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Vendee Globe - Alex Thomson crosses equator, Mike Golding gains
by Vendee Globe on 18 Jan 2013
Alex Thomson, Hugo Boss - 2012 Vendee Globe Christophe Launay
In the Vendee Globe, Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) passed the last great mark of this edition, becoming the fourth skipper to cross the equator and enter into the North Atlantic in the small hours of Friday morning. Thomson crossed at 0255hrs UTC after 68 days 14 hours and 53 minutes of racing.
Like the three in front of him he was well inside the old record of 71 days 17 hours and 12 minutes set by Michel Desjoyeaux in winning the last edition in 2008-09. That is a more significant measure for Thomson because unlike the three new boats of the leaders, Hugo Boss is a second-generation boat. It was Seb Josse's BT in 2008-09.
Whilst he is still pushing for the podium and even victory, there are other prizes at stake for the 38-year-old Thomson, not least just making sure he finishes on this third attempt at this race. If he does, in approximately two weeks time, he will surely break the British record set by Mike Golding. Golding, in sixth place, but 1,503 miles behind Thomson set the British record of 88 days 15 hours and 15 minutes, when he finished third in the 2004-05 edition of the Vendée Globe.
Thomson was slowed overnight as he passed the equator, averaging 11 knots. It will be easier to assess his chances when he has passed through the doldrums which he will enter to west of the rest on Friday afternoon. There are conflicting forecasts for what he will find, the truth is he won't know until he is there.
646 miles ahead of Thomson and 300 miles from the latitude of the Cape Verde archipelago, the leader, Francois Gabart (Macif) is set to keep easing marginally further away from Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire). They are on the same road, but Le Cléac'h is 106 miles behind and Gabart is forecast to keep enjoying slightly stronger northeasterly winds on Friday.
It is a measure of how difficult a night it has been for most that Gabart had the best average speed of the first nine boats with just 11.6 knots. Le Cléac'h averaged 10.5 knots. More decisive gains and losses will be made around the Azores high to come.
On the same road as the leaders, two hundred miles east of where Thomson will pass through doldrums, third-placed Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac-Paprec 3) will hope that his are nearly finished. His charge back was stalled overnight as he averaged 6.8 knots – more like Gabart's speeds than Le Cléac'h's through the dreaded zone. He was forced to tack and though a steady northerly wind is forecast for him today, there will be no complacency as he was only averaging 4.4 knots in the last hour.
Sixth-placed Mike Golding (Gamesa) continued to gain on arch rival Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel) but life is still a struggle in northwesterlies. The weather has been against the middle five, scattering them across the ocean. Le Cam has turned his back on Rio but has been easily the slowest in the fleet over the last 24 hours, averaging 5.1 knots and covering just 122 miles and that is after averaging 8.5 knots overnight. Golding, 500 miles east of him, has fared only marginally better, but averaged 10.2 knots overnight and has chipped Le Cam's lead down to 23 miles. Golding and Javier Sansó (Acciona 100% EcoPowered), behind him on the eastern road, seem likely to enjoy Friday more though as the forecast is for a return of light and shifty winds on the far west for the other three. If they do not make it out of their coastal trap in time for the northerly wind then the losses will be more serious.
Two prizes go to the back markers. Tanguy de Lamotte (Initiatives cœur), in eleventh, was the fastest overnight, averaging 13.7 knots and Alessandro Di Benedetto (Team Plastique) sped past Cape Horn with the best 24 hour average in the fleet.
He became the 12th and last skipper in this edition of the Vendée Globe to pass Cape Horn at 1731hrs UTC on Thursday, January 17.
Given he has the oldest and only boat with a fixed keel in the race, his time to passing of 68 days 5 hours and 29 minutes compares favourably with history.
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Cahiers du cinéma - Yearly top 10sFavs/dislikes: 225:4. Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list. This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.) Other anomalies: The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list. A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994. Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982. 1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit." 1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode. 1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list. Love it or hate it, here it is...
Masters Of CinemaFavs/dislikes: 164:2. The Masters of Cinema Series is a specially curated DVD collection of classic and world cinema using the finest available materials for home viewing. An ongoing collaboration between mastersofcinema.org and Eureka Entertainment, the MoC Series started in early 2004 and has so far included award-winning DVD editions of films by Carl Th. Dreyer, F. W. Murnau, Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Masaki Kobayashi, Roberto Rossellini, Kaneto Shindo, Nicholas Ray, Satyajit Ray, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Peter Watkins, Sadao Yamanaka, Rene Laloux, Fritz Lang, Shohei Imamura, Vittorio De Sica and many more. MoC Series releases all come with extensive booklets, and where applicable, a host of extra features.
Il Grande Cinema ItalianoFavs/dislikes: 44:2. 250 films from throughout Italy's history, 1905-2011. From the book by Roy Menarini.
As Slow As Possible: Contemplative Cinema of the 21st CenturyFavs/dislikes: 37:2. The list is based on personal toplists of film enthusiasts from the Netherlands. It is intended as a source of inspiration for viewers who long for a cinema that provides them another view on the world from around the world. The films have a particular style, distinctly different from Hollywood, which mainly consists of: plotlessness, wordlessnes, slowness and openess (for interpretation). In the films the surroundings, which can be both rural or urban, are as important a subject as are the protagonists.
Jean-Luc Godard's Top Ten Lists 1956-1965Favs/dislikes: 36:1. Each year's top 10 lists between 1956-1965 that been published in Cahiers du Cinema when Godard worked there as a movie critic, plus "Ten Best American Sound Films" and "Six Best French Films since the Liberation" lists. In 1962, Godard included his own film "Vivre sa Vie", the only movie by Godard in this list, in his top ten list as number six.
Cyberpunk CinemaFavs/dislikes: 32:0. Listing the cinematic history of Cyberpunk in chronological order. Source on the bottom of the list
Horror Cinema - TASCHENFavs/dislikes: 28:0. Contains all films that have at least one still included in TASCHEN's recently re-released "Horror Cinema". ISBN: 978-3-8365-3457-4
German New WaveFavs/dislikes: 17:0. New German Cinema: The Displaced Image List created by Apursansar
One Hundred Great Documentaries (OUP)Favs/dislikes: 17:0. Patricia Aufderheide's list from 'Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction' - part of the highly regarded series from Oxford University Press. "These documentaries have been widely seen and discussed, and have been in many cases at the center of controversies; in other cases they have provided valuable teaching resources. They are all accessible for renting or buying for your private collection. You can use the index in this book and other books mentioned in the references, imdb.com, your local library, Netflix, Google, and the Library of Congress to find out more about why these films have attracted attention and esteem. Viewing this collection will set you up nicely with a context to watch your latest favorite, argue with the list, and build your own top one hundred." Currently missing: Taking Pictures (1996) (http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/taking-pictures/)
Jim Jarmusch's Directorial FilmographyFavs/dislikes: 16:0. This list does not include any films in which he is credited as anything else except director.
Genie Awards Best PicturesFavs/dislikes: 14:0. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a national non-profit professional association dedicated to promoting, recognizing and celebrating exceptional achievements in the Canadian film and television industry since 1980.
A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen FrearsFavs/dislikes: 12:0. Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cinema.
Italian Neo-RealismFavs/dislikes: 11:0. Courtesy of the KG Masters of the Month. (April 2006)
Ritwik Ghatak FilmographyFavs/dislikes: 10:0. All films directed by Bengali director Ritwik Ghatak.
100 Years of Indian Cinema... 100 Greatest FilmsFavs/dislikes: 8:0. A list created during the turn of the 100-year anniversary of Indian cinema. It was a painstaking process, and a lot of research was done to give this list an objective feel. The list is based off AFI's list of 100 Greatest American Films and Johnathan Rosenbaum's Alternative 100. Films of all Indian languages are present, from Hindi to Marathi to Tamil to Telugu, to even Assamese. Three major criteria were considered for this list, in order of priority: 1. Cultural/artistic impact on India and the world - most important 2. Critical acclaim in India and abroad - 2nd most important 3. Popularity/cult status - 3rd (and least) important
Around the World in 80 Films (OUP)Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Michael Wood's list from 'Film: A Very Short Introduction' - part of the highly regarded series from Oxford University Press. "The following list is not arbitrary, since there is substantial agreement about the importance of these works. But it leaves out a large number of very good films, and I offer it to readers only as a set of suggestions, chances of exciting journeys in the world of cinema and the cinema of the world."
Great Movies - 100 Years of CinemaFavs/dislikes: 8:0. Based on the book by Andrew Heritage. Over 1,500 key movies are referred to in this book, but only the 100 main entries are to be found on this list. Index: 1-10: Comedy 11-20: Action & Adventure 21-30: Romance & Melodrama 31-40: Musicals 41-50: Thrillers & Crime 51-60: Historical 61-70: War 71-80: Family 81-90: Fantasy, Sci-fi & Horror 91-100: Drama
Portuguese Golden Globes - Best Movie (Globos de Ouro Portugal - Melhor Filme)Favs/dislikes: 7:0. This list contains the movies that won the golden globe for best movie in Globos de Ouro, a cerimony that rewards portuguese projects in several areas of art. Started in 1996.
Bad Cinema Society's "The Worst Films of the 20th Century"Favs/dislikes: 6:8. The Hastings Bad Cinema Society's Poll of the worst movies of the 20th century (in alphabetical order). Their website is now sadly defunct but the list is present on several list sites on the web, and the original is accessible using the Wayback Machine Archive. The poll's introduction reads: On June 16, 1998, the American Film Institute announced its choices for the 100 greatest films ever made. The group called its list 100 Years, 100 Movies. To no one's surprise, just about everybody in America disagreed with the titles on the list. Anybody can make a list of great movies. We [The Bad Cinema Society] thought it would be helpful if a group had the guts to put together a list of the all-time worst films. So, about a month after the AFI announcement, the Hastings Bad Cinema Society announced that it too would be making an "end of the century" list, but the 100 movies it planned to "honor" would all be stinkers.
Films Featured and Referenced in Les cent et une nuits de Simon CinémaFavs/dislikes: 6:0. All the films Featured and Referenced in Varda's Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, aka One Hundred and One Nights (1995). Let me know if I missed something.
Mads Mikkelsen filmographyFavs/dislikes: 5:1.
Movie.Love.Undying - The CollectionFavs/dislikes: 5:0. Actually my whole film collection :)
Outside the CinemaFavs/dislikes: 5:0. Movies reviewed on the Outside the Cinema podcast including movies watched or reviewed during special live shows and the top 6 list from ep. 100. End of the year roundtables and tv-shows (Firefly, Buffy) are not included so far. Comments, questions, remarks? Feel free to leave a comment! Movies covered with Ryan are 1-99 Movies covered during ep. 100: 195-236 Kickstarter movies: 557-568, 571-588, 591-619, 2008 - 01-87 2009 - 88-236 2010 - 237-341 2011 - 342-437 2012 - 438-533 2013 - 534-623 2014 - 624- Missing because movie is not in IMDB: The eye of the condor, episode 320.
Mark Cousins' African Cinema: Ten of the BestFavs/dislikes: 4:0. To celebrate Africa Express rolling out across the UK, here's a guide to 10 classic films to have come from the continent
Cinema 16 British Short FilmsFavs/dislikes: 3:0. This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. (missing on the list: UK Images by Martin Parr)
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The defined-contribution plan, on the other hand, differs in that the employer establishes individual accounts, but the employee contributes a percentage of his or her pay-which your company may or may not match. Retirement dollars are based on how much money has been accumulated in each employee's account. Under this system, the employee controls how the money is invested and shoulders the risk.
The main reason major companies have made the shift to cash-balance plans is simple: to save money and provide a kind of "portable" pension for their employees. For one, it takes fewer people to administer these programs. Secondly, distributions to employees who leave the company are easier since they are paid what they would be worth today-not an algorithm of future value. Another factor: experts say most employees didn't understand or appreciate the conventional process-even though management spent millions on administrative costs.
Now corporations are steadily phasing out the paternal pension and passing on the task to workers. In a survey by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI), a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C. (202-775-6329; www.ebri.org), one company noted that prior to implementing a cash balance plan, the defined-benefit portion of their retirement program was expected to deliver 70% of all their retirement benefits, while the 401(k) component accommodated 30%. As a result of the switch, the 401(k) portion now provides 70% of such dollars, while the cash balance plan covers the other 30%.
Some assert that cash balance plans level the playing field. Rather than preserving a back-loaded pension system that rewards a handful of employees, the new paradigm gives more money to a larger pool of employees up front. The main advantage, however, is that a person who makes a job switch doesn't have to forfeit his or her benefits. In such a scenario, the worker can roll-over the account into another company's 401(k) or your own IRA. However, if you keep the money, then be prepared to take a staggering tax hit, as well as a 10% penalty for early withdrawal (before the age of 591_2). "From an employee's standpoint, cash balance plans are more tangible and understandable than traditional pensions where employees are totally clueless about how much money they would have upon retirement," says Paul Yakoboski, senior research associate at EBRI. "Employees can access their personal files and see how much money they accrued thus far."
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 14 (UPI) -- Scientists say a saber-toothed cat roaming Florida 5 million years ago was of the same lineage as the famous sabertooths of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.
While previous research suggested the group of saber-toothed cats known as Smilodontini, which includes both the Floria and California species, originated in the Old World, the age of the new species identified in Florida indicates the group likely originated in North America, scientists at the University of Florida reported Thursday.
"The new species shows that the most famous saber-toothed cat, Smilodon, had a New World origin and it and its ancestors lived in the southeastern Unites States for at least 5 million years before their extinction about 11,000 years ago," researcher Richard Hulbert Jr. said.
"When people think of saber-toothed cats, they think of it as just one thing, as if the famous tar pit saber-toothed cat was the only species, when in fact, it was an almost worldwide radiation of cats that lasted over 10 million years and probably had a total of about 20 valid species," Hulbert said.
"The taxonomy of this [Florida] animal was controversial because when it was first published 20 years ago, they only had one partial, somewhat-decent lower jaw, and it was missing some of the critical features," Hulbert said. "We now have more complete specimens showing it has a mixture of primitive and advanced characters, and does not match any previously named saber-toothed cat genus or species.
"Counting the newly described animal, there are now six different species of saber-toothed cats known just from Florida."


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African Union Heads of State Summit 2013
Liberian president to lead African committee on the post-2015 agenda
The 21st Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU), themed "Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance", marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the precursor of the AU, and a little more than a decade since the formation of the AU.
African leaders gathered for this historic summit appointed Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to chair a heads of state committee on the post-2015 development agenda. The Committee of Heads of State and Government, which will comprise two heads of state and government per region, has been mandated with sensitising and co-ordinating activities between African leaders and members of the United Nations Secretary General's High-level Panel on the post-2015 agenda, and with building regional and inter-continental alliances on the African Common Position on the post-2015 agenda.
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A report that addresses aggressive tax planning and promotes tax transparency has been approved by a permanent committee of the EU Parliament. The report approved by the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee includes a number of recommendations for bringing transparency, coordination, and convergence to corporate tax policies in the EU. The report will now be subject to a vote by the European Parliament on 16 December 2015. If it is approved, the European Commission will have to respond to the recommendations within three months, by either submitting a legislative proposal or giving an explanation for not doing so.
Among the recommendations in the ECON Committee's report are proposals for tax transparency—including country-by-country reporting and extending the automatic exchange of information to all tax rulings and making them public to a certain extent (i.e., list of companies having rulings, and anonymized summary of main rulings).
The report also recommends that a "common corporate tax base" (CCTB) be implemented by June 2016, with exemptions provided for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) and companies with no cross-border activities, and that a full "common consolidated corporate tax base" (CCCTB) be implemented by the end of 2017. In the meantime, a temporary cross-border loss offset regime would be implemented.
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Our team is united in our commitment to stop Alzheimer's by 2020. We are a group of professionals with diverse backgrounds and experience in a wide range of fields, including healthcare, advocacy, communications, education, finance, technology, journalism and operations. View our Board
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Sally Sachar
Chief Operations and Program Officer
As UsAgainstAlzheimer's Chief Operations and Program Officer, Sally oversees and coordinates the organization's programs, financial and budget operations and its digital enterprise. Additionally, she supports the UsA2 and UsA2 Action boards of directors and works closely with the enterprise's development team to ensure that the revenue strategy is closely linked with and maximizes opportunities relating to programmatic offerings. Sally has worked hand in glove with the organization's founders, board and team as UsA2 has evolved since its inception in 2010. She has nearly three decades of experience leading organizations focused on many areas of social policy, including healthcare, job training and workforce development, teen pregnancy prevention and K-12 school reform. Prior to joining UsAgainstAlzheimer's, Sally was the founding Executive Director of a start-up organization, DC Children First, and previously was President and CEO of the Washington Scholarship Fund. Sally also was Deputy Director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and served as a political appointee at the U.S. Labor Department, including as the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Associate Assistant Secretary for Policy. She has also worked at the National Governors Association, the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government as Assistant Director of the two-year degree programs. With an M.B.A. with highest honors from Boston University (and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the highest scholastic honor a student in business can attain) and executive education in social enterprise from Harvard Business School, Sally's leadership has been described in "Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector" published by Sage Publications, and in the Bridgespan Group publication "Answering the Hard Question: What Difference Are We Making?" Sally also has a B.A. with honors in political science from Colgate University.
Virginia Biggar
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Ginny directs the Patient & Caregiver, Faith and Veterans Initiatives at UsAgainstAlzheimer's. She leads the new VeteransAgainstAlzheimer's Network to engage veterans who bear the burden of this disease. Ginny is also a co-founder of the "A-List" - a groundbreaking initiative making the opinions of those living with Alzheimer's count for research. Ginny also leads our Facebook Alzheimer's Caregiver Support group and the Faith United Against Alzheimer's Coalition mobilizing people of all faiths in the fight against Alzheimer's. Ginny brings twenty five years of media and communications experience as a writer, reporter and filmmaker to the UsAgainstAlzheimer's campaign. She was a reporter for National Public Radio in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. covering a wide range of issues, including the Clinton impeachment trial, labor issues, welfare reform, and the O.J. Simpson civil trial. Ginny wrote and produced the film "Sweater Queen: May Gruber and the Rise of Pandora Industries," about 100-year-old May Gruber, one of the most successful businesswomen of her generation. She has also written a history of one of the oldest girls' camps in the country called "Its Hats Off to Alford Lake!" She graduated from Trinity College in Connecticut with a B.A. in History.
Pam Gatz
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Pam has over twenty years of successful experience in fundraising, specializing in change management and strategy, staff and volunteer development, marketing and community outreach. She was previously DC area division president for the National Kidney Foundation. Prior to that, Pam was for sixteen years the DC chapter executive director for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and during her tenure there she raised $62 million. She has a strong network within the DC community, including government (both Democrat and Republican legislators), embassies (most recently UAE), and corporations. Pam received her bachelors degree in communications from Mount Vernon College (now part of George Washington University). While at JDRF she attended a leadership academy with the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at Columbia University. She is a member of the DC Board of Trade and has been a guest speaker at American University on public relations marketing. In 2007 Pam lost her mother to Alzheimer's.
Drew Holzapfel
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Drew serves as the Executive Director of The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's disease, a coalition of leading corporations investing in Alzheimer's disease research, treatment and care. He is also a Managing Director at High Lantern Group, a healthcare consultancy focused on the intersection of business strategy and public policy. In this role, Drew also supports the work of Researchers Against Alzheimer's and Women Against Alzheimer's, also Us Against Alzheimer's. Drew bringing 15 years of healthcare experience in government and corporate affairs, sales and marketing in global biotechnology, pharmaceutical and US government organizations to a diverse client base. He has spent nearly a decade working Alzheimer's disease in a range of positions. Prior to joining High Lantern Group, Drew was at Pfizer, where he most recently led efforts around the company's Alzheimer's program and advanced Alzheimer's and aging issues through development of commercial strategy and advocacy with international organizations, non-governmental organizations, non-profits and other key stakeholders. During his tenure at Pfizer, Drew launched ReACT (Respect A Caregiver's Time), a corporate coalition seeking to support employees who are caring for loved ones with age-related, chronic conditions. Prior to joining Pfizer, Drew managed an external affairs team for a medical device manufacturer, helping drive the company through an initial public offering and the launch of its first product. A former Special Assistant to the Secretary Donna Shalala of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he began his career as a political appointee working in communications at The White House. Drew earned his Bachelor's degree from Emory University and a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Maryland Smith School of Business.
Brooks Kenny
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Brooks Kenny serves as Executive Director for Women Against Alzheimer's and is charged with directing its growth strategy through strategic partnerships and marketing initiatives. Most recently, she was on the founding team and Executive Vice President of Lotsa Helping Hands, a company providing solutions for our nation's family caregivers. She led the company's worldwide branding and social media marketing efforts, developing partnerships, creating business growth opportunities and expanding its reach to more than 1.5 million members.
Brooks is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in caregiving and is often called upon to speak with groups on such topics as cause marketing and strategic partnerships. Brooks has served in a leadership capacity for various nonprofit governing organizations and oversight committees and authored a communications and marketing training manual for nonprofit leaders. Among her achievements, Brooks was recently named among 40 Professionals Under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and given the Founder's Award in 2009 for her dedication to the work of the Caregiver Action Network.
Jill Lesser
Jill Lesser is President of the WomenAgainstAlzheimer's Network and has been caregiver for the past seven years to her mother, Barbara Lesser, who has Alzheimer's disease. Jill also is a strategic policy consultant advising non-profit and corporate clients on media and communications policy issues, with a particular focus on consumer protection, child-safety, intellectual property rights and free expression.
Until 2002, Jill served as Senior Vice President, Domestic Public Policy for AOL Time Warner, Inc., where she led the company's domestic public policy, regulatory and industry relations activities. From 2002 to 2005, Ms. Lesser was Senior Policy Advisor for Time Warner, Inc, advising the policy and political teams at Time Warner on issues ranging from technology and intellectual property to taxation and telecommunications, as well as other issues affecting the media industry. She joined America Online in September 1996 and managed domestic policy for AOL until its merger with Time Warner.
Prior to joining AOL, Jill was Deputy Director of Public Policy and Director of the Civic Media Project at People for the American Way, where she directed the organization's public policy initiatives relating to new technologies and the First Amendment. She was the organization's chief spokesperson on telecommunications policy issues, appearing regularly on national television and radio programs.
Jill also serves on the Boards of Trustees of UsAgainstAlzheimer's Action, The Georgetown Day School and the Center for Democracy & Technology.
Yael Miller
Yael Miller is a Director at ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's and assists with the strategic management of the network. Additionally, she is a Director at High Lantern Group, where she assists clients in the health, travel and entertainment industries. She recently served as an Information Specialist with the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she produced and briefed official cables, fact sheets, and updates on humanitarian assistance in East and Central Africa. Previously, Yael worked with U.S. Department of Defense entities – including the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army – to help the U.S. military adapt to changing operational realities through refining mission planning processes and doctrine.
Stephanie Monroe
Stephanie is the director of the AfricanAmericansAgainstAlzheimer's Network. Stephanie is an attorney with three decades of federal public policy experience, having served most recently as the Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights from 2005-2009. Prior to serving in the Executive Branch, Stephanie held a number of key staff positions in the United States Congress, including Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, as well as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families. She is widely regarded as a veteran political strategist with demonstrated experience and effectiveness in working collaboratively with members of both political parties. With a particular emphasis of domestic policy issues involving health, education, child welfare, individual empowerment and community services, Stephanie helped develop and navigate dozens of bills from policy inception to legislative enactment.
Elizabeth Plant
Elizabeth manages the Alzheimer's Talks teleconference series, coordinates electronic actions associated with our mobilization campaign, and manages a variety of other areas, including providing ongoing operational support to the COO. Elizabeth has held senior positions at education non-profits in the District of Columbia. She served as Deputy Director of DC Children First and previously was the Senior Director, Program, Legislative Affairs and Education Policy of the Washington Scholarship Fund (WSF). While at WSF, she oversaw the implementation of two scholarship programs that provided over $13 million in scholarships annually to approximately 2,400 children in K-12 to each attend the school of their choice. Elizabeth has a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and graduated Cum Laude from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Public Policy and Psychology.
Lindsay Pugh
Development Counsel
Lindsay focuses on corporate partnerships for special events for UsAgainstAlzheimer's. Previously, she was the Director of Corporate Relations for the Trust for the National Mall. In that role, Lindsay lead the corporate philanthropy program, including the Trust Corporate Committtee, corporate sponsorships and partnerships. Under her leadership the Trust developed partnerships with fifty five of the top Fortune brands and a diverse group of companies representing twenty industries. She has also worked for the ONE Campaign, the Democratic Senatorial Committee and former Congressman William Delahunt. Lindsay earned a B.A. from Lafayette College in International Affairs with a minor in Spanish.
M'liss Reingruber
Director of Finance
Missy's experience has included the financial management of local small businesses, government consulting groups and non-profits. Her work experience has included both the operational and financial management of the organization along with strategic leadership developing long range goals and budgets. Missy earned her Bachelor's of Science in Economics at the College of Holy Cross in 1988 and an MBA with a concentration in Finance at the University of Maryland in 1991.
Jason Resendez
Jason directs the LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's Network, the nation's first-ever coalition of Latino organizations focused on raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease within the Latino community. Previously, Jason served as senior manager of strategic partnerships at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Latino advocacy organization. While at NCLR, Jason developed outreach and partnership strategies to strengthen the organization's core program and advocacy areas and advised NCLR's senior leadership team on technology issues and partnerships. Prior to NCLR, he served as the director of corporate relations and development at LULAC National Educational Service Centers Inc. (LNESC), the education arm of LULAC, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization. While at LNESC, Jason oversaw strategic alliances, development, and technology programming for the organization's 13 regional offices. Jason has written about Latino issues for national and regional media outlets, including NBC News, Huffington Post, and the El Paso Times. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Government.
Allison Signorelli
Interim Chief Development Officer
Allison focuses on corporate partnerships for UsAgainstAlzheimer's. Previously, she served as development consultant to nonprofits including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation, E.L. Haynes Charter School and Global Health Corps. Allison was an original team member and the Director of Annual Giving at the Trust for the National Mall, a $700 million private-public partnership to restore the National Mall. She served as Gala Director at The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art. Prior to her freelance career, Allison served as the Major Gifts and Events Manager for National Public Radio (NPR) and began her career in the development department of Lyric Opera of Chicago where she served as the Special Events Manager. Allison graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Music.
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Waiting For God - Poem by David Wood
Sitting by the window looking out
Over the manicured lawn green,
Black birds and robins did shout
Their calling, wanting to be seen.
Memories were his only comfort
Of his dear wife of years gone by.
Life now seemed to be so short,
So lonely, he'd sometimes cry.
His family seldom visited him
Waiting for God at the farm
They came once a month on a whim
In the hope he hadn't come to harm.
Surrounded by others the same age
Old and infirm in their ways
Writing their last paragraph on the page
Waiting at the end of their days
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Comments about Waiting For God by David Wood
Vijay Sai R (5/23/2013 12:12:00 AM)
this poem presents a vivid reminder of naked realities of life (Report) Reply
Kevin Halls (5/22/2013 2:24:00 PM)
A very poignant poem David about an elderly man waiting for the end.
I wrote one myself on this subject titled The Old Man alone in his Room, see what you think?
Well written by you on a very sad but alas a very common situation these days. (Report) Reply
Valsa George (5/22/2013 12:05:00 AM)
The plight of the old and the infirm confined in the old age homes is so very moving! The greatest tragedy in life is not debilitating diseases or accidents or natural calamities, but of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for! A thoughtful dedication! ! (Report) Reply
Indira Babbellapati (5/21/2013 7:37:00 AM)
Somanathan Iyer (5/20/2013 8:53:00 AM)
the mental trauma one undergoes when left with none truly horrible. well defined poem. Thanks (Report) Reply
Kanav Justa (5/20/2013 12:39:00 AM)
you managed to show the pain in a very perfect manner, , , , great write (Report) Reply
Shahzia Batool (5/20/2013 12:16:00 AM)
very neat and painful expression...it is devoutly wished that we should take lesson out of it! ! ! (Report) Reply
Paul Brookes (5/19/2013 3:40:00 PM)
Great minds think alike. Good poem.
Waiting for God
They sit around the walls in chairs with washable seats,
'Just in case.' the Matron says 'Accidents do happen, '
This is their own private hell as they disintegrate towards death.
The room littered with Zimmer frames and sticks
An odd wheel chair, the accoutrements of old age.
The television babbles on loud and raucous;
Being to old and frail or not here in the world but in dementias grasp.
Chemically coshed so as not to be to troublesome.
They have no power to change the channel
So ignore it, as just another indignity to be endured.
The air holds the smell of stale cabbage and urine,
Bring out your dead, bring in your undesired.
A prison for the unwanted, their lives limited,
Proscribed by bitter routine whilst pushed and prodded
By carers if only in name, not nature.
The old dears have to be fed and watered, washed and cleaned.
Not that they want to be unkind but poorly trained and badly paid
With not enough time to waste on idle chatter they are brusque.
They're charges are unresisting and scolded by indignity,
Their last shreds of modesty stripped away.
For this they all pay a goodly sum.
Maybe death will come as a blessed relief.
So we condemn the old to such sanctuaries, out of sight;
Except for the obligatory Sunday visit.
With no news to tell they sit dumb
Or pretend to doze so as not to show disinterest
In a world, that no longer exists for them, outside those walls.
Slowly they sink into their memories, their last refuge, whilst
They sit around the walls in chairs with washable seats,
Waiting For God.
P H Brookes Copyright 19/4/13
BB : O) (Report) Reply
Joan Smith (5/19/2013 7:35:00 AM)
Dave Walker (5/19/2013 7:25:00 AM)
A fantastic poem about something sad but so true.
And the sad thing is I don't think things will ever change. (Report) Reply
Gajanan Mishra (5/19/2013 7:11:00 AM)
very good poem, thanks.
I invite you to read my poems and comment. (Report) Reply
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wikiHow to Handle Well Meaning Friends and Family when You Decide to Be a Vegetarian
People are drawn to vegetarianism by all sorts of motives. Some want to live longer, healthier lives or do their part to reduce pollution. However, your friends and families may not understand your reasons for changing to this diet and lifestyle. In some cases, they feel threatened by it, or they worry about your nutrition levels, or the potential for a lack of energy. Here are some tips on how to help them to feel more comfortable with your new lifestyle choice.
1Stand firm in your beliefs. Be sure as to why being vegetarian counts for you. When you decide to become a vegetarian, some of your family and friends may not understand or agree with why you're choosing this lifestyle. If you're not sure yourself then it may be possible to be persuaded out of it.
2Let your friends and family know how you feel and why you want to transition into a vegetarian lifestyle. By doing this they will either soften up to you or at least learn to accept and adjust to your new lifestyle.
3Realize that eating animals is deeply embedded as the norm within most societies, so your choice to not do this is somewhat of a challenge. You may not see it this way, and many do not see it this way openly, but it's a subconscious kick to be made aware of the choices we make about the food we eat. This can be confronting for many people, who would rather not think about the actions that lead to meat upon their plate. This is not about denigrating them; it's about reminding yourself that you represent a way of living that is conscious about these aspects and it can unsettle some people.
4Give your family the nutritional data. A lot of people still assume that being a vegetarian is not healthy and causes malnutrition or a loss of energy. This is usually due to ignorance of being vegan, so to ease your family's fears explain to them that the lifestyle is completely healthy. Moreover, realize that many people are sorely lacking in knowing whether or not their own diet, meat included, is healthy. Gently enlighten them on healthy eating in general.
- This can be a great opportunity to encourage everyone to focus on their diet, relying on reliable sources of information rather than snippets of generalized wisdom garnered from women's magazines or breakfast TV shows.
- Be wary of exhortations to eat such and such from well-meaning but ill-informed relatives. Stay polite but don't let it get to you; realize that you've done your research and it's probable that they haven't.
5Realize that part of the reason why your loved ones might be concerned stems from the worry that the change might affect your relationships in some way. Be sure to reassure them that this isn't the case and that you're not judging them.
- Always make sure if your hosting a dinner make sure you cook or order in some meats for your family and friends to enjoy. On top of preparing a good meal for your family, it shows them that you care.
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I might, i have a bit of a list though : ]
This wasn't as great as I hoped.
Nah dude, I give it three, I might adjust after a week or so, to give room for growth but this just lacked that presence/
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His vocal performance wouldn't sound out of place on a black metal record, instilling unease but also awe in the listener as he belts out an animalistic howl.
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Album Rating: 3.5Nice one, haven't listened to anything from them in a few years, will add this to my download queue.
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Album's pretty good
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On edge, Mitch walks towards a sidewalk cafe to meet Andrew while talking to Ray, Abby and Tammy on his cell. He's unaware that Alex's two guys - the guys that were chasing him at The Westin - are still on his tail and communicating with her by phone. They're just closing in, when a rookie cop points his gun in Mitch's face, yelling, "Freeze!" After taking Mitch down to the sidewalk, the rookie cop cuffs him. Mitch is under arrest for throwing Moxon off the balcony of The Westin Hotel. The action jumps to three weeks earlier. The McDeere family is gathered in the kitchen, as Abby and Mitch discuss the Althea Sanderson case. An offer of $210,000 has come in, which both Mitch and Abby agree is not nearly enough. Mitch has arranged for Abby to show the books that she's been keeping for months to Andrew at Kinross & Clark, in hopes of persuading them that the settlement offer isn't nearly enough.
Down at the courthouse, Mitch meets with a new client, 25-year-old lawyer Judd Grafton, who decided to open an illegal casino rather than practice his profession. According to Judd, there are no jobs for new attorneys, and besides, he's made more money in the last year than any graduate from his class. Judd killed gangster Jimmy Riggs in self-defense. He's innocent. All he wants is a fair trial - no deals, no more discussion. Ray calls to check in. Mitch is unable to join him for a meeting with Sarah Holt since Judd's trial is about to get underway. Unbeknownst to Ray, the prison guard on Sarah's cellblock calls Alex to inform that Mitch won't attend the meeting. Alex hangs up to ask Andrew if she should be concerned about Ray. Allowing that Ray may be a bit of a wild card, Andrew assures Alex she has nothing to worry about.
When Ray walks up, Sarah's busy making her bed, annoyed that Mitch didn't show up for the meeting. Ray informs her that her laptop took a dive and relates his conversation with Carmen Askew. They may have motive on Margaret's son. Meanwhile, Judd's trial has begun. ADA Gordon Shanley questions Detective Keene about Judd's illegal casino, which was being run out of a bar called the Double Down, owned by Judd's best friend, Tom Connolly, who has come to court in his wheelchair. Once the guys started making good money, gangster Riggs stepped in to demand a cut. When the guys didn't pay, Riggs beat Tom so badly he wound up in a wheelchair. Two weeks later, a call from the Double Down came in to the precinct. When the cops arrived, Riggs was dead and Judd was holding the gun. Mitch begins cross by pointing out that Judd called 911. He didn't hide his gun, and Riggs also had a gun. Keene doesn't care. In his mind, Judd is a gangster too.
Abby runs into Andrew in the lobby at Kinross & Clark and immediately lays into him - he can't settle the Sanderson case without understanding the books! Althea was the McDeere's first DC client, and they care about her and her daughter Caroline. When Andrew points out that the only reason they have an offer is the reputation the firm brings to the table, Abby asks him to help find what they need to win big. Ray calls Mitch. Sarah's hiding something. She didn't care about her laptop, but news that Margaret's son may be the killer rocked her. And how long was she in the military? Mitch doesn't think she was in the military, but Ray's convinced that the precision with which Sarah made her bed proves it. Since the cops released her keys, he wants to check out her apartment, but Mitch forbids it. They can't search the apartment without Sarah's permission.
Back in court, Shanley questions medical examiner Dr. Radha Pardeep, who explains Riggs was shot three times, in the right shoulder, left chest and lastly in the back. Pardeep uses an animated simulation to show the victim couldn't have been pointing a gun at Riggs when he fired in self-defense. Furthermore, she believes Riggs' gun was put in his hand after the fact, due to blood spatter in his right palm. On cross, Mitch suggests that Pardeep mistook the order of shots. Couldn't the force of a bullet have spun Riggs around so that the second or third bullet hit him in the back? It's unlikely, but at least possible. Back at the firm, Andrew assures Abby that Kinross & Clark is not like its competitors. He brings her to a file-packed room where the 10-person Team Althea is working 24/7 on her case, looking for the smoking gun. When Andrew tells Abby that the McDeeres did the right thing when they joined the firm, she almost believes him.
On a break, Judd and Tom are pleased Mitch has established reasonable doubt. In fact, Tom is convinced that once he testifies, the jury will know how dangerous Riggs really was, and Judd will go home. Shanley knocks on the door. He's changing the witness list, and Bobby Monaghan, a casino regular, is up next. He's the perfect witness to help Shanley prove motive. Back at the office, Ray tries to seduce Tammy. She's onto his game - he wants Sarah's key. But Ray's not taking no for an answer. Once he gets Tammy up on the desk, he presses the key into her compact to make an impression, then pockets the compact. Meanwhile, Bobby takes the stand to talk about the night Riggs fractured Tom's spine. Judd freaked out, claiming he was going to kill Jimmy - so Jimmy's a gangster, too.
Mitch bounces back, asking Bobby about his deal with the government sparing him from prosecution, which he made because he used to help run the casino. And since Bobby went to law school with Judd, he knows exactly what to say to prove the prosecution's case. Couldn't Judd have been scared for his life when he shot Riggs? Bobby insists that he's known Judd for a long time and seen him a lot of ways - but never scared. Meanwhile, Ray is searching Sarah's apartment when Mitch calls, asking him to go to the hospital to find the surveillance video for the night Riggs was shot. They need to prove Judd wasn't out of control. Ray empties the contents of Sarah's paper shredder into his pocket and takes off.
Althea Sanderson's 19-year-old daughter Caroline stops by Mitch's office while he's in court. Since all the Sanderson's money has gone to medical expenses, Caroline's fearing eviction, and her mom's not going to get any better. Clearly, Caroline wants to accept the offer, but Abby convinces her to hold out for one more week. Later at home, Abby relates the conversation to Mitch and Claire, who thinks her parents should loan Caroline rent money. Mitch explains that if he or anyone who works for him loans Caroline money, he'll be disbarred. He promises to talk to Andrew. If there's a smoking gun, they need to find it now. Ray and Tammy show up with a laptop. Ray's been watching hospital surveillance videos for hours and finally found something. Shocked by what he sees in the video, Mitch tells Ray they need to talk to Judd - now!
Back in the witness room, Mitch and Ray show Judd the hospital surveillance video - of wheelchair-bound Tom Connolly walking out of the hospital 30 minutes before Riggs was shot. When a smirking Judd refuses to respond, Mitch threatens to call the judge. Continuing to maintain his innocence, Judd flashes back to the night in question. Five weeks after Riggs beat up Tom, Judd went to the hospital to visit Tom on his birthday. He told Tom that it was time to re-open the casino. Then he called Riggs down to the bar after closing to pay him off. Judd left the bar gun in the office - because he didn't need it, since they were paying Riggs - which is where Tom found it. Tom shot Riggs, but Judd still feels like it was all his fault, since Riggs beat up Tom because of him. Judd covered up the shooting because he didn't know what to do, telling Tom he'd protect him, spinning the whole thing as self-defense. Mitch wants to bring Judd's story into the courtroom, but Judd refuses, insisting they'll win on self-defense.
Afterwards in the hallway, Ray tells Mitch that Tom and Judd are like brothers, and brothers protect each other. When Ray spies Tom, he asks Mitch if he can take a shot. Is Tom really going to let Judd take the heat - a life sentence - for something he did? Speaking with the voice of experience, Ray advises Tom that he can't know what prison's like until he's been there. The guy who goes in isn't the guy who comes out. That night the McDeere clan gathers in the kitchen. Tammy suggests that Ray testify to seeing the video, but Ray refuses with respect to Judd's decision. Mitch wants to figure out how he can get the surveillance video into evidence when his client specifically ordered him not to. Abby's phone rings. It's Andrew. Team Althea found their smoking gun!
The next morning, Abby and Mitch hightail it to Kinross & Clark to check out DC-Tech's stent design blueprint, which is not exactly the smoking gun Mitch had in mind. The document lays out the design for an improved, unflawed stent and was dated 18 months before Althea got hers. Figuring the risk of defect was rare and the cost of replacing all previous stents massive, DC-Tech shelved the new model. Now they need an expert to explain it all to a jury. Andrew claims that's no problem, and an overjoyed Mitch asks him to set up a settlement conference. Mitch will have time for it, since he's planning to withdraw from Judd's trial. Unfortunately for Mitch, Judge Pruitt isn't having it. Mitch can't quit because his client is innocent. Since Mitch has no more evidence to present, the judge schedules closing arguments for the following morning.
At the office, Tammy spies Ray puzzling over the pile of paper shreds from Sarah's shredder. Meanwhile, Mitch, Andrew and a whole mess of lawyers assemble in Cromwell & Taft's conference room. When Bolson announces DC-Tech won't up their offer, Mitch presents his stent design document. Bolson remains confident. Even if Mitch knew what that document meant, he needs a very special expert to interpret it, and Cromwell & Taft retained every American expert months ago. Mitch smiles, then introduces Dr. Jean Aurmant from France and Dr. Sakadi of Tokyo, the premiere stent design engineers in the world. They taught Bolson's experts. It's time for a settlement check, and whatever number Bolson has in mind, it needs to be much, much bigger.
Later, Caroline rushes over to Mitch and Abby's, fearing something's wrong. Mitch hands over the settlement check; it's not everything Caroline deserves, but it's a good number. Now she's part of one of the biggest tort cases of the year. Kinross & Clark will sign up plaintiffs from all over the country and hold DC-Tech accountable. The next morning, Mitch returns to court, where Shanley presents his closing statement. Mitch does his best in his close, maintaining Riggs was a bad man, but Judd is not - and he's innocent. Afterwards, Mitch, Tom and Judd await the jury's verdict in the witness room. When Tom tells Judd he doesn't have to do this, Judd insists they're both going home today. And when the jury hands back a not-guilty verdict, he's proven correct.
That evening, Ray stops by the office to learn Tammy has finished taping Sarah's shreds together. They're stunned to see that the paper lists four women's names, including Martha Epps, the night nurse Margaret fired before meeting Sarah. The other three are also nurses fired by Margaret in the last year of her life. Ray thinks Sarah lied; she knew Margaret's history - maybe she really was intending to rob her all along. Regardless, Ray and Tammy are running late for the party at Kinross & Clark, celebrating the Althea Sanderson settlement. Ray decides to tell Mitch his news another day.


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Eat Out in the Monsoon
Summer is all about fun bright and fresh colourful things and winter is always festive and only the poor monsoons are left behind. Even restaurants seem to favour the other season. Summer is filled with flirty cocktails, fresh salads; winter is all about wholesome goodness. However no restaurant pays any attention to the rain filled months of June to September. Well, that's changing with some restaurants realising that come rain or shine, people still love to eat and will happily step out for a good meal.
These few restaurants have become wise and realised that their customers are always looking for something new. The dishes that have made it to these menus are specially hand crafted only for this season and do not feature on the regular menus. Move over chai and pakodas, these menus are specially designed to wow your palette.
Here are some of the places that offer a big of magic on your plate this monsoon.
Singkong, Khar - This pan Asian restaurant situated in Khar has a special Monsoon festival where they invite you to enjoy the weather while feasting on their delicious range of dim sums and soups. From a Dragon Phoenix Soup with Duck, Oyster-based Dumpling Soup to Chicken Goyza and many other dumplings, SingKong offers a great treat this season. Cafe Pico, Kurla- Cafe Pico at Phoenix Market City in Kurla has its very own monsoon inspired special menu. They have introduced a host of warm comforting dishes that are a perfect fit for this season. Tomato Coriander Soup, Potato Fritters various nuggets and even Indian-inspired Chicken Kofta with mint chutney makes part of this monsoon menu.
Aoi, Bandra - Japanese hotspot Aoi, Bandra has gone out of its way to curate a Japanese delight in honour of the monsoon season. It is an imaginative and rather experimental menu with 'Gunkan' or a boat-shaped Sushi, Quinoa and Chinese cabbage stuffed Goyza, and a brand new Japanese dessert of Chocolate and Coconut Sushi! Their menu is certain bold and offers a completely different experience. Aoi has definitely added more magic to this monsoon season.
And if you're heading out to Goa, make sure to make a stop at Grand Hyatt –
Grand Hyatt, Goa understands that monsoon season is a great time for people to get away for the weekend and surprisingly, many enjoy monsoon by the beach and head to Goa. The hotel has created a special menu for their guests visiting at this time so not only do they take back a great holiday memory by their food memories are wonderful as well. From Mushroom Xacuti, Spicy Pork Vindaloo, Lobster Balchao and Seafood Peri Peri this delicious menu is hitting all the right spots!
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Roxanne is a pint sized girl who enjoys reading, movies, travel and is obsessed with food. She expresses her love for all things edible in her food blog - www.thetinytaster.com A freelancer in her profession, she is able to spend most of her time sampling the city's food offerings and reviews them as well as shares a few of her favourite recipes. More often known as The Tiny Taster, she's decided to take the world by storm - one plate a a time !
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We're less than three months away from the start of open enrollment for the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act, and Marilyn Tavenner is busily trying to spread the word.
Tavenner manages the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the $820 billion federal agency charged with implementing the rollout of the exchanges.
The state-based exchanges will enable individuals and small businesses to shop for health plans. The exchanges, or marketplaces, will help consumers and small businesses to compare and purchase qualified health plans.
The exchanges of 26 states, including Texas, will be operated by the federal government.
Tavenner came to Dallas last week to address a conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and to enlist members' help in spreading the word about the exchanges. She also visited with business and health care leaders.
Texas is a high-priority state for outreach, because of its large number of uninsured residents. With 6.4 million uninsured people, the state has the highest uninsured rate in the country — 28.8 percent of adult Texans lacked health care coverage in 2012, according to CMS.
I sat down with Tavenner in an exclusive interview.
Will you be ready when open enrollment starts Oct. 1?
We're now at what I call the final touches in testing. We will be ready.
There's the internal part, which is the technology and the testing and getting all the information loaded, particularly if you're in a federally facilitated exchange, which obviously Texas is.
We're in the process of working with insurers, loading data, checking that data for completeness, accuracy. That data will become public. People will actually be able to look at rates across the federally facilitated exchanges around Labor Day, which is another step in making it more meaningful for consumers.
So even before they sign up, they can actually look and see, if I'm a single person or if I'm a person with two dependents, what kind of rates, what kinds of plans, are going to be available in my hometown.
The external mechanisms are really preparing consumers. At the end of June, we launched our new website [at www.healthcare.gov], and we launched our new call center information, both in English and in Spanish, and then we have a translator for up to 150 other languages, with the idea of starting to get people excited or energized about what comes next.
[The toll-free number for the call center is 1-800-318-2596.]
In your marketing, you obviously want to convince young people to sign up for health insurance to balance out the insurance risk pool. How are you going to approach that with young people?
Media are targeted at different age groups, but there's a big section that's targeted to folks between 18 and 35, or really 26 and 35.
We're trying to do it through sports, through media applications — your iPhone, iPad — the types of things that younger individuals tend to use.
We also have external marketing groups who are focusing energy on what's appealing to a young person. It's not the idea of cancer or a heart attack; it's the idea of a sports injury. How do you get protected around these things?
For young couples, it's about talking about their family and taking care of their children. We're [also] trying to appeal to parents. Parents tend to influence their children about having health care.
We are also trying to work with individual sports teams inside markets.
What's the biggest challenge in all this for you?
It's getting consumers comfortable with what's going to be available and helping to manage their expectations. It's making people aware of how you get started.
You can go online, you can complete your own application, you can dial the 1-800 call center number, which will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Texas will have "navigators" inside the state, which will be organizations that will help individuals sign up.
Then we will always have a paper application that folks can complete, but obviously, we're going to try and steer away from that because the more we automate it, the quicker the process, the easier it is.
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