text:
A skeptical Court turns again to Bivens actions
Below, Luke Appling of Harvard Law School previews Hui v. Castaneda, the second case in which the Court will hear oral arguments this morning. Check the Hui v. Castaneda (08-1529 and 08-1547) SCOTUSwiki page for additional updates.
Section 233(a) of Title 42 of the United States Code provides that recovery against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) "shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding" in cases seeking damages for injuries resulting from medical treatment provided by an employee of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). Shortly after Section 233(a) was enacted, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1971), establishing that "" even in the absence of legislation authorizing a suit "" a victim of a constitutional violation can bring an action for damages directly under the Constitution. Today in No. 08-1529, Hui v. Castaneda, the Court will consider whether Section 233(a) precludes an action under Bivens.
In 2006, Francisco Castaneda, an alien, was held in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pending removal proceedings against him. While at the ICE facility, Castaneda reportedly complained to medical staff (who were PHS personnel) about a painful and growing lesion on his penis and a family history of cancer. Petitioner Esther Hui, a PHS physician, examined Castaneda but later declined an oncologist's offer to admit him to a hospital for a biopsy to determine whether the lesion was cancerous. Petitioner Stephen Gonsalves, a PHS health services administrator, wrote a memorandum in which he described the biopsy as "elective" and indicated that the care Mr. Castaneda was receiving was "necessary, appropriate, and in accordance with our policies." Although the lesion worsened while Castaneda was in custody, no biopsy was conducted at that time. After Castaneda was released, however, he went to a private hospital, where he was diagnosed with penile cancer and subsequently had his penis amputated. The cancer had metastasized, and Castaneda died in February 2008.
Shortly before his death, Castaneda filed a lawsuit that included FTCA claims against the United States and Bivens claims against petitioners Hui and Gonsalves "" the latter of whom, he alleged, violated the Fifth and Eighth Amendments through their deliberate indifference to his health and purposeful denials of treatment. The United States certified that petitioners had been acting within the scope of their employment and then moved to dismiss, arguing that under Section 233(a) the FTCA was the exclusive remedy available to Castaneda's heirs and the representative of his estate, who had been substituted for Castaneda after his death and are respondents in the case now before the Court. The district court denied the motion to dismiss, and Hui and Gonsalves (who were subsequently represented by private counsel after the government admitted liability on the FTCA claim against it) appealed. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit affirmed, relying on Carlson v. Green (1980), in which the Court held that the availability of an FTCA remedy did not preclude a Bivens action. Hui and Gonsalves then filed a petition for certiorari in which they argued (among other things) that the Ninth Circuit's decision directly conflicted with a Second Circuit decision holding that Section 233(a) barred a Bivens action against a PHS physician at a federal prison. The Supreme Court granted cert. on September 30, 2009.
The separate merits briefs filed by petitioners Hui and Gonsalves make two core arguments. First, they argue that the text of Section 233(a) makes clear that the FTCA is the exclusive remedy in cases like this one, thereby precluding Bivens actions against PHS personnel: it provides that, in claims resulting from the medical functions of PHS officers or employees, suits against the United States under the FTCA "shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding." This reading of Section 233(a) is confirmed, they argue, by language in Carlson (which cites Section 233(a) as "a prime example of a statute that makes the FTCA remedy exclusive"), Congress's acquiescence in lower-court decisions reaching that conclusion, and the fact that the text of the Westfall Act contains language very similar to Section 233(a) but expressly includes language allowing Bivens claims. This reading is also supported by the legislative history of Section 233(a), which makes clear that Congress was concerned with providing PHS personnel with complete immunity from personal liability to aid recruiting and retention.
Second, Hui and Gonsalves argue, the Court has clarified in recent cases like Wilkie v. Robbins (2007) that Bivens actions are not available when Congress has provided an alternative remedy or where there are special circumstances. They argue that, under Bush v. Lucas (1983) and Schweiker v. Chilicky (1988), the presence of an alternative remedy "" particularly when Congress has deemed it "exclusive" "" precludes Bivens actions even if the alternative is not "equally effective" in the sense of providing the same damages or process available under Bivens. The FTCA is such an alternative in this case, as it permits Castaneda to recover damages from the United States for the negligence he alleges. Because the remedy need not be equal to what would be available under Bivens, concerns (such as those cited by the Ninth Circuit in its opinion below) regarding the FTCA's limitations on damages are irrelevant. Moreover, there are special factors that counsel against recognizing a Bivens remedy here "" namely, Congress's concern that allowing personal liability would hamper the recruitment and retention of PHS personnel.
In their brief on the merits, respondents similarly make two principal arguments. First, they argue that Section 233(a) actually preserves a Bivens remedy by incorporating the FTCA provision which expressly preserves it: Section 233(a) references 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), which is subject to Chapter 171 of Title 28, which codifies the Westfall Act. Section 2679 of the Westfall Act, in particular, makes clear that the FTCA does not preclude Bivens actions. In fact, respondents argue, because Section 2679 applies to all federal employees, it would therefore preserve the Bivens remedy even if Section 233(a) did not explicitly reference it. But in any event, respondents argue, their reading of Section 233(a) is confirmed by two other subsections in that provision: subsection (c), which does not contain a procedure necessary for the government to substitute itself for a PHS employee facing a Bivens suit; and subsection (f), which by authorizing the government to insure or indemnify PHS personnel thereby suggests that Congress did not intend to confer complete immunity on them. Moreover, because Section 233(a) was enacted before the Court even recognized Bivens actions, Congress could not have intended it to preclude such actions "" which also explains why the title of Section 233(a) refers only to malpractice and negligence suits and not to constitutional torts.
The respondents next argue that the Court's Bivens jurisprudence confirms that Section 233(a) does not immunize petitioners from Bivens liability. Indeed, the Court in Carlson had already considered "" and upheld the availability of "" what the respondents characterize as an analogous Bivens suit against PHS personnel for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs. Just as in Carlson, respondents argue, Congress here did not intend the FTCA to be a substitute for Bivens. Also as in Carlson, the FTCA is an inadequate remedy because damages are limited and recovery against the United States will not deter constitutional violations by individuals. Finally, there are no special factors counseling against a Bivens action here because government indemnification would prevent personal liability under Bivens from harming recruiting efforts.
The United States filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in which it reiterated their arguments regarding the plain language and legislative history of Section 233(a). The government also argues that the Westfall Act's carve-out to preserve the availability of Bivens merely created a carve-out from the new immunity that the Act conferred and did not affect the preexisting immunity from suit in Section 233(a).


text:
According to Ed Brown, Founder of Topper Industrial, the parent company of Topper Tube, production delays cost money and directly impact the bottom-line. Kitting and staging are critical in the lean manufacturing process when processing parts, saving time, and eliminating production delays.
By implementing pick and loaded carts as required in production sequencing, components kits delivered to modular Topper Tube configurations make necessary parts available at the exact point needed on the production line. The reduction of time taken in processing parts and elimination of production delays can be quantified in a post-kaizen repeated event.
Quick assembly of these modular solutions is a time-saver. With highly customizable full line of accessories, manufacturers realize a boost in production efficiency by upwards of 40 percent. High quality casters can be fitted for portability and the industries' highest capacity racks also have a longer lifespan than comparable Creform configurations.
From flow racks to a range of unique, flexible, and reusable lightweight tubular components, brackets, castors, and accessories the various sizes and shapes are customized to serve a variety of manufacturing processes for moving components, products, materials handling, and mobile storage.
These modular flow racks are ideal for lineside and sub-assembly applications. Flow racks in manufacturing cells increase space utilization by up to 60 percent, creating valuable work space at all assembly lines. When coordinated with the proper industrial carts, tilted pick trays angles totes or parts towards the worker, resulting in an increase in efficiency while maintaining the best ergonomic principles.
To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2rSa01O
About Topper Industrial
For more than twenty years, Topper Industrial, (www.TopperIndustrial.com) based just outside of Milwaukee, WI, has been a leader in the material handling equipment industry. The company's product roster features industrial carts, conveyors, lifts, lifts & tilts, shipping racks, containers, casters, and cart components. From mother-daughter carts to quad steer carts to tilt carts and rotate carts, Topper's material handling solutions make delivering material line side more effective through more efficient practices. Topper Industrial has a team of experienced professional experts able to assess and provide the right product for all material handling equipment requirements.
Topper Industrial is a proud member of MHI. The Topper Industrial client roster includes Anderson Windows, Detroit Diesel, Honda, Kia Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Aramark, Johnson Controls, Whirlpool, and Caterpillar. Follow on Twitter @TopperInd. Call 800-529-0909.
Media Contact
Company Name: Topper Industrial
Contact Person: Jillian Burrow, Marketing Manager
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 262-886-6931
Address:1729 NE Frontage Road
City: Sturtevant
State: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Website: www.topperindustrial.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Show Only
We're Your Go-To Source for Quality New Cars, Trucks and SUVs in Demotte
At Wiers Chevrolet Cadillac GMC, we take pride in offering the area's best selection of new vehicles from GMC, Chevrolet and Cadillac -- three of the world's most famous automakers. We know that our customers trust these iconic American brands, and that they trust us to deliver the selection and service that they want.
Cadillac offers a variety of sedans, coupes and SUVs that appeal to customers looking for a luxurious, well-appointed driving environment. From the ATS Coupe to the Escalade SUV, Cadillac offers a full roster of prestigious vehicles that nurture drivers and passengers alike -- without sacrificing performance.
Chevrolet has been a perennial favorite with the American car-buying public for decades, and with good reason. Offering a thorough vehicle lineup that includes the Camaro muscle car, the Malibu sedan, the Silverado 1500 pickup and the Tahoe SUV, Chevrolet delivers the performance, style and innovation you want in a vehicle.
GMC vehicles are commonly referred to as Professional Grade, a nickname that can only be earned through decades of meeting consumers' high standards. Whether you're looking at an Acadia SUV or a Sierra 1500 pickup, you're in for a treat as GMC offers a scintillating combination of performance, capability and luxury.
Finance a New Car, Truck or SUV in Demotte
Once you've done the hard work of deciding which model is the right one for you, it's time to speak with the professionals in our Finance Center. While they have connections with several leading financial institutions, their focus is on coming up with the car loan or lease options that are designed to be in your best interest -- not the lenders. Not only will they come up with a solution that fits into your budget, but they'll also make sure that you're comfortable with the terms before you sign any binding paperwork.
We invite our friends and neighbors from throughout the area to either contact us or visit our Demotte showroom to arrange for a convenient test drive. We look forward to assisting you!


text:
Sign in
Holiday Gift Guide
Authors & Events
Gifts & Deals
Sign In
Dec 03, 2002
Also available from:
Dec 03, 2002 | ISBN 9781570629600
Originally published as Entering the Stream, this book offers a simple and inspiring answer to the question "What is the Buddha's teaching?" primarily in the words of the Buddha and other masters. This anthology draws on traditional Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan sources as well as teachings by contemporary Buddhist masters. Among the contributors, both classical and modern, are: Ajahn Chah, Pema Chödrön, The Second Dalai Lama, Dogen, S.N. Goenka, Dainin Katagiri, Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, Milerepa, Padmasambhava, Reginald Ray, Shunryu Suzuki, Nyanaponika Thera, Thich Nhat Hanh, Chögyam Trungpa, and Burton Watson.
"This splendid collection of classic and modern Buddhist texts provides insight into the teaching and practice of Buddhism."— Publishers Weekly "Among many good introductions to Buddhism, this one stands out for seeing to it that its principles and practices are presented—through either translations or original commentaries—by masters who have dedicated their lives to teaching Westerners. The result is a book which, while faithful to the Buddhist tradition, speaks unusually effectively to an English-speaking audience."—Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions
Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network
Stay in Touch
By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.


text:
Nolan Clay
News OK
September 28th, 2009
A Utah attorney claims the FBI edited some security camera videotapes from the morning of the Oklahoma City bombing before releasing the recordings to him.
"Four cameras in four different locations going blank at basically the same time on the morning of April 19, 1995. There ain't no such thing as a coincidence," Jesse Trentadue told The Associated Press Sunday.
"The interesting thing is they spring back on after 9:02," he said. "The absence of footage from these crucial time intervals is evidence that there is something there that the FBI doesn't want anybody to see."
Trentadue is conducting a personal inquiry into the attack. Trentadue made similar statements to The Oklahoman in the weeks before giving the newspaper copies of the security camera recordings. He provided them because of their historical value.
The Emergency Election Sale is now live! Get 30% to 60% off our most popular products today!


text:
After these parents learned they would be tested on current music, the producers were met with a lot of groans and apprehension.
"Awww sh*t, I get worse and worse on these!"
The Fine Brother's React YouTube channel features "Do They Know It?," a hilarious series where varying groups of people are asked to identify elements of pop culture.
Their anxiety was for nothing as they did pretty darn well overall, identifying Panic! At The Disco as "Fall Out Boys" which honestly is close enough. The biggest struggles came when trying to identify BTS' "Fake Love," even prompting one mom to wonder if she listens to music at all.
Watch the hilarious and charming episode of REACT below:


text:
My June Investment Advisor column (The Six-Week Solution to Succession Planning) just came out last week, and even I'm surprised at the flood of e-mails I've received from young advisors looking for new advisory firms—at least that are serious both about training and about succession. Here's part of one email that captures the general sentiment:
"I am a late-twenty something CFP who has been working at an RIA [firm] since I graduated from college. I am not entirely happy at the RIA firm I currently work for. I work in the financial planning department, but am looking to move into an investment manager role. I am not sure I am at a company that matches up with my long-term goals/objectives, and wanted to reach out to see if you could help steer me in the right direction."
Well, I'll try. As my column suggested, it's often very difficult for newly hired advisors to get a handle on what plans (if any) their new firm has for their future. Much of that is usually the firm's fault (and, as I wrote, firms that do have a clear plan for their young advisors have a huge advantage in both recruiting and retaining their staff advisors). Yet young advisors can take their own steps during the hiring process and once they've started a new job to encourage firms to think more clearly about their futures.
In my experience, we all tend to resist making plans in every area of our lives out of a fear of locking ourselves in and thus restricting our options. I think this stems from having the wrong idea about the value of a plan. Of course, none of us knows what the future holds with any reasonable degree of certainty, so any plan that purports to etch in stone what we are going to do two, three, five or more years in the future is just silly—and doomed to failure.
Yet I've found plans to be essential for business success, if you think about them in the right way. That is, that a plan is nothing more than our best guess today about where we want to go, so that we can make a decision about the next steps to take.
Once we get into the future, we may (and probably will) see things differently; then we can make a new plan to tell us what steps to take at that point. As it turns out, we are pretty good at projecting the future out of our current circumstances—and we're even better if we give ourselves the flexibility to make adjustments to new or unforeseen circumstances.
For young advisors, the point is that it's important to have a plan about where they want to go: what they want to do today, and in five and 10 years from now. You can, and probably will, change your mind many times (I sure have). But having a plan today is very helpful in making a decision about what job you want, and which firm you want to work with.
One item that's in virtually every young advisor's plan is partnership in an advisory firm at some point in the future. That's definitely something they should bring up in every job interview: What's the plan for me to become a partner in this firm? If there isn't one—or the answer too vague to have any real meaning—that's a red flag: this firm isn't serious enough about me to think about my future.
Young advisors should also ask about their training: What kind of advisor do they want to be in five or 10 years, and how are they going to get there? Your chances of achieving your goals are far better if you work with a senior advisor who shares your vision and has some plan for working with you to make it a reality.
Finally, perhaps the most important advice I can give young advisors is to really try not to make the same mistakes that led you into your currently unhappy job. Unless your current circumstances are just unbearable, don't take another job just to take another job. Take your time: think about what you want—and what you want to be—so you can come up with plan that helps you find the right firm, and the right advisor, so it will be the last firm you ever work with.


text:
Article content
Kris Letang will be sidelined six weeks after suffering a stroke, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Friday.
The 26-year-old defenceman, who hasn't been on the ice since Jan. 30, suffered the incident last week. He is being treated with blood thinners, and at this point his condition is not believed to be career threatening.
Further tests revealed Letang has a small hole in the wall of his heart that has been there since birth. The defect is present in all humans before birth but normally seals shut. It's possible this hole is what led to the stroke.
"Kris had one brief episode of dizziness and nausea last week," Penguins general manager Ray Shero said. "We held him out of the Los Angeles game Thursday night, and when he continued to feel ill, tests conducted in Phoenix on Saturday gave us the first indication of his condition. Further testing then was conducted when he returned to Pittsburgh, and he continued to undergo a battery of tests here this week."
Letang has missed Pittsburgh's last four games. He has been cleared to go on vacation during the Olympic break.
"I hope that by making my condition public at this time, I can help other people by encouraging them to seek medical help if they experience some of the symptoms associated with a stroke -- regardless of their age or general health," Letang said. "It obviously was a shock to get the news but I'm optimistic that I can overcome this and get back on the ice."
Letang will be evaluated again in six weeks.
The Montreal native has 10 goals and eight assists in 34 games with the Penguins this season.
Nashville Predators general manager David Poile underwent two successful surgical procedures in the nose and eye areas Friday to repair a facial laceration suffered Thursday when he was hit by an errant puck during the Predators' morning skate, the team announced.
The injury will prevent him from traveling with Team USA to Sochi on Sunday as planned, but he may join the American Olympic team in Russia later.
Poile was standing in a hallway at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., when he was struck by a puck after it skipped off the ice and over the boards.
Poile, who received a number of stitches during the operation, will remain in the hospital for further observation.
Poile led the selection committee that chose the players for the U.S. Olympic team.
The Buffalo Sabres placed recently acquired forward Linus Omark on waivers Friday.
The Sabres also demoted two rookies, forward Phil Varone and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel, to the Rochester Americans of the AHL.
Omark had two assists in 13 games with the Sabres. Omark, a fourth-round draft pick in 2007, was considered a disappointment after the Sabres gave up a conditional sixth-round draft pick to get him from the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 19.
Omark has eight goals and 24 assists in 79 career NHL games.
Buffalo is on the Olympic break after falling to the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday.
Team Sweden announced Friday that it put Washington Capitals forward Marcus Johansson in place of injured Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin for the Sochi Olympics.
Johansson has seven goals and 29 assists for the Capitals, who will also be represented on Sweden's team by center Nicklas Backstrom.
Johansson has represented Sweden in previous international competition but is a first-time Olympian.
Sedin was taken off the team Thursday because he has bruised ribs.
After missing six games, Sedin returned to the ice, but he will not play in the Canucks' final two games before the NHL's two-week Olympic break that starts Sunday.
Sweden also will be without Detroit Red Wings winger Johan Franzen, who is sidelined with a concussion.
The Nashville Predators sent forward Taylor Beck to Milwaukee of the AHL. Beck has no points in seven games with the Predators ... Anaheim Ducks forward Teemu Selanne won't play Saturday in Nashville so he can rest for the Olympics. Ducks GM Bob Murray and coach Bruce Boudreau decided to sit Selanne, who will play for Finland in Sochi ... The Columbus Blue Jackets made the only deal before the NHL trade freeze Friday, sending defenceman Blake Parlett to the Boston Bruins for forward Carter Camper. Both players have spent the season in the minors ... The New York Islanders activated defenceman Travis Hamonic off injured reserve. Hamonic missed 12 games with a concussion ... Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown won't be punished further for his hit to the head of Columbus defenceman Ryan Murray Thursday. The Columbus Dispatch reported that no hearing will be held for Brown's hit.
tap here to see other videos from our team.


text:
Welcome to Frugal-Families – where you can have more and spend less!
Browse through our ever growing collection of articles which are full of helpful information to aid you in stretching every dollar. We'll help you save money in your kitchen, with decorating, raising the kids, with the holidays, and help you learn how to reduce your debt and manage your finances. We've been adding to our collection of articles on homesteading and self-sufficiency, too!
Our Frugal Families Blog is also another wonderful source of money saving information. We share a bit of our lives with you, pictures of our homesteads, money saving tips and the fun, pitfalls and adventures of frugality, families and life.
Another priceless source of information and support here is our frugal forums.
* Ask questions, GET answers!
* Take frugality to a whole new level in forums such as Beginning Frugality, Guerrilla Frugality, Frugal Shopper, Energy Savings, Freebies and Good Deals.
*Find support and friendship in our community with forums such as single parents, marriage and faith.
*Learn about crafts, family fun and home schooling on a budget.
*Have fun stretching your dollars with monthly frugal challenges like our pantry challenge, Tightwad Gazette challenge and gardening challenges.
See what some of our members say about our money-saving forum!
"The advice given by the people on the forum is amazing. In fact, often times my question is answered in a matter of minutes! I have not found anywhere else on the internet that comes close to the Frugal-Families forum. "
Johnlyn, member since 2003
"I haven't been a member for a long time, but the website in priceless. These women know there stuff and you can always find someone to offer a helpful word or a solution to a problem you may be facing on your frugal journey."
FrugalDEMama, member since 2008
"I came here to learn how to save money. But I gained a family, knowledge well beyond just saving money , and a wonderful support system. When I have a question, from baking to what to do with our retirement account, I look here for the answers first."
Rainy, member since 2005


text:
SolarReserve's Smith discusses company's progress on loan-guarantee-funded project
As the debate over government loans for renewable energy projects continues, what impact could the elimination of these loans have on the solar industry? During today's OnPoint, Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, discusses progress on his company's Crescent Dunes project and explains why he believes government loans are needed to advance research and development for solar technologies. He also weighs in on last week's Commerce Department decision on an anti-dumping tariff for solar panels coming out of China.


text:
Scary article really, we are going to face a tough road ahead:
State Finance Directors Warn of More Trouble Ahead
By SARA MURRAY
Michigan and California are likely to face a fresh round of budget woes when federal stimulus funds used as a fiscal crutch dry up, finance directors for the states said Friday.
Short-term budget gaps have battered states as revenues plummeted during the recession. Aided by about $250 billion in funds from the stimulus package expected through the end of next year, states managed to close the gaps this year. But both finance directors, speaking at a Pew Center on the States event in Washington, were pessimistic about their states' futures beyond fiscal 2011.
"We're facing a cliff in 2011 when stimulus dollars run out," said Mitchell Bean, director of the Michigan House Fiscal Agency. "There is not an end in sight, even in recovery."
As of July 2009, California's budget shortfall was 49.3% of its general funds. States have considered drastic options to fill such gaps.
"I looked as hard as I could at how states could declare bankruptcy," said Michael Genest, director of the California Department of Finance who is stepping down at the end of the year. "I literally looked at the federal constitution to see if there was a way for states to return to territory status."
There were no bankruptcy options, and the legislature chose to cut back sharply on education and health care to fill the gap. Mr. Genest already predicts the 2011 shortfall will outpace the projected $7 billion gap. It is a smaller deficit than this year's gap, but the choices will be more difficult because so many cuts have already been made.
Mr. Genest estimated that, eventually, 40% of the state's budget would go to the state Medicaid program, 40% to education, 10% to debt service and 6% to retiree medical services and pension—leaving little left for anything else, such as the state's corrections system.
Mr. Bean described a similarly depressing scenario for Michigan, which could end the recession with 25% fewer jobs than in June 2000 and a total of one million job losses. Michigan's unemployment rate in September was 15.3%.
He suggested that strict term limits often lead to political gridlock that prevents large-scale changes, such as overhauling the tax code so it is broad-based with lower tax rates. Mr. Bean said lawmakers will likely have to trim the budget at least 12.5% this year after closing a $2.8 billion gap last year.
"Citizens don't quite understand yet the implications of some of the cuts that we've made," Mr. Bean said. "A lot of it has fallen on local governments. I am very concerned that we're going to have a lot of insolvencies in local governments."
As usual, tons of real problems with no real answers to be found. That's because real answers don't exist in the boxes presented to you. Watch "The Secret of Oz" and get ready for some real answers to flow your way.
Oh, and here's a snipet from a terrific example of business as usual...
Derivatives Reform Bill Written By Someone 'Inside The Banks'
Michael Greenberger, a University of Maryland law professor and veteran federal regulator, studied the House committee's 187-page bill and detected the fine needlework of Wall Street lawyers. "It had to be written by someone inside the banks," Greenberger said, "because buried every few pages is a tricky and devilish 'exception.' It would greatly surprise me if these poison pills originated from anyone on Capitol Hill or the Treasury." A well-informed Congressional source confirmed that the original language in the draft legislation was written by financial-industry experts. It "was probably written by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs," he told me, "and possibly the Chicago Mercantile Exchange."
There you have it, how laws are really written in America. Any law written in a competent manner, such as Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill wind up so gutted that they become completely meaningless, or worse, even more dangerous, like the bank "stress tests" that are designed to enhance perception only and leave the sheep with a false sense of security. There is obviously a better path forward for America, we need to get to work.


text:
This RD Extra features a lecture by David Fletcher, delivered to CFI Michigan on July 11th 2012
Lecture Description:
There are many lessons we can learn from the myths of ancient and modern cultures, ranging from the profound to the absurd. In this presentation we will explore the mythologies of various cultures around the world and get to know some of the many gods and goddesses worth not believing in.
Or subscribe and listen in iTunes or any podcast client:


text:
I love the sentiments in Emily's new Thankful and Blessed set! It also comes with the wreath swags to perfectly frame each beautiful, handwritten greeting, and I noticed both the sentiments and branches were just right for adding to the circle window in my Holiday Frame! Yay! Love these new options!
Next, I have a sample with Hannah's Whimsical Wild Flowers. I stamped the flower element on white cardstock in GKD Jet Black Amalgam, and then colored in the sections of the leaves with different greens to look more like stained glass (you know, since they're "whimsical"?!) I used a few Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to shade the flowers. I tapped the darker marker a few items to splatter the background and then sponged on a bit of GKD Peach Bellini to match the card base. I added a GKD Black Onyx mat and stamped the flower one more time onto the base to line up with the uncolored flowers at the bottom left.
Hannah Schroepfer- Illustrator of Whimsical Wildflowers


text:
Clemens is fighting back against the information in the just-published "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime", a book written by a quartet of Daily News reporters. (The book has already won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for Best Investigative Reporting.)
Mike Lupica, Daily News:
To the end, Roger Clemens wants you to believe his version of things as much as he believes it himself.Gene Grabowski, Billy's latest PR man (his third since the Mitchell Report was released), told ESPN radio that he knew Clemens was not lying because he "looked him in the eye".
Clemens took a whole year off from telling his story but was back at it Tuesday on the "Mike and Mike" show on ESPN Radio. The story hasn't changed very much ... referring to "American Icon," Clemens said, "I've seen excerpts from the book and they're completely false."
He didn't say which false excerpts he'd read. But then once you get Clemens off his talking points, almost everything becomes a brain buster.
There's not much to report from the radio interview. It's the same as before: everyone else everywhere is lying, but Roger is telling the truth. I did love Billy's comment that he'd never use drugs because "our family has a history of heart conditions. ... My stepdad died of a heart attack".
I have not seen it quoted anywhere, but a SoSHer said he heard Clemens say he had his son watch one of his MLB drug tests so the boy could see how "evasive" it was. I assume Clemens meant "invasive".


text:
Welcome to De Novo Pittsburgh Chiropractic & Health.
Additionally, we work with all insurance providers.
What sets us apart?
- Dr. Brad Klueber is Full Body Certified in Active Release Techniques® at the Masters Level.
- Your entire office visit is spent with your chiropractor.
- Dr. Klueber is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- Schedule appointments and pay online.
- 24/7 Telephone access with the Doctor -
In Network With:
Additionally, we work with all insurance providers.


text:
Portable | LOS ANGELES: A "Pret a PSP" fashion show marked the console's 2005 launch. (Photo: Chris Pizzello | AP)
More Triangles in Games! Love-Triangles, That Is
I was disappointed with Uncharted 3 for a number of reasons. Certainly one of those reasons was that the game had bizarre difficulty spikes and could be kind of a dick sometimes. More »
Pretend Toilets in Video Games
Having another crack at Heavy Rain. I'll give it this much, it's certainly unlike anything else I've ever played but to be honest, once the novelty of being able to make this dude take a piss in pretty much every scene he's in wears off the frustration of not being able to make him CALL THE POLICE... More »
Thank this Japanese Porn Star for Edgy Cosplay
The lines between Japanese cosplay and adult videos are becoming increasingly blurred. Porno actresses are doing cosplay. Cosplayers are doing blue movies. More »
Microsoft is Not Doing Enough to Help Xbox Live "Hack" Victims
So there's been some kind of security problem with Xbox Live accounts for a while now. Microsoft denies there's been any compromise of its own data, yet still, for months now users have complained of having their accounts hijacked by people making unauthorised transaction.
A theory emerged last... More »
This Creepy Chinese Gundam Copy Will Blow Your Mind
Holy crap! China reworked Gundam Seed, and a bunch of other things, into this mind melting cartoon extravaganza.
This brings back memories of the Chinese Gundam!
Dubbed Xu You Ji, it is populated with creepy Uncanny Valley children in Evangelion style plugsuits and creatures from Monsters vs. More »
It's Like Skyrim's Guardian Stones for Real
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Guardian Stones give players special abilities. One stone can be activated at a time, and if you've played the game, you will be familiar with them. More »
Man Gets in Kid's Face over the PlayStation Portable. Police Alerted.
On Jan. 12 in Osaka, a grade schooler and a friend were playing video games outside. It was 5:30 and getting dark when a middle-aged male approached. Man, he seemed pissed.
"Why you own a PSP?" he said to the grade schooler, grabbing the child by both shoulders. More »
Game Art From Star Wars, Command & Conquer, Call of Duty & More
Thomas A. Szakolczay is a video game concept artist. With twelve years experience across some of the biggest franchises in the business, if you can't tell me you've played a game he's worked on, you're probably lying.
He's been employed by the likes of Activision, Capcom, Epic, EA, Infinity Ward,... More »
This Half-Life Mod is About Being Stuck in an Elevator. It is Incredible.
If you've got Half-Life 2 and Garry's Mod you should really go and download this free mod called Elevator: Source. It's about being stuck in an elevator with strangers. More »
We like tips!
Got tips for our editors? Want to show the world your latest creation? Ready to anonymously share an unannounced game? Email us at email@example.com. Or leave us an anonymous voicemail at (612) 568-2581.
Want a different layout?
Click here for the Speak Up or Tips forums. Want a more "blog-like" look? Click the button up top next to "Top Stories."
Want just video games?
Try KotakuCore and you'll get news and opinion about video games minus our coverage of gaming culture and the cultures with which gaming intersects.
Get more Kotaku!
Want even more Kotaku? Want to know which of your friends read us? "Like" us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.


text:
Modern Rituals
Night And Day
The story of Chief is one of two coasts. Though Evan Koga, Mike Moonves and brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa were all born and raised in Los Angeles, they left for New York University, worlds away. It was in New York that they first got to know one another as collaborators, rumbling through a number of semi-serious projects and solo ventures before feeling swept away by a small run of songs Koga had penned and presented to them. He had written them under the name Chief, a moniker the brothers Danny and Michael opted to keep the day they first formed their band. It was on New York stages that they honed their songs and found their sound, a thoughtfully melodic update on summer and road records past. Neil Young. Tom Petty. The Band. Crosby, Stills and Nash. Natural, timeless songwriting for times that change too quickly. LA was never far away.
In fact, in early 2009, they all started to migrate home to the City of Angels for good, the newly added Moonves along for the ride on bass. "We simply wanted a change of pace," guitarist Koga says. "Our BPM is a little bit slower here." On Modern Rituals, their first full-length and Domino debut, that transcontinental downshift is captured in gorgeous, full-bodied stereo. Recording began in November of last year, the foursome taking their songbook into the studio with New York-based, Grammy Award-winning producer Emery Dobyns. The goal was to create a rock record free of gimmicks and fences. The end result is just that. "It's a traveler's record. I listen and it immediately feels natural to see myself driving down the Pacific Coast Highway," guitarist Danny Fujikawa explains. "But at the same time, maybe it would feel the same way if I were walking through New York." Modern Rituals was tracked in four different studios, parts of some songs scattered across time in New York, Echo Park, Los Feliz and Venice, California. "You wouldn't know to listen for it, but it's like a math problem," says Michael. "I can hear personal experiences from all those times layered across some of these songs." To his brother, one element unifies the album as a whole. "There is a good bit of ocean in there," Danny says.
True—in the saltwater crash of "Breaking Walls" or hilly expanse of the "This Land," there is an unerring sense of landscape, of clean air in your gums and on your skin. But Modern Rituals isn't simply a rock n' roll record born of American shoreline. It's a family of songs that bridge all the rhythms and wavelengths in between. And in a way, it's bound together by much more: in the process of making Modern Rituals, Chief have become a family, too. Since Koga's first, decidedly more folk-y offerings, each member of the band has grown together and come of age as the songs have evolved. The evolving songwriting partnership between Koga and Fujikawa in particular can take one's breath away. A self-taught guitarist, Danny had long made music alone with sequencers and loop samples of his own imagining. When given the opportunity to work with Koga and his older brother, he left school early to join. "I had faith in this band and Evan's songs," he says. "Evan has a great grip on finding very powerful chords. He doesn't just sing over them—he flows." In the union between their two guitars, each of its own completely different discipline, one can hear a synergy as lasting as the vocal harmonies all four have clearly worked so hard to combine and refine.
The commitment to creative democracy in the band is felt outside and in. "As a band, we go through everything together. We're all deeply invested in this music, even if we didn't write the song or lyric," says Michael. Though that love is audible from Modern Rituals' first strum to its last, few moments ring as true to the sentiment as "In The Valley". Koga and Danny's guitars slow dance with one another. Moonves and Michael's rhythm section is loose but totally in-stepped. And beyond the many constellations of melody sewn together from top to bottom, you can hear all four meet vocally. Since the very beginning, Chief has prided itself in braiding together every member's voice in a way both unique to their own modern sensibilities and loyal to the rock & roll touchstones that helped bring them closer to together. "Chief has opened my eyes musically," Danny says. "I'm not just working on my own anymore and in that way I've grown as a person: I started out as a guitarist and now I have a voice. I want people to be able to hear just how proud we are of all of these songs."
They will.
- Check Out Chief's Enigmatic New Video
- Chief announce 'The Minute I Saw It' as their new single.
- Chief announce UK & Irish dates for August / September
- Premiere of Chief's "Night & Day" Video and Modern Rituals Pre-order
- Chief: Announce New Single: Night & Day
- Glastonbury 2010 Stage Times
- Vote For Chief!
- CHIEF Release debut album – Modern Rituals – 16th August 2010
- 'Breaking Walls' up for the Rebel Playlist at 6music!
- Chief: Debut Single and Festival Dates Announced


text:
Alternative treatment to Traveler's Diarrhea
Contrary to popular belief, these microbes cause disease in everyone not just foreigners. Citizens in foreign countries can be just as susceptible as visitors. One of the main differences is that foreigners within their own countries have generally learned how to avoid the problem. As a visitor you may be unaware of the hazards and where those hazards lurk. Those restaurants frequented by locals in a foreign country most likely have clean enough sanitation as those that are geared to welcoming visitors. Now in many foreign countries restaurants must use purified water in their ice machines. This source of contamination has been a leading cause and since its inception traveler's diarrhea has been greatly reduced. Avoidance of fresh raw foods should be avoided in all restaurants unless the restaurant states that they sanitize their vegetables with some kind of chlorinated product during the preparation process.
E-coli may be the cause but it is only one cause and only a small fraction of e-coli infections are life threatening. Hepatitis A can cause symptoms similar to traveler's diarrhea, especially in the early stages and certainly cholera is the most extreme of epidemics that holds a class of severity of its own. There are many different types of pathogens that can cause the traveler's nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and fever. If you develop a situation where you cannot take in fluids or your fluid loss is in excess of what you can take in you should see a doctor immediately.
The typical treatment for traveler's diarrhea is a 7 day course of Cipro antibiotic. In Mexico and other Central American countries this can generally be acquired without a prescription in small towns after a discussion with the pharmacist. In larger cities a prescription from a physician may be required.
There are several products that a traveler can carry that can help prevent and cure the runs. When I travel I always carry great fruit seed extract either in liquid or tablet form. My preferred brand is NutriBiotic. When the diarrhea happens I have always found that double the recommended dosage is a preferred dose. Generally I take a GSE tablet daily to help prevent the problem, as well as being very careful of my water and food sources.
If the runs are excessive consider using a product like Imodium. This will slow it down considerably. Pepto-Bismol is another choice. But do not be deceived. A slowing down of the diarrhea from these products does not mean that you are on your way to a cure. You still need to take an antimicrobial or it will come back on you in full force when you stop these products.
When I carry liquid grapefruit seed extract (GSE) I also carry empty 00 capsules. If the GSE does not seem to help in two days add oil of oregano. Be sure when you travel that these products are in two ounce size bottles or less so that they will be allowed onto the airplane.
Here is a formula to treat Giardia, a diarrhea that hikers in the Rocky Mountains may be susceptible to if they drink stream water. This will also work with other types of diarrhea you may obtain in a foreign country. Generally, Giardia requires lengthy treatment, if using antibiotics or not. As a general rule of thumb, when using alternative treatments for microbes the course of treatment should be double or perhaps event triple the length of time that one would take antibiotics. Natural treatments require more time as they may not be as powerful as conventional antibiotics but on the other hand you will not suffer potential side effects that antibiotics can cause including further gut dysbiosis such as c-difficile infections or IBD. Cipro is also known for causing lifelong muscular pain in rare cases.
Six weeks course of treatment
Oil of oregano 3 drops 4x day
Grapefruit Seed Extract 8 drops 4 x days
Put oils and extracts into a capsule to take.
Some people advise taking these oils and extracts in an ounce or two of water to kill pathogens that may be in the esophagus or mouth as it goes down.
Follow treatment with Primal Defense, 6 pills twice a day for two weeks then gradually taper down to daily recommended dosage or other probiotics of your choice. I personally like VSL#3 probiotics.
Sometimes other less common parasites can be picked up. These can be very difficult to diagnose and to cure. I know of one person who picked up a microscopic "something" in Mexico 30 years ago and she still has not cured it after trying many antibiotics and alternative treatments. Diagnosis of these conditions can also be very difficult. Many labs are ill equipped to do the job and specialty labs as well as experienced physicians in parasites may be required.
MMS1 and MMS2 may be the answer you seek for severe gut infections and a dose of MMS1 two times a day at six activated drops may be enough to prevent most cases of traveler's diarrhea. Personally, when I travel now I do carry MMS1 and MMS2 with me. I prefer to be ready for whatever may come my way.
Please be advised:
All articles posted here are for educational purposes only. What you decide to do for your health is strictly your business. Whatever you do, look into all the options carefully and remember that natural remedies may provide you with safe alternatives.
This site needs an editor - click to learn more!
You Should Also Read:
Learn More About MMS Here
Related Articles
Editor's Picks Articles
Top Ten Articles
Previous Features
Site Map
Content copyright © 2019 by Arrow Durfee. All rights reserved.
This content was written by Arrow Durfee. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact BellaOnline Administration for details.


text:
You guys. It's been a while since I've posted on here. Without boring you with too many details, work has been kicking my butt (in a good way) and my yoga teaching has been going well, too. Oh, and we got a new cat. By accident. We found this little guy hiding under the hood of our car while it was pouring rain, hence his name, "Honda." Having a kitten has been quite an adjustment, especially with two older cats. Three cats are my limit. No, really.
But as far as food, we've been cooking up lots of great vegan meals lately. Isa Chandra Moskowitz of "Veganomicon" fame, and several other awesome cookbooks, has just come out with a new cookbook, "Isa Does It," as well as a series of videos that showcase a few of the recipes from the book. So far, we've made the Nirvana Enchilada Casserole, Meat Beany Chili and Corn Muffins, and the New England Glam Chowder. All have been amazing and super, super easy to make, which seems to be the theme of the new cookbook.
As much as I love "Veganomicon," some of the recipes require lots of ingredients and lots of time. In "Isa Does It," Isa focuses on simple recipes that pack a lot of flavor, which is exactly what we've been looking for lately. Since starting my job over the summer, I'll admit to ordering takeout way more than we should. For that reason, it's been nice to get back into the kitchen to make some new dishes. This week, in fact, we plan on making a curry peanut kale bowl and a thai chili recipe from the book. I'll keep you posted on how they turn out.
I hope you all are well!!


text:
Andrew Alan Pierce
September 2014 Newsletter
Published by David Landry on September 2, 2014
Presidents Fall Message. Information and reservation forms for the Annual Member Meeting and the Introduction to Genealogy Workshop with Keith Wilson and Richard Roberts. Andrew Pierce- Yankee Farmer. Mansfield Poor House. MHS Membership renewal form.
Posted in Newsletter Archive | Tagged Andrew Alan Pierce, Ann Elizabeth Pierce, Begining Genealogy, Brian Jones, Catherine Smith, Charles Emory Smith, Connecticut State Archaeologist, Dorothy Jenner Gardiner, Elizabeth Fuller Pierce, Fred E. Turner, Grant Meitzler, Hiram Fenn, James Pierce, Judge Llewellyn Storrs, Mansfield Poor House, NERGC, Parish Piecers, Richard Roberts, Robert A. Barrows, Scott Rhoades, William H. Gardiner


text:
A few months back, Reilly, who was new on Twitter, tweeted Colin Cowherd a photo of his wife in a gross interoffice "scoreboard!" incident. On Friday he posted a blog entry about the Twitter contest he's starting. He managed to work his wife in.
Rules: You have to be 13 or older, although I have no idea how we're going to check that. Also, by sending in an answer, you agree to let us post it on ESPN and/or let me post it on my Twitter feed. If you win, you owe taxes on this money. Also, if you win, you have to give my wife your address to send the check by snail mail. And no, she won't be coming to your door.
You wish.
God, this guy.
#Cashtag [Go Fish with Rick Reilly]
G/O Media may get a commission


text:
Chops: Beginner
Theory: Beginner
Lesson Overview:
• Develop a better sense of rhythm and subdivisions.
• Learn how to improve your technique by systematically working through different accent patterns.
• Understand how to increase your speed by playing more slowly and accurately.
Click here to download a printable PDF of this lesson's notation.
So, you want to play fast. Well, why? Do you want to impress your friends? Influence people? I can tell you from personal experience that playing fast is not the answer. Music, however, just may be the answer. And if it is, then playing fast is certainly part of the question. In this lesson we'll explore some of the basic principles of technique that are essential if you want to acquire speed and virtuosity on the guitar.
The first thing you need to know is what you want to play ... not some half-ass version, but exactly what you want to play. You need to know exactly because you can't tell your fingers "sort of" which notes to play, or send approximate electrical impulses from your brain through your nervous system and then out to your hands. You must send exact signals to your hands in order for them to work exactly. In order to send exact signals, you have to know what you want your hands to do and when you want them to do it.
The when is rhythm!
Throughout history and culture, music has always been here to tell a story, make you tap your toes, and of course, dance to. Music is a language that reaches people through rhythm first—the notes are secondary. Think about it: Music exists with just drums beating, with hands clapping, or feet stomping. If all this makes even a little bit of sense, then it should be clear that technique starts with rhythm.
There are a lot of ways to tackle rhythm and all of them are fun. Tap your toes, clap your hands, play the drums, play percussion, get a shaker and jam along to the radio, or listen to a favorite song and simply count the beats. Get a drum machine and create your own beats. Turn rhythm into your creative playground! Beatbox. Take dancing lessons. Turn off all the lights, strip down to your bare essentials and move. Feel the earth pulsating beneath your feet.
Count 1-2-3-4. Tap 1-2-3-4. Keep counting and divide your counts into two parts: Say "one and, two and, three and, four and" or "ap-ple, ap-ple, ap-ple, ap-ple."
Now try dividing your counts into three parts with "can-ta-loupe, can-ta-loupe, can-ta-loupe, can-ta-loupe."
Next, divide your counts into four parts: "wa-ter-mel-on, wa-ter-mel-on, wa-ter-mel-on, wa-ter-mel-on."
Now take a break, get a tasty beverage, and grab a guitar.
For our first example (Fig. 1), we'll combine our watermelon and cantaloupe mantras. Enjoy the rhythm of it and keep repeating it until you start to trance out a bit. Groove!
In some places on earth they do things like this for days. You can do it for five minutes.
Now try it on all the strings. Experiment with different rhythms: "watermelon-cantaloupe-watermelon-cantaloupe" or perhaps "cantaloupe-cantaloupe-watermelon-watermelon."
Keeping a beat and then dividing it into smaller beats, or subdivisions, is one of the most basic concepts of rhythm. Keep the beat with your foot or hands and play or say the subdivisions. You can make up your own syllables ... "do," "dee," or "pum" are common and have an earthy feeling. "Boo" and "bee" are also fun and they have a bounce. It really doesn't matter what you say, as long as you can eventually utter the syllables quickly and smoothly.
In Fig. 2 we move from quarter-notes up to 16th-notes and back again. Remember, take your time, feel the pulse, and make it groove.
Next, we want to focus on accents and how to systematically work through them. Systematically means this: You begin by accenting the first note in each group of whatever subdivisions you're working with, then the second, then the third, the fourth, and so on.
As you get more comfortable, try adding two accents per group. Then mix up the accents and try to create fun grooves. I work through each beat within a 16th-note pulse in Fig. 3.


text:
Ok, here's an example, I dont see the relevance of mentioning retro.sh in the 1st step as there's no mention of where its called from, once raspbian has been installed and running.
I understand that it can be used as a post installation call, but theres no mention of where its called from which would be useful if retro.sh is going to be called.
Obviously it was written when Wheezy was around as some of the things mentioned like raspi-config running on 1st boot, now does not happen, maybe it might be worth mentioning somewhere at the beginning something like "this was written using raspbian wheezy dd-mm-yy" as these are all available for download AFAIK for anyone else who might visit the page in the future.


text:
I recently heard Stan Huff, CMIO at Intermountain, talk at the Healthcare IT Transformation Assembly about the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium. As he presented what they're working on he highlighted so well the challenges that I've been seeing in healthcare IT. I've long be asking people how healthcare IT innovations that happen in one hospital or practice are going to get shared with all of healthcare. Turns out, Stan has been thinking a lot about this problem as well.
In his presentation, Stan framed the discussion perfectly when he said, "No matter what you do, you can't teach people to be perfect information processors." I'd also mentioned in a previous post that the human mind can't detect the difference between something that causes errors 3 in 100 versus 4 in 100. However, with the right data, computers can tell the difference. Plus, computers can assist humans in the information processing.
These points illustrate why building and sharing clinical decision support is so important. The human mind is incredible, but medicine is so complex it's impossible for the human mind to process it all. Ideally all of the work that Stan Huff and his team at Intermountain are doing on clinical decision support should be "plug n play interoperable" with the rest of the healthcare system. That seems to be the goal of the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium.
Many might wonder why Intermountain would want to share all the work they've been doing with the rest of healthcare. Isn't that their proprietary intellectual property? It's actually easy to see why. Stan described that Intermountain has implemented or is currently working on ~150 decision support rules or modules. Given their organization's budget and staff constraints he could see how those 150 could be expanded to 300 or so, but likely not more. That sounds great until you think that there could be 5000+ decision support rules or modules if there was enough time and budget.
The problem is that there was no path for Intermountain to go from 150 to 5000 decision support rules or modules on their own. The only way to get where they need to go is for everyone in healthcare to work together and share their findings and workflows.
Stan and the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium are building the framework for creating and sharing interoperable clinical decision support apps on the back of FHIR and Smart Apps. This diagram illustrates what they have in mind:
I think that Stan is spot on in his assessment of what needs to be done to get where we need to go with clinical decision support in health care. However, there are also plenty of reasons for being cautiously optimistic.
As Stan told us at the event, "If everyone says that their workflow is the only way, we won't get very far." Then Stan passionately argued for why physician independence allows the opportunity for doctors to take improper care of patients. "If we allow physicians to do whatever they want, we're allowing them the right to take improper care of patients."
Obviously Stan isn't saying that there shouldn't be rigorous debate about the best treatment. By putting these algorithms out to other organizations he's actually inviting criticism and discussion of the work they're doing. Plus, I have no doubt Stan understands where health care is an art and where it's a science. However, I believe he rightly argues that where the science is clear, proclaiming the art of medicine is a poor excuse for doing something different.
In my mind, the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium should be focused on making the science of health care easily shareable and usable for all of health care regardless of EHR system. That's a vision we should all get behind.


text: Your dog will love a soft and cozy plush toy to mouth, cuddle with, and fetch. We have a wide range of Plush Dog Toys at BaxterBoo including handmade and crocheted dog toys from DOGO and OoMaLoo which gently clean dogs' teeth as they mouth them. Our corduroy plush dog toys from HuggleHounds, Tall Tails, and Griggles also scrub teeth clean. We have silent squeaker plush dog toys from Hear Doggy, squeaker mat plush dog toys to let pups squeak to their heart's content. You'll love our Earth-friendly recycled plush toys from Cycle Dog, P.L.A.Y., and West Paw. Our puppy plush toys are perfect for small dogs and baby teeth! For aggressive chewers, we have plush toys for them too by Tuffy, Invincibles, and goDog Toys. Our selection of plush toys for dogs can't be beat!


text:
At approximately 11:24 am, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriffs Dispatch Center received a call regarding a bomb threat.
At approximately 11:24 am, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriffs Dispatch Center received a call regarding a bomb threat at Minnesota West Community and Technical College Canby Campus, 1011 1st St W, Canby, MN. The Canby Police Department, Canby Fire Department, Canby Ambulance, Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Department and the Minnesota State Patrol responded to the scene. The bomb threat originated from the Main Administrative Building. An unknown suspect utilizing a pen wrote "bomb in school" on the inside of a female bathroom stall door. It is unknown at what time this threat was written on the door. Two female students found the writing and immediately reported the discovery to school officials. After receiving the report from the students, Campus Dean Rebecca Weber immediately followed the school policy and procedures regarding this type of threat and had the property evacuated and the proper officials contacted. Voting was disrupted at a polling location located within the Technology Building. There were several nearby buildings that were evacuated as a precaution. After the first responders cleared all of the property, the scene was declared safe at 1:00 pm. All normal activity, including the polling station, was allowed to resume at this time. The Canby Police Department is investigating the origin of the threat. If anybody has any information concerning this crime, please call the Canby Police Department at 507-223-7211.


text:
Want to know how green is your Software? Intel® Energy Checker and Yokogawa can help you! The Intel® Energy Checker SDK provides software developers a simple way to measure the energy efficiency (greenness) of their Software by exposing the necessary and basic measurements made by Yokogawa's highly accurate and reliable Power Analyzers.
Figure 1.Sample output of pl_gui_monitor utility - In this screenshot, a private version of POVRay* (www.povray.org) was instrumented using the Intel® Energy Checker SDK to compute and expose dynamically it's energy efficiency metrics (pixels rendered per joule consumed and joules consumed per pixel rendered) while rendering a 3D scene (by Gilles Tran © 1993-2009 www.oyonale.com).
The Intel® Energy Checker API helps Software developers to easily instrument their software to expose metrics of "useful work" done by the software. For example, the amount of useful work done by a video serving application is number of frames processed, for a mail server application the useful amount of work done may be number of emails processed. The core Intel® Energy Checker API consists of five basic functions. These functions include Open, Re-open, Read, Write, and Close. The SDK comes with utilities to measure the energy consumed by the software on Intel server platforms using power analyzers. Power analyzers supported in this SDK include Yokogawa's WT210, WT230, WT500, WT300, WT3000, WT300E, & WT3000E. To learn more about Yokogawa Power Analyzers, please click here.
Figure 2.Picture by Jamel Tayeb, Intel® Corporation, all right reserved. Power Analyzers shown in the picture were provided by Yokogawa.
To learn more about The Intel ® Energy Checker SDK, please click here. The software is also royalty-free licensed and available for download at no cost.
The WT300 offers high performance and high reliability in a compact package with excellent price value, making it ideal for multiple applications from R&D to manufacturing test. It is the fifth generation of Yokogawa's value series power meter, and the world's best selling power meter.
With 0.02% accuracy and 1MHz bandwidth, the WT3000 delivers where the highest precision measurements are required. It is the industry standard for R&D work on inverters, motor drives, lighting systems and electronic ballasts, UPS systems, aircraft power, transformer testing, and other power conversion devices.
Superior cost performance and compact size make the entry level WT200 Series Digital Power Meters ideal for manufacturing and basic power measurement applications. Offered with One to Three Elements, with Basic Power Accuracy of 0.1% and 100kHz Bandwidth.


text:
Always YOUnique!
Your cart is currently empty.
Wings of Love Choker Necklace
Phone Number
Each piece of personalized jewelry is handcrafted and custom-made based on our Customer's specifications. This means that our dedicated Production Team designs and handcrafts each personalized jewelry order as soon as it is placed on our website.
Our Processing Time is usually within 5 business days.
Economy Shipping time frame is usually between 5 and 9 business days.
Other expedited shipping methods are available at Checkout.
You will receive your Order Tracking Number via email as soon as it becomes available. Simply follow the link to track your order from our facility to your doorstep.
Please Note:
Estimated Order Delivery Date: Processing Time plus Shipment Transit Time
Business Day: Mondays through Fridays, excluding weekends and public holidays.
We guarantee the quality of all our jewelry and want you to be satisfied with every purchase.
Since all handcrafted and personalized jewelries are uniquely designed to an individual's specifications, these pieces normally cannot be sold to other clients if returned, we DO NOT accept returns on personalized jewelries.
However, for orders damaged during shipment or mistaken shipment, you can make a return for exchange or refund within 30 days or receipt of merchandize. We will make a full refund, except for shipping and handling expenses.
How to return your items:
Search our store


text:
A data store can contain many types of objects. The repository is not the data store itself; rather, it is composed of JavaBeans whose properties can be found and stored in the data store. The repository provides a mechanism to retrieve the data elements, and creates a run-time representation of the available metadata for each object. This goal is achieved through three main conceptual parts of the Repository API:
For example, a repository might track elements of an organization. Each employee has a corresponding repository item, as does each department. An employee item descriptor specifies all properties that an employee repository item can possess; a department item descriptor specifies all the possible properties of a department. An application can build queries that return the appropriate employee or department repository items as they are needed by the application.


text:
Silver Convertible Vintage Key Living Locket with Swarovski Crystals
Connect with the moments that matter most with our Silver Convertible Vintage Key Living Locket® with Swarovski® Crystals. Resembling a beautiful antique Marcasite treasure, unlock your story with this stunning Living Locket featuring two-looks-in-one. Wear it on a Chain as a complete piece as pictured, or simply remove the bottom "key" portion to create a unique quatrefoil Living Locket look.
- Holds Approximately 4 - 6 Charms (depending on size)
- Pair with your favorite Chain
- Material: Brass
- Metal Finish: Silver
- 46 Swarovski Clear Crystals
- Key piece is removable
- Includes free gift-ready packaging


text:
Metal colour: Pink gold
Beautiful and cute original baby earrings for a baby girl, made of 14kt rose gold, set with dark ruby red stones are unique in their modern design and will add benefit to a charm of every little girl. The earring fastening front backs are the best option for babies. These earrings are packaged in a beautiful gift box. The earrings are a beautiful gift for christening.
We respect your privacy. Decide for yourself whether you agree with targeted advertising. You can revoke your consent at any time in your browser settings. Get more information


text:
Providence, RI: Al Forno's Other Greatest Hit: Free-Form Tarts
A weekly profile on a favorite New England dish.
Al Forno's grilled pizza needs no introduction. Thin, char-marked, and topped with bright-tasting tomato sauce, fruity olive oil, and crisp scallion curls, it's the most delicious—and most lucrative—accidental invention chef/owners Johanne Killeen and George Germon could have hoped for.
What don't seem to get much chatter are the restaurant's desserts, particularly the free-form tarts. Killeen and Germon run three or four of them at a time, filling the same ultra-flaky tart dough (flour, sugar, salt, water, and lots of butter) with a variety of produce: apples, peaches and raspberries, plums—and during the fall months, sugar pumpkins.
According to the recipe (printed in the couple's cookbook, Cucina Simpatica), the caramelized pumpkin crostada is the restaurant's answer to pumpkin pie. To burn off moisture and concentrate its flavor, they start by roasting the pumpkin until it's soft, then scoop it from its flesh and toss it in a skillet with browned butter and caramelized sugar. When the mixture cools, the caramel-covered pumpkin pieces are scraped into the tart shell, and, following a classic free-form tart approach, the pastry is pulled up over the edges and pleated, leaving a crater-sized steam vent in the center.
If pies and rustic pastries are your thing, this is the dessert for you. The pumpkin is soft (but not mushy) and its flavor is concentrated and enhanced by the butter and sugar. The dough bakes up unbelievably crisp and flaky (note how fork causes crust to shatter), and the flavors are simple and clean, thanks to the omission of the spice cabinet. And although the accompaniments aren't especially creative—crème anglaise, caramel sauce, and whipped cream—they are perfect.
Two things to know about dessert at Al Forno: Just about everything is made to order, which means you have to put in your decision along with your entrée—a pretty clever business move, I've always thought, to take the dessert order before customers have a chance to fill up on the rest of the meal. Second, most of the items are built for two. That might mean compromising on a choice with your dining companion(s), which could bring trouble; their ice creams are also not to be missed. The upside is that sharing a dessert will soften the tart's sticker shock ($19.95). A little. (Actually, I've never been bowled over by anything other than the pizza and desserts, so I tend to stick with those to keep costs relatively low.)
Al Forno
577 S. Main Street, Providence, RI 02903 (map) 401-273-9760; alforno.com
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


text:
Black, Olson & Vitter Demand Answers, Call for GAO Report to Protect Women's Health Care and Taxpayer Dollars
Gallatin, TN, Sugar Land, TX, & Metairie, LA– Representatives Diane Black (R-TN) and Pete Olson (R-TX) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) led a group of more than 50 members of Congress requesting a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on how taxpayer funding is specifically used by Planned Parenthood and other federally funded organizations that perform or promote abortion. The representatives and senators also asked for specific information on the services provided and number of individuals served by Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Click here to read the letter sent to GAO.
"America's largest abortion provider and a major recipient of taxpayer funds, Planned Parenthood, showed in its most recent annual report that they are providing fewer health services, while abortions and federal funding are going up. Nevertheless, Planned Parenthood and others like them continue to receive millions of taxpayer dollars each month despite the repeated red flags raised by their own annual reports and accounting gimmicks. An independent study of the federal funding for abortion providers is necessary to further expose the truth of how these precious taxpayer dollars are truly being used,†said Congressman Black. "As a nurse for more than forty years, I firmly believe that organizations which both provide comprehensive health care and respect all life – both the born and unborn – are best equipped to offer the most effective health care services to those in need. This independent GAO report will give lawmakers and the public the most up to date and accurate information on the use of federal funding for abortion providers and the alternative options available for critical health care services. My hope is that through greater transparency and accountability we can successfully mobilize the support needed to defund abortion providers – once and for all.â€
"The last GAO report that my colleagues and I requested showed that Planned Parenthood and similar groups received almost a billion in taxpayer dollars over a seven year period," Rep. Olson said. "That was also before we learned what many feared to be true - that Planned Parenthood has failed to properly follow correct billing practices to prevent federal tax dollars from funding abortion services, as demanded by law. This new report is critically needed to shine a bright light on how taxpayer funds are allocated.
"Federal tax dollars are legally prohibited from being used for abortions. Under our constitution, the Obama Administration has a duty to enforce these laws. And under that same constitution, Congress has a duty to ensure that the executive branch follows the law of the land," Olson added.
"Planned Parenthood performed a record 333,964 abortions last year, almost 1 million in the past three years. Last year, federal taxpayers gave Planned Parenthood a record $542 million, which is an 11 percent increase over the past two years. Planned Parenthood and other organizations who provide abortions are dependent on Uncle Sam, but there is no accounting with what they are actually using the money for. This GAO report would shine a light on how tax dollars are being spent,†Senator Vitter said.
Summary of GAO Report Request:
Identify the following for all affiliates of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Population Council, The Guttmacher Institute, Advocates for Youth, and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States:
· The amount of federal funding each of these organizations received or were awarded, and within which fiscal year the funds were disbursed since the previous GAO report was conducted.
· Federal agencies, grants, and programs that were sources of these federal funds (including Medicaid, Title X, ACF, USAID, PEPFAR and any other agency or sub-agency that funds activities that the groups in question may provide).
· How these funds were disbursed (i.e. block grant).
· How many health services, including family planning services CHCs and FQHCs provide.
· A comprehensive list of all health services, including family services that CHCs and FQHCs provide.
· The number of individuals served in each category.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) vs. Planned Parenthood
· Over 7,000 (FQHCs) serve vulnerable populations in rural and urban areas.
· They are prohibited from providing abortions.
· FQHCs provide women with the same preventative services offered by Planned Parenthood, plus the many things they do not offer: mammograms, prenatal care, treatment of diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, depression, etc.
· Planned Parenthood traditionally performs "well women visits†which are restricted to pap tests, pelvic exams, breast exams, height/weight measurements, and blood pressure checks. Unlike FQHCs, Planned Parenthood does not offer comprehensive prenatal care, mammograms, or other quality and potentially lifesaving services that are important for "women's health.â€
· In states where the state legislature has defunded Planned Parenthood, low-income women are still able to access the same preventative services offered by Planned Parenthood in addition to many others through these FQHCs as well as community health centers. These health care providers far outnumber the number of Planned Parenthood locations, which are primarily located only in urban areas.
Additional Members who requested the GAO report with Reps. Black and Olson and Senator Vitter:
Representatives Jim Jordan, Michele Bachmann, Chris Smith, Randy Forbes, Joe Barton, Robert Aderholt, Steve Chabot, Austin Scott, Kevin Brady, Randy Neugebauer, Tim Griffin, Steve King, Lynn Westmoreland, Doug LaMalfa, Bill Cassidy, Vicky Hartzler, Larry Bucshon, Steve Palazzo, Doug Lamborn, Phil Roe, Charles Boustany, Robert Pittenger, Renee Ellmers, Steve Daines, Todd Rokita, Andy Harris, Bill Huizenga, Tom Cole, John Duncan, John Fleming, John Carter, Kristi Noem, Gus Bilirakis, Pat Tiberi, Martha Roby, Paul Broun, Bob Latta, Alan Nunnelee, Paul Gosar, Steve Stivers, Lee Terry, Stevan Pearce, Brett Guthrie, Reid Ribble, Jeff Miller, Marsha Blackburn, Ted Poe, Ted Huelskamp, Phil Gingrey, Randy Weber, Blake Farenthold, Bill Flores, Billy Long, Joe Pitts, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Sam Johnson, Bill Johnson, Mike Kelly, Bob Gibbs, Spencer Bachus, Jim Renacci, Andy Harris, and Ralph Hall.
Senators David Vitter, Roy Blunt, James Risch, Tim Scott, Mike Enzi, and Mike Johanns.
Background on Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (H.R. 217 & S. 135)
At the start of the 113th Congress, Congressman Black and Senator Vitter each introduced the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (H.R. 217; S. 135) which would ensure that Title X family planning grants are used for their intended purpose and are prohibited from being used by organizations that provide abortions, such as Planned Parenthood and its affiliates. To learn more about this legislation, click here. To become a citizen co-sponsor, clickhere.
Media Contact: Allison Huff (Rep. Black) 202-225-4231; Melissa Kelly (Rep. Olson) 202-225-5951; James Holland (Sen. Vitter) 202-224-4623


text:
Basic Handgun: First Shots
December 1 • 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm$95.00
Price: $ 95
4 Hour Course
Prerequisite Course(s): None
This is an introductory course for new shooters including classroom and range time learning to shoot revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students learn rules for safe firearm handling; pistol parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules, two handed shooting positions; cleaning the pistol; and continued opportunities for skill development.
You're welcome to bring your personal firearm to this class. If you will be renting a firearm, you will be able to choose between a Ruger SR .22 or a Glock 9mm. Your instructor will likely recommend using the 9mm.
To participate in any of Triangle Shooting Academy's courses you must first sign our Range Waiver and Agreement. If you have not yet signed our waiver, click here to complete!
|Supplies Needed (can be rented through TSA):
|If Rented:
|● Firearm
|$15**/ caliber**
|● Approximately 50 rounds of Ammunition
|* Price varies by caliber. Must be purchased from TSA if renting a TSA firearm
|● Eye & Ear Protection
|INCLUDED – Foam ear plugs included, additional headset ear protection will be $3
|● Target
**Firearm rental is NOT included.
Payment is required when you register in-store and online.
Nonmembers: $95
Individual & Family Members: 10% OFF
Corporate Members: 15% OFF
VIP Lifetime Members: 20% OFF
Please call guest services with membership number to receive discount code.
You are required to give a 48-hour notice if you are unable to attend the course for which you have registered. If you fail to give this notice, or you no-call/no-show to the class, you will not receive a refund. You may register for another class at full price.
If you need to reschedule your course, this also must be done with a minimum of 48 hours' notice to avoid losing your class fee. You may reschedule or receive a refund if you contact us at least 48 hours before the class.
Questions and comments may be directed to our Education Coordinator: email@example.com


text:
Home is where the heart is? Well home here is where the friends are. Let us once again have a place to share our daily lives, loves, trials and accomplishments....or...
When we are all alone on the site or forum, here is the place to run down the halls yelling at the top of your lungs.....
and listen to the echo.
Okay so who is going to get shotgun????
I am going to change things up on this new incarnation. I have been doing shout outs for years now and I love remembering all the people who have visited the thread. It has grown quite large and many have never replied from the first post here.
So I am going to remember you all in this first post and from that time forward, SHOUT OUTS will go to posters who are currently posting, adding in new posters as they return.
I hope that made sense. And in no particular order:
SHOUT OUTS: Scribbles, vison, Vanadarlin', Calma, Imi Friend, Frelga Lady, portia, Fala, Iris, Tooks, DUBSIES, RUNZIES, Rosie lass, Morwenna, Tarina, Rowan, heliona, Drieske, Jae, Bardy, Windy, rosenchanted, notlistening, Cel, Lin, Silverberry, Sil, Luthy, P darlin' J, Sandra, Leoba, Renowen, Gollum Girl, Lwyze, Karlina, Telta, Lalaith, basilllly, CR, Parm, Guru, oldtoby, Lewie, hamlet, Hamfast, Bilbo25, frodolives, JonnySnitzel, Crucifer, Alasse, lenne and Gladhaniel.
I am not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, but this got crazy huge to do everyday. I hope that all the folks who have visited over the past few years will all come back eventually and post again.
and my signature:
<------- Hi
<------- Bye


text:
This is neither GOOD or BAD. It is just a theory, and I have no idea if i am correct. Seeing if others feel the same.
Since they removed gold for buying premium ammo I believe more people are using it. I play my t95TD the most and I have noticed smaller(lites/meds)tanks from lower levels like tier 7 are having a real easy time punching through my armor. I got 3 shotted from the front buy a Centurian MkI. Am I nuts or is this the logical progression of removing gold to buy those consumables?


text:
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. LtdUnit Linked Endowment Suvidha
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC Ltd.), India's leading housing finance institution and Standard Life, UK.
HDFC Standard Life's product portfolio covers a wide range from individual to group products, rural, and social products. The insurance plans can be easily customized to specific needs. The website has all the details on all policies in easily-downloaded pdf files to facilitate easy access.
Up until 31 March 2008, HDFC Life had covered close to 10 lakh lives.


text:
The Mill Valley Film Festival ended its 30th-anni edition Sunday night with a screening of "The Kite Runner," Marc Forster's adaptation of the bestselling novel.
Author Khaled Hosseini, scenarist David Benioff and actor Khalid Abdalla attended the Sequoia Theater screenings.
Fest tallied 89 sold-out shows during its 11-day run, with attendance rising 12% this year to approximately 40,000.
Voted audience favorites were Reese Witherspoon-Jake Gyllenhaal political thriller "Rendition" (best narrative feature), Tricia Regan's "Autism: The Musical" (documentary) and Don McBrearty's Canadian "Luna: Spirit of the Whale" (children's film fest feature).
Among notables attending the fest for personal tributes were Ang Lee, who has attended Mill Valley since his 1991 debut feature "Pushing Hands" and who presented "Lust, Caution" this year; scribe-turned-helmer Terry George with Focus Features drama "Reservation Road"; and Jennifer Jason Leigh, accompanied by her husband, "Margot at the Wedding" writer-director Noah Baumbach.
A raft of animation and special effects mavens were on hand for the U.S. preem of docu "The Pixar Story," including the studio's John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, ILM's Craig Barron and Dennis Murren, plus pic's narrator Stacy Keach and AMPAS prez Sid Ganis.
First-time helmer Ben Affleck and thesp Amy Ryan turned up repping Miramax release "Gone Baby Gone."
More characteristic of Marin County, perhaps, were two acid-flashback events that brought out the area's aging hippie population: After a screening of Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan fantasia "I'm Not There," a lineup of local and visiting musicians played a Dylan tribute concert, among them John Doe, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Weir, Chris Isaak and Nels Cline of Wilco. Eric Christiansen's docu "The Trips Festival," about the three-day 1966 San Francisco counterculture "happening" that predated the Summer of Love, likewise drew out the tie-dye set, including numerous folk who'd attended the original event.
Other local talents logging milestones as the fest celebrated turning 30 were Marin-based helmer John Korty, who presented a digitally remastered print of his first feature, the pioneering 1966 "The Crazy Quilt"; and the prolific Rob Nilsson, who has doubtless had more titles in the fest than anyone else, going back to his debut "Northern Lights" in 1979. This year Nilsson had no less than three features to premiere, including the last two in a "9 @ Night" series of interlocking narratives made over the course of the last decade. That whole cycle will make its official bow at the Harvard Film Archive Nov. 17-19.


text:
Speed Hump Policy *Note: This process is suspended and currently under review.
A speed hump is a rounded, raised area of pavement approximately twelve feet in length with a maximum height of approximately three inches, placed perpendicular to the traffic flow of the roadway. Speed humps are placed in pairs along the designated block.
Eligible Roadways:
All Minneapolis local streets (not currently designated as a "thru street" by City Council action) under the Public Works Department jurisdiction that meets the guidelines outlined below.
Not Eligible Roadways:
All roadways within Minneapolis designated as County, State, or Federal Highways, State or County "Aid" roadways, Park Board roadways, or shared jurisdiction roadways, such as city limit boundary streets.
- Minimum roadway width shall not have less than a 9 ft. drive lane or a 7 ft. parking lane.
- The traffic volume for the roadway exceeds 300 vehicles per day.
- The average speed exceeds 20 MPH or more than 10 percent of traffic exceeds the speed limit.
- 75 percent of the property owners agreed to the speed humps.
- Minimum distance need between proposed speed hump and a…
A. Traffic Signal
300 ft.
B. Stop Sign
150 ft.
C. Other Traffic Calming Devices
135 ft.
D. Intersections
100 ft.
E. Driveways
20 ft.
F. Curves/Hills and Visual Impairments
200 ft.
G. Mid-block Crosswalks
100 ft.
H. Railroad Crossing
200 ft.
The process involves a considerable amount of neighborhood involvement. The process should start by contacting the City to find out if the roadway is eligible. After determining roadway eligibility the requestor will be asked to put a petition together to determine if there is neighborhood support for speed humps. If there is support, potential locations along the block should be discussed with the City. After locations have been approved by the City, the residents of the block will be required to present a funding source and a final petition for the speed humps and their locations to the City before final City approval and installation.
Last updated Sep 3, 2019


text:
第三终于掌握到。而且很容易做,只要你家有马铃薯就行。其他的材料可以视乎你家有什么,就用什么。而我们家的常客是马铃薯,椰花菜,菠菜叶, 莞荽等。每星期都会超市去补货。
那么potato gratin到底是什么?我第一次吃实在宜家(IKEA)。谁知,一吃钟情。但一直迟迟未有动手。直到刚过的暑假,再次在宜家遇上。回家后决定自己试一试做。可以给姐姐带上学做午餐。加上我家的爸爸,姐姐和都爱吃马铃薯食物。Mashed potatoes,jacket potatoes,hash brown等。
一开始误会了它是hash brown。但爸爸说不是,但却记不起其名字。直到两天前在超市看到ready made的。原来叫potato gratin。查了一查,才知道它来自法国。
也顺道查一查gratin的中文译法。但gratin本身在谷歌翻译是焗。当输入potato gratin便直译土豆焗。不是很make sense。由于它的长相跟Hash Brown有几分相似。结果,我也用谷歌译了一译Hash Brown,叫炸土豆饼。结论是potato gratin大概可以成为焗土豆饼吧。
This recipe is inspired by the IKEA potatoes gratin, which is served with the Salmon meal,
and enough to make 10-12 potatoes gratins. I use the 12 cups baking trays.
Not too big or small, just the right size for my kids to bring to school for lunch.
Main ingredients:
1. 5-6 big potatoes - peel and cut into cubes, boiled till just soft, can poked through with fork. Drain the water and mash ⅔ of the cube potatoes, keep ⅓ unmashed.
2. 6-7 small broccoli florets - fresh or boiled. Coarsely chopped.
3. 5-10g fresh spinach, or baby spinach, washed and chopped. Optional
4. 5-10 strands of fresh coriander, chopped. Or dried coriander. Optional.
5. Bacon, chopped and baked till light brown, keep the bacon oil to grease the baking tray. Optional. Can be replaced with ham, cooked salmon chunks or others. I personally like bacon, because of the chunky texture.
2 tsp of garlic powder
2 tsp of ground white pepper
¼ tsp of turmeric powder. Optional.
½ to 1 tsp of salt. Can skip if you prefer less salty.
1 tsp of chicken powder. Optional.
60 gram of cheese. Either 3 slices of Cheddar cheese, chopped. Or, 3-4 tbsp of shredded Mozzarella Cheese. Or, grated Parmesan Cheese. Or Ricotta Cheese. Whichever available. Can put all 3, but should be around 60 gram as the cheese will increase the saltiness of the gratin, except Mozzarella Cheese, generally not very salty.
Last but not least 2 tbsp of full cream sour cream, or mayonnaise, to bind ingredients together. I like full cream sour cream as it generally has less sugar content.
Remember, bacon, salt, chicken powder and cheese are salty. Have to adjust to suit your preference.
1. Preheat the oven at 165C. Grease the 12 cups non-stick baking tray with the bacon oil. Or 1-2 tsp of butter, melted.
2. Mix all the ingredients together first, then mix in the seasoning.
3. Last step, is to add the sour cream, or mayo, mix well to bind everything together.
4. Fill baking tray cup full, up to the rim, with the mixture. Press to compress the ingredients, so that they won't break away easily when cooked.
5. Bake in 165C for 15-20 minutes, till turn brown. Remove from oven, let the gratin cool off a little. The gratin will shrink a little. If not, use a butter knife to gently release gratin from sticking to the tray.
Or, you may replace potato with sweet potato.
Moreover, it's a good way to train my kids to eat vegetables that they don't like, such as red pepper or fresh coriander.


text:
James Arthur & Anne-Marie Perform "Rewrite the Stars" on 'The Voice'
The track is featured on 'The Greatest Showman: Reimagined' album!
James Arthur and Anne-Marie hit the stage during the Top 10 eliminations of The Voice December 4. Together the British stars performed "Rewrite The Stars" from The Greatest Showman: Reimagined soundtrack.
Related: Anne-Marie Calls Ed Sheeran Her Brother, Throws It Back to Summer Of "2002"
Arthur and Ann-Marie gave a stunning performance that was matched with a theatrical setting for viewers of the singing competition Tuesday night. The now 2x Platinum album stems from The Greatest Showman musical which was released in December of 2017.
Although the new collection was only released a few weeks ago, it immediately took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The original recording for the film was performed by Zac Efron and Zendaya.
Thank you @NBCTheVoice ---- @AnneMarie pic.twitter.com/o0PM34RTeU— James Arthur -- (@JamesArthur23) December 5, 2018


text:
New guide to help developing countries speed up access to climate finance
Islamabad: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a guidebook aimed at helping decision makers in developing countries to better take advantage of the billions pledged to address climate change.
"Blending Climate Finance through National Climate Funds" is based on UNDP's experience in setting up, managing and advising 750 funds and providing services for over US$5 billion in contributions pooled from multiple donors.
A step-by-step guide on setting up national climate funds, the publication is a key resource for policymakers, economists, investors and donors involved in national responses to climate change.
"We're giving governments a recipe on how to access more funding and how to improve management of climate change activities," said Olav Kjorven, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of Development Policy. "This guidebook can fundamentally change the way governments plan, finance and deliver on their climate policies."
More than 50 international public funds, 45 carbon markets and more than 6,000 private equity funds provide billions of dollars for national-level climate change actions. Between 2009 and 2010, clean energy sector investments worldwide grew 30 percent to a record US$243 billion.
However, only about one tenth of these investments went outside of countries that are members of the G20 grouping to areas of the world highly vulnerable to shifts in climate patterns, such as the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.
Challenges for developing countries seeking to take climate finance actions include collection of funds from hundreds of sources, coordinating activities funded by them and accounting for results.
While a national climate fund with clearly defined objectives, resources, standards, and monitoring and reporting would help meet these challenges, responsibility for climate finance and planning in many developing countries governments is often spread among multiple ministries.
"Through national climate funds, countries can access more financing and accelerate their response to climate change," said Olav Kjorven. "This can be a major contribution to setting the world on a cleaner, more equitable and sustainable path."
Examples of successful national climate funds in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Indonesia and other countries are highlighted in the guidebook. The guidebook is part of a series of practical manuals, guidebooks and toolkits intended to support countries to transition toward green, low-emission and climate-resilient development available at www.undp.org/climatestrategies.
For more information, contact:
Mehreen Saeed
Communication Analyst
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan
4th Floor, Serena Office Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-8355650
Cell: +92300 535 8225
Fax: +92-51-2655014-15
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.undp.org.pk


text:
This may sound like another Peak Oil piece, and it is - just not in a James Kunstler Long Emergency way.
In this short video, Richard Sears acknowledges peak oil yet puts it into a historic perspective that you may not have heard before. Yes, he fails to take into account the expense of getting the remaining oil out of the ground, but what he shows is that we may already be headed in the right energy direction. This view falls more along my more hopeful view of the future. Admittedly, Sear's limestone, chalk, mother-of-pearl example lacks concrete science details in exactly what the future holds, but the point is that we are progressing to another energy future and that the human mind is capable of inventing and manipulating our world in order to meet our energy needs. Note that he mentions survival of the species.
In fact, much as we are now swimming in debt, the world is quite literally swimming in energy. You are made of it, everything is made of it and the amounts of energy on the subatomic levels are mind boggling. No, we have not unlocked the secrets… yet – and yes, it is going to take a huge effort and plenty of time. That doesn't mean that we won't and it certainly doesn't mean that we shouldn't get on with it. We should. We certainly need to be putting far more resources into this than we are into worthless wars and into central banker's pockets.
Richard Sears - Planning for the end of oil:
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, ISM Services
9 hours ago


text:
Please complete the payment on the payment page.
*Can't see the payment page,It may be blocked by your browser, please go to reset it
Apparel Size:
Sorry, we have only in stock now. Leave us a message about the quantity of the item you want, and we will inform you once we restock.
11-12 Real Madrid Home White Retro Jersey Shirt
Season: 11-12
Material: Polyester
Type of Brand Logo: Embroidered
Type of Team Badge: Embroidered
Made for: Man
© 2009–2020 All rights reserved. Cheap Soccer Jerseys,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys,Buy jersey shirts Free Shipping.


text:
After Effects templates
10 unique liquid elements. Made with shape layers in After Effects. 100% editable and resizable shapes. You can resize to 8K or higher without losing quality. 11 modes: basic, stroke, trim, doodle, isometric, long shadow, glow, pixelate, rough, texture. Colors are editable as well. No 3rd party plug-ins or pre-renders! Works with CS6, CC, CC14, CC15, CC16, CC17, CC18 and all higher versions. Extremely light project and fast render! Just drop the .aep file straight into your project! Enjoy!
Music: https://www.motionelements.com/stock-music-10180841-action-dubstep-2-with-voices


text:
If at first you don't succeed... Introducing Phoenix Pass Pledge.
Find out more
Phoenix Health & Safety offer a pass pledge on all IOSH, NEBOSH and CITB courses.
This means that candidates are entitled to continue studying (free of charge) if they fail to meet the required standard in the examinations.
0345 500 8811
L'Occitane Ltd