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select * from pg_class; or select relname, relpages from pg_class where relname = '[index-name]'; the pages give you the information about the space the index uses, a page has 8kb. [...]Every table and index is stored as an array of pages of a fixed size (usually 8Kb, although a different page size can be selected when compiling the server). In a table, all the pages are logically equivalent, so a particular item (row) can be stored in any page. In indexes, the first page is generally reserved as a metapage holding control information, and there may be different types of pages within the index, depending on the index access method. [...] Source-URL: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/storage-page-layout.html jose fuenmayor wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: jose fuenmayor <jafn82(at)gmail(dot)com> > Date: Aug 22, 2005 1:37 PM > Subject: Indexes (Disk space) > To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org > > > Hi all, > I have the following question. > Is there anyway for me to know how much space on disk will ocupy an > index, created in a determined row or rows of a table?, anything like > a rule, formula, calculation? that allow me to know in advance how > much space will the index use before actually created it. > > I aprecciate all the help you can give me > > Thanks in advance. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
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text: Dev Hynes is Blood Orange, and he stopped by Webster Hall last night to play for a sold out crowd. Showcasing some fantastic dance moves, and an even more fantastic hat, Hynes played a set mostly comprised of songs from Cupid Deluxe, one of the best albums of 2013 according to the Gummy Awards. Photographer Luis Ruiz caught the show, check out his gallery above.

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Villa Mary is situated in Gerani, Crete. This detached holiday rental property is air conditioned and sleeps up to 6 people along with a private pool swimming pool and sea views. Villa Mary has has 3 air conditioned bedrooms. The Villa can sleep up to 6 people. Open-plan lounge with adjoining kitchen and dining area. Patio doors open to a shaded pool terrace. 1 double bedroom and 1 twin bedroom. Family bathroom. Upstairs: master bedroom with full bathroom. Patio doors to balcony overlooking the pool and gardens; sea views. The property is fully air conditioned.
The swimming pool rests in front of the villa, also enjoying the fabulous views. Size: 8m x 4m Depth: 1.4m
Set amidst lovely gardens complete with rockeries, a fantastic BBQ area and even a children swing! Shaded dining area overlooking the pool.BBQ
Holiday Rating: Excellent
Recommend Property: Yes
Cleaner Rating: Excellent
Holiday Review:
Hello Agni Travel We have never stayed in such luxury this villa was beyond our expectations extremely clean lovely cleaning ladies and great owners Efi Manoli. How kind of them they provided us with delicious traditional Greek meals (never had that touch in all the villa's over the years). We would have no hesitation in recommending Villa Mary to many of our friends and family and we would love to come back. Many Thanks To All . Very Kind RegardsAnne Grahame Val Malcolm Peter.
For my mother (74 years) and me it was just perfect. Everything was clean and the pictures on website were correct and honest. Good place to relax but also to start for many tours. Easy to do the shopping and the daily business. The owners were wonderful. I will come again will and I will recommend Villa Mary to others. Thank you to you all.
It was a beautiful villa. The best we ever had, perfectly located and a really nice owner who cooked for us.
Lovely beautiful villa in a picturesque location. Very new with stunning garden and pool. Totally secluded. Able to walk to local restaurants a small beach a bar and a hotel. Locals are lovely. Bella the local dog that follows everybody was a very welcome part of the holiday. The smell of the jasmine in the garden is lovely. Great location to visit Rethymno and Chania. We would recommend this villa.
Very nice and very clean villa with a lovely pool and shaded terrace located near Rethymno. Lovely garden too. Great service very warm welcome everything was perfect
Excellent. The owner even made us Greek dishes and delivered them to villa. What a lovely surprise. The cleanliness was second to none. Usually only cleaned once a week but this was superb. Outside area was much more spacious than I had imagined.
We have now had a holiday at Villa Mary or Georgia for the last five years and once again we had a most enjoyable holiday. The owners Manolis and Efi are most hospitable and have always made us feel welcome. The Villa in our opinion is in the ideal location and the local villagers are extremely friendly. We all hope to return in the near future.
Gerani is a traditional Cretan village with friendly locals. There are 3 tavernas, 2 supermarkets and a village church. The area is delightful for walking with farm trails and small streams.


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This comprehensive resource to the study of philately and postal operations provides unparalleled access to one of the Smithsonian Institution's largest collections.
The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum is the nation's first museum dedicated to the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Visitors are invited to become a part of the exhibit by recording their thoughts on freedom for all to see and hear.
Three timely examples of government censorship challenge visitors to consider if it is always a bad thing.
These four installations present hypothetical scenarios that visitors might encounter in their communities and challenges them to make decisions about the limits to freedom they will tolerate.
Four polling stations ask visitors where they would draw the line on freedom of expression in dozens of cases related to hate speech, indecency, violence, and wartime censorship.


text: Woohoo, the bosses finally signed off on the new car and told me to "get it ordered then!" Full spec: A3 3-door 2.0TDI 170 S-Line Brilliant Black DVD Satnav Plus BOSE sound system Light & rain sensor pack Interior lighting pack 3-spoke wheel with audio controls Auto-dimming & folding door mirrors Electric lumbar support Front centre armrest Luggage pack Reversible boot mat Non-smoking pack I'm rather happy atm. Only problem is I won't get it for three months


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The Raising of the Widow's Son from the Dead (Magdeburg Panel)
Magdeburg Panel
This panel is one of a group of sixteen ivory plaques depicting a cycle of scenes from the Life of Christ. The original set, numbering forty or fifty, decorated a large piece of church furniture in Magdeburg Cathedral.
Magdeburg Panel, 962-68, ivory, 12.5 x 12 cm, Ottonian from Milan (The British Museum)
It shows a scene from St Luke's Gospel. Christ and a group of disciples meets the bier being carried out of the city gate. The weeping mother appears beneath the bier, with the heads of other mourners visible above. The background is pierced with a diaper of equal-armed crosses. Christ is disproportionally larger than the other figures with a severe, almost expressionless face. The panel would originally have been backed with gold or copper.
The Holy Roman emperor Otto I is depicted as a donor on one of the panels, thus they were probably commissioned between the time of his coronation in 962 and the establishment of the cathedral as the seat of the archbishopric in 968. The Lombardic carving style carving suggests the panels were made either in a workshop in Milan, or by a Lombardic artist working for the emperor. The original mounting was destroyed around the middle of the eleventh century, when plaques from the series were incorporated into the book cover of a manuscript codex in Magdeburg.
Więcej informacji:
M. Brandt and A. Eggebrecht (eds.), Bernward von Hildesheim und das Zeitalter der Ottonen (Hildesheim and Mainz, 1993).
O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the ivory carving (London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1909).
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Helium shortage inflates prices
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:09:48 GMT — New Yearâ??s Day is approaching and party supply stores are gearing up for the holiday. However, consumers should expect to pay more for something lighter than air.ã??Helium prices are going through the roof and that means some stores that once sold helium-filled balloons no longer do so. Others are able to get helium but must charge more for balloons.ã??Judy Click of Judyâ??s said, "people are just not ordering balloons because they think there is no helium. We do have helium. We're gonna do lots of new year's balloons but they are a lot more expensive so people will be buying less balllons."ã??More than a third of the worldâ??s helium supply is produced in the Texas Panhandle but a shortage is forcing prices up. Thatâ??s because the federal government decided 15 years ago to get out of the helium business.


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Mc Lars Horris - Hey That's Me lyrics
Hey That's Me by Mc Lars Horris
It's off the hook home slice, like a lucky fish.
All I wish is that you taste this like a Swedish dish.
It's the L-A-R-S, H-O double-R I-S...
And I represent CV, and yes I must confess:
I'm back 2003 and the snare drum pumps.
Back up, Kris Kross, it's my turn to jump.
See I'm a Libra and I'm balanced,
Rocking it like Ritchie Valens,
And I'm up to this fresh session,
Yes I'm up to this fresh challenge.
And I'm thinking, and I'm writing,
And I'm rapping, and I'll fighting
All the layers of green apathy
Clogging up the zone.
Because I'll analyze your world,
I'll analyze your head.
I'll readjust your paradigm with this microphone.
I was chilling in my '88 south on 101,
With the woofer in the back bumping P.E. number one.
Free-styling in a genre I didn't create,
Props to Melle Mel, Chuck D, and all eight
Hundred thousand MC's on whose shoulders I stand.
I'm just a white kid with a plastic jammie in his hand!
See this MC here spends his life feeling fine,
But doesn't often get off in a straight line.
Fine, time will tell where he's headed.
It's up to chance, like Gretel's path is breaded.
Your criticism? I'm above it! Your BS? Let's rubber glove it!
Take your heroin and shove it… life you've got to love it.
So get this, steal this, deal this, peel this away,
I made this song out of my brain neurons and clay.
It helped my brain chill for a week and a day,
Until one day it stopped working like the city of Pompeii.
But it's okay, hey, because I roll it home.
Knick knack paddy whack, my sonic range his grown.
Profound like Antoine De Saint Exuperey,
When I rock the chorus of this song I say…
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
Part Swedish, part Australian, full fun boy G.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
I scored 1430 on my SAT's.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
I'll rock the CoHo like 1-2-3.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
I drop English and math and biology.
I piss Catholics off with my comic in the Daily. "Why's it called '27th Street'?†Man, don't front me.
Jorge Cham might do "PhD,†but can he ever try to rock the mike like me?
And I'm weird like Al, don't attend Cal, D.J.'s my buddy. Who's Mike?
Josh plays bass and I take wedding vows,
To my hip-hop rhymes that I'm busting now.
And I satisfy women like GER's,
I advocate the destruction of SUV cars.
I think Israel and Palestine should get along.
I sampled Nine Inch Nails for this song.
And I'm so post-modern, I don't even exist.
Did you hear that P. Diddy?
You just got dissed!
It's the twenty-first century, MC's please,
You're killing hip-hop when you sample the Bee Gees!
Most MC's today rap about five things:
Narcotics, cars, girls, clothes, and the bling bling.
Delusions of grandeur in full swing,
Fascist self focus and diamond rings.
But if Martin Luther King were alive today,
How would he weigh the decay displayed?
Homogenized identities, ourselves betrayed,
There's more to rap than just getting paid.
And there's more to life than MTV and Reeses Pieces,
And when I sit in silence, my love for life increases.
It feels great to pull the plug on the family TV,
And make my own niche in society.
And while I freak this beat, you're doing spoken word,
Trying to get your naked voice heard.
If I didn't know ProTools, I'd be like you
And I could just do spoken word if I wanted to.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
You might see me on the street bumping Run-DMC.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
After my BA I'll get my PhD.
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
Metaphysically fly like John Donne's "The Flea.â€
"Lars Horris,†hey that's me!
Rewriting Bronte like Wide Sargasso Sea.
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Values and Ethics in Socially Entrepreneurial Universities
Tim Curtis | Posted 17.07.2013 | UK Universities & Education
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The purpose of the socially entrepreneurial University can therefore be said to be to make society more equal and just through the values and decisions of our graduates. The debate on values then becomes re-centred on what values we wish to develop in our graduating students, and thus into social entrepreneurship that we create? Here are some suggestions.


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There will be at least two private gardens open to members of the public this weekend as part of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS).
As well as being able to beauty of the gardens, and appreciate the labours of the busy gardeners, you'll also be doing your bit for charity, as entry proceeds from garden admissions go to selected charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Parkinson's UK and the Carers Trust.
Blue Haze, Bembridge (venue details)
A passion for plants, art and the coast inspired the creation of this small coastal garden which wraps around Blue Haze. Native coastal plants thrive alongside more cultivated species whilst sculptures made from objects washed ashore augment the theme. Fruit, vegetables and a small nursery are integrated into the garden making it productive as well as attractive
White Cottages, Bembridge (venue details)
A dry gravel garden. Mainly used to grow and breed day lilies (Hemerocallis) and these are in full bloom end June and beginning July. The garden is predominantly herbaceous mixed with grasses and thus the garden changes dramatically over the year. Spring flowers provide interest before the day lilies and grasses and late perennials after.
The NGS has donated £34million from garden openings over the past 12 years and is Macmillan's biggest ever donor.
For details of all Gardens participating on the Isle of Wight see OnTheWight's event listings.
Thursday, 27th June, 2013 9:55am
By Sally Perry
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Erinnerung in C minor
Mazurka in D flat major
Tanz in C sharp minor
Kinderlied in D major
Capriccio in D minor
Bolero in E flat major
Elegie in E flat minor
Marsch in E major
Toccata in E minor
Gondellied in F major
Im Sturm in F minor
Romanze in F sharp major
Allegro Agitato in F sharp minor
Menuetto in G minor
Etude in G minor
Intermezzo in A flat major
Serenade in G sharp minor
Ungarisch in A major
Ungarisch (2nd Version)
Tarantelle in A minor
Impromptu in B flat minor
In russischer Weise in B flat minor
Lied in B major
Capriccio in B minor
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The Saddle Starz 4-H Club provides basic horsemanship and horse science education as well as detailed assistance in competition of various disciplines of horsemanship. They have traveled to unique horse related sites to learn more about horses such as The Museum of Natural History in New York City, Tour of Gettysburg on Horseback, and Cornell University.
The Club is based out of Rural Shamokin and includes members from places such as Shamokin, Elysburg and Sunbury. Any member age 8-18 is welcome to join the Saddle Starz Club regardless of where they live.
Club Officers:
- President: Ashley Persing
- Vice President: Rhiannon McKinney
- Secretary: Faith Candelora
- Treasurer: Cierra Zimmerman
- Communications Officer: Ashley Persing
- Organizational Leaders: Linda Cavanaugh and Meg Faust
For more information about the Saddle Starz 4-H Club, please contact Linda Cavanaugh at 570-648-8045 or via e-mail at email@example.com or Sam Nicola, 4-H Youth Development Coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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NFL Week 11 Picks: Predicting Underdogs That Will Win Straight-UpNovember 16, 2012
One of the riskier bets in the NFL is taking an underdog on the money line. However, the payouts can be massive, provided you are able to identify some teams that have a legitimate shot to pull off an upset.
Let's take a look at some of the squads that are getting points on the spread in Week 11, but actually might be worth taking straight up.
*Point spreads and money line totals courtesy of ScoresAndOdds.com. Home teams in CAPS.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (+3.5/+170) over Baltimore Ravens
This heated AFC North rivalry can go either way, which is why we are giving the edge to the home team.
While Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger is still uncertain as to whether or not he will be under center for the contest, we believe that it won't matter.
With Big Ben in the lineup, the Steelers will definitely have a shot of winning, but backup Byron Leftwich is more than capable and the running game will be boosted by Rashard Mendenhall's return to the lineup (he's currently listed as "probable").
Baltimore's defense has been decimated by injuries to top LB Ray Lewis and CB Lardarius Webb, so we are predicting this feisty Steelers squad to win.
OAKLAND RAIDERS (+4.5/+180) over New Orleans Saints
The Saints did the improbable and knocked off the undefeated Atlanta Falcons in Week 10, but have a tough matchup all the way in Oakland this coming Sunday.
Sure, the Raiders haven't picked up a victory since Week 8 in Kansas City, but we love their chances in the Black Hole against New Orleans.
Oakland is currently .500 at home (2-2) and has traditionally fared well when playing in front of its loyal supporters. The Saints are just 1-3 out on the road in 2012, and have yet to prove they can win a physical matchup away from the Superdome.
Taking the points is certainly an option, but those who want to cash in should play the Raiders ML at plus-180 or higher.
Cleveland Browns (+7.5/+300) over DALLAS COWBOYS
This is an exciting long shot bet that could reap massive rewards for those who back the Browns.
While the Browns are awful on the road (0-4), Dallas hasn't been consistent with home-field advantage and is just 1-2 when playing at Cowboys Stadium.
Considering Cleveland is coming off a bye and has some much needed rest, we like a rejuvenated Trent Richardson to run all over the place on Sunday and the Browns D to force a number of boneheaded Tony Romo turnovers.


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Pull out of the deck of cards: Kings, Queens, Jacks, Aces, 10's, and 9's. Keep these cards and shuffle them. Lay the cards face down and mix them up by moving them around with your hands. Now, each player takes a turn, and draws one card. The card is flipped over to reveal what it is.
If you draw a:
This keeps going on and on until when the 4th king is drawn. That poor bastard has to drink the community glass/pitcher and it starts all over again.
Variations: Add other cards, like the 2's etc and have them be something else, lot's of room for ingenuity on this game. Have lots of fun


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"Now every time someone makes a $1 donation in our stores, they sign a flyer that we post and we give them a free soda next time they come in," says Cenex Zip Trip general manager. For the third year, Cenex Zip Trip stores have participated in growing The Salvation Army's Backpacks for Kids Campaign
Cenex Zip Trip Stores Raise Over $31,000 For Kids
Pantry Donates To Campaign Through Facebook 'Likes'
The Pantry Inc. encourages guests to "Like" the Kangaroo Express Facebook page as each "Like" donates a dollar to the USO of North Carolina. The Pantry Inc. announced it plans to donate $1 to the USO of North Carolina for every "Like" received on the Kangaroo Express Facebook page from Aug. 6 through Aug. 17
Par Mar Hosts Make-A-Wish Event
The Par Mar Convenience Store in Fairmont, Va. hosted an event on Aug. 1 to support the Make-A-Wish Campaign, WBOY News 12 reported. The OMEGA and Make-A-Wish campaign are selling "Wish Stars" for $1 at convenience and grocery stores all month long, with the proceeds going to help grant wishes for sick children, such as
Cumberland Farms To Raise Funds For Children's Hospital
Iced coffee sales at participating Cumberland Farms c-stores to help benefit U.S. Children's Hospital Boston. During the month of May, Cumberland Farms is set to raise funds to benefit Children's Hospital Boston through the convenience store retailer's Pediatric Care Campaign. Participating Cumberland Farms stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will donate five cents per cup
Milk Starts its Rebound at Retail
Look for a rise in consumer demand for milk, and an increased interest in flavored products in 2012. "We see flavors, particularly chocolate milk, as a key opportunity at convenience stores in 2012," said Vivien Godfrey, CEO, MilkPEP. "Convenience stores are really over indexed in terms of flavored milk, so of all milk sold in
PS Food Mart Stores Fight Hunger
In conjunction with the 'Fight Hunger. Give Hope.' campaign, PS Food Mart is introducing a smart phone application that provides updates on gas prices and current discounts and promotions. PS Food Mart Charities, created by CITGO Marketer Folk Oil, has launched its third annual 'Fight Hunger. Give Hope.' campaign, a fundraiser dedicated to supporting local
RaceTrac Leverages Projectmates Construction Management Software
RaceTrac selects Projectmates for its flexibility, suite of business process workflows, and vast experience in the retail industry. RaceTrac convenience stores is leveraging Projectmates construction management software for its rapid expansion campaign. RaceTrac, which operates 320 retail gasoline convenience stores in five Southeastern states, is just one of the newest retail clients to adopt Projectmates—developed
Farm Worker Advocates Target Kangaroo Express
Activists fighting for the rights of tobacco workers appeal to Kangaroo Express for help in pressuring big tobacco companies to improve conditions. Kangaroo Express is coming under fire from activists campaigning to end human rights abuses faced by tobacco farm workers. The Cary N.C.-based c-store is being targeted after activists requested a meeting with the
MACS Donates $10,000 To Fight Hunger
Grant helps food bank distribute 50,000 meals. In partnership with the BP "Fueling Communities" program, Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), presented a check of $10,000 to FeedMore's Central Virginia Food Bank, NACS reported. The grant is intended to help the food bank distribute 50,000 meals to the one-in-seven residents in central Virginia who live in food-insecure
Dollar General Launches Honoring Our Every Day Heroes Program
Lynchburg, Va. man selected as first national hero. Dollar General is launching Honoring Our Every Day Heroes, a year-long program to honor the heroes among us—from firefighters and veterans to teachers and caregivers. "Dollar General is pleased to launch the Honoring Our Every Day Heroes program to recognize our customers—the everyday heroes who are
Shell Launches iPad App
New app showcases "some of the amazing means we use to produce energy, deliver it to local communities and help people use it more efficiently," says Shell spokesperson. Shell has launched a free iPad application called INSIDE ENERGY to highlight the vital role innovation and technology play in delivering energy to power people's lives. A campaign
Cumberland Farms Launches Pediatric Care Campaign
New corporate giving initiative allows convenience store retailers to raise funds for hospitals helping to heal children. Cumberland Farms has launched a Pediatric Care Campaign today, where the convenience store retailer will work with communities to raise much needed funds for hospitals that provide medical care to children. During this initiative, Cumberland Farms plans to
TA Donates More Than $212,000 to SCF
Second annual campaign results in largest donation to truckers fund. TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) wrapped up its second annual 'Band Together for SCF' campaign with $212,538.87 in donations to support the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF). Customers and employees of TA and Petro Stopping Centers made donations from Nov. 15 –
TETCO Donates $206,385 To JDRF
TETCO has gifted more than $800,000 to the nonprofit since 2005. TETCO has donated $206,385 to The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), South Central Texas Chapter, to help support the organization's continued quest to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, a life-threatening auto immune disease. "TETCO has been such an amazing partner with JDRF
Cardlytics Releases 2011 Transaction-Driven Marketing Results
Through the Cardlytics platform, retailers nationwide are able to present consumers with relevant messages and offers based on consumers' actual buying behavior. Cardlytics, a pioneer of Transaction-Driven Marketing, released aggregated advertiser performance results at the NRF Big Show. The 2011 results spanned across multiple retail categories. The results demonstrate Cardlytics' ability to drive large increases
BP America Supports Olympic and Paralympic Hopefuls
BP Team USA athletes to compete for spot in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. BP America has formally announced its support for nine U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including financial commitments to them and to charities of their choice in communities across
Gasoline Costs Pointed Up on EU Action, Geopolitical Risk
For the week through Dec. 5 U.S. wholesale gasoline costs mostly increased, while activity in the European Union coupled with heightened rhetoric from Iran are seen pushing gasoline prices even higher. Additionally, Sunoco Inc. announced Dec. 1 that it was beginning to idle the main process units at it Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia, Pa.,
BP, Mark Oil Co. Donate $20,000
Donation to benefit Charlotte, N.C. youth and adults with physical and visual disabilities. To fuel the spirit of BP's sponsorship of the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, Charlotte, N.C.-based BP distributor, Mark Oil Co., is teaming up with Paralympic Sport Metrolina to help raise awareness of the benefits of recreational and competitive sports for
Celebrate America Recycles Day
West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association works to recycle and encourages other organizations to join in the cause ahead of America Recycles Day. The West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association, representing convenience stores, independent groceries and petroleum marketers across the state, is working to do its part to recycle and conserve resources. The
7-Eleven Celebrates Veteran's Day
"With this year's Veteran's Day falling on 11/11/11, the timing seemed perfect to say thank-you to the men and women serving our great country. For those who are here, we can say thank-you with a free Slurpee. For those serving, we hope to raise enough funds to help the USO distribute 40,000 care packages," says
Vote Roo
Kangaroo Express' Roo mascot runs for office—awards fans with free coffee. The Roo, the voice and mascot of Kangaroo Express Convenience Stores, is running for mayor of Charleston and Charlotte, N.C. "The Roo believes every man, woman and child deserves a break in their day. A couple minutes to grab a tasty cup of coffee
Wawa Provides Red Cross Support
7-Eleven, Pepsi Partner on Feeding America Campaign
Up to $250,000 to be donated to Feeding America from every Pepsi purchase. 7-Eleven Inc. and Pepsi have partnered to ask consumers to help relieve domestic hunger by purchasing a Pepsi trademark product at participating 7-Eleven locations nationwide, with proceeds of up to $250,000 going to Feeding America. Through Dec. 31, Pepsi plans to donate
Kangaroo Express Asks Guests to 'Give Kids The World'
Customers can donate at any Florida Kangaroo Express through Nov. 4 The Pantry Inc.'s Florida Kangaroo Express locations are collecting donations for Give Kids The World Village (GKTW), a 70-acre, non-profit "storybook" village in Central Florida that provides cost-free, weeklong vacations for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. "Give Kids The World is a


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12 May 2012
Andrew Sweat, former Ohio State linebacker and undrafted free agent, has decided against an NFL career after signing with the Cleveland Brown immediately after the conclusion of the 2012 NFL Draft. Sweat was a no-show on Friday for the Browns' rookie mini-camp, and reports have him wanting to pursue law school as the next chapter of his life. He was accepted to multiple law schools before Cleveland signed him back on April 28th.
When camp opened on Friday in Berea, OH the Cleveland brass expected 37 total participants to take the field. But when Friday morning arrived, only 36 showed up. The Browns were unaware of Sweat's planned absence until they realized he had not shown up. Pat Shurmer later said, "Andrew Sweat is not at camp and has decided not to play."
The Washington, PA native and recent Ohio State graduate has a degree in finance from Ohio State's prestigious Fisher College of Business. He is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference selection and a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete.
While the decision may be a surprise to those of us who can't play in the NFL, there's no denying Sweat's focus and success academically. He also battled injuries his senior year as a Buckeye that included a concussion and an injured elbow.
We wish Andrew all the best of luck and will always support him as a Buckeye who was a great representative of the university both on and off the field.
Mary Kay Cabot, Cleveland beat writer for the Plain Dealer, posted this to Twitter on Friday afternoon:


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ENGLAND'S top judge has backed have-a-go hero Andy Ferrie and said homeowners
have the right to attack burglars.
Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge spoke after Judge Michael Pert jailed Joshua
O'Gorman and Daniel Mansell despite pleas for leniency because they were
In a victory for The Sun's Common Sense campaign, Lord Judge supported the
decision. Speaking at his annual press conference, he said: "The householder
is entitled to use reasonable force to get rid of the burglar.
"The householder is not in a position to exercise calm, cool, judgment. This
is your haven — where you have the right to be safe." O'Gorman, 27, and
Mansell, 33, of Leicester, were hurt when Andy, 35, used a legally-owned
shotgun in Welby, Leics. Giving them four years each, Judge Pert told
Leicester Crown Court: "That is the chance you take."
Andy and wife Tracey, 43, now live in Australia. He said: "I'm pleased the
judges back what I did."
My fury at delays on Hamza
LORD Judge spoke of his fury at huge delays in extradition cases like that of
hate preacher Abu Hamza.
He called it "unacceptable" that court proceedings can span eight
years — as in Hamza's bid to avoid US terror charges.
Lord Judge would not comment on that specifically but said: "Any case that
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conclusion is a source of real fury to me."
He said all legal issues must be raised and addressed at once — rather than
being introduced piecemeal. Lord Judge added: "In those sort of cases,
alleged terrorist cases, there's a great public interest in disposing of
them, fairly, justly, but with speed."
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LONG BEACH - Concerns about the possible closure of the U.S. Postal Service facility on Redondo Avenue are a bit premature, officials said Thursday.
The USPS recently announced that it would be conducting a study to assess volume, transportation, and to look into possibly consolidating some of the operations of the facility at 2300 Redondo Ave. with locations in Santa Ana and Los Angeles.
"I know there's been a lot of concern, from the community, that we are going to shut it down and sell it, but that's not the purpose of the study," said USPS spokesman Richard Maher. "We're just looking to consolidate some of the operations."
No decisions will be made until the study, which began Jan. 22, is over in about 60 days.
"The study is not to close the facility, and we don't anticipate coming back with anything along those lines," Maher said.
According to Maher, if any changes are implemented, they won't effect the level of service.
"Customers service will not be impacted and we will not considered any changes that would adversely or negatively impact mail service," he said.
"The purpose of the study is to keep mail affordable for our customers and to operate most efficiently. Once the study comes out, if it recommends changes we would hold a meeting," Maher said. "We will involve the community, local government, business and we will answer questions and let them provide feed back to us."
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Kristy A. Miner: Health records private
December 9, 2010
To the editor:
I was a bit irritated with the article printed last week in reference to Dr. Dennis Kinder and his move to The Memorial Hospital clinic.
As a health care professional as well as an occasional patient of Dr. Kinder's, I was at a loss for a bit of how to address my concerns. I finally realized that the trigger for my reaction could very well be a grammatical error and decided a letter to the editor was in order.
In the article, it stated that all of Dr. Kinder's patient files would be sold to the other clinic at fair market value, according to George Rohrich, chief executive officer of The Memorial Hospital in Craig.
In discussing the issues with my husband, who is also a patient of Dr. Kinder's, I have come to two points that I wish to bring to your attention.
Point one is that personal health information is protected by HIPAA laws. Anytime a patient is recommended to see a specialist, they have to sign a waiver to release their medical records to the specialist.
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If the records are being released to another clinic whether the physician is moving or not, shouldn't patients be required to sign a release form for them to move?
The way that I see it, the medical privacy waiver that I sign every year in the doctor's office is a release of information to other providers within that clinic, no others.
The second point is that I am not comfortable with the statement that my medical records, as well as all of Dr. Kinder's patients' records, are being sold for fair market value.
This is my body and I chose to see him for treatment. I did not sign up to have personal records sold to another place. This also leaves me to question if he is submitting records for money to other agencies as well, for things such as scientific research and whatnot with my name attached.
This is not a leap that I am currently saying is in practice with Dr. Kinder, but it isn't a far leap to make.
Another minor point is if he is receiving fair market value for the records, shouldn't each of his patients receive a portion since it is their charts that are moving?
These are just a few things that ran through my mind when I read the article. I am undecided if it was a grammatical error by this newspaper that printed the wording a bit confusing, or if it is actually what is intended to happen when the good doctor moves, but I know for sure that there are others in our community who feel the same way about at least one of the points mentioned in this letter.
Also, I have showed some other people outside of our community the article in question and they too have honed in on the fair market value piece.
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If you asked me, I would tell you that I got absolutely no sleep the night before (or really, morning of) the wedding. If you asked MOH Copper, she'd tell you that I was snoring like a man for a good half hour while she finished writing her toast in bed next to me. Either way, I distinctly remember feeling too excited to sleep but too tired to move. That, and having my alarm set for five in the morning, even though I was definitely up before then.
So we know that I got at least 30 minutes of sleep!
I remember going over it all in my head…this was it. This was really, finally it. Today was the day I was going to marry Foxy. It was the culmination of over two years of planning, of DIY projects, of countless celebrations of our love, and countless moments of stress. It was the end of the wedding-planning journey, but just the beginning of the rest of our lives together (despite how incredibly cheesy that sounds). In just a few short hours, he would be my husband, I would be his wife, and we'd be celebrating the next chapter of our lives with our nearest and dearest. (That, and I would have to get used to referring to him in a whole new way…because I definitely called him a nice little blend of words—-my boy-ancé—for a while after we first got engaged!)
Needless to say, it was about darn time for this day to be here, and I was more than ready to get the show on the road. And so, at five on the dot, I clambered out of bed and into the shower as MOH Copper whined at me from the bed. Can you blame her? I'm pretty sure no one but myself would actually be excited to have gotten a whopping half hour of sleep the night before what was sure to be a long and crazy day! And it's not like we were having a morning wedding or anything—the ceremony was slated for 4:00 PM with pictures to take place beforehand—but we had a lot of things to do in the six or so hours before mine and Foxy's first look…starting with us women getting our hair and makeup done by the lovely ladies of Metro Elegance!
Breezy B had to start hair super early because she was doing a total of seven updos—mine, four of the bridesladies', my mom's and my stepsister's. Lauren had to start makeup early largely because she had two other events that day, but here's the cool thing about airbrush makeup—it actually looks better the more it settles in throughout the day! So, around six, Lauren got started on my makeup…
…as Breeze got started on the girls' hair.
This was also around the time that I officially lost custody of my phone. Foxy had made it a rule several months before the wedding that I would not have access to it—any and all inquiries, complaints, etc., were to go through the phone's custodian for the day, Brideslady M, before they reached my attention. To be honest, I didn't really miss it much and no one really tried to contact me anyway. So…a win for me being able to go almost a whole day sans phone! (Trust me, that's a feat in and of itself.)
Anyway, Brideslady M and MOH Copper were such troopers with their early morning hair slots, especially since they started out sans coffee or any other form of caffeine. While one of the pros of staying at a bed and breakfast was that breakfast and coffee were served on premises, said coffee was not available to us early risers until almost 7:30 AM. And I, for one, need my caffeine. Those first two and a half hours of being awake and semi-functioning were rough, yo.
Finally with coffee, my saving grace!
Come 8:00 AM, as we all got hopped up on caffeine and the ladies continued getting their hair done, other friends and family staying at the Vandiver started to wake up and mill about—everyone except Foxy, that is. I didn't find this out until much later, but he was apparently locked up in the room he was staying in all morning, right up until just moments before our first look. He couldn't even leave to get breakfast himself (no worries, someone brought it to him)! I felt terrible about it when I found out, especially since I was running around like I owned the place for much of the morning. But if you think about it…he kind of needed to stay put, you know? I had a lot to organize—some last-minute things to put together and delegate out…in fact, I was literally right outside his window at one point when I was arranging the fabric on the gazebo and hanging paper hearts from the ceremony chairs!
I guess I thought there was some magical bride lookout team that kept the two of us apart all morning, as opposed to no one letting him leave his room? Newsflash: no. Foxy was just prohibited from leaving, plain and simple. Poor dude!
At a certain point, with Foxy locked up in his room and me running around the venue trying to get as much decorated and put together as possible, I remember starting to fret (as I do). Breeze was done with most of the girls' hair, my mom was out getting her nails done, and things seemed to be coming to a standstill. Were we running behind? We had to be close to running behind…I had been up for forever and we still had so much left to do…right?! I asked John about when we could get a table for the faux-to booth to be set up, asked how the cocktail hour bar would be arranged, asked where the extra table for the ceremony was going to go. To which he replied "Miss Fox…it's only 10:30 AM."
Oh. Right. So I still had almost three freaking hours until I actually had to do anything or be anywhere. I guess that's what being awake since 5:00 AM will do to you.
And so, I did what anyone in my position would do. I found Breezy B, took a seat, and had me a delicious glass of champagne.
It's like a mimosa…just without the OJ.
(All above pictures are personal photos.)
What is/was your plan for the morning of the wedding in regard to seeing or not seeing your SO? Hopefully they won't be locked up like Foxy was!!
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Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton has learned to laugh off his younger brother Nate's relentless string of obsessions, especially his latest rant that a hit TV show intends to harm him. However, when his brother mysteriously disappears, Jeff takes Nate's paranoia seriously, and in the process uncovers the dark underworld of the TV series "Cult" and its rabid fans, who are obsessed with the show's charismatic Cultleader, Billy Grimm. As the show's gruesome plot twists begin to play out in the real world, Jeff enlists the help of a young research assistant Skye in a race to save Nate and unravel the mystery behind the TV series whose hardcore fans would literally kill to see what happens next...
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Across the state, cities have set their preliminary property tax levies, a maximum number that will be made final in December. One wrinkle has been the state's new Homestead Market Value Exclusion, which replaces the old Market Value Homestead Credit. It's a complicated transition with hard to anticipate impacts on taxpayers. If you want to read more about it, Ground Level's Dave Peters has done an admirable job of explaining the change here.
The upshot is that even if cities keep their levies flat, property taxes for many homeowners will increase. By how much and on which properties is being sorted out county by county. Meanwhile, legislators and city officials have been embroiled in strenuous PR campaigns to deflect public blame.
Times continue to be tough for Minnesota's cities, with decreasing state aid, a slumping economy, declining property values and rising health care costs. And most cities–at least preliminarily–appear poised to raise their levies, if often by small amounts.
That's not the case in St. Peter, just southwest of the Twin Cities. The city plans to keep its levy flat, mostly to help strapped taxpayers in a time of economic turmoil. But Mayor Tim Strand, who used to head the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, has another goal in mind as well.
"It was extremely important" to keep the levy flat for 2012, says Strand, "mainly because of the Homestead Market Value Exclusion. I wanted to say to citizens, even if we keep the levy at zero, the taxes are going up. The Legislature might not have been aware of the ramifications of that. If we all kept our levies at zero, taxes would go up anyway. It was important to us to make the point."
Given years of ever-tightening budgets, it's galled some city leaders to hear legislators blame cities for the tax increase by arguing that if they wanted to keep the taxes of individual property owners flat, they could simply lower their levies. Most say they don't see any fat left to trim.
St. Peter has made significant budget cuts, delaying purchases, putting off street repairs and mowing the parks less often. They've prioritized the reduction of overtime hours. The city was able to spruce up Highway 169, which runs through town, thanks to federal stimulus dollars.
Ironically, by holding levies steady, cities may bring in more property tax dollars under the new exclusion than they did under the old credit. That's because they weren't receiving the total state reimbursement in recent years, while now taxpayers will pay in full. "Local taxpayers are filling in where the state used to fill in," says St. Peter City Administrator Todd Prafke. In his mind, the Legislature raised taxes. "In St. Peter, this results in a tax increase," he says.
That's an assertion that Republican lawmakers have taken exception to.
The credit/exclusion amounts to a small portion of the city's overall levy of approximately $2 million. And given state aid reductions over the years, the fact that taxpayers will step up where the state fell short isn't very comforting. "It's a small amount in the scheme of things," Prafke says. "It's not through anything we've done overtly to raise funds."
"[This is really] about the ongoing disintegration of the local/state relationship and at times, we all forget it is about all of us," he adds. "Not state vs. local. Not people or taxpayers against the government at any or all levels. It really is about how do we want to pay for the service, infrastructure, amenities that we want within our collective community."


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Star Wars Episode 1 "The Uprising" (Part One) . The republic is doing bad on Endor right now so they are going to destroy the droid base that killed or locked up clones, for more read the story . It is a normal day at the Endor Base... Commander Drivic: (pant pant pant) Commander Static! Commander Static: What is it Drivic?, What happened to all the clones we sent to capture the droid base? Commander Drivic: That's what I came here to you to talk about!, (pant pant pant) they all got killed!. you see we were doing well but then I noticed a lot of clones were dying then I looked and I saw a Hailfire Droid and a Spider Droid and last I knew it I was the only clone left and I had to come back here and tell you! Commander Static: Did they kill all the clones? Commander Drivic: No, they did leave some clones but they locked them up in their prison. Commander Static: Did Captain Zim die? Commander Drivic: No, but they locked him up. Commander Static: Ok, I will have to talk to Commander Fox about this. Commander Static: COMMANDER FOX!!!!!, come here... Commander Fox: What is it? Commander Static: First come over here and we will tell you. Commander Fox: Ok, I will be right there... (Commander Fox walks over) Commander Fox: What is it? Commander Static: The clones we sent out to take over the droid base are now dead or locked up in their prison. Commander Fox: What happened to Captain Zim? Commander Static: He was locked up in their prison. Commander Fox: That's bad, I will try to call for more clones through this walkie-talkie... (Commander Fox talks into the walkie-talkie) Commander Fox: Republic Cruiser send us down some clones right away! walkie-talkie: Beep Bop Boop ZZZZZZZZZZDDDDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZ Commander Fox: The droids must have hacked our communications to the republic cruiser Commander Static: Well, that's great we have to fight them ourselves! Commander Drivic: Well we are dead meat... Commander Static: We may be then but for now we aren't so we will have to take them down ourselves... Commander Fox: Commander Lard is right we may be later but we aren't now Commander Drivic. Commander Drivic: Ok, fine but this is not my idea... (Engines driving toward the Commanders) Commander Bishop: Well, I pretty much heard all that you said so I decided to bust that droid base and free all the clones. Commander Fox: You can't because you will get killed and we can't take any risks Commander Bishop: So what?, I don't care I am still going to do it though... Commander Static: Ok then suit yourself... Commander Bishop: You can't change my mind because I am the risky one and am brave but you guys are wimps. Commander Static: YOU ARE THE WIMP!!! Commander Fox: Stop you guys, none of us are wimps!!! Commander Drivic: So what are we going to do? Commander Fox: I think we should take out the base ourselves I mean it will be risky but it is worth the risk. Commander Drivic: Ok Commander Bishop: So let's go then! Commander Bishop: But before I go I need someone to get on the back turret, anyone want to? Commander Drivic: I will! Commander Bishop: Ok then get on. Commander Drivic: Ok, on Commander Bishop: Ok let's go... (Engine drives off) Commander Static: Is he crazy? Commander Fox: Not really he is really more bold and proud of himself Commander Static: I can see that. Commander Fox: Let's get the troops ready... Commander Fox: TROOPS GET READY FOR BATTLE!!!!!! Clones: YES SIR!!!!!!! (There is all this rucus) Clones: WE ARE READY SIR!!! Commander Fox: Good! Commander Static: How do they do that so fast? Commander Fox: Practice! Commander Static: O.K! Commander Fox: Now let's go troops!!!!!! Clones: YES SIR!!!!!!! ------------------------(and they march of to the droid base.............)---------------------------------- (PART TWO WILL COME SOON......) (Oh!, and please tell me if I made any mistakes, thank-you!)
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Summer peaches are still available, and before the season ends make a few jars of peach jam for the winter and the holidays.
Summer peaches are still available, and before the season ends make a few jars of peach jam for the winter and the holidays. If you have extra peaches, make them into a peach pie, follow your favorite peach pie recipe. Layer the peaches in a pie plate without the crust, freeze, remove from dish and wrap with plastic wrap, then place in a zipper freezer bag and freeze. When you are ready to make a pie, get 2-piecrusts, in a pie plate line with one pie crust and place frozen peach pie pieces in the crust, top with second crust, cut slits in top, flute and bake. You can�t get any easier than that.
North Carolina shrimp is still in season. Make sure to freeze a few pounds for the rest of the year. Put about � a pound of peeled tails left on shrimp in a sandwich plastic zipper bag, press down to lay flat and freeze. When ready to use place plastic bag in a warm bowl of water to thaw and use as needed. I always have fresh shrimp for the holidays for shrimp cocktails. The taste reminds me of summer.
Peach Jam
Makes 4 cups. For a zippier jam add 1-tablespoon fresh ginger, minced, omitting the cinnamon.
6 large peaches ( 8-9 medium peaches), peeled and sliced into wedges about 6 cups
3 cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
� teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier liqueur (Optional)
Pinch of salt
Cut a small �X� in the bottom of each peach with a sharp paring knife. In a large pot of boiling water add peaches and cook for just 1-minute; quickly rinse in a large bowl of ice water, to stop cooking. Remove peaches and peel from the �X� down. Remove pits and cut into wedges, about 6 cups of fruit.
Either in a blender or a food processor pulse peaches until coarsely chopped.
In a large stainless steel saucepan, stir together peaches, sugar, lemon juice, and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until thickened, about 30-35 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and Grand Marnier. The longer you cook the mixture the thicker it will become. Ladle into clean Mason jars, place caps on, and cool. Store in refrigerator for up to three months.
Eggplant Panzanella
Serves 4.
1 8-ounce French-style baguette, cut in half lengthwise
1 pound eggplant about medium size, sliced � inch thick slices
� cup EVOO, olive oil
Salt and fresh ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic, halved
2 cups baby arugula
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
8 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
� cup fresh sweet basil
Brush cut sides of bread and eggplant with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sprinkle eggplant with � teaspoon salt and � teaspoon black pepper.
On a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven roast eggplant slices for 7-8 minutes or until tender, turning once. Transfer to a cutting board and set aside.
Under the broiler, broil bread cut side up until toasted. Cool slightly. Rub bread with cut sides of garlic. Cut eggplant and bread into bite size pieces and place in a large salad bowl.
Add arugula, sweet basil, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, remaining olive oil, and vinegar to bowl, mix to coat. Toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Romaine and Spinach Salad with Chicken
Serves 4.
4 boneless chicken breasts, cooked, then sliced into strips
� cup seedless raspberry jam
� cup balsamic vinegar
Pinch of fresh ground black pepper
4 cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite size pieces
4 cups fresh baby leaf spinach
� English cucumber, halved then sliced
1 medium, ripe but firm pear, thinly sliced
� cup feta cheese
Cook chicken breasts according to your favorite recipe; cut into strips.
In a small bowl whisk together raspberry jam, vinegar, and black pepper. Set aside.
In a large salad bowl toss together spinach and romaine. Drizzle with raspberry dressing, toss to coat. Transfer to four large plates, top with chicken slices, cucumber slices, and pear slices. Sprinkle feta cheese over top and serve immediately.
Shrimp and Pasta Salad
1 pound small shrimp, peeled, deveined, and flash cooked
2 cups uncooked pasta shells or bow ties
� cup sour cream
� cup good mayonnaise
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish sauce, if desired
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
� cup grated sweet onion
� red bell pepper, seeded and cut into bite size pieces
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 English cucumber, cut into bite size pieces
2 stalks celery thinly sliced
Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water.
In a large bowl whisk together sour cream, mayonnaise, horseradish sauce, onion, sugar, seasoned salt, and black pepper. Fold in shrimp, cucumber, celery, red pepper, and cooked pasta. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours. If desired serve on lettuce leaves.
Cheese and Spinach Ravioli
Makes 40 ravioli.
1 cup ricotta cheese
� cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and finely chopped
� cup sweet onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 large egg, room temperature, beaten
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
40 square wonton wrappers
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
2 tablespoons dried sweet basil, chopped
Grated Parmesan cheese
In a bowl stir together ricotta cheese, spinach, onion, egg, 1-tablespoon parsley, and 1-tablespoon basil. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper. Arrange 10-wonton wrappers on a clean work surface. Top each with a rounded teaspoon of spinach/cheese filling.
Moisten the edges of wonton with water, and working with one at a time, fold in half to form triangles; press down around the filling to seal. Transfer the ravioli to the prepared baking sheet in a single layer. Repeat with the remaining wonton wrappers.
In a large pot of boiling, salted water, drop in ravioli in 2-batches, letting the water return to a boil between batches. Cook until ravioli bob to the surface, about 3-minutes per batch; strain.
In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat, swirling, until it browns, about 5 minutes. Turn off heat immediately, stir in lemon juice, and 1-tablespoon parsley, and 1-tablespoon basil.
Divide the ravioli among 4-plates, drizzle with the butter sauce and top with Parmesan cheese.
Chocolate Icebox Dessert
This dessert can be made up to two days before.
1 � cups milk
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 3.9 ounce package instant chocolate pudding
� cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted then cooled
2 tablespoons Kahlua liqueur (Optional)
� cup Health bar chips
1 cup whipped topping, thawed
1 9-ounce package chocolate wafer cookies
In a large bowl add milk gradually to cream cheese, and with an electric mixer beat until well blended. Add dry pudding mix, Kahlua, Heath bar chips, and melted chocolate, beat for another minute.
Stir in thawed whipped topping.
Line an 8 x 4-inch pan with parchment paper, with ends of paper extending over the sides.
Arrange � of the cookies on the bottom of prepared pan, overlapping as necessary to make an even layer, cover with 1/3 of the pudding mixture. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining cookies. Refrigerate overnight.
Use parchment handles to remove dessert from pan before slicing to serve.
Hope Cusick has won awards at the North Carolina Strawberry Festival in 2012; The North Carolina Blueberry Festival, winning first place for her Blueberry Cheese Danish Pastry in 2012, and placing on her blueberry spinach salad and dressing; and has won various other contest awards for her blueberry cheesecake, breads, cookies, brownies and jams. She resides in Hampstead.


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There's a saying that when someone works hard to earn something it means just a little bit more.
It's something senior wide receiver Kevin Ozier has spent a lot of time considering as the early portion of his final season in Tempe unfolds.
A sociology and education major from San Diego, Calif., Ozier started his career at Arizona State in 2009 as a walk-on, redshirting on the scout team.
Even though he didn't know what was entailed at the Division I level, at the urging of his cousin, former ASU running back J.R. Redmond, Ozier was willing to put it all out on the field to see what happened.
"I didn't know what to expect," Ozier said. "I just came and I was ready to work. I thought everybody out here was just going to be working hard and workaholics. It wasn't like that when I got here though, so I felt like work ethic was what put me above other people and helped me start to stand out."
The following year, Ozier again did not see action on the field and spent time on the scout team, but also earned Hard Hat recognition for his work and dedication to ASU's offseason strength and conditioning program.
In 2011, Ozier played in every game but didn't play a major role and finished with only 11 reception for 169 yards and one touchdown. But he was increasingly given opportunities late in the season and following a touchdown catch against Colorado, Ozier was observed on the television broadcast joking with football administrative assistant John Wrenn.
"Can I get one now," Ozier said to Wrenn, presumably inquiringly about a scholarship.
Not more than two months later, Wrenn's boss Dennis Erickson was fired as ASU's head coach and Ozier's hopes seemed dashed. But newly hired coach Todd Graham kept Wrenn on staff and he and Erickson put in a good word for Ozier.
Their lobbying efforts worked, as Graham gave Ozier the scholarship he'd long coveted in the spring of 2012. It meant no more days trying to figure out how to scrape together enough money to get a decent meal; no more nights worrying about whether he'd be able to get a good night's sleep.
"It means a lot," Ozier said. "It's hard work, and hard work does not go unnoticed. As a walk-on, you may feel like you're being overlooked at some times, but coaches are always paying attention and always are watching film of you."
Ozier had more success his junior year in 2012, snagging 21 balls for 324 yards, 15.4 yards per catch, and five touchdowns as a primary starter.
This year, Ozier is being asked to not only improve as a player but as a leader, with Graham and receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander calling him an important mentor to others at the position.
"The biggest challenge is just watching film," Ozier said. "They all have a ton of athletic ability. Now, it's just getting the offense down. Getting in, watching film and studying the offense. As soon as they master the offense, you'll see on the field. Things will be smooth, and everything will be flowing."
Ozier doesn't have some of the athletic gifts other receivers at the BCS level possess, so he's worked to maximizing his ability by being a good route runner, consistently catching the football and using his 6-foot-2, 200 pound frame to be a willing and capable blocker.
Alexander said Ozier's intangible value is worth more than whatever he produces on Saturdays.
"Kevin does a really good job helping us as a veteran demonstrate how we want to do things," Alexander said. "That's important because we have so many new guys. As a coach you can explain it, you can tell them and coach them, but to have someone who is a good example is important. From that standpoint he's valuable to us and also on the field. He'll be a factor with the things he does as far as being a receiver and blocking and doing the little things."
The leadership provided by Ozier as a fifth year senior is something his head coach has not only recognized, but termed important to the overall development of the position group.
It's a role that Ozier knows comes with not just respect, but also a lot of responsibility.
"It means a great deal," Ozier said. "Coach [Todd] Graham is very strict and he doesn't just call anyone a leader. We have the top 15 most influential people on this team as leaders, and I'm one of them. It's a lot of responsibility. With a leadership role, I feel like I have to be at meetings ten minutes early. I have to do everything right, I'm under a magnifying glass. I have to lead by example to the young receivers and the people of this team."
Ozier has the same aspirations as nearly every other college player, which is to make it to the NFL and hopefully have a long and successful career.
However, in the end what is most important to Ozier is how his college experience has helped mold him into a person he's more confident in and proud of. Those are things he'll take with him no matter what he's doing for work next year or at any point thereafter.
"I'm much more humble of a person," Ozier said. "You have to work for everything. Nothing is given to you. I appreciate everything I earn so much more now, and I'm very grateful for everything."


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The artwork has many similarities with signed Walter Palais stories in Planet Comics #52 and #53, such as hands, faces and figure movement. He is credited on this feature at this period by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Hult DC Get-Together at the Wizards-Bobcats Basketball Game
Hult Alumni Peru Chapter
Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
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Hello Hult DC Alumni,
It seems like Spring is around the corner. And with this, we have brewed some fun activities for the group.
Among the events we've planned is the Basketball game. On March 9, Saturday, let us cheer for the Washington Wizards as they battle against the Charlotte Bobcats. Details for the event are as follow:
Schedule: March 9, 2013, Saturday, 8pm
Meet-Up Time: 7pm
Meet-Up Venue: To follow
Event Venue: Verizon Center in Chinatown, 601 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
Fee: We have 6 free entrance tickets (worth $12). The first 6 to RSVP at the link below will get one of the free entrance tickets.
Food: Attendees will pay for their own food.
Last Day To RSVP: March 5, 2013, Tuesday
Add'l Info: We will send out another email to let you know who got the 6 tickets and where the meet-up venue will be. If you did not get a free ticket, we will let you know immediately so you can buy your own ticket and still be able to join the group.
We hope you can join us!
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Have questions about Hult DC Get-Together at the Wizards-Bobcats Basketball Game? Contact Hult Alumni Peru Chapter
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Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
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When the buzz of the charismatic movement was its loudest in 1975, the year Charisma magazine was first published, Christians were full of excitement about how they'd been touched by the Holy Spirit's joy and power. Our faith suddenly had been renewed. The Bible came alive to us, and we fell in love with Jesus all over again. It was a refreshing season.
In response, many of us left our traditional churches and started new ones. We traded our hymns for upbeat choruses. We raised our hands in praise and even dared to dance. We spoke in tongues, laid hands on the sick and witnessed in public. We learned how to activate our faith, how to give prophecies and how to bind the devil. We were moving on with God!
But in the early 1980s our movement became inwardly focused. We started jumping on bandwagons and chasing goosebumps. We began pursuing our blessings. We sought the Holy Spirit's touc h so we could claim our anointing and our divine prosperity. Some evangelists even taught us to "write our own tickets with God" by demanding that He fulfill all our materialistic desires. What began as sincere Christian faith became infected with nauseating selfishness.
At that point, I believe the Lord withdrew His blessing and moved on. He wasn't abandoning us; He was inviting us to grow up. But many of us were too comfortable with 1980s-style charismania to bother with spiritual maturity.
So the Lord let us languish in the wilderness until we realized that His cloud had relocated. Then, in the 1990s, many of us realized that we desired His presence more than we craved stale manna.
As we enter this new millennium, I believe the Holy Spirit is taking us to three key destinations:
The place of brokenness. We charismatics have dished out enough hype. Let's quit pretending. Let's drop all the ecclesiastical titles and stop exalting men. People in the world see our arrogance, and it makes them gag.
The cloud of God's presence dwells with the humble. Let's ask Him to burn out the dross of self-promotion. He can pour out His power only through vessels that have been emptied.
The place of evangelism. The Holy Spirit intends to break out of the confines of our churches so He can take salvation to the streets. He desires to invade the media, the youth culture and every corner of our society in this next move of God. If we want to flow with His mission then we must open our hearts to the lost.
He didn't fill us with the Spirit so we could play with His power or use it simply for our own benefit. We're supposed to give it away!
The place of His manifest glory. What would happen in the year 2000 if we knelt before the throne, like Isaiah did, and asked Him to touch us with holy fire? What would the church look like if our fleshly religious agendas were fried to a crisp? We don't know because we haven't yet seen God's glory break out in our generation. Are you willing to follow His cloud until we see genuine revival?
Let's resist the temptation to set up camp where it's comfortable. I want to go where God is, even if I must leave behind the songs and sermons of yesterday.
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The Hobart Dots store has agreed to pay $246,500 to a group of at least 23 white job applicants who the store refused to hire because of their race.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the retailer last year when a white woman who applied for a job claimed she was told by an employee the store didn't hire white people.
Read the complete Reuters story, "Hobart Dots store to pay for refusing to hire whites."


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posted on 2009-10-13 07:02 EDT
Totally Unnamed Gaming Column has been running for just over a month now and we think it's about time we give it a proper name. We've thrown a couple of names around, but none of them seemed catchy enough. So we all came to the decision that we'd leave up to you, the reader, to come up with the name and reward the best effort.
All you have to do is send your submission to [email protected] (jon at animenewsnetwork.com.au?subject=Name%20the%20Column%20Competition) to be in the running.
Up for grabs is your choice of EITHER two games mentioned in our first ever column OR one game* mentioned in any subsequent column until the competition's closing date of 11:59PM Australian EST 31 October 2009.
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Last week the popular indie game World of Goo reached its first anniversary and as part of the celebrations developer 2D Boy decided to make the game available with no set price. Gamers could decide themselves what to pay instead of the usual $20 price tag.
One week on and the pricing experiment seems to have been a huge success, but not because gamers chose to pay lots of money for individual copies of the game. Here's the important stats from the sales experiment:
- 57,000 copies were sold (figure to October 19th)
- Average price paid was $2.03
- PayPal fees averaged 13% due to low pricing
- 2D Boy made no money on any game sold for 30 cents or less due to PayPal fees
- The average price increased as the days passed
- The top selling price was 1 cents (16,852 sales), but between $1-$1.99 managed 15,797 sales
Although the overall sales figures were high what 2D Boy didn't expect was the effect it had on the game's other sales channels. For the same week as the promotion ran sales through Steam went up 40% and sales through WiiWare increased 9%. Remember, both those channels were not running the pay what you want pricing model.
2D Boy also created a survey for those who purchased the game asking them a series of questions about how much they paid, what they thought the game was worth, and how they went about choosing what to pay. As the results above clearly show, the main thinking behind what to pay is how much a person can afford rather than what they thought the game was worth.
For those of you who still haven't played the game 2D Boy has extended the pay what you want offer to October 25th.
Read more at 2D Boy
Matthew's Opinion
I think the main point we can take away from this is that allowing gamers to set their own price does not create a sustainable pricing model a developer can rely upon. However, as a promotional tool it works very well if it is done for a short period of time and the game is available from multiple other destinations at a set price.
2D Boy may have sold 57,000+ additional copies of the game, but it didn't make a lot of money out of those sales. The 40% increase in Steam purchases is where the real revenue came from making the experiment worthwhile. This also demonstrates that even if a game has been on the market for 12 months it can continue to sell well with the right promotion. This is exactly why Sony and Microsoft re-release successful games as a classic range as it boosts sales and allows for new marketing. It is also why experiments such as that by Lionhead of re-releasing Fable 2 in digital form are worth doing.
If you are developing a game that you intend to sell then it looks as though establishing a price and offering multiple ways to buy the game are key. After that regular promotion, reduced pricing, and just reminding gamers your game is out there are what will bring in the sales.


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A journalism degree can cost nearly $100,000 for graduate students, but for many it's a waste of money because they are leaving school without the skills needed in the new age of digital reporting and publishing, according to a sweeping new survey of the industry.
The highly-regarded Poynter Institute, an international strategy center and leader in journalism education, found in their 2013 "Future of Journalism" study that only one quarter of journalism school students showed up on the job ready for work.
Asked to judge "the last person their organization hired," just 26 percent of media professionals said "the person had 'most' or 'all' of the skills necessary to be successful."
That poor assessment of journalism students by newsroom executives spread to their indictment of what kids are being taught today and also revealed a massive divide between industry officials and those in the education field who think they are doing a great job.
The study asked 1,800 educators, students and media professionals, for example, if even getting a journalism degree is "extremely" important to getting the skills of the job. The results: More than 80 percent of educators said yes, but just 25 percent of the newsroom executives agreed.
The professionals also condemned the J-schools, with nearly half — 48 percent — telling Poynter that schools aren't keeping up with changes in the industry.Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Parody of the old MTV show called "Next." The content in this video is only a little bit more ridiculous than the actual show! If you enjoy it, please post it on your twitter and/or your facebook wall!! Thank you!!! Also, don't forget to click the LIKE button and "add to: favorites." Do you like the "THIS ISN'T FLANNEL" shirt? You can buy your own over at edwinsgeneration.spreadshirt.com !!! Check out my facebook page! www.facebook.com __________________ CREDITS: Actors: Ruben Heather/Holly Chase Voice Actors: Brendyn (www.youtube.com Jackie Music: Mike Kalombo (www.youtube.com Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com) Special Thanks MTV's NEXT, Dragon Ball Z, and everyone listed above, of course!
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Vero Beach mechanic gets prison time for soliciting sex online:
I'm really not intentionally trying to pick on the Florida creepers but that's who keeps coming up in my e-mail from the Google News alerts.
Anyway, 48-year-old Jerry Norman of Port St. Lucie, Florida was recently sentenced for soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sex through craigslist. Since it's Florida and this website you know by now that the 14-year-old girl was an Indian River County Sheriff's Office detective. But hark, is that the cries of entrapment I hear?
Defense attorney Brian H. Mallonee told the judge that while seeking sex on line, "Mr. Norman was not seeking sex with someone under 18.
"It's the police that initiated the idea of sex with someone who was 14," Mallonee argued."
Yeah, about that…
Jerry Norman of Port St. Lucie invited the victim to meet him at a McDonald's.
Norman asked the detective online, "Do your parents have access to your computer?"
Detective Jeremy Shepherd testified Norman drove to the meeting at McDonald's in a car a customer had taken to the dealership for an oil change.
Shepherd said Norman did not see a girl at the restaurant and left, but quickly returned when the victim sent a text message explaining she had been in the ladies room.
While he may not have been seeking sex with a minor he sure wasn't turning it away. Norman's attorney said that this was a 'single moment of stupidity'. I disagree, I see several moments of stupidity here. The judge was astute enough to point this out…
"You had so many opportunities to walk away from this," Circuit Judge Robert L. Pegg told Norman before sentencing. "You could have said, 'Oh, thank God she wasn't there.' But you didn't do that."
The sad part is Norman was only sentenced to a year and seven months and being placed on the sex offenders registry which by now you should know does not discourage re-offending. Norman's attorney argued what good does it do to send his client to prison. Well, it keeps him away from any actual minor girls he may come in contact with.
Florida gets a sometimes deserved reputation for being a sub-par state for all the wacky shit that happens there. While that may be true I'll give them a lot of credit for sending a lot of bad guys to jail even if it's for too short periods of time.
Oh and about the alleged entrapment, Norman's lawyer had this to say…
"Could we have taken an entrapment case before a jury?
"Probably not," Mallonee continued, conceding the difficulty of winning such a case.
Or the fact that he probably knows he wouldn't have a leg to stand on in court.


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Reforming Medicaid
No. 257
Friday, February 28, 2003
by Michael Bond,John C. Goodman, Ronald Lindsey, and Richard Teske
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- A History of Failed Reforms
- Medicaid Today
- Elements of State Reform
- A Specific Waiver Proposal
- Reforming Medicaid for People with Disabilities
- Paying for Long-Term Care
- Reducing Fraud, Waste and Abuse
- How the Federal Government Can Help
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix
- About The Authors
Executive Summary
Medicaid is enormously expensive. For the second year in a row, spending on Medicaid (for the poor) will exceed spending on Medicare (for the elderly). At $280 billion this year, Medicaid costs almost $1,000 for every man, woman and child in the country - or $4,000 for a family of four. Indeed, it is likely that many taxpayers are paying more in taxes to fund health insurance for the poor than they pay for private health insurance for themselves and their own families.
In the future, the taxpayer burden will get worse. Left unreformed, Medicaid will bankrupt every state in as little as 20 years, possibly absorbing 80 to 100 percent of all state revenues. Delay is not an option. States and the federal government must act now to avoid a real human and fiscal disaster.
Reason for Rising Costs. Why are Medicaid costs rising so rapidly? Part of the reason is that many states are paying for health care in ways that needlessly contribute to rising health care costs. Another problem is that most states have not taken advantage of cost-control techniques widely used in the private sector. For example:
- Because Texas' method of paying for hospital care is largely cost-based, Medicaid pays some Dallas hospitals three times as much as other hospitals for the same services.
- Because Ohio's method of paying for nursing home care is essentially cost-based, the state is paying for 13,000 empty beds.
- In virtually every state, Medicaid pays for inputs rather than outputs. This means that the more physicians and facilities do, the more they earn - even if patients would have been better off if less were done.
- Medicaid patients also have incentives to waste resources; the only way they can realize more benefits is by consuming more health care.
Medicaid from top to bottom is organized in ways that create perverse incentives for those who are supposed to benefit from the system. For example:
- Because Medicaid benefits are conditioned on having a low income, the program penalizes those who succeed; individuals can lose eligibility and therefore health coverage for themselves and their families simply by getting a workplace promotion or a raise.
- Because Medicaid benefits are conditioned on having few assets, the program encourages people to spend rather than save their income.
- Because Medicaid is an alternative to private insurance, the program encourages people to drop coverage for which they or their employers pay and turn to "free" insurance for which all taxpayers pay.
Studies estimate that as much as 75 percent of the expansion of Medicaid nationwide has been offset by a reduction in private insurance. This is one reason why the number of uninsured in America keeps rising, despite the expansion of costly public programs.
Traditional Solutions. In order to participate in Medicaid and receive matching funds from the federal government, states must provide minimum benefits to certain categories of people. Nationwide, however, about 70 percent of all Medicaid spending covers either beneficiaries who do not have to be covered or services that do not have to be covered or both. Thus one alternative is to eliminate "optional" people and "optional" services. There is also an ever-present pressure to lower payments to providers. Cutting costs in these ways, however, is easier said than done:
- Most of the optional people are likely to be uninsured after they are dropped from the rolls. And evidence from Texas suggests that regions that spend less on Medicaid spend more on free care for the uninsured and vice versa.
- A major optional benefit is coverage for prescription drugs. Yet because drug therapy often substitutes for more expensive hospital and doctor therapies, eliminating coverage for drugs may not save the state any money.
- Another large optional benefit is mental health care. But mental health services are also often a substitute for other health services, and without Medicaid the state may have to spend money on many of the beneficiaries anyway - but without federal matching funds.
- Reducing payments to providers will disproportionately hurt rural and inner-city areas at a time when the nation's safety net of local clinics, hospitals and charities is overburdened and threadbare.
A New Approach. The time has come for a "pro-patient" approach to health care. The following are some elements of that approach.
Choice. Medicaid is a defined benefit program, under which the state determines the covered health services, and patients and doctors decide how much to spend on those services. It should be converted into a defined-contribution system, under which the state determines how much it is willing to spend and patients (along with their doctors) choose how to spend it.
Competition. Most of the problems with Medicaid and Medicare stem from the fact that these two programs have changed very little since they were created in 1965. By contrast, private insurance is continually evolving in response to changes in medical science and changes in consumer wants and needs. Medicaid enrollees would benefit enormously if they had access to private sector plans, including the plans of their employers.
Portability. At least a quarter of all Medicaid eligibles move in and out of the program each year, as patients are tossed from physician to physician multiple times. As a result, many find the hospital emergency room more convenient than having a primary care physician. A better approach is private, portable insurance - where enrollment continues even after eligibility for Medicaid has lapsed.
Empowerment. Arkansas, New Jersey and Florida have obtained federal waivers under which disabled Medicaid beneficiaries manage some of their own health care dollars and make decisions on how to spend those dollars. These experiments have been highly successful and much more needs to be done. Enrollees need access to private sector Medical Savings Account (MSA) plans. Those who remain in traditional Medicaid need access to something similar: a Medicaid Benefit Account (MBA).
Paying for Results. Whenever possible, the state should pay for outputs, not inputs; for results, not for efforts made to achieve those results. At a minimum this means abandoning variations on cost-plus reimbursement and adopting some of the payment methods used by private insurers instead.
Devolution. For those who remain in traditional Medicaid, another useful idea is to give local communities more control, say through a block grant of funds. Under the current system, Texas reimburses El Paso hospitals at rates that are above the state average, while a typical primary care clinic lacks an X-ray machine or even a lab and must send patients to a hospital for simple diagnostic tests. As a result, El Paso's low-income population overutilizes hospital care and underutilizes outpatient care. The city and its people would be better off it were free to reallocate funds from inpatient to outpatient care.
More Radical Devolution. Despite a raft of studies claiming that being insured affects access to health care, there is no difference in services rendered to those who seek care - at least at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. The insured, the uninsured and the Medicaid patients who are treated there enter the same emergency room door, see the same doctors and receive the same care. As a result, patients have no reason to fill out the lengthy forms and answer the intrusive questions that Medicaid enrollment requires. Similarly, the doctors and nurses who treat these patients get paid the same, regardless of the patients' enrollment in an insurance plan. This is part of the reason why at least 10 million people who are theoretically eligible for Medicaid have not bothered to enroll.
If the patients and the doctors who treat them do not care who is enrolled in which program, why should policymakers care? Why not just give Parkland Hospital a sum of money each year and let it deliver indigent health care? Our primary goal should be to enroll people in private sector plans. But to the degree that we fall short, we should make access to care as easy as possible.
The Need for Federal Waivers. In order to take full advantage of private sector techniques and private sector opportunities, states should apply for a federal waiver, called a HIFA waiver. For example, a waiver might work like this:
- All "mandated" Medicaid enrollees would have the opportunity to enroll in employer plans or other private sector plans with premium subsidies from the state.
- To qualify, the private insurance would have to be similar to the plans currently offered to state employees.
- Those beneficiaries who do not qualify for an employer plan would have the opportunity to enroll annually in a plan of their choice through an insurance exchange (a health mart), organized and operated by the state.
- At least one of the plans offered would make use of a Medicaid Benefit Account (MBA), which would be similar to a medical savings account, except that the funds could be used only to pay health care expenses or health insurance premiums, now and in the future.
- Projected savings (in a static sense) from these changes would be used to enroll additional, "optional" people in Medicaid (this is a necessary condition to get approval for a HIFA waiver).
- The optional enrollees, consisting of additional people with disabilities and low-income families, could be offered a limited set of benefits (e.g., primary care benefits only) or they could be given the same options as other Medicaid enrollees - with premium support from the state diminishing as family income rises.
Expected Results. The HIFA waiver, combined with other recommendations in this report, would allow the state to take advantage of the full range of techniques employed by the private sector. It also would allow the state to move large numbers of people from state-funded insurance to insurance largely paid by employers and - since employer-provided benefits are earned by working - by the beneficiaries themselves.


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Inkscape is a great tool for drawing up your design ideas so they are ready to be laser cut. It's extra great because it is free! I'm new to inkscape so I was looking for a tutorial to get me started and found a nice one at inkscape.org. It's got a good explanation of editing paths, subpaths and combining paths, converting to a path, Boolean operations and inset and outset amongst other things. All are very valuable tools for making your .eps files. Here's a snippet:
With the Pen tool, each click creates a sharp node without any curve handles, so a series of clicks produces a sequence of straight line segments. Click and drag creates a smooth Bezier node with two collinear opposite handles. Press Shift while dragging out a handle to rotate only one handle and fix the other. As usual, Ctrl limits the direction of either the current line segment. read more
You can download inkscape here and templates for your ponoko designs here.