstown High School in Rhode Island. He is employed by Performance Pipe.
The Youth Performance Award winner for December is Aaron Goe, a senior at Grant County High School, and he is passionate about baseball.
Goe is the son of Bryan and Tracy Goe of Dry Ridge.
Q: What are your extra-curricular activities:
A: I play baseball for the Grant County High School baseball team. My biggest athletic accomplishment is signing with Morehead State University to play baseball. It gives me a sense of accomplishment knowing that my hard work and dedication has finally paid off.
Q: What is your community involvement:
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1Then Bildad from Shuah answered: 2"Job, when will you stop talking? Be quiet and listen. Let us say something. 3Why do you think we are stupid like dumb cows? 4Job, your anger is only hurting yourself. Should people leave the earth just for you? Do you think God will move mountains just to satisfy you? 5"Yes, the evil person's light will go out. His fire will stop burning. 6The light in his house will become dark. The lamp next to him will go out. 7His steps won't be strong and fast again. But he will walk slowly and be weak. His own evil plans will make him fall. 8His own feet will lead him into a trap. He will walk into a trap and be caught. 9A trap will catch his heel. A trap will hold him tight. 10A rope in the ground will trap him. A trap is waiting in his path. 11Terror is waiting for him all around. Fears will follow every step he takes. 12Bad troubles are hungry for him. Ruin and disaster are ready for him when he falls. 13Terrible sickness will eat away his skin. It will rot his arms and legs. 14The evil person will be taken away from the safety of his house. He will be led away to meet the king of terrors. 15He will have nothing left in his house. Why? Burning sulfur will be scattered all through his home. 16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will die. 17People on earth won't remember him. No person remembers him anymore. 18People will push him away from light into the darkness. They will chase him out of this world. 19He will have no children or grandchildren. None of his family will be left alive. 20People in the west will be shocked when they hear what happened to the evil person. People in the east will be numb with fear. 21That really will happen to the evil person's home. This is what will happen to the person that does not care about God!"
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Monday night's game at Petco Park was a tale of two pitchers.
Mat Latos got off to an impressive start in his 2011 debut, striking out five without allowing a hit over his first three innings.
But over his next two innings, Latos gave up three runs on a pair of two-out homers by Cincinnati's Jonny Gomes (solo) and Chris Heisey (two-run).
Meanwhile, the Reds' Edinson Volquez again struggled at the start of his start, giving up two runs in the first inning. But he got stronger as the game progressed, retiring 15 of the last 18 hitters he faced.
The result was a 3-2 Reds win — largely because Padres again failed to get runners home from second with less than two outs in their final two innings.
Latos opened the season on the disabled list with bursitis in his valuable right shoulder after an unsettling spring that saw him battle his command and emotions.
But his pitches Monday night had considerable movement.
The velocity on his fastball was steadily between 93-95 mph and topped out at 97. His slider registered 88-89 and his changeup was around 83.
His first four strikeout victims — 2010 National League MVP Joey Votto, Gomes, Jay Bruce and Paul Janish — all took called third strikes.
The Reds' first hit was a grounder to right by Votto leading off the fourth.
Although Votto was thrown out at second on a botched run-and-hit play and Scott Rolen became Latos' sixth strikeout victim, Gomes put the Reds on the board by lining a hanging curve off the face of the first balcony on the Western Metal Supply Co. building.
Heisey gave the Reds a one-run lead with his drive to left in the top of the fifth on a high fastball. The decisive homer was set up by a one-out walk by Janish, who battled out of a 1-and-2 hole. The two-run homer was the first of the season by the Reds' lead-off hitter.
"I made two mistakes the whole ballgame," said Latos. "Everything felt fine. My arm felt fine. I was a little bit nervous before the game. I was excited to get out there and compete in front of the fans."
"I thought Mat threw the ball well," said Padres manager Bud Black.
"His stuff was good. His velocity was good. There was crispness to his breaking ball."
Said Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley: "For me, when Mat throws the fastball where he wants, it's a great sign. His velocity was back to normal."
Concluded Black: "Mat was focused. He was locked in. He was up against a guy who threw just as well. It was a well-pitched game on both sides."
The final line on Latos was three runs allowed on four hits and two walks in six innings. Fifty-eight of the 94 pitches he threw went for strikes.
Volquez, meanwhile, allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with three walks and a hit batter.
While the two runs scored by the Padres were their first runs in the first inning this season, they were the eighth and ninth runs allowed by Volquez in the first inning of his three starts.
Monday night was actually Volquez's best first inning. He had allowed three and four runs in the first inning of his first two starts, starting with back-to-back homers to the first two hitters he faced this season.
This time he gave up singles to the first two hitters he faced — Will Venable and Orlando Hudson. Chase Headley then walked and Volquez hit Ryan Ludwick to force home the first run. Brad Hawpe drove home the second with a sinking line drive to center that Heisey caught for a sacrifice fly.
But the Padres got no runs on three hits over the final 8 2/3 innings. They didn't get their third hit until Will Venable singled leading off the sixth. He was erased trying to steal.
The Padres had two runners thrown out on the bases in the eighth, although the key runner appeared to be save.
Alberto Gonzalez led off the inning with a double just inside the left field foul line. Chris Denorfia pinch-hit and tried to bunt Gonzalez to third.
But Reds catcher Ramon Hernandez pounced on the ball in front of the plate and threw to third, although his throw was outside the ball and Gonzalez appeared to slide safely into third ahead of Scott Rolen's tag. Denorfia was then thrown out trying to steal second as pinch-hitter Jorge Cantu struck out.
In the ninth, Hudson led off with a single and stole his fourth base of the season with one out. But he never moved as Ludwick popped out to second on a full-count fastball from Francisco Cordero and Hawpe grounded out to first to end the game.


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Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, June 25, 2013 7:34 AM
This is an interesting approach. Color the process and you color the result. Never thought of a process or color as such a means to a customer service end before. A definate #StealThis.
ghbrett's curator insight, July 23, 2013 8:49 AM
As the old saying goes: "A picture is worth a thousand words." This also reminds me of Malcomb Gladwell's book, "Blink." Amazon: http://amzn.to/13AalVQ
Bruce McDuffee's curator insight, August 20, 2013 2:53 PM
It's important to keep in mind your audience and how the ideal prospect likes to consume content. Scientists or engineers for example my consume or respect different media than consumers of clothing or electronics.
Mike Ellsworth's curator insight, June 20, 2013 6:52 PM
Katie Delahaye Paine is a daughter of a legend legend in public relations and measurement. We quote her work exensively in our books (http://bit.ly/OrderBeAPerson)
She's been involved in an effort to standardize social media metrics, and the group has released its first version of comprensive definitions.
If you don't think social media can be measured, or if you think you might be buying social media measurement snake oil, check out this article and the complete standards, downloadable as PDF.
Via @ShaneBarker
Mike Ellsworth's curator insight, May 29, 2013 10:40 AM
Interested stats about the picture posting site:
"One source says that Pinterest is worth over $2 billion due to its 25 million users, but other sources say that Pinterest only has around 12 million uses and 1.36 million visitors a day. For an accurate Pinterest update, I wouldn't officially quote either of these sources since they are so far apart."
Via @SocialKoolKats
Mike Ellsworth's curator insight, May 25, 2013 3:54 PM
I would suggest downplaying any metric that doesn't directly relate to your bottom line. Sure you need to track followers and engagement and such, but if they don't buy anything, you should use these metrics to figure out why, rather than tracking them for their own sake.
Via @neilpatel
Randi Thompson's curator insight, May 20, 2013 8:22 AM
Search Engine Optimization is how people find you when they search online... How does it work with social media?
Gail Monique Mallo's comment, May 21, 2013 3:03 AM
This is so true. I don't think people out of this industry fully embrace the importance of social signals nor do they understand what social signal is. I guess that's what social media managers are here for!
Daniel Imbellino's comment, May 24, 2013 6:48 AM
They're what drives my websites today. Search engines are leaving the prospect of figuring which content is good or bad up to the users themselves. When you +1 something you are effectively "recommending" that content to all your followers on G+, in which those in your circles could see the content you +1'd in search results.
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, June 22, 2013 9:52 AM
What this infographic really says is most companies don't get social media. Social media's spontaneous "realness" scares most companies. Here's the problem. Being consistently real is the name of the Internet marketing game.
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, June 13, 2013 3:42 PM
Wow, this infographic cover tons of territory fast. Great and very "ean content movement".
Sultan Semlali's curator insight, June 17, 2013 8:50 AM
These infographics are fantastic guides for creating content across the different platforms...
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, May 29, 2013 9:41 AM
Email Rocks
* Facebook advertising (building our list was what I could get FB to do).
* Join Our Email Tribe CTAs all over everything.
* QRCodes that prompt mobile signups.
* etc...
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, May 28, 2013 9:14 AM
I would do a few more things to check SEO such as:
* Webmaster tools to check errors.
* Watch heuristic KPIs like a hawk and pounce when they wobble.
* Check competitor sites for terms you want.
* Evaluate links.


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Day 24: The Night Ended with a Bang
Posted on July 5, 2012
After sleeping in for the first time in weeks, I felt recharged and eager for data analysis. Only one problem: today was our day off! So I played around with some data, and then quickly tossed it aside to go hang out at Dr. Wechsler's house for a 4th of July BBQ. The afternoon grapefruit war was most entertaining, and the food was delicious. Later that day, we headed over to Huntington Beach and watched as fireworks were being shot all around the city. A great Independence Day indeed.


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Prince 'unhappy with Glasto rumour'
Prince pulled the plug on a planned Glastonbury 2014 set after rumours of his "secret" appearance started swirling on social media, the festival's founder Michael Eavis has revealed.
The Purple Rain hit maker, who has never played at the renowned event, was in last-minute talks with Eavis to arrive unannounced at Worthy Farm, Somerset.
But the 78-year-old, who found the festival in 1970, told The Guardian that sites such as Twitter are the blame for the breakdown in negotiations with the music veteran.
Speaking about Prince, Eavis said: "We wanted him to play, and it got to the point where his people were talking to us about him doing it, but before he confirmed he got really upset because he thought we had advertised that he was playing.
"We hadn't, but with social media, rumours get everywhere, and one of those rumours was that Prince was coming. So he didn't want to do it in the end."
There is still hope for Prince, 56, to make some sort of appearance at the four-day festival as a source told The Sun: "Prince wants to show up somewhere as a surprise. He has spent so much time in the UK lately, he'd love to do an impromptu set."
During his recent trip to the UK, Prince and his backing band 3rdEyeGirl performed a series of guerrilla gigs in venues including Electric Ballroom in Camden, the Hippodrome in Central London and the Leyton flat belonging to singer Lianne La Havas.
At all of his secret gigs, the eccentric pop star has requested fans abide to his "Purple Rules", which prohibit photos, videos and mobile phones.


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Change route of CapX 2020 345kV
To the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security for the Environmental Report and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission concerning the Cap X2020 Brooking County-Hampton 345 kV High Voltage Transmission Line We, the people, respectfully request that the Minnesota River Crossing for the CapX 2020 345 kV Electrical Transmission Line proposed routing at Le Sueur, Minnesota, known as the Le Sueur Crossing, within the Le Sueur/Henderson Recovery Zone, be removed from consideration as routing option for the project. Article I: The Resident Eagles The five eagle nests in the Le Sueur/Henderson Recovery Zone require protection under the Bald Eagle Act of 1940. Article II: The Migrating birds The Minnesota River Flyway through the area in question is used by 100's if not thousands of migrating eagles, and dozens of other bird species that use the unique feeding area known as Buck's Lake as a major feeding stop. In addition, the 345 kV line would inhibit floodplain habitat as well as result in strikes by birds flying in the river corridor. Article III: The Nesting Habitat The Buck's Lake Blue Heron Rookery within Le Sueur/Henderson Recovery Zone along with the floodplain habitat for dozens of other nesting water bird species must be protected and preserved. There were nineteen active Blue Heron Nests in 2008 alone. Article IV: Ground Water Protection The soon to be decommissioned Le Sueur sewer ponds are clay lined and may not withstand compromise through clay layer puncture that could result from power line tower construction. This could contaminate surface, river and ground water resources of the floodplain habitat and potentially the city water supplies. Article V: Economic Impact The Scenic Byway and Henderson Feathers tourism efforts center on the MN Hwy 93 bordering Buck's Lake. Placement of the 345 kV line at the Le Sueur Crossing would force termination of those efforts. Article VI: Human Habitat A residential area housing development within the city of Le Sueur and the Hermel Addition is believed to be in direct line of maximum impact to those residents.
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