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Last Update: 26 June 2012 Overview The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, signed into law in February 2009, included new funding for Health Information Technology (HIT). A significant portion ($17 billion) of the funding for HIT will support incentives for physicians who have adopted Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Eligible professionals who treat outpatient Medicare patients and demonstrate that they are using a "certified" EHR in a "meaningful" way can earn incentive payments totaling up to $44,000 (per physician) over 5 years. Starting in 2015, Medicare reimbursement rates will be reduced 1% for physicians who do not meet this requirement. Physicians who treat Medicaid patients and demonstrate that they are using an EHR will be eligible for incentive payments totaling up to $63,750 (per physician) over 6 years. Funding is also available to encourage hospitals to adopt EHRs, but this is not discussed here. Timing To obtain the full incentive, physicians must begin participation in the Medicare incentive program in 2011 or 2012. The amount of the incentive is reduced when participation starts after 2012, and the last year to begin participation and earn an incentive is 2014. Participating physicians are only required to demonstrate meaningful use of an EHR for 90 consecutive days in the first year of participation in the Medicare incentive, as opposed to the entire calendar year in subsequent years. Therefore, to receive the full incentive, physicians must be able to attest to meaningful use of EHRs by October 1, 2012. The Medicaid incentive program started in 2010 and runs through 2021. Physicians do not need to demonstrate meaningful use in the first year of the Medicaid program, but rather demonstrate efforts to adopt, implement, or upgrade to a certified EHR. Certification Use of a certified EHR system is a requirement for the incentive. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the US Department of Health and Human Services has authorized six entities to test and certify EHRs. Certification assures health care providers that the EHR technology they adopt includes the capabilities they will need to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs. While certification status is only applicable to the incentive programs, it is likely to set the industry standard for EHR software functionality and interoperability. One of the certifying entities, CCHIT, has developed certification criteria specific to behavioral health software. This certification is not directly tied to the incentive programs, and other products on the complete list of certified EHR products may also be suitable for individual psychiatric practices. More Information about Certification US Department of Health and Human Services List of Certified HIT Products US Department of Health and Human Services Meaningful Use Physicians must attest to "meaningful use" of certified EHR technology to be eligible for the financial incentive. For 2011 and 2012, physicians must attest to meeting 25 objectives in order to demonstrate meaningful use. There are 15 core objectives that all participants must demonstrate, as well as a list of 10 "menu" objectives from which physicians choose 5 that apply to their practice. The objectives include requirements intended to: improve quality; engage patients and family; improve care coordination; and maintain privacy and security. One of the required elements is to use EHRs to collect and report on 6 clinical quality performance measures. See the Analysis section below for a discussion of how some of these objectives pertain to psychiatry. List of Meaningful Use Measures (zip file) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
The definition of meaningful use with which physicians must comply, currently referred to as Stage 1, will be expanded in subsequent years as technological capabilities advance. Future stages are expected to include greater emphasis on the electronic exchange of health information and more detail on privacy and security. The criteria for Stage 2 (which will be required for those who have sent the requirements of stage 1 in 2014) have recently been finalized by the federal government. APA provided comments on a proposed version of these criteria. More information on the news rules will posted to this page as APA completes its analysis. Financial Incentive and Penalty Incentives for physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR systems in the Medicare program will be awarded annually from 2011-2016. To be eligible for any incentive, the first year of adoption can be no later than 2014. The incentive is calculated based on a percentage of charges billed to Medicare. Physicians who bill a small amount to Medicare will be eligible for smaller incentives. To receive the full Medicare incentive in the first year, a physician must bill at least $24,000 in Medicare services. Physicians can only participate in one incentive program (Medicare or Medicaid) per year and can only switch once. The incentive for the entire year will be calculated after the end of the year and dispensed in a single payment once successful participation has been verified. Incentives will be calculated based on 75% of the physician's allowed Medicare charges for the year, with the following caps:
There is an additional 10% bonus for physicians who work in a Geographic Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). Starting in 2015, a reduction of 1% will be imposed on Medicare reimbursement for physicians who do not demonstrate meaningful use of an EHR. This penalty is to be increased annually to a maximum possible penalty of 5% in 2019 and thereafter. The Medicaid incentive program offers up to $63,750 for physicians over 6 years. To be eligible for the Medicaid incentive, at least 30% of the physician's patient population must be Medicaid patients. The Medicaid program is voluntary and there will be no penalty for clinicians who do not participate. Demonstration of meaningful use is not required in the first year of participation: only adoption, implementation, or update of certified EHR software. The incentive does not vary regardless of starting year, but participation must begin by 2016. The last incentive year will be 2021. CMS has produced a guide to the Medicaid incentive program for clinicians. Participation in the EHR Incentive program does not preclude participation in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), which in 2012 allows for an additional 0.5% incentive for physicians who successfully report performance on clinical performance measures. Physicians cannot simultaneously earn incentives in the Medicare EHR incentive program and the Medicare electronic prescribing incentive program. See this CMS tip sheet for more information.
Because there are different payment adjustments (penalties) tied to the mutiple eHealth programs, CMS developed a Payment Adjustment Tool to show what payment adjustments to expect based on clinicians' past, current, and expected future participation.
Mechanics of Participation Participating physicians must report compliance with the 25 objectives of meaningful use through attestation. Depending on the objective, reporting may be a "yes/no" or may involve a numerator, denominator, or exclusion. Some objectives have minimum thresholds that must be met in order to qualify for the incentive (e.g. greater than 40% of prescriptions must be transmitted electronically). Steps for participation include: Registering on the EHR Incentive website, which includes entering the physicians name, identification, and designating the Tax Identification Number (TIN) of the entity that should receive the incentive funds. Enrollment in Medicare Fee-For-Service, Medicare Advantage, or Medicaid. All participants in the incentive program must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI). All participants in the Medicare program must be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) Analysis Eligibility for the full incentive will require adoption of an EHR by 2012, and penalties in the form of reduced Medicare payments for physicians not using an EHR will begin in 2015. Psychiatrists not currently using an EHR should consider exploring their options. While an EHR has great potential to improve healthcare quality and efficiency, the selection and usage of EHR technology can be time-consuming, complex, costly and disruptive. A strategic, well-considered commitment to the potential benefit of EHRs to an individual's practice, rather than the financial incentive, should be the primary motivator guiding the decision to adopt an EHR. The incentive serves as a "rebate" that follows this decision and the resulting actions taken. While the impact of the current incentive (and penalty) is greatest for physicians treating a significant number of Medicare or Medicaid patients, it is possible that private payers, state medical boards, or other entities will develop similar incentive programs or requirements over the coming years, and EHRs may become a standard platform of communication in healthcare. Record and Chart Changes in Vital Signs Many have noted that the requirements for the programs are framed around the use of EHRs in primary care. The requirement for recording and charting vital signs is one example of this pattern. The requirement is that greater than 50% of patient records of patients seen in the reporting period must have height, weight, and blood pressure recorded. The measure includes exclusion language for "no relevance to the scope of practice," which better captures the situation of dentists and chiropractors, where vitals are never taken, than in specialty care, where vitals may be important but not universally so. There is no official guidance on how specialists should address objectives that may not apply to their practice, but several items, including the requirement to record and chart vital signs, contain exclusionary options. Statements made by HHS officials suggest that claiming exemptions is a viable option for specialist physicians. Entering vitals data collected by outside clinicians is also acceptable. More detail about claiming exemptions to meaningful use objectives can be found here. Clinical Quality Measures There is not a minimum level of performance required to qualify for the EHR incentives, only that the required measures are reported. A low performance rate will not impact eligibility for incentive payment. It will be important to check with your EHR vendor to determine which clinical quality measures are supported and in what form. See this AMA resource for a complete listing of the clinical performance measures. The links in the tables below give an overview of the measures. For more information, see the CMS webpage on Clinical Quality Measures, or access this zip file. Core Measures Physicians must report on the 3 core measures. If one or more of the core measures are not applicable (designated by a 0 denominator), then alternate core measures must be used to bring the total to 3. If the alternate core measures do apply, which is likely in most psychiatric practices, they should also be reported with a 0 denominator. See this CMS FAQ for more information and see the table below for comments on the individual measures and their applicability to psychiatry.
NQF 0013: Hypertension: Blood Pressure Measurement
This measure requires a recording of blood pressure in patients with hypertension who were seen by the clinician at least 2 times. The following CPT codes, which exclude many codes commonly used by psychiatrists, are used to define the applicable encounters: 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215, 99241, 99242, 99243, 99244, 99245, 99324, 99325, 99326, 99327, 99328, 99334, 99335, 99336, 99337, 99341, 99342, 99343, 99344, 99345, 99347, 99348, 99349, 99350. Only patients for whom hypertension is recorded as a diagnosis and who are seen at least twice using one of the above encounter codes would be included in the measure denominator.
NQF 0028 (a and b): Tobacco Use Assessment and Tobacco Cessation Intervention
This two-part measure requires reporting on assessment and cessation intervention for tobacco use for patients at least once within 2 years. It incorporates the encounter codes commonly used in psychiatry and is likely in scope for most psychiatrists.
NQF 0421: Adult Weight Screening and Follow-Up
This measure requires a recording of BMI and follow-up plan if the BMI is outside parameters. Its encounter code list includes the following encounter codes used in psychiatric practice: 90801, 90802, 90804, 90805, 90806, 90807, 90808, 90809, but the measure specifications allow for patients to be excluded from the denominator if a physical exam was not performed.
NQF 0024: Weight Assessment and Counseling for Children and Adolescents
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This measure only applies to physicians who treat patients between the ages of 2-17; does not include encounter codes typically used in psychiatry; and is designated for Primary Care and OB/GYN encounters. It is likely to be inapplicable in most psychiatric practices.
NQF 0041: Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization for Patients > 50 Years Old
This measure does not include encounter codes typically used in psychiatry and is likely to be inapplicable in most psychiatric practices.
NQF 0038: Childhood Immunization Status
This measure does not include encounter codes typically used in psychiatry; is designated for Primary Care and OB/GYN encounters; and is likely to be inapplicable in most psychiatric practices.
Additional Measure Set Physicians must report on 3 of the 38 additional measures. See the table below for the 3 measures that are most likely to apply to typical psychiatric practices, but others from the complete list may apply in certain circumstances. If a clinician determines that there are not 3 of the 38 measures that apply to their practice, they should report on any measures that do apply and attest that no others apply.
NQF 0105: Anti-Depressant Medication Management
This measure captures the percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were diagnosed with a new episode of major depression, treated with antidepressant medication, and who remained on an antidepressant medication treatment during the acute and continuation phases. It incorporates the encounter codes commonly used in psychiatry and is likely in scope for most psychiatrists.
NQF 0027: Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation, Medical assistance
This measure captures the percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were current smokers or tobacco users, who were seen by a practitioner during the measurement year and who received advice to quit smoking or tobacco use or whose practitioner recommended or discussed smoking or tobacco use cessation medications, methods or strategies. Unlike the Tobacco screening measure in the core set above, NQF 0028, this measure does not incorporate the CPT codes most commonly used in psychiatric encounters, so it may have a low or 0 denominator population for psychiatrists who use these codes rarely or never.
NQF 0004: Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment
This measure captures the percentage of adolescent and adult patients with a new episode of alcohol and other drug (AOD) dependence who initiate treatment through an inpatient AOD admission, outpatient visit, intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalization within 14 days of the diagnosis and who initiated treatment and who had two or more additional services with an AOD diagnosis within 30 days of the initiation visit. This measure does incorporate the CPT encounter codes commonly used in psychiatry, and is likely applicable in most psychiatric practices
FAQs What EHR should I buy? Physicians must use certified EHR software (either a complete system, or a collection of certified modules that together meet the functional requirements of the program), in order to be eligible for the EHR incentive. Given the rapidly evolving nature of the EHR market and the wide variation in practice settings and functional needs of individual APA members, APA does not recommend or endorse specific products. Based on individual needs and preferences, products that are highly suitable for one practice may be inappropriate for another. APA is working to expand capabilities for APA members to exchange their experiences with specific EHR products.
How much will I be penalized if I don't participate? The penalty for not using an EHR is only tied to Medicare reimbursement. Medicare reimbursement is currently scheduled to be reduced by 1% for physicians not meaningful using EHRs in 2015. Reductions may continue to rise after 2015, up to 5%. The exact rules for the penalty and any exemptions have not yet been established by CMS. There is no penalty in the Medicaid incentive program.
When do I need to act? Physicians can start participating in the incentive programs now. To earn the full Medicare incentive, physicians must start meaningful use of an EHR by October 2012. Physicians who start meaningful use of an EHR in 2013 or 2014 will still be eligible for a reduced incentive. According to proposed regualtions to avoid Medicare payment reductions in 2015, physicians must start using EHRs by 2014. The last year to begin participation in the Medicaid program is 2016.
Do outpatient behavioral health settings qualify for the incentive? With the exception of the hospital-based incentive program, incentives are based on individual clinicians, not their practice setting. The incentive is calculated based on Medicare or Medicaid services provided by eligible providers, which were legislatively defined as physicians, dentists, and other clinicians, but not psychologists or social workers. Physicians who work in behavioral health outpatient settings may apply for the incentives and reassign the funds to their employer, but most other clinicians are likely ineligible. Legislation has been proposed to expand the definition of eligible providers to include behavioral health non-physician clinician EHR users.
I still have questions! See this AMA document or the CMS incentive program FAQ page for an extensive FAQ on the EHR incentive programs. You may consider contacting CMS program-specific phone/email contacts, your EHR vendor, and/or email APA staff.
Additional HIT Initiatives Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is currently led by Farzad Mostashari, MD. ONC is the principal Federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information.
HIT Regional Extension Centers Regional resource centers have been funded to provide technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care providers' efforts to become meaningful users of EHRs. 62 centers serve clinicians in designated geographic areas. While the primary audience of these centers is primary care physicians, some may provide information and services that are helpful to specialists.
State Health Information Exchanges Funding has been made available to advance health information exchange (HIE) across the health care system through State HIEs. Cooperative agreements have been awarded to states to evolve and advance the necessary governance, policies, technical services, business operations and financing mechanisms for health information sharing across the healthcare system. ONC is also overseeing efforts to develop a National Health Information Network (NHIN) that will enable the secure exchange of health information over the Internet nationally.
Official EHR Incentive Program Website Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Basics Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) - HIT Home US Department of Health and Human Services Meaningful Use ONC Meaningful Use Page CMS Meaningful Use Page Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs American Medical Association Meaningful Use OneSource Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Health Policy Brief: Electronic Health Record Standards Health Affairs APA EHR Page American Psychiatric Association
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Society publications are the vehicle in which the results of scientific inquiry, guided by the scientific method, are shared with other geoscience researchers and made available to a wider public audience. Results presented in Society publications advance research, inform governmental policy decisions, educate students, and assist the private sector in a wide range of endeavors. Thus it is important for the Society to maintain a level of quality and integrity in its publication process. This responsibility rests with all involved in the publication process - authors, reviewers, editors, GSA officials, and GSA staff. The following document outlines a set of ethical guidelines for all those involved in GSA publications (journals, books, maps, abstracts, electronic media). Adherence to these guidelines should promote fair treatment of manuscripts through the peer review process.
This document draws heavily on ethical guidelines prepared by other scientific societies, most notably the American Chemical Society. The list of sources below also includes more general documents on ethics in science consulted in preparation of these guidelines.
- National Academy of Sciences: On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (stills.nap.edu/html/obas/)
- American Chemical Society (Reprinted [in part] with permission from "Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research," Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, p. 13A–15A. Copyright 1985, 1989, 1995, 2001 American Chemical Society.) (pubs.acs.org/instruct/ethic.html)
- American Physical Society (www.aps.org/statements/02.2.html)
- American Geophysical Union (www.agu.org/pubs/authors/policies/)
- American Mathematical Society (www.ams.org/secretary/ethics.html)
- 1. Society Officers, Councilors, and Society Staff
- 1.1. Council is responsible for setting policy for all GSA publications and appointing editors of books and journals. The Publications Committee, as an appointed committee of Council, offers advice and makes recommendations on publication policy to Council.
- 1.2. The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that publications policies enacted by Council are carried out.
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The term Editor as used below refers to Editors, Associate Editors, Guest Editors of books, and Editorial Board members when delegated to serve in an editorial capacity.- 2.1. Editors will give manuscripts unbiased consideration.
- 2.2. Editors should process manuscripts rapidly.
- 2.3. The Editor has sole responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. Manuscripts should have peer review, but the Editor may reject or accept for cause (inappropriate for journal, clearly of poor quality, contents previously published elsewhere, etc.)
- 2.4. The Editor and editorial staff should not disclose information about submitted manuscripts except to reviewers, Associate Editors, Editorial Board members, and GSA publications staff. Information about a manuscript may be shared, with the author's permission, once a manuscript is accepted and scheduled for publication (e.g., new releases, pre-publication posting of the abstract, or inclusion in a list of contents, etc.).
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- 2.6. The Editor should not handle manuscripts for which there is a real or perceived conflict of interest. Examples include, but are not restricted to, past (within the last 5 years) or current collaboration, personal friend, employer or employee, family relationship, institutional relationship, past or present graduate advisor or advisee, someone with whom the reviewer has had a past or on-going scientific controversy, or situations where the Editor could stand to gain economically by publication or rejection of the manuscript. Editorial responsibility should be delegated to another Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board member.
- 2.7. The Editor should not use information, data, theories, or interpretations of submitted manuscript in her/his own work until that manuscript is in press or published unless the author has given permission to do so.
- 2.8. If an Editor is presented with convincing evidence that the main substance or conclusions of a publication are erroneous, he/she should facilitate publication of a report (e.g., correction, follow-up manuscript, or other appropriate means) pointing out the error and, if possible, correcting it. The report may be written by the person who discovered the error or by the original author.
3. Authors and Co-authors- 3.1. Manuscripts should contain original, new results, data, ideas and/or interpretations not previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere (including electronic media and databases).
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- 4.5. Reviewers should ask the Editor for permission to discuss the paper with others for specific advice, giving names and reasons for such consultation.
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- 4.7. Reviewers should not use information, data, theories, or interpretations of the manuscript in their own work until that manuscript is in press or published unless the author has given permission to do so.
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- 4.9. Reviewers should alert the Editor to similar manuscripts published or under consideration for publication elsewhere in the event they are aware of such. However, it is the responsibility of the Editor, not the reviewer, to decide on the proper course of action once so informed.

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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced that they will stop bank repossessions from Dec. 17, 2012 through Jan. 2, 2013. However, foreclosure activities will continue, such as scheduling auctions, filing notices, legal proceeding etc.
Bank of America will also hold off on evictions during this Holiday season. Other large mortgage companies such as, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and Citibank have postponed foreclosures in the past but have not made any announcements yet for this year.
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Creamed Corn
8 ears sweet corn (or 4 cups frozen)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
1 tablespoon sliced garlic
1 tablespoons sliced shallots
1 quart heavy cream
1½ teaspoons chopped parsley
1½ teaspoons chopped chives
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
1 cup cornbread crumbs
Slice off corn kernels, reserving cobs. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in saucepan. Saute garlic and shallots until soft. Add cream and reserved cobs. Heat on low simmer, uncovered, until cream is reduced by half. Remove cobs. Ue back of spoon to press juices into cream. Discard cobs. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Melt remaining butter in pan. Saute kernels 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cream mixture, parsley and chives. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to buttered casserole dish, top with corn bread crumbs and bake until crumbs are golden brown.
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Formerly "French Kitchen in America," this kitchen is located on the outskirts of an old French Canadian neighborhood in the Upper Great Lakes. The menu is eclectic and the topics are varied.
06 July 2007
Tomatoes Stuffed with Italian Sausage
Ah Paris! Already more than a month in the past, it now seems like a dream.
On our last day, we noticed sausage-stuffed tomatoes at the Mediterranean deli across the street. We had plenty of food left, and although they looked delicious, my frugality once again maintained the upper hand.
I passed, thinking I could make them back in Wisconsin.
Tonight, the end of a sunny and breezy high summer day, I did just that. The result was July's equivalent of a September favorite, stuffed green peppers.
Simple Sausage Stuffed Tomatoes
5-6 large tomatoes
½ pound spicy Italian sausage
1 tablespoon olive oil
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
3 tablespoons green pepper, chopped
½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
dash herbes de Provence
Pinch fleur de sel
Dash pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Slice off the tops of the tomatoes. Gently remove the pulp, juice and seeds.
Brown sausage in olive oil, breaking into small pieces with wooden spatula. When sausage is brown, remove it and set aside. Add garlic, onion and pepper and cook until tender. Add sausage, thyme and herbs and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes. You may want to add a bit of tomato sauce or leftover spaghetti sauce for color.
Place tomatoes in lightly greased backing dish. Fill with sausage mixture. If there is some left over, place this in the dish, too.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. After about 15 minutes, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
I served this with French bread and an off-brand white shiraz that was peppery and berrylike on the tongue and oakey at the finish.
14 comments:
- Farmgirl Cyn said...
Sans the bread, this sounds like a very South Beach friendly recipe. I think I will be up to my eyeballs in tomatoes in just a few short weeks, so this sounds like just the ticket!
- 06 July, 2007 21:38
- L Vanel said...
This is a summer favorite and we always have it when we go down South to the midi to visit. Thanks for sharing your dinner, Mimi!
- 07 July, 2007 02:21
- katiez said...
That looks yummy! I love the photo!
I've lightly stuffed tomatoes (pesto, herbs) for a starter but never thought of doing something more substantial for a meal. Sounds wonderful... spicy sausage and tomatoes go so well together. - 07 July, 2007 03:28
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
And for me at least the perfect sausage would be those hot Italian spicy chicken sausage that I can only get at Whole Foods. Sorry yes they call them Italian, I just call them good.
I'm always surprize at what little Paris memories will flash on me! - 07 July, 2007 04:07
- Mimi said...
Cyn, we have been pretty good about following SBD for most meals. If fact, one of my friends and I are going to do it together - we live in the same neighborhood and can walk together, too, which makes it much easier.
Lucy, I'd never made warm stuffed tomatoes before. I usually serve them cold with tuna or chicken salad.
Katie, it was like eating stewed tomatoes w.o the juice. We'll try this one again. So simple, why didn't I try it before?
Tanna, I would love a Whole Foods store. But ometimes vegetables do not sell in the stores - I think Wisconsin likes cheese and fried foods and that's it. So it would have to be Whole Meats... - 07 July, 2007 05:43
Those tomatoes look delicious. I've been craving stuffed peppers lately but am waiting for them to come in season.
www.ceresandbacchus.com - 07 July, 2007 06:07
- Glenna said...
Looks yummy! The perfect summer supper.
- 07 July, 2007 08:36
- Mimi said...
Stuffed peppers are a big deal at our house, Mary; we have them a lot in late summer-early fall. My husband is a purist and has to have them his way; I like to experiment with different fillings.
Glenna, it was about all I could muster last night. I really must get better organized. - 07 July, 2007 09:46
- Jann said...
Once again, you have excited my taste buds!I could eat peppers served anyway,with anything!
- 08 July, 2007 07:09
- Blame It on Paris said...
This is a favorite family "quick fix" meal. My husband's family always makes it in France, sometimes with zucchini instead of tomatoes, and we usually try to approximate the "chair de saucisse" you can buy in French grocery stores with similar things here. The one main difference is we put the meat in raw and cook it, of course, much longer. Tonight I decided to try it your way, with Italian sausage and onions and garlic! It smells delicious already. Thanks for the idea.
- 08 July, 2007 18:19
- Julie said...
Mimi, those stuffed tomatoes look great. I haven't had something like this in ages. I will have to make some.
- 12 July, 2007 11:46
- Kristen said...
Just the name makes my mouth water, and then the photo.,..and now the recipe. I want some now!
- 15 July, 2007 20:53
I made these tonight. Hubby LOVED them!
- 11 February, 2010 21:45
- Courtney said...
My mother in law is french, and my husband always raves about her stuffed tomatoes and zuchini. Her recipe is sausage fermier (sausages from the country, no spices), egg, parsley, chives, garlic and bread that has been soakes in water, salt and pepper. You mix everything up (dont cook)then stuff the tomatoes and drizzle olive oil and cook in a medium hot oven. She cooks the tomato and zuchini pulp on the stove with some olive oil as a sauce to put over! I think they are all good - just a variation from a french mum!!
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Calvin is still Calvin, but N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried has nothing but praise for him.
C.J. Leslie - or Calvin , if you're Gottfried - was known equally for his undeniable talent and his often-temperamental demeanor when last season began. But by season's end, he appeared to have outgrown his mercurial side and was one of the league's best players.
Gottfried said the 6-foot-9 forward has continued that process in the offseason, honing his game and improving his shot selection.
"Young people mature at different times," Gottfried said of his relationship with Leslie (above). "Some kids you recruit, they walk in, they're 18 years old, they're much more mature handling adversity. Then there are other kids that aren't. It's not always their fault. It's just kind of sometimes what they've been allowed to do or where they are. I think with Calvin . there was that wall when I first took the job. It was hard to penetrate it each day and get in there and felt like somebody trusted you.
". Once we started building some trust, I thought we were able to take some steps."
N.C. State's highly ranked recruiting class is a big part of the excitement surrounding the 2012-13 season. Point guard Tyler Lewis, shooting guard Rodney Purvis and forward T.J. Warren will see plenty of time this season. In fact, there's a chance they may see a little more than they're ready to tackle..
The Wolfpack will be built around the veteran nucleus of Leslie, Lorenzo Brown, Scott Wood and Richard Howell. However, beyond those four, there's little proven depth. That means the three freshmen will likely be called on early.
How well they handle it will likely shape how far N.C. State goes.
"Where you're getting some talent, you're getting some guys that have great futures (the question is) are those three guys ready to go on the road to Virginia Tech and understand how important this game is?" Gottfried said. "Or at Clemson? . That's something that's going to be a process this year."
It's been more than seven months since N.C. State's NCAA tournament run ended. But the whole period, from the team's last-second inclusion in the field to its 60-57 loss to Kansas, provided enduring memories.
"The whole journey through the tournament was crazy, from when we first made it to the end," Brown said. "I was just happy we made it that far. Even though we lost, I was just proud of everybody."
It's also served as the rallying point for this season. The feeling is that if the Wolfpack could do that last year, imagine what it could do with an injection of talent and another year of experience.
"That experience made us hungry for more," Wood said.
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Posted by: Tony Russell, Regional Administrator, FEMA Region VI
As Administrator Fugate often stresses, the private sector plays a crucial role in the emergency preparedness team. Capitalizing on this philosophy, the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LA BEOC) in Baton Rouge, La., links businesses and volunteer organizations with the state's Emergency Operations Center. The LA BEOC works with businesses to improve their disaster preparedness and help them return to normal operations as quickly as possible following a disaster. As we have seen time and again, helping get businesses back up and running is critical to stabilizing local economies and expediting communities' recoveries.
Last week, the LA BEOC hosted a seminar focusing on the private sector's role in planning for disasters and providing services in the days following a severe storm or hurricane. I had the privilege of speaking at the meeting, emphasizing the importance of continuing to improve communication between government and business.
You can read more about this emerging partnership in the Baton Rouge Advocate's article about the seminar. Join us by looking for ways your business can participate in emergency preparedness activities in your state.
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Superintendent Carol R. Johnson announced Friday night that she is planning to conduct a full review of her leadership team, in wake of recent questions over her leadership, and as she took disciplinary action against two employees who are under investigation. Johnson said the review of her executive staff would likely lead to a major shakeup that would include a redefining of roles and duties and the possibility of the departure of some members, and the hiring of new individuals.
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from Owl and Spade, Fall 2012
One sunny Tuesday morning in August, I donned a bright orange t-shirt and joined our students and staff to welcome our first-year students and their parents to campus and help unload their cars. For me, this marked the real beginning of my term as Warren Wilson's seventh president. As the cars pulled in, the campus began to inflate with students, coming alive with the anxieties and aspirations that accompany the start of college.
My plan was to keep busy enough carrying bookshelves and refrigerators into dorm rooms that I wouldn't have time to dwell on my own anxieties and aspirations in starting this new role as the College president. During a brief lull in the unpacking, I noticed a Vietnamese family of four pausing in front of Sunderland, with the parents posing for a photo. I approached them and offered to take a shot of all four of them, but the camera-wielding son, a college-aged young man, declined. "Just my parents," he said. And then his mother pointed to her husband and explained, "He went here."
I briefly thought I'd encountered a multi-generational Wilson family. I asked where the new student was, and the father came quickly over to explain. "I went here in the 1980s," he told me. "I was on vacation with my family in the area and I brought them over to Warren Wilson because I wanted them to see the place where I became the person I am today."
I recounted his words later that afternoon to our assembled new students and their families. It captured for me what is so exciting, and also so humbling, about the journey that I was beginning along with them. College is for many of us the place we become the person we are going to be, and at Warren Wilson we are particularly focused on educating that whole person. Through the Triad, we stimulate the mind and also challenge students to work as part of the campus community and to serve as part of the greater Asheville-Buncombe County community. We teach skills for life—intellectual skills, leadership skills, moral reasoning and practical problem solving.
Steve Solnick
Steven L. Solnick, Ph.D., is the seventh president in the 70-year history of Warren Wilson College. Solnick assumed the presidency in July 2012 after a decade abroad as Ford Foundation Representative in Moscow and then in New Delhi, providing programmatic and administrative leadership. During his years with the foundation, Solnick gave shape and direction to its work across areas such as human rights, higher education, arts and culture, media, livelihood promotion, sustainable agriculture and reproductive health.
Before joining the Ford Foundation, Solnick was associate professor of political science at Columbia University, where he also was coordinator for Russian Studies at the Harriman Institute. He previously was research associate at Harvard University's Russian Research Center and Center for International Affairs. Since 2001 Solnick has been a full member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
A native of Jersey City, N.J., Solnick holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and a doctorate in political science from Harvard University. He also has a B.A. (First Class) in politics and economics from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Fulbright-Hays Fellow at Moscow State University.
Solnick lives in Asheville with his wife, Maeve O'Connor, and their children: Elinor, Naomi and Reuben.


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